10.11.07
9.11.07
She wants to play Hamlet be a prima donna, donna, donna...
(Jennifer Larmore - "Art is calling for me", Victor Herbert)
Mama is a queen and Papa is a king
So I am a princess (and) I know it
But court etiquette is a dull dreary thing
I just hate it all and I show it
To sing on the stage that's the one life for me
My figure's just like Tetrazzini
I know I'd win fame if I sang in Bohéme
That opera by Signor Puccini
I’ve roulades and the trills
That would send the cold chills
Down the backs of all hearers of my vocal frills
Aah-aah-aah-aah-aah-aah-aah-aah-aah-aaaaahhhhhh
I long to be a prima donna, donna, donna
I long to shine upon the stage
I have the embonpoint
To become a queen of song
And my figure would look pretty as a page
I want to be a screechy peachy cantatrice
Like other plump girls that I see
I hate society
I hate propriety
Art is calling for me
I'm in the elite and men sigh at my feet
Still I do not fancy my position
I have not much use for the men that I meet
I quite burn with lyric ambition
Those tenors so sweet
If they made love to me
I'd be a success, that I do know
And Melba I’d oust if I once sang in Faust
That opera so charming by Gounod
Girls would be on the brink
Of hysterics, I think
Even strong men would have to go out for a drink
I long to be a prima donna, donna, donna
I long to shine upon the stage
With my avoirdupois
And my tra la la la la
I would be the chief sensation of the age
I long to hear them shouting: "Viva" to the Diva
Oh, very lovely that must be
That's what I'm dying for
That's what I'm sighing for
Art is calling for me
Mama is a queen and Papa is a king
So I am a princess (and) I know it
But court etiquette is a dull dreary thing
I just hate it all and I show it
To sing on the stage that's the one life for me
My figure's just like Tetrazzini
I know I'd win fame if I sang in Bohéme
That opera by Signor Puccini
I’ve roulades and the trills
That would send the cold chills
Down the backs of all hearers of my vocal frills
Aah-aah-aah-aah-aah-aah-aah-aah-aah-aaaaahhhhhh
I long to be a prima donna, donna, donna
I long to shine upon the stage
I have the embonpoint
To become a queen of song
And my figure would look pretty as a page
I want to be a screechy peachy cantatrice
Like other plump girls that I see
I hate society
I hate propriety
Art is calling for me
I'm in the elite and men sigh at my feet
Still I do not fancy my position
I have not much use for the men that I meet
I quite burn with lyric ambition
Those tenors so sweet
If they made love to me
I'd be a success, that I do know
And Melba I’d oust if I once sang in Faust
That opera so charming by Gounod
Girls would be on the brink
Of hysterics, I think
Even strong men would have to go out for a drink
I long to be a prima donna, donna, donna
I long to shine upon the stage
With my avoirdupois
And my tra la la la la
I would be the chief sensation of the age
I long to hear them shouting: "Viva" to the Diva
Oh, very lovely that must be
That's what I'm dying for
That's what I'm sighing for
Art is calling for me
Etiquetas:
me encanta esta parte,
opera,
tubito,
XD
7.11.07
Lo hubiera raYado si fuera un vinilo...
...de bueno que es (un altar le tengo que levantar a Accuradio) Una de las cosas más difíciles del mundo es interpretar (y armonizar) lo que Fernando Argenta llama "lo repopular", de modo que no suene a lo mismo de siempre, pero al mismo tiempo no se separe demasiado del original... Es aún más difícil cuando se trata de standards pop usamericanos de la época dorada, por su archidifusión.Y sin embargo Bryan Ferry lo consigue (bueno, consiguiÓ, en 1999) , no sé muy bien cómo, pero cada canción suena como recién escrita en el pentagrama. Bueno, sí, siendo un músico como la copa de un pino y rodeándose de gente igual de buena. Como todo en esta vida. Con todos ustedes:
4.11.07
1.11.07
Huevo, leche y miel
Las tapas de los panteones con las fauces de par en par, como cientos de sarlaccs de mandíbula cuadrada. Las rubias cabezacasco fardando de flores cual violeteras ajadas, más de un mausoleo que parecía un set del "Romeo + Juliet" de Baz Lurhmann (otro hito de mi adolescencia, curiosamente, la página original de promoción sigue online)
Y sin embargo paz. Y luz. Lágrimas tranquilas. Risas contenidas. Y pensar en los antiguos, y en sus libaciones funerarias de huevo, leche y miel. Qué mejor para honrar a los muertos que el alimento primigenio, y no cadáveres de flores. Sobre la muerte, derramar la vida. Será por eso que el amor, que es el alimento de la mía, me sabe a huevo, leche y miel.
Y sin embargo paz. Y luz. Lágrimas tranquilas. Risas contenidas. Y pensar en los antiguos, y en sus libaciones funerarias de huevo, leche y miel. Qué mejor para honrar a los muertos que el alimento primigenio, y no cadáveres de flores. Sobre la muerte, derramar la vida. Será por eso que el amor, que es el alimento de la mía, me sabe a huevo, leche y miel.