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Cripple Crow es uno de esos albums que le llegan a uno de forma inesperada. No tenía idea que existía Devendra Banhart, su intérprete y autor, ni que existía algo como el género de Freak Folk, osease folk con la guitarrita dylanesca tradicional de base pero con arreglos y letra surrealistas y hasta dadaistas. Me lo pasó el Xipactli ya hace tiempo y no me canso de tocarlo. La portada es una especie de homenaje a Sgt. Pepper via Charles Manson.

Entre mis canciones favoritas del album está Chinese Children:

Well if I lived in China, I'd have some Chinese children
Yeah if I lived in China, I'd have some Chinese children
Well if I lived in China, if I lived in China, uh huh
Well out of my ears my little black baby hears
And that's my fact

Now if I lived in Russia, I'd have some Chinese children
If I lived in Prussia, I'd have some Chinese children
Well if I lived in India, they'd still be Chinese children uh huh
And out my toes my little blue baby grows
And that's another fact

Now if I lived in Ireland, I'd have some Chinese children
Yeah if I lived in Ireland, I'd have some Chinese children
Yeah if I lived in Ireland, if I lived in Ireland, uh huh
Well if I lived in Spainland, they'd still be Chinese children
And if I lived in Greeceland, they'd still be Chinese children
But out of my thumbs my little red baby runs
And that's another fact, an unchanging fact

Chinese Children # letra completa
Devendra Banhart # Sitio Oficial