Vanity 6 - Nasty Girl

That's right, pleased to meet you I still won't tell you my name Don't you believe in mystery Don't you wanna play my game I'm lookin' for a man to love me Like I never been loved before I'm lookin' for a man that'll do it anywhere Even on a limousine floor 'cause // Tonight I'm livin' in a fantasy My own little nasty world Tonight, don't you wanna come with me Do you think I'm a nasty girl // I guess I'm just used to sailors I think they got water on the brain I think they got more water upstairs Than they got sugar on a candy cane That's right, it's been a long time Since I had a man that did it real good If you ain't scared, take it out I'll do it like a real live nasty girl should // Tonight I'm livin' in a fantasy My own little nasty world Tonight, don't you wanna come with me Do you think I'm a nasty girl // Please, please Please, please // I don't like this groove Try and give me something I can croon to Catch my drift // That'll work // That's right, I can't control it I need 7 inches or more Tonight I can no longer hold it Get it up, get it up, I can't wait anymore // Uh, it's time to jam Dance nasty girls, dance Everybody, uh, it's time to jam Nasty girls, dance, dance, dance // (Are you gonna come) (Ooh, ooh, ooh) Uh Is that it Mmm, wake me when you're done I guess you'll be the only one having fun

Genesis - Back In NYC

I see faces and traces of home back in New York City - So you think I'm a tough kid? Is that what you heard? Well I like to see some action and it gets into my blood. They call me the trail blazer - Rael - electric razor I'm the pitcher in the chain gang, we don't believe in pain 'cos we're only as strong, yes we're only as strong, as the weakest link in the chain. Only after a spell in Pontiac reformatory was he given any respect in the gang. Let me out of Pontiac when I was just seventeen, I had to get it out of me, if you know what I mean, what I mean. You say I must be crazy, 'cos I don't care who I hit, who I hit. But I know it's me that's hitting out and I'm, I'm not full of shit. I don't care who I hurt, I don't care who I do wrong. This is your mess I'm stuck in, I really don't belong. When I take out my bottle, filled up high with gasoline, You can tell by the night fires where Rael has been, has been. Now, walking back home after a raid, he was cuddling a sleeping porcupine. That night he pictured the removal of his hairy heart and to the accompaniment of very romantic music he watched it being shaved smooth by an anonymous stainless steel razor. As I cuddled the porcupine He said I had none to blame, but me. Held my heart, deep in hair, Time to shave, shave it off, it off. No time for romantic escape, When your fluffy heart is ready for rape. No! Off we go... Your sitting in your comfort you don't believe I'm real, You cannot buy protection from the way that I feel. Your progressive hypocrites hand out their trash, But it was mine in the first place, so I'll burn it to ash. And I've tasted all the strongest meats, And laid them down in coloured sheets (laid them down in coloured sheets). Who needs illusion of love and affection When you're out walking the streets with your mainline connection? connection. As I cuddled the porcupine He said I had none to blame, but me. Held my heart, deep in hair. Time to shave, shave it off, it off. No time for romantic escape, When your fluffy heart is ready for rape. No!

Prefab Sprout - Looking for Atlantis

If you're looking for Atlantis You should cast your eye on me Put your two and two together Don't you know who built Atlantis Then returned to the sea Don't you know who owns the weather ? Rain or shine Sure is good to seek a challenge Sure is fine to set your sights Sure is foolish to be blinded There are legions out there churching Searching for the holy grail Isn't one of them can find it All this time You should be loving someone And you know who it must be Cause you'll never find Atlantis Til you make that someone me You should be loving someone And you know who it must be Cause you'll never find Atlantis Til you make that someone me Say you do find your volcano and the darn thing is still hot Lesson one Child don't waste it Lesson two The world's your cherry But tomorrow ? Maybe not Lesson three Come on and taste it All this time You should be loving someone And you know who it must be Cause you'll never find Atlantis Til you make that someone me You should be loving someone And you know who it must be Cause you'll never find Atlantis Til you make that someone me

Manal - Avellaneda Blues

Vía muerta, calle con asfalto siempre destrozado. Tren de carga, el humo y el hollín están por todos lados. Hoy llovió y todavía está nublado. Sur y aceite, barriles en el barro, galpón abandonado. Charco sucio, el agua va pudriendo un zapato olvidado. Un camión interrumpe el triste descampado. Luz que muere, la fábrica parece un duende de hormigón y la grúa, su lágrima de carga inclina sobre el dock. Un amigo duerme cerca de un barco español. Amanece, la avenida desierta pronto se agitará. Y los obreros, fumando impacientes, a su trabajo van. Sur, un trozo de este siglo, barrio industrial.

