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28 febrero 2012

Regina Spektor - All the Rowboats

No puedo esperar más para poner este tema, lo nuevo de nuestra querida Regina Spektor salió ayer a la luz, un tema que vale que no es Fidelity o Samson pero que deja con ganas de más, de escuchar ese disco que llevará por título What We Saw From the Cheap Seats y que saldrá en mayo.

No se sabe mucha más del disco salvo el nombre y este tema, aunque ya ha anunciado alguna fecha de presentación todas son en EEUU por lo que aún tendremos que esperar para verla en directo por Europa.

Hoy All the Rowboats, con muchas ganas de disco ya. Feliz martes!






*29-03: Recién estrenado videoclip del single, dirigido por Adria Petty, Peter Sluszka & Ivan Abel. Recuerdo que el album ya se puede reservar y estará a la venta a partir del 29 de Mayo!



27 febrero 2012

Amaral - Cuando suba la marea

Se acaba de estrenar el videoclip de Cuando suba la marea, el temazo de Amaral que está incluido en Hacia lo salvaje. Un tema que inevitablemente me lleva al FNAC Music Festival de Madrid cuando en acústico y ya con las luces del Palacio de los Deportes encendidas interpretó cerquita del público.

Muy esperado el video y creo que es más por la persona que hay detrás de la cámara que por Eva, y es que la gran Lyona ha sido la encargada de llevar el rodaje de este video.

Aqui está el resultado. Feliz día!




Estaríamos juntos todo el tiempo
Hasta quedarnos sin aliento
Y comernos el mundo, vaya ilusos.
Y volver a casa en año nuevo.

Pero todo acabó y lo de menos
Es buscar una forma de entenderlo.
Yo solía pensar que la vida es un juego
Y la pura verdad es que aún lo creo.

Y ahora sé que nunca he sido tu princesa
Que no es azul la sangre de mis venas
Y ahora sé que el día que yo me muera
Me tumbaré sobre la arena
Y que me lleve lejos cuando suba... la marea.

Por encima del mar de los deseos
Han venido a buscarme los recuerdos
De los días salvajes, apurando
El futuro en la palma de nuestras manos

Y ahora sé que nunca he sido tu princesa
Que no es azul la sangre de mis venas
Y ahora sé que el día que yo me muera
Me tumbaré sobre la arena
Y que me lleve lejos cuando suba... la marea.

Y ahora sé que el día que yo me muera
Me tumbaré sobre la arena
Y que me lleve lejos cuando suba...
Muy lejos, mar adentro, cuando suba... la marea.


26 febrero 2012

Boyce Avenue - Fast car (con Kina Grannis)

Este fin de semana ha pasado por España Kina Grannis la japonesa (aunque casi americana y con descencia europea) ha presentado Stairwells su último disco publicado el pasado año y del que hay bastantes canciones buenas y algunas versiones interesantes (Sounds of silence de Simon & Garfunkel o White Winter Hymnal de Fleet Foxes). Ayer no pude asistir al de Madrid aunque imagino que lo peor del concierto fue la sala, Ramdall con un sonido malo y un par de columnas que tapan el pequeño escenario que se encuentra a mismo nivel que el resto de la sala.

Hoy os dejo esta maravillosa versión del clásico de Tracy Chapman que
hace Kina (una especialista en versiones) junto con la banda norteamericana Boyce Avenue compuesta por los hermanos Alejandro, Daniel y Fabian Manzano.

Fast car, feliz domingo!





