Eddie Vedder - Masters of War

Ontem não tive tempo de postar nada, então pra compensar essa falta, hoje trago uma postagem que pode valer claramente por duas.
Ninguém menos que Eddie Vedder, interpretando Bob Dylan, acompanhado de Mike McCready no violão.
O concerto aconteceu em 2003, em Seattle.
A canção original se encontra no segundo disco do Dylan, o clássico The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan, de 1963.

Come you masters of war
You that build the big guns
You that build the death planes
You that build all the bombs
You that hide behind walls
You that hide behind desks
I just want you to know
I can see through your masks

You that never done nothin'
But build to destroy
You play with my world
Like it's your little toy
You put a gun in my hand
And you hide from my eyes
And you turn and run farther
When the fast bullets fly

Like Judas of old
You lie and deceive
A world war can be won
You want me to believe
But I see through your eyes
And I see through your brain
Like I see through the water
That runs down my drain

You fasten the triggers
For the others to fire
Then you set back and watch
When the death count gets higher
You hide in your mansion
As young people's blood
Flows out of their bodies
And is buried in the mud

You've thrown the worst fear
That can ever be hurled
Fear to bring children
Into the world
For threatening my baby
Unborn and unnamed
You ain't worth the blood
That runs in your veins

How much do I know
To talk out of turn
You might say that I'm young
You might say I'm unlearned
But there's one thing I know
Though I'm younger than you
Even Jesus would never
Forgive what you do

Let me ask you one question
Is your money that good
Will it buy you forgiveness
Do you think that it could
I think you will find
When your death takes its toll
All the money you made
Will never buy back your soul

And I hope that you die
And your death'll come soon
I will follow your casket
In the pale afternoon
And I'll watch while you're lowered
Down to your deathbed
And I'll stand o'er your grave
'Til I'm sure that you're dead

Eddie Vedder - Society

Hoje conversava com uma amiga sobre o filme Into the Wild, do Sean Penn, de 2007, que teve como mentor da trilha sonora, o vocalista e líder do Pearl Jam, Eddie Vedder.
O filme ainda não vi, mas já me deram excelentes indicações, porém a trilha é maravilhosa. Todas as canções redondinhas, em sua maioria uma fusão de folk com rock, ou às vezes uma dessas vertentes isoladas, mas uma obra realmente muito bem feita, mostrando que o Eddie é realmente diferenciado dentro da banda, seja na composição de letras, nas melodias fáceis de tornarem-se hits, nos arranjos e, claro, na interpretação. Porém no disco, das 11 faixas, duas não foram exclusivamente dele, e uma delas é justamente a que mais me marcou, essa que eu trouxe aqui hoje, originalmente composta por Jerry Hannan. Ela é linda do início ao fim, tem um solo de violão simples e mágico, lá pelo meio, e tem o Vedder inspiradíssimo, naquilo que mais ele sabe fazer, cantar.
Estou ansioso para ver esse filme, pois se tiver pelo menos 70% da qualidade desse disco, já me valerá muito à pena.

Oh, it's a mystery to me
We have a greed with which we have agreed
And you think you have to want more than you need
Until you have it all you won't be free

Society, you're a crazy breed
Hope you're not lonely without me...

When you want more than you have
You think you need...
And when you think more than you want
Your thoughts begin to bleed
I think I need to find a bigger place
Because when you have more than you think
You need more space

Society, you're a crazy breed
Hope you're not lonely without me...
Society, crazy indeed
Hope you're not lonely without me...

There's those thinking, more-or-less, less is more
But if less is more, how you keeping score?
Means for every point you make, your level drops
Kinda like you're starting from the top
You can't do that...

Society, you're a crazy breed
Hope you're not lonely without me...
Society, crazy indeed
Hope you're not lonely without me...

Society, have mercy on me
Hope you're not angry if I disagree...
Society, crazy indeed
Hope you're not lonely without me...

The Ramones and Eddie Vedder - Any Way you Want It

Se na Inglaterra ninguém superou o Punk Rock dos Sex Pistols, nos Estados Unidos a mesma hegemonia eu reservo aos Ramones, e tenho dito.
Creio eu que seja essa uma das bandas mais freak de todos os tempos, o que cai como uma luva para todo o conjunto da obra que envolve o grupo, desde seu som "sujo" até suas formas "bizarras" e peculiares de se vestir.
De forma diferente dos Pistols, o Ramones lançou uma porrada de discos, muitos chegando aos topos de paradas em todo o Mundo, outros tendo certo fracasso, mas em termos de proporção, a banda jamais teve nenhuma queda significativa, manteve-se sempre consistente, concisa, fiel às filosofias dos trabalhos anteriores, evoluindo na medida certa, ignorando virtuosidades e crescendo em simplicidade.
Esse vídeo é um dos melhores que já assisti, pois no palco vemos um dueto histórico entre Eddie Vedder e Joey Ramone, executando uma antiga canção do Dave Clark Five, de 1964, no Pallace, em Hollywood, no ano de 1996.
Quem conhece um pouco da história que envolve essa relação entre Vedder e os Ramones, sabe da importância e do prazer que representa essa união no palco, praticamente uma relação de pai pra filho.

Anyway you want it
You can call me any day, hey-hey-hey
Anyway you want it
You can always hear me say, hey-hey-hey

It's all right (it's all right)
It's all right (it's all right)
It's all right (it's all right)
It's all right (it's all)
Anyway you want it
That's the way it will be

You don't want money
You don't want a diamond ring, hey-hey-hey
You say you want my lovin'
More than any other thing, hey-hey-hey

It's all right (it's all right)
It's all right (it's all right)
It's all right (it's all right)
It's all right (it's all)
Anyway you want it
That's the way it will be

Anyway, anyway you want it
That's all right by me
Anyway, anyway you want it
That's the way it will be

Anyway you want it
You can call me any day, hey-hey-hey
Anyway you want it
You can always hear me say, hey-hey-hey

It's all right (it's all right)
It's all right (it's all right)
It's all right (it's all right)
It's all right (it's all)
Anyway you want it
That's the way it will be

Anyway, anyway you want it
That's all right by me
Anyway, anyway you want it
That's the way it will be

Anyway you want it
You can call me any day, hey-hey-hey
Anyway you want it
You can always hear me say, hey-hey-hey

It's all right (it's all right)
It's all right (it's all right)
It's all right (it's all right)
It's all right (it's all)
Anyway you want it
That's the way it will be
That's the way it will be
That's the way it will be
That's the way it will be