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Grace Slick y su cuñado Darby Slick formaban parte del grupo The Great Society y grabaron Somebody to Love antes de que Grace abordara al Jefferson Airplane y se llevara con ella la rola a las sesiones de grabación del album Surrealistic Pillow para que su nueva banda la retomara y le diera un aspecto más feroz y rocanrolero para convertirla en su primer gran hit. Impulsado por la contundente fuerza vocal de Slick, Somebody to Love contrastaba con el resto de los temas del grupo que estaban más orientados hacia una sicodelia más folk. La letra siempre habla en segunda persona y después de cada dos líneas de la canción desesperadamente clama: '¿No necesitas a alguien a quien amar? ¿No te gustaría alguien a quien amar?'. Como el album mismo Somebody to Love fue fundamental en la difusión de la contracultura conocida como Haight-Ashbury, enclavada en el barrio de la ciudad de San Francisco, llamado así por la intersección de la calle Haight y la calle Ashbury y que fue la cuna del movimiento hippie. |
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Título: | Somebody To Love | |
Traducción: | Alguien para amar | |
Compositor: | Darby Slick | |
Intérprete: | Jefferson Airplane | |
Productor: | Rick Jarrard | |
A la venta: | 01/04/1967 | |
Formato: | Sencillo | |
Lado B: | She Has Funny Cars | |
Incluída en el L.P. | Surrealistic Pillow | |
Disquera: | RCA Victor | |
Orden al bat: | 050 |
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Somebody To Love
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Alguien para amar
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When the truth is found to be lies And all the joy within you dies Don't you want somebody to love Don't you need somebody to love Wouldn't you love somebody to love You better find somebody to love When the garden flowers baby are dead yes And your mind is full of red Don't you want somebody to love Don't you need somebody to love Wouldn't you love somebody to love You better find somebody to love Your eyes, I say your eyes may look like his But in your head baby I'm afraid you don't know where it is Don't you want somebody to love Don't you need somebody to love Wouldn't you love somebody to love You better find somebody to love Tears are running ah running down your breast And your friends baby they treat you like a guest Don't you want somebody to love Don't you need somebody to love Wouldn't you love somebody to love You better find somebody to love |
Cuando la verdad es encontrada para mentir y toda la alegría en ti muere ¿No quieres alguien a quien amar? ¿No necesitas alguien a quien amar? ¿No amarías a alguien a quien amar? Mejor que encuentres alguien a quien amar Cuando las flores del jardín, nena, están muertas, sí y tu mente está llena de rojo ¿No quieres alguien a quien amar? ¿No necesitas alguien a quien amar? ¿No amarías a alguien a quien amar? Mejor debías encontrar alguien a quien amar Tus ojos, estoy diciendo tus ojos podrían parecer los de él (yeah) pero en tu cabeza, baby, me temo que no sabes dónde está ¿No quieres alguien a quien amar? ¿No necesitas alguien a quien amar? ¿No amarías a alguien a quien amar? Mejor que encuentres alguien a quien amar Las lágrimas caen rodando por tu pecho Y tus amigos, nena, te tratan como un invitado ¿No quieres alguien a quien amar? ¿No necesitas alguien a quien amar? ¿No amarías a alguien a quien amar? Mejor que encuentres alguien a quien amar |
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Grace Slick – vocals, piano, organ, recorder Paul Kantner – rhythm guitar, vocals Jorma Kaukonen – lead guitar, vocals Jack Casady – bass, fuzz bass, rhythm guitar Spencer Dryden – drums, percussion |
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Surrealistic Pillow is the second album by American psychedelic rock band Jefferson Airplane, released in February 1967. Original drummer Alexander 'Skip' Spence had left the band in mid-1966, replaced by a jazz drummer from Los Angeles, Spencer Dryden,a nephew of Charlie Chaplin. New lead vocalist Grace Slick, formerly of the Great Society, joined the band in 1966. Both Slick and Dryden debuted with the band on records with this album and its attendant singles, thus completing the best-known line-up of the group, which would remain stable until Dryden's departure in early 1970. It is also considered to be one of the quintessential albums of the 1960s counterculture movement. Jefferson Airplane's fusion of folk rock and psychedelia was original at the time, in line with musical developments pioneered by The Byrds, The Mamas & the Papas, and Bob Dylan. Surrealistic Pillow was the first blockbuster psychedelic album by a band from San Francisco, announcing to the world the active bohemian scene that had developed there starting with The Beats during the 1950s, extending and changing through the 1960s into the Haight-Ashbury counterculture. Subsequently, the exposure generated by the Airplane and others wrought great changes to that counterculture, and by 1968 the ensuing national media attention had precipitated a very different San Francisco scene than had existed in 1966. San Francisco photographer Herb Greene photographed the band for the album's cover art. Some controversy exists as to the role of Grateful Dead guitarist Jerry Garcia in the making of the album. His reputed presence on several tracks is denied by producer Rick Jarrard, but he is credited on the RCA label copy,[4] as well as receiving credits on the Flight Log compilation and the Jefferson Airplane Loves You box set. Surrealistic Pillow was originally released as RCA Victor LPM/LSP 3766, and peaked at #3 on Billboard's Pop Albums chart, driven by "White Rabbit" and "Somebody to Love," which peaked at #8 and #5 respectively on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. The album was mixed in both mono and stereo, and both mixes are available on a rare RCA Gold CD edition, a November 2001 reissue, and as part of the Ignition box set. The mono version is actually preferred by some collectors as it has a more powerful sound and significantly less echo and reverb than the stereo mix. Another stereo reissue appeared on August 19, 2003, with seven bonus tracks, including the mono A-sides of "Somebody to Love" and "White Rabbit." The 2003 reissue was produced by Bob Irwin. The United Kingdom version of the LP is a mish-mash of the United States version and their first LP, "Jefferson Airplane Takes Off". In 2003, the album was ranked number 146 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the "500 Greatest Albums of All Time". |
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