Dans la suite de Seven, mais sans le piano magique de Tony. Du coup, je m’ennuie ferme. Malheureusement.
1 : Siren
2 : Still Waters
3 : Blade
4 : Wild Pilgrimage
5 : The Oracle
6 : City of Gold
2011
Tony Banks : compositions
The City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra
Paul Englishby : direction de l’orchestre
Martin Robertson : saxophone alto
Charlie Siem : violon
J’ai cet album, et foi d’Administrateur-éminent-tout-plein, je m’en vais vous en parler sous peu !
The silence of night, street light through the window. I’m sitting here alone, me and my shadow. AN empty glass and three more cigarettes. I’ve been here before, but this one’s the toughest yet. My mind can’t sleep, to forget about it all. I’m still here alone, me and my shadow. I wish I could remember before, the way I used to feel. I’ve written it down somewhere.
Accidents will happen.
I guess it’s all about time that I should be leaving, a change of scenery. Sitting here’s just a no win guarantee.But first I’ll draw he curtain, get some rest or sleep. Just a little time for me. I hope that you are watching. I hope that you can see me. From afar I look ok.With no thing really left and no need to be right. There’s only dust down the centre of life. And I don’t have a peaceful moment.
Accidents will happen (I fight, alive, I must) (I’m down and broken) (no use to fade or die) (It would be hopeless)
Breath with me, I try to awake youth stop you leave. I scream at the heavens, why won’t you help me. I knew it was too late. No hope no answer. With I had remembered to say. I love you.
Accidents will happen (I fight, alive, I must) (I’m down and broken) (no use to fade or die) (It would be hopeless)
From the west side to the east, south side to the north. Life begins to sing. A melody you know, with rhythm from the Gods. Peace and harmony, is still aware of you. While you wait for something worth. It’s a gift in a year of hope. It helps you from your knees. Don’t ever feel alone these days. It’s all about face.Smile you will be there.
Pour light on my life. Light on my face. Light on my head. For there I should be. Here in the place. Don’t need a reason. Leaving’s more than just a memory for me.
You know you really feel the curse. Teeter on the edge. But never look down. Just listen to the words, the ones that you should say to yourself. And if things really get unclear, a little too unclear. Remember it could be much worse. I can tell you this here and now. When you start to count the days, till you feel better now. It’s all about to change. Smile and you will be there.
Pour light on my life. Light on my face. Light on my head. For there I should be. Here in the place. Don’t need a reason. Leaving’s more than just a memory for me.
Looking inwards, from the outside. You see it clearer. A tower of strength is waiting. All the words you think you want to say. No not me, yeah you. From the west side to the east, south side to the north, and everywhere around you, all around you.
Pour light on my life. Light on my face. Light on my head. For there I should be. Here in the place. Don’t need a reason. Leaving’s more than just a memory for me.
On the seventh day, the sunlight had melted the ice. The steam on the window, had crystallised the night before. And you reached out for the warmth in my hand. On the seventh day.
And now you know my heart can be broken. And I wait a lot and I wonder about what you’re doing now. And I guess I’ll never know it. I look into my mind and ask why. Nothing seems to change. Not anymore for me. On the sixth day I saw you cry for the first time. The day before you realised time was running out. The fourth day, I felt it, I was alive. The third day, Time just few by. And now I feels like life is over. And so I wait a lot. And I wonder about what you’re doing now and I guess I’ll never know it. I look into my mind and ask why. Nothing seems to change. Not anymore for me.
Crazy Girl, you’re crazy. On the second day we both knew. We’d have to forget. The last day are the promise. The promise I regret and you let go of the warmth in my hand. On the last day. And I guess we both know. It’s over !
So we wait a lot. And we wonder about what we’re doing now. And I guess we’ll never know it. Look into your mind and ask why. But nothing seems to change, not anymore for me.
And I followed my heart, like you told me to and I’ve given you all. Every friend I have can see it. Shouldn’t be alive without a reason. That reason was you. Not anymore for me.
Hey Ma ! I wanna be a rock star.
I told all my friends and bought myself a guitar.
Well the voice of disbelief was deafening.
They look upon their faces, almost threatening.
All that you could hear were cries of laughter.
Someone even said I was a disaster, can you believe it ?
Hey Ma ! I wanna be a rockstar.
I told all my friends and bought myself a guitar.
Well the voice of disbelief was deafening.
They look upon their faces, almost threatening.
All that you could hear were cries of laughter.
Someone even said was a disaster, can you believe it ?
Maybe you’ll be pleasantly surprised, you’d be right to trust me.
I believe the ghost of good news is gonna be haunting me. Why ?
I’ll never know.
Maybe soon I’ll find out, I guess I’m in with a shout.
Never know if you don’t try.
I don’t know I don’t ask why.
The voice of Disbelief. Said the voice of Disbelief.
Hey Ma ! I wanna be a rockstar.
Hey Ma ! Why are you not listening ?
Why are you not listening ?
If she erupted always another day,
Don’t be hard on yourself
You wake up and dust yourself down
You say “Never again”
Forget it, it’s too late now
You’ve still got me as your friend
So why don’t you come stay tonight
It’s better for you that way
Focus on love, focus on real
And know that you’re a friend of mine
If you need a little time for yourself
You know where to find me
If you need a little hope for your soul
Give me a call
No love in darkness, only in light, only in light
Today is the first day of chang
Try to remember, try not to regret
No one never said peace was easy to get
Someday you’ll be lonely and I will appear
Just like a ghost, but don’t fear me
Forget it, it’s too late now
You’ve still got me as your friend
So why don’t you come stay tonight
It’s better for you that way
Focus on love, focus on real
Just know that you’re a friend of mine
If you need a little time for yourself
You know where to find me
If you need a little hope for your soul
Give me a call
No love in darkness, only in light, only in light
Today is the first day of change
Focus on love, focus on real
And give yourself a chance next time
If you need a little time for yourself
You know where to find me
If you need a little hope for your soul
Just give me a call
No love in darkness, only in light, only in light
Today is the first day of change.
Are you mystified by what I say?
Do you understand it takes a lot to feel that way
Are you leaving now, please don’t look back
In many ways your presence makes it harder to ask
Will you take the feeling of loss away with you
Never to return, you know I would be grateful
Please don’t think that I’m not grateful, ’cause I can feel it
I’ve been mystified by my sacrifice
But I wanted to belong to you
But I was too young
I remember that time, sleeping in the back of a car
Parked on some side street, so people couldn’t see us
We were living day to day, the kids too young to remember
Some things just seem to stay inside throughout the years
And if the fears I had haven’t changed
I guess it’s not the best way to behave
And if it’s all that I can have
You really should remember
That I can feel it
I’ve been mystified by my sacrifice
I wanted to belong to you
But I was too young
And I could write the book about my sacrifice
I wanted to believe you
But I was too young
Too young, too naive
Seems so long ago
But I remember you
Just like yesterday
Like a nightmare I can’t wake
I just go on sleeping
And I’m mystified by my sacrifice
I wanted to belong to you
But I was too young
And I could write the book
I could tell you all
I wanted to believe you
But I was too young
I wanted to believe you
But I was too young
She flies into space, he just waits and counts the days
There’s so much he needs to say to her
The crime is not to believe, given time it eats away
Until you feel that you can’t take no more
You brace yourself for something worse, just in case she’s gone
Nothing makes you safe, you can’t rely upon
You hate to admit to yourself, you’re hanging on a prayer
Nowhere you can run, something you’re depending on
The fear is here again (The voices in my head, ghosts within my soul)
I’m lying in my bed, waiting for a friend
She flies, she flies (Waits and counts the days)
Till you feel that you can’t take no more
Your self-belief and dignity is there but only just
A cradle holds her soul, you just can’t let it go
A crime, even impunity are dreams you hold so dear
For the sake of love, for the sake of all of us
Pour some dark on me, I don’t feel so good
Hold the light up, I need to see you
You brace yourself for something worse, just in case she’s gone
Nothing makes you safe, you can’t rely upon
You hate to admit to yourself, you’re hanging on a prayer
And for the sake of love, for the sake of all of us
Guns of God, cause it’s not your god. Take it away from, eliminate all of. Praise your Allah. Guns of God, giving no hope of. Draining the life out. Killing the soul of. The Fool is in me, driven by love. I’m hungry and older with fear and anger, playing the part. It should have been the role of peace and hope.
Shallom. I ease into your sleep. And count the lives like sheep. Our hopes go up, in flames. But spirits never die.
In the calm of the day I feel the heat of the sunlight. The old bones may be frail now. But miming still hates what they did to my family. And all they took from the people here. Left with nothing but memory. And fear and hunger. Playing the part. She could have been the rose in my garden of eden.
Shallom. I ease into a sleep. And count the life like sheep. our hopes go up, in flames. But spirits never die.
Guns of god, cause it’s not your god. Take it away from, eliminate all of. Parise your Allah. Guns of God, giving no hope of. Draining the life out. Killing the soul of.
Old man, take a look into the mirror and what do you see.
Young boy. Keep an eye on the side line.
Life is a prison, not what you make it and somebody sentenced me.
And now with the age I’m showing, nobody helps me.
Look at my portrait, lines on my face.
The many years, the windom.
And you ask me.
Is anything worth knowing ?
I found no good in anyone or anything at all, until I found me.
Old man, take a look into the mirror and what do you see.
Some people, some people, think they know it all.
And wherever you stand, be the soul of that place.
That’s what my friend used to say, in so many different ways.
Am I satisfied ?
Yes, I’m satisfied.
I found no good in anyone or anything at all, until I found me.
Old man, take a look into the mirror and what do you see.
Young boy. Keep an eye on the side line. Keep an eye on the side line.
In spite of this, I still see.
Alive in bliss, heavenly.
I found no good in anyone or anything at all, until I found me.
Days are going.
Days are long gone.
Life ain’t holding.
Life’s dissolving.
Counting down the days.
I Pray, I Pray.
I found no good in anyone or anything at all, until I found me.
Until I found me.
Old man, take a look into the mirror and take a look into the mirror, and keep an eye on the side line.
Keep an eye on the side line;
You ought to be resting, believe it or not
The dream is finally over, the culprit has been caught
The winds of change are blowing, a chill is in the air
And to the left and to the right, defeat rings everywhere
A flame put out with water, was suffocated first
It’s freezing cold or excessive heat and it’s hard to know what’s worse
You’re caught up in the system, it’s controlling all your days
Your motioning is irrational, and your thinking out of phase
You ought to be resting…
2011
Ray Wilson : chant, guitare acoustique
Ali Ferguson : guitare lead, guitare acoustique, choeurs
Ashley MacMillan : batterie, percussions
Lawrie MacMillan : basse, choeurs
Uwe Metzler : guitare lead, guitare acoustique
Filip Walcerz : piano, claviers
Steve Wilson : guitare électrique, guitare acoustique, choeurs
Philipp Thimm : violoncelle, arrangements des cordes
Alicja Chrzaszcz : violon
Barbara Szelagiewcz : violon
Karolina Wascinska-Lukanowska : violon
Kirstin Kroneberger : alto
Eva Leticia Padilla : choeurs
Peter Keller : guitare additionnelle (“American Beauty”)
Tobi Straube : guitare additionnelle (“Guns of God”)
Peter Hoff : claviers et programmations additionnelles
Produit par Peter Hoff et Ray Wilson.
Pas d’avis pour le moment.
