(Nothing but) Flowers - Talking Heads

Los Talking Heads son casi latinos... se puede mover la patita con ellos sin notar su estiramiento gringo... NYC debería decir. Este es el primer disco en serio que escuché y aún hoy me sorprende, luego, viendo hacia atrás, son tal vez mejores.
Pero que manera de despedirse por lo alto, así dan ganas de hacerlo también, decir hasta luego sin vueltas ni rencores. Con la sensación de fiesta. Con la seguridad de no volver a mirar atrás.
Y tu rubia... no entiendes lo que es adiós? Que posesivos amanecimos no?.
No, mejor dicho, que posesiva eres, yo ni me di cuenta que seguías allí.
Ni flores, ni nada más. We were.

Here we stand
Like an Adam and an Eve
Waterfalls
The Garden of Eden
Two fools in love
So beautiful and strong
The birds in the trees
Are smiling upon them
From the age of the dinosaurs
Cars have run on gasoline
Where, where have they gone?
Now, it's nothing but flowers

There was a factory
Now there are mountains and rivers
you got it, you got it

We caught a rattlesnake
Now we got something for dinner
we got it, we got it

There was a shopping mall
Now it's all covered with flowers
you've got it, you've got it

If this is paradise
I wish I had a lawnmower
you've got it, you've got it

Years ago
I was an angry young man
I'd pretend
That I was a billboard
Standing tall
By the side of the road
I fell in love
With a beautiful highway
This used to be real estate
Now it's only fields and trees
Where, where is the town
Now, it's nothing but flowers
The highways and cars
Were sacrificed for agriculture
I thought that we'd start over
But I guess I was wrong

Once there were parking lots
Now it's a peaceful oasis
you got it, you got it

This was a Pizza Hut
Now it's all covered with daisies
you got it, you got it

I miss the honky tonks,
Dairy Queens, and 7-Elevens
you got it, you got it

And as things fell apart
Nobody paid much attention
you got it, you got it

I dream of cherry pies,
Candy bars, and chocolate chip cookies
you got it, you got it

We used to microwave
Now we just eat nuts and berries
you got it, you got it

This was a discount store,
Now it's turned into a cornfield
you got it, you got it

Don't leave me stranded here
I can't get used to this lifestyle

Houses in motion - Talking heads

¿Será que llega el cambio finalmente? Mucho aguante he tenido por aquí, tanto para el frío, como para la distancia, pero soy agradecido: fueron buenos años.
Ahora que nos movemos un poco, estaba repansado las cosas que pasaron aquí, las escenas inolvidables, las cosas que mejor nunca hubieran ocurrido, y estamos cerca del empate, pero con saldo en negro. Fueron buenas cosas, no hay rincón libre de emociones. Hay también lágrimas.
Ahora, y como siempre, hay que inventar algo nuevo, y tratar de hacer que todo lo anterior quede chico.
Nuevos retos, como me gusta.

For a long time I felt without style or grace
Wearing shoes with no socks in cold weather
I knew my heart was in the right place
I knew I'd be able to do these things.

And as we watch him digging his own grave
It is important to know that was where he's at
He can't afford to stop...That is what he believe
He'll keep on digging for a thousand years.

I'm walking a line-I'm thining about empty motion
I'm walking a line-Just barely enough to be living
Get outa the way-No time to begin
This isn't the time-So nothing was done
Not talking about-Not many at all
I'm turning around-No trouble at all
You notice there's nothing around you, around you
I'm walking a line-Divide and dissolve.

Never get to say much, never get to talk
Tell us a little bit, but not too much
Right about then, is where she give up
She has closed her eyes, she has give up hope

I'm walking a line-I hate to be dreaming in motion
I'm walking a line-Just barely enough to be living
Get outa the way-No time to begin
This isn't the time-So nothing was done
Not talking about-Not many at all
I'm turning around-No trouble at all
I'm keeping my fingers behind me, 'hind me
I'm walking a line-Divide and dissolve.

I turn myself around, I'm moving backwards and forwards
I'm moving twice as much as I was before
I'll keep on digging to the center of the Earth
I'll be down in there moving the in the room...

I'm walking a line-Visiting houses in motion
I'm walking a line-Just barely enough to be living
Get outa the way-No time to begin
This isn't the time-So nothing was done
Not talking about-Not many at all
I'm turning around-No trouble at all
Two different houses surround you, 'round you
I'm walking a line-Divide and dissolve.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NaMzKpNC2Jk

Heaven - Talking Heads

Basta de agobiarse y de entristecerse en privado. Soy una tormenta esperando la señal de inicio, y mi boca tiene listos discrusos, respuestas, explicaciones, inferencias, sofismas, burlas y confesiones. Entonces estoy 100% listo para lo que venga.
Mejor trasladarse un rato al cielo, lugar sucio y ruidoso como me gusta. Lleno de amigos por conocer, y con visitantes conocidos. Manejado por los amados. Gratuito de música. Lleno de frases célebres.
Y espero allí saber disculparme de lo que hago. Y espero allí recoger el equipaje perdido. Y espero allí saldar cuentas en el debe, y ver la tuya con muchas sonrisas cerca. Eso sería el cielo. Cielo de tí.

