Interpol - Obstacle 1

I wish i could eat the salt off your last faded lips
We can cap the old times make playing only logical harm
We can top the old lines clay-making that nothing else will change.
But she can read, she can read, she can read, she can read, she's bad
Oh, she's bad

It's different now that I'm poor and aging, I'll never see this face again
You go stabbing yourself in the neck
It's different now that I'm poor and aging, and I'll never see this place again
And you go stabbing yourself in the neck

We can find new ways of living make playing only logical harm
And we can top the old times, clay-making that nothing else will change.
But she can read, she can read, she can read, she can read, she's bad
Oh, she's bad

It's in the way that she posed,
it's in the things that she puts in my head
Her stories are boring and stuff.
She's always calling my bluff.
She puts the weights into my little heart,
And she gets in my room and she takes it apart.
She puts the weights into my little heart,
I said she puts the weights into my little heart.

She packs it away

It's in the way that she walks
Her heaven is never enough
She puts the weights in my heart
She puts, oh she puts the weights into my little heart.

 

Interpol - Obstacle 1

-Turn On the Bright Lights (2001)-

Smashing Pumpkins - Hummer

Se me disserem para fazer um top das minhas músicas rock preferidas, esta fará sempre parte dele. Aliás, se me pedirem para fazer um top dos melhores discos rock de sempre, este estará obviamente presente. Siamese dream é o segundo disco da carreira dos norte-americanos Smashing Pumpkins e foi editado no grande ano de 1993.

Underworld - Born slippy

A pessoa que me deu a conhecer este tema deixou-nos faz hoje um ano. Lembro-me perfeitamente do sentimento ao ouvir os viciantes sons iniciais. Foi o Homem do rock que me apresentou os Underworld. Foi numa tarde em Lisboa. Foi no Grande Delta. Foi-se há um ano o Grande Mestre...

Arcade Fire - My body is a cage

My body is a cage that keeps me
From dancing with the one I love
But my mind holds the key

My body is a cage that keeps me
From dancing with the one I love
But my mind holds the key

I'm standing on a stage
Of fear and self-doubt
It's a hollow play
But they'll clap anyway

My body is a cage that keeps me
From dancing with the one I love
But my mind holds the key

You're standing next to me
My mind holds the key

I'm living in an age
That calls darkness light
Though my language is dead
Still the shapes fill my head

I'm living in an age
Whose name I don't know
Though the fear keeps me moving
Still my heart beats so slow

My body is a cage that keeps me
From dancing with the one I love
But my mind holds the key

You're standing next to me
My mind holds the key
My body is a

My body is a cage
We take what we're given
Just because you've forgotten
That don't mean you're forgiven

I'm living in an age
That screams my name at night
But when I get to the doorway
There's no one in sight

My body is a cage that keeps me
From dancing with the one I love
But my mind holds the key

You're standing next to me
My mind holds the key

Set my spirit free
Set my spirit free
Set my body free.

Arcade Fire - My body is a cage
-Neon Bible (2007)-

Mogwai - Take me somewhere nice

São escoceses, fazem o que em tempos se chamou (talvez ainda se chame) de post-rock e em 2001 editaram um dos seus melhores discos: Rock Action. Nele encontra-se um dos meus temas favoritos dos Mogwai e que hoje decidi aqui apresentar. Já tinha saudades destes rapazes...

U2 - MLK

Sleep, sleep tonight
And may your dreams be realised.
If the thunder cloud passes rain
So let it rain, rain down on he.
So let it be.
So let it be.

Sleep, sleep tonight
And may your dreams be realised.
If the thunder cloud passes rain
So let it rain, let it rain
Rain down on he.

 

U2 - MLK

-The Unforgettable fire (1984)-
Obrigado...

Sonic Youth - Bull in the heather

Este é o primeiro tema que me vem à memória quando penso em rock sério e com estilo forte. Em 1994 sai Experimental Jet Set, Trash and No Star e este é o grande, grande single de apresentação. Os Sonic Youth são um dos poucos exemplos de longevidade sem perder de vista as origens. Que se mantenham de boa saúde...

Cocteau Twins - Bluebeard

Aliveness, exploration
Aliveness, energy
Are you the right man for me?
Are you safe? Are you my friend?
Are you the right man for me?
Are you safe? Are you my friend?
Aliveness, exploration
Fulfillment, creativity
Are you the right man for me?
Are you safe? Are you my friend?
Or are you toxic for me?
Will you betray my confidence?
Are you the right man for me?
Are you safe? Are you my friend?
Or are you toxic for me?
Will you betray my con-fi-dence?
Naming things is em-power-ing
I balance, walk and co-or-din-ate myself alone
Aliveness, energy
Healthy dependence
And healthy independence
And healthy assurances
This love's a nameless dream
And healthy boundaries
And how long would you miss me.

