New Order "Age of Consent"

Grupo/Interprete: New Order
Canción: Age of Consent
Disco:  Power, Corruption & Lies (1983)
Estilo: Pop Rock Alternativo, dance alternativo.

Segundo disco de la banda resultante del trágico final de Joy Division y su canción insignia.

Won't you please let me go
These words lie inside they hurt me so
And I'm not the kind that likes to tell you
Just what I want to do
I'm not the kind that needs to tell you
Just what you want me to

I saw you this morning
I thought that you might like to know
I received your message in full a few days ago
I understood every word that it said
And now that I've actually heard it
You're going to regret

And I'm not the kind that likes to tell you
Just what you want me to
You're not the kind that needs to tell me
About the birds and the bees

Do you find this happens all the time
Crucial point one day becomes a crime
And I'm not the kind that likes to tell you
Just what I want to do
I'm not the kind that needs to tell you

I've lost you [x5]
I've lost you [x5]
I've lost you [x5]

Orange Juice "Dying Day"

Grupo/Interprete:  Orange Juice
Canción:  Dying Day
Disco: You can't hide your love forever (1982)
Estilo: Indie Pop

Afortunadamente en los años 80 se hicieron canciones como esta.

Somebody is whispering
Tongues are a-twisting
My eyes are glistening
Say hello to your débutante
And say bye-bye to true love

I heard your bugle playing
The sweetest music to my eyes
I'm not afraid to say it
I'm close to tears

We'll run away
And I'll always believe
Until my dying day
My dying day

I say I'm not sorry
To cast you off, discourteously
When you talk so realistically
The thrill of love
Has gone for me

I heard your bugle playing
The sweetest music to my eyes
I'm not afraid to say it
I'm close to tears

We'll run away
And I'll always believe
Until my dying day
My dying day

Husker Dü "Makes no sense at all"

Grupo/Interprete: Husker Dü

Canción: Makes no sense at all

Disco: Flip your wig (1985)

Estilo: Noise Rock.

Walking around with your head in the clouds
Makes no sense at all
Sell yourself short, but you're walking so tall
Makes no sense at all
Is it important? You're yelling so loud
Makes no sense at all
Walking around with your head in the clouds
Makes no sense at all
Makes no difference at all

I don't know why you want to tell me
When I'm right or when you're wrong
It's the same thing, in your mind, the only time
I'm right is when I play along

You concern yourself with evidence
It's evident to me
Well you say you've got the tiger by the tail
But I don't see these things that way

R.E.M "Harborcoat"

Grupo/Interprete: R.E.M

Canción: Harborcoat

Disco: Reckoning (1984)

Estilo: Rock Alternativo.

Pues bien. Esta semana la banda de Rock alternativo R.E.M ha anunciado su disolución, esto ha sido hasta noticia en los Telediarios y precisamente eso es lo que me llama la atención: que R.E.M lleve más de veinte años siendo una banda de Rock de lo más popular y conocida, con todos sus singles en las radio formulas y sin embargo se les siga llamando "alternativos".

Según mi opinión R.E.M fue una de las mejores bandas de los años 80 y de esos años vienen sus mejores canciones. quizá el último disco de R.E.M que merezca la pena como tal sea Out of time (1991), a partir de ese disco sólo algunas canciones se pueden salvar y hubo mucho marketing, promoción y canciones de relleno.

Que R.E.M se separen no es una mala noticia, es algo lógico, pero debería haberse producido diez o quince años antes.

R.E.M tiene muchas grandes canciones y para mi esta es la mejor.

Tacones "Dificil"

Grupo/Interprete: Tacones

Canción: Dificil

Disco: requien final (1981)

Estilo: pop, new wave.

Gracial al fenomenal y recomendable blog Sangre Española (http://sangrespanola.wordpress.com) he podido volver a escuchar esta canción casi treinta años después. Tacones es uno de los muchos grupos de finales de los 70 o principios de los 80 que fueron masacrados musicalmente por las discográficas con sonidos muy lejanos a la esencia de las bandas. Quizá esta canción sea la única excepción.

Como dato para confirmar lo anterior la producción del disco fue de Tino Casal y hubieron arreglos de Luís Cobos y Teddy Bautista.

Iggy Pop "Loco Mosquito"

Grupo/Interprete: Iggy Pop
Canción: Loco Mosquito
Disco: Soldier (1980)
Estilo: Puink/New Wave

Creo que después de caso dos años de blog es la primera vez que pongo algo de "La Iguana", pues ya iba siendo hora. Esta canción no es un clásico de la primera época con los Stooges, pero está muy bien, me gusta y es graciosa.

