The Raconteurs - Old Enough

martes, 9 de diciembre de 2008

Y, como les voy por más de una semana y no creo tener mucho tiempo para postearles una canción el próximo lunes [ya saben, eso de broncearse requiere de un 100% de atención], les pongo doble esta semana, ahi ustedes decidan si la ven ahora o se esperan hasta la próxima semana.
Esta segunda canción es de los Raconteurs, banda a la que pertenece Jack White de los White Stripes, quien junto con un par de integrantes de The Greenhornes y uno más de The Waxwings crean un rock sencillo pero pegajoso, la canción que les comparto es un sencillo que publicaron en octubre de este año y se titula: Old Enough.
De la letra... puedo decir que me conquistaron mientras tenía puestos los audífonos y me cantaron al oído "You look pretty in your fancy dress"... jajaja, lo que me cantaron despues esta aka:

You look pretty in your fancy dress
But I detect unhappiness.
You never speak so I have to guess
You're not free.

Yeah, maybe when you're old enough
You'll realize that you're not so though.
And some days the seas get rough,
You'll see.

You're too young to have it figured out.
You think you know what you're talkin about.
You think it all will work itself out,
But we'll see.

When I was young I thought I knew,
You probably think you know too.
Do you?
Well, do you?

I was naive just like you, I thought
I knew exactly what I wanted to do.
Well, what you gonna do?
What a fool.

And how've you gotten by so far
Without a head and no visible scar?
No one knowin who you really are,
They can't see.

What you gonna do? (What you gonna do?)
What you gonna do now?
x4

What you gonna do now?

(Yeah)

The only way you'll ever learn a thing
Is to admit that you know absolutely nothing.
Oh, nothing.

Think about this carefully.
You might not get another chance to speak freely.
Oh, freely.

Maybe when you're old enough.
Maybe when you're old enough.
Maybe when you're old enough,
You're not free.
(Yeah)
You're not free. 
El video esta ambientado en el bosque y, por los sonidos de fondo, se antoja como parte de la banda sonora de alguna película escocesa de esas llenas de hombres varoniles y galantes... bueno, eso me parece a mi, pero ustedes vean y juzguen:

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