La canción del verano #22: 'Heatwave'
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The Jam, 1979
La canción del verano #21: 'El verano más triste'
The Jam, con Paul Weller a la izquierda
Arde la calle, abrasa el verano y por ahí llegan Paul Weller, Bruce Foxton y Rick Buckler con un bidón de gasolina y su corazoncito de 'soul boys' dispuestos a subir unos cuantos grados más la temperatura. Porque a veces el verano no ... necesita una canción, sino un mechero; algo que caliente por dentro mientras el mundo se derrite.
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«Whenever I'm with you / Something inside / Starts burning / And my heart is filled with fire», canta Weller, todo furia punk y zapatos bicolores, mientras electrocuta este clásico de la factoría Motown compuesto por el tándem Holland–Dozier–Holland y popularizado por Martha & The Vandellas.
Soul acarolado, frenesí rítmico y fogosa coraza new wave. ¿Acaso existe algo mejor?
Apurando ya la segunda o tercer ola de calor del verano, el amor, nos dicen Reeves y Weller, es peor que la canícula estival. Un dolor de cabeza. Un corazón en llamas. La presión que se dispara y le deja a uno medio alelado. «This ain't the way love's supposed to be / It's got a heatwave / Burning in my heart», vocea el inglés sobre esta estampida de guitarra y teclado salida de la misma marmita que 'The Eton Rifles', 'Strange Town' y 'When You're Young'.
'Heatwave'
Whenever I'm with you
Something inside (something inside)
Starts burning (ooh-ooh)
And my heart is filled with fire
Stop this, it's got a hold on me
I said, this ain't the way it's supposed to be
It's got a heatwave
Burning in my heart (heatwave)
I can't keep from crying (heatwave)
Tearing me apart (heatwave)
Whenever she calls my name (ooh)
It sounds so soft, sweet and plain
Right there, right then
I feel this burning pain
This high blood pressure's got a hold on me
I said, this ain't the way love's supposed to be
It's got a heatwave
Burning in my heart (heatwave)
I can't keep from crying (heatwave)
Tearing me apart (heatwave)
Yeah-yeah, yeah-yeah (oh-yeah)
Oh-yeah (oh-yeah), oh-yeah
Oh-yeah (oh-yeah), oh-yeah (oh-yeah)
Ooh
This high blood pressure's got a hold on me
This ain't the way love's supposed to be
It's got a heatwave
Burning in my heart (heatwave)
I can't keep from crying (heatwave)
Tearing me apart (heatwave)
Whenever I'm with you
Something inside (something inside)
Starts burning (ooh-ooh)
And my heart is filled with fire
Something's got me amazed
Don't know what to do, my head's in a haze
It's got a heatwave
Burning in my heart (heatwave)
I can't keep from crying (heatwave)
Tearing me apart (heatwave)
Yeah-yeah, yeah-yeah (oh-yeah)
Oh-yeah (oh-yeah), oh-yeah
Oh-yeah (oh-yeah), oh-yeah (oh-yeah)
Ooh
This high blood pressure's got a hold on me
I said, this ain't the way love's supposed to be
It's got a heatwave