Only came outside to watch the night fall with the rain
I heard you making patterns rhyme
Like some new romantic looking for the TV sound
You'll see I'm right some other time
Look now, look all around, there's no sign of life
Voices, another sound, can you hear me now?
This is Planet Earth, you're looking at Planet Earth
Bop bop bop bop bop bop bop bop this is Planet Earth
My head is stuck on something precious
Let me know if you're coming down to land
Is there anybody out there trying to get through?
My eyes are so cloudy I can't see you
Look now, look all around, there's no sign of life
Voices, another sound, can you hear me now?
This is Planet Earth, you're looking at Planet Earth
Bop bop bop bop bop bop bop bop
This is Planet Earth
Bop bop bop bop bop bop bop bop
Calling Planet Earth
Bop bop bop bop bop bop bop bop
Looking at Planet Earth
Bop bop bop bop bop bop bop bop
This is Planet Earth
I heard you making patterns rhyme
Like some new romantic looking for the TV sound
You'll see I'm right some other time
Look now, look all around, there's no sign of life
Voices, another sound, can you hear me now?
This is Planet Earth, you're looking at Planet Earth
Bop bop bop bop bop bop bop bop this is Planet Earth
My head is stuck on something precious
Let me know if you're coming down to land
Is there anybody out there trying to get through?
My eyes are so cloudy I can't see you
Look now, look all around, there's no sign of life
Voices, another sound, can you hear me now?
This is Planet Earth, you're looking at Planet Earth
Bop bop bop bop bop bop bop bop
This is Planet Earth
Bop bop bop bop bop bop bop bop
Calling Planet Earth
Bop bop bop bop bop bop bop bop
Looking at Planet Earth
Bop bop bop bop bop bop bop bop
This is Planet Earth
inviata da Lorenzo - 15/2/2021 - 23:08
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Il primo singolo dei Duran Duran, estratto nel 1981 dall'omonimo album della band inglese.
Erano i primissimi anni 80 e il punk si era contaminato con i sintetizzatori per dare vita alla new wave. In Inghilterra un gruppo di ventenni appassionati di glam rock e di pop, misero insieme la new wave con i ritmi decisamente ballabili della disco music per dar vita a un nuovo genere che venne prontamente battezzato "New Romantic" proprio dal testo di questa canzone, il loro primo grande successo che li avrebbe portati a essere gli idoli di folle di ragazzine urlanti.
Se in quegli anni furono etichettati come boy band, riascoltandoli adesso bisogna ammettere che - a differenza delle boy band degli anni '90 tipo Take That o Backstreet Boys - il gruppo era musicalmente valido e a suo modo innovativo.
Certo, erano gli anni '80, e non ci si può aspettare dai protagonisti di quegli anni di plastica testi impegnati o profondi, ma gli anni '80 sono stati anche - soprattutto prima di Gorbaciov - gli anni in cui la minaccia di una guerra nucleare tra le due superpotenze era tutt'altro che remota. Non è quindi un caso che il primo singolo di successo della band dipinga uno scenario apocalittico, in modo simile a tante canzoni di quegli anni.
To really get into the feel of this song, you have to understand the 80s. Punk and funk were being absorbed into New Wave. Synthesizers were brand new toys and everyone had to play with them. Everyone needed to do something extremely weird with their hair. We were all pretty sure we were going to die in a nuclear war between the US and the USSR. And all world-ending songs had to have a happy, danceable beat to go with the fact that we were all going to die. Why? Because 80s, man. 80s.
Overthinking Duran Duran lyrics: Planet Earth