HECHO EN LOS ´80 - SELF CONTROL

Para todos aquellos que fuimos “hechos en los ‘80″, existen algunos video clips que han marcado nuestra ávida psiquis en formación de contenidos significativamente estructurantes. El cuarto álbum de Laura Branigan (Hold Me -1985), nos trajo “Self Control” y su “Ohoo…tumpf!…Ohoo”, sinónimo de eco descontrolado de Coca Light y/o Fanta en todas nuestras fiestecitas adolescentes. Al mismo tiempo la inolvidable declaración “I…I live among the creatures of the night!!!” (Yo vivo entre criaturas nocturnas) nos mostró el universo incomprensible pero atractivo de la noche interminable.

Uno de mis videos favoritos y una canción electrizante que nos habla del amor como una toxina que nubla y nos quita nuestro siempre proclamado autocontrol (tal vez hablaba de la cocaína como dicen siempre, después de todo la máscara del tipito es blanca, no? pfff)

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SELF CONTROL
Oh, the night is my world, city light painted girl
In the day nothing matters, it’s the night time that flatters
In the night, no control, through the wall something’s breaking
Wearing white as you’re walkin’ down the street of my soul

You take my self, you take my self control
You got me livin’ only for the night
Before the morning comes, the story’s told
You take my self, you take my self control
Another night, another day goes by
I never stop myself to wonder why
You make me to forget to play my role
You take my self, you take my self control

I, I live among the creatures of the night
I haven’t got the will to try and fight
Against a new tomorrow, so I guess I’ll just believe it
That tomorrow never comes
A safe night, I’m living in the forest of my dream
I know the night is not as it would seem
I must believe in something, so I’ll make myself believe it
That this night will never go

Oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh
Oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh

Oh, the night is my world, city light painted girl
In the day nothing matters, it’s the night time that flatters

You take my self, you take my self control
You got me livin’ only for the night
Before the morning comes, the story’s told
You take my self, you take my self control

I, I live among the creatures of the night
I haven’t got the will to try and fight
Against a new tomorrow, so I guess I’ll just believe it
That tomorrow never knows
A safe night, I’m living in the forest of a dream
I know the night is not as it would seem
I must believe in something, so I’ll make myself believe it
That this night will never go

Oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh
You take my self, you take my self control
You take my self, you take my self control
You take my self, you take my self control…