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Seb

 5/5

Un excellent album. Le retour de Ray Wilson acoustique après la parenthèse (à mon goût ratée) de She. D’excellents morceaux, notamment la chanson titre, Razorlight, Frequency. Seule le single, le tout premier morceau est paradoxalement en dessous. Bref, dans la ligne droite de Change, cet album est un vrai coup de coeur.

Tracklist

1 : Bless Me

Bless me said the lonely boy,
Bless me said the lonely boy,
Why am I so lonely
Why does no one love me
Why does no one want me in their life

Bless me said the lonely girl,
Bless me said the lonely girl,
Why does no one love me,
Why does no one ever tell me why

Bless me said the lonely man,
Bless me said the lonely man,
And now that my wife’s left me,
Who is going to fill my dreams at night

I try but, I don’t succeed,
It’s a lonely life,
I wait for changes,
And there for the rest of time

Bless me for the love of God,
Bless me for the love of God,
Can’t you understand me,
Try to make a difference in my life

I just don’t belong here,
Everyone can see it in my eyes,
Bless me
Bless me said the lonely man
Bless me

I can’t feel loved
I can’t feel loved
Bless me
Bless me
Bless me

I can’t feel loved
Bless me
Bless me
Bless me

2 : Lately

Lately I’ve had so much on my mind

Patience, must be patient, give it time
Hold on to this moment, hold on tight
You say, time waits for no man

I’ll wait I will trust in destiny
Place faith in my own ability
Lately I’ve had so much on my mind
Maybe life will bring to me what’s mine

Hold on, to this moment, hold on tight
You say, time waits for no man

3 : The Brakes Are Gone

And the less I think about it, the better
It only makes me feel what I don’t want to feel
Holding onto memories of you

Save me, save me from myself, please
The fear I have is real fear
That everyone and everything feels

It’s not a love thing
It’s like a special gift to me
Something I wanted
But left behind and never found again

The sentence doesn’t fit the crime
Imprisoned by the gift of time
And knowing I’m alone again tonight

Awake me, I sleep inside this memory
I need to find a new dawn
A sun that lights this misery

It’s not a love thing
It’s like a special wish to me
Something I wanted but left behind
And never found again

And I can see it so clear
I know it’s there I try to bring it near
I only wanted to believe and hold on

The special feeling’s all I have
I really feel the meaning of
Inner strength might fall away but
I know I’ll get it back some day

And I can see it so clear
I know it’s there I try to bring it near
I only wanted to believe and hold on

And the less I think about it, the better

4 :Razorlite

Razorlite, see a different life
You’re running wild through the death of night
And from the days of your crisis
Are memories that you can not forget
But you’ve got so many reasons to get high, tonight

Foolish dreams, won’t change anything
All you’ll ever have is what the future brings
The blossom has gone, with every season
And you’ve got so many reasons to ask why, tonight

Is all you wanted, anything you need
The voices in your head all dissagree

Razorlite, it’s all black and white
You know that’s it’s up to you, if you live to die
But you’ve got so many reasons to get high, tonight

Close your eyes

Razorlite
Raise a light Razorlite, see a different life You’re
Running wild through the death of night And from the
Days of your crisis Are memories that you can not
Forget But you’ve got so many reasons to get high,
Tonight Foolish dreams, won’t change anything All
You’ll ever have is what the future brings The blossom
Has gone, with every season And you’ve got so many
Reasons to ask why, tonight Is all you wanted, anything
You need The voices in your head all dissagree
Razorlite, it’s all black and white You know that’s
It’s up to you, if you live to die But you’ve got so
Many reasons to get high, tonight Close your eyes
Razorlite
Raise a light

5 : Propaganda Man

Just another lie
On a different day
Something to believe in
For evil to embrace
And to feast on, bad ideals
Just to wipe out all these infidels
Propaganda man
Propaganda man

In a sorry state
Forlorn man
Practicing his faith
That you don’t understand
Looks for answers, material
He’ll wait until time in memorial
Propaganda man

Life alone is no match for dreams
Looking through the mist
Will not allow you to see clear
Why owe, a debt to your soul
You will always reap what you have sewn
Propaganda man
Propaganda man
Propaganda man

When life’s door is closed in your face
And you have taken steps
To wipe out all the human race
Wash away the blood from off your soul
Let it flow into the promised land
Of propaganda man, propaganda man

Propaganda man
Propaganda man Just another…

6 : Frequency

The death city radio,
Pours out of the open window,
Static fires into the atmosphere
And moments and memories
Are lost to the frequencies, in the air.

And the sad face on reality
Is no longer sitting next to me.
A smile appeared to dry the tears away
The demons and angels
Are tolling on the iron bell, in the street.

Alive to me,
Love heals me
Fills all lost souls
These days are golden once more

And I’ve been forsaken too often.
It’s all inside me
Beter to live life I’m sure you’ll agree.

I save myself, from me again.
Go on and fight another day
No door left unopened
I know you must be looking for the way ahead.

Alive to me
Love heals me
Fills all lost souls
These days are golden once more

The death city radio,
Pours out of the open window.
The static fires into the atmosphere
And moments and memories
Are lost to the frequencies, in the air.

7 : Modern Dy Miracle

You once were trusted friend
Relied on your every word
Just like a modern day miracle
They could not find a cure for
A last and final wish
Just something maybe worth living for
I wish that could erase
Put myself in a different place
This felling is washing right over me
It cuts right to the core
Don’t have much left to give
It’s maybe something woth living for
I dont’t ask for too much,
Just bring me back from the dead.
Don’t break my spirit, hold a gun to my head.
Your act was so selfish, it was greed.
I’m sorry i tried my best
I’ve given up, I#m out of this
In time you’ll remember just what you had
Much later much too later
You must be mesmerised
You say it’s a sign you must follow it
Fool
Your mistake
No regrets
Your mistake
Forgiveness

8 :Cosmic baby

I don’t want to wait around too long
You better not let me down
You better not leave me here
You better not try to change things
You better not disappear
You better not take revenge
You better wait till the end
You better not back the loser
You better not try to see her again
You better not try to see her again
I don’t wanna wait around too long
The life was made for me
This life was meant for me
You better not make mistakes
You better not fool around
You better not make me pay
You better not no you better not
You better not find your peace
You better not get release
You better not fall on stony ground
You better not let your guard down
The life was made for me
I don’t wanna wait around too long
You better not make mistakes
You better not fool around
You better not make me pay for this
You better not no you better not
Cosmic baby, cosmic baby
You better not let me down
You better not leave me here
You better not try to change things
You better not disappear
You better not make mistakes
You better not fool around
You better not make me pay for this
You better not no you better not
Cosmic baby
The life was made for me, cosmic baby
I don’t wanna wait around too long
Cosmic baby
The life was meant to be, cosmic baby
I don’t wanna wait around too long
I don’t wanna wait around too long

9 : Things Don't Stop

Things don’t stop
Just because life gets tough
You feel like giving in
Pleasure or pain
Live without foolish intentions

Things don’t stop
Certain as sure enough
You’re not a falling rock
Breaking to pieces
Scattering over the ground

Things don’t stop
If you fall down stand up
Brush off the grains of rust
Be good to yourself
I hope you hear what I’m saying

Things, things, things, things

Things don’t stop
Don’t even think you’ve lost
Mindfull of all you have
Pleasure or pain
Live without foolish intentions

