Joe Jackson - Fool - 2019

18 de enero de 2019, es decir hace unos días fue la fecha de salida del flamante álbum del músico británico Joe Jackson, "Fool".
Soy un gran admirador de Joe Jackson desde hace ahora cuatro décadas.Desde que escuché siendo niño aquel "I´m the man" en una "ensalada", es decir en una placa con temas de varios artistas.Y luego cuando escuché los temas de "Night and Day" (1982), el cual a día de hoy sigue siendo de mis discos imprescindibles, ya definitivamente colocaba al artista entre mis preferidos indiscutibles.
Joe Jackson, cantante, compositor y pianista; también saxofonista.Es un exquisito creador de canciones pop elegantes, siempre con el jazz como principal fuente sonora, siempre fusionando ritmos y melodías (no falta un poco de salseo por aquí o por allá) de una manera muy personal.Acompañado por su fiel escudero Graham Maby, uno de los mejores bajistas que hay sobre la tierra, más Doug Yowell y Teddy Kumpell en batería y guitarra, en el álbum que acaba de salir él lo ha vuelto a hacer.

Uno de los primeros cortes de difusión fue la siguiente exquisitez:

STRANGE LAND

Monumental:

BIG BLACK CLOUD

Las raíces de aquel Jackson que conocimos primero, están aquí.Frescas.

FABULOUSLY ABSOLUTE

Y el tema que da título al álbum, imperdible fusión tropico-arabesca (!!!)...Sin etiquetas, mejor, digamos que puro Joe Jackson.

FOOL

"Fool"

Tougher than Superman, smarter than Batman

Could be a thin man, could be a fat man

Got more lives than a motherfuckin' cat, man

Go! Follow that man! Go! Follow that man!

When that I was an a little tiny boy

(Heigh, ho, the wind and the rain)

A foolish thing was nothing but a toy

(Rain, rain, every day

Rain, rain, go away

Rain, rain, rain, rain, rain)

Fool - kicks off the carnival

Wise man goes to church

Fool - fucks up the funeral

No respect - well what do you expect

He's the man who don't follow orders

Stands on one leg and plays the recorder

Gets out of jail and laughs at the warder

Break for the border! Break for the border!

He that has an a little tiny with

(Heigh, ho, the wind and the rain)

Better make sure that he uses it

(Rain, rain, every day

Rain, rain, go away

Rain, rain, rain, rain, rain)

Fool - kicks off the carnival

Wise man goes to church

Fool - fucks up the funeral

No respect - well what do you expect

Hail the Prince in pink polyester

Burn the Priests and bomb the Protesters

Kill the King, but you can't kill Feste

Long live the Jester! Long live the Jester!

Fool - kicks off the carnival

Wise man goes to church

Fool - fucks up the funeral

No respect - well what do you expect

PERSONAL

Joe Jackson - Piano, voz

Graham Maby - Bajo

Doug Yowell - batería

Teddy Kumpell - guitarra

TRACK LIST
1. Big Black Cloud
2. Fabulously Absolute
3. Dave
4. Strange Land
5. Friend Better
6. Fool
7. 32 Kisses
8. Alchemy

FRIEND BETTER

Ochentosos, suaves e inolvidables...

THE FIXX - SECRET SEPARATION

Lost in motion, locked together

Day and night, by trick of light

But I must take another journey

We must meet with other names

We must meet with other names

You touched my heart so deeply

You rescued me now free me

Don't watch me cry just see me go

I'll take away the strongest feelings

You will ever know

There will be no more isolation

In our secret separation

You touched my heart so deeply, you rescued me

Now free me

We are passengers in time

Lost in motion, locked together

Day and night, by trick of light

But I must take another journey

We must meet with other names

If you hold me you will hurt me

Be brave

There will be no more isolation

In our secret separation

You touched my heart so deeply, you rescued me

Now free me

We are matching spark and flame

Caught in endless repetition

Life for life we'll be the same

I must leave before you burn me

I am the stranger who deserts you only to love you

In another life

There will be no more isolation

In our secret separation

You touched my heart so deeply, you rescued me

Now free me

I'll bear one precious scar that only you will know

Passengers in time, free me

A FLOCK OF SEAGULLS - I RAN

[Verse 1]

I walked along the avenue

I never thought I'd meet a girl like you

Meet a girl like you

With auburn hair and tawny eyes

The kind of eyes that hypnotize me through

Hypnotize me through

[Chorus]

And I ran, I ran so far away

I just ran, I ran all night and day

Couldn't get away

[Verse 2]

A cloud appears above your head

A beam of light comes shining down on you

Shining down on you

The cloud is moving nearer still

Aurora borealis comes in view

Aurora comes in view

[Chorus]

