The devil went down to Georgia
He was lookin' for a soul to steal
He was in a bind
'Cause he was way behind
And he was willin' to make a deal
When he came upon this young man
Sawin' on a fiddle and playin' it hot
And the devil jumped
Up on a hickory stump
And said boy let me tell you what
I guess you didn't know it
but I'm a fiddle player too
And if you care to take a dare I'll make a bet with you
Now you play a pretty good fiddle, boy
But give the devil his due
I'll bet a fiddle of gold
Against your soul
'Cause I think I'm better than you
The boy said my name's Johnny
And it might be a sin
But I'll take your bet
And you're gonna regret
'Cause I'm the best there's ever been
Johnny rosin up your bow and play your fiddle hard
Cause hell's broke loose in Georgia and the devil deals the cards
And if you win you get this shiny fiddle made of gold
But if you lose the devil gets your soul.
The devil opened up his case
And he said I'll start this show
And fire flew from his fingertips
As he rosined up his bow
Then he pulled the bow across the strings
And it made a [sic] evil hiss
And a band of demons joined in
And it sounded something like this
When the devil finished
Johnny said well you're pretty good old son
Just sit right in that chair right there
And let me show you how it's done
He played Fire on the Mountain
Run boys, run
The devil's in the House of the Rising Sun
Chicken in a bread pan picken' out dough
Granny does your dog bite
No child, no
The devil bowed his head
Because he knew that he'd been beat
And he laid that golden fiddle
On the ground at Johnny's feet
Johnny said, Devil just come on back
If you ever wanna try again
I done told you once you son of a bitch
I'm the best there's ever been
And he played Fire on the Mountain
Run boys, run
The devil's in the House of the Rising Sun
Chicken in a bread pan picken' out dough
Granny does your dog bite
No child, no
He was lookin' for a soul to steal
He was in a bind
'Cause he was way behind
And he was willin' to make a deal
When he came upon this young man
Sawin' on a fiddle and playin' it hot
And the devil jumped
Up on a hickory stump
And said boy let me tell you what
I guess you didn't know it
but I'm a fiddle player too
And if you care to take a dare I'll make a bet with you
Now you play a pretty good fiddle, boy
But give the devil his due
I'll bet a fiddle of gold
Against your soul
'Cause I think I'm better than you
The boy said my name's Johnny
And it might be a sin
But I'll take your bet
And you're gonna regret
'Cause I'm the best there's ever been
Johnny rosin up your bow and play your fiddle hard
Cause hell's broke loose in Georgia and the devil deals the cards
And if you win you get this shiny fiddle made of gold
But if you lose the devil gets your soul.
The devil opened up his case
And he said I'll start this show
And fire flew from his fingertips
As he rosined up his bow
Then he pulled the bow across the strings
And it made a [sic] evil hiss
And a band of demons joined in
And it sounded something like this
When the devil finished
Johnny said well you're pretty good old son
Just sit right in that chair right there
And let me show you how it's done
He played Fire on the Mountain
Run boys, run
The devil's in the House of the Rising Sun
Chicken in a bread pan picken' out dough
Granny does your dog bite
No child, no
The devil bowed his head
Because he knew that he'd been beat
And he laid that golden fiddle
On the ground at Johnny's feet
Johnny said, Devil just come on back
If you ever wanna try again
I done told you once you son of a bitch
I'm the best there's ever been
And he played Fire on the Mountain
Run boys, run
The devil's in the House of the Rising Sun
Chicken in a bread pan picken' out dough
Granny does your dog bite
No child, no
"Devil went down to Georgia" es en origen una canción country de la "Charlie Daniels band" publicada en 1979, en ella se nos cuenta la historia de una apuesta que hacen el Diablo y un joven violinista folk. Se trata de un duelo musical utilizando el violín, donde el Diablo se juega un violín de oro y el joven su alma; en la canción aparecen dos partes instrumentales correspondientes a la interpretación de cada uno de los contendientes. Al final el Diablo es derrotado y se ve obligado a entregar el violín de oro.
La canción tiene multitud de versiones y adaptaciones, y el duelo musical con el diablo ha sido versionado y parodiado en bastantes ocasiones; una reciente y bastante conocida es la que se hace en el capitulo 1X09 de Futurama "Hell is in other Robots". En este capítulo Leela se enfrenta al Diablo Robot en un duelo similar al de la canción, si gana Leela obtendrá el violín de oro y liberará a Bender del Infierno, si pierde, obtendrá un violín de plata y Fry morirá. Tras la parte del Diablo y puesto que Leela es incapaz de tocar el violín, está le estampa el violín al Diablo en la cara y los tres protagonistas salen corriendo del infierno.
He descubierto hace poco la canción por su versión rock/metal que se utiliza como el duelo que cierra el Guitar Hero 3, juego con el que estoy especialmente yonki últimamente. Al ser la última canción del juego es una de las más difíciles, y además se debe jugar en modo batalla (donde vamos obteniendo power ups y se los arrojamos al adversario para hacer que falle) contra Lou (abreviatura de Lucifer), recreando la misma situación que en la canción. Si se consigue ganar el enfrentamiento se ha de tocar en solitario la última estrofa. A continuación os dejo la versión del juego (que me gusta bastante más que la original) y un vídeo de un pavo pasándosela en experto (no es tan impresionante como el puto crío del otro día, pero sigue siendo una burrada del copón).
GrAcias por la info, ultimamente he alucinado con este trozo de cancion...
ResponderEliminarPero quede en duda, la cancion original es tocada por violkines?
Eso no mas hermano, gracias