Un blog para los que todavía nos gusta el estilo de la música de aquella época en la que cualquier ruido era mejor que mucha de la música de hoy en dia.
Esta versión en particular es la que aparece en la película ''Oh, Brother'', una película, que yo personalmente, recomiendo ver.
Letra
I am a man of constant sorrow,
I've seen trouble all my days.
I bid farewell to old Kentucky,
The place where I was born and raised.
The place where he was born and raised!
For six long years,
I've been in trouble.
no pleasure here,
on earth I've found.
For in this world,
I'm bound to ramble,
I have no friends to help me now.
He has no friends to help him now!
It's fare thee well,
my old true lover,
I ne'er expect to see you again.
For I'm bound to ride,
that Northern Railroad,
Perhaps I'll die upon this train.
Perhaps he'll die upon this train!
You can bury me in some deep Valley,
For many years, there I may lay.
Then you may learn to love another
while I am sleeping in my grave
While he is sleeping in his grave!
Maybe your friends think I'm just a stranger,
My face you'll never see no more.
But, there is one promise that is given,
I'll meet you on God's golden shore.
Maggie May
Maggie May es una canción escrita por el cantante Rod Stewart y Martin Quittenton y grabado por Stewart en 1971 para su álbum "Every Picture Tells A Story".
"Maggie May", expresa la ambivalencia y las emociones contradictorias de un joven implicado en una relación con una mujer mayor, y fue escrito desde la propia experiencia de Stewart. En el mes de enero de 2007 en la revista Q, Stewart recordó: "Maggie May era más o menos una historia real sobre la primera mujer con quien tuve relaciones sexuales, en el Festival de Jazz de Beaulieu.
Rod Stewart
Roderick David "Rod" Stewart, CBE (10 de enero de 1945) es un cantante y músico británico. Se ha estimado que las ventas de sus discos llegarían a un total de 150 millones de copias, haciéndolo uno de los artistas que han vendido más álbumes en toda la historia de la música. En 2001 recibe la “Concesión del diamante de la música del mundo”. De sus 61 singles, 31 han llegado al top 10, de los cuales seis han ganado la posición número uno. Fue votado en la posición # 33 en la encuesta de la revista 'Q Magazine' en los 100 mejores cantantes y considerado una de las más grandes leyendas del rock,mientras que en la revista Rolling Stone se encuentra en la posición # 59. Algunos de sus singles más conocidos son : "Maggie May", "You Wear It Well", "Sailing", "Tonight's the Night (Gonna Be Alright)", etc...
Letra
(rod stewart / martin quittenton)
Wake up maggie i think i got something to say to you
it's late september and i really should be back at school
i know i keep you amused but i feel i'm being used
oh maggie i couldn't have tried any more
you lured me away from home just to save you from being alone
you stole my heart and that's what really hurt
The morning sun when it's in your face really shows your age
but that don't worry me none in my eyes you're everything
i laughed at all of your jokes my love you didn't need to coax
oh, maggie i couldn't have tried any more
you lured me away from home, just to save you from being alone
you stole my soul and that's a pain i can do without
All i needed was a friend to lend a guiding hand
but you turned into a lover and
mother what a lover, you wore me out
all you did was wreck my bed
and in the morning kick me in the head
oh maggie i couldn't have tried anymore
you lured me away from home 'cause you didn't want to be alone
you stole my heart i couldn't leave you if i tried
I suppose i could collect my books and get on back to school
or steal my daddy's cue and make a living out of playing pool
or find myself a rock and roll band that needs a helpin' hand
oh maggie i wish i'd never seen your face
you made a first-class fool out of me
but i'm as blind as a fool can be
you stole my heart but i love you anyway
Maggie i wish i'd never seen your face
