Las raíces del metal

Un lunes musical directamente desde el período Jurásico con un grupo que, si bien pertenece a la psicodélia, en esta su muy particular versión a un clásico de Eddie Cochran ya muestra los primeros pasos vacilantes de lo que llegaría a ser el heavy metal.

BLUE CHEER -- Summertime Blues

¡Feliz y pesadamente psicodélico lunes musical!

Publicado: 8 febrero, 2010 05:00.
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Otra excelente banda

Desde que oí este tema en el maravilloso documental ‘Global Metal‘ de Sam Dunn quise saber de quien era, y por fin lo averigué.

DIAMOND HEAD -- Am I Evil?

¡Feliz lunes musical!

Publicado: 1 febrero, 2010 00:10.
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Escuela para niñas

Un poco tarde, pero aquí está el lunes musical. Y para compensar la tardanza, ¿que les parece una rolita del mejor (y creo que de los pocos) grupos de heavy metal formado solo por mujeres?

GIRLSCHOOL -- Emergency

Disfrútenla y feliz lunes musical tardío.

Publicado: 25 enero, 2010 10:24.
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El blues del…

Para quienes creían que el buen Lemmy de Mötorhead solo sabía cantar speed o trash, aquí lo tienen interpretando un excelente blues.

MÖTORHEAD -- Whorehouse Blues

Feliz lunes musical.

Publicado: 18 enero, 2010 00:10.
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Gotas de Júpiter

Cuando alguien va a buscarse a si mismo, ¿qué pasa con los que se quedan atrás?

TRAIN -- Drops of Jupiter

Un dato poco conocido, esta canción fue inspirada por la muerte de la madre de Pat Monahan, vocalista del grupo. Fue su manera de sanar y reponerse de la pérdida.

¡Feliz lunes musical!

Now that she’s back in the atmosphere
With drops of jupiter in her hair, hey, hey
She acts like summer and walks like rain
Reminds me that there’s time to change, hey, hey
Since the return from her stay on the moon
She listens like spring and she talks like june, hey, hey

Tell me did you sail across the sun
Did you make it to the milky way to see the lights all faded
And that heaven is overrated

Tell me, did you fall for a shooting star
One without a permanent scar
And did you miss me while you were looking at yourself out there

Now that she’s back from that soul vacation
Tracing her way through the constellation, hey, hey
She checks out mozart while she does tae-bo
Reminds me that there’s time to grow, hey, hey

Now that she’s back in the atmosphere
I’m afraid that she might think of me as plain ol’ jane
Told a story about a man who is too afraid to fly so he never did land

Tell me did the wind sweep you off your feet
Did you finally get the chance to dance along the light of day
And head back to the milky way
And tell me, did venus blow your mind
Was it everything you wanted to find
And did you miss me while you were looking for yourself out there

Can you imagine no love, pride, deep-fried chicken
Your best friend always sticking up for you even when I know you’re wrong
Can you imagine no first dance, freeze dried romance five-hour phone
Conversation
The best soy latte that you ever had . . . and me

Tell me did the wind sweep you off your feet
Did you finally get the chance to dance along the light of day
And head back toward the milky way

Tell me, did you fall for a shooting star
One without a permanent scar
And did you miss me while you were looking at yourself out there

Publicado: 11 enero, 2010 00:10.
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El espacio intermedio

Melancólica y surrealista imagen de una relación tormentosa, en vivo desde Folsom Field.

DAVE MATHEWS BAND -- The Space Between

¡Feliz primer lunes musical del año!

You cannot quit me so quickly
Is no hope in you for me
No corner you could squeeze me
But I got all the time for you, love
The Space Between
The tears we cry
Is the laughter keeps us coming back for more
The Space Between
The wicked lies we tell
And hope to keep us safe from the pain

But will I hold you again?
These fickle, fuddled words confuse me
Like ‘Will it rain today?’
Waste the hours with talking, talking
These twisted game we play

We’re strange allies
With warring hearts
What wild-eyed beast you be
The Space Between
The wicked lies we tell
And hope to keep us safe from the pain

Will I hold you again?
Will I hold…

Look at us spinning out in
The madness of a roller coaster
You know you went off like a devil
In a church in the middle of a crowded room
All we can do, my love
Is hope we don’t take this ship down

The Space Between
Where you’re smiling high
Is where you’ll find me if I get tickled
The Space Between
The bullets in our firefight
Is where I’ll be hiding, waiting for you
The rain that falls
Splash in your heart
Ran like sadness down the window into…
The Space Between
Our wicked lies
Is where we hope to keep safe from pain

Take my hand
‘Cause we’re walking out of here
Oh, right out of here
Love is all we need here
The Space Between
What’s wrong and right
Is where you’ll find me hiding, waiting for you
The Space Between
Your heart and mine
Is the space we’ll fill with time
The Space Between…

Publicado: 4 enero, 2010 00:10.
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¡El último del año!

Y aunque ya pasó la navidad, un regalo para todos los metaleros.

TWISTED SISTER -- Heavy Metal Christmas

On my heavy metal Christmas my true love gave to me,
a tattoo of Ozzy!

On my heavy metal Christmas my true love gave to me,
2 pairs of spandex pants
and a tattoo of Ozzy!

On my heavy metal Christmas my true love gave to me,
3 studded belts
2 pairs of spandex pants
and a tattoo of Ozzy!

