En julio, con el CD ardiendo tras un número considerable y hasta vicioso de escuchas, declaré álbum del año 2010 en el Ducado de Chevreuse el American Slang de The Gaslight Anthem.
Unos cuantos meses después sigo pensando lo mismo del disco y del grupo. Lo pienso hasta el punto de que, puesto que lo de tenerlos por escenarios españoles por el momento no va a pasar, en un mes seré yo la que se dé el piro a Gofrelandia para verlos.
Pero aunque el disco me siga gustando cosa mala, unos temas me han ido conquistando más que otros. Tengo mi canción favorita de las diez, Bing It On (me estremece, literalmente) y las “menos favoritas”, Queen Of Lower Chelsea (¿por qué será que me suena un poco a anuncio chino?) o la que cierra We Did It When We Were Young.
Y sobre todo me parece, más que discutible, imperdonable, dejar fuera She Loves You, esta preciosidad (que se puede conseguir por el I Tunes que no sé cómo funciona, además de que ni siquiera sé si yo, que ni tengo ni tendré un ipod puedo descargarla) de la que estoy enamorada hasta los higadillos.
Será por mi estado blandengue y otoñal pero a mí esta canción me deja tonta.
On President Street, you'll find the sisters
Praying overMy city's heart
While Union AvenueTurns to its disciples
Who feels the pressure heat coming on hot?
And If all was well
And your heart could find the words
Would we be for better baby
Would we be for worse
And if there was a way
To navigate your sea
sIf tonight my true love
Did belong to me
And Juliet she's just smoking by the window
Saying stone coldI believe in you Romeo
And the raindrops in the carsKeep on falling from off the bars
Blocking out a good song
Playing on the radio
And if all was well
And your heart could find the words
Would we be for better baby
Would we be for worse
And if there was a way
To navigate your seas
If tonight my true love(Did belong to me)
Well I've been down
I've been out
Had my head and my heart kicked around
I've been downI've been out
Had my head and my heart kicked around
But in the quiet of the night
Romeo's mind is burning
From putting all of his blood
Into them sermons
And If all was well
And If all was well
And your heart could find the words
Would we be for better baby
Would we be for worse
And if there was a way
To navigate your seas
If tonight my true love
Did belong to me(Do you miss her right now?)
Did belong to me (Do you miss her right now?)
Did belong to me(Do you miss her right now?)
Did belong to me(Do you miss her right now?)
Did belong to me
The Gaslight Anthem - She Loves You