Things don’t stop
Run once you’ve learned to walk
You’re not a falling rock
Breaking to pieces
Scattering over the ground

Things, things, things (2x)

10 : More propaganda

Through a troubled life, an indifferent gaze
A bleeding tortured mind, a failure to amaze

Propaganda man, propaganda man, propaganda man

When life’s door is closed in your face
And you have taken steps to wipe out all the human race
Then wash away the blood from off your soul
Let it flow into the promised land of propaganda man

Propaganda man, propaganda man, propaganda man… Through a
troubled life, an indifferent gaze A bleeding tortured mind,
a failure to amaze Propaganda man, propaganda man,
propaganda man When life’s door is closed in your face And
you have taken steps to wipe out all the human race Then
wash away the blood from off your soul Let it flow into the
promised land of propaganda man Propaganda man, propaganda
man, propaganda man…

11 : On The Other Sde

If I was a stranger,
I’d still call this home,
Even through the changes,
In Life I have known

What lies in the future now,
Is Destiny’s game,
There’s no point asking questions,
The answer doesn’t change

I just want to live a life,
That teaches me the dark and light,
And discipline the part of me,
That needs to run away

And, don’t forget the memories,
The fear hasn’t gone,
The loneliness of night time,
And distance until dawn

Finally, I understand,
Won’t be going there again,
It’s confined to my history,
I hope it’s there for good

You and me on the other side, alone
You and me on the other side, alone
You and me on the other side alone
Alone, alone
No loneliness with you

If I had a need… I…
I would surely need you,
To help me through the changes,
That Life puts me…

Infos générales

Sortie en 2008

WhiteWinter

 0/5

“Pas d’avis pour le moment.”

Tracklist

1 : Tribute to Bach : Gavottes (BWV 1012)

2 : Tribute to Bach : Courante (BWV 1009)

3 : Tribute to Bach : Jesu Joy (BWV 147)

4 : Tribute to Segovia : The Fountain Suite

5 : Tribute to William Byrd : The Earle of Salisbury

6 : Tribute to Barrios : La Catedral

7 : Tribute to the unknown writer : El Noy de la Mare

8 : Tribute to Rodrigo : Cascada

9 : A Tudor Tribute : Sapphires

10 : Tribute to Bach : Prelude in D (BWV 998)

11 : Tribute to Bach : Prelude in C min (BWV 999)

12 : Tribute to Bach : Chaconne (BWV 1004)

13 : Tribute to Granados : La Maja de Goya

Infos générales

2007

Steve Hackett : guitare classique

Enregistré, mixé et masterisé par Roger King aux Map Studios.

Photo : Paul Cox. Design : Pentagram.

Seb

 0/5

White winter : “Bon live, conforme à ce que l’on pouvait attendre de Stiltskin, armé d’un trio de guitaristes au style bien rock…

Il permet d’apprécier encore plus certaines chansons de l’album studio SHE (ou à l’inverse, de les aimer autant moins, la preuve avec moi pour “Taking time”). Les détracteurs peuvent être heureux, pas une seule reprise de Genesis, ni de Phil Collins, ni de Bob Dylan ici, seule la carrière de Ray est concernée : les deux albums de Stiltskin bien sûr, avec les morceaux nirvanesques du premier qui prennent une dimension plus “métal”, mais aussi quelques morceaux bien choisis de l’époque Cut_ (“Ghost”, “Another day” joué pour la première fois dans sa version rock originale).

Sympathique dans l’ensemble, même si il faut être amateur du genre, et des grosses guitares. D’autant plus que, pour la première fois aussi, et un peu à mon grand regret, il n’y a pas de clavier pour “aérer” un peu le tout, comme sur le précédent live électrique de Ray. Seule une guitare acoustique intervient, assez rarement, sur “Constantly reminded” et “Lemon yellow sun”.

Un truc que je comprends difficilement par contre, c’est le “Ray Wilson & Stiltskin”, ça me rappelle autre chose du côté de Mike ça…

Tracklist

1 : Sunshine And Butterflies

Voir album “The mind’s eye”

2 : Sarah

Voir album “Millionairhead”

3 : Fly High

Voir album “She”

4 : Constantly Reminded

Voir album “She”

5 : Gypsy

Voir album “Millionairhead”

6 : Another Day

Voir album “Millionairhead” et “Change”

7 : Lemon Yellow Sun

Voir album “She”

8 : Taking Time

Voir album “She”

9 : She

Voir album “She”

10 : Adolescent Breakdown

Voir albums “Millionairhead” (réedition 2007) et “The next best thing”

11 : Some Of All My Fears

Voir album “She”

12 : Footsteps

Voir album “The mind’s eye”

13 : Inside

Voir album “The mind’s eye”

14 : Fame

Voir album “She”

15 : Wake Up Your Mind

Voir album “She”

16 : Ghost

Voir album “Millionairhead”

Infos générales

Ray Wilson : chant, guitares
Uwe Metzler : guitares
Alisdair Ferguson : guitares, choeurs
Lawrie Macmillan : basse, choeurs
Ashley Macmillan : batterie

WhiteWinter

 0/5

“Pas d’avis pour le moment.”

Tracklist

1 : Creatures of the Magic Water - Opening Theme

(instrumental)

2 : Green hell

(instrumental)

3 : Jaguar and the Terrapin

(instrumental)

4 : Flooded Forest

(instrumental)

5 : Hidden Shadow

(instrumental)

6 : River God

(instrumental)

7 : Secrets of the Amazon

(instrumental)

8 : Killing Grounds

(instrumental)

9 : River Dolphins

(instrumental)

10 : Faces in the Forest

(instrumental)

11 : Final Journey

(instrumental)

12 : Onza - Eater of Souls

(instrumental)

13 : Relentless Sun

(instrumental)

14 : Serengeti Jigsaw

(instrumental)

15 : Massacre of the Termites

(instrumental)

16 : Web of the Spider Monkey - Opening theme

(instrumental)

17 : Island of Stone

(instrumental)

18 : Fireflies

(instrumental)

19 : Courting Chameleons

(instrumental)

20 : Rock Spires, Crocodile Caves

(instrumental)

21 : Dusty Track

(instrumental)

22 : Fathomless Caverns

(instrumental)

23 : Storm Breaks

(instrumental)

24 : Morning Call

(instrumental)

25 : Autumn Dusk

(instrumental)

26 : Bears of Kamchatka - Opening Theme

(instrumental)

27 : In the Tundra

(instrumental)

28 : Across the Frozen Wastes

(instrumental)

29 : Nighthunt

(instrumental)

30 : Cubs

(instrumental)

31 : Mother of the Moon

(instrumental)

32 : Jurassic Shark - Opening Theme

(instrumental)

33 : Ray's Song

(instrumental)

34 : Voyage of the Whale Shark

(instrumental)

35 : Megalodon

(instrumental)

36 : The Only Good Shark is a Dead One

(instrumental)

37 : Back Through Time - Under the Ocean

(instrumental)

38 : Jurassic Shark - Closing Theme

(instrumental)

39 : Island of Life

(instrumental)

40 : Dolphins at Play

(instrumental)

41 : Dolphins, Seals & Rays

(instrumental)

42 : Mysteries of the Wreck

(instrumental)

43 : Sunset Flight

(instrumental)

44 : Fight to the Death

(instrumental)

45 : From the Jaws of Death - Touching the Face of God

(instrumental)

Infos générales

Anthony Phillips et Joji Hirota : tous les instruments
Martin Robertson : saxophone soprano (12, 13)
Laura Melluish : violon (43)

Produit par Anthony Phillips et Joji Hirota.