Turn It On Again
That’s All
Carpet Crawlers
Congo
Another Day In Paradise
Constantly Reminded
Another Cup Of Coffee
Jesus He Knows Me
Calling All Stations
In The Air Tonight
Shipwrecked
Ripples
No Son Of Mine
The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway
Follow You Follow Me
Change
Not About Us
Land Of Confusion
I Can’t Dance
Solsbury Hill
Inside
2010
Musicians on stage :
Ray Wilson (vocals, acoustic guitar, harmonica, congas & tambourine)
Ali Ferguson (lead guitar, 12 & 6 String acoustic guitars & vocals)
Filip Walcerz (grand piano & keyboards)
Steve Wilson (vocals, Godin acoustic & electric guitars)
Lawrie Macmillan (bass guitar & bocals)
Ashley Macmillan (drums)
String ensemble :
Kristin Sy (violin 1)
Steffi Hoelk (violin 2)
Nora Boesel (violin 3)
Tobias Unterberg (cello)
“Pas d’avis pour le moment.”
Palms hanging over the sparkling water
Champagne on ice a coconut surprise
Laughter from the rails as yachts set sail
With waves crashing over the shores of Loch Lomond
Crocodile tears under chandelier
Cicadas chatter above the veranda
Birds of Paradise smiles and alibis
Heard by no-one on the shores of Loch Lomond
A merry dance a sarabande in castles made of sand
When your world is washed away in the cold light of day
Christmas suntan a winter summerland
Rhythm of the shingle face tingle
Love songs on the surf should I believe the words
Since when were you on the shores of Loch Lomond
Illusion and facade a crying heavy heart
Within the mists that rise from waters of cold ice
Loch Lomond
A humming bird in snow when darkness is aglow
The pain that cracks the shell the breaking of a spell
Loch Lomond
(instrumental)
(instrumental)
We’re all toys of time
Up to the end
No one owns the night
Meanwhile the river bends
Lace lies and butterflies
Flying high above
Til these eyes have seen enough
The clock is always ticking
Hanging on the wall
The mirror’s always cracked
Waiting for us all
A rose by any other name
Squandered in the dust
Til these eyes have seen enough
The currency that lingers
Far heavier then gold
The beauty of the first bloom
A fairytale of old
Torn into pieces
A childhood map of love
Til these Eyes have seen enough
Punch drunk in the wind
Your play is nearly run
The carpet snatched beneath you
Just when you’re having fun
The cards are in your hand
It’s time to call your bluff
Til these eyes have seen enough
Til these eyes have seen love
(instrumental)
I saw her on the planes
I watched her through the rain
On a buffalo dawn
Running barefoot through the corn
Her wild rose complexion
With eyes downturned
Became my obsession
I knew I had to return
To a place called freedom
To a place called freedom
High Indian cheekbones
Held by wonder
She moaned like the whining wind
Chased by thunder
Torn between home
And the horizon
A dancing gazelle
In Eternity’s sunrise
To a place called freedom
To a place called freedom
To a place called freedom
A place called freedom
High Indian cheekbones
Held by wonder
She moaned like the whining wind
Chased by thunder
Torn between home
And the horizon
A dancing gazelle
In Eternity’s sunrise
To a place called freedom
To a place called freedom
Listen for the boatman’s call
We’re casting off as evening falls
Creeping through the harbour lights
Entering the night
Tattered posters on the pier
With laughing clowns and cavaliers
Faded smiles that drift away
And never shed a tear
We’re heading out of sight
Beyond the walls of wrong and right
Desperate dreamers on the seas
Renegades and refugees
The whistling wind the rising swell
We heard six bells and all was well
Accordions sway beneath the lamps
Drunk on contraband
A cosy magic eiderdown
We can’t wake up we’ve run aground
Unchartered lands we’re lost at sea
Washed up and cast away
We’re heading out of sight
Beyond the walls of wrong and right
Desperate dreamers on the seas
Renegades and refugees
Waking to live learning to love
Like the rising tide quickening the blood
Glide of the falcon flight of the dove
Saw you in my dreams telepathy of love
And I’ve never seen your face before
Clouds like fountains in the air
Run to earth they soak the ground
A mountain range your glistening face
Monsoon falls a heart that pounds
And I’ve never seen your face before
Moon and Earth two are in one
Like the rising tide taken at the flood
Ancient mud red walls of clay
Kissed by sun at break of day
The singing moon that fills the room
Silent call of sand dunes
And I’ve never seen your face before
Waking to Life
(instrumental)
She stops to remember a gentler time
With layers of pastel and blue tinted eyes
She’s dating a guy who’s half her age
Who vaguely resembles a young Jimmy Page
She’s only looking for fantasy
She’s only looking for fantasy
While trying out perfumes in Peter Jones
A fragrance reminds her of a time in Kings Road
In an open top car the Kennedys passed by
To this day she swears that Jack gave her the eye
She’s only looking for fantasy
She’s only looking for fantasy
She’s only looking for fantasy
She’s only looking for fantasy
She tried Karl Marx and Reverend Sun Moon
A Californian commune and Tuscany too
Somewhere in Time, A Walk in the Clouds
With Women in Love, Far from the Madding Crowd
She’s only looking for fantasy
She’s only looking for fantasy
She’s only looking for fantasy
She’s only looking for fantasy
(instrumental)
You were born out in the fields
Way back when your life was real
Now you look at those you despise
With your catwalk eyes
From the wrong side of the tracks
Swore you were never ever going back
Nature gave you the perfect disguise
Catwalk eyes
Princes and poets and congressmen
At your feet they stand in a long line
They want to meet you as you walk by
Flashing those catwalk eyes
Born in the fields
Way back when your life was real
Now you look at those you despise
With your catwalk eyes
A starfish in a sea of dreams
A ride that’s never ending
From a lost world into a spinning
Fairground in space
Shining teapot spilling a mother ship of fire
Aladdin’s lamp pouring down the Milky Way
Big Dipper roller coaster jumping jack exploding
Night and day you’ve whirling on a ferris wheel
Turn this Island Earth
A red shift cluster bright
Signal from the other side
Lampwick and Slats are laughing
Beyond the speed of light years passing
All the shooting stars
Rings of Saturn calling a red planet blazing
The singing moans of Jupiter around your eyes
Turn this Island Earth
Looking back from where we are
City lights clusters of stars
While we fly
A jewel in the crown of a universe
Saphire blue in a golden starburst
Oceans of deep blue
Standing on the moon
Gazing at all the mountains in China
Mother Earth sleeping
With all her children inside her
Starbound spirits
Rising in mind out of time
Free from the bonds around us
Captives in waking mankind
Turn this Island Earth
2011
Steve Hackett : guitares, chant, harmonica
Roger King : claviers, programmations
Nick Beggs : basse, Chapman Stick, ukulélé
Gary O’Toole : batterie, choeurs
Rob Townsend : saxophone soprano, clarinette basse, whistle
Christine Townsend : violon, alto
Richard Stewart : violoncelle
Amanda Lehmann : chant, choeurs, guitare
John Hackett : flűte (9), choeurs (7)
Dick Driver : contrebasse (4, 7, 10, 13)
Chris Squire : basse (10, 12, 13)
Simon Phillips : batterie (12, 13)
Produit par Steve Hackett et Roger King.
Enregistré, mixé et masterisé par Roger King aux Map Studios.
Photo et design : Harry Pearce.
De très belles versions nouvelles de ces chansons, passées à la moulinette de Scratch My Back. Pas vraiment un nouvel album mais beaucoup de nouveautés à découvrir. Chaudement recommandé !
1 : The Rhythm of the Heat
2 : Downside Up
3 : San Jacinto
4 : Intruder
5 : Wallflower
6 : In Your Eyes
7 : Mercy Street
8 : Red Rain
9 : Darkness
10 : Don’t Give Up
11 : Digging in the Dirt
12 : The Nest That Sailed the Sky
13 : A Quiet Moment
14 : Solsbury Hill
2011
Peter Gabriel : chant
The New Blood Orchestra
Ben Foster : direction de l’orchestre
Melanie Gabriel, Ane Brun, Tom Cawley : chant
Arrangé par John Metcalfe et Peter Gabriel
Orchestré par John Metcalfe
Produit par Peter Gabriel et John Metcalfe
Enregistré à Air Lyndhurst, aux Real World Studios et à Ladbrocke Temple
Ingénieur du son : Richard “Dickie” Chappell
Assisté de Scott Barnett et Mark Claydon.
Mixé par Richard Chappell et John Metcalfe
Masterisé par Tony Cousins à Metropolis.
Ben voilà ! Un chouette disque. Mike s’est ressaisi et à reformé un nouveau groupe puisque Môôôôsieur Carrack ne veut plus. Très bien. Deux chouettes chanteurs en plus. Le M&M’s nouvelle formule est cool même s’il ne révolutionne pas la musique.
