The Verve - Sonnet

Sonnet foi o último single do álbum Urban Hymns, lançado pelos The Verve em 1998.

Não há muito mais que eu possa dizer sobre esta música, de modo que vou deixar a mesma falar por si.

Na impossibilidade de fazer embed do vídeo neste blog, fica aqui o link para o mesmo no YouTube:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RiQgEn5ibYg.

My friend and me
Looking through her red box of memories
Faded I'm sure
But love seems to stick in her veins you know

Yes, there's love if you want it
Don't sound like no sonnet, my lord
Yes, there's love if you want it
Don't sound like no sonnet, my lord
My lord

Why can't you see
That nature has its way of warning me
Eyes open wide
Looking at the heavens with a tear in my eye

Yes, there's love if you want it
Don't sound like no sonnet, my lord
Yes, there's love if you want it
Don't sound like no sonnet, my lord
My lord

Sinking fast within a boat without a hull
My lord
Dreaming about the day when I can see you there
My side
By my side

Here we go again and my head is gone, my lord
I stop to say hello
'Cause I think you should know by now
By now
By now
By now
By now
By now
Oh, by now
Oh, by now
Oh, by now
Oh, by now

Johnny Cash - Hurt

Em 1994, Trent Reznor lançou esta música, Hurt.

Em 2002, Johnny Cash, "The Man in Black", fez esta cover que aqui vos apresento.

Trent não recusou esta ideia, mas também não achou que a mesma fosse ter grande sucesso. No entanto, depois de ver este vídeo, com lágrimas a chegar aos olhos e a pele arrepiada, Trent dizia: "esta música já não é minha..."

O álbum de Cash que continha esta música foi lançado em finais de 2002.

Em Maio de 2003, June Carter, o amor da vida de Johnny Cash, falecia, aos 73 anos.

Em Setembro de 2003, Cash, aos 71 anos, falecia também.

Este single foi lançado em Novembro desse ano.

Resta apenas dizer que a casa do vídeo é de facto a casa de John e June, e resta também recomendar vivamente o filme Walk the Line.

I hurt myself today,
to see if I still feel,
I focus on the pain,
the only thing that's real,

the needle tears a hole,
the old familiar sting,
try to kill it all away,
but I remember everything,

what have I become,
my sweetest friend,
everyone I know,
goes away in the end,

and you could have it all,
my empire of dirt,
I will let you down,
I will make you hurt,

I wear this crown of thorns,
upon my liar's chair,
full of broken thoughts,
I cannot repair,

beneath the stains of time,
the feelings disappear,
you are someone else,
I am still right here,

What have I become,
my sweetest friend,
everyone I know,
goes away in the end,

and you could have it all,
my empire of dirt,
I will let you down,
I will make you hurt,

if I could start again,
a million miles away,
I will keep myself,
I would find a way,

OK Go - A Million Ways

Chama-se A Million Ways.

Curiosamente, não foi nem esta a música nem este o vídeo que realmente lançaram os OK Go. Ainda assim, é uma excelente obra de coreografia.

Para além da música ser boa, o vídeo, filmado a muito baixo custo num quintal, foi coreografado pela irmã de Damian Kulash, o vocalista da banda.

A parte mais interessante da história ainda é capaz de ser o facto de quando Damian foi detido pela polícia, em 2006, ter conseguido convencer os polícias a ver este videoclip no seu portátil.

De notar ainda que o moço calvo que faz playback da música no vídeo é o baixista da banda, Tim Nordwind. Damian é o moço que caminha da câmara para o grupo, logo no início.

sit back, matter of fact
teasing, toying, turning, chatting, charming
hissing, playin the crowd

play that song again
another couple caught up in a nod, a glance, a half-hearted bow

oh such grace
oh such beauty
and lipstick and callous
and fishnets and malice
oh darlin'

you're a million ways to be cruel
(one zero zero zero zero zero zero cruel)
you're a million ways to be cruel
(one zero zero zero zero zero zero cruel)
you're a million ways to be cruel

I should, I wish I could, maybe if you were I would
a list of standard issue regrets
one last eighty proof, slouchin' in the corner booth
baby, it's as good as it gets

oh such grace
oh such beauty
so precious, suspicious, and charming and vicious
oh darlin'
you're a million ways
oh darlin'

you're a million ways to be cruel
(one zero zero zero zero zero zero cruel)
you're a million ways to be cruel
(one zero zero zero zero zero zero cruel)
you're a million ways to be cruel

oh darlin'
oh darlin'
you're a million ways
oh darlin'
oh darlin'
you're a million ways

oh darlin'
oh darlin'
you're a million ways to be
oh oh oh oh oh

(one zero zero zero zero zero zero cruel)
you're a million ways to be cruel
you're a million ways to be cruel
(one zero zero zero zero zero zero cruel)
you're a million ways to be cruel
you're a million ways to be cruel
(one zero zero zero zero zero zero cruel)
you're a million ways to be cruel
(one zero zero zero zero zero zero cruel)
you're a million ways to be cruel
(one zero zero zero zero zero zero cruel)

oh darlin' you're a million ways to be cruel

Kent - If you were here

É da autoria dos suecos Kent, este If You Were Here.

