PRINCESS OF THE NIGHT
A pesar de no
haber llegado a la importancia mediática de bandas británicas
posteriores o coetáneas a ellos como Iron Maiden o Judas Priest, la
influencia que Saxon a dejado en muchos grupos posteriores ha sido
grande, y sus cifras de venta así lo atestiguan ya que hasta 2013 se
estima que han vendido más de 13 millones de discos a nivel mundial. Ya
hemos hablado de su historia en anteriores entradas, son una banda que
lleva en activo bajo el nombre de Saxon desde 1978 y que cuentan con
nada menos que 20 discos de estudio a sus espaldas. El disco de hoy es de su época inicial, exactamente su cuarta obra de estudio, "Denim and leather", de 1981, un disco que le llega a la banda en plena explosión exitosa en su país natal Inglaterra. Tras aparecer en el primer "monsters of rock", de 1980, el nombre de la banda y su legión de seguidores iban en aumento. Con grandes éxitos como la homónima "Denim and leather", "Princess of the night", "Never surrender" o "The band played on", este disco llegó a ser un éxito de ventas alcanzando el número 20 en las listas inglesas y también la certificación de disco de oro en las Islas Británicas, considerándosele como una de las cabezas del movimiento de la NWOBHM en esos momentos. Quiero dejar hoy una canción de este disco, en concreto "Princess of the night", de la que dejo un enlace a youtube.
She used to be an ironhorse
Twenty years ago
Used to bring the mail to me
Through the ice and snow
I've sat alone and watched her
Steaming through the night
Ninety tons of thunder
Lighting up the sky
She was a princess of the night
I saw the writing on the wall
She was a princess of the night
I take a ride across the sky
Speeding, sparks like lightning
Engine working hard
Furnace on the foot plate
Shining in the night
Iron striking metal
The sound of racing steel
It's all I ever wanna hear
It's music to my ears
She was a princess of the night
I saw the writing on the wall
She was a princess of the night
I take a ride across the sky
She was a princess of the night
I saw the writing on the wall
She was a princess of the night
I take a ride across the sky
Ninety tons of thunder
Lighting up the sky
Steaming red hot pistons
See the wheels flash by
Hear the whistle blowing
Streaking down the track
If I ever had my way
I'd bring the princess back one day
She was a princess of the night
I saw the writing on the wall
She was a princess of the night
I take a ride across the sky
(sky, sky, sky)
Twenty years ago
Used to bring the mail to me
Through the ice and snow
I've sat alone and watched her
Steaming through the night
Ninety tons of thunder
Lighting up the sky
She was a princess of the night
I saw the writing on the wall
She was a princess of the night
I take a ride across the sky
Speeding, sparks like lightning
Engine working hard
Furnace on the foot plate
Shining in the night
Iron striking metal
The sound of racing steel
It's all I ever wanna hear
It's music to my ears
She was a princess of the night
I saw the writing on the wall
She was a princess of the night
I take a ride across the sky
She was a princess of the night
I saw the writing on the wall
She was a princess of the night
I take a ride across the sky
Ninety tons of thunder
Lighting up the sky
Steaming red hot pistons
See the wheels flash by
Hear the whistle blowing
Streaking down the track
If I ever had my way
I'd bring the princess back one day
She was a princess of the night
I saw the writing on the wall
She was a princess of the night
I take a ride across the sky
(sky, sky, sky)
By Nash
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