(Rutherford/Neil/Sutton)
And the road gets brighter
And the load gets lighter
And it’s so much better
Better every step we take together
Ooh look where we’ve come
Looking back who’d of thought
We could do what we’ve done
We still got
So much to carry
So far to go
(Still got)
So much to learn
So much we don’t know
Maybe we’ll stumble, maybe we’ll fall, but
We got each other to hold
And the road gets brighter
And the load gets lighter
And it’s so much better
Better every step we take together
And the life tastes sweeter
And the love runs deeper
And it’s so much better
Every step we take together
Let’s take our time
And the way that we’re going
It’s gonna be fine
We still got
So much to carry
So far to go
(Still got)
So much to learn
So much we don’t know
Maybe we’ll stumble, maybe we’ll fall, but
We got each other to hold
And the road gets brighter
And the load gets lighter
And it’s so much better
Better every step we take together
And life tastes sweeter
And the love runs deeper
And it’s so much better
Better every step we take together
(Rutherford/Roachford/Norton/Weaver)
It seems that I’ve
Fallen to the ground
It seems like I’m whole again
What can they do
I’ve learnt to take it
If only I knew then
The world is turning night and day
So love let it shine away
Reach out and touch the sun
Reach out and feel again
You’ve gotta reach out
Again
This situation,
Coming to the end
Now the light is back again
And I will never be afraid
So love let it shine away
Reach out and touch the sun
Reach out and feel again
You gotta reach out
Again
Reach out and touch the sun
I know that you’ll make it
Through the rain
You gotta reach out
Again
And it’s good that
We won’t be afraid
Coz every night and day
When you’re trying to make it
And you know you’ll find a way
Reach out and touch the sun
Reach out and feel again
You’ve gotta reach out
Again
Reach out and touch the sun
I know that you’ll make it
Through the rain
You gotta reach out
Again
(Rutherford/Neil/Roachford)
All my family, all my friends
They won’t take me back again
It’s not hard to understand
Why they finally washed their hands
Try to save me
Oh don’t betray me
Try to save me
Give back what you gave me
Try to save me
I know I’m crazy but
Try to save me
Like I saved you
When you were scared and full of doubt
I got down and pulled you out
And if in time you feel the same
I’ll always hold myself to blame
Try to save me
Please don’t betray me
Try to save me
Give back what you gave me
Try to save me
Lord knows I’m crazy but
Try to save me
Like I saved you
It’s a lonely weight to carry
I need your help to keep me strong
Try to save me
No don’t betray me
Try to save me
Give back what you gave me
Try to save me
Oh Lord I’m crazy but
Try to save me
Like I saved you
(Rutherford/Neil/Carstens)
These streets
These streets have beats that linger
These trigger fingers seldom caress
The best sound
Comes from nowhere
In These streets
We speak in conversations
Caught up in invitations
And yet
The best sound comes from nowhere
Out of nothing
In the background noise
Comes the world of choice
In the distance a familiar voice
It’s the one, it’s the one
I adore
In the background noise
I can hear you call
With such persistence
That I have to fall
It’s the one, it’s the one
I adore
What gives what takes
I’m always considered a contender
I surrender I surrender
In the background noise
Comes the world of choice
In the distance a familiar voice
It’s the one, it’s the one
I adore
In the background noise
I can hear you call
With such persistence
That I have to fall
It’s the one, it’s the one
I adore
These streets
(Rutherford/Neil/Howar/Roachford)
Do you wanna dance
Do really wanna
Take another chance
Are you strong enough
To hold love in your hands
Just to watch it fall away
Do you wanna scream
Falling in the fire
Burning to extreme
Count the pieces
Of another broken dream
Try to put it back again
I don’t do love
I don’t do anything
I’m not chasing after someone’s heart
But I’m not strong
When you are next to me
I feel I’m getting closer
Feel I’m going back to start
I don’t do love
I don’t do dreams
I can’t do hope
All those things
I won’t do pain
I won’t do tears
I can’t get close
All those years
Do you wanna dance
Do you really wanna take a lovers chance
Watch another memory
Slipping through your hand
While you slowly walk away
Do you wanna scream
Feel the hope and pain
And everything between
Another lover
Never saying what they mean
Never meaning what they say
I don’t do love
I don’t do anything
I’m not chasing after someone’s heart
But I’m not strong
When you are next to me
I feel I’m getting closer
I feel I’m going back to start
I don’t do love
I don’t do dreams
I don’t do hope
All those things
I won’t do pain
I won’t do tears
I can’t get close
All those years
Do you wanna dance
Do you really wanna dance
Do you wanna dance
Do you really wanna dance
Do you wanna dance
(Rutherford/Neil/Sutton)
One summer afternoon
You walked into heaven
No one said a word
About your t-shirt and your jeans
No one asked to see
Proof or confirmation
You were meant to walk
In a place you’ve never been
All the sacred words
All the regulations
Holy aspirations
They don’t get you there
Every voice is heard
No discrimination
There’s no revelation
Heaven doesn’t care
Your name was on the door
You were unexpected
Got there way too soon
Before your time
All around you saw
Every kind and every colour
Every single soul
A star that shines
All the sacred words
All the regulations
Holy aspirations
They don’t get you there
Every voice is heard
No discrimination
There’s no revelation
Heaven doesn’t care
All the holy words
All the revelations
Only aspirations
They don’t get you there
Every voice is heard
No discrimination
There’s no revelation
Heaven doesn’t care
(Rutherford/Neil/Carstens)
You always seek the problems
At my door
Its the prettiest problem
I choose to ignore
And love will always let you down
And its ruthless
You’re in distress
Why don’t you come out and confess
And did the ship already sink long time ago
Did the anchor break
It’s only we who’d know
See people talking
Solving nothing
It only hurts
It only hurts
It only hurts… for a while
It’s a human mystery no one can explain
Why we take the ones who hurt us
Back again
And love will always let you down
You moved less
To his caress
Why don’t you come out and confess
And did the ship already sink long time ago
Did the anchor break
It’s only we who’d know
See people talking
Solving nothing
It only hurts
It only hurts
It only hurts… for a while
Time has knocked the wind out of your sail
No adventure, no fulfilment
Just this space
And you could have it all
And lose it all
It only hurts
It only hurts
It only hurts… for a while
It only hurts
It only hurts
It only hurts… for a while
(Rutherford/Roachford/Norton/Weaver)
I don’t know if I can find a way
To help myself
I’m going to start again
Wanna take the the dreams we had before
And try it again
Wasting life on a fantasy
I don’t know why I ran away
Oh what I’m trying to say…
I wanna be the best that I can be
Can you find the faith to believe me
Oh like walking on water
Heaven knows that I’m willing to try
Over and over and over and over
I didn’t understand
That I can’t stand alone
I need you back again
Time has passed
Now I just can’t stay and hideaway
Oh what I’m trying to say
I wanna be the best that I can be
Can you find the faith to believe me
Oh like walking on water
Heaven knows that I’m willing to try
Over and over and over
Wanna take you up to the touch the sky
Be the water when the well runs dry
Wanna make a world and take you there
Over and over
If you can find a way
Let me take your hand
I won’t let go again
Time has passed
Now I just can’t stay and hideaway
That’s what I’m trying to say
I wanna be the best that I can be
Can you find the faith to believe me
Oh like walking on water
Heaven knows that I’m willing to try
Over and over and over
(Rutherford/Neil/Carstens)
Love will always hunt you down
Now the chase is on around and around
Love will always hunt you down
I hope that we can make it
I hope that one day you will come around
Don’t write me off
Before we begin
You act like love is a sin
But even losers can win
Don’t cut me out
For now we are here
There is no time for tears
And it’s a long way from over
Love will always hunt you down
Now the chase is on around and around
Fools are we to think we’ll stay apart
I hope that we can make it
I hope that one day you will come around
Don’t shoot me down
Give it a chance
Why don’t you finish the dance
Now we’ve got time on our hands
Don’t hold me back
Don’t shut down your heart
This is only the start
And it’s a long way from over
Love will always hunt you down
Now the chase is on around and around
Love will always hunt you down
I hope that we can make it
I hope that one day you will come around
Love will always hunt you down
Now the chase is on around and around
Love will always hunt you down
I hope that we can make it
I hope that one day you will come around
(Rutherford/Neil/Howar)
Oh no
I don’t know what to say
When you won’t even look at me
Let go… Let go
I tried
But I never believed
That you sleep with the enemy
I closed my eyes
Now every time I see your face
I wonder where we both would be
If we could only leave the past behind
Oh no
What are we gonna do
What are we gonna say
Oh no
How are we gonna feel
If we can’t run away
Oh no
And I don’t understand
Why we don’t feel the same
When we ask each other why
Sometimes
In the heat of the night
I can hear what you said to me
My life
It’s my life
Who’s wrong
For it can’t be denied
When it’s standing in front of me
Who’s wrong
Who’s right
Now every time I see your face
I wonder where we both would be
If we could only leave the past behind
Oh no
What are we gonna do
What are we gonna say
Oh no
How are we gonna feel
If we can’t run away
Oh no
And I don’t understand
Why we don’t feel the same
When we ask each other why
And if I have to live this lie
Then I won’t let this fire die
I will not walk away
And I refuse to say
Goodbye…
Oh no
What are we gonna do
What are we gonna say
Oh no
How are we gonna feel
If we can’t run away
Oh no
And I don’t understand
Why we don’t feel the same
When we ask each other why
(Rutherford/Neil/Roachford)
You could be the rock
I could be the rollercoaster
I don’t know how to stop
Even when the party’s over
You could be the light
Even when there’s no light shining
It’ll be alright
I don’t have to keep on hiding
When you climb this wall
You’re not afraid to fall
And somehow
I know
I could be the book
You could be the final pages
Show me where to look
And I will be the man who changes
I could be the knife
You could be the voice of reason
You could save a life
Keep a cold heart beating
When you climb this wall
Not afraid to fall
And that’s why I know
In the quiet of the night
I need you in my life
And it’s clearer every day
Standing right in front of me
I feel you reaching out for something there inside
Everything that I can’t see
You have never been afraid
To make it right…
When you climb this wall
Not afraid to fall
And somehow
I know
You could be the rock
I don’t know how to stop
2011
Mike Rutherford : guitares, basse, programmations
Andrew Roachford : chant, choeurs, piano Wurlitzer
Tim Howar : chant, choeurs
Gary Wallis : batterie
Anthony Drennan : guitares
Luke Juby : claviers
Arno Carstens : chant (“Background Noise”, “It Only Hurts for a While”, “Hunt You Down”)
Martin Sutton : programmations, guitare
Peter Adams : orgue Hammond
Toby Chapman : claviers
Harry Rutherford : batterie (“Background Noise”, “Hunt You Down”), programmations additionnelles
Jamie Norton : claviers (“Reach Out (Touch the Sun)”, “Walking on Water”)
Ben Weaver : guitare (“Reach Out (Touch the Sun)”), basse (“Walking on Water”)
George Hewlett : orgue (“Hunt You Down”)
Hugo Flower : guitare (“Hunt You Down”)
Jamie Moses : guitare (“Try to Save Me”)
Ben Robins : programmations (“Try to Save Me”, “Oh No”)
Christopher Neil, Hazel Fernandez, Beverley Brown, Mary Pearce : choeurs
Barrow Hills School Choir (“Heaven Doesn’t Care”)
Produit par Christopher Neil et Mike Rutherford.
Enregistré à The Farm, Surrey, aux Churchfield Studios, Londres, et aux Tree House Studios, Cape Town.
Enregistré et mixé par Harry Rutherford.
Masterisé par Dick Beetham à 360 Mastering, Londres.
Pochette réalisée par Greg Jakobek.
Pas d’avis pour le moment
1 : High Potential
2 : Stress Factor
3 : Ahead Of The Field
4 : Directions
5 : View Points
6 : Activator
7 : Data Express
8 : Time Runner
9 : Metal Man
10 : Knowledge Of Man
11 : Forging Ahead
12 : Databank
13 : Incentives
14 : Touchline
Sortie en 2010
Peter Gabriel a, avec cet album de reprises, décidé d’abandonner les guitares et la batterie et d’utiliser un grand orchestre symphonique. Il en résulte un choix artistique surprenant et la déstructuration totale des arrangements d’origine. En effet, même en connaissant les versions originelles, on a parfois du mal à reconnaître les morceaux que l’on connaît et que l’on aime. Le pire étant peut-être Street Spirit de Radiohead. L’album est lent, affreusement lent, même pour des chansons plutôt rythmées à l’origine comme The Boy In The Bubble. Et sombre, noir, lourd, plein de spleen. Et du coup long, peu varié et répétitif (The Power of the Heart et surtout My Body Is a Cage) ce qui fait que la digestion est rude. Néanmoins cela reste beau, très bien fait et puis c’est Peter qui chante. Quel dommage par contre, que la plus belle des reprises ne soit pas sur l’album mais seulement sur le cd bonus “Waterloo Sunset”… Bref, un projet artistique avec un cahier des charges respecté et poussé à son paroxysme. Rien que pour cela, ce disque mérite le détour.
