A cidade dela

Conheci a Adele graças a uma recomendação do Ipsilon, suplemento de cultura do jornal Público, no seguimento de um artigo sobre as novas divas da música britânica. Uma delas, Duffy, já me tinha sido apresentada anteriormente e irá ter aqui um post brevemente!

Mas de volta a Adele... Esta bela artista inglesa tem uma rica de uma balada dedicada a Londres. Mas com franqueza a Londres dela podia ser o meu Porto, a vossa Lisboa, Évora, Coimbra... etc...
Uma ode à vida urbana que eu tanto prezo e admiro...

Adele - "Hometown Glory"


I’ve been walking in the same way as I did
Missing out the cracks in the pavement
And tutting my heel and strutting my feet
“Is there anything I can do for you dear? Is there anyone I can call?”
“No and thank you, please Madam. I ain’t lost, just wandering”

Round my hometown
Memories are fresh
Round my hometown
Ooh the people I’ve met
Are the wonders of my world
Are the wonders of my world
Are the wonders of this world
Are the wonders of my world

I like it in the city when the air is so thick and opaque
I love to see everybody in short skirts, shorts and shades
I like it in the city when two worlds collide
You get the people and the government
Everybody taking different sides

Shows that we ain’t gonna stand shit
Shows that we are united
Shows that we ain’t gonna take it
Shows that we ain’t gonna stand shit
Shows that we are united

Round my hometown
Memories are fresh
Round my hometown
Ooh the people I’ve met

Are the wonders of my world (4x