Neste artigo , o CANTINHO MUSICAL presenteará todos da terceira idade , incluo-me nessa turma , que vibraram durante as suas juventudes com o REI DO ROCK : “ ELVIS PRESLEY “ . Dentre todas as dádivas que Deus concedeu aos jovens de 3ª. Idade está o poder de navegar , por suas memórias, as belas imagens de recordações de um passado que se torna presente através da harmonia, do ritmo e da melodia que as boas músicas lhes proporcionam. Rememorar os lindos momentos de felicidade e amor que tiveram nas 1ª. e 2ª. idades ,através da ponte musical, é algo que somente acontece com quem conserva na alma a beleza da vida. E é justamente o motivo que ocupamos este espaço para falar um pouco deste ícone da juventude dos anos 50 e 60 que nos embalou com suas inesquecíveis canções na era do Rock’n’Roll , deixando manchas eternas de felicidade em nossos espíritos . O "Rei do Rock'n'Roll" foi não só a figura mais importante deste gênero musical, surgido em meados dos anos de 1950 e ponto de partida do rock e do pop atuais, mas também, e , sobretudo, a personificação de suas características mais relevantes: era rebelde, agressivo e ruidoso, embora pudesse também parecer nostálgico e sonhador; mas, acima de tudo, era sexy. Por essas características, a juventude identificava-se com ele, embora fosse simultaneamente desprezado pelas gerações adultas. Sua carreira foi extraordinária em todos os sentidos: ninguém, até então, vendera tantos discos , nem desencadeara tamanha histeria nos concertos e shows. Os grandes sucessos sucediam-se sem parar, ora baladas melancólicas, ora músicas para dançar, muito ritmadas.
O CANTINHO MUSICAL fará um pequena amostra das canções que compõem sua galeria de sucesso e que estão fixadas na memória de quem viveu a época alucinante do ROCK .
Nesta canção , Elvis faz uma interpretação emocionante , condizente com a mensagem amorosa desenvolvida durante toda música . O tema é uma abordagem sobre o amor em que o amante pede para aproveitar intensamente o momento com muito carinho , porque o amor é efêmero , por isso o apelo de : “ BEIJE-ME RÁPIDO “ “ KISS ME QUICK “ . [ “ / Kiss me quick, while we still have this feeling / Hold me close and never let me go / 'Cause tomorrows can be so uncertain / Love can fly and leave just hurting / Kiss me quick because I love you so / Kiss me quick and make my heart go crazy / Sigh that sigh and whisper oh so low / Tell me that tonight will last forever / Say that you will leave me never / Kiss me quick because I love you so / Let the band keep playing while we are swaying / Let's keep on praying that we'll never stop / Kiss me quick I just can't stand this waiting / 'Cause your lips are lips I long to know / For that kiss will open heaven's door / And we'll stay there forever more / Kiss me quick because I love you so / . “ ] .
O eixo significativo desta canção , além de uma bela declaração amorosa , centraliza-se no exato momento em que o amor está sendo vivenciado e que se deve aproveitar com muito carinho enquanto durar relacionamento , embora o amante procura livrar-se deste sentimento dizendo : “ NÃO CONSIGO EVITAR DE ME APAIXONAR POR VOCÊ “ : “ CAN'T HELP FALLING IN LOVE “. [ “ / Wise men say, only fools rush in / But I can't help, falling in love with you / Shall I stay? Would it be a sin / If I can't help, falling in love with you? / Like a river flows, surely to the sea, / Darling, so it goes somethings are meant to be. / Take my hand, take my whole life too. / For I can't help, Falling in love with you / Like a river flows, surely to the sea / Darling so it goes, somethings are meant to be / Take my hand, take my whole life too. / For I can't help falling in love with you. / For I can't help falling in love with you. / . “ ] .
Grande ilusão para aqueles que julgam que a expressão latina “ hic et nunc “ só se emprega em temas científicos , pois a canção exterioriza a mesma ideia ligada ao amor e que se deve curtir toda sensualidade relacionada à paixão , logo : “ AGORA OU NUNCA “ “ IT'S NOW OR NEVER “ . [ “ / It's now or never, / come hold me tight / Kiss me my darling, / be mine tonight / Tomorrow will be too late, / it's now or never / My love won't wait. / When I first saw you / with your smile so tender / My heart was captured, / my soul surrendered / I'd spend a lifetime / waiting for the right time / Now that your near / the time is here at last. / It's now or never, / come hold me tight / Kiss me my darling, / be mine tonight / Tomorrow will be too late, / it's now or never / My love won't wait. / Just like a willow, / we would cry an ocean / If we lost true love / and sweet devotion / Your lips excite me, / let your arms invite me / For who knows when / we'll meet again this way / It's now or never,……………./ ] .