On my heavy metal Christmas my true love gave to me,
4 quarts of Jack
3 studded belts
2 pairs of spandex pants
and a tattoo of Ozzy!

On my heavy metal Christmas my true love gave to me,
5 skull earrings
4 quarts of Jack
3 studded belts
2 pairs of spandex pants
and a tattoo of Ozzy!

On my heavy metal Christmas my true love gave to me,
6 cans of hairspray
5 skull earrings
4 quarts of Jack
3 studded belts
2 pairs of spandex pants
and a tattoo of Ozzy!

On my heavy metal Christmas my true love gave to me,
7 leather jackets
6 cans of hairspray
5 skull earrings
4 quarts of Jack
3 studded belts
2 pairs of spandex pants
and a tattoo of Ozzy!

On my heavy metal Christmas my true love gave to me,
8 pentagrams
7 leather jackets
6 cans of hairspray
5 skull earrings
4 quarts of Jack
3 studded belts
2 pairs of spandex pants
and a tattoo of Ozzy!

On my heavy metal Christmas my true love gave to me,
9 tattered t-shirts
8 pentagrams
7 leather jackets
6 cans of hairspray
5 skull earrings
4 quarts of Jack
3 studded belts
2 pairs of spandex pants
and a tattoo of Ozzy!

On my heavy metal Christmas my true love gave to me,
10 pairs of platforms
9 tattered t-shirts
8 pentagrams
7 leather jackets
6 cans of hairspray
5 skull earrings
4 quarts of Jack
3 studded belts
2 pairs of spandex pants
and a tattoo of Ozzy!

On my heavy metal Christmas my true love gave to me,
11 black mascaras
10 pairs of platforms
9 tattered t-shirts
8 pentagrams
7 leather jackets
6 cans of hairspray
5 skull earrings
4 quarts of Jack
3 studded belts
2 pairs of spandex pants
and a tattoo of Ozzy!

On my heavy metal Christmas my true love gave to me,
12 silver crosses
11 black mascaras
10 pairs of platforms
9 tattered t-shirts
8 pentagrams
7 leather jackets
6 cans of hairspray
5 skull earrings
4 quarts of Jack
3 studded belts
2 pairs of spandex pants
and a tattoo of Ozzy!

Que la disfruten y feliz último lunes musical del año.

Publicado: 28 diciembre, 2009 00:10.
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Otra voz de trueno

Uno de los grandes poetas de nuestros tiempos, interpretando un  himno a la divina locura de la sencillez.

LEONARD COHEN -- Suzane

¡Disfrútenla y feliz lunes musical!

Publicado: 21 diciembre, 2009 00:10.
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Directo desde la selva Amazónica

Uno de mis grupos favoritos cantando lo que en su época se convirtió en su firma.

SEPULTURA -- Roots, Bloody Roots

Algo con mucha energía para iniciar la semana.

¡Feliz lunes musical!

Publicado: 14 diciembre, 2009 00:10.
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Su majestad, el rey bizarro

Una de las figuras más bizarras del… ¿rock?

Músico, compositor y actor, el maestro Tom Waits.

El sonido de su voz alguna vez fue descrito por un crítico de música de una manera bastante peculiar:

“Suena como si la hubieran dejado remojando toda la noche en una tina de whisky, la hubieran colgado a ahumar un par de meses y luego la hubieran arrastrado a la calle para pasarle por encima con un auto varias veces.”

TOM WAITS -- Going Out West

Disfrútenla y, ¡feliz lunes musical!

Publicado: 7 diciembre, 2009 00:10.
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Doble lunes musical

Por única ocasión, un doble lunes musical. Y es que simplemente no podía dejar pasar la oportunidad de postear uno de los mejores homenajes a la inmortal “Rapsodia Bohemia” de Queen…

Interpretada por… ¡Los Muppets!

Personalmente, me reí como loco al verla, ojalá la disfruten.

Publicado: 30 noviembre, 2009 11:25.
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Johnny B. Goode

Y ya que el lunes pasado mencioné a Johnny B. Goode, he aquí a una de las mejores bandas del heavy metal interpretando la maravillosa creación del maestro Chuck Berry, considerada dentro de las primeras rolas del rock & roll.

JUDAS PRIEST -- Johnny B. Goode

Deep down Louisiana close to New Orleans
Way back up in the woods among the evergreens
There stood a log cabin made of earth and wood
Where lived a country boy named Johnny B. Goode
Who never ever learned to read or write so well
But he could play the guitar just like a ringing a bell

Go go
Go Johnny go
Go
Go Johnny go
Go
Go Johnny go
Go
Go Johnny go
Go
Johnny B. Goode

He used to carry his guitar in a gunny sack
Go sit beneath the tree by the railroad track
Oh, the engineerswould see him sitting in the shade
Strumming with the rhythm that the drivers made
People passing by they would stop and say
Oh my that little country boy could play

Go go
Go Johnny go
Go
Go Johnny go
Go
Go Johnny go
Go
Go Johnny go
Go
Johnny B. Goode

His mother told him “Someday you will be a man,
And you will be the leader of a big old band.
Many people coming from miles around
To hear you play your music when the sun go down
Maybe someday your name will be in lights
Saying Johnny B. Goode tonight.”

Go go
Go Johnny go
Go go go Johnny go
Go go go Johnny go
Go go go Johnny go
Go
Johnny B. Goode

¡Feliz lunes de rock & roll!

Publicado: 30 noviembre, 2009 00:10.
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