Wilco
Mejores Canciones Internacionales 2023
1 | Depeche Mode | "Ghosts Again" |
2 | The Reds, Pinks and Purples | "Ghosts Again" |
3 | The Lemon Twigs | "In My Head" |
4 | Oracle Sisters | "RBH" |
5 | RVG | "Midnight Sun" |
6 | The Beatles | "Now And Then" |
7 | Blur | "Barbaric" |
8 | The Reds, Pinks and Purples | "I Still Owe You Everything" |
9 | Robert Forster | "The Roads" |
10 | Lankum | "Clear Away in the Morning" |
11 | BC Camplight | "Kicking Up a Fuss" |
12 | PJ Moore & Co | "Good Until Gone" |
13 | ANOHNI | "It Must Change" |
14 | Lana Del Rey | "A&W" |
15 | Big Thief | "Born For Loving You" |
16 | Belle and Sebastian | "Juliet Naked" |
17 | Amber Arcades | "Diamond Road" |
18 | Teenage Fanclub | "Tired of Being Alone" |
19 | The Apartments | "Something to Live For (2023 Remaster)" |
20 | bar italia | "Jelsy" |
21 | Blonde Redhead | "Snowman" |
22 | The Bluebells | "Stonehouse Violets" |
23 | boygenius | "Emily I'm Sorry" |
24 | The Brights | "Waiting" |
25 | The Church | "A Strange Past" |
26 | The Clientele | "Lady Grey" |
27 | Cut Worms | "Ballad of the Texas King" |
28 | Daughter | "Be On Your Way" |
29 | Devendra Banhart | "Fireflies" |
30 | Dexys | "Coming Home" |
31 | Eddie Chacon | "The Morning Sun" |
32 | Everything But the Girl | "Nothing Left To Lose" |
33 | James Yorkston, Nina Persson & The Second Hand Orchestra | "Hold Out For Love" |
34 | Golden Hours | "Japan on My Mind" |
35 | Gonzalez Smith & Jay Gonzalez | "She's My Girl" |
36 | Jessie Ware | "Begin Again" |
37 | Jonathan Wilson | "Ol Father Time" |
38 | King Krule | "If Only It Was Warmth" |
39 | Kitty Fitz | "Malibu" |
40 | Kristin Hersh | "Dandelion" |
41 | Lloyd Cole | "On Pain" |
42 | Mac DeMarco & Ryan Paris | "Simply Paradise" |
43 | Michael Head & The Red Elastic Band | "Ciao Ciao Bambino" |
44 | Marc Almond & Mike Garson | "My Death" |
45 | Marta Del Grandi | "Chameleon Eyes" |
46 | Mega Bog | "Cactus People" |
47 | The Milk Carton Kids | "All of the Time in the World to Kill" |
48 | Model Shop | "Six Day Sunday" |
49 | Mull Historical Society | "Anaglypta" |
50 | Murray A. Lightburn | "Dumpster Gold" |
51 | The National | "The Alcott (feat. Taylor Swift)" |
52 | Neil Young | "Before and After, Pt. 1: Im The Ocean/Homefires/Burned" |
53 | Nicholas Krgovich | "Coyote" |
54 | Panic Pocket | "Mad Half Hour" |
55 | Peter Gabriel | "I/O (Bright-Side Mix)" |
56 | PJ Harvey | "A Child's Question, August" |
57 | Red Pants | "Crimson Words" |
58 | Rickie Lee Jones | "Here's That Rainy Day" |
59 | Sam Burton | "My Love" |
60 | Slowdive | "chained to a cloud" |
61 | Spice World | "Decorated Boy Scout" |
62 | The Coral | "Child Of The Moon" |
63 | Sufjan Stevens | "Will Anybody Ever Love Me?" |
64 | Summer Salt | "Carry On" |
65 | Swans | "Paradise is Mine" |
66 | Tough Age | "Give It a Day" |
67 | Van Morrison | "Shakin All Over" |
68 | The War and Treaty | "The Best That I Have" |
69 | Wilco | "Sunlight Ends" |
70 | Yo La Tengo | "Miles Away" |
Mejores Discos Internacionales 2022
Mejores Canciones Internacionales 2022
1 | Father John Misty | “Q4” |
2 | Wilco | “Bird Without a Tail / Base of My Skull” |
3 | Big Thief | “Simulation Swarm” |
4 | Anna B Savage | “The Ghost” |
5 | Cass McCombs | “New Earth” |
6 | Andrew Bird | “Make a Picture” |
