14 de juliol, 2008

La veu del diable arriba a Barcelona

Després de més de 30 anys de carrera i una vintena de discos Tom Waits arriba per primera vegada a casa nostra. Avui i demà, els afortunats que estoicament van aguantar hores intentant aconseguir un parell d´entrades massa cares, gaudiran de la indiscutible millor veu actual, en un concert que es preveu (i s´espera) superi les dues hores.

Us deixo amb un (dels molts) dels seus gran temes imprescindibles per a qualsevol amant de la bona música per anar fent boca.



The piano has been drinking (not me)




The piano has been drinking,

my necktie is asleep

And the combo went back to New York,

the jukebox has to take a leak

And the carpet needs a haircut,

and the spotlight looks like a prison break

And the telephone's out of cigarettes,

and the balcony is on the make

And the piano has been drinking,

the piano has been drinking...






And the menus are all freezing,

and the light man's blind in one eye

And he can't see out of the other

And the piano-tuner's got a hearing aid,

and he showed up with his mother

And the piano has been drinking,

the piano has been drinking

As the bouncer is a Sumo wrestler cream-puff casper milktoast

And the owner is a mental midget with the I.Q. of a fence post

'Cause the piano has been drinking,

the piano has been drinking...

And you can't find your waitress with a Geiger counter

And she hates you and your friends and you just can't get served without her

And the box-office is drooling,

and the bar stools are on fire

And the newspapers were fooling,

and the ash-trays have retired

'Cause the piano has been drinking,

the piano has been drinking

The piano has been drinking,

not me, not me, not me, not me, not me