Uma música do Paul McCartney por dia - #152 Hey Jude

Hey Jude volta aqui, na versão tocada no RJ agora em maio, por recomendação do Chico Mazali. Maravilhosa, como sempre! Embaixo, a versão de 1993 no Pacaembu, em São Paulo, a que tive o privilègio de assistir, colada no palco. E com direito a um pedacinho da tolaha que ele jgou na plateia. Inesquecível!

Hey Jude
Lennon/McCartney

Hey, Jude, don't make it bad,
Take a sad song and make it better.
Remember to let her into your heart,
Then you can start to make it better.

Hey, Jude, don't be afraid,
You were made to go out and get her.
The minute you let her under your skin,
Then you begin to make it better.

And anytime you feel the pain,
Hey, Jude, refrain,
Don't carry the world upon your shoulders.
For well you know that it's a fool
Who plays it cool
By making his world a little colder.

Da da da da da da da da da.

Hey, Jude, don't let me down,
You have found her, now go and get her.
Remember to let her into your heart,
Then you can start to make it better.

So let it out and let it in, hey Jude, begin,
You're waiting for someone to perform with.
And don't you know that it's just you,hey Jude you'll do,
The movement you need is on your shoulder.

Da da da da da da da da da.

Hey, Jude, don't make it bad,
Take a sad song and make it better.
Remember to let her under your skin,
Then you begin to make it better...

Uma música do Paul McCartney por dia - #151 Wild Life

Wild Life é a música que dá nome ao primeiro álbum dos Wings. Muito boa, assim como o vídeo, uma raridade de 1973. E continua atualíssima.

Wild Life
Paul McCartney

While take a walk thru an African park one day,
I saw a sign say, "The animals have the right of way".

Wild life, whatever happened to,
Wild life, the animals in the zoo?

We're breathing a lot,
a lot of political nonsense in the air.

You're making it hard for the people who live in there.
You're moving so fast, but, baby, you know not where.
Wild life, (wild life), what's gonna happen to
Wild life, (wild life), the animals in the zoo?

You'd better stop, there's animals ev'rywhere,
And man is the top, an animal too,
And, man, you just got to care.

Wild life, what's gonna happen to,
Wild life, the animals in the zoo?

You're breathing a lot of polical nonsense in the air.

Wild life, (wild life), what's gonna happen to
(what's gonna happen to) (what's gonna happen to)
Wild life, (wild life), the animals in the zoo?
(what's gonna happen to) (what's gonna happen to)
Wild life, what ever happened to?
What ever happened to?

Comida e afeto

Desde a semana passada, ando pensando muito em comida. Finalmente, tenho tido tempo de cozinhar, depois de anos sem me aventurar no fogão, com esporádicas visitas aqui e ali. E, com certeza, ver minha filha e meu marido comendo minha comida com prazer me faz ficar mais animada ainda para voltar a dominar as panelas, pelo menos nos finais de semana.

E isso me fez lembrar o que a comida significa para mim. Comer, desde sempre, é um prazer. Mas é um prazer que extrapola a comida em si. Comer é uma celebração, um momento de compartilhar cm a família e os amigos alegria e, principalmente, afeto. Aprendi a cozinhar vendo a minha avó e a minha mãe preparando as refeições da família.

Acho que, por isso, as minhas melhores memórias de infância estão sempre envolvidas com comida - o bolo do caco, típico da Ilha da Madeira, que minha avó assava nos almoços de família; o pão de pimenta que ela fazia na época do Natal; a rabada e o nhoque de forno que minha mãe fazia; os brigadeiros das nossas festinhas de aniversário, que as próprias crianças ajudavam a fazer.

E nem só as memórias de infância. Também as de viagem estão estreitamente ligadas à comida, que determina, em grande parte, as mimhas impressões dos locais por onde passei. Por isso, fujo dos fast-foods e dos restaurantes para turistas e procuro comer onde os moradores vão. De preferência, restaurantes de comida mais caseira. Acho que é assim, pela comida do dia a dia, é que se conhece melhor um povo, uma cultura. São inesquecíveis o molho de tomate que experimentei em Veneza - num restaurantezinho simples comandado por uma chinesa! -, a baguete do liceu onde estudei um mês em Paris, o sorvete de castanha de Belém do Pará, a sopa de cebola servida em uma panela de pedra sabão em Diamantina...

