Estos días pasados recuperamos una de esas joyas que te encuentras en la Mula de vez en cuanto, y jugamos a ver quien lo reconocia.
¿Qué eran esas melodias que salian de una guitarra y que con voz ronca y acento brasileño dibujaban y nos recordaban parte de nuestro pasado?
Otro Jorge, Jorginho Dum Dum, lo pillo rápido, y entre sorprendido y anestesiado, dió con la combinación perfecta. Eran las canciones del Bowie de los 70, pasadas por el batidora voraz de ese particular personaje que es Seu Jorge (el martes 18 de julio estara en el Conde Duque junto a Marcelo D2)
Y hoy, entre un poco de juego y operación quirurgica, mientras trababa de buscar información sobre las canciones y más versiones de las mismas, sobre Life on Mars, sobre el gran Ziggy Startdust, apareció la web de Bowie, que como siempre en cualquier cosa que genere este individuo, es más que sorprendente, BowieNet.
Y dentro de los contenidos de la web aparecia la noticia de la muerte del gran Syd Barret. Asi de golpe, la casualidad ha unido en unos minutos a estos tres personajes particulares, que comparten genio, sensibilidad, fragilidad y mirada
A quien no conozca la particular vida de Syd Barret, su genio,su fragilidad, su musica, su locura, .... Le recomiendo un dvd: "The Pink Floyd and Syd Barret Story"
Y de regalo un par de letras de los Pink Floyd que obviamente hacen referencia a Syd Barret:
Shine On You Crazy Diamond
Remember when you were young,
You shone like the sun.
Shine on you crazy diamond.
Now there's a look in your eyes,
Like black holes in the sky.
Shine on you crazy diamond.
You were caught on the crossfire
Of childhood and stardom,
Blown on the steel breeze.
Come on you target for faraway laughter,
Come on you stranger, you legend, you martyr, and shine!
You reached for the secret too soon,
You cried for the moon.
Shine on you crazy diamond.
Threatened by shadows at night,
And exposed in the light.
Shine on you crazy diamond.
Well you wore out your welcome
With random precision,
Rode on the steel breeze.
Come on you raver, you seer of visions,
Come on you painter, you piper, you prisoner, and shine!
Nobody knows where you are,
How near or how far.
Shine on you crazy diamond.
Pile on many more layers
And I'll be joining you there.
Shine on you crazy diamond.
And we'll bask in the shadow
Of yesterday's triumph,
And sail on the steel breeze.
Come on you boy child,
You winner and loser,
Come on you miner for truth and delusion, and shine!
Wish You Were Here
So, so you think you can tell
Heaven from Hell,
Blue skys from pain.
Can you tell a green field
From a cold steel rail?
A smile from a veil?
Do you think you can tell?
And did they get you to trade
Your heros for ghosts?
Hot ashes for trees?
Hot air for a cool breeze?
Cold comfort for change?
And did you exchange
A walk on part in the war
For a lead role in a cage?
How I wish, how I wish you were here.
We're just two lost souls
Swimming in a fish bowl,
Year after year,
Running over the same old ground.
What have we found?
The same old fears.
Wish you were here.
Y las palabras de Bowie para Syd Barret:
Float on a river for ever and ever...
It is with much sadness that we report the death of Syd Barrett who passed away on Friday of a diabetes-related illness at the age of 60.
Barrett co-founded Pink Floyd in 1965 with Roger Waters and wrote many of the band's early songs, including their first ever single, Arnold Layne, which DB performed with Dave Gilmour at the Royal Albert Hall last month. (05.30.2006 NEWS: DB SURPRISE GUEST AT LONDON GILMOUR GIG) Bowie also recorded a remarkable version of their second single, See Emily Play, for his 1973 covers album, Pin Ups.
Bowie's love of Syd and his music was made obvious over the years during many interviews, and not least of all in this brief tribute from David which we've just received...
"I can't tell you how sad I feel. Syd was a major inspiration for me. The few times I saw him perform in London at UFO and the Marquee clubs during the sixties will forever be etched in my mind. He was so charismatic and such a startlingly original songwriter.
Also, along with Anthony Newley, he was the first guy I'd heard to sing pop or rock with a British accent. His impact on my thinking was enormous. A major regret is that I never got to know him. A diamond indeed." - David Bowie, July 11th 2006
G'night Syd...thanks for pushing things forward and giving others the courage to tread where they might not have otherwise.
Que le siga guiando la luna
Päkorro
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