Álbum Young Americans de David Bowie - Canciones
Young Americans
1975 | 
Estilo(s) | Pop Rock,Soul
Sello | RCA Victor
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Reseña
Publicado en 1975, "Young Americans" supone el adiós definitivo al glam rock por parte de David Bowie, quien construye un álbum más bailable y con toques de soul, R&B, funk y gospel, en el que pretendía rendir pleitesía a la música americana con una interpretación propia de dichos estilos.
A lo largo de la discografía de Bowie queda evidente la admiración que la música norteamericana le produce, al igual que a muchos de sus compatriotas británicos. Esa obsesión por "americanizarse" le lleva a producir álbumes como este "Young Americans", para el que se rodeó de músicos de prestigio, como el especialista en jazz David Sanborn o el baterista de Sly and the Family Stone, Andy Newmark, tratando de conseguir un sonido más genuino.
Grabado entre Filadelfia y Nueva York durante las pausas del Diamond Dogs Tour, contó con la producción de Tony Visconti, Harry Maslin y el propio Bowie. En las primeras sesiones contó asimismo con la participación del guitarrista Carlos Alomar y del cantante Luther Vandross. A raíz de este trabajo, Alomar se convertiría en un colaborador habitual de David Bowie durante prácticamente tres décadas.
La mayor parte de la grabación se realizó en vivo, con la orquesta completa y la voz de Bowie en la misma toma, sin mezclas posteriores.
La canción que da título al álbum, "Young Americans", fue la primera incursión en el soul que realizó David Bowie en su etapa americana, un estilo propio que el artista definió posteriormente como "plastic soul". John Lennon, gran amigo de Bowie, colaboró en la composición de este tema, además de participar en la guitarra y los coros en dos temas más, "Fame" y"Across the Universe", una versión de un tema anterior de los Beatles.
"Young Americans" supuso la consagración de Bowie en Estados Unidos. De este trabajo del duque blanco se vendieron más de medio millón de copias en dicho mercado en tan solo unos meses, consiguiendo además el primer número uno de su carrera en el país norteamericano gracias al tema "Fame", una canción compuesta conjuntamente por David Bowie, Carlos Alomar y John Lennon, quien participaba por última vez como invitado en un sencillo.
Listado de canciones del álbum Young Americans
- Young Americans 5:10
- Win 4:44
Composición: David Bowie - Facination 5:43
Composición: David Bowie, Luther Vandross - Right 4:13
Composición: David Bowie - Somebody Up There Likes Me 6:30
Composición: David Bowie - Across The UniverseVer letra 4:30
[X]letra de Across The Universe
[Written by John Lennon & Paul McCartney]
[Originally performed by The Beatles in the album "Let It Be"]
Words are flowing out like endless rain into a paper cup
They slither wildly as they slip away
Across the universe
Pools of sorrow, waves of joy are drifting through my opened mind
Possessing and caressing me
[CHORUS (twice)]
Nothing's gonna change my world
Nothing's gonna change my world
Images of broken light which dance before me like a
Million eyes
They call me on and on
Across the universe
Thoughts meander like the restless wind inside a letter box
They tumble blindly as they make their way
Across the universe
[CHORUS 1 (twice)]
Sounds of laughter, shades of life are ringing through my
Open ears
Inciting and inviting me
Limitless undying love, which shines around me like a million suns
It calls me on and on and on
Across the universe
[CHORUS (twice)]Composición: Lennon-McCartney - Can You Hear MeVer letra 5:04
[X]letra de Can You Hear Me
(Bowie)
Once we were lovers, can they understand?
Closer than others I was your, I was your man
Don't talk of heartaches, ohh, I remember them all
When I'm checking you out one day, to see if I'm Faking it all
Chorus
Can you hear me?
Can you feel me inside?
Show your love, love
Take it in right (take it in right)
Take it in right (take it in right)
There's been many others (Oo-oo-oo-oohh) so many times
Sixty new cities, an' what do I, what do I
What do I find?
