Álbum Communiqué de Dire Straits - Canciones
Communiqué
1979 | 
Estilo(s) | Pop Rock
Sello | Vertigo
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Reseña
"Communiqué" es el segundo álbum de Dire Straits y salió al mercado el 15 de junio de 1979, tras el exitoso debut de la banda británica. Fue producido por Barry Beckett y el conocido productor Jerry Wexler, el primero en acuñar el término "rhythm and blues" y responsable de importantes éxitos de artistas de la talla de Aretha Franklin, Ray Charles, Led Zeppelin, Wilson Pickett y Bob Dylan, entre otros.
Con resultados algo más discretos que su predecesor, este álbum de Dire Straits alcanzó el quinto puesto en las listas británcias y el once en Estados Unidos. En algunos países, como Alemania, Suecia o Nueva Zelanda, alcanzó el primer puesto.
El álbum fue grabado en los estudios Compass Point, en Nassau, Bahamas, entre el 28 de noviembre y el 12 de diciembre de 1978 y las mezclas se realizaron en Nueva York. Dado que uno de los productores, Barry Beckett, consideró que los temas de los Dire Straits eran demasiado duros, decidió añadir unos teclados para suaviza un tanto el sonido, encargándose él mismo de interpretar los aparatos.
Por otra parte, en los mismos estudios de grabación coincidieron de forma simultánea la banda británica y el cantautor Bob Dylan quien se encontrata grabando su álbum "Slow Train Coming", producido igualmente por Beckett. De esta manera, Knopfler conoció a Dylan e incluso se incorporó en las grabaciones del músico estadounidense, acompañándole en alguno de los temas, junto al baterista de Dire Straits Pick Withers.
"Communiqué" se inicia con el tema "Once Upon A Time In The West" (Erase una vez el oeste), que toma el título de una película de 1968 dirigida por Sergio Leone y protagonizada por Claudia Cardinale, Henry Fonda y Charles Bronson. Se trata de un tema con una gran base rítmica y una fuerte carga de guitarras, a las que se unen los teclados de Barry Beckett, quien firmaría su participación en el seudónimo de B.Bear.
El único sencillo extraído del álbum fue el titulado "Lady Writer", un gran tema compuesto en 1979 por Mark Knopfler, quien se inspiró en una escritora que aparecía en un programa de televisión, supuestamente la novelista y escritora de relatos cortos Marina Warner, nacida en Londres en 1949 y experta en historia y mitología.
Listado de canciones del álbum Communiqué
- Once Upon A Time In The WestVer letra 5:24
[X]letra de Once Upon A Time In The West
Some people get a cheap laugh breaking up the speed limit
Scaring the pedestrians for minute
Crossing up progress driving on the grass
Leaving just enough room to pass
Sunday driver never took a test
Oh yeah, once upon a time in the west
Yes it's no use saying that you don't know nothing
It's still gonna get you if you don't do something
Sitting on a fence that's a dangerous course
Ah, you could even catch a bullet from the peace-keeping force
Even the hero gets a bullet in the chest
Oh yeah, once upon a time in the west
Mother Mary your children are slaughtered
Some of you mothers ought to lock up your daughter
Who's protecting the innocenti
Heap big trouble in the land of plenty
Tell me how we're gonna do what's best
You guess once upon a time in the west
Oh yeah once upon a time in the west
Oh yeah once upon a time in the west
Oh yeah once upon a time in the west
Once upon a time in the west - NewsVer letra 4:13
[X]letra de News
He sticks to his guns
He take the road as it comes
It takes the shine off his shoes
He's says it's a shame
You know it may be a game
But I won't play to lose
He's burning the grass
He take up a glass
He swallow it neat
He crosses the floor
He open the door
He take a sniff of the street
And she tell him that he's crazy
She's saying listen baby
I'm your wife
She tells him he's crazy
For gambling with his life
But he climbs on his horse
You know he feels no remorse
He just kicks it alive
His motor is fine
He take it over the line
Until he's ready to dive
And she tells him that he's crazy
She's saying listen baby
I'm your wife
She's tell him he's crazy
For gambling with his life
He sticks to his guns
He take the road as it comes
It takes the shine off his shoes
He's says it's a shame
You know it may be a game
But I won't play to lose
He sticks to his guns
He take the road as it comes
It takes the shine off his shoes
He's too fast to stop
He take it over the top
He make a line in the news - Where Do You Think You're Going? 3:50
- CommuniqueVer letra 5:50
[X]letra de Communique
They wanna get a statement for Jesus sake
It's like talking to the wall
He's incommunicado no comment to make
He's saying nothing at all
But in the communique you know he's gonna come clean
Think what he say, say what he mean
Maybe on Monday he got something to say
Communication
Communique
Communique
Maybe he could talk about the tricks of the trade
Maybe he could talk about himself
Maybe he could talk about the money that he made
Maybe he'd be saying something else
But in the communique you know he's gonna come clean
Think what he say, say what he mean
Maybe on Monday he got something to say
Communication
Communique
Communique
And now the rumors are flying
Speculation rising
Say that he's been trying someone else's wife
Somebody at the airport
Somebody on the phone
Says he's at the station and he's coming on the noon
Then we get the story a serious breeze
And a photograph taken in the hall
You don't have to worry with the previous release