A música, originalmente cantada em sueco, foi um sucesso. Como tal, decidiu-se que a mesma deveria ser traduzida para inglês, por forma a chegar a um público mais vasto.

Estávamos em 1997, 7 anos depois da formação da banda, que já via o seu quarto nome (previamente eram os Coca-Cola Kids, depois os Jones & Giftet, e mais tarde os Havsängla ("anjos do mar")).

Hoje em dia, e graças a temas como este, são uma das mais populares bandas da Suécia, se bem que são pouco conhecidos no resto do mundo.

A música? Essa fala por si.

Sleep
I don't need to sleep
I hide my fist behind me
Dream
I don't sleep I dream
My conscience lays beside me
If you were here
If you were here
If I was there
If you were here
Today, this day
If you were here
If you were here
If I was there
If you were here
Today, this day
Speak
I don't need to speak
You're satisfied with silence
Scream
I won't speak I'll scream
My conscience walks behind me
If you were here
If you were here
If I was there
If you were here
Today, this day
If you were here
If you were here
If I was there
If you were here
Today, this day, today
Sleep
And all my energy
I waste on dream of silence
If you were here
If you were here
If I was there
If you were here
Today, this day
If you were here
If you were here
If I was there
If you were here
Today, this day, today

Placebo - Pierrot the Clown

Esta música fala por si.

Na falta de vídeo oficial, fica um vídeo feito por um fã.

Leave me dreaming on the bed, see you right back here tomorrow, for the next round.
Keep this scene inside your head, as the bruises turn to yellow, and the swelling goes down.

And if you're ever around, in the city or the suburbs, of this town,
Be sure to come around, I'll be wallowing in sorrow, wearing a frown, like pierrot the clown.

Saw you crashing 'round the bay, never seen you act so shallow, or look so brown.
Remembered all the things you'd say, how your promises went hollow, as you threw me to the ground.

And if you're ever around, in the backstreets or the alleys, of this town.
Be sure to come around, I'll be wallowing in pity, wearing a frown, like pierrot the clown.

When i dream, I dream of your lips,
when i dream, I dream of your kiss,
when i dream, I dream of your fists,
your fists,
your fists..

Leave me bleeding on the bed, see you right back here tomorrow, for the next round.
Keep this scene inside your head, as the bruises turn to yellow, and the swelling goes down..

And if you're ever around, in the city or the suburbs, of this town, be sure to come around, I'll be
wallowing in sorrow, wearing a frown, like pierrot the clown,
pierrot the clown,
pierrot the clown,
pierrot the clown,
pierrot the clown.

Shout Out Louds - Tonight I Have To Leave It

A música que acompanha a nova campanha da Optimus é Tonight I Have to Leave It, pelos Shout Out Louds.

Os Shout Out Louds são uma banda sueca algures entre o pop e o indie.

Don't come up to me and say you like it
It's better if you say you hate it, that's the truth exactly
When we go out dancing I don't want to be bothered
I just want to be bothered with real love

So I heard it's no good to run
but it feels so much better now that it's done
and tonight I have to leave it
tonight I have to leave it

So I've heard you know how to write it
does it mean you're good at putting things on paper?
Rumours say that you're very sorry
Oh no you're not sorry, no you're not

So I heard it's no good to run
but it feels so much better now that it's done
and tonight I have to leave it
tonight I have to leave it
tonight I have to leave it
tonight I have to go
tonight I have to leave it

Give love
Give love
Why don't you give love?
Give love
Why don't you give love?

Tonight I have to
Tonight I have to leave it
Tonight I have to go
Tonight I have to go
Tonight I have to leave it

Depeche Mode - Precious

Chama-se Precious, este single dos Depeche Mode.

A parte interessante desta música é a sua origem e o seu significado.

Nela, Martin Gore, teclista e letrista da banda (que poderão distinguir pelo facto de ser loiro) escreve sobre os seus filhos e sobre o que eles terão passado aquando do seu divórcio.

São eles os "angels with silver wings" de que a música fala.

Precious and fragile things
Need special handling
My God what have we done to you?

We always try to share
The tenderest of care
Now look what we have put you through...

Things get damaged
Things get broken
I thought we'd manage
But words left unspoken
Left us so brittle
There was so little left to give

Angels with silver wings
Shouldn't know suffering
I wish I could take the pain for you

If God has a master plan
That only He understands
I hope it's your eyes He's seeing through

Things get damaged
Things get broken
I thought we'd manage
But words left unspoken
Left us so brittle
There was so little left to give

I pray you learn to trust
Have faith in both of us
And keep room in your hearts for two

Things get damaged
Things get broken
I thought we'd manage
But words left unspoken
Left us so brittle
There was so little left to give