(Less Than) Great Expectations

En esta época del año es tradicional dedicarse a hacer recuento de las experiencias vividas a lo largo de los últimos doce meses, reflexionar sobre las cosas buenas y las cosas malas que hayan ocurrido, quizás recopilar alguna lista del tipo "Los 10 Mejores y Los 10 Peores..." y, en definitiva, hacerse las eternas preguntas "¿de dónde venimos?", "¿a dónde vamos?" y sobre todo "¿por qué?". También viene siendo tradicional de este blog no ofrecer ningún tipo de reflexión seria (ni nada que se le parezca) por mi parte, y sí en cambio enlazar cualquier video musical que se me antoje. Así que, cumpliendo las dos tradiciones con un único post, hoy presento este magnífico video-clip del que siempre me ha gustado pensar que su verdadero título es "Minutos musicales para reflexionar" (a.k.a. "¿Por qué yo soy yo y no un robot?"):

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Tally-Ho!

Si hay algo que me gusta de YouTube es la altísima probabilidad que hay de encontrar en él exactamente lo que uno busca. Como la secuencia que ilustra el post de hoy. Quizás debería haberla dejado para un poco más adelante, cuando los exámenes estén (todavía) más encima, porque la inyección de "moral" que supone escuchar este hit no es nada despreciable, pero como llevo toda la semana tarareándolo en mi cabeza creo que ya era hora de ponerlo. Si es que así hasta yo sería capaz de llegar a la final del Campeonato de Karate de All Valley...

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Try to be best
‘Cause you’re only a man
And a man’s gotta learn to take it

Try to believe
Though the going gets rough
That you gotta hang tough to make it

History repeats itself
Try and you’ll succeed

Never doubt that you’re the one
And you can have your dreams!

You’re the best!
Around!
Nothing’s gonna ever keep you down
You’re the Best!
Around!
Nothing’s gonna ever keep you down
You’re the Best!
Around!
Nothing’s gonna ever keep you down

Fight ‘til the end
Cause your life will depend
On the strength that you have inside you

Ah you gotta be proud
Starin’ out in the cloud
When the odds in the game defy you

Try your best to win them all
And one day time will tell

When you’re the one that’s standing there
You’ll reach the final bell!

You’re the best!
Around!
Nothing’s gonna ever keep you down
You’re the Best!
Around!
Nothing’s gonna ever keep you down
You’re the Best!
Around!
Nothing’s gonna ever keep you down

You’re the best!
Around!
Nothing’s gonna ever keep you down
You’re the Best!
Around!
Nothing’s gonna ever keep you down
You’re the Best!
Around!
Nothing’s gonna ever keep you down

Fight ‘til you drop
Never stop
Can’t give up
Til you reach the top (FIGHT!)
You’re the best in town (FIGHT!)
Listen to that sound
A little bit of all you got
Can never bring you down

You’re the best!
Around!
Nothing’s gonna ever keep you down
You’re the Best!
Around!
Nothing’s gonna ever keep you down
You’re the Best!
Around!
Nothing’s gonna ever keep you down
You’re the best!
Around!
Nothing’s gonna ever keep you down
You’re the Best!
Around!
Nothing’s gonna ever keep you down
You’re the Best!
Around!
Nothing’s gonna ever keep you down
You’re the best!
...

Human Contact

Hacía demasiado tiempo que no sonaba por aquí una canción de anime, pero vengo dispuesto a poner remedio a esta situación con un clásico de este blog: un video-clip del Studio Ghibli. Tenía esta canción en la recámara para ponerla en el momento más conveniente, y hoy me he levantado con el ánimo adecuado. Así que, sin más dilación, doy paso a la maravillosa voz de Aoi Teshima y el tema central de «Cuentos de Terramar»:

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夕闇迫る雲の上 (Yuuyami semaru kumo no ue)
Por encima de las nubes mientras avanza el crepúsculo,
いつも一羽で飛んでいる (Itsumo ichiwa de tondeiru)

Un halcón planea siempre solitario.
鷹はきっと悲しかろう (Taka wa kitto kanashikarou)
Siento su tristeza
音も途絶えた風の中 (Oto mo todaeta kaze no naka)
En el viento silencioso...
空をつかんだその翼 (Sora o tsukanda sono tsubasa)
Sus alas se agarran al cielo.
休めることはできなくて (Yasumeru koto wa dekinakute)
Nunca encuentra reposo.

