Asia - El análisis

Si hay algo llamativo de la banda Inglesa de Rock Progresivo “Asia” es que muchos de sus CDS contienen imágenes relacionadas con la naturaleza o el medio ambiente. Algunos nombres de discos poseen nombres de factores abióticos o sin vida, tal caso es el de los discos, “Aqua” y “Arena”. Muchas de las canciones de Asia poseen un patrón de pronombres personales, al decir esto uno se refiere que las canciones utilizan bastante la palabra “You” o en Español, “Vos”. Si vamos a la canción “The smile has left your eyes” comprenderemos que la banda siempre habla en segunda persona del singular.

Una particularidad muy llamativa dentro del nombre de los discos es nombres como Alpha y Beta, que significan primero y segundo o Then and Now. Esto es muy relativo y no requiere mayor análisis

Por otro lado, tenemos el caso contrario, en el que el grupo utiliza impersonalidades, refiriéndose a medios naturales como posibles dioses o el sol en “The last time”, refiriéndose a la caída del sol.

Desde el lado instrumental, Asia utiliza muchísimo la combinación de Piano / Teclado / Órgano.

Go: Se utiliza el Órgano
The Smile has left your eyes: Se utiliza el Piano
The Higher You climb: Se utiliza el Teclado

La variación instrumental dicha es lo que le da el nombre de Rock Progresivo a este grupo, ya que los patrones son muy reconocibles.

Otro de los misterios de “Asia” es el porque se usa tanto la pirámide pareciera ser que hay mucha Mística para los miembros de la banda aunque esto es difícil de asegurar.
Puede que tenga que ver con los antiguos egipcios quienes adoraban las pirámides y las construian para rendirle culto a los muertos. Otro elemento importante es el Sol el cual es usado en muchas canciones, todo esto es más un misterio que una realidad.

Finalmente, a pesar de lo dicho “Asia” es un referente total del Rock Progresivo y demostró tener la capacidad de cualquier cosa al tocar en Moscú en plena Unión Soviética (URSS) en el 1990 colgando un cartel que decía "no hay billetes", que sin ir mas lejos no tuvo precedentes en la historia mundial.

Only time Will tell



Heat of the Moment


The Smile has left your eyes

When Doves Cry - Prince

Esta canción de Prince fué el mejor single de 1984 y fué el álbum que más vendió en los Estados Unidos en ese año. También estuvo en el #1 de los rankings de Estados Unidos por 5 semanas.

Dig if u will the picture
Of u and I engaged in a kiss
The sweat of your body covers me
Can u my darling
Can u picture this?

Dream if u can a courtyard
An ocean of violets in bloom
Animals strike curious poses
They feel the heat
The heat between me and u

How can u just leave me standing?
Alone in a world that's so cold? (So cold)
Maybe I'm just 2 demanding
Maybe I'm just like my father 2 bold
Maybe you're just like my mother
She's never satisfied (She's never satisfied)
Why do we scream at each other
This is what it sounds like
When doves cry

Touch if u will my stomach
Feel how it trembles inside
You've got the butterflies all tied up
Don't make me chase u
Even doves have pride

How can u just leave me standing?
Alone in a world so cold? (World so cold)
Maybe I'm just 2 demanding
Maybe I'm just like my father 2 bold
Maybe you're just like my mother
She's never satisfied (She's never satisfied)
Why do we scream at each other
This is what it sounds like
When doves cry

How can u just leave me standing?
Alone in a world that's so cold? (A world that's so cold)
Maybe I'm just 2 demanding (Maybe, maybe I'm like my father)
Maybe I'm just like my father 2 bold (Ya know he's 2 bold)
Maybe you're just like my mother (Maybe you're just like my mother)
She's never satisfied (She's never, never satisfied)
Why do we scream at each other (Why do we scream, why)
This is what it sounds like

When doves cry
When doves cry (Doves cry, doves cry)
When doves cry (Doves cry, doves cry)

Don't Cry (Don't Cry)

When doves cry
When doves cry
When doves cry

When Doves cry (Doves cry, doves cry, doves cry
Don't cry
Darling don't cry
Don't cry
Don't cry

Welcome to the Jungle - Guns N' Roses

Es el primer single de la banda norteamericana de rock, que salió por primera vez en el álbum "Appetite for Destruction". Esta canición fue una de las más conocidas y famosas de finales de los 80s y comienzos de los 90s.