Everyone is trying to get to the bar.
The name of the bar, the bar is called Heaven.
The band in Heaven plays my favorite song.
They play it once again, they play it all night long.

Heaven is a place where nothing ever happens.
Heaven is a place where nothing ever happens.

There is a party, everyone is there.
Everyone will leave at exactly the same time.
Its hard to imagine that nothing at all
could be so exciting, and so much fun.

Heaven is a place where nothing ever happens.
Heaven is a place where nothing ever happens.

When this kiss is over it will start again.
It will not be any different, it will be exactly the same.
It's hard to imagine that nothing at all
could be so exciting, could be so much fun.

Heaven is a place where nothing every happens.
Heaven is a place where nothing every happens.

Crosseyed and painless - Talking heads

Darte una vuelta tan lejos de la civilización te hace olvidar lo que pasa alrededor, seguro uno llega a pensar que la vida es para trabajar, descansar y luego para trabajar, y luego volver a descansar hasta esperar la vacación. Y así hasta tu quinquenio, jubilación y muerte.

Dificil contentar a un tipo que hace eso en ciclos de pocos meses, o quien sabe, un par de años, un acelerado de la evolución, un insatisfecho por naturaleza, flor de atorrante, contursi, maleante.

Espero tener mi declinio bien controlado, o la inercia me estrellará al gún callejón, espero de veras mi oportunidad contigo, tu reivindicación y mi castigo, la justicia y el equilibrio. Tu sonrisa y mi alivio. Por fin.

Lost my shape-Trying to act casual!
Can't stop-I might end up in the hospital
I'm changing my shape-I feel like an accident
They're back!-To explain their experience
Isn't it weird/Looks too obscure to me
Wasting away/And that was their policy

I'm ready to leave-I push the fact in front of me
Facts lost-Facts are never what they seem to be
Nothing there!-No information left of any kind
Lifting my head-Looking for danger signs
There was a line/There was a formula
Sharp as a knife/Facts cut a hole in us
There was a line/There was a formula
Sharp as a knife/Facts cut a hole in us

I'm still waiting...I'm still waiting...I'm still waiting...
I'm still waiting...I'm still waiting...I'm still waiting...
I'm still waiting...I'm still waiting...
The feeling returns/Whenever we close out eyes
Lifting my head/looking around inside

The island of doubt-It's like the taste of medicine
Working by hindsight-Got the message from the oxygen
Making a list-Find the cost of opportunity
Doing it right-Facts are useless in emergencies

The feeling returns/Whenever we close out eyes
Lifting my head/Looking around inside.
Facts are simple and facts are straight
Facts are lazy and facts are late
Facts all come with points of view
Facts don't do what I want them to
Facts just twist the truth around
Facts are living turned inside out
Facts are getting the best of them
Facts are nothing on the face of things
Facts don't stain the furniture
Facts go out and slam the door
Facts are written all over your face
Facts continue to change their shape

I'm still waiting...I'm still waiting...I'm still waiting..

Once in a lifetime - Talking Heads

El camino hacia esos objetivos tan supremos debería ser más cómodo, creo que me pongo en situaciones extremas sin necesidad, y la verdad es que podría vivir más a mis anchas y aparentar un poco.
Finalmente es una sola vida la que se vive y no tengo creencias ni de reencarnación, ni de vida eterna, y alguna vez dije que hay que probar en la vida, todo al menos una vez.
¿y que tal la vida de rico una vez?
Baby you're a rich man. Pero me gusta aparentar que no. No me haría daño ni dañaría a nadie. Hazlo por dios, de una maldita vez. Quiero volver a conocer la paz del sueño tranquilo.

And you may find yourself living in a shotgun shack
And you may find yourself in another part of the world
And you may find yourself behind the wheel of a large automobile
And you may find yourself in a beautiful house, with a beautiful wife
And you may ask yourself-Well...How did I get here?

Letting the days go by/let the water hold me down
Letting the days go by/water flowing underground
Into the blue again/after the money's gone
Once in a lifetime/water flowing underground.

And you may ask yourself
How do I work this?
And you may ask yourself
Where is that large automobile?
And you may tell yourself
This is not my beautiful house!
And you may tell yourself
This is not my beautiful wife!
Letting the days go by/let the water hold me down
Letting the days go by/water flowing underground
Into the blue again/after the money's gone
Once in a lifetime/water flowing underground.

