
Mientras los Sex Pistols cantaban a la anarquía o The Clash a la brutalidad policial, la banda de T.V. Smith rendía homenaje velado a los ojos de Gary Gilmore, personaje nacido bajo la mala estrella: rebelde, peligroso, violento y fanático de Johnny Cash, que tras pasar media vida entre rejas, a los 35 años por fin, acusado de dos homicidios a sangre fría, jamás volvería a ver la luz de la libertad, y Gilmore asumiendo su culpa, reclamó su derecho a ser ejecutado dignamente, y donar sus córneas a la ciencia, o al osado que se atreviera al trasplante.
El tema de los Adverts no dejó indiferente a la bien pensante sociedad británica, que escandalizada por la macabra letra, no dudó en situarlo en un digno puesto 18 de las listas de éxitos. A buen seguro un Gary Gilmore con vida esbozaría una escalofriante sonrisa.
I'm lying in a hospital, I'm pinned against the bed
A stethoscope upon my heart, a hand against my head
They're peeling off the bandages, I'm wincing in the light
The nurse is looking anxious and she's quivering with fright.
I'm looking through Gary Gilmore's eyes
Looking through Gary Gilmore's eyes
Looking through Gary Gilmore's eyes
Looking through Gary Gilmore's eyes
The doctors are avoiding me, my vision is confused
I listen to my earphones and I catch the evening news
A murderer's been killed, nd he donates his sight to science
I booked into a private ward, I realise that I
Must be looking through Gary Gilmore's eyes
Looking through Gary Gilmore's eyes
Looking through Gary Gilmore's eyes
Looking through Gary Gilmore's eyes
Looking through Gary Gilmore's eyes
Looking through Gary Gilmore's eyes
Looking through Gary Gilmore's eyes
I smash the light in anger, push my bed against the door
I close my lids across the eyes I wish to see no more
The eye receives the messages and sends it to the brain
No guarantee the stimuli must be perceived the same
When looking through Gary Gilmore's eyes
Looking through Gary Gilmore's eyes
Looking through Gary Gilmore's eyes
Looking through Gary Gilmore's eyes
Gary don't need his eyes to see
Gary and his eyes have parted company
Gran canción, sí señor. Y un placer leerte, as usual. ¡Salud!
ResponderEliminarPues sí, los Adverts son de puta madre! y el personaje de Gary Gilmore fascinante, y más ahora que vivimos en un mundo de villanos de guante blanco.
ResponderEliminarGracias por seguir el blog Frodo.