Embrace Your Inner Self

Tenía una terna de video-clips, todos del mismo artista, y rodados por el mismo director, y no sabía decidirme por cuál de ellos poner aquí. Pero de acuerdo con el tema de la semana, que parecen ser los monstruos*, el más apropiado para la ocasión es éste:

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And I would do anything for love
I'd run right into hell and back
I would do anything for love
I'll never lie to you and that's a fact

But I'll never forget the way you feel right now
Oh no, no way
And I would do anything for love
Oh, I would do anything for love
I would do anything for love
But I won't do that
Ah! No, I won't do that!

And some days it don't come easy
And some days it don't come hard
Some days it don't come at all
And these are the days that never end

And some nights you're breathing fire
And some nights you're carved in ice
Some nights you're like nothing I've ever seen before or will again

And maybe I'm crazy
Oh it's crazy and it's true
I know you can save me, no one else can save me now but you

As long as the planets are turning
As long as the stars are burning
As long as your dreams are coming true
You better believe it!

That I would do anything for love
And I'll be there till the final act
And I would do anything for love
And I'll take the vow and seal a pact

But I'll never forgive myself if we don't go all the way, tonight
And I would do anything for love
But I won't do that
No, I won't do that!

I would do anything for love
Anything you've been dreaming of
But I just won't do that
I would do anything for love
Anything you've been dreaming of
But I just won't do...

And some days I pray for silence
And some days I pray for soul
Some days I just pray to the god of sex and drums and rock 'n' roll!

And maybe I'm lonely
That's all I'm qualified to be
There's just one and only, one and only promise I can keep

As long as the wheels are turning
As long as the fires are burning
As long as your prayers are coming true
You better believe it!

That I would do anything for love
And you know it's true and that's a fact
I would do anything for love
And there'll never be no turning back

But I'll never do it better than I do it with you, so long, so long
And I would do anything for love
Oh, I would do anything for love
I would do anything for love
But I won't do that
No, no, no, I won't do...

I would do anything for love
Anything you've been dreaming of
But I just won't do that!
I would do anything for love
Anything you've been dreaming of
But I just won't do that!
I would do anything for love
Anything you've been dreaming of
But I just won't do...

But I'll never stop dreaming of you
Every night of my life
No way

And I would do anything for love
But I won't do that
No, I won't do that

[Girl]
Will you raise me up, will you help me down?
Will you get me right out of this godforsaken town?
Will you make it all a little less cold?

[Boy]
I can do that
I can do that

[Girl]
Will you cater to every fantasy I've got?
Will you hose me down with holy water, if I get too hot? Hot!
Will you take me places I've never known?

[Boy]
Now I can do that!
Oh oh now, I can do that!

[Girl]
After awhile you'll forget everything
It was a brief interlude
And a midsummer nights fling
And you'll see that it's time to move on

[Boy]
I won't do that
No, I won't do that

[Girl]
I know the territory, I've been around
It'll all turn to dust and we'll all fall down
Sooner or later, you'll be screwing around

[Boy]
I won't do that!
No, I won't do that!

Anything for love
Oh, I would do anything for love
I would do anything for love
But I won't do that
No, I won't do that

* Definitivamente, hemos sido colonizados. Me pregunto cuánto falta para que la gente empiece a celebrar también Acción de Gracias. Ya me imagino la oración antes de comer: "Te damos gracias, Señor, porque hace doscientos y pico años dejaste que unos puritanos ingleses se establecieran en otro continente y a partir de ahí construyesen el imperio que produce las películas y series que tanto disfrutamos..."

Comfort Zone

Vamos con otro cambio de estilo. Qué gran canción, y qué grandísima interpretación (y no como otras de las que prefiero ni acordarme...):

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Nighttime sharpens, heightens each sensation
Darkness stirs and wakes imagination
Silently the senses abandon their defenses

Slowly, gently night unfurls its splendor
Grasp it, sense it, tremulous and tender
Turn your face away from the garish light of day
Turn your thoughts away from cold unfeeling light
And listen to the music of the night

Close your eyes and surrender to your darkest dreams
Purge your thoughts of the life you knew before
Close your eyes, let your spirit start to soar
And you'll live as you've never lived before

Softly, deftly, music shall surround you
Feel it, hear it closing in around you
Open up your mind, let your fantasies unwind
In this darkness which you know you cannot fight
The darkness of the music of the night!

Let your mind start a journey to a strange new world
Leave all thoughts of the world you knew before
Let your soul take you where you long to be
Only then can you belong to me...

