Backspacer - En el fondo simplemente otro ser humano

Nombre del disco: Backspacer
Fecha de lanzamiento: Septiembre 2009
Producido por: Brendan O'Brien

Este disco de poco más de 36 minutos de duración constituye el noveno álbum de estudio de la banda norteamericana Pearl jam , y marca un cambio de enfoque con respecto a las producciones anteriores cargadas de contenido político y mayor extensión temporal, a un enfoque mucho más personal, más directo y hasta optimista, cambio que posiblemente sorprenda pero que no podría haber venido en mejor momento.
Solo un dejo del contenido político característico de los dos trabajos anteriores de esta banda se siente en el segundo track del disco “Got Some” -This situation, which side are you on? Are you getting out? Are you dropping bombs? Have you heard of diplomatic resolve? (¿De qué lado estás en esta situación? ¿Te estás saliendo? ¿Estas lanzando bombas? ¿Has oído de solución diplomática?)-, luego Backspacer continúa con lo que viene a ser el primer sencillo, The Fixer, que a pesar de sus aparentemente esperanzadas letras parece tratarse de la inhabilidad de algunas personas de tan sólo disfrutar el momento sin tratar de arreglarlo todo, según declaró Eddie Vedder, vocalista de la agrupación.
Cualquiera que sea familiar con el film "Into the wild"y su banda sonora, realizada como un proyecto solista por Eddie, encontrará reminiscencias de este trabajo entre las canciones del último álbum de Pearl Jam, y es que “Just Breathe” bien podría haber sido (y en cierta forma es) parte de éste; según los miembros del grupo Just Breathe es lo más cercano a una canción de amor escrita por Vedder, y nos habla precisamente de lo que The Fixer denuncia…. Ser capaces de tan sólo respirar, compartir un momento y un lugar con una persona especial, estar ahí, solo ahí, sólo estar.
La sexta canción del Backspacer se convirtió en mi primera favorita de éste, con sabor a plegaria de agradecimiento y letras como “If not for love I would be drowning I’ve seen it work both ways, but I am up (Si no es por amor, estaría ahogándome lo he visto funcionar de ambas formas, pero estoy arriba); “Love ain’t love until you give it up” (El amor no es amor hasta que lo entregas) y “I can see the Light Coming through the clouds in rays” (Puedo ver los rayos de luz viniendo a través de las nubes); Amongst the Waves es verdaderamente un deleite, una de las canciones más, o tal vez la más, optimistas de esta banda, perfecta para cualquier ocasión, con una excelente guitarra del señor Mike McCready que deja un muy buen sabor de boca y el deseo de seguir descubriendo más este disco que no decepciona, sino que intriga, atrapa, engancha y enamora.
Luego continúa la segunda mitad de este viaje que nos pasea por Unthought Known, canción que habla sobre la psique humana; la electrizante Supersonic; Speed of Sound, tomada desde la perspectiva de un hombre que permanece sentado en un bar después que todos se han ido, aforrándose a un sueño de luz distante, esperando el sol, esperando una palabra que nunca llega;
se extiende por Force of Nature hasta la poderosa y visceral balada The End que da fin a este grandioso lanzamiento.
Por todo esto y más Backspacer no sólo es uno de los álbumes indispensables de Pearl Jam, sino de todo el 2009.

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Crazy Mary live at the Garden

Hay un misterio, un misterio que no se acaba, algo de nostalgia y una historia.

She lived on the curve in the road in an old tar paper shack.
On the south side of the town on the wrong side of the tracks.
Sometimes on the way into town we'd say,
"mother can we stop and give her a ride?"
Sometimes we did but her hands flew from her side.
Wild eyed crazy Mary.

Down a long dirt road past the Parson's place.
The old blue car we used to race
A little country store with a sign tacked to the side
Said 'NO L-O-I-T-E-R-I-N-G ALLOWED'
Underneath that sign always congregated quite a crowd.

Take a bottle drink it down. Pass it around.
Take a bottle drink it down. Drink it... Pass it around. Pass it a...
A-take a bottle drink it down. Pass it... Pass it a... Pass it around.

