Cuando los escandinavos fundaron Baile Átha Cliath no se imaginaban que, gracias a que los vikingos crearan en ella una factoría que comerciaba con esclavos y orfebrería, se convertiría allá por la Edad Media en la capital de la República Irlandesa. Se trata como ya sabréis de Dublín.
Es uno de los próximos destinos al que me gustaría visitar, pero me gustaría visitarlo en una ocasión especial, será para ver en directo al grupo que hoy os traigo, U2. ¿Quién se sube al barco?
En 1991, U2 deciden dar un giro al estilo musical que habían mostrado tanto en The Joshua Tree como en Rattle And Hum, el primero de ellos, su mejor disco hasta la fecha para este polizón. Nos sorprenden entonces con Achtung Baby, producido por Daniel Lanois y el gran Brian Eno.
La canción es una de las canciones que más me suben el ánimo cuando hace falta, y una de las mejores para escuchar justo antes de salir de fiesta a todo volumen, Who's Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses.
De propina os dejo una de las canciones que más me gustan de U2, la podría escuchar durante horas, Love Is Blindness. El sólo de guitarra de The Edge en el directo es . . .
La chica que sube al escenario no lo olvidará en la vida. El video trae regalo al final.
No dejéis de mirar sus letras, tanto una como otra son realmente buenas.
Who's Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses
You're dangerous, 'cos you're honest.
You're dangerous, you don't know what you want.
Well you left my heart empty as a vacant lot
For any spirit to haunt.
You're an accident waiting to happen
You're a piece of glass left there on a beach.
Well you tell me things
I know you're not supposed to
Then you leave me just out of reach.
Who's gonna ride your wild horses?
Who's gonna drown in your blue sea?
Who's gonna ride your wild horses?
Who's gonna fall at the foot of thee?
Well you stole it 'cos I needed the cash
And you killed it 'cos I needed revenge.
Well you lied to me 'cos I asked you to.
Baby, can we still be friends?
Who's gonna ride your wild horses?
Who's gonna drown in your blue sea?
Who's gonna ride your wild horses?
Who's gonna fall at the foot of thee?
Ah, the deeper I spin
Ah, the hunter will sin for your ivory skin.
Took a drive in the dirty rain
To a place where the wind calls your name
Under the trees, the river laughing at you and me.
Hallelujah! Heaven's white rose
The doors you open I just can't close.
Don't turn around, don't turn around again.
Don't turn around your gypsy heart.
Don't turn around, don't turn around again.
Don't turn around, and don't look back.
Come on now love, don't you look back.
Who's gonna ride your wild horses?
Who's gonna drown in your blue sea?
Who's gonna taste your saltwater kisses?
Who's gonna take the place of me?
Who's gonna ride your wild horses?
Who's gonna tame the heart of thee?
Love Is Blindness
Love is blindness, I don't want to see
Won't you wrap the night around me?
Oh, my heart, love is blindness.
In a parked car, in a crowded street
You see your love made complete.
Thread is ripping, the knot is slipping
Love is blindness.
Love is clockworks and cold steel
Fingers too numb to feel.
Squeeze the handle, blow out the candle
Love is blindness.
Love is blindness, I don't want to see
Won't you wrap the night around me?
Oh, my love,
Blindness.
A little death without mourning
No call and no warning
Baby, a dangerous idea
That almost makes sense.
Love is drowning in a deep well
All the secrets, and no one to tell.
Take the money, honey...
Blindness.
Love is blindness, I don't want to see
Won't you wrap the night around me?
Oh, my love,
Blindness.