Land of Confusion - Genesis

Canción: Land of Confusion
Intérprete: Genesis
Compositor: Mike Rutherford
Disco: Invisible Touch (1986)



Lyrics:

I mustve dreamed a thousand dreams
Been haunted by a million screams
But I can hear the marching feet
Theyre moving into the street.

Now did you read the news today
They say the dangers gone away
But I can see the fires still alight
There burning into the night.

Theres too many men
Too many people
Making too many problems
And not much love to go round
Cant you see
This is a land of confusion.

This is the world we live in
And these are the hands were given
Use them and lets start trying
To make it a place worth living in.

Ooh superman where are you now
When everythings gone wrong somehow
The men of steel, the men of power
Are losing control by the hour.

This is the time
This is the place
So we look for the future
But theres not much love to go round
Tell me why, this is a land of confusion.

This is the world we live in
And these are the hands were given
Use them and lets start trying
To make it a place worth living in.

I remember long ago -
Ooh when the sun was shining
Yes and the stars were bright
All through the night
And the sound of your laughter
As I held you tight
So long ago -


Observaciones:

Tras un periodo inicial en el que la banda practicó un muy destacado rock sinfónico, bajo la influencia del gran Peter Gabriel, Genesis ha tenido que luchar contra un estigma totalmente merecido de grupo estereotipado y comercial. Aunque Phil Collins sea un vocalista destacado (tal vez algo histriónico) y Rutherford un guitarrista reconocido, sus melodías poperas han logrado calar más en las listas de ventas que en la crítica. Y las ventas se acaban. Sólo resisten las mantas y las canciones.

Pero no todo es esto. También están los videos, y la parodia de Ronald Reagan en este Land of Confusion es simplemente genial, hecha en el momento justo y el lugar indicado, en un momento en el que este tipo de animación estaba de moda (Alf y demás... El guiñón de Canal+ poco después). Y sencillamente el parecido de Reagan con su alterego es asombroso... ¿O es al revés?