I plant the kind of kiss
That wouldn’t wake a baby
On the self-same face
The wouldn’t let me sleep
And the street is singing with my feet
And the dawn gives me a shadow I know to be taller
All down to you dear, everything has changed
My sorry name has made it to graffiti
I was looking for someone to complete me
Not anymore dear, everything has changed
Everything has changed
You make the moon our mirrorball
The street’s an empty stage
The city’s sirens, violins, everything has changed
Everything has changed
So lift off love
So lift off love
We took the town to town last night
We kissed like we invented it
Now I know what every step is for
To lead me to your door
Know that while you sleep
Everything has changed
You make the moon a mirrorball
The street’s an empty stage
The city’s sirens, violins, everything has changed
So lift off love, lift off love
Lift off love, lift off love
I’m my mother’s only one
It’s enough
I wear my garment so it shows
Now you know
Only love is all maroon
Gluey feathers on a flume
Sky is womb and she’s the moon
She’s the moon
I am my mother on the wall
With us all
I move in water, shore to shore
Nothing’s more
Only love is all maroon
Lapping lakes like leary loons
Leaving rope burns, reddish ruse
Reddish ruse
Only love is all maroon
Gluey feathers on a flume
Sky is womb and she’s the moon
She’s the moon
She’s the moon
She’s the moon
She’s the moon
She’s the moon
My body is a cage
That keeps me from dancing with the one I love
But my mind holds the key
My body is a cage
That keeps me from dancing with the one I love
But my mind holds the key
I’m standing on a stage
Of fear and self doubt
It’s a hollow play
But they’ll clap anyway
My body is a cage
That keeps me from dancing with the one I love
But my mind holds the key
You’re standing next to me
My mind holds the key
I’m living in an age
That calls darkness light
Though my language is dead
Still the shapes fill my head
I’m living in an age
Whose name I don’t know
Though the fear keeps me moving
Still my heart beats so slow
My body is a cage
That keeps me from dancing with the one I love
But my mind holds the key
You’re standing next to me
My mind holds the key
My body is a…
My body is a cage
We take what we’re given
Just because you’ve forgotten
That don’t mean you’re forgiven
I’m living in an age
That screams my name at night
But when I get to the doorway
There’s no one in sight
I’m living in an age
They laugh when I’m dancing with the one I love
But my mind holds the key
You’re standing next to me
My mind holds the key
Set my spirit free
Set my spirit free
Set my body free
Set my body free
Set my spirit free
Set my body free
Broken windows and empty hallways
A pale dead moon in a sky streaked with gray
Human kindness is overflowing
And I think it’s going to rain today
Scarecrows dressed in the latest styles
With frozen smiles to keep love away
Human kindness overflowing
And I think it’s going to rain today
Lonely, lonely
Tin can at my feet
I think I’ll kick it down the street
That’s the way to treat a friend
Bright before me the signs implore me
Help the needy and show them the way
Human kindness is overflowing
And I think it’s going to rain today
Sometimes I think that I know
What love’s all about
And when I see the light
I know I’ll be all right
I’ve got my friends in the world
I had my friends
When we were boys and girls
And the secrets came unfurled
City of brotherly love
Place I call home
Don’t turn your back on me
I don’t want to be alone
Love lasts forever
Someone is talking to me
Calling my name
Tell me I’m not to blame
I will not be ashamed of love
Ashamed of love
Sometimes I think that I know
What love’s all about
And when I see the light
I know I’ll be all right, all right
Rows of houses, all bearing down on me
I can feel their blue hands touching me
All these things into position
All these things we’ll one day swallow whole
Fade out again
Fade out again
This machine will, will not communicate
These thoughts and the strain I am under
Be a world child, form a circle
Before we all go under
Fade out again
Fade out again
Cracked eggs, dead birds, scream as they fight for life
I can feel death, can see its beady eyes
All these things into position
All these things we’ll one day swallow whole
Fade out again
Fade out again
Immerse your soul in love
Immerse your soul in love
Dirty old river, must you keep rolling, flowing into the night?
People so busy, make me feel dizzy, taxi light shines so bright
But I don’t need no friends
As long as I gaze on Waterloo sunset, I am in paradise
(Sha-la-la) Every day I look at the world from my window
(Sha-la-la) But chilly, chilly is the evening time
Waterloo sunset’s fine (Waterloo sunset’s fine)
Terry meets Julie, Waterloo Station, every Friday night
But I am so lazy, don’t want to wander, I stay at home at night
But I don’t feel afraid
As long as I gaze on Waterloo sunset, I am in paradise
(Sha-la-la) Every day I look at the world from my window
(Sha-la-la) But chilly, chilly is the evening time
Waterloo sunset’s fine (Waterloo sunset’s fine)
Millions of people swarming like flies ’round Waterloo underground
But Terry and Julie cross over the river where they feel safe and sound
And they don’t need no friends
As long as they gaze on Waterloo sunset they are in paradise
Waterloo sunset’s fine
Waterloo sunset’s fine
Waterloo sunset’s fine
Sortie en février 2010
Bon… Franchement ce n’est pas terrible. Motown c’est cool, les chansons sont bonnes, Phil chante bien bien qu’on sente qu’il était déjà diminué mais l’ensemble ne décolle pas et est trop homogène. Une chanson ne ressemble pas aux autres et sort du lot : la chanson titre.
(Norman J Whitfield & Edward Holland Jr.)
I love you girl, with all my heart and soul.
I can’t understand why you treat me cold.
Your every wish, girl, is my command
And that’s why I can’t seem to understand why,
Girl, girl, girl why you wanna make me blue?
I’m askin’ you girl, girl, girl why you wanna make me blue?
One day you say you love me too.
The next day you tell me that we are through.
My love for you is just a game.
But each time we play, girl, my heart feels the pain.
Girl, girl, girl why you wanna make me blue? Oh
Girl, girl, girl why you wanna make me blue? So blue
[Instrumental]
Woo girl, girl, girl why you wanna make me blue? (Make me blue)
Oh girl, oh girl, oh girl tell me why can’t you be true? (Can’t be true)
The way you treat me it just isn’t fair.
You make it so plain you just don’t care.
You have a ball around my time.
Sleepless nights are getting me tired.
Girl, girl, girl why you wanna make me blue?
I’m askin’ you girl, girl, girl why you wanna make me blue? Baby
Girl, girl, girl why you wanna make me blue?
(Edward Holland Jr., Lamont Dozier & Brian Holland)
Whenever I’m with him
Something inside starts to burnin’
And I’m filled with desire
Could it be a devil in me
Or is this the way love’s supposed to be?
It’s like a heat wave, burnin’ in my heart
I can’t keep from cryin’, it’s tearin’ me apart
Whenever he calls my name
Soft, low, sweet and plain
I feel right there, I feel that burnin’ flame
Has a high blood pressure got a hold on me
Or is this the way love’s supposed to be?
It’s like a heat wave, burnin’ in my heart
I can’t keep from cryin’, it’s tearin’ me apart
Ooh, ooh, heat wave
Ooh, ooh, heat wave
Sometimes I stare in space, tears all over my face
I can’t explain it, don’t understand it
I ain’t never felt like this before
Now that funny feelin’ has me amazed
I don’t know what to do, my head’s in a haze
It’s like a heat wave, burnin’ in my heart
I can’t keep from crying, it’s tearin’ me apart
Yeah yeah, yeah yeah, oh yeah
Yeah yeah, yeah yeah, oh yeah
I feel it burnin’, right here in my heart
(Stevie Wonder, Sylvia Moy & Henry Cosby)
Baby, everything’s alright
Uptight, out of sight
Baby, everything’s alright
Uptight, out of sight
I’m a poor man’s son, from across the railroad tracks
The only shirt I own is hangin’ on my back
But I’m the envy of every single guy
Since I’m the apple of my girl’s eye
When we go out stepping on the town for a while
My money’s low and my suit’s out of style
But it’s all right if my clothes aren’t new
Out of sight because my heart is true
She says baby everything’s alright
Uptight, out of sight
Baby, everything’s alright
Uptight, clean out of sight
She’s a pearl of a girl, I guess that’s what you might say
I guess her folks brought her up that way
The right side of the tracks, she was born and raised
In a great big old house, full of butlers and maids
She says, “No one is better than I”
I know I’m just an average guy
No football hero or smooth Don Juan
Got empty pockets, you see I’m a poor man’s son
Can’t give her the things that money can buy
But I’ll never, never, never make my baby cry
And it’s alright, what I can’t do
Out of sight because my heart is true
She says baby everything’s alright
Uptight, clean out of sight
Baby, everything’s alright
Uptight, clean out of sight
Baby, everything’s alright
Uptight
Baby, everything’s alright
Uptight, way out of sight
Baby, everything’s alright
Uptight, clean out of sight
(Gerry Goffin & Carole King)
You gotta give me some
Give me some of your lovin’
You gotta give me some of your lovin’
Now I’m not a greedy girl
I don’t need the world
(Just give me some)
Some of your lovin’ now, oh, oh, oh, oh
Now I don’t expect you to guarantee
Your faith and devotion to only me
I’m aware you got a lot of wild oats to sow
But baby when I need you
Don’t you tell me no
You gotta give me some
(Give me some of your lovin’)
Oh yes you do now
You gotta give me some of your lovin’
Now I’m not a jealous child
My demands are mild
(Just give me some)
Some of your lovin’ now, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
I know a man likes to feel that he’s been around
Before he decides to settle down
I’ve no doubt
Some day you’re gonna feel that way too
But baby, just remember
(Until you do)
You gotta give me some
(Give me some of your lovin’)
Oh yes you do now
I mean to tell you
(You gotta give me some)
Of your lovin’
Now I’m not a greedy girl
I don’t need the world
(Just give me some)
Some of your lovin’ now, oh oh, oh, oh
You gotta give me some, some of your lovin’
I mean to tell you
(You gotta give me some of your lovin’)
Oh, don’t forget about me now
I mean to tell you, oh
Ah, you gotta give me some of your lovin’
Some of your lovin’
(Edward Holland Jr. & Norman J. Whitfield)
I know you wanna leave me
But I refuse to let you go
If I have to beg and plead for your sympathy
I don’t mind ’cause you mean that much to me
Ain’t too proud to beg and you know it
Please don’t leave me girl, don’t you go
Ain’t too proud to plead, baby, baby
Please don’t leave me girl, don’t you go
Now I heard a cryin’ man is half a man
With no sense of pride
But if I have to cry to keep you I don’t mind weepin’
If it will keep you by my side
Ain’t too proud to beg, sweet darlin’
Please don’t leave me girl, don’t you go
Ain’t too proud to plead, baby, baby
Please don’t leave me girl, don’t you go
If I have to sleep on your door step all night and day
Just to keep you from walkin’ away
Let your friends laugh, even this I can stand
‘Cause I wanna keep you any way I can
Ain’t too proud to beg, sweet darlin’
Please don’t leave me girl, don’t you go
Ain’t too proud to plead, baby, baby
Please don’t leave me girl, don’t you go
Now I’ve got a love so deep in the pit of my heart
And each day it grows more and more
I’m not ashamed to come and plead to you, baby
If pleadin’ keeps you from walkin’ out the door
Ain’t too proud to beg, sweet darlin’
Please don’t leave me girl, don’t you go
Ain’t too proud to plead, baby, baby
Please don’t leave me girl
Baby, baby baby, baby, baby, please
(Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier, Edward Holland Jr.)
