Canción de la semana: "American Music", de Violent Femmes

Canción: American Music

Autor: Gordon Gano

Intérpretes: Violent Femmes
Disco: Why do birds sing? (1991)

Letra:

Do you like American music?
I like American music
Don't you like American music, baby?

I want you to hold me
I want your arms around me
I want you to hold me, baby

Did you do too many drugs?
I did to many drugs
Did you do too many drugs, baby?

You were born too late, I was born too soon
But every time I look at that ugly moon
It reminds me of you, it reminds me of you

Ooh, ooh, ooh

I need a date to the prom
Would you like to come along?
But nobody would go to the prom with me, baby

They didn't like American music
They never heard American music
They didn't know the music was in my soul, baby

You were born too soon, I was born too late
But every time I look at that ugly lake 
It reminds me of me, it reminds me of me

Do you like American music?
- We like American music
I like American music, baby...

Do you like American music?
- We like all kinds of music
But I like American music best, baby

You were born too late and I was born too late
But every time I look at that ugly lake
It reminds me of me, it reminds me of me

Do you like American music?
It reminds me of me
Do you like American music...

Primal Scream: Screamadelica

A los escoceses Primal Scream se les debe reconocer el mérito de haber sido una de las bandas que reformuló el sonido pop-rock de principios de los años 90. Screamadelica (1991), probablemente su disco más aplaudido, marcó un punto de inflexión en su propia carrera y en la de muchos otros artistas que deseaban mezclar las guitarras con la música electrónica.

Considerado un clásico casi desde la fecha de su publicación, Screamadelica contiene tres hits que destacan por encima de los demás: la pegadiza y animada -¡y gospel!- "Movin' On Up", ese single absolutamente perfecto titulado "Loaded" (que puede recordar por momentos al "Sympathy For The Devil" de los Rolling Stones) y la oscura-pero-brillante "Slip Inside This House". En todos ellos, así como en el resto del álbum, Primal Scream introdujeron elementos propios del house o del dance a unas canciones que, sin embargo, nunca olvidaban su inspiración rock. Esta fusión bien entendida fue, quizás, la clave del triunfo internacional de Screamadelica.

O tal vez la causa principal de dicho éxito fue su ya inolvidable y mítica portada diseñada por Paul Cannel. En todo caso, motivos seguro que no le faltan: piezas como "Higher Than The Sun", "Come Together", "Damaged", "Don't Fight It, Feel It" o "I'm Coming Down" son una buena muestra de las continuas variaciones estilísticas de Screamadelica, una amalgama de sonidos, estilos, experimentación e improvisación a la que se antoja difícil encontrarle sucesor.

Y es que, aunque posteriormente han firmado excelentes discos como Give Out But Don't Give Up (1994) o XTRMNTR (2000), parece inevitable que Primal Scream siempre sean recordados por su tercer álbum. No nos debería extrañar. Una obra tan fresca, inspiradora y rompedora como Screamadelica sólo sucede una vez en muchos, muchos años.

Movin' On Up (Live)

Don't Fight It, Feel It (Live)

Loaded

Come Together

Damaged (Live)

I'm Coming Down

Canción de la semana: "Unfinished Sympathy", de Massive Attack

Canción: Unfinished Sympathy

Autores: G. Marshall, A. Vowles, R. Del Naja, J. Sharp, S. Nelson

Intérpretes: Massive Attack (feat. Shara Nelson)

Disco: Blue Lines (1991)

Letra:

I know that I've been mad in love before
And how it could be with you
Really hurt me baby, really cut me baby
How can you have a day without a night
You're the book that I have opened
And now I've got to know much more

The curiousness of your potential kiss
Has got my mind and body aching
Really hurt me baby, really cut me baby
How can you have a day without a night
You're the book that I have opened
And now I've got to know much more

Like a soul without a mind
In a body without a heart
I'm missing every part