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Canciones para pensar en voz alta

Es un momento coyuntural para Colombia y vale la pena revisar la cultura para ver qué nos han dicho sobre la paz, la reconciliación y los cambios sociales.
Sábado, 11 Marzo, 2017 - 05:14

Por: Manuel Carreño

 

 'Revolution' de The Beatles

“You say you'll change the constitution

Well, you know

We all want to change your head

You tell me it's the institution

Well, you know

You'd better free your mind instead”

 

 

'Respect' de Aretha Franklin

“ain't gonna do you wrong while you're gone

Ain't gonna do you wrong 'cause I don't wanna

All I'm askin'

Is for a little respect”

 

 

'Sympathy For The Devil' de The Rolling Stones

“I watched with glee

While your kings and queens

Fought for ten decades

For the gods they made

I shouted out,

Who killed the Kennedys?

When after all

It was you and me”

 

 

'Redemption Song' de Bob Marley 

“Emancipate yourself from mental slavery

None but our self can free our mind

Have no fear for atomic energy

'Cause none of them can stop the time

How long shall dey kill our prophets

While we stand aside and look?

Some say it's just a part of it

We've got to fulfill the book”

 

 

 

'War (What is it good for)' de Edwin Starr 

“War, I despise

Because it means destruction

Of innocent lives

War means tears

To thousands of mothers eyes

When their sons go to fight

And lose their lives”

 

 

 

 

'Keep On Rockin' In The Free World' de Neil Young

“There's colors on the street

Red, white and blue

People shufflin' their feet

People sleepin' in their shoes

But there's a warnin' sign

on the road ahead

There's a lot of people sayin'

we'd be better off dead

Don't feel like Satan,

but I am to them

So I try to forget it,

any way I can.”

 

 

'Man In The Mirror' de Michael Jackson 

“I’m gonna make a change, for once in my life

It’s gonna feel real good, gonna make a difference

Gonna make it right...”

 

 

'Yo no quiero volverme tan loco' de Charly García

“Yo no quiero vivir paranoico

Yo no quiero ver chicos con odio

Yo no quiero sentir esta depresión

Voy buscando el placer de estar vivo

No me importa si soy un bandido

Voy pateando basura en el callejón”

 

 

 

'Antes de que nos olviden' de Caifanes

“Antes de que nos olviden

Haremos historia

No andaremos de rodillas

El alma no tiene la culpa

Antes de que nos olviden

Rasgaremos paredes

y buscaremos restos

No importa si fue nuestra vida”