Gene Kelly

Pues qué queréis que os diga, que ya no quedan apenas ya musicales por repasar, pero los que quedan son, digamos, los indispensables para mi... como este hombre, que como Fred Astaire, tiene de por si todo un post para él solito, porque vamos a ver... algún otro actor ha sido tan completo como él? actor, director, coreógrafo, bailarín, cantante... este hombre ha sido para los musicales algo así como el Leonardo Da vinci, tocando todo tipo de pitos y haciéndolo además tan bien...

Y además ha trabajado con los mas grandes, haciendo dúos con Frank Sinatra (como veis en este vídeo), Fred Astaire, Judy Garland, Liza Minelli... es decir, con los más grandes de los musicales de la época dorada.

Y fue con Vincent Minelli con quien alcanzó el estatus de genio, estrella y clásico de todos los tiempos, con él hizo Un americano en París, Cantando bajo la lluvia, y On the Town, cuyo vídeo es el qye reina en este post.

Y si algo me emociona de este actor, es las ganas y la energía que le ponía a lo que hacía, de ahí que se haya anado el respeto, admiración y simpatía de varias generaciones...

Anda, a quien no le ha apetecido bailar un dia bajo la lluvia?

Gene Kelly- New York New York

Dockhand:
I feel like I'm not out of bed yet, oh, oh, oh
Oh the sun is warm, and my blanket's warmer,
Sleep, sleep in your lady's arms,
Sleep in your lady's arms.
(Ship's whistle, the sailors rush down from ship to dock)
Sailors Gene Kelly, Frank Sinatra and Jules Munshin sing:
New York, New York, New York, New York,
New York, New York, it's a wonderful town!
Dockhand: Hahaha, hey fellas, what's the big rush?
Sailors:
We only got 24 hours! We've never been here before!
Dockhand:
What can you see in one day?
What do you think you're gonna do?
Sailors:
New York, New York, it's a wonderful town!
The Bronx is up and the Battery's down
The people ride in a hole in the ground,
New York, New York, it's a wonderful town!
(musical interlude)
The famous places to visit are so many,
So the guys would say,
I know my grandpa wouldn't miss any in just one day
Gotta see the whole town,
>From Yonkers on down to the bay, in just one day.
New York, New York, it's a wonderful town,
The Bronx up and the Battery's down,
The people ride in a hole in the ground,
New York, New York, it's a wonderful town
(musical interlude)
We sailed the seas and played a bit of poker way in Mandalay,
We've walked the streets till the night was over,
And we can safely say, the most fabulous sight is New York
In the light of day, our only day.
New York, New York, it's a wonderful town,
The Bronx is up and the Battery's down,
The people ride in a hole in the ground,
New York, New York, it's a wonderful town
Manhattan women are all dressed in satin, so the fellows say,
There's just one thing necessary in Manhattan,
When you just have one day,
Gotta pick up a date, maybe seven or eight,
By your way, in just one day.
New York, New York, it's a wonderful town,
The Bronx is up and the Battery's down,
The people ride in a hole in the ground,
New York, New York, it's a wonderful town.