Seb

 5/5

Genesis a toujours eu un rapport étrange avec ses albums live. La règle a toujours été de sortir des collections de chansons ET surtout surtout surtout de ne pas faire de redite. Une exception : Afterglow qui se trouvait “embarqué” dans Three Sides Live à la suite de In The Cage alors qu’elle était déjà sur Seconds Out. Sinon vous pouvez chercher, il n’y a jamais eu qu’une et une seule version officielle par chanteur (medley mis à part, puisque ce ne sont pas les chansons entière). C’est pour cela qu’il n’y avait pas Turn It On Again sur The Way We Walk. C’est pour cela qu’il n’y avait pas eu ni Carpet Crawlers, ni Firth Of Fifth, ni Los Endos sur Three Sides Live. C’est pour cela qu’il n’y avait pas eu Watcher of the skies sur Archive 1967-1974, pas plus que The Musical Box.

Cet album live est donc une double nouveauté et une double entorse dans la discographie du groupe puisque c’est la première fois que Genesis se répète sur un album live, mais aussi parce que c’est la première fois qu’ils nous offrent un concert entier, dans l’ordre et dans l’intégralité de ce qui a été joué. Rien que ce point est déjà remarquable. Mais ce n’est pas son seul atout. Le disque est constitué des “meilleures” versions des chansons jouées lors de la tournée Européenne 2007, comme l’indique le nom de l’album. À l’écoute, on a simplement l’impression d’entendre un concert fluide. Mais ça reste du live et ces versions là ne sont pas aussi parfaite que ce qu’elles avaient pu l’être dans le passé. Et c’est très bien que quelques imperfections “live” aient passé le contrôle qualité habituellement extrêmement élevé du groupe. Personnellement, le problème le plus embêtant réside dans la fin de Invisible Touch lorsque les feux-d’artifices prennent le relais de la grosse caisse. Sauf qu’on ne les entends pas et qu’on a subitement un grand “creux” dans les graves.

Certains trouvent le disque mou. Pestent contre les tempos ralentis et les changement de tonalité. C’est uniquement par souci d’intégrité que je le signale parce qu’en ce qui me concerne, le plaisir est immense et je trouve que le talent est intact. Les changements de tonalité ne me gênent pas, les ralentissement non plus, parce qu’ils sont servis par un son sans faille qui apporte le complément nécessaire pour rendre la puissance, l’ampleur, la dimension des morceaux. Certains trouvent ainsi une lourdeur et une noirceur nouvelle… Au final, je considère beaucoup de ces versions comme supérieures aux précédentes. Carpet Crawlers en tête.

Tracklist

Infos générales

Tony Banks – Claviers & Choeurs
Phil Collins – Chant et Batterie
Mike Rutherford – Guitare, Basse et Choeurs
Daryl Stuermer – Guitare, Basse & Choeurs
Chester Thompson – Batterie

Sorti le 26 novembre 2007

1 : Dukes Intro (live – Behind The Lines / Duke’s End)

2 : Turn It On Again (live)

3 : No Son Of Mine (live)

4 : Land Of Confusion (live)

5 : In The Cage (live + Cinema Show / Duke’s Travel)

6 : Afterglow (live)

7 : Hold On My Heart (live)

8 : Home By The Sea (live)

9 : Follow You Follow Me (live)

10 : Firth Of Fifth (live)

11 : I Know What I Like (In Your Wardrobe) (live)

12 : Mama (live)

13 : Ripples (live)

14 : Throwing It All Away (live)

15 : Domino (live)

16 : Conversation with 2 stools (live)

17 : Los Endos (live)

18 : Tonight Tonight Tonight (live)

19 : Invisible Touch (live)

20 : I Can’t Dance (live)

21 : The Carpet Crawlers (live)

Seb

 2/5

Voilà une grande déception… J’ai eu beau donner plusieurs chances à cet album, rien à faire, je n’accroche pas. Et j’ai vraiment insisté, parce que ça m’ennuie (pour rester poli) de ne pas aimer un album de Ray… Mais je crois que je ne lui pardonnerai jamais la partie rap de Sick and Tired… J’ai un problème avec la production de cet album. Le son de la batterie et le son de certaines guitares clichées sont beaucoup trop Hard Rock FM US… À tel point que je me prend souvent à me dire “mais si c’était pas Ray, jamais je n’aurais écouté ce disque jusqu’au bout… et encore moins acheté”… Mélodiquement, les chansons se ressemblent beaucoup avec des refrains très linéaires avec des choeurs identiques… Il n’y a que le premier single qui semble tiré de Change que j’adore sans mesure… La seconde me gonfle par ses côtés clichés (notamment le verset de l’apocalypse qui est lu à la fin…) et également par le vers “I must be crazy in the head”. “Je dois être fou dans ma tête” ah ah ah… ridicule. Show me the way est sympa, sauf que la partie batterie ne va pas bien avec ce morceau… Fame est rigolote (si on met de côté le son et le jeu de la gratte). Surtout pour le discours de la fille au début. Mais le refrain linéaire (Fame… Fame…) vient tout gâcher. Some of All My Fears…. oui, mais non… C’est quasi la dixième fois qu’on écoute cette chanson depuis le début de l’album… Encore les mêmes guitares, encore la même batterie. Encore ces refrains en choeurs avec Ray qui intervient par dessus… Non, non et re-non… Summer Days commence comme du Genesis… Un peu de fraîcheur dans le disque. Enfin un refrain joli… “Is it me…” mais malheureusement, une minute après la batterie, la guitare et les choeurs reviennent… Le final avec ce synthé, le solo de guitare et la batterie de Nir qui daigne enfin changer un peu fait penser à du Calling All Stations… Ce morceau aurait été parfait pour finir l’album. Mais non… On repart pour la même chanson Hard Rock FM US qui tourne en boucle depuis le début de l’album… Dommage, dommage et re-dommage… Ce que je reproche en fait à ce disque c’est qu’il a un son et une production beaucoup plus US que UK en fait… On dirait du Linkin Park plus que souvent…

Tracklist

1 : Fly High

See straight, stay awake, live a troubled life
Certified useless
A lost cause, just a waste, stupid
A bit of heat for a cold girl, me
Satellite, satellite, yes
I’m looking out for a new way of life

Did you know ? Who you’re making trouble with, me
Me, me, me

Fly high
Dont let me near you
Fly high
I want to see you

Listen !
Blue eyes, paralyse
It’s a struggle girl, keep away from me
Bad taste, below the waist
I want to take you from behind, oh yeah
What a life, what a life
Living hard, getting harder

Did you know ? Who you’re making trouble with, me
Did you know ? What I wanna struggle with
Me, me, me

Fly high
Don’t let me near you
Fly high
I want to see you
Fly high
Put your hands over your eyes
See me in your mind
Fly high
I wanna fear you
Sentence me to life

Let me love again, help me breathe life
Watch me fall down on my knees
Sheltered from the rain, help you get dry
Wishing you’d become, mine

Let me love again, help me breathe life
Watch me fall down on my knees
Sheltered from the tain, help you get dry
Wishing youd become, mine

Fly high
Wishing you’d become mine

Fly high
Wishing you’d become mine

Fly high
Wishing you’d become mine

2 : Taking Time

I’m taking time getting over it
Burying my head in the sand
Losing faith in reality
First hand

