E tinha tempo que eu não escrevia sobre música aqui no blog, então vamos lá!
O Neil Young tem um trabalho de 1995 chamado MirrorBall que foi gravado com o Pearl Jam! Isso mesmo, músicas do Neil Young tocadas por ele e Eddie Vedder e sua trupe! Por questões autorais e tal, eles não puderam utilizar o nome Pearl Jam, porém todas as faixas são tocas pelo Mike McCready (Guitar); Stone Gossard (guitar); Jeff Ament (bass); Jack Irons (drums) e Eddie Vedders (Backing Vocals). A banda inclusive acompanhou o Neil em alguns show pela Europa - menos o Eddie - junto com o tecladista O'Brian. Outra curiosidade é que tudo foi gravado em 4 dias em Seatle e várias músicas foram escritas (todas pelo Neil Young e "Peace and Love" em parceria com o Vedder) durante as jam sessions que eles faziam.
Peace and Love que eu já citei é uma das grandes canções do disco, assim como "Downtown" que traz referência a Led Zeppelin e Hendrix e "Song X" que fala sobre o aborto.
A minha favorita é uma canção de 4 acordes, sequencia em G (sol) que tem seus 7:36 e uma letra sem refrão. Não sei dizer sobre o que ela fala (embora o tema principal seja amadurecimento), provavelmente você vai ter uma interpretação diferente da minha, então vou apenas deixar a letra e o video para que você se divirta!
Enjoy!
I'm the ocean
(Neil Young and Pearl Jam - MirrorBall)
I'm an accident
I was driving way too fast
Couldn't stop though
So I let the moment last
I'm for rollin'
I'm for tossin' in my sleep
It's not guilt though
It's not the company I keep
People my age
They don't do the things I do
They go somehwere
While I run away with you
I got my friends
And I got my children too
I got her love
She's got my love too
I can't hear you
But I feel the things you say
I can't see you
But I see what's in my way
Now I'm floatin'
Cause I'm not tied to the ground
Words I've spoken
Seem to leave a hollow sound
On the long plain
See the rider in the night
See the chieftain
See the braves in cool moonlight
Who will love them
When they take another life
Who will hold them
When they tremble for the knife
Voicemail numbers
On an old computer screen
Rows of lovers
Parked forever in a dream
Screaming sirens
Echoing across the bay
To the old boats
From the city far away
Homeless heroes
Walk the streets of their hometown
Rows of zeros
On a field that's turning brown
They play baseball
They play football under lights
They play card games
And we watch them every night
Need distraction
Need romance and candlelight
Need random violence
Need entertainment tonight
Need the evidence
Want the testimony of
Expert witnesses
On the brutal crimes of love
I was too tired
To see the news when I got home
Pulled the curtain
Fell into bed alone
Started dreaming
Saw the rider once again
In the doorway
Where she stood and watched for him
Watched for him
I'm not present
I'm a drug that makes you dream
I'm an aerostar
I'm a cutlass supreme
In the wrong lane
Trying to turn against the flow
I'm the ocean
I'm the giant undertow
I'm the ocean
I'm the ocean
I'm the giant undertow
I'm the ocean
I'm the giant undertow
I'm the ocean
I'm the ocean
I was driving way too fast
Couldn't stop though
So I let the moment last
I'm for rollin'
I'm for tossin' in my sleep
It's not guilt though
It's not the company I keep
People my age
They don't do the things I do
They go somehwere
While I run away with you
I got my friends
And I got my children too
I got her love
She's got my love too
I can't hear you
But I feel the things you say
I can't see you
But I see what's in my way
Now I'm floatin'
Cause I'm not tied to the ground
Words I've spoken
Seem to leave a hollow sound
On the long plain
See the rider in the night
See the chieftain
See the braves in cool moonlight
Who will love them
When they take another life
Who will hold them
When they tremble for the knife
Voicemail numbers
On an old computer screen
Rows of lovers
Parked forever in a dream
Screaming sirens
Echoing across the bay
To the old boats
From the city far away
Homeless heroes
Walk the streets of their hometown
Rows of zeros
On a field that's turning brown
They play baseball
They play football under lights
They play card games
And we watch them every night
Need distraction
Need romance and candlelight
Need random violence
Need entertainment tonight
Need the evidence
Want the testimony of
Expert witnesses
On the brutal crimes of love
I was too tired
To see the news when I got home
Pulled the curtain
Fell into bed alone
Started dreaming
Saw the rider once again
In the doorway
Where she stood and watched for him
Watched for him
I'm not present
I'm a drug that makes you dream
I'm an aerostar
I'm a cutlass supreme
In the wrong lane
Trying to turn against the flow
I'm the ocean
I'm the giant undertow
I'm the ocean
I'm the ocean
I'm the giant undertow
I'm the ocean
I'm the giant undertow
I'm the ocean
I'm the ocean
PS: Detalhe para o final do video em que ele canta um trecho do Fallen Angel, do mesmo disco, com a mesma melodia, porém só com teclados no original.