lunes, 30 de marzo de 2009

si vas al jerte, si vas a hervás y si vas a monfragüe

Si vas al Jerte,
cerezas picotas y suerte.




Valle del Jerte




Cerezo en flor


Si vas a Hervás,
volverás o no volverás.




Hervás, judería


Si vas a Monfragüe,
donde el Tiétar tiene su desagüe,
en el Tajo no naufragües.




El salto del gitano




Alcornoque desnudo en el Parque Nacional de Monfragüe




Desembocadura del río Tiétar en el río Tajo


Fotos y versillos de niki

miércoles, 25 de marzo de 2009

i'm a soul man - original soul brothers




PART I - STREETCORNER GROUPS AND GOSPEL QUARTETS

1. The Soul Stirrers - Just Another Day
2. The “5” Royales - Too Much Lovin’
3. The Moonglows - Sincerely
4. The Charms - Hearts Of Stone
5. The Clovers - Lovey Dovey
6. The Ravens - I’m Gonna Take To The Road
7. The Dominoes - Sixty Minute Man
8. The Du-Droppers - Can’t Do Sixty No More
9. The Larks - Eyesight To The Blind
10. The Five Blind Boys of Mississippi - In The Wilderness
11. The Five Keys - Hucklebuck With Jimmy
12. The Penguins - Earth Angel


PART II - SINGING FROM THE SOUL

13. Bobby Blue Bland - No Blow No Show
14. Roy Brown - Rainy Weather Blues
15. Brother Joe May - Do You Know Him?
16. Joe Liggins - They Were Doing The Mambo
17. Johnny Ace - Saving My Love For You
18. Little Richard - Ain’t Nothin’ Happening
19. Rufus Thomas - No More Doggin’ Around
20. Johnny Otis - The Candle’s Burning Low
21. Reverend Gatemouth Moore - The Bible’s Being Fulfilled Every Day
22. Ray Snead - I’m A Good Rockin’ Daddy
23. Percy Mayfield - The River’s Invitation
24. Ray Charles - I Got A Woman


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I'm A Soul Man - Original Soul Brothers

martes, 24 de marzo de 2009

original soul sisters - singing in my soul




PART I - 40's BLUES AND GOSPEL FROM THE SOUL

1. Sister Rosetta Tharpe - Singing In My Soul
2. Julia Lee - If It’s Good
3. Nellie Lutcher - He’s A Real Gone Guy
4. Myra Taylor - Booted
5. Sister Rosetta Tharpe & Marie Knight - Up Above My Head
6. Julia Lee - Snatch And Grab It
7. Dinah Washington - Long John Blues
8. Devonia ‘Lady Dee’ Williams - I’m Not Falling In Love With You
9. Sister Wynona Carr - Each Day
10. Alma ‘Miss Lollipop’ Mondy - Miss Lollipop’s Confession


PART II - 50's RHYTHM & BLUES

11. Mahalia Jackson - I’m Glad Salvation Is Free
12. LaVern Baker - I Want To Rock
13. Little Esther Phillips - Cupid’s Boogie
14. Dinah Washington - New Blowtop Blues
15. Ruth Brown - (Mama) He Treats Your Daughter Mean
16. Big Mama Thornton - Hound Dog
17. Faye Adams - Shake A Hand
18. Ruth Brown - Wild Wild Young Men
19. Big Maybelle - Just Want Your Love
20. Ella Johnson - Hittin’ On Me
21. Faye Adams - I’ll Be True
22. Big Maybelle - My Country Man


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Original Soul Sisters - Singing In My Soul

weegee's new york



El revólver sigue apuntando al muerto, 1940




Trance musical: jazz en Greenwich Village, 1940




El payaso Emmett Kelly, 1944




New York is a friendly town, 1939




Verano: la ducha colectiva, Lower East Side, 1937


WEEGEE'S NEW YORK
COLECCIÓN M + M AUER
Fundación Telefónica, Madrid
5 marzo - 17 mayo de 2009

sábado, 21 de marzo de 2009

the best of the fleetwoods




1. Come Softly To Me
2. Graduation's Here
3. Outside My Window
4. (He's) The Great Imposter
5. Runaround
6. Confidential
7. Tragedy
8. Mr. Blue
9. The Last One To Know
10. Truly Do
11. Lovers By Night, Strangers By Day
12. Goodnight My Love
13. Imagination
14. Bye Bye Blackbird
15. Serenade Of The Bells
16. A Lover's Concerto
17. Before And After (Losing You)
18. Climb Ev'ry Mountain


