SEAWINDS

Durante los primeros años de ACCEPT, la responsabilidad de cantar las baladas recaía en el bajista Peter Baltes, quizás porque la voz de Udo no parecía cuadrar demasiado bien con este tipo de registro. A partir de "Breaker", Udo se anima y ya canta "Can't stand the night" (aunque en su primer álbum ya entonó una semi-balada como "Glad to be alone"). Estas son el origen de canciones como "Princess of the dawn" o "Winter dreams".

En este post, voy a poner una de esas pequeñas joyas cantadas por Peter Baltes, se trata de "Seawinds", del primer disco de Accept. La combinación de guitarras acústicas y eléctricas es una delicia, y los coros tan característicos de este disco irresistibles. Las melodías de las guitarras tampoco hay que perderlas de vista. La virtud de la sencillez.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U9hiBw4c2q0

In cold and dark december
as i walk into the rain
sit beside the room
all night long
In a grey december morning
i decide to leave my home
took a train to nowhere
far away, far away
Many thousand miles away
where the moon took to the stars
dreamed about the days
days gone by, days gone by
In the night the seawinds are calling
and the city is far far away
soon the sea turns to darkness
it is night and seawinds are calling
seawinds call, seawinds call
Ten thousands miles away
where the moon took to the stars
i dreamed about the days
days gone by
I've been told so many stories
and dreams my friends have made
so it's no illusions
sail away, sail away
In the night the seawinds are calling
and the city is far far away
soon the sea turns to darkness
it is night and seawinds are calling
seawinds call, seawinds call
seawinds call.

Can´t Stand the Night

Accept es una banda teutona de gran influencia en el heavy de los años 80, gran precursora del trash, sobre todo por sus brutales riffs  y su ritmo rápido y agresivo, liderado por el inconfundible estilo vocal chirriante de su cantante Udo Dirkschneider. La banda forjó un sonido reconocible al instante y tenía fama de tener uno de los más feroces directos de la década. El abandono de su cantante para dedicarse a su carrera en solitario les hizo perder parte de su identidad, pero hoy día siguen en la brecha, con otro cantante diferente, realizando tours por todo el mundo para promocionar su regreso.

Esta balada se encuentra en su álbum "Breaker" (1981).

 

Fallin' tears, a broken heart
Here I sit as time goes by
'cause all I had has gone forever
Can't stand the night.

The fun we had, I knew so well
that somethin' so deep inside
The last few days have been pure hell
Can't stand the night.

Love - you torn my world apart
But still I can't escape
You touched me and you hold me
The nights are hard to take.

I know her body, her hair, her eyes
I know she should belong to me
But she's a one man's girl forever
Lovin' deeply why not me.

Love why do I take you and why do you take me
Take my breath, or you take my heart
All you give is pain a curse upon your name
Can't you see, it isn't right
Can't stand the night.

Tell me where I have gone wrong
give me a reason why
Tell me how to win her back
Can't stand the night.

Love why do I take you and why do you take me
Take my breath, or you take my heart
All you give is pain a curse upon your name
Can't you see, it isn't right
Can't stand the night.

Fallin' tears, a broken heart
Here I sit as time goes by
'cause all I had has gone forever
Can't stand the night.

Oceans filled with tears
and mountains made of pain
And my eyes are sad each time
The night it comes back again.

Love why do I take you and why do you take me
Take my breath, or you take my heart
All you give is pain a curse upon your name
Can't you see, it isn't right
Can't stand the night.


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