You got a fast car
I want a ticket to anywhere
Maybe we make a deal
Maybe together we can get somewhere
Anyplace is better
Starting from zero got nothing to lose
Maybe we’ll make something
But me myself I got nothing to prove

You got a fast car
I got a plan to get us out of here
been working at the convenience store
Managed to save just a little bit of money
We won’t have to drive too far
Just ‘cross the border and into the city
You and I can both get jobs
And finally see what it means to be living

You see my old man’s got a problem
He live with the bottle that’s the way it is
He says his body’s too old for working
I say his body’s too young to look like his
but mama went off and left him
She wanted more from life than he could give
I said somebody’s got to take care of him
So I quit school and that’s what I did

You got a fast car
is it fast enough so we can fly away
We gotta make a decision
We leave tonight or live and die this way

So I remember when we were driving driving in your car
The speed so fast felt like I was drunk
City lights lay out before us
And your arm felt nice wrapped ’round my shoulder
I had a feeling that I belonged
I had a feeling I could be someone
be someone

be someone

You got a fast car
We go cruising to entertain ourselves
You still ain’t got a job
And I work in a market as a checkout girl
I know things will get better
You’ll find work and I’ll get promoted
We’ll move out of the shelter
Buy a bigger house and live in the suburbs

So I remember when we were driving driving in your car
The speed so fast felt like I was drunk
City lights lay out before us
And your arm felt nice wrapped ’round my shoulder
I had a feeling that I belonged
I had a feeling I could be someone
be someone

be someone

You got fast car
And I got a job that pays all our bills
You stay out drinking late at the bar
See more of your friends than you do of your kids
I’d always hoped for a better
Thought maybe together you and me would find it
I got no plans I ain’t going nowhere
So take your fast car and keep on driving

So I remember when we were driving driving in your car
The speed so fast felt like I was drunk
City lights lay out before us
And your arm felt nice wrapped ’round my shoulder
I had a feeling that I belonged
I had a feeling I could be someone
be someone

be someone

You got a fast car
But is it fast enough so you can fly away
You gotta make a decision
You leave tonight or live and die this way


25 febrero 2012

L.A. - Over and Over

Ayer se estrenaba en Radio 3 este tema de los baleares L.A. El grupo liderado por Luis Alberto Segura y que preprara la salida de Sint Flm su segundo y esparadisimo album tras su genial debut con Heavenly Hell. La fecha para este nuevo trabajo ya se anunció para el día 27 de Marzo.

Over and Over es el primer single y suena muy bien en la linea de las canciones algo más lentas de su Heavenly Hell, esperemos que el disco sea bueno y se convierta en uno de los discos de este 2012. No lio más, hoy, estreno.






23 febrero 2012

La habitación roja - Siberia

Casi viernes ya (por fin) y hoy un tema del nuevo disco de La habitación roja, Fue eléctrico y, aunque apenas le he dado dos o tres escuchas, sí deja un gran sabor de boca. Se trata del octavo trabajo de los valencianos tras el magnífico Universal de hace un par de años.

Os dejo con Siberia, por aquello de la ola siberiana y de que parece que al invierno le queda poco (o eso espero).

Feliz jueves!




21 febrero 2012

Nouvelle Vague - Even fallen in love

Hoy rescato un tema de hace unos añitos de la francesa Nouvelle Vague. Even fallen in love es un tema original de Buzzcocks grupo inglés de finales de los 70. Hace unos años, la banda de Marc Collin and Olivier Libaux la incluyó en Bande à part (2006) su segundo y para muchos mejor disco, donde además de esta se pueden escuchar varios temas versionados como Don't Go de Yazoo, Heart of glass de Blondie o Blue Monday de New Order.

Tras este segundo album, en 2009 llegaria su tercero, 3 (que titulo más original) y el que es su último trabajo 'serio' hasta la fecha. En 2010 llegó Best of, un recopilatorio con alguna cosilla pero así sin más (no soy muy fan de los recopilatorios estos).

En fin, buena canción para hoy. Feliz día!





