Sade - King of Sorrow

Helen Folasade Adu, Sade, da nombre a uno de los grupos de soul más particulares que existen. Particular porque son claramente diferenciables del resto de grupos del género, y porque esa diferencia se debe casi toda a una sóla persona: su vocalista (y alma del grupo).

Su estilo suave y dulce de interpretar el soul anticipa en cierto modo el chill-out.


De su magnífico disco Lovers Rock (del 2000), traigo esta canción:




La letra:

I'm crying everyone's tears
And there inside our private war
I died the night before
And all of these remnants of joy and disaster
What am I suppose to do

I want to cook you a soup that warms your soul
But nothing would change, nothing would change at all
It's just a day that brings it all about
Just another day and nothing's any good

The DJ's playing the same song
I have so much to do
I have to carry on
I wonder if this grief will ever let me go
I feel like I am the king of sorrow, yeah
The king of sorrow

I suppose I could just walk away
Will I disappoint my future if I stay
It's just a day that brings it all about
Just another day and nothing's any good

The DJ's playing the same song
I have so much to do
I have to carry on
I wonder will this grief ever be gone
Will it ever go
I'm the king of sorrow, yeah
The king of sorrow

I'm crying everyone's tears
I have already paid for all my future sins
There's nothing anyone
Can say to take this away
It's just another day and nothing's any good

I'm the king of sorrow, yeah
King of sorrow
I'm the king of sorrow, yeah
King of sorrow

Barry White - My first, my last, my everything

Nunca alguien tan "black" se apellidó "white"...

Pongo hoy una canción positiva de nuevo, de esas que te hacen mirarte al espejo y reírte de ti mismo mientras bailas.

Esta la escuché por primera vez en la serie Ally McBeal. Era la canción con la que "bizcochito" se preparaba cuando tenía casos importantes. La danza delante del espejo era todo un ritual en esta canción del inconfundible Barry White. Así que esto es un homenaje para todos aquellos que se sienten raros como el personaje que interpretó Peter MacNicol en la serie, todos esos raros que como yo, piensan que ser raro no es otra cosa que una forma de ser especial.

Así que allá va la canción, para la que escogí un vídeomontaje de la serie:



Y la letra:


The first, the last, my everything
And the answer to all my dreams
You're my sun, my moon, my guiding star
My kind of wonderful, that's what you are
I know there's only, only one like you
There's no way they could have made two
You're all I'm living for
Your love I'll keep for evermore
You're the first, your the last, my everything

And with you I've found so many things
A love so new only you could bring
Can't you see it's you
You make me feel this way
You're like a fresh morning dew on a brand new day
I see so many ways that I
Can love you till the day I die
You're my reality, yet I'm lost in a-a-a a dream
You're the first, the last, my everything

I know there's only, only one like you
There's no way they could have made two
Girl you're my reality
But I'm lost in a-a-a a dream
You're the first, you're the last, my everything