Cuando Fran Healy de Travis hizo llorar a Liam Gallagher

   Según cuenta el mismo Fran Healy de su amistad con los Gallaghers:

   “Esto fue lo que rompió el hielo en nuestra relación.

   Estábamos de gira con Oasis y una noche en el backstage de Aberdeen Liam estaba sentado tocando la guitarra.       

Me pidió que le tocara alguna canción y le toqué "Luv", y entonces él se despachó con que sonaba como a John Lennon, y a cómo se imaginaba el video. Le di un demo de la canción y el volvió como veinte minutos después con los ojos rojos de haber llorado y me dijo que yo era extraordinario.

   Luego Liam le hizo escuchar la canción a Bonehead (en ese entonces guitarrista de Oasis), quien también lloró al oírla, tanto que para ocultarlo se metió en un armario…”

   Healy escribió "Luv" en 1995 cuando una novia lo dejó y se fue a la Universidad.

   Cuando terminó la canción, hizo un demo de cuatro tracks y se lo envió a ella.
   El tema en cuestión y un mini-Recital de cuatro temas más para hacerle justicia a esta gran banda escocesa.

Letra de Luv

What's so wrong

Why the face so long?

Is it over?

And where you going that

you no longer belong here?

And distance tells you that

distance must come between love

Where have you been, Luv?

When the mistake we made

Was in never having planned to fall in love, Luv

Singing this song

Singing along

Makes it easier for me to see you go

But in doing so

In letting you goIt only serves to show me

that I'm still in love with you

Singing this song

Singing along

Makes it easier for me to see you go

But in doing so

It only serves to show me

that I'm still in love with you

So what's so wrong

Why the face So long?

Are you changing?

And where you been to that

you no longer remember?

And distance tells you that

distance must come between love

Where have you been, Luv?

It's just the chance we took

Having never ever planned to fall in love, Luv

It's just the chance we took

Having never ever planned to fall in love, Luv

It's just the chance we tookHaving never ever planned to fall in love, Luv

Luv 

KAPOW!!:"...It's just the chance we took / Having never ever planned to fall in love, Luv..."

Jukebox: Janis Joplin - Mercedes Benz

   "Mercedes Benz" es una canción a capella grabada por Janis Joplin el 1 de octubre de 1970. Ese día también grabó un "Happy Birthday" para John Lennon y esos fueron sus últimos tracks grabados ya que falleció tres días después. La canción aparece en el album Pearl de 1971.

   Va por dos: la grabación original y un excelente remix lanzado años más tarde.

Letra
Oh Lord, won't you buy me a Mercedes Benz ?
My friends all drive Porsches, I must make amends.
Worked hard all my lifetime, no help from my friends,
So Lord, won't you buy me a Mercedes Benz ?

Oh Lord, won't you buy me a color TV ?
Dialing For Dollars is trying to find me.
I wait for delivery each day until three,
So oh Lord, won't you buy me a color TV ?

Oh Lord, won't you buy me a night on the town ?
I'm counting on you, Lord, please don't let me down.
Prove that you love me and buy the next round,
Oh Lord, won't you buy me a night on the town ?

Everybody!
Oh Lord, won't you buy me a Mercedes Benz ?
My friends all drive Porsches, I must make amends,
Worked hard all my lifetime, no help from my friends,
So oh Lord, won't you buy me a Mercedes Benz ?

That's it! 

Mini-Recital: The Shins

    The Shins, originalmente James Mercer, Dave Hernandez, Eric Johnson, Joe Plummer y Ron Lewis, una gran banda de indie rock formada en Albuquerque, New Mexico y que luego hizo base en Portland, Oregon.
   Con tres albums: Oh, Inverted World (2001), Chutes To Narrow (2003) y Wincing The Night Away (2007) y otro prometido para el 2012, además de un album del 2010 Broken Bells, colaboración de James Mercer con Danger Mouse (para mí de lo mejor del año pasado).


ZOOCK!!: "...And if you'd took to me like a gull takes to the wind..."

THE SHINS

Gone For Good (A Call For Apathy)

Untie me, I've said no vows
The train is getting way too loud
I gotta leave here my girl
Get on with my lonely life

Just leave the ring on the rail
For the wheels to nullify

Until this turn in my head
I let you stay and you paid no rent
I spent twelve long months on the lam

That's enough sitting on the fence
For the fear of breaking dams

I find a fatal flaw
In the logic of love
And go out of my head

You love a sinking stone
That'll never elope
So get used to the lonesome
Girl, you must atone some
Don't leave me no phone number there

It took me all of a year
To put the poison pill to your ear
But now I stand on honest ground, on honest ground

You want to fight for this love
But honey you cannot wrestle a dove
So baby it's clear

You want to jump and dance
But you sat on your hands
And lost your only chance

Go back to your hometown
Get your feet on the ground
And stop floating around

I find a fatal flaw
In the logic of love
And go out of my head

You love a sinking stone
That'll never elope
So get used to the lonesome
Girl, you must atone some
Don't leave me no phone number there