One night thunder cracked. Mercy backed outside her windowsill.
Dreamed I was flying high above the trees over the hills
Looked down into the house of Mary.
Bare bulb on Newspaper covered walls
And Mary rising up above it all.

Next morning on the way into town
saw some skid marks and followed them around
Over the curve, through the fields, into the house of Mary
That what you fear the most could meet you halfway
That what you fear the most could meet you halfway.

Take a bottle drink it down. Pass it around.
Take a bottle drink it down. Pass it... Pass it around. Pass it a...

Pearl Jam

Last Nite

Last night, she said:
"Oh, baby, I feel so down.
Oh, it turns me off,
When I feel left out"

So I, I turned 'round:
"Oh baby, don't care no more,
I know this for sure,
I'm walkin' out that door"

Well, I've been in town for just 'bout fifteen oh minutes now
And Baby, I feel so down
See I don't know why!
I keep walkin' for miles.

People they don't understand
No, girlfriends, they can't understand
Your Grandsons, they won't understand
On top of this, I ain't ever gonna understand...

Last night, she said:
"Oh, baby, don't feel so down.
Oh, it turns me off,
When I feel left out"

So I, I turned 'round:
"Oh, baby, gonna be alright"
It was a great big lie
'Cause I left that night”

And, people they don't understand
No, girlfriends, they don't understand
In spaceships they won't understand
And me, I ain't ever gonna understand...

Last night, she said:
"Oh, baby, I feel so down.
See, it turns me off,
When I feel left out"

So I, I turned 'round:
"Oh little girl I don't care no more.
I know this for sure,
I'm walking out that door," yeah.

The Strokes

Bold As Love

A continuación postearé esta canción en dos versiones: La original de Jimmi Hendrix y un cover realizado por John Mayer para su tercer álbum de estudio (Continuum)

Father and Son

Todo un clásico del señor Cat Stevens(ahora Yusuf Islam), de verdad una canción a-temporal que refleja una realidad presente en prácticamente todas las relaciones padre e hijo, la búsqueda de aprobación, la dificultad de comunicación y el duro proceso de convertirse en adulto con ideas y creencias propias más allá de las enseñanzas de nuestros padres. De verdad un clásico:

Father
It's not time to make a change,
Just relax, take it easy.
You're still young, that's your fault,
There's so much you have to know.
Find a girl, settle down,
If you want you can marry.
Look at me, I am old, but I'm happy.

I was once like you are now, and I know that it's not easy,
To be calm when you've found something going on.
But take your time, think a lot,
Why, think of everything you've got.
For you will still be here tomorrow, but your dreams may not.

Son
How can I try to explain, when I do he turns away again.
It's always been the same, same old story.
From the moment I could talk I was ordered to listen.
Now there's a way and I know that I have to go away.
I know I have to go.

Father
It's not time to make a change,
Just sit down, take it slowly.
You're still young, that's your fault,
There's so much you have to go through.
Find a girl, settle down,
if you want you can marry.
Look at me, I am old, but I'm happy.
(Son-- Away Away Away, I know I have to
Make this decision alone - no)

Son
All the times that I cried,
keeping all the things I knew inside,
It's hard, but it's harder to ignore it.
If they were right, I'd agree, but it's them They know not me.
Now there's a way and I know that I have to go away.
I know I have to go.
(Father-- Stay Stay Stay, Why must you go and
make this decision alone?)

Traducción:

Padre:
No es momento de hacer un cambio,
Relájate, tranquilízate.
Todavía eres joven, ese es tu defecto
Hay tanto que tienes que saber.
Encuentra una chica, sienta cabeza
Si quieres puedes casarte
Mírame, soy viejo, pero soy feliz.

Una vez yo fui como eres ahora, y se que no es
fácil estar tranquilo cuando encuentras
que algo está pasando
Pero tomate tu tiempo, piensa mucho,
Piensa en todo lo que has obtenido
Porque tú estarás aquí mañana,
pero tus sueños quizás no.

