Rise Against - Hero Of War

"A hero of war, is that what they see?".

Vuelvo a postear con Rise Against como protagonista. Si no se escucha con atención su mensaje pasará desapercibido. La primera vez que la escuche captó mi atención y lo que provocó en mi no es fácil de describir. Mi cuerpo quiere separarse de su ser, mi corazón quiere latir a un ritmo que mi cavidad torácica no puede contener, mis piernas quieren correr... Correr a un estado de vacío. Donde no exista maldad, donde el ser humano sea eternamente inocente y donde la imaginación pueda ayudarnos a olvidar.

Al menos eso es lo que sentí yo. O así es como lo puedo explicar, ya que las palabras no siempre son suficientes, y muchas veces no son capaces de mostrar lo que uno quiere decir y compartir.
Y para que puedas hacerte una idea de lo que describo, dejo en este rincón el videoclip de la canción, y la letra de "Hero Of War" del disco "Appeal to Reason" del año 2008.




He said "Son, have you seen the world?
Well, what would you say if I said that you could?
Just carry this gun and you'll even get paid."
I said "That sounds pretty good."

Black leather boots
Spit-shined so bright
They cut off my hair but it looked alright
We marched and we sang
We all became friends
As we learned how to fight

A hero of war
Yeah that's what I'll be
And when I come home
They'll be damn proud of me
I'll carry this flag
To the grave if I must
Because it's a flag that I love
And a flag that I trust

I kicked in the door
I yelled my commands
The children, they cried
But I got my man
We took him away
A bag over his face
From his family and his friends

They took off his clothes
They pissed in his hands
I told them to stop
But then I joined in
We beat him with guns
And batons not just once
But again and again

A hero of war
Yeah that's what I'll be
And when I come home
They'll be damn proud of me
I'll carry this flag
To the grave if I must
Because it's a flag that I love
And a flag that I trust

She walked through bullets and haze
I asked her to stop
I begged her to stay
But she pressed on
So I lifted my gun
And I fired away

The shells jumped through the smoke
And into the sand
That the blood now had soaked
She collapsed with a flag in her hand
A flag white as snow

A hero of war
Is that what they see
Just medals and scars
So damn proud of me
And I brought home that flag
Now it gathers dust
But it's a flag that I love
It's the only flag I trust

He said, "Son, have you seen the world?
Well what would you say, if I said that you could?"

Victor Heredia - Sobreviviendo

El otro día en el metro entraron dos sudamericanos y comenzaron a hacer arte con esta increíble canción. Uno de ellos sacó un ukulele con el que tocó toda la melodía. El otro puso la voz y entre rimas, tocaba una armónica que hacía sonar muy muy bien.
Voy a poner aquí un vídeo que he encontrado en youtube de un directo muy emotivo. Las letras inspiradoras hablan de la resistencia de las gentes, aún en la situación habitual en la que una fuerza superior arrasa y destruye al débil.

"...mientras alguien
proponga muerte sobre esta tierra
y se fabriquen armas para la guerra,
yo pisaré estos campos sobreviviendo.
todos frente al peligro, sobreviviendo,
tristes y errantes hombres, sobreviviendo."

Trata una temática que se refleja en todos los conflictos pasados y presentes: La supervivencia y la dignidad como lucha de las gentes del mundo.

"Ya no quiero ser solo un sobreviviente
Quiero elegir el día para mi muerte"

Mashup Germany - In The Beginning

I recently came across Mashup-Germany. A grand mix of different songs from a wide variety of artists, achieving a really good sound most of the time.
I discovered Mashup-Germany through a vid in youtube.com of the song "In the Beginning" by Mogadishan musician K'naan.



In this version, the original tune is mixed with "Method Man - How High", "Eminem - Lose yourself" and "Black Eyed Peas - Where is the love" accomplishing a fantastic mix. The mix can be found in the CD2 from "Mashup-Germany - Vol.1". This is another great mix from Mashup Germany:

Sofia Jannok - Irene

I came to know this fantastic singer just about a month ago. And what a discovery!
I can really recommend anyone to hear some of her songs. Apparently she is from a place called Gällivare, which is the northmost of Sweden. You can imagine the cold winters up there, so near to the Artic Circle!
Anyways, she was singing since her early years, and has come to get the recognition she deserves. She is a yoiker, she sings in a Sami musical style. This kind of singing sounds very spiritual and can be related to nature and the feelings connected to it. The language is Sami, from the Sami people who live in the Nordic regions of northern Europe.
I wanted to post one of her songs, and I finally decided to post this one (I love it), it's from her 2009 album Áššogáttis, meaning "By the Embers":

Live - Run to the Water

Live, so great a band! They've got fantastic tunes, some moving, some exiting, and some others bringing different emotions to oneself. I've decided to post the song titled "Run to the Water" performed live at Pinkpop Festival 2000, which is held yearly in the Netherlands. I find their live performance pretty amazing, with all this crowd of people singing to the air.

I'm also posting along the lyrics of this song, because I think they help feel the sense of the act itself.
Amazing, incredible!! :)




Oh desert speak to my heart
Oh woman of the earth
Maker of children who weep for love
Maker of this birth
'Til your deepest secrets are known to me
I will not be moved
I will not be moved

"Don't try to find the answer
When there ain't no question here
Brother let your heart be wounded
And give no mercy to your fear"

Adam and Eve live down the street from me
Babylon is every town
It's as crazy as it's ever been
Love's a stranger all around

In a moment we lost our minds here
And lay our spirit down
Today we lived a thousand years
All we have is now

Run to the water
And find me there
Burnt to the core but not broken
We'll cut through the madness
Of these streets below the moon
These streets below the moon

And I will never leave you

'Til we can say,
"This world was just a dream
We were sleepin' now we are awake"
'Til we can say

In a moment we lost our minds here
And dreamt the world was round
A million miles fall from grace
Thank God we missed the ground

Run to the water
And find me there
Burnt to the core but not broken
We'll cut through the madness
Of these streets below the moon
With a nuclear fire of love in our hearts

Yeah, I can see it now lord
Out beyond all the breakin' of waves
And the tribulation
It's a place and the home of ascended souls
Who swam out there in love!

Run to the water
And find me there
Burnt to the core but not broken
We'll cut through the madness
Of these streets below the moon
With a nuclear fire of love in our hearts

Rest easy baby, rest easy
And recognize it all as light and rainbows
Smashed to smithereens and be happy
Run to the water (and find me there)
Run to the water