Nicky Hopkins - Waiting For The Band

Nicky Hopkins - Waiting For The Band (Nicky Hopkins) del LP Columbia KC 32074 - 1973

Hace unos pocos días, buscando cierto instrumental, me encontré de nuevo con esta gran canción, todo un derroche de melodía. Creo que se nota que está compuesta con piano. No en balde Nicky Hopkins fué, probablemente, el pianista con el historial de colaboraciones más apabullante de la historia del rock:
The Beatles (juntos y por separado), The Rolling Stones, Marc Bolan, David Bowie, The Who, Gene Clark, Joe Cocker, Donovan, The Easybeats, The Kinks, Quicksilver Messenger Service, Jefferson Airplane, Steve Miller Band, Graham Parker, Rod Stewart, Matthew Sweet, y varios miles más.

Curiosamente, y aparte de alguna que otra banda sonora, este británico internacional editó únicamente tres LPs a su nombre (1966, 1973 y 1975). Esta entrañable "Waiting For The Band" aparece en el segundo de ellos y primero en el que se atrevió a cantar, "The Tin Man Was A Dreamer". Por cierto, esa guitarra tan característica y discreta pertenece, como no, a su amigo George Harrison.

Nicky dejó este mundo imposible en 1994 pero, probablemente, vivió más en sus cincuenta años que muchos de nosotros en varias vidas. Y además de sus incontables sesiones como músico de estudio para otros artistas, nos dejó pocas pero muy buenas muestras de su propia música. Como esta canción que hoy te traigo. Reflexión nocturna de un sesionero, aquí está la letra:



WAITING FOR THE BAND


The night was black,
it was the blackest that I've ever seen
I stopped a stranger and asked which way to go
He slapped me on the back,
and then he laughed and then he looked at me
Then he said, Sir, you can't get there from here,
no, no, no, no

Without a road
I cannot make it back to you
Without a light above I cannot find the way
Turn on your love light,
Let it shine like a peek and wait, you see me through
Cause baby how can I be happy without you.

Faster my heart is beating, faster and I'm all alone
Strangers are all around me, no one will tell me where to find a phone
It's like sitting in the studio waiting for the band to come
Sitting in the studio waiting for the band to come

And if the band don't come
by early in the moming
I'II have to find a way to have myself survive
Cause if the band don't show
by early in the moming
Then I'II be over darling, waiting for the band to come

Slower, I'm getting slower I've heard these songs so much before
Lower, I'm sinking lower, pretty soon you'll find me on the floor
Under the piano waiting for the band to come


Sittin' waitin' for the band to come



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A few days ago, searching for a certain instrumental, I met again with this great song, a monument in melody. I think it's evident it was composed with piano. Not in vain Nicky Hopkins was, quite probably, the pianist with the most striking sessions list in rock's whole history: The Beatles (together and one by one), The Rolling Stones, Marc Bolan, David Bowie, The Who, Gene Clark, Joe Cocker, Donovan, The Easybeats, The Kinks, Quicksilver Messenger Service, Jefferson Airplane, Steve Miller Band, Graham Parker, Rod Stewart, Matthew Sweet, and several thousands more.

Curiously, and a few film soundtracks apart, this international british only released three proper LPs to his name (1966, 1973 and 1975). This warm "Waiting For The Band" belongs to the second of them and first one where he dared to sing, "The Tin Man Was A Dreamer". By the way, that characteristic and discreet guitar belongs, obviously, to his friend George Harrison.

Nicky left this impossible world in 1994 but, probably, he lived more in his fifty years than many of us in several lives. And apart from his countless sessions as a studio musician for other artists, he left few but quite more than good samples of his own music. Like this song I'm bringing you today. Nocturnal comment of a session man, its lyrics are up there above this text.



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