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0/5

“Recommandé : Enregistré en 1991-92, un véritable album (malgré le sous-titre de PP&P) et la présence magique de Martin Robertson au saxophone sur plusieurs titres. Un excellent album.”

Tracklist

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How I want you,
How I want your loving, girl
How I want your pretty smile.
Through the winter nights,
And the long hot summer days,
I drift and dream of you all the while.

And if you ever find yourself sold out
And if you’re at the end of the line
You can find my sanctuary waiting
Don’t worry girl, I won’t let on.

How I want you,
How I want your loving, girl
Those sentimental signs in your stare
You look at me that way,
You wanna drive me crazy,
Now I’m walking on and thinking away.

And if you ever find yourself sold out
And if you’re at the end of the line
You can find my sanctuary waiting
Don’t worry girl, I won’t let on.

No, I won’t let on,
Please take my sanctuary
No, I won’t let on,
Please take my sanctuary
Won’t you hear me, darling?
Won’t you hear me, darling?

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Pretty baby, in your cradle,
Smiling sickly, hushed and still
Mama loves you, oh how she loves you,
But when you cry now, she cannot hear
And the lights go out on the carousel,
Infant innocent, so long, farewell.

Little sad eyes, looking for playthings,
But there’s no brother to play with you
Stern faces gather, distant voices murmur
But no-one touches, no-one comes near
And the lights go out on the carousel,
Infant innocent, so long, farewell.

Hours pass slowly, restless turning
For there’s no mother to heal your pain
Fading surely, you are returning,
But will it first be from a broken heart?
And the lights go out on the carousel,
Infant innocent, so long, farewell.
And the lights go out on the carousel,
Infant innocent, so life, farewell.

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Infos générales

Sorti en août 1992

Anthony Phillips : guitares acoustiques 6 et 12 cordes, piano, claviers, mandoline, chiranga
Martin Robertson : sax soprano (9, 12, 18), batterie africaine (9)
Simon Morris : violoncelle (17)
Paul Clarvis : bâton de pluie, cymbales, shakers, derbouka, tabla (9)
Joji Hirota : cymbales “roulées”, “prayer-bell”, “mark tree”, gong (9), shakers, batterie japonaise (15)

Produit par Anthony Phillips

Producteur : Jonathan King
Ingénieurs du son : Brian Roberts & Tom Allom
Arrangements des cordes : Arthur Greenslade
Enregistré au Regent Studio B, Londres, Août 1968

Sorti en Mars 1969

Singles:
Fevrier 68 – The Silent Sun/That’s me
Mai 68 – A Winter’s Tale/One Eyed Hound
Juin 69 – Where The Sour Turns To Sweet/In hiding

Seb

5/5

Peter revient en 1992 avec un disque magnifique, contenant de sublimes chansons comme Secret World, Come Talk to Me, Digging in the Dirt ou encore Kiss that Frog… C’est encore une fois très world music et ca n’a pas grand chose à voir avec PG2 par exemple, mais c’est toujours de l’excellente musique… Voilà, il n’y a pas grand chose d’autre à dire, mais surtout à écouter… Si… : sur ce disque, il y a ce qui est peut être la plus belle chanson de Peter : Washing of the Water. Emotion et mélodie intimement liées, on sent Peter porté par l’eau. C’est simplement magnifique.

Tracklist

(Gabriel)

The wretched desert takes its form, the jackal proud and tight
In search of you, I feel my way, through the slowest heaving night
Whatever fear invents, I swear it make no sense
I reach through the border fence
Come down, come talk to me

In the swirling, curling storm of desire unuttered words hold fast
With reptile tongue, the lightning lashes towers built to last
Darkness creeps in like a thief and offers no relief
Why are you shaking like a leaf
Come on, come talk to me

Ah please talk to me
Won’t you please talk to me
We can unlock this misery
Come on, come talk to me

{Chorus 1:}
I did not come to steal
This all is so unreal
Can’t you show me how you feel now
Come on, come talk to me
Come talk to me [x2]

The earthly power sucks shadowed milk from sleepy tears undone
From nippled skin as smooth as silk the bugles blown as one
You lie there with your eyes half closed like there’s no-one there at all
There’s a tension pulling on your face
Come on, come talk to me

Won’t you please talk to me
If you’d just talk to me
Unblock this misery
If you’d only talk to me

{Chorus 2:}
Don’t you ever change your mind
Now your future’s so defined
And you act so deaf and blind
[And you act so deaf so blind]
Come on, come talk to me
Come talk to me [x2]

I can imagine the moment
Breaking out through the silence
All the things that we both might say
And the heart it will not be denied
‘Til we’re both on the same damn side
All the barriers blown away

I said please talk to me
Won’t you please come talk to me
Just like it used to be
Come on, come talk to me
I did not come to steal
This all is so unreal
Can you show me how you feel now
Come on, come talk to me
Come talk to me [x2]

I said please talk to me
If you’d just talk to me
Unblock this misery
If you’d only talk to me
[Chorus 2]

(Gabriel)

[Aaaaahi, byeeee]

So, you know how people are
When it’s all gone much too far
The way their minds are made
Still, there’s something you should know
That I could not let show
That fear of letting go

And in this moment, I need to be needed
With this darkness all around me, I like to be liked
In this emptiness and fear, I want to be wanted
‘Cause I love to be loved
I love to be loved [x2]
Yes, I love to be loved

I cry the way that babies cry
The way they can’t deny
The way they feel
Words, they climb all over you
‘Til they uncover you
From where you hide

And in this moment, I need to be needed
When my self-esteem is sinking, I like to be liked
In this emptiness and fear,
I want to be wanted
‘Cause I love to be loved
I love to be loved [x2]
Oh I love to be loved

This old familiar craving
I’ve been here before, this way of behaving
Don’t know who the hell I’m saving anymore
Let it pass let it go let it leave
From the deepest place I grieve
This time I believe

And I let go [x2]
I can let go of it
Though it takes all the strength in me
And all the world can see
I’m losing such a central part of me
I can let go of it
You know I mean it
You know that I mean it
I recognize how much I’ve lost
But I cannot face the cost
‘Cause I love to be loved

Yes I love to be loved
I love to be loved
[x3]

I love to be loved
I love to be loved
Yes I love to be loved

(Gabriel)

I caught sight of my reflection
I caught it in the window
I saw the darkness in my heart
I saw the signs of my undoing
They had been there from the start
And the darkness still has work to do
The knotted chord’s untying
They’re heated and they’re holy
Oh they’re sitting there on high
So secure with everything they’re buying

