Friday, December 17, 2010

O Captain my Captain (Don Van Vliet 1941-2010)



O Captain my Captain! our fearful trip is done,
The ship has weathered every rack, the prize we sought is won,
The port is near, the bells I hear, the people all exulting,
While follow eyes the steady keel, the vessel grim and daring;
But O heart! heart! heart!
O the bleeding drops of red,
Where on the deck my Captain lies,
Fallen cold and dead.

O Captain! my Captain! rise up and hear the bells;
Rise up--for you the flag is flung for you the bugle trills,
For you bouquets and ribboned wreaths for you the shores a-crowding,
For you they call, the swaying mass, their eager faces turning;
Here Captain! dear father!
This arm beneath your head!
It is some dream that on the deck,
You've fallen cold and dead.

My Captain does not answer, his lips are pale and still;
My father does not feel my arm, he has no pulse nor will;
The ship is anchored safe and sound, its voyage closed and done;
From fearful trip the victor ship comes in with object won;
Exult O shores, and ring O bells!
But I, with mournful tread,
Walk the deck my Captain lies,
Fallen cold and dead.

A escribir de un grande

Tuesday, December 14, 2010

Los 20 discos que más me han gustado en el año



Beach House- teen dream
Avi Buffalo- avi buffalo
Deerhunter-Halcyon Diges
Villagers- Beckoming a jackall
Arcade Fire – The Suburbs
Denver Música, gramática, gimnasia
Frightened rabbit- the winter of mixed drinks
The Fall – Your Future Our Clutter
Lloyd cole- broken record
Trembling blue stars- Fast Trains And Telegraph Wires
Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti– Before Today
Four Tet- There Is Love In You
Band Of Horses- Infinite Arms
Admiral Radley- I Heart California
Big Boi- Sir Lucious Left Foot
cevladé- coronación
Sleigh Bells – Treats
Blonde redhead- Penny Sparkle
Future islands- In Evening Air
Guincho- pop negro
Bonus track John Grant- Queen Of Denmark