Álbum Swords (Morrissey)

Swords de Morrissey

Álbum de Morrissey

  • Sello Discográfico: Polydor

Valora este álbum

Swords es un álbum de Morrissey, publicado en 2009 por Polydor. El disco incluye 26 canciones, entre ellas «Good Looking Man About Town», «Don't Make Fun of Daddy's Voice», «If You Don't Like Me, Don't Look at Me» y «Ganglord».

Sobre el álbum

El álbum Swords, también de 2009, es una compilación de caras B y temas inéditos grabados entre 2004 y 2009. Morrissey siempre ha sido un artista que ha cuidado mucho las canciones que acompañaban a sus sencillos, y este disco es una prueba de ello. "Swords" funciona como un álbum de estudio alternativo, lleno de joyas que merecían ser rescatadas.

El disco recopila las caras B de los sencillos de los álbumes `You Are the Quarry`, `Ringleader of the Tormentors` y `Years of Refusal`. Ofrece una visión panorámica de la increíble productividad y el alto nivel de calidad de su producción durante esa década. Canciones como "Good-Looking Man About Town" o "Shame Is the Name" podrían haber sido perfectamente sencillos por derecho propio.

"Swords" es un regalo para los seguidores más acérrimos del cantante, pero también es una excelente puerta de entrada a su trabajo más reciente para quienes no lo conozcan. Demuestra que, en el universo de Morrissey, a menudo las mejores canciones no están en los álbumes.

Listado de Canciones

Disco 1

  1. Good Looking Man About Town2:54

    Letra

    I'm not running away, I'm running to Corruption of the spirit, isn't in it For a good looking man about town? Are you afraid of someone alive? Are you feeling heartbroken 'Cause you'll never be mistaken for the Good looking man about town? You've got your degree then you flew to Mars But you still feel wretched 'Cause you'll never be naked with the Good looking man about town Are you afraid of someone alive? Are you scared to death of even looking at the Flesh of a good looking man about town? Hear the gang say: "marry me, marry me" Hear the gang say: "marry me, marry me" Hear the gang say: "marry me, marry me" On the midnight streets, no moon and no stars No one around to come down And to soften the stings to my heart On the midnight streets, no moon and no stars And no one around to come down And to soften the stings to my heart The dream is sand in my hands The dream becomes sand in my hands
  2. Don't Make Fun of Daddy's Voice2:53
  3. If You Don't Like Me, Don't Look at Me3:46
  4. Ganglord5:19

    Letra

    Ganglord, the police are Kicking their way into my house And haunting me, taunting me Wanting me to break their laws Ganglord, the police are Kicking their way into my house And haunting me, taunting me Wanting me to break their laws And I'm turning to you, Oh, to save me... And I'm turning to you, Oh, to save me... Ganglord, the police are Grinding me into the ground The headless pack are back Small boy jokes and loaded guns Ganglord, the police are Grinding me into the ground The headless pack are back Small boy jokes and loaded guns And I'm turning to you, to save me... And I'm turning to you, Oh, to save me! Save me... To save me, save me, to save me! Gandlord, there's a clock on the wall Making fun of us all Ganglord, there's a clock on the wall And it makes a joke of us all And I'm turning to you, to save me... And I'm turning to you, to save me, save me... To save me, save me, to save me! Ganglord, remember! The police can always be bribed... Ganglord, remember! The police can always be bribed... They say 'to protect and to serve' But what they really want to say is: "Get back to the ghetto! The ghetto! Get yourself back to the ghetto! The ghetto! The ghetto! Get yourself back to the ghetto! The ghetto! The ghetto!"
  5. My Dearest Love3:57

    Letra

    These tears I'm wailing I spill not without reason Remove them My dearest love My... Take me To the place I've been dreaming of Where the grotesquely lonely Meet the grotesquely lonely And they whisper Just very softly Please be mine Dearest Love Be my dearest love Be my dearest love I have hung on, hung on Hung on for one hundred years For someone to shake me Someone to wake me if necessary someone to break me My dearest love My dearest love My dearest love...
  6. The Never-Played Symphonies3:02
  7. Sweetie Pie4:19

