Beatles
Eran casi las siete, Lily y Sev acababan de terminar los deberes en el cuarto de ella.
-Vamos con tu familia, ya tendremos tiempo después – dijo él.
Bajaron a la sala, ya hacía rato que Eileen había llegado.
-¿Qué tal, chicos? ¿Habéis conseguido acabar los deberes? – les preguntó.
-Sí, por los pelos – respondió Sev.
Los tres adultos les sonreían cómplices. "A saber de qué han estado hablando."
-¿Quieres que te ponga música un rato, Severus? – le preguntó Peter.
-Vale…
-¿Por dónde quieres comenzar? ¿Clásica o moderna?
-No sé, lo que nos guste a todos.
-A mí me gusta cualquiera, Sev – dijo Violet – Elige tú.
"A mi madre los éxitos de las últimas décadas, que seguro también conocen Violet y Peter, pues son de edades parecidas."
-Ayer sonó una en la radio que me llamó la atención por la letra y os oí decir que la habían estropeado, decía algo así como 'Nothing's gonna change my world…' – tarareó.
-¡Ah, claro! 'Across the Universe', la versión de Bowie. Y la recuerdas sólo con haberla escuchado una vez – dijo Violet, asombrada – Vaya oído tienes, Sev.
-Tenemos el disco de Beatles, que son el grupo original – dijo Peter - Voy a ponértela para que escuches la diferencia.
-Vale.
Peter buscó en su amplísima discoteca y sacó el álbum. Extrajo el disco y le pasó la carátula. Eran cuatro fotografías de los componentes del grupo, dos de ellos cantando. "Todos llevan el pelo largo como yo."
-Qué buen gusto tienes, Severus – le iba diciendo Peter mientras encendía el tocadiscos y ponía el disco – Beatles son lo mejor de la pasada década y los has cazado sólo por la letra. Cuando escuches también la música vas a quedarte pasmado.
Eileen sonreía orgullosa, también conocía la canción. Comenzó. "¡Oh…! Qué guitarras, qué dulce y sentido… y cuerdas por detrás…"
Words are flying out like
endless rain into a paper cup
They slither while they pass
They slip away across the universe
Pools of sorrow waves of joy
are drifting thorough my open mind
Possessing and caressing me
Jai guru deva om
Nothing's gonna change my world
Nothing's gonna change my world
Nothing's gonna change my world
Nothing's gonna change my world
Images of broken light which
dance before me like a million eyes
That call me on and on across the universe
Thoughts meander like a
restless wind inside a letter box
they tumble blindly as
they make their way across the universe
Jai guru deva om
-¿Estás escuchando la letra, Lily? – le susurró.
-Sí…
-Ya verás ahora.
Acababa el segundo estribillo, Lily escuchó la última estrofa con mucha atención.
Sounds of laughter shades of life
are ringing through my open ears
exciting and inviting me
Limitless undying love which
shines around me like a million suns
It calls me on and on across the universe
Jai guru deva om
Nothing's gonna change my world
Nothing's gonna change my world
Nothing's gonna change my world
Nothing's gonna change my world
Jai guru deva
Jai guru deva
Cuando acabó la canción ella dijo, asombrada.
-¡Buah, Sev! Es lo que sentimos en el abeto, el amor del Universo.
-¿Ves? – le dijo él.
-Y la música, ¿qué te ha parecido, Severus? – le preguntó Peter.
-Maravillosa.
-Es de sus mejores temas, pero tienen decenas de ellos increíbles. ¿Quieres que te haga una selección? Tengo todos sus discos.
-Si les apetece a los demás…
-Claro, Sev – dijo Violet – A mí me encantan.
-Sí, hijo, a mí también – dijo Eileen.
-Sí, sí, Sev – dijo Lily – Vamos a escuchar más canciones como ésa.
"Nos falta Petunia."
-Vale, pero voy a llamar a Petunia también – dijo Sev.
-Ya voy yo, Sev, no te preocupes, seguro que baja – dijo Violet – Tú sigue escuchando, yo las he oído miles de veces.
Violet se levantó y fue a buscar a Petunia. Peter le dijo:
-Voy a hacerte un repaso cronológico, desde sus inicios, porque son un grupo muy atípico, fueron mejorando con el tiempo, al contrario que casi todos los demás.
-Vaya…
-Comenzaron en el '62, cuando teníais dos añitos.
"Cuando manifesté mi magia, cuando nació Ariel."
Peter fue poniéndole varias canciones de cada disco. Petunia bajó y se sentó junto a su hermana en el sofá, Eileen y Violet estaban en los sillones y Peter, encantado de la vida, mientras sonaban las canciones, iba seleccionando la siguiente pista que pondría en las carátulas, que le iba pasando a Sev para que las viera, y le anunciaba los títulos para que las apuntara en su libreta.
Ya desde la primera Sev apreció la calidad. "Pues si fueron mejorando, ¿cómo serán las últimas?" Los adultos guardaban silencio y disfrutaban para que los chicos también apreciaran la música. Sonó, en primer lugar, 'Love me do'.
Love, love me do.
You know I love you,
I'll always be true,
So please, love me do.
Whoa, love me do.
Lily se la tarareaba desde la segunda estrofa:
-Love, love me do.
You know I love you,
I'll always be true,
So please, love me do.
Whoa, love me do.
Someone to love,
Somebody new.
Someone to love,
Someone like you.
-Love, love me do.
You know I love you,
I'll always be true,
So please, love me do.
Whoa, love me do.
-Love, love me do.
You know I love you,
I'll always be true,
So please, love me do.
Whoa, love me do.
Yeah, love me do.
