domingo, 19 de julio de 2009

Calexico - Crystal Frontier (2001)


From the album Aerocalexico in 2001



Marco's shadow falls on the door
to the 7 Lost Cities of Gold
finds a raven's head and rattler's tail
dead in his tracks, this Godforsaken soul's
unwanted here and his ghost lingers for years

Amalia's face hides behind the mask
sweating on the TV factory line
that smile on her face is starting to crack
while welding back the pieces of shattered heart
that's scattered out here, with the ghosts of her peers
searched for her lost child along the river of tears

At the end of the working week
when drunken worlds meet
both sides keeping a close eye
for a break in the line here... on the Crystal Frontier

Blood spills out on the streets
and bodies are missing for weeks
both sides keeping a close eye
watching the bullets fly here... on the Crystal Frontier

Ramon tightens up his leather belt
and slips through a hole in the fence
he can get you anything you want
might cost you a life, might cost you
the whole price of freedom here...on the Crystal Frontier

Dick Dale & His Del-Tones - Let's Go Trippin (1961)


From the album Surfers' Choice in 1962



No lyrics [Instrumental]

viernes, 17 de julio de 2009

Billie Holiday - Strange Fruit (1939)


She died on July 17, 1959, 50 years ago.

"Strange Fruit" is a song performed by Billie Holiday. It condemned American racism, particularly the lynching of African Americans that had occurred chiefly in the South but also in all regions of the United States.





Southern trees bear strange fruit, (Los árboles del sur tienen un fruto extraño)
Blood on the leaves and blood at the root, (Sangre en las hojas y sangre en la raíz,)
Black bodies swinging in the southern breeze, (Cuerpos negros balanceándose en la brisa del sur,)
Strange fruit hanging from the poplar trees. (Extraño fruto que cuelga de los álamos.)

Pastoral scene of the gallant south, (Escena pastoral del galante sur,)
The bulging eyes and the twisted mouth, (Los ojos abultados, la boca torcida,)
Scent of magnolias, sweet and fresh, (El aroma de las magnolias, dulce y fresco,)
Then the sudden smell of burning flesh. (Y de pronto el olor de la carne quemada.)

Here is fruit for the crows to pluck, (Aquí está el fruto que arrancarán los cuervos,)
For the rain to gather, for the wind to suck, (Para que reciba la lluvia, para que chupe el viento,)
For the sun to rot, for the trees to drop, (Para que el sol la madure, para que los árboles la suelten,)
Here is a strange and bitter crop. (Aquí está una extraña y amarga cosecha.)

Joni Mitchell - Woodstock (1970)


From the album Ladies of the Canyon in 1970



I came upon a child of god
He was walking along the road
And I asked him, where are you going
And this he told me
Im going on down to yasgurs farm
Im going to join in a rock n roll band
Im going to camp out on the land
Im going to try an get my soul free
We are stardust
We are golden
And weve got to get ourselves
Back to the garden

Then can I walk beside you
I have come here to lose the smog
And I feel to be a cog in something turning
Well maybe it is just the time of year
Or maybe its the time of man
I dont know who l am
But you know life is for learning
We are stardust
We are golden
And weve got to get ourselves
Back to the garden

By the time we got to woodstock
We were half a million strong
And everywhere there was song and celebration
And I dreamed I saw the bombers
Riding shotgun in the sky
And they were turning into butterflies
Above our nation
We are stardust
Billion year old carbon
We are golden
Caught in the devils bargain
And weve got to get ourselves
Back to the garden

Max Romeo - I Chase The Devil (1976)


From the album War Ina Babylon in 1976



Lucifer son of the mourning, I'm gonna chase you out of earth!
I'm gonna put on a iron shirt, and chase satan out of earth
I'm gonna put on a iron shirt, and chase the devil out of earth
I'm gonna send him to outa space, to find another race
I'm gonna send him to outa space, to find another race

Satan is an evilous man,
But him can't chocks it on High-man
So when I check him my lassing hand
And if him slip, I gaan with him hand

I'm gonna put on a ironED shirt, and chase satan out of earth
I'm gonna put on a ironED shirt, and chase the devil out of earth
I'm gonna send him to outa space, to find another race
I'm gonna send him to outa space, to find another race

Him haffi drop him fork and run
Him can't stand up to Jah Jah son
Him haffi lef' ya with him gun
Dig off with him bomb

I'm gonna put on a iron shirt, and chase satan out of earth
I'm gonna put on a iron shirt, and chase the devil out of earth
I'm gonna send him to outa space, to find another race
I'm gonna send him to outa space, to find another race

Satan is a evilous man,
But him can't chocks it on I-man
So when I check him my lassing hand
And if him slip, I gaan with him hand

I'm gonna put on a iron shirt, and chase satan out of earth
I'm gonna put on a iron shirt, and chase the devil out of earth
I'm gonna send him to outa space, to find another race
I'm gonna send him to outa space, to find another race

Move ya with your gun
Mi sey fe lef' ya with your bomb
Move ya with your gun
Mi sey fe lef' ya with your bomb...