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The Best Of The Fleetwoods

viernes, 20 de marzo de 2009

martes, 17 de marzo de 2009

lord rendal



The Wounded Cavalier, 1855
William Shakespeare Burton


Lord Rendal
Andreas Scholl, countertenor
Andreas Martin, lute


La versión impresa más antigua de esta balada escocesa se encuentra en The Scots Musical Museum (1787). Allí se titula “Lord Ronald, my Son”. Puede tener sus raíces en una balada italiana del siglo XVII. La tonada se conoce también por otros títulos (“Lord Randall”, “Jimmy Randal”, etc.) a lo largo y ancho de las Islas Británicas y en Norteamérica. Sir Walter Scott asoció la balada con la muerte de Thomas Randolph, Earl de Murray, en 1332, quien pudo haber sido envenenado. Miss Gilchrist sugiere que Lord Randal fue el sexto Earl de Chester, que murió en 1232, según se dice, envenenado por su mujer.


Where have you been all the day,
Rendal, my son?
Where have you been all the day,
My pretty one?
I’ve been to my sweetheart, mother.
I’ve been to my sweetheart, mother.

Chorus:
Make my bed soon,
For I’m sick to my heart
And I fain would lie down.

What have you been eating,
Rendal, my son?
What have you been eating,
My pretty one?
O eels and eel broth, mother.
O eels and eel broth, mother.

Chorus

Where did she get them from,
Rendal, my son?
Where did she get them from,
My pretty one?
From hedges and ditches, mother.
From hedges and ditches, mother.

Chorus

What was the colour on their skin,
Rendal, my son?
What was the colour on their skin,
My pretty one?
O spickit and sparkit, mother.
O spickit and sparkit, mother.

Chorus

What will you leave your father,
Rendal my son?
What will you leave your father,
My pretty one?
My land and houses, mother.
My land and houses, mother.

Chorus

What will you leave your mother,
Rendal my son?
What will you leave your mother,
My pretty one?
My gold and silver, mother.
My gold and silver, mother.

Chorus

What will you leave your brother,
Rendal my son?
What will you leave your brother,
My pretty one?
My cows and horses, mother.
My cows and horses, mother.

Chorus

What will you leave your lover,
Rendal my son?
What will you leave your lover,
My pretty one?
A rope to hang her, mother.
A rope to hang her, mother.

Make my bed soon,
For I’m sick to my heart
And I fain would lie down.


¿Dónde has estado todo el día,
Rendal, hijo mío?
¿Dónde has estado todo el día,
cariño mío?
He estado con mi novia, madre.
He estado con mi novia, madre.

Estribillo:
Haz pronto mi cama,
pues estoy enfermo hasta el corazón
y de buena gana me echaría.

¿Qué has estado comiendo,
Rendal, hijo mío?
¿Qué has estado comiendo,
cariño mío?
Oh, anguilas y caldo de anguilas, madre.
Oh, anguilas y caldo de anguilas, madre.

Estribillo

¿De dónde las cogió ella,
Rendal, hijo mío?
¿De dónde las cogió ella,
cariño mío?
De los setos y las acequias, madre.
De los setos y las acequias, madre.

Estribillo

¿De qué color era su piel,
Rendal, hijo mío?
¿De qué color era su piel,
cariño mío?
Oh, moteado y rojizo, madre.
Oh, moteado y rojizo, madre.

Estribillo

¿Qué dejarás a tu padre,
Rendal, hijo mío?
¿Qué dejarás a tu padre,
cariño mío?
Mis tierras y casas, madre.
Mis tierras y casas, madre.

Estribillo

¿Qué dejarás a tu madre,
Rendal, hijo mío?
¿Qué dejarás a tu madre,
cariño mío?
Mi oro y plata, madre.
Mi oro y plata, madre.

Estribillo

¿Qué dejarás a tu hermano,
Rendal, hijo mío?
¿Qué dejarás a tu hermano,
cariño mío?
Mis vacas y caballos, madre.
Mis vacas y caballos, madre.

Estribillo

¿Qué dejarás a tu amada,
Rendal, hijo mío?
¿Qué dejarás a tu amada,
cariño mío?
Una soga para que la cuelguen, madre.
Una soga para que la cuelguen, madre.

Haz pronto mi cama,
pues estoy enfermo hasta el corazón
y de buena gana me echaría.