心を何にたとえよう (Kokoro o nani ni tatoeyou)
Nadie conoce su corazón.
鷹のようなこの心 (Taka no youna kono kokoro)
Un corazón como un halcón.
心を何にたとえよう (Kokoro o nani ni tatoeyou)
Nadie conoce su corazón.
空を舞うよな悲しさを (Sora o mau yona samishisa o)
La tristeza se mueve en círculos por el cielo...

雨のそぼ降る岩陰に (Ame no sobofuru iwakage ni)
Entre las rocas, envuelta en llovizna,
いつも小さく咲いている (Itsumo chiisaku saiteiru)
Florece a pesar de su pequeñez.
花はきっとせつなかろう (Hana wa kitto setsunakarou)
La flor siempre está triste
色もかすんだ雨の中 (Iro mo kasunda ame no naka)
Envuelta en la brumosa lluvia.
薄桃色の花びらを (Usu momoiro no hanabira o)
Sus pálidos pétalos son rosados.
愛でてくれる手もなくて (Medetekureru te mo nakute)
Nadie los admirará nunca.

心を何にたとえよう (Kokoro o nani ni tatoeyou)
Nadie conoce el corazón,
花のようなこの心 (Hana no youna kono kokoro)
El corazón de una flor.
心を何にたとえよう (Kokoro o nani ni tatoeyou)
Nadie conoce el corazón,
雨に打たれる切なさを (Ame ni utareru setsunasa o)
Atrapado indefenso en la lluvia.

人影絶えた野の道を (Hitokage taeta no no michi o)
Por un sendero interminable, a través de campos interminables,
私ととともに歩んでる (Watashi to tomo ni ayunderu)
Vamos caminando uno al lado del otro.
あなたもきっとさみしかろう (Anata mo kitto samishikarou)
Siento tu soledad.
虫のささやくくさはらを (Mushi no sasayaku kusahara o)
Los grillos susurran en los campos
共に道ゆく人だけど (Tomo ni michiyuku hito dakedo)
Mientras tú caminas a mi lado.
絶えてもの言うこともなく (Taete monoiu koto mo naku)
Pero no decimos una palabra...

心を何にたとえよう (Kokoro o nani ni tatoeyou)
Nadie conoce mi corazón,
ひとり道ゆくこの心 (Hitori michiyuku kono kokoro)
Este corazón que camina solitario.
心を何にたとえよう (Kokoro o nani ni tatoeyou)
Nadie conoce mi corazón,
ひとりぼっちのさみしさを (Hitoribocchi no samishisa o)
Ni lo que significa estar solo.

I've Seen Things...

Sin ninguna duda, la de hoy es la Canción de la Semana. Como está "cantada" en español, normalmente no pondría la letra en el post, pero su lirismo psicotrónico merece ser preservado para la posteridad en glorioso blanco sobre negro.

Nota: El autor de este blog no se responsabiliza de las secuelas traumáticas y psicológicas que el visionado del siguiente video ocasione en los ususarios.

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Venimos en son de paz...

¡Ahhh! El espacio
Es sideral
Es infinito
Dame un poquito

E.T. y Philip K. Dick...

¡Ahhh! Extraterrestres
Rayos cósmicos
Ming en Mongo
Toca el bongo

Espacio exterior e interior...

¡Ahhh! Velocidad
De luz corriente
De una bombilla
De 220

Lagartijas
Que comen ratones
Aliens molestos
Por diversas razones

Ciencia-ficción
Porque hay ciencia y ficción
Ciencia-ficción
Ciencia-bofetón

Ciencia-ficción
Porque hay ciencia y ficción
Ciencia-ficción
Ciencia-bofetón

Galaxias del más allá...

¡Ahhh! Tanta vida
Inteligente
Predator lleva
Tres a septiembre

En Dune lo pasan mal...

¡Ahhh! En el cosmos
No hay presente
Siempre futuro
Y juegan con Tente

2001 es un tostón...

¡Ahhh!
"Maestro Yoda:
Estamos rodeados por Darth Vader y otros.
¿Tiene algún consejo que darnos?"
Hubiera o hubiese sido mejor
No haber o hubiere venido...
Ohhh...

