sábado, 13 de octubre de 2007

The Waterboys - The Whole of the Moon

Canción: The Whole of the Moon
Intérprete: The Waterboys
Compositor: Mike Scott
Disco: This is the see (1985)



Lyrics:

I pictured a rainbow
You held in your hands
I had flashes
But you saw then plan
I wondered out in the world for years
While you just stayed in your room
I saw the crescent
You saw the whole of the moon!
The whole of the moon!

You were there at the turnstiles
With the wind at your heels
You stretched for the stars
And you know how it feels
To reach too high
Too far
Too soon
You saw the whole of the moon!

I was grounded
While you filled the skies
I was dumbfounded by truths
You cut through lies
I saw the rain-dirty valley
You saw brigadoon
I saw the crescent
You saw the whole of the moon!

I spoke about wings
You just flew
I wondered, I guessed, and I tried
You just knew
I sighed
But you swooned
I saw the crescent
You saw the whole of the moon!
The whole of the moon!

With a torch in your pocket
And the wind at your heels
You climbed on the ladder
And you know how it feels
To reach too high
Too far
Too soon
You saw the whole of the moon!
The whole of the moon!

Unicorns and cannonballs,
Palaces and piers,
Trumpets, towers, and tenemets,
Wide oceans full of tears,
Flag, rags, ferry boats,
Scimitars and scarves,
Every precious dream and vision
Underneath the stars

You climbed on the ladder
With the wind in your sails
You came like a comet
Blazing your trail
Too high
Too far
Too soon
You saw the whole of the moon!


Observaciones:

Aunque mucha gente piense que Waterboys es un grupo que puede practicar varios estilos diferentes, mi opinión es que como buenos irlandeses son folkies. La parte mala de ser folkie es que este tipo de música no es demasiado comercial (sólo hay que ver los puntos que cosechan los grupos irlandeses de este estilo que van a Eurovisión últimamente). Por esto no está de más crear canciones como esta "cara de la luna", canciones de otra época, de rock sinfónico que recuerda más a Van Morrison o a Pink Floyd. Si a esto le añadimos que el ambiente anglosajon en esta parte de los 80 estaba degenerando algo gracias a los sintetizadores y a la rivalidad entre Jackson y Prince, sólo nos queda un soplo de aire fresco para el panorama musical. Una composición digna de otra época. Un clásico. Y un éxito comercial también.

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