It was a very good year - R. Williams e F. Sinatra

It was a very good year 

Não gosto particularmente de Robbie Williams, e do Frank Sinatra reconheço apenas que tem uma excelente voz e repertório musical... Dito isto, acho esta música linda e uma óptima interpretação dos dois cantores. Sempre gostei mais das músicas tipo lado-B, ou seja, as menos conhecidas, que não são grandes èxitos e esta será uma delas. Descobri este dueto por acaso e apaixonei-me pela melodia suave. Acho uma delícia este verso:  

"But now the days are short, I'm in the autumn of my years
And I think of my life as vintage wine"...

 

It Was a Very Good Year

(Escrita por Ervin Drake, em 1961)

When I was seventeen, it was a very good year
It was a very good year for small town girls
And soft summer nights
We'd hide from the lights
On the village green
When I was seventeen

When I was twenty-one, it was a very good year
It was a very good year for city girls
Who lived up the stairs
With perfumed hair
That came undone
When I was twenty-one

When I was thirty-five, it was a very good year
It was a very good year for blue-blooded girls
Of independent means
We'd ride in limousines
Their chauffeurs would drive
When I was thirty-five

But now the days are short, I'm in the autumn of my years
And I think of my life as vintage wine
From fine old kegs
From the brim to the dregs
It poured sweet and clear
It was a very good year