    Letra

    Sweetie Pie I've fallen in love And the joke is on me And the sun's given up I'm depending on you To see I get safely to The port where my heart Is too lost to find And will be there to meet you when it's your time Sweetie Pie I'm ending my life Because I've fallen in love And nothing is enough I'm depending on you To see I get safely to The port where my heart Is too lost to find And will be there to meet you when it's your time Sweetie Pie How I feel in my mind And how I live in the world They are oceans apart I'm depending on you To see I get safely to The port where my heart Is too lost to find And will be there to meet you when it's your time
  8. Christian Dior3:56

    Letra

    Christian Dior You wasted your life On aroma and clothes Fabric and dyes Christian Dior You wasted your life On grandeur and style And making the poor rich smile. You could have run wild On the backstreets of Lyon or Marseille Reckless and legless and stoned Impregnating women Or kissing mad street boys from Napoli Who couldn't even write their own name Christian Dior You wasted your life Sensually stroking the weaves of a sleeve. You could have run wild On the backstreets of Lyon or Marseille Reckless and legless and stoned Impregnating women Or kissing mad street boys from Napoli Who couldn't even spell the wrong name Oh, Christian Dior Oh, Christian Dior When you look at me Failure is all that you see I discipline my days just like Christian Dior I could've run loudly and proudly Or forcible entrian Morally bankrupt And never known violent And drawn to what scares me And scared of what bores me Years alone will never be returned Christian Dior Lionise maverick, ah Design if you can, ah The way to just be a man, ah To just be a man, ah Christian Dior Christian Dior Oh, Christian Dior
  9. Shame Is the Name3:52

    Letra

    Shame is the name Shame is the name Shame is the name Shame is the name Hey boy - are you happy to be A dim-ass teen on the spree? You get drunk all day And you're sick all night Is this the sum of your life? What's your name, what's your name? What's your dreams, your goals Your ambitions and aims? He laughed and said Shame is the name He said Shame is the name Shame is the name He said Shame is the name Hey girl - are you happy to be A dim-ass teen on the spree? You get drunk all day And you're sick all night Is this all you was born for? What's your name, what's your name? What's your dreams, your goals Ambitions and aims? She laughed and said Shame is the name She said Shame is the name Shame is the name Shame is the name Politician - can you listen To yourself for just once in your life? Because there's something you said To mean soldiers are dead Because the money you save Seniors are in their grave Shame is the name Shame is the name Shame is the name Shame is the name Shame makes the world go around Shame makes the world go around Shame makes the world go around Shame makes the world go around
  10. Munich Air Disaster 19582:29

    Letra

    We love them We mourn for them Unlucky boys of Red I wish I'd gone down Gone down with them To where Mother Nature makes their bed We miss them Every night we kiss them Their faces fixed in our heads I wish I'd gone down Gone down with them To where Mother Nature makes their bed They can't hurt you Their style will never desert you Because they're all safely dead I wish I'd gone down Gone down with them To where Mother Nature makes their bed
  11. I Knew I Was Next3:49

    Letra

    So what do you think I am? And how precisely could you tell A decent skin is all I am? People think badly of me But one day maybe they'll praise Oh but meanwhile... I knew I was next And I didn't mind Here I offer you my life for any debts you're due And when you've been down for the very last time There is nothing anyone can do to hurt you The shadows of trees, they reach to me They know a decent skin is all I am People think badly of me But when I'm in grave maybe they'll praise Oh but meanwhile... I knew I was next And I didn't mind Here I offer you my life for any debts you're due And when you've been down for the very last time There is nothing anyone can do to hurt you Oh but meanwhile... I knew I was next And I didn't mind When you've been slapped around And one more slap can't hurt you And when you've been down for the very last time There is nothing anyone can do to hurt you I knew I was next And I didn't mind When you've been slapped around And one more slap can't hurt you And when you've been down for the very last time There is nothing anyone can say to hurt you
  12. It's Hard to Walk Tall When You're Small3:30
  13. Teenage Dad on His Estate4:06

    Letra

    You chase in the rat-race And you always feel so hollow You marry because it's expected of you And it only makes you feel more lonely But still you look down on the Teenage dad on, on his estate He's happy - so leave him alone With his baby and his modest home He's happy - so leave him alone With his Jensen Interceptor It's just a runaround You defer to the views of the television news Let someone do your thinking for you And you still buy a daily newspaper And you find everything there but the news And still you look down on the Teenage dad on, on his estate He's happy - so leave him alone With his baby and his modest home He's happy - so leave him alone With his Jensen Interceptor It's just a runaround You become your parents' parent And you love them But you can't help feeling used And you hate the teenage dad on his estate Because he's poor, but he's happier than you They're all laughing at you You're a dipper, a slider, cart-horse provider Nobody cares about you Just as long as you're out there bringing it in Despising the grin on the face of the boy With the methadone ahh With his methadone He's happy - so leave him alone ahh With his methadone He's happy - so leave him alone
  14. Children in Pieces4:00

