Twilight Singers "Be invited"

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Once the feeling comes
You play the part
And break their heart
Until you feel alive

Scratch through the ceiling you love
To have your fun
Behind the gun
Until the fever dies

And there's something at work here
There's something at work here
There's something at work here
Dark circles around your body

Soon you'll be stealing from
The odds and ends
Who once were friends
But now you demonize

Back to the meaning of
The way you are
You crash the car
To make the fever rise

And there's something at work here
There's something at work here
There's something at work here
Chalk circles all around your body

Shiftless inside your guile
Will lay the card
That tears apart
What used to be alive

Slips your aching heart
And once again
Without, within
Will come to be invited

Second "Nuevos secretos"

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Ha llegado el día: Primera Presentación Eléctrica

Se acerca el momento: Mañana en Oviedo

Día Mundial Internacional de la Libertad de Prensa

Jeff Buckley "Morning theft"

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Chris Cacavas & Junkyard Love "Truth"

so high you can't get over it
so wide you can't get around it
so deep, deeper than an ocean
so far, it's goin' on forever
that's how big is truth

so close it rests on your shoulder
so simple, world leaders can't understand it
it ain't laying in with the in-crowd
doesn't go where the in-crowd goes
that's how hip is truth
that's how big is truth

some take the long way around
some take the long way around
some take the long way around
I'll tell you what they found
truth

so loud, louder than a rocket
so quiet it fits in your pocket
after the bomb's fall
after the Berlin wall
there's one thing that'll still stand tall
that's how big is truth
that's how final is truth

some take the long way around
some take the long way around
some take the long way around
I'll tell you what they found
truth

Gallon Drunk "In this moment"

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The Damned "Sanctum sanctorum"

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Hoy en la Librería Cervantes

Hoy estaré leyendo alguno de los relatos de "Viajes al fondo del precipicio" en la Librería Cervantes de Oviedo a partir de las 17:45 h.

Dream Syndicate "If you should ever need a fool"

If you ever
if you should ever need a fool
and if you ever
need a place you can run to
I will hold you in my arms
shelter you from harm
what else could I do
I would be there
if you should ever need a fool
if you everneed a place that you can hide
]and if you ever
need a place that's warm inside
I will rise up to the calln
o questions asked at all
what else could I do
I will be there
if you should ever need a fool(guitar)
I would rise up to the call
no questions asked at all
what else could I do
I would be there
if you should ever need a fool

Los Evangelistas "Amante"

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El Sonido de la Emoción

"El sonido de la emoción"

THE WATERBOYS

Teatro de la Laboral, Gijón.

Miércoles, 18 de abril de 2012.

Mike Scott (voz, guitarras, piano); Steve Wickham (violín, mandolina); James Hallawell (piano, teclados); Marc Arciero (bajo); Ralph Salmins (batería).

El diluvio universal que lleva días empapando Asturias no era el mejor reclamo para acudir a la cita con The Waterboys, la banda que lleva encarnando el mundo de Mike Scott desde principios de los 80. La mezcla de expectación e incertitud se palpaba en el comienzo de la actuación del quinteto, que pronto despejó dudas con intensas interpretaciones de temas de su reciente An appointment with Mr.Yeats (homenaje literario-musical al universo del poeta irlandés, desde siempre una referencia en Scott), épico en The hosting of the shee o desbordante en Man as the mist and snow. Sin embargo, y como era de esperar, pronto los Waterboys comenzaron a desgranar un cancionero repleto de perlas a lo largo de toda su trayectoria: de su homónimo primer álbum (A girl called Johnny , The girl in the swing) o de su segundo A pagan place (All the things she gave me). La hermosa Glastonbury song de Dream Harder, marcó un punto de inflexión en el show. La música emocional de los Waterboys fue creciendo con el paso de las canciones, como el ritmo torrencial de las esperanzas del enamorado rendido a cada una de las señales de su amada en su corazón, por muy débiles que éstas puedan ser. Fue el momento de su ineludible obra magna, su tercer álbum This is the sea, y de un desbocado Be my enemy o de un rockero The pan within; con momentos sosegados como el juguetón The Raggle Taggle Gypsy con un duelo Scott vs Wickham para el deleite. 

 

Tras la apoteosis, más razones para que el clímax continuara: un primer bis con la tremebunda Don´t bang the drum y, para goce mayoritario, la esencial The whole of the moon, travestida en su primer tramo con unos teclados reggaes a cargo de Hallawell, rotos por las palmas de Scott al piano para llevarla a su éxtasis primigenio. Ya con el público puesto en pie, un segundo bis con la encantadora A man is in love y la tabernaria Fisherman´s blues, para brindar porque el tiempo no se haya detenido, pero tampoco se haya perdido en un agujero de la memoria para Scott y los suyos. Para brindar por amores y desamores, para beberse esperanzas, para celebrar que Waterboys dieron en la diana del corazón de los presentes con intensidad y alma. Fuera, el agua seguía desatándose pertinaz, pero poco le importó a quienes la desafiaron ante la magnitud de lo visto y lo vivido.

