Amb “Afraid”, fabulosa cançó -personal, punyent, sincera- que també pertany al disc Heathen acabo aquest repàs a les millors cançons de David Bowie.
Afraid
I wish I was smarter
I got so lost on the shore
I wish I was taller
Things really matter to me
But I put my face in tomorrow
I believe we’re not alone
I believe in Beatles
I believe my little soul has grown
And I’m still so afraid
www.youtube.com/watch?v=QKxcpuOhVl0
Al disc Heathen, Bowie converteix un tema peculiar -no sé si arriba a cançó- de Legendary Stardust Cowboy en una cançó extraordinària.
I took a trip on a Gemini spacecraft
And I thought about you
I passed through the shadow of Jupiter
And I thought about you
youtube.com/watch?v=BxpCMZpUiP4
Aquest és, sens dubte, el gran disc de la maduresa de David Bowie, que va retrobar la inspiració amb l’ajuda de Tony Visconti, el productor que no hauria d’haver abandonat mai.
I Would Be Your Slave
Walking in the snowy street
Let me understand
Drifting down a silent park
Stumbling over land
Open up your heart to me
Show me who you are
And I would be your slave
www.youtube.com/watch?v=cCu7cOhGsGs
El disc Hours (1999) és prescindible, però la primera cançó és extraordinària.
Thursday’s Child
All of my life I’ve tried so hard
Doing my best with what I had
Nothing much happened all the same
Something about me stood apart
A whisper of hope that seemed to fail
Maybe I’m born right out of my time
Breaking my life in two
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jTjRMkzxvt8
Del disc “Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps)” (1980), que ja vaig comentar fa un temps,
It’s No Game (No. 2)
Silhouettes and shadows watch the revolution
No more free steps to heaven
www.youtube.com/watch?v=GJtPHlEQ-uU
“Station to Station” (1976) és potser el millor disc de David Bowie. I, sens dubte, la grandiosa “Word on a Wing” deu ser una de les cançons més desesperades i sinceres de Bowie.
Word on a Wing
Lord, I kneel and offer you
My word on a wing
And I’m trying hard to fit
Among your scheme of things.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=sV8IZHYTOnY
Del disc “Aladdin Sane” (1973)…
Lady Grinning Soul
She’ll come, she’ll go. She’ll lay belief on you
Skin sweet with musky odor
The lady from another grinning soul
www.youtube.com/watch?v=6fHoMw8tCzo
De “Hunky Dory” (1971), el quart disc de David Bowie, no m’he cansat mai d’escoltar…
Kooks
Will you stay in our lovers’ story
If you stay you won’t be sorry
‘Cause we believe in you
Soon you’ll grow so take a chance
With a couple of Kooks
Hung up on romancing
www.youtube.com/watch?v=EsSlOGzPM90
El segon disc de David Bowie, de 1969, anomenat simplement “David Bowie”, com el primer, va ser rebatejat com a “Space Oddity” quan es va rellançar el 1972. Disc excel·lent, a part de la llegendària “Space Odditty” hi ha cançons tan inoblidables com…
Conversation Piece
I took this walk to ease my mind
To find out what’s gnawing at me.
Wouldn’t think, to look at me,
That I’ve spent a lot of time in education.
It all seems so long ago.
I’m a thinker, not a talker.
I’ve no-one to talk to, anyway.
I can’t see the road for the rain in my eyes…
www.youtube.com/watch?v=fA5WyBMPULE
He escoltat tant David Bowie aquestes últimes setmanes, retrobant la felicitat d’antany, que he decidit escollir-ne les deu cançons que més m’agraden (descartant, això sí, les seves cançons més famoses).
Al seu primer disc, David Bowie (1967), hi ha una cançó meravellosa sobre la infantesa.
There Is a Happy Land
There is a happy land where only children live
They don’t have the time to learn the ways
Of you sir, Mr. Grownup.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=HjHHIjBy6ag