A bela canção que apresentaremos agora traça uma completa trajetória por um caminho coberto de problemas , porém com muita persistência e coragem consegue-se superar cada etapa de sua jornada de vida , declarando , com bastante firmeza , os detalhes vencidos simplesmente pelo “ MEU JEITO “ . “ MY WAY “ . [ “ / And now the end is near / And so I face the final curtain / My friend, I'll say it clear / I'll state my case of which I'm certain / I've lived a life that's full / I've traveled each and every highway / And more, much more than this / I did it my way / Regrets, I've had a few / But then again, too few to mention / I did what I had to do / And saw it through without exemption / I planned each charted course / Each careful step along the byway / Oh, and more, much more than this / I did it my way / Yes, there were times, I'm sure you knew / When I bit off more than I could chew / But through it all when there was doubt / I ate it up and spit it out / I faced it all and I stood tall / And did it my way / I've loved, I've laughed and cried / I've had my fails, my share of losing / And now as tears subside / I find it all so amusing / To think I did all that / And may I say, not in a shy way / Oh, no, no not me / I did it my way / For what is a man, what has he got / If not himself, then he has not / To say the words he truly feels / And not the words from one who kneels / The record shows I took the blows / And did it my way / The record shows I took the blows / And did it my way / . “ ] .
ELVIS demonstra , nesta canção , todo amparo dado à pessoa amada , socorrendo-a , com bastante otimismo e coragem , nos momentos adversos da vida e oferecendo uma constante proteção em todas circunstâncias como uma “ PONTE SOBRE ÁGUAS TURBULENTAS “ “ BRIDGE OVER TROUBLED WATER “ . [ “ / When you're weary, feeling small / When tears are in your eyes / I will dry them all / I'm on your side, oh, When times get rough / And friends just can't be found / Like a bridge over troubled water, / I will lay me down, / Oh, like a bridge over troubled water / I will lay me down / When you're down and out, when you're on the street / When evening falls so hard, I will comfort you / I'll take your part oh! when darkness falls and pain is all around / Yes, like a bridge over troubled water / I will lay me down / Oh, like a bridge over troubled water / I will lay me down / Sailing on, silver girl, sailing on by / Your time has come to shine / All your dreams are on their way / See how they shine / Oh, if you need a friend, / I'm sailing right behind / Yes, like a bridge over troubled water / I, I will ease your mind / Like a bridge over troubled water / I will ease your mind / . “ ] .
Esta canção versa sobre uma organizada festa dentro de uma penitenciária , movida ao som de muito rock , executado pelos encarcerados cada um portando seu instrumento musical que entoava o ritmo alucinante e bem animado no “ ROCK DO PRESÍDIO “ . “ JAILHOUSE ROCK “ . [ “ / The warden threw a party in the county jail / The prison band was there and they began to wail./ The band was jumpin' and the joint began to swing. / You should've heard those / knocked out jailbirds sing. / Let's rock, everybody, let's rock. / Everybody in the whole cell block / Was dancin' to the jailhouse rock. / Spider murphy played the tenor saxophone, / Little joe was blowin' on the slide trombone. / The drummer boy from illinois went crash, boom, bang, / The whole rhythm section was the purple gang. / Let's rock, everybody, let's rock. / Everybody in the whole cell block / Was dancin' to the jailhouse rock. / Number forty-seven said to number three: / "you're the cutest jailbird I ever did see. / I sure would be delighted with your company, / Come on and do the jailhouse rock with me." / Let's rock, everybody, let's rock. / Everybody in the whole cell block / Was dancin' to the jailhouse rock. / The sad sack was a sittin' on a block of stone / Way over in the corner weepin' all alone. / The warden said, "hey, buddy, / don't you be no square. / If you can't find a partner / Use a wooden chair." / Let's rock, everybody, let's rock. / Everybody in the whole cell block / Was dancin' to the jailhouse rock. / Shifty henry said to bugs, "for heaven's sake, / No one's lookin', now's our chance to make a break." / Bugsy turned to shifty and he said, "nix nix, / I wanna stick around a while and get my kicks." / Let's rock, everybody, let's rock. / Everybody in the whole cell block / Was dancin' to the jailhouse rock. / . “ ] .