Staying calm through the crisis
Staring my fears in the face
Living life in overdrive, always
I’ll never change

Your words are so colourful
I’m black and blue
I’m falling into

Taking my time
Staying in control
Trying hard to figure out
What it’s all for
I’m caught in two minds
And lonely as hell
Losing all patience
I know it too well
If only I’d listened to my friends
I wish I oould just run away
This fall from grace is too much
I’m stranded alone
Carrying a weight
Talking to myself
Don’t know what’s worse
Been frozen out, it’s cold in hell
Yet here I am making peace with the devil

Blistered down to my fingers
Working my life to the bone
So stressed out, I can hardly sleep
Alone, I’m so alone

Your eyes of steel
Just make me feel
So cold inslde
You lied to me

I’m taking my time
Staying in control
Trying hard to figure out
What it’s all for…

I must be crazy in the head
To believe the thlngs you told me
I knew that they were lies
But convinced myseif that some how you and I
Could find a way

Taking my time (taking my tlme)
Staying in control (staying in control)
Trying hard to figure out
What it’s all for (what it’s all for)
I’m caught in two minds
And lonely as hell
Losing all patience
I know it too well (know it too well)
If only I’d listened to my friends
I wish I could just run away
This fall from grace is too much
I’m stranded alone (stranded alone)
Carrying a weight
Talking to myself
Don’t know what’s worse
Been frozen out, it’s cold in hell
And hear I am making peace with the devil (peace with the devil)

“Woe to you oh earth and sea, for the devil sends the beast with wrath, because he knows the time is short, let him who hath understanding reckon the number of the beast, for it is a human number, its number is 666” (Revelation Ch.X111 V.18)

3 : She

You said you’re getting over me
But I have to know
I have to know it’s over
Cause maybe i’m not over you and i have to go
I have to find another
And lady when I’m over you
Then you’ll have to know
You’ll have to know l’m over you
Something I’ve been needing to
Be alone with you
Don’t tell me that it’s over, no

I feel alive
Feel alive, I don’t know
I feel a light, feel a light coming on
I feel alive, oh no

You said you were getting over me
But I have to know
I have to know it’s over
Cause maybe I’m not over you and 1 have to go
I have to find another
And lady when I’m over you
Then you’ll have to know
Have to know I’m over you
Something I’ve been needing to
Be alone with you
Don’t tell me that it’s over, no

She only feels for me
She only sees for me
She only feels for me
She only sees for me
She only breathes for me
She only lives for me

You said you’re getting over me
But I have to know
I have to know it’s over
Cause maybe I’m not over you and I have to go
I have to find another
And lady when I’m over you
Then you’ll have to know
Have to know I’m over you
Something I’ve been needing to, be alone with you
Don’t tell me that it’s over, no
Don’t tell me that it’s over, no

She
You said your getting over me (repeated)

4 : Lemon Yellow Sun

Forget me !
That’s what you said
For me it was a summer that I’ll never forget
The best way
To believe in the fate
It brought us both together
And 1 know it will again
It’s more than just a moment in time
No question in my mind

The spirit never lies
However hard you try
I could see your tears
In the Lemon Yellow Sun
A picture of your face
Etched on my mind
There’s no use trying to hide your feelings

Forgive me
For telling you straight
I’m not about to turn around
And just walk way
The best things
Come to those who wait
I’ll hold on for dear life
No matter how long it takes
It’s only just a question of time
There’s no doubt in my mind

The spirit never lies
However hard you try
I could see your tears
In the Lemon Yellow Sun
A picture of your face
Etched on my mind
No use trying to hide your feelings

I carry a secret I’ve no one to tell
There’s something that I’ve needed to say farewell to
Follow your instincts
Listen to your soul
There’s no one else who knows
No one else who truly knows

Forget me that’s what you said
Forgive me but I can’t forget
It’s only just a matter of time
No question in my mind

The spirit never lies
However hard you try
I could see your tears
In the Lemon Yellow Sun
A picture of your face
Etched on my mind
No use trying to hide your feelings

So tell me if I’m wrong
And that l’m not the one
Who made you feel alive
In the lemon yellow sun
I know what you’re dreaming of
I know what you’re feeling
I don’t wanna stop myself believing
Believing

5 : Wake Up Your Mind

There are promises you could not keep
You didn’t even try
And that’s no way
To live your life
Somethings hidden in your past
Preacher pray for me
It’s gonna be black again some day
All of the lies you’re sending
How many times can you break me ?
Until I turn it around

Wake up your mind
Wake up your mind
You’re wasting time, what, are you looking for
Wake up you mind
Wake up your mind

Empty moments that you shared with me
A worthless life
You’re leading me on
Watch the curtain finally falling down
Is your life a circus ?
Did you send me the clown ?

Wake up your mind…
Love, Peace, War, Hate, Words
No, they mean nothing to me
Love, Peace, War, Hate, Words
No, they mean nothing to me
Sleeping, 1 watch you sleeping
Wake up your mind

Wake up your mind
Wake up your mind
You’re wasting time, what, are you looking for
Wake up you mind
Wake up your mind
Wake up you mind
Wake up your mind
You’re wasting my time
You’re wasting my time
You’re wasting my time

Love, Peace, War, Hate, Words no, they mean nothing to me
Love, Peace, War, Hate, Words no, they mean nothing to me

6 : Sick And Tired

I used to think it would never end
Eternally, forever and a day, infinite, always
Nothing could be better than a life alone with you

The funny thing is a piece of me
The sceptic who is walting for the day to prove me wrong again
You’re wrong again !
Should have known better than to leave myself open
The fool is a victim
Sitting in the corner of a room somewhere with pictures in pieces
Scattered all around

The conversation is about life
How so many things come and go with no rhyme or reason
Seems the best ones, come to those who wait

I’m sick and tired of waiting
Wasting so much time when you dont want me to hold on
It’s messing up my mind
I’m not expired or broken
There’s still so much lnside
And yes I listened, you told me
Every word a lie

I really hope that it works out
I wouldn’t wish any harm to find you
Everything is destiny
Whether I like it or not – I don’t
I’ll find faith in my own way
Part of me will always wonder what you’re thinking
Who you dream of
Want and are in need of

I’m sick and tired of waiting…

Sick and tired
It’s all excuses
Every word you tell me
Seems to disappear without trace
I’m alive don’t you see it
Every word is nothing but a lie to me I know it so well

I don’t think that you could ever leave me
I know you’re rightfully the one for me
’cause evemhing is destiny !
The ride is fast but I hold tight
I raise my dukes and prepare for a new fight
Not what is right but what is wrong
I feel the winds of the storm but I carry on
While you’re torn, I’m born
You think in lies this is no fun
But look inside and you’ll see there’s a new sun !

I’m sick and tired of waiting
Waiting
Wasting so much time when you don’t want me to hold on
What is rlght for what ls wrong
It’s messlng up my mind
It’s messing up my mind
I’m not expired or broken
While you’re torn, I’m born
There’s still so much inside
And yes I listened, listening, you told me
Every word a lie
Hearing all your lies

7 : Constantly Reminded

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 ?

8 : Show Me The Way

It was all or nothing
This much I know
A chance I had to take
My instincts I followed
And if 1 do regret it
It’s just a lesson learned
Could you stay another day ?