{Chorus:}
In the blood of Eden
Lie the woman and the man
With the man in the woman
And the woman in the man
In the blood of Eden
Lie the woman and the man
We wanted the union
Oh the union of the woman
The woman and the man

My grip is surely slipping
I think I’ve lost my hold
Yes, I think I’ve lost my hold
I cannot get insurance anymore
They don’t take credit, only gold
Is that a dagger or a crucifix I see
You hold so tightly in your hand
And all the while the distance grows between you and me
I do not understand

[Chorus]

At my request, you take me in
In that tenderness, I am floating away
No certainty, nothing to rely on
Holding still for a moment
What a moment this is
Oh for a moment of forgetting, a moment of bliss
Heyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy

I can hear the distant thunder
Of a million unheard souls
Of a million unheard souls
Watch each one reach for creature comfort
For the filling of their holes

In the blood of Eden
Lie the woman and the man
With the man in the woman
And the woman in the man
In the blood of Eden
We wanted the union
Of the woman and the man

In the blood of Eden
Lie the woman and the man
I feel the man in the woman
And the woman in the man

In the blood of Eden
Lie the woman and the man
I feel the man in the woman
And the woman in the man


In the blood of Eden
We’ve done everything we can
In the blood of Eden
Saw the end as we began
With the man in the woman
And the woman in the man
It was all for the union
Oh, the union of the woman, the woman and the man.

[extra lyrics from the “film mix”]

The blood of Eden keeps running through me
running through my veins
the blood of Eden keeps rushing through me
when I’m sure there’s none that remains
the blood of Eden keeps running through me
I can feel it in my bones
that blood of Eden keeps rushing through me
taking back what it owns

(Gabriel)

Stand Back!
Stand Back!

What are those dogs doing sniffing at my feet
They’re on to something, picking up
Picking up this heat, this heat

Give me steam
And how you feel to make it real
Real as anything you’ve seen
Get a life with this dreamer’s dream

You know your culture from your trash
You know your plastic from your cash
When I lose sight of the track
You know the way back
But I know you

You know your stripper from your paint
You know your sinner from your saint
Whenever heaven’s doors are shut
You kick them open but
I know you

Give me steam
And how you feel to make it real
Real as any place you’ve been
Get a life with the dreamer’s dream

Stand back!
Stand back!
Can’t you see I’ve lost control I’m getting indiscreet
You’re moving in so close ’til I’m picking up
Picking up this heat, this heat

Give me steam
And how you feel to make it real
Real as anything you’ve seen
Get a life with this dreamer’s dream

You know your green from your red
You know the quick from the dead
So much better than the rest
You think you’ve been blessed
But I know you

You know your ladder from your snake
You know the throttle from the brake
You know your straight line from a curve
You’ve got a lot of nerve
But I know you

Give me steam
And how you feel to make it real
Real as any place you’ve been
Get a life with the dreamer’s dream

Everybody nosedive
Hold your breath, count to five
Backslap, boobytrap,
Cover it up in bubblewrap
Room shake, earthquake
Find a way to stay awake
It’s going to blow, it’s going to break
This is more than I can take

Oh yeah, I need steam
Feel the steam all around me
Ah you’re turning up the heat
When I start to dream aloud
See you move your hands and feet
Won’t you step into this cloud of steam
This steam

Give me steam
And how you feel to make it real
Real as anything you’ve seen
Get a life with this dreamer’s dream

Help me yeah
Ready to steam out the log jam
Stir crazy from the freezer to the boil
Water’s bubbling, it’s b..b..b..bubbling
bubbling [x4]
like it’s coming to a boil
Give me steam, lady
Give me steam around me now
Aah coming alive [x2]
Said give me some steam

(Gabriel)

Only Us [x3]

It wasn’t in the words that kept sticking in their throats
It wasn’t with the angels in their quilted coats
These battered wings still kick up dust
Seduced by the noise and the bright things that glisten
I knew all the time I should shut up and listen
And I’m finding my way home from the great escape

The further on I go, oh the less I know
I can find only us breathing
Only us sleeping
Only us dreaming
Only us

I hear you calling me
Yes I hear you calling me
Home from the great escape
Yes I can read you loud and clear

The further on I go, oh the less I know
Friend or foe, there’s only us

The further on I go, oh the less I know
I can find only us breathing
Only us sleeping
Only us dreaming
Only us

I’m coming home again, home again
And I hear you calling me home again
I am coming home again

Only us [x8]

(Gabriel)

River, river carry me on
Living river carry me on
River, river carry me on
To the place where I come from

So deep, so wide, will you take me on your back for a ride
If I should fall, would you swallow me deep inside

River, show me how to float
I feel like I’m sinking down
Thought that I could get along
But here in this water
My feet won’t touch the ground
I need something to turn myself around

Going away, away towards the sea
River deep, can you lift up and carry me
Oh roll on though the heartland
‘Til the sun has left the sky
River, river carry me high
‘Til the washing of the water make it all all right
Let your waters reach me like she reached me tonight

Letting go, it’s so hard
The way it’s hurting now
To get this love untied
So tough to stay with thing
‘Cause if I follow through
I face what I denied
I get those hooks out of me
And I take out the hooks that I sunk deep in your side
Kill that fear of emptiness, loneliness I hide

River, oh river, river running deep
Bring me something that will let me get to sleep
In the washing of the water will you take it all away
Bring me something to take this pain away

(Gabriel)

Something in me, dark and sticky
All the time it’s getting strong
No way of dealing with this feeling
Can’t go on like this too long

{Chorus:}
This time you’ve gone too far [x3]
I told you [x4]
This time you’ve gone too far [x3]
I told you [x4]

Don’t talk back
Just drive the car
Shut your mouth
I know what you are
Don’t say nothing
Keep your hands on the wheel
Don’t turn around
This is for real
Digging in the dirt
Stay with me, I need support
I’m digging in the dirt
To find the places I got hurt
Open up the places I got hurt

The more I look, the more I find
As I close on in, I get so blind
I feel it in my head, I feel it in my toes
I feel it in my sex, that’s the place it goes

[Chorus]

I’m digging in the dirt
Stay with me I need support
I’m digging in the dirt
To find the places I got hurt
To open up the places I got hurt

Digging in the dirt
To find the places we got hurt
[x7]

(Gabriel)

