"Calgary 88" - Antònia Font

Voting for the annual Enderrock prizes is open until February 10. I haven't voted yet, because I still need to listen to some of the songs in the folk and singer-songwriter categories, but I know what I'm voting for best pop-rock song. This is easily my favorite song of 2011, ridiculously cute and absurd. I've even forgiven Antònia Font for introducing me to one of the most horrendous dance songs of the 1980s. Ah, and the picture on the left is my own work; please don't use it without permission.

Song: Calgary 88
Written by: Joan Miquel Oliver
Artist: Antònia Font
Album: Lamparetes (2011)

Qualified for the figure skating final,
it wasn't all physical or mental, it was emotional, too,
you and I were dating and we represented Spain
in the Winter Olympics in Canada.
Before we went out you said:
"Would you marry me?" and I replied:
"Today we'll be married, if we win the gold."
In synchrony and with maximum speed,
you go up in the air with incredible force
and, about to fall, I catch you.
you do a death spiral and I move carefully, we do an open curve,
I gather energy and lift you with just one hand.
You move gracefully like a ballerina on the point of the skates,
A double drumbeat sounds and we pretend to argue,
the jury exchange glances, I think they liked it,
we strike a final statuesque pose looking at the foundation laughing and breathing.
We dance this modern melody on an skating rink at Calgary '88,
the song is already playing over the loudspeaker: Atlantis is Calling (SOS for Love).
The announcers review that Russian received a 9.5
The favorites were Swedish and had just a 9.75
They raise the tables and all of them give us a 10,
You come towards me, embrace me, and step on my foot,
we ask a rink judge if he wants to marry us,
it's live and televised on all five continents,
on the podium with the medal we take each other's hand,
all can be heard though the microphones as we are married
and on TV you and I kiss.
We dance this modern melody on an skating rink at Calgary '88,
the song is already playing over the loudspeaker: Atlantis is Calling (SOS for Love).

"Un instant perdut" - Dept.

Song: Un instant perdut
Artist: Dept.
Album: X (2009)

I want to understand the desire that has brought me here
Indefatigable and with such a desire to be able to say
how much I want to be able to be important and decisive
while I await the moment to be able to see once again
how your body dazzles me
so much that I can't see a thing
time stops for me here.

How, all of a sudden, it makes the order of so many things change.
I'm a moment lost in time.

Impossible to maintain the serenity
the waits are so long that around me
the air can't be breathed and my head only wants to think
about when the moment will arrive to be able to see once again
how your body dazzles me
so much that I can't see a thing
time stops for me here.

How, all of a sudden, it makes the order of so many things change.
I'm a moment lost in time.

(A fleeting moment, a weak light,
a light sigh, a lost moment...)

"Compta amb mi" - Dept.

Song: Compta amb mi
Artist: Dept.
Album: Sensacions (2003)

Count on me
Remember me as the solution to your poison
the drop that that releases the magic of destiny
the help to return to your path

I'll make you see things again
and think about what you forget
every time I've moved away from you.
I'll be your eyes when you cross the darkness

I'll give my world,
my little space,
my sensations, the luck that is with me,
excitement for everything, the rhythm of life,
passion for you...everything

I'll look for ways to fill all the empty spaces
that you have in your heart
how to manage to free an imprisoned smile
how to get everything to go better

Today could be
the point that marks the change
you have the option
the step that leads you to believe in yourself again
thus I can only tell you: count on me.

I'll give my world,
my little space,
my sensations, the luck that is with me,
excitement for everything, the rhythm of life,
passion for you...everything

"No tinc solució" - Fes-te fotre

Song: No tinc solució
Artist: Fes-te fotre
Album: Entre tanta gent (2002)

I admit that I look at the solution
to the crossword
reading the newspaper with the first coffee of the day
pretending I'm not there

You'll talk about yourself, about your new hairstyle
that it looks better on you
flare-leg or straight-leg pants
put I won't pay attention to you

I'll think about myself
once again
I'll hide within
the worries and the phobias

Get out of myself,
try to be a different me
who can do better
better or worse
disappear in a flash
pretend I'm not there

I disconnect my soul from my body
I try to float
to see myself from above, to learn to deal with
my mood swings

With my ear up against the wall
I listen to you in secret
I look through the keyhole every day
I have no solution

I'll think about myself
once again
I'll hide within
the worries and the phobias

Get out of myself
try to be a different me
who can do better
better or worse
disappear in a flash
pretend I'm not there