Welcome To The Jungle lyrics
Welcome to the jungle
We've got fun 'n' games
We got everything you want
Honey, we know the names
We are the people that can find
Whatever you may need
If you got the money, honey
We got your disease

[CHORUS:]

In the jungle
Welcome to the jungle
Watch it bring you to your
knees, knees
I wanna watch you bleed

Welcome to the jungle
We take it day by day
If you want it you're gonna bleed
But it's the price you pay
And you're a very sexy girl
That's very hard to please
You can taste the bright lights
But you won't get them for free
In the jungle
Welcome to the jungle
Feel my, my, my serpentine
I, I wanna hear you scream

Welcome to the jungle
It gets worse here everyday
Ya learn ta live like an animal
In the jungle where we play
If you got a hunger for what you see
You'll take it eventually
You can have anything you want
But you better not take it from me

[CHORUS]

And when you're high you never
Ever want to come down, YEAH!

You know where you are
You're in the jungle baby
You're gonna die
In the jungle
Welcome to the jungle
Watch it bring you to your
knees, knees
In the jungle
Welcome to the jungle
Feel my, my, my serpentine
In the jungle
Welcome to the jungle
Watch it bring you to your
knees, knees
In the jungle
Welcome to the jungle
Watch it bring you to your
It' gonna bring you down-HA!

What a feeling - Irene Cara

Es una de las grandes cantantes y actrices que tuvo el 'Bronx' de Nueva York. Se inicia gracias a la televisión y llega a participar en un proyecto de banda sonora para la película 'Flashdance'.What A Feelin' su album, fue lanzado en 1983.

Letra

First, when there's nothing but a slow glowing dream
That your fear seems to hide deep inside your mind
All alone I have cried silent tears full of pride
In a world made of steel, made of stone

Well I hear the music, close my eyes, feel the rhythm
Wrap around, take a hold of my heart

What a feeling, bein's believin'
I can't have it all, now I'm dancin' for my life
Take your passion, and make it happen
Pictures come alive, you can dance right through your life

Now I hear the music, close my eyes, I am rhythm
In a flash it takes hold of my heart

What a feeling
bein's believin' (I am rhythm now)
Pictures come alive, you can dance right through your life
What a feeling (I can really have it all)
What a feeling (Pictures come alive when I call)
I can have it all (I can really have it all)
Have it all (Pictures come alive when I call)
(call, call, call, call, what a feeling) I can have it all
(Bein's believin') bein's believin'
(Take your passion, make it happen) make it happen
(What a feeling) what a feeling.

Bon Jovi - El que le dió un mal nombre al amor

Bon Jovi es una banda americana de Hard Rock y Glam Metal de mediados de los 80's. Tuvo varios éxitos, como 'Living on a Prayer' que fue nombrada mejor canción de los 80 según el canal de música británico Vh1. Otros éxitos, como 'You Give Love a Bad Name' y otros. La banda resurgió en el año 2000 y este año sacó un nuevo disco 'Lost Highway' que actualmente ocupa el número 1 en la lista de Billboard.

'Living on a Prayer'
Once upon a time not so long ago:
Tommy used to work on the docks
union's been on strike

He's down on his luck - It's tough
so tough.
Gina works the diner all day
working for her man

She brings home her pay for love
for love.

She says: We've got to hold on to what we've got
'Cause it doesn't make a difference if we make it or not.
We've got each other and that's a lot for love -
We'll give it a shot.

We're half way there - Livin' on a prayer

Take my hand and we'll make it
I swear - livin' on a prayer.

Tommy got his six string in hock.
Now he's holding in what he used to make it talk -
So tough
it's tough.
Gina dreams of running away
when she cries in the night
Tommy whispers: Baby
it's okay
someday.

We've got to hold on to what we've got . . .
We're half way there - Livin' on a prayer
. . .

