Hoy he estado preparando una nueva entrada, que aún tardará en ver la luz. Para llenar el hueco, he elegido esta canción de Cole Porter, "Anything Goes" (Algo así como "Todo vale" o "Todo puede ocurrir") Pero, rompiendo mi pasión por las canciones o las versiones antiguas, hoy me decanto por esta versión, ¡en chino mandarín!, cantada por Kate Capshaw en "Indiana Jones y el Templo Maldito". Es una pena que el resto de la película se "fuera tanto" pero... ¡ah, qué glorioso comienzo!
Al comienzo vemos un gong. En él, grabado, La montaña de la Paramount. Entonces dos hombres fornidos, que parecen un homenaje al hombre del gong de la "Rank" le dan dos buenos golpes, y la protagonista sale de una especie de boca roja, con un traje rojo, cantando el premonitorio tema en chino. Van saliendo los títulos de crédito, mientras asistimos a una espléndido espectáculo musical, al estilo de los años dorados de Hollywood y, cuando apaga...¡Bueno, un lío genial que hace que la película valga la pena sólo por esos momentos!
No he podido conseguir el vídeo con la canción de forma que contenga el gong citado y sus musculosos "afinadores". Pero aún así, creo que vale la pena.
Letra original
Times have changed,
And we've often rewound the clock,
Since the Puritans got a shock,
When they landed on Plymouth Rock.
If today,
Any shock they should try to stem,
'Stead of landing on Plymouth Rock,
Plymouth Rock would land on them.
In olden days a glimpse of stocking
Was looked on as something shocking,
But now, God knows,
Anything Goes.
Good authors too who once knew better words,
Now only use four letter words
Writing prose, Anything Goes.
The world has gone mad today
And good's bad today,
And black's white today,
And day's night today,
When most guys today
That women prize today
Are just silly gigolos
And though I'm not a great romancer
I know that I'm bound to answer
When you propose,
Anything goes
When grandmama whose age is eighty
In night clubs is getting matey with gigolo's,
Anything Goes.
When mothers pack and leave poor father
Because they decide they'd rather be tennis pros,
Anything Goes.
If driving fast cars you like,
If low bars you like,
If old hymns you like,
If bare limbs you like,
If Mae West you like
Or me undressed you like,
Why, nobody will oppose!
When every night,
The set that's smart
Is intruding in nudist parties in studios,
Anything Goes.
The world has gone mad today
And good's bad today,
And black's white today,
And day's night today,
When most guys today
That women prize today
Are just silly gigolos
And though I'm not a great romancer
I know that I'm bound to answer
When you propose,
Anything goes
If saying your prayers you like,
If green pears you like
If old chairs you like,
If back stairs you like,
If love affairs you like
With young bears you like,
Why nobody will oppose!
And though I'm not a great romancer
And though I'm not a great romancer
I know that I'm bound to answer
When you propose,
Anything goes...
Anything goes!
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