And I ran, I ran so far away

I just ran, I ran all night and day

Couldn't get away

[Verse 3]

Reached out a hand to touch your face

You're slowly disappearing from my view

Disappearing from my view

Reached out a hand to try again

I'm floating in a beam of light with you

A beam of light with you

[Chorus]

And I ran, I ran so far away

I just ran, I ran all night and day

And I ran, I ran so far away

I just ran, I couldn't get away

THE HUMAN LEAGUE - LOUISE

When he saw her getting off the bus

It seemed to wipe away the years

Her face was older, just a little rough

But her eyes were still so clear

He drank his coffee and he hurried out

Across before she walked away

Then he approached her like a little child

Too scared for what he had to say

"Hello, Louise

Remember me?

Now should we part

Or stay awhile?

As if we were still lovers"

She took a moment just to recognise

The man she'd known so well before

And as he started to apologise

Lose any bitterness she bore

She gently put her finger on his lips

To let him know she understood

And with her suitcase standing on the floor

Embraced him like a lover would

He told Louise

"You look so good

It's just you see

You make me feel

As if we were still lovers"

It's not always true that time heals all wounds

There are wounds that you don't wanna heal

The memories of something really good

Something truly real, that you never found again

And though they talked for just a little time

Before she said she had to go

He saw the meeting as a tiny sign

That told him all he had to know

And so Louise

Waved from the bus

And as she left

She gave that smile

As if they were still lovers

DAN HARTMAN - I CAN DREAM ABOUT YOU

[Verse 1:]

No more timing

Each tear that falls from my eyes

I`m not hiding the remedy

To cure this old heart of mine

[Chorus x2:]

I can dream about you

If I can`t hold you tonight

I can dream about you

You know how to hold me just right

[Verse 2:]

Moving sidewalks

I don`t see under my feet

Climbing up from down here below

Where the streets

See me lonely for you, oh

[Repeat Chorus:]

[Verse 3:]

(I can dream about you)

I`m gonna press

My lips against you

And hold you to me

(I can dream about you)

You know you got me

Spellbound

What else can it be?

Moving sidewalks

I don`t see under my feet

Climbing up from the pain in my heart

Cause it`s you that I need

I can dream

Whoa

Oh, oh, oh

I can dream

Yes, I can dream

Whoa

Oh, oh, oh

I don`t understand it

Can`t keep my mind off loving you

(Not even for a minute)

Oooh

Now baby

I`m caught up in the magic

I see in you

There`s one thing to do

[Repeat Chorus:]

Oh, I can dream about you

If I can`t hold you tonight

I can dream about you

Oh, I can dream

I can dream

I can dream about you

I can dream about you

COCK ROBIN - THE PROMISE YOU MADE

If I laid down my love

To come to your defense

Would you worry for me

With a pain in your chest?

Could I rely on your faith to be strong

To pick me back up and to push me along?

Tell me

You'll be there in my hour of need

You won't turn me away

Help me out of the life I lead

Remember the promise you made

Remember the promise you made

If I gave you my soul

For a piece of your mind

Would you carry me with you

To the far edge of time?

Could you understand if you found me untrue

Would we become one, or divided in two

Please tell me

You'll be there in my hour of need

You won't turn me away

Help me out of the life I lead

Remember the promise you made

Remember the promise you made

Could I rely on your faith to be strong

To pick me back up and to push me along?

Please tell me

You'll be there in my hour of need

You won't turn me away

Help me out of the life I lead

Remember the promise you made

Remember the promise you made

Remember the promise you made

Remember the promise you made

MARILLION - KAYLEIGH

Do you remember chalk hearts melting on a playground wall

Do you remember dawn escapes from moon washed college halls

Do you remember the cherry blossom in the market square

Do you remember I thought it was confetti in our hair

By the way didn't I break your heart?

Please excuse me, I never meant to break your heart

So sorry, I never meant to break your heart

But you broke mine

Kayleigh is it too late to say I'm sorry?

And Kayleigh could we get it together again?

I just can't go on pretending that it came to a natural end

Kayleigh, oh I never thought I'd miss you

And Kayleigh I thought that we'd always be friends

We said our love would last forever

So how did it come to this bitter end?

Do you remember barefoot on the lawn with shooting stars

Do you remember loving on the floor in Belsize park

Do you remember dancing in stilettos in the snow

Do you remember you never understood I had to go

By the way, didn't I break your heart?

