Lovin' Spoonful - Summer In The City

No hace mucho alguien de mis blogs afines me descubrió esta joyita...

El caso es que yo, ignorante de la vida, pensaba que este tema era de Joe Cocker el cual me lo hizo conocer no hace muchos años. Pero, en algún rincón de estos blogs amigos, alguien me abrió los ojos y me hizo ver esta versión original que guarda la espontaneidad y la frescura de la originalidad. Por cierto, que levante la mano el que lo puso.

Son un banda de pop rock americana de los sesenta que nace en casa de uno de los fundadores de The Mamas and The papas, mientras ven en telesión el estreno de The Beates en Usa. Toma ya! Se dice que estuvieron toda la noche tocando la guitarra entusiasmados y que poco mas tarde reclutarían al resto de los componentes que formarían la banda. Fueron años desde el 65 al 68 de mucho éxito que fueron decayendo en el resto de la década.

Hoy el calor de la ciudad no anuncia la cercanía de Julio y las vacaciones. Refrescaros ....



"Hot town, summer in the city
Back of my neck getting dirty and gritty
Been down, isn't it a pity
Doesn't seem to be a shadow in the city

All around, people looking half dead
Walking on the sidewalk, hotter than a match head

But at night it's a different world
Go out and find a girl
Come-on come-on and dance all night
Despite the heat it'll be alright

And babe, don't you know it's a pity
That the days can't be like the nights
In the summer, in the city
In the summer, in the city

Cool town, evening in the city
Dressing so fine and looking so pretty
Cool cat, looking for a kitty
Gonna look in every corner of the city
Till I'm wheezing like a bus stop
Running up the stairs, gonna meet you on the rooftop

But at night it's a different world
Go out and find a girl
Come-on come-on and dance all night
Despite the heat it'll be alright

And babe, don't you know it's a pity
That the days can't be like the nights
In the summer, in the city
In the summer, in the city

Hot town, summer in the city
Back of my neck getting dirty and gritty
Been down, isn't it a pity
Doesn't seem to be a shadow in the city

All around, people looking half dead
Walking on the sidewalk, hotter than a match head

But at night it's a different world
Go out and find a girl
Come-on come-on and dance all night
Despite the heat it'll be alright

And babe, don't you know it's a pity
That the days can't be like the nights
In the summer, in the city
In the summer, in the city"