El 2011 en música (mi 2011)

La música es probablemente uno de mis compañeros inseparables en esta vida, es algo que desde hace años me apasiona y nunca se ha mantenido estático, siempre cambiante.

Otra de las características de la música para mi —y estoy seguro no estar solo en ello— es de que algunas de ellas puedo atarlas a lugares, momentos y personas de forma muy concreta; debido a esto me decidí a hacer una pequeña compilación de las canciones que tuvieron algún significado en mi 2011: desde canciones que simplemente me encantaron, hasta aquellas que me recuerdan a alguien, algo o algún lugar.

Aclaro que no tienen ningún orden en particular —mas allá de la primera división típica de "otros" y "heavy metal"—, según se vienen a mi cabeza, aparecerán en esta entrada.  Ademas, no todas son del 2011: ese no es el objetivo. :)

Aphex Twin - Pulsewidth
	(Instrumental)
Varias mañanas despertaba y lo primero que quería escuchar era esta canción; es tan versátil que en un día de lluvia o en un momento de felicidad de hace apropiada.    Taio Cruz - Higher Now I know i’m gun’ get down on the floor Experiencing what you cant ignore But something bout this beat just got me hooked Come over here and take a closer look Coz I cant get enough, I cant get enough I cant stay on the ground (woah) I cant get enough, I cant get enough This is taking me now Its taking me higher, higher Higher off the ground (x2) I do this for, Its just for the thrill, I got this high, were bout to get a feel This move has got me way over the sun I’m dancing like I am the only one Coz I cant get enough, I cant get enough I cant stay on the ground (woah) I cant get enough, I cant get enough This is taking me now Its taking me higher, higher Higher off the ground (x2) The musics got me going higher I feel like I can touch the sky Its taking me higher, higher Higher off the ground (x4) Esta la escuche cuando iba camino a mi practica laboral en el Centro Medico Militar y a partir de allí no me la pude sacar de la cabeza.

Jessie J - Price Tag (feat. B.o.B.)
	Seems like everybody’s got a price, I wonder how they sleep at night. When the tale comes first, And the truth comes second, Just stop, for a minute and Smile Why is everybody so serious! Acting so damn mysterious You got your shades on your eyes And your heels so high That you can’t even have a good time. Everybody look to their left (yeah) Everybody look to their right (ha) Can you feel that (yeah) Well pay them with love tonight… It’s not about the money, money, money We don’t need your money, money, money We just wanna make the world dance, Forget about the Price Tag Ain’t about the (ha) Ka-Ching Ka-Ching. Aint about the (yeah) Ba-Bling Ba-Bling Wanna make the world dance, Forget about the Price Tag. We need to take it back in time, When music made us all UNITE! And it wasn’t low blows and video Hoes, Am I the only one gettin… tired? Why is everybody so obsessed? Money can’t buy us happiness Can we all slow down and enjoy right now Guarantee we’ll be feelin All right. Everybody look to their left (yeah) Everybody look to their right (ha) Can you feel that (yeah) Well pay them with love tonight… Yeah yeah well, keep the price tag and take the cash back just give me six streams and a half stack and you can keep the cars leave me the garage and all I.. yes all I need are keys and garage and guess what, in 30 seconds I’m leaving to Mars yes we leaving across these undefeatable odds its like this man, you can’t put a price on life we do this for the love so we fight and sacrifice everynight so we aint gon stumble and fall never waiting to see, a sign of defeat uh uh so we gon keep everyone moving there feet so bring back the beat and everybody sing it’s not about… Yeah yeah oo-oooh forget about the price tag
Esta canción me la recomendó una amiga (Jennifer) y fue, de hecho, la primera canción que se atrevió a cantar junto mi en el carro.  El tipo de canción que me recuerda que no toda la música pop esta fuera de lo que puedo escuchar.

The Pretenders - I'll Stand by You Oh, why you look so sad? Tears are in your eyes Come on and come to me now Don't be ashamed to cry Let me see you through 'cause I've seen the dark side too When the night falls on you You don't know what to do Nothing you confess Could make me love you less I'll stand by you I'll stand by you Won't let nobody hurt you I'll stand by you So if you're mad, get mad Don't hold it all inside Come on and talk to me now Hey, what you got to hide? I get angry too Well I'm a lot like you When you're standing at the crossroads And don't know which path to choose Let me come along 'cause even if you're wrong I'll stand by you I'll stand by you Won't let nobody hurt you I'll stand by you Take me in, into your darkest hour And I'll never desert you I'll stand by you And when... When the night falls on you, baby You're feeling all alone You won't be on your own I'll stand by you I'll stand by you Won't let nobody hurt you I'll stand by you Take me in, into your darkest hour And I'll never desert you I'll stand by you I'll stand by you Won't let nobody hurt you I'll stand by you Won't let nobody hurt you I'll stand by you A pesar de que la música es una gran parte de mi vida, rara vez me dedican (o dedico) música a otra persona.  Esta canción me la dedicaron este año y, en el contexto temporal y situacional de la dedicación, tuvo un gran impacto en mi, principalmente por el significado implícito que provenia de la dedicatoria.

