-Canción: It may be winter outside (but in my heart it's spring)
-Artista: Love Unlimited
-Álbum: Under the Influence of... Love Unlimited
-Año: 1973
-La conocí por: la ponen en el trabajo y pronto descubrí quien andaba detrás de esta canción
-Me gusta por: pues resulta que allá por los 70, el gran barry white creó un grupo de 3 voces femeninas (entre ellas su futura mujer) que interpretaron soul y fueron su acompañamiento vocal en sus giras. Y de ellas nos ha quedado esta preciosa canción inverno-navideña que hoy os pongo aquí. Es imposible no sonreír un poquito al escucharla, porque tiene ese algo especial de buen rollo que solo algunas cosas tienen :)
-Una frase:
"It may be zero degrees with the snow fallin' down I've got warm and tender love just as long as he's around"
-Momento perfecto para escucharla: que tal por madrid viendo la navidad y tachando planes de una cartulina navideña?? :)
-El videoclip trata de: os pongo un video donde salen ellas tres cantándola, 40 años nos separan de aquellos días.
-La letra:
When the temperature dips, I'm in my baby's arms His tender fingertips know just how to keep me warm It may be zero degrees with the snow fallin' down I've got warm and tender love just as long as he's around
It may be winter outside But in my heart it's spring How much joy and pleasure Can one guy bring Winter nights can be awful cold Without someone to hold But when I have you next to me baby I'm in ecstasy It may be winter outside But in my heart it's spring How much joy and pleasure Can one guy bring
Throughout my life I've had my share of guys But he's been the only one Who can make my temperature rise Things are just not the same When he's not by my side And yet I shouldn't complain But be waiting with my arms open wide
It may be winter outside But in my heart it's spring How much joy and pleasure Can one guy bring
-La conocí por: a billy joel le conocemos generalmente por su Piano Man, pero es uno de los cantantes más reconocidos de américa.
-Me gusta por: me encanta esta canción porque es muy pura, muy auténtica. Habla de la dura vida de un marinero en tiempos difíciles, y como intenta sobrevivir en un mundo que antes era de abundancia. Es triste pero es poderosa, es dura pero es sensible, me encanta :) Como curiosidad, en la canción nombra a su barco Alexa, al igual que su barco en la vida real y también el nombre de su hija, Alexa Joel.
-Una frase:
"There are giants out there in the canyons And a good captain can't fall asleep"
-Momento perfecto para escucharla: me la suelo poner mucho por las mañanas recorriendo madrid centro camino del trabajo :)
-El videoclip trata de: trata de lo que trata la letra, un hombre, su barco, su trabajo y su forma de sobrevivir, muy visual y directo.
-La letra:
Well I'm on the Downeaster 'Alexa' And I'm cruising through Lond Island Sound I have chartered a course to the Vineyard But tonight I am Nantucket bound We took on diesel back in Montauk yesterday And left this morning from the bell in Gardner's Bay Like all the locals here I've had to sell my home Too proud to leave I worked my fingers to the bone So I could own my Downeaster 'Alexa' And I go where the ocean is deep There are giants out there in the canyons And a good captain can't fall asleep I've got bills to pay and children who need clothes I know there's fish out there but where God only knows They say these waters aren't what they used to be But I've got people back on land who count on me So if you see my Downeaster 'Alexa' And if you work with the rod and the reel Tell my wife I am trolling Atlantis And I still have my hands on the wheel Now I drive my Downeaster 'Alexa' More and more miles from shore every year Since they told me I can't sell no stripers And there's no luck in swordfishing here I was a bayman like my father was before Can't make a living as a bayman anymore There ain't much future for a man who works the sea But there ain't no island left for islanders like me
