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Lily Allen é uma cantora e compositora inglesa, que apresenta também um programa de televisão (Lily Allen and Friends, na BBC Three). Conhecida por êxitos como “Smile” ou “LDN”, viu o seu primeiro álbum “Alright, Still” ser votado como o 3º melhor álbum de 2007 pela revista Mixmag. Em 2007 foi nomeada nos Brit Awards e nos MTV Vídeo Music Awards nas categorias de Melhor Álbum Britânico e Artista Revelação, respectivamente. O seu álbum foi ainda distinguido com a nomeação para Melhor Álbum Alternativo na cerimónia dos Grammys Awards 2008.
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Biografia
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Lily Rose Beatrice Allen nasceu a 2 de Maio de 1985 em Hammersmith (Londres). Filha do comediante Keith Allen e da produtora Alison Owen, Lily tem uma irmã mais velha, Sarah, e dois irmãos mais novos, Alfie e Rebecca, assim como alguns meios irmãos. Quando Allen tinha 4 anos o seu pai deixou a família, o que fez com que ela passasse a viver apenas com a mãe. Frequentou algumas das escolas privadas mais caras de Inglaterra, num total de 13, acabando por ser expulsa por beber e fumar.
Aos 11 anos, enquanto cantava um tema dos Oasis na escola, foi-lhe dito por uma professora que tinha talento e que o devia aproveitar. Allen decidiu ter aulas de canto e passou a participar nas peças da escola, tendo deliciado a audiência ao mostrar que uma rapariga problemática era capaz de cantar tão bem. Aos 17 anos tornou-se membro do Groucho Club e nos tempos livres ouvia artistas como The Specials, T.Rex ou Happy Mondays.
Allen abandonou a escola aos 15 anos porque segundo ela não queria “passar um terço da sua vida a preparar-se para trabalhar no segundo terço da vida e para sobreviver com uma pensão no último terço da vida”. Depois da sua família ter ido de férias para Ibiza, Allen disse à sua mãe que ia passar algum tempo com amigos mas a verdade é que permaneceu em Sant Antoni de Portmany a ganhar dinheiro a trabalhar numa loja de discos e a vender ecstasy.
Allen conheceu o seu primeiro manager, George Lamb, em Ibiza quando ele a salvou de alguns problemas e a enviou para casa. Ela foi rejeitada por algumas editoras, facto que a própria atribuiu ao seu problema com a bebida e também por ser filha de Keith Allen. Assinou contrato com a Warner Music em 2002 mas acabou por sair da editora mesmo antes de editar os temas que lhes tinha apresentado. Nesta altura optou por estudar horticultura com o objectivo de se tornar florista mas mudou de ideias e acabou por voltar ao mundo da música.
Começou a escrever algumas letras e o seu manager apresentou-a ao duo Future Cut em 2004. Trabalharam num pequeno estúdio na cave de um edifício de escritórios e em 2005 Allen assinou contrato com a Regal Records. Como o seu trabalho não era muito conhecido fora da editora, a Regal Records optou por ir atrasando a edição do álbum de Allen. Em Novembro do mesmo ano, ela criou uma conta no MYSpace e começou a divulgar demos que acabaram por atrair milhares de ouvintes e chamar a atenção de revistas da especialidade.
Em Março de 2006, OMM incluiu um artigo sobre o sucesso de Allen no MySpace e ela acabou por ser capa da publicação meses mais tarde. O sucesso das suas canções convenceu a editora a dar mais poder de decisão a Allen sobre o álbum. Ela decidiu então trabalhar com os produtores musicais Greg Kurstin e Mark Ronson, tendo terminado o álbum em 2 semanas. O álbum Alright, Still foi lançado em Julho de 2006 por toda a Europa e em Janeiro de 2007 nos EUA, tendo alcançado lugares cimeiros nos tops. Entertainment Weekly apontou o álbum de Allen como um dos 10 melhores álbuns de 2006.
Actualmente Allen está prestes a lançar o seu segundo álbum cujo título provisório é Stuck on the naughty step, tendo já difundido duas demos na sua página do MySpace, “I don’t know” e “I could say”. A 29 de Junho actuou no festival de Glastonbury juntamente com Mark Ronson, tendo dedicado a sua actuação à sua avó que tinha falecido na noite anterior. A 3 de Julho apareceu de surpresa no festival Wireless com Mark Ronson, onde apresentou os temas “Littlest things” e “Oh my God”.
