Mind Games es un álbum de John Lennon, publicado en 1973 por Apple Records. El disco incluye 12 canciones, entre ellas «Intuition», «Meat City», «Nutopian International Anthem (3 seconds of silence)» y «I Know (I Know)».
Sobre el álbum
"Mind Games" (Juegos Mentales) está considerado como el cuarto álbum de estudio en la discografía de John Lennon. Grabado en los estudios Record Plant de Nueva York en 1973, fue producido por el propio Lennon para el sello Apple Records.Tras abandonar un tanto su activismo político y en una época delicada en su relación con Yoko Ono, comenzó a preparar un disco alejando de la crítica política y social de su anterior trabajo, "Sometime In New York City". En medio de sus declaraciones ante la corte que estudiaba su deportación, Lennon comenzó a componer los nuevos temas que compondrían su nuevo álbum.
La presión que el FBI ejercía en su vida, con seguimientos y escuchas telefónicas, estaban desquiciando al músico y eso dejó su impronta en las canciones. Justo antes de comenzar las grabaciones Yoko Ono y John Lennon se separaron. Lennon comenzó una nueva relación sentimental con su asistente personal y coordinadora de producción, May Pang, una relación que se mantendría durante 18 meses y que, cuando finalizó, el músico definió como "un fin de semana perdido".
Finalmente, "Mind Games" se comenzó a grabar en julio de 1973, una grabación que se llevaría a cabo en tan solo dos semanas. En las canciones, Lennon continúa mostrando sus sentimientos a través de temas melancólicos cuyo destino eran los oídos de Yoko Ono. Uno de dichos temas, "Aisumasen (I'm Sorry)" se tituló originalmente como "Call My Name" y era una clara invitación a Yoko para retomar su relación.
Otros temas mostraban más alegría en sus composiciones, como en "Intuition" y "Only People". Por otra parte, Lennon no renuncia al rock como medio de expresión, con temas como " Tight A $" o "Meat City".
Listado de Canciones
- Intuition3:05
Letra
My intentions are good, I use my intuition It takes me for a ride But I never understood other people's superstition It seemed like suicide And as I play the game of life I try to make it better each and every day And when I struggle in the night The magic of the music seems to light the way Intuition takes me there Intuition takes me everywhere Well my instincts are fine I had to learn to use them in order to survive And time after time confirmed an old suspicion It's good to be alive And when I'm deep down and out and lose communication With nothing left to say It's then I realize it's only a condition Of seeing things that way Intuition takes me there Intuition takes me everywhere - Meat City2:48
Letra
Well I been Meat City to see for myself Been Meat City been Meat City Just got to give me some rock 'n roll People were dancing like there's no tomorrow Fingerlickin chickinpickin Meat City Shookdown U.S.A. Pig Meat City Well I been the mountain to see for myself Been the mountain been the mountain Got to give me some rock 'n roll Snake doctors shaking like there's no tomorrow Chickkinsuckin mothertruckin Freak City shookdown U.S.A. Well I'm gonna China to see for myself Gonna China gonna China Just got to give me some rock 'n roll Well the people were jumping like there's no tomorrow Chickinsuckin mothertruckin Meat City shookdown U.S.A - Nutopian International Anthem (3 seconds of silence)
- I Know (I Know)3:56
Letra
The years have passed so quickly One thing I've understood I am only learning To tell the trees from wood I know what's coming down And I know where it's coming from And I know and I'm sorry (yes I am) But I never could speak my mind And I know just how you feel And I know now what I have done And I know and I'm guilty But I never could speak my mind I know what I was missing But now my eyes can see I put myself in your place As you did for me Today I love you more than yesterday Right now I love you more right now Now I know what's coming down I can feel where it's coming from And I know it's getting better all the time As we share in each other's minds Today, I love you more than yesterday Right now, I love you more right now Ooo, no more crying Ooo, no more crying Ooo, no more crying Ooo, no more crying - You Are Here4:06
Letra
From Liverpool to Tokyo What a way to go From distant lands one woman one man Let the four winds blow Three thousand miles over the ocean Three thousand light years from the land of the rising sun Love has opened my eyes Love has blown right through Wherever you are, you are here Three thousand miles over the ocean Three thousand light years from the land of surprising sun East is east and west is west The twain shall meet East is west and west is east Let it be complete Three thousand miles over the ocean Three thousand light years from the land of the morning star - One Day (At A Time)3:27
Letra
