25 de maig 2007

Choke'em!

More than rain. Conec la cançó. De fet, em conec de memòria tot el disc a què pertany, Frank’s Wild Years: a més d’un dels millors de Tom Waits, la banda sonora d’algunes coses importants. No havia vist mai, però, aquesta gravació en directe; i me n’ha sorprés la presentació inicial. Una mena de microconte que paga la pena d’anotar:

This is about all the bad days in the world. I used to have some really bad days. And I kept them in a little box. And one day I threw them out into the yard. Oh, it's just a couple of little innocent bad days. Well, we had a big rain... I don't know what it was growing in, but I think we used to put egg shells out there and coffee grounds too. Don't plant your bad days! They grow into weeks, the weeks grow into months, and before you know it you got yourself a bad year. Take it from me: CHOKE those little bad days! CHOKE 'em down to nothing! There are your days, CHOKE 'em!