Celebrando los 30 años de Saturday Night Fever

Wow ya han pasado 30 años de Saturday Night Fever, la película que marcó mi generación.

Recuerdo que en las fiestas los jóvenes vestían sus ternos blancos y bailaban como John Travolta mientras que otros se la pasaban cantando las canciones de los Bee Gees.

De esa época les dejo la canción Stayin' Alive, con el video, la letra y los acordes de guitarra.

  STAYIN' ALIVE

Fm7                          Fm7
         Well, you can tell    by the way I use my walk,
                   Eb              Fm
         I'm a wom   an's man, no time to talk.
         Fm7
         Music loud and women warm,
                    Eb
         I've been kicked around
                 Fm
         since I   was born.

        
                      Bb7
         And now it's all right, it's OK.

         And you may look the other way.

         We can try to understand

         the New York Times' effect on man.

        

          Fm7
         Whether you're a brother or whether you're a mother,

         you're stayin' alive, stayin' alive.

         Feel the city breaking and everybody shaking,

         and we're stayin' alive, stayin' alive.

         Ah, ah, ah, ah, stayin' alive, stayin' alive.
                          Fm
         Ah, ah, ah, ah, stayin' alive.


        Eb/F         Fm            Cm7

        

Fm7                   Fm7
         Well now, I    get low and I get high,
                  Eb                     Fm
         and if I    can't get either, I really try.
                 Fm7
         Got the wings of heaven on my shoes.
                Eb                Fm
         I'm a dancing man and I just can't lose.
                       Bb7
         You know it's all right, it's OK.

         I'll live to see another day.

         We can try to understand

         the New York Times' effect on man.

        

          Fm7
         Whether you're a brother or whether you're a mother,

         you're stayin' alive, stayin' alive.

         Feel the city breaking and everybody shaking,

         and we're stayin' alive, stayin' alive.

         Ah, ah, ah, ah, stayin' alive, stayin' alive.
                          Fm
         Ah, ah, ah, ah, stayin' alive. Aah.


        Eb/F         Fm            Cm7
       


     Bb7
         Life going nowhere.

         Somebody help me,
                               Fm7
         somebody help me, yeah.
     Bb7
         Life going nowhere.

         Somebody help me, yeah.
                          Fm7
         I'm stayin' alive.
        


Fm7                          Fm7
         Well, you can tell    by the way I use my walk,
                   Eb              Fm
         I'm a wom   an's man, no time to talk.
         Fm7
         Music loud and women warm,
                    Eb
         I've been kicked around
                 Fm
         since I   was born.
        


                      Bb7
         And now it's all right, it's OK.

         And you may look the other way.

         We can try to understand

         the New York Times' effect on man.
        


          Fm7
         Whether you're a brother or whether you're a mother,

         you're stayin' alive, stayin' alive.

         Feel the city breaking and everybody shaking,

         and we're stayin' alive, stayin' alive.

         Ah, ah, ah, ah, stayin' alive, stayin' alive.
                          Fm
         Ah, ah, ah, ah, stayin' alive. Aah.
        


     Bb7
         Life going nowhere.

         Somebody help me,
                               Fm7
         somebody help me, yeah.
     Bb7
         Life going nowhere.

         Somebody help me, yeah.
                          Fm7
         I'm stayin' alive.
        


     Bb7
         Life going nowhere.

         Somebody help me,
                               Fm7
         somebody help me, yeah.
     Bb7
         Life going nowhere.

         Somebody help me, yeah.
                          Fm7
         I'm stayin' alive. 

The Beatles - And I Love Her (Video, Lyrics and Chords)

Para muchísima gente The Beatles fue el grupo más importante de todos los tiempo; su influencia aún perdura el día de hoy.

Escuchemos una de sus más bellas baladas "And I love her".

  Em         Bm
  I give her all my love
  Em           Bm
  That's all I do
  Em         Bm
  And if you saw my love
  G              A
  You'd love her too
    D
  I love her

  Em           Bm
  She gives me everything
  Em        Bm
  And tenderly
  Em          Bm
  The kiss my lover brings
  G             A
  She brings to me
        D
  And I love her

  Bm          D     Bm          A
  A love like ours, could never die
  Bm         A                 A+D
  As long as I have you near me

  Em             Bm
  Bright are the stars that shine
  Em          Bm
  Dark is the sky
  Em          Bm
  I know this love of mine
  G          A
  Will never die
        D
  And I love her.

Barbra Streisand - Evergreen (Video, Lyrics, Chords)

Eran los años setenta cuando apareció esta extraordinaria película "Nace una estrella" (A Star is Born), protagonizada por Barbra Streisan y Kris Krisstoferson; las actuaciones y la música me impactaron tanto que vi la película tres días seguidos.

Ahí llegaron varias canciones increíbles, pero la mejor de todas Evergreen, cantada por Barbra Streisand y haciendo dúo con Kris Krisstoferson.