I want love so badly, I want you most of all
You know, it's harder to take it from anyone
It's harder to fall
Can you hear me call ya?
Chorus
Well, can you hear me? (yeah)
Can you feel me inside (I do)
Show your love, show your sweet, sweet love
Show me your love
Take it in right (take it in right)
Take it in right, yeah (take it in right)
Take it in right to your love life, baby
Take it in right to your love life
Take it in right, take it in right, right to your love life
Take it in right, ah
Take it in, take it in right
Right down, right down
(Why don't you take it?)
Mmmm, why don't you take it?
(Right to your heart)
Can you hear me?
(Why don't you take it?)
Can you feel me?
(Why don't you take it?)
Can you? Take it in right
(Why don't you take it?)
Wuhh, right down, right down
(Right to your heart)
Can you take it? Feel me?
(Why don't you take it?)
Down, to right down
(Why don't you take it?)
To your heart
(Why don't you take it?)
To your heart
(Right to your heart)
Take it down, take it down
(Why don't you take it? Why don't you take it?)
Take it in right
(Right to your heart)Composición: David Bowie - FameVer letra 4:12
[X]letra de Fame
Fame, (fame) makes a man take things over
Fame, (fame) lets him loose, hard to swallow
Fame, (fame) puts you there where things are hollow
Fame (fame)
Fame, it's not your brain, it's just the flame
That burns your change to keep you insane (sane)
Fame (fame)
Fame, (fame) what you like is in the limo
Fame, (fame) what you get is no tomorrow
Fame, (fame) what you need you have to borrow
Fame (fame)
Fame, "nien! it's mine!" is just his line
To bind your time, it drives you to, crime
Fame (fame)
Could it be the best, could it be?
Really be, really, babe?
Could it be, my babe, could it, babe?
Could it, babe?, could it, babe?
Is it any wonder I reject you first?
Fame, fame, fame, fame
Is it any wonder you are too cool to fool
Fame (fame)
Fame, bully for you, chilly for me
Got to get a rain check on pain (pain)
(Fame)
Fame, fame, fame, fame, fame, fame, fame,
Fame, fame, fame, fame, fame, fame, fame,
Fame, fame, fame, fame, fame, fame, fame, fame, fame
Fame
What's your name?Composición: Carlos Alomar, David Bowie, John Lennon
A lo largo de la discografía de Bowie queda evidente la admiración que la música norteamericana le produce, al igual que a muchos de sus compatriotas británicos. Esa obsesión por "americanizarse" le lleva a producir álbumes como este "Young Americans", para el que se rodeó de músicos de prestigio, como el especialista en jazz David Sanborn o el baterista de Sly and the Family Stone, Andy Newmark, tratando de conseguir un sonido más genuino.
Grabado entre Filadelfia y Nueva York durante las pausas del Diamond Dogs Tour, contó con la producción de Tony Visconti, Harry Maslin y el propio Bowie. En las primeras sesiones contó asimismo con la participación del guitarrista Carlos Alomar y del cantante Luther Vandross. A raíz de este trabajo, Alomar se convertiría en un colaborador habitual de David Bowie durante prácticamente tres décadas.
La mayor parte de la grabación se realizó en vivo, con la orquesta completa y la voz de Bowie en la misma toma, sin mezclas posteriores.
La canción que da título al álbum, "Young Americans", fue la primera incursión en el soul que realizó David Bowie en su etapa americana, un estilo propio que el artista definió posteriormente como "plastic soul". John Lennon, gran amigo de Bowie, colaboró en la composición de este tema, además de participar en la guitarra y los coros en dos temas más, "Fame" y"Across the Universe", una versión de un tema anterior de los Beatles.
