Leí por ahí un
artículo en una revista sobre lo que le transmitimos a nuestros hijos, aún sin
darnos cuenta. Desde las primeras palabras en el idioma que sea, hasta algunos
hábitos y costumbres. La nota hacía énfasis en un punto “cultural” con el que
no acuerdo demasiado, pero sí me convenció aquella idea de que aún sin percatarnos,
y con nuestro comportamiento les transmitimos ciertas cosas que luego veremos
si recuerdan o no.
Con la música
me ocurre algo parecido, y pensé si por esa razón Martín gustará más delante de
algo de lo que le hago escuchar. Tal vez sí o no, quien sabe, pero al menos lo
conocerá.
Transmitimos nuestros gustos, o
la sensación que en nosotros produce alguna cosa, situación o evento.
Esta noche
para dormir volví a escuchar con él un disco que hacía tiempo no escuchaba,
nada muy viejo esta vez, pero ya con algunos añitos. Tuvimos que escucharlo
entero porque el sueño estaba remoloneando para venir.
Se trata del disco de Coldplay
“Parachutes” del año 2000. El primer disco de esta banda que auguraba en ese
momento una carrera imparable.
Durante mucho tiempo se dijo que
era un disco sombrío, oscuro mejor dicho, y triste.
Yo lo escuché por primera vez en
Sudáfrica, un par de años después, y es inevitable hoy para mí no recordar esas
vacaciones y a su Banda Sonora, de la cual dos canciones de este disco hacían
parte: Yellow y Everything’s not lost.
Yellow me
parece aún hoy, después de varios años de haber dejado de escucharla una de las
canciones más simples y afectivas del pop de nuevo milenio. Tiene tantas
reminiscencias “Folk” y a la vez tanta fuerza eléctrica que me sigue pareciendo
altamente emotiva y aún me eriza un poco la piel a pesar de que su letra sea
tan báisca, y fue tan lindo cantársela hoy a Bebé!! (Look at the stars, Look how they shine for youuu...) A él le gustó, aunque no consiguió dormirse. Supongo que me
acordé de esas maravillosa estancia en Sudáfrica junto a mi amiga Cecilia, y el
año nuevo en Plattenberg Bay, que le debo haber transmitido mucha felicidad.
Si bien, como
decía, una gran parte de críticas definen y definieron a Coldplay por esta
opera prima como depresivo o pesimista, bien demuestra que no llegaron a
estuchar todos los temas, Everything is not lost, es una canción que levanta,
que da esperanzas de lo que sea que suceda, y muestra esa luz ¿Amarilla? al final
del túnel. (When you thought that it was over, You could feel it all around, And everybody's out to get you, Don't you let it drag you down) .
Empiezo esta
semana con la ternura de Yellow y el optimismo de Everything’s not lost
El dibujo de la liebre es del
cuento “Devine comme je t’aime” que me ayuda a ilustrar eso que se siente de
ser mamá.
Letra abajo y reproductor a la derecha.
Yellow
Look at the stars
Look how they shine for you
And everything you do
Yeah, they were all yellow
I came along
I wrote a song for you
And all the things you do
And it was called "Yellow."
So then I took my turn
Oh what a thing to have done
And it was all "Yellow."
Your skin
Oh yeah, your skin and bones
Turn into something beautiful
You know, you know I love you so
You know I love you so
I swam across
I jumped across for you
Oh what a thing to do
Cause you were all "Yellow,"
I drew a line
I drew a line for you
Oh what a thing to do
And it was all "Yellow."
Your skin
Oh yeah your skin and bones
Turn into something beautiful
And you know for you
I'd bleed myself dry
For you i'd bleed myself dry
It's true, look how they shine for you
Look how they shine for you
Look how they shine for
Look how they shine for you
Look how they shine for you
Look how they shine
Look at the stars
Look how they shine for you
And all the things that you do
Look how they shine for you
And everything you do
Yeah, they were all yellow
I came along
I wrote a song for you
And all the things you do
And it was called "Yellow."
So then I took my turn
Oh what a thing to have done
And it was all "Yellow."
Your skin
Oh yeah, your skin and bones
Turn into something beautiful
You know, you know I love you so
You know I love you so
I swam across
I jumped across for you
Oh what a thing to do
Cause you were all "Yellow,"
I drew a line
I drew a line for you
Oh what a thing to do
And it was all "Yellow."
Your skin
Oh yeah your skin and bones
Turn into something beautiful
And you know for you
I'd bleed myself dry
For you i'd bleed myself dry
It's true, look how they shine for you
Look how they shine for you
Look how they shine for
Look how they shine for you
Look how they shine for you
Look how they shine
Look at the stars
Look how they shine for you
And all the things that you do
Everything's not lost
When I counted up my demons
Saw there was one for every day
With the good ones on my shoulders
I drove the other ones away
So if you ever feel neglected
And if you think that all is lost
I'll be counting up my demons, yeah
Hoping everything's not lost
When you thought that it was over
You could feel it all around
And everybody's out to get you
Don't you let it drag you down
'Cos if you ever feel neglected
And if you think that all is lost
I'll be counting up my demons, yeah
Hoping everything's not lost
If you ever feel neglected
If you think that all is lost
I'll be counting up my demons, yeah
Hoping everything's not lost
Singing out
Oh, oh, oh, yeah
Oh, oh, yeah
Oh, oh, yeah
Everything's not lost
So come on, yeah
Oh, oh, yeah
Come on, yeah
And everything's not lost
Oh, oh, yeah
Oh, oh, yeah
Oh, oh, yeah
And everything's not lost
Come on, yeah
Oh, oh, yeah
Come on, yeah
Come on, yeah
Oh, oh, yeah
Come on, yeah
And everything's not lost
Sing out, yeah
Oh, oh, yeah
Come on, yeah
And everything's not lost
Come on, yeah
Oh, oh yeah
Sing out, yeah
And everything's not lost
Saw there was one for every day
With the good ones on my shoulders
I drove the other ones away
So if you ever feel neglected
And if you think that all is lost
I'll be counting up my demons, yeah
Hoping everything's not lost
When you thought that it was over
You could feel it all around
And everybody's out to get you
Don't you let it drag you down
'Cos if you ever feel neglected
And if you think that all is lost
I'll be counting up my demons, yeah
Hoping everything's not lost
If you ever feel neglected
If you think that all is lost
I'll be counting up my demons, yeah
Hoping everything's not lost
Singing out
Oh, oh, oh, yeah
Oh, oh, yeah
Oh, oh, yeah
Everything's not lost
So come on, yeah
Oh, oh, yeah
Come on, yeah
And everything's not lost
Oh, oh, yeah
Oh, oh, yeah
Oh, oh, yeah
And everything's not lost
Come on, yeah
Oh, oh, yeah
Come on, yeah
Come on, yeah
Oh, oh, yeah
Come on, yeah
And everything's not lost
Sing out, yeah
Oh, oh, yeah
Come on, yeah
And everything's not lost
Come on, yeah
Oh, oh yeah
Sing out, yeah
And everything's not lost
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