Ciencia-ficción
Porque hay ciencia y ficción
Ciencia-ficción
Ciencia-bofetón

Ciencia-ficción
Porque hay ciencia y ficción
Ciencia-ficción
Ciencia-bofetón

Son ciencia-ficción
Porque hay ciencia y ficción
Ciencia-ficción
Ciencia-bofetón

Ciencia-ficción
Porque hay ciencia y ficción
Ciencia-ficción
Ciencia-bofetón

El Caballero del Dragón con Miguel Bosé

Ray Bradbury

Hola, ¿estás Solaris?

Klaatu Barada Nikto

Blade Runner

Señor Spock

Paz Vega

Saturno 3

Plutón BRB Nero

(Pero, ¿ciencia-ficción?)
(Claro, porque es ciencia y ficción.)
(¡Ah, es cierto!)
(Camarero, un martini.)

(Y ahora, un Han Solo de piano.)

¡Ciencia-ficción!

Silent Reverie

Hoy es uno de esos días en los que traigo la idea de poner cierta canción y en el último minuto decido poner otra completamente diferente. Cosas de la edad, supongo.

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It's my direction
It's my proposal
It's so hard
It's leading me astray

My obsession
It's my creation
You'll understand
It's not important now

All I need is
Coordination
I can't imagine
My destination
My intention
Ask my opinion
But no excuse
My feelings still remain

My feelings still remain

Literary Spam

Creo que la canción de hoy es la que mejor describe las presentes circunstancias, aunque en mi caso sea eminentemente falsa. O, bueno, ¿quizás...?

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Words, don't come easy to me
How can I find a way to make you see I love you?
Words don't come easy

Words, don't come easy to me
This is the only way for me to say I love you
Words don't come easy

Well, I'm just a music man
Melody's so far my best friend
But my words are coming out wrong
Girl, I reveal my heart to you and
Hope that you believe it's true 'cause...

Words, don't come easy to me
How can I find a way to make you see I love you?
Words don't come easy

This is just a simple song
That I've made for you on my own
There's no hidden meaning you know when I
When I say I love you honey!
Please believe I really do 'cause...

Words, don't come easy to me
How can I find a way to make you see I love you?
Words don't come easy

It isn't easy
Words don't come easy

Words, don't come easy to me
How can I find a way to make you see I love you?
Words don't come easy
Don't come easy to me
This is the only way for me to say I love you
Words don't come easy

(Words don't come easy...)

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!

Get Going

¡Por fin llegó la lluvia! O algo, porque hoy parecía que finalmente iba a caer agua a base de bien, y al final ha salido el sol y todo...

El caso es que la semana ya ha pasado, he estado bastante ocupado, y toca relajarse un poco y escuchar una buena canción.

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Here we are, born to be kings
We're the princes of the universe
Here we belong, fighting to survive
In a world with the darkest powers

And here we are
We're the princes of the universe
Here we belong, fighting for survival
We've got to be the rulers of your world

I am immortal
I have inside me blood of kings
I have no rival
No man can be my equal
Take me to the future of new earth

Born to be kings, princes of the universe
Fighting and free, got your world in my hand
I'm here for your love and I'll make my stand

We were born to be princes of the universe
No man could understand
My power is in my own hand

People talk about you
People say you've had your day
I'm a man that will go far
Fly the moon and reach for the stars
With my sword and head held high
Got to pass the test first time

I know that people talk about me
I hear it every day
But I can prove them wrong 'cause I'm right first time

Alright, let's go, let's go
Yeh... Watch this man fly
Bring on the girls!
C'mon C'mon C'mon!

Here we are (here we are)
Born to be kings, we're princes of the universe
Here will we belong

Born to be kings, princes of the universe
Fighting and free, got your world in my hand
I'm here for your love and I'll make my stand
We were born to be princes of the universe

Back & Bitchin'

Se acabaron las vacaciones. Empieza el nuevo curso. Let's go!

