Suede "Beautiful Ones"

Grupo/Interprete: Suede
 Canción: Beautiful Ones
 Disco: Coming UP (1997)
 Estilo: Brit Pop, alternativo, Neo Glam

Suede o The London Suede (se llamaron también así para evitar confusiones con una banda de Rap de igual nombre) es una de las muchas bandas que se incluyeron en ese movimiento artificial creado por la prensa musical británica llamado Brit Pop. 

Ya vimos, hace unos  días en la Ceremonia inaugural de los JJOO de Londres 2012, lo importante que es para los británicos la música pop y rock. Y es que durante muchos años, el pop y el Rock ha supuesto para Gran Bretaña una importante fuente de ingresos. Por todo ello, la prensa musical británica, como si de la prensa deportiva española se tratara, crea movimientos musicales (v. gr. El Brit Pop), lideres de esos movimientos (V. gr. Oasis) y los archienemigos de esos líderes (v. gr. Blur).

Suede es Brit Pop, por ser ingleses y hacer música en los años 90. Con un estilo y un sonido inconfundible han publicado seis discos y se separaron en 2003 para regresar en 2010 más para hacer conciertos que para publicar nuevos discos.

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]

The Candyskins "Black and Blue"

Grupo/Interprete: The Candyskins

Canción: Black Blue

Disco: Space I'm In (1991)

Estilo: Pop Rock Alternativo, Power pop

The Candyskins es una de las muchas bandas con la suerte esquiva. Son ingleses y estuvieron en activo durante la década de los 90, donde publicaron tres discos muy buenos. La canción "Black and blue", se encuentra en el primer de los discos publicados, "Space I'm in" (1991) y cualquiera de las once canciones restantes es igual de buena.

Moby "We are all made of stars"

Grupo/Interprete: Moby

Canción: We are all made of stars

Disco: 18 (2002)

Estilo: Alternativo, Tecno Ambient

Este fin de semana tendré la oportunidad de ver a este genio de la música y es que el festival Electromar 2011 se hace a 150 metros de donde vivo.

Growing in numbers

Growing in speed

Can't fight the future

Can't fight what I see

People they come together

People they fall apart

No one can stop us now

'Cause we are all made of stars

Efforts of lovers

Left in my mind

I sing in the reaches

We'll see what we find

People they come together

People they fall apart

No one can stop us now

'Cause we are all made of stars

People they come together

People they fall apart

No one can stop us now

'Cause we are all made of stars

Slow slow slow, come come

Someone come come come

Even love is goin' 'round

You can't ignore what is goin' 'round

Slowly rebuilding

I feel it in me

Growing in numbers

Growing in peace

People they come together

People they fall apart

No one can stop us now

'Cause we are all made of stars

People they come together

People they fall apart

No one can stop us now

'Cause we are all made of stars

People they come together

(People they come together)

People they fall apart

(People they fall apart)

No one can stop us now

(No one can stop us now)

'Cause we are all made of stars

(We are all made of stars)

We are all made of stars

People they come together

We are all made of stars

(People they fall apart)

We are all made of stars

(No one can stop us now)

'Cause we are all made of stars

(We are all made of stars)

A.C Newman "There Are Maybe Ten or Twelve"

Grupo/Interprete: A.C Newman
Canción: There Are Maybe Ten or Twelve
Disco: Get Guilty
Estilo: Pop Rock Alternativo, Indie Pop

A.C Newman fue miembro de Zumpano y en la actaulidad lo es de The New Pornographers, lo que de momento no le impide mantener una carrera discofráfica en solitario. Esta canción es de su segundo disco

there are maybe ten or twelve

things i could teach you

after that, well i think you're on your own

that wasn't their opening line

that was the tenth or the twelfth

make of that what you will

make of that what you will

once there was a haunted loop

of your deep fallen tears

forehead resting on a record shelf

amid moving boxes stacked

i'm still waiting for the right words

make of that what you will

make of that what you will

and the eyes they were

a color i can't remember

which says more than the first two verses

and it is the devil you know

that will slam the door harder

make of that what you will

make of that what you will

make of that what you will

make of that what you will

Catatonia "Sweet Catatonia"

