Álbum The Blue Mask de Lou Reed - Canciones

The Blue Mask

1982 |

Estilo(s) | Classic Rock

Sello | RCA

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Reseña

La discografía de Lou Reed nos regala la brillantez de "The Blue Mask", un álbum que, de inmediato, se percibe como un regreso a la forma y una reafirmación de su genio lírico y musical. Además, este disco, a menudo aclamado como uno de sus mejores trabajos en solitario, combina la crudeza del rock con una profundidad poética que lo hace atemporal. Por consiguiente, el álbum se siente como una obra maestra, una muestra de su talento inagotable.

Las guitarras suenan potentes y directas, pero con una precisión que subraya la madurez de su composición. Así pues, las letras de Lou Reed, más introspectivas y reflexivas, abordan temas de amor, relación y la lucha personal con una honestidad desarmante. Por otra parte, la colaboración con el guitarrista Robert Quine aporta una energía y una complejidad musical que elevan el disco a un nuevo nivel. En consecuencia, el álbum suena cohesivo y brillante, una combinación perfecta de fuerza y vulnerabilidad.

"The Blue Mask" consolidó la reputación de Lou Reed como un artista en constante evolución, capaz de sorprender y emocionar con cada nuevo lanzamiento. Asimismo, su impacto en el rock alternativo es innegable, inspirando a innumerables músicos con su enfoque honesto y sin pretensiones. Por lo tanto, para los amantes del rock con alma y las letras que invitan a la reflexión, este disco es una joya imprescindible. En definitiva, es una prueba irrefutable de que la genialidad de Lou Reed no conocía límites, incluso en su madurez.

Listado de canciones del álbum The Blue Mask

My HouseVer letra 5:21

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letra de My House
The image of the poet's in the breeze

Canadian geese are flying above the trees

A mist is hanging gently on the lake

my house is very beautiful at night

My friend and teacher occupies a spare room

he's dead, at peace at last the wandering Jew

Other friends had put stones on his grave

he was the first great man that I had ever met

Sylvia and I got out our Ouija Board

to dial a spirit, across the room it soared

We were happy and amazed at what we saw

blazing stood the proud and regal name Delmore

Delmore, I missed all your funny ways

I missed your jokes and the brilliant things you said

My Dedalus to your Bloom, was such a perfect wit

and to find you in my house makes things perfect

I really got a lucky life

my writing, my motorcycle and my wife

And to top it all off a spirit of pure poetry

is living in this stone and wood house with me

The image of the poet's in the breeze

Canadian geese are flying above the trees

A mist is hanging gently on the lake

our house is very beautiful at night

Our house is very beautiful at night

our house is very beautiful at night

Our house is very beautiful at night
WomenVer letra 4:55

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I love women, I think they're great

they're a solace to the world in a terrible state

They're a blessing to the eyes, a balm to soul

what a nightmare to have no women in the world

I love women

I love women

I love women

we all love women

I used to look at women in the magazines

I know that it was sexist, but I was in my teens

I was very bitter, all my sex was on the sly

I couldn't keep my hands off women, and I won't till I die

I love women

ah, I love women

we love women

we all love women

A woman's love can lift you up, and women can inspire

I feel like buying flowers and hiring a celestial choir

A choir of castratis to serenade my love

they'd sing a little Bach for us and then we'd make love

I love women

I love women

We all love women

we love women
Underneath The BottleVer letra 2:27

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Ooohhh-wheee, look at me

looking for some sympathy

It's the same old story –

– of a man and his search for glory

and he found it, there underneath the bottle

Things are never good, things go from bad to weird

hey gimme another scotch with my beer

I'm sad to say –

– I feel the same today as I always do

gimme a drink to relax me

Ooohhh-wheee, liquor set free

I can't do no work, the shake's inside me

Ahhh, shucks

I got the lousiest luck, I'm sick of this

underneath the bottle

Seven days make a week, on two of them I sleep

I can't remember what the heck I was doing

I got bruise on my leg –

– from I can't remember when

I fell down some stairs, I was lyin' underneath the bottle

Ooohhh 0wheee, son of a B.