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A long time ago, we used to be friends
But I haven't thought of you lately at all
If ever again a greeting I send to you,
Short and sweet to the soul I intend

Come on now, honey
Bring it on, bring it on, yeah
Just remember me when you're good to go
Come on now, sugar
Bring it on, bring it on, yeah
Just remember me when

It's something I said, or someone I know
Or you called me up, maybe I wasn't home
Now everybody needs some time
And everybody knows
The rest of it's fine
And everybody knows that

Come on now, sugar
Bring it on, bring it on, yeah
Just remember me when you're good to go
Come on now, honey
Bring it on, bring it on, yeah
Just remember me when

We used to be friends
A long time ago
We used to be friends
A long time ago
We used to be friends
A long time ago
We used to be friends

A long time ago, we used to be friends
But I haven't thought of you lately at all
If ever again, a greeting I send to you,
Short and sweet to the soul I intend

We used to be friends
A long time ago
We used to be friends
A long time ago
We used to be friends
A long time ago
We used to be friends

PasTime

Siempre que llega esta época del año me acuerdo de esta canción, no sé muy bien porqué. Si tuviera que explicarlo, supongo que es porque la canción transmite una atmósfera muy parecida a la que flota en el aire en días como el de hoy, que casi parecen de verano sin llegar a serlo...

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Looking from a window above
It's like a story of love
Can you hear me?
Came back only yesterday
We're moving farther away
Want you near me?
All I needed was the love you gave
All I needed for another day
And all I ever knew
Only you

Sometimes when I think of your name
When it's only a game
And I need you
Listening to the words that you say
It's getting harder to stay
When I see you
All I needed was the love you gave
All I needed for another day
And all I ever knew
Only you

All I needed was the love you gave
All I needed for another day
And all I ever knew
Only you

This is gonna take a long time
And I wonder what's mine
Can't take no more
Wonder if you'll understand
It's just the touch of your hand
Behind the closed door
All I needed was the love you gave
All I needed for another day
And all I ever knew
Only you

Lakeside Views

Otro video friki, como dije. Muchos spoilers para quien haya visto sólo un poco de «Perdidos», pero para el resto no son más que un montón de escenas fuera de contexto, así que no hay problema...

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Liquid State

Esta semana toca poner videos frikis, en respuesta a la celebración del primer Salóncito del Manga en Valencia el finde pasado, y al estreno de la cuarta entrega de Indiana Jones dentro de unos días (por no mencionar ese deleznable espectáculo llamado "Día del Orgullo Friki" que, desgraciadamente, parece que volverá a perpetrarse un año más...). Así que, por ningún motivo en concreto, empezaré poniendo este temazo orquestal de la intro del MGS2:

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Nod

El post de hoy se lo voy a dedicar a mi hermano, así que he escogido un tema que creo que será de su agrado:

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It's not in the way that you hold me
It's not in the way you say you care
It's not in the way you've been treating my friends
It's not in the way that you stayed till the end
It's not in the way you look or the things that you say that you'll do

Hold the line
Love isn't always on time
Oh, oh, oh
Hold the line
Love isn't always on time
Oh, oh, oh

It's not in the words that you told me, girl
It's not in the way you say you're mine, ooh
It's not in the way that you came back to me
It's not in the way that your love set me free
It's not in the way you look or the things that you say that you'll do

Hold the line
Love isn't always on time
Oh, oh, oh
Hold the line
Love isn't always on time
Oh, oh, oh

It's not in the words that you told me
It's not in the way you say you're mine, ooh
It's not in the way that you came back to me
It's not in the way that your love set me free
It's not in the way you look or the things that you say that you'll do

Hold the line
Love isn't always on time
Oh, oh, oh
Hold the line
Love isn't always on time
(Love isn't always on time)
Hold the line
Love isn't always on time
(Love isn't always - Love isn't always on time)
Hold the line
Love isn't always on time
Love isn't always on time
Love isn't always on time
Love isn't always on time
Oh, oh, oh

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Hoy me apetece escuchar esta canción de esa chica que es medio lapona, medio esquimal, medio mongola...

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I'm a fountain of blood
In the shape of a girl
You're the bird on the brim
Hypnotised by the whirl

Drink me - make me feel real
Wet your beak in the stream
Game we're playing is life
Love is a two way dream

Leave me now - return tonight
Tide will show you the way
If you forget my name
You will go astray
Like a killer whale
Trapped in a bay

I'm a path of cinders
Burning under your feet
You're the one who walks me
I'm your one way street

I'm a whisper in water
Secret for you to hear
You are the one who grows distant
When I beckon you near

Leave me now - return tonight
The tide will show you the way
If you forget my name
You will go astray
Like a killer whale
Trapped in a bay

I'm a tree that grows hearts
One for each that you take
You're the intruder's hand
I'm the branch that you break

Hum-yeah!

