Gideon es un álbum de Kenny Rogers, publicado en 1980 por United Artists Records. El disco incluye 12 canciones, entre ellas «Intro: Goin´ Home To The Rock», «Gideon Tanner», «No Good Texas Rounder» y «Don´t Fall In Love With A Dreamer».
Sobre el álbum
El disco Gideon, de 1980, es un ambicioso álbum conceptual que narra la historia de un vaquero de Texas llamado Gideon. En este trabajo, Kenny Rogers se sumerge de lleno en la narrativa, con todas las canciones escritas por el cantautor Kim Carnes. Es uno de sus proyectos más singulares y teatrales.
El álbum funciona como la banda sonora de una película del oeste imaginaria. Las canciones cuentan la vida de Gideon, sus amores, sus errores y su redención. El disco debe ser escuchado como una obra completa para poder apreciar su hilo argumental.
El álbum incluye el exitoso dueto "Don't Fall in Love with a Dreamer", cantado junto a la propia Kim Carnes. Este tema, una advertencia sobre los peligros de enamorarse de un soñador, se convirtió en un gran éxito y en una de las colaboraciones más recordadas de su carrera.
"Gideon" es un trabajo valiente y original, un álbum que demuestra la pasión de Kenny Rogers por la narración y su voluntad de explorar nuevos formatos más allá de la colección de canciones tradicional.
Listado de Canciones
- Intro: Goin´ Home To The Rock0:40
- Gideon Tanner2:34
Letra
I've been riding all night just to get here Don't you be throwing us out so soon Across the whole damn South with cotton-mouth Now we got some drinking to do. We've been stuck on the range for 45 days And that's a long long time We ain't leaving this place 'til there's a smile on our face And the whole room is a friend of mine. So won't you line 'em all up and slide 'em all down And let's hear the jukebox roll We've been living on bacon and beans Playing the jacks and the queens. But we still got some money to blow And the times ain't wild enough We dig our spurs in the make them jump We're riding shotgun with the devil We're the buckaroos. My name is Gideon Tanner I've been a man of good manners I won't dance 'til the ladies ask me I simply tip my hat, I smile and sit back And then I wait for that friendly stampede. I started dancing so tight that this girl turned white I thought she must be passing away I said: now don't let me down, 'Cause when I hit this town I've got to live my whole life in a day. So won't you line 'em all up and slide 'em all down And let's hear the jukebox roll We've been living on bacon and beans Playing the jacks and the queens... - No Good Texas Rounder4:11
Letra
Excuse me, ma'am I'd like your daughter's hand for the evening There's a new band in town I'd like to take her down to see 'em. The fiddler player used to be my neighbor And he never slept a day in his life He plays the 'Strawberry Roan' When he gets going he can play all night. And her mama said: He's a no good Texas cowboy, child He'll love you up and he'll drive you wild Then he'll leave you He's a no good Texas rounder, girl Got a one-track mind And he ain't on true love and that's for sure She said I've met his kind before I've met your kind before. Excuse me, ma'am I'd like your daughter's hand for the evening My intentions are good, I'm a man of honor Please, ignore any rumors that have blackened my name I'm just an innocent boy, How could I be to blame? We'll be late for the show And I took her hand and said let's go. And her mama said: He's a no good Texas cowboy, child He'll love you up and he'll drive you wild Then he'll leave you He's a no good Texas rounder, girl Got a one-track mind And he ain't on true love and that's for sure She said I've met his kind before I've met your kind before. Excuse me, ma'am I'd like your daughter's hand for the evening I think you know the band I'd like to take her down to see 'em I'd been led to understand the fiddler was your man That's why he never slept a day in his life He plays the 'Strawberry Roan' Just to get you going then you play all night. And the daughter said: He was a no good Texas Texas cowboy, child He'll love you up and he'll drive you wild Then he'll leave you He's a no good Texas rounder, girl Got a one-track mind And he ain't on true love and that's for sure She said I've met his kind before I've met your kind before... - Don´t Fall In Love With A Dreamer3:39
Vídeo
- The Buckeroos3:18
- You Were A Good Friend3:53
Letra