Whoa, oh, love me do.
En la siguiente, 'She loves you', Lily le tarareaba el estribillo:
-She loves you, yeah, yeah, yeah
She loves you, yeah, yeah, yeah
She loves you, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Pero él se fijaba en toda la letra, y ella le estrechaba la mano para confirmárselo.
You think you lost your love,
Well, I saw her yesterday.
It's you she's thinking of
And she told me what to say.
She says she loves you
And you know that can't be bad.
Yes, she loves you
And you know you should be glad.
She said you hurt her so
She almost lost her mind.
But now she said she knows
You're not the hurting kind.
She says she loves you
And you know that can't be bad.
Yes, she loves you
And you know you should be glad. Ooh!
-She loves you, yeah, yeah, yeah
She loves you, yeah, yeah, yeah
And with a love like that
You know you should be glad.
Although it's up to you,
I think it's only fair,
Pride can hurt you, too,
Apologize to her
Because she loves you
And you know that can't be bad.
Yes, she loves you
And you know you should be glad. Ooh!
-She loves you, yeah, yeah, yeah
She loves you, yeah, yeah, yeah
And with a love like that
You know you should be glad.
With a love like that
You know you should be glad.
With a love like that,
You know you sho-o-ould
Be Glad!
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Yeah, yeah, yeah Ye-ah.
E hizo lo propio con 'I want to hold your hand'.
Oh yeah, I´ll tell you something,
I think you´ll understand.
When I´ll say that something
-I wanna hold your hand,
I wanna hold your hand,
I wanna hold your hand.
Oh please, say to me
You´ll let me be your man
And please, say to me
You´ll let me hold your hand.
-Now let me hold your hand,
I wanna hold your hand.
And when I touch you I feel happy inside.
It´s such a feeling that my love
I can´t hide, I can´t hide, I can´t hide.
Él le susurró:
-Ésta parece escrita justo para mí.
Y Lily recordó cuántos años él se había conformado sólo con eso, con tomarle la mano, y casi lloró. Ambos estaban en la gloria.
Yeah, you got that something,
I think you´ll understand.
When I´ll say that something
-I wanna hold your hand,
I wanna hold your hand,
I wanna hold your hand.
And when I touch you I feel happy inside.
It´s such a feeling that my love
-I can´t hide, I can´t hide, I can´t hide.
Yeah, you got that something,
I think you´ll understand.
When I feel that something
-I wanna hold your hand,
I wanna hold your hand,
I wanna hold your hand.
Con 'I love her' ya no se contuvieron de mirarse.
I give her all my love
That's all I do
And if you saw my love
You'd love her to
I love her
She gives my everything
And tenderly
The kiss my lover brings
She brings to me
And I love her
-Es también para Lauren… - le susurró Lily.
A love like ours
Could never die
As long as I
Have you near me
Bright are the stars that shine
Dark is the sky
I know this love of mine
Will never die
And I love her
Bright are the stars that shine
Dark is the sky
I know this love of mine
Will never die
And I love her, ooh
Después vino 'Yesterday'. Con ésta Sev casi lloró recordando aquellos tiempos ya tan lejanos en que a pesar de las torturas domésticas era feliz junto a Lily a la orilla del río.
Yesterday, all my troubles seemed so far away
Now it looks as though they're here to stay
Oh, I believe in yesterday.
Suddenly, I'm not half the man I used to be,
There's a shadow hanging over me.
Oh, yesterday came suddenly.
Why she had to go I don't know she wouldn't say.
I said something wrong, now I long for yesterday.
Yesterday, love was such an easy game to play.
Now I need a place to hide away.
Oh, I believe in yesterday.
Why she had to go I don't know she wouldn't say.
I said something wrong, now I long for yesterday.
Yesterday, love was such an easy game to play.
Now I need a place to hide away.
Oh, I believe in yesterday.
De 'Help' Peter les dijo:
-Ésta también fue muy famosa.
Help, I need somebody,
Help, not just anybody,
Help, you know I need someone, help.
"Buaaah… qué marcha…" Petunia la tarareaba.
When I was younger, so much younger than today,
I never needed anybody's help in any way.
But now these days are gone, I'm not so self assured,
Now I find I've changed my mind and opened up the doors.
Help me if you can, I'm feeling down
And I do appreciate you being round.
Help me, get my feet back on the ground,
Won't you please, please help me.
And now my life has changed in oh so many ways,
My independence seems to vanish in the haze.
But every now and then I feel so insecure,
I know that I just need you like I've never done before.
Help me if you can, I'm feeling down
And I do appreciate you being round.
Help me, get my feet back on the ground,
Won't you please, please help me.
-Buf… Lily, parece escrita para mí.
-Ya…
When I was younger, so much younger than today,
I never needed anybody's help in any way.
But now these days are gone, I'm not so self assured,
Now I find I've changed my mind and opened up the doors.
Help me if you can, I'm feeling down
And I do appreciate you being round.
Help me, get my feet back on the ground,
Won't you please, please help me, help me, help me, oh.
El comienzo instrumental de 'Day Tripper' le encantó. "Ya van cambiando." Y lo mismo con 'Drive my car'. Pero cuando llegó 'Norwegian Wood', alucinó.
-Ésta es increíble, Peter.
-Coincidimos por completo, Severus.
-¿Qué instrumento es ése?
-Un sitar, una guitarra hindú.
"La India, sometida al Imperio Británico."
I once had a girl
Or should I say she once had me
She showed me her room
Isn't it good Norwegian wood?
