2008-05-23

Yes sir, I can boogie

Repasando las carpetas de mp3 me he encontrado una canción con un inglés macarrónico que me ha llamado la atención.

Resulta que a finales de los 70 (antes de que yo naciera) apareció un dueto de chicas llamado Baccara cuyo primer single fué "Yes sir, I can boogie". Aunque a mi no me suenan, resulta que fueron las primeras artistas españolas en llegar al no.1 de las listas del Reino Unido (antes que Julio Iglesias) y, además, en su momento fueron el grupo músical femenino con más ventas del mundo.

Lo que realmente me ha llamado la atención de la canción són las frases que marco en negrita:

"Mister, your eyes are full of hesitation
Sure makes me wonder, if you know what you're looking for
Baby, I want to keep my reputation
I'm a sensation, you tried me once, you're back for more
Ohh
Yes sir I can boogie
But I need a certain song
I can boogie, boogie boogie
All night long
Yes sir I can boogie
If you stay you can't go wrong
I can boogie, boogie boogie
All night long

No sir, I don't feel very much like talking
No neither walking, you wanna know if I can dance
Yes sir, already told you in the first word
And in the cold
But I will give you one more chance

Ohh
Yes sir I can boogie
But I need a certain song
I can boogie, boogie boogie
All night long
Yes sir I can boogie
If you stay you can't go wrong
I can boogie, boogie boogie
All night long
Yes sir I can boogie
If you stay you can't go wrong
I can boogie, boogie boogie
All night long"
YES SIR, I CAN BOOGIE - Baccara (1977) (Composed: Rolf Soja / Frank Dostal)

Dice "Si Señor, ya se lo he dicho al principio, pero le voy a dar otra oportunidad" y entonces vuelve a cantar el estribillo. Parece como si tuvieran que justificarse para poder volver a poner el estribillo.

Les dejo el videoclip de la canción:



Ya puestos, el inglés cutre junto al video cutre igual os recuerda al mítico "Elektronik Supersonic" :


"Hey baby, wake up from your asleep.
We have arrived on to the future and the whole world is become...

Electronik, supersonik. Supersonik, electronik.

Hey baby, ride with me away.
We doesn't have much time.
My blue jeans is tight,
So on to my love rocket climb.
Inside tank of fuel is not fuel but love,
Above us, there is nothing above
But the stars above.
All systems gone, prepare for downcount!
5
4
3
1!
Offblast!

Fly away in my space rocket.
You no need put money in my pocket.
The door is closed I just lock it.
(Hah!) I put my spark plug in your socket (Hah! Ha ha hah!)

The sun in sky is bright like fire!
You and me gets higher and higher.
Heart of communication fire!
Only thing can stop us is flat tire.

(Hah! Hah! Ha ha hah!)

Hey love crusader, I want to be your space invader.
For you I will descend the deepest moon crater.
I is most stronger than darth vapor.
Obey me, I is your new dictator.

For you is Venus, I am Mars.
With you I is more richer than all the czars.
Make a wishes on a shooting stars, then for you I will play on my cosmic guitars!

Ladies and gentlemen, fasten your beltseats.
We has commenced our descent.
I trust you enjoy this flight as much as you enjoy this accent.

Now, back on earth, is time for down splash.
Into sea of eternal glory my spaceship crash.
People have arrived for to cheer me from near and far.
And as I bloat, I open door and shout:
I am world's biggest washed-up superstar!
(Supersonik, electronik)

As for sure as the sun rises in the west, of all the singers and poets on earth, I am the bestest.
Come, let me put ring of jupiter on your finger.
Then, like a smell around you, I will forever linger.

Okay, is time for end, no more will I sang.
Let me take you back in time, I want for you to experience big bang.
Long live space race, long live Molvania."

2 comentarios:

Marieta dijo...

Hace unos años (pocos) aún escuché un nerdazo por la radio que era el presidente del club de fans de Bacarra (tenía menos de 30 años) y que se iba para un concierto que hacían en Marsella, o por ahí.

Y puestos a habar de Zlad, que decir de su éxito posterior "I am the anti-pope"

Like a lion kills an antilope
Like a hammer hits a cantaloupe
I am the antipope...

Two thousand years ago
Jesus said to his travelling show...

uncnoun dijo...

Si, al escribir sobre el elektronik me he acordado del antipope.

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