John Coltrane - Part 1: Acknowledgement (1965)


Coltrane died in Long Island, NY on July 17, 1967

From the album A Love Supreme in 1965



No lyrics [Instrumental]

The Spencer Davis Group - I'm A Man (1967)


From the album The Chicago Transit Authority in 1969




Well my pad is very messy
And there’s whiskers on my chin
And I’m all hung up on music
And I always play to win
I ain’t got no time for lovin’
Cause my time is all used up
Just to sit around creatin’
All that groovy kind of stuff.
I’m a man
Yes I am
And I can’t help
But love you so
I’m a man
Yes I am
And I can’t help
But love you so.

Well if I had my choice of matter
I would rather be with cats
All engrossed in mental chatter
Moving where our minds are at
And relating to each other
Just how strong our wills can be
I’m resisting all involvement
With each groovy chick we see

Well I’m a man
Yes I am
And I can’t help
But love you so
I’m a man
Yes I am
And I can’t help
But love you so.

I got to keep my image
While suspended from a throne
That looks out upon a kingdom
Full of people all unknown
Who imagine I’m not human
And my heart is made of stone
I never had no problems
And my toilet’s trimmed with chrome

I’m a man
Yes I am
And I can’t help
But love you so.
I’m a man
Yes I am
And I can’t help
But love you so.

jueves, 16 de julio de 2009

The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Fire (1967)


From the album Are You Experienced in 1967



You don't care for me
I don't care about that
Gotta new fool
I like it like that

I have only one burnin' desire
Let me stand next to your fire
Let me stand next to your fire
Let me stand baby
Let me stand next to your fire
Oh, ley me stand
Let me stand next to your fire
You got to let me stand
Let me stand next to your fire
Oh shucks
Yeah

You say your mom ain't home, you can't let me in
Well, i had to before i don't need you again

I have only one burnin' desire
Let me stand next to your fire
Let me stand next to your fire
Yeah, let me stand baby
Let me stand next to your fire
Oh, let my stand
Let me stand next to your fire
Let me stand
Let me stand next to your fire

Ah yeah move over rover
And let jimi take over
Yeah you know wayt i'm talking 'bout

That's what i'm talking about
You try to gimmie your money
You better save it babe
Save it for your rainy day

I have only one a burnin' desire
Let me stand next to your fire
Let me stand next to your fire
Yeah let me stand
Let me stand next to your fire
Oh, let me stand
Let me stand next to your fire
You know what i'm talken about

Booker T. & the M.G.'s - Green Onions (1962)


From the album Green Onions in 1962



[Instrumental]

Sonic Youth - Teenage Riot (1988)


From the album Daydream Nation in 1988



[kim]
Youre it
No, youre it
Hey, youre really it
Youre it
No I mean it, youre it

Say it
Dont spray it
Spirit desire (face me)
Spirit desire (dont displace me)
Spirit desire
We will fall

Miss me
Dont dismiss me

Spirit desire

Spirit desire [x3]
We will fall
Spirit desire
We will fall
Spirit desire [x3]
We will fall
Spirit desire
We will fall

[thurston]
Everybodys talking bout the stormy weather
And whats a man do to but work out whether its true?
Looking for a man with a focus and a temper
Who can open up a map and see between one and two

Time to get it
Before you let it
Get to you

Here he comes now
Stick to your guns
And let him through

Everybodys coming from the winter vacation
Taking in the sun in a exaltation to you
You come running in on platform shoes
With marshall stacks
To at least just give us a clue
Ah, here it comes
I know its someone I knew

Teenage riot in a public station
Gonna fight and tear it up in a hypernation for you

Now I see it
I think Ill leave it out of the way
Now I come near you
And its not clear why you fade away

Looking for a ride to your secret location
Where the kids are setting up a free-speed nation, for you
Got a foghorn and a drum and a hammer thats rockin
And a cord and a pedal and a lock, thatll do me for now

It better work out
I hope it works out my way
cause its getting kind of quiet in my citys head
Takes a teen age riot to get me out of bed right now

You better look it
Were gonna shake it
Up to him

He acts the hero
We paint a zero
On his hand

We know its down
We know its bound too loose
Everybodys sound is round it
Everybody wants to be proud to choose
So whos to take the blame for the stormy weather
Youre never gonna stop all the teenage leather and booze

Its time to go round
A one man showdown
Teach us how to fail

Were off the streets now
And back on the road
On the riot trail