Traducción de niki
[Lyrics & data from www.contemplator.com]

domingo, 15 de marzo de 2009

antonio carlos jobim: composer




1. She's A Carioca
2. Agua De Beber
3. Surfboard
4. Useless Landscape
5. So' Tinha De Ser Com Você
6. A Felicidade
7. Bonita
8. Favela
9. Valsa De Pôrto Das Caixas
10. Samba Do Aviao
11. Por Toda A Minha Vida
12. Dindi
13. Hurry Up And Love Me
14. Pardon My English
15. Bonita
16. Se Todos Fossem Iguais A Você (Someone To Light Up My Life)
17. Off-Key (Desafinado)
18. Photograph
19. Surfboard
20. Outra Vez (Once Again)
21. I Was Just One More For You (Esperança Perdida)
22. Estrada Do Sol (Road To The Sun)
23. Don't Ever Go Away (Por causa De Você)
24. Zingaro
25. Esperança Perdida (I Was Just One More For You)
26. Fotografia (Photograph)
27. Por Causa De Você (Don't Ever Go Away)
28. Desafinado (Off-Key)


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Antonio Carlos Jobim: Composer

jueves, 12 de marzo de 2009

the springfields: on an island of dreams, disc 2




1. Island Of Dreams
2. The Johnson Boys
3. Settle Down
4. There's A Big Wheel
5. Greenback Dollar
6. Midnight Special
7. Wabash Cannonball
8. Alone With You
9. Cottonfields
10. Foggy Mountain Top
11. Little By Little
12. Maggie
13. Darling Allalee
14. Mountain Boy
15. My Baby's Gone
16. Waf Woof
17. Say I Won't Be There
18. Little Boat
19. Come On Home
20. Pit A Pat
21. If I Was Down And Out
22. Marcabamba
23. No Sad Songs For Me
24. Where Have All The Flowers Gone


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The Springfields: On An Island Of Dreams, Disc 2

martes, 10 de marzo de 2009

richard thompson: mock tudor




1. Cooksferry Queen
2. Sibella
3. Bathsheba Smiles
4. Two-Faced Love
5. Hard On Me
6. Crawl Back (Under My Stone)
7. Uninhabited Man
8. Dry My Tears And Move On
9. Walking The Long Miles Home
10. Sights And Sounds Of London Town
11. That's All, Amen, Close The Door
12. Hope You Like The New Me


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Richard Thompson: Mock Tudor

sábado, 7 de marzo de 2009

sleeping beauty



Flaming June, 1895
Frederic Leighton




The Last Sleep of Arthur in Avalon, 1881-98 (detail)
Sir Edward Burne-Jones


La bella durmiente — Pintura victoriana del Museo de Arte de Ponce

Museo Nacional del Prado
24 febrero - 31 mayo 2009

miércoles, 4 de marzo de 2009

the springfields: on an island of dreams, disc 1




1. Dear John
2. I Done What They Told Me To
3. Breakaway
4. Good News
5. Wimoweh Mambo
6. The Black Hills Of Dakota
7. Row Row Row
8. The Green Leaves Of Summer
9. Silver Dollar
10. Allentown Jail
11. Lonesome Traveller
12. Dear Hearts And Gentle People
13. They Took John Away
14. Eso Es El Amor
15. Two Brothers
16. Tzena Tzena Tzena
17. Bambino
18. Goodnight Irene
19. Far Away Places
20. Silver Threads And Golden Needles
21. Aunt Rhody
22. Swahili Papa
23. Gotta Travel On


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The Springfields: On An Island Of Dreams, Disc 1

lunes, 23 de febrero de 2009

the creation of the world



The Creation of the World, closed doors of the triptych 'The Garden of Earthly Delights', c.1500
Hieronymus Bosch

miércoles, 4 de febrero de 2009

helen shapiro: at abbey road, 1961 to 1967




1. Don't Treat Me Like A Child
2. You Don't Know
3. Walkin' Back To Happiness - (take 2)
4. Walkin' Back To Happiness - (take 13 master)
5. Kiss 'N' Run
6. I Wanna To Be Happy
7. Let's Talk About Love
8. Tell Me What He Said
9. Little Miss Lonely
10. A Teenager Sings The Blues
11. I Can't Say No To Your Kiss
12. Sometime Yesterday
13. I Don't Care
14. Basin St. Blues
15. Every One But The Right One
16. Keep Away From Other Girls
17. A Dozen Other Boys
18. Queen For Tonight
19. Time And Time Again
20. Look Who It Is
21. Fever
22. Look Over Your Shoulder
23. It's In His Kiss
24. I Wish I'd Never Loved You
25. Shop Around
26. Keep Your Hands Off My Baby
27. You're My Remedy
28. I'm Going Out (The Same Way I Came In)


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Helen Shapiro: At Abbey Road, 1961 to 1967

jueves, 29 de enero de 2009

the flying saucer (parts 1 & 2)



Buchanan & Goodman
The Flying Saucer (Parts 1 & 2)


We interrupt this record
To bring you a special bulletin
The reports of a flying saucer
Hovering over the city
Have been confirmed
The flying saucers are real!

