40 años de corazones solitarios

1 de junio de 2007
Me recordaba hoy mi amigo el Vengador Enmascarado que es el 40º aniversario del mítico álbum de los Beatles Sgt Pepper Lonely Heart Club Band. Aunque... me parece que no es la primera vez que hablo de este disco por aquí, ¿verdad?



Y es que, precisamente este disco tiene dos de mis temas favoritos del grupo inglés: la magnífica Lucy in the sky with diamonds y Gettin better. Son dos temazos y, me duele inmensamente en lo más profundo de mi ser que muchísima de la gente con la que me codeo habitualmente no las conozcan. ¿Por qué tenemos que limitarnos a Yesterday, Hey Jude, Obladí-Obladá o Yellow Submarine?

A continuación os dejo por aquí el psicodélico videoclip de Lucy in the sky with diamonds. Viéndolo queda bastante claro por qué la gente creía que sus nombre hacía alusión a la LSD... pero, lo cierto, es que la historia es mucho más bonita. (¿Qué no la sabes? ¡Está todo explicado aquí, letra incluída!)

Picture yourself in a boat on a river,
With tangerine trees and marmalade skies
Somebody calls you, you answer quite slowly,
A girl with kaleidoscope eyes.




Y ahora, un video-montaje de Gettin Better... porque no logro encontrar ni un videoclip ni un vídeo de algún concierto. Nada. Tendréis que conformaros con esto, de momento.



It's getting better all the time
I used to get mad at my school
The teachers who taught me weren't cool
You're holding me down, turning me round
Filling me up with your rules.
I've got to admit it's getting better
A little better all the time
I have to admit it's getting better
It's getting better since you've been mine.
Me used to be a angry young man
Me hiding me head in the sand
You gave me the word
I finally heard
I'm doing the best that i can.
I've got to admit it's getting better
A little better all the time
I have to admit it's getting better
It's getting better since you've been mine.
Getting so much better all the time
It's getting better all the time...
Better, better, better...
It's getting better all the time...
Better, better, better...
I used to be cruel to my woman
I beat her and kept her apart from the things that she loved
Man i was mean but i'm changing my scene
And i'm doing the best that i can.
I admit it's getting better
A little better all the time
Yes i admit it's getting better
It's getting better since you've been mine
Getting so much better all the time
It's getting better all the time...
Better, better, better...
It's getting better all the time...
Better, better, better...
Getting so much better all the time
- Encontré una cuchara, sargento
- Buen trabajo, soldado"

La vida de Brian


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