Alegrías del 30 de Abril

Bueno, como este fin de semana es de puente y no vamos a estar para mucho blogueo, os pongo ración súper extra de todo. ¡Enhorabuena, madrileños! ¡A disfrutar! Porque digo yo que habrá quien vaya a las celebraciones del bicentenario, ¿no? ... Bueno, vale, yo no, pero alguno habrá.

Y hablando de este finde, os recuerdo que son los últimos días para votar en la encuesta de chulazos. Vamos, decidme qué carnes os gustan más para saber qué os tengo que poner en Mayo...

Os voy a hablar de un momento en la carrera de Liza Minnelli que parece ser que pasan todas las megadivas con cierta edad (otros ejemplos son Cher o Aretha Franklin, que relanzaron su carrera con un cambio espectacular de registro). Pues éso hizo Liza: dejarse escribir y producir nada menos que por los Pet Shop Boys cuando ellos estaban en el momento más álgido de su carrera. El resultado fue "Results", un album que combinaba a la perfección versiones de canciones de otros artistas con canciones nuevas.
Como primer single escogieron un clásico de Stephen Sondheim, del musical Follies, que fue un bombazo en medio mundo:

(Por cierto, hoy no he retocado las letras para las versiones diferentes porque me eternizo)
Liza Minnelli
"Losing my mind (Z-Boys CD Mix)"

The sun comes up - I think about you
The coffee cup - I think about you
I want you so, it's like I'm losing my mind
The morning ends - I think about you
I talk to friends and think about you
And do they know it's like
I'm losing my mind?
All afternoon doing every little chore
The thought of you stays bright
Sometimes I stand in the middle of the floor
Not going left - not going right
I dim the lights and think about you
Spend sleepless nights to think about you
You said you loved me, or were
you just being kind?
Or am I losing
Losing my mind?
All afternoon doing every little chore
The thought of you stays bright
Sometimes I stand in the middle of the floor
Not going left - not going right
I dim the lights and think about you
Spend sleepless nights to think about you
You said you loved me
Or were you just being kind?
Or am I losing my mind?
Or am I losing my mind?
You said you loved me
Or were you just being kind?
Or am I losing my mind?
Or were you just being kind?
Or am I losing my mind?
Losing my mind?
Losing my mind?
Losing my mind?
Losing my mind?
Losing my mind?
Con coros de los propios PSB (como varios de los temas), ellos mismos lo versionaron más tarde e incluyeron como cara B de su single "Jealousy". Aquí está el video de Liza, con fantásticas estética y calidad cinematográficas, no podía ser menos:

El siguiente single fue un canto de liberación de la mujer moderna:
Liza Minnelli
"Don't drop bombs (Razormaid Mix)"

You come back home, with a secret smile
A knowing look, and another lie
To blow my cool, and wreck my life
You're too corrupted, and totally destructive
When you've erupted, you're totally destructive
(Don't drop bombs)
I'd rather not have to hear about
Your other girls on your expense account
I know you carry on, behind my back
With your secretary, you'll have a heart attack
You're too corrupted, and totally destructive
When you've erupted, you're totally destructive
(Don't drop bombs)
(Baby!)
Don't drop bombs, baby, don't drop bombs
Don't drop bombs, baby, don't drop bombs
Just stay calm, baby, no more bombs
Life with you is all ups and downs
And when you're up, you're off downtown
I've had enough!
(Baby!)
Don't tell me about your lack of restrictions
Guilty records and previous convictions
Or I shall start playing rough
(Baby!)
You're too corrupted, and totally destructive
When you've erupted, you're totally destructive
(Don't drop..)
Don't drop bombs, baby, don't drop bombs
Just stay calm, baby, no more bombs
Don't drop bombs, baby, don't drop bombs
Just stay calm baby, no more bombs

Aunque ninguno de los siguientes singles tuvo el resultado que había tenido el primero, todos son más que recordados por los fans. Igual que los videos. Éste sería igual de visto en todas partes, y aún me pone el vello de punta. Desafortunadamente, Saint YouTube no permite pegarlo, así que pinchad aquí para verlo. Merece la pena, de verdad. Además, como está cargado por la propia casa de discos, tiene unas calidades de imagen y sonido más que extrañas para el YouTube!