She asked me to stay
And she told me to sit anywhere
So I looked around
And I noticed there wasn't a chair
I sat on a rug biding my time
drinking her wine
We talked until two and then she said
it's time for bed
She told me she worked
in the morning and started to laugh
I told her I didn't
and crawled off to sleep in the bath
And when I awoke I was alone
This bird had flown
So I lit a fire
Isn't it good Norwegian wood?
Después sonó 'Michelle'.
Michelle, ma belle.
These are words that go together well
My Michelle.
Michelle, ma belle.
Sont les mots qui vont tres bien ensemble
Tres bien ensemble.
"Oh… qué dulce y romántica. Cada canción es diferente, y cantan en otro idioma, ¿francés?"
I love you, I love you, I love you.
That's all I want to say.
Until I find a way
I will say the only words I know that you'll understand.
A la tercera estrofa ya le cantaba a Lily al oído.
-Lily, ma belle…
Sont les mots qui vont tres bien ensemble
Tres bien ensemble.
I need you, I need you, I need you.
I need to make you see,
oh, what you mean to me.
Until I do I'm hoping you will know what I mean.
I love you.
I want you, I want you, I want you.
I think you know by now.
I'll get to you somehow.
Until I do I'm telling you so you'll understand.
-Lily, ma belle…
Sont les mots qui vont tres bien ensemble,
Tres bien ensemble.
I will say the only words I know,
That you'll understand
My Michelle.
También se miraron con 'In my life'.
There are places I'll remember all my life,
Though some have changed.
Some forever not for better
Some have gone and some remain.
Lily le susurró.
-El parque, el río, la Biblioteca, el haya, el Refugio, tu claro del Bosque…
-Y tu cuarto…
All these places had their moments
With lovers and friends I still can recall.
Some are dead and some are living,
In my life I've loved them all
But of all these friends and lovers
There is no one compares with you.
And these memories lose their meaning
When I think of love as something new.
Though I know I'll never lose affection
For people and things that went before
I know I'll often stop and think about them
In my life I love you more.
Though I know I'll never lose affection
For people and things that went before
I know I'll often stop and think about them
In my life I love you more.
In my life I love you more.
Después sonó 'Eleanor rigby'. "Cuerdas otra vez, qué pasada, me encanta."
Ah, look at all the lonely people
Ah, look at all the lonely people
Eleanor Rigby picks up the rice in the church where a wedding has been
Lives in a dream
Waits at the window, wearing the face that she keeps in a jar by the door
Who is it for?
All the lonely people
Where do they all come from ?
All the lonely people
Where do they all belong?
-Ésta es fantástica, Peter – dijo Severus.
El hombre sonreía satisfecho.
-Vaya tino tienes, chico…
Father McKenzie writing the words of a sermon that no one will hear
No one comes near.
Look at him working. Darning his socks in the night when there's nobody there
What does he care?
All the lonely people
Where do they all come from?
All the lonely people
Where do they all belong?
Eleanor Rigby died in the church and was buried along with her name
Nobody came
Father McKenzie wiping the dirt from his hands as he walks from the grave
No one was saved
All the lonely people
Where do they all come from?
All the lonely people
Where do they all belong?
-Allá voy con 'Yellow submarine' – dijo Peter – Ésta no me gusta demasiado, pero os la pongo porque se hizo muy famosa, incluso hicieron una película de dibujos animados, y tiene detalles graciosos.
In the town where I was born
Lived a man who sailed to sea
And he told us of his life
In the land of submarines
So we sailed up to the sun
Till we found the sea of green
And we lived beneath the waves
In our yellow submarine
Petunia tarareaba el estribillo.
-We all live in our yellow submarine
Yellow submarine, yellow submarine
We all live in our yellow submarine
Yellow submarine, yellow submarine.
-¿Has escuchado el sonido de agua? – le preguntó Peter.
-Sí.
-¿Y los vientos?
-Sí, sí.
And our friends are all on board
many more of them live next door
and the band begins to play
-We all live in our yellow submarine
Yellow submarine, yellow submarine
We all live in our yellow submarine
Yellow submarine, yellow submarine.
As we live a life of ease
everyone of us has all we need
sky of blue and sea of green
In our yellow submarine
-We all live in our yellow submarine
Yellow submarine, yellow submarine
We all live in our yellow submarine
Yellow submarine, yellow submarine.
We all live in our yellow submarine
Yellow submarine, yellow submarine
We all live in our yellow submarine…
La siguiente que sonó fue 'Strawberry fields'.
Let me take you down, 'cause I'm going to Strawberry Fields.
Nothing is real and nothing to get hung about.
Strawberry Fields forever.
Living is easy with eyes closed, misunderstanding all you see.
It's getting hard to be someone but it all works out.
It doesn't matter much to me.
Let me take you down, 'cause I'm going to Strawberry Fields.
Nothing is real and nothing to get hung about.
Strawberry Fields forever.
No one I think is in my tree, I mean it must be high or low.
That is you can't you know tune in but it's all right.
That is I think it's not too bad.
Let me take you down, 'cause I'm going to Strawberry Fields.
Nothing is real and nothing to get hung about.
Strawberry Fields forever.
Always no sometimes think it's me, but you know I know when it's a dream.
I think I know I mean a yes, but it's all wrong.
That is I think I disagree.
Let me take you down, 'cause I'm going to Strawberry Fields.
Nothing is real and nothing to get hung about.
Strawberry Fields forever.
Strawberry Fields forever.
Strawberry Fields forever.
