Guiding Light

Guiding Light es una preciosa canción del cantautor irlandés Foy Vance que aparece dentro de su álbum de 2013 Joy of Nothing con la participación en ella del cantautor inglés Ed Sheeran.

Diez años después, en 2023 y con motivo de la conmemoración de su décimo aniversario, los dos artistas se unieron al cantante y compositor británico Elton John y a Keith Urban para lanzar la Edición Aniversario (Anniversary Edition), haciendo una maravillosa versión que te eriza la piel y te llega al alma y en propias palabras de Elton John, se refirió a ella como "la canción más hermosa".

Well the road is wide
And waters run on either side
And my shadow went with fading light
Stretching out towards the night

'Cause the sun is low
And I yet have still so far to go
My lonely heart is beating so
Tired of the wonder

There's a sign ahead
Though I think it's the same one again
So I'm thinking 'bout my only friend
So o I find my way home

When I need to get home
You're my guiding light
You're my guiding light

When I need to get home
You're my guiding light
You're my guiding light

Oh, well the air is cold
And yonder lies my sleeping soul
By the branches broke like bones
Well, this weakened tree no longer holds

Well, the night is still
And I have not yet lost my will
Oh and I will keep on moving 'till
'Till I find my way home

When I need to get home
You're my guiding light
You're my guiding light

When I need to get home
You're my guiding light
You're my guiding light

When I need to get home
You're my guiding light
You're my guiding light

When I need to get home
You're my guiding light
You're my guiding light

When I need to get home
You're my guiding light
You're my guiding light

When I need to get home
You're my guiding light
You're my guiding light

So lead me on, and leave me strong
Like the road I walk on

When I need to get home
You're my guiding light
You're my guiding light

When I need to get home
You're my guiding light
You're my guiding light

Sad Songs (Say So Much)

Sad Songs (Say So Much) es un temazo del cantante británico Elton John que cierra su álbum de 1984 que llevó por título Breaking Hearts y que fue escrita y compuesta por el propio Elton junto al compositor Bernie Taupin.

Fue lanzado como sencillo principal del disco y llegó al nº 7 en el Reino Unido y al nº 5 en el Billboard Hot 100 de Estados Unidos. Su éxito llegó a todo los rincones del mundo entrando en el Top 10 de muchos países.

Guess there are times when we all need to share a little pain
And ironing out the rough spots
Is the hardest part when memories remain
And it's times like these when we all need to hear the radio
'Cause from the lips of some old singer
We can share the troubles we already know

Turn 'em on, turn 'em on
Turn on those sad songs
When all hope is gone
Why don't you tune in and turn them on

They reach into your room, oh oh oh
Just feel their gentle touch (gentle touch)
When all hope is gone
Sad songs say so much

If someone else is suffering enough oh to write it down
When every single word makes sense
Then it's easier to have those songs around
The kick inside is in the line that finally gets to you
And it feels so good to hurt so bad
And suffer just enough to sing the blues

So turn 'em on, turn 'em on
Turn on those sad songs
When all hope is gone
Why don't you tune in and turn them on

They reach into your room, oh oh oh
Just feel their gentle touch (gentle touch)
When all hope is gone
You know sad songs say so much

Sad songs, they say
Sad songs, they say
Sad songs, they say
Sad songs, they say so much

So, turn 'em on, (turn 'em on), turn 'em on, (turn 'em on)
Turn on those sad songs
When all hope is gone
Why don't you tune in and turn them on

They reach into your room, oh oh oh
Just feel their gentle touch (gentle touch)
When all hope is gone
You know sad songs say so much
When all hope is gone
You know sad songs say so much

When ever little bit of hope is gone
Sad songs say so much
When ever little bit of hope is gone
Sad songs say so much
When all hope is gone
Sad songs say

Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word

Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word es una preciosa y triste canción escrita por el músico británico Elton John y el compositor Bernie Taupin. El tema fue lanzado en 1976 como segundo sencillo del álbum que llevó por título Blue Moves. La canción ha tenido numerosas versiones, pero la mejor es sin duda la del propio John, que la impregna de una verdad y emoción difícilmente superable.

What I got to do
To make you love me?
What I got to do
To make you care?
What do I do
When lightning strikes me?
And I wake to find
That you're not there?

