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The Trapeze Swinger - Iron & Wine

Deliciosa canción de Iron & Wine.
9 minutos y medio de tranquilidad.
Como los buenos cantautores, evita los estribillos fáciles sin repetir ninguna estrofa en sus casi 10 minutos de canción.
Una maravilla en éstos tiempos de canciones de 3 minutos, que empiezan directamente con un estribillo asqueroso que se te pega a fuerza machacarte con él
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En cuanto a canciones largas/no convencionales, os recomendaría "Hurricane" de Bob Dylan con sus 8 minutos y pico. Y para buenas letras sin estribillos, iros a cantautores como Fernando Delgadillo (Carta a Francia, Hoy ten miedo de mí, Julieta...), y los rojeras aunque buenos Paco Bello (Planetas, No sabes cuánto te he querido) e Ismael Serrano (La extraña pareja).

Éste tema tranquilón me recuerda a Belle & Sebastian, aunque éstos últimos son más "indies", y es un rollo más "arquitecto-gafapasta" (no va por tí Rafita... ya lo sabes).

Muy recomendable cualquiera de sus álbumes. Iron & Wine los conocí escuchando a Elliott Smith en Pandora. Por desgracia Pandora está chapada desde hace un mes a todos los no "U.S. citizen". Una pena.

No es una canción fácil para escuchar deprisa.
Espero que os guste.
Saboreadla.

(Dadle al play justo aquí debajo)

The Trapeze Swinger
Iron And Wine

Please, remember me
Happily
By the rosebush laughing
With bruises on my chin
The time when
We counted every black car passing
Your house beneath the hill
And up until
Someone caught us in the kitchen
With maps, a mountain range,
A piggy bank
A vision too removed to mention
But

Please, remember me
Fondly
I heard from someone you're still pretty
And then
They went on to say
That the pearly gates
Had some eloquent graffiti
Like 'We'll meet again'
And 'Fuck the man'
And 'Tell my mother not to worry'
And angels with their gray
Handshakes
Were always done in such a hurry
And

Please, remember me
At Halloween
Making fools of all the neighbors
Our faces painted white
By midnight
We'd forgotten one another
And when the morning came
I was ashamed
Only now it seems so silly
That season left the world
And then returned
And now you're lit up by the city
So

Please, remember me
Mistakenly
In the window of the tallest tower call
Then pass us by
But much too high
To see the empty road at happy hour
Leave and resonate
Just like the gates
Around the holy kingdom
With words like 'Lost and Found' and 'Don't Look Down'
And 'Someone Save Temptation'
And

Please, remember me
As in the dream
We had as rug-burned babies
Among the fallen trees
And fast asleep
Aside the lions and the ladies
That called you what you like
And even might
Give a gift for your behavior
A fleeting chance to see
A trapeze
Swing as high as any savior
But

Please, remember me
My misery
And how it lost me all I wanted
Those dogs that love the rain
And chasing trains
The colored birds above there running
In circles round the well
And where it spells
On the wall behind St. Peter's
So bright with cinder gray
And spray paint
'Who the hell can see forever?'
And

Please, remember me
Seldomly
In the car behind the carnival
My hand between your knees
You turn from me
And said 'The trapeze act was wonderful
But never meant to last'
The clown that passed
Saw me just come up with anger
When it filled with circus dogs
The parking lot
Had an element of danger
So

Please, remember me
Finally
And all my uphill clawing
My dear
But if i make
The pearly gates
Do my best to make a drawing
Of G-d and Lucifer
A boy and girl
An angel kissin on a sinner
A monkey and a man
A marching band
All around the frightened trapeze swingers

Na-na
Na-na-na
Na-na
Na-na...

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Escrito por Quique a las 30 de Mayo 2007 a las 01:09 PM