Voy a tener que realizar, al final, mi propio ranking de eurovisión. Este año hay algunas que valen la pena, como este tema, interpretado por Roman Lob, titulado Standing Still y que representa a Alemania.

 

Guess we knew this was coming on

‘Cause you’re already gone in my head

You can tell me that I’m wrong

That you’re staying with me instead

The wind has come along and summer’s dead and gone

Is there anything left here to say?

I can put my arms around the emptiness I found

Find a way to make you stay

But I’m standing still, I’m standing still

As you leave me now

I’m standing still, I’m standing still

As you’re walking out

I’m just standing still

Never thought I’d be so strong

But pieces of me break so easy

What I thought would be the end

Is just the feeling that you freed me

Girl this ain’t giving up, it’s knowing where to stop

Knowing every thing is over

I know my love is blind, I see for the first time

Things ain’t gonna bring us closer

But I’m standing still, I’m standing still

As you leave me now, yeah

I’m standing still, I’m standing still

As you’re walking out

I’m standing still…

I’m just standing still as you leave me now

I’m just standing still

The wind has come along, time is dead and gone

Is there anything left here to say?

I can put my arms around the emptiness I found

Find a way to make you stay

I’m standing still, I’m standing still

As you leave me now, yeah

I’m standing still, I’m standing still

As you’re walking out

I’m just standing still

Ala , pues me he animado a indagar por el mundo de eurovisión. Así que hoy, otra de las que me gusta. Sabiba Babayeva, con su tema When the music Dies, representando a Azerbaiyán.

 

Pues a lo mejor me animo a poner mis favoritas del festival de Eurovisión 2012. Esta de Nilli Zilli , titulada L'Amore è Feminna representando a Italia me gusta.

 

Unbelievable, I can’t wait to go But like a rolling stone, you hit me – boom boom boom

 If you were my king, would I be your queen? Stop breaking up my heart, you kill me – boom boom boom (Day and night, it’s a fight) Don’t know where you are When I’m close you’re far, oh, no no no

 (Day and night, it’s a lie) I waste my tears and you shoot pool

 L’amore è femmina, se non riceve non si da (Tic tac, non riceve non si da)

 This is the mess you left, I’m out of love and it’s a fact (You left, out of love and it’s a fact)

 I’m sure you’ll smile, you have to go

 You’re an independent grown man after all 

Out of love, must have been sent from up above Lala lala lala la… Ooh… lalalala…

 Have you turned to stone? King without a throne 

You’re great, but not impressive, lots of up and low

 It’s so typical: when it’s time to go

 You knock me on the floor – my heart goes boom, boom, boom

 (Day and night, it’s a fight) Don’t know where to start When you’re close

 I’m far, no no no no (Day and night, it’s a lie)

I dried my tears, but you want more

 L’amore è femmina, se non riceve non si da (Tic tac, non riceve non si da) 

Clean up the mess you left, I’m out of love and it’s a fact

 (You left, out of love and it’s a fact)

 I’m sure you’ll smile, ready to go 

You’re an independent grown man after all 

Out of love, must have been sent from up above Lala lala lala la…

 Ma che caldo fa I’ll let you think twice

, I don’t wanna cause any pressure 

But have you asked yourself why I bought a brand new gun shot

 L’amore è femmina, e non riceve non si da (Tic tac, non riceve non si da)

 La prendo comoda, calcolo le possibilità (Tic tac, una possibilità)

 Quello che vuoi se non ce l’hai Siamo tutti insoddisfatti, come mai?

 Femmina, se non riceve non si da Lala lala lala la…

No está nada mal. JD McPherson y el tema Nort Side Gal

I pulled a match game all around the north side

Chasing the sweet thing so satisfied

Every time I try

Crazy about a north side gal

I got some good talk

But not enough game

Wooing the sweet thing

Oh ain't it a shame

Every time I try

Crazy about a north side gal

Well she gets colder

every time I try to hold her

There's a little saying "no" to

all the younger gentlemen

All of 'em try

They're crazy 'bout a north side gal

I got some money

And some wheels to drive

Old beat up guitars

And old ZZ Top

Every song I sing

It screams about a north side gal

Well she gets colder

every time I try to hold her

There's a little saying "no" to

all the younger gentlemen

All of 'em try

They're crazy 'bout a north side gal

Well I said they're crazy 'bout a north side gal

crazy 'bout a north side gal

Grover Washington Jr. interpretando Vissi d'arte.Grover Washington Jr. (12 de diciembre de 1943 – 17 de diciembre de 1999)1 fue saxofonista de jazz funk y soul jazz. Junto con músicos como George Benson, David Sanborn, Chuck Mangione y Herb Alpert, se le considera uno de los fundadores del smooth jazz.Estuvo rodeado de música desde su niñez y a los ochos años su padre le regaló un saxofón. Durante su servicio militar conoció a Billy Cobham quién le presentó a otros músicos de Nueva York.1 A comienzos de la década de los 70, colabora en los dos primeros álbumes de Leon Spencer para Prestige Records, junto con Idris Muhammad and Melvin Sparks.