Girl, every single time
You take me out with you
You always flirt around
With someone new
But I never criticize
The tearful things you do
‘Cause I’m so afraid
Of losing you
But in my lonely room
Tears I don’t have to hide
‘Cause I just lock my door
And let myself go
I lay right, I lay right down and cry
Every place we go
People are whispering
About your flirting ways
And it hurts me so to hear
Oh in the public’s eye
I just push behind
All my hurt inside
I pretend that I don’t mind
But in my lonely room
Tears I don’t have to hide
In my lonely room
Tears I don’t have to hide
In my lonely room
Tears I don’t have to hide
(Edward Holland Jr., Brian Holland & Lamont Dozier)
I know you’re leaving me behind
I’m seeing you, darling, for the very last time
Show a little tenderbess before you go
Please let me feel your embrace once more
Take me in your arms, rock me, rock me a little while
Hold me darling, rock me, rock me a little while
We all must feel heartache sometime
Right now, right now can’t you see that I’m feeling mine
I tried my best to be strong, but I’m not able
I’m like a helpless child wrapped up in a cradle
Let me know joy before I grieve
Hold me, darling, before you leave
Take me in your arms, rock me, rock me a little while
Oh, darling, rock me, rock me a little while
I’m losing you and all my happiness
My life is over, I got to confess
I’ll never see your smiling face no more
I’ll never hear your knocking on my door
Before you leave me, baby, leave me behind
Please let me hold you just one more time
Take me in your arms, rock me, rock me a little while
Oh, darling, rock me, rock me a little while
Baby, baby, baby, baby, baby ……
I said I never would beg, and I said I wouldn’t plead, no
But here I am, baby, baby, baby, please
Baby, baby, baby, baby, baby please
Please, please, baby, please
Take me in your arms, rock me, rock me a little while
Hold me, darling, rock me, rock me a little while…
(Stevie Wonder)
Where has my love gone?
How can I go on?
It seems dear love has gone away
Where is my spirit?
I’m nowhere near it,
Oh yes, my love has gone astray
But I’ll blame it on the sun,
The sun that didn’t shine,
I’ll blame it on the wind and the trees
I’ll blame it on the time that never was enough,
I’ll blame it on the tide and the sea,
But, my heart blames it on me
Who poured the love out?
What made this bitter doubt?
Is peace not here for me to see?
Wish I could tell you,
What I am feeling,
But, words won’t come for me to speak
But I’ll blame it on the sun,
That didn’t fill the sky,
I’ll blame it on the birds and the trees
I’ll blame it on the day that ended once too soon,
I’ll blame it on the nights that could not be,
But, my heart blames it on me
[Background]…Yeh, yeh, yeh, ooh,
Your heart blames it on you this time
(Norman J. Whitfield & Barrett Strong)
It was the third of September
That day I’ll always remember, yes I will
‘Cause that was the day, that my daddy died
I never got a chance to see him
Never heard nothin’ but bad things about him
Momma I’m depending on you, to tell me the truth
Momma just hung her head and said, son
[Chorus]
Papa was a rolling stone,
Where ever he laid his hat was his home
And when he died, all he left us was alone
Papa was a rolling stone, (my son, yeah)
Where ever he laid his hat was his home
And when he died, all he left us was alone
Hey Momma!
Is it true what they say that Papa never worked a day, in his life
And Momma, some bad talk goin’ round town sayin’ that
Papa had three outside children
And another wife, and that ain’t right
Heard some talk Papa doing some store front preachin’
Talking about saving souls and all the time leechin’
Dealing in dirt, and stealing in the name of the Lord
Momma just hung her head and said
Papa was a rolling stone, (my son)
Where ever he laid his hat was his home
And when he died, all he left us was alone
Hey Papa was a rolling stone, (dad gumma it)
Where ever he laid his hat was his home
And when he died, all he left us was alone
Hey Momma,
I heard Papa called himself a jack of all trades
Tell me is that what sent Papa to an early grave
Folks say Papa would beg, borrow, steal
To pay his bills
Hey Momma,
Folks say Papa never was much on thinking
Spent most of his time chasing women and drinking
Momma I’m depending on you, to tell me the truth
Momma looked up with a tear in her eye and said, son
Papa was a rolling stone, (well, well, well, well)
Where ever he laid his hat was his home
And when he died, all he left us was alone (lone, lone, lone, alone)
Papa was a rolling stone,
Where ever he laid his hat was his home
And when he died, all he left us was alone
(I said) Papa was a rolling stone, (yes he was my son)
Where ever he laid his hat was his home
And when he died, all he left us was alone
(My daddy was, yes he was, yeah he was)
(Papa was a rolling stone,
Where ever he laid his hat was his home)
(Stevie Wonder & Syreeta Wright)
I never dreamed you’d leave in summer
I thought you would go then come back home
I thought the cold would leave by summer
But my quiet nights will be spent alone
You said there would be warm love in springtime
That was when you started to be cold
I never dreamed you’d leave in summer
But now I find myself all alone
You said then you’d be the life in autumn
Said you’d be the one to see the way
I never dreamed you’d leave in summer
But now I find my love has gone away
Why didn’t you stay?
(Edward Holland Jr., Lamont Dozier, Brian Holland)
Standing in the shadows of love
I’m getting ready for the heartaches to come
Can’t you see me standing in the shadows of love
I’m getting ready for the heartaches to come
I wanna run but there’s no way to go
‘Cause heartaches will follow me I know
Without your love, a love I need
It’s the beginning of the end for me
‘Cuz you’ve taken away all of my reasons for living
When you pushed aside all the love I’ve been giving
Now wait a minute
Didn’t I treat you right, now baby didn’t I
Didn’t I do the best I could, now didn’t I, didn’t I?
So don’t you leave me standing in the shadows of love
I’m getting ready for the heartaches to come
Don’t you see me standing in the shadows of love
Trying the best to get ready for the heartaches to come
All alone I’m destined to be
With misery my only company
It may come today, and it might come tomorrow
But it’s for sure I’ve ain’t got nothing but sorrow
Now won’t your conscience kinda bother you
How can you watch me cry after all I’ve done for you?
Now hold on a minute
Gave you all the love I had, now didn’t I
When you needed me I was always there, now wasn’t I
Standing in the shadows of love
Getting ready for the heartaches to come
I’m trying not to cry out loud
You know cryin’, it ain’t gonna help me none
What did I do to cause all this grief?
Now what did I say to make you wanna leave?
Now wait a minute
I gave my heart and soul to you now didn’t I
And didn’t I always treat you good now didn’t I
I’m standing in the shadows of love
I’m getting ready for the heartaches to come
Don’t you see me standing in the shadows of love
Trying the best to get ready for the heartaches to come
Oh, I’m standing in the shadows of love
(Curtis Mayfield)
I’ve been trying hard to forget
That you’ve been cheating
Wishin’ you I’d never met
‘Cause you’ve been cheating
Can’t you know lies can be seen in your eyes
And from wrong you’ll never be free
While you sit cryin’, you’ve been lyin’
You’ve been cheatin’, cheatin’ on me
Yeah, you made me suspect and I know
You don’t want me
Cookies crumble, and that’s how it goes
You don’t want me
Can’t you know lies can be seen in your eyes
And from wrong you’ll never be free
While you sit cryin’, you’ve been lyin’
You’ve been cheatin’, cheatin’ on me
Another lover you discover
Our love’s gone and I don’t know why
It’s just as well, though at last I do know
All you said was just a lie
So I’m trying hard to forget
That you’ve been cheating
Wishin’ you I’d never met
‘Cause you’ve been cheating
Can’t you know lies can be seen in your eyes
And from wrong you’ll never be free
While you sit cryin’, you’ve been lyin’
You’ve been cheatin’, cheatin’ on me
Ooh, ooh, baby – you’ve been cheating
You must not love me – you’ve been cheating
You must not want me – you’ve been cheating
You just don’t care
(William “Smokey” Robinson)
If it’s love that you’re running from, there’s no hiding place.
(You can’t run, you can’t hide, you can’t run, you can’t hide)
Love has problems I know but they’re problems, we’ll just have to face.
Oh yeah, yeah.
If you just put your hand in mine,
We’re gonna leave all our troubles behind.
Keep on walkin’, don’t look back. (Don’t look back)
And don’t look back. Oh yeah, yeah.
And don’t look back, baby. (Don’t look back)
(The past is behind you, let nothing remind you.)
If your first lover broke your heart,
There’s something that can be done.
(You don’t run, you don’t hide, you don’t run, you don’t hide)
Don’t end your faith in love because of what he’s done.
So if you just put your hand in mine,
We’re gonna leave all our troubles behind.
Keep on walking, don’t look back. (don’t look back)
Forget about the past now.
Don’t look back, baby. (don’t look back)
Keep on walking and don’t look back. Hmmm (don’t look back)
(The past is behind you, let nothing remind you)
[Instrumental]
Love can be a beautiful thing.
Though your first love let you down.
Oh yeah, yeah
‘Cause I know we can make love bloom, baby.
The second time around.
Oh yeah, yeah
So if you just put your hand in mine,
We’re gonna leave all our troubles behind.
Keep on pushing and don’t look back. (don’t look back)
Now, till I say, we won’t look back, girl. (don’t look back)
Keep on walking and won’t look back. (don’t look back)
Forget about the past now, baby.
And don’t look back.
Baby, baby, baby, baby, baby, baby, baby, don’t look back.
(William “Smokey” Robinson)
I don’t like you but I love you
Seems that I’m always thinking of you
Oh ho ho, you treat me badly
I love you madly, you’ve really got a hold on me
You really got a hold on me
You really got a hold on me
You really got a hold on me
Baby, I don’t want you but I need you
Don’t want to kiss you but I need to
Oh ho ho, you do me wrong now
My love is strong now, you’ve really got a hold on me
You really got a hold on me
You really got a hold on me
You really got a hold on me
Baby, I love you and all I want you to do
Is just hold me, hold me, hold me, hold me
Tighter, tighter
I want to leave you, don’t want to stay here
Don’t want to spend another day here
Oh ho ho, I want to split now
I just can quit now, you’ve really got a hold on me
You really got a hold on me
You really got a hold on me
You really got a hold on me
Baby, I love you and all I want you to do
Is just hold me, please, hold me, squeeze, hold me, hold me
You really got a hold on me
You really got a hold on me
You really got a hold on me
You really got a hold on me
(Phil Spector, Peter Anders & Vincent Poncia Jr.)
Do I want you for my baby?
Do I want you by my side?
Do I wanna run & kiss your lips
& say you’re my lovin’ guy?
Oh oh oh (oh oh) oh oh oh (oh oh oh)
(Do I love you? Yes I love you)
Do I need your arms around me?
Do I live my life for you?
Do I always feel so warm each time
I look in your eyes of blue?
Oh oh oh (oh oh) oh oh oh (oh oh oh)
(Do I love you? Yes I love you) oh oh
& do I need you every minute of the day?
& would I die if you should ever go away?
& does it mean so much to feel your tender touch?
Do I love you? Do I love you?
Oh I swear I’m gonna get you
If it takes me all my life
I’ll hope & pray & dream & sleep
‘Cause I’m gonna be your wife
Oh oh oh (oh oh) oh oh oh (oh oh oh)
(Do I love you? Yes I love you)
(repeat & fade)
(Do I love you? Yes I love you)
(Brian Holland, Edward Holland Jr. & Lamont Dozier)
Jimmy Mack, Jimmy
Oh, Jimmy Mack
When are you comin’ back?
Oh, Jimmy Mack, Jimmy
Oh, Jimmy Mack
When are you comin’ back?
My arms are missin’ you
My lips feel the same way too
I’ve tried so hard to be true
Like I promised I’d do
But this boy keep’s a comin’ ’round
He’s tryin’ to wear my resistance down
Jimmy Mack, Jimmy
Oh, Jimmy Mack
When are you comin’ back?
Oh, Jimmy Mack, Jimmy
Oh, Jimmy Mack
When are you comin’ back?
