martes, 31 de enero de 2012

Iron Maiden-Seventh Son of a Seventh Son!

Año 1988, el hard rock se hallaba en su apogeo, el thrash seguía dando de que hablar y el heavy metal empezaba a caer en una espiral de aburrimiento, la grandes bandas se volvían repetitivas y solo las que le imprimían novedad a su trabajo se mantenían en el tiempo, este es el caso exacto de lo que ocurría con Iron Maiden en esa época. Los ingleses eran una banda que había establecido parámetros a la hora de hacer música y ahora los quería cambiar, el resultado de ese cambio se llamó Seventh of a Seventh son.
Desde su gran disco de 1986 Somewhere in Time el sonido de la Doncella era distinto, el uso de guitarras sintetizadas, la estética futurista usada en ese disco y el sonido un poco menos rabioso en algunas canciones de la banda, habían llevado el sonido Maiden al próximo nivel, en Seventh sencillamente decidieron llevarlo al máximo este álbum mas que un disco es una obra del arte, salida de las mentes mas prolíficas del heavy metal universal Steve Harris y Bruce Dickinson.
La grandeza de un álbum de rock se nota con el paso de los años, mientras mas viejo es el disco mas te puedes dar cuenta de cómo ese sonido ha influenciado a muchos otros en la música, y lo mas importante, cuando comparas el sonido de un trabajo de hace 18 años, con lo que suena en la actualidad y no percibes grandes diferencias en el sonido, la estructura de la canciones y el manejo de la instrumentación puedes asegurar que estas frente a un disco que en su momento fue un adelanto a su tiempo, algo que nadie o pocos habían logrado hasta el momento, eso es en esencia este hermoso disco de heavy metal.
Lanzado al a calle el 11 de abril de 1988, Seventh llego al numero uno de las carteleras musicales inglesas y al doce del Billboard gringo, del mismo fueron extraídos tres singles; Can´t i play with madness el 20 de marzo de 1988, The Evil that men do el 01 de agosto de 1988 y The Clairvoyant el 7 de noviembre del mismo año. Recuerdo que la gente al escuchar Can´t i play with madness decían que la banda se habían vendido, que se habían lanzado a lo “comercial”, el tiempo demostró que nada de esto era cierto, solo fue un tema sencillo, accesible y gran trampolín hacia lo exitoso que fue este disco y su posterior gira.
También se habló en su momento del uso excesivo de lo teclados en este trabajo, en la época era casi un pecado que una banda de metal usara keyboards, eso tampoco paso de ser comentarios de metalheads radicales, la parte electrónica esta muy bien usada en esta gran grabación dándole un ambiente refinado a un disco que extrañamente te puede sorprender por su musicalidad, pero también te puede hacer mover la cabeza con fuerza.
Comentario aparte para una de las canciones más hermosas que se hayan escrito alguna vez en la historia del heavy metal, infinite dreams, un tema épico que contiene todos los ingredientes para ser una obra maestra, desde esa introducción a medio tiempo, con las guitarras en plan protagónico hasta esa explosión de agresividad a mitad de la canción, que la hace una pieza metálica potente y directa, Bruce Dickinson mostrando porque es uno de los mejores, si hubiera que mandar un a canción a Marte para explicarle a los marcianos que es el heavy metal, infinite dreams seria perfecta..... acá una prueba... y comprenlo no sean RATAS! JAJA!









Infinite dreams I can't deny them
Infinity is hard to comprehend
I couldn't hear those screams
Even in my wildest dreams

Suffocation waking in a sweat

Scared to fall asleep again
Incase the dream begins again
Someone chasing and cannot move
Standing rigid a nightmare's statue
What a dream, when will it end
And will I transcend?

Restless sleep, the mind's in turmoil

One nightmare ends, another fertile
It's getting to me so scared to sleep
But scared to wake now, in too deep

Even though it reached new heights

I rather like the restless nights
It makes me wonder, it makes me think
There's more to this, I'm on the brink
It's not the fear of what's beyond
It's just that I might not respond
I have an interest almost craving
Would I like to get too far in?

It can't be all coincidence

Too many things are evident
You tell me "You're an unbeliever"
Spiritualist? Well me, I'm neither
But wouldn't you like to know
The truth
Of what's out there to have the proof
And find out just which side
You're on
Where would you end in Heaven or
In Hell?

Help me! Help me to find my true

Self without seeing the future
Save me, save me from torturing
Myself even within my dreams

There's got to be just more to it

Than this
Or tell me why do we exist
I'd like to think that when I die
I'd get a chance another time
And to return and live again
Reincarnate, play the game
Again and again and again and again....




jueves, 26 de enero de 2012

Para Mi Amiga Jessy... Que Hoy Es Su Cumple!






T.Q.M NENA...


One way out is all you're ever going to get
From those who'll hand it out don't never let it upset you
'cause they'll put words into your mouths

They're making you feel so ashamed

Making you taking the blame
Making you cold in the night
Making you question your heart and your soul
And I think that it's not quite right

Hey ! Stay young and invincible !