My mommy told me

If I were goody

That she would buy me

A rubber dolly

I got some energy to burn

It makes me jumpy and nervous

But I'm too damn old to join the military service

Hup two three four

I got to hit my baby on a Saturday night

You know the devil made me do it

I know it wasn't right

Like a loco mosquito

'Round and 'round and 'round Igo

And when I'm hungry

Down I go

Please Mr. Custer I don't wanna go

And spend my night in a bar with some stupid dodo

I'm sick of hanging 'round with old transvestites

They stare at my rubbers

It makes me uptight

And here I go

In love again

Here I go-oh wo wo

Like a loco mosquito

I got some energy to burn

But you always want to tap it

You're busy sucking on my gas tank

Before I can tap it

Like a loco mosquito

'Round and 'round and 'round Igo

And when I'm hungry

Down I go

Loco Mosquito

The Bluebells "Everybody´s Someboby´s Fool"

Grupo/Interprete: The Bluebells
Canción: Everybody´s Someboby´s Fool

Disco: Sister (1984)

Estilo: New Wave, Jangle pop

Otra de mis bandas favoritas, fueron los creadores de Cath (una de las mejores canciones de los años 80), por supuesto son de Escocia y esta canción es con la que empezaba su primer disco, Sister (1984).

Los Ilegales "No me acaries el pelo"

Los Ilegales se van. Después de treinta años y canciones tan cojonudas como "la fiesta" "Soy un macarra", "Hola mamoncete" y la canción más burra que se ha hecho en la historia de la música: "Heil Hitler", la banda asturiana se despide ¿para siempre?. A partir de ahora Jorge Martínez, uno de los mejores guitarristas de rock que ha dado este país, se va a dedicar a "Jorge Ilegal y Los Magníficos".

Esta canción, que está en "Tiempos nuevos, tiempos salvajes" (1982), me recuerda la frase que dijo Jorge Martínez en una entrevista en Radio 3 "Hijos de puta los que tiene pelo", seguro que lo dijo por envidia y sé de que hablo.

La verdad es violenta,

tu cara mas fría,

tus pechos tristes,

ocultan terrores.

Si dejo de respirar,

no será por ti.

No me acaricies el pelo,

que tengo poco,

y ninguno ... de tonto.

Tus palabras son cortantes,

como filo de navaja,

no te esfuerces en gritar,

porque estoy desconectado.

Tus ojos son húmedos,

tu collar es frío,

tu cama es violenta,

la verdad es fría.

Quiero beber mucho,

quiero hundirme en el desastre

ahora te acercas,

inútil aventura.

No me acaricies el pelo,

que tengo poco,

y ninguno de tonto.

Tu boca me lleno,

de sabor a menta,

treinta comprimidos,

bastan para saciarte,

tu canto eléctrico,

trabaja contra el frío.

Orange Juice "in a nutshell"

Grupo/Interprete: Orange Juice
Canción: In a nutshell
Disco: You can´t hide your love forever (1982)
Estilo: New wave, Indie Pop

La banda de Edwyn Collin se formó en Escocia en 1976 y se disolvío en 1984. Tan sólo publicaron tres discos. Esta canción, adelantada a su tiempo, se encuentra en el primer disco de la banda.

I looked deep within my pocket

For the note you sent to me

To put it in a nutshell

You're a heartless mercenary

Shoo-shoo-shoo-shoodoo, goodness gracious

Shoo-shoo-shoo-shoodoo, you're so audacious

Shoo-shoo-shoo-shoodoo

I looked behind the iron curtain

For a greater dignity

And now I'm more than certain

You're a heartless mercenary

Shoo-shoo-shoo-shoodoo, goodness gracious

Shoo-shoo-shoo-shoodoo, you're so audacious

Push me and pull me

The blind lead the blind

I don't have no money

Can I pay you in kind?

