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FRANCISCO BRAVO CABRERA IS BODO VESPACIANO – GET IN TOUCH
Tiene 81 años cumplidos y anda por el mundo tocando, cantando, haciendo feliz a mucha, mucha gente. Gente que lo conocían de la época de The Beatles, otros de cuando tocaba con Wings, otros, los mas jóvenes y desconocidos, se creen que siempre fue McCartney, el solista, pero a todos nos mola pues menuda carrera musical la de este genio del S. XX (y del XXI)… Ha escrito canciones desde que tenia 14 años, pre-rock and roll, rock and roll, baladas, música electronica, música sinfónica, fondos musicales para pelis de Hollywood, y venga, que se puede decir con sus años de ser co-autor con John Lennon formando el gran duo Lennon & McCartney… Pero bueno, tiene que estar perdiendo un poco de aceleración, ¿No? Pues ¡No! El gran Paul está de gira… El 22 de abril del presente comenzó la Got Back World Tour cuya primera parada fue el festival de Glastonbury (25 de junio 2022) donde Macca fue el «headliner.» La gira mundial terminará el 16 de diciembre de 2023… Así que preparaos que hay mucho mas de Macca por escuchar y ver.
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He is 81 years old and travels the world playing, singing, and making many, many people happy. Some of those knew him since the days of The Beatles, others from Wings, others, the younger ones, believe he has always been McCartney, the solo artist. But we all love him and not just because of the musical career this genius of the 20th (and 21st) century has had… He has been writing songs since he was 14 years old, pre-rock and roll, rock and roll, ballads, electronic music, symphonic music, film soundtracks for Hollywood movies, and let’s not forget his years as a co-author with John Lennon, forming the great duo Lennon & McCartney… But hey, he must be slowing down a bit, right? Well, no! The great Paul is on tour… The Got Back World Tour started on April 22, and its first stop was the Glastonbury festival (June 25, 2022), where Macca was the headliner. The world tour will end on December 16, 2023… So get ready, there’s a lot more of Macca to listen to and see.
En 1971, Paul McCartney se enfrentó a una dura encrucijada: seguir tocando o dejarlo. Decidió formar una nueva agrupación, Wings. Junto a su esposa Linda, trajo consigo al ex guitarrista de The Moody Blues, Denny Laine, al baterista Denny Seiwell y a un segundo guitarrista, Henry McCullough y en 1972 hicieron su primera gira por el Reino Unido. En 1973 Wings logró su primer hit con «My Love» que llegó al número uno en EEUU. Acto seguido, una colaboración con Linda y con George Martin, el antiguo productor de The Beatles y de esta salió la canción «Live and Let Die.» En 1973, Paul, Linda y Laine se fueron a Nigeria donde grabaron el álbum mas importante y mas famoso de la agrupación, Band on the Run. Wings duró hasta 1981.
Aquí esta mi canción favorita de esa época:
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In 1971, Paul McCartney faced a tough crossroads: keep playing or quit. He decided to form a new band, Wings. Alongside his wife Linda, he brought along former Moody Blues guitarist Denny Laine, drummer Denny Seiwell, and a second guitarist, Henry McCullough. In 1972, they embarked on their first tour in the UK. In 1973, Wings achieved their first hit with «My Love,» which reached number one in the US. Soon after, Paul collaborated with Linda and George Martin, the former producer of The Beatles, and the song «Live and Let Die» was born. In 1973, Paul, Linda, and Laine travelled to Nigeria, where they recorded the band’s most important and famous album, Band on the Run. Wings disbanded in 1981.
Y ahora llegamos al breve espacio cuando se separó de The Beatles… Paul nació en Liverpool, Inglaterra el 18 de junio de 1942. Su familia es de origen irlandés y el fue bautizado y criado en la fe católica. Cursando el bachillerato (1954) en el Liverpool Institute conoció a George Harrison y se hicieron amigos. Su madre, Mary, murió cuando el tenia catorce años. Su padre, Jim, tocaba la trompeta y dirigió una banda de jazz en los años 1920. Siempre quiso que Paul diera clases de piano pero el chico prefirió aprender de oído y así lo hizo. A los 11 años su padre le regaló una trompeta pero el la cambió por una guitarra Zenith porque prefería tocar y cantar. Con esta guitarra escribió su primera canción titulada «I Lost My Little Girl.» (Continuamos en el próximo capitulo)
En 1970 Macca lanzó su primer disco como artista solista titulado McCartney que contiene su primer sencillo, la tremendamente exitosa canción «Maybe I’m Amazed.» Pero esa no es la que voy a compartir, es esta:
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And now we come to the period when he separated from The Beatles (1970)… Paul was born in Liverpool, England on June 18, 1942. His family is of Irish origin and he was baptized and raised in the Catholic faith. While attending Grammar school (1954) at the Liverpool Institute, he met George Harrison and they became friends. His mother, Mary, passed away when he was fourteen years old. His father, Jim, played the trumpet and led a jazz band in the 1920s. He always wanted Paul to take piano lessons, but the boy preferred to learn by ear and so he did. At the age of 11, his father gave him a trumpet, but he traded it for a Zenith guitar because he preferred to play and sing. With this guitar, he wrote his first song titled «I Lost My Little Girl.» (Continued in the next chapter)
In 1970, Macca released his first solo album titled McCartney, which includes his first single, the hugely successful song «Maybe I’m Amazed.» But that’s not the one I’m going to share, it’s this one:
Continuamos en este jueves…la mitad de la semana…musical con McCartney, el Beatle Paul y esta es la canción que mas me gusta de Macca que compuso bajo la firma Lennon/McCartney… «The Fool On The Hill» del famoso disco Magical Mystery Tour de 1967… Espero que os guste también y os doy esta version en la cual George Martin creo los arreglos utilizando música toda compuesta por The Beatles, pero mezclada y utilizada de una forma mágica que transmite puro amor….
