#music, «I’m A Boy» The Who – JaZzArt en València

Esta siempre fue una de mis bandas favoritas… Casi todas las canciones que lanzaban se convertían en éxitos de la noche a la mañana y esta «I’m A Boy» no fue la excepción de la regla… Esta canción, me da la impresión, le debería de servir de vita lectio a muchos en estos tiempos tan raros que vivimos. No me quiero liar, pero creo que The Who, y Pete Townshend que escribió la canción, lo tenia muy claro en 1966 cuando se escribió «I’m A Boy» que llegó a ocupar el puesto numero 2 en el hit parade del Reino Unido y el numero 7 en Irlanda. En EEUU no gozó del mismo éxito.

Aquí esta la letra, claro, en inglés:

… One girl was called Jean Marie
Another little girl was called Felicity
Another little girl was Sally Joy
The other was me, and I’m a boy
My name is Bill, and I’m a head case
They practice making up on my face
Yeah, I feel lucky if I get trousers to wear
Spend evenings taking hairpins from my hair
… I’m a boy, I’m a boy
But my ma won’t admit it
I’m a boy, I’m a boy
But if I say I am, I get it
… Put your frock on, Jean Marie
Plait your hair, Felicity
Paint your nails, little Sally Joy
Put this wig on, little boy
… I’m a boy, I’m a boy
But my ma won’t admit it
I’m a boy, I’m a boy
But if I say I am, I get it
… Wanna play cricket on the green
Ride my bike across the street
Cut myself and see my blood
Wanna come home all covered in mud
… I’m a boy, I’m a boy
But my ma won’t admit it
I’m a boy, I’m a boy
But if I say I am, I get it
Source: Musixmatch
Songwriters: Peter Townshend

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This was always one of my favourite bands… Almost every song they released became a hit overnight and «I’m A Boy» was not the exception to the rule… This song, I get the impression, should serve as a vita lectio to many in this day and age where we see so many strange things occurring. I don’t want to get tangled in but I think that The Who, and Pete Townshend who wrote it, had it very clear back in 1966 when the song was recorded. «I’m A Boy» reached number 2 in the singles chart in the UK and number 7 in Ireland, but in the US it failed to reach similar numbers.