A este país le debemos la invención del género y aunque su rock haya sido en gran medida comercial, hay que rendir tributo a grandes excepciones..
Jimi Hendrix, Janice Joplin, The Doors, Metallica, Guns 'n' Roses, Megadeth, Skid Row, Extreme y Dream Theater, aunque muy diferentes entre sí, han dado tanto al mundo de los jóvenes que tienen bien merecido su lugar en la historia del género.
Un par de letras de Dream Theater:
WAIT FOR SLEEP(Kevin Moore)
Standing by the window
Eyes upon the moon
Hoping that the memory
will leave her spirit soon
She shuts the door and lights
And lays her body on the bed
Where images and words are running deep
She has too much pride to pull
the sheets above her head
So quietly she lays and waits for sleep
She stares at the ceiling
And tries not to think
And pictures the chain
She's been trying to link again
But the feeling is gone
And water can't cover her memory
And ashes can't answer her pain
God give me the power to take
breath from a breeze
And call life from a cold metal frame
In with the ashes
Or up with the smoke from the fire
With wings up in heaven
Or here, lying in bed
Palm of her hand to my head
Now and forever curled, in my heart
And the heart of the world.
LEARNING TO LIVE
(John Myung)
There was no time for pain
No energy for anger
The sightlessness of hatred slips away
Walking through winter streets alone
He stops and takes a breath
With confidence and self-control
I look at the world and see no understanding
I'm waiting to find some senseof strenght
I'm begging you from the bottom of my heart to show
me understanding
I need to live life
Like some people never will
So find me kindness
Find me beauty
Find me truth
When temptation brings me to my knees
And I lay here drained of strenght
Show me kindness
Show me beauty
Show me truth
The way your heart sounds
makes all the difference
It's what decides if you'll endure
The way your heart beats
makes all the difference
In learning to live
Here before me is my soul
I'm learning to live
I won't give up
Till I've no more to give
Listening to the city
Whispering it's violence
I set out watching from above
The 90's bring new questions
New solutions to be found
I fell in love to be let down
Once again we dance in the crowd
At times a step away
From a common fear that's all
spread out
It won't listen to what you say
Once you're touched you stand alone
To face the bitter fight
Once I reached for love
And now I reach for life
Another chance to lift my live
Free the sensation in my heart
To ride the wings of dreams
into changing horizons
It brings inner peace within my mind,
As I'm lifted from there I've spilt my life
I hear an innocent voice
I hear kindness, beauty and
truth
The way your heart sounds
makes all the difference
It's what decides if you'll endure
the pain that we all feel
The way your heart beats
makes all the difference
In learning to live
Spread before you is my soul
So forever hold the dreams within our hearts
Through nature's inflexible grace
I'm learning to live