Cocteau Twins - Bluebeard

-Four-calendar café (1993)-

OL: Um tema alegre, para um dia que se espera de alegria...

Arcade Fire - Ready to Start (Unstaged)

Tema extraído do novo disco destes canadianos (The subburbs). Enquanto aguardamos pelo concerto da Galiza (5 de Setembro - Monte do Gozo de Santiago de Compostela) e pelo nosso (Pavilhão Atlântico a 18 de Novembro), apresento esta versão captada ao vivo no Madison Square Garden no dia 5 de Agosto. Outra grande versão do mesmo tema pode ser vista em exclusivo na página do El Mundo.

Dedicada à minha confidente/psicanalista/amiga. Sei que estás preparada...

U2 - Wire

O rapaz The Edge faz neste dia anos. Por esse facto e por ser o Maior, Parabéns...

The The - Slow emotion replay

Os britânicos The The  editaram em 1993 um grande disco chamado Dusk. Nele está incluído este que viria a ser um dos temas incontornáveis e fundamentais da sua carreira.

The Cure - Plainsong

Este é provavelmente o meu tema favorito dos The Cure. A música faz a abertura do oitavo disco  da carreira (Disintegration, editado em 1989). A versão aqui apresentada é ao vivo e sublime...

Faith No More - A small victory

Este mítico tema pertence ao disco Angel dust, quarto na carreira dos californianos Faith no More, editado em 1992. A banda, agora liderada por Mike Patton, actua amanhã no Alive pelas 00:30.

Frankie Valli - Can't take my eyes off you

You're just too good to be true.
Can't take my eyes off you.
You'd be like Heaven to touch.
I wanna hold you so much.
At long last love has arrived
And I thank God I'm alive.
You're just too good to be true.
Can't take my eyes off you.

Pardon the way that I stare.
There's nothing else to compare.
The sight of you leaves me weak.
There are no words left to speak,
But if you feel like I feel,
Please let me know that it's real.
You're just too good to be true.
Can't take my eyes off you.

I love you, baby,
And if it's quite alright,
I need you, baby,
To warm a lonely night.
I love you, baby.
Trust in me when I say:
Oh, pretty baby,
Don't bring me down, I pray.
Oh, pretty baby, now that I found you, stay
And let me love you, baby.
Let me love you.

You're just too good to be true.
Can't take my eyes off you.
You'd be like Heaven to touch.
I wanna hold you so much.
At long last love has arrived
And I thank God I'm alive.
You're just too good to be true.
Can't take my eyes off you.

I love you, baby,
And if it's quite alright,
I need you, baby,
To warm a lonely night.
I love you, baby.
Trust in me when I say:
Oh, pretty baby,
Don't bring me down, I pray.
Oh, pretty baby, now that I found you, stay...

 Frankie Valli - Can't take my eyes off you

-The 4 Seasons Present Frankie Valli Solo (1967)- 

A ti, OL...

The Breeders - No Aloha

Excelente interpretação ao vivo (em estúdio) de uma das melhores criações do quarteto norte-americano The Breeders. O tema faz parte do seu mais apreciado disco Last splash, segundo da sua carreira, editado em 1993.

Rodrigo Leão & Cinema Ensemble - Cathy (Ao vivo)

 Rodrigo Leão & Cinema Ensemble - Cathy (Ao vivo)

Sunny Day Real Estate - The prophet

Sun shines on my face
how it's golden design
rain falls in this place
and the fields come alive
days are only rumours we've wasted

We cross the millions
we'll see where we stand
far removed from the womb
will you carry me across the sea?
will you carry me?
we can drink from fountains
and the taste of truth
far removed from the womb

Rhythm and mind
don't waste no time
want to let it all out
when the chains fall off
and the walls fall down
when we break the seal
and our hearts pour out
when the frozen ground
comes alive around us
with a scream.

Sunny Day Real Estate - The prophet

-How It Feels to Be Something On (1998)-

The Magnetic Fields - Why I cry

All the summer days
Where we used to play
Walking hand in hand
Castles in the sand
(C): So you said goodnight
But you meant goodbye
Now our love has died
This is why I cry
From the madding crowd
Pointing up at clouds
Summer turned to fall
Pictures on the wall
(C) (C)

The Magnetic Fields - Why I cry

-Get lost (1995)-

Dedicada a uma pessoa especial...

Joy Division - She's lost control

O rapaz foi-se há 30 anos. Felizmente o seu legado em forma de obra (apesar de escassa) permanece bem viva e actual...

R.E.M. - Pop Song 89

Ao sexto disco (Green editado em finais de 1989) os R.E.M. assumem o estatuto de grandes representantes da cena rock de cariz alternativo dos anos 80. Um dos temas mais apresentados ao vivo era este Pop song 89, tornando-se um marco fundamental na carreira da banda americana.