Em tempo de balanços, resolvi fazer a estatística das mais tocadas no meu iPod (e iTunes) durante o ano que passou. Não por nenhuma ordem em concreto.

Tal como aqui no estaminé, o David Fonseca foi uma presença constante com o Dreams in Colour, mas há por aqui algumas revelações neste ano que passou, como a Brandi, a Colbie, a Márcia, o regresso (e o concerto) do Bruce e a nostalgia dos seus amigos Jonh Frank e Bono... 

Dreams In Colour	David Fonseca
This Wind, Temptation	David Fonseca
4th chance	David Fonseca
Silent Void	David Fonseca
I See The World Through You	David Fonseca
The Little Things	Colbie Caillat
Realize	Colbie Caillat
Por una Cabeza	Carlos Gardel
Radio Nowhere	Bruce Springsteen
The Story	Brandi Carlile
I'll Be There For You	Bon Jovi
Lifeline	Ben Harper
No One	Alicia Keys
All I Want Is You	U2
A Pele que há em mim	Márcia
Mantém-Te Firme	Mariza & Boss AC
Bleeding Love	Leona Lewis
I'm Yours	Jason Mraz
Viva la Vida	Coldplay
The Walk	Hanson

Os meus gostos musicais NUNCA foram unanimes ou consensuais levando, até, de vez em quando, a dissertações dos meus amigos. Ainda assim aqui vai a listinha...

Veio pelo correio, mas ainda a tempo... em HD!

Provavelmente a música que mais vezes postei neste espaço mas é a minha preferida e, de quando em vez, sabe-me tão bem tropeçar nela...

''The screen door slams
Mary' dress waves
Like a vision she dances across the porch
As the radio plays
Roy Orbison singing for the lonely
Hey that's me and I want you only
Don't turn me home again
I just can't face myself alone again
Don't run back inside
Darling you know just what I'm here for
So you're scared and you're thinking
That maybe we ain't that young anymore
Show a little faith there's magic in the night
You ain't a beauty but hey you're alright
Oh and that's alright with me

You can hide 'neath your covers
And study your pain
Make crosses from your lovers
Throw roses in the rain
Waste your summer praying in vain
For a saviour to rise from these streets
Well now I'm no hero
That's understood
All the redemption I can offer girl
Is beneath this dirty hood
With a chance to make it good somehow
Hey what else can we do now ?
Except roll down the window
And let the wind blow
Back your hair
Well the night's busting open
These two lanes will take us anywhere
We got one last chance to make it real
To trade in these wings on some wheels
Climb in back
Heaven's waiting on down the tracks
Oh-oh come take my hand
We're riding out tonight to case the promised land
Oh-oh Thunder Road oh Thunder Road
Lying out there like a killer in the sun
Hey I know it's late we can make it if we run
Oh Thunder Road sit tight take hold
Thunder Road

Well I got this guitar
And I learned how to make it talk
And my car's out back
If you're ready to take that long walk
From your front porch to my front seat
The door's open but the ride it ain't free
And I know you're lonely
For words that I ain't spoken
But tonight we'll be free
All the promises'll be broken
There were ghosts in the eyes
Of all the boys you sent away
They haunt this dusty beach road
In the skeleton frames of burned out Chevrolets
They scream your name at night in the street
Your graduation gown lies in rags at their feet
And in the lonely cool before dawn
You hear their engines roaring on
But when you get to the porch they're gone
On the wind so Mary climb in
It's town full of losers
And I'm pulling out of here to win''

Working on a Dream, é o Natal que se aproxima e eu já o sinto... O lançamento será só em Janeiro, mas já por aí anda, a partir de hoje, via itunes store. Por aqui fica o primeiro lançamento: My Lucky Day é o primeiro single do album que sai a 27 de Janeiro 

''Bruce Springsteen said, "Towards the end of recording 'Magic,' excited by the return to pop production sounds, I continued writing. When my friend producer Brendan O'Brien heard the new songs, he said, 'Let's keep going.' Over the course of the next year, that's just what we did, recording with the E Street Band during the breaks on last year's tour. I hope 'Working on a Dream' has caught the energy of the band fresh off the road from some of the most exciting shows we've ever done. All the songs were written quickly, we usually used one of our first few takes, and we all had a blast making this one from beginning to end." de brucespringsteen.net

São 59 anos muito bem vividos, muito bem passados e com muito partilhado...

