Hoy nos toca presentar el segmento musical dedicado al año 1991, hace ya 20 años, cuando el que escribe contaba con 28 años de edad. Y en este cuarto segmento, he querido incluir dos canciones que tuvieron mucho éxito correspondientes a dos agrupaciones británicas.
1.- I’VE BEEN THINKING ABOUT YOU (London Beat).- Recuerdo mucho cuando allá por enero de 1991 escuchaba la BBC de Londres en Onda Corta, había una canción que sonaba bastante en el Reino Unido y que al escucharla, me había gustado mucho su ritmo bien contagiante y bailable. Era la canción "I've Been Thinking about You" del grupo británico llamado Londonbeat, que en es momento era una agrupación totalmente desconocida para mí.
Escrita por Jimmy Chambers, Jimmy Helms, George Chandler y William Henshall y estuvo incluida en el album "IN THE BLOOD". Fue lanzada como single a fines de 1990 en varios países europeos y fue Nº 1 en España, Suecia, Alemania, Suiza, Italia, Austria, Holanda, el Eurocharts, Australia y Canadá, Nº 2 en UK y Noruega, Nº 5 en Nueva Zelanda, Nº 9 en Irlanda y Nº 11 en Francia. Y también llegó al Nº 1 en USA, según Billboard, el 13 de abril de 1991. Han pasado ya 20 años de esta canción y sigue generando alegría cuando uno la escucha y ganas de lanzarse a la pista de baile a mover el cuerpo. Y hoy la evocamos en el presente post.
We must have been stone crazy
when we thought we were just friends,
'Cause I miss you, baby,
And I've got those feelings again.
I guess I'm all confused about you,
I feel so in love
Oh, baby, what can I do?
I've been thinking about you.
I've been thinking about you
I've been thinking about you
I've been thinking about you, shi-pow-pow!
Suddenly we're strangers,
I watch you walking away.
She was my one temptation,
Oh, I did not want her to stay
Deep down, I'm still confused about you
I feel so in love
Oh, baby, what can I do?
I've been thinking about you.
I've been thinking about you
I've been thinking about you
I've been thinking about you, shi-pow-pow!
What good is being her without you?
I feel so in love
Oh, baby, what can I do?
I've been thinking about you.
I've been thinking about you
I've been thinking about you
I've been thinking about you, shi-pow-pow!
(repeat and fade)
when we thought we were just friends,
'Cause I miss you, baby,
And I've got those feelings again.
I guess I'm all confused about you,
I feel so in love
Oh, baby, what can I do?
I've been thinking about you.
I've been thinking about you
I've been thinking about you
I've been thinking about you, shi-pow-pow!
Suddenly we're strangers,
I watch you walking away.
She was my one temptation,
Oh, I did not want her to stay
Deep down, I'm still confused about you
I feel so in love
Oh, baby, what can I do?
I've been thinking about you.
I've been thinking about you
I've been thinking about you
I've been thinking about you, shi-pow-pow!
What good is being her without you?
I feel so in love
Oh, baby, what can I do?
I've been thinking about you.
I've been thinking about you
I've been thinking about you
I've been thinking about you, shi-pow-pow!
(repeat and fade)
2.- PANDORA’S BOX (O.M.D.).- Uno de los grupos que tuvo mucho éxito en la década del 80 fue Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark, más conocidos como OMD o O.M.D, y conformado por Andy McCluskey y Paul Humphreys. Temas como "Enola Gay", "Forever Live And Die", "Secret" y "Dreamin", eran infaltables en las discotecas. Para 1989, Paul Humphreys dejó el grupo y Andy McCluskey se hizo cargo de la banda. Y en 1991 lanzaron el album "SUGAR TAX" y del cual se extrajeron los singles "Sailing on the Seven Seas" y sobre todo, el muy buen tema, "Pandora's Box". Me acuerdo que la escuché por primera vez en la BBC de Londres, escuchando en Onda Corta y me gustó mucho su estilo fresco y melódico, conservando su estilo que lo caracterizó en los 80's.
Escrita por OMD, fue subtitulada como "It's a Long, Long, Way" para su lanzamiento en USA, fue el 2º single de OMD del album "SUGAR TAX". Fue lanzada en UK el 24 de Junio de 1991 y la canción estuvo inspirada en la actriz de cine mudo Louise Brooks y su título es extraido del film "Pandora's Box" de 1928, protagonizado por dicha actriz. La frase "Pandora's Box" no aparece en ninguna parte de la canción. Fue Nº 7 en UK, Austraia y Suecia, Nº 11 en Alemania y Nº 49 en Francia. Y en cuanto al video de la canción, es en blanco y negro y muestra a Louise Brooks y a Andy McCluskey y todas las escenas de Brooks corresponden al film original de 1928. Veinte años después, volvemos a recordar esta muy buena canción.
Born in Kansas
On an ordinary plain
Ran to New York
But ran away from fame
Only seventeen
When all your dreams came true
But all you wanted
Was someone to undress you
And all the stars you kissed
Could never ease the pain
Still the grace remains
The face has changed
And you're still the same
And it's a long long way
From where you want to be
And it's a long long road
But you're too blind to see
Frame of silence
Of an innocence divine
Is a dangerous creation
When you fail the test of time
And all the photographs
Of ghosts of long ago
Still they hurt you so
Won't let you go
And you still don't know
And it's a long long way
From where you want to be
And it's a long long road
But you're too blind to see
When you look around yourself now
Do you recognize the girl
The one who broke a thousand hearts
Terrified the world
And all the stars you kissed
Could never ease the pain
And if the face has changed
The grace remains
And you're still the same
And it's a long long way
From where you want to be
And it's a long long road
But you're too blind to see
And it's a long long way
From where you want to be
And it's a long long road
And you're too blind to see
And it's a long long way
From where you want to be
And it's a long long road
And you're too blind to see
And it's a long long way...
On an ordinary plain
Ran to New York
But ran away from fame
Only seventeen
When all your dreams came true
But all you wanted
Was someone to undress you
And all the stars you kissed
Could never ease the pain
Still the grace remains
The face has changed
And you're still the same
And it's a long long way
From where you want to be
And it's a long long road
But you're too blind to see
Frame of silence
Of an innocence divine
Is a dangerous creation
When you fail the test of time
And all the photographs
Of ghosts of long ago
Still they hurt you so
Won't let you go
And you still don't know
And it's a long long way
From where you want to be
And it's a long long road
But you're too blind to see
When you look around yourself now
Do you recognize the girl
The one who broke a thousand hearts
Terrified the world
And all the stars you kissed
Could never ease the pain
And if the face has changed
The grace remains
And you're still the same
And it's a long long way
From where you want to be
And it's a long long road
But you're too blind to see
And it's a long long way
From where you want to be
And it's a long long road
And you're too blind to see
And it's a long long way
From where you want to be
And it's a long long road
And you're too blind to see
And it's a long long way...
Este ha sido el cuarto segmento musical de 1991. Espero que estos dos temas hayan sido de su completo agrado y como siempre, los invito a dejarme sus comentarios. Y el próximo mes, tendremos dos canciones de dos grupos norteamericanos que fueron enormes éxitos hace 20 años. Hasta el mes de mayo.
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