-Esta canción está inspirada por los recuerdos de niñez de Lennon, cuando jugaba en el jardín de un hogar infantil del Ejército de Salvación llamado Strawberry Field, situado cerca de donde creció en Liverpool – explicó Peter – Y el siguiente también habla de recuerdos de infancia, de McCartney y Lennon, de un punto geográfico de los suburbios de Liverpool cercano a sus hogares, en un cruce de la calle que menciona, Penny Lane.
In Penny Lane there is a barber showing photographs
Of every head he´s had the pleasure to know
And all the people that come and go
Stop and say hello.
On the corner is a banker with a motorcar,
The little children laugh at him behind his back.
And the banker never wears a mac
In the pouring rain, very strange.
Penny Lane is in my ears and in my eyes.
There beneath the blue suburban skies
I sit and meanwhile back
In Penny Lane there is a fireman with an hourglass
And in his pocket is a portrait of the Queen.
He likes to keep his fire engine clean,
It´s a clean machine.
Penny Lane is in my ears and in my eyes.
A four of fish and finger pies
In summer, meanwhile back
Behind the shelter in the middle of a roundabout
The pretty nurse is selling poppies from a tray
And though she feels as if she´s in a play
She is anyway.
In Penny Lane the barber shaves another customer,
We see the banker sitting waiting for a trim.
And then the fireman rushes in
From the pouring rain, very strange.
Penny Lane is in my ears and in my eyes.
There beneath the blue suburban skies
I sit and meanwhile back.
Penny Lane is in my ears and in my eyes.
There beneath the blue suburban skies,
Penny Lane.
-¿Queréis que me ponga con la cena? – preguntó Eileen.
-¿Tenéis hambre, chicos o aguantáis un poco más? – preguntó Violet.
-¿Queda mucho? – preguntó Lily.
-La mitad, más o menos – respondió Peter.
-Entonces seguimos, ¿qué decís?
-Por mí perfecto, viene lo mejor – dijo Peter.
-No te preocupes, Eileen, aunque cenemos un poco más tarde no pasa nada, estamos disfrutando tanto… - dijo Violet.
-Vale, además, con magia es un momento – dijo Eileen.
-Mira, Severus – Peter le tendió la carátula – Éste fue el cambio radical que dieron en el '67. Por mí te lo pondría entero, pero seguiré seleccionando, ya los escucharás en verano.
-Claro…
La carátula representaba a una multitud de gente reunida, en forma de pequeñas fotografías superpuestas, con los miembros del grupo, vestidos de coloridos uniformes militares, en el centro. La primera canción comenzó.
It was twenty years ago today,
Sgt. Pepper taught the band to play
They've been going in and out of style
But they're guaranteed to raise a smile
So may I introduce to you
The act you've known for all these years
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
We're Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
We hope you will enjoy the show
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
Sit back and let the evening go
Sgt. Pepper's lonely, Sgt. Pepper's lonely
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
It's wonderful to be here
It's certainly a thrill
You're such a lovely audience
We'd like to take you home with us
We'd love to take you home
I don't really want to stop the show
But I thought that you might like to know
That the singer's going to sing a song
And he wants you all to sing along
So let me introduce to you
The one and only Billy Shears
And Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
El siguiente tema comenzó sin corte entre ambos, Peter se lo hizo ver y además le dijo.
-Fíjate en la letra, es perfecta para ti.
What would you think if I sang out of tune
Would you stand up and walk out on me
Lend me your ears and I'll sing you a song
And I´ll try not to sing out of key
Oh, I get by with a little help from my friends
Mmm I get high with a little help from my friends
Mmm I´m gonna try with a little help from my friends
What do I do when my love is away
(Does it worry you to be alone)
How do I feel by the end of the day
(Are you sad because you're on your own)
No, I get by with a little help from my friends
Mmm I get high with a little help from my friends
Mmm I´m gonna try with a little help from my friends
Do you need anybody
I need somebody to love
Could it be anybody
I want somebody to love
Would you believe in a love at first sight
Yes I'm certain that it happens all the time
What do you see when you turn out the light
I can't tell you, but I know it's mine
Oh, I get by with a little help from my friends
Mmm I get high with a little help from my friends
Oh, I´m gonna try with a little help from my friends
Do you need anybody
I need somebody to love
Could it be anybody
I want somebody to love
Oh, I get by with a little help from my friends
Mmm I´m gonna try with a little help from my friends
Oh, I get high with a little help from my friends
Mmm I´m gonna try with a little help from my friends
Yes, I get by with a little help from my friends
With a little help from my friends
-Toda la razón, Peter…
Picture yourself in a boat on a river with tangerine trees and marmalade skies.
Somebody calls you, you answer quite slowly, a girl with caleidoscope eyes.
Cellophane flowers of yellow and green towering over your head.
Look for the girl with the sun in her eyes and she's gone.
Lucy in the sky with diamonds
Lucy in the sky with diamonds
Lucy in the sky with diamonds, ah, ah
Follow her down to a bridge by a fountain where rocking horsepeople eat marshmallow pies,
Everyone smiles as you driftpast the flowers that grow so incredibly high.
Newspaper taxis appear on the shorewaiting to take you away
Climb in the back with your head in the cloudsand you're gone.
Lucy in the sky with diamonds
Lucy in the sky with diamonds
Lucy in the sky with diamonds, ah, ah
Picture yourself on a train in a stationwith plasticine porters with looking glass ties,
Suddenly someone is there at the turnstile,the girl with caleidoscope eyes.
Lucy in the sky with diamonds
Lucy in the sky with diamonds
Lucy in the sky with diamonds, ah, ah
-Buah, esto es alucinante.
-Este disco no tiene desperdicio.
-Y la letra es muy rara.
-Fue la época de la psicodelia, las siglas del título tienen un doble significado, 'Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds'. LSD es el nombre de una droga que provoca alucinaciones y causó furor por entonces, muchos artistas la consumían.
