Simpatia com o Diabo

Este tema é para mim o melhor dos Rolling Stones, e este tema tem nada mais nada menos do que 41 anos, continuem por favor, já existem macas e cadeiras de rodas, não há desculpa.




Please allow me to introduce myself
Im a man of wealth and taste
Ive been around for a long, long year
Stole many a mans soul and faith
And I was round when jesus christ
Had his moment of doubt and pain
Made damn sure that pilate
Washed his hands and sealed his fate
Pleased to meet you
Hope you guess my name
But whats puzzling you
Is the nature of my game
I stuck around st. petersburg
When I saw it was a time for a change
Killed the czar and his ministers
Anastasia screamed in vain
I rode a tank
Held a generals rank
When the blitzkrieg raged
And the bodies stank
Pleased to meet you
Hope you guess my name, oh yeah
Ah, whats puzzling you
Is the nature of my game, oh yeah
I watched with glee
While your kings and queens
Fought for ten decades
For the gods they made
I shouted out,
Who killed the kennedys?
When after all
It was you and me
Let me please introduce myself
Im a man of wealth and taste
And I laid traps for troubadours
Who get killed before they reached bombay
Pleased to meet you
Hope you guessed my name, oh yeah
But whats puzzling you
Is the nature of my game, oh yeah, get down, baby
Pleased to meet you
Hope you guessed my name, oh yeah
But whats confusing you
Is just the nature of my game
Just as every cop is a criminal
And all the sinners saints
As heads is tails
Just call me lucifer
cause Im in need of some restraint
So if you meet me
Have some courtesy
Have some sympathy, and some taste
Use all your well-learned politesse
Or Ill lay your soul to waste, um yeah
Pleased to meet you
Hope you guessed my name, um yeah
But whats puzzling you
Is the nature of my game, um mean it, get down
Woo, who
Oh yeah, get on down
Oh yeah
Oh yeah!
Tell me baby, whats my name
Tell me honey, can ya guess my name
Tell me baby, whats my name
I tell you one time, youre to blame
Ooo, who
Ooo, who
Ooo, who
Ooo, who, who
Ooo, who, who
Ooo, who, who
Ooo, who, who
Oh, yeah
Whats me name
Tell me, baby, whats my name
Tell me, sweetie, whats my name
Ooo, who, who
Ooo, who, who
Ooo, who, who
Ooo, who, who
Ooo, who, who
Ooo, who, who
Ooo, who, who
Oh, yeah

Gritos mudos

Eternamente, Xutos, palavras pra quê! Quem não foi ao restelo não sabe o que perdeu, surpreenderam-me demais, tocaram com uma alma e uma pujança caracteristica mesmo deles, adorei. E este é um álbum que só tem 19 anos, intemporais.



Neons vazios num excesso de consumo
Derramam cores pelas pedras do passeio
A cidade passa por nós adormecida
Esgotam-se as drogas p'ra sarar a grande ferida

Gritos mudos chamando a atencao
P'ra vida que se joga sem nenhuma razao

E o coracao aperta-se e o estomago sobe à boca
Aquecem-nos os ouvidos com uma cancao rouca
E o perigo é grande e a tensao enorme
Afinam-se os nervos até que tudo acorde

Gritos mudos chamando a atencao
P'ra vida que se joga sem nenhuma razao

E a noite avanca, e esgotam-se as forcas
Secam como o vinho que enchia as tacas
E para-se o carro num baldio qualquer
E juntam-se as bocas até morrer

Gritos mudos chamando a atencao
P'ra vida que se joga com toda a razao

Coragem

Ouvi esta balada dos Manowar pela 1ª vez em 96 e tem uma força enorme, ainda mais se ao ser ouvida fôr sentida, obrigado Manowar por esta grande balada.