You spurn my natural emotions
It makes me feel like dirt
And I'm hurt
If I start a commotion
I run the risk of losing you
And that's worse

Ever fallen in love with someone
Ever fallen in love
In love with someone
Ever fallen in love
In love with someone
You shouldn't've fallen in love with

There's one thing much of a future
Unless we find out what to blame
What a shame (oh what a shame)
And we can't be together
Until we realize that we are the same

Ever fallen in love with someone
Ever fallen in love
In love with someone
Ever fallen in love
In love with someone
You shouldn't've fallen in love with

Ever fallen in love with someone
Ever fallen in love
In love with someone
Ever fallen in love
In love with someone
You shouldn't've fallen in love with

Ever fallen in love with someone
Ever fallen in love
In love with someone
Ever fallen in love
In love with someone
You shouldn't've fallen in love with

Ever fallen in love with someone
Ever fallen in love
In love with someone
Ever fallen in love
In love with someone
You shouldn't've fallen in love with

You spurn my natural emotions
It makes me feel like dirt
And I'm hurt
If I start a commotion
I run the risk of losing you
And that's worse

Ever fallen in love with someone
Ever fallen in love
In love with someone
Ever fallen in love
In love with someone
You shouldn't've fallen in love with

Ever fallen in love with someone
Ever fallen in love
In love with someone
Ever fallen in love
In love with someone
You shouldn't've fallen in love with

La la la la la la...

19 febrero 2012

Israel Kamakawiwo'ole - Over the rainbow/What a wonderful world

Domingo soleado y con buena temperatura y hoy tema que conocí en Pacífico Sur, un espectacular documental de 6 capítulos y que emitió en su día Canal +, pero aquí estoy para hablar de música y está magnifica doble canción donde versiona/remezcla dos clásicos como son Over the rainbow y What a wonderful world pertece a un tipo con un apellido un tanto...largo, Israel Kamakawiwo'ole un hawaiano que falleció en el 97 con sólo 38 años a consecuencia de su obesidad y sus problemas respiratorios.

Como músico pasó por dos etapas, la primera se inició en 1976 cuando se junto con su hermano y dos músico más y formaron el grupo Hijos Makaha de Ni’ihau que durante su carrera publicaron hasta 12 discos (algunos de ellos recopilatorios) y una segunda etapa, desde 1989 ya como solista sacando en total 7 discos.





Somewhere over the rainbow
Way up high
And the dreams that you dreamed of
Once in a lullaby

Somewhere over the rainbow
Blue birds fly
And the dreams that you dreamed of
Dreams really do come true

Someday I'll wish upon a star
Wake up where the clouds are far behind me
Where trouble melts like lemon drops
High above the chimney tops is where you'll find me

Somewhere over the rainbow bluebirds fly
And the dreams that you dare to, oh why, oh why can't I?
Well I see trees of green and Red roses too,
I'll watch then bloom for me and you
And I think to myself
What a wonderful world

Well I see skies of blue and I see clouds of white
And the brightness of day
I like the dark and I think to myself
What a wonderful world

The colors of the rainbow so pretty in the sky
Are also on the faces of people passing by
I see friends shaking hands
Saying, How do you do?
They're really saying, I...I love you
I hear babies cry and I watch them grow,
They'll learn much more
than We'll know
And I think to myself
What a wonderful world

Someday I'll wish upon a star,
Wake up where the clouds are far behind me
Where trouble melts like lemon drops
High above the chimney tops is where you'll find me
Somewhere over the rainbow way up high
And the dreams that you dare to, ...why, oh why can't I?


18 febrero 2012

Miss Caffeina - Desde dentro

Va a parecer raro que ponga hoy este tema de los madrileños Miss Caffeina pero ayer me dió por volver a escuchar su EP En Marte del 2008 y me ha enganchado este tema (a Nada parece suficiente llevo mucho tiempo enganchado). Desde dentro es el primer tema de los 5 que componen el EP el, si no me corrige nadie, el segundo de su carrera tras Destrucción creativa.