7 | Regina Spektor | “Raindrops” |
8 | Beth Orton | “Fractals” |
9 | The Boys With The Perpetual Nervousness | “The Stars Go Round” |
10 | Black Country, New Road | “Snow Globes” |
11 | Air Waves | “Wait” |
12 | Pete Astor | “English Weather” |
13 | Arcade Fire | “Age of Anxiety II (Rabbit Hole)” |
14 | Arctic Monkeys | “Perfect Sense” |
15 | Belle and Sebastian | “Working Boy in New York City” |
16 | Bobby Oroza | “Passing Thing (feat. Cold Diamond & Mink)” |
17 | Bruce Springsteen | “Do I Love You (Indeed I Do)” |
18 | C. Duncan | “We Have a Lifetime” |
19 | Calexico | “Then You Might See” |
20 | Elvis Costello & The Imposters | “Trick Out The Truth” |
21 | Fortunato Durutti Marinetti | “Everything Is Right Here” |
22 | Courtney Marie Andrews | “These Are The Good Old Days” |
23 | Craig Finn | “The Amarillo Kid” |
24 | Ducks Ltd. | “Sheets of Grey” |
25 | Field School | “Jennifer Valentine” |
26 | First Aid Kit | “Out of My Head” |
27 | The Reds, Pinks and Purples | “I Should Have Helped You” |
28 | Florence + the Machine | “King” |
29 | The Hanging Stars | “Rainbows in Windows” |
30 | Iron & Wine | “Like Patsy Would (feat. Sima Cunningham & Macie Stewart)” |
31 | The Jazz Butcher | “Never Give Up” |
32 | Josh Rouse | “City Dog” |
33 | Kendrick Lamar | “Mother I Sober (feat. Beth Gibbons)” |
34 | Kevin Morby | “This Is a Photograph” |
35 | King Hannah | “Foolius Caesar” |
36 | Kiwi jr. | “The Extra Sees the Film” |
37 | Kurt Vile | “Flyin (like a fast train)” |
38 | Lambchop | “His Song Is Sung” |
39 | The Light Music Company | “Borchester Echoes” |
40 | The Lightning Seeds | “Sunshine” |
41 | Marina Allen | “Or Else” |
42 | Marissa Nadler | “Seabird” |
43 | Martin Frawley | “This Is Gonna Change Your Mind” |
44 | Melody’s Echo Chamber | “Looking Backward” |
45 | Michael Head & The Red Elastic Band | “Grace and Eddie” |
46 | Model Shop | “Lucky” |
47 | Nilüfer Yanya | “midnight sun” |
48 | Nina Nastasia | “Go Away” |
49 | The Orchids | “Didn’t We Love You” |
50 | Panda Bear & Sonic Boom | “Livin’ in the After” |
51 | Paul Heaton & Jacqui Abbott | “Too Much For One (Not Enough For Two)” |
52 | Pearl Charles | “Givin’ It Up” |
53 | Rachel Love | “City Girl” |
54 | The Reds, Pinks and Purples | “Summer at Land’s End” |
55 | Weyes Blood | “It’s Not Just Me, It’s Everybody” |
56 | Robert Forster | “Tender Years” |
57 | Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever | “Bounce off the Bottom” |
58 | Slack Times | “Carried Away” |
59 | Sondre Lerche | “Special Needs (feat. Felicia Douglass)” |
60 | The Soundcarriers | “Wilds” |
61 | Suede | “She Still Leads Me On” |
62 | Suggs & Paul Weller | “OOH DO U FINK U R” |
63 | Sun’s Signature | “Underwater” |
64 | SZA | “Kill Bill” |
65 | The Weather Station | “Endless Time” |
Bill Fay – “Life Is People”