"Young Americans" supuso la consagración de Bowie en Estados Unidos. De este trabajo del duque blanco se vendieron más de medio millón de copias en dicho mercado en tan solo unos meses, consiguiendo además el primer número uno de su carrera en el país norteamericano gracias al tema "Fame", una canción compuesta conjuntamente por David Bowie, Carlos Alomar y John Lennon, quien participaba por última vez como invitado en un sencillo.
Composición: David Bowie
Composición: David Bowie, Luther Vandross
Composición: David Bowie
Composición: David Bowie
[X]
[Written by John Lennon & Paul McCartney]letra de Across The Universe
[Originally performed by The Beatles in the album "Let It Be"]
Words are flowing out like endless rain into a paper cup
They slither wildly as they slip away
Across the universe
Pools of sorrow, waves of joy are drifting through my opened mind
Possessing and caressing me
[CHORUS (twice)]
Nothing's gonna change my world
Nothing's gonna change my world
Images of broken light which dance before me like a
Million eyes
They call me on and on
Across the universe
Thoughts meander like the restless wind inside a letter box
They tumble blindly as they make their way
Across the universe
[CHORUS 1 (twice)]
Sounds of laughter, shades of life are ringing through my
Open ears
Inciting and inviting me
Limitless undying love, which shines around me like a million suns
It calls me on and on and on
Across the universe
[CHORUS (twice)]
[X]
(Bowie)letra de Can You Hear Me
Once we were lovers, can they understand?
Closer than others I was your, I was your man
Don't talk of heartaches, ohh, I remember them all
When I'm checking you out one day, to see if I'm Faking it all
Chorus
Can you hear me?
Can you feel me inside?
Show your love, love
Take it in right (take it in right)
Take it in right (take it in right)
There's been many others (Oo-oo-oo-oohh) so many times
Sixty new cities, an' what do I, what do I
What do I find?
I want love so badly, I want you most of all
You know, it's harder to take it from anyone
It's harder to fall
Can you hear me call ya?
Chorus
Well, can you hear me? (yeah)
Can you feel me inside (I do)
Show your love, show your sweet, sweet love
Show me your love
Take it in right (take it in right)
Take it in right, yeah (take it in right)
Take it in right to your love life, baby
Take it in right to your love life
Take it in right, take it in right, right to your love life
Take it in right, ah
Take it in, take it in right
Right down, right down
(Why don't you take it?)
Mmmm, why don't you take it?
(Right to your heart)
Can you hear me?
(Why don't you take it?)
Can you feel me?
(Why don't you take it?)
Can you? Take it in right
(Why don't you take it?)
Wuhh, right down, right down
(Right to your heart)
Can you take it? Feel me?
(Why don't you take it?)
Down, to right down
(Why don't you take it?)
To your heart
(Why don't you take it?)
To your heart
(Right to your heart)
Take it down, take it down
(Why don't you take it? Why don't you take it?)
Take it in right
(Right to your heart)
[X]
Fame, (fame) makes a man take things overletra de Fame
Fame, (fame) lets him loose, hard to swallow
Fame, (fame) puts you there where things are hollow
Fame (fame)
Fame, it's not your brain, it's just the flame
That burns your change to keep you insane (sane)
Fame (fame)
Fame, (fame) what you like is in the limo
Fame, (fame) what you get is no tomorrow
Fame, (fame) what you need you have to borrow
Fame (fame)
Fame, "nien! it's mine!" is just his line
To bind your time, it drives you to, crime
Fame (fame)
Could it be the best, could it be?
Really be, really, babe?
Could it be, my babe, could it, babe?
Could it, babe?, could it, babe?
Is it any wonder I reject you first?
Fame, fame, fame, fame
Is it any wonder you are too cool to fool
Fame (fame)
Fame, bully for you, chilly for me
Got to get a rain check on pain (pain)
(Fame)
Fame, fame, fame, fame, fame, fame, fame,
Fame, fame, fame, fame, fame, fame, fame,
Fame, fame, fame, fame, fame, fame, fame, fame, fame
Fame
What's your name?
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