It’s all a blessing
I should tell myself
It’s all for a reason
And only a cry for help
And maybe next tlme
I’ll find a different way
To stay another day

Just show me the way
Show me the way
Show me the way
Show me the way
Show me the way
Show me the way
How long, how long
Is there time enough to change it ?
How long, how long
Will I know when 1 have found it ?
Stay in my life
Teach me how to find my way
Stay here, all eyes
Are upon you hoping
Would you help me ?

Just show me the way
Show me the way
Show me the way
Show me the way
Show me the way
Show me the way

I feel you close to me at night
I always know that you are there
There is a part of me that walks alone
Until 1 see you again

I’m not taking the easy way out
Taking the easy way out
I’m not taking the easy way out
Of here, of here, of here

9 : Fame

Hello, my name ls Marta, 1 am 22 Years old, my hobbies are dancing and singing, my ambition ls to help people who are less fortunate than myself and to make a shit toad of cash

Nothing ever comes easy in this life
You never know what they’re really thinking
Try hard to pretend it’s ok
You get down and you just end up drinking
And so you look to the Gods for help
And try to make sense from it all
Just breathe easy and believe me
Nothing worthwhile ever comes easy
You’re in the machine now

Fame, fame the people know your name
It isn’t all that lt’s cracked up to be
I’ll say it again
Famz, fame welcome to the machine
You got exactly what they wanted for you

You see all these talent less fuckers on TV
And a judge with suit from Armani
Sits back with his words of wisdom
As the TV ratings go through the ceiling
And all the people at home with their shallow lives
Looking to be part of something
Just entertain me nice and easy
Take my extremely dull life and free me
I’m living the dream

Fame, fame the people know your name
It isn’t all that it’s cracked up to be
I’ll say it again
Fame, fame welcome to the machine
You got exactly what they wanted for you

I know there’s no point in saying this
It’s maybe even a little bit dangerous
Be aware that the share holders own you
They can bounce you around if they want to
It’s good that they fight for survival
At least until there’s a Beatles revival
Looks like those days have gone
If the numbers don’t add up
It must be wrong

RIGHT ? QUITE RIGHT !

Oh my God thank you for making my dream a reality, thank you so much, thank you, I’m so happy

Fame, fame the people know your name
It isn’t all that it’s cracked up to be
I’ll say it again
Fame, fame welcome to the machine
You got exactly what they wanted for you
Fame, fame
Fame, fame
Fame, fame welcome to the machine
You got exactly what they wanted for you

I’m so happy, thank you, you guys are great

10 : Some Of All My Fears

Can you erase such deep emotion ?
Should we extract the hand of peace ?
Hide in shelters with blank faces
Fill the hole and lay the wreath
Do we belong ln the same surroundings ?
Fuelled by guilt and hate and greed
Does anybody have the answer ?
Could someone please explain to me ?
Some of all my fears

I, sleep with one eye open
I, asking for forgiveness
Why, begging you for mercy
I, Oh just what are you afraid of

To be oppressed, destroyed or cast aside
Surely only makes it worse
Ridicule exposes weakness
And reads like some satanic verse
It’s easy just to show indifference
When deep down we all know it’s use
Strike a blow or strike a balance
Before they breed their Hitler youth
Call a meeting of our spirits and drive a stake through our beliefs
Or tell them we don’t care at all

I, stand up and be counted
I, stun me into silence
Why, sleep with one eye open
Oh just what are you afraid of

The sum of all my fears
Some of all my fears
Some of all my fears
Oh just what are you afraid of

I, sleep with one eye open
I, asking for forgiveness
Why, begging you for mercy
I, just what are you afraid of

Why, begging you for mercy
I, just what are you afraid of

11 :Summer Days

Endless nights, summer days
Thoughts of you never fade
I see you still in my mind
Every day and through the night

What you told me, echoes still
It never leaves me, it never will
You can’t imagine
How I feel

Is it me holdlng on too long ?
Is it me who’s more than just a friend ?
Is it me expecting too much
Is it me ?

In my life you belong
I’ve made my mind up and you’re the one
I’ll be waiting from now on

And what you promised
It echoes still
I believed you and I still
Can remember how you feel
So real

Is it me holding on too long ?
Is lt me expecting too much
Is lt me chasing a dream ?
Is it me ?

I’d cry a million tears and they keep falling
I guess I was weak
I should have walked away
Calling out I’m calling out
Hear me, can you hear me

Is it me holding on too long ?
Is it me expecting too much
Is it me lying to myself ?
Is it me, is it me
It’s not my fault

12 : Better Luck Next Time

A lonely ghost’s holding me
Let me out
Let me die slowly
I hide away totally alone
Don’t come around here to see what’s going on
I know, I’m a stranger
Everywhere I look
The pictures remaining the same
I’d crawl a high wire
Just to escape with
Bits and pleces of me
It’s no way to live, I’m wasted here

In this town everything stays the same
Let’s get the fuck out of here
In this life, you’re too predictable
You’re borlng the ass off me
Strong words from such a small mlnd
Just goes to show
Should be leavlng the past behind
In this town everything stays the same
Better luck next time

Small town politics, lts all around
The best idea ls what I have in mind
Words with”mecining, from the soul
I sit around a lot and fool around too much
I’m glad I’m alive I wish I was sane
Whatever sane is ?
It’s 6 o’clock and l’m still bere
But not for long
It’s no way to live
I’m wasted here

In this town everything stays the same
Let’s get the fuck out of here
In this life, you’re too predictable
You’re boring the ass of me
Strong words from such a small mind
Just goes to show
Should be leaving the past behind
In this town everything stays the same
Better luck next time

God alone knows God alone knows
Feel what 1 feel from my heod to my toes
God alone knows God alone knows
He knows you know

In this town everything stays the same
Let’s get the fuck out of here
In this life, you’re too predictable
You’re boring the ass of me
Strong words from such a small mind
Just goes to show
Should be leaving the past behind
In this town everything stays the same
Better luck next time

With this lie nobody takes the blame
Let’s get the fuck out of here
In my head you’re all I can ever hear
You’re draining my energy
Small words just to kill time
You never know if they’re working you from behind
In this town everything stays the same
Better luck next time
I wish you luck next time
Now get the fuck out of here

Infos générales

Ray Wilson : chant, guitare, basse (10)
Uwe Metzler : guitares
Alvin Mills : basse
Irvin Duguid : claviers
Nir Z : batterie
Scott Spence : guitare principale (2, 11)
Henrik Mueller : batterie (10)
Peter Hoff : programmation et claviers additionnels
Adonis, Rayla, Garcia (Maria) : choeurs

Cordes (Strinx Connexion) arrangées par Irvin Guguid.
Kllaus Marquardt, Andrea Langenbacher, Johannes Krampen : violons
Carolin Kriegbaum : alto
Felix Brade, Nane Kalb : violoncelles

Produit par Peter Hoff.