MANOLO D. ABAD

Fotos: IVÁN MARTÍNEZ

Publicado en el diario "La Nueva España" el viernes 20 de abril de 2012. http://www.lne.es/sociedad-cultura/2012/04/20/sonido-emocion/1230667.html

Hoy en el CICA en Gijón

Hoy en el CICA a partir de las 19:00 h conferencia de Miguel Marías sobre la película que se proyectará después "Lemmy contra Alphaville".

Soulsavers "Spiritual"

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"De nada sirve lamentarse..."

"De nada sirve lamentarse de los tiempos en que uno vive; pero siempre le es posible mejorarlos"
(Thomas Carlyle)

Echo & The Bunnymen "Baby Rain"

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Hoy en Gijón, en el CICA

Hoy, a partir de las 19 h, en el CICA (Centro de Interpretación de Cine de Asturias), estaré hablando del director de cine francés José Giovanni. La conferencia se titula "José Giovanni, una mirada al polar". Después, a las 20:30 h se proyectará la película "Último domicilio conocido" (Dernier domicile connu) (José Giovanni, 1971), 101 m.
Con Lino Ventura, Marlene Jobert, Michel Constantin, Paul Crauchet, Alain Mottet, Béatrice Arnac.

The Waterboys "Trumpets"

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Hoy en Gijón

The Dirty Three "Rain Song"

The Waterboys "Because the night/The pan within live"

O cómo mezclar el clásico de Patti Smith con el clásico (sí, ya lo es) de The Waterboys...

"Take me now baby here as I am
Hold me close try and understand
Desire is hunger is the fire I breath
Love is a banquet on which we feed
Come on now try and understand the way I feel
When Im in your hands
Take my hand as the sun descends
You cant touch me now, can't touch me now can't touch me now

Come with me on a journey beneath the skin (x2)
We will look together for the Pan within
Close your eyes, breath slow and we will begin (x2)
To look together for the Pan within within
Swing your hips, loose your head and let it spin (x2)
adn we will look together for the Pan within
Close your eyes breathe slow and
We will begin (x2)
to look together for the Pan within the Pan within
Put your face to my window breath a night full of treasure
The wind is delicious sweet and wild with the promise of pleasure
The stars are alive and nights like these were born to be
sanctified by you and me
Lovers thieves fools and pretenders
And all we got to do, all we got to do (repeat)
Ah all we got to do is surrender surrender
All we got do is surrender surrender
Come with me on a journey under the skin
Come with me on a journey beneath the skin
And we will look together for the Pan within
Close your eyes, breathe slow and we will begin (x2)
to look together for the Pan within
Because the night belongs to lovers
Because the night belongs to love
Because the night belongs to lovers
Because the night belongs to love
If we believe in the night we're lovers
If we believe in the night we trust
If we believe in the night we're lovers
Because the Night belongs to love"

Una obra maestra del polar hoy en el CICA de Gijón

El Silencio de un Hombre (Le Samuraï) es, probablemente, la obra maestra con la que queda definido el polar. Un film, el del gran Jean-Pierre Melville absolutamente esencialk para quien no lo haya visto. Ultrarrecomendado.

El Silencio de un Hombre (1967). Director: Jean-Pierre Melville. Intérpretes: Alain Delon, François Périer, Nathalie Delon, Cathy Rosier, Jacques Leroy, Michel Boisrond.

Hoy en el Centro de Interpretación del Cine Asturiano, Gijón. 20:00 h. Entrada: 2€.

The Waterboys "We will not be lovers"

You just stepped into the maintrack
Climbed down off the fence
Words are your weapon
Lies are your defence
I know what you want
And I see what you see
You're looking for somebody
But he isn't me

Find yourself another, woo-hoo
Because we will not be lovers

How your eyes are like torches
And your presence is bliss
I never knew time
Could speed and zip like this
The touch of your flesh
Is tough to resist
Planets collide, collide, collide
At the smack of your kiss

But you can kiss your brother
Because we will not be lovers

Now you're pulling down curtains
You've been sparking old flames
You've been causing disturbance
Crying for shame
You've been knocking on doors
You've been abusing my name
You've been casting up doubt
You've been throwing your blame
But you can throw it at your mother
We will not be lovers

Now the world's full of trouble
Everybody's scared
The landlords are frowning
Cupboards are bare
People are scrambling
Like dogs for a share
It's cruel and it's hard
But it's nothing compared to
What we do to each other
To each other

We will not be lovers
We will not be lovers, no
We will not be lovers, no

Soulsavers "No expectations"

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Take me to the station
And put me on a train
I've got no expectations
To pass through here again

Once I was a rich man and
Now I am so poor
But never in my sweet short life
Have I felt like this before

You heart is like a diamond
You throw your pearls at swine
And as I watch you leaving me
You pack my peace of mind

Our love was like the water
That splashes on a stone
Our love is like our music
Its here, and then its gone

So take me to the airport
And put me on a plane
I got no expectations
To pass through here again