DAMN YANKEES - High enough (¡Esos malditos yanquis!)

La década de 1980 se debatía entre el Hard Rock y los toques duros de bandas setenteras como AC/DC o Aerosmith y su nueva sub-escuela, el Glam Metal con bandas como L.A. Guns o Guns N' Roses (Sleaze Rock, el famoso Hard Rock de Los Angeles, CA). Dentro de este ir y venir, se unen los integrantes de varias bandas emblemas del género para formar Damn Yankees: el virtuoso guitarrista Ted Nugent que aúlla desde los 70's, Jack Blades de Night Ranger en el bajo, Tommy Shaw de Styx (guitarra rítmica) y el baterista Michael Cartellone.

La historia de Damn Yankees no parece ser tan dramática como la de muchas otras bandas (miembros muertos en la drogadicción o enemistades que llegan a los medios), pero es el vivo ejemplo de las bandas de los 80's que tuvieron una canción o álbum exitoso y luego tuvieron un gran declive o desaparición. Damn Yankees desapareció ante el inicio de la carrera en solitario de Nugent y la creciente popularidad del Grunge a mediados de los años noventa. Lastimosamente, nunca hubo un tercer álbum, pero algunas de las canciones de dicho álbum se hallan en discos de las bandas de sus ex-integrantes.

High enough, del álbum High Enough de 1990, es sin lugar a dudas la canción más conocida de Damn Yankees, y logró poner a la banda en 'el mapa'. Es la típica Power Ballad/AOR que habla sobre las relaciones amorosas y todo lo que conllevan, ellos lo explican mejor:

'High Enough' was about how you love someone so much and you just don't want to scare them away. And it's like, do I take the next step? And then she freaks out when you go, 'I love you.' And it's like, 'What!?!? I'm outta here!' And you're, 'Wait a minute! Come back!' But then the girl comes back, because in the bridge it's, (singing) 'The next thing I remember I was running back for more.' You know how you get scared at first when you fall in love, and everybody freaks out, and that can't be right. And then you go, Wait a minute, this is great, let's forget about the past. Can you fly me over yesterday? Can you take me high enough to fly me over yesterday?

El video fue grabado en River Ridge, Louisiana (USA).

Damn Yankees - High Enough

I don't wanna hear about it anymore
It's a shame I've got to live without you anymore
There's a fire in my heart
A pounding in my brain
It's driving me crazy

We don't need to talk about it anymore
Yesterday's just a memory
Can we close the door
I just made one mistake
I didn't know what to say when you called me baby

Don't say goodnight
Say you're gonna stay forever
Oh oo Oh, all the way

Can you take me high enough
To fly me over (fly me over) yesterday
Can you take me high enough
It's never over
Yesterday's just a memory (yesterday's just a memory and)

I don't want to live without you anymore
Can't you see I'm in misery
And you know for sure
I would live and die for you
And I'd know just what to do when you call me baby

Don't say goodbye
Say you're gonna stay forever
Oh oo Oh, all the way

Can you take me high enough
Can you fly me over (fly me over) yesterday
Can you take me high enough
It's never over
Yesterday's just a memory, I'm running
I was running for the door
The next thing I remember
I was running back for more
Yeah...

Don't say goodbye
Say you're gonna stay forever
Oh oo Oh, all the way (all the way, all the way, yeah)

Can you take me high enough
Can you fly me over (fly me over) yesterday
Can you take me high enough
It's never over
Woh oo oh oo oh oo oh

Can you take me high enough
Won't you fly me over (won't you fly me over) yesterday
Can you take me high enough
It's never over
Woh oo oh oo oh oo oh

Feliz semana y a rockear :D

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