Need your lovin’
Need your lovin’
He calls me on the phone
About three times a day
No, my heart’s not listen’ to
What he has to say
But this lonelieness i have within
Keeps reachin’ out to be his friend
Oh, Jimmy Mack, Jimmy
Oh, Jimmy Mack
When are you comin’ back?
Oh, Jimmy Mack, Jimmy
Oh, Jimmy Mack
When are you comin’ back?
Need your lovin’
Need your lovin’
bridge:
Now, listen, boy
I’m not gettin’ any stronger
I can’t hold back very much longer
Tryin’ hard to be true
But, Jimmy, he talks jus’ as sweet as you
Oh, Jimmy Mack, Jimmy
Oh, Jimmy Mack
When are you comin’ back?
Oh, Jimmy Mack, Jimmy
Oh, Jimmy Mack
When are you comin’ back?
Need your lovin’
Need your lovin’
I’m not gettin’ any stronger (ooh!)
Can’t hold back very much longer (ooh!)
Jimmy Mack, when are you comin’ back?
Need your lovin’ (oh, Jimmy Mack)
Need your lovin’ (oh, Jimmy Mack)
(Lamont Dozier, Brian Holland & Edward Holland Jr.)
Darlin’, darlin’
If I could have you to call my very own
I work my fingers through the bone, I am alone
To you I’d always come home
‘Cause there’s something about you, baby
That makes me keep loving you
There’s something about you, baby
Makes me love you just a little bit more
Truly does, just a little bit more
Sweet sweet thing, I’m satisfied
Sweet sweet thing, you set my soul on fire
I need you, yeah, badly
No matter what price I have to pay
‘Cause without you, darlin’, I’d worry hard
I love you anyway
‘Cause there’s something about you, baby
That makes me keep loving you
There’s something about you, baby
Makes me love you just a little bit more
Truly does, just a little bit more
Sweet sweet thing, I’m satisfied
Sweet sweet thing, you’re my only desire
I’m just your puppet on a string
And tears sometimes it brings
But do me any way you wanna when you wanna
I’ll keep you just the same
‘Cause there’s something about you, baby
That makes me keep loving you
There’s something about you, baby
Makes me love you just a little bit more
Truly does, just a little bit more
You’re a real heartbreaker
You will never let me sit down
There’s something about you, baby
That shakes me all up inside
You’re a real heartbreaker
And I need you just the same
[Incomprehensible]
(Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier, Edward Holland Jr.)
Love is here
And oh, my darling, now, you’re gone
Love is here
And oh, my darling, now, now, you’re gone
You persuaded me to love you
And I did but instead of tenderness
I found heartache instead
Into your arms I fell
So unaware of the loneliness
That was waiting there
You closed the door to your heart
And you turned the key
Locked your love away from me
Love is here
And oh, my darling, now, you’re gone
You made me love you
And oh, my darling, now, you’re gone
You said loving you
Would make life beautiful
With each passing day
But as soon as love
Came into my heart
You turned and you walked
Just walked away
You stripped me of my dreams
You gave me faith, then took my hope
Look at me now
Look at me
See what loving you has done to me
Look at my face
See how cryin’ has left it’s trace
After you made me all your own
Then you left me all alone
You made your words sound so sweet
Knowing that your love I couldn’t keep
My heart cries out for your touch
But you’re not there
And the lonely cry fades in the air
Love is here
And oh, my darling, now, you’re gone
Love is here
And oh, my darling, now, you’re gone
You made me love you
Oh, my darling, now, you’re gone
You made me love you
Ooh, oh, oh, my darling, now, you’re gone
(Stevie Wonder & Ivy Jo Hunter)
I remember yet before we met
When every night and day
I had to live the life of a lonely one.
And I remember meeting you,
Discovering love could be so true
When shared by two, ‘stead of only one.
When you said you loved me
We could not be parted.
Said, I built my world around you
And I’m truly glad I found you
Because loving you has made my life sweeter than ever.
I never felt so good before.
Loving you has made my life sweeter than ever.
Yes it has, you know it has.
Each night I pray we’ll never part
Because the love within my heart
Grows stronger from day to day.
Best I try, hard I try
To reassure and satisfy.
You know I’d be lost if you went away.
[Bridge:]
Because loving you has made my life sweeter than ever.
Yes it has, I know it has.
Loving you has made my life sweeter than ever.
[Bridge:]
Because loving you has made my life sweeter than ever.
I never felt so good before.
Loving you has made my life sweeter than ever.
Yes it has, you know it has.
Loving you has made my life sweeter than ever.
Don’t you know my baby there.
Loving you has made my life sweeter than ever.
(Warren Moore, Robert Rogers, William “Smokey” Robinson & Marvin Tarplin)
Honey, you do me wrong but still I’m crazy about you
Stay away too long and I can’t do without you
Every chance you get, you seem to hurt me more and more
But each hurt makes my love stronger than before
I know flowers grow through rain
But how can love grow through pain
Ain’t that peculiar
A peculiarity
Ain’t that peculiar, baby
Peculiar as can be, oh
You tell me lies that should be obvious to me
But I’m so much in love with you baby ’til I don’t want to see
But that things you do and say are designed to make me blue
It’s a dog gone shame my love for you makes all your lies seem true
But if the truth makes love last longer
Why do lies make my love stronger
Ain’t that peculiar, baby
Peculiar as can be
Ain’t that peculiar
A peculiarity, yeah yeah
I cried so much just like a child that’s lost his toy
Maybe baby, you think these tears I cry are tears of joy
A child can cry so much until you do everything they say
But unlike a child, my tears don’t help me to get my way
I know love can last through years
But how can love last through tears
Ain’t that peculiar, baby
Peculiar as can be
Ain’t that peculiar, honey
Peculiar as can be
Said, “I don’t understand it, baby”
It’s so strange sometimes
Ain’t that peculiar, darlin’
Oh
(Robert Rogers, Warren Moore, Marvin Tarplin & William “Smokey” Robinson)
Going to a go go, everybody
Going to a go go, c’mon now
Going to a go go, everybody
Going to a go go, c’mon now
Well there’s a brand new place I found
People coming from miles around
They come from everywhere
If you drop in there
You see everyone in town
Going to a go go, everybody
Going to a go go, c’mon now
Don’t you wanna go
And that’s alright tell me
Going to a go go, everybody
Going to a go go
It doesn’t matter if you’re black
It doesn’t matter if you’re white
Take a dollar fifty
A six pack of beer
And we goin’ dance all night
Going to a go go, everybody
Going to a go go, c’mon now
Don’t you wanna go
And that’s alright, tell me
Yeah, don’t you wanna go, and that’s alright, tell me
Going to a go go, everybody
Going to a go go
It doesn’t matter you come in drag
It doesn’t matter you come in stag
I’m telling everyone to get down here
Every taxi that you flag
Is going to a go go, everybody
Going to a go go
Don’t you wanna go
And that’s alright, tell me, yeah
That’s alright, yeah
(Edward Holland Jr., Lamont Dozier & Brian Holland)
Running around the corridors
Blood on the walls
Blood on the floors
And your brain is full of fear
Evil laughs and dreadful cries
Nowhere to run nowhere to hide
Seems like death is standing near
[CHORUS]
Nowhere to run
Nowhere to run
What the hell is going on
There’s killer behind you back
Just waiting for attack
And your heart is beating fast
Your body’s shaking, you’re going insane
Something’s going on in your brain
Death will overtake you at last
[CHORUS]
The might is over, the dawn is breaking
All night long you have been waiting
It’s cleaning up inside your head
You think you’re safe, you’re feeling high
But you’re wrong I’ll tell you why
Nobody escapes the castle of death
[CHORUS]
(Curtis Mayfield)
I wanna talk about my baby, yeah, yeah
With her pretty smile, yeah, yeah
She’s ’bout to drive me crazy, yeah, yeah
Makes my heart beat wild
So everybody say, yeah, yeah, yeah
Everybody say, yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah, everybody say, yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
I want to talk about my baby, yeah, yeah
She does the walk real nice, yeah, yeah
There’s no questions about maybe
For her, I’d make any sacrifice
So everybody say, yeah, yeah, yeah
Let me hear you say, yeah, yeah, yeah
Let me hear you say, yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
And when she walks that walk
I can’t help but feel that she’s for real
And when she talks that talk
I can’t quite explain just how I feel
Talking about my baby
I want to talk about my baby, yeah, yeah
To me, she’s everything, yeah, yeah
She might fuss and call me lazy
But to her, I’m still the king
So everybody say, yeah, yeah, yeah
Well, everybody say, yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah, everybody say, yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Talking about my baby
You know we’re talking about my baby
Talking about my baby
No one else but me
My baby and me
She’s my baby, oh
[Incomprehensible]
(Marvin Gaye, Ivy Jo Hunter, William Stevenson)
OK, talk to you
South America, Australia, France, Germany, UK, Africa
Calling out around the world
Are you ready for a brand new beat
Summer’s here and the time is right
For dancing in the streets
They’re dancing in Chicago
Down in New Orleans
In New York City
All we need is music, sweet music
There’ll be music everywhere
They’ll be swinging, swaying, records playing
Dancing in the street, oh
It doesn’t matter what you wear, just as long as you are there
So come on, every guy, grab a girl, everywhere, around the world
They’ll be dancing, dancing in the street
It’s an invitation across the nation, a chance for folks to meet
They’ll be laughing and singing, music swinging
Dancing in the street
Philadelphia, PA
Baltimore in DC now
Don’t forget the motor city
On the streets of Brazil
Back in the USSR
No matter where you are
All we need is music, sweet music
There’ll be music everywhere
They’ll be swinging, swaying, records playing
Dancing in the street, oh
It doesn’t matter what you wear
Just as long as you are there
So come on every guy, grab a girl, everywhere, around the world
They’ll be dancing, dancing in the streets
Way down in L.A., everyday
Dancing in the streets
Cross in China too
Me and you
Dancing in the street
Don’t you know
They’ll be dancing
Dancing in the street
Dancing in the street
(Gerry Goffin & Carole King)
I think I’m going back
to the things I learned so well in my youth
I think I’m returning to
the days when I was young enough to know the truth
Now there are no games to only pass the time
No more electric trains, no more trees to climb
Thinking young and growing older is no sin
And I can play the game of life to win
I can recall a time
when I wasn’t ashamed to reach out to a friend
Now I think I’ve got
a lot more than my toys to lend
Now there’s much to do than watch my sailboat glide
And every day can be my magic carpet ride
A little bit of freedom is all we lack
So catch me if you can, I’m going back
A little bit of courage is all we lack
So catch me if you can, I’m going back
Going back
1 : Going Back
2 : Girl (Why You Wanna Make Me Blue)
3 : (Love Is Like A) Heatwave
4 : Some of Your Lovin’
5 : Going to a Go-Go
6 : Papa Was a Rolling Stone
7 : Loving You Is Sweeter Than Ever
8 : Something About You
9 : Talkin’ About My Baby
10 : Do I Love You
11 : Never Dreamed You’d Leave in Summer
12 : Take Me in Your Arms (Rock Me for a Little While)
13 : Too Many Fish in the Sea
14 : Uptight (Everything’s Alright)
1 : Signed, Sealed, Delivered I’m Yours (live)
2 : Ain’t Too Proud to Beg (live)
3 : Girl (Why You Wanna Make Me Blue) (live)
4 : Dancing in the Street (live)
5 : (Love Is Like A) Heatwave (live)
6 : Papa Was a Rolling Stone (live)
7 : Never Dreamed You’d Leave in Summer (live)
8 : Talkin’ About My Baby (live)
9 : Do I Love You (live)
10 : Ain’t That Peculiar (live)
11 : Too Many Fish in the Sea (live)
12 : You Really Got a Hold on Me (live)
13 : Something About You (live)
14 : Uptight (Everything’s Alright) (live)
15 : My Girl (live)
16 : Going Back (live)
2010
Phil Collins : chant, batterie, percussions, piano, orgue, claviers, basse, harpe, guitares
Connie Jackson, Lynne Fiddmont : choeurs
Jason Rebello : pianos, vibraphone
Ronnie Caryl : guitare acoustique
Celeste-Marie Roy : basson
Nicholas Collins, Mathew Collins, Steve Jones, Thierry Chaunay, Thoraya Binzagr : handclaps & fingersnaps
Scott Stroman : handclaps, arrangements et direction des cordes
(The Funk Brothers)
Bob Babbitt : basse
Eddie “Chank” Willis : guitares
Ray Monette : guitares
(The PC Horns)
John Aram : trombone, handclaps, arrangements et direction des cuivres
Guy Barker : trompette
Tom Rees-Roberts : trompette
Graeme Blevins : saxophone ténor
Phil Todd : saxophone baryton, flûte, piccolo
Produit par Phil Collins.
