Starry night es un álbum de Julio Iglesias, publicado en 1990 por CBS. El disco incluye 10 canciones, entre ellas «Can't help falling in love», «Mona Lisa», «And I love her» y «Yesterday when I was young».
Sobre el álbum
El álbum de 1990, Starry Night, es una de las incursiones más elegantes y aclamadas de Julio Iglesias en el cancionero clásico americano. En este trabajo, el artista, en la cima de su estatus como crooner internacional, reinterpreta una colección de estándares del pop y el jazz con su inconfundible estilo y una producción suntuosa.
El sonido del disco es atemporal y sofisticado. Acompañado por una orquesta, Iglesias aborda clásicos inmortales como "Mona Lisa" o "Can't Help Falling in Love", que en su día popularizaron leyendas como Nat King Cole o Elvis Presley. El álbum es un homenaje a la edad de oro de la canción popular.
La interpretación de Julio Iglesias es de una clase y una contención extraordinarias. Su voz seductora y llena de matices se adapta a la perfección a la elegancia de estas melodías, creando versiones que son a la vez respetuosas y muy personales. Es uno de sus trabajos en inglés más logrados.
"Starry Night" es una obra de un gusto exquisito. Es el sonido de un maestro rindiendo tributo a otros maestros, un álbum que no solo deleitó a sus seguidores de todo el mundo, sino que también lo consolidó como uno de los grandes intérpretes del "Great American Songbook".
Listado de Canciones
- Can't help falling in love3:22
- Mona Lisa3:59
Letra
Mona Lisa, Mona Lisa, men have named you You're so like the lady with the mystic smile Is it only 'cause you're lonely they have blamed you For that Mona Lisa strangeness in your smile? Do you smile to tempt a lover, Mona Lisa Or is this your way to hide a broken heart? Many dreams have been brought to your doorstep They just lie there and they die there Are you warm, are you real, Mona Lisa Or just a cold and lonely, lovely work of art? Mona Lisa, Mona Lisa, men have named you You're so like the lady with the mystic smile Is it only 'cause you're lonely they have blamed you For that Mona Lisa strangeness in your smile? Do you smile to tempt a lover, Mona Lisa Or is this your way to hide a broken heart? Many dreams have been brought to your doorstep They just lie there and they die there Are you warm, are you real, Mona Lisa Or just a cold and lonely, lovely work of art? - And I love her3:15
Letra
I give her all my love That's all I do And if you saw my love You'd love her too And I love her She gives me everything And tenderly The kiss my lover brings She brings to me And I love her A love like ours Could never die As long as I Have you near me Bright are the stars that shine Dark is the sky I know this love of mine Will never die And I love her Yes I love her Bright are the stars that shine Dark is the sky I know this love of mine Will never die And I love her - Yesterday when I was young
Letra
Yesterday when I was young The taste of life was sweet as rain upon my tongue I played at life as if it were a foolish game The way the evening breeze plays with a candle flame The thousand dreams I dreamed, the splendid things I planned I always built to last on weak and shifting sands I lived by night, declined the naked light of day And only now I see the years that ran away Yesterday when I was young So many crazy songs were waiting to be sung So many crazy times that lay in store for me And so much pain inside, my heart refused to see I ran so fast that time and youth at last ran out I never stopped to think what life was all about And every conversation that I can now recall Had all to do with me, and nothing else at all Yesterday the moon was blue And every crazy day brought something new to do I used my magic age as if it were a wand And never saw the waste and emptiness beyond The games of love I played with arrogance and pride And every flame I lit, so quickly quickly died The friends I made all seemed somehow to drift away And only I am left on stage to end the play Yesterday when I was young - Vincent
Letra