EVERGREEN

A9                 Bm7/A
Love soft as an easy chair
Bm7/5-/A               A9          E/G#
Love fresh as the morning air
F#m                 C#m7
One love that is shared by two
Bm7               G    E7/4   E7
I have found with you
A9             D/E         Bm7
Like a rose under the april snow
D/E            A9               E/G#
I was always certain love would grow
F#m                 C#m7
Love ageless and evergreen
D7+               C7+   G/A   A7
Seldom seen by two
D7+     D6          C#m7
You and I will make each night a first
D7+        E/D    C#m7     G/A   A7
Everyday   a beginning
D7+        G#7/4 G#7          C#m7         C7+
Spirits rise     and their dance is unrehearsed
A/B                B7
They warm and excite us
D/E                   E7/9      A9
'Cause we have the brightest love
        Bm7/A
Two light that shine as one
Bm7        D/E           A9            E/G#
Morning glory and the midnight sun
F#m                      C#m7
Time we've learned to sail above
G/A  A7                 D7+       Dm7+    A9
Time   won't change the meaning of    one love
 B/A   Bb/A   A9     Bb/A   B/A   C/A   B/A   Bb/A   A9
Ageless ever, ever...green

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Bruce Springsteen - Dancing in the Dark (Video, Lyrics, Chords)

Corria el año 1984 cuando estaba de moda esta canción cuando de pronto corrió un rumor en la universidad.

¡Bruce Springsteen a muerto!

Veía a todos lo alumnos con cara triste y meláncolica, tratando de saber como había sido.

Uno dijo en la mañana escuchamos que "El Jefe" había muerto a la salida de un concierto en un accidente.

Más tarde nos enteramos que no había sido Bruce el que había muerto sino unos jóvenes que habían asistido a su concierto.

Recordando ese triste acontecimiento les dejo la canción "Dancing in the dark".

DANCING IN THE DARK
                  
G               Em            G         Em         G
I get up in the evening and I ain't got nothing to say
                Em       G           Em               C
I come home in the morning  I go to bed feeling the same way
                 Am     C                Am                   G
I ain't nothing but tired      Man I'm just tired and bored with myself
       Em   G         Em                 D
Hey there baby    I could use just a little help

(chorus):
D                                                        C
You can't start a fire, you can't start a fire without a spark
            Am  C                   Am             G
This gun's for hire  even if we're just dancing in the dark

Messages keep getting clearer, radio's on and I'm moving round the place
I check my look in the mirror I wanna change my clothes, my hair, my face
Man I ain't getting nowhere, I'm just living in a dump like this
There's something happening somewhere baby I just know there is

(repeat chorus)

Em                         G
 You sit around getting older
C                            D              Em
 There's a joke here somewhere and it's on me
                              G
 I'll shake the world off my shoulders
C                     D
 Come on baby the laugh's on me

Stay on the streets of this town and they'll be carving you up all right
They say you gotta stay hungry - hey baby I'm just about starving tonight
I'm dying for some action, I'm sick of sitting 'round here trying to
write this book
I need a love reaction.  Come on now baby gimme just one look

D                                                         C
You can't start a fire sitting round crying over a broken heart
            Am    C                   Am               D
This gun's for hire   even if we're just dancing in the   dark
                                                              C
You can't start a fire worrying about your little world falling apart
            Am   C                     Am            G
This gun's for hire   even if we're just dancing in the dark
G
Even if we're just dancing in the dark
Even if we're just dancing in the dark
Even if we're just dancing in the dark
Even if we're just dancing in the dark

Guns N' Roses - Sweet Child o' Mine (Video, Lyrics, Chords)

Eran fines de los 80's cuando apareció esta banda de Rock, que nos trajo canciones clásicas como esta:

SWEET CHILD O' MINE
GUNS N' ROSES
APPETITE FOR DESTRUCTION

D
SHE'S GOT A SMILE AND IT SEEMS TO ME
Cadd9
REMINDS ME OF CHILDHOOD MEMORIES
G                                             D
WHEN EVERYTHING WAS AS FRESH AS A BRIGHT BLUE SKY
D
NOW AND THEN WHEN I SEE HER FACE
Cadd9
SHE TAKES ME AWAY TO THAT SPECIAL PLACE
G                                                     D
AND IF I STEARED TOO LONG I'D PROBABLY BREAK DOWN AND CRY

A       C                     D
WHOA,  WHOA - SWEET CHILD OF MINE
A        C                   D
OH, OH , OH - SWEET LOVE OF MINE

D      Cadd9      G      D

D
SHE'S GOT EYES OF THE BLUEST SKIES
Cadd9
AS IF THEY THOUGHT OF RAIN
G
I HATE TO LOOK INTO HOSE EYES
D
AND SEE AN OUNCE OF PAIN
D
HER HAIR REMINDS ME OF A WARM SAFE PLACE
Cadd9
WHERE AS A CHILD I'D HIDE
G
AND PRAY FOR THER THUNDER AND THE RAIN
D
TO QUIETLY PASS ME BY

A      C                     D
WHOA, WHOA - SWEET CHILD OF MINE
A       C                   D
OH, OH, OH - SWEET LOVE OF MINE

D       Cadd9      G      D      C      G      D

A             C                    D
WHOA, OH, OH, OH - SWEET CHILD OF MINE
   A            C                   D
OOH, WHOA OH, OH, OH - SWEET LOVE OF MINE
A             C                    D
WHOA, OH, OH, OH - SWEET CHILD OF MINE
             A                    D
OOH, YEAH-HEH, OOH - SWEET LOVE OF MINE


