casi azul




Me voy unos días de viaje y no quiero dejar el cielo ardiendo sobre mi cabeza, así que he de salido al balcón en busca de nuevos decorados y me he encontrado un algodón de azúcar –con pájaro en medio incluido- que acabo de situar al frente de este barco. Lo acompaño con otro de los que no sé qué ven sus ojos. Su biografía, más propia de un guión de cine inverosímil que de la cruda realidad, me hace no querer escribir sobre su vida: es de sobra conocida o es fácilmente conocible; y es tan sencillo caer en lo morboso hablando de estos tipos. Lo mejor, como siempre, es estar atentos a su obra. A lo que nos regalan a quienes no nos atrevemos a asomarnos del todo adonde ellos lo hacen.

De My funny Valentine no voy a decir nada porque a estas alturas queda poco por decir, pero sí de Almost blue. Originalmente compuesta por Elvis Costello –1982-, Chet la graba –veréis que está tomada en directo, otra incredulidad más- casi al final de su vida, y la canta cambiando ligeramente la letra de Costello. Poco más que añadir salvo escucharla. Os dejo la letra que él canta:


Almost blue, almost doing things we used to do
There’s a girl here and she’s almost you
Almost all the things that your eyes once promised
I see in her’s too, now our eyes are red from crying
Almost blue
Flirting with this disaster became me
It named me as the fool who only aimed to be
Almost blue, it’s almost touching, it will almost do
There is part of me that’s always true, always
Not all good things come to an end, now it is only a chosen few
I have seen such an unhappy couple
Almost me
Almost you
Almost blue

Una última curiosidad: Chet no sabía leer la música. Para qué, se preguntaría.



2 comentarios:

Anónimo dijo...

Christopher Cross - The light is on


Is it yours? Is it mine?
I was never the kind
who could draw the line
Are you free?, unforgiven
Is this the kind of world
you could live in?

It's alright; the light is on
The darkness has run to hide
It's alright, the light is on
But the darkness is just outside
Outside your window

Beating down
Making the sound of the rain
Drive you crazy
Make you lazy
You know it's only the rain

It's alright; the light is on
The darkness has run to hide
It's alright, the light is on
But the darkness is just outside
Outside your window

Is it yours? Is it mine?
I was never the kind
who could draw the line
Are you free, unforgiven
Is this the kind of world
you could live in

It's alright; the light is on
The darkness has run to hide
It's alright, the light is on
But the darkness is just outside
Outside your window

It's alright; the light is on
The darkness has run to hide
It's alright, the light is on
But the darkness is just outside
Outside your window


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ROUxd2X0LRE&feature=related

afuncional dijo...

Eso, todo que sea la lluvia
-You know it´s only the rain-

Gracias majo.