Tom Waits telling stories: "Train song"

-Tom, is it posible for a woman to get pregnant without intercourse?
-My answer is always the same: I say, well listen, we'll have to go all the way back to the Civil War...

"Downtown Train", versiones

Este temazo es de Tom Waits. Atenti a la letra.


La versión de Rod Stewart, instant hit:


Outside another yellow moon
punched a hole in the nighttime, yes
I climb through the window and down the street
shining like a new dime
the downtown trains are full with all those Brooklyn girls
they try so hard to break out of their little worlds

You wave your hand and they scatter like crows
they have nothing that will ever capture your heart
theyr'e just thorns without the rose
be careful of them in the dark
oh if I was the one
you chose to be your only one
oh baby can't you hear me now

Chorus

Will I see you tonight
on a downtown train
every night is just the same
you leave me lonely now

I know your window and I know it's late
I know your stairs and your doorway
I walk down your street and past your gate
I stand by the light at the four way
you watch them as they fall
they all have heart attacks
they stay at the carnival
but they'll never win you back

Chorus

Will I see you tonight on a downtown train
where every night is just the same you leave me lonely
will I see you tonight on a downtown train
all of my dreams just fall like rain
all upon a downtown train

"Somewhere", de Bernstein / Sondheim, versiones RELOADED

Evangelizando la palabra, en conversación con el Sr. Basso, vuelve a mí Tom, una deuda de Cover Girl y este blog.

Nos ponemos de pie, señores:


West Side Story, la original con Natalie Wood y Richard Beymer:


Brought to our attention by Miss Comte, The Supremes:

"Inutil paissagem" por Gaby Comte

La piba algo se canta:
Inutil paissagem de Gaby Comte

"Con los besos de mis labios", de Fernando "El Hobbit" Tomasenía

Cambiando el ángulo de la información, la musiquita divina del Hobbit:
Con los besos de mis labios de Fernando Tomasenía

"The Crying Game", versiones

Inauguro tag nuevo: More than meets the eye. Acá es obvio. Pero lo hago para las cosas no obvias. Creo que lo más interesante siempre está allí afuera, beyond what meets the eye.

[Se corta un poquito antes de terminar, una pena. ¿Canta Jaye Davidson? No lo sé realmente. Pongamos entonces que "interpreta" el tema que Boy George grabó para la banda de sonido de la peli.]


BG, 1992:


Dave Berry, 1964

"You Oughta Know", by Alanis Morissette

Jagged Little Pill, el disco man hater por excelencia, llegó a mi vida de manos de mi hermano Sago. Yo cumplía años y lo festejaba en su casa, así que llegué con este disco para regalarle, porque él cumple antes que yo y le debía el regalo. Y Sago me había comprado este mismo disco al mismo efecto. Hicimos intercambio y quedamos prendados de Alanis (Alanis es Dios, eso lo saben).
Hoy, dedicada.

“Él desea los vestidos del cielo”, de William B. Yeats

Si yo tuviera los vestidos bordados del cielo,
Tejidos con la luz de oro y plata,
Los vestidos azules, tenues y oscuros
De la noche y la luz y la media luz,
Desparramaría los vestidos bajo tus pies:
Pero, siendo pobre, tengo sólo mis sueños
Y los desparramé bajo tus pies;
Pisa suavemente porque pisas mis sueños.

[La maravilla no termina. Gracias Gastón, gracias Nicolás.]

"La meta", de Hamlet Lima Quintana

Hay que llegar a la cima,
arribar a la luz,
darle un sentido a cada paso,
glorificar la sencillez de cada cosa,
anunciar cada día con un himno.
Hay que subir por esa calle ancha,
dejar atrás el horror y los fracasos,
y cuando entremos cantando por la cumbre,
estirar las manos hacia abajo
para ayudar a los que quedaron rezagados.

[Gracias a Héctor Larrea, que lo leyó al aire y me explotó la cabeza.]

"Peace Train", by Cat Stevens

Para ella:

Now I've been happy lately, thinking about the good things to come
And I believe it could be, something good has begun

Oh I've been smiling lately, dreaming about the world as one
And I believe it could be, some day it's going to come

Cause out on the edge of darkness, there rides a peace train
Oh peace train take this country, come take me home again

Now I've been smiling lately, thinking about the good things to come
And I believe it could be, something good has begun

Oh peace train sounding louder
Glide on the peace train
Come on now peace train
Yes, peace train holy roller

Everyone jump upon the peace train
Come on now peace train

Get your bags together, go bring your good friends too
Cause it's getting nearer, it soon will be with you

Now come and join the living, it's not so far from you
And it's getting nearer, soon it will all be true

Oh peace train sounding louder
Glide on the peace train
Come on now peace train

Now I've been crying lately, thinking about the world as it is
Why must we go on hating, why can't we live in bliss

Cause out on the edge of darkness, there rides a peace train
Oh peace train take this country, come take me home again

Oh peace train sounding louder
Glide on the peace train
Come on now peace train
Yes, peace train holy roller

Everyone jump upon the peace train
Come on peace train
Yes, it's the peace train