Intestine Baalism - A Keen
	(Instrumental)
Y esta es la canción que dedique de regreso.  Sí, se lo que están pensando con tan solo ver el nombre de la banda, y también se que hay canciones mucho mas apropiadas para dedicar —considerando que esta es totalmente instrumental— pero hay una lógica detrás de mi locura:  esta canción despierta sentimientos y reacciones muy cálidas en mi, sensaciones de paz y tranquilidad, de belleza, y por tal quería compartirla de esa manera.  En todo caso, me podía dar el lujo de ponerle mis propias palabras a la dedicatoria y no estar atado a lo que la letra pudiera dictar.  No, no se si la dedicatoria cumplió su cometido —nunca lo sabre— pero es uno de los riesgos que se toman al dedicar cosas tan ambiguas.

Queens of the Stone Age - Go with the Flow
She said, "I'll throw myself away They're just photos after all" I can't make you hang around I can't wash you off my skin Outside the frame is what we're leavin' out You won't remember anyway I can go with the flow Don't say it doesn't matter, matter anymore (I can go with the flow) I can go with the flow (I can go) Do you believe it in your head? It's so safe to play along Little soldiers in a row Falling in and out of love Something sweet to throw away I want something good to die for To make it beautiful to live I want a new mistake, loose is more than hesitate Do you believe it in your head? I can go with the flow Don't say it doesn't matter, matter anymore (I can go with the flow) I can go with the flow (I can go with the flow) Do you believe it in your head? Do you believe it in your head? Do you believe it in your head?
Esta canción tiene algo en mi vida que no puedo describir.  Me identifico de gran manera con las letras en distintos momentos de mi año y, encima de todo, es una canción increíble para conducir; se me viene a la mente cierto sábado que maneje con ella en repetición a cuestionable velocidad...

Soda Stereo - Ella Uso mi Cabeza como un Revolver
	Ella usó mi cabeza como un revolver e incendio mi conciencia con sus demonios me vi llegando tarde, tarde a todo después de un baño cerebral estaba listo para ser amado pasa el tiempo y ahora creo que el vacio es un lugar normal Ella usó mi cabeza como un revolver. No creerías las cosas que he hecho por ella cobardemente pero sin verguenza era una piedra en el agua seca por dentro así se siente cuando la verdad es la palabra sometida Fuí tan dócil como un guante y tan sincero como pude Ella usó mi cabeza como un revolver no creerías las cosas que he hecho por ella...
Eso de sentirse TAN atado e identificado a una lírica en particular es, sospecho yo, uno de las razones de existir de la música.

Johnny Cash - Hurt
I hurt myself today, To see if I still feel, I focus on the pain, The only thing that's real, The needle tears a hole, The old familiar sting, Try to kill it all away, But I remember everything, [Chorus] What have I become, My sweetest friend, Everyone I know, Goes away in the end, And you could have it all, My empire of dirt, I will let you down, I will make you hurt, I wear this crown of thorns, Upon my liars chair, Full of broken thoughts, I cannot repair, Beneath the stains of time, The feelings disappear, You are someone else, I am still right here, [Chorus] And you could have it all, My empire of dirt, I will let you down, I will make you hurt, If I could start again, A million miles away, I will keep myself, I would find a way.
Esta canción es para esos días en los que hasta el sol te ofende; un viaje a través del significado del dolor y como este te recuerda que no se es mas que un ser humano.

Los Cafres - Si el Amor se Cae
	No es muy claro el cielo Y esta cerca este desierto No hay amor en el diario de hoy Si perdiste la pasión en un remate de dolor A des tiempo va ese corazón Si el amor se cae Todo alrededor se cae Si el amor se cae Todo alrededor se cae Siento un cambio adentro que se aproxima Aunque entiendo al que resigna Pero alcanzo al que camina Tengo bronca, tengo tiempo Por eso canto no creo en cuento Resiste en vida las siento Mías, me inspira Si el amor se cae Todo alrededor se cae Si el amor se cae Todo alrededor se cae (bis) Los palos las balas todo esto q me mata Es la soledad es el hambre en nuestra casa La confusión es el alimento de los dueños Que te matan si pénsas y envenenan la verdad Si el amor se cae Todo alrededor se cae Si el amor se cae Todo alrededor se cae (bis)
Nada como un poco de reggae frente al mar; esta canción me hizo el viaje a Monterrico de lo mas placentero.

