Marianne Faithfull - 20th century blues

NOTHING TO WIN OR TO LOSE

Twentieth century blues es una canción escrita por Noël Coward para su obra "Cavalcade" (1933). Décadas después, en 1996, la veterana cantante inglesa Marianne Faithfull la interpretó, acompañada del pianista Paul Trueblood en un concierto en vivo en el nightclub parisino New Morning en el que recreaba antiguas canciones de Kurt Weill y Bertolt Brecht, Friedrich Holländer y otros. El álbum, editado en c.d. en 1997, se tituló precisamente 20th century blues y pronto se convirtió en disco de culto.

20th century blues

(lyrics)

Why is it that civilized humanity
Can make the world so wrong?
In this hurly-burly of insanity
Our dreams cannot last long.

We've reached a deadline,
A press headline,
Every sorrow.
Blues value
Is news value
Tomorrow.

Blues
Twentieth century blues
Are getting me down.
Blues
Escape those weary
Twentieth century blues.

Why,
If there's a God in the sky,
Why shouldn't He grin
High
Above this dreary
Twentieth century din?

In this strange illusion,
Chaos and confusion,
People seem to lose their way.
What is there to strive for,
Love or keep alive for,
Say, 'Hey, hey!'
Call it a day ?

Blues
Nothing to win or to lose,
It's getting me down.
Blues
Escape those weary
Twentieth century blues.

We've reached a deadline,
A press headline,
Every sorrow.
Blues value
Is news value
Tomorrow.

Blues
Nothing to win or to lose,
It's getting me down.
Blues
Escape those dreary
Twentieth century
Blues.