Jens Lekman
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23 | Beck | "No Distraction" |
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27 | Declan McKenna | "Humongous" |
28 | Iron & Wine | "Thomas County Law" |
29 | LCD Soundsystem | "american dream" |
30 | Thundercat | "Show You the Way (feat. Michael McDonald & Kenny Loggins)" |
31 | Zebra Hunt | "I Won't Blame You" |
32 | Vagabon | "Cold Apartment" |
33 | Alvvays | "Dreams Tonite" |
34 | Belle and Sebastian | "We Were Beautiful" |
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Jens Lekman – “Oh You’re So Silent Jens”
Jens Lekman es otro de esos artistas que cuando escucho sus canciones es como si me las estuvieran cantando solo a mí, como si me le fuera a encontrar en el ascensor de casa cualquier miércoles de abril. Este “Oh You’re So Silent Jens” es una maravillosa recopilación de sus primeros singles y EPs. Arranca con “At the department of forgotten songs” que inevitablemente me lleva al Cementerio de los Libros Olvidados de Carlos Ruiz Zafón a la que sigue “Maple Leaves” (“The girl she says that we were just make-believe But I thought she said maple leaves”, cantaba Jens con bastante ironía), luego tenemos “Black Cab” el tema con el me enganché al señor Lekman, del que ya hablé en una entrada donde ya contaba lo mucho que me gustaba Jens, pero es que todas las canciones del disco son pequeñas piezas de orfebrería pop elegante en la forma y cínico en la letras, que por momentos son más que agridulces.
Los chicos de pitchfork en su crítica del disco daban en el clavo, creo yo, con alguna de las referencias, Morrisey, Belle and Sebastian, Jonathan Richman…
Una pequeña obra maestra.
It’s autumn in Gothenburg
I’m walking home to my suburb
Rain falls hard on the city
On every homeless kittyOh, please God bring relief
Even if it’s only brief
The girl she says that we were just make-believe
But I thought she said maple leavesDo it for speed–go!
OohSo we talked for hours
And you cried into my sheets
And you said you hated your body
That it was just a piece of meat, I disagree
I think you’re beautiful
But it’s impossible
To make you understand
That if you don’t take my hand
I’ll lose my mind completely
Madness will finally defeat meShe said it was all make-believe
But I thought you said maple leaves
And when she talked about a fall
I thought she talked about a season
I never understood at allI thought she said maple leaves
And when she talked about the fall
I thought she talked about Mark E. Smith
I never understood at all
I never understood at all
I never understood at all
El disco no está en las plataformas habituales, asi que habrá que conformarse con “Maple Leaves”
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Black Cab – Jens Lekman
Conocí a Jens Lekman gracias a la distribuidora de discos sevillana Green Ufos y su increíble recopilatorio “Hidden Songs”, del que ya he hablado por aquí. El bueno de Jens siempre me ha recordado, y no se muy bien porque a Jonathan Richman, su música no tiene mucho que ver con la de Jonathan, imagino que es más por su historias cotidianas y por su imagen de tipo que te puedes encontrar en el ascensor de tu casa. Sus tres discos grandes, son tres maravillas, una delicia…
“Black Cab”, es una historia simple. Después de una noche de fiesta, que para variar se ha torcido, intentas llegar a coger el último tren y lo pierdes, buscas un taxi y encuentras uno con un taxista con ganas de hablar mientras que tu sólo quieres llegar a casa y olvidarte de todo…
Hace 25 años podría haber sido la historia de cualquier noche….
Oh no, God damn
I missed the last train
I killed the party again
God damn, God damn
I want to sleep in my bed
I want to clean up my head
Don’t want to look this dead
Don’t want to feel this dread
I killed the party again
I ruined it for my friends
“Well, you’re so silent, Jens”
Well, maybe I am, maybe I am
Now at the central station
No time for being patient
I feel like going home
But at the same time, I don’t
Black Cab
And I’ve heard all those stories
About the black cabs and the way they drive
That if you take a ride with them
You might not come back alive
They might be psycho killers
But tonight I really don’t care
So I say turn up the music
Take me home or take me anywhere
Black cab
You don’t know anything
So don’t ask me questions
You don’t know anything
So don’t ask me any questions
You don’t know anything
So don’t ask me questions
Just turn the music up
And keep your mouth shut
Black cab