(Too real when I feel
What my heart can't conceal)

That was The Clatters recording, "Too Real"

We switch you now to our
On the spot reporter downtown

(Come on, baby
Let's go downtown)

Take it away
John Cameron Cameron

This is John
Cameron Cameron downtown
Pardon me, madam
Would you tell our audience
What would you do if
The saucer were to land

(Duck back in the alley)

Thank you and now
That gentleman there

(What I'm gonna do
Is hard to tell)

And the gentleman
With the guitar
What would you do, sir

(Just take a walk
Down lonely street)

Thank you
We return you now...

This is Drak
Your outer space disc jockey
With a request for earth

(Earth angel, earth angel)

That was The Pelicans outer
Space recording, "Earth"
I've just been handed a bulletin
The flying saucer has just landed
We switch you again downtown

Here we are again
We have with us Professor
Sir Cedric Pentingmode
Of the British Institute
And the professor is approaching
The saucer to see if there's
Possibly any sign of life aboard

Well, I'm sure something
Are you there

(I hear you knocking,
But you can't come in)

That was Laughing
Lewis's record, "Knocking"

This is John Cameron
Cameron on the spot
And now I believe we're
About to hear the words of
The first spaceman ever
To land on Earth

(Womp bop a loo bop a lomp bam boom)

And now here are the ball scores
Four to three, six to two
And eight to one

The impact of seeing
The first spaceman has
This reporter reeling

(Here I go reeling
Uh-oh, uh-oh...)

That was The Clatters again
With their big one, "Uh-Oh"

This is John Cameron
Cameron again downtown
The spaceman has returned
To his ship and is taking off
We return you now to our studios

The flying saucer has gone
There is no threat of an invasion
However, the flying saucers
Are still around

(Still around)

We are not going
To interrupt this record
Yes, we are

The flying saucer
Has landed again
Washington, the Secretary
Of Defense has just said

(Ain't that a shame)

That was Skinny Dynamo's
Record, "That's A Shame"

This is John Cameron
Cameron, part two
Gathered around me are
Several of the spacemen
Tell us, have you come
To conquer the world

And now would you
Repeat that in English

(Don't want the world
To have and hold)

Hey, why don't you go back where you came from

(Don't be angry
And drive me away)

We return you now to our studios

Here is a news item
From Washington
The President has just
Issued a statement to the
Spacemen and we quote

(You can do anything
But lay off of my
Blue suede shoes)

That was Pa Gherkins record, "Shoes"
We switch you again downtown

This is John Cameron
Cameron downtown
Professor Sir Cedric
Of the British Institute
Tell us how were
The saucers able to land

Well, you see..

(The motor cooled down
The heat went down)

That was Huckle Berry's recording
"The Moter Cooled Down"

This is John Cameron
Cameron again
I believe the spaceman
Has a final parting word

(See you later, alligator)

We return you now
To our studios

The spacemen have gone again
But look to the skies
The saucers will
Always be there

(Always be there)

Goodbye, earth people

ricky nelson: ricky sings again / songs by ricky




Ricky Sings Again
1. It's Late
2. One Of These Mornings
3. Believe What You Say
4. Lonesome Town
5. Tryin' To Get To You
6. Be True To Me
7. Old Enough To Love
8. Never Be Anyone Else But You
9. I Can't Help It (If I'm Still In Love With You)
10. You Tear Me Up
11. It's All In The Game
12. Restless Kid

Bonus Tracks
13. I Got A Feeling
14. Never Be Anyone Else But You (Alternate Version)
15. Lonesome Town (Alternate Version)
16. Gloomy Sunday
17. Brand New Girl

Songs By Ricky
18. You'll Never Know What You're Missin'
19. That's All
20. Just A Little Too Much
21. One Minute To One
22. Half Breed
23. You're So Fine
24. Don't Leave Me
25. Sweeter Than You
26. A Long Vacation
27. So Long
28. Blood From A Stone
29. I've Been Thinkin'

Bonus Tracks
30. Just A Little Too Much (Alternate Version)
31. Sweeter Than You (Alternate Version)
32. I've Been Thinkin' (Alternate Take)





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Ricky Nelson: Ricky Sings Again / Songs By Ricky

jueves, 8 de enero de 2009

the definition of love



Love, 1895
Gustav Klimt


The Definition of Love
Andrew Marvel

My Love is of a birth as rare
As ’tis for object strange and high:
It was begotten by Despair
Upon Impossibility.