Shoo-shoo-shoo-shoodoo, goodness gracious

Shoo-shoo-shoo-shoodoo, you're so audacious

Shoo-shoo-shoo-shoodoo

Esclarecidos "Tucán"

Grupo/Interprete: Esclarecidos
Canción: Tucán
Disco: De espaldas a ti
Estilo: Pop Rock

Sin ánimo de menospreciar al resto de componentes de esta banda madrileña, para mí, Esclarecidos siempre será el grupo de Cristina Lliso: una de las mejores voces que hemos tenido en España. Encuadrados, por su nacimiento en 1981, dentro de la llamada "movida" nunca pretendieron vivir de la música por lo que su independencia fue absoluta y además montaron su propia discográfica: GASA. Creadores de dos de las más bellas canciones de los últimos treinta años en este país, Arponera y Por amor al comercio. Hoy toca esta canción que fue single de su disco de 1989 "De espaldas a tí".

Solo cuando te acabas de despertar

tienes al Tucán de espaldas a ti.

El Tucán habla conmigo cuando te has de levantar,

pero ya te empieza a mirar.

Su gran pico esconde las palabras que has soñado,

las que tú imaginaste nada mas acostar,

por eso, cuando tu silencio me intriga,

yo le pregunto al Tucán.

Y el me lo explica todo,

pero dame un beso largo,

por que quiero saber también

lo que sueña mi Tucán.

Yo le pregunto al Tucán.

Yo le pregunto al Tucán.

Yo le pregunto al Tucán.

Yo le pregunto al Tucán.

Yo le pregunto al Tucán.

Yo le pregunto al Tucán.

Yo le pregunto al Tucán.

Yo le pregunto al Tucán.

Loquillo "La mataré"

Desde la creación de este blog, mi único objetivo ha sido exhibir canciones que me gustan y punto, nada más, pero hace unos días, cuando llegaba a casa, escuchando la radio, una noticia me llamó la atención: El musical "Hair" está en peligro por la ley antitabaco. Creo que el arte está por encima de idioteces y como ejemplo pongo esta canción, preciosa y macarra donde las haya y que a pesar de la que está cayendo es sólo una gran canción que cuenta una historia. No creo que nadie que escuche esta canción quiera matar a su pareja infiel y si es así ¡VETE DE ESTE BLOG, GILIPOLLAS!

Talking Heads "And she was"

Grupo/Interprete: Talking Heads
Canción: And she was
Disco: Little Creatures (1985)
Estilo: New Wave y todo eso.

Esta canción llegó a ser un himno, en fin, una de estas canciones que escuchabas a las 4 ó 5 de la madrugada en el ZM, joder, que buenos tiempos. Y no sólo es porque fuera joven (que los sigo siendo) es porque el ZM era un gran bar, justo a la orilla de la playa.

And she was lying in the grass
and she could hear the highway breathing.
And she could see a nearby factory

She's making sure she is not dreaming.
See the lights of a neighbor's house

now she's starting to rise.
Take a minute to concentrate and she opens up her eyes.

The world was moving

she was right there with it and she was -
The world was moving

she was floatin' above it and she was - and she was.

And she was drifting through the backyard

And she was taking off her dress.
And she was moving very slowly
rising up above the earth.
Moving into the universe and she's drifting this way and that.
Not touching the ground at all and she's up above the yard.
The world was moving
she was right there with it and she was -
(From: http://www.elyrics.net/read/t/talking-heads-lyrics/and-she-was-lyrics.html)
The world was moving
she was floatin' above it and she was -

And she was glad about it
no doubt about it

She isn't sure about what she's done

No time to think about what to tell them

No time to think about what she's done and she was -

And she was looking at herself

and things were looking like a movie.
She had a pleasant elevation

she's moving out in all directions.

The world was moving

she was right there with it and she was -
The world was moving

she was floatin' above it and she was -
Joining the world of missing persons and she was -
Missing enough to feel alright and she was - and she was -
And she was - and she was - and she was -
and she was - and she was.

Yazoo "Only you"

El próximo día 26 voy a cumplir 45 años, lo que evidentemente significa que por fin habré llegado al primer tercio de mi vida, joven e inexperto sólo recuerdo la música de los 80. Larga y prospera vida.




Esta pesadila de los 80 continuará ...

En el próximo episodio Christopher Cross y Cindy Louper (madre mía)

Aztec Camera "Pillar to post"

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Grupo/Interprete: Aztec Camera
Canción: Pillar to post
Disco: High land, hard rain (1983)
Estilo: Indie Pop,

Pedazo de canción que se encuetra en el primer disco de esta banda escocesa creada en 1980 y que a día de hoy siguen en activo. Hay que empezar este año con optimismo y todo eso.

So you appear and say how I've grown

and fill me up with faces I've known.

In this light they're far from divine

I'll save them up and spend them when I have time.