-Vaya…
Lucy in the sky with diamonds
Lucy in the sky with diamonds
Lucy in the sky with diamonds, ah, ah
Lucy in the sky with diamonds
Lucy in the sky with diamonds…
Después sonó 'Getting better'.
It's getting better all the time
I used to get mad at my school
The teachers who taught me weren't cool
You're holding me down, turning me round
Filling me up with your rules
I've got to admit it's getting better
A little better all the time
I have to admit it's getting better
It's getting better since you've been mine
Me used to be a angry young man
Me hiding me head in the sand
You gave me the word
I finally heard
I'm doing the best that I can
I've got to admit it's getting better
A little better all the time
I've got to admit it's getting better
It's getting better since you've been mine
Getting so much better all the time
It's getting better all the time
It's getting better all the time
I used to be cruel to my woman
I beat her and kept her apart from the things that she loved
Man I was mean but I'm changing my scene
And I'm doing the best that I can
I admit it's getting better
A little better all the time
Yes I admit it's getting better
It's getting better since you've been mine
Getting so much better all the time
It's getting better all the time
It's getting better all the time
Getting so much better all the time
Y después 'Fixing a hole'.
I'm fixing a hole where the rain gets in
And stops my mind from wandering
Where it will go
I'm filling the cracks that ran through the door
And kept my mind from wandering
Where it will go
And it really doesn't matter if I'm wrong
I'm right
Where I belong I'm right
Where I belong
See the people standing there who disagree and never win
And wonder why they don't get in my door
I'm painting my room in a colorful way
And when my mind is wandering
There I will go
And it really doesn't matter if I'm wrong
I'm right
Where I belong I'm right
Where I belong
Silly people run around, they worry me
And never ask me why they don't get past my door
I'm taking the time for a number of things
That weren't important yesterday
And I still go
Fixing a hole where the rain gets in
Stops my mind from wandering
Where it will go
Después fue el turno de 'She's leaving home'.
Wednesday morning at five o'clock
as the day begins
Silently closing her bedroom door
Leaving the note that she hoped would say more
She goes downstairs to the kitchen
clutching her handkerchief
Quietly turning the back door key
Stepping outside she is free
She (we gave her most of our lives)
is leaving (sacrificed most of our lives)
home (we gave her everything money could buy)
She's leaving home after living alone for
so many years (bye bye)
Father snores as his wife gets into her dressing gown
Picks up the letter that's lying there
Standing alone at the top of the stairs
She breaks down and cries to her husband
Daddy our baby's gone
Why would she treat us so thoughtlessly
How could she do this to me
-Es muy dulce, pero la letra muy triste… - dijo Sev – Hablan de todo tipo de temas.
-Sí, aquí ya dejaron las canciones para quinceañeras, maduraron – dijo Peter.
She (We never thought of ourselves)
is leaving (never a thought for ourselves)
home (we struggled hard all our lives to get by)
She's leaving home after living alone for
so many years (bye bye)
Friday morning at nine o'clock she is far away
Waiting to keep the appointment she made
Meeting a man from the motor trade
She (what did we do that was wrong)
is having (we didn't know it was wrong)
fun (fun is the one thing that money can't buy)
Something inside that was always denied for
so many years (bye bye)
She's leaving home (bye bye)
Comenzó 'Within you without you'.
-Buaaah… Qué rara.
-Ya te he dicho antes, alucinaban y lo canalizaban creando música. Fíjate en la letra.
We were talking, about the space between us all
And the people, who hide themselves behind a wall of illusion
Never glimpse the truth, then it's far too late, when they pass away.
We were talking, about the love we all could share, when we find it
To try our best to hold it there with our love
With our love we could save the world, if they only knew.
Try to realize it's all within yourself
No-one else can make you change
And to see you're really only very small,
And life flows on within you and without you.
We were talking, about the love that's gone so cold and the people,
Who gain the world and lose their soul
They don't know, they can't see
are you one of them?
When you've seen beyond yourself, then you may find, peace of mind,
Is waiting there
And the time will come when you see
we're all one, and life flows on within you and without you.
-Es el mismo sentimiento de 'Across the Universe'.
-Está inspirado en la filosofía oriental. En esa época viajaron a la India, por eso los instrumentos exóticos y la temática. Pero vosotros no necesitáis drogaros para sentirlo, qué suerte tenéis.
Fue el turno de 'When I'm sixty-four'.
When I get older losing my hair,
Many years from now.
Will you still be sending me a valentine
Birthday greetings bottle of wine.
If I'd been out till quarter to three
Would you lock the door,
Will you still need me, will you still feed me,
When I'm sixty-four.
You'll be older too,
And it you say the word,
I could stay with you.
I could be handy, mending a fuse
When your lights have gone.
You can knit a sweater by the fireside
Sunday mornings go for a ride,
Doing the garden, digging the weeds,
Who could ask for more.
Will you still need me, will you still feed me,
When I'm sixty-four.
Every summer we can rent a cottage,
In the Isle of Wight, if it's not too dear
We shall scrimp and save
Grandchildren on your knee
Vera chuck and dave
Send me a postcard, drop me a line,
Stating point of view
Indicate precisely what you mean to say
Yours sincerely, wasting away
Give me your answer, fill in a form
Mine for evermore
Will you still need me, will you still feed me,
When I'm sixty-four.
-Ésta es muy tierna y graciosa.
-Peter, si les pones el disco entero nunca vamos a cenar – dijo Violet, riendo.
-Ves, Sev, larga vida, para siempre – le susurró Lily.