If I closed my eyes it didn't hurt quite so bad 'Cause tonight I've just lost the best friend I've ever had You were a maverick running all away from New Orleans We'd tell stories 'round the campfire late at night When it was down to just you and me. Good friend, why did you have to go? Just when I was getting to know you I'll sing this song to show You were a good friend They don't make 'em quite like you And in my memory You'll always be a good good friend to me. You said I got a home, boy Haven't seen it for so long Said I'm going home, boy My work is done I can feel it in my bones. Good friend, why did you have to go? Just when I was getting to know you I'll sing this song to show You were a good friend They don't make 'em quite like you And in my memory You'll always be a good good friend to me... - Call Me Up (The Phone Is In The Cradle)3:17
Letra
Call me up. My friends they don't talk much ‘bout the legend My friends they don't talk much anyway When they do, I know I better listen, ‘cos my good friends just naturally know the right things to say, they say: Call me up the phone is in the cradle, get yourself a liver to my door, but if you saw any plan and if you got the time, we could talk the night away. I don't got so lonely and I've gotta He said: it's tough to be the only man alive, he said: I'd give a river for just somebody to talk to We're thinking in lighting out for biting, we came strolling by, she said: Call me up the phone ... Now Rosy was a queen of the all night cowboy, she said: Texas boy using kind of shy Don't you expect the nimble's invitation, just knock on the wall Track down the hall and drop on by, she said: Call me up ... - These Chains3:22
Letra
These chains won't keep me from being a free man Doing what I can to get out of here, And these chains won't keep me from seeing my freedom, Changing my name and starting over again. I was a fool for a good looking woman, 'til I found out the hard way, there was some out of me Now what else could I do, how could any one blame me, To stand in this smile and with a gun in his hands. These chains won't keep me from being a free man Doing what I can to get out of here, and these chains won't keep me from seeing my freedom, changing my name and starting over again. She had a known reputation but I paid no attention, good love and affection can make anything right But judged no mercy for my infatuation, She said: killers are sinned boys, you've gotta pay the price. These chains won't keep me from being a free man Doing what I can to get out of here, and these chains won't keep me from seeing my freedom, Changing my name and starting over again. Down the hole there's a window You can barely see thro' it Deep in the night I see The lights of town And started me thinking that a mystical ladder Is as high as these walls and I'm climbing it run by run. These chains won't keep me from being a free man Doing what I can to get out of here, and these chains won't keep me from seeing my freedom, Changing my name and starting over again... - Somebody Help Me2:51
Letra
Morning sunshine through the curtain Throws a Rorschach on my wall Waking up wide asleep I try unraveling it all By all rights I should be dead From this bullet hole in my head Oddly enough I seem to be alive Greatly dismayed I discover That the feel under the covers With the red toe walks Can possibly be mine. Won't somebody help me? You've got to help me Because wine and too much wine And a female friend of mine Rode a Mustang through my mind last night. It was a Saturday, I don't matter day We were drinking at the old Red Log And another and another With my long lost brother 'Til the room began to fog Then a fine looking woman walked by Looked me in the eye Heaved a sigh and took me by surprise I said: 'sit down and take your place Of my long lost brother ace' Who had just caved in And passed out on the floor. Won't somebody help me? - One Place In The Night2:59
Letra
Girl, don't wait up tonight Don't live on the lie ´cos you'll be sleeping alone again I know my intentions were the best I had it all worked out you see But you deserve a whole lot better than me. You need a man whose heart Is only one place in the night Who'll stay right here And just be satisfied You need a man Who won't disappoint you every time I call and say my plans have changed So don't wait up tonight. Stop me now I've gone and talked too much again You know I do that now and then So pay no attention to me If I say your name a thousand times Again and again Just don't listen to me. You need a man... - Sayin´ Goodbye3:25
- Requiem: Goin´ Home To Rock0:58