Aquí os dejo el enlace al video del tercer single, porque no lo tengo en mp3 (qué raro en mí, ¿no?) una de las preciosas baladas del LP.
Liza Minnelli
"So sorry, I said"
If this is a ghetto, I'm in it with you
If it's just a prison, I'm locked in it too
I tried to leave you, but after all that we had said
I went to pieces when I should have shouted and screamed
instead:
So sorry, I said

Your powers of persuasion, those quizzical eyes
Have tired and tied me, with innocent guile
I would have walked out, and after all the tears we shed
I should have stalked out, gone and painted the town bright
red
But instead
So sorry, I said

How tough it gets, don't talk to me about it!
To pay off your debts, I worked on overtime
And you say you never believed in luck

If you need a reason, consider me mad
An old retainer, loyal and sad
I bought my freedom, but after all that we had shared
I couldn't leave you think of the skins I'd have to shed
instead
So sorry, I said
So sorry, I said
So sorry, I said

Con lo tecno-posmo que fueron siempre los PSB, hay que reconocer que cuando hacen una balada...
El cuarto y último single fue una versión de un tema de Yvonne Elliman que en la versión de Liza resultó ser un bombazo súperbailable y súperpopero. Una pena que no se llegase a oir tanto como el resto. A mí es el que más me gusta.
Liza Minnelli
"Love pains (Steve Hurley Mix)"

(Love pains)(Love pains)(Love pains)(Love pains)

Midnight
I watch you as you are sleeping
You don't know I'm leaving
My bags are packed to go

Oh, no, no, no
It hurts me
Hurts me so to leave you
Leave you for some one who
I hardly even know

But time has come to say goodbye
To spread my wings and fly
To feed the need I feel inside

But I keep feeling these love pains
Hurting me through and through
Caught between a love or two
Oh, will I ever be free from these love pains?

(Love pains)
(Love pains)

Can't help
Can't help but remember
The love we had, so tender
A world so safe and sound

Oh, no, no, no,
His kiss, temptation so inviting
A feeling so exciting
Has turned me upside down

And though, I know I could be wrong
This feeling's much too strong
I've got to be where I belong

But I keep feeling these love pains
Hurting me through and through
Caught between a love or two
Oh, will I ever be free from these love pains?
Tearing me more apart
'Cause I don't wanna break your heart
Oh, will I ever be free from these love pains?

(Love pains)
(Love pains)

Love pains
Hurting me through and through
Caught between a love or two
Oh, will I ever be free from these love pains?
Tearing me more apart
'Cause I don't wanna break your heart
Oh, will I ever be free from these love pains?
Hurting me through and through
Caught between a love or two
Oh, will I ever be free of these love pains?
Tearing me more apart
'Cause I don't wanna break your heart
Desafortunadamente, no he encontrado video. Ni siquiera sé si existe. En su momento no lo vi.
Y finalmente os pongo este temazo, que no fue single, pero a mí me rebobina. Una versión explosiva de un éxito de Tanita Tikaram (¿quién se acuerda de ella...?)
Liza Minnelli
"Twist in my sobriety (Razormaid Mix)"

"It's Liza with a Z, not Lisa with a S,
'cause Lisa with a S goes S, not Z, huh
It's Liza with a Z, not Lisa with a S,
'cause Lisa with a S goes S, not Z, huh"

All God's children needs travelling shoes
Drive your problems from here
All good people read good books
Now your conscience is clear
Now your conscience is clear
In the morning, when I wipe my brow
Wipe the miles away
I like to think that I can be so willed
And never do what you say
And never do what you say
Look, my eyes are just holograms
Look, your love has drawn red from my hands
In my hands you know you'll never be
More than twist in my sobriety

We just poked a little empty pie
For the fun that people had at night
Late at night don't need hostility
The timid smile, and pause to free
I don't care about their different thoughts
Different thoughts are good for me
Up in arms and chaste and whole
All God's children took their toll
Look, my eyes are just holograms
Look, your love has drawn red from my hands
In my hands you know you'll never be
More than twist in my sobriety

Half the people read the papers
Read them good and well
Pretty people, nervous people
People have got to sell
News you have to sell
Look, my eyes are just holograms
Look, your love has drawn red from my hands
In my hands you know you'll never be
More than twist in my sobriety
Look, my eyes are just holograms
Look, your love has drawn red from my hands
In my hands you know you'll never be
More than twist in my sobriety
More than twist in my sobriety
(Oh yeah)
"It's Liza with a Z, not Lisa with a S,
'cause Lisa with a S goes S, not Z, huh"
(Twist)
(Oh yeah)
"It's Liza with a Z, not Lisa with a S,
'cause Lisa with a S goes S, not Z, huh"

Genial.
Bueno, y aquí teneis la ración extra de muchachos... ;)