Roots

Esta semana empezó de manera extraña. Fue muy peculiar tener un atisbo de todo ese bagaje familiar que forma parte de mí pero que nunca he llegado a conocer realmente, y más curioso aún ponderar alternativas y posibilidades que por diversas circunstancias nunca llegaron a cristalizar...

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(For three days I fought my way along roads packed with refugees - the homeless, burdened with boxes and bundles containing their valuables. All that was of value to me was in London, but by the time I reached their little red-brick house, Carrie and her father were gone.)

The summer sun is fading as the year grows old
And darker days are drawing near
The winter winds will be much colder
Now you're not here

I watch the birds fly south across the Autumn sky
And one by one they disappear
I wish that I was flying with them
Now you're not here

Like the sun through the trees you came to love me
Like a leaf on a breeze you blew away

Through Autumn's golden gown we used to kick our way
You always loved this time of year
Those fallen leaves lie undisturbed now
'cause you're not here
'cause you're not here
'cause you're not here

(Fire suddenly leapt from house to house, the population panicked and ran - and I was swept along with them, aimless and lost without Carrie. Finally, I headed Eastward for the ocean, and my only hope of survival - a boat out of England.)

Like the sun through the trees you came to love me
Like a leaf on a breeze you blew away

A gentle rain falls softly on my weary eyes
As if to hide a lonely tear
My life will be forever Autumn
'cause you're not here
'cause you're not here
'cause you're not here

(As I hastened through Covent Garden, Blackfriars and Billingsgate, more and more people joined the painful exodus. Sad, weary women, their children stumbling and streaked with tears, their men bitter and angry, the rich rubbing shoulders with beggars and outcasts. Dogs snarled and whined, the horses' bits were covered with foam... and here and there were wounded soldiers, as helpless as the rest.)

(We saw Tripods wading up the Thames, cutting through bridges as though they were paper - Waterloo Bridge, Westminster Bridge... One appeared above Big Ben...)

(Ullaaaaaaaaa!)

(Never before in the history of the world had such a mass of human beings moved and suffered together. This was no disciplined march - it was a stampede - without order and without a goal, six million people unarmed and unprovisioned, driving headlong. It was the beginning of the rout of civilization, of the massacre of mankind.)

(A vast crowd buffeted me towards the already packed steamer. I looked up enviously at those safely on board - straight into the eyes of my beloved Carrie! At sight of me she began to fight her way along the packed deck to the gangplank. At that very moment it was raised, and I caught a last glimpse of her despairing face as the crowd swept me away from her.)

Like the sun through the trees you came to love me
Like a leaf on a breeze you blew away

Through autumn's golden gown we used to kick our way
You always loved this time of year
Those fallen leaves lie undisturbed now
'cause you're not here
'cause you're not here
'cause you're not here

[El video termina un poco abruptamente, justo cuando va a dar comienzo la desesperada batalla del Thunder Child contra los Trípodes. Como es una canción que merece mucho la pena, y marca el final de la primera mitad de la obra, pongo un enlace aquí para quien quiera disfrutar de ese momento.]

Sunshine

De luna a luna y tiro porque me toca. Un tema clásico de principios de los 80 cuyo videoclip da bastante risera de ver hoy en día...

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The last that ever she saw him
Carried away by a moonlight shadow
He passed on worried and warning
Carried away by a moonlight shadow
Lost in a river last saturday night
Far away on the other side
He was caught in the middle of a desperate fight
And she couldn't find how to push through

The trees that whisper in the evening
Carried away by a moonlight shadow
Sing a song of sorrow and grieving
Carried away by a moonlight shadow
All she saw was a silhouette of a gun
Far away on the other side
He was shot six times by a man on the run
And she couldn't find how to push through

I stay
I pray
I see you in heaven far away

I stay
I pray
I see you in heaven one day

Four am in the morning
Carried away by a moonlight shadow
I watched your vision forming
Carried away by a moonlight shadow
Star was light in a silvery night
Far away on the other side
Will you come to talk to me this night
But she couldn't find how to push through

I stay
I pray
I see you in heaven far away

I stay
I pray
I see you in heaven one day

Far away on the other side

Caught in the middle of a hundred and five
The night was heavy but the air was alive
But she couldn't find how to push through

(Carried away by a moonlight shadow)
(Carried away by a moonlight shadow)
(Far away on the other side...)