Seb

 5/5

Sublime ! Voilà ce qui ressort de l’écoute de ce disque… déjà le troisième “live acoustique” de Ray et c’est somptueux. Ray est ici tout seul à la guitare et s’en sort remarquablement bien. Chant parfait, mais également le son… Parce que le son de ce live est vraiment excellent… Rien à voir avec le tout premier live qui sonnait vraiment “bootleg”… Ici donc, son somptueux et performance remarquable… Et puis enfin une version de “In the air tonight” par Ray qui est potable… la première ayant été massacrée par la choriste et la seconde étant complètement plate et sans envergure… Vraiment un très très bon live, qui ne fait absolument pas doublon, malgré les apparences trompeuses de la set list. Ray considère que ce concert est le meilleur qu’il ait donné, et à l’écoute, on comprend pourquoi…

Tracklist

1 : Short Story

Petite histoire racontée par Ray

2 :Another Day

Some things disappear inside, should I try to run away
If I could I would escape you
I won’t argue anymore, I have lost the will to be
Hope you don’t think I’m ungrateful
Why, why are you laughing
Is it something that I said
I don’t like this place at all, makes me wonder what I’m here for
Someone take this pain away
Dying to see another day
Close the curtains lock the door, left my note upon the stair
In hope you wouldn’t read it
Fake emotions in my head, everything I’ve seen and read
Can’t begin to find a reason
Why, why are you laughing
Is it something that I said
I don’t like this place at all, makes me wonder what I’m here for
Someone take this pain away
Dying to see another day
And I don’t want to be your friend, or pretend I can fit into
I’m incensed, I’m blown away
Dying to see another day
I don’t like this place at all, makes me wonder what I’m here for
Someone take this pain away
Dying to see another day
And I don’t want to be your friend, or pretend I can fit into
I’m incensed I’m blown away
Dying to see another day

3 : Short Story

Petite histoire racontée par Ray

4 : Along The Way (Steve Wilson)

Yes I found heaven and I can take you there
And I found a reason but you don’t care
So turn your back don’t look round close your eyes make no sound are you leaving?
Close the door like before turn around are you sure that you mean it?
And you can take another step along the way

Just keep your eyes on the road
That lies before you
Take advice from a fool
Who chose to ignore you
And choose the side of the fence that you sit and just keep crossing that bridge

Take it or leave it
The decision is yours now
Is it time to get even or time to just go now?

But as you’re breaking free you mean nothing to me just a memory
And the memories will fade just like tides drift away to the sea

Keep your eyes on the road that lies before you
Take advice from a fool
Who chose to ignore you
And choose the side of the fence that you sit
Just believe in it now
And walk away from the world you don’t fit
And just keep crossing that bridge.

Keep your eyes on the road that lies before you
Take advice from a fool
Who chose to ignore you
And choose the side of the fence that you sit
Just believe in it now
And walk away from the world you don’t fit
But just keep crossing that bridge

Yes I found Heaven

5 : Short Story

Petite histoire racontée par Ray

6 : In The Air Tonight (Collins)

I can feel it coming in the air tonight, Oh Lord
I’ve been waiting for this moment, all my life, Oh Lord
Can you feel it coming in the air tonight, Oh Lord, Oh Lord

Well, if you told me you were drowning
I would not lend a hand
I’ve seen your face before my friend
But I don’t know if you know who I am
Well, I was there and I saw what you did
I saw it with my own two eyes
So you can wipe off the grin, I know where you’ve been
It’s all been a pack of lies

And I can feel it coming in the air tonight, Oh Lord
I’ve been waiting for this moment for all my life, Oh Lord
I can feel it in the air tonight, Oh Lord, Oh Lord
And I’ve been waiting for this moment all my life, Oh Lord, Oh Lord

Well I remember, I remember don’t worry
How could I ever forget, it’s the first time, the last time we ever met
But I know the reason why you keep your silence up, no you don’t fool me
The hurt doesn’t show; but the pain still grows
It’s no stranger to you or me

And I can feel it coming in the air tonight, Oh Lord…

7 : Short Story

Petite histoire racontée par Ray

8 : Cry If You Want To (Wilson)

Just when I was getting over you
You appeared from out of nowhere
A little older and wiser
But I’m at pains to believe in you

I can’t imagine you’d remember me
You never did spend much time thinking about me
And time will not erase
Oh that memory
It won’t erase the memory

Cry if you want to and don’t cry if you don’t want to
You can cry if you want to and don’t cry if you don’t want to cry

You seem a little heavy round the eyes
Another line or two on that ageing forehead of yours
But you know just what to do
To reel me in
You always throw me back again

Cry if you want to don’t cry if you don’t want to
You can cry if you want to and don’t cry if you don’t want to
You can cry if you want to and don’t cry if you don’t want to

I blame me
I should have known much better than this
Cause inside I believe
Only for you

Cry if you want to don’t cry if you don’t want to
Cry if you want to and don’t cry if you don’t want to

You can cry if you want to and don’t cry if you don’t want to
Cry if you want to and don’t cry if you don’t want to

Cry if you want to don’t cry if you don’t want to

You can cry if you want to and don’t cry if you don’t want to
Cry if you want to don’t cry if you don’t want to cry

9 : Short Story

Petite histoire racontée par Ray

10 : Shipwrecked (Banks/Rutherford)

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…

11 : Short Story

Petite histoire racontée par Ray

12 : Change (Wilson)

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

13 : Short Story

Petite histoire racontée par Ray

14 : Goodbye Baby Blue (Wilson)

She arrived so unexpectedly, with a thousand untold truths
Hidden in behind a smile, you couldn’t see through
And all those frown lines on her forehead
Disappeared before my eyes
She told me I’d arrived, just in time

And you could see it in her face
There was more than meets the eye
Something hidden all those years and hidden deep inside

So Goodbye Baby Blue
Goodbye Baby Blue
I spent so long thinking of you

She would lie awake, every night I’d hear her cry
Her mind in slow decay, I guess she couldn’t take goodbye

So Goodbye Baby Blue
Goodbye Baby Blue
It’s been so long, I’m thinking of you

So Goodbye Baby Blue
Goodbye Baby Blue
It’s been so long, I’m thinking of you

I’m thinking of you

15 : Short Story

Petite histoire racontée par Ray

16 : Inside

Swing low in a dark glass hour
You turn and cower
See it turn to dust

Move on a stone dark night
We take to flight
Snowfall turns to rust

Seam in a fusing mine
Like a nursing rhyme
Fat man starts to fall

Year in a hostile place
I hear your face
Start to call

And if you think that I’ve been losing my way
That’s because I’m slightly blinded
And if you think that I don’t make too much sense
That’s because I’m broken minded
Don’t keep it…
Inside
If you believe it
Don’t keep it all inside

Strong words in a Ganges sky
I have to lie
Shadows move in pairs

Ring out from a bruised postcard
In the shooting yard
Looking through the tears

Out of the black slate time
We move in line
But never reach an end

Fall in a long stray town
As the ice comes down
Rivers start to bend

And if you think that I’ve been losing my way
That’s because I’m slightly blinded
And if you think that I don’t make too much sense
That’s because I’m broken minded
Don’t keep it…
Inside
If you believe it
Don’t keep it all inside

17 : Short Story

Petite histoire racontée par Ray

19 : Short Story

Petite histoire racontée par Ray

21 : Short Story

Petite histoire racontée par Ray

23 : Short Story

Petite histoire racontée par Ray

25 : Short Story

Petite histoire racontée par Ray

27 : Short Story

Petite histoire racontée par Ray

29 : Short Story

Petite histoire racontée par Ray

18 : Beach

Lets all go down to the beach
Breathe in the air, take in the sun

Lie there trying not to notice
What goes on around you
Buried and unseen

I know it wasn’t done on purpose
It rests beneath the surface
Hidden from your view