Grab your ticket and your suitcase
Thunder's rolling down the tracks
You don't know where you're goin'
But you know you won't be back
Darlin' if you're weary
Lay your head upon my chest
We'll take what we can carry
And we'll leave the rest

Big Wheels rolling through fields
Where sunlight streams
Meet me in a land of hope and dreams

I will provide for you
And I'll stand by your side
You'll need a good companion for
This part of the ride
Leave behind your sorrows
Let this day be the last
Tomorrow there'll be sunshine
And all this darkness past

Big wheels roll through fields
Where sunlight streams
Meet me in a land of hope and dreams

This train
Carries saints and sinners
This train
Carries losers and winners
This Train
Carries whores and gamblers
This Train
Carries lost souls
This Train
Dreams will not be thwarted
This Train
Faith will be rewarded
This Train
Hear the steel wheels singin'
This Train
Bells of freedom ringin'
This Train
Carries broken-hearted
This Train
Thieves and sweet souls departed
This Train
Carries fools and kings
This Train
All aboard

This Train
Dreams will not be thwarted
This Train
Faith will be rewarded
This Train
Hear the steel wheels singin'
This Train
Bells of freedom ringin'


Copyright © Bruce Springsteen (ASCAP)

American Land,Barcelona , 19-7. from Willem on Vimeo.

Por indicação do Pai :D

We sit in the car outside your house, whoah
I can feel the heat coming ’round
I go to put my arm around you
And you give me a look like I’m way out of bounds
Well you let out one of your bored sighs
Well lately when I look into your eyes
I’m goin’ down...

We get dressed up and we go out, baby, for the night
We come home early burning, burning in some fire fight
I’m sick and tired of you setting me up, yeah
Setting me up just to knock-a knock-a knock-a me down
I’m goin’ down...

I pull you close to me baby, but when we kiss I can feel a doubt
I remember back when we started
My kisses used to turn you inside out
I used to drive you to work in the morning
Friday night I’d drive you all around
You used to love to drive me wild, yeah
But lately girl you get your kicks from just dragging me down

I'm goin' down down down down
I'm goin' down down down down

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É do Album Born in USA de 1984 e acompanhou grande parte da minha infância. Está música, bem todo o album Nebraska, fazem parte de um imaginário: Quinta da Balaia...

há qualquer coisa neste som, nesta versão (e esta é a versão do album) que me leva de novo à relva da Balaia, ao gelado em Albufeira, às nódoas no polo azul... 

Sim, ainda estou com a 'ficha' posta :D

It's rainin' but there ain't a cloud in the sky
Musta been a tear from your eye
Everything'll be okay
Funny thought I felt a sweet summer breeze
Musta been you sighin' so deep
Don't worry we're gonna find a way

I'm waitin', waitin' on a sunny day
Gonna chase the clouds away
Waitin' on a sunny day

Without you I'm workin' with the rain fallin' down
Half a party in a one dog town
I need you to chase the blues away
Without you I'm a drummer girl that can't keep a beat
And ice cream truck on a deserted street
I hope that you're coming to stay

I'm waitin', waitin' on a sunny day
Gonna chase the clouds away
Waitin' on a sunny day

Hard times baby, well they come to tell us all
Sure as the tickin' of the clock on the wall
Sure as the turnin' of the night into day
Your smile girl, brings the mornin' light to my eyes
Lifts away the blues when I rise
I hope that you're coming to stay

O Alinhamento: 

No Surrender
Radio Nowhere
Out In The Street
The Promised Land
Hungry Heart
Summertime Blues
Brilliant Disguise
The River
Atlantic City
Candy's Room
Janey Don't You Lose Heart
Waitin' On A Sunny Day
Backstreets
Because The Night
Livin' In The Future
Mary's Place
Tunnel Of Love
The Rising
Last To Die
Long Walk Home
Badlands
-
Jungleland
Born To Run
Bobby Jean
Glory Days
Dancing In The Dark
American Land
Twist And Shout

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Qualquer que fosse o resto do alinhamento, quando se começa com o No Surrender, o resto podia vir o que fosse, eu já estava mesmo rendido.

Fora os percalços iniciais, tudo o resto se endireitou e acabou por ser - de muito longe - 'O' Concerto!

Ainda a 'esmoer' o dito, ficam alguns momentos... 

E passados 9 meses, eis que chega o dia mais esperado por mim nos últimos (largos) tempos.

Chegámos a uma Barcelona cheia de calor e Verão e com uma humidade que mais parece termos chegado a uma cidade da América Latina.

O nosso jantar fez-se de tapas e dois copos de vinho tinto... sim sr!

Mais logo, por volta das 19h estaremos a entrar em Camp Nou e... agora sim... já me ''caiu a ficha''

Vou tentar levar a maquininha para tirar umas 'lingrafias - apesar de o bilhete dizer ''Queda terminantemente prohibido el accesso al recinto de câmaras de video, câmaras fotograficas, aparatos de graación y punteros laser''... mas eu não percebo um 'charuto' de espanhol... alguém que me traduza a tempo do concerto, não vá eu levar a maquina por engano...