From the pain come the dream
From the dream come the vision
From the vision come the people
From the people come the power
From this power come the change

(Gabriel)

[Aah, yeah]

Jump in the water

Sweet little princess
Let me introduce his frogness
You alone can get him singing
He’s all puffed up, wanna be your king
Oh you can do it
C’mon [x6]
Lady kiss that frog

Splash, dash heard your call
Bring you back your golden ball
He’s gonna dive down in the deep end
He’s gonna be just like your best friend
So what’s one little kiss
One tiny little touch
Aaah, he’s wanting it so much
I swear that this is royal blood
Running through my skin
Oh can you see the state I’m in
Kiss it better, Kiss it better
[Kiss that frog]

Get it into your royal head
He’s living with you, he sleeps in your bed
Can’t you hear beyond the croaking
Don’t you know that I’m not joking
Aaah, you think you won’t
I think you will
Don’t you know that this tongue can kill
C’mon [x6]
Lady kiss that frog

Let him sit beside you
Eat right off your plate
You don’t have to be afraid
There’s nothing here to hate
Ah, princess you might like it
If you lower your defence
Kiss that frog, and you will
Get your prince [x2]
[Huh!]

Jump in the water, c’mon baby jump in with me
Jump in the water, c’mon baby get wet with me
Jump in the water, c’mon baby jump in with me
Jump in the water, c’mon baby get wet [get wet, get wet]

Kiss that frog, lady kiss that frog [x4]

Jump in the water, c’mon baby jump in with me [x3]
Jump in the water, c’mon baby get wet
[get wet, get wet] [x6]

(Gabriel)

I stood in this unsheltered place
‘Til I could see the face behind the face
All that had gone before had left no trace

Down by the railway siding
In our secret world, we were colliding
All the places we were hiding love
What was it we were thinking of?

So I watch you wash your hair
Underwater, unaware
And the plane flies through the air
Did you think you didn’t have to choose it
That I alone could win or lose it
In all the places we were hiding love
What was it we were thinking of?

In this house of make believe
Divided in two, like Adam and Eve
You put out and I receive

Down by the railway siding
In our secret world, we were colliding
In all the places we were hiding love
What was it we were thinking of?

Oh the wheel is turning spinning round and round
And the house is crumbling but the stairways stand

With no guilt and no shame, no sorrow or blame
Whatever it is, we are all the same

Making it up in our secret world [x3]
Shaking it up
Breaking it up
Making it up in our secret world

Seeing things that were not there
On a wing on a prayer
In this state of disrepair

Down by the railway siding
In our secret world, we were colliding
In all the places we were hiding love
What was it we were thinking of?

Ssh listen…

Produit par Daniel Lanois and Peter Gabriel
Enregistrement et mix : David Bottrill
Assistant : Richard Blair
Extra brainstroming: Brian Eno


Sorti en Septembre 1992

Septembre 92 – Digging In The Dirt/Quiet Steam/Bashi-Bazouk
Janvier 93 – Steam/Games Without Frontiers (Massive/DB mix)
Mars 93 – Blood Of Eden/Mercy Street
Juillet 93 – Come Talk To Me/ Different Drum
Septembre 93 – Kiss That Frog/Digging in the Dirt

Seb

3/5

Pas grand chose à dire sur celui là, si ce n’est que c’est une collection des plus gros succès de Genesis depuis l’album éponyme. Le son est bon, les morceaux ont la pêche. Mais, dommage pour les progs-integristes, il n’y a pas une note qui rappelle les années 70 là dessus. Et alors ? Évidemment, pour tout ce qui est morceaux provenant d’Invisible Touch ou de l’album éponyme, les versions live explosent les versions studio…

Tracklist

1 : Land Of Confusion (live)

2 : No Son Of Mine (live)

3 : Jesus He Knows Me (live)

4 : Throwing It All Away (live)

5 : I Can’t Dance (live)

6 : Mama (live)

7 : Hold On My Heart (live)

8 : That’s All (live)

9 : In Too Deep (live)

10 : Tonight Tonight Tonight (live)

11 : Invisible Touch (live)

Infos générales

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

Sorti en Novembre 1992

Seb

0/5

Je n’ai pas cet album. Cependant, j’ai un véritable faible pour la chanson “Airport Song”. Par ailleurs, les extraits de ce disque disponible sur le site officiel de Ray laisse présager de l’excellence de la totalité.

Tracklist

What is this world coming to
I heard the old man say
You work every hour that God sends
It get harder every day
Look around you
You will find
Everybody looking for a good time
It’s just not like the good old days at all

 You might think that I’m getting old
And you might not really care
But if I could be given half a chance
I’d take you back there

They don’t make songs like they used to
They don’t make songs like they used to do
They don’t make songs quite like they used to
No they don’t write the good songs anymore

What is this world coming to
I heard my mother say
Even the songs on the radio
Don’t sound like the good old days
I like songs with a melody
So every one can sing along
Give me back my 45’s anyday

Good night, sleep tight
I hope everything turns out all right
Hang on, be strong
The good times are coming along
Dream on, sleep well
Toss a coin down a wishing well
Be good to yourself
Live a little longer

The good times are coming around
Coming around

Don’t look so sad
These are the best days we’ve ever had
Don’t live in the past
Think of all the good times
Dream on sleep well
Toss a coin down a wishing well
Be good to yourself
Live a little linger

At first she was a dream to me
I’d never been in love before
I gave her all I had
She wanted more
And now I have surrendered
Our love’s buried underground
But I’ll be back again my girl
The good times are coming around

Good night sleep tight
I hope everything turns out all right
Hang on be strong
The good times are coming along
Don’t look so sad
These are the best days we’ve ever had
Don’t live in the past
Think of all the good times

Hallelujah good times

You took your time to walk into my life
An now you’re here beside me
Every hour of every day
My mind echoes with the thought of you

Your smile draws me towards you
And then pulls me away from here
Will you be there in the morning
That’s the question that I always fear 

You’re burning up my heart
Every hour that were apart
You’re tearing at my soul
When you’re not there to hold
Oh baby can’t you see
What you’re doing to me
You’re burning up my heart
Burning up my heart
Burning up my heart

When you’re not there to comfort and hold
My mind echoes with the thought of you
You just reach out and pull us together
And love will pull us together

Our love can only get higher
Like the mountains reaching up from the sea
Whose going to put out the fire
That’s the question for you and for me

Your smile draws me towards to you
And then pulls me away from here
Will you be there in the morning
That’s the question that I always fear