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Alright, Still
1. Smile
2. Knock'Em out
3. LDN
4. Everything's just wonderful
5. Not big
6. Friday night
7. Shame for you
8. Littlest things
9. Take what you take
10. Friend of mine
11. Alfie
12. Nan you're a window shopper (edited version)
13. Smile version revisited (Mark Ronson remix) (edited version)
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Look inside
Look inside your tiny mind
Now look a bit harder
Cause we're so uninspired,
Sso sick and tired
Of all the hatred you harbour.
So you say
It's not OK to be gay
Well I think you're just evil
You're just some racist
Who can't tie my laces
Your point of view is medieval
Fuck you (fuck you)
Fuck you very, very much
Cause we hate what you do
And we hate your whole crew
So please don't stay in touch
Fuck you (fuck you)
Fuck you very, very much
Cause your words don't translate
And it's getting quite late
So please don't stay in touch
Do you get
Do you get a little kick out of
Being small-minded?
You want to be like your father,
His approval you're after
Well that's not how you find it.
Do you,
Do you really enjoy
Living a life that's so hateful?
Cause there's a hole where your soul should be
You're losing control of it
And it's really distasteful
Fuck you (fuck you)
Fuck you very, very much
Cause we hate what you do
And we hate your whole crew
So please don't stay in touch
Fuck you (fuck you)
Fuck you very, very much
Cause your words don't translate
And it's getting quite late
So please don't stay in touch
Fuck you, fuck you, fuck you
Fuck you, fuck you, fuck you
Fuck you
You say you think we need to go to war
Well you're already in one
Cause it's people like you
That need to get slew
No one wants your opinion
Fuck you (fuck you)
Fuck you very, very much
Cause we hate what you do
And we hate your whole crew
So please don't stay in touch
Fuck you (fuck you)
Fuck you very, very much
Cause your words don't translate
And it's getting quite late
So please don't stay in touch
Fuck you
Fuck you
Fuck you
Now listen I think you and me have come to the end of our time,
What d'you want some kind of reaction?
Well, OK, that's fine,
Alright, how would it make you feel if I said you that you never ever made me cum?
In the year and a half that we spent together,
Yeah, I never really had much fun.
All those times that I said I was sober,
Well I'm afraid I lied,
I'd be lying next to you, you next to me,
All the while I was high as a kite.
I could see it in your face when you give it to me gently,
Yeah, you really must think you're great,
Let's see how you feel in a couple of weeks,
When I work my way through your mates.
[Chorus:]
I never wanted it to end up this way,
You've only got yourself to blame,
I'm gonna tell them that you're rubbish in bed now
And that you're small in the game.
I saw you thought this was gonna be easy,
Well, you're out of luck.
Yeah, let's rewind, let's turn back time to when you couldn't get it up,
You know what it shoulda ended there,
That's when I shoulda shown you the door.
As if that weren't enough to deal with,
You became premature.
I'm sorry if you feel that I'm being kinda mental,
But you left me in such a state.
But now I'm gonna do what you did to me,
Gonna reciprocate.
[Chorus:]
You're not big, you're not clever,
No, you ain't a big brother
Not big what so ever.
Ahhhhhhhhh [etc.]
I'm sorry if you feel that I'm being kinda mental,
But you left me in such a state.
But now I'm gonna do what you did to me,
I'm gonna reciprocate.
You're not big, you're not clever,
No, you ain't a big breader
Not big what so ever
You're not big, you're not clever,
Not big what so ever
No, you ain't a big breader [x2]
Ooooooooooo
Ooooooooooo
Friday night last orders at the pub,
Get in the car and drive to the club,
There's a massive crowd outside so we get in to the queue
It's quarter past 11 now we won't get in till quarter to.
It's quarter to and we get to the front,
Girl on a guest list dressed like a c***
She asked security to check inside my shoes,
You can play this game with me but you know you're gonna lose.
[Hook]
Looked me up and down,
I don't make a sound,
There's a lesson that I want you to learn,
If you're gonna play with fire then you're gonna get burned,
[Chorus]
Don't try and test me cos you'll get reaction,
Another drink and I'm ready for action,
I don't know who you think you are,
But making people scared wont get you very far.
Ooooooooooooo
Ooooooooooooo
In the club make our way to the bar,
Good dancing love but you should of worn a bra.
Guy on the mike and he's making too much noise,
There's these girls in the corner wanting attention from the boys.
I see these girls and they're shouting through the crowd,
Don't understand why they're being really loud.
They make their way over to me,
They try to push me out the way,
I'll push her back, she looks at me and says,
What you tryna say?
