Era una noche lluviosa en Dinamarca. Promediaba el año 2000, comienzo de un nuevo siglo, y el mítico Festival de Roskilde (ciudad situada a unos 35 Km de Copenhague) llegaba a su trigésima edición.
Una de las principales atracciones del festival era Pearl Jam, que presentaba su disco Binaural, aparecido ese mismo año. En pleno recital, rondando la medianoche, el público comenzó a comportarse de forma extraña. La presión comenzó desde el centro de la multitud, y tuvo gran impacto en las primeras filas. Una avalancha de miles de individuos es demasiado para uno solo. La tragedia dejó un saldo de 8 muertos (en principio se informó que eran 9 los muertos) y 26 heridos, uno de ellos gravemente. Eddie Vedder, cantante de la banda, anunció de inmediato la suspensión del evento, al tiempo que bregaba porque el público mantuviese la calma.
Indudablemente la tragedia caló hondo en los miembros de la banda, que dos años después al salir su nuevo disco, Riot Act, incluyeron un tema dedicado a las víctimas de aquel fatídico recital. La canción en cuestión se llama Love Boat Captain, es una de mis favoritas de Pearl Jam, y con el tiempo se convirtió en un tema muy festejado en los shows del conjunto.
Cuando en 2005 Pearl Jam visitó por primera, y hasta ahora única vez la Argentina, Eddie Vedder se pronunció sobre la tragedia de Cromañon y explicó que ellos habían vivido una situación similar (de menores proporciones) que los marcó fuertemente. Obviamente esta introducción fue parte de la presentación del tema en cuestión.
Todo lo anterior fue para poner en contexto el gran tema de Pearl Jam, Love Boat Captain, que además cuenta con una de las mejores letras de la banda. Les dejo la letra y un video de la canción para que la disfruten.
LOVE BOAT CAPTAIN
Is this just another day,... this god forgotten place?
First comes love, then comes pain. Let the games begin,...
Questions rise and answers fall,... insurmountable.
Love boat captain
Take the reigns and steer us towards the clear,... here.
It's already been sung, but it can't be said enough.
All you need is love
Is this just another phase? Earthquakes making waves,...
Trying to shake the cancer off? Stupid human beings,...
Once you hold the hand of love,.. it's all surmountable.
Hold me, and make it the truth,...
That when all is lost there will be you,...
Cause to the universe I don't mean a thing
And there's just one word I stil believe
And it's
It's an art to live with pain,... mix the light into grey,..
Lost 9 friends we'll never know,.. 2 years ago today
And if our lives became too long, would it add to our regret?
And the young, they can lose hope cause they can't see beyond today,...
The wisdom that the old can't give away
Hey,...
Constant recoil...
Sometimes life
Don't leave you alone.
Hold me, and make it the truth,...
That when all is lost there will be you.
Cause to the universe I don't mean a thing
And there's just one word that I still believe and it's
Love,... love. love. love. love.
Love boat captain
Take the reigns,.. steer us towards the clear.
I know it's already been sung,... can't be said enough.
Love is all you need,.. all you need is love,..
Love,.. love,...
Love.
First comes love, then comes pain. Let the games begin,...
Questions rise and answers fall,... insurmountable.
Love boat captain
Take the reigns and steer us towards the clear,... here.
It's already been sung, but it can't be said enough.
All you need is love
Is this just another phase? Earthquakes making waves,...
Trying to shake the cancer off? Stupid human beings,...
Once you hold the hand of love,.. it's all surmountable.
Hold me, and make it the truth,...
That when all is lost there will be you,...
Cause to the universe I don't mean a thing
And there's just one word I stil believe
And it's
It's an art to live with pain,... mix the light into grey,..
Lost 9 friends we'll never know,.. 2 years ago today
And if our lives became too long, would it add to our regret?
And the young, they can lose hope cause they can't see beyond today,...
The wisdom that the old can't give away
Hey,...
Constant recoil...
Sometimes life
Don't leave you alone.
Hold me, and make it the truth,...
That when all is lost there will be you.
Cause to the universe I don't mean a thing
And there's just one word that I still believe and it's
Love,... love. love. love. love.
Love boat captain
Take the reigns,.. steer us towards the clear.
I know it's already been sung,... can't be said enough.
Love is all you need,.. all you need is love,..
Love,.. love,...
Love.
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