A SONG FOR MAMA... Y MÁS

Con cariño para todas las MADRES, una breve entrega recordando algunas canciones que distintos compositores e intérpretes han dedicado a todas ustedes.

La primera y quizás poseedora de una de las mejores letras de todos los tiempos, es la que utilicé para titular esta nota: A SONG FOR MAMA (UNA CANCIÓN PARA MAMÁ) interpretada en excelente forma por BOYZ II MEN y aparecida en su álbum EVOLUCION de 1997. Alcanzó el puesto 7 en el HOT 100 de BILLBOARD y el número 1 en el listado de sencillos de R&B de la citada revista.

También encontramos HEY MAMA de KANYE WEST, grabada poco antes de fallecer su madre, la Doctora DONDA WEST.

Las SPICE GIRLS colocaron en el primer puesto de los charts británicos un sencillo de "doble lado A" en uno de los cuales incluyeron la canción MAMA.

Son muchas otras canciones las que comparten el último título, entre las que tenemos las de PINK FLOYD, TORI AMOS, GENESIS y THE SUGARCUBES (Banda a la que perteneció BJORK). De igual manera, las canciones un poco fuera de contexto como MAMA SAID KNOCK YOU OUT de LL COOL J, MAMA SAID de LENNY KRAVITZ y el irracible saludo de TRACEY BONHAM en MOTHER MOTHER.

A continuación una pequeña selección de videos musicales, así como la letra de A SONG FOR MAMA.

BOYZ II MEN, A SONG FOR MAMA

You taught me everything
And everything you've given me
I always keep it inside
You're the driving force in my life, yeah
There isn't anything
Or anyone that I can be
And it just wouldn't feel right
If I didn't have you by my side
You were there for me to love and care for me
When skies were grey
Whenever I was down
You were always there to comfort me
And no one else can be what you have been to me
You will always be you always will be the girl
In my life for all times

Chorus:
Mama, mama you know I love you
Oh you know I love you
Mama, mama you're the queen of my heart
Your love is like
Tears from the stars
Mama, I just want you to know
Lovin' you is like food to my soul
Yes it is (5x)

You're always down for me
Have always been around for me even when I was bad
You showed me right from my wrong
Yes you did
And you took up for me
When everyone was downin' me
You always did understand
You gave me strength to go on
There was so many times
Looking back when I was so afraid
And then you come to me
And say to me I can face anything
And no one else can do
What you have done for me
You'll always be
You will always be the girl in my life

Chorus

Never gonna go a day without you
Fills me up just thinking of you
I'll never go a day without my mama

Chorus

Yes you are