Same as it ever was...Same as it ever was...Same as it ever was...
Same as it ever was...Same as it ever was...Same as it ever was...
Same as it ever was...Same as it ever was...

Water dissolving...and water removing
There is water at the bottom of the ocean
Carry the water at the bottom of the ocean
Remove the water at the bottom of the ocean!

Letting the days go by/let the water hold me down
Letting the days go by/water flowing underground
Into the blue again/in the silent water
Under the rocks and stones/there is water underground.

Letting the days go by/let the water hold me down
Letting the days go by/water flowing underground
Into the blue again/after the money's gone
Once in a lifetime/water flowing underground.

And you may ask yourself
What is that beautiful house?
And you may ask yourself
Where does that highway go?
And you may ask yourself
Am I right?...Am I wrong?
And you may tell yourself
MY GOD!...WHAT HAVE I DONE?

Letting the days go by/let the water hold me down
Letting the days go by/water flowing underground
Into the blue again/in the silent water
Under the rocks and stones/there is water underground.

Letting the days go by/let the water hold me down
Letting the days go by/water flowing underground
Into the blue again/after the money's gone
Once in a lifetime/water flowing underground.

Same as it ever was...Same as it ever was...Same as it ever was...

Psycho Killer - Talking heads

La locura puede venir disfrazada de decencia, de limpieza, de orden.
Estos días me he pirado un poco y ni siquiera cuenta me dí, es raro, pero tenía mucho que descargar pues la quietud me aprisiona, hablo mucho y no digo gran cosa, la verdad es que estos días es mejor estar lejos de las cosas que quiero, no vaya a ser que lance algunas patadas a lo loco. Estoy vacuo y agresivo.
Ya no me creo ni en mis propias decepciones, me hace falta ritmo y regresamos, bueno, ya estamos regresando ¿no? Ojo con esos delirios, ya sabemos a que conducen.
No se acerquen a mi porque se que puedo lastimar.

I can't seem to face up to the facts
I'm tense and nervous and I
Can't relax
I can't sleep 'cause my bed's on fire
Don't touch me I'm a real live wire

Psycho Killer
Qu'est Que C'est
fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa far better
Run run run run run run run away
Psycho Killer
Qu'est Que C'est
fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa far better
Run run run run run run run away

You start a conversation you can't even finish it.
You're talkin' a lot, but you're not sayin' anything.
When I have nothing to say, my lips are sealed.
Say something once, why say it again?

Psycho Killer,
Qu'est Que C'est
fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa far better
Run run run run run run run away
Psycho Killer
Qu'est Que C'est
fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa far better
Run run run run run run run away

Ce que j'ai fais, ce soir la
Ce qu'elle a dit, ce soir la
Realisant mon espoir
Je me lance, vers la gloire ... OK
We are vain and we are blind
I hate people when they're not polite

Psycho Killer,
Qu'est Que C'est
fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa far better
Run run run run run run run away
Psycho Killer,
Qu'est Que C'est
fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa far better
Run run run run run run run away

Take me to the river - Talking heads

¿Estaré progresando en el intento de cambiar de vida?
Ahora que estoy reconocimiento un feo defecto posesivo y me siento mejor al respecto, también juego al delicado equilibrio en otras cosas, con éxito relativo, pero me guardo de los problemas que aparecerán.
Bueno, sin dramas, hoy he disfrutado sonrisas nuevas y cariños lejanos. No me puedo quejar. No me debo descuidar.
Bastaaaa¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡, a la música.
Creerías que esos tipos con cara de buenos vecinos son punk? He ahí un gran problema con los prejuicios hacia esta música. Raro tener un combo gringo con tanto swing (la foto tampoco ayuda en eso). Pasión latina extraviada por algún accidente entre tanta palidez.
Y tantas ganas de meterse al agua... Con actitud punk y la ropa bien limpia.

I don't know why I love her like I do
All the changes you put me through
Take my money, my cigarettes
I haven't seen the worst of it yet
I wanna know that you'll tell me
I love to stay
Take me to the river, drop me in the water
Take me to the river, dip me in the water
Washing me down, washing me down

I don't know why you treat me so bad
Think of all the things we could have had
Love is an ocean that I can't forget
My sweet sixteen I would never regret

I wanna know that you'll tell me
I love to stay
Take me to the river, drop me in the water
Push me in the river, dip me in the water
Washing me down, washing me

Hug me, squeeze me, love me, tease me
Till I can't, till I can't, till I can't take no more of it
Take me to the water, drop me in the river
Push me in the water, drop me in the river
Washing me down, washing me down

I don't know why I love you like I do
All the troubles you put me through
Sixteen candles there on my wall
And here am I the biggest fool of them all