Some Want To Think Hope Is Lost See Me Stand Alone
I Can't Do What Others May Want Then I'll Have No Home

So For Now Wave Good-bye And Leave Your Hands Held High
Hear This Song Of Courage Long Into The Night
So For Now Wave Good-bye Leave Your Hands Held High
Hear This Song Of Courage Long Into The Night

And The Wind Will Bear My Cry To All Who Hope To Fly
Hear This Song Of Courage Ride Into The Night

Battles Are Fought By Those With The Courage To Believe
They Are Won By Those Who Find The Heart
Find A Heart To Share
This Heart That Fills The Soul Will Point The Way To Victory
If There's A Fight Then I'll Be There I'll Be There

So For Now Wave Good-bye, Leave Your Hands Held High
Hear This Song Of Courage Long Into The Night
And The Wind Will Bear My Cry To All Who Hope To Fly
Lift Your Wings Up High My Friend Fearless To The End
So For Now Wave Good-bye, Leave Your Hands Held High
Hear This Song Of Courage Long Into The Night

Um último fôlego

Este é um tema dos Creed, uma banda norte-americana formada nos anos 90 e com umas baladas formidáveis "One last breath" é uma das que mais gosto.



Please come now, I think I'm falling
I'm holding on to all I think is safe
It seems I've found the road to nowhere
And I'm trying to escape
I yelled back when I heard thunder
But I'm down to one last breath
And with it let me say
Let me say

Hold me now
I'm six feet from the edge and I'm thinking
Maybe six feet
Ain't so far down

I'm looking down now that it's over
Reflecting on all of my mistakes
I thought I found the road to somewhere
Somewhere in HIS grace
I cried out heaven save me
But I'm down to one last breath
And with it let me say
Let me say

Hold me now
I'm six feet from the edge and I'm thinking
Maybe six feet
Ain't so far down

Hold me now
I'm six feet from the edge and I'm thinking
Maybe six feet
Ain't so far down
I'm so far down

Sad eyes follow me
But I still believe there's something left for me
So please come stay with me
'Cause I still believe there's something left for you and me
For you and me
For you and me

Hold me now
I'm six feet from the edge and I'm thinking

Hold me now
I'm six feet from the edge and I'm thinking
Maybe six feet
Ain't so far down

Hold me now
I'm six feet from the edge and I'm thinking
Maybe six feet
Ain't so far down

Please come now, I think I'm falling
I'm holding on to all I think is safe

Deixá chorar

Um dos grandes temas desta grande banda, só pequena de nome mas fica pra quem gosta e aprecia, os "Hootie and the Blowfish". Esta é pra dedicar ao meu mano (depois diz que nunca te dou nada, esta é já pelo Natal).



She sits alone by a lamppost
Trying to find a thought thats escaped her mind
She says dads the one I love the most
But stipes not far behind

She never lets me in
Only tell me wheres shes been
When shes had too much to drink
I say that I dont care I just run my hands
Through her dark hair and then I pray to god
You gotta help me fly away

And just...
Let her cry...if the tears fall down like rain
Let her sing...if it eases all her pain
Let her go...let her walk right out on me
And if the sun comes up tomorrow
Let her be...let her be.

This morning I woke up alone
Found a note by the phone
Saying maybe, maybe Ill be back some day
I wanted to look for you
You walked in I didnt know just what I should do
So I sat back down and had a beer and felt sorry for
Myself.

Let her cry...if the tears fall down like rain
Let her sing...if it eases all her pain
Let her go...let her walk right out on me
And if the sun comes up tomorrow
Let her be...let her be.

-solo-

Let her cry...if the tears fall down like rain
Let her sing...if it eases all her pain
Let her go...let her walk right out on me
And if the sun comes up tomorrow
Let her be...let her be.

Last night I tried to leave
Cried so much I just
Could not believe
She was the same girl i
Fell in love with long ago
She went in the back to
Get high
I sat down on my couch
And cried
Yelling oh mama please
Help me
Wont you hold my hand.