Right now, he's saying nothing at all
But in the communique you know he's gonna come clean
Think what he say, say what he mean
Maybe on Monday he got something to say
Communication
Communique
Communique - Lady WriterVer letra 3:44
[X]letra de Lady Writer
Lady Writer on the tv
Talk about the Virgin Mary
Reminded me of you
Expectations left to come up to yeah
Lady writer on the tv
Yeah, she had another quality
The way you used to look
And I know you never read a book
Just the way that her hair fell down around her face
Then I recall my fall from grace
Another time, another place
Lady writer on the tv
She had all the brains and the beauty
The picture does not fit
You talked to me when you felt like it
Just the way that her hair fell down around her face
Then I recall my fall from grace
Another time, another place
Yes and your rich old man
You know he'd call her a dead ringer
You got the same command
Plus you mother was a jazz singer
Just the way that her hair fell down around her face
Then I recall my fall from grace
Another time, another place
Lady writer on the tv
She knew all about a history
You couldn't hardly write your name
I think I want you just the same as the
Lady writer on the tv
Talking about the Virgin Mary
Yeah you know I'm talking about you and me
And the lady writer on the tv
Lady writer on the tv
Talking about the Virgin Mary
Yeah you know I'm talking about you and me
And the lady writer on the tv - Angel Of MercyVer letra 4:35
[X]letra de Angel Of Mercy
Well there's a Peter Pan moon, shepherd's delight
I got the dragon at noon, yes and I won the fight
Now I want my reward in heaven tonight, just like you promised
Angel of mercy you'll come to no harm
Angel of mercy, there's no need for alarm
The knight in his armour wants a night in your arms
You know he's honest
Angel of mercy, angel delight, give me my reward in heaven tonight
And if I give up my sword, won't you give me the right
Sweet angel
Well now it's too late for talkin', we can talk later on
Let the saxophone play us till the chorus of dawn
And I need is a little oblivion, you don't need protection
Well now here come the moonlight down on your bed
Angel of mercy let your heart rule your head
I don't want your money, I want you instead
Don't need rejection yeah
Angel of mercy, angel delight, give me my reward in heaven tonight
And if I give up my sword, won't you give me the right
Angel of mercy, give me heaven tonight
Well, if you cross your heart
And spit and swear upon the grave of your mother
You gotta get into it, you gotta tell me that I'm more than a lover
Yeah angel of mercy, angel delight
A-give me my reward in heaven tonight
And if I give up my sword, won't you give me the right
Angel of mercy, give me heaven tonight
Yeah angel of mercy, angel delight
A-give me my reward in heaven tonight
And if I give up my sword, won't you give me the right
Angel of mercy, give me heaven tonight
Yeah angel of mercy, angel delight
A-give me my reward in heaven tonight
And if I give up my sword, won't you give me the right
Angel of mercy, give me heaven tonight - Portobello BelleVer letra 4:31
[X]letra de Portobello Belle
Belladonna's on the high street
Her breasts upon the offbeat
And the stalls are just the side shows
Victoriana's old clothes
Yeah she got the skirt so tight now
She wanna travel light now
She wanna tear up all her roots now
She got the turn-up on the boots now
She thinks she's tough
She ain't no English rose
But the blind singer
He's seen enough and he knows
He do a song about a long gone Irish girl
But I got one for you my Portobello Belle
She sees a man upon his back there
Escaping from a sack there
And Belladonna lingers
Her gloves they got no fingers
Blind man he's singing the Irish
He gets his money in a tin dish
Just a corner serenader
Once upon a time he could have made her
She thinks she's tough
She ain't no English rose
But the blind singer
He's seen enough and he knows
He do a song about a long gone Irish girl
But I got one for you my Portobello Belle
Yes and these barrow boys are hawking
And a parakeet is squawking
Upon a truck a paper rhino
She get the crying of a wino
And then she get the reggae rumble
Belladonna's in the jungle
But she ain't no garden flower
There ain't no distress in the tower
Belladonna walks
Belladonna taking control
She don't care about your window box
Or your button hole
She sing a song about a long gone Irish girl
But I got one for you my Portobello Belle - Single-Handed Sailor 4:40
- Follow Me HomeVer letra 5:53
[X]letra de Follow Me Home
Oh well the sun go down
Celebration in the town tonight
All day long
They been slaughtering upon a stone
Share out the meat
Yeah, you really liked to eat
Come on woman, come follow me home
Well, the priest he cries
Virgins ascending to the skies tonight
All day long
I have passed my time alone
When the church bells rung
I stayed out on the tower
In a dying sun
Come on woman, come follow me home
Well I don't need no priest
But I love all of the people
Yes I share the feast
So drink up my wine
Yes and the song in my bones
I know the way
I can see by the moonlight
Clear as the day
Now come on woman, come follow me home
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Con resultados algo más discretos que su predecesor, este álbum de Dire Straits alcanzó el quinto puesto en las listas británcias y el once en Estados Unidos. En algunos países, como Alemania, Suecia o Nueva Zelanda, alcanzó el primer puesto.