GUITAR SOLOS:
(  Em   C   B7   Am   Em   C   B7   Am ) x2
(  Em   G   A   C  D  Em   G   A   C  D ) x2

Em              G
WHERE DO WE GO? WHERE DO WE GO NOW?
C               C D   Em
WHERE DO WE GO? OOH, WHERE DO WE GO?
G     A       
OOH, WHERE DO WE GO NOW?
Em
WHERE DO WE GO?
G     A                   C  D
OOH, WHERE DO WE GO NOW?
Em       G        A
AY, AY, AY, AY - WHERE DO WE GO NOW?......etc

Toto - Hold The Line (Video, Letra y Acordes de Guitarra)

Veamos esta interpretación en vivo de uno de los más grandes éxitos del grupo Toto



HOLD THE LINE  (Toto)

Am7             Bm7          Em7      Bm7 Bbm7
It's not in the way that you hold me,
Am7             Bm7             Em7   Bm7 Bbm7
it's not in the way you say you care
Am7             Bm7             Cmaj7       D7      Bm7 Bbm7
It's not in the way you've been treating my friends
Am7             Bm7             Cmaj7        D7     Bm7 Bbm7
It's not in the way that you stayed till the end
Am7             Bm7                 Cmaj7                           D7
It's not in the way you look or the things that you say that you'll do

Chorus (2x):

        Em    G/H  C6/g  D
Hold the line,            
          Dsus D    Em   G/H  C6/g  D  Dsus  D
love isn't always on time,             oh oh oh

It's not in the words that you told me, girl
It's not in the way you say you're mine, ooh
It's not in the way that you came back to me
It's not in the way that your love set me free
It's not in the way you look or the things that you say that you'll do

Chorus

It's not in the words that you told me
It's not in the way you say you're mine, ooh
It's not in the way that you came back to me
It's not in the way that your love set me free
It's not in the way you look or the things that you say that you'll do

Chorus - love isn't always on time

Hold the line, love isn't always on time -
love isn't always, love isn't always on time
Hold the line, love isn't always on time, love isn't always on time
Love isn't always on time, love isn't always on time, oh oh oh

Andy Gibb - I Just Wanna be Your Everything (Video, Letra y Acordes de Guitarra)

Recordemos a Andy Gibb, un exitoso y trágico cantante, que murió a los 30 años solitarioo y abandonado de una sobredosis de drogas.

Su canción "I Just Wanna be Your Everything" fue la mejor de 1978.

I JUST WANNA BE YOUR EVERYTHING

Intro: A9/D - A7/9  A9/D - A7/9 A9/D - A7/9  A9/D - A7/9
  Bm
For so long
             A
You and me been finding each other for so long
  F#m          D7+
And the feeling that I feel for you is more then strong, girl
     Bm7
Take it from me
                 E
If you give a little more then you're asking for Your love will turn the key
Bm
Darling mine
          A
I would wait forever for those lips of wine
F#m
Build my world around you, darling
D7+
This love will shine girl
     Bm7
Watch it and see
Bm7            E
If you give a little more then you're asking for Your love will turn the key
D7+
Ah... I
        E           C#m7
I just want to be your everything
F#7                         Bm
Open up the heaven in your heart and let me be
E7            A  A7/9  
The things you are to me and not some puppet on a string
D7+
Ah... I
   E                      C#m7
if I stay here without you, darling, I will die
F#7                       Bm
I want you laying in the love I have to bring
E7          A      A9 Bm F# G A7/9
I'd do anything to be your everything
         Bm
Darling for so long
              A
You and me been finding each other for so long
  F#m         D7+
And the feeling that I feel for you is more then strong, girl
     Bm7
Take it from me
Bm7            E
If you give a little more then you're asking for Your love will turn the key
D7+
Ah... I
       E           C#m7
I just want to be your everything
F#7                        Bm
Open up the heaven in your heart and let me be
E7                  A    A7/9   ]
The things you are to me and not some puppet on a string
D7+
Ah... I
 E                         C#m7

if I stay here without you, darling, I will die
F#7                      Bm
I want you laying in the love I have to bring
E7          A A7/9                     
I'd do anything to be your everything

La Primera Canción de Rap la Canto...Blondie

Blondie fue un grupo emblemático de los 70's, se inició como un grupo Punk, protestando contra la "música comercial"y el sistema; pero a fines de los 70's y principios de los 80's era el grupo más comercial de todos, y se convirtió en lo que ellos habían atacado.

En 1981 hacen la primera canción de Rap que llega al #1 de las listas Rapture, lo que la convirtió en el primer gran éxito de la música Rap, el resto es historia.

Veamos el video y la letra de esta increíble canción.