you get so down, you can't get any lower

So long world, you play too rough

and it's getting me all mixed up

I lost my pride and it's hiddin' there underneath the bottle
The GunVer letra 3:37

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letra de The Gun
The man has a gun

he knows how to use it

Nine millimeter Browning

let's see what he can do

He'll point at your mouth

say that he'll blow your brains out

Don't you mess with me

carrying a gun

Carrying a gun

carrying a gun

Don't you mess with me

carrying a gun

Carrying a gun

carrying a gun

Don't mess with me

ooohhh, carrying a gun

Get over there

move slowly

I'll put a hole in your face

if you even breathe a word

Tell the lady to lie down

I want, ah, you to be sure to see this

I wouldn't want you to miss a second

watch your wife

Carrying a gun

shooting with a gun

Dirty animal

Carrying a gun

carrying a gun

Watch you face

carrying a gun

Carrying a gun

carrying a gun

The animal dies with fear in his eyes

with a gun

Don't touch him, don't touch him

stay away from him, he's got a gun
The Blue MaskVer letra 5:00

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letra de The Blue Mask
They tied his arms behind his back

to teach him how to swim

They put blood in his coffee

and milk in his gin

They stood over the soldier

in the midst of the squalor

There was war in his body

and it caused his brain to holler

Make the sacrifice

mutilate my face

If you need someone to kill

I'm a man without a will

Wash the razor in the rain

let me luxuriate in pain

Please don't set me free

death means a lot to me

The pain was lean and it made him scream

he knew he was alive

He put a pin through the nipples on his chest

he thought he was a saint

I've made love to my mother, killed my father and brother

what am I to do

When a sin goes too far, it's like a runaway car

it cannot be controlled

Spit upon his face and scream

there's no Oedipus today

This is no play you're thinking you are in

what will you say

Take the blue mask down from my face

and look me in the eye

I get a thrill from punishment

I've always been that way

I loathe and despise repentance

you are permanently stained

Your weakness buys indifference

and indiscretion in the streets

Dirty's what you are and clean is what you're not

you deserve to be soundly beat

Make the sacrifice

take it all the way

There's no "won't" high enough

to stop this desperate day

Don't take death away

cut the finger at the joint

Cut the stallion at his mount

and stuff it in his mouth
Average GuyVer letra 3:10

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I ain't no Christian or no born again saint

I ain't no cowboy or Marxist D.A.

I ain't no criminal or Reverend Cripple from the right

I am just your average guy, trying to do what's right

I'm just your average guy

an average guy

I am just your average guy

I'm just an average guy

Average guy, I'm just your average guy

I'm average looking and I'm average inside

I'm an average lover and I live in an average place

you wouldn't know me if you met me face to face

I'm just your average guy

average guy

Average guy

I'm just an average guy

I worry about money and taxes and such

I worry that my liver's big and it hurts to the touch

I worry about my health and bowels

and the crime waves in the street

I'm really just your average guy

trying to stand on his own two feet

I'm just your average guy

I'm just your average guy

I'm just your average guy

average guy

Average looks, average taste

average height, an average waist

Average in everything I do

my temperature is 98.2

I'm just your average guy

an average guy

Average guy

I'm just an average guy

Average guy

I'm just your average guy

I'm just your average guy

I'm just your average guy

Average
The HeroineVer letra 3:00

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letra de The Heroine
The heroine stood up on the deck

