Hoy me ha entrado la vena carrozona Estas son cinco de las varias canciones que me apasionaron y siguen apasiónandome.

Jethro Tull fue uno de los primeros grupos considerados vanguardistas en la Inglaterra de finales de los 60. El cantante, flautista y compositor Ian Anderson fue el impulsor del grupo, quien se convirtió en una de las grandes personalidades del rock de la época. La aparición de un grupo de rock progresigo con una flauta en primer plano como solista causó gran impresión, y Jethro Tull se hizo una legión de adictos.

"Locomotive Breath"

In the shuffling madness
Of the locomotive breath,
Runs the all-time loser,
Headlong to his death.
He feels the piston scraping
Steam breaking on his brow
Thank God, he stole the handle and
The train won't stop going
No way to slow down.
He sees his children jumping off
At the stations, one by one.
His woman and his best friend
In bed and having fun.
He's crawling down the corridor
On his hands and knees
Old Charlie stole the handle and
The train won't stop going
No way to slow down.
He hears the silence howling
Catches angels as they fall.
And the all-time winner
Has got him by the balls.
He picks up Gideon's Bible
Open at page one
God stole the handle and
The train won't stop going
No way to slow down.

Black Sabbath fue una banda de heavy metal y de hard rock formada en 1968 en Birmingham, Inglaterra. Ozzy Osbourne (vocalista) tiene actualmente todos lo derechos legales sobre las canciones.

“Paranoid”

Finished with my woman
'Cause she couldn't help me with my mind
People think I'm insane
Because I am frowning all the time

All day long I think of things
But nothing seems to satisfy
Think I'll lose my mind
If I don't find something to pacify

Can you help me occupy my brain?
Oh yeah!

I need someone to show me
The things in life that I can't find
I can't see the things that make true happiness
I must be blind

Make a joke and I will sigh
And you will laugh and I will cry
Happiness I cannot feel
And love to me is so unreal

And so as you hear these words
Telling you now of my state
I tell you to enjoy life
I wish I could but it's too late.

Led Zeppelín fue un grupo fundamental de los inicios de los 70, uno de los responsables de los profundos cambios que el rock sufrió en el umbral de esa década. Considerados como los creadores del heavy, al que llegó desde el rock progresivo. La banda tuvo vocación de rompedora y se hizo con una cantidad de público y dinero nunca visto hasta entonces.

“Black dog”

Hey,hey mama,said,the way you move
Gon' make you sweat, gon' make you groove
Ah-ah,child the way you shake that thing
Gon' make you burn, gon' make you sting
Hey,hey, baby, when you walk that way
Watch your honey drip, can't keep away

Oh, yeah, oh, yeah, ah, ah, ah
Oh, yeah, oh, yeah, ah, ah, ah

I gotta roll, can't stand still
Got a flamin' heart, can't get my fill
Lines that shine burnin' red
Dreams of you all through my head

Ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ahh
Hey, baby, whoa, baby, pretty baby
Darlin', can't ya do me now
Hey, baby, oh, baby, pretty baby
Move the way you're movin', now

Didn't take too long 'fore I found out
What people mean by "down and out"
Spent my money, took my car
Started tellin' her friends she gonna be a star
I dont't know, but I been told
A big-leg woman ain't got no soul

Oh, yeah, oh, yeah, ah, ah, ah
Oh, yeah, oh, yeah, ah, ah, ah/yeah

All I ask for, all I pray
Steady-rollin' woman gonna come my way
Need a woman gon' hold my hand
Won't tell me no lies, make me a happy man

Ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ahh
Ooh, ooh-wah, yeah, oh, yeah, gotta move
Yeah- yeah-yeah, yeah-yeah, yeah-yeah
Gotta move you, now, babe, babe, move, you move, yeah
Push, push, babe, push, babe, push, babe
Push it, now,push, baby, push, baby, push, move, move
Ooh, yeah, ooh, move
Well-done
I'm gonna get ya groovin', now, gonna get ya groovin', now.

Free fue una banda fundada en Londres en 1968, su canción más conocida fue “All Right Now”. Hicieron sensacionales conciertos. Los problemas personales hicieron que esta banda estuviera en activo solo cinco años.



“All right now”

Whoa-oh-oh-oh-woha
There she stood in the street
smilin' from her head to her feet;
I said, "Hey, what is this?
Now maybe, baby,
maybe she's in need of a kiss."
I said, "Hey, what's your name?
Maybe we can see things the same.
"Now don't you wait, or hesitate.
Let's move before they raise the parking rate."
All right now, baby, it's a-all right now.
All right now, baby, it's a-all right now.
(Let me tell you now)
I took her home to my place,
Watchin' every move on her face;
She said, "Look, what's your game?
Are you tryin' to put me to shame?"
I said "Slow, don't go so fast, don't you think that love can last?"
She said, "Love, Lord above,
now you're tryin' to trick me in love."
All right now, baby, it's a-all right now.
All right now, baby, it's a-all right now.

AC/DC no sólo fue uno de los grupos claves del heavy metal, sino el resurgir de este estilo a mediados de la década de los 70. Fue una banda con extraordinaria fuerza, que basó también su espectacularidad en escena en efectos especiales como otros colegas suyos, pero fundamentalmente en la personalidad artística de sus componentes.

“Highway to hell”

Living easy
Loving free
Season ticket on a one way ride
Asking nothing
Leave me be
Taking everything in my stride
Don't need reason
Don't need rhyme
Ain't nothin' I would rather do
Going down
Party time
My friends are gonna be there too, eh

I'm on a highway to hell
On the highway to hell
Highway to hell
Im'on the highway to hell

No stop signs
Speed limit
Nobody's gonna slow me down
Like a wheel
Gonna spin it
Nobody's gonna mess me 'round
Hey Satan
Payin' my dues
Playin' in a rockin' band
Hey momma
Look at me
I'm on my way to the Promised Land, woh

I'm on the highway to hell
Highway to hell
I'm on the highway to hell
Highway to hell

Mmm, don't stop me
No, oh, ouw

I'm on the highway to hell
On the highway to hell
I'm on the highway to hell
On the highway to
Hell
Highway to hell
I'm on the highway to hell
Highway to hell
Highway to hell
Highway to hell
I'm on the highway to hell
Highway to hell

And I'm goin' down,all the waa-ay-aay, wohh
M-on the highway to hell.