You are my weakness, you are my strength Nothing I have in the world makes better sense Cause I'm the fish and you're the sea When we're together or when we're apart There's never a space in between the beat of our hearts Cause I'm the apple and you're the tree One day at a time is all we do One day at a time is good for you You are my woman, I am your man Nothing else matters at all, now I understand That I'm the door and you're the key And every morning I wake in your smile Feeling your breath on my face and the love in your eyes Cause you're the honey and I'm the bee One day at a time is all we do One day at a time is good for us two (you too) - Out The Blue3:22
Letra
Out the blue you came to me And blew away life's misery Out the blue life's energy Out the blue you came to me Every day I thank the Lord and Lady For the way that you came to me Anyway it had to be two minds One destiny All my life's been a long slow knife I was born just to get to you Anyway I survived long enough To make you my wife Like a U.F.O. you came to me And blew away life's misery Out the blue life's energy Out the blue you came to me - Aisumassen (I'm Sorry)
Letra
When I'm down really yin And I don't know what I'm doing Aisumasen Yoko All I had to do was call your name And when I hurt you and cause you pain Darling I promise I won't do it again Aisumasen Yoko It's hard enough I know just to feel your own pain All that I know is just what you tell me All that I know is just what you show me When I'm down real sanpaku And I don't know what to do Aisumasen Yoko san All I had to do was call your name Yes, all I had to do was call your name - Only People3:21
Letra
Only people just know how to talk to people Only people know just how to change the world Only people realize the power of people A million heads are better than one, so come on, get it on! Well I know how we tried and the millions of tears that we cried Now we are hipper we been thru the trip And we can't be denied with woman and man side by side Make no mistake it's our future we're making, bake the cake and eat it too! We don't want no pig brother scene Well it's long overdue there ain't nothing better to do Now we are hipper we been thru the trip We can fly right on thru, there's nothing on earth we can do Fish or cut bait it's our future e're making all together now pull the chain! We don't want no pig brother scene - Mind Games4:13
We're playing those mind games together Pushing the barriers planting seeds Playing the mind guerrilla Chanting the Mantra peace on earth We all been playing those mind games forever Some kinda druid dudes lifting the veil Doing the mind guerrilla Some call it magic the search for the grail Love is the answer and you know that for sure Love is a flower you got to let it grow So keep on playing those mind games together Faith in the future out of the now You just can't beat on those mind guerrillas Absolute elsewhere in the stones of your mind Yeah we're playing those mind games forever Projecting our images in space and in time Yes is the answer and you know that for sure Yes is surrender you got to let it go So keep on playing those mind games together Doing the ritual dance in the sun Millions of mind guerrillas Putting their soul power to the karmic wheel Keep on playing those mind games forever Raising the spirit of peace and love (I want you to make love, not war I know you've heard it before) - Bring On The Lucie (Freda Peeple)4:11
Letra
We don't care what flag you're waving We don't even want to know your name We don't care where you're from or where you're going All we know is that you came You're making all our desicions We have just one request of you That while you're thinking things over Here's something you just better do Free the people now Do it do it do it now Well we were caught with our hands in the air Don't desapir paranoia is everywhere We can shake it with love when we're scared So let's shout it aloud like a prayer We understand your paranoia But we don't want to play your game You think you're cool and know what you are doing 666 is your name So while you're jerking off each other You better bear this thought in mind Your time is up you better know it But maybe you don't read the signs Well you were caught with your hands in the kill And you still got to swallow your pill As you slip and you slide down the hill On the blood of the people you killed Stop the killing now Do it do it do it now Bring on the Lucie - Tight A $
Letra
Just as tight a$ you can make it Hard and slow ain't hard enough Just as tight a$ you can shake it girl Git it on and do your stuff Tight a$ you can get it Tight a$ got it made Uptight's alright but if ya can't stand the heat You better get back in the shade Just as tight a$ an Indian rope trick Long and tough ain't hard enough Just as tight a$ a dope fiend's fix my friend Git it up and do your stuff Tight a$ you can boogie Tight a$ got it made Uptight's alright but if ya can't stand the heat you better get back in the shade Well tight a$ got me cornered Tight a$ got me laid Tight a$ strut your stuff so tough Just a sweating in the midnight shade