Starry starry night Paint your palet blue and gray Look out on a summer's day With eyes that know the darkness in my soul Shadows on the hills Sketch the trees and the daffodils Catch the breeze and the winter chills In colours on the snowy linen land Now I understand What you tried to say to me And how you suffered for your sanity And how you tried to set them free They would not listen they did not know how Perhaps they'll listen now Starry starry night Flaming flowers that brightly blaze Swirling clouds in violet haze Reflect in vincent's eyes of china blue Colours changing hue Morning fields of amber grain Weathered faces lined in pain Are soothed beneath the artist's loving hand Now I understand What you tried to say to me And how you suffered for your sanity And how you tried to set them free They would not listen they did not know how Perhaps they'll listen now For they could not love you But still your love was true And when no hope was left inside On that starry starry night You took your life as lover's often do But I could have told you, Vincent, This world was never meant For one as beautiful as you Starry starry night Portraits hung in empty halls Frameless heads on nameless walls With eyes that watch The world and can't forget Like the strangers that you've met The ragged men in ragged clothes A silver thorn A bloody rose Lie crushed and Broken on the virgin snow Now I think I know What you tried to say to me And how you suffered for your sanity And how you tried to set them free They would now listen They're not listening still Perhaps they never will - If you go away3:35
Letra
If you go away on this summer day Then you might as well take the sun away All the birds that flew in the summer sky And our love was new and our hearts were high When the day was young and the night was long And the moon stood still for the night bird song If you go away, if you go away, if you go away But if you stay I'll make you a day Like no day has ever been or will be again We'll sail on the sun we'll ride on the rain We'll talk to the trees and worship the wind But if you go I'll understand Leave me just enough love to fill up my hand If you go away, if you go away, if you go away If you go away yes I know you must There'll be nothing left in the world to trust Just an empty room full of empty space Like the empty look I see on your face Can I tell you now as you turn to go I'll be dying slowly till your next hello If you go away, if you go away, if you go away But if you stay I'll make you a night Like no night has ever been or will be again I'll sail on your smile I'll ride on your touch I'll talk to your eyes that I love so much But if you go I won't cry For the good has gone from the world goodbye If you go away, if you go away, If you go away, if you go away - 99 miles from L.A.4:10
Letra
Keeping my eyes on the road, I see you. Keeping my hands on the wheel, I hold you 99 miles from L.A. I kiss you, I miss you, please be there Passing a white sandy beach, we're sailing Turning the radio on, we're dancing 99 miles from L.A. I want you, I need you, please be there The windshield is covered with rain, I'm crying Pressing my foot on the gas, I'm flying Counting the telephone poles, I phone you Reading the signs on the road, I write you 99 miles from L.A. We're laughing, we're loving, please be there We're laughing, we're loving, please be there - When I need you4:18
When I need you I just close my eyes and I'm with you And all that I so want to give you Is only a heartbeat away When I need love I hold out my hands and I touch love I never knew there was so much love Keeping me warm night and day Miles and miles of empty space in between us The telephone can't take the place of your smile But you know I won't be travelling forever It's cold out So hold out And do like I do When I need you I just close my eyes and I'm with you And all that I so want to give you Is only a heartbeat away It's not easy when the road is your driver Honey that's a heavy load that we bear But you know I won't be travelling a lifetime It's cold out So hold out And do like I do When I need you When I need love I hold out my hands and I touch love I never knew there was so much love Keeping me warm night and day When I need you I just close my eyes And you're right by my side Keeping me warm night and day I just hold out my hand Hold out my hand And I'm with you All I wanna give you Is only a heartbeat away When I need you - Love has been a friend to me3:25
Letra
Love has been a friend to me A friend my whole life through Always saw the best in me As only friends will do It was young when I was young And both of us were blind We made it through the careless years Love has been a friend of mine Love has been a friend to me Companions of the heart Following where passion leads We learn what fools we are Even when it breaks my heart And hope is hard to find I still remember all the ways Love has been a friend of mine In a world everchanging Ev'ry season must end Love makes only one promise It will find you again I remember ev'ry word That love has ever said To a perfect melody Running through my head On a not too far tomorrow I'll sing back ev'ry line The title of my song will be Love has been a friend of mine Love is happiness and sorrow It's ev'rything in time Through it all I'm glad to say Love has been a friend of mine - Cryin' time3:31