Gladys Knight & The Pips: Midnight Train to Georgia

Gladys Knight & The Pips fueron, sobre todo en los 60 y 70, una elegante manifestación de buen soul, que contaban con una de las voces más prodigiosas y mejor dotadas de la música negra. La formación estaba liderada por ella, la reina Gladys Knight, acompañada por su hermano y dos de sus primos. Formaron parte de las discográficas más punteras, Motown, Columbia o MCA, logrando un buen número de éxitos. Gladys fue distanciándose del grupo y moviéndose hacia géneros más templados. Pero la magia de las raices gospel y soul siempre permanecerán visibles en temas como "Midnight Train to Georgia". Una canción a ritmo de tren nocturno, que habla de sueños rotos y de volver a los orígenes sobre los viejos raíles cargados de esperanzas e ilusiones. Todo un número 1, que logró un premio Grammy y convertirse en todo un clásico soul.
Letra
L A proved too much for the man [He couldn't make it] So he's leavin' the life he's come to know [He said he's goin'] He said he's goin' back to find Ooh, what's left of his world The world he left behind Not so long ago He's leavin' On that midnight train to Georgia Said he's goin' back To a simpler place in time And I'll be with him On that midnight train to Georgia I'd rather live in his world Than live without him in mine He kept dreamin' That someday he'd be a star But he sure found out the hard way That dreams don't always come true So he pawned all his hopes And he even sold his old car Bought a one way ticket back To the life he once knew Oh yes he did He said he would He's leavin' On that midnight train to Georgia Said he's goin' back to find A simpler place in time And I'm gonna be with him On that midnight train to Georgia I'd rather live in his world Than be without him in mine He's leavin' On that midnight train to Georgia Said he's goin' back to find A simpler place in time And I've gotta be with him On that midnight train to Georgia I'd rather live in his world Than be without him in mine Go, gonna board, gonna board The midnight train to Georgia Gonna board the midnight train Gotta go, gonna board Gonna board Gonna board the midnight train

1 comentario:

Mo Sweat dijo...

Sin duda uno de mis temas favoritos de la historia del Soul, como así lo reflejé en aquel curioso evento de los 25 temas favoritos de todos los tiempos.

La voz de Gladys Knight es maravillosa.