Su gran oportunidad llegó cuando el saxo Hank Crawford no se presentó para grabar con Kudu Records, la casa discográfica de Creed Taylor.2 La sesión de grabación le brindó la oportunidad de grabar su primer disco, Inner City Blues, consolidándose como músico profesional.

Para este fin de semana, presento a un desconocido para mí, pero que entra a formar parte de mis gustos musicales, se trata de Ari Hest con el tema "Dead end driving".Se trata de un cantante y compositor norteamericano. Nació en el barrio del Bronx, en la ciudad de Nueva york y se crió en un ambiente musical ya que su padre es profesor de música y su madre es cantante profesional. Comenzó a componer sus primeras canciones cuando aún era un adolescente.

Dead end driving in the dark

We don't know what we're headed for

Like lighters flicking off sparks

We've been counting on a little more

Dead end working every day

Wondering how we're gonna get through

And the time will come when we don't want to play

Along just to make do

Well, I don't know what you want

I don't know what you want

But we've been dead end driving in the dark

That ain't no way to make a mark

My philosophy

New ways I have found

To see things I have not seen

Bright enough to turn me around

Sure, it's a wasted thing

Someone is going to carry is down (or out)

Dead end talking about a dream

That we really ought to set free

Cause it likely isn't what it seems

And it no longer appeals to me

And, I don't know what you want

No, I don't know what you want

But we've been dead end driving in the dark

That ain't no way to make a mark

My philosophy

New ways I have found

To see things I have not seen

Bright enough to turn me around

Sure it's a wasted thing

Someone is going to carry us down

Carry us down, no

Dead end driving in the dark, we don't know where we're headed for

Dead end driving

Dead end driving in the dark, we can count on a little more

Dead end driving

Dead end driving in the dark, we don't know where we're headed for

Ohh, Whoah, Dead end driving

Dead end driving in the dark, we can count on a little more

Yea, yea, we are dead end driving in the dark

Ooh Ooh, Ooh Ooh, Ooh Ooh

Dead end driving in the dark

Ooh Ooh, Ooh Ooh, Ooh Ooh

And that ain't no way, it ain't no way to make a mark

Ooh Ooh, Ooh Ooh, Ooh Ooh

Yea, we are dead end driving in the dark, dead end driving in the dark

Ooh Ooh, Ooh Ooh, Ooh Ooh

And that ain't no way, it ain't no way to make a mark

Ooh Ooh, Ooh Ooh, Ooh Ooh

Tori Amos, con el tema Carry.Tori Amos (nacida Myra Ellen Amos , 22 de agosto 1963) es una pianista americana , cantautora y compositora . Ella estaba en la vanguardia de un número de mujeres cantautoras de los años 1990  como una de los pocas de rock alternativo que usaban  un piano, como su instrumento principal. 

Love, hold my hand

Help me see with the dawn

That those that have left

Are not gone

But they carry on

As stars looking down

As nature's sons

And daughters of the heavens

You will not ever be forgotten by me

In the procession of the mighty stars

Your name is sung and tattooed now on my heart

Here I will carry, carry, carry you

Forever

You have touched my life

So that now

Cathedrals of sound are singing, are singing

The waves have come to walk with you

To where you will live in the land of you,

Land of you

You will not ever be forgotten by me

In the procession of the mighty stars

Your name is sung and tattooed now on my heart

Here I will carry, carry, carry you

Here I will carry, carry, carry you

Forever.

Cape Clear es e título del tema musical que hoy presento, interpretado por Redmon O'Toole. Redmon adopta una nueva técnica musical. Tocar la guitarra de Brahms en la posición de violonchelo.

El tema que hoy he escogido para acompañar a mi post de Siete en Familia, en esta entrada de la primavera, ha sido el titulado Norwegian Mountains, interpretado por Oystein Sevag.

I Wanted To Know

What I Have Done

I Wanted To Know

It's Bad

I Wanted To Know

What I Have Done

I Want To Know

Right Now

Maybe This Time Tomorrow

Or It May Be Today

It Is Now Alright

Now It's Better

Now We'll Know

Now You'll Know What I Have Done.