"Ojalá…" pensó él.
-Venga, la última pista – dijo Peter – 'A day in the life'.
Dub the mic on the piano quite low this
Just keeping os the maracas, you know
You know those old pianos
Ok, we're on
Sugarplum fairy, sugarplum fairy
I read the news today, oh boy
About a lucky man who made the grade
And though the news was rather sad
Well, I just had to laugh
I saw the photograph
He blew his mind out in a car
He didn't notice that the lights had changed
A crowd of people stood and stared
They'd seen his face before
Nobody was really sure if he was from the
House of Lords
I saw a film today, oh boy
The English Army has just won the war
A crowd of people turned away
But I just had to look
Having read the book
I'd love to turn you on
Five, six, seven, eight, nine
The, eleven, twelve, thirteen, fourteen
Fifteen, sixteen, seventeen, eighteen, nineteen
Twenty
Woke up, fell out of bed
Dragged a comb across my head
Found my way downstairs an drank a cup
And looking up I noticed I was late
Found my coat and grabbed my hat
Made the bus in seconds flat
Made my way upstairs and had a smoke
And everybody spoke and I went into a dream
O shit
I read the news today, oh boy
Foue thousand holes in Blackburn, Lancashire
And though the holes were rather small
They had to count them all
Now thy know how many holes it takes to fill the Albert Hall
I'd love to turn you
See the worst thing about doing this
Doing something like this
Is I think that at first people sort of are a bit suspicious
You know, come on, what up you are to?
"Vaya, qué letra más dura, como la de ayer de Queen… y es muy rara, cambia todo el tiempo… Final apoteósico." La siguiente que sonó fue 'The fool on the hill'.
Day after day
Alone on a hill
The man with the foolish grin
Is keeping perfectly still
But nobody wants to know him
They can see that he's just a fool
And he never gives an answer
But the fool on the hill
Sees the sun going down
And the eyes in his head
See the world spinning 'round
Well on the way
Head in a cloud
The man of a thousand voices
Talking perfectly loud
But nobody ever hears him
Or the sound he appears to make
And he never seems to notice
But the fool on the hill
Sees the sun going down
And the eyes in his head
See the world spinning 'round
And nobody seems to like him
They can tell what he wants to do
And he never shows his feelings
But the fool on the hill
Sees the sun going down
And the eyes in his head
See the world spinning 'round, oh oh oh,
'round 'round 'round 'round
He never listen to them
He knows that they're the fools
They don't like him
But the fool on the hill
Sees the sun going down
And the eyes in his head
See the world spinning 'round
Oh, 'round 'round 'round 'round, oh
Después sonó 'Hey Jude'.
Hey Jude, don't make it bad.
Take a sad song and make it better.
Remember to let her into your heart,
Then you can start to make it better.
Hey Jude, don't be afraid.
You were made to go out and get her.
The minute you let her under your skin,
Then you begin to make it better.
And anytime you feel the pain, hey Jude, refrain,
Don't carry the world upon your shoulders.
For well you know that it's a fool who plays it cool
By making his world a little colder.
Hey Jude, don't let me down.
You have found her, now go and get her.
Remember to let her into your heart,
Then you can start to make it better.
So let it out and let it in, hey Jude, begin,
You're waiting for someone to perform with.
And don't you know that it's just you, hey Jude, you'll do,
The movement you need is on your shoulder.
Hey Jude, don't make it bad.
Take a sad song and make it better.
Remember to let her under your skin,
Then you'll begin to make it
Better better better better better better, oh.
Na na na nananana, nannana, hey Jude...
Y después 'Revolution'.
You say you want a revolution
Well, you know
We all want to change the world
You tell me that it's evolution
Well, you know
We all want to change the world
But when you talk about destruction
Don't you know that you can count me out
Don't you know it's gonna be all right
all right, all right
You say you got a real solution
Well, you know
We'd all love to see the plan
You ask me for a contribution
Well, you know
We're doing what we can
But when you want money
for people with minds that hate
All I can tell is brother you have to wait
Don't you know it's gonna be all right
all right, all right
Ah,ah, ah, ah, ah, ah...
You say you'll change the constitution
Well, you know
We all want to change your head
You tell me it's the institution
Well, you know
You better free you mind instead
But if you go carrying pictures of chairman Mao
You ain't going to make it with anyone anyhow
Don't you know it's gonna be all right
all right, all right
all right, all right, all right
all right, all right, all right
Después sonó 'Back in the USSR'.
Flew in from Miami Beach BOAC
Didn't get to bed last night
On the way the paper bag was on my knee
Man I had a dreadful flight
I'm back in the USSR
You don't know how lucky you are boy
Back in the USSR
-La Unión Soviética, Severus, de lo que hablábamos la otra tarde – le dijo Eileen.
"Se han vuelto más rockeros…"
Been away so long I hardly knew the place
Gee it's good to be back home
Leave it till tomorrow to unpack my case
Honey disconnect the phone
I'm back in the USSR
You don't know how lucky you are boy
Back in the US, Back in the US
Back in the USSR
Well the Ukraine girls really knock me out
They leave the west behind
And Moscow girls make me sing and shout
That Georgia's always on my mind
(Oh come on!)
I'm back in the USSR
You don't know how lucky you are boy
Back in the USSR
Well the Ukraine girls really knock me out
They leave the west behind
And Moscow girls make me sing and shout
That Georgia's always on my mind
Show me round your snow peaked mountains way down south
Take me to your daddy's farm
Let me hear your balalaika's ringing out
Come and keep your comrade warm
I'm back in the USSR
You don't know how lucky you are boy
Back in the USSR
Fue el turno de 'Get back'.