Yo La Tengo - Oklahoma, U.S.A.

All life we work but work is bore, If life's for livin' what's livin' for, She lives in a house that's near decay, Built for the industrial revolution, But in her dreams she is far away, In Oklahoma U.S.A. With Shirley Jones and Gordon McRea, As she buys her paper at the corner shop, She's walkin' on the surrey with the fringe on top, Cos in her dreams she is far away, In Oklahoma U.S.A., She walks to work but she's still in a daze, She's Rita Hayworth or Doris Day, And Errol Flynn's gonna take her away, To Oklahoma U.S.A., All life we work but work is a bore, If life's for livin' then what's livin' for.

Wire - Outdoor Miner

No blind spots in the leopard's eyes Can only help to jeopardize The lives of lambs, the shepherd cries An afterlife for a silverfish Eternal dust less ticklish Than the clean room, a houseguest's wish He lies on his side, is he trying to hide? In fact it's the earth, which he's known since birth Face worker, a serpentine miner A roof falls, an underliner Of leaf structure, the egg timer

The Replacements - Tommy Gets His Tonsils Out

Now open wide, the doctor's here Everything is fine, got nothing to fear Strap 'em down, we're outta gas Stop your bawling, you little brat Let's get this over with, I'm off in a hour Didn't wash up, yesterday I took a shower Get this over with, I tee off in an hour My Cadillac's running Let's.. \Rip, rip, we're gonna rip 'em out now Rip, rip, we're gonna rip 'em out now Rip, rip, we're gonna rip 'em out now Rip, rip, we're gonna rip 'em out now Open wide, you little snot That's the way we knock em out Got nothing to fear Got nothing to be afraid of Doctor's here, nothing to be afraid of Let's get this over, we have to tee off in an hour Did I wash up? Yesterday, I took myself a shower My Cadillac's running How ya doin? How do you feel after the operation? Can I come by? I'm really feeling terrible

The Left Banke - Evening Gown

The butler opened the parlor door I took my coat and approached the floor A door opened at the top of the stairs A sexy lady she was a-standing there I stumbled and turned around to see Her Evening Gown Said yeah, Alright! She said Forward your love was there The light was on the jewels in her hair The only sign gettin' down on my chest I start to mumble on the way to address I made the way up and down upon Her Evening Gown Said yeah, Alright! (solo) Oh... Mmm-hmm, alright... The door was on the touch of her feet Her eyes were wide and her hands petite I knew I didn't stand a breath of a chance With all her will she gave me a glance She won't throw me out, I turned around to meet Her Evening Gown Said Yeah, Wowwwwwww! The butler opened the parlor door I took my coat and approached the floor A door opened at the top of the stairs A sexy lady she was a-standing there I stumbled in and turned around to see Her Evening Gown

Tim Maia - Canción para Cristina

Cristina,
Às vezes eu te chamo Cris
Um sonho que eu mesmo fiz
Um tempo que vai começar

Cristina,
Menina que me aconteceu
Um anjo que me devolveu
A vontade de amar
A vontade de amar (vem vem vem vem)

Eu sei que é difícil se dar por amor novamente
Depois que se sente a dor pelo amor que se foi (uoh uoh yeah yeah)

Cristina,
Escuta o coração que diz
A gente pode ser feliz
A gente deve se ajudar

Cristina,
Levarei por onde for
A marca desse nosso amor
Nas canções que eu cantar
Nas canções que eu canta

Eu sei que é difícil se dar por amor novamente
Depois que se sente a dor pelo amor que se foi (uoh uoh yeah yeah)

Cristina,
Escuta o coração que diz
A gente pode ser feliz
A gente deve se ajudar

Cristina,
Levarei por onde for
A marca desse nosso amor
Nas canções que eu cantar
Nas canções que eu cantar...

