Henry Lee - Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

 Dos cantantes que actúan lo que cantan, cantan y se dedican la música que su voz crea el uno al otro, dos cantantes que actúan juntos un juego actoral de impulsos inconclusos, abiertos, de necesidades que se transforman, una juego exquisito y sutil que va dando cuenta, de manera oblicua, no obvia, el contenido latente del drama que la letra de la canción narra (pasión, traición, asesinato). Una obra de teatro con todo su arco dramático contenida en los cuatro minutos del videclip. Y ellos, magistrales, levantándonos la vara de la actuación como arte.

Si pudiéramos actuar siempre así, entregado a lo que el otro modifica en mí, arriesgando la puesta en juego de un deseo... ¡qué estimulante aspiración!

 

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Henry Lee
en el álbum Murder Ballads (Baladas Asesinas)

Get down, get down, little Henry Lee
And stay all night with me
You won't find a girl in this damn world
That will compare with me
And the wind did howl and the wind did blow
La la la la la
La la la la lee
A little bird lit down on Henry Lee 

I can't get down and I won't get down
And stay all night with thee
For the girl I have in that merry green land
I love far better than thee
And the wind did howl and the wind did blow
La la la la la
La la la la lee
A little bird lit down on Henry Lee 

She leaned herself against a fence
Just for a kiss or two
And with a little pen-knife held in her hand
She plugged him through and through
And the wind did roar and the wind did moan
La la la la la
La la la la lee
A little bird lit down on Henry Lee 

Come take him by his lilly-white hands
Come take him by his feet
And throw him in this deep deep well
Which is more than one hundred feet
And the wind did howl and the wind did blow
La la la la la
La la la la lee
A little bird lit down on Henry Lee 

Lie there, lie there, little Henry Lee
Till the flesh drops from your bones
For the girl you have in that merry green land
Can wait forever for you to come home
And the wind did howl and the wind did moan
La la la la la
La la la la lee
A little bird lit down on Henry Lee