Pues bien, como casi siempre pienso en música, me dio por pensar en cuál fue la canción que me hizo interesarme por este señor, en realidad la primera canción que recuerdo haberle oído cantar . Y dando vueltas a Bowie, recordé una tarde de otoño de final de los 70, una casa de unos amigos, una habitación sin más muebles que una cama y un equipo hi-fi (así se decía entonces) de puta madre (o eso me pareció) propiedad de un chico de Santander un poco pijo que estudiaba en Pucela.
Entre charlas, cervezas y algo más se distinguió el principio de Soul Love, del disco en cuestión y se produjo la revelación. Me convertí a la Iglesia de San Bowie. A partir de ese momentazo he escuchado mucha música y nuestro santo las tiene mejores, antológicas, pero esta canción, esta canción...
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SOUL LOVE
Stone love - she kneels before the grave
A brave son - who gave his life to see the slogan
That hovers between the headstone and her eyes
For they penetrate her grieving
New love - a boy and girl they talking
New words - that only they can share in
New words - a love so strong it tears their hearts
To sleep - through the fleeting hours of morning
Love is careless in its choosing - sweeping over cross a baby
Love descends on those defenseless
Idiot love will spark the fusion
Inspirations have I none - just to touch the flaming dove
All I have is my love of love - and love is not loving
Soul love - the priest that tastes the word and
Told of love - and how my God on high is
All love - though reaching up my loneliness evolves
By the blindness that surrounds him
Love is careless in its choosing - sweeping over cross a baby
Love descends on those defenseless
Idiot love will spark the fusion
Inspirations have I none - just to touch the flaming dove
All I have is my love of love - and love is not loving
Lai lai la-la la-la la-la la lai lai
La-lai la-lai la-lai lai lai lai
La-la la-la la-la la-la-la la la la-la la la-la la la
SOUL LOVE
Stone love - she kneels before the grave
A brave son - who gave his life to see the slogan
That hovers between the headstone and her eyes
For they penetrate her grieving
New love - a boy and girl they talking
New words - that only they can share in
New words - a love so strong it tears their hearts
To sleep - through the fleeting hours of morning
Love is careless in its choosing - sweeping over cross a baby
Love descends on those defenseless
Idiot love will spark the fusion
Inspirations have I none - just to touch the flaming dove
All I have is my love of love - and love is not loving
Soul love - the priest that tastes the word and
Told of love - and how my God on high is
All love - though reaching up my loneliness evolves
By the blindness that surrounds him
Love is careless in its choosing - sweeping over cross a baby
Love descends on those defenseless
Idiot love will spark the fusion
Inspirations have I none - just to touch the flaming dove
All I have is my love of love - and love is not loving
Lai lai la-la la-la la-la la lai lai
La-lai la-lai la-lai lai lai lai
La-la la-la la-la la-la-la la la la-la la la-la la la
A mí siempre me pareció una de las canciones más flojas del disco, pero ahora al volverla a escuchar, rectifico.