Jorge Ben Jor - Jorge de Capadocia

Tomate siete minutitos, y pegate un lindo viaje.

"
para que mis enemigos tengan manos y no me toquen
para que mis enemigos tengan pies y no me alcancen
para que mis enemigos tengan ojos y no me vean
y ni uno de sus pensamientos pueda hacerme mal

armas de fuego, mi cuerpo no alcanzarán
espadas, dagas y lanzas se quebrarán, si tocan mi cuerpo
las cuerdas se reventarán si amarran mi cuerpo
porque estoy vestido con las ropas y las armas de Jorge "

The Decemberists - 16 Military Wives

Sixteen military wives
Thirty-two softly focused brightly colored eyes
Staring at the natural tan
of thirty-two gently clenching wrinkled little hands
Seventeen company men
Out of which only twelve will make it back again
Sergeant sends a letter to five
Military wives, whose tears drip down through ten little eyes

Cheer them on to their rivals
Cause America can, and America can't say no
And America dies, if America says it's so
It's so!

And the anchorperson on TV goes...
La de da de da

Fifteen celebrity minds
Leading their fifteen sordid wretched checkered lives
Will they find the solution in time
Using their fifteen pristine moderate liberal minds?

Eighteen academy chairs
Out of which only seven really even care
Doling out the garland to five
Celebrity minds, they're humbly taken by surprise

Cheer them on to their rivals
Cause America can, and America can't say no
And America dies, if America says it's so
It's so!

And the anchorperson on TV goes...
La de da de da de-dadedade-da
La de da de da de-dadedade-da

Fourteen cannibal kings
Wondering blithely what the dinner bell will bring
Fifteen celebrity minds
Served on a leafy bed OF sixteen military wives

Cheer them on to their rivals
Cause America can, and America can't say no
And America dies, if America says it's so
It's so!

And the anchorperson on TV goes...
La de da de da de-dadedade-da
La de da de da de-dadedade-da
La de da de da de-dadedade-da-dedadeda-de de dadede-daaaaa

Danzig - Thirteen

SIEMPRE TUVE A LA MALA SUERTE 

SOPLANDOME LA NUCA

NACI PARA TRAER PROBLEMAS DONDE ME ENCUENTRE

CON EL NUMERO 13

TATUADO EN EL CUELLO

LA TINTA EMPIEZA A PICAR

EL NEGRO SE TORNA ROJO.

NACI EN EL CORAZON DE LA SORDIDEZ

NUNCA ME PUSIERON UN NOMBRE

SOLO ME DIERON UN NUMERO

CUANDO ERA CHICO.

UNA LARGA FILA DE DESGRACIAS

QUE CARGO COMO PUEDO

LA LISTA DE VIDAS QUE DESTRUI

VAN DESDE AQUI HASTA EL INFIERNO

Y LA MALA SUERTE 

SIEMPRE ME SOPLO LA NUCA.

REZA PARA NO MIRARME,

NI PARA QUE YO JAMAS TE MIRE.

NACI EN EL CORAZON DE LA SORDIDEZ

NUNCA TUVE NOMBRE

SOLO ME DIERON UN NUMERO

CUANDO ERA CHICO.

Wilco - California Stars

I'd like to rest /my heavy head tonight /on a bed /of California stars.
I'd like to lay /my weary bones tonight /on a bed /of California stars.

I'd love to feel /your hand touching mine /and tell me why /I must keep working on.
Yes I'd give /my life to lay my head tonight /on a bed /of California stars.

I'd like to dream /my troubles all away /on a bed /of California stars.
Jump up from my starbed /make another day /underneath /my California stars.

They hang like grapes /on vines that shine /and warm the lovers' glass /like friendly wine.
So I'd give this world just to dream a dream with you /on our bed /of California stars.