El álbum fue grabado en los estudios Compass Point, en Nassau, Bahamas, entre el 28 de noviembre y el 12 de diciembre de 1978 y las mezclas se realizaron en Nueva York. Dado que uno de los productores, Barry Beckett, consideró que los temas de los Dire Straits eran demasiado duros, decidió añadir unos teclados para suaviza un tanto el sonido, encargándose él mismo de interpretar los aparatos.
Por otra parte, en los mismos estudios de grabación coincidieron de forma simultánea la banda británica y el cantautor Bob Dylan quien se encontrata grabando su álbum "Slow Train Coming", producido igualmente por Beckett. De esta manera, Knopfler conoció a Dylan e incluso se incorporó en las grabaciones del músico estadounidense, acompañándole en alguno de los temas, junto al baterista de Dire Straits Pick Withers.
"Communiqué" se inicia con el tema "Once Upon A Time In The West" (Erase una vez el oeste), que toma el título de una película de 1968 dirigida por Sergio Leone y protagonizada por Claudia Cardinale, Henry Fonda y Charles Bronson. Se trata de un tema con una gran base rítmica y una fuerte carga de guitarras, a las que se unen los teclados de Barry Beckett, quien firmaría su participación en el seudónimo de B.Bear.
El único sencillo extraído del álbum fue el titulado "Lady Writer", un gran tema compuesto en 1979 por Mark Knopfler, quien se inspiró en una escritora que aparecía en un programa de televisión, supuestamente la novelista y escritora de relatos cortos Marina Warner, nacida en Londres en 1949 y experta en historia y mitología.
[X]
Some people get a cheap laugh breaking up the speed limitletra de Once Upon A Time In The West
Scaring the pedestrians for minute
Crossing up progress driving on the grass
Leaving just enough room to pass
Sunday driver never took a test
Oh yeah, once upon a time in the west
Yes it's no use saying that you don't know nothing
It's still gonna get you if you don't do something
Sitting on a fence that's a dangerous course
Ah, you could even catch a bullet from the peace-keeping force
Even the hero gets a bullet in the chest
Oh yeah, once upon a time in the west
Mother Mary your children are slaughtered
Some of you mothers ought to lock up your daughter
Who's protecting the innocenti
Heap big trouble in the land of plenty
Tell me how we're gonna do what's best
You guess once upon a time in the west
Oh yeah once upon a time in the west
Oh yeah once upon a time in the west
Oh yeah once upon a time in the west
Once upon a time in the west
[X]
He sticks to his gunsletra de News
He take the road as it comes
It takes the shine off his shoes
He's says it's a shame
You know it may be a game
But I won't play to lose
He's burning the grass
He take up a glass
He swallow it neat
He crosses the floor
He open the door
He take a sniff of the street
And she tell him that he's crazy
She's saying listen baby
I'm your wife
She tells him he's crazy
For gambling with his life
But he climbs on his horse
You know he feels no remorse
He just kicks it alive
His motor is fine
He take it over the line
Until he's ready to dive
And she tells him that he's crazy
She's saying listen baby
I'm your wife
She's tell him he's crazy
For gambling with his life
He sticks to his guns
He take the road as it comes
It takes the shine off his shoes
He's says it's a shame
You know it may be a game
But I won't play to lose
He sticks to his guns
He take the road as it comes
It takes the shine off his shoes
He's too fast to stop
He take it over the top
He make a line in the news
[X]
They wanna get a statement for Jesus sakeletra de Communique
It's like talking to the wall
He's incommunicado no comment to make
He's saying nothing at all
But in the communique you know he's gonna come clean
Think what he say, say what he mean
Maybe on Monday he got something to say
Communication
Communique
Communique
Maybe he could talk about the tricks of the trade
Maybe he could talk about himself
Maybe he could talk about the money that he made
Maybe he'd be saying something else
But in the communique you know he's gonna come clean
Think what he say, say what he mean
Maybe on Monday he got something to say
Communication
Communique
Communique
And now the rumors are flying
Speculation rising
Say that he's been trying someone else's wife
Somebody at the airport
Somebody on the phone
Says he's at the station and he's coming on the noon
Then we get the story a serious breeze
And a photograph taken in the hall
You don't have to worry with the previous release
Right now, he's saying nothing at all
But in the communique you know he's gonna come clean
Think what he say, say what he mean
Maybe on Monday he got something to say
Communication
Communique
Communique
[X]
Lady Writer on the tvletra de Lady Writer