I'm Singin' With You

Singing In Silence

Let's Sing Into The Years, Like One

Singing In Tune, Together

A Sound For No One

Let's Sing In Tune, But Now

It's Home

Let's Sing Into The Night Now

Just Sing On For Me

Let's Sing Into The Night, Oh

(hopelandic)

You : Oooooh Ooh Ooh Ooh

You Stand Next To Me Alright

Mi hija Alicia, se ha empeñado en que escuche esta canción de Lagarto amarillo. Ni idea de su existencia. Lagarto Amarillo es un grupo musical español compuesto por los hermanos Mora.pero basta que la letra haya taraído su atención para que aparezca hoy en el blog. Y.... ¡no está nada mal!

Si ves la página medio vacía,

vas a tener que aprender a mirar

Si ves que no avanza na’ tu barquita,

hay que sacar las manos y remar…OYE!

Si ves la página medio vacía,

igual tenés que aprender a mirar

Si ves la máquina casi perdida,

vas a tener que aprenderla a arreglar

Si ves que no avanza na’ tu barquita,

hay que sacar las manos y remar

Si te parecen igual to’ los días…

algo tiene que cambiar…por eso no más

Deja que te lleve el viento hoy, a ver el mundo entero

que llegues donde quieras hoy, es todo lo que yo quiero,

dale su tiempo al tiempo hoy

porque en el mundo entero

siempre hay un rumbo nuevo donde mirar.

Si ves tu barco deja’o a la deriva,

vas a tener que tirarte y nadar

Si ves subir la presión de cabina,

igual va a ver que pensar en saltar

Si ves llorar Cochabamba Bolivia

vas a tener que aprender a pelear

Si ya te cansa la vaina calima

y no sabes para dónde tirar

Si ves que no avanza na’ tu barquita,

hay que sacar las manos y remar

Si te parecen igual to’ los días…

algo tiene que cambiar…por eso no más

Deja que te lleve el viento hoy, a ver el mundo entero

Que llegues donde quieras hoy, es todo lo que yo quiero

Dale su tiempo al tiempo hoy,

a ver el mundo entero

siempre hay un rumbo nuevo donde mirar

Cuanto mundo llevare,

todo mundo llévame …cañaveral

Dando tumbo llegaré,

tanto mundo queda por rolar

Todo rumbo llévame, dando tumbo todo mundo va

Deja que te lleve el viento hoy,

a ver el mundo entero voy

Y llega donde quieras hoy,

Porque en el mundo entero siempre hay un rumbo nuevo donde mirar

Deja que te lleve el viento hoy, a ver el mundo entero…..

Twarres y el tema Children of the sun. Bande de flok Pop de los Países bajos, pop armónico. En 2006 Mirjam Timmer, cantante y guitarrista de Twarres, comenzó su carrera en solitario bajo el nombre de "Mir" Su álbum en solitario titulado "Files from London"

Were coming from far

Over oceans of time

Were coming from places we once left behind

Were looking for love

In the heart of every man

Were looking for reasons well all understand

Chorus

We are (we are)

In need (in need)

We want (we want)

A place for everyone

We shine (we shine)

Through love (through love)

We are (we are)

The children of the sun

We follow our dreams

Well never stop

We follow our hopes

And we'll never give up

Until we have found

The warmth of the sun

Untill we are born

Chorus

We are

In need

We want

A place for everyone

We shine

Through love

We are

For ever on the run

We are

In need

We want

A place for everyone

We shine

Through love

We are

The children of the sun

Were coming from far

Over oceans of time

Were coming from places we once left behind

Were looking for love

In the heart of every man

Were looking for reasons well all understand

We follow our dreams

Well never stop

We follow our hopes

And we never give up

Until we have found

The warmth of the sun

Untill we are born

Tema interpretado por Vasilisa, titulado Gora. Vasilisa, esuna cantante serbia, primer vocalista de Goran Bregovic. Su primer álbum AMANET, lo componen canicones tradicionales serbias. Algunas son grabadas en la Iglesia Ortodoxa Serbia Ruzica y bendecidos por el patriarca serbio Pavle.

Gora ječi sama pusta.

Oj.

Kazuj goro pustaro,

Gde ti je slavujev poj?

Polje, samo pusto k'o Kosovo.

Kazuj polje Kosovo,

gde ti je narod/junak tvoj?

Kamen beo ostao tvoj.

Oj.

Kazuj goro pustaro,

Gde ti je spomen tvoj?

El tema que acompaña hoy al post de Siete en Familia, está interpretado por Lévon Minassian y Armand Amar, titulado Araksi Artassouken, perteneciente al álbum Songs from a world apart

El tema de hoy se titula Endless, y pertenece al albúm Dead men chronicles del compositor y cantante francés Alan Corbel.