Marlena Shaw - California Soul

Like a sound you hear

That lingers in your ear
But you can't forget
From sundown to sunset

It's all in the air
You hear it everywhere
No matter what you do
It's gonna grab a hold on you

California soul, California soul
They say the sun comes up every morning
And if you listen carefully
The winds that ride on the high time
Whistle a melody
And so the people started to sing
And that's how the surf gave birth untold
California soul, California soul

When you hear the beat
You wanna pat your feet
And you've got to move
'Cause it's really such a groove

Puts a brand new kind of thinking in your mind
And you can't go wrong
'Cause you're groovin' all day long
California soul, California soul

They had the melody and the beat
But it still didn't seem complete
Until they saw two lovers kissin'
They knew just what was missin'

So happy they were rockin' and reelin'
Because they added that lovin' feeling
To California soul, California soul
California soul

Led Zeppelin - Going to California

Spent my days with a woman unkind, 
Smoked my stuff and drank all my wine.
Made up my mind to make a new start, 
Going To California with an aching in my heart.

Someone told me there's a girl out there 
with love in her eyes and flowers in her hair.

Took my chances on a big jet plane, 
never let them tell you that they're all the same.
The sea was red and the sky was grey, 
wondered how tomorrow could ever follow today.
The mountains and the canyons started to tremble and shake
as the children of the sun began to awake.

Seems that the wrath of the Gods
Got a punch on the nose and it started to flow;
I think I might be sinking.
Throw me a line if I reach it in time
I'll meet you up there where the path
Runs straight and high.

To find a queen without a king,
They say she plays guitar and cries and sings... la la la
Ride a white mare in the footsteps of dawn
Tryin' to find a woman who's never, never, never been born.
Standing on a hill in my mountain of dreams,
Telling myself it's not as hard, hard, hard as it seems.

Built To Spill - You Were Right

You were wrong when you said

Everything's gonna be allright

You were wrong when you said

Everything's gonna be alright

You were right when you said

All that glitters isn't gold

You were right when you said

All we are is dust in the wind

You were right when you said

We are all just bricks in the wall

And when you said manic depression's a frustrating mess

You were wrong when you said

Everything's gonna be alright

You were wrong when you said

Everything's gonna be alright

You were right when you said

You can't always get what you want

You were right when you said

It's a hard rain's gonna fall

You were right when you said

We're still running against the wind

And life goes on long after the thrill of living is gone

You were right when you said

This is the end

Do you ever think about it?

Do you ever think about it?

Do you ever think about it?

Do you ever think about it?

Richard Thompson - Orange-Coloured Sky

Prende la licuadora para obtener un delicioso jugo de canciones.

I was walking alone, minding my business,

when out of an orange coloured sky

Flash! Crash! Alakazam! Wonderful you walk by.

I was humming a tune, drinking in sunshine,

when out of that orange coloured view

Flash! Crash! Alakazam! I got a look at you.

One look and I yelled timber, watch out for flying glass

'cause the ceiling fell in
and the bottom fell out
and I went into a spin and I started to shout

This is it! This is it! 

This is it, I'VE BEEN HIT!

I was walking alone, minding my business,

when love came and hit me in the eye

Flash! Crash! Alakazam! Out of an orange coloured sky.

One look and I yelled timber, watch out for flying glass

'cause the ceiling fell in 
and the bottom fell out 
and I went into a spin and I started to shout

This is it! This is it! 

This is it, I'VE BEEN HIT!

I was walking alone, minding my business,

when love came and hit me in the eye

Flash! Crash! Alakazam! Out of an orange, 

coloured, candy stripes,

fruity green polka dot sky...

Flash! Crash! Alakazam went the sky.

The Barracudas - My Little Red Book

I just got out my little red book
The minute that you said goodbye
I thumbed right through my little red book
I wasn't gonna sit and cry
And I went from A to Z
I took out every pretty girl in town
They danced with me and as I held them

All I did was talk about you
Hear your name and I'd start to cry
There's just no getting over you... oh, no...