And
Let her cry...if the tears fall down like rain
Let her sing...if it eases all her pain
Let her go...let her walk right out on me
And if the sun comes up tomorrow
Let her be...let her be.

Let her cry...if the tears fall down like rain
Let her sing...if it eases all her pain
Let her go...let her walk right out on me
And if the sun comes up tomorrow
Let her be...let her be.

Canção de Outono

Os Manic Street Preachers penso que são sem dúvida uma das melhores bandas brtinânicas dos últimos anos, mas já se formaram-se em 86 atingindo o merecido reconhecimento nos anos 90. Este tema é o "Autumnsong" e é extraido do último albúm.



Wear your eyes as dark as night
Paint your face with what you like
Wear your love like it is made of hate
Born to destroy and born to create

Now baby, what've you done to your hair?
Is it just the same time of year
When you think that you don't really care?
Now baby, what have you done?
Done to your hair, done to your hair, done to your hair, done to your hair, hair!

So when you hear this autumn song
Clear your heads and get ready to run
So when you hear this autumn song
Remember the best times are yet to come

Now baby, what've you done to your hair?
Is it just the same time of year
When you think that you don't really care?
Now baby, what have you done to your hair?

Wear your eyes as dark as night
Paint your face with what you like
Wear your love like it is made of hate
Born to destroy: born to create, born to create, born to create, born to create

So when you hear this autumn song
Clear your heads and get ready to run
So when you hear this autumn song
Remember the best times are yet to come

And wear your hair in bunches
And your jacket loose
So when you hear this autumn song
Clear your heads and get ready to run

So when you hear this autumn song
Clear your heads and get ready to run
So when you hear this autumn song
Remember the best times are yet to come

Domingo, sangrento domingo

Este é o outro hino dos U2, "sunday bloody sunday", o primeiro grande êxito e logo a retratar a tensão que se fazia sentir naquela ápoca, a relação entre os católicos e os protestantes da Irlanda. Foi mesmo este o tema que os lançou na ribalta, até hoje e para sempre.



I CAN´T BELIEVE THE NEWS TODAY
I CAN´T CLOSE MY EYES AND MAKE IT GO AWAY

HOW LONG, HOW LONG MUST WE SING THIS SONG?
HOW LONG? TONIGHT WE CAN BE AS ONE

BROKEN BOTTLES UNDER CHILDREN´S FEET
BODIES STREWN ACROSS A DEAD END STREET
BUT I WON´T HEED THE BATTLE CALL
IT PUTS MY BACK UP,
PUTS MY BACK UP AGAINST THE WALL

SUNDAY BLOODY SUNDAY
SUNDAY BLOODY SUNDAY

AND THE BATTLE´S JUST BEGUN
THERE´S MANY LOST, BUT TELL ME WHO HAS WON?
THE TRENCHES DUG WITHIN OUR HEARTS
AND MOTHER´S CHILDREN, BROTHERS,SISTERS FROM APART

SUNDAY BLOODY SUNDAY
SUNDAY BLOODY SUNDAY

HOW LONG, HOW LONG MUST WE SING THIS SONG?
HOW LONG? TONIGHT WE CAN BE AS ONE.
TONIGHT, TONIGHT

SUNDAY BLOODY SUNDAY
SUNDAY BLOODY SUNDAY

WIPE THE TEARS FROM OUR EYES
WIPE YOUR TEARS AWAY
WIPE YOUR BLOODSHOT EYES

SUNDAY BLOODY SUNDAY
SUNDAY BLOODY SUNDAY

AND IT´S TRUE WE ARE IMMUNE
WHEN FACT IS FICTION AND T.V. IS REALITY
AND TODAY THE MILLIONS CRY
WE EAT AND DRINK WHILE TOMORROW THEY DIE
THE REAL BATTLE JUST BEGUN
TO CLAIM THE VICTORY JESUS WON
ON A SUNDAY BLOODY SUNDAY
SUNDAY BLOODY SUNDAY

Orgulho: em nome do amor

Palavras pra quê, é para mim a par com os Scorpions a melhor banda do mundo, os eternos U2. Escolhi colocar esta música em primeiro porquê? Para já porque data ainda da década de 80, outra porque foi considerada uma dos seus hinos e por último pelo seu significado, evoca a figura de Martin Luther King. São uma banda que ainda se apresenta com a formação inicial, algo que penso ser inédito ou muito raro, e é através do seu potencial artístico e humano que transmitem tanto prazer a quem os ouve.