Jojo was a man who thought he was a loner
But he knew it couldn't last
Jojo left his home in Tucson, Arizona
For some California grass
Get back, get back
Get back to where you once belonged
Get back, get back
Get back to where you once belonged
Get back, Jojo
Go home
-Éste que canta es Lennon, el verdadero líder del grupo – dijo Peter – Es un genio, de los que sale uno cada cien años. Continúa con su carrera en solitario, y también tengo todos sus discos.
Get back, get back
Back to where you once belonged
Get back, get back
Back to where you once belonged
Get back, Jo
Sweet Loretta Martin thought she was a woman
But she was another man
All the girls around her say she's got it coming
But she gets it while she can
Get back, get back
Get back to where you once belonged
Get back, get back
Get back to where you once belonged
Get back, Loretta
Go home
Get back, get back
Get back to where you once belonged
Get back, get back
Get back to where you once belonged
Oooh...
Get back, Loretta
Your mama's waiting for you
Wearing her high-heel shoes
And her low-neck sweater
Get back home, Loretta
Get back, get back
Get back to where you once belonged
Get back, get back
Get back
Oh, yeah
A continuación sonó 'Don't let me down'.
Don't let me down
Hey, don't let me down
Don't let me down
Don't let me down
Nobody ever loved me like she does
Oh she does, yes she does
And if somebody loved me like she do me
Oh she do me, you she does
Don't let me down
Hey, don't let me down
Don't let me down
Don't let me down
I'm in love for the first time
Don't you know it's gonna last
It's a love that lasts forever
It's a love that had no past
Lily y Sev se miraban a los ojos, en silencio…
Don't let me down
Hey, don't let me down
Don't let me down
Don't let me down
And from the first time that she really done me
Oh she done me, she done me good
I guess nobody ever really done me
Oh she done me, she done me good
Don't let me down
Hey, don't let me down
Don't let me down
Don't let me down
I'm in love for the first time
Don't you know it's gonna last
It's a love that lasts forever
It's a love that had no past
Don't let me down
Hey, don't let me down
Don't let me down
Don't let me down
Hey hey ah
Don't let me down
Sonó 'The ballad of John and Yoko', Peter les explicó.
-Esta canción habla de la relación de John Lennon con Yoko Ono, una artista japonesa que se convirtió en su segunda esposa, y al parecer fue una de las razones por las que el grupo se acabó separando, pues provocaba disensiones entre ellos.
-Vaya… pues muy mal hecho… qué pena – dijo Sev.
Standing in the dock at Southampton
Trying to get to Holland or France.
The man in the mac said you've got to go back,
You know they didn't even give us a chance.
Christ! You know it ain't easy,
You know how hard it can be.
The way things are going,
They're going to crucify me.
Finally made the plane into Paris,
Honeymooning down by the Seine.
Peter Brown called to say,
You can make it OK,
You can get married in Gibraltar near Spain.
Christ! You know it ain't easy,
You know how hard it can be.
The way things are going,
They're going to crucify me.
Drove from Paris to the Amsterdam Hilton,
Talking in our beds for a week.
The newspapers said, say what're you doing in bed,
I said we're only trying to get us some peace.
Christ! You know it ain't easy,
You know how hard it can be.
The way things are going,
They're going to crucify me.
Saving up your money for a rainy day,
Giving all your clothes to charity.
Last night the wife said,
Oh boy, when you're dead you don't take nothing with you but
our soul
Think!
Made a lightning trip to Vienna,
Eating choc'late cake in a bag.
The newspapers said,
She's gone to his head,
They look just like two Gurus in a drag.
Christ! You know it ain't easy,
You know how hard it can be.
The way things are going,
They're going to crucify me.
Caught the early plane back to London,
Fifty acorns tied in a sack.
The men form the press said me wish you success,
It's good to have the both of you back.
Christ! You know it ain't easy,
You know how hard it can be.
The way things are going,
They're going to crucify me.
A continuación fue el turno de 'Old brown shoe'.
I want a love that's right
But right is only half of what's wrong
I want a short haired girl
Who sometimes wears it twice as long
Now I'm stepping out this old brown shoe
Baby, I'm in love with you
I'm so glad you came here, it won't be the same now
I'm telling you
You know you pick me up
From where some try to drag me down
And when I see your smile
Replace every thoughtless frown
Got me escaping from this zoo
Baby, I'm in love with you
I'm so glad you came here, it won't be the same now
When I'm with you
If I grow up I'll be a singer
Wearing rings on every finger
Not worrying what they or you say
I'll live and love and maybe someday
Who knows, baby, you may comfort me
I may appear to be imperfect
My love is something you can't reject
I'm changing faster than the weather
If you and me should be together
Who knows, baby, you may comfort me
I want that love of yours
To miss that love is something I'd hate
I'll make an early start
I'm making sure that I'm not late
For you sweet top lip I'm in the queue
Baby, I'm in love with you
I'm so glad you came here, it won't be the same now
When I'm with you
I'm so glad you came here, it won't be the same now
When I'm with you
Peter les presentó 'Here comes the sun'.
-Este tema es uno de los pocos no compuestos por el dúo Lennon-McCartney, sino por el guitarrista, George Harrison, y es una verdadera joya, es una lástima que no le dejaran componer más, quién sabe cuántos buenos temas se habrán perdido por ello.
Here comes the sun
Here comes the sun
And I say it's all right
Little darlin' it's been a long cold lonely winter
Little darlin' it feels like years since it's been here
Here comes the sun
Here comes the sun
And I say it's all right
"Es luminoso como el sol del que habla."
