In The Blue Light es un álbum de Paul Simon, publicado en 2018. El disco incluye 10 canciones, entre ellas «One Man's Ceiling Is Another Man's Floor», «Love», «Can't Run But» y «How the Heart Approaches What It Yearns».
Sobre el álbum
"In the Blue Light" es el título del decimocuarto álbum de estudio del cantante y compositor Paul Simon. Lanzado el 7 de septiembre de 2018 bajo el sello Legacy Recordings, contó con la producción del propio Paul Simon, junto al estadounidense Roy Halee, productor habitual del intérprete y con quien ya trabajó en los tiempos del dúo Simon and Garfunkel."In the Blue Light" es una colección inconexa de canciones, la mayoría de ellas poco conocidas y que han sido remasterizadas modificando algunos arreglos originales y letras.
Para las grabaciones, Paul Simon contó con prestigiosos músicos invitados, como el guitarrista Bill Frisell o Wynton Marsalis, uno de los trompetistas de jazz de vanguardia y abanderado del neoclasicismo. También participó en las grabaciones el sexteto de cámara neoyorquino yMusic. En la batería, Simon ha contado con los músicos Jack DeJohnette y Steve Gadd.
Las sesiones de grabación concluyeron con un amplio catálogo de temas, pero finalmente se realizó una selección para incluir solamente diez temas.
La selección incluye temas de los setenta, como "One man’s ceiling is another man's floor" y "Some folks' lives roll easy", de los ochenta ("How the heart approaches what it yearns", "René and Georgette Magritte with their dog after the war") y el resto se reparte en canciones de diferentes épocas hasta la actualidad.
Listado de Canciones
- One Man's Ceiling Is Another Man's Floor4:01
- Love4:10
Letra
Cool me Cool my fever high Hold me when I cry I need it so much Makes you want to get down crawl like a beggar For its touch And all the while it's free as air Like plants the medicine is everywhere Love Love Love We crave it so badly Makes you want to laugh out loud when you receive it And gobble it like a candy We think it's easy Sometimes it's easy But it's not easy You're going to break down and cry We're not important We should be grateful And if you're wondering why Love Love Love The price that we pay When evil walks the planet And love is crushed like clay The master races, the chosen people The burning temple, the weeping cathedrals - Can't Run But3:29
- How the Heart Approaches What It Yearns4:30
Letra
In the blue light Of the belvedere Motel Wondering as the television burns How the heart approaches what it yearns In a fever I distinctly hear your voice Emerging from a dream, the dream returns How the heart approaches what it yearns After the rain on the Interstate The headlights slide past the moon A bone-weary traveler Waits by the side of the road Where's he goin? I dream we are lying on the top of a hill And headlights slide past the moon I fold in your arms And your voice is the heat of the night I'm on fire In a phone booth In some local bar and grill Rehearsing waht I'll say, my coin returns How the heart approaches what it yearns How the heart approaches what it yearns - Pigs, Sheep and Wolves4:00
Letra
Big and fat Pig's supposed to look like that Barnyard thug Sleep on straw and calls it a rug Yeah that's a rug, ok He's walking down the street And nobody's going to argue with him He's a half-a-ton of pig meat Up in the hills above the farm Lives a pack of wolves Never did no harm Sleep all day Hunt till four Maybe catch a couple of rodents You know carnivore Sheep in the meadow Nibbling on some clover One of the sheep wanders over Sits by a rock Separated from the flock He's just sitting by a rock Where'd he go? I don't know Well he was here a minute ago I don't know Sheep's dead Got a gash as big as a wolf's head Oh God Big and fat Pig's supposed to look like that Wallowing in lanolin He's rubbing it into his pigskin Police going crazy Let's get him Let's get that wolf Let's get him Let's get that wolf Let's get him Let's kill him, Let's get him Let's kill him Court-appointed lawyer wasn't very bright Or maybe he was bright Maybe he just had a late night Yeah it was just a late night And he files some feeble appeal And the governor says forget it It's a done deal Election, I don't care, election Let's give that wolf a lethal injection Let's get him, yeah get him Let's kill him, Let's get him Let's kill him, Let's get him,kill him Let's get him and kill him Whew, slow Here comes the media Setting up their camera Asking everyone's opinion About pigs, sheep and wolves Big and fat Pig's supposed to laugh like that This is hilarious What a great time I'm the pig who committed The perfect crime All around the world France, Scandinavia There's candle light vigils Protesting this behavior It's animal behavior Animal behavior It's Pig, sheep and wolves Pig, sheep and wolves Pig, sheep and wolves It's animal behavior Pig, sheep and wolves - René and Georgette Magritte with Their Dog After the War4:44
Letra
