"Charmless Man" es la primera canción que escuché de Blur, que fue junto a Oasis el grupo que abanderó lo que se conoció como "britpop" a mediados de los noventa y que sirvió de lanzadera de grupos ingleses desde entonces (y hasta ahora) porque tenían un estilo diferente respecto a los grupos americanos. Esta canción forma parte del cuarto álbum de la banda inglesa, "The Great Escape", que supuso el principio del éxito para Damon Albarn y los suyos. Se trata de una canción típica del movimiento britpop, melodías no muy complejas pero con cambios de ritmo (de lento a rápido y viceversa) y con tonadilla pegadiza, además de disponer de un estribillo fácilmente identificable (en ésta sin ir más lejos es simplemente "na na na na na na"). Además, sin que sirva de precedente, de esta canción recuerdo hasta el videoclip, cosa rara en mí porque nunca he sido de los que veían los videos de las canciones, y la verdad es que resulta bastante divertido, con la banda tocando (vestidos y peinados con ese estilo tan inconfundible que tanto nos gustaba a los chavales de aquella época) mientras sigue al "charmless man" del título. Como siempre, pongo unos vídeos (el primero el famoso videoclip) y la letra de la canción. A disfrutarla...
I met him in a crowded room
Where people go to drink away their gloom
He sat me down and so began
The story of a charmless man
Educated the expensive way
He knows his claret from his beaujolais
I think he`d like to have been Ronnie Kray
But then nature didn´t make him that way
He went...
Na na na na na na na na naaa (2x)
Where people go to drink away their gloom
He sat me down and so began
The story of a charmless man
Educated the expensive way
He knows his claret from his beaujolais
I think he`d like to have been Ronnie Kray
But then nature didn´t make him that way
He went...
Na na na na na na na na naaa (2x)
He thinks he´s educated airs
Those family shares will protect him
That we´ll respect him
He moves in circles of friends
Who just pretend
That they like him
He does the same to them
And when you put it all together
There`s the model of a charmless man
Na na na na na na na na naaa (2x)
Those family shares will protect him
That we´ll respect him
He moves in circles of friends
Who just pretend
That they like him
He does the same to them
And when you put it all together
There`s the model of a charmless man
Na na na na na na na na naaa (2x)
He knows the swingers and their cavalry
Says he can get in anywhere for free
I began to go a little cross-eyed
And from this charmless man I just had to hide
Na na na na na na na na naaa (2x)
He talks at speed
He gets nose bleeds
He doesn´t see
His days are tumbling
Down upon him
And yet he tries so hard to please
He´s just so keen
For you to listen
But no-one´s listening
And when you put it all together
There´s the model of a charmless man
(Do anything you do if you can)
He thinks he`s educated airs
Those family shares will protect him
That you`ll respect him
And yet he tries so hard to please
He`s just so keen
Says he can get in anywhere for free
I began to go a little cross-eyed
And from this charmless man I just had to hide
Na na na na na na na na naaa (2x)
He talks at speed
He gets nose bleeds
He doesn´t see
His days are tumbling
Down upon him
And yet he tries so hard to please
He´s just so keen
For you to listen
But no-one´s listening
And when you put it all together
There´s the model of a charmless man
(Do anything you do if you can)
He thinks he`s educated airs
Those family shares will protect him
That you`ll respect him
And yet he tries so hard to please
He`s just so keen
For you to listen
But no-one`s listening
And when you put it all together
But no-one`s listening
And when you put it all together
There`s the model of a charmless man
Na na na na na na na na naaa (4x)
Na na na na na na na na naaa (4x)
¡Qué recuerdos!....aún éramos jóvenes....íbamos a Irlanda....en fin ¡qué tiempos aquellos!
ResponderEliminarBesos, gran canción.
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