Magnanimous Despair alone
Could show me so divine a thing,
Where feeble Hope could ne’er have flown
But vainly flappt its Tinsel Wing.

And yet I quickly might arrive
Where my extended soul is fixt,
But Fate does Iron wedges drive,
And alwaies crouds it self betwixt.

For Fate with jealous Eye does see
Two perfect Loves; nor lets them close:
Their union would her ruine be,
And her Tyrannic pow’r depose.

And therefore her Decrees of Steel
Us as the distant Poles have plac’d,
(Though Loves whole World on us doth wheel)
Not by themselves to be embrac’d.

Unless the giddy Heaven fall,
And Earth some new Convulsion tear;
And, us to joyn, the World should all
Be cramp'd into a Planisphere.

As Lines so Loves oblique may well
Themselves in every Angle greet:
But ours so truely Paralel,
Though infinite can never meet.

Therefore the Love which us doth bind,
But Fate so enviously debarrs,
Is the Conjunction of the Mind,
And Opposition of the Stars.


La definición del Amor

Un nacimiento tan raro mi Amor tuvo
igual que su objeto es extraño y elevado:
engendrado fue por la Desesperación
uniéndose a la Imposibilidad.

Solamente la magnánima Desesperación
pudiera mostrarme algo tan divino,
allí donde la débil Esperanza no ha volado nunca,
sino que vanamente agitó su Ala de Oropel.

Y, sin embargo, yo podría llegar veloz
donde mi Alma extendida se fija:
pero el Destino clava cuñas de Hierro,
y siempre se interpone.

Si el Destino con Ojo celoso ve
dos Amores perfectos, no les permite estar juntos:
pues la unión de ellos sería su ruina,
y depondría su poder Tiránico.

Y, por tanto, sus Decretos de Acero
nos han situado tan distantes como los Polos
(aunque el Mundo del Amor sobre nosotros gire),
que no pueden abrazarse uno a otro.

A no ser que cayera el vertiginoso Cielo,
y una nueva Convulsión quebrase la Tierra;
y, para unirnos, el Mundo por completo
se apretara en un
Planisferio.

Como las Líneas, los Amores oblicuos a veces
se saludan en cada Ángulo:
pero el nuestro, tan
Paralelo de cierto,
aunque infinito, no puede encontrarse.

Por tanto, el Amor que hemos atado,
y que el Destino tan envidiosamente desbarata,
es la Conjunción del Pensamiento
y Contrario a las Estrellas.



Traducción de niki

jueves, 1 de enero de 2009

duane eddy: twang thang - the duane eddy anthology, disc 2




1. Dance With The Guitar Man
2. Ballad Of Paladin
3. Boss Guitar
4. Sugar Foot Rag
5. The Window Up Above
6. Crazy Arms
7. One Mint Julep
8. Hard Times
9. Swanee River Rock
10. Buckaroo
11. Play Me Like You Play Your Guitar
12. Roadhouse Boogie
13. Zephyr Cove
14. Road Race
15. Peter Gunn - Twang Mix, with Art Of Noise
16. The Trembler
17. Rockestra Theme


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Duane Eddy: Twang Thang - The Duane Eddy Anthology, Disc 2

duane eddy: twang thang - the duane eddy anthology, disc 1




1. Moovin' 'N' Groovin'
2. Stalkin'
3. Rebel Rouser
4. Ramrod
5. Cannonball
6. The Lonely One
7. Detour
8. Three-30-Blues
9. I Almost Lost My Mind
10. Yep!
11. Forty Miles Of Bad Road
12. Have Love Will Travel
13. Quiniela
14. Peter Gunn
15. Some Kinda Earthquake
16. First Love, First Tears
17. Shazam!
18. Tiger Love And Turnip Greens
19. Trambone
20. Route Number 1
21. Because They're Young
22. Kommotion
23. Pepe


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Duane Eddy: Twang Thang - The Duane Eddy Anthology, Disc 1