Su tercer EP llegó ese mismo año Carrusel y el resto de la historia ya la conoceis, último EP Magnética en 2009 y su primer disco en octubre del 2010 bajo el título Imposibilidad del fenómeno con el siguen girando por nuestro pais y grabando videoclips, el lunes estrenan nuevo video de la canción N=1 en la web de Mondo Sonoro y grabado en Cerler (Huesca).

Aunque todas las fechas se pueden consultar en su facebook, os diré que las más próximas son, el 24 en Valladolid, el 25 en Bilbao, el 1 de marzo en Salamanca, en Córdoba el 9, Jaén el día 10, visita a la capital el 17, el 24 en Santander y cierran mayo en el festival FIV que se celebra en Lugo.







Le puse a Cristo mi sombrero de cowboy
y me tiré a la piscina para quitarme la vida
desperté tendido en una jardín lleno de colores
y una botella de ron clavada en el corazón

fumándome la vida como hierba clandestina
como un vicio incontrolado tirado por el lavabo
tragándome las penas
curando las heridas en alcohol 96º

Y me quedo tumbado en el suelo
mirando las nubes a mi alrededor
estoy lejos y no me arrepiento
grito desde dentro rasgándome la voz

Le di esquinazo a mis ganas de fingir
y me día la bebida donde todo termina
le puse una vela a un santo cualquiera
y le pedí que cuidara de mi cada mañana

fumándome los sueños, reclamando un día eterno
fastidiando a los vecinos, congelando a los amigos
disparando a las manecillas del reloj

Y me quedo tumbado en el suelo
mirando las nubes a mi alrededor
estoy lejos y no me arrepiento
grito desde dentro rasgándome la voz


Y si mañana no pudiera volver a ser feliz
dile a todos que tirado aquí quiero seguir
sin mas, sin ti.

Y me quedo tumbado en el suelo
mirando las nubes a mi alrededor
estoy lejos y no me arrepiento
grito desde dentro rasgándome la voz


16 febrero 2012

Adrianne - As I Am

Poco sabía (bueno, nada) de la norteamericana Adrianne hasta hace un par de días hasta que mi querida Vero me la presentó. Nacida en Miami pero con residencia en Los Ángeles no es corta la carrera de esta joven. En 2000 debutó con su disco For Adeline y desde entonces no ha parado parado mucho. Cuatro años más tarde (su único parón largo) sacaba 10.000 Stones, su disco más aclamado. Down to this fue su tercer album de estudio (2005) y Sweet Mistake su cuarto sacado sólo un año más tarde. También hay que destacar su EP de versiones titulado Boy Songs del 2007 y que parece que es imposible de encontrar...

Gran tema este As I Am de Down to this, ya sólo queda un día para el viernes! :)




15 febrero 2012

Julia Stone - Let's forget all the things that we say

Ayer se estrenaba lo nuevo de Julia Stone, un videoclip que sirve como adelanto para lo que será su cuarto disco en solitario tras la nueva pausa que anunciaron los hermanos hace un mes. By the horns saldrá a finales del mes de mayo pero a partir del 20 de febrero se pondrá a la venta (digital) un pack con cuatro de los temas que estarán incluidos.

Si hace un mes os presentaba Broken Brights el tema de Angus, hoy toca el de Julia, Let's forget all the things that we say, esta vez en forma de videoclip aunque la verdad sin ninguna historia. Ahora toca valorar qué trabajo tiene mejor pinta pero eso os lo dejo a vosotros :)





I am you,
You are ready
Like my heart
To be true.

I will stay
You have all
I smith hold you
In a way
Is nothing else to do.

Chorus:
The frost is slowly falling
And my heart it`s calling you
Ice is slowly melting away
Let`s forget all the thinghs that we say.

I am you,
You are ready
Like my heart
To be true.

All the feathers in your hair
We are young
But We are older
With the light we`ve became
In this room.


Chorus
Let`s forget all the things that we say.
please
I am safe, please
There`s nothing I`d rather do.
I`m certainly, I`m certainly
And there`s no one else but you.