    Letra

    Children in pieces in Irish industrial schools Nuns cold mothers and the christian brothers kick the shit out of very frightened children Judges and priests and police and cardinals they look the other way When the weekend comes they'll make use of those Children in pieces in Irish industrial schools Nuns cold mothers and the christian brothers kick the shit out of very frightened children You say you wanna go home you say you wanna be left alone and so you turn to me but instead of sympathy I find my sentimental heart hardens my sentimental heart hardens Get your hands off me Kid, you must be bad luck My sentimental heart hardens (backwards) and the christian brothers kick the shit out of very frightened children
  15. Friday Mourning4:07

    Letra

    Friday mourning, I'm dressed in black Douse the houselights, I'm not coming back For years, I warned you Through tears, I told you Friday mourning, there comes a time Before that breaks this very smug mug of mine This dawn raid soon put paid to All the things I'd whispered to you At night time And I will never stand naked in front of you Or if I do, it won't be for a long time Look once to me, look once to me Then look away Look once to me, then look away And when they hold me down And when they kick me down the stairs I see the faces all lined up before me Of teachers and of parents and bosses Who all share a point of view You are a loser You are a loser Friday, friday mourning Dressed in black I won't be coming back
  16. My Life Is a Succession of People Saying Goodbye2:53

    Letra

    My life is an Endless succession Of people saying goodbye My life is An endless succession Of people saying goodbye And what's left for me? What's left for me? At one time The future it stretched out before me But now it stretches behind And all of the best things in life Are behind glass Money, jewelry and flesh And what's left for me? What's left for me?
  17. Drive-In Saturday5:01

    Letra

    Let me put my arms around your head It's hot let's go to bed And don't forget to turn on the light Don't laugh, this will be alright Point towards another phone I'll ring and see if your friends are home Perhaps the strange ones in the Dome Can lend us a book We can read up alone And try, try like once before When people stared In David Johansen's eyes and scored Like the video films we saw His name was always Buddy And he'd shrug and he'd ask to stay And she'd sigh like Kris the Wonderkid And turn her face away She's uncertain if she likes him But she knows she's got to have him It's a crash-course for the Ravers It's a drive-in Saturday Jung the foreman prayed at work Neither hands nor limbs would burst It's hard enough to keep formation Amid this fall-out saturation Cursing at the Astronettes That stand in steel by his cabinets He is crashing out with Sylvian The Bureau Supply for Ageing Men With snorting head he gazes to the shore Once it raged, the sea that raged no more Like the video films we saw His name was always Buddy And he'd shrug and he'd ask to stay And she'd sigh like Kris the Wonderkid And turn her face away She's uncertain if she likes him But she knows she really loves him It's a crash course for the ravers It's a drive-in Saturday His name was always Buddy And he'd shrug and he'd ask to stay When she'd sigh like Kris the Wonderkid And she'd turn her face away She's uncertain if she likes him But she knows she really loves him It's a crash course for the ravers It's a drive-in Saturday Iit's a drive-in Saturday
  18. Because of My Poor Education3:25

    Letra

    Because of my poor education I don't expect your invitation A ship lost inches away from the bay Because of my poor education I can't endure my situation This here is my bed and I must lie Because of this strange indentation I live my life without affection Kind-hearted View me and say "Thank God that's not me" Once I was sure I had found my hero And I allowed myself to think so Reality is not real to me

Disco 2

  1. Black Cloud [Live in Warsaw 2009]3:08
  2. I'm Throwing My Arms Around Paris [Live in Warsaw 2009]2:36
  3. I Just Want to See the Boy Happy [Live in Warsaw 2009]2:49
  4. Why Don't You Find out for Yourself [Live in Warsaw 2009]3:37
  5. One Day Goodbye Will Be Farewell [Live in Warsaw 2009]3:03
  6. You Just Haven't Earned It Yet, Baby [Live in Warsaw 2009]3:13
  7. Life Is a Pigsty [Live in Warsaw 2009]8:55
  8. I'm OK by Myself [Live in Warsaw 2009]6:03