Selezione musicale 67 – Joe Jackson Is She Really Going Out With Him ?
Joe Jackson (il cui vero nome è David Ian Jackson) è un musicista britannico la cui carriera inizia come esponente della New Wave inglese post punk per poi spaziare in molti ambiti, tra i quali pop, beat, swing, jazz e classica.
Inevitabilmente la sua carriera ha attraversato alti e bassi e la sua tendenza a rivoluzionare il suo stile gli ha alienato alcuni ammiratori.
Una costante dei suoi concerti rimane un brano dell’inizio della sua carriera: Is she really going out with him?
Pittosto refrattario a registrare videoclip o a proporsi come star musicale e concedersi alla stampa, qui è in concerto nei primi anni di carriera.
Pretty women out walking with gorillas down my street
From my window I’m staring while my coffee grows cold
Look over there! (Where?)
There’s a lady that I used to know
She’s married now, or engaged, or something, so I am told
Is she really going out with him?
Is she really gonna take him home tonight?
Is she really going out with him?
‘Cause if my eyes don’t deceive me,
There’s something going wrong around here
Tonight’s the night when I go to all the parties down my street.
I wash my hair and I kid myself I look ***really*** smooth
Look over there! (Where?)
Here comes Jeanie with her new boyfriend
They say that looks don’t count for much
If so, there goes your proof
Is she really going out with him?
Is she really gonna take him home tonight?
Is she really going out with him?
‘Cause if my eyes don’t deceive me,
There’s something going wrong around here
But if looks could kill
There’s a man there who’s marked down as dead.
Cause I’ve had my fill
Listen you, take your hands off her head
I get so mean around this scene
Is she really going out with him?
Is she really gonna take him home tonight?
Is she really going out with him?
‘Cause if my eyes don’t deceive me
There’s something going wrong around here
