Counting Crows - Mr. Jones

El grupo Counting Crows tuvo su gran momento de fama en el año 1994 cuando el single Mr. Jones comenzó a sonar en todas las radioemisoras de ese entonces. Tuvo mucho éxito ya que era un tema relajado, entretenido y agradable. Ahora es parte del recuerdo y ha quedado en el inconsciente colectivo de muchos de los que vivimos la música de principios y mediados de los 90 algunas veces a la fuerza y otras con todo el gusto del mundo.

Y de que va la letra: Mr. Jones es una canción que habla acerca de fantasear con alguna vez ser famoso y reconocido por todo el mundo y poder dejar de vivir en la soledad y el anonimato. Aqui el autor afirma que es mejor ser una persona conocida, ya que cuando eres un gran artista de lo que sea siempre tendrás gente a tu lado, te amarán y por supuesto nunca estarás solo. Aunque muchas veces el precio de la compañía lo tengas que pagar estando con personas interesadas.

Este tema surgió una vez que dos de los músicos de esta banda estaban sentados en un bar viendo a dos hermosas jovenes frente a ellos y no tuvieron la valentía de acercarse y conversar con ellas. Entonces comentaban entre risas lo fácil que sería conocer a estas mujeres si ellos fueran dos super estrellas famosas y no dos simples y desconocidos seres humanos.

Letras / Lyrics

I was down at the New Amsterdam staring at this yellow-haired girl
Mr. Jones strikes up a conversation with this black-haired flamenco dancer
She dances while his father plays guitar
She's suddenly beautiful
We all want something beautiful
I wish I was beautiful
So come dance this silence down through the morning
Cut Maria! Show me some of them Spanish dances
Pass me a bottle, Mr. Jones
Believe in me
Help me believe in anything
I want to be someone who believes

Mr. Jones and me tell each other fairy tales
Stare at the beautiful women
"She's looking at you. Ah, no, no, she's looking at me."
Smiling in the bright lights
Coming through in stereo
When everybody loves you, you can never be lonely

I will paint my picture
Paint myself in blue and red and black and gray
All of the beautiful colors are very very meaningful
Greg is my favorite color
I felt so symbolic yesterday
If I knew Picasso
I would buy myself a gray guitar and play

Mr. Jones and me look into the future
Stare at the beautiful women
"She's looking at you.
Uh, I don't think so. She's looking at me."
Standing in the spotlight
I bought myself a gray guitar
When everybody loves me, I will never be lonely

I want to be a lion
Everybody wants to pass as cats
We all want to be big big stars, but we got different reasons for that Believe in me because I don't believe in anything
and I want to be someone to believe

Mr. Jones and me stumbling through the barrio
Yeah we star at the beautiful women
"She's perfect for you, Man, there's got to be somebody for me."
I want to be Bob Dylan
Mr. Jones wishes he was someone just a little more funky
When everybody loves you, son, that's just about as funky as you can be

Mr. Jones and me staring at the video
When I look at the television, I want to see me staring right back at me
We all want to be big stars, but we don't know why and we don't know how
But when everybody loves me, I'm going to be just about as happy as can be
Mr. Jones and me, we're gonna be big stars..

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