What I got to do
To make you want me?
What I got to do
To be heard?
What do I say when it's all over?
Sorry seems to be the hardest word

It's sad, so sad
It's a sad, sad situation
And it's getting more
And more absurd

It's sad, so sad
Why can't we talk it over?
Oh, it seems to me
That sorry seems to be
The hardest word

It's sad, so sad
It's a sad, sad situation
And it's getting more
And more absurd

It's sad, so sad
Why can't we talk it over?
Oh, it seems to me
Sorry seems to be the hardest word

What do I do
To make you love me? Ohh
What I got to do
To be heard?
What do I do
When lightning strikes me?

What have I got to do?
What have I got to do?
When sorry seems to be
The hardest word

Your Song

Your Song es una de las canciones más bonitas del cantante británico Elton John, compuesta por él mismo y con letra de Bernie Taupin, que aparece en su álbum homónimo de 1970.

La canción fue lanzada por vez primera por la banda de rock estadounidense Three Dog Night en 1970 dentro de su álbum que llevó por título It Ain´t Easy, aunque no fue lanzada como sencillo ya que querían que el primero en hacerlo fuese el propio Elton John.

En 1988, la canción fue incluida en el Salón de la Fama de los Grammy, y está incluida en la lista de la revista Rolling Stone, como una de las 500 mejores canciones de todos los tiempos.

En 2001, y dentro de la banda sonora de la espectacular película Moulin Rouge!, el actor británico Ewan McGregor junto al tenor italiano Alessandro Safina, hacen una maravillosa versión de este clásico.

En 2009 el cantante estadounidense Harry Connick, Jr. hace una versión con un ritmo diferente y dándole su toque personal y que aparece dentro de su álbum Your Songs.

It's a little bit funny
This feeling inside
I'm not one of those who can easily hide
I don't have much money, but boy if I did
I'd buy a big house where we both could live

If I was a sculptor, ha
But then again, no
Or a man who makes potions in a traveling show
I know it's not much, but it's the best I can do
My gift is my song, and this one's for you

And you can tell everybody
This is your song
It may be quite simple, but now that it's done
I hope you don't mind
I hope you don't mind
That I put down in the words
How wonderful life is while you're in the world

I sat on the roof and kicked off the moss
Well a few of the verses, well they've got me quite cross
But the sun's been quite kind
While I wrote this song
It's for people like you that keep it turned on

So excuse me forgetting
But these things I do
You see I've forgotten, if they're green or they're blue
Anyway the thing is, what I really mean
Yours are the sweetest eyes I've ever seen

And you can tell everybody
This is the song
It may be quite simple, but now that it's done
I hope you don't mind
I hope you don't mind
That I put down in the words
How wonderful life is while you're in the world

I hope you don't mind
I hope you don't mind
That I put down in the words
How wonderful life is while you're in the world

My Sweet Lord

My Sweet Lord es una canción del músico británico George Harrison que aparece dentro de su álbum de 1970 que llevó por título All Things Must Pass y que fue lanzada como primer sencillo de su carrera en solitario tras la separación de The Beatles. La canción alcanzó las primeras posiciones de las listas musicales de distintos países a lo largo del mundo y fue el sencillo más vendido en el Reino Unido en 1971.

Harrison escribió esta canción como una alabanza al dios hindú Krishna, mientras que al mismo tiempo intentó que la letra sirviera como una llamada a abandonar el sectarismo religioso, con una mezcla del Aleluya judío, cantos de Hare Krishna y oraciones védicas.

En la grabación del tema se incluyó por primera vez en un álbum de Harrison la distintiva técnica de la guitarra slide y entre los músicos participantes estuvieron Ringo Starr y Eric Clapton.

En 1970 fue demandado por una infracción de derechos de autor, debido a su similitud con el tema de Ronnie Mack, He´s So Fine, que fue un éxito para el grupo neoyorkino The Chiffons. Harrison se defendió aludiendo que usó el himno cristiano Oh Happy Day para componerla, pero en 1976 la sentencia confirmó que Harrison había plagiado la canción.

El tema ha tenido a lo largo de los años numerosas versiones, entre las que destacan las que hicieron Andy Williams, Peggy Lee, Nina Simone, Julio Iglesias y Elton John entre otros, y según la revista Rolling Stone está considerada una de las 500 mejores canciones de todos los tiempos.