Chorus

Let`s forget all the things that we say.


14 febrero 2012

Zaz - Je veux

Mucho he tardado en poner este tema de Zaz que en 2010 sacaba ZAZ su único disco hasta la fecha y que fue todo un fenómeno en Francia donde consiguió el disco de diamantes (400.000 copias) y en Bélgica donde fue número 1 durante varias semanas consecutivas .

Anda ahora por Japón de gira y de momento no hay album a la vista por lo que nos tendremos que conformar con seguir escuchando su debut y su primer single Je veux.

Feliz día!




Donnez moi une suite au Ritz, je n'en veux pas !

Des bijoux de chez CHANEL, je n'en veux pas !
Donnez moi une limousine, j'en ferais quoi ? papalapapapala
Offrez moi du personnel, j'en ferais quoi ?
Un manoir a Neufchatel, ce n'est pas pour moi.
Offrez moi la Tour Eiffel, j'en ferais quoi ? papalapapapala

Refrain:
Je Veux d'l'amour, d'la joie, de la bonne humeur, ce n'est pas votre argent qui f'ra mon bonheur, moi j'veux crever la main sur le coeur papalapapapala allons ensemble, découvrir ma liberté, oubliez donc tous vos clichés, bienvenue dans ma réalité.

J'en ai marre de vos bonnes manières, c'est trop pour moi !
Moi je mange avec les mains et j'suis comme ça !
J'parle fort et je suis franche, excusez moi !
Finie l'hypocrisie moi j'me casse de là !
J'en ai marre des langues de bois !
Regardez moi, toute manière j'vous en veux pas et j'suis comme çaaaaaaa (j'suis comme çaaa) papalapapapala

Refain x3:
Je Veux d'l'amour, d'la joie, de la bonne humeur, ce n'est pas votre argent qui f'ra mon bonheur, moi j'veux crever la main sur le coeur papalapapapala Allons ensemble découvrir ma liberté, oubliez donc tous vos clichés, bienvenue dans ma réalité !


08 febrero 2012

Grouplove - Tongue Tied

Me despido unos diítas con una buena canción de Grouplove, que el año pasado sacaban Never trust a happy song su primer y más que sobresaliente LP. No es el primer trabajo de los norteamericanos, en el 2010, un EP de titulo homónimo recogia seis temas algunos de los cuales se incluyen en el disco como Colours o Naked Kids.

No os quiero aburrir más, temazo el de hoy. Feliz semana!




Take me to your best friend's house
Goin' 'round this roundabout
Oh yeah
Take me to your best friend's house
I loved you then and I love you now
Oh yeah

Don't take me tongue tied
Don't wave no goodbye
Don't... break

Oh, take me to your best friend's house
Marmelade we're making out
Oh yeah
Take me to your best friend's house
I loved you then and I love you now

Don't take me tongue tied
Don't wave no goodbye
Don't... break

One, two, three, four
Don't leave me tongue tied
Let's stay up all night
I'll get real high
Slumber party; pillow fight
My eyes on your eyes
Like Peter Pan up in the sky
My best friend's house tonight
Let's bump the beat till beddy-bye

Don't take me tongue tied
Don't wave no goodbye
Don't take me tongue tied
Don't kiss me goodnight
Don't...

Take me to your best friend's house
Goin' 'round this roundabout
Oh yeah
Take me to your best friend's house
I loved you then and I love you now

Don't leave me tongue tied
Don't wave no goodbye
Don't leave me tongue tied
Don't...
[x2]


07 febrero 2012

Carla Bruni - Absolute Beginners

Aparte de ser primera dama de Francia y tener una bonita canción en nuestra querida (500) days of summer con Quelqu'un m'a dit, a Carla Bruni también se le dan muy bien las versiones y como muestra de ello este Absolute Beginners que dejo aqui, tema original de David Bowie grabado en 1985.