Listening to the words of a well known song
Got me thinking about you
Having to spend another night on my own
Got me thinking about living without you
Trying to forget every single regret
Each mistake I was making
Holding on tight
Making love every night
Just to stop my whole body from shaking

I never tried to hide
The way I feel for you
And if I lied to you
The reasons I can now reveal
You deserve the best of everything

Looking at your face
In the picture frame
Just doesn’t seem easy
I could open my heart
And make a fresh start
But I’d only be scared that you’d leave me
Trying to pretend
We could stay good friends
Our whole life through
Knowing too well
That in time you could tell
That I wish I never had left you

Do you know
That I’m missing you
Does it show
In everything I do
Did you go
Because I told you too
Do you know
That I’m in love with you

I woke up just the other day
To a phone call from a friend of mine
To say I’ve lost my girl to some other guy

Do you think there’s something wrong with me
Cause I ain’t as young as I used to be
I’ve always tried my best
To be equal to the rest
You know I’ve tried
But I’m so broken up inside

Even the best guys lose their girls
End up alone in this mixed up world
Think about me before you fall in love
Cause even the best guys
Loose their girl

I remember all of those times
She’d swear to me
That she would always be mine
You know I nearly did believe
That maybe she would stay with me
Do you think that it was something I said
That made her take another lover to bed
Well I guess I’ll never know
But I’m going to have to let her go
You know I’ve tried
I’m so broken up inside

You know I’ve tried
But I’m so broken up inside

Even the best guys lose their girls
End up alone in this mixed up world
Think about me before you fall in love
Cause even the best guys, even the best guys
Even the best guys lose their girls

I’ve been travelling all around Europe
Seems like I’ve been gone for years
I’ve been playing guitar in hundreds of bars
Met so many people out here
My companion he plays the piano
And he sings me the nicest of songs
And he’ll tell me just how much he’s missing his girl
And how much he’s missing his son
But somehow he fees his life has just begun

Well tomorrow were heading for Denmark
Then on Friday we go to Berlin
And we’ll spend the weekend maybe making
New friends
And playing that “Loving Feeling”
I just can’t stop thinking about my family
And Lord I wonder what their doing now
And if only you knew just how much I miss you
But that’s one thing my thoughts won’t allow
How I wish that you were here with me now

Could you send me my Dad in a letter
Could you make sure my girl is alright
Could you give my regards to my Mum
And my Brother
I wish I was at home tonight

So another night draws to an end
And a brand new day has begun
So I lay down my head
On this cheap hotel bed
And sleep once my thoughts have all gone
I just can’t stop thinking about my family
And Lord I wonder what their doing now
And if only you knew just how much I miss you
Well that’s on thing my thoughts won’t allow
How I wish that you were here with me now 

Another Saturday night
I’m sitting here at home
Ain’t got nobody
I’m all alone
Sometimes it seems
Like there’s no-one to love me
No more
Oh oh oh

So I put on some jeans
And I head off down town
To look for some fun
But there’s none to be found
Sometimes it seems
Like there’s no one to party
No more
Oh oh oh

Maybe I’m getting old
But I’m not getting grey
Brighten up your life
In that old familiar way
(What you going to do)

You’ve got to swing your bag
(Swing your bag baby)
Let your hair hang down
(Swing it swing it)
Always look behind
Before touching your toes
You’ve got to swing your bag
(Swing your bag baby)
Right around your head
(Swing it swing it)
Whenever your life
Is becoming a drag
Swing you bag

So if watching the box
Becomes top of the bill
Get some insurance
Maybe make out your will
You only live once
But it’s never too late
You can even swing your bag
Up at those pearly gates

Maybe I’m getting old
But I’m not going grey
Brighten up your life
In that old familiar way
(What you going to do)

So many days go by
Spend too many nights alone
It’s just a matter of time
Till I quit being on my own

I’ve started counting the days
Before I see you again
But every day that goes by
Just brings a need to pretend

I’m steppin out
Ain’t going to be on my own no more
I’ve done my time
Loving down the telephone line
I’m steppin out
I’m going back to the early days
Cause after all that I’ve been through
I’ve had it with you

You know that every weekend
Takes too long coming around
So what’s the use in pretending
That our destiny’s been found
You just take all that you can
Don’t give me nothing in return
But I won’t give any more
Cause now the table’s been turned

You’ve just been staying out late
Knowing too well I won’t
Interrogate you d’accordéon

It started off
A bitter tale
And ended up as reason beyond all doubt
The ship had taken sail
When the tide was out

So we try to look for reasons
But the case became more complicated
Our love is not out of season
In any case
I can’t show face around here anymore

And if time was on our side
If time was on our side
Would you leave here tomorrow
If time was on our side
I remember how you told me
The expression on your face
Just said it all
Will you reach out and hold me
Or just watch me fall
Right through it all

There are something’s that will never change
But will you ever come back home
Because all that now remains
Is a single stone
And no ring
From a disconnected telephone d’accordéon

You’ve got riches by the score
You’ve got lovers knocking down your door
But you’ve been lonely for so long
To me you will always be
My sad eyed girl

Sad eyed girl
Don’t walk away
Sad eyed girl
You know what they’ll say
You’re just my sad eyed girl
And I need you here tonight
Sad eyed girl
I want you here to stay

You filled oceans with your tears
Eclipse the sunshine with your fear
Leave behind you all that’s in the past
And then you’ll see
My sad eyed girl

Walk with me for a while
Share the secrets of your smile
Start a new life
Lets start it today
There’s only one thing
I’ve got to say d’accordéon

remember singing lips on Mars
Before the were turned into ice-cream bars
As Mr Ben disappeared behind his curtain
Back then lady luck was on everybody’s side
And every day was taken in my stride
And all I knew well I was never quite certain

Give me a song that goes sha la la la
With the story of a broken heart
I don’t want house
You’ll only rap on my door
I need a song that goes sho be do wap
With the story of a girl whose life’s been broken
Up into pieces of Rock ‘n’ Roll

Songs brought to us via radio shows
We would listen to critics
With their views about pros
But the sing along songs
Were written again and again
Through the years came the genius
And the business high flyer
And the few basic cords
To give us Mull of Kintyre
The simplest remedies go to the top of our
Chart as if by magic