Lets all stroll into the sea
Washing away the memories

Try to stop yourself from drowning all the fears surrounding
Everyone you meet
They know
They don’t know I think so
Heaven waits an answer
Prayers are seldom heard

I know it wasn’t done on purpose
It rests beneath the surface
Hidden from your view
They know
They don’t know I think so
Heaven waits an answer
Prayers are seldom heard

20 : Not About Us (Banks/Rutherford/Wilson)

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…

22 : Sarah

Sarah, sweet Sarah, hold me so close to you
Reach out, no reason needed
You’re the one for me, Sarah
You’re the one for me
Like a dream come true, so beautiful
I will be with you forever
And if the nights grow cold, I’ll be there for you
Please don’t make me wait
People surround me, offers of sympathy
I just want to be left alone
Sarah, sweet Sarah, hold me so close to you
Take in all I say, listen carefully
Words I want you to remember
And if the nights grow cold, I’ll be there for you
Please don’t make me wait
People don’t make me wait
People surround me, offers of sympathy
I just want to be left alone
Sarah, I’ll miss you
I don’t regret all that we shared together
Everything I need, given to me

24 :The Airport Song (Madness In Malaga)

Here I am sitting at the airport
Waiting on a plane
Taking me to New York
Choking on my coffee
As a girl goes past
Only funny things seem to make me laugh

When I came I didn’t know that I’d be
Still here a week next Friday
The plane was late
Cause it’s raining outside
Someone stole the engines
And were going to have to glide

But I can’t sit here forever
Cause I want to go home
Never have I felt so bad
Maybe I’ll just take a cab
Cause I think I’m going mad
Went to the bar to buy myself a beer

Met up with a guy
Who’d arrived last year
Bought myself a whisky
And lit a cigarette
Said the more you seem to drink
Well the easier it gets

So I guess I’m trying to tell you
That if you’re going to fly
Get a set of wings
And kiss your ass goodbye
When you pack your case
Better pack yourself a bed
Cause if you had a wish
You’d be wishing you were dead

But I can’t sit here forever
Cause I want to go home
Never have I felt so bad
Maybe I’ll just take a cab
Cause I think I’m going mad
Went to the bar to buy myself a beer

La la la la !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

26 : Biko (Gabriel)

September ’77
Port Elizabeth weather fine
It was business as usual
In police room 619
Oh Biko, Biko, because Biko
Oh Biko, Biko, because Biko
Yihla Moja, Yihla Moja
-The man is dead

When I try to sleep at night
I can only dream in red
The outside world is black and white
With only one colour dead
Oh Biko, Biko, because Biko
Oh Biko, Biko, because Biko
Yihla Moja, Yihla Moja
-The man is dead

You can blow out a candle
But you can’t blow out a fire
Once the flames begin to catch
The wind will blow it higher
Oh Biko, Biko, because Biko
Yihla Moja, Yihla Moja
-The man is dead

And the eyes of the world are
watching now
watching now

28 : Heroes (Bowie)

I, I will be king
And you, you will be queen
Though nothing will drive them away
We can beat them, just for one day
We can be heroes, just for one day

And you, you can be mean;
And I, I’ll drink all the time
‘Cause we’re lovers, and that is a fact
Yes we’re lovers, and that is that

Though nothing, will keep us together
We could steal time, just for one day
We can be heroes, for ever and ever
What d’you say?

I, I wish you could swim
Like the dolphins, like dolphins can swim
Though nothing, nothing will keep us together
We can beat them, for ever and ever
Oh we can be heroes, just for one day

I, I will be king
And you, you will be queen
Though nothing will drive them away
We can be heroes, just for one day
We can be us, just for one day

I, I can remember (I remember)
Standing, by the wall (by the wall)
And the guns, shot above our heads (over our heads)
And we kissed, as though nothing could fall (nothing could fall)
And the shame, was on the other side
Oh we can beat them, for ever and ever
Then we could be heroes, just for one day

We can be heroes
We can be heroes
We can be heroes
Just for one day
We can be heroes

We’re nothing, and nothing will help us
Maybe we’re lying, then you better not stay
But we could be safer, just for one day

Oh-oh-oh-ohh, oh-oh-oh-ohh, just for one day

30 : Ghost

‘m a young man on the edge, with his head held in his hands
A look of desperation touching the fingers he hides behind
I lost my head and made a mess, showing signs of faithlessness
Having other people laughing at you is hard to take
You have all I have to give
You break me into many pieces
I was just beginning to forget
In my mind I’ve tried, can’t make sense of what it is
Wishing one day you could understand
Everything takes time
The thoughts I have, won’t leave me
You say you’ve heard it all before
You sit there like a wall I have to break through
Some drug I didn’t take to
You have all I have to give
You break me into many pieces
I was just beginning to forget
Should I feel anger, should I be patient
Do I belong here, do you have the answers
How long can I hold on
Do I belong, where do I belong
You have all I have to give
You break me into many pieces
I was just beginning to forget
Don’t laugh
Don’t make me
I was just beginning to forget
You have all I have to give
You break me into many pieces
I was just beginning to forget

Infos générales

Sorti le 10 mars 2006

Enregistré en Pologne en 2003

Ray Wilson : chant, guitare.

Produit par Ray Wilson

WhiteWinter

 0/5

“Pas d’avis pour le moment.”

Tracklist

1 : Transylvanian Express

(instrumental)

2 : Waters of the Wild

Come away O human child
To the waters of the wild
With a fairy hand in hand
For the world’s more full of weeping
Than you can understand

Fly away you stolen child
Through a magic lantern slide
Singing in the acid rain
With all those who drink from
The waters of the wild

Far away my lost child
I see your breath and your smile
On the silver frosted lawns
In the dream that came alive
At the end of nowhere

3 : Set Your Compass

Underneath a sailing moon
Lemon lime ginger soft glow
Scale the woodland around the dale
Rising falling through hedgerows
With her train the queen of night
(Her pale window)
(Calming your fear)
(With the Earth)
Slowly turning the tide (in the lowland)
From the long arms of the sea
Set your compass by your dream (falling)
Grazing sheep have lost their way
Fifty fathoms below the bay

Windward of the sunken rock (blowing)
Faces set like gravestones (staring down)
Oarsmen pull to cleave the brine
Neath the blackcliffs their cross-bones
Under the waves and put to right
Toy armies too rusty to fight (in the lowland)
Cling to the wheel how deeply you breathe
Set your compass by your dream (falling)
Grazing sheep have lost their way
Fifty fathoms below the bay

4 : Down Street

Dear friend you’ve come at last
I wish to impart to you something of a deeply personal nature
Dare we venture off the map
And indeed between the cracks
To a private road of sorts
I presume you have a strong will
And the stomach to match the underbelly of our fair city

You’ll need this firm crowbar
Whilst I implore you to utilise no sense of smell
And to think people live down there
A rush of chill air heralds our clattering necropolis railway
Like a Transylvanian express plunging into rivers of fungi algae and eels
Ten million rats, one for each one of us
And to think people live down there

A race of wild hogs inhabit the sewers of Hampstead
A cesspool suburb superb supreme
Catacombs of Kensal Green
I know you’d like to slime away
Like those walled up under Whitechapel
But I’ve my own kind of Jubilee line out of sight and out of mind
And to think you’ll have to live down there

Strangled streams, smothered rivers, London always gives me the shivers

Forty abandoned stations and Churchill’s last bolthole
Impregnable as Hitler’s bunker
Can’t you see them dancing on the platform at Down Street