The ship was out of control

The bow was being ripped to shreds

Men were fighting down below

The sea had pummeled the boat for so long

That they knew nothing but fear

And the baby's in the box, he thinks the door is locked

The sea is in a state, the baby learns to wait

For the heroine, ooohh for the heroine

Locked in his defense, he waits for the heroine

The mast is cracking as he waves are slapping

Sailors roll across the deck

And when they thought none was looking

They would cut a weaker man's neck

While the heroine dressed in a virgin white dress

Tried to steer the mighty ship

But the raging storm wouldn't hear of it

They were in for a long trip

Baby's in the box, he thinks the door is locked

He finds it hard to breathe, drawing in the sea

And where's the heroine to fire off the gun

To calm the raging seas and let herself be seized by the

Baby in the box, he thinks the door is locked

The woman has the keys

But there is no moment she can seize

Here's to the heroine, who transcends all the men

Who are locked inside the box

Will the lady let them out

Ooohh the heroine, ooohh the heroine

Strapped to the mast, the pale ascendant heroine...
Waves Of FearVer letra 4:10

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Waves of fear, attack in the night

waves of revulsion, sickening sights

My heart's nearly bursting, my chest's choking tight

Waves of fear, waves of fear

Waves of fear, squat on the floor

looking for some pill, the liquor is gone

Blood drips from my nose, I can barely breathe

waves of fear, I'm too scared to leave

Waves of fear, waves of fear

waves of fear, waves of fear

I'm too afraid to use the phone

I'm too afraid to put the light on

I'm so afraid I've lost control

I'm suffocating without a word

Crazy with sweat, spittle on my jaw

what's that funny noise, what's that on the floor

Waves of fear, pulsing with death

I curse my tremors, I jump at my own step

I cringe at my terror, I hate my own smell

I know where I must be, I must be in hell

Waves of fear, waves of fear

waves of fear, waves of fear
The Day John Kennedy DiedVer letra 4:05

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letra de The Day John Kennedy Died
I dreamed I was the president of these United States

I dreamed I replaced ignorance, stupidity and hate

I dreamed the perfect union and a perfect law, undenied

And most of all I dreamed I forgot the day John Kennedy died

I dreamed that I could do the job that others hadn't done

I dreamed that I was uncorrupt and fair to everyone

I dreamed I wasn't gross or base, a criminal on the take

And most of all I dreamed I forgot the day John Kennedy died

Oh, the day John Kennedy died

Oh, the day John Kennedy died

I remember where I was that day, I was upstate in a bar

The team from the university was playing football on TV

Then the screen went dead and the announcer said,

"There's been a tragedy

There's are unconfirmed reports the president's been shot

and he may be dead or dying."

Talking stopped, someone shouted, "What!?"

I ran out to the street

People were gathered everywhere saying,

did you hear what they said on TV

And then a guy in a Porsche with his radio hit his horn

and told us the news

He said, "The president's dead, he was shot twice in the head

in Dallas, and they don't know by whom."

I dreamed I was the president of these United States

I dreamed I was young and smart and it was not a waste

I dreamed that there was a point to life and to the human race

I dreamed that I could somehow comprehend that someone

shot him in the face

Oh, the day John Kennedy died

Oh, the day John Kennedy died

Oh, the day John Kennedy died

Oh, the day John Kennedy died
Heavenly ArmsVer letra 4:45

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Heavenly arms reach out to hold me

Heavenly arms entice you to dance

In a world of ill will, the dancers are still

Heavenly arms reach out to me

Heavenly arms soft as a love song

Heavenly arms bring a kiss to your ear

In a world that seems mad, all the dancers seem sad

Heavenly arms reach out to me

Sylvia

Sylvia

Sylvia

Sylvia

Heavenly arms come to my rescue

Only a woman can love a man

In a world full of hate, love should never wait

Heavenly arms reach out to me

Heavenly arms strong as a sunset

Heavenly arms pure as the rain

Lovers stand warned of the world's impending storm

Heavenly arms reach out to me

Sylvia

Sylvia

Sylvia

Sylvia

Ohhh-wohhh, oh-oh-oh-oh-oh

Ooohhh-ooohhh-ooohhh-ooohhh-ooohhh, oh-woh-woh

Ooohhh-ooohhh-ooohhh-ooohhh, ohh-woh-woh

(Heavenly arms reach out to hold me)

(Sylvia, you mean so much to me)

(Heavenly arms reach out to hold me)

(Sylvia, you mean so much to me)

(Heavenly arms reach out to hold me)

(Sylvia, you mean so much to me)

(Heavenly arms reach out to hold me)