There ain't no girl in my little red book
Who could ever replace your charms
And each girl in my little red book
Knows you're the one I'm thinkin' of
Oh won't you please come back
Without your precious love I can't go on
Where can love be I need you so much

Oh won't you please come back
Without your precious love I can't go on
It's haunting me I need you so much
 
All I did was talk and talk about you
Hear your name and I'd start to cry
There's just no getting over you
All I did was talk and talk about you
Hear your name and I'd start to cry
There's just no getting over you... oh no

The Fiery Furnaces - We Got Back The Plague

That easy going man of blood

Mucking about in the McLennan County mud

If you're hoping he won't, well course then he must

Driving his truck through the McLennan County dust

I read in my book on Sunday afternoon

So it's easy to think the end's coming soon

But though sometimes the signs from heaven are vague

Early November we got back the plague

While beautiful Laura's sweeping the porch

He's teleconferencing up his operation torch

And I don't care if he bombs Babylon to hell

Except for he's building Babylon here as well

I read in my book on Sunday afternoon

So it's easy to think the end's coming soon

But though sometimes the signs from heaven are vague

Early November we got back the plague

Waking up in Cedar Rapids looking for allies

Praising his leaches and looking for likewise

Down in St. Charles local talent he hawks

I read in my book on Sunday afternoon

So it's easy to think the end's coming soon

But though sometimes the signs from heaven are vague

Early November we got back the plague

In Northern Virginia on their excursions

L.U.V. in with all their diversions

Horns for hounds & spurs for horses

Release the committed Seventy-Two hour task forces

I read in my book on Sunday afternoon

So it's easy to think the end's coming soon

But though sometimes the signs from heaven are vague

Early November we got back the plague

Bentonville and Dalas with gasoline douse

Then back to Crawford going over to the firehouse

Behind the curtains not turning much of a trick

Sicking ourselves to make ourselves sick

I read in my book on Sunday afternoon

So it's easy to think the end's coming soon

But though sometimes the signs from heaven are vague

Early November we got back the plague

That easy going man of blood

Mucking out in the McLelland County mud

If you're hoping he won't well course then he must

Digging us down under the McLellan County dust

Toquinho y Maria Creuza con Vinicius de Moraes - Que maravilha

Sólo el Chango Farías Gómez sabe hoy todas las veces que escuché esta canción.
Desde la primera vez, cuando no sabía quiénes eran ni Vinicius ni Toquinho, ni sabía tampoco que amaba la música brasilera, en ese cassette Philips en donde mi viejo había grabado el disco Vinicius de Moraes en La Fusa (alto duplicador mi viejo; heredar esa manía me salvó la vida), cuando me sentaba en el sillón del living a escucharlo con auriculares mientras tocaba todos los instrumentos en un teclado imaginario, golpeando con los dedos en el apoyabrazos del sillón, hipnotizado por la percusión del Chango, descubriendo con cada pasada lo que decía la letra, imaginando estar ahí en el bar de Punta del Este viendo cantar a María Creuza ("maravilha mariazinha"). Pasando por grabaciones y grabaciones hechas por mí cada vez que encontraba a alguien que tuviera este disco (del que lo único que sabía era que estaba cantado en portugués) para conocer las canciones que mi viejo había descartado porque no le entraban en el cassette. La grabación definitiva, la que hice en un cassette de metal desde la edición en CD que se había comprado Mariano, la doble editada en Suiza que venía con el otro recital de Vinicius y Toquinho en La Fusa, con Maria Bethania.
Hasta llegar, finalmente, a obtener mi propio CD (copiado, hecho en un Mitsui Gold; nunca lo tuve original), del que aquí extraigo esta versión, para recordar todo esto y volver a escuchar este hermoso tema una vez más, solo sabe el Chango Farías Gómez hoy cuántas veces.

Lá fora está chovendo
Mas assim mesmo eu vou correndo
Só prá ver o meu amor
Ela vem toda de branco
Toda molhada e despenteada, que maravilha
Que coisa linda que é o meu amor

Por entre bancários, automóveis, ruas e avenidas
Milhões de buzinas tocando sem cessar
Ela vem chegando de branco,
meiga e muito tímida
Com a chuva molhando o seu corpo
Que eu vou abraçar

E a gente no meio da rua do mundo
No meio da chuva, a girar, que maravilha
A girar, que maravilha
A girar