Blut aus Nord - Epitome I
RIEN NE SAURAIT PRECEDER L'ECHO DE DIEU, LE GRAND MAL QUI SE TERRE EN AMONT DU TEMPS [English translation:] Nothing is known to precede the echo of God, the grand evil who hides away in the upstream of time.
El regreso a la forma, Blut aus Nord me sorprendió con este increible asalto caótico de industrial black metal; recuerdos de mi disco favorito 'The Work which Transforms God'.

Disma - Lost in the Burial Fog
	Snow covers, the ground In an ancient cemetery, long forgotten Evil growling, from the deep In obscurity, everlasting Peering over, a snow-bathed crypt A procession, of dark cloaked figures Carrying a large casket, to an open grave No salvation for the dead As they inter the remains Moving closer, past ancient tombs and old stones My frozen hands are, growing pale, My clothes, falling with dust Skin is tightening against my bones, As horror takes me over Peering downwards into the cold, A call from my own grave Ancient words are uttered To disappear, within the mist The spell of death, everlasting Slowly, consumed, in the fog... Lost, in, fog Lost, in the burial, fog...
Una de mis canciones favoritas de death metal de este año.

Shape of Despair - To Adorn
(Instrumental)	http://grooveshark.com/#/s/To+Adorn/2MhTuy?src=5
Otra instrumental, pero de otro tipo; pinta un paisaje bello pero desolado (les dejo el link en GrooveShark porque YouTube tiene bloqueado mi vídeo).

Mithras - Gods Among Men
	Kings across the sea Coming for your land Sending mighty armies Come to take your homes Inhabitants of your lands Fighting for their lives Smashed to the ground By the over-powering Leaders march their armies Taking all your cities Crusade across the sea  To rule a new land Hopeless battle lost Supremacy to reign Bringing forth a god... A god for your worship See the Kings.... In purple robes Sat aloft On golden thrones Gods among men Dominating Gods among men Forever conquering Ancient rituals torn away Dictatorship enforced Follow the new order  Brought from foreign lands Bringing forth advances Bringing forth the wise Technology so superior That lived in your dreams... Deserted lands left by Kings Constructions still stand Left for the memory Of this conquered land Summoned by their Emperor To go and save their homes Land left to be haunted Haunted forever more.......
De ese death metal pegajoso que de la nada no te podes sacar de la cabeza.

Deathspell Omega - Kenose I
(“Si non credideritis, non intelligetis” Isaiah VII: 9 L'Ange Albe) “Everything, except God, has in itself some measure of privation, Thus all individuals may be graded according to the degree To which they are infected with mere potentiality” Was there not an inconceivable loss of knowledge at Bethlehem? Christ's abasement, His subjecting Himself to the laws of human birth And growth and to the lowliness of fallen human nature... Did the Son remain the transcendent Logos, Is there not a radical and fatal discontinuity between the consciousness? Of the transcendent Logos and the secular Jesus? Obedience to the point of death, Falling down through increasing Pressure Into the deathlike region Of ooze and slime and decay These are the fruits and symptoms of the abasement of the World, The assumption of humanity and the simultaneous occultation of Divinity (Immaculata Du wirfst mich in den Moderstaub des Todes) “And He is before all things, and in Him all things consist” Triune God, Morphed into a Being of apparent theanthropic nature Deprived of the Light of Splendor Dost thou still stand in undiminished Majesty After the exinanition of divine attributes The face of profound fire gone astray, Exhaling austerities in concealed, divine radiance? Kenosis, O' theory of great peril! Blinded, sanguineous eyes and with a trembling hand, A frail androgynous being holds the perilous doctrinal balance, Robed in a maculated garment spattered with the sordid blood Of the Flagellation, of the lacerations and fierce wounds Carved by royal attributes, of the crimson spurts Dripping without end, As was celebrated the High Mass of the Comforter (...)
En gran parte, escucho heavy metal por la música y no por las letras —jamas imagine que dijeran tanto en esta canción, tuve que cortar mas de la mitad de la letra—, y este caso en particular no es nada diferente.  Mi parte favorita esta en el segundo vídeo —de mi creación—, aquí se representa el caos en su mas pura y completa esencia.

Ulver - Theme Seven
	(Instrumental)
Y para el final les dejo mi deseo para este año nuevo (a los pocos que llegaron hasta acá) y es un futuro lleno de paz y esperanza, los sentimientos que me transmiten esta canción cada vez que la escucho.