På hjernen: Pulled up – The Talking Heads
23. januar 2011Mommy, Daddy, come and look at me now
I’m a big man in a great big town
Years ago who would believe it’s true
Goes to show what a little faith can do
I was complaining, I was down in the dumps
I feel so strong now ’cause you pulled me up!
Pull me up up up up up up up up
I slipped, and I got pulled
Pulled up, I tripped, and then you pulled,
you pulled me up
I slipped, and I got pulled,
Pulled up, I slipped, and then you pulled,
you pulled me up pull me up pull me up…
Pulled me up up up up up up up up
I drift away to another land
Sleeping dreaming such a simple thing
I think of things that I might be
I see my name go down in history
I was complaining, I was down in the dumps
I feel so strong now ’cause you pulled me up!
Pull me up up up up up up up up
I slipped, and I got pulled,
pulled up, I tripped, and then you pulled,
you pulled me up
I tripped, and I got pulled
Pulled up, I slipped, and then you pulled
you pulled me up! Pulled me up up, Pulled me up…
Pulled me up up up up up up up up
I got up
’cause you pulled me up
I stood up
’cause you pulled me up
I got up
And that was because you pulled me up
I got up
In a little while you pulled me up
Pull me up up up up, up up up up!
Pull me up up up up up up up up!
I cast a shadow on the living-room wall
Dark and savage with a profile so sharp
Keep that wonderful food on the table
There’s really no hurry I’ll eat in a while
I was complaining, I was down in the dumps
I feel so strong now ’cause you pulled me up!
Pull me up up up up up up up up!
I slipped, and I got pulled
Pulled up, I tripped, and then you pulled,
you pulled me up
I slipped, and I got pulled
Pulled Up, I slipped,
And then you pulled, you pulled me up!
Pull me up…Pull me up…Watch out!
Pull me up up up up up up up up!
Pull me up up up up up up up up!
Pull me up up up up up up up up!
Vågnede med denne her sang på hjernen. Talking Heads og deres Pulled Up. Sidste skæring på deres debutalbum og mesterværk Talking Heads ’77. En i bogstaveligste forstand opløftende sang om nødvendigheden af at have nogen, der kan trække en op af de grøfter og huller, man falder ned i på livets landevej. Det er en af de finurlige hverdagssange, som David Byrne er så ferm til at skrive, samtidig med at han musikalsk giver sangen et anstrøg af galskab. I det hele taget var Talking Heads eksperter i at fremstille den emotionelle dobbelthed i hverdagens normalitet.
Jeg ville gerne have spillet den liveudgave, som gruppen leverer på albummet The Name of this Band is Talking Heads, men i må “nøjes” med et vinylrip fra den originale LP fra 1977. Det er også godt. Især elsker jeg den piskende rytmeguitar, der sammen med den dansende rytmesektion giver sangen dens musikalske og mentale løft. Man kan kun blive – ja – opløftet af at lytte til den sang. Løft mig op, mor og far!
23. januar 2011 kl. 19:16
De var bare fantastiske, det glemmer man af og til…
23. januar 2011 kl. 20:33
@Klaus: Det er stadigvæk fantastisk. ;)