We've got to hold on ready or not

You live for the fight when it's all that you've got.

We're half way there - Livin' on a prayer
. . .
We're half way there - Livin' on a prayer
. . .
We're half way there - Livin' on a prayer
. . .



'You Give Love a Bad Name'
Shot through the heart
And you're to blame
Darling, you give love a bad name

An angel's smile is what you sell
You promise me Heaven then put me through Hell
Chains of love got a hold on me
When passion's a prison you can't break free
Oh... You're a loaded gun ... yeah
Oh... there's nowhere to run
No one can save me, the damage is done

Shot through the heart
And you're to blame
You give love a bad name (bad name)
I play my part and you play your game
You give love a bad name (bad name)
and you give love a bad name

You paint your smile on your lips
Blood red nails on your fingertips
A school boy's dream, you act so shy
Your very first kiss was your first kiss goodbye
Oh... you're a loaded gun
No - there's nowhere to run
No one can save me, the damage is done

Shot through the heart
And you're to blame

You give love a bad name (bad name)
I play my part and you play your game
You give love a bad name (bad name)
You give love.....

Ohhh....
Shot through the heart
And you're to blame
You give love a bad name
I play my part and you play your game
You give love a bad name (bad name)

Shot through the heart
And you're to blame
You give love a bad name (bad name)
I play my part and you play your game
You give love a bad name (bad name)
You give love....

You give love... (bad name)
You give love...
You give love... (bad name)
You give love...
You give love...
You give love... (bad name)
You give love...
You give love... (bad name)
You give love...



'Bed of Roses'
Sitting here wasted and wounded
At this old piano
Trying hard to capture
The moment this morning I don't know
'Cause a bottle of vodka
Is still lodged in my head
And some blonde gave me nightmares
I think that she's still in my bed
As I dream about movies
They won't make of me when I'm dead

With an ironclad fist I wake up and
French kiss the morning
While some marching band keeps
Its own beat in my head
While we're talking
About all of the things that I long to believe
About love the truth and
What you mean to me
And the truth is
baby you're all that I need

I want to lay you down in a bed of roses
For tonite I sleep on a bed of nails
I want to be just as close as the Holy Ghost is
And lay you down on a bed of roses

Well I'm so far away
That each step that I take is on my way home
A king's ransom in dimes I'd given each night
Just to see through this payphone
Still I run out of time
Or it's hard to get through

Til the bird on the wire flies me back to you
I'll just close my eyes and whisper,
Baby blind love is true

I want to lay you down in a bed of roses
For tonite I sleep on a bed of nails
I want to be just as close as the Holy Ghost is
And lay you down on a bed of roses

Well this hotel bar hangover whiskey's gone dry
The barkeeper's wig's crooked
And she's giving me the eye
I might have said yeah
But I laughed so hard I think I died

Now as you close your eyes
Know I'll be thinking about you
While my mistress she calls me
To stand in her spotlight again
Tonite I won't be alone
But you know that don't Mean I'm not lonely
I've got nothing to prove
For it's you that I'd die to defend

I want to lay you down in a bed of roses
For tonite I sleep on a bed of nails
I want to be just as close as the Holy Ghost is
And lay you down...

I want to lay you down in a bed of roses
For tonite I sleep on a bed of nails
I want to be just as close as the Holy Ghost is
And lay you down on a bed of roses

Born in the USA - Bruce Springsteen

Esta canción, escrita en 1984 por Bruce Springsteen, es una de sus individuales más conocidas.
La letra de esta canción hace referencia a los efectos de la guerra de Vietnam sobre la gente americana. La increíble fama de esta canción la llevo a posicionarse entre las mejores 500 canciones según la Rolling Stone.

