"I´m Michael Caine"

El señor Caine ya había dicho que no. No podía prestar su voz para un grupito ska que vaya a saber quienes eran. Pero su hija se enteró y le hizo saber de qué iban los Madness.
Así fue como Michael Caine puso su voz para el tema que lleva su nombre. Las frases que debió decir son "I´m Michael Caine" y "My name is Michael Caine". Simples, pero en su voz quedan perfectas. Igual que el tema.
Compuesto por Carl Smyth y Daniel Woodgate (Chas y Woody para los amigos, uno en coros y bailando, y el otro baterista). Incluso el tema es cantado por Smyth en la voz líder, y no por el "maestro de ceremonias" Suggs.
El tema puede percibirse como algo diferente al Madness que se suele escuchar; pero tiene todos los elementos omnipresentes en su música, por lo que creo que es la melodía y los arreglos vocales lo que termina de constituír la particularidad de "Michael Caine".
"And all I wanted was a word or photograph to keep at home / And all I wanted was a word or photograph to keep" me conmueve esa parte, los coros, Chas.
Además el piano de Mike Barson y el bajo a cargo de Mark "Bedders" Bedford hacen maravillas.
El tema fue simple del disco "Keep Moving", de 1984.
El video homenajea al actor y se basa en el film "The Ipcress File" protagonizado por Caine. Al principio hay un breve monólogo a cámara como "Alfie" (Caine fue el original), y algunos guiños más. Los muchachos locos cantan serios. Saben que estan haciendo algo diferente, y genial.
Tengo ganas de ponerme la corbata negra, mirar al espejo y decir "I´m Michael Caine", con el pianito de fondo.
Para el deleite:

(I am Michael Caine)
He's walking where I'm afraid I don't know
I see the firemen jumping from the windows
There's panic and I hear somebody scream
(aaaah)
He picks up useless paper
And puts it in my pocket
I'm trying very hard to keep my fingers clean
I can't remember tell me what's his name
(My name is Michael Caine)
And all I wanted was a word or photograph to keep at home
And all I wanted was a word or photograph to keep
The sun is laughing its another broken morning
I see a shadow and call out to try and warn him
He didn't seem to hear
Just turned away
The quiet fellow follows and points his fingers
Straight at you
He had to sacrifice his pride yes throw it all away
(I am Michael Caine)
And all I wanted was a word or photograph to keep at home
And all I wanted was a word or photograph to keep
His days are numbered he walks round and round in circles
There is no place he can ever call his own
He seems to jump at the sound of the phone
Staring out the window there's nothing he can now do
All he wanted was to remain sane
He can't remember his own name
(My name is Michael Caine)
And all I wanted was a word or photograph to keep at home
And all I wanted was a word or photograph to keep
And all I wanted was a word or photograph
And all I wanted was a word or photograph to keep
And all I wanted was a word or photograph to keep at home
And all I wanted was a word or photograph to keep
And all I wanted was a word or photograph
And all I wanted was a word or photograph to keep
...
"Michael Caine" - Madness