5 : A Girl Called Linda

Read me a dream sighs Linda
Flying through nursery windows
Leaving a night light burning
Keep all my love beside you
Toys R Us for you dear
Chocolate Crocodile tears
Now look who’s talking
Jigsaw Junior High School
All overtime in play group

Under a railway footbridge
Primrose Hill by moonbeams
Buckle my shoe in springtime
Winter’s child grows restless
Pining for bread and roses
Somewhere she’s been before
Gazing at the farmyard
All those things adored
Only until she’s bored

Climbing the wall of China
Outside the old toy station
Wrapped in a garden glory
Read me a bedtime story
I know that you have to grow up
Leaving all this behind you
Farewell my lovely Linda
Sweet as a birdsong Linda
Once in a dream called Linda

6 : Blue Child (titre de l'édition deluxe)

(instrumental)

7 : To a Close

When the debs came down in their famous gowns
Jacqueline at once was the talk of the town
Launched and lunched on Society’s cream
Smiled and curtsied so gently

Toujours chercher pour quelle-que-chose
As the curtains are drawn to a close

When her Daddy’s bank sailed close to the wind
He traded it all for Gordon’s Gin
All the King’s horses and all the King’s men
Conquered elsewhere never called again

Said a discreet madam with your pedigree
A belle de jour if ever I’ve seen
The home service the French lesson round
So neatly attired costing one hundred pounds

Propped up in bed all alone at The Ritz
The Evening Star printed she razored both wrists
Dressed in her furs with her girdle and gloves
Surrounded by photos of all her old loves

8 : Ego & Id

(Nick Clabburn / John Hackett)

Heard you on the radio
(You) sounded very strange
Voices in the distance
Way beyond my range

Tried to call the station
Panicked and I ran
Tried to find the moment
When you and I began

Looking in the mirror
Cut off all my hair
Made myself a moment
When no one seemed to care

This room is getting smaller
My ego and my Id
Now I’m really sorry
For all the things I did

9 : Man in the Long Black Coat

(Bob Dylan)

Crickets are chirping the water is high
There’s a soft cotton dress on the line hanging dry
Windows wide open African trees
Bent over backward from a hurricane breeze

Not a word of goodbye not even a note
She gone with the man in the long black coat

Somebody seen him hanging around
At the old dance hall on the outskirts of town
He looked into her eyes when she stopped him to ask
If she wanted to dance he had a face like a mask

Somebody said from The Bible he quote
There was dust on the man in the long black coat

Preacher was a talking there’s a sermon he gave
He said every man’s conscience is vile and depraved
You cannot depend on it to be your guide
When its you who must keep it satisfied

It ain’t easy to swallow it sticks in the throat
To give her heart to the man in the long black coat

There are no mistakes in life some people say
And its true sometimes you can see it that way
Well people don’t live or die people just float
She went with the man in the long black coat

There’s smoke on the water it’s been there since June
Tree trunks uprooted neath the high crescent moon
With a pulse and vibration and the rumbling force
Someone is out there beating on a dead horse

She never said nothing there was nothing she wrote
She gone with the man in the long black coat

10 : Cedars of Lebanon

I long to gaze at the Cedars of Lebanon
To breathe the air on the mountain of olives
To feast my eyes on Babylon’s gardens
To take you back to Sumeria’s glory
To set you free with a full man’s pardon

In a language as old as the whispering sands
Ever submerging the towers of silence

I long to show you one thousand golden Buddhas
I long

The street is crying its lost it’s name
Inscription washed away by the pouring rain
I long

11 : Wolfwork

Clapperboards sandwich hordes scavengers in paradise
Training their eyes under grey porridge skies
Magistrates Ivory gates opiates potentates
Kings of carrion badness in the blood

Its all wolfwork

Faxes from a wall of corpses
Gorging on each day in mourning
Father time squeezing the sun
For light relief they bare their teeth
And turn on their own
Rolling around on a fresh bed of nails

Come and see the show
Join in the ring
With your mouth open wide

12 : Why

Why must you treat me like a child
Why not join me on the prom
I’d go on singing forever
But cremation won’t be long

13 : She Moves in Memories

(instrumental)

14 : The Fundamentals of Brainwashing

History’s a vinyl record stuck in a groove
A hundred warring sects claiming to have the truth
Blessed robots with so much to prove
You could say so much to lose

The scorching air
The slumbering mass
Of forgotten things

Preening peacocks ignite the fuse
Trumpets and promises a turn of the screw
To have a human face we’ll have to start all over again
Back to the drawing board all the boys and men

When you lose your kite in the wind and fall on the trees
You’re sucked in bulletin blown out on T.V.
The glory of the past is really only a tomb
The thing from the crypt long ago nurtured you

15 : Howl

(instrumental)

16 : A Dark Night in Toytown

Alone in the crowd
Beside the big wheel
You’ve run out of luck
I know the way you feel
A dark night in toytown
Round the carousel
If you want to ride faster
It’s happiness I sell

If you can’t find heaven
I’ll show you a ghost train to hell

The pleasure principle
Is what I had in mind
I’ll make you feel invincible
Then you’ll be mine
A gorilla tranquiliser
Will help to slow you down
Monsters of the Id
Call from the underground

I know I seem sordid
Beneath you at first
I’ll pierce your defences
Take away your thirst
I hold you gently
You gasp out loud
Blood on your white cheek
The fairground closes down

17 : Until the Last Butterfly (titre de l'édition deluxe)

(instrumental)

Infos générales

Sorti le 11 septembre 2006.

Steve Hackett : chant, guitares éléctriques et acoustiques, Optigan
Roger King : claviers
Rob Towsend : saxophones, flûte
Gary O’Toole : batterie, percussions
John Hackett : flûte
Nick Magnus : claviers

Avec l’Underworld Orchestra :

Christine Townsend : violon, alto
Lucy Wilkins : violon
Richard Stewart : violoncelle
Sarah Wilson : violoncelle
Dick Driver : contrebasse
Colin Clagne : trompette
Richard Kennedy : cor français

Produit par Steve Hackett.

Seb

 5/5

Premier album live de Ray en “groupe”. Je n’irai pas par quatre chemins : ce disque est une bombe. Toutes les périodes de sa carrière sont très bien représentées, tout y est parfait (sauf les reprises d’In The Air Tonight et de Biko qui sont vraiment nettement très en dessous du lot)… Du très grand Ray Wilson, un “The Actor” magnifique, “Change” et “Goodbye Baby Blue” super efficaces, des reprises de Genesis audacieuses et très réussies, notamment un “Ripples” qui donne beaucoup de regrets eu au égard au destin funeste de Ray dans Genesis. Si vous hésitez, si vous ne savez pas par quoi commencer pour découvrir ce merveilleux artiste qu’est Ray : vous pouvez y aller les yeux fermés, c’est celui là qu’il vous faut. D’autant plus que Ray est enfin débarrassé de Amanda Lyon, la hurleuse, qui a eu la bonne idée de quitter le navire quand elle et Steve Wilson, le frère de Ray ont décidé de rompre. Heureusement qu’il s’agissait du frère de Ray, sinon malheureusement, il y a fort à parier que ce soit le guitariste qui ait fait les frais de cette histoire… Mais tout est bien qui fini bien, et nous avons là un des meilleurs live de tous les temps, si ce ne sont ces deux reprises, surtout In The Air, vraiment ratée.