IMELDA MARY CLABBY
(Imelda Mary Higham desde su boda; Dublín, Irlanda, 10 de julio de 1974), más conocida como Imelda May, es una cantante irlandesa de rock and roll genuino y de rockabilly. Nació y fue criada en la zona «Liberties» de Dublín y comenzó su carrera musical a la edad de dieciséis años, tocando con
varias bandas locales antes de formar la suya propia en 2002. Publicó su
álbum debut, No Turning Back, en 2003 y se trasladó a Londres con su marido, Darrel Higham, guitarrista de estos mismos géneros, después de su lanzamiento.
Luego de aparecer en el programa de música de la BBC Later... with Jools Holland en 2008, dio a conocer su segundo álbum de estudio, Love Tattoo, publicado en 2009. May colaboró y participó en giras junto a varios artistas inmediatamente después de la publicación de su último trabajo. Su tercer álbum de estudio, Mayhem, fue lanzado en 2010 y le valió una nominación para el premio Choice Music, que se otorga al que se considera el mejor disco del año en Irlanda. En 2014 publicó Tribal, su tercer álbum de estudio.
Aunque es conocida principalmente como cantante, también toca el bodhrán, el bajo, la guitarra y la pandereta. Descrita como «un talento vocal único»,
Imelda May también es reconocida por su estilo musical, que se
caracteriza como un renacimiento del rockabilly. Ha sido comparada,
además, con cantantes de jazz femeninas tales como Billie Holiday, quien ha sido junto a otras artistas una gran influencia para ella. Imelda ganó el premio «Mejor Artista Femenina del Año de Irlanda» en 2009, concedido en la ceremonia de los Meteor Awards. La estética de Imelda May, que es vegetariana, está muy relacionada con aquella de la música de los años cincuenta anglosajones, y su característico peinado, con un llamativo flequillo rubio en espiral, es uno de sus rasgos más reconocibles.
IT'S GOOD TO BE ALIVE
My thoughts are dark and empty
I'm not crying out loud
Don't know what am I asking for
If an answer can be found
The lonelieness is killing as
Though there someone in my bed
There's only so much living
That I fear I could be dead
But then standing at my window when
The night seems like it's won
And everything seems brighter
With the sign of the sun
And I said
Oh my God it's good to be alive
Oh my God it's good to be alive
I know one thing for sure is that I'll die
But today, yeah it's good to be alive
Lying in my bedroom
My eyes are wide awake
My body's tired and given up
Oh, for heavens sake
Won't you please send me a little sleep
To ease my worried mind
I'm losing rationality
That I won't know how to find
But then standing at my window when
The night seems like it's won
And everything seems brighter
With the sign of the sun
And I said
Oh my God it's good to be alive
Oh my God it's good to be alive
I know one thing for sure is that I'll die
But today, yeah it's good to be alive
Things are looking up for me
When the clock keeps ticking on
Holding on to time gone by clinging to a song
To pull me through with every word
Rock me with a tune
And hold my hand with the shadow man
Who's hiding in my room
But then standing at my window when
The night seems like it's won
And everything seems brighter
With the sign of the sun
And I said
Oh my God it's good to be alive
Oh my God it's good to be alive
I know one thing for sure is that I'll die
But today, yeah it's good to be alive
Doo doo doo it's good to be alive
My thoughts are dark and empty
I'm not crying out loud
Don't know what am I asking for
If an answer can be found
The lonelieness is killing as
Though there someone in my bed
There's only so much living
That I fear I could be dead
But then standing at my window when
The night seems like it's won
And everything seems brighter
With the sign of the sun
And I said
Oh my God it's good to be alive
Oh my God it's good to be alive
I know one thing for sure is that I'll die
But today, yeah it's good to be alive
Lying in my bedroom
My eyes are wide awake
My body's tired and given up
Oh, for heavens sake
Won't you please send me a little sleep
To ease my worried mind
I'm losing rationality
That I won't know how to find
But then standing at my window when
The night seems like it's won
And everything seems brighter
With the sign of the sun
And I said
Oh my God it's good to be alive
Oh my God it's good to be alive
I know one thing for sure is that I'll die
But today, yeah it's good to be alive
Things are looking up for me
When the clock keeps ticking on
Holding on to time gone by clinging to a song
To pull me through with every word
Rock me with a tune
And hold my hand with the shadow man
Who's hiding in my room
But then standing at my window when
The night seems like it's won
And everything seems brighter
With the sign of the sun
And I said
Oh my God it's good to be alive
Oh my God it's good to be alive
I know one thing for sure is that I'll die
But today, yeah it's good to be alive
Doo doo doo it's good to be alive
CADENA DE LETRAS
- Antes - Letra 235: Signs of Life de Arcade Fire
- Después - Letra 237: Obertura Fidelio Op.72 de Ludwig van Beethoven