ONE MAN COME IN THE NAME OF LOVE
ONE MAN COME AND GO
ONE MAN COME HE TO JUSTIFY
ONE MAN TO OVERTHROW

IN THE NAME OF LOVE
WHAT MORE IN THE NAME OF LOVE
IN THE NAME OF LOVE
WHAT MORE IN THE NAME OF LOVE

ONE MAN CAUGHT ON A BARBED WIRE FENCE
ONE MAN HE RESIST
ONE MAN WASHED UP ON AN EMPTY BEACH
ONE MAN BETRAYED WITH A KISS

IN THE NAME OF LOVE
WHAT MORE IN THE NAME OF LOVE...

EARLY MORNING APRIL FOUR
A SHOT RINGS OUT IN THE MEMPHIS SKY
FREE AT LAST
THEY TOOK YOUR LIFE
THEY COULD NOT TAKE YOUR PRIDE

IN THE NAME OF LOVE
WHAT MORE IN THE NAME OF LOVE...

A última contagem

"The final countdown", foi um grande tema lançado em 1986 pela banda Europe, uma banda sueca de hard rock formada em 1979. Foi um êxito tremendo vendendo mais de 6 milhões de álbuns, mais tarde lançaram uma grande balada com o nome "Carrie".



We're leaving together
But still it's farewell
And maybe we'll come back
To earth, who can tell
I guess there is no one to blame
We're leaving ground (leaving ground)
Will things ever be the same again
It's the final countdown...
The final countdown
Ooh oh

We're heading for Venus (Venus)
And still we stand tall
Cause maybe they've seen us
And welcome us all (yeah)
With so many light years to go
And things to be found (to be found)
I'm sure that we'll all miss her so
It's the final countdown...
The final countdown
The final countdown (the final countdown)
Ooh ooh oh

(interlude)

The final countdown
Ooh oh
I'ts the final countdown
The final countdown
The final countdown (the final countdown)
Ooh
It's the final countdown
We are leaving together
The final countdown

Cá vou eu na minha outra vez

Este sim é o tema de referência dos Whitesnake: Here i go again. É que são músicas que não são só boas, são magníficas. E porquê? Também não sei explicar, mas aí é que está a magia da música, das músicas que foram produzidas nos últimos anos possivelmente apenas algumas se irão ouvir daqui a 20 anos. Daí eu achar que a música dos anos 80 foi abençoada, até pode ser coincidência mas será que foi devido ao meu nascimento...




I don't know where I'm goin
but I sure know where I've been
hanging on the promises in songs of yesterday.
An' I've made up my mind, I ain't wasting no more time
but here I go again, here I go again.

Tho' I keep searching for an answer
I never seem to find what I'm looking for.
Oh Lord, I pray you give me strength to carry on
'cos I know what it means to walk along the lonely street of dreams.

Here I go again on my own
goin' down the only road I've ever known.
Like a drifter I was born to walk alone.
An' I've made up my mind, I ain't wasting no more time.

Just another heart in need of rescue
waiting on love's sweet charity
an' I'm gonna hold on for the rest of my days
'cos I know what it means to walk along the lonely street of dreams.

Here I go again on my own
goin' down the only road I've ever known.
Like a hobo I was born to walk alone.
An' I've made up my mind, I ain't wasting no more time
but here I go again, here I go again,
here I go again, here I go.

An' I've made up my mind, I ain't wasting no more time.

