Grandes momentos de la música moderna (II)

Me la sopla lo que digan en Allmusic.com. Estamos en 1979 y un grupo se ha meado en toda la escena musical al sacar, en plena era punk, un disco lleno de swing y blues. Y, encima, han dado un pelotazo. Ya no tocan en pubs nocturnos, abarrotan salas. En unos años llenarán estadios. Dire Straits no se hacen de rogar y, tan solo 9 meses después, sacan otro disco. Es lo que tiene tener a un genio de la guitarra como Mark Knopfler. Son melancólicos, clásicos y un poco carcas, ¿y qué?.

El disco, Communiqué, es una joyita de tamaño menor. Brilla menos en la carrera de superéxitos que llevará desde entonces el grupo de Mark que otros como Making Movies o Love Over Gold. Por eso brilla más, visto retrospectivamente. Me la suda lo que digan los de Allmusic: para nada es un disco de transición. Tiene uno de los temas más bonitos que he escuchado jamás: News. Y eso basta. Un gran momento de la música moderna.

Si os ha picado la curiosidad, tenéis "News" en nuestra Radio Falacia, aquí, a la derecha.

Para los que tengáis el First Certificate o similar, la letra:

He sticks to his guns
He take the road as it comes
It takes the shine off his shoes

He says its a shame
You know it may be a game
But I won't play to lose

He's burning the grass
He take up a glass
He swallow it neat

He crosses the floor
He opens the door
He take a sniff of the street

And she tell him that he's crazy
She's saying listen baby
I'm your wife

She tells him he's crazy
For gambling with his life

But he climbs on his horse
You know he feels no remorse
He just kicks it alive

His motor is fine
He take it over the line
Until he's ready to dive

And she tells him that he's crazy
She's saying listen baby
I'm your wife

She's tell him he's crazy
For gambling with his life

He sticks to his guns
He take the road as it comes
It takes the shine off his shoes

He says it's a shame
You know it may be a game
But I won't play to lose

He sticks to his guns
He take the road as it comes
It takes the shine off his shoes

He's too fast to stop
He take it over the top
He make a line in the news

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