Born down in a dead man's town
The first kick I took was when I hit the ground
You end up like a dog that's been beat too much
Till you spend half your life just covering upBorn in the U.S.A.
I was born in the U.S.A.
I was born in the U.S.A.
Born in the U.S.A.
Got in a little hometown jam so they put a rifle in my hand
Sent me off to a foreign land to go and kill the yellow man
Born in the U.S.A.
I was born in the U.S.A.
I was born in the U.S.A.
I was born in the U.S.A.
Born in the U.S.A.
Come back home to the refinery
Hiring man says "son if it was up to me"
Went down to see my V.A. man
He said "son don't you understand now"
Had a brother at Khe Sahn fighting off the Viet Cong
They're still there he's all gone
He had a woman he loved in Saigon
I got a picture of him in her arms now
Down in the shadow of penitentiary
Out by the gas fires of the refinery
I'm ten years burning down the road
Nowhere to run ain't got nowhere to go
Born in the U.S.A.
I was born in the U.S.A.
Born in the U.S.A.
I'm a long gone daddy in the U.S.A.
Born in the U.S.A.
Born in the U.S.A.
Born in the U.S.A.
I'm a cool rocking daddy in the U.S.A.

The Final Countdown - Europe

Europe, el grupo de Hard Rock y Glam Metal saltó a la fama en 1986 con su disco titulado The Final Countdown, que también incluía la canción Carrie. Ambas canciones fueron un gran éxito mundial.

We're leaving together
But still it's farewell
And maybe we'll come back
To earth, who can tell
I guess there is no one to blame
We're leaving ground (leaving ground)
Will things ever be the same again
It's the final countdown...
The final countdown
Ooh oh
We're heading for Venus (Venus)
And still we stand tall
Cause maybe they've seen us
And welcome us all (yeah)
With so many light years to go
And things to be found (to be found)
I'm sure that we'll all miss her so
It's the final countdown...
The final countdown
The final countdown (the final countdown)
Ooh ooh oh
(interlude)
The final countdown
Ooh oh
I'ts the final countdown
The final countdown
The final countdown (the final countdown)
Ooh
It's the final countdown
We are leaving together
The final countdown

Camouflage - Conociendo al Synth Alemán

Camouflage es una banda de Synth Pop donde reina el uso de sintetizadores, tiene un estilo muy similar al de Depeche Mode y parece por momentos ser un techno o simil.
El grupo es de origen Alemán. Sus miembros son Oliver Kreyssig, Heiko Maile y Marcus Meyn. La empresa discográfica a la que estaban asociados era Atlantic.
Según cuenta la historia, "Lizenenced Technology" era el grupo/nombre antecesor de Camouflage.

Suspicious Love:

Try to tell me something,
try to tell me how it feels,
build it up to beat it down again,
all the things you're hiding,
all the games you play with me,
build it up to beat it down again.
Suspicious love,
froze my natural laugh,
and I need to change,
but something keeps me here.
I feel I know,
I won't let it grow,
and I need to change,
but something keeps me here,
I refuse to crawl.
Got to tell you something,
got to tell you how it feels,
once built up and beaten down again.
Promises once spoken,
all the warmth you gave to me
Leave me always somehow inbetween.

Some people suppress you
they partch you
and reap a disaster
Reeducation for the infants
who demanded for an innocent instance





The great commandment:

The great commandment
shows the contempt
between the world and their embarrassing pavement
Believe the scholars
read the readings
realize the man who says anything

The great commandment

The needies believe you
they treat you
like survivors of a disaster
Reeducation for the infants
who demanded for an innocent instance

The great commandment



Love is a shield:

Love is a shield,
to hide behind,
love is a field
to grow inside,
and when I sometimes close my eyes
my mind starts spinning round.
Love is a baby
in a mother`s arms,
love is your breath
which makes me warm,
and when I sometimes close my eyes,
my mind starts spinning round.
There is a feeling
that flows through me,
when you are near
you make it real
and we could live for this ideal.
And all the pictures we run through,
seem to be perfect,
seem to be true.
But nothing is quite forever,
especially staying together.
I don`t care now
what comes along,
what counts is us,
no matter what will be,
just this naivety.
The changing words we`re taking in,
seem to be perfect,
seem to win.
But nothing is quite forever,
especially staying together.
Love Is A Shield

Sweet Dreams - Eurythmics

Sweet Dreams fué escrita por David A. Stewart y su compañera, Annie Lennox, y fue el punto de partida para que todos conocieran a su grupo, llamado Eurythmics. Desde entonces, esta canción a sido meritoria de un increíble éxito comercial. Finalmente, su increíble video musical los ayudo a posicionar la canción entre las 5 principales de las listas de todo el mundo.