Please excuse me, I never meant to break your heart

So sorry, I never meant to break your heart

But you broke mine

Kayleigh I just wanna say I'm sorry

But Kayleigh I'm too scared to pick up the phone

To hear you've found another lover

To patch up our broken home

Kayleigh I'm still trying to write that love song

Kayleigh it's more important to me now you're gone

Maybe it will prove that we were right

Or ever prove that I was wrong

NIK KERSHAW - WOULDN'T IT BE GOOD

I got it bad

You don't know how bad I got it

You got it easy

You don't know when you've got it good

It's getting harder

Just keeping life and soul together

I'm sick of fighting

Even though I know I should

The cold is biting

Through each and every nerve and fiber

My broken spirit

Is frozen to the core

I don't want to be here no more

Wouldn't it be good to be in your shoes

Even if it was for just one day?

Wouldn't it be good if we could wish ourselves away?

Wouldn't it be good to be on your side?

The grass is always greener over there

Wouldn't it be good if we could live without a care?

You must be joking

You don't know a thing about it

You've got no problem

I'd stay right there if I were you

I got it harder

You couldn't dream how hard I got it

Stay out of my shoes

If you know what's good for you

The heat is stifling

Burning me up from the inside

The sweat is coming

Through each and every pore

I don't want to be here no more

I don't want to be here no more

I don't want to be here no more

Wouldn't it be good to be in your shoes

Even if it was for just one day?

Wouldn't it be good if we could wish ourselves away? Ooh

Wouldn't it be good to be on your side?

The grass is always greener over there

And wouldn't it be good if we could live without a care?

I got it bad

You don't know how bad I got it

You got it easy

You don't know when you've got it good

It's getting harder

Just keeping life and soul together

I'm sick of fighting

Even though I know I should

THOMPSON TWINS - HOLD ME NOW

[Verse 1]

I have a picture

Pinned to my wall

An image of you and of me and

We're laughing, we're loving it all

But look at our life now

All tattered and torn

We fuss and we fight

And delight in the tears

That we cry until dawn

Oh, whoa

[Chorus]

Hold me now, whoa

Warm my heart

Stay with me

Let loving start

Let loving start

[Verse 2]

You say I'm a dreamer

We're two of a kind

Both of us searching

For some perfect world

We know we'll never find

So perhaps I should leave here

Yeah, yeah, and go far away

But you know that there's nowhere

That I'd rather be

Than with you here today

Oh, whoa, oh, whoa

[Chorus]

Hold me now, whoa

Warm my heart

Stay with me

Let loving start

Let loving start, whoa

Hold me now, whoa

Warm my heart

Stay with me

Let loving start

Let loving start, whoa

[Verse 3]

You ask if I love you

Well, what can I say?

You know that I do

And that this is just one

Of those games that we play

So I'll sing you a new song

Please don't cry anymore

I'll even ask your forgiveness

Though I don't know

Just what I'm asking it for

Oh, whoa, oh, whoa

[Chorus]

Hold me now, (hold me in your loving arms) whoa

Warm my heart (warm my cold and tired heart)

Stay with me (stay with me)

Let loving start

Let loving start, whoa

Hold me now, (hold me in your loving arms) whoa

Warm my heart (warm my cold and tired heart)

Stay with me (stay with me)

Let loving start

Let loving start, whoa

Hold me now, (hold me in your loving arms) whoa

Warm my heart (warm my cold and tired heart)

Stay with me (stay with me)

Let loving start

Let loving start, whoa

Hold me now, (hold me in your loving arms) whoa

Warm my heart (warm my cold and tired heart)

Stay with me (stay with me)

Let loving start

Let loving start, whoa

Hold me now, (hold me in your loving arms) whoa

Warm my heart (warm my cold and tired heart)

Stay with me (stay with me)

Let loving start

Let loving start, whoa

Recordando a Tom Petty

Thomas Earl Petty (Gainesville, Florida; 20 de octubre de 1950-Santa Mónica, California; 2 de octubre de 2017) fue un músico, cantante, compositor, productor y multiinstrumentista estadounidense, conocido por su trabajo al frente del grupo Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers y como cofundador del supergrupo The Traveling Wilburys a finales de la década de 1980, donde tocó bajo los seudónimos de Charlie T. Wilbury, Jr. y Muddy Wilbury, además de por su carrera en solitario.
Con The Heartbreakers, Petty grabó y publicó varios sencillos de éxito, muchos de los cuales son interpretados con frecuencia en cadenas de radio de rock clásico y adult contemporary. A lo largo de su carrera, Petty vendió más de ochenta millones de discos a nivel mundial, convirtiéndolo en uno de los artistas musicales con mayores ventas.​ En 2002 ingresó en el Salón de la Fama del Rock and Roll.
(Wikipedia)

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