Beautiful Stranger

Esta canción la compusieron Madonna y William Orbit para la banda sonora de Austin Powers II: The Spy Who Shagged Me (la espía que me achuchó), que protagoniza Mike Myers, un conocido de Madonna. Beautifil stranger se adapta maravillosamente bien al ambiente retro y psicodélico del film, pues se ambienta en los años 60; y sus arreglos instrumentales nos recuerdan a los de aquellos años. Vídeo original en el primer enlace.

Haven't we met
You're some kind of beautiful stranger
You could be good for me
I've had the taste for danger

If I'm smart then I'll run away
But I'm not so I guess I'll stay, Heaven forbid
I'll take my chance on a beautiful stranger

I looked into your eyes
And my world came tumbling down
You're the devil in disguise
That's why I'm singing this song

To know you is to love you
You're everywhere I go
And everybody knows
To love you is to be part of you
I've paid for you with tears
And swallowed all my pride

Da-da-da-dum da-dum da-dum da da da-da dum
Beautiful stranger
Da-da-da-dum da-dum da-dum da da da-da dum
Beautiful stranger

If I'm smart then I'll run away
But I'm not so I guess I'll stay, Haven't you heard
I fell in love with a beautiful stranger

I looked into your face
My heart was dancing all over the place
I'd like to change my point of view
If I could just forget about you

I looked into your eyes
And my world came tumbling down
You're the devil in disguise
That's why I'm singing this song to you (x2)

Vídeo con un remix que me ha gustado. ¡Anímenonos, que es sábado!

A love that will never grow old

Muchas canciones buenas tiene la banda sonora del filme Brokeback Mountain, del director Ang Lee. Gustavo Santaolalla compuso la música y Bernie Taupin escribió la letra, siendo interpretada por Emmylou Harris.


Go to sleep, may your sweet dreams come true
Just lay back in my arms for one more night
I've this crazy old notion that calls me sometimes
Saying this one's the love of our lives.

Cause I know a love that will never grow old
And I know a love that will never grow old.

When you wake up the world may have changed
But trust in me, I'll never falter or fail
Just the smile in your eyes, it can light up the night,
And your laughter's like wind in my sails.

Cause I know a love that will never grow old
And I know a love that will never grow old.

Lean on me, let our hearts beat in time,
Feel strength from the hands that have held you so long.
Who cares where we go on this rutted old road
In a world that may say that we're wrong.

Cause I know a love that will never grow old
And I know a love that will never grow old.


Ganó el Globo de Oro a la Mejor Canción Original en 2006:

Come what may

[Christian]
Never knew I could feel like this
Like I have never seen the sky before
I want to vanish inside your kiss
Every day I love you more and more
Listen to my heart, can you hear it sings
Telling me to give you everything
Seasons may change, winter to spring
But I love you until the end of time
Come what may
Come what may
I will love you until my dying day

[Satine and Christian]
Suddenly the world seems
such a perfect place
(oh dear, there is a frog)
Suddenly it moves with
such a perfect grace
Suddenly my life doesn't seem such a waste
It all revolves around you

And there's no mountain too high
No river too wide
Sing out this song and I'll
be there by your side
Storm clouds may gather
And stars may collide

[Christian]
But I love you
(Satine: but I love you)
until the end...
(Satine: until the end of time)
...of time

[Satine and Christian]
Come what may
Come what may
I will love you until my dying day

Oh, come what may, come what may
I will love you, I will love you
Suddenly the world seems
such a perfect place

Come what may
Come what may
I will love you until my dying day


Es mi canción favorita de esta película. Y leo que "Come What May" fue nominada en 2002 al Globo de Oro a la Mejor Canción Original. Pero tambíen que había sido escrita para otro film de Luhrmann: "William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet", así que de original tenía poco.

Sin embargo, pudo colarse en esta lista: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AFI%27s_100_Years..._100_Songs

After laughter...

Cuando vi Lucky Number Slevin (El Caso Slevin) por primera vez me quedé con una canción. Éste es un filme entretenido y que sorprende dirigido por Paul McGuigan y con un reparto de aúpa, pero no contaré qué es el Kansas City Shuffle, la canción que suena en el siguiente trailer:



Pero a lo que venia, la canción que se me quedó en la cabeza se llama After laughter (comes tears) y la cantaba, al menos en el filme, Wendy Rene:



Pero es que también sonaba en Gegen Die Wand (Contra la pared, una película alemana dirigida por Fatih Akin sobre una pareja casada por conveniencia y que se va enamorando, que merece más la pena que la primera). Ahí va un trailer:



La versión de Alicia Keys de After laughter, para otro día.