Here on that endless road there’s a bird who sings

Sings an endless song, for my endless trip around your world

Here on that endless road there’s a bird who sings

Sings an endless song, for my endless trip around your world

Sometime I’m afraid of going to sleep as I feel I could not wake up some day

Sometime I’m feeling like a freak because you’re still on my mind and all I can say

Is here on that endless road there’s a bird who sings

Sings an endless song, for my endless trip around your world

Here on that endless road there’s a bird who sings

Sings an endless song, for my endless trip around your world

You’ll feel the taste of quietness, as you’ll be walking alone

Build yourself on pictures of the past, as you’ll be walking along

Here on that endless road there’s a bird who sings

Sings an endless song, for my endless trip around your world

El tema que acompaña hoy a mis post en Siete en Familia, es de Joshua Radin, titulado 'I'd Rather Be With You'

Sitting here, on this lonely dock

Watch the rain play on the ocean top

All the things I feel I need to say

I can't explain in any other way

I need to be bold

Need to jump in the cold water

Need to grow older with a girl like you

Finally see you are naturally

The one to make it so easy

When you show me the truth

Yeah, I'd rather be with you

Say you want the same thing too

Now here's the sun, come to dry the rain

Warm my shoulders and relieve my pain

You're the one thing that I'm missing here

With you beside me I no longer fear

I need to be bold

Need to jump in the cold water

Need to grow older with a girl like you

Finally see you are naturally

The one to make it so easy

When you show me the truth

Yeah, I'd rather be with you

Say you want the same thing too

I could have saved so much time for us

Had I seen the way to get to where I am today

You waited on me for so long

So now, listen to me say:

I need to be bold

Need to jump in the cold water

Need to grow older with a girl like you

Finally see you are naturally

The one to make it so easy

When you show me the truth

Yeah, I'd rather be with you

Say you want the same thing too

Say you feel the way I do

Agora,

que lembro,

As horas ao longo do tempo;

Desejo,

Voltar,

Voltar a ti,

desejo-te encontrar;

Esquecida,

em cada dia que passa,

nunca mais revi a graça

dos teus olhos

que eu amei.

Má sorte,

foi amor que não retive,

e se calhar distrai-me...

- Qualquer coisa que encontrei.

Hoy, otra pieza musical de Rodrigo Leao, esta vez titulada Inmortal.Este tema pertenece a un doble cd. del año 2006 con el nombre de O Mundo que recoge lo mejor de la obra además de canciones inéditas y regrabaciones de algunos de sus éxitos.

Un gran tema, interpretado por Sophie Solomon y su banda. Burnt by the sun.

Sophie Solomon (n. 6 de junio de 1978) es una violinista británica, compositora que fusiona muchas influencias musicales diferentes en su música. También es Directora Artística del Instituto de Música Judía, SOAS (Universidad de Londres).Salomón comenzó a tocar el violín a la edad de dos. A las cuatro y conoció a Yehudi Menuhin y fue llevada a ver el gran chelista Mstislav Rostropovich . Durante los primeros cinco años jugó en su totalidad por el oído, para aprender a leer música a la edad de siete años.

Un tema , titulado Inside This Heart Of Mine (Dentro de mi corazón) interpretado por una fantástica voz de jazz: Catherine Rusell.

El grupo The Walkabouts me parece fantástico. Os dejo el tema titulado The Light Will Stay On, para que lo comprobÉis.The Walkabouts es una banda de rock alternativo originaria de Seattle, Estados Unidos, creada en 1984 por los cantantes Carla Torgerson y Chris Eckman.

Sus influencias van desde el folk hasta el country, como Neil Young y Johnny Cash, pero también hereda algo de músicos como Leonard Cohen o Scott Walker.

Como muchos artistas contemporáneos no son profetas en sus tierras, The Walkabouts no han conseguido mucho apoyo comercial en los Estados Unidos, pero ganándose una fuerte corriente de fans en Europa. Varias veces han conseguido llegar a los puestos más altos en las listas musicales de algunos países europeos, como Grecia o Noruega. Hasta la fecha han sacado veinte discos desde su formación hace más de veinte años. (wikipedia)

I go to sleep, before

the devil wakes

and I wake up, before

the angels take

all my worldly desires

all my yardsticks of fear

all my secrets untold

all my motives unclear

hangin' down in the fire

burnin' them higher

won't take them away from here

and long after we're gone

the light will stay on X2

watched the city ... city of crows

watched them fly, watched

'em all flyin' low

out above the flood plain

just above the dirt road

they were hungry as winter,

hungry as us

not afraid to be flyin', not

afraid to be lost

and long after we're gone

the light will stay on X2

and if you bury me, add

three feet to it

one for your sorrow, two

for your sweat

three for the strange

things we never forget

and long after we're gone

the light will stay on X2

and long after we're safe

the lights will not fade X2