Dá para ter isso com fast-food ou comida industrializada? Duvido. Eles são bons para emergências, mas nada mais que isso.

O meu redescoberto prazer em cozinhar tem a ver com isso. Quero que minha filha tenha essas mesmas lembranças. Que ela, ao comer um pavê daqui a 20 anos, lembre-se com carinho de quando eu fazia a sobremesa favorita dela, ou suas batatas fritas preferidas, ou as panquecas doces e salgadas. Ou das viagens que fizemos juntas, provando comidinhas deliciosas e descobrindo novidades maravilhosas.

E meu marido também - que, cozinheiro de mão cheia, percebeu logo essa minha ligação afetuosa com a comida e me conquistou, literalmente, pelo estômago! Aliás, vamos comer daqui a pouco uma sopa de queijo servida no pão italiano, que foi o primeiro prato que ele preparou para mim quando começamos a namorar. Comida com afeto!

Uma música do Paul McCartney por dia - #150 Little Woman Love

Música dos Wings e vídeo raro de show da época.

Little Woman Love
Paul McCartney

I got a little woman I can really love,
My woman fit me like a little glove.
You know I'll always love
my little woman love.

I take her home most ev'ry night,
My woman love to hold me tight.
You know I feel alright
my little woman mine.

Oh yeah, oh yeah,
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh.
Oh yeah, oh yeah,
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh.

I take her home most ev'ry night,
My woman love to hold me tight.
You know I feel alright,
my little woman mine.

Uma música do Paul McCartney por dia - #149 Mary Had A Little Lamb

Este vídeo de Mary Had a Little Lamb é uma raridade da época dos Wings. Muito figura...

Mary Had A Little Lamb
Paul McCartney

Mary had a little lamb,
his fleece was white as snow,
Ev'rywhere that Mary went,
that lamb was sur to go.

And you could hear them singing:
La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la.
La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la.

He followed her to school one day,
it was against the rules,
Made the children laugh and play to
see a lamb at school.

You could hear them singing:
La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la.
La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la.

Soon the teacher turned it out,
still it lingered near,
Waited patiently about till
Mary did appear.

You could hear them singing:
La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la.
La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la.

"But the lamb loved Mary so",
the eager children cry,
"And Mary loves the lamb, you know",
the teacher did reply.

And you could hear them singing:
La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la.
(Ev'ry body singing)
La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la

Uma música do Paul McCartney por dia - #148 Country Dreamer

Para variar um pouco de Beatles, depois de shows com overdose deles, uma música delicada da era Wings: Country Dreamer.

Country Dreamer
Paul McCartney

I'd like to walk in a field with you,
Take my hat and my boots off too.
I'd like to lie in a field with you.
Would you like to do it too, may?
Would you like to do it too?
I'd like to stand in a stream with you,
Roll my trousers up and not feel blue.
I'd like to wash in a stream with you.
Would you like to do it too?

You and i, country dreamer,
When there's nothing else to do;
Me oh my, conutry dreamer,
Make a country dream come true.

I'd like to climb up a hill with you,
Stand on top and admire the view.
I'd like to roll down a hill with you.
Would you like to do it too, may?
Would you like to do it too?

I'd like to climb up a hill with you,
Take my hat and my boots off too.
I'd like to lie in a field with you.
Would you like to do it too, may?
Would you like to do it too?

Uma música do Paul McCartney por dia - #147 Lady Madonna

Versão recente, bem blues para Lady Madonna, dos Beatles. E o vídeo emenda ainda English Tea, linda demais, e uma palhinha de Elvis. O que daria para estar presente nessa apresentação...

Lady Madonna
Lennon/McCartney

Lady Madonna, children at your feet
Wonder how you manage to make ends meet
Who finds the money? When you pay the rent?
Did you think that money was Heaven sent?
Friday night arrives without a suitcase
Sunday morning creep in like a nun
Monday's child has learned to tie his bootlace
See how they run

Lady Madonna, baby at your breast
Wonder how you manage to feed the rest

See how they run

Lady Madonna, lying on the bed
Listen to the music playing in your head

Tuesday afternoon is never ending
Wednesday morning papers didn't come
Thursday night you stockings needed mending
See how they run

Lady Madonna, children at your feet
Wonder how you manage to make ends meet

Uma música do Paul McCartney por dia - #146 Take It Away

Vídeo engraçado, com aparições do Ringo e até do George Martin. Do álbum Tug of War.