Esta versión corresponde al disco tributo We Were So Turned On: A Tribute to David Bowie grabado hace un par de años y donde tambien participan grupos como Vivian Girls o a la israelí Keren Ann.






Ive nothing much to offer
There's nothing much to take
Im an absolute beginner
And Im absolutely sane
As long as were together
The rest can go to hell
I absolutely love you
But were absolute beginners
With eyes completely open
But nervous all the same

If our love song
Could fly over mountains
Could laugh at the ocean/sail over heartaches second time
Just like the films
There's no reason
To feel all the hard times
To lay down the hard lines
Its absolutely true

Nothing much could happen
Nothing we can't shake
Oh were absolute beginners
With nothing much at stake
As long as you're still smiling
There's nothing more I need
I absolutely love you
But were absolute beginners
But if my love is your love
Were certain to succeed

If our love song
Could fly over mountains
Could laugh at the ocean/sail over heartaches second time
Just like the films
There's no reason
To feel all the hard times
To lay down the hard lines
Its absolutely true


06 febrero 2012

Ane Brun - Song No. 6

Ane Brun es el nombre artístico de Ane Brunvoll cantante noruega que nación hace 36 años Molde. En esto de la música lleva ya un tiempo, desde 2003 año en el que estrenó Spending time with Morgan. Aunque su disco más importante fue su segundo A temporaly dive del 2005, que le valió el premio a la mejor artista femenina en Noruega ese año y donde se encuentra este tema que canta junto a Ron Sexsmith.

Cabe destacar su siguiente album, del mismo año, titulado
Duets y como os podeis imaginar se trata de temas que canta junto a otros artistas noruegos.Tras este disco conjunto, llegarían 4 discos más, dos de ellos en directo, su último del 2008 Sketches.




It would be so easy
To sing a song about you
It would be so easy
To sing a sobby pink song about you

I would spend three or four lines
On describing your eyes
And then the next three or four lines
On the dimples of your smile
And then I would tell the world
About the way you hold my hand
And they would
They would understand

It is so easy
To sing this song about you
What you are is inside of me
Could easily be
Could easily be
Could be expressed through
This sobby pink song about you

I would spend three or four lines
On describing your eyes
And then the next three or four lines
On the dimples of your smile
And then I would tell the world
About the way you hold my hand
And they would
They would understand
And they would understand
And they would understand
And they would understand

I would spend three or four lines
On describing your eyes
And then the next three or four lines
On the dimples of your smile
And then I would tell the world
Tell the world
About the way you hold my hand
And they would
They would understand


05 febrero 2012

Ellen and the Escapades - Coming back home

Me encanta este EP de Ellen and the Escapades, igual soy pesado pero es que mola mucho y a ver si graban nuevas canciones o un disco o algo. Y este tema, muy tranquilito para una mañana de resaca es perfecto. Hace como un mes ya puse Preying on your mind, tema con el que abren su único EP hasta la fecha Of all the times y hoy os dejo con Coming back home, canción que cierra un trabajo que sabe a poco.

Seguirán girando por Inglaterra (ellos son de Leeds) hasta el 8 de Marzo asi que si estais por las islas no estaria mal echarles un ojo a uno de sus directos, además son baratillos.

Feliz domingo!





03 febrero 2012

Don Mclean - American Pie

Hoy se cumplen 52 años del día en que murió la música. El 3 de Febrero de 1959, morian en una accidente de avión Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, y J. P. "The Big Bopper" Richardson, tres de los pioneros en el Rock and roll americano.

Fue la primera gran tragedia que vivió el rock americano y quizás la más sonada, por ello,
Don Mclean, en cantante folk rock americano les dedicó en 1972 uno de los temas del siglo (y no exagero), American Pie es un tema de 8 minutos dedicados a estas tres leyendas o como dice la canción The Father, Son and the Holy Ghost.