RAPTURE

Toe to toe
Dancing very slow
Barely breathing
Almost comatose
Wall to wall
People hypnotised
And they're stepping lightly
Hang each night in Rapture

Back to back
Sacrailiac
Spineless movement
And a wild attack

Face to face
Sadly solitude
And it's finger popping
Twenty-four hour shopping in Rapture

Fab Five Freddie told me everybody's high
DJ's spinnin' are savin' my mind
Flash is fast, Flash is cool
Francois sez fas, Flashe' no do
And you don't stop, sure shot
Go out to the parking lot
And you get in your car and you drive real far
And you drive all night and then you see a light
And it comes right down and lands on the ground
And out comes a man from Mars
And you try to run but he's got a gun
And he shoots you dead and he eats your head
And then you're in the man from Mars
You go out at night, eatin' cars
You eat Cadillacs, Lincolns too
Mercurys and Subarus
And you don't stop, you keep on eatin' cars
Then, when there's no more cars
You go out at night and eat up bars where the people meet
Face to face, dance cheek to cheek
One to one, man to man
Dance toe to toe
Don't move too slow, 'cause the man from Mars
Is through with cars, he's eatin' bars
Yeah, wall to wall, door to door, hall to hall
He's gonna eat 'em all
Rapture, be pure
Take a tour, through the sewer
Don't strain your brain, paint a train
You'll be singin' in the rain
I said don't stop, do punk rock

Well now you see what you wanna be
Just have your party on TV
'Cause the man from Mars won't eat up bars when the TV's on
And now he's gone back up to space
Where he won't have a hassle with the human race
And you hip-hop, and you don't stop
Just blast off, sure shot
'Cause the man from Mars stopped eatin' cars and eatin' bars
And now he only eats guitars, get up!

The Commodores - Three Times a Lady (Video, Letra y Acordes de Guitarra)

Antes de cantar como solista Lionel Ritchie parteneció a un grupo espectacular llamado The Commodores.

Aquí esta una de sus mejores y más recordadas canciones: "Three Times a Lady."

Veamos como lucían cuando era la moda del african look.

A9              A/G               F#m    Dm6/F    
Thanks  for  the times  that  you've  given   me  / 
A9             A/G        F#m
The memories  are  all in my  mind 
Dm6/F   A9 
           and  now  that  we've 
A/G        F#m             Dm6/F   
come  to the end  of   our  rainbow 
 A9                A/G            F#m  Dm6/F 
there's something I  must  say  out  loud!           
 A       E/G#  Em/G               D/F#
You're  once,  twice,  three  times  a lady 
Bm       A         E   E/D             A      E/G# 
    And  I love  you   / Yes, you're  once , twice,          
Em/G                  D/F#  Bm          A    E    E/D  E/C# 
        three times  a lady     and  I love you!
E/B   A   A7+  D  Bm             A           A7+
I love  you            When  we  are together 
   D/A                     A       A7+ 
the moments  I cherish   with every beat of   my  
D/A       A               A7+
heart  to touch  you  to hold you 
D/A 
to feel  you  , to need  you     
         A             A7+     D/A  (A  A7+  D/A)
there's   nothing  to  keep  us  apart ! 
                             A      E/G#  
Hum, hum hum.....  /   You're  once  twice         
Em/G                   D/F#  Bm        A
      three  times   a lady    / and  I  love
E    E/D   E/C#           E/B    A 
you !                      I love  you.

Dan Fogelberg - The Leader of the Band (Video, Letra y Acordes de Guitarra)

Dan Fogelberg escribió esta canción para su padre que fue líder de una orquesta.

Su padre estaba enfermo en el hospital, y poco antes de morir le pudo cantar esta canción donde expresaba todo el amor y orgullo que tenía por él.

Esta canción se la dedico a mi Papá que hoy esta de cumpleaños.

LEADER OF THE BAND

.          Intro: G7 C Am Em D G (C/G) G (C/G) G (C/G) G
Verse:
G        (C/G)    G              Bm              C
An only child alone and wild, a cabinet maker's son
Am                        Em                    Am                 C    D
His hands were meant for different work and his heart was known to none.
G           (C/G)     G                Bm       C
He left his home and went his lone and solitary way
.      Am            Em     Am    D7            G   (C/G) G (C/G) G (C/G) G
And he gave to me a gift I know I never can repay
G      (C/G)   G         Bm             C
A quiet man of music, denied a simpler fate
Am                  Em                Am              C    D
He tried to be a soldier once but his music wouldn't wait
G      (C/G)    G                          Bm               C
He earned his love through discipline, a thund'ring velvet hand
.    Am              Em                      Am      D7      G
His gentle means of sculpting souls took me years to understand

Chorus:
.    C                  Bm                  C                 G
.    The leader of the band is tired and his eyes are growing old
.            Am                    Em                 Am            F    D
.    But his blood runs through my instrument and his song is in my soul
.    C                  Bm                  C                 G
.    My life has been a poor attempt    to  imitate   the    man
.      Am              Em           Am       C        G
.  I'm just a living  legacy to the lea--der of-- the band

.(C/G)  G  (C/G)  G  (C/G)  G

 G           (C/G)        G                 Bm             C
 My brothers' lives were different for they heard another call
 Am              Em        Am          C    D
 One went to Chicago, the other to St. Paul
 G          (C/G)  G          Bm             C
 And I'm in Colorado when I'm not in some hotel
 Am              Em               Am       D7      G   (C/G) G
 Living out this life I chose and come to know so well
 .        G7 C Am Em D7   G (C/G) G (C/G) G (C/G) G
 (no lyrics)
 G          (C/G)     G              Bm             C
 I thank you for the music and your stories of the road
 Am                    Em             Am             C    D
 I thank you for the freedom when it came my time to go
 G          (C/G)     G                Bm                 C
 I thank you for the kindness and the times when you got tough
 Am               Em               Am       D7      G
 And papa I don't think I said "I love you" near enough.
 .
 (Chorus followed by ending: )
 .               Am              Em           Am     C  D       G
 .             I am the living  legacy to the leader of    the band
 .                            (C/G)  G  (C/G)  G  (C/G)  G  G7 C Am Em D7 G
 .

