Archivo de la categoría ‘Elvis’
>"Johnny B. Goode" cover Chuck Berry v/s Elvis v/s The Beatles v/s Jerry Lee Lewis v/s Jimi Hendrix v/s Sex Pistols v/s Judas Priest v/s Motorhead v/s AC/DC v/s Bruce Springsteen
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Johnny B. Goode, canción escrita por don Chuck Berry en 1958, esta considerada como una de las primeras canciones netamente rockeras, convirtiéndose hoy en día, en un emblema del rock clásico. La cancion narra la historia de un joven norteamericano que tenia el tipico sueño de triunfar en base a su esfuerzo con la guitarra, la mayoria piensa que es una cancion basada en la propia vida de Chuck Berry, pero esta se basa en la vida de e Johnnie Johnson que tocaba el piano y compuso varias canciones con Berry. En grabaciones no oficiales Berry canta ‘coloured boy’ (chico de color) en vez de ‘country boy’ (chico del campo), pero la discográfica se opuso a esa versión. La canción fue enviada al espacio en la sonda Voyager. Acontinuacion veremos como se enfrenta Chuck Berry versus el rey blanco del rock Elvis, o los mas famosos que Dios “the Beatles” y otras leyendas del rock que hacen tributo al gran Chuck.
Way back up in the woods among the evergreens…
There stood a log cabin made of earth and wood,
Where lived a country boy name of Johnny B. Goode…
He never ever learned to read or write so well,
But he could play the guitar like ringing a bell.
(Chorus)Go GoGo Johnny GoGo GoJohnny B. Goode
He use to carry his guitar in a gunny sack
And sit beneath the trees by the railroad track.
Oh, the engineers used to see him sitting in the shade,
Strumming to the rhythm that the drivers made.
People passing by would stop and say
Oh my that little country boy could play
(Chorus) Go GoGo Johnny GoGo GoJohnny B. Goode
His mother told him someday you would be a man,
And you would be the leader of a big old band.
Many people coming from miles around
To hear you play your music when the sun go down
Maybe someday your name will be in lights “Saying Johnny B. Goode tonight!”
(Chorus)Go GoGo Johnny GoGo GoJohnny B. Goode
>"My Way" Sinatra v/s Elvis v/s Sid Vicious v/s Nina Simone
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My Way esta basada en una canción francesa, de la cual toma su ritmo y el sentido de la letra, la cual consiste en un hombre orgulloso, que enfrenta y acepta los errores que ha cometido en su vida, pero es feliz por que los realizo a su manera, fue escrita en 1969, y es una de las canciones mas versiones de la historia, esta profundamente incrustada en la mentalidad norteamericana, esto se puede apreciar en la siguiente anécdota “La identificación de la canción con Sinatra se volvió tan fuerte, que la canción se transformó en un ícono, y así el Gobierno Soviético de Mijaíl Gorbachov bromeando se refería a su política de no-intervencionismo en los asuntos internos de los demás países firmantes del Pacto de Varsovia como la “Doctrina Sinatra”
And now, the end is near,
And so I face the final curtain.
My friends, I’ll say it clear;
I’ll state my case of which I’m certain.
I’ve lived a life that’s full –
I’ve travelled each and every highway.
And more, much more than this,
I did it my way.
Regrets? I’ve had a few,
But then again, too few to mention.
I did what I had to do
And saw it through without exemption.
I planned each charted course –
Each careful step along the byway,
And more, much more than this,
I did it my way.
Yes, there were times, I’m sure you knew,
When I bit off more than I could chew,
But through it all, when there was doubt,
I ate it up and spit it out.
I faced it all and I stood tall
And did it my way.
I’ve loved, I’ve laughed and cried,
I’ve had my fill – my share of losing.
But now, as tears subside,
I find it all so amusing.
To think I did all that,
And may I say, not in a shy way –
Oh no. Oh no, not me.
I did it my way.
For what is a man? What has he got?
If not himself – Then he has naught.
To say the things he truly feels
And not the words of one who kneels.
The record shows I took the blows
And did it my way.
Yes, it was my way.