A long, long time ago
I can still remember how that music used to make me smile
And I knew if I had my chance that I could make those people dance
And maybe they'd be happy for a while

But February made me shiver
With every paper I'd deliver
Bad news on the doorstep
I couldn't take one more step

I can't remember if I cried
When I read about his widowed bride
But something touched me deep inside
The day the music died

So bye-bye, Miss American Pie
Drove my Chevy to the levee, but the levee was dry
And them good old boys were drinkin' whiskey and rye
Singin' "This'll be the day that I die
This'll be the day that I die"

Did you write the book of love, and do you have faith in God above
If the Bible tells you so?
Now do you believe in rock and roll, can music save your mortal soul
And can you teach me how to dance real slow?

Well, I know that you're in love with him
'Cause I saw you dancin' in the gym
You both kicked off your shoes
Man, I dig those rhythm and blues

I was a lonely teenage broncin' buck
With a pink carnation and a pickup truck
But I knew I was out of luck
The day the music died

I started singin' bye-bye, Miss American Pie
Drove my Chevy to the levee, but the levee was dry
Them good old boys were drinkin' whiskey and rye
And singin' "This'll be the day that I die
This'll be the day that I die"

Now for ten years we've been on our own, and moss grows fat on a rollin' stone
But that's not how it used to be
When the jester sang for the king and queen in a coat he borrowed from James Dean
And a voice that came from you and me

Oh, and while the king was looking down
The jester stole his thorny crown
The courtroom was adjourned
No verdict was returned

And while Lenin read a book on Marx
A quartet practiced in the park
And we sang dirges in the dark
The day the music died

We were singin' bye-bye, Miss American Pie
Drove my Chevy to the levee, but the levee was dry
Them good old boys were drinkin' whiskey and rye
Singin' "This'll be the day that I die
This'll be the day that I die"

Helter skelter in a summer swelter, the birds flew off with a fallout shelter
Eight miles high and falling fast
It landed foul on the grass, the players tried for a forward pass
With the jester on the sidelines in a cast

Now the halftime air was sweet perfume
While the sergeants played a marching tune
We all got up to dance
Oh, but we never got the chance

'Cause the players tried to take the field
The marching band refused to yield
Do you recall what was revealed
The day the music died?

We started singin' bye-bye, Miss American Pie
Drove my Chevy to the levee, but the levee was dry
Them good old boys were drinkin' whiskey and rye
And singin' "This'll be the day that I die
This'll be the day that I die"

Oh, and there we were all in one place, a generation lost in space
With no time left to start again
So come on, Jack be nimble, Jack be quick, Jack Flash sat on a candlestick
'Cause fire is the devil's only friend

Oh, and as I watched him on the stage
My hands were clenched in fists of rage
No angel born in Hell
Could break that Satan's spell

And as the flames climbed high into the night
To light the sacrificial rite
I saw Satan laughing with delight
The day the music died

I started singin' it
singin' bye-bye, Miss American Pie
Drove my Chevy to the levee, but the levee was dry
Them good old boys were drinkin' whiskey and rye
And singin' "This'll be the day that I die
This'll be the day that I die"

I met a girl who sang the blues, and I asked her for some happy news
But she just smiled and turned away
I went down to the sacred store where I'd heard the music years before
But the man there said the music wouldn't play

And in the streets, the children screamed
The lovers cried, and the poets dreamed
But not a word was spoken
The church bells all were broken

And the three men I admire most
The Father, Son, and the Holy Ghost
They caught the last train for the coast
The day the music died

And they were singin' bye-bye, Miss American Pie
Drove my Chevy to the levee, but the levee was dry
And them good old boys were drinkin' whiskey and rye
Singin' "This'll be the day that I die
This'll be the day that I die"

They were singin' bye-bye, Miss American Pie
Drove my Chevy to the levee, but the levee was dry
Them good old boys were drinkin' whiskey and rye
And singin' "This'll be the day that I die"