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We continue this Thursday… the middle of the week… with some music from McCartney’s years with The Beatles. This is his song that I like the most from those times, which he wrote but is listed under the Lennon/McCartney signature. It’s called «The Fool On The Hill» from the famous 1967 album «Magical Mystery Tour«. I hope you also enjoy it, and I’ll give you this version where George Martin created the arrangements using music composed entirely by The Beatles, but mixed and used in a magical way that conveys pure love…
Este si es un autentico ¡tío de puta madre! En la década de los 1960 fue miembro original de The Beatles, la banda más famosa del mundo, luego en la década de los 1970, creador de Wings. Pero la cosas con Macca sigue porque desde que le cortó las alas (Wings) ha seguido su historia… Paul ha sido el autor o co-autor de 32 canciones que han sido cimeras en el Billboard Hot 100 y a partir del 2009 ha vendido mas de 25,5 millones de discos en EEUU solamente. Ha sido incluido dos veces en el salón de la Fama de Rock and Roll, en 1988 como miembro de The Beatles y en 1999 como solista, le han dado un Oscar, un Emmy, 18 Grammys, fue hecho miembro del la Orden del Imperio Británico (1965) y nombrado Caballero en 1997. A partir del 2020 se le considera uno de los músicos más ricos del mundo en posesión de una fortuna de más de £800 millones de libras esterlinas. ¿Qué os parece? Y con 81 años sigue haciendo giras mundiales y sigue siendo la ostia…
En las siguientes entradas hablaremos mas de Sir Paul McCartney así que no te las pierdas…
Disfrutad de esta pieza, no es una de las famosas pero a mí me mola…
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This is a genuine badass! In the 1960s, he was an original member of The Beatles, the world’s most famous band. Later in the 1970s, he created Wings. But the story with this dude doesn’t stop there because since he cut those wings (Wings), he has continued his journey… Paul has been the author or co-author of 32 songs that have topped the Billboard Hot 100, and as of 2009, he has sold over 25.5 million records in the US alone. He has been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame twice, in 1988 as a member of The Beatles and in 1999 as a solo artist. He has won an Oscar, an Emmy, 18 Grammys, was made a Member of the Order of the British Empire (1965), and was knighted in 1997. As of 2020, he is considered one of the wealthiest musicians in the world with a fortune of over £800 million pounds. How about that? And at 81 years old, he is still going on world tours and still kicking ass…
In the next entries of this day we will venture more into the life and career of Sir Paul McCartney so don’t miss them…
Enjoy this song, it’s not one of his famous ones but I can dig it…
(«Backdoor» Original work by Francisco Bravo Cabrera/All Rights Reserved)
Close enough to touch yet frightful, the shapes and forms of nature blend with time and time has allowed man his domination,
his creations stand, though sometimes withered, aged and rotten, yet still there,
the thoughts, not they, they are absorbed, defeated, and thrown into the boiling pot where no one cares…
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As a poet/artist, I have always engaged, wholeheartedly, in the search and I must say that what I find both amuses me and amazes me as well. In searching through Haikus…Japanese poetry…that I greatly admire, I realised that as a Western man I could not formulate a Haiku and give it the spirit that it recognises and desires. It is impossible. One must be true to one’s experiences, history and geography and because of that, and my love for expression…in its simplest forms…I developed the Euro-Ku (and the Ameri-Ku) on 02/02/2022 here in Europe, as I hail from Spain.
The idea remains the same, to express a thought, but not with the same intention of the Japanese original Haiku. The Euro-Ku must reflect our way of thinking and most importantly, our way of expressing thoughts, emotions, feelings et al. The three verses have no syllabic count restrictions, but they must flow into each other easily and smoothly. Rhyming is optional. The main difference is that the poem must be accompanied by an original, unedited illustration created by the writer. Spirituality in art can only be achieved by being faithful to the current time in which the writer lives. No one can write with the mind, the experience or the history of someone else, but we all can and should respect what is not ours…
C.2023, Francisco Bravo Cabrera, 16 AUG 2023, Valencia, Spain
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