Alarmas Silenciosas

...Y con esto completamos el capítulo 2 de la mainstream week.

Tantas críticas negativas me despertaron la curiosidad. Por fin, en la Classic Rock leí una positiva, y después de ver el videoclip de 'I Still Remember' comencé a verlo. Efectivamente, se han convertido en unos 'yet another U2-followers'. Genial! Su primer invento sonaba original y sonaba bien. En esta ocasión, se han quedado solo con lo segundo. Y con eso les basta para haber hecho un disco ciertamente preciosista. Menos peleón, menos del gusto de your average Tentaciones critic.
A mi me gustan. Y, gracias a Dios, están lejos de dormir a las ovejas Coldplay alike.

Waiting for the 7.18
January is endless
Weary-eyed and forlorn
The Northern Line is the loudest

Sitting in silence in bars after work
I've got nothing to add or contest
Can still kick a ball a hundred yards
We cling to bottles and memories of the past

Just give me moments
Not hours or days
Just give me moments

Grinding your teeth in the middle of the night
With the sadness of those molars
Spend all your spare time trying to escape
With crosswords and sudoku

If I could do it again
I'd make more mistakes
I'd not be so scared of falling

If I could do it again,
I'd climb more trees
I'd pick and I'd more wild
blackberries

Just give me moments
Not hours or days
Just give me moments

Let's drive to Brighton on the weekend

Neon Bible

Interrumpimos la programación para hacer una pequeña reseña del penúltimo album comprado... En una calurosa mañana cayó 'por fin' la Biblia de Neón de Arcade Fire. Y qué bien suena. Pomposo y grandilocuente como se podría esperar, algo más guitarrero en ocasiones que su pasado más reciente, y con un libreto precioso. Y qué letras...
En el libro de Julián Ruiz contaba Chris Martin que fue gracias al primero que descubrió a estos canadienses. Bueno, pues ya tengo algo en común con Chris Martin...


INTERVENTION

King's taking back the throne
The people, they all grow
And choose what they want written on the stone
All quiet and alone

You can taste the fear
Lift me up and take me out of here
I know I wanna fight, I wanna die
Just tell me what to say

Working for the church while your family dies
Little baby sister gonna lose her mind
Every spark of friendship and love will die without a hope
Hear the soldiers groan
All quiet and alone

Something in the air
The people they all sit and stare
And tell me what they point to tell me where
And tell me…

Who's gonna throw the very first stone?
Whose gonna re-set the bone?
Sitting with his head in a sling
I hear the soldier sing

Working for the church while your family dies
Little baby sister gonna lose her mind
Every spark of friendship and love will die without a hope

Hear the soldiers groan
All quiet and alone

Sun, shine a light
Someone take me, teach me how to fly
And onto something for which I would die
But I just don't know what
And know I can taste the fear
Lift me up and take me out of hear
You make it all concise and clear
You know I'm gonna fade

Working for the church while your family dies
Little baby sister gonna lose her mind
Every spark of friendship and love will die without a hope
Hear the soldiers groan
All quiet and alone