Grupo/Interprete: Catatonia.- Banda Galesa, formada en 1991 y disuelta en septiembre de 2001
Canción: Sweete Catatonia
Disco: Way beyond blue (1996) Primer disco de la banda, publicado con la discográfica "Blanco y Negro"
Estilo: Pop Rock Alternativo. Aunque coexistieron con la época dorada del britpop, entiendo que poco tienen que ver con este estilo musical.

Chance dreams that cut across the bed, leaving colours there instead

See lines that draw it to an end - ignore them

And if I say how I feel again, is it wise to do it?

Or like hearing for the umpteenth time, a song you despise

Don't you fall asleep there's lots of things I need to say that just won't keep

Sweet sweet sweet sweet catatonia, I should have told you (ah ah)

Sweet sweet sweet sweet catatonia, I should have told you (ah ah)

And with my fears in the back of my mind, will they gang up on me?

And when I least expect them to they'll devour me

Don't you turn aside, your tired ears must hear me out - there's nowhere to hide

Sweet sweet sweet sweet catatonia, I should have told you (ah ah)

Sweet sweet sweet sweet catatonia, I should have told you (ah ah)

Don't you turn aside, your tired ears must hear me out - there's nowhere to

hide

Sweet sweet sweet sweet catatonia, I should have told you (ah ah)

Sweet sweet sweet sweet catatonia, I should have told you (ah ah)

Sweet sweet sweet sweet catatonia, I should have told you (ah ah)

(And with my fears in the back of my mind, will they gang up on me?)

Sweet sweet sweet sweet catatonia, I should have told you (ah ah)

(And when I least expect them to they'll devour me)

Buffalo Tom "She´s not your thing"

Grupo/Interprete: Buffalo Tom
Canción: She´s not your thing
Disco: Skin (2011)
Estilo: Pop Rock Alternativo. Ellos mismos.

Hace meses, escuchando Radio 3. conocí que mis amigos de Boston, nos regalaban más canciones nuevas este misarable año 2011. Pero mi sorpresa ha sido mayúscula al escuchar su disco, mezcla de sorpresa y también decepción. no quiero decir con ello que el disco sea malo (los discos malos son los de Bisbal y Sergio Dalma, por definición) es que cuando escuché el segundo corte, pense ¡Jorder! Un nuevo disco de Teenage Fanclub. Creo que Buffalo Tom no tienen porque hacer esto. La canción está de puta madre (por eso la pongo) pero, sencillamente creo que su "palo" no va por ahí.

Por cierto, recomiendo por salud mental y todo eso escuchar por la mañanas Radio 3, cuando vayais a trabajar, por Dios (o el sumo hacedor) no pongais ni Onda Cerdo, ni la Condena Ser ni la Cope y nunca Interconomía.

Del Amitri "Not where it´s at"

Grupo/Interprete: Del Amitri
Canción: Not where it´s at
Disco: Some other suckers parade (1997) Quinto disco.
Estilo: Pop Rock Alternativo, Indie Rock

Del Amitri es una banda escocesa formada en 1982. Su primer disco es de 1985 y desde entonces hasta  2002 sólo han publicado seis discos. Sus influencias van desde The Beatles al Country Rock. A pesar de estar a la sombra de bandas como The Smith en los años 80 y el Brit pop en los años 90, no es ésta una banda desconocida y han tenido éxitos comerciales como "Kiss this thing goodbye" o "Roll to me"

