Mini-ciclo "Dinheiro e poder na música" I: "Goldfinger"

O tema "Dinheiro e poder na música" é terreno fértil para reflexão.

Escolhi, para começar, a canção de abertura do filme de 1964 de Guy Hamilton Goldfinger, 007 contra Goldfinger. Nestes filmes de acção e espionagem, o herói de Ian Fleming e agente secreto de Sua Majestade, James Bond,  luta contra as aberrações várias decorrentes de um sistema político e económico assente no poder tentacular do dinheiro. 

Aqui fica o genérico, com a canção interpretada por Shirley Bassey, e a letra:


Goldfinger

He's the man, the man with the Midas touch
A spider's touch
Such a cold finger
Beckons you to enter his web of sin
But don't go in

Golden words he will pour in your ear
But his lies can't disguise what you fear
For a golden girl knows when he's kissed her
It's the kiss of death from

Mr Goldfinger
Pretty girl beware of this heart of gold
This heart is cold

Golden words he will pour in your ear
But his lies can't disguise what you fear
For a golden girl knows when he's kissed her
It's the kiss of death from

Mr Goldfinger
Pretty girl beware of this heart of gold
This heart is cold

He loves only gold
Only gold
He loves gold
He loves only gold
Only gold
He loves gold



Autores:  John Barry (música), Leslie Bricusse e Anthony Newly (letra)