Though I’m past one hundred thousand miles
I’m feeling very still
And I think my spaceship knows which way to go
Tell my wife I love her very much, she knows
Ground Control to Major Tom
Your circuit’s dead, there’s something wrong
Can you hear me, Major Tom?
Can you hear me, Major Tom?
Can you hear me, Major Tom?
Nasceu no século XX um dos maiores nomes da música do século XXI. Nunca esteve à frente do seu tempo: ele fez o tempo seu. Depois de passar a vida a mostrar-nos o futuro, deixa-nos agora. Ouçamo-lo, sem parar, em loops infindáveis.
Este sim, fez a diferença. Muitos passam, ainda em vida, mas Bowie fica mesmo após a morte.
David Bowie é um dos melhores de sempre. “Heroes” é a canção da minha vida.
“I, I wish you could swim
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Like the dolphins, like dolphins can swim
Though nothing, nothing will keep us together
We can beat them, for ever and ever
Oh we can be Heroes, just for one day
I, I will be king
And you, you will be queen
Though nothing will drive them away
We can beat them, just for one day
We can be Heroes, just for one day
And you, you can be mean
And I, I’ll drink all the time
‘Cause we’re lovers, and that is a fact
Yes we’re lovers, and that is that
Though nothing, will keep us together
We could steal time, just for one day
We can be Heroes, for ever and ever
What d’you say?
I, I wish you could swim
Like the dolphins, like dolphins can swim
Though nothing, nothing will keep us together
We can beat them, for ever and ever
Oh we can be Heroes, just for one day
I, I will be king
And you, you will be queen
Though nothing will drive us away
We can be Heroes, just for one day
We can be us, just for one day
I, I can remember (I remember)
Standing, by the wall (by the wall)
And the guns, shot above our heads (over our heads)
And we kissed, as though nothing could fall
(nothing could fall)
And the shame, was on the other side
Oh we can beat them, for ever and ever
Then we could be Heroes, just for one day
We can be Heroes
We can be Heroes
We can be Heroes
Just for one day
We can be Heroes
We’re nothing, and nothing will help us
Maybe we’re lying, then you better not stay
But we could be safer, just for one day
Oh-oh-oh-ohh, oh-oh-oh-ohh, just for one day”
É de facto excelente, mas com o tempo ganhei preferência pelo Rock n’ Roll Suicide, pela música e pela letra (embora o Heroes tenha na minha opinião melhor letra).
Como já li hoje: voltou para o seu planeta. E ainda bem que parou por uns tempos por aqui. O mundo ficou melhor por ele cá ter passado.
Sempre.
Stars are never sleeping
Dead ones and the living
We live closer to the earth
Never to the heavens
The stars are never far away
Stars are out tonight
E ele bem o saberia.
Também gostaria de lembrar aqui o David Bowie actor e destacar alguns filmes:
– Absolute Beginners
– Labyrinth
– The Hunger
– Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence (o meu preferido).
🙂 Antonieta
O Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence é uma exclente escolha, mas o Bowie actor, talvez pela excelência da sua música, sempre me desiludiu um pouco. Creio que esperava dele sempre o mesmo nível em tudo o que fazia.