With some girls it don't matter who you hang with

With some girls it don't matter how you talk

And some girls they are easy to be yourself with

But the one girl that I want, ain't easy to please with what I've got

With some girls it don't matter where you're aiming

With some girls it don't matter how you act

And some girls they don't care what car you came in

But the one girl that I want, she wants that one bit of geography I lack

Yeah she, don't want me, 'cos I'm not where it's at

yeah I'm not where it's at

And some girls they will worry about reactions

And some girls they don't give a damn for that

But somehow I ain't ever in on the action

'Cos the one girl that I want, she wants that one little quality I lack

Yeah she, don't want me, 'cos I'm not where it's at

yeah I'm not where it's at

I don't have my finger on, the pulse of my generation

I just got my hand on my heart, I know no better location

Yeah she, don't want me, 'cos I'm not where it's

I'm not where it's

I'm not where it's at

Yeah I'm not where it's at

Cracker "Get off This"

Grupo/Interprete: Cracker
Canción: Get off this
Disco: Kerosene Hat
Estilo: Pop Rock alternativo.

La banda de David Lowery tras Camper Van Beethoven, comenzó en 1991. Esta canción es de su segundo disco, Kerosene Hat (1993).

All these cats with holey jeans,

Dirty hair and titty rings

Say "what's your scene man? we got these questions...

Is it true that you have sold your soul?"

I say "hey man, i don't know

Lend me a quarter won't you?

I'll call my accountant."

Chorus:

Let's get off this,

And get on with it,

If you wanna change the world

Shut yer mouth and start to spin it

Get off this

Get on with it

If you wanna change the world

Shut your mouth and start this minute

Petty little ayatollah's

Come around to judge and stone ya

All's we're trying to do is make a fortune.

Yeah, we ain't got no government loans,

And no one sends a check from home

But get this: we're just doin' what we wanna.

Chorus

Well the guitar player's

Stayin' out in hollywood and sayin'

He's just trying' to get some sleep,

But everyone's complaning!

Are you truly deeply cynical?

'cause boy you know that i loved you so

When no one knew your name

And you were pompous. (still are!)

Chorus

The Blondes "Teenage Foxes"

Grupo/Interprete: The Blondes

Canción: Teenage Foxes

Disco: The Blondes (2002)

Estilo: Glam Rock, Pop Rock Alternativo.

Banda de Los Angeles con tres discos publicados, esta canción se encuentra en su primer disco, influencia del glam de los 70.

Treble Charger "How she died"

Grupo/Interprete: Treble Charger
Canción: How she died
Disco: Maybe it´s me (1997)
Estilo: Pop Rock Alternativo

Canción de esta veterana banda canadiense que se encuentra en su tercer disco.

You got the best of me

It didn't take so long

The things you put me through

Seem to be so wrong

You did not lie

It's far beyong you

You've said you tried

You cannot prove it

I close my eyes

I don't wanna find out how she died

Foolish pride

You can't expect to turn away tonight

You've seen the last of me

Don't have to take my hand

You shouldn't try so hard

So hard to understand

I've seen the end

Just waiting for me

No time to spend

To doubt a moment

I can't stand to agonize

On what I've lied, apologize

It's far beyond your sense of play

It's anywhere and everywhere

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

Buffalo Tom "Tangerine"

Grupo/Interprete: Buffalo Tom
Canción: Tangerine
Disco: Sleepy Eyed
Estilo: Pop Rock Alternativo

Esperando que el próximo año 2011 salga a la luz "Skins", el octavo disco de estudio de este trio de Boston, ahí va otra maravilla. Tangerine es la canción con la que comienza "Sleepy Eyed" (1995)

Breathless from the coffee I drop my newspaper down

And left my eyeballs to read about some other town

Your blueberry flu and message at breakfast was nice

But when you shoot your mouth off expect to pay the price

She's a tangerine

Made in California

She's a soul fillet

Just a little haiku

To say how much I like you

And sap your sex away

Your tarpaper skin and visible beating heart

Your words on the paper sure gave me a start

Your huckleberry flu and one plus one is you

So if I can't be me, well I might as well be with you

She's a tangerine

Made in California

Need a soul fillet

Baby cry your eyes out

Baby dry your eyes out

Burn your life away

When the day came to an end you bounced right back again

Watch an evening news show the L.A. blues again

Your California sunshine sure gives me a sweat

And your tangerine nectar's a taste I won't forget

She's a tangerine

Made in California

She's a soul fillet

Baby cry your eyes out

Sister dry your eyes out

Burn your life away

It's just a little Haiku

To say how much I like you

It's just a little Haiku

To say how much I like you

It's just a little Haiku

The Grays "Both Belong"