Floating, falling, sweet intoxication
Touch me, trust me, savor each sensation
Let the dream begin, let your darker side give in
To the power of the music that I write
The power of the music of the night!

You alone can make my song take flight
Help me make the music of the night

The Thrill Of The Hunt 2

La canción de ayer me remite irremediablemente a la de hoy. En mis recuerdos forman una unidad casi indivisible. Pero, a diferencia de lo fácil que fue encontrar el tema de Pulp, me ha costado muchísimo localizar éste, debido sobre todo a que no recordaba ni título ni autor, ni tampoco (por razones obvias) ninguna parte de lo que decía la letra. Pero al final, gracias a una asociación de ideas que me ha venido repentinamente a la cabeza, he podido averiguar de qué se trataba, y aquí está:

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The Thrill Of The Hunt

Tenía ganas de volver a escuchar esta canción (que en mi mente asocio inmediatamente con un lugar y unos días muy concretos) y la casualidad hizo que me encontrara con ella la otra tarde, como caída del cielo:

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She came from Greece, she had a thirst for knowledge
She studied sculpture at Saint Martin's College
That's where I
Caught her eye
She told me that her Dad was loaded
I said "In that case I'll have rum and Coca-Cola"
She said "Fine"

And then in thirty seconds time she said
"I want to live like common people
I want to do whatever common people do
I want to sleep with common people
I want to sleep with common people like you"

Well what else could I do?
I said "I'll see what I can do"

I took her to a supermarket
I don't know why
But I had to start it somewhere
So it started there

I said "Pretend you've got no money"
But she just laughed
And said "Oh you're so funny"
I said "Yeah, huh"
(Well I can't see anyone else smiling in here)

"Are you sure
You want to live like common people
You want to see whatever common people see
You want to sleep with common people
You want to sleep with common people like me?"

But she didn't understand
And she just smiled and held my hand

Rent a flat above a shop
Cut your hair and get a job
Smoke some fags and play some pool
Pretend you never went to school
But still you'll never get it right
'Cos when you're laid in bed at night
Watching 'roaches climb the wall
If you call your Dad he could stop it all
Yeah

You'll never live like common people
You'll never do whatever common people do
You'll never fail like common people
You'll never watch your life slide out of view
And then dance and drink and screw
Because there's nothing else to do

Sing along with the common people
Sing along and it might just get you through
Laugh along with the common people
Laugh along although they're laughing at you
And the stupid things that you do
Because you think that 'poor is cool'

Want to live like common people like you
Want to live like common people like you
Want to live like common people like you
Want to live like common people like you
Want to live like common people like you
Want to live like common people like you!

Bubble Bobble

Últimamente me estoy encontrando a menudo con gente a la que hacía mucho tiempo (léase: años) que no veía. Por un lado está muy bien saber de nuevo qué es de ellos, pero por otro, como esta tendencia vaya en aumento, temo (¿o espero?) que pueda llegar a producirse un encuentro fatídico de imprevisibles (léase: lo contrario de bonitas) consecuencias...

Pero no vale la pena preocuparse por eso, la verdad. Mejor escuchar este clásico y sonreírle con aplomo al libro de Variable Compleja:

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Dreamer, you know you are a dreamer
Well can you put your hands in your head, oh no!
I said dreamer, you're nothing but a dreamer
Well can you put your hands in your head, oh no!

I said "Far out, what a day, a year, a life it is!"
You know, well you know you had it comin' to you,
Now there's not a lot I can do

Dreamer, you stupid little dreamer
So now you put your head in your hands, oh no!

I said "Far out, what a day, a year, a life it is!"
You know, well you know you had it comin' to you,
Now there's not a lot I can do

Work it out someday

If I could see something
You can see anything you want, boy
If I could be someone
You can be anyone, celebrate, boy
Well, if I could do something
You can do something
If I could do anything
But can you do something out of this world?

Take a dream on a Sunday
Take a life, take a holiday
Take a lie, take a dreamer
Dream, dream, dream, dream, dream, dream, dream along...

Dreamer, dream, dream along
C'mon and dream and dream along
C'mon and dream and dream along
C'mon and dream and dream along

Dreamer, you know you are a dreamer
(C'mon and dream and dream along)
(C'mon and dream and dream along)
Well can you put your hands in your head, oh no!
(C'mon)
I said dreamer, you're nothing but a dreamer
(C'mon and dream and dream along)
(C'mon and dream and dream along)
Well can you put your hands in your head, oh no!
(C'mon)
OH NO!