The salted taste of all your tears and woes

Sent me in haste my melancholy rose

Those tasteless lips were closed

You watched me come, you'll see me go.

Once I was happy in happy extremes

Packing my bags for the path of the free

From pillar to post I am driven it seems

These bitter tokens are worthless to me

Just like June the curtains are closed

The ghost of shame he sits here and sighs

I'll love the flames like I've loved the cold

I'll learn to love the life of the "could I, could I, could I"

So I don't cross my fingers any more

You looked for rags and found them at your door

How could you ask for more

Than everything you've heard before?

Once I was happy in happy extremes

Packing my bags for the path of the free

From pillar to post I am driven it seems

These bitter tokens are worthless to me

The Flaming´ Groovies "Way over my head"

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Grupo/Interprete: The Flamin´ Groovies

Canción: Way over my head.

Disco: Single de 1986

Estilo: Power Pop

Magnifica canción de esta banda de San Francisco creada en 1965, esta es la versión del single de 1986, posteriomente en 1991 apareció en un disco llamado Step Up. Sin duda alguna, una de las canciones de nuestra vida.

They Might Be Giants "Ana NG"

Grupo/Interprete: They Might Be Giants (Boston 1983- ?)
Canción: Ana NG
Disco: Lincoln (1988) Segundo disco de la banda.
Estilo: Pop Rock Alternativo, College Rock

Make a hole with a gun perpendicular

To the name of this town in a desk-top globe

Exit wound in a foreign nation

Showing the home of the one this was written for

My apartment looks upside down from there

Water spirals the wrong way out the sink

And her voice is a backwards record

It's like a whirlpool and it never ends

Ana Ng and I are getting old

And we still haven't walked in the glow of each other's majestic presence

Listen Ana hear my words

They're the ones you would think I would say if there was a me for you

All alone at the '64 World's Fair

Eighty dolls yelling "Small girl after all"

Who was at the Dupont Pavilion?

Why was the bench still warm? Who had been there?

Or the time when the storm tangled up the wire

To the horn on the pole at the bus depot

And in the back of the edge of hearing

These are the words the voice was repeating:

Ana Ng and I are getting old

And we still haven't walked in the glow of each other's majestic presence

Listen Ana hear my words

They're the ones you would think I would say if there was a me for you

When I was driving once I saw this painted on a bridge:

"I don't want the world, I just want your half"

They don't need me here, and I know you're there (don't need me)

Where the world goes by like the humid air (world goes by)

And it sticks like a broken record

Everything sticks like a broken record

Everything sticks until it goes away (it goes home)

And the truth is, we don't know anything (don't know)

Ana Ng and I are getting old

And we still haven't walked in the glow of each other's majestic presence

Listen Ana hear my words

They're the ones you would think I would say if there was a me for you

Ana Ng and I are getting old

And we still haven't walked in the glow of each other's majestic presence

Listen Ana hear my words

They're the ones you would think I would say if there was a me for you

Ana Ng and I are getting old

And we still haven't walked in the glow of each other's majestic presence

Listen Ana hear my words

They're the ones you would think I would say if there was a me for you

The Darling Buds "Burst"

La banda de Andrea Lewis, creada en 1986, disuelta en 1993.

 

The Go Betweens "Quiet Heart"

Grupo/Interprete: The Go Betweeens
Canción: Quiet Heart
Disco: 16 Lovers Lane (1988)
Estilo: Pop Rock Alternativo.

A estas alturas no es ningún secreto que la banda de Brisbane es una de mis favoritas y "16 Lovers Lane" es, posiblemente, uno de los mejores discos, y esta canción es COJONUDA.

The heater's on

The windows are thin

I'm trying hard

To keep this warmth in

I turn to her

She's sound asleep

Someplace I don't know

Doesn't matter how far you come

You've always got further to go

Chorus

I tried to tell you

I can only say it when were apart

About this storm inside of me

And how I miss your quiet, quiet heart.

Two hours on

My eyes are open

There's bad blood between us

What did I say

That made you cry?

Our dream won't die

Doesn't matter how far you come

You've always got further to go.

Chorus

What is that light?

that small red light ...

Scorpio rising

Doesn't matter how far you come

You've always got further to go

Chorus

ZONA DE BAILE. AÑOS 80

David Bowie: Modern Love

Talking Heads.- Wild wild life

Duran Duran.- Hungry like the wolf

Yazoo.- Don´t Go

Heaven 17.- Penthouse and Pavement