My sweet Lord
Hm, my Lord
Hm, my Lord

I really want to see you
Really want to be with you
Really want to see you, Lord
But it takes so long, my Lord

My sweet Lord
Hm, my Lord
Hm, my Lord

I really want to know you
Really want to go with you
Really want to show you Lord
But it won't take long, my Lord (hallelujah)

My sweet Lord (hallelujah)

Hm, my Lord (hallelujah)
My sweet Lord (hallelujah)

Really want to see you
Really want to see you
Really want to see you Lord
Really want to see you Lord
But it takes so long, my Lord (hallelujah)

My sweet Lord (hallelujah)

Hm, my Lord (hallelujah)
My, my, my Lord (hallelujah)

I really want to know you (hallelujah)
Really want to go with you (hallelujah)
Really want to show you Lord (Ahhh Ahhhh)
But it won't take long, my Lord (hallelujah)
Hm, hm (hallelujah)

My sweet Lord (hallelujah)

My, my, my Lord (hallelujah)

Hm, my Lord (hare krishna)
My, my, my Lord (hare krishna)
Hm, my sweet Lord (krishna krishna)
Hm, hm (hare hare)
Really want to see you (hare Rama)
Really want to be with you (hare Rama)
Really want to see you, Lord (AhhhAhhhh)
But it takes so long, my Lord (hallelujah)
Hm, my Lord (hallelujah)
My, my, my Lord (hare krishna)
My sweet Lord (hare krishna)
My sweet Lord (krishna krishna)
My Lord (hare hare)
Hm, hm (Gurur Brahma)
Hm, hm (Gurur Vishnu)
Hm, hm (Gurur Devo)
Hm, hm (Maheshwara)
My sweet Lord (Gurur Sakshaat)
My sweet Lord (Parabrahma)
My, my, my, my Lord (Tasmayi Shree)
My, my, my, my Lord (Guruve Namah)
My sweet Lord (Hare Rama)

(hare krishna)

My sweet Lord (hare krishna)
My sweet Lord (krishna krishna)

Cold Heart

Cold Heart es una pegadiza canción que ha unido a los cantantes británicos Elton John y Dua Lipa y en la que también participan los productores australianos Pnau, creadores de este fantástico remix.

Esta colaboración tan especial mezcla las letras y melodías de cuatro clásicos temas de Sir Elton John, nada más y nada menos que Sacrifice de 1989 con Rocket Man de 1972, Kiss the Bridge de 1983 y Where´s the Shoorah? de 1976, fundiéndose mágicamente en una sola y creando este maravilloso tema que no puedo dejar de cantar y bailar.

El tema fue lanzado en agosto de 2021 como primer sencillo del 32º álbum de estudio de John que lleva por título The Lockdown Sessions.

El lanzamiento ha tenido tanto éxito que llegó rápidamente al Nº 1 en el Reino Unido, puesto que no conseguía John desde 2005.

It's a human sign
When things go wrong
When the scent of her lingers
And temptation's strong

Cold, cold heart
Hardened by you (oh)
Some things lookin' better, baby
Just passin' through (no, no, no, no, no)

And I think it's gonna be a long, long time
'Til touchdown brings me 'round again to find
I'm not the man they think I am at home
Oh no, no, no
And this is what I should have said
Well I thought it, but I kept it hid

Cold, cold heart
Hardened by you (oh)
Some things lookin' better, baby
Just passin' through (no, no, no, no, no)

And I think it's gonna be a long, long time
'Til touchdown brings me 'round again to find
I'm not the man they think I am at home
Oh no, no, no (no, no, no, no, no)
And this is what I should have said
Well I thought it, but I kept it hid

Cold, cold heart (oh)
Hardened by you
Some things lookin' better, baby (oh)
Just passin' through (no no, no, no, no)

And I think it's gonna be a long, long time
'Til touchdown brings me 'round again to find
I'm not the man they think I am at home
Oh no, no, no (no, no, no, no, no)
And this is what I should have said (and I think it's gonna be a long, long time)
('Til touchdown brings me 'round again to find)
Well I thought it, but I kept it hid (I'm not the man they think I am at home)
(Oh no, no, no) (no, no, no, no, no)

Sugar (oh)
Sugar
Sugar (oh)
Sugar
(No, no, no, no, no)