Little darlin' the smiles returning to their faces
Little darlin' it seems like years since it's been here
Here comes the sun
Here comes the sun
And I say it's all right
Sun, sun, sun, here it comes
Sun, sun, sun, here it comes
Sun, sun, sun, here it comes
Sun, sun, sun, here it comes
Sun, sun, sun, here it comes
Little darlin' I feel the ice is slowly meltin'
Little darlin' it seems like years since it's been clear
Here come the sun
Here comes the sun
And I say it's all right
Here come the sun
Here comes the sun
It's all right, it's all right
Después sonó 'Come together'.
-Lennon de nuevo cantando – dijo Peter.
Here come old flat top he come
Grooving up slowly he got
Joo joo eyeball he one
Holy roller he got
Hair down to his knee
Got to be a joker he just do what he please
He wear no shoeshine he got
Toe jam football he got
Monkey finger he shoot
Coca cola he say
I know you, you know me
One thing I can tell you is you got to be free
Come together right now over me
Sev y Lily se echaron una incitante mirada…
He bag production he got
Walrus gumboot he got
Ono sideboard he one
Spinal cracker he got
Feet down below his knee
Hold you in his armchair you can feel his disease
Come together right now over me
He roller coaster he got
Early warning he got
Muddy water he one
Mojo filter he say
One and one and one is three
Got to be good-looking 'cos he's so hard to see
Come together right now over me
Come together
Come together
Come together
Fue el turno de 'Something'.
Something in the way she moves
Attracts me like no other lover
Something in the way she woos me
I don't want to leave her now
You know I believe and how
Somewhere in her smile she knows
That I don't need no other lover
Something in her style that shows me
I don't want to leave her now
You know I believe and how
You're asking me will my love grow
I don't know, I don't know
You stick around and it may show
I don't know, I don't know
Something in the way she knows
And all I have to do is think of her
Something in the things she shows me
I don't want to leave her now
You know I believe and how
Y después 'Octopuss garden'.
I'd like to be under the sea
In an octopus' garden in the shade
He'd let us in, knows where we've been
In his octopus' garden in the shade
I'd ask my friends to come and see
An octopus' garden with me
I'd like to be under the sea
In an octopus' garden in the shade.
We would be warm below the storm
In our little hideaway beneath the waves
Resting our head on the sea bed
In an octopus' garden near a cave
We would sing and dance around
because we know we can't be found
I'd like to be under the sea
In an octopus' garden in the shade
We would shout and swim about
The coral that lies beneath the waves
(Lies beneath the ocean waves)
Oh what joy for every girl and boy
Knowing they're happy and they're safe
(Happy and they're safe)
We would be so happy you and me
No one there to tell us what to do
I'd like to be under the sea
In an octopus' garden with you
In an octopus' garden with you
In an octopus' garden with you.
-Qué graciosa – dijo Sev.
A continuación sonó 'Let it be'.
When I find myself in times of trouble
Mother Mary comes to me
Speaking words of Wisdom, let it be.
And in my hour of darkness
She is standing right in front of me
Speaking words of wisdom, let it be.
Let it be, let it be.
Whisper words of wisdom, let it be.
And when the broken hearted people
Living in the world agree
There will be an answer, let it be.
For though they may be parted there is
Still a chance that they will see
There will be answer, let it be.
Let it be, let it be. Yeah
There will be an answer, let it be.
And when the night is cloudy,
There is still a light that shines on me,
Shine on until tomorrow, let it be.
I wake up to the sound of music
Mother Mary come to me
Speaking words of wisdom, let it be.
Let it be, let it be,
Whisper words of wisdom, let it be.
Después 'The long and winding road'.
The long and winding road that leads to your door,
Will never disappear,
I've seen that road before it always leads me here,
Leads me to your door.
The wild and windy night the rain washed away,
Has left a pool of tears crying for the day.
Why leave me standing here? Let me know the way
Many times I've been alone and many times I've cried
Anyway you'll never know the many ways I've tried, but
Still they lead me back to the long and winding road
You left me standing here a long, long time ago
Don't leave me waiting here, lead me to your door
Da, da, da, da
Lily lloró pensando en todos los años que Sev debía haberse sentido exactamente así… por ella…
-Vamos, ahora ya entré – le susurró él al oído.
-La siguiente, dedicada especialmente para ti, la he dejado para el final – dijo Peter a Sev – No te digo el título, esto que suena es 'La Marsellesa', el himno de la Revolución Francesa.
"Francia, el país de la Revolución y el amor…"
Love, love, love
Love, love, love
Love, love, love
There's nothing you can do that can't be done
Nothing you can sing that can't be sung
Nothing you can say but you can learn how to play the game
It's easy
Nothing you can make that can't be made
No one you can save that can't be saved
Nothing you can do but you can learn how to be you in time
It's easy
All you need is love
All you need is love
All you need is love, love
Love is all you need
Love, love, love
Love, love, love
Love, love, love
All you need is love
All you need is love
All you need is love, love
Love is all you need
There's nothing you can know that isn't known
Nothing you can see that isn't shown
Nowhere you can be that isn't where you're meant to be
It's easy
All you need is love
All you need is love
All you need is love, love
Love is all you need
All you need is love
(All together, now)
All you need is love
(Everybody)
All you need is love, love
Love is all you need
Love is all you need
Love is all you need
Love is all you need
Yesterday
She loves you, yeah yeah yeah
Todos tararearon el estribillo, también Sev.
-Qué bien cantas, Sev – le dijo Violet.
-Es cierto, serías un gran músico – dijo Peter.
Sev se moría de vergüenza.