domingo, 29 de junio de 2008

Augustana - Boston


Augustana es una de esas bandas yanquis que basan gran parte de sus canciones en el piano, como pueden ser también "The Fray" o "One Republic". Fundada en 2003, estos chicos de California, llevan editados 2 discos y una formación que ha sido bastante inestable durante estos 5 años. Su último trabajo de reciente aparición es "Can't Love, Can't Hurt" y el single de promoción es "Sweet and Low". Pero el tema que hoy les dejo es su mayor éxito hasta el momento; es el pegajoso "Boston" de su disco "All the Stars and Boulevards" del año 2006, y el tema se cansó de sonar en cuanta serie y evento de televisión estadounidense existiera, alcanzando el puesto #34 del Billboard Hot 100.

Boston

In the light of the sun
Is there anyone
Oh it has begun
Oh dear you look so lost
Eyes are red
And tears are shed
This world you must have crossed

She said you don't know me
And you don't even care
Oh yeah, she said...
you don't know me
You don't wear my chains
Oh yeah

Essential yet appealed
Carry all your thoughts
Across an open field
When flowers gaze at you
They're not the only ones
Who cry when they see you

You said you don't know me
And you don't even care
Oh yeah
you said you don't know me
And you don't wear my chains
Oh yeah

She said I think I'll go to Boston
Think I'll start a new life
I think I'll start it over
Where no one knows my name
I'll get out of California
I'm tired of the weather
Think I'll get a lover
And fly him out to Spain
I think I'll go to Boston
I Think that I'm just tired
I Think I need a new town
To leave this all behind
I Think I need a sunrise
I'm tired of a sunset
I hear it's nice in the summer
Some snow would be nice

Oh Yeah

You don't know me
You don't even care

Oh yeah

Boston
Where no one knows my name (yeah)
no one knows my name (yeah)
no one knows my name (yeah)
Boston
Where no one knows my name


Myspace de "Augustana"
Videoclip de Boston

viernes, 20 de junio de 2008

Plain White T´s - Hey there Delilah

Plain White T´s es otra banda de estadounidense de la siempre prometedora ciudad de Chicago; giran en torno de ese punk/rock/pop por el que se mueven muchísimas bandas allá en el norte. Tienen 4 discos editados hasta el momento, 2 lanzados de manera independiente; y alcanzaron la fama con el tema que les dejo, el hit "Hey there Delilah" que se incluyó en el disco "All that we need", donde pasó sin pena ni gloria. Pero fue relanzado en el siguiente disco que llevó como nombre "Every Second Counts" agregándole una sección de cuerdas, y el éxito fue inevitable. "Delilah" consiguió llegar al número uno del Billboard estadounidense, y de las listas de varios países europeos. ¿Otros temas destacables de la banda? por lo poco que escuché puedo decirles "A lonely September", "Our time now" y "Radios in heaven"; si hay tiempo y oportunidad algún día hablaré de alguno de esos.

Para Sil, una amiga en la distancia... después no digas que no te regalo nada :P


Hey there, Delilah
Plain White T´s

What's it like in New York City?
I'm a thousand miles away
But girl tonight you look so pretty
Yes you do
Times Square can't shine as bright as you
I swear it's true

Hey there, Delilah
Don't you worry about the distance
I'm right there if you get lonely
Give this song another listen
Close your eyes
Listen to my voice it's my disguise
I'm by your side

Oh it's what you do to me
Oh it's what you do to me
Oh it's what you do to me
Oh it's what you do to me
What you do to me

Hey there, Delilah
I know times are gettin' hard
But just believe me girl
Someday I'll pay the bills with this guitar
We'll have it good
We'll have the life we knew we would
My word is good

Hey there, Delilah
I've got so much left to say
If every simple song I wrote to you
Would take your breath away
I'd write it all
Even more in love with me you'd fall
We'd have it all

Oh it's what you do to me
Oh it's what you do to me
Oh it's what you do to me
Oh it's what you do to me

A thousand miles seems pretty far
But they've got planes, and trains, and cars
I'd walk to you if I had no other way
Our friends would all make fun of us
And we'll just laugh along because we know
That none of them have felt this way

Delilah I can promise you
That by the time that we get through
The world will never ever be the same
And you're to blame

Hey there, Delilah
You be good and don't you miss me
Two more years and you'll be done with school
And I'll be makin' history like I do
You know it's all because of you

We can do whatever we want too
Hey there, delilah here's to you
This one's for you

Oh it's what you do to me
Oh it's what you do to me
Oh it's what you do to me
Oh it's what you do to me

What you do to me

Videoclip (29 millones de visitas en Youtube)
Myspace

viernes, 6 de junio de 2008

Schuyler Fisk - Hello


Una guitarra, una voz femenina y una linda melodía... una receta tan simple como infalible en mi caso. Schuyler Fisk (se lee "Scailer") es una joven norteamericana de 25 años que hace un folk bastante amigable y simpático. En Estados Unidos la (poca) fama que tiene se la debe al haber grabado el tema "Paperweight" a duo con Joshua Radin, que se incluyó en la banda sonora de la película "The Last Kiss" una remake de un filme italiano protagonizada por el sensacional Zach Braff.

Schuyler Fisk - Hello


hello
it's me again
a whole lot's changed
since i left and
i don't know i guess
i felt like checking in

surprise
you let it ring
well it's your turn to
leave me hanging
i don't care
i know you love it
when you see me call

i wonder who you're loving now
i'm guessing we won't work things out

you know what they say you can't have it so you want it back i'm way past that believe me if you could be in my life like you've been on my mind it'd be so easy

hello
it's me again
it's three days now
that you've been in my dreams
and i don't know, i guess
you've just been on my mind
i don't know, i guess
i think about you all the time

i wonder if she's much like me
i wonder if she's what you need

you know what they say you can't have it so you want it back i'm way past that believe me if you could be in my life like you've been on my mind it'd be so easy
i know i'm to blame
but it kills me that
i made you hate me
like you've erased me
and i know what they say
they say you'll be happier
better off without me

i'm sure it's hard to see me
i'm sure you don't believe a word
because you've heard it all before
and we're so far from where we were

(da da da da da dum)

goodbye
i'll let you go
i'll get back to life
and living solo
cause i know i need a few years on my own

you know what they say you can't have it so you want it back i'm way past that believe me if you could be in my life like you've been on my mind it'd be so easy
i know i'm to blame
but it kills me that
i made you hate me
like you've erased me
and i know what they say
they say you'll be happier
better off without me

 
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