Hijo:
¿Como puedo tratar de explicar,
si cuando lo hago el se aparta de nuevo?
Siempre ha sido lo mismo, la misma vieja historia.
Desde el momento que pude hablar me ordenaron escuchar.
Ahora hay un camino y se que tengo que irme.
Se que tengo que irme.

Padre:
No es momento de hacer un cambio,
Relájate, tranquilízate.
Todavía eres joven, ese es tu defecto
Hay tanto que tienes que saber.
Encuentra una chica, sienta cabeza
Si quieres puedes casarte
Mírame, soy viejo, pero soy feliz.
(Hijo: Lejos, lejos, lejos, tengo que tomar esta decisión
Yo solo - no)

Hijo:
Todas las veces que lloré,
guardando todo lo que sé adentro,
es difícil, pero es más difícil ignorarlo
Si ellos tuvieran razón, estaría de acuerdo,
pero ellos no me conocen.
Ahora hay un camino y se que tengo que irme.
Se que tengo que irme Se que tengo que irme.
(Padre: Quédate, quédate, quédate, ¿Por qué debes irte
Y tomar esta decisión tú solo?)

Cat Stevens.

Back 2 Good

Más Matchbox 20, más música:

It's nothing, It's so normal
You just stand there
I could say so much,
But I don't go there cuz I don't want to
I was thinking if you were lonely
Maybe we could leave here and no one would know
At least not to the point that we would think so.

Everyone here, knows everyone here is thinking about somebody else
It's best if we all keep it under our heads
I couldn't tell, if anyone here was feeling the way I do,
But I'm lonely now, and I don't know how
To get it back to good.

This don't mean that, you own me
This ain't no good, in fact it's phony as hell
But things worked out just like you wanted too
If you see me out you don't know me
Try to turn your head, try to give me some room
To figure out just what I'm going to do.

And everyone here, hates everyone here for doing just like they do
It's best if we all keep this quiet instead
And I couldn't tell, why everyone here was doing me like they do
But I'm sorry now, and I don't know how
To get it back to good.

Everyone here, is wondering what it's like to be with somebody else
Everyone here's to blame
Everyone here gets caught up in the pleasure of the pain
Everyone here hides shades of shame
But looking inside we're the same, we're the same
And we're all grown now,
But we don't know how
To get it back to good.

Everyone here
Knows everyone here is thinking 'bout somebody else
It's best if we all keep this under our heads
I couldn't tell
If anyone here was feeling the way I do
But it's over now,
And I don't know how,
It's over now,
There's no getting back to good.

Matchbox Twenty

Hang

Esta balada es la pista final del exitoso primer álbum de la banda de rock alternativo Matchbox Twenty que lleva por nombre "Yourself or Someone Like You" (Tu mismo o alguien como tú). Disco que trata temas relacionados con la soledad, el abuso psicológico, la humillación y la ira pero con un sonido melodioso y profundas e impactantes vocales y que cierra con broche de oro en esta canción donde una guitarra acústica se una la voz de Rob Thomas para interpretar la última pieza: Hang.

She grabs her magazines
she packs her things and she goes
she leaves the pictures hanging on the wall
she burns all her notes and she knows
she's been here too few years
to feel this old.

He smokes his cigarette
he stays outside 'til it's gone
if anybody ever had a heart,
he wouldn't be alone, he knows
she's been here too few years to be gone.

And we always say
it would be good to go away, someday
but if there's nothing there to make things change
if it's the same for you I'll just hang.

The trouble understand
is she got reasons he don't
funny how he couldn't see at all
'til she grabbed up her coat, and she goes
she's been here too few years
to take it all in stride
But still it's much too long
to let her go (you let her go)

And we always say
it would be good to go away, someday
but if there's nothing there to make things change
if it's the same for you I'll just hang
the same for you I'll always hang
well I always say
it would be good to go away
but if things don't work out like we think
and there's nothing there to ease this ache
but if there's nothing there to make things change
if it's the same for you I'll just hang.

Matchbox Twenty