La letra de la canción de U2 “One” ha sido escogida la mejor de la historia. El canal de TV del Reino Unido VH1 realizó recientemente una encuesta entre sus espectadores para encontrar la mejor letra, y finalmente “One” salió ganadora, sobre todo por una frase: "One life with each other. Sisters, brothers" ("Una vida, unos con otros. Hermanas, hermanos").Por un lado, como fan incondicional de U2 que soy, tengo que decir que estoy muy de acuerdo con esta decisión, y pienso que “One” es una de las mejores canciones de U2. Por otro, creo que U2 tiene canciones mejores y, por lo tanto, frases y estrofas mucho mejores que la frase ganadora. No sé si estaréis de acuerdo conmigo en esto, pero creo que se ha escogido esta frase como la mejor de la historia no solo porque es bonita (que sí, que lo es...), sino también porque la canción se ha vuelto a poner "de moda" con la versión que han hecho Bono y Mary J. Blige. Aquí os dejo algunos trocitos de temazos de U2 para que los leáis. Creo que merecen mucho la pena porque son geniales. Son fragmentos que me gustan por su optimismo, por su crudeza, porque Bono las canta tremendísimamente, porque en el concierto del verano pasado las viví de una forma muy especial, o porque, simplemente, me hacen sentir muy bien. También pongo dos canciones enteras porque me gustan todas las estrofas, y es tontería copiar y pegar trocito a trocito. Las frases sacadas de contexto no parece que tengan mucho sentido, así que os recomiendo que escuchéis las canciones, que están en rojo ;)
Un saludo.
Andrea
"It’s a beautiful day, Don’t let it get away" --> Beautiful Day (All that you can't leave behind, 2000)
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"You make me feel like I can fly So high" --> Elevation (All that you can't leave behind, 2000)
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"Who's to say where the wind will take you
Who's to know what it is will break you
I don't know which way the wind will blow
Who's to know when the time has come around
Don't wanna see you cry
I know that this is not goodbye" --> Kite (All that you can't leave behind, 2000)
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"Freedom has a scent
Like the top of a new born baby’s head
The songs are in your eyes
I see them when you smile
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I am you and you are mine
I am you and you are mine
Love makes nonsense of space
And time… will disappear
Love and logic keep us clear
Reason is on our side, love…" --> Miracle drug (How to dismantle an atomic bomb, 2004)
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"You say love is a temple, love a higher law
Love is a temple, love the higher law
You ask me to enter, but then you make me crawl
And I can't be holding on to what you got, when all you got is hurt
One love, one blood, one life, you got to do what you should
One life with each other: sisters, brothers." --> One (Achtung baby, 1991)
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"And you feel like no-one before
...
Everywhere you go you shout it
Everywhere you go you shout it
You don’t have to be shy about it" --> Original of the species (How to dismantle an atomic bomb, 2004)
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"In the name of love
What more in the name of love." --> Pride(In the name of love) (The unforgettable fire, 1984)
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"Can - you - hear - me – when – I -Sing
You’re the reason I sing
You’re the reason why the opera is in me…" --> Sometimes you can't make it on your own (How to dismantle an atomic bomb, 2004)
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"And love is not the easy thing....
The only baggage you can bring
Is all that you can't leave behind
...
And if your glass heart should crack
And for a second you turn back
Oh no, be strong
Walk on, walk on" --> Walk on (All that you can't leave behind, 2000)
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"Through the storm, we reach the shore
You gave it all but I want more
And I'm waiting for you
With or without you
With or without you.
I can't live with or without you.
My hands are tied, my body bruised
My hands are tied, my body bruised
She got me with nothing to win
And nothing else to lose." --> With or without you (The Joshua tree, 1987)
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Sunday, bloody sunday (War, 1983)
I can't believe the news today
I can't close my eyes and make it go away.
How long, how long must we sing this song?
How long, how long?
'Cos tonight
We can be as one, tonight.
Broken bottles under children's feet
Bodies strewn across the dead-end street.
But I won't heed the battle call
It puts my back up, puts my back up against the wall.
Sunday, bloody Sunday.
Sunday, bloody Sunday.
Sunday, bloody Sunday.
Sunday, bloody Sunday.
Oh, let's go.
And the battle's just begun
There's many lost, but tell me who has won?
The trenches dug within our hearts
And mothers, children, brothers, sisters
Torn apart.
Sunday, bloody Sunday.
Sunday, bloody Sunday.
How long, how long must we sing this song?
How long, how long?
'Cos tonight
We can be as one, tonight.
Sunday, bloody Sunday.
Sunday, bloody Sunday.
Wipe the tears from your eyes
Wipe your tears away.
I'll wipe your tears away.
I'll wipe your tears away.
I'll wipe your bloodshot eyes.
Sunday, bloody Sunday.
Sunday, bloody Sunday.
And it's true we are immune
When fact is fiction and TV reality.
And today the millions cry
We eat and drink while tomorrow they die.
The real battle just begun
To claim the victory Jesus won
On... Sunday, bloody Sunday
Sunday, bloody Sunday..."
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I Still haven't found what I'm looking for (The Joshua tree, 1987)
"I have climbed the highest mountains
I have run through the fields
Only to be with you
Only to be with you.
I have run, I have crawled
I have scaled these city walls
These city walls
Only to be with you.
But I still haven't found
What I'm looking for.
But I still haven't found
What I'm looking for.
I have kissed honey lips
Felt the healing in her finger tips
It burned like fire
(I was) burning inside her.
I have spoke with the tongue of angels
I have held the hand of a devil
It was warm in the night
I was cold as a stone.
But I still haven't found
What I'm looking for.
But I still haven't found
What I'm looking for.
I believe in the Kingdom Come
Then all the colours will bleed into one
Bleed into one.
But yes, I'm still running.
You broke the bonds
And you loosed the chains
Carried the cross of my shame
Oh my shame, you know I believe it.
But I still haven't found
What I'm looking for."
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