Goodbye Mister
Thanks for the time
I’d like to say that the pleasures been all mine
And would you like a cigar sir
He said I’m sorry Mister Musician
I’m sorry Mister high risk alien
But its more than my job for what its worth
But there’s no use telling me that I’m wrong
Because whatever you say
I’m going to keep on singing you
The same old song

Rock ‘n’ Roll
Sho be do wap
Sha la la la
Sho be do wap
Rock ‘n’ Roll d’accordéon

Johnny was a religious man
A wife and kid right by his side
He had a home he could call his own
Down by the riverside

Johnny met some other girl
She’d been a friend of the family
And when his love began to stray
His wife just walked away

He said understand why it’s all so wrong
One day love’s here the next it’s gone
He thought God would understand
Johnny was a religious man

Pray tonight for yourself
It’s too easy to blame somebody else
Pray tonight for yourself
It’ never too late

Johnny was a broken man
A wife and kids in some other place
His life was empty, his love had gone
A tear ran down his face

But Johnny was a peaceful man
To close his eyes was the easy part
His wife had married another man
And he died of a broken heart
Johnny died of a broken heart  d’accordéon

The initial kiss
To a single tear
The good and the bad times from so many years
Send the kids to school
Of course they didn’t hear them leave
They were too busy arguing
About where he’d been all night

They loosely called it love

Take a walk to work
Right across regents park
He’s leaving all his worries behind
To return after dark
Can you picture the scene
You read it in every magazine
They were too busy arguing
Don’t it make you want to scream

And they can’t find time
To say I’m sorry
And to say that I love you
Wouldn’t be too easy for me

Didn’t find it so easy
After their wedding day
All the freedom was gone
But nobody took it away
The kids come home from school
Of course they didn’t hear the door
They were too busy arguing
I can’t take it any more

d’accordéon

Listening to the words of a well known song
Got me thinking about you
Having to spend another night on my own
Got me thinking about living without you
Trying to forget every single regret
Each mistake I was making
Holding on tight
Making love every night
Just to stop my whole body from shaking

I never tried to hide
The way I feel for you
And if I lied to you
The reason I can now reveal
You deserve the best of everything

Looking at your face
In the picture frame
Just doesn’t seem easy
I could open my heart
And make a fresh start
But I’d only be scared that You’d leave me
Trying to pretend
We could stay good friends
Our whole life through
Knowing too well
That in time you could tell
That I wish I had never left you

Do you know
That I’m missing you
Does it show
In everything I do
Did you go
Because I told you too
Do you know
That I’m in love with you d’accordéon

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 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! d’accordéon

Infos générales

Sorti en 1991

Seb

3/5

Un peu meilleur que le précédent, ce bouche à oreille (traduction de Word of Mouth) laisse quand même un goût d’inachevé. Entre deux albums de Genesis, Invisible Touch et We Can’t Dance, Mike prend le risque, après The Living Years de sortir un nouvel album de M&Ms… Mais Genesis sonne le rassemblement et Mike ne veut pas le faire attendre, la preuve : il n’y aura pas de tournée pour la promotion de Word Of Mouth. Et le disque me laisse une impression de baclé. Il n’en reste pas moins d’excellentes chansons comme Word Of Mouth, Everybody Gets A Second Chance ou encore Get Up.

Tracklist

(Rutherford/Carrack)

Do you remember how we used to say
Nothing could ever stand in our way
Well it’s no use pretending things are still the same
‘Cause we’re no longer ahead of the game

Well I’ve already gone through it all and it’s true
If you want to survive there’s just one thing to do

Get up! and do something
Get up! and take control of your life
Get up! and do something about it
Don’t ever make the same mistake twice

Just like a flyer high above the ground
I’m on a tightrope, afraid to look down
Well I’m almost approaching the point of no return
Sometimes I wonder if I’ll ever learn

Well I’ve already said that you ought to be proud
Listen, talking is cheap oh but action speaks loud

Get up! and do something
Get up! and take control of your life
Get up! and do something about it
Don’t ever make the same mistake twice

All of this time you’ve been learning to crawl
When you’re down on your knees you’ve got nowhere to fall
Get up!

(Rutherford/Neil)


Now the world is getting older
There’s a few things to be said
Do you believe the things they told you
Do you believe the things you’ve read

There’s a rumour on the corner
But it’s always been denied
Cause they don’t want you any wiser
You’re just toeing the party line

From the west side to the east side
From the north side to the south
You’ll never get bad information
If you believe in the word of mouth

Look out for those who still want to hang on
Look out for those who live in the past
Get out and listen to the whisper
Because the times are changing fast

From the west side to the east side
From the north side to the south
You’ll never get bad information
If you believe in the word of mouth

You don’t believe the information
You don’t believe it when it’s denied
So when you’re reading explanations
You have to read between the lines

From the west side to the east side
Through the windows I’m looking out
You’ll never get bad information
If you believe in the word of mouth

(Rutherford/Robertson)


There’s a time and a place
For you to make your mark and show your face
There’s a place in time
When you must step outside the line

So understand what I mean
There is a time and place for you to have your dream
But here and now may not be
The time and place for you and me
You and me

It’s the finest line
A missed opportunity or the perfect time
You must not despair
You’ll recognise it when you’re there

So understand what I mean
There is a time and place for you to have your dream
But here and now may not be
The time and place for you and me

The time and place for you and me
There’s a time and there’s a moment you will see
Don’t lower your expectations
There are no limitations
There’s a time and place for you and me

So understand hard as it seems
There is a time and place for you to have your dreams
Though here and now may not be
The time and place for you and me
You and me

(Rutherford/Robertson)


I met a man back in the future
He was high then he was low
You know his one consideration
Should he come or should he go

I met a girl she wants to give me
The gift of living just for today
Ignore the past ignore the future
You’re only going to wish your life away – say

Why can’t today be tomorrow
Why must there be yesterday
Why can’t today be tomorrow
Oh tell me why please tell me why
Are you wishing your life away?

You know that life is no rehearsal
You’re never going to get it right
It’s inconsistent and it’s imperfect
It’s going to give you sleepless nights

And then you find you wake up nervous
For every reason under the sun
Life is full of indecision
It’s the same for everyone – say

Why can’t today be tomorrow
Why must there be yesterday
Why can’t today be tomorrow
Oh tell me why please tell me why
Are you wishing your life away?

Why can’t today be tomorrow
Why must there be yesterday – so tell me
Why can’t today be tomorrow – oh tell me
Why can’t today be tomorrow
Are you wishing you’re life away
Why can’t today be tomorrow?

