Kurt Vile - Pretty pimpin

Otro artista que ha sacado disco en 2015 ha sido Kurt Vile. Muchos sabréis que fue miembro de una banda muy conocida: The War on Drugs. La dejó para centrarse en su carrera en solitario y este año ha sacado su sexto álbum con el sello Matador Records, al que también pertenecen grupos como Yo La Tengo, Belle & Sebastian, Cat Power o The New Pornographers, entre otros. El disco se titula B’lieve i’m goin down… (2015) y la canción que lo abre, Pretty pimpin, es para mí, uno de los temazos de 2015 y, por lo tanto, una canción perfecta en este blog.

Desde hace unos días, también podemos escuchar un EP en Spotify con algunos de los temas de los dos últimos trabajos en directo, acompañado de su banda The Violators y con la colaboración de la baterista de Wairpaint.

Si preferís escuchar a leer, encontraréis esta recomendación en formato radiofónico a partir del 00:59:39 del podcast de El sonido de las montañas al revés:

"Pretty Pimpin"

I woke up this morning

Didn’t recognize the man in the mirror

Then I laughed and I said, “Oh silly me, that’s just me”

Then I proceeded to brush some stranger’s teeth

But they were my teeth, and I was weightless

Just quivering like some leaf come in the window of a restroom

I couldn’t tell you what the hell it was supposed to mean

But it was a Monday, no a Tuesday, no Wednesday, Thursday, Friday

Then Saturday came around and I said 

"Who’s this stupid clown blocking the bathroom sink?"

All he ever wanted was to be someone in life that was just like

All I want is to just have fun

Live my life like a son of a gun

I could be one thousand miles away but still mean what I say

Then I woke up one morning

Didn’t recognize the man in the mirror

Then I laughed and I said, “Oh silly me, that’s just me”

Then I proceeded to not comb some stranger’s hair

Never was my style

But I couldn’t tell you what the hell it was supposed to mean

Because it was a Monday, no a Tuesday, no Wednesday, Thursday, Friday

Then Saturday came around and I said 

“Who’s this stupid clown blocking the bathroom sink?”

But he was sporting all my clothes

I gotta say I'm pretty pimpin

All he ever wanted was to be a man

But he was always a little too cute to be admitted under marbles lost

He was always a thousand miles away while still standing in front of your face

Then he woke up this morning

Didn’t recognize the boy in the mirror

Then laughed and said, “Oh silly me, that’s just me”

Then I proceeded to brush some stranger’s teeth

But they were my teeth, and I was weightless

Just quivering like some leaf come in the window of a restroom

And I couldn’t tell you what the hell it was supposed to mean

Cause it was a Monday, no a Tuesday, no Wednesday, Thursday, Friday

Then Saturday came around and I said, 

“Who’s this stupid clown blocking the bathroom sink?”

But he was sporting all my clothes

I gotta say pretty pimpin

I woke up this morning, didn’t recognize the boy in the mirror [x6]