COVER: "Dear Boy"

Esta vez el turno es para Paul McCartney. He seleccionado una de las más exquisitas composiciones de Ram (1971), uno de los álbumes más fascinantes de todos los tiempos (y quizá "the best underrated album ever"). Algún día dedicaré un comentario en especial a Ram, por ahora les dejo este cover de Dear boy realizado por la banda indie californiana Death Cab for Cutie, nombre tomado de una canción de Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band que fuera interpretada en el famoso striptease de la película más vanguardista de los Beatles: Magical Mystery Tour. El cover de Death Cab for Cutie de por sí es excelente, con un sonido muy "alternativo", desechando el acompañamiento coral a lo Beach Boys del original, lo que, supongo, tiene como punto a favor que un público no muy melómano pueda captar de inmediato la fuerza y riqueza melódica de este genial tema de Macca.

DEAR BOY
I guess you never knew,
Dear boy, what you had found,
I guess you never knew,
Dear boy, that she was just the cutest thing around.
I guess you never knew what you had found,
Dear boy.

I guess you never saw,
Dear boy, that love was there,
And maybe when you look too hard,
Dear boy, you never do become aware.
I guess you never did become aware,
Dear Boy.

When I stepped in, my heart was down and out,
But her love came through and brought me 'round,
got me up and about.

I hope you never know, dear boy,
how much you missed,
And even when you fall in love,
Dear boy, it won't be half as good as this
I hope you never know how much you missed, dear boy.

I stepped in, my heart was down and out,
But her love came through and brought me 'round,
got me up and about.
Dear boy, how much you missed,
Dear Boy.