Peaches and Herb - Reunited (Video, Letra y Acordes de Guitarra)

Hermosa y empalagosa canción que nos trae muy gratos recuerdos.

REUNITED

Intro:Dbmaj7,Bbm7,Db,Ebm,F#m

Dbmaj7
I was a fool to ever leave your side
Bbm7
Me minus you is such a lonely ride
 Ebm                                         Fm
That break-up we had has made me lonesome and sad
F#m                        B B        B     B             
I realize I love you 'cuz I  want you back, hey-hey

Dbmaj7
I spent the evening with the radio
Bbm7
Regret the moment that I let you go
Ebm                                       Fm
Our quarrel was such a way of learning so much

F#m                              B B         B      B
I know now that I love you 'cuz I  need your touch, hey-hey

CORO
Dbmaj7
Reunited and it feels so good
Bbm7
Reunited 'cuz we understood
    Ebm                    
There's one perfect fit and sugar this one is it
F#m                           B B   B      B   B  Dbmaj7
We both are so excited 'cuz we're  reu-nited, hey-he-ey

Instrumental Dbmaj7,Bbm,Db,Ebm,A(5 veces)

Cambiar nota a D

Dmaj7                     
I sat here starin' at the same old wall
Bm
Came back to life just when I got your call
 Em7                                                  F#m 
I wished I could climb right through the telephone line
Gm                                                                         
And give you what you want so you would 
C C        C     C  
 Still be mine, hey-hey
Dmaj7
I can't go cheatin' honey, I can't play
Bm7
I found it very hard to stay away
  Em                                        F#m
As we reminisce on precious moments like this
Gm                                 C C           C     C 
I'm glad we're back together 'cuz I  missed your kiss, hey-hey

CORO
Dmaj7
Reunited and it feels so good
Bm7
Reunited 'cuz we understood
       Em                       
There's one perfect fit and sugar this one is it
  Gm                            C C   C      C   C  D
We both are so excited 'cuz we're  reu-nited, hey-he-ey

Instrumental:D,Bm,D,Em,Bb (4 veces)

Cambiar nota a Eb

Bb
Oh
Ebmaj7
Lovin' lover this is solid love
Cm
And you're exactly what I'm dreamin' of
Fm                       Fm
All through the day, and all through the night
    Abm                              Db Db     Db     Db
I'll give you all the love I have with   all my might, hey-hey

CHORO
Ebmaj7
Reunited and it feels so good
Cm7
Reunited 'cuz we understood
       Fm                       
There's one perfect fit and sugar this one is it
  Abm                           Db Db  Db     Db  Db Ebmaj7
We both are so excited 'cuz we're   reu-nited, hey-he-ey

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Rolling Stones - Angie (Video y Letra)

Hermosísima canción de los Rolling Stones.

No se puede decir otra cosa.

ANGIE

Angie, angie, when will those clouds all disappear?
Angie, angie, where will it lead us from here?
With no loving in our souls and no money in our coats
You cant say were satisfied
But angie, angie, you cant say we never tried
Angie, youre beautiful, but aint it time we said good-bye?
Angie, I still love you, remember all those nights we cried?
All the dreams we held so close seemed to all go up in smoke
Let me whisper in your ear:
Angie, angie, where will it lead us from here?
Oh, angie, dont you weep, all your kisses still taste sweet
I hate that sadness in your eyes
But angie, angie, aint it time we said good-bye?
With no loving in our souls and no money in our coats
You cant say were satisfied
But angie, I still love you, baby
Evrywhere I look I see your eyes
There aint a woman that comes close to you
Come on baby, dry your eyes
But angie, angie, aint it good to be alive?
Angie, angie, they cant say we never tried

Bee Gees - Night Fever (Video y Letra)

Fueron los reyes de la segunda mitad de los setentas, pero los pasaron tanto que nos olvidamos de ellos en los ochentas, pero luego los volvimos a reencontrar y que tales voces, de las mejores que han existido.

Aquí vemos a los Bee Gees en uno de sus mayores éxitos "Fever Night" de la película Fiebre de Sabado por la Noche.

Una curiosidad de este video es ver a Barry Gibb sin su famosa barba

FEVER NIGHT

Listen to the ground:
there is movement all around.
There is something goin' down
and I can feel it.

On the waves of the air,
there is dancin' out there.
If it's somethin' we can share,
we can steal it.

And that sweet city woman,
She moves through the light,
Controlling my mind and my soul.
When you reach out for me
Yeah, and the feelin' is bright,

Then I get night fever, night fever.
We know how to do it.
Gimme that night fever, night fever.
We know how to show it.