Slumberland

Hoy ando algo alicaído de ánimo, y me apetece escuchar este tema...

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Blissful Moments

Una cosa lleva a la otra y, continuando con la carambola del otro día, hoy toca poner una canción relacionada con la del anterior post. Una versión hipnótica y sensual de un tema muy nuestro, que suena así de bien de la mano de Kenji Kawaii y Kimiko Itoh:

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Follow me to a land across the shining sea
Waiting beyond the world that we have known
Beyond the world that dream could be
And the joy we have tasted

Follow me along the road that only love can see
Rising above the fun years of the night
Into the light beyond the tears
And all the years we have wasted

Follow me to a distand land this mountain high
Where all the music that we always kept inside will fill the sky
Singing in the silent swerve a heart is free
While the world goes on turning and turning
Turning and falling

Follow me to a distand land this mountain high
Where all the music that we always kept inside will fill the sky
Singing in the silent swerve a heart is free
While the world goes on turning and turning
Turning and falling

Follow me...
Follow me...
Follow me...
Follow me...

Batteries Not Included

El transcribir los caracteres cirílicos del último post hizo que me acordara de esta canción, otra joya musical que debemos a Yoko Kanno. Esta vez me abstengo de hacer ningún tipo de traducción de la letra, que bastante complejidad tiene ya con su improvisada combinación de ruso, inglés y latín. Quien quiera saber de qué va, que consulte aquí.

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Ангелы и демоны кружили надо мной
(Angeli i demoni kruzhili nado mnoj)
Рассекали тернии и млечные пути
(Rassekali ternii i mlechnye puti)
Не знает счастья только тот
(Ne znaet schast'ya tol'ko tot)
Кто его зова понять не смог
(Kto ego zova ponyat ne smog)

Mana du vortis, mana du vortis
Aeria gloris, aeria gloris
Mana du vortis, mana du vortis
Aeria gloris, aeria gloris

I am calling, calling now
Spirits rise and falling
Собой остаться дольше (Soboi ostat'sya dol'she)
Calling, calling
In the depth of longing
Собой остаться дольше (Soboi ostat'sya dol'she)

Mana du vortis, mana du vortis
Aeria gloris, aeria gloris

Stand alone
Where was life when it had a meaning...
Stand alone
Nothing's real anymore and...

Бесконечный бег...
(Beskoneshnyj beg...)
Пока жива, я могу стараться на лету не упасть...
( Poka zhiva, ya mogu starat'sya na letu ne upast'...)
Не разучиться мечтать... любить...
( Ne razuchit'sya mechtat'... lyubit'...)
Бесконечный бег...
(Beskoneshnyj beg...)

Calling, calling now
For the place of knowing
There's more that what can be linked
Calling, calling now
Never will I look away
For what life has left for me

Yearning, yearning
For what's left of loving
Собой остаться дольше (Soboi ostat'sya dol'she)
Calling, calling now
Spirits rise and falling
Собой остаться дольше (Soboi ostat'sya dol'she)
Calling, calling
In the depth of longing
Собой остаться дольше (Soboi ostat'sya dol'she)

Mana du vortis, mana du vortis
Aeria gloris, aeria gloris
Mana du vortis, mana du vortis
Aeria gloris, aeria gloris

Back To The Basics

De vuelta al tajo tras este largo período vacacional. No sé muy bien por qué he escogido poner este videoclip de las t.A.T.u. precisamente hoy, quizá es porque me recuerda a los niveles siberianos del NOLF2... El caso es que me apetecía escuchar algo que no estuviese en inglés, y aunque prefiero su 'Ya Soshla S Uma' ('All The Things She Said'), finalmente me he inclinado por este tema:

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Нас не догонят... (Nas ne dogonyat...)
Nunca nos encontrarán...