Talk about the Virgin Mary
Reminded me of you
Expectations left to come up to yeah
Lady writer on the tv
Yeah, she had another quality
The way you used to look
And I know you never read a book
Just the way that her hair fell down around her face
Then I recall my fall from grace
Another time, another place
Lady writer on the tv
She had all the brains and the beauty
The picture does not fit
You talked to me when you felt like it
Just the way that her hair fell down around her face
Then I recall my fall from grace
Another time, another place
Yes and your rich old man
You know he'd call her a dead ringer
You got the same command
Plus you mother was a jazz singer
Just the way that her hair fell down around her face
Then I recall my fall from grace
Another time, another place
Lady writer on the tv
She knew all about a history
You couldn't hardly write your name
I think I want you just the same as the
Lady writer on the tv
Talking about the Virgin Mary
Yeah you know I'm talking about you and me
And the lady writer on the tv
Lady writer on the tv
Talking about the Virgin Mary
Yeah you know I'm talking about you and me
And the lady writer on the tv
[X]
Well there's a Peter Pan moon, shepherd's delightletra de Angel Of Mercy
I got the dragon at noon, yes and I won the fight
Now I want my reward in heaven tonight, just like you promised
Angel of mercy you'll come to no harm
Angel of mercy, there's no need for alarm
The knight in his armour wants a night in your arms
You know he's honest
Angel of mercy, angel delight, give me my reward in heaven tonight
And if I give up my sword, won't you give me the right
Sweet angel
Well now it's too late for talkin', we can talk later on
Let the saxophone play us till the chorus of dawn
And I need is a little oblivion, you don't need protection
Well now here come the moonlight down on your bed
Angel of mercy let your heart rule your head
I don't want your money, I want you instead
Don't need rejection yeah
Angel of mercy, angel delight, give me my reward in heaven tonight
And if I give up my sword, won't you give me the right
Angel of mercy, give me heaven tonight
Well, if you cross your heart
And spit and swear upon the grave of your mother
You gotta get into it, you gotta tell me that I'm more than a lover
Yeah angel of mercy, angel delight
A-give me my reward in heaven tonight
And if I give up my sword, won't you give me the right
Angel of mercy, give me heaven tonight
Yeah angel of mercy, angel delight
A-give me my reward in heaven tonight
And if I give up my sword, won't you give me the right
Angel of mercy, give me heaven tonight
Yeah angel of mercy, angel delight
A-give me my reward in heaven tonight
And if I give up my sword, won't you give me the right
Angel of mercy, give me heaven tonight
[X]
Belladonna's on the high streetletra de Portobello Belle
Her breasts upon the offbeat
And the stalls are just the side shows
Victoriana's old clothes
Yeah she got the skirt so tight now
She wanna travel light now
She wanna tear up all her roots now
She got the turn-up on the boots now
She thinks she's tough
She ain't no English rose
But the blind singer
He's seen enough and he knows
He do a song about a long gone Irish girl
But I got one for you my Portobello Belle
She sees a man upon his back there
Escaping from a sack there
And Belladonna lingers
Her gloves they got no fingers
Blind man he's singing the Irish
He gets his money in a tin dish
Just a corner serenader
Once upon a time he could have made her
She thinks she's tough
She ain't no English rose
But the blind singer
He's seen enough and he knows
He do a song about a long gone Irish girl
But I got one for you my Portobello Belle
Yes and these barrow boys are hawking
And a parakeet is squawking
Upon a truck a paper rhino
She get the crying of a wino
And then she get the reggae rumble
Belladonna's in the jungle
But she ain't no garden flower
There ain't no distress in the tower
Belladonna walks
Belladonna taking control
She don't care about your window box
Or your button hole
She sing a song about a long gone Irish girl
But I got one for you my Portobello Belle
[X]
Oh well the sun go downletra de Follow Me Home
Celebration in the town tonight
All day long
They been slaughtering upon a stone
Share out the meat
Yeah, you really liked to eat
Come on woman, come follow me home
Well, the priest he cries
Virgins ascending to the skies tonight
All day long
I have passed my time alone
When the church bells rung
I stayed out on the tower
In a dying sun
Come on woman, come follow me home
Well I don't need no priest
But I love all of the people
Yes I share the feast
So drink up my wine
Yes and the song in my bones
I know the way
I can see by the moonlight
Clear as the day
Now come on woman, come follow me home