[Hook]
[Chorus x2]
Oooooooooooooo
Oooooooooooooo
Do you think, everything, everyone, is going mental,
It seems to me that it's spiralling outta control and it's inevitable,
Now don't you think,
This time is yours, this time is mine,
Its temperamental,
It seems to me, we're on all fours,
Crawling on our knees,
Someone help us please
Oh Jesus Christ almighty,
Do I feel alright? No not slightly,
I wanna get a flat I know I can't afford it,
It's just the bureaucrats who won't give me a mortgage,
Well it's very funny cos I got your fuckin money,
And I'm never gonna get it just because of my bad credit
Oh well I guess I mustn't grumble,
I suppose that's just the way the cookie crumbles.
Oh yeah, I'm fine,
Everything's just wonderful,
I'm having the time of my life.
Don't you want something else,
Something new, than what we've got here,
And don't you feel it's all the same,
Some sick game and it's not insincere,
I wish I could change the ways of the world,
Make it a nice place
Until that day, I guess we stay,
Doing what we do
Screwing who we screw
Why can't I sleep at night,
Don't say it's gonna be alright,
I wanna be able to eat spaghetti bolognaise,
and not feel bad about it for days and days and days.
In the magazines they talk about weight loss,
If I buy those jeans I can look like kate moss,
Oh no it's not the life I chose,
But I guess that's the way that things go,
Oh yeah, I'm fine,
Everything's just wonderful,
I'm having the time of my life.
Oh yeah, I'm fine,
Everything's just wonderful,
I'm having the time of my life.
Oh Jesus Christ almighty,
Do I feel alright? No not slightly,
I wanna get a flat I know I can't afford it,
It's just the bureaucrats who won't give me a mortgage,
Well it's very funny cos I got your fuckin money,
And I'm never gonna get it just because of my bad credit
Oh well I guess I mustn't grumble,
I suppose that's just the way the cookie crumbles.
Oh well I guess it's just the way that things go,
I suppose that's the way the cookie crumbles,
Oh well I guess it's just the way that things go,
I suppose that's the way the cookie crumbles
Riding through the city on my bike all day
Cause the filth took away my licence
It doesn't get me down and I feel ok
Cause the sights that I'm seeing are priceless
Everything seems to look as it should
But I wonder what goes on behind doors
A fella looking dapper, but he's sittin with a slapper
Then I see it's a pimp and his crack whore
You might laugh you might frown
Walkin' round London town
(Chorus)
Sun is in the sky oh why oh why ?
Would I wanna be anywhere else
Sun is in the sky oh why oh why ?
Would I wanna be anywhere else
When you look with your eyes
Everything seems nice
But if you look twice
you can see it's all lies
There was a little old lady, who was walkin down the road
She was struggling with bags from Tesco
There were people from the city havin lunch in the park
I believe that it's called al fresco
Then a kid came along to offer a hand
But before she had time to accept it
hits her over the head, doesn't care if she's dead
Cause he's got all her jewellery and wallet
You might laugh you might frown
walkin round London town
(Chorus)
Sun is in the sky oh why oh why ?
Would I wanna be anywhere else
Sun is in the sky oh why oh why ?
Would I wanna be anywhere else
When you look with your eyes
Everything seems nice
But if you look twice
you can see it's all lies
Life, that's city life, yeah that's city life, that's city life
Life, that's city life, yeah that's city life, that's city life
(Chorus)
Sun is in the sky oh why oh why ?
Would I wanna be anywhere else
Sun is in the sky oh why oh why ?
Would I wanna be anywhere else
(Chorus x4)
When you first left me I was wanting more
But you were fucking that girl next door, what you do that for
When you first left me I didn't know what to say
I've never been on my own that way, just sat by myself all day
I was so lost back then
But with a little help from my friends
I found a light in the tunnel at the end
Now you're calling me up on the phone
So you can have a little whine and a moan
And it's only because you're feeling alone
At first when I see you cry,
yeah it makes me smile, yeah it makes me smile
At worst I feel bad for a while,
but then I just smile I go ahead and smile
Whenever you see me you say that you want me back
And I tell you it don't mean jack, no it don't mean jack
I couldn't stop laughing, no I just couldn´t help myself
See you messed up my mental health I was quite unwell
I was so lost back then
But with a little help from my friends
I found a light in the tunnel at the end
Now you're calling me up on the phone
So you can have a little whine and a moan
And it's only because you're feeling alone
At first when I see you cry,
yeah it makes me smile, yeah it makes me smile
At worst I feel bad for a while,
but then I just smile I go ahead and smile
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Género musical: pop, ska, reggae, dub, indie
Site: www.lilyallenmusic.com
Editora: Regal Records; Capitol Records
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