Here I am,
Prayin' for this moment to last,
Livin' on the music so fine,
Borne on the wind,
Makin' it mine.

Night fever, night fever.
We know how to do it.
Gimme that night fever, night fever.
We know how to show it.

In the heat of our love,
Don't need no help for us to make it.
Gimme just enough to take us to the mornin'.
I got fire in my mind.
I got higher in my walkin'.
And I'm glowin' in the dark;
I give you warnin'.

And that sweet city woman,
She moves through the light,
Controlling my mind and my soul.
When you reach out for me
Yeah, and the feelin' is bright,

Then I get night fever, night fever.
We know how to do it.
Gimme that night fever, night fever.
We know how to show it.

Here I am,
Prayin' for this moment to last,
Livin' on the music so fine,
Borne on the wind,
Makin' it mine.

Night fever, night fever.
We know how to do it.
Gimme that night fever, night fever.
We know how to show it.

Billy Joel - Just The Way You Are (Video y Letra)

Corría el año 1978 cuando Billy Joel nos dio una des mejores canciones de todos los tiempos "Just the way you are".

Volvamos a esos años mientras escuchamos la canción.

JUST THE WAY YOU ARE

Don't go changing, to try and please me
You never let me down before
Don't imagine you're too familiar
And I don't see you anymore
I wouldn't leave you in times of trouble
We never could have come this far
I took the good times, I'll take the bad times
I'll take you just the way you are

Don't go trying some new fashion
Don't change the color of your hair
You always have my unspoken passion
Although I might not seem to care

I don't want clever conversation
I never want to work that hard
I just want someone that I can talk to
I want you just the way you are.

I need to know that you will always be
The same old someone that I knew
What will it take till you believe in me
The way that I believe in you.

I said I love you and that's forever
And this I promise from the heart
I could not love you any better
I love you just the way you are.

Chicago - If You Leave Me Now (Video y Letra)

Que diferentes eran esos tiempos.

Antes de los sintetizadores y la música electrónica los grupos utilizaban instrumentos verdaderos.

Chicago es uno de esos grupos, sus voces e instrumentos los convirtieron en uno de los mejores grupos de todos los tiempos.

En 1976 escribieron e interpretaron una de sus mejores canciones "If you leave me now", la cual llegó en su álbum Chicago X.

IF YOU LEAVE ME NOW

If you leave me now, you'll take away the biggest part of me
Ooo, ooo, ooo, ooo, no, baby please don't go
And if you leave me now, you'll take away the very heart of me
Ooo, ooo, ooo, ooo, no, baby please don't go
Ooo, ooo, ooo, ooo, no, I just want you to stay

A love like ours is love that's hard to find
How could we let it slip away?

We've come to far to leave it all behind
How could we end it all this way?
When tomorrow comes and we'll both regret things we said today

A love like ours is love that's hard to find
How could we let it slip away?

We've come to far to leave it all behind
How could we end it all this way?
When tomorrow comes and we'll both regret things we said today

If you leave me now, you'll take away the biggest part of me
Ooo, ooo, ooo, ooo, no, baby, please don't go
Ooo girl, I just got to have you by my side

Paul McCartney & Wings - With a Little Luck

Los 4 grandes de Liverpool fueron realmente geniales, sea como grupo o individualmente.

De los 4 particularmente me gustó la música que hizo Paul McCartney, entre sus canciones se encuentra esta: "With a little luck", un éxito de 1978 de su gran álbum London Town, que me trae gratos recuerdos.

Con un poquito de suerte les gustará tanto como a mi

WITH A LITTLE LUCK

With A Little Luck, We Can Help It Out.
We Can Make This Whole Damn Thing Work Out.
With A Little Love, We Can Lay It Down.
Can't You Feel The Town Exploding?
There Is No End To What We Can Do Together.
There Is No End, There Is No End.
The Wiliow Turns His Back On Inclement Weather;
And If He Can Do It, We Can Do It, Just Me And You,

And A Little Luck, We Can Clear It Up.
We Can Bring It In For A Landing,
With A Little Luck, We Can Turn It On.
There Can Be No Misunderstanding.

There Is No End To What We Can Do Together.
There Is No End, There Is No End.
The Willow Turns His Back On Inclement Weather;
We Can Do It, Just Me And You.

With A Little Push, We Could Set It Off.
We Can Send It Rocketing Skywards.
With A Little Love, We Could Shake It Up.
Don't You Feel The Comet Exploding?

With A Little Luck.
With A Little Luck.
With A Little Luck, A Little Luck, A Little Luck.
With A Little Luck.
With A Little Luck.
With A Little Luck, A Little Luck, A Little Luck.

Queen - We are the Campions / We will Rock You

Realmente grandes.

Esta es la mejor canción de Queen para muchos.

Su letra es fuerte y corrosiva, tal como era la generación de los setentas; ya había pasado el peace and love de los sesentas ahora había que patearlos.

Luego llegaron los ochentas y ese fue otro cantar.

En este video de 1977 en un concierto en vivo en Londres podemos escuchar la voz de Freddy Mercury en todo su esplendor.