Here I go again on my own
goin' down the only road I've ever known.
Like a drifter I was born to walk alone
'cos I know what it means to walk along the lonely street of dreams.

Here I go again on my own
goin' down the only road I've ever known.
Like a drifter I was born to walk alone.
An' I've made up my mind, I ain't wasting no more time
but here I go again, here I go again,
here I go again, here I go,
here I go again

Isto é amor ?

Isto é amor,"Is this love" para os Whitesnake. Outra daquelas bandas de puro hard rock com grandes baladas, uma banda britânica formada no final dos anos 70. E recordo-me desta balada porquê? Porque é uma música que todos nós numa determinada altura da vida nos vêmos nela,a incerteza no sentimento e o querer amar alguém. É com certeza uma grande música com uma grande letra.



I should have know better
Than to let you go alone
It's times like these I can't make it on my own
Wasted days and sleeplees night
And I can't wait to see you again
I find I spend my time waiting on your call
How can I tell you babe,
my back's against the wall
I need you by my side to tell me it's all right
'Cause I don't think I can take anymore
(chorus)
Is this love that I'm feeling
Is this the love that I've been searching for
Is this love or am I dreaming
This must be love
'Cause it's really got a hold on me
A hold on me
I can't stop this feeling
I've been this way before
But with you I've found the key
to open any door
I can feel my love for you growing stronger
day by day
And I can't wait to see you again
So I can hold you in my arms
(chorus)
Is this love that I'm feeling
Is this the love that I've been searching for
*Is this love or am I dreaming
Is this the love that I've been searching for
*repeat

Uma balada que perdura

É daquelas baladas de rock que uma pessoa não se cansa de ouvir, ainda bem gaiato me lembro de ouvir a versão de LP com todos aqueles riscos de fundo,o que dá ainda mais a intemporalidade à música. É mais uma dos Scorpions: Always somewhere ao vivo em 83 em Dortmund (Alemanha).



Arrive at seven the place feels good
No time to call you today
Encores till eleven then Chinese food
Back to the hotel again
I call your number the line ain't free
I like to tell you come to me
A night without you seems like a lost dream
Love I can't tell you how I feel
Always somewhere
Miss you where I've been
I'll be back to love you again
Another morning another place
The only day off is far away
But every city has seen me in the end
And brings me to you again
Always somewhere
Miss you where I've been
I'll be back to love you again

A minha homenagem aos Scorpions

Scorpions, uma banda formada em 1965, originária de Hannover(Alemanha)e que conta já com mais de 75 milhões de álbuns vendidos. Não me podia esquecer de uma das melhores bandas de hard rock de sempre e para sempre, os Scorpions. Para mim, sem dúvida a banda que melhores baladas tem, e pra quem nunca ouviu recomendo vivamente a escutar o album Gold Ballads(1988)que reune as melhores e são fantásticas:Wind of Change,Still Loving You,Believe in love,Always Somewhere,Holiday,When the Smoke Is Going Down,Lady Starlight,Walking on the Edge,Born to Touch Your Feeling,Under the Same Sun,Woman,Lonely Nights,Destiny e Daddy's Girl. Mas vou escolher uma de que gosto particularmente e numa versão acústica ao vivo no convento do Beato (Lisboa), é o tema Holiday,é fantástico. E antes que me esqueça, quem puder vá vê-los ao Pav.Atlântico dia 4 de Dezembro.




Let me take you far away
You'd like a holiday
Let me take you far away
You'd like a holiday
Exchange the cold days for the sun
A good time and fun
Let me take you far away
You'd like a holidayLet me take you far away
You'd like a holiday
Let me take you far away
You'd like a holiday
Exchange your troubles for some love
Wherever you are
Let me take you far away
You'd like a holidayLonging for the sun you will come
To the island without name
Longing for the sun be welcome
On the island many miles away from home
Be welcome on the island without name
Longing for the sun you will come
To the island many miles away from home
away from home
away from home
away from home
away from home