Rene and Georgette Magritte With their dog after the war Returned to their hotelsuite And they unlocked the door Easily losing their evening clothes They dance by the light of the moon To The Penguins The Moonglows The Orioles and The Five Satins The deep forbidden music They'd been longing for Rene and Georgette Magritte With their dog after the war Rene and Georgette Magritte With their dog after the war Were strolling down Christopher Street When they stopped in a men's store With all of the mannequins Dressed in the style That brought tears to their Immigrant eyes Just like The Penguins The Moonglows The Orioles and The Five Satins The easy stream of laughter Flowing through the air Rene and Georgette Magritte With their dog apres la guerre Side by side They fell asleep Decades gliding by like Indians Time is cheap When they wake up they will find All their personal belongings Have intertwined Rene and Georgette Magritte With their dog after the war Were dining with the power elite And they looked in their bedroom drawer And what do you think They have hidden away In the cabinet cold of their hearts? The Penguins The Moonglows The Orioles and The Five Satins For now and ever after As it was before Rene and Georgette Magritte With their dog After the war - The Teacher3:45
Letra
There once was a teacher of great renown Whose words were like the tablets of stone Because it's easier to learn than unlearn Because we've passed the point of no return Gather your goods and follow me Or you will surely die I was only a child of the city My parents were children of immigrant stock So we followed as followers go Over a mountain with a napkin of snow And ate the berries and roots That grown along the timberline Deeper and deeper the dreamer of love Sleep on a quilt of stars It's cold Sometimes you can't catch your breath It's so cold Time and abundance thickened his step So the teacher divided in two One half ate the forest and fields The other half sucked all the moisture from the clouds And we, we were amazed at the power of his appetite Deeper and deeper the dreamer of love Sleeps on a quilt of stars Sometimes we don't know who we are Sometimes force overpowers us and we cry My teacher carry me home Carry me home my teacher Carry me home Carry me home my teacher Carry me home - Darling Lorraine7:13
Letra
The first time I saw her I couldn't be sure But the sin of impatience Said "She's just what you're looking for" So I walked right up to her And with the part of me that talks I introduced myself as Frank From New York New York She's so hot She's so cool I'm not I'm just a fool in love with Darling Lorraine All my life I've been a wanderer Not really, I mostly lived near my parents home Anyway Lorraine and I got married Ant the usual marriage stuff Then one day she says to me From out of the blue She says, "Frank, I've had enough Romance is a heartbreaker I'm not meant to be a homemaker And I'm tired of being Darling Loraine" What!? you don't love me anymore? What!? you're walking out the door? What!? you don't like the way I chew? Hey, let me tell you You're not the woman that I wed You say you're depressed but you're not You just like to stay in bed I don't need you darling Lorraine Darling Lorraine Lorraine I long for your love Financially speaking I guess I'm a washout Everybody's buy and sell And sell and buy That's what the whole thing's all about If it had not been Lorraine I'd have left her long ago I should have been a musician I love the piano She's so light She's so free I'm tight, well, that's me But I feel so good With Darling Lorraine On Christmas morning Frank awakes To find Loraine has made a stack of pancakes They watch the television, husband and wife All afternoon "It's a wonderful life" What!? you don't love me anymore? What!? you're walking out the door? What!? you don't like the way I chew? Hey let me tell you You're not the woman that I wed Gimme my robe I'm going back to bed I'm sick to death of you Lorraine Darling Lorraine Lorraine Her hands like wood The doctor was smiling But the news wasn't good Darling Lorraine Please don't leave me yet I know you're in pain Pain you can't forget Your breathing is like an echo of our love Maybe I'll go down to the corner store And buy us something sweet Here's an extra blanket honey To wrap around your feet All the trees were washed with april rain And the moon in the meadow Took Darling Lorraine - Some Folks' Lives Roll Easy3:59
- Questions for the Angels4:01
Letra
A pilgrim on a pilgrimmage Walked across the Brooklyn Bridge His sneakers torn In the hour when the homeless move their cardboard blankets And the new day is born Folded in his backpack pocket The questions that he copied from his heart Who Am I in this lonely world? Where will I make my bed tonight? When twilight turns to dark Questions for the angels... Who believes in angels? Fools do... Fools and pilgrims all over the world If you shop for Love in a bargain store And you don't get what you are bargain for... Can you get your money back? If an empty train in a railway station Calls you to its destination Can you choose another track? Will I wake up from these violent dreams? With my hair as white as the morning moon? Questions for the angels... Who believes in angels? I do... Fools and pilgrims all over the world Downtown Brooklyn The pilgrim is passing a bill-board And catches his eyes It's Jay-Z He's got a kid on each knee He is wearing clothes that he wants us to try If every human on the planet And all the buildings in it Should disappear Would a zebra grazing in the african savana Care enough to share one zebra tear? Questions for the angels...