Только скажи (Tol'ko skazhe)
Dime solamente
Дальше нас двое (Dal'she nas dvoye)
Que a partir de ahora estaremos juntas las dos
Только огни (Tol'ko ogni)
Como las luces
Аэродрома (Aerodroma)
Del aeropuerto
Мы убежим (My ubezhim)
Huiremos lejos
Нас не догонят (Nas ne dogonyat)
Nunca nos encontrarán
Дальше от них (Dal'she ot nikh)
Lejos de ellos
Дальше от дома (Dal'she ot doma)
Lejos de casa

Ночь-проводник (Noch' provodnik)
La noche nos guía
Спрячь наши тени (Spryach' nashi teni)
Y oculta nuestras sombras
За облака (Za oblaka)
Detrás de las nubes
За облаками (Za oblakami)
Detrás de las nubes
Нас не найдут (Nas ne naydut)
No nos cogerán
Нас не изменят (Nas ne izmeniat)
No nos cambiarán
Им не достать (Im ne dostat)
Incapaces de alcanzar
Звезды руками (Zvezdy rukami)
Las estrellas con sus manos

Небо уронит (Nyebo uronit)
El cielo hará caer
Ночь на ладони (Noch' na ladoni)
La noche en nuestras manos
Нас не догонят (Nas ne dogonyat)
Nunca nos encontrarán
Нас не догонят (Nas ne dogonyat)
Nunca nos encontrarán
Небо уронит (Nyebo uronit)
El cielo hará caer
Ночь на ладони (Noch' na ladoni)
La noche en nuestras manos
Нас не догонят (Nas ne dogonyat)
Nunca nos encontrarán
Нас не догонят (Nas ne dogonyat)
Nunca nos encontrarán

Нас не догонят... (Nas ne dogonyat...)
Nunca nos encontrán...

Мы убежим (My ubezhim)
Huiremos lejos
Все будет просто (Vse budet prosto)
Donde todo sea más simple
Ночь упадет (Noch' upadet)
Caerá la noche
Небо уронит (Nebo uronit)
El cielo descenderá
И пустота на перекрестках (I pustota na perekrestkakh)
Y el vacío en las encrucijadas
И пустота нас не догонит (I pustota nas ne dagoniat)
Y el vacío no nos atrapará
Не говори, им не понятно (Ne govori, im ne ponyatno)
No digas nada, no pueden entenderlo
Только без них (Tol'ko be nikh)
Solamente sin ellos
Только не мимо (Tol'ko nie nimo)
No los eches en falta
Лучше никак (Luchshe nikak)
Es mejor así
Но не обратно (No nie obratno)
No mires atrás
Только не с ними (Tol'ko nie s nemi)
Solamente sin ellos
Только не с ними (Tol'ko nie s nemi)
Solamente sin ellos

Нас не догонят... (Nas ne dogonyat...)
Nunca nos encontrán...

Небо уронит (Nyebo uronit)
El cielo hará caer
Ночь на ладони (Noch' na ladoni)
La noche en nuestras manos
Нас не догонят (Nas ne dogonyat)
Nunca nos encontrarán
Нас не догонят (Nas ne dogonyat)
Nunca nos encontrarán
Небо уронит (Nyebo uronit)
El cielo hará caer
Ночь на ладони (Noch' na ladoni)
La noche en nuestras manos
Нас не догонят (Nas ne dogonyat)
Nunca nos encontrarán
Нас не догонят (Nas ne dogonyat)
Nunca nos encontrarán

Нас не догонят... (Nas ne dogonyat...)
Nunca nos encontrán...

Epic

Tal día como hoy, hace 30 años, se estrenaba en la televisión japonesa uno de los mejores animes de todos los tiempos. Sirva este post para celebrar tan mítico aniversario.

"Cuando los mares de la Tierra se extinguieron,
todos afirmaron que a la humanidad le había llegado su hora.
Hubo, sin embargo, algunos que volvieron la vista al infinito mar
que se abría sobres sus cabezas y, deplorando el camino
que había tomado la humanidad, creyeron con inquebrantable fe
en un nuevo y brillante futuro para los hombres.
Fueron ellos quienes partieron entonces
hacia ese nuevo mar infinito: el Espacio.
La gente se mofó de estos hombres que,
en una muestra de valor incomparable,
se embarcaron en una nueva aventura.
Les llamaron ilusos, y consideraron que estaban fuera de la ley
por perseguir un sueño imposible.
Ésta es una historia de dicha época.
Era el año 2977..."

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