Depois de ter fechado o ano passado num tom de depressão total (com Bon Iver & cia.), os álbuns que andam a prender-me este ano são bem mais animadores: desde Animal Collective aos Grizzly Bear, sem esquecer Phoenix… e, mais inesperadamente, a Lily Allen.Embora a música pop não seja geralmente a minha praia, o mais recente “It’s not me, it’s you”, produzido pelo Greg “Vamos Trazer Alguma Qualidade à Pop” Kurstin dos The Bird and The Bee, foi das surpresas mais agradáveis deste ano.
A Lily Allen não é só a menina mimada, bêbeda e provocadora: tem talento qb, uma boa voz e uma distinta capacidade enquanto letrista. As músicas são francamente divertidas, com melodias alegres mas sempre acompanhadas de letras mordazes, straight forward e recheadinhas de sentido de humor.
Exemplo disso é o último single, “Twenty Two” que tem a letra mais realista e trágica possível, mas cantada com tanta alegria e leviandade. A primeira vez que ouvi esta música fiquei angustiada a pensar “Credo, isto sou eu!”. É a sociedade in a nutshell, a trágica condição da quase trintona, que vista de fora é patética e sozinha, mas conforta-se por ver-se rodeada de tantas outras mulheres nesse estado.
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When she was 22 the future looked bright,
But she's nearly 30 now and she's out every night.
I see that look in her face, she's got that look in her eye
She's thinking “How did I get here?” and wondering why.
It's sad but it's true how society says
“Her life is already over
There's nothing to do and there's nothing to say
Til the man of her dreams comes along picks her up and puts her over his shoulder”.
It seems so unlikely in this day and age.
She's got an alright job but it's not a career
Wherever she thinks about it, it brings her to tears
Cause all she wants is a boyfriend
She gets one-night stands.
She's thinking “How did I get here
I'm doing all that I can”.
It's sad but it's true how society says
“Her life is already over
There's nothing to do and there's nothing to say
Til the man of her dreams comes along picks her up and puts her over his shoulder”.
It seems so unlikely in this day and age.
But she's nearly 30 now and she's out every night.
I see that look in her face, she's got that look in her eye
She's thinking “How did I get here?” and wondering why.
It's sad but it's true how society says
“Her life is already over
There's nothing to do and there's nothing to say
Til the man of her dreams comes along picks her up and puts her over his shoulder”.
It seems so unlikely in this day and age.
She's got an alright job but it's not a career
Wherever she thinks about it, it brings her to tears
Cause all she wants is a boyfriend
She gets one-night stands.
She's thinking “How did I get here
I'm doing all that I can”.
It's sad but it's true how society says
“Her life is already over
There's nothing to do and there's nothing to say
Til the man of her dreams comes along picks her up and puts her over his shoulder”.
It seems so unlikely in this day and age.
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