Recordemos con él que somos los campeones del mundo.

WE ARE THE CHAMPIONS / WE WILL ROCK YOU

I've paid my dues
Time after time
I've done my sentence
But committed no crime
And bad mistakes
I've made a few
I've had my share of sand
Kicked in my face
But I've come through

And we mean to go on and on and on and on

We are the champions
my friends
And we'll keep on fighting
Till the end
We are the champions
We are the champions
No time for losers
'Cause we are the champions
of the World

I've taken my bows
And my curtain calls
You brought me fame and fortune
And everything that goes with it
I thank you all
But it's been no bed of roses
No pleasure cruise
I consider it a challenge before
The whole human race
And I ain't gonna lose
And we mean to go on and on and on and on

We are the champions
my friendsAnd we'll
keep on fighting
Till the end
We are the champions
We are the champions
No time for losers
'Cause we are the champions
of the World

We are the champions
my friends
And we'll keep on fighting
Till the end
We are the champions
We are the champions
No time for losers
'Cause we are the champions

Buddy you’re a boy make a big noise
Playin’ in the street gonna be a big man some day
You got mud on yo’ face
You big disgrace
Kickin’ your can all over the place

We will we will rock you
We will we will rock you

Buddy you’re a young man hard man
Shoutin’ in the street gonna take on the world some day
You got blood on yo’ face
You big disgrace
Wavin’ your banner all over the place

We will we will rock you
We will we will rock you

Buddy you’re an old man poor man
Pleadin’ with your eyes gonna make you some peace some day
You got mud on your face
You big disgrace
Somebody better put you back in your place
We will we will rock you
We will we will rock you

The Knack - My Sharona (Video y Letra)

Era el año 1979, aún estabamos en plena época de la música disco, cuando apareció esta increible canción "My Sharona".

El grupo que la tocaba The Knack llegó a ser considerado como los sucesores de los Beatles, pero luego no volvieron a tener ningun éxito relevante.

Pero nos dejaron para siempre este rock inolvidable.




MY SHARONA

Ooh my little pretty one, pretty one.
When you gonna give me some time, Sharona?
Ooh you make my motor run, my motor run.
Gun it comin' off the line Sharona
Never gonna stop, give it up.
Such a dirty mind. Always get it up for the touch
of the younger kind. My my my i yi woo. M M M My Sharona...

Come a little closer huh, ah will ya huh.
Close enough to look in my eyes, Sharona.
Keeping it a mystery gets to me
Running down the length of my thighs, Sharona
Never gonna stop, give it up. Such a dirty mind.
Always get it up for the touch
of the younger kind. My my my i yi woo. M M M My Sharona...

When you gonna give it to me, give it to me.
It is just a matter of time Sharona
Is it just destiny, destiny?
Or is it just a game in my mind, Sharona?
Never gonna stop, give it up.
Such a dirty mind. Always get it up for the touch
of the younger kind. My my my i yi woo. M M M My Sharona

Minnie Riperton - Lovin' You (Video y Letra)

Esta es una de las baladas más hermosas que he escuchado.

Minnie Riperton, que falleció a los 39 años de cáncer, tuvo una de las mejores voces de todos los tiempos, empezó con la música clásica para luego seguir con el soul.

La letra y la música de Lovin' You (1975) es tan sencilla y hermosa que uno quiere escucharla una y otra vez.

LOVIN' YOU

Lovin' you
is easy 'cause you're beautiful
makin' love with you
is all i want to do

lovin' you
is more than just a dream come true
everything that i do
is out of lovin' you

No one else can make me feel
the colors that you bring
stay with me while we grow old
and we will live each day in springtime

Lovin' you
has made my life so beautiful
and every day of my life
is filled with lovin' you

lovin' you
i see your soul come shining through
and every time that we ooooh
i'm more in love with you

Eagles - New Kid in Town (Video y Letra)

Los Eagles es uno de los mejores grupos que he escuchado, como grupo y luego como solistas nos han dado momentos inolvidables.

Una de las mejores canciones que hicieron fue New Kid in Town; salio al mercado en 1976 en el famoso álbum Hotel California, llegando al primer lugar en 1977 y llevándose ese año el Grammy por mejor arreglo vocal.

Disfrútenla

NEW KID IN TOWN

There's talk on the street, it sounds so familiar
Great expectations, everybody's watching you

People you meet they all seem to know you,
Even your old friends treat you like you're something new

Johnny-come-lately,
The new kid in town,
Everybody loves you,
So don't let them down

You look in her eyes, the music begins to play
Hopeless romantics, here we go again

But after a while you're looking the other way
It's those restless hearts that never mend

Johnny-come-lately,
The new kid in town,
Will she still love you
When you're not around?

There's so many things you should have told her
but night after night you're willing to hold her,
Just hold her
Tears on your shoulder.