A long, long time ago
I can still remember how that music used to make me smile
And I knew if I had my chance that I could make those people dance
And maybe they'd be happy for a while

But February made me shiver
With every paper I'd deliver
Bad news on the doorstep
I couldn't take one more step

I can't remember if I cried
When I read about his widowed bride
But something touched me deep inside
The day the music died

So bye-bye, Miss American Pie
Drove my Chevy to the levee, but the levee was dry
And them good old boys were drinkin' whiskey and rye
Singin' "This'll be the day that I die
This'll be the day that I die"

Did you write the book of love, and do you have faith in God above
If the Bible tells you so?
Now do you believe in rock and roll, can music save your mortal soul
And can you teach me how to dance real slow?

Well, I know that you're in love with him
'Cause I saw you dancin' in the gym
You both kicked off your shoes
Man, I dig those rhythm and blues

I was a lonely teenage broncin' buck
With a pink carnation and a pickup truck
But I knew I was out of luck
The day the music died

I started singin' bye-bye, Miss American Pie
Drove my Chevy to the levee, but the levee was dry
Them good old boys were drinkin' whiskey and rye
And singin' "This'll be the day that I die
This'll be the day that I die"

Now for ten years we've been on our own, and moss grows fat on a rollin' stone
But that's not how it used to be
When the jester sang for the king and queen in a coat he borrowed from James Dean
And a voice that came from you and me

Oh, and while the king was looking down
The jester stole his thorny crown
The courtroom was adjourned
No verdict was returned

And while Lenin read a book on Marx
A quartet practiced in the park
And we sang dirges in the dark
The day the music died

We were singin' bye-bye, Miss American Pie
Drove my Chevy to the levee, but the levee was dry
Them good old boys were drinkin' whiskey and rye
Singin' "This'll be the day that I die
This'll be the day that I die"

Helter skelter in a summer swelter, the birds flew off with a fallout shelter
Eight miles high and falling fast
It landed foul on the grass, the players tried for a forward pass
With the jester on the sidelines in a cast

Now the halftime air was sweet perfume
While the sergeants played a marching tune
We all got up to dance
Oh, but we never got the chance

'Cause the players tried to take the field
The marching band refused to yield
Do you recall what was revealed
The day the music died?

We started singin' bye-bye, Miss American Pie
Drove my Chevy to the levee, but the levee was dry
Them good old boys were drinkin' whiskey and rye
And singin' "This'll be the day that I die
This'll be the day that I die"

Oh, and there we were all in one place, a generation lost in space
With no time left to start again
So come on, Jack be nimble, Jack be quick, Jack Flash sat on a candlestick
'Cause fire is the devil's only friend

Oh, and as I watched him on the stage
My hands were clenched in fists of rage
No angel born in Hell
Could break that Satan's spell

And as the flames climbed high into the night
To light the sacrificial rite
I saw Satan laughing with delight
The day the music died

I started singin' it
singin' bye-bye, Miss American Pie
Drove my Chevy to the levee, but the levee was dry
Them good old boys were drinkin' whiskey and rye
And singin' "This'll be the day that I die
This'll be the day that I die"

I met a girl who sang the blues, and I asked her for some happy news
But she just smiled and turned away
I went down to the sacred store where I'd heard the music years before
But the man there said the music wouldn't play

And in the streets, the children screamed
The lovers cried, and the poets dreamed
But not a word was spoken
The church bells all were broken

And the three men I admire most
The Father, Son, and the Holy Ghost
They caught the last train for the coast
The day the music died

And they were singin' bye-bye, Miss American Pie
Drove my Chevy to the levee, but the levee was dry
And them good old boys were drinkin' whiskey and rye
Singin' "This'll be the day that I die
This'll be the day that I die"

They were singin' bye-bye, Miss American Pie
Drove my Chevy to the levee, but the levee was dry
Them good old boys were drinkin' whiskey and rye
And singin' "This'll be the day that I die"