Ingénieur du son : Yvan Bing, assisté de Thierry Chaunay et Thoraya Binzagr.
Mixé par Yvan Bing et Phil Collins.
Enregistré en 2009 et 2010.
Masterisé par Kevin Reeves aux Universal Mastering Studios-East.
Pochette réalisée par Mike Hosey.
Pas d’avis pour le moment.
Well the key to my survival
was never in much doubt
the question was how I could keep sane
trying to find a way out
Things were never easy for me
peace of mind was hard to fin
and I needed a place where I could hide
somewhere I could call mine
I didn’t think much about it
til it started happening all the time
soon I was living with the fear everyday
of what might happen that night
I couldn’t stand to hear the
crying of my mother
and I remember when
i swore that, that would be the
Last they’d see of me
And I never went home again
they say that time is a healer
and now my wounds are not the same
I rang the bell with my heart in my mouth
I had to hear what he’d say
He sat me down to talk to me
he looked me straight in the eyes
he said:
You’re no son, you’re no son of mine
You’re no son, you’re no son of mine
You walked out, you left us behind
and you’re no son, no son of mine
oh, his words how they hurt me, I’ll never forget it
and as the time, it went by, I lived to regret it
You’re no son, you’re no son of mine
but where should I go,
and what should I do
you’re no son, you’re no son of mine
but I came here for help, oh I came here for you
Well the years they passed so slowly
I thought about him everyday
what would I do, if we passed on the street
would I keep running away
in and out of hiding places
soon I’d have to face the facts
we’d have to sit down and talk it over
and that would mean going back
they say that time is a healer
and now my wounds are not the same
I rang that bell with my heart in my mouth
I had to hear what he’d say
He sat me down to talk to me
he looked me straight in the eyes
he said:
You’re no son, you’re no son of mine
You’re no son, you’re no son of mine
When you walked out, you left us behind
and you’re no son, you’re no son of mine
oh, his words how they hurt me, I’ll never forget it
and as the time, it went by, I lived to regret it
You’re no son, you’re no son of mine
But where should I go and what should I do
You’re no son, you’re no son of mine
But I came here for help, oh I was looking for you
You’re no son, you’re no son of mine – oh
You’re no son – ha yeah, ha yeah, ha yeah, ha yeah
You’re no son, you’re no son of mine
I must’ve dreamed a thousand dreams
Been haunted by a million screams
But I can hear the marching feet
They’re moving into the street.
Now did you read the news today
They say the danger’s gone away
But I can see the fire’s still alight
There burning into the night.
There’s too many men
Too many people
Making too many problems
And not much love to go round
Can’t you see
This is a land of confusion.
This is the world we live in
And these are the hands we’re given
Use them and let’s start trying
To make it a place worth living in.
Ooh Superman where are you now
When everything’s gone wrong somehow
The men of steel, the men of power
Are losing control by the hour.
This is the time
This is the place
So we look for the future
But there’s not much love to go round
Tell me why, this is a land of confusion.
This is the world we live in
And these are the hands we’re given
Use them and let’s start trying
To make it a place worth living in.
I remember long ago –
Ooh when the sun was shining
Yes and the stars were bright
All through the night
And the sound of your laughter
As I held you tight
So long ago –
I won’t be coming home tonight
My generation will put it right
We’re not just making promises
That we know, we’ll never keep.
Too many men
There’s too many people
Making too many problems
And not much love to go round
Can’t you see
This is a land of confusion.
Now this is the world we live in
And these are the hands we’re given
Use them and let’s start trying
To make it a place worth fighting for.
This is the world we live in
And these are the names we’re given
Stand up and let’s start showing
Just where our lives are going to.
Just as I thought it was going alright
I find out I’m wrong, when I thought I was right
s’always the same, it’s just a shame, that’s all
I could say day, and you’d say night
tell it’s black when I know that it’s white
always the same, it’s just a shame, that’s all
I could leave but I won’t go
though my heart might tell me so
I can’t feel a thing from my head down to my toes
but why does it always seem to be
me looking at you, you looking at me
it’s always the same, it’s just a shame, that’s all
Turning me on, turning me off,
making me feel like I want too much
living with you’s just putting me through it all of the time
running around, staying out all night
taking it all instead of taking one bite
living with you’s just putting me through it all of the time
I could leave but I won’t go
well it’d be easier I know
I can’t feel a thing from my head down to my toes
why does it always seem to be
me looking at you, you looking at me
it’s always the same, it’s just a shame, that’s all
Truth is I love you
more than I wanted to
there’s no point in trying to pretend
there’s been no-one who
makes me feel like you do
say we’ll be together till the end
I could leave but I won’t go
it’d be easier I know
I can’t feel a thing from my head down to my toes
so why does it always seem to be
me looking at you, you looking at me
it’s always the same, it’s just a shame, that’s all
But I love you
more than I wanted to
there’s no point in trying to pretend
there’s been no-one who
makes me feel like you do
say we’ll be together till the end
But just as I thought it was going alright
I find out I’m wrong when I thought I was right
it’s always the same, it’s just a shame, that’s all
Well I could say day, and you’d say night
tell me it’s black when I know that it’s white
it’s always the same, it’s just a shame, that’s all
That’s all
A little piece of something
Falling gently down down down
No one understands you like I do
I’d rather be beside you
Everything we know so well
Tell me what you feel now
Show me what you think of it
It’s not about us anymore
It’s all about the reasons
That we think we’re fighting for
It’s not about hate
It’s not about pain we always feel
I know we have our problems
But we’re not the only ones
It’s not about you it’s not about me
It’s not about anger
It’s more about the loneliness we feel
How can I begin to
Ask for some forgiveness
For all that we have taken
There’s nothing left now
Just a little piece of something
Falling gently down down down
No one understands you no no
Like I do
There’s nothing left now
It’s not about us anymore
It’s all about the reasons
That we think we’re fighting for
It’s not about hate
It’s not about pain we always feel
I know we have our problems
But we’re not the only ones
It’s not about you it’s not about me
It’s not about anger
It’s more about the loneliness we feel
It’s not about us
It’s not about hate
It’s more about the loneliness we feel, can you feel it
It’s not about anger
It’s not about wanting
I know we have our problems
But we’re not the only ones, we’re not the only ones
It’s not about you, it’s not about me…
There is lambswool under my naked feet.
The wool is soft and warm,
– gives off some kind of heat.
A salamander scurries into flame to be destroyed.
Imaginary creatures are trapped in birth on celluloid.
The fleas cling to the golden fleece,
Hoping they’ll find peace.
Each thought and gesture are caught in celluloid.
There’s no hiding in my memory.
There’s no room to avoid.
The crawlers cover the floor in the red ochre corridor.
For my second sight of people, they’ve more lifeblood than before.
They’re moving in time to a heavy wooden door,
Where the needle’s eye is winking, closing in on the poor.
The carpet crawlers heed their callers:
“We’ve got to get in to get out
We’ve got to get in to get out
We’ve got to get in to get out.”
There’s only one direction in the faces that I see;
It’s upward to the ceiling, where the chamber’s said to be.
Like the forest fight for sunlight, that takes root in every tree.
They are pulled up by the magnet, believing they’re free.
The carpet crawlers heed their callers:
“We’ve got to get in to get out
We’ve got to get in to get out
We’ve got to get in to get out.”
Mild mannered supermen are held in kryptonite,
And the wise and foolish virgins giggle with their bodies glowing bright.
Through a door a harvest feast is lit by candlelight;
It’s the bottom of a staircase that spirals out of sight.
The carpet crawlers heed their callers:
“We’ve got to get in to get out
We’ve got to get in to get out
We’ve got to get in to get out.”
The porcelain mannikin with shattered skin fears attack.
The eager pack lift up their pitchers – they carry all they lack.
The liquid has congealed, which has seeped out through the crack,
And the tickler takes his stickleback.
The carpet crawlers heed their callers:
“We’ve got to get in to get out
We’ve got to get in to get out
We’ve got to get in to get out.”
I’m a million miles from anywhere, where can I be
Somewhere out on the ocean
Just take a look out on the horizon, what can you see
There’s nothing there for me
I feel shipwrecked, I might as well be shipwrecked
I’m helpless and alone drifting out to sea
I can’t believe what you said to me
Even standing on the corner of a busy city street
I still feel so lonely
Why do you say you want to be with me
But the next day say you don’t
I’m shipwrecked, I might as well be shipwrecked
I’m helpless and alone drifting out to sea
I can’t believe what you said to me
Without you I feel shipwrecked
But I can’t let it show
A million miles away from anywhere, ooh, ooh, ohh
Is it my imagination
Or is it getting darker, are the waves getting higher
I’m a million miles from anywhere
A million miles from anything I know
You know that’s why I’m shipwrecked
I might as well be shipwrecked
I’m helpless and alone drifting out to sea
I can’t believe what you said to me
You know that’s why I’m shipwrecked, shipwrecked
Losing my direction
Please come and rescue me (shipwrecked)
Shipwrecked
Shipwrecked
Shipwrecked
Shipwrecked…
Stay with me,
My love I hope you’ll always be
Right here by my side if ever I need you
Oh my love
In your arms,
I feel so safe and so secure
Everyday is such a perfect day to spend
Alone with you
I will follow you will you follow me
All the days and nights that we know will be
I will stay with you will you stay with me
Just one single tear in each passing year
With the dark,
Oh I see so very clearly now
All my fears are drifting by me so slowly now
Fading away
I can say
The night is long but you are here
Close at hand, oh I’m better for the smile you give
And while I live
I will follow you will you follow me
All the days and nights that we know will be
I will stay with you will you stay with me
Just one single tear in each passing year there will be
I will follow you will you follow me
All the days and nights that we know will be
I will stay with you will you stay with me
Just one single tear in each passing year…
Climbing up on Solsbury Hill
I could see the city light
Wind was blowing, time stood still
Eagle flew out of the night
He was something to observe
Came in close, I heard a voice
Standing stretching every nerve
Had to listen had no choice
I did not believe the information
[I] just had to trust imagination
My heart going boom boom boom
“Son,” he said “Grab your things,
I’ve come to take you home.”
