Cheek to Cheek es un álbum de Lady Gaga, publicado en 2014. El disco incluye 11 canciones, entre ellas «Anything Goes», «Cheek to Cheek», «Nature Boy» y «I Can´t Give You Anything but Love».
Sobre el álbum
El álbum colaborativo Cheek to Cheek, de 2014, es uno de los proyectos más sorprendentes y elegantes de la carrera de Lady Gaga. En este trabajo, la reina del pop se une a una de las mayores leyendas de la música, el icónico crooner Tony Bennett, para rendir un homenaje exquisito al "Great American Songbook" y a los clásicos del jazz.
Por esta razón, el álbum fue un éxito de crítica y público, y le valió a la pareja un premio Grammy. La química entre la voz potente y versátil de Gaga y la voz experimentada y llena de clase de Bennett es simplemente mágica. El disco demuestra que, debajo de la artista pop, habita una de las grandes vocalistas de su generación.
Además, el sonido del disco es puro jazz tradicional. Acompañados por una big band de primer nivel, los dos artistas reinterpretan con un profundo respeto y un gran cariño clásicos inmortales como "Anything Goes", "I Can't Give You Anything but Love" o la canción que da título al disco. Es un trabajo de una calidad musical superlativa.
"Cheek to Cheek" es una joya. Es un proyecto que no solo demostró la increíble versatilidad de Lady Gaga, sino que también sirvió para presentar el jazz clásico a una nueva generación. Es una obra atemporal que celebra la grandeza de la buena música.
Listado de Canciones
- Anything Goes2:04
Letra
Times have changed And we've often rewound the clock Since the Puritans got a shock When they landed on Plymouth Rock. If today, any shock they should try to stem, ‘Stead of landing on Plymouth Rock, Plymouth Rock would land on them. In olden days a glimpse of stocking Was looked on as something shocking Now heaven knows, anything goes Good authors too who once knew better words Now only use four letter words writing prose Anything goes The world has gone mad today And good's bad today And black's white today And day's night today When most guys today that women prize today Are just silly gigolos So though I'm not a great romancer I know that you're bound to answer When I propose, anything goes - Cheek to Cheek2:51
- Nature Boy4:08
Letra
There was a boy... A very strange enchanted boy They say he wondered very far, very far Over land and sea A little shy and sad of eye But very wise was he And then one day One magic day, passed my way And as we spoke of many things, Fools and kings, This he said to me "The greatest thing you'll ever learn Is just to love and be loved in return" "The greatest thing you'll ever learn Is just to love and be loved in return" - I Can´t Give You Anything but Love3:13
- I Won´t Dance3:57
- Firefly1:58
- Lush Life4:15
Letra
I used to visit all the very gay places Those come what may places Where one relaxes on the axis of the wheel of life To get the feel of life From jazz and cocktails The girls I knew had sad and sullen gray faces With distingué traces That used to be there you could see where They'd been washed away By too many through the day Twelve o'clocktails Then you came along with your siren's song To tempt me to madness I thought for a while that your pointed smile Was tinged with the sadness Of a great love for me Ah, yes, I was wrong Again I was wrong Life is lonely again And only last year Everything seemed so assured Now life is awful again And the thoughtful of heart Could only be a bore A week in Paris will ease the bite of it All I care is to smile in spite of it I'll forget you I will And yet you are still Burning inside my brain Romance is mush Stifling those who strive I'll live a lush Life in some small dive And there I'll be While I rot with the rest Of those whose lives are lonely too - Sophisticated Lady3:49
- Let´s Face the Music and Dance2:07
- But Beautiful4:04
- It Don´t Mean a Thing (If It Ain´t Got That Swing)2:24