'cause we know just what we are
And come what may we're unstoppable
'cause we know just what we are
Yeah we know just what we are
Yeah we know just what we are

Feed your head with all the things you need

When you're hungry
Stay in bed and sleep all day as long as it's Sunday
'cause they'll put words into my mouth

They're making me feel so ashamed

Making me taking the blame
Making me cold in the night
Making me question my heart and my soul
And I think that it's not quite right

Hey ! Stay young and invincible !

'cause we know just what we are
And come what may we're unstoppable
'cause we know just what we are
Yeah we know just what we are
Yeah we know just what we are

Hey ! Stay young and invincible !

'cause we know just what we are
And come what may we're unstoppable
'cause we know just what we are
And hey ! Stay young and invincible !
'cause we know just what we are
And come what may my faith's unshakeable
'cause we know just what we are
'cause we know just what we are
'cause we know just what we are
'cause we know just what we are
'cause we know just what we are
Know just what we are
Know just what we are
Know just what we are
Know just what we are...





lunes, 23 de enero de 2012

Cuando Carlos Santana Hacía ROCK!

SANTANA-Caravanserai-1972!






Albúm solo para entendidos... en este album santana se va al carajo y cambia totalmente su estilo con un toque jazzero y prog rock, un albúm de culto a mi parecer donde deja ver que gran artista fue, terribles solos pasajes instrumentales que si cierras los ojos te encuentras el mero paraiso, una joya que debes de escuchar antes de morir, uno de mis albúms favoritos y otra obra maestra que demuestra que la musica no necesita tener letras para poder expresar todo el poder del sentimiento, feeling en su maxima expresion SANTANA gente SANTANA en los 70's, comprenlo si pueden.... y a volar gente a volar....





Track List:
01- Eternal Caravan of Reincarnation
02.- Waves Within
03.- Look Up (to See What's Coming Down)
04.- Just in Time to See the Sun
05.- Song of the Wind
06.- All the Love of the Universe
07.- Future Primitive
08.- Stone Flower
09.- La Fuente del Ritmo
10.- Every Step of the Way

Band:
* Carlos Santana - lead guitar, guitar , vocals , percussion
* Neal Schon - guitar
* Michael Shrieve - drums, additional music
* Jose "Chepito" Areas - congas, timbales, bongos
* Gregg Rolie - organ, piano
* Tom Rutley - acoustic bass
* Douglas Rauch - bass, guitar
* Douglas Rodrigues - guitar
* James Mingo Lewis - percussion, congas, bongos, vocals, acoustic piano
* Armando Peraza - percussion, bongos
* Wendy Haas - piano
* Hadley Caliman - saxophone intro
* Rico Reyes - vocals
* Lenny White - castanets
* Tom Coster - electric piano
* Tom Harrel - orchestra arrangement


domingo, 22 de enero de 2012

Ozzy Osbourne-I'm Coming Home!




Times have changed and times are strange
Here I come but I ain't the same
Mama, I'm coming home

Times gone by seems to be

You could have been a better friend to me
Mama, I'm coming home

Took me in and you drove me out

Yeah, you had me hypnotized
Lost and found and turned around
By the fire in your eyes

You made me cry, told me lies

But, I can't stand to say goodbye
Mama I'm coming home

I could be right, I could be wrong

Hurts so bad, it's been so long
Mama, I'm coming home

Selfish love yeah, we're both alone

The ride before a fall
But I'm gonna take this heart of stone
I just got to have it all

I've seen your face a hundred times

Every day we've been apart
I don't care about the sunshine, yeah
Cause mama, mama I'm coming home

Ozzy Osbourne-Goodbye To Romance!



Yesterday has been and gone
Tommorow will I find the sun
or will it rain
Everybody's having fun
Except me I'm the lonely one
I live in shame

(chorus)
I said goodbye to romance, yeah
Goodbye to friends, I tell you
Goodbye to all the past
I guess that we'll meet,
we'll meet in the end
I've been the king, I've been the clown
now broken wings can't hold me down
I'm free again
The jester with the broken crown
It won't be me this time around
to love in vain

(repeat chorus)

and I feel the time is right
although I know that you just might say to me
what you gonna do
what you gonna do
But I have to check this chance
goodbye to friends and to romance
And to all of you
And to all of you
Come'on now!

(repeat chorus)

and the winter is looking fine
and I think the sun will shine again
and I feel I've cleaned my mind
all the past is left behind again

(repeat chorus)

Alcatrazz-Jet To Jet



On a short trip we made a landing
Then we were strangers in town
How they stared as we made our exit
We're white they're all brown
Dr. Livingstone where are you when
we need you the most
We're white as ivory on the ivory coast

[1/2CHORUS]

Jet into jet

Eat their poison like true ambassadors

We will drink up their beer
So predictable washed out white
Men foreigners are here
Call me master I'll call you boy
If that's all that you need
How that wounds me just leave me here
to bleed

[SOLO]


Black mans burden is on his shoulder

and keeps him well in his place
Two hundred pounds worth of
megawatts
That smack him in the face
There's no reason to take the weight
Life's not strapped to your head
Don't wear the token till the token black
is dead

[CHORUS]