(Rutherford/Carrack)


Softly you told me what I already knew
No doubt in my mind, no doubt that it was true
The tenderness we had and the love that we used to share
Have long since disappeared if ever really there
Torn by the pleasure and the pain of loving you
I’m so confused I don’t know what to do

Just when I’m saying the need for you is gone
That’s when I realise the feeling’s just as strong

Something in the way you look at me
Something that you just can’t hide
Something in the way you look at me
Oh could never be denied
Nothing I can do to change it
Nothing I can even try
Something in the way you look at me
Darlin’ I don’t know, I don’t know why

Too long it’s been easy to carry on this way
When the words that really hurt are the ones we don’t say
Hard to believe we had a love so strong
And I just can’t accept that it could go so wrong

Try to explain I don’t know if I can
What will it take to make you understand there’s

Something in the way you look at me
Something that you just can’t hide
Something in the way you look at me
Oh could never be denied
Nothing I can do to change it
Nothing I can even try
Something in the way you look at me
Darlin’ I don’t know, I don’t know why

Something in the way you look at me
Something that you just can’t hide
Something in the way you look at me
Oh could never be denied
Nothing I can do to change it
Nothing I can even try
Something in the way you look at me
Darlin’ I don’t know, I don’t know why

Something in the way you look at me
Something I just can’t explain
Something in the way you look at me
And I know I’ve got to try try again
Nothing I can do to change it
Nothing I can even try
Something in the way you look at me
I don’t know why

(Rutherford/Robertson)


A single failure
A little slip
A misdemeanour
A little trip
Does this condemn me
Lock me away?
Before you turn the key
I have one more thing to say
To make amends
Maybe be friends

Everybody gets a second chance
The Circumstance to say I’m sorry
I’d like to tell you in advance
Take my chance and tell you
I’m sorry too

A little stumble
A little fall
Inconsequential
Nothing At All
Now there was someone
I heard him say
That the best laid plans
Sometimes go astray
So don’t be surprised
If I offer you no alibis

Everybody gets a second chance
The Circumstance to say I’m sorry
I’d like to tell you in advance
Take my chance and tell you
I’m sorry too

Everybody gets a second chance
The circumstance to say I’m sorry
I’d like to tell you in advance
I’ll take my chance and tell you I
Take my chance and tell you
I love you

Everybody gets a second chance
The Circumstance to say I’m sorry
I’d like to tell you in advance
Take my chance and tell you
I’m sorry too


Everybody gets a second chance
The Circumstance to say I’m sorry
I’d like to tell you in advance
Take my chance and tell you
I’m sorry too

Everybody wants a
Everybody needs a
Everybody gets a second chance

(Rutherford/Neil)


Open your eyes
Tell me what’s on your mind
Don’t try to hide
Baby what’s wrong

You never lie
But you don’t know what to say
Now I look in your eyes
I can see it’s all gone

Stop Baby
You don’t understand and I said
Stop Baby
You don’t know what you’re doing and I said
Stop Baby
You’re breaking my heart and I said
Stop Baby
Think it over again and I said
Stop

Where will you go
Where will you stay tonight
Is there someone you know
Are you sure you’re alright

I never cry
I never could show the pain
But I won’t survive
Now it’s all gone
Stop Baby
You don’t understand and I said
Stop Baby
You don’t know what you’re doing and I said
Stop Baby
You’re breaking my heart and I said
Stop Baby
Think it over again and I said
Stop

(Rutherford/Carrack/Lee)


Words of warning took me by surprise
From a voice I hardly recognised
Well my heart was beating faster
And my blood ran hot and cold
I was heading for disaster
When suddenly I realised that I had lost control

Loaded questions played upon my mind
Allegations I could not deny
Well my mind was in confusion
Had my back against the wall
I’d been led into collusion
Before I realised I was a victim of it all

Here’s to my crime of passion
I can’t forget the look upon your face
And to your tender mercies
Goodbye to all the innocence we never can replace

All of Sunday sittin’ by the telephone
Not a whisper, well I should have known
But it seems that I’d insisted
‘Cause in spite of all you said
I believe my words were twisted
As line by line the promises were spinning round my head

Here’s to my crime of passion
I can’t forget the look upon your face
And to your tender mercies
Goodbye to all the innocence we never can replace

Waves of anger slowly do recede
To faded memories that I’ll never need
But my mind keeps on returning to the way it used to be
There’s a flame forever burning
There’s nothing I can say to you will ever make you see

Here’s to my crime of passion
I just can’t seem to shake it off my mind
As for your tender mercy
I’ll never stop regretting that I left it all behind

(Rutherford/Robertson)


Supposin’ we said it didn’t happen
Didn’t happen at all
Didn’t happen at all

Empty and gone
There is nothing left within
One penny in a tin
Makes all the noise

You don’t understand
Nothing stays the same
Situations change
And It’s all different now
I’ve made my choice

Let’s just pretend it didn’t happen
Supposin’ we said it didn’t
Come down that way at all
Let’s just pretend it didn’t happen
Did it happen at all
Didn’t happen at all

I thought at the time
When you cut me to the core
It hurt and made me sore
In time it would mend

It hasn’t you see
I forgive but can’t forget
I tried so hard and yet
I’m afraid it’s the end
We can never be friends

Let’s just pretend it didn’t happen
Supposin’ we said it didn’t
Come down that way at all
Let’s just pretend it didn’t happen
Did it happen at all
Didn’t happen at all
Does it matter at all?

No going back
We can’t undo the past
Oh you know it’s built to last
It outlives you and I

I’m trying to say
In this time and in this place
Here and now and face to face
With a tear eye to eye
It’s goodbye

Let’s just pretend it didn’t happen
Supposin’ we said it didn’t
Come down that way at all
Let’s just pretend it didn’t happen
Did it happen at all
Didn’t happen at all

Let’s just pretend it didn’t happen
Supposin’ we said it didn’t
Come down that way at all
Let’s just pretend it didn’t happen
Did it happen at all
Didn’t happen at all

(Rutherford/Carrack)


A freezing cold December brings a chill into my heart
And fills me with an emptiness now we’re so far apart
Lost in my confusion now through everything I see
Oh won’t you come on back I need you here with me

Before
Before
Before the next heartache falls
Before
Before the next heartache falls

Lonely as the darkness casts a spell upon the night
I’m past the point of caring if I’m wrong or I am right
I wonder if you realise oh just what it means to me
Listen to me darlin’ I’m just let you see