Take It Away
Paul McCartney
Take It Away
Wanna Hear You Play 'Til The Lights Go Down
Take It Away
Don't You Wanna Stay 'Til There's No One Else Around
Lonely Driver
Out On The Road
With A Hundred Miles To Go
Sole Survivor
Carrying The Load
Switches On His Radio
Take It Away
Wanna Hear You Play 'Til The Lights Go Down (Down, Down)
Take It Away
Don't You Wanna Stay 'Til There's No One Else Around
Take It Away
Wanna Hear You Play 'Til The Lights Go Down
Take It Away
Don't You Wanna Stay 'Til There's No One Else Around
In The Audience
Watching The Show
With A Paper In His Hand (In His Hand, In His Hand)
Some Important
Impresario
Has A Message For The Band
Take It Away
Wanna Hear You Play 'Til The Lights Go Down (Down, Down)
Take It Away
Don't You Wanna Stay 'Til There's No One Else Around
Never That His
Baby Listening To Your
Never That His
Baby Listening To Your
Never That His
Baby Listening To Your
Take It Away
Take It Away
After Hours
Late In The Bar
By A Darkened Corner Seat
Faded Flowers
Wade In The Jar
'Til The Evening Is Complete

Uma música do Paul McCartney por dia - #145 Again And Again And Again

Esta vale mais pelo vídeo, da época dos Wings.

Again And Again And Again
Paul McCartney

Now you don't wanna be the little woman
No you don't want to be the little woman
I love. No, no, no, no. I love.
Now you don't wanna stay in my school
You don't wanna be the one that's cool.
You don't wanna be the little woman I love.
You're up all night and we can let it hang out right. (Yeah!)
I said good-bye to all my expectations the day you walked out of my life.

Winter time is coming now
Gimme a sign if you can somehow.
Make it clear where you're heading for
Will I see you someday at my door?
Taking it all into consideration
Love's a game I never win.
I've been in very similar situations,
Again and again and again.

Oh, no. Now you don't wanna be the little woman
No, you don't want to be the little woman
I love. No, no, no, no. I love.
Now you don't wanna stay in my home
You just wanna be on your own.
You don't wanna be the little woman I love.
Take it away!

Ah, yeah!
Well things were fine all the summer long
Then things changed, so where did we go wrong?
We can run but we cannot hide
In the greener grass on the other side.
Taking it all into consideraton,
Love's a game I never win.
I've been in very similar situations,
Again and again and again

Uma música do Paul McCartney por dia - #144 Hello Goodbye

Uma das minhas favoritas dos Beatles, para retomar a sequência de posts depois de semanas de muito trabalho. Versão atual com Paul e sua banda mais recente.

Hello Goodbye
Lennon/McCartney

You say yes, I say no
You say stop and I say go go go, oh no
You say goodbye and I say hello
Hello hello
I don't know why you say goodbye, I say hello
Hello hello
I don't know why you say goodbye, I say hello

I say high, you say low
You say why and I say I don't know, oh no
You say goodbye and I say hello
(Hello goodbye hello goodbye) Hello hello
(Hello goodbye) I don't know why you say goodbye, I say hello
(Hello goodbye hello goodbye) Hello hello
(Hello goodbye) I don't know why you say goodbye
(Hello goodbye) I say hello/goodbye

Why why why why why why do you say goodbye goodbye, oh no?

You say goodbye and I say hello
Hello hello
I don't know why you say goodbye, I say hello
Hello hello
I don't know why you say goodbye, I say hello

You say yes (I say yes) I say no (But I may mean no)
You say stop (I can stay) and I say go go go (Till it's time to go), oh
Oh no
You say goodbye and I say hello
Hello hello
I don't know why you say goodbye, I say hello
Hello hello
I don't know why you say goodbye, I say hello
Hello hello
I don't know why you say goodbye, I say hello hello

Hela heba helloa
Hela heba helloa, cha cha cha
Hela heba helloa, wooo
Hela heba helloa, hela
Hela heba helloa, cha cha cha
Hela heba helloa, wooo
Hela heba helloa, cha cah cah