There's talk on the street, it's there to remind you
It doesn't really matter which side you're on

You're walking away and they're talking behind you
They will never forget you till somebody new comes along

Where you've been lately
There's a new kid in town
Everybody loves him, don't they
Now he's holding her

And you're still around, oh my my
There's a new kid in town, just another new kid in town
Oo-hoo, everybody's talking 'bout the new kid in town
Oo-hoo, everybody's walking like the new kid in town

There's a new kid in town
I don't want to hear it
There's a new kid in town
I don't want to hear it
There's a new kid in town
There's a new kid in town
There's a new kid in town
Everybody's talking
There's a new kid in town
People started walking
There's a new kid in town
There's a new kid in town

Luciano Pavarotti & James Brown - Is´s a Man´s World! (2002)

Se fue un grande, para muchos la mejor voz de nuestra generación.

Aunque su campo principal fue la opera en ocasiones especiales canto música contemporánea, como en el 2002 en su concierto humanitario "Pavarotti & Fiends", (Pavarotti y sus amigos), en la ciudad italiana de Modena, donde llegó a recaudar más de 2 millones de dólares para los refugiados angoleños; donde cantaron figuras tales como Sting, Andrea Bocelli, Lou Reed, Grace Jones y James Brown, entre otros.

En este video veremos a Pavarotti cantando con el padrino de el soul, el recientemente fallecido, James Brown, interpretando una poderosa canción, "It´s a man's world!".

Air Supply - Lost in Love (1980)

Todavía recuerdo la primera vez que escuche esta canción.

Estaba en la sala de la casa de mi abuelita en 1980, escuchando su vieja y grande radio, cuando de pronto empezaron a tocar una canción suave y melancólica.

Pensé que era antigua por la melodía, pero luego dijeron el nombre de la canción y del grupo.

Desde entonces esa canción se convirtió en una de mis favoritas.

Veamos el video y la letra para poder cantarla.

LOST IN LOVE

I realize the best part of love is the thinnest slice
And it don't count for much
but I'm not letting go
I believe there's still much to believe in

So lift your eyes if you feel you can
Reach for a star and I'll show you a plan
I figured it out
What I needed was someone to show me

You know you can't fool me
I've been loving you too long
It started so easy
You want to carry on

Chorus:
Lost In Love and I don't know much
Was I thinking aloud
Fell out of touch
But I'm back on my feet
Eager to be what you wanted

So lift your eyes if you feel you can
Reach for a star and I'll show you a plan
I figured it out
What I needed was someone to show me

You know you can't fool me
I've been loving you too long
It started so easy
You want to carry on

Chorus

You know you can't fool me
I've been loving you too long
It started so easy
You want to carry on

Chorus

Now I'm lost, lost in love, lost in love, lost in love
Now I'm lost, lost in love, lost in love, lost in love

Lost in love, lost in love, lost in love
Lost in love, lost in love, lost in love.

Les dejo un segundo video de esta canción en la que salen recontra chiquillos

Baker Street (Video y letra)

Extraordinaria canción de Gerry Rafferty de 1978.

El solo escuchar el sonido de ese saxo produce escalofríos

Winding your way down on Baker Street
Lite in your head, and dead on your feet
Well another crazy day, you drink the night away
And forget about everything

This city desert makes you feel so cold, its got
So many people but its got no soul
And its taken you so long to find out you were wrong
When you thought it held everything.

You used to think that it was so easy
You used to say that it was so easy
But youre tryin, youre tryin now
Another year and then youd be happy
Just one more year and then youd be happy
But youre cryin, youre cryin now

Way down the street theres a light in his place
You open the door, hes got that look on his face
And he asks you where youve been, you tell him who youve seen
And you talk about anything

Hes got this dream about buyin some land
Hes gonna give up the booze and the one night stands
And then hell settle down, its a quiet little town
And forget about everything

But you know hell always keep moving
You know hes never gonna stop moving
Cause hes rollin, Hes the rolling stone
And when you wake up its a new morning
The sun is shining its a new morning
And youre going, youre going home

Reminiscing

Parece que fue ayer que escuchabamos esas bellas melodías.

Los años han pasado, la gente esta alos lejos pero los recuerdos quedan guardados en nuestra mente.

Una forma de volver atrás es oyendo esas viejas canciones y revivir recuerdos.

Aqui les dejo una canción de 1978 llamada Reminiscig (Recordando) de Little River Band.

Han pasado casi 30 años y todavía me hace recordar esos tiempos.



Aquí les dejo la letra

Reminiscing
The Little River Band
(Graham Goble)

Friday night, it was late, I was walking you home
We got down to the gate and I was dreaming of the night
Would it turn out right
How to tell you girl
I wanna build my world around you
Tell you that it's true
I wanna make you understand I'm talkin' about a lifetime plan

That's the way it began, we were hand in hand
Glenn Miller's Band was better than before
We yelled and screamed for more
And the Porter tunes (Night and Day)
Made us dance across the room
It ended all too soon
And on the way back home I promised you'd never be alone

Hurry, don't be late, I can hardly wait
I said to myself when we're old
We'll go dancing in the dark
Walking through the park and reminiscing

Friday night, it was late, I was walking you home
We got down to the gate and I was dreaming of the night
Would it turn out right
Now as the years roll on
Each time we hear our favorite song
The memories come along
Older times we're missing
Spending the hours reminiscing

Hurry, don't be late, I can hardly wait
I said to myself when we're old
We'll go dancing in the dark
Walking through the park and reminiscing