Cuando la música, aunque tarde, hace justicia con una artista la alegría siempre es doble. Este es el caso de Bill Fay, un músico inglés prácticamente desaparecido del mapa durante 41 años, los que van desde la publicación de su segundo disco “Time Of The Last Persecution” hasta la edición de este “Life Is People” su tercer disco de estudio, porque aunque la recopilación “Still Some Light” (2010) que fue la que le puso en mi órbita, tenía algún tema nuevo, no se puede considerar como una vuelta formal. Como decía, conocí a Bill Fay gracias a un crítica leída en Rockdelux de “Still Some Light”, contaban la historia del bueno de Bill e introducían algunas coordenadas que me animaron a escucharlo, Van Morrison, Paddy McAloon, incluso Paul Buchanan, el disco me encantó y me hizo explorar sus dos primeros discos. Para mi grata sorpresa este “Life Is People”(2012) apareció dos años más tarde, y aquí ya me quedo casi sin calificativos, “Life Is People” es un disco maravilloso de principio a fin, una obra que si no te emociona al escucharla es que simplemente tienes una roca por corazón. Once temazos de composición propia y una versión del “Jesus, Etc.” de Wilco que hace aún más grande el original de Jeff Tweedy, el disco es la confirmación de que Fay tenía que tener un hueco entre los grandes, era obligatorio, era necesario. Si después de escuchar “Never Ending Happening”, mi canción favorita de 2012, alguien no está de acuerdo conmigo estoy dispuesto a lanzarle mi guante a la cara y batirme en duelo al amanecer, eso sí a la escena le pondrá banda sonora Bill Fay, no pongo más condiciones.
The never ending happening
Of what’s to be and what has been
Just to be a part of it Is astonishing to me
The never ending happening
Of waves crashing against the cliffs
The falling seed the wind carries
The never ending happening
Souls arriving constantly
From the shores of eternity
Birds and bees and butterflies
Parade before my eyes
The never ending happening
Of the four winds changing directionNightfall stars sun rise again
Birdsong before the day begins
For some it’s like tight-rope walkin’
Blind-folded and shaking
On either side fear and pain
For some it’s like tight-rope walking
The never ending happening
Of war evermore and sore famine
Yearning for the day to be
When God will roll his stone away
The never ending happening
Of what ‘s to be and what has been
Just to be a part of it
Is astonishing to me
Wilco – “Yankee Hotel Foxtrot”
Conocí a Wilco gracias a Billy Bragg. La hija de Woody Guthrie, invitó a Billy Bragg a grabar las canciones que su padre no había podido registrar antes de morir, al bueno de Billy le pareció buena idea que para diferenciar estas canciones de su propio cancionero debía grabarlas con otra banda, Wilco le gustaban y se lo ofreció a Jeff Tweedy (el líder de Wilco). Billy Bragg, hizo suyas las letras socialmente comprometidas de Guthrie y Wilco puso la música. De ahí nacieron los tres volúmenes de “Mermaid Avenue”, discos más que recomendables, el primero sobre todo, que a mi me permitieron despertar mi interés por Wilco. Fue justo después de este encuentro con Billy Bragg cuando editaron el que para mí es su mejor disco este “Yankee Hotel Foxtrot”, yo que soy muy fan de Mr. Bragg pienso que el algo tuvo que ver. El disco merece una escucha detallada porque tiene unos cuantos temamos, “Ashes of American Flags”, “Heavy Metal Drummer”,…. pero por encima de todos “Jesus, Etc.” un pedazo de de canción, de las que no olvidas cuando la escuchas.
Jesus, don’t cry
You can rely on me honey
You can combine anything you want
I’ll be around
You were right about the stars
Each one is a setting sun
Bonus. El gran Bill Fay versionó en su penúltimo disco “Jesus, Etc” y si ya era buena…