Before
Before
Before the next heartache falls
Before
Before the next heartache falls

Early morning finds me at the house upon the hill
Everywhere the laughter reminds me of you still
I’m haunted by the memories all too easy to recall
I would dare to mention there’s a lesson for us all

Before
Before
Before the next heartache falls
Before
Before the next heartache falls

Tears already falling like the rain upon the ground
When the storm is over no trace of it is found
Never will I understand how you vanished like the rain
Tell me that you’ll come back and let me live again

Before
Before
Before the next heartache falls
Before
Before the next heartache falls

Infos générales

Mike Rutherford : guitares, basse
Paul Carrack : chant, coeurs
Paul Young : chant, coeurs
Adrian Lee : claviers
Peter Van Hooke : batterie
Tim Renwick guitare
Ian Wherry : claviers
Steve Piggot : claviers
Martin Ditcham : percussions
Pino Palladino : basse
Phil Todd : saxophone
London Community Gospel
Kitson Hall Audience
Producteur Christopher Neil & Mike Rutherford
sauf pour les chansons 1, 3, 5, 8, 9 et 10 : Christopher Neil, Mike Rutherford & Chris Titelman
Ingénieurs du son : Rob Eaton assistants : Mark Robinson, Jeremy Wheatley, Shaun De Feo
Enregistré à The Farm technical (assistants Geoff Callingham, Mike Bowen) et aux Olympic Studios, London
Masterisé par Ted Jensen, Sterling Sound

Sorti en mars 1991

Mars 1991 – Word Of Mouth/Let’s Pretend It Didn’t Happen
Mai 1991 – A Time And Place/Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow
Août 1991 – Get Up/I Think I’ve Got The Message/Before The Next Heartache Falls
Septembre 1991 – Stop Baby/Get Up/Before (The Next Heartache Falls)/I Think I’ve Got The Message
Janvier 1992 – Everybody Gets A Second Chance/The Way You Look At Me

Seb

3/5

Je n’aime pas beaucoup ce disque, je ne sais pas pourquoi. Je trouve les chanteurs assez quelconques, mis à part Fish qui fait un travail génial sur Another Murder Of A Day.

Tracklist

(Banks/Kershaw)

They’re kissing babies and telling me lies
They’re taking over my television
They’re making noises that sound so wise
Trying to influence my decision
Rituals old fashioned
With speeches so proud and passionate
Hope reigns, fears rule
I may be crazy but I’m not such a fool
No such fool

Red day on blue street
And this world promises everything
Old shoes on new feet again
Nothing changes
Red day on blue street

Here comes a man with a face so sincere
Here comes another with power on his mind
Both with a want for a word in my ear
Both with a message of hope for my kind
Heads of this nation
Fight lies with misinformation and
This gives, that takes
One or the other for the difference it makes
None at all

Red day on blue street
And this world promises everything
Old shoes on new feet again
Nothing changes
Red day on blue street

We are the chosen ones
You have asked us to serve you
We deserve you
It’s going the way that we said it would
We say that you never had it so good
No one’s a loser who plays our game
The difference is clear, we just changed our name
Nobody knows that it’s just the same
Red day on blue street
Or how about
Blue day on red street
It doesn’t matter, it really doesn’t
It doesn’t matter, it really doesn’t

Somebody showing me the magical way
Somebody waving the key to my chains
They must believe I was born yesterday
They must believe I’ve got sand for my brains
Members historical
Woo me with words rhetorical
Blood runs, mud flies
Can’t see a thing for the wool in my eyes
In my eyes

Red day on blue street
And this world promises everything
Old shoes on new feet again
Nothing changes
Red day on blue street
This world promises everything
Old shoes on new feet again
Nothing changes
Red day on blue street…

(Banks)


Are you ready for the rest of your life
Does your comforter provide
Are you ready to remain evermore in your world of ice
All your feelings all locked inside

Are you a woman or just a mannequin
Does your heart beat like the rest
Do you ever feel like joining in with the human race
Or are you happier outside?

But now you’re gone you’ve broke the spell
I’ve got no memories just a photograph
I’ve got the best there is of you
You’re just a devil with a pretty angel face

You’ve made your choice and that’s ok
It never would have worked out anyway
I’ve got the best there is of you
You’re just a devil with a pretty angel face

Will you be ready in your later life
When your looks are on the wane
and you’re thinking of the ones and the scores
that you left behind
As they come to haunt your mind
And when the twilight moment comes at last
and you have to face that nobody’s there to care

But now you’re gone you’ve broke the spell
I’ve got no memories just a photograph
I’ve got the best there is of you
You’re just a devil with a pretty angel face

You’ve made your choice and that’s ok
It never would have worked out anyway
I’ve got the best there is of you
You’re just a devil with a pretty angel face

Pretty angel face…

(Banks)


The door is opening there’s a glimmer of light
Keep on pushing it will give tonight
And I don’t care if it takes me long
It really doesn’t matter if its right or wrong

The fires are burning and its warm inside my soul
As we wander down the road
The gift is mine tonight

Don’t care if the mood won’t last
And I don’t care if it goes slow or fast
The stage is set, the timing’s right
Let me lead you to the light
A chance is all there’s ever gonna be
It’s here let’s take a hold
The gift is mine tonight – tonight

The magic look is in your eye
The power to move and satisfy
And the promise that you bring to me
Lifts me up and sets me free.

I’ve thought of how it could be in the future everyday
I’ve thought of all the good things in the past
Everyday, everynight.
I shouted at the sky but the sky was deaf
I looked into the ashes but the heat had all left
I never dreamed that it could be this way again

The magic look is in your eye
The power to move and satisfy
And the promise that you bring to me
Lifts me up and sets me free.

And I don’t care if the cost is great
Stop and think about it, it’s too late
The sails are set, the tide has turned
Time to go explore the world
The winds are blowing but its warm inside my soul
As we turn and leave the shore
The gift is mine tonight

The magic look is in your eye
The power to move and satisfy
And the promise that you bring to me
Lifts me up and sets me free.

