Iron and Wine - Waitin' for a Superman

Desculpem-me, mas impossível não trazê-los de novo, após a primeira aparição por aqui, mas a banda realmente conseguiu me apaixonar ainda mais depois que tive o prazer de conhecer ontem essa versão.
A canção original é do Flaming Lips, do genial álbum The Soft Bulletin, de 1999.
A versão está no último álbum do Iron and Wine, o duplo e maravilhoso Around the Well, de 2009.
Como disse meu amigo Otávio, ao ouvir isso:
- É arrepiante.

I asked you a question
I didn't need you to reply
Is it getting heavy?
And then realize
It's getting heavy
Well I thought it was already as heavy as can be

Is it overwhelming
To use a crane to crush a fly?
It's a good time for Superman
To lift the sun into the sky
Cause it's getting heavy
Well I thought it was already as heavy as can be

Tell everybody
Waiting for Superman
That they should try to
Hold on the best they can
He hasn't dropped them, forgot them or anything
It's just too heavy for Superman to lift

Jefferson Airplane - Somebody to Love

Mais uma estréia aqui no blog. É a vez da banda californiana Jefferson Airplane, que brilhou nas décadas de 60 e 70, misturando quatro vertentes do rock: hard, acid, psychedelic e folk.
Confesso que não conhecia o som dos caras, mas graças à Lyla (uma grande amiga) pude conhecer e apreciar o som deles, achando justo uma homenagem por aqui.
A canção é do segundo álbum, o Surrealistic Pillow, de 1967.

When the truth is found to be lies
And all the joy within you dies

Don't you want somebody to love
Don't you need somebody to love
Wouldn't you love somebody to love
You better find somebody to love

When the garden flowers baby are dead yes
And your mind is full of red

Don't you want somebody to love
Don't you need somebody to love
Wouldn't you love somebody to love
You better find somebody to love

Your eyes, I say your eyes may look like his
But in your head baby I'm afraid you don't know where it is

Don't you want somebody to love
Don't you need somebody to love
Wouldn't you love somebody to love
You better find somebody to love

Tears are running ah running down your breast
And your friends baby they treat you like a guest

Don't you want somebody to love
Don't you need somebody to love
Wouldn't you love somebody to love
You better find somebody to love

Iron and Wine - Faded from the Winter

Primeira aparição desses bons americanos por aqui.
O Iron and Wine é basicamente uma banda Indie, que traz o Folk como característica principal de suas canções, em sua maioria belas, com vocais suaves, que remetem a um relaxamento inevitável.
Essa música que vos trago é do primeiro disco deles, o bom The Creek Drank the Cradle, de 2002.

Daddy's ghost behind you
Sleeping dog beside you
You're a poem of mystery
You're the prayer inside me

Spoken words like moonlight
You're the voice that i like

Needlework and seedlings
In the way you're walking
To me from the timbers
Faded from the winter

Alice in Chains - Check My Brain

Ufa, fim da espera!
14 anos depois, desde a morte brutal do Layne Staley, o Alice in Chains resolve religar suas turbinas e decolar com a mesma fúria e competência dos bons tempos.
O vocal é novo e, depois de vários testes, William DuVall chega para recompor aquela que é uma das maiores obras primas de Seattle.
Black Gives Way to Blue já é um dos melhores álbuns do ano, sem sombra de dúvidas.

So I found myself in the sun, oh yeah
A hell of a place to end a run, oh yeah
California, I'm fine
Somebody check my brain
California's all right
Somebody check my brain
Check my brain anekatips.com

I walk these streets, I creep and I fall, oh yeah
When she sang I answered the call, oh yeah
California, I'm fine somebody check my brain
California's all right somebody check my brain
Aaaaah tears have filled my bones
Aaaaah years expended gone

guitar

I hung my guns and put em away, oh yeah
The trick of the trade, and by the way, oh yeah
California, I'm fine somebody check my brain
California's all right somebody check my brain

Aaaah tears have filled my bones
aaaah years expended gone
(Repeat)

Check my brain, check my brain ...

Beirut - A Sunday Smile

Momentos que antecedem o espetáculo.
Eu vou!
Beirut em Recife, ainda inacreditável...
Me acordem só daqui há 6 dias!

All I want is the best for our lives my dear,
and you know my wishes are sincere.
Whats to say for the days I cannot bare.

A Sunday smile you wore it for a while.
A Sunday mile we paused and sang.
A Sunday smile you wore it for a while.
A Sunday mile we paused and sang.
A Sunday smile and we felt true. (and)

We burnt to the ground
left a view to admire
with buildings inside church of white.
We burnt to the ground left a grave to admire.
And as we reach for the sky, reach the church of white.

A Sunday smile you wore it for a while.
A Sunday mile we paused and sang.
A Sunday smile you wore it for a while.
A Sunday mile we paused and sang.
A Sunday smile and we felt true. (and)

Enya - Caribbean Blue

Um momento de nostalgia.
Uma das canções mais belas que já tive o prazer de ouvir.

...Eurus...
...Afer Ventus...

...so the world goes round and round
with all you ever knew
They say the sky high above
is Caribbean blue...

...if every man says all he can,
if every man is true,
do I believe the sky above
is Caribbean blue...

...Boreas...
...Zephryus...

...if all you told was turned to gold,
if all you dreamed were new,
imagine sky high above
in Caribbean blue...

...Eurus...
Afer Ventus...
...Boreas
Zephryus...
...Africus...