Tropecei nisto hoje... e... Sábado pareceu-me, então, ficar tão longe.. ainda tão longe.

Se já não era novidade a minha recente fixação no David Fonseca, então quando se põe a cantar Bruce Springsteen - e logo esta...

Então... não consigo sequer dizer mais nada...

I had a job, I had a girl
I had something going mister in this world
I got laid off down at the lumber yard
Our love went bad, times got hard
Now I work down at the carwash
Where all it ever does is rain
Dont you feel like youre a rider on a downbound train

She just said joe I gotta go
We had it once we aint got it any more
She packed her bags left me behind
She bought a ticket on the central line
Nights as I sleep, I hear that whistle whining
I feel her kiss in the misty rain
And I feel like Im a rider on a downbound train

Last night I heard your voice
You were crying, crying, you were so alone
You said your love had never died
You were waiting for me at home
Put on my jacket, I ran through the woods
I ran till I thought my chest would explode
There in the clearing, beyond the highway
In the moonlight, our wedding house shone
I rushed through the yard, I burst through the front door
My head pounding hard, up the stairs I climbed
The room was dark, our bed was empty
Then I heard that long whistle whine
And I dropped to my knees, hung my head and cried

Now I swing a sledge hammer on a railroad gang
Knocking down them cross ties, working in the rain
Now dont it feel like youre a rider on a downbound train

Espreitem... AQUI

e Aqui

e Aqui

no concerto em Hamilton.

(Foto da Actuação de Bruce Springsteen na 50ª edição dos Grammy's)

Bruce Springsteen ganhou 3 grammy's naquela que foi a 50ª edição, no Staples Center em LA. Estava nomeado apra 4 prémios, ganhou 3.
uma delas, Melhor Actuação Instrumental de Rock: "Once Upon a Time in The West" do albúm de tributo "We All Love Ennio Morriconi".


Engraçado uma versão desta música em 2003 me ter feito estremecer nessa inauguração do Estádio José Alvalade XXI - Amor a Portugal pela Dulce Pontes - e hoje.. tropeçar nela...

... e o efeito ser tão parecido...

The screen door slams, Mary's dress sways
Like a vision she dances across the porch. As the radio plays
Roy Orbison singing for the lonely
Hey that's me and I want you only
Don't turn me home again, I just can't face myself alone again
Don't run back inside, darling you know just what I'm here for
So you're scared and you're thinking
That maybe we ain't that young anymore
Show a little faith, there's magic in the night
You ain't a beauty, but hey you're alright
Oh and that's alright with me
You can hide `neath your covers and study your pain
Make crosses from your lovers, throw roses in the rain
Waste your summer praying in vain
For a saviour to rise from these streets
Well now I'm no hero, that's understood
All the redemption I can offer, girl, is beneath this dirty hood
With a chance to make it good somehow
Hey what else can we do now?
Except roll down the window and let the wind blow back your hair
Well the night's busting open
This two lanes will take us anywhere
We got one last chance to make it real
To trade in these wings on some wheels
Climb in back, Heaven's waiting on down the tracks

Oh-oh come take my hand
We're riding out tonight to case the promised land
Oh-oh Thunder Road, oh Thunder Road, oh Thunder Road,
Lying out there like a killer in the sun
Hey I know it's late we can make it if we run
Oh Thunder Road, sit tight take hold, Thunder Road

Well I got this guitar and I learned how to make it talk
And my car's out back if you're ready to take that long walk
From your front porch to my front seat
The door's open but the ride it ain't free
And I know you're lonely and there's words that I ain't spoken
But tonight we'll be free, all the promises'll be broken
There were ghosts in the eyes of all the boys you sent away
They haunt this dusty beach road
In the skeleton frames of burned out Chevrolets
They scream your name at night in the street
Your graduation gown lies in rags at their feet
And in the lonely cool before dawn
you hear their engines roaring on
But when you get to the porch they're gone
On the wind, so Mary climb in
It's a town full of losers and I'm pulling out of here to win.

é tê-lo, literalmente, na mão... 

e faltam ainda 7 meses... e vou contá-los, aos dias, uma por um... 

este, é um dia que... enfim... 

devo agradecer aos srs da TickTackTicket.com o prazer... ;)

Tribuna 2ª Graderia 

Row 25, Seat 11

Nunca Barcelona me pareceu ali tão perto... Desde 1991, num certo dia em que saí do estádio José de Alvalade sem qualquer restia de voz na garganta que esperava por este dia... 

sem entrar em detalhes, ele está a caminho... e dar-me à acesso a, no dia 19 de Julho de 2008, estar debaixo do mesmo 'tecto' que o maior de todos, o mestre de todos os mestres... 

e onde vou esperar ouvir, juntamente com outros 71999... assim... 

e estarei pela primeira vez em Camp Nou!!!