Grupo/Interprete: The Grays
Canción: Both Belong
Disco: Ro Sham Bo
Estilo: Pop Rock Alternativo

The Grays es un experimento musical formado por:
Jon Brion, productor musical, cantautor y multinstrumentista; Jason Falkner, ex-miembro de The Three O´clock y Jellyfish. Sólo publicaron un disco "Ro sham Bo" (1994)

This man climbs another step and wonders if his life is worth the living he hasn't done much of

Denying any notion that emotion may be token for nostalgia A gesture all the same

He's got his private wars just like the million other wars

That keep you and I from getting where we both belong, both belong

'Cause I see you making eyes with yourself again

Shaking hands with invisible friends

Looking 'round for encouragement

No not me I'm just hangin', hangin' 'round for a new thrill

'Cause I'm tired of the old ones

And I can't be the only one

Whose in life there's some sunshine, yeah

And baby you're a tough one but your love has long forgotten how to scratch its way from such a guarded heart

One day you'll realize that nothing sticks from nothing and go write a book that no one ever reads

You've got your private wars just like the million other wars

That keep you and I from getting where we both belong, both belong

'Cause I see you making eyes with yourself again

Shaking hands with invisible friends

Looking 'round for encouragement

No not me I'm just hangin', hangin' 'round for a new thrill

'Cause I'm tired of the old ones

And I can't be the only one

Who's in life there's some sunshine, yeah

Don't try to understand

Or offer your gentle hand

To me...to me...

'Cause you are not alone in wonderin' how you got so far from home

When every memory you own is beggin' for your time

But you're running out of sand

As you clutch the feeble hands

And embrace the thing referred to as the past

And I see you making eyes with yourself again

Shaking hands with invisible friends

Looking 'round for encouragement

No not me I'm just hangin', hangin' 'round for a new thrill

'Cause I'm tired of the old ones

And I can't be the only one

Whose in life there's some sunshine

The Posies "So Caroline"

Grupo/Interprete: The Posies
Canción: So Caroline
Disco: Blood Candy (2010)
Estilo: Pop Rock Alternativo, Indie Rock

Otros que vuelven a publicar un album de estudio tras cinco años de inactividad y en este caso también ha merecido la pena la espera. Para mi gusto uno de los mejores discos de la banda desde "Amazing Disgrace".

Hace algunos post hablaba de 1980 como un gran año para la música con grandes discos, pues bien, dentro de unos años se hablara de 2010 como un gran año, de momento quedan dos meses para que acabe el año y la cosecha se puede calificar de excelente.

I can’t make another history choice

I don’t want to decide

I don’t want to get stuck where the yearbooks reside

So, Caroline

You’ll be the only friend of mine

Close enough to remain tethered and tied

So, Caroline

You’ll be the only friend of mine

I keep dreaming of a map of the world

I keep searching the sky

I keep seeing the traffic signals passing me by

So, Caroline

You’ll be the only friend of mine

Close enough to remain tethered and tied

Ain’t it so, Caroline?

You’ll be the only friend of mine

And with friends like you who needs anyone else?

With friends like you...

Took a second glance like a fighting chance when I heard your name

Such a singular favor to return then begin again

So, Caroline -You’ll be the only friend of mine

Close enough to remain tethered and tied

So, Caroline -You’ll be the only friend of mine

Ain’t it so, Caroline?

You’ll be the only friend of mine

Close enough to remain tethered and tied

Ain’t it so Caroline?

You’ll be the only friend of mine

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