martes, 17 de junio de 2008

Crónica desde: la genialidad hecha arte. Frank Sinatra: It Was a Very Good Year

Escuche esta joya hace mucho tiempo pero ahora he vuelto a escucharla y me ha dejado totalmente hipnotizado. La música, la voz del maestro Sinatra, las letras... Os dejo con mi nueva joya de la corona. Las palabras vuelven pronto. De hecho, ya han empezado a trabajar en los ensayos antes de la gran representación, pero ahora dejemos hablar a las palabras magistrales.

When I was seventeen
It was a very good year
It was a very good year for small town girls
And soft summer nights
Wed hide from the lights
On the village green
When I was seventeen

When I was twenty-one
It was a very good year
It was a very good year for city girls
Who lived up the stair
With all that perfumed hair
And it came undone
When I was twenty-one

When I was thirty-five
It was a very good year
It was a very good year for blue-blooded girls
Of independent means
Wed ride in limousines
Their chauffeurs would drive
When I was thirty-five

But now the days grow short
Im in the autumn of the year
And now I think of my life as vintage wine
>from fine old kegs
>from the brim to the dregs
And it poured sweet and clear
It was a very good year

It was a mess of good years