Letra:

Sweet Dreams are made of this

Who am I to disagree?

Travel the world and the seven seas
Everybody's looking for something
Some of them want to use you
Some of them want to get used by you
Some of them want to abuse you
Some of them want to be abused
Sweet dreams are made of this
Who am I to disagree?
Travel the world and the seven seas
Everybody's looking for something
Some of them want to use you
Some of them want to get used by you
Some of them want to abuse you
Some of them want to be abused
I wanna use you and abuse you
I wanna know what's inside you
(Whispering) Hold your head up, movin' on
Keep your head up, movin' on
Hold your head up, movin' on
Keep your head up, movin' on
Hold your head up, movin' on
Keep your head up, movin' on
Movin' on!
Sweet dreams are made of this
Who am I to disagree?
Travel the world and the seven seas
Everybody's looking for something
Some of them want to use you
Some of them want to get used by you
Some of them want to abuse you
Some of them want to be abused
I'm gonna use you and abuse you
I'm gonna know what's inside
Gonna use you and abuse you
I'm gonna know what's inside you

Mickey - Toni Basil

El video musical de "Mickey" fue uno de los más populares de los primeros vídeos MTV. En 2003, VH1 clasificó a Mickey en el número 5 de su lista de los 100 Greatest One Hits Wonders.


Oh, Mickey, you're so fine
You're so fine you blow my mind
Hey, Mickey
Hey, Mickey

Oh, Mickey, you're so fine
You're so fine you blow my mind
Hey, Mickey
Hey, Mickey

Oh, Mickey, you're so fine
You're so fine you blow my mind
Hey, Mickey

Hey, Mickey
You've been around all night
And that's a little long
You think you've got the right
But I think you've got it wrong
Why can't you say goodnight
So you can take me home, Mickey

'Cause when you say you will
It always means you won't
You're givin' me the chills, baby
Please, baby don't
Every night you still leave me alone, Mickey

Oh, Mickey, what a pity
You don't understand
You take me by the heart
When you take me by the hand
Oh, Mickey, you're so pretty
Can't you understand
It's guys like you, Mickey
Oh, what you do, Mickey, do, Mickey
Don't break my heart, Mickey

Hey, Mickey

Now when you take me by the hooves
Who's ever gonna know
And every time you move
I let a little more show
There's something you can use
Wo don't say no, Mickey

So come on and give it to me anyway you can
Anyway you want to do it
I'll take it like a man
Oh, please baby, please
Don't leave me in the damn, Mickey

Oh, Mickey, what a pity
You don't understand
You take me by the heart
When you take me by the hand
Oh, Mickey, you're so pretty
Can't you understand
It's guys like you, Mickey
Oh, what you do, Mickey, do, Mickey
Don't break my heart, Mickey

Oh, Mickey, you're so fine
You're so fine, you blow my mind
Hey, Mickey, hey, Mickey
Oh, Mickey, you're so fine
You're so fine, you blow my mind
Hey, Mickey, hey, Mickey
Oh, Mickey, you're so fine
You're so fine, you blow my mind
Hey, Mickey

Oh, Mickey, what a pity
You don't understand
You take me by the heart
When you take me by the hand
Oh, Mickey, you're so pretty
Can't you understand
It's guys like you, Mickey
Oh, what you do, Mickey, do, Mickey
Don't break my heart, Mickey

Oh, Mickey, what a pity
You don't understand
You take me by the heart
When you take me by the hand
Oh, Mickey, you're so pretty
Can't you understand
It's guys like you, Mickey
Oh, what you do, Mickey, do, Mickey
Don't break my heart, Mickey

Oh, Mickey, what a pity
You don't understand
You take me by the heart
When you take me by the hand
Oh, Mickey, you're so pretty
Can't you understand
It's guys like you, Mickey
Oh, what you do, Mickey, do, Mickey
Don't break my heart, Mickey