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Julio 8, 2005

PENNY LANE

In penny lane there is a barber showing photographs
Of every head he’s had the pleasure to know.
And all the people that come and go
Stop and say hello.

On the corner is a banker with a motorcar,
The little children laugh at him behind his back.
And the banker never wears a mack
In the pouring rain, very strange.

Penny lane is in my ears and in my eyes.
There beneath the blue suburban skies
I sit, and meanwhile back

In penny lane there is a fireman with an hourglass
And in his pocket is a portrait of the queen.
He likes to keep his fire engine clean,
It’s a clean machine.

Penny lane is in my ears and in my eyes.
A four of fish and finger pies
In summer, meanwhile back

Behind the shelter in the middle of a roundabout
The pretty nurse is selling poppies from a tray
And tho’ she feels as if she’s in a play
She is anyway.

In penny lane the barber shaves another customer,
We see the banker sitting waiting for a trim.
And then the fireman rushes in
From the pouring rain, very strange.

Penny lane is in my ears and in my eyes.
There beneath the blue suburban skies
I sit, and meanwhile back.
Penny lane is in my ears and in my eyes.
There beneath the blue suburban skies,
Penny lane.

The Beatles

Because of my job, maybe I don´t get along with you all the time, but there´s some british things that I will always love, like tea and pastries, Shakespeare and others, BBC classics, your pop music, your ghost stories, superb british performers, Kenneth Branagh, Monty Python or this beautiful Beatle's song.

I´ve posted it tonight because I was thinking of the blue suburban skies, and all that typical british eccentricity, and I don´t want it to disappear; I need some brits on the other side of the ocean, being witty and mean, and sometimes, brilliant and lovely.

So, that one is for you, you aren´t walking alone. Va por ustedes.

*Traducción en el interior.

Por mi trabajo, quizá no me llevo bien con ustedes todo el tiempo, pero hay algunas cosas británicas que siempre amaré, como el té con pastas, Shakespeare y otros, los clásicos de la BBC, su música pop, sus historias de fantasmas, espléndidos intérpretes británicos, Kenneth Branagh, Monty Python o esta preciosa canción de los Beatles.

La he posteado esta noche porque pensaba en the blue suburban skies*, y toda esa excentricidad británica, y no quiero que desaparezca; necesito algunos brits** al otro lado del oceáno, siendo ingeniosos y malvados, y algunas veces, brillantes y adorables.

Así que esa es para ustedes, no caminan solos***. Va por ustedes****.

*"Los suburbanos cielos azules": evocadora línea de la canción arriba quoteada, que siempre me retrotrae al Swinging London, las películas de Michael Caine, Carnaby Street y todo el movimiento que acompañó a los Beatles y a otros grupos de la época, es decir, lo mejor de la Gran Bretaña, sin duda.

**"Brits": abreviatura cariñosa de "british", si mis nebulosos recuerdos de superpops inglesas no me han traicionado.

***Referencia a "You'll never walk alone" una canción muy bonita que ellos cantan siempre en los funerales, y que creo que es además el himno de un equipo de fútbol, casi aseguraría que se trata del Liverpool.

****En español en el original.

Posted by Xisca at Julio 8, 2005 1:00 AM

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