Valga como intro:
"Oh, Jim! Oh, Caroline! El drogadicto yanqui y la prostituta alemana dentro de un álbum que es una auténtica obra de teatro. Dos seres malditos sobre los que el oyente ve, conoce, siente, su maltrato cotidiano, su desesperación y su caída social. Su imposibilidad de salvación."
De Fernando Navarro, completa aquí.
“Caroline Says I” se edifica sobre un ritmo vivo y un estribillo perfecto situado entre un coro y una cuerda deslumbrante. La canción más alegre del disco.
"Oh, Jim! Oh, Caroline! El drogadicto yanqui y la prostituta alemana dentro de un álbum que es una auténtica obra de teatro. Dos seres malditos sobre los que el oyente ve, conoce, siente, su maltrato cotidiano, su desesperación y su caída social. Su imposibilidad de salvación."
De Fernando Navarro, completa aquí.
“Caroline Says I” se edifica sobre un ritmo vivo y un estribillo perfecto situado entre un coro y una cuerda deslumbrante. La canción más alegre del disco.
“Caroline Says II” abre la segunda cara. Versión de “Stephanie Says”, tema
de la época Velvet localizable en “VU” (1985) que con leves caricias de cuerda
supone la antítesis de su primera parte, porque si allí era la alegría
contenida, aquí la belleza se transmuta en añoranza distante.
La crítica completa de José Mª de Jorge, aquí, en el Rockdelux.
Caroline
says that I'm just a toy
she wants a man, not just a boy
Oh, Caroline says, ooohhh, Caroline says
Caroline says she can't help but be mean
or cruel, or oh so it seems
Oh, Caroline says, Caroline says
She say she doesn't want a man who leans
Still she is my Germanic -
- Queen
Yeah, she's my Queen
The things she does, the things she says
people shouldn't treat others that way
But at first I thought I could take it all
Just like poison in a vial
hey, she was often very vile
But of course, I thought I could take it all
Caroline says that I'm not a man
so she'll go get it catch as catch can
Oh, Caroline says, yeah, Caroline says
Caroline says moments in time
can't continue to be only mine
Oh, Caroline says, yeah, Caroline says
She treats me like I am a fool
But to me she's still a German -
- Queen, ooohhh, she's my -
- Queen, ya ...
Queen, hey baby, she's my Queen
(Queen)
(Queen)
(Queen)
(Queen)
(Queen)
(Queen)
(Queen)
(Queen)
...
she wants a man, not just a boy
Oh, Caroline says, ooohhh, Caroline says
Caroline says she can't help but be mean
or cruel, or oh so it seems
Oh, Caroline says, Caroline says
She say she doesn't want a man who leans
Still she is my Germanic -
- Queen
Yeah, she's my Queen
The things she does, the things she says
people shouldn't treat others that way
But at first I thought I could take it all
Just like poison in a vial
hey, she was often very vile
But of course, I thought I could take it all
Caroline says that I'm not a man
so she'll go get it catch as catch can
Oh, Caroline says, yeah, Caroline says
Caroline says moments in time
can't continue to be only mine
Oh, Caroline says, yeah, Caroline says
She treats me like I am a fool
But to me she's still a German -
- Queen, ooohhh, she's my -
- Queen, ya ...
Queen, hey baby, she's my Queen
(Queen)
(Queen)
(Queen)
(Queen)
(Queen)
(Queen)
(Queen)
(Queen)
...
Caroline says
as she gets up off the floor
Why is it that you beat me
it isn't any fun
Caroline says
as she makes up her eyes
You ought to learn more about yourself
think more than just I
But she's not afraid to die
all her friends call her "Alaska"
When she takes speed, they laugh and ask her
What is in her mind
what is in her mind
Caroline says
as she gets up from the floor
You can hit me all you want to
but I don't love you anymore
Caroline says
while biting her lip
Life is meant to be more than this
and this is a bum trip
But she's not afraid to die
all her friends call her "Alaska"
When she takes speed, they laugh and ask her
What is in her mind
what is in her mind
She put her fist through the window pane
It was such a funny feeling
It's so cold in Alaska
it's so cold in Alaska
It's so cold in Alaska
as she gets up off the floor
Why is it that you beat me
it isn't any fun
Caroline says
as she makes up her eyes
You ought to learn more about yourself
think more than just I
But she's not afraid to die
all her friends call her "Alaska"
When she takes speed, they laugh and ask her
What is in her mind
what is in her mind
Caroline says
as she gets up from the floor
You can hit me all you want to
but I don't love you anymore
Caroline says
while biting her lip
Life is meant to be more than this
and this is a bum trip
But she's not afraid to die
all her friends call her "Alaska"
When she takes speed, they laugh and ask her
What is in her mind
what is in her mind
She put her fist through the window pane
It was such a funny feeling
It's so cold in Alaska
it's so cold in Alaska
It's so cold in Alaska
Stephanie says
That she wants to know
Why she's given half her life,
To people she hates now
Stephanie says
When answering the phone
What country shall I say
Is calling from across the world
But she's not afraid to die,
The people all call her Alaska
Between worlds so the people ask her
Cause it's all in her mind
It's all in her mind
Stephanie says
That she wants to know
Why it is though she's the door
She can't be the room
Stephanie says
But doesn't hang up the phone
What sea shell she is calling
From across the world
But she's not afraid to die,
The people all cal her Alaska
Between worlds so the people ask her
Cause it's all in her mind
It's all in her mind
They're asking
Is it good or bad
It's such an icy feeling
It's so cold in Alaska,
It's so cold in Alaska,
It's so cold in Alaska
Y casi finalmente algo de Julian Schnabel:
That she wants to know
Why she's given half her life,
To people she hates now
Stephanie says
When answering the phone
What country shall I say
Is calling from across the world
But she's not afraid to die,
The people all call her Alaska
Between worlds so the people ask her
Cause it's all in her mind
It's all in her mind
Stephanie says
That she wants to know
Why it is though she's the door
She can't be the room
Stephanie says
But doesn't hang up the phone
What sea shell she is calling
From across the world
But she's not afraid to die,
The people all cal her Alaska
Between worlds so the people ask her
Cause it's all in her mind
It's all in her mind
They're asking
Is it good or bad
It's such an icy feeling
It's so cold in Alaska,
It's so cold in Alaska,
It's so cold in Alaska
Y casi finalmente algo de Julian Schnabel:
Para acabar, la sonrisa:
El visionario de Stephen Davis escribió en diciembre de 1973 una reseña sobre el Berlín de Lou que le ha valido su paso a la posteridad. En la Rollingstone, nada más y nada menos. Grande Stephen, grande. Goodbye, Stephen.
Lou Reed's Berlin is a disaster, taking the listener into a distorted and degenerate
demimonde of paranoia, schizophrenia, degradation, pill-induced violence and
suicide. There are certain records that are so patently offensive that one
wishes to take some kind of physical vengeance on the artists that perpetrate
them. Reed's only excuse for this kind of performance (which isn't really
performed as much as spoken and shouted over Bob Ezrin's limp production) can
only be that this was his last shot at a once-promising career. Goodbye, Lou.