To keepin’ silence I resigned
My friends would think I was a nut
Turning water into wine
Open doors would soon be shut
So I went from day to day
Tho’ my life was in a rut
“Till I thought of what I’d say
Which connection I should cut
I was feeling part of the scenery
I walked right out of the machinery
My heart going boom boom boom
“Hey” he said “Grab your things
I’ve come to take you home.”
(Back home.)
When illusion spin her net
I’m never where I want to be
And liberty she pirouette
When I think that I am free
Watched by empty silhouettes
Who close their eyes but still can see
No on taught them etiquette
I will show another me
Today I don’t need a replacement
I’ll tell them what the smile on my face meant
My heart going boom boom boom
“Hey” I said “You can keep my things,
they’ve come to take me home.”
Making the most of it
Turning a light up and
Breaking the back of a
Killing the negative
Finding the faith isn’t
As much as I’d like it to be
Follow the path set by
Somebody else’s hand
Craving addiction and
Living in fear of me
But I don’t think that I can change
I’ve been feeling this way for so long now
And this feeling inside still remains
I aint gonna change
Aint gonna change
Bent on destruction I
Have no intention
Black into day into
Dark into Night I go
Blaming myself like I
I’m in control of it
I Turn it around for a
Just for the fun of it
Back to the start I go
I Wish I had learned from you
But I don’t think that I can change
I’ve been feeling this way for so long now
And this feeling inside still remains
I aint gonna change
Aint gonna change
Ray Wilson raconte une histoire courte
You see the face on the TV screen
coming at you every Sunday
see that face on the billboard
that man is me
On the cover of the magazine
there’s no question why I’m smiling
you buy a piece of paradise
you buy a piece of me
I’ll get you everything you wanted
I’ll get you everything you need
don’t need to believe in hereafter
just believe in me
Cos Jesus he knows me
and he knows I’m right
I’ve been talking to Jesus all my life
oh yes he knows me
and he knows I’m right
and he’s been telling me
everything is alright
I believe in the family
with my ever loving wife beside me
but she don’t know about my girlfriend
or the man I met last night
Do you believe in God
cos that’s what I’m selling
and if you wanna get to heaven
I’ll see you right
You won’t even have to leave your house
or get outta your chair
you don’t even have to touch that dial
cos I’m everywhere
And Jesus he knows me
and he knows I’m right
I’ve been talking to Jesus all my life
oh yes he knows me
and he knows I’m right
well he’s been telling me
everything’s gonna be alright
Won’t find me practising what I’m preaching
won’t find me making no sacrifice
but I can get you a pocketful of miracles
if you promise to be good, try to be nice
God will take good care of you
just do as I say, don’t do as I do
I’m counting my blessings,
I’ve found true happiness
cos I’m getting richer, day by day
you can find me in the phone book,
just call my toll free number
you can do it anyway you want
just do it right away
There’ll be no doubt in your mind
you’ll believe everything I’m saying
if you wanna get closer to him
get on your knees and start paying
Cos Jesus he knows me
and he knows I’m right
I’ve been talking to Jesus all my life
oh yes he knows me
and he knows I’m right
well he’s been telling me
everything’s gonna be alright, alright
Jesus he knows me
Jesus he knows me, you know…
All I need is a TV show, that and the radio
Down on my luck again, down on my luck again
I can show you I can show you some of the people in my life
I can show you I can show you some of the people in my life
It’s driving me mad just another way of passing the day
I, I get so lonely when she’s not there
I, I, I…
You’re just another face that I know from the TV show
I have known you for so very long I feel you like a friend
Can’t you do anything for me, can I touch you for a while
Can I meet you another day and we will fly away
I can show you I can show you some of the people in my life
I can show you I can show you some of the people in my life
It’s driving me mad it’s just another way of passing the day
I, I get so lonely when she’s not there
I, I, I…
Turn it on, turn it on, turn it on again
Turn it on, turn it on, turn it on again I can see another face
Turn it on, turn it on, turn it on again I can see another face
Turn it on, turn it on, turn it on again
I’ve been thinking a lot these days
And trying to make it work between us
I sense you slowly moving away
Not taking me with you
If aill the years amount to nothing
With the future so unclear
Is this what it was all for ?
Do you want me to leave here ?
I’m done with waking up alone
And tired of being cast aside
Still hurting from your promises
The ones you couldn’t keep and didn’t try to
And maybe I trusted you too much
I’d like to take it all back now
Start over again
Having learned from my mistake
Constantly reminded of you
Everywhere I look I see your face
It’s painted on my mind
I’m still lonely
And constantly reminded of you
I just had to let you know
You’re all that I wanted
I’m not lying to myself
I’m entrusting somebody else
To make it ok
I want to be there with you
I want to hold onto you
Will you stay with me tonight ?
Constantly reminded of you
Everywhere I look 1 see your face
It’s painted on my mind
I’m still lonely
And constantly reminded of you
I just had to let you know
I live ln fear, constantly
I never know why
I don’t even know me
I’m a shadow of myself
To be here, constantly
Following me
I’m gonna make it out
Constantly reminded of you
Everywhere I look I see your face
It’s painted on my mlnd
I’m still lonely
Constantly remlnded of you
I just had to let you know
Constantly reminded of you
You’re painted on my mind
Constantly reminded of you
I just had to let you know
A fading photograph
The one I thought was mine
You’re always there, always there
Are you there ?
2009
Ray Wilson : chant, guitare acoustique
Ali Ferguson : guitare lead, 12 cordes
Lawrie MacMillan : basse, choeurs
Ashley MacMillan : batterie, percussions
Steve Wilson : guitare acoustique Godin, 12 cordes, choeurs
(The Berlin Symphony Ensemble)
Filip Walcerz : piano
Kristin Sy : violon
Steffi Hölk : violon
Nora Bösel : violon
Ivonne Fechner : violon
Tobias Unterberg : violoncelle, arrangements des cordes
Enregistré en direct de RadioBERLIN 88,8 le 13 août 2009, par Frank Bauer.
Mixé et masterisé par Graeme Hughes aux studios Seitenstrasse.
Photo : Sylvia Lampe-Dahm
Design : Thomas Ewerhard
Pas d’avis pour le moment
1. The Golden Road to Samarkand
2. Promenade
3. Sceptred Isle
4. Danza Cuccaracha
5. Fallen Idol
6. Cascades
7. Sky Dawn
8. Misty Mountains
9. It’s All Greek To Me
10. Haven From The Sea
11. Heavenly Gene
12. Ironclad
13. Water Gardens
14. Night Train
15. Sleeping Giant
16. Sombrero
17. Irish Lament
18. Aurora
19. Without You
20. Sad Exodus
21. Summer of Love
22. Light Rain
23. Halycon Days
Sortie le 2 novembre 2009
“Pas d’avis pour le moment.”
I feel like I’ve been the finest fool
Hanging on by my fingertips
The ground gives way beneath my feet
A black cloud descends
I lose my grip
Buried in the mud
Lying here with no relief
The world I’ve known is paper thin
Torn in shreds my finest hour
A drowning man still battling
One breath rattle gathering
Dust is dust, clean me now
All my strings are gutted
Turn it down
In the paralytic nursery of bygone fears
My old adversary reappears
Still confronted by the many faces of Eve
No matter how I try to heal this injury
Still the trophies line up on the wall
Pride that comes before a fall
(Steve Hackett/Jo Lehmann)
An open coast, an open road
Spirit rising, burning gold
I’ll take you to the caverns
Where the gypsies go
They’re dancing through the firelight
Whirling fast and slow
It’s a cry from the heart
it’s a crying soul
Nothing imagined need ever be lost
Going from dust to dust
We’re running and hiding
Like wolves from a pack
You’ll hear the waves crashing
Never turning back
It’s a cry from the heart
It’s a crying soul
Nothing imagined need ever be lost
Going from dust to dust
It’s a cry from the heart
Sugarplum fairies on parade
The smiling dolls wield the sharpest blade
Candyfloss pink the sequins whirl
Beneath a serpent ready to uncurl
A dealer playing with my state of mind
Roulette wheel the colours were entwined
Black and white Russians were prepared
She staked her claim to the lions share
Dressed in velvet in the limelight
She beckoned me from marble stairs
Long ago with all the dreamers
I fell into her emerald spell
A thousand silver songs that filled the air
Rosary the worry beads of care
I should have understood
the queen of hearts
Played to win right from the start
Dressed in velvet in the limelight
She beckoned me from marble stairs
Long ago with all the dreamers
I fell into her emerald spell
The dice were loaded, knew I was ensnared
Fingers turned to talons in my hair
A rusted door inside a golden cage
A broken chord, a bird that flew away
Dressed in velvet in the limelight
She beckoned me from marble stairs
Long ago with all the dreamers
I fell into her emerald spell
(instrumental)
(Steve Hackett/Roger King/Jo Lehmann/Nick Clabburn)
Breathing in and out with tide
Leaving the mantra of a world outside
Faces bathed by moonbeams
All the sleepers send you their dreams
Rising from a wave of helping hands
A woman holds a statue till he becomes a man
Captured in her eyes he’s finally complete
All the sleepers send you their dreams
Night terrors make you scream
Dogs turned reptiles halloween
Lizards and birds, claws in your feet
Can’t shake off all the demons you meet
Surveillance camera in the sky
Big big brother telling you why
Too many saviours on my cross
Might as well worship the Wizards of Oz
Turning your dream around
Taking the reins again
Running through the flames
Sun shining out of the rain
Taking a leap of faith
Jumping into space
Find an unknown place
The moon’s other face
All the sleepers send you their dreams
All the sleepers send you their dreams
(instrumental)
(Steve Hackett/Jo Lehmann)
Lady of the mansion
She gave me her key
But your cotton print dress
Worked its magic on me
Still waters run deep
Smoke rising from beneath
White lightning in the heat
Voodoo queen weaved
Her charms for free
But you big brown eyes
Worked their magic on me
Still waters run deep
Smoke rising from beneath
White lightning in the heat
Storyville ladies
Invited me from the street
But your shy southern smile
Worked its magic on me
Still waters run deep
Smoke rising from beneath
White lightning in the heat
(Steve Hackett/Roger King/Jo Lehmann)
Your two eyes like minarets
Rise in twin pools of white
The incandescent fires of spring
Radiant against the vault of night
On the last train to Istanbul
Journey to the heart, dancers on thin ice
Lantern moon, a magic carpet ride
Soulscapes, island nights
In your eyes an afterlife
On the last train to Istanbul
Curling smoke becomes the djinn
Lovers wish for everything
Temple pillars builts on clouds
In your sleep awaking now
On the last train to Istanbul
2009
Steve Hackett : guitares, chant
Roger King : claviers, programmations
Nick Beggs : basse, Chapman Stick
John Hackett : flûte (5, 8)
Rob Townsend : saxophone soprano (3, 8)
Christine Townsend : violon, alto (5, 6, 8)
Dick Driver : contrebasse (5)
Lauren King : choeurs (7)
Jo Lehmann : choeurs (7)
Amanda Lehmann : choeurs (3, 5, 7)
Chris Squire : basse (1, 2)
Anthony Phillips : guitare 12 cordes (3, 5)
Ferenc Kovaks : violon (8)
Produit par Steve Hackett et Roger King.
Enregistré, mixé et masterisé à The Living Room par Roger King.
Photos : Jo Lehmann. Design : Harry Pearce.