Era el año de 1981 cuando me encontré con una grabación nueva de Electric Light Orchestra, representantes del rock sinfónico que incluía chelos y violines en sus composiciones, lo que catapultaba a la banda a esta categoría. El álbum se llamaba “Time” y no dudé mucho para comprarlo. Los temas de este larga duración, en vinil (obvio) se distanciaban bastante de los que había escuchado previamente de la ELO, la referencia inmediata era Xanadú sound track de la misma película, donde junto a Olivia Newton-John, (protagonista del film homónimo), el sonido era más cercano al pop y disco music de la época, que a las reminiscencias orquestales de las producciones anteriores.
En Time, la música era totalmente diferente, el grupo echó mano a los efectos digitales de los novedosos sintetizadores de la época, lo cual aunado a la temática futurística de las letras, nos dejaba irremediablemente expuestos a una visión inequívoca de lo que nos depararía el futuro ante el umbral de la nueva centuria que se aproximaba con vehemencia.
Hoy, ya entrado el siglo 21 hasta el comienzo de su segunda década, cuando muchas de aquellas evocaciones a maravillas tecnológicas de ciencia ficción que para entonces nos entretenían y ahora, casi imperceptiblemente son parte de nuestra cotidianidad. Vuelvo a escuchar Time, y en una de sus canciones: Yours Truly 2095, constato casi con beneplacito lo profético de aquellas letras. Apenas con alguna diferencia con la Marca, intuyo que este tema escrito por Jeff Lynne en realidad nos habla de una no muy lejana nueva versión de iPhone y su asistente virtual Siri, quien para ese entonces dotada de una evolucionada inteligencia artificial, se tomará atribuciones mas allá de las de una simple asistente y al igual que la mítica HAL 9000 en Odisea del espacio 2010 nos preguntará antes de que apaguemos el smartphone: “Voy a soñar?”
Yours Truly 2095
2095, 2095, 2095, 2095
I love you, sincerely
Yours truly, yours truly...
I sent a message to another time
But as the days unwind, this I just can't believe
I sent a note across another plane
Maybe it's all a game, but this I just can't conceive.
Can you hear me?
I drive the very latest hover car
I don't know where you are
But I miss you so much till then
I met someone who looks a lot like you
She does the things you do
But she is an IBM.
2095, 2095, 2095, 2095
I love you, sincerely
Yours truly, yours truly...
She's only programmed to be very nice
But she's as cold as ice
Whenever I get too near
She tells me that she likes me very much
But when I try to touch
She makes it all too clear.
She is the latest in technology
Almost mythology
But she has a heart stone
She has an I.Q. of 1001
She has a jumpsuit on
And she's also a telephone.
2095, 2095, 2095, 2095
I love you, sincerely
Yours truly, yours truly...
CHORUS:
Is that what you want? (Is it what you want?)
Is it what you really want? (Is it what you really want?)
Is that what you want? (Is it what you want?)
Is it what you really want?
But as the days unwind, this I just can't believe
I sent a note across another plane
Maybe it's all a game, but this I just can't conceive.
Can you hear me?
I drive the very latest hover car
I don't know where you are
But I miss you so much till then
I met someone who looks a lot like you
She does the things you do
But she is an IBM.
2095, 2095, 2095, 2095
I love you, sincerely
Yours truly, yours truly...
She's only programmed to be very nice
But she's as cold as ice
Whenever I get too near
She tells me that she likes me very much
But when I try to touch
She makes it all too clear.
She is the latest in technology
Almost mythology
But she has a heart stone
She has an I.Q. of 1001
She has a jumpsuit on
And she's also a telephone.
2095, 2095, 2095, 2095
I love you, sincerely
Yours truly, yours truly...
CHORUS:
Is that what you want? (Is it what you want?)
Is it what you really want? (Is it what you really want?)
Is that what you want? (Is it what you want?)
Is it what you really want?
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