Este rock foi símbolo de um movimento e revolucionou toda a juventude da época e , quando tocava nos bailes , alucinava a moçada . A canção desenvolve um tema simples e despretensioso que fala sobre duas namoradas do autor , Sue e Daisy , porém com um ritmo envolvente e espetacular , tudo ao som de “ TUTTI FRUTTI “ [ “ / Wop-bop-a-loom-a-boom-bam-boom tutti frutti / Au rutti tutti frutti au rutti tutti frutti / Au rutti tutti frutti au rutti tutti frutti / Au rutti wop-bop-a-loom-bop-a-boom-bam-boom / I Got a girl named Sue / She knows just what to do / She rocks to the east / She rocks to the west / She's the gal that I love best / I got a girl named Daisy / She almost drives me crazy / She knows how to love me / Yes indeed, boy you don't know / What she do with me / . “ ] .
Todo desenvolvimento desta canção tem como tema a súplica de um amor cheio de doçura com um maravilhoso pedido de : “ ME AME COM TERNURA “ . “ LOVE ME TENDER “ . [ “ / Love me tender, love me sweet, / Never let me go. / You have made my life complete, / And I love you so. / Love me tender, love me true, / All my dreams fulfill. / For my darlin' I love you, / And I always will. / Love me tender, love me long, / Take me to your heart. / For it's there that I belong, / And we'll never part. / Love me tender, love me true, / All my dreams fulfill. / For my darlin' I love you, / And I always will. / Love me tender, love me dear, / Tell me you are mine. / I'll be yours through all the years, / Till the end of time. / Love me tender, love me true, / All my dreams fulfill. / For my darlin' I love you, / And I always will. / . “ ] .
Quando não se imagina que uma peça do vestuário pode ser o eixo de um tema musical , Elvis interpreta um momento de dança do rock’n’roll , comunicando a sua dama de que perdoará qualquer descompasso dela durante a execução do bailado , entretanto , gentilmente , solicita a ela que não pise em seus “ SAPATOS DE CAMURÇA AZUL “ . “ BLUE SUEDE SHOES “ . [ “ / Well, it's one for the money, / Two for the show, / Three to get ready, / Now go, cat, go. / But don't you step on my blue suede shoes. / You can do anything / but lay off of my Blue suede shoes. / Well, you can knock me down, / Step in my face, / Slander my name / All over the place. / Do anything that you want to do, but uh-uh, / Honey, lay off of my shoes / Don't you step on my Blue suede shoes. / You can do anything / but lay off of my blue suede shoes. / You can burn my house, / Steal my car, / Drink my liquor / From an old fruitjar. / Do anything that you want to do, but uh-uh, / Honey, lay off of my shoes / Don't you step on my blue suede shoes. / You can do anything but lay off of my blue suede shoes. / . “ ] .
Enceraremos a pequena amostra do que foi Elvis Presley com uma canção que expressa gradativamente seus sentimentos amorosos e uma imensa satisfação de tocar a mão da amada como vestígio de seu fortalecimento no amor pela “ DOCE CAROLINA “ . “ SWEET CAROLINE “ . [ “ / Where it began, I can't begin to know / But then I know it's growing strong / Oh, wasn't the spring, / And spring became the summer / Who'd believe that you'd come along / Hands, touching hands, reaching out / Touching me, touching you / Oh, sweet Caroline / Good times never seem so good / I've been inclined / to believe they never would / And now I, / I look at the night, / And it don't seem so lonely / We fill it up with only two, oh / And when I hurt / Hurting runs off my shoulder / How can I hurt when holding you / Oh, warm, touching warm, reaching out / Touching me, touching you / Oh, sweet Caroline / Good times never seem so good / Oh I've been inclined to believe they never would / Ohhh, sweet Caroline, good times never seem so good / . “ ] .
O Cantinho Musical , lamentavelmente , desfilou somente uma pequena parte das canções que fizeram sucesso na voz do “ Rei do Rock “ . Elvis marcou uma época nos anos 50 e 60 como símbolo de uma juventude alucinada pelo novo ritmo que surgia e , os próprios jovens elegeram-no o ícone do “ ROCK’N’ROLL “ . Hoje , com a fugacidade do tempo , fica envelhecida apenas a matéria , porque a alma mantém todos os traços da juventude através da lembrança dos que vivenciaram aquele belo momento musical .
“ A VIDA RESERVA PARA ETERNIDADE OS SERES HUMANOS PELOS CAMINHOS DA FÉ E DA ARTE , POR ISSO TEMOS A BELA CONVICÇÃO DE QUE “ ELVIS NÃO MORREU “ , POIS ENCONTRA-SE ETERNIZADO PELOS SEUS CANTOS DE AMOR E DE TERNURA ILUMINADOS POR MEIO DE SUA VOZ ! “