The magic look is in your eye
The power to move and satisfy
And the promise that you bring to me
Lifts me up and sets me free…

(Banks)


It can be strange
In the world we live in
So many things are not how they appear
We sit and talk
Of what it doesn’t matter
The meaning of the words we use
hides behind the sound

Yet still it takes me by surprise
How the feeling overtakes me and fills my mind
With thoughts which even now I can’t control
How simple words and gestures
make the world seem right
No matter what they say
No matter what they say

It’s hard to believe
That once we met as strangers
Not knowing of the life that we would share
You lead me on
Through new ways unfamiliar
Or down a road we travelled many times before

Yet still it takes me by surprise
How the feeling overtakes me and fills my mind
With thoughts which even now I can’t control
How simple words and gestures
make the world seem right
No matter what they say
No matter what they say

The years go by
Older yet no wiser
Our hearts and minds remain as they once were
And after all the time
That we have been together
So many times we must have been this way before

Yet still it takes me by surprise
How the feeling overtakes me and fills my mind
With thoughts which even now I can’t control
How simple words and gestures
Make the world seem right
No matter what they say
No matter what they say

(Banks)


I was walking along at the end of the day
I was walking along when it began to rain
and by the edge of the path was a suitable tree
I decided to wait there patiently

Then a scream cut through the air
and a voice spoke much too near
“Little girl you’re on your own
You’re so scared and far from home”
I knew what I was meant to do
I should go to the young girl’s aid
Act like a man be a hero strong and brave

I pictured myself front page news
Headline story hero for an hour
But my natural nature got the better of me
I took to my heels and I fled so fast
That only when I was miles away
Did I catch my breath and slow down
To a walk and then to rest

Front page news Headline story
Front page news Headline story

Well I was walking along when it came to me
That maybe I’d acted to hastily
and that the thing to do was to go on back
To be of help yes be the hero of the the hour
So I retraced my steps in the gathering gloom
Till I thought I was back where I started from
I searched and looked but I couldn’t find
I was very relieved if you know what I mean

And then I heard a voice behind
I was rooted to the spot
“Little man you’re on your own
You’re so scared and far from home”
You take me for a fool I know
to return to the lion’s den
I felt lost and confused and about to be misused
I felt the time had come to do what I do best
Time to do the thing that I do better than the rest
I let my natural nature get the better of me
I took to my heels and I fled so fast
That only when I was miles away
Did I catch my breath and slow down
to a walk and then to rest

Front page news Headline story
Front page news Headline story…

(Banks/Kershaw)


I wanna be in another place
Some other body and someone else’s face
Don’t wanna be in here
I need a space I can disappear
I wanna play me a different part
Another feeling in someone else’s heart
Don’t wanna cry out loud
Don’t wanna show you I’m too damn proud.

You can change the words you say
Stop the things you do
Throw away your yesterdays
You’ll still be stuck with you
But don’t be sad
Get a hold upon yourself before you get too far
No matter what you have to learn to live with who you are.

I wanna live in a different time
Another reason in someone else’s mind
I wanna change the score
I don’t wanna be me no more
I wanna play in a different game
Another player in someone else’s name
Don’t wanna be the fool
Don’t wanna show you I can lose my cool

You can stop the world you’re on
Change the song you sing
Choose defection, wrong direction
That won’t change a thing
But that’s so good
No time to wish your life away, follow your star
Be glad of what you have my friend, be glad of who you are.

I wanna be like a different man
I wanna set me free if I can.

I wanna be in another place
Some other body and someone else’s face
Don’t wanna be in here
I need a space I can disappear
I wanna play me a different part (different part)
Another feeling in someone else’s heart
Don’t wanna cry out loud
Don’t wanna show you I’m too damn proud.

I wanna live in a different time (different time)
Another reason in someone else’s mind
I wanna change the score
I don’t wanna be me no more
I wanna play in a different game
Another player in someone else’s name
Don’t wanna be the fool
Don’t wanna show you I can lose my cool

(Banks)


In the dark it seems so easy now
If you could just remember how the problem can be solved
The sun comes up lightening the sky
But everyday is the same
Doubts return and the answers desert you

Fragments fall around you
All shot down in flames
Suddenly now you know that it can never be the same
All of the hopes and dreams and promises
You made have upped and gone
Bringing boredom out of wonder, water out of wine, oh

By the fire cheered up by the flames
Watching people on the TV
Thinking I can do the same
The sun goes down darkening the sky
Leave things undecided
Lest the thinking cause you pain
So everyday is the same
You know what to do, just how eludes you

Fragments fall around you
All shot down in flames
Suddenly now you know that it can never be the same
All of the hopes and dreams and promises
You made have upped and gone
Bringing boredom out of wonder, water out of wine, oh

Look into the glass
Can you still recall
That bundle of potential
That you were when you were young
The sun comes up brightening the sky
The sun goes down darkening the sky
So everyday is the same
Till the day when the dreaming is over

Fragments fall around you
All shot down in flames
Suddenly now you know that it can never be the same
All of the hopes and dreams and promises
You made have upped and gone
Bringing boredom out of wonder, water out of wine, oh

(Banks/Fish)


She dreams china white behind her eyes of china blue
Her future wrapped in velvet and her memories wrapped in warm cotton
wool

And the coffee grounds
are burying the hours that she killed
in another murder of a day

Her patience starts to crumble
like a rock that turns to sand
and time breaks down to seconds
when you’re waiting, waiting on a man, waiting on a man

She’s checking out the doorway while she’s checking out the guy
Whose drunk imagination is climbing up the ladder of her silk clad thigh

And the cigarettes
are burning up the hours that she killed
in another murder of a day

Her patience starts to crumble
like a rock that turns to sand
and time breaks down to seconds
when you’re waiting, waiting on a man, waiting on a man, waiting on a
man

It seems so long since yesterday
The time goes by so slow
When you’re waiting on a man, waiting on a man to show

She shivers in a cold sweat that she’s trying to ignore,
As she wraps her shaking fingers round the loose change by the phone,
She needs him more than she’ll admit and more than others need to know,
She hopes the knots that tie her stomach are only butterflies,
The time goes by so slow
When you’re waiting on a man, waiting on a man to show.

She prays that no one pays attention
As she punches out the call,
As she fumbles with the number
That the panic still doesn’t show,
She prays the lights stay green all night
She prays the traffic doesn’t slow,
And that the knots that tie her stomach are only butterflies,

Only butterflies, fly by every day
While you’re waiting on a man, waiting on a man to show

There he stands behind the door,
She reaches for her coat to go,
And she wanders away in a dream
She wanders away to a dream

She threads her way home through the neon washed alleyways
She flirts with the shadows and skirts round the victims
Of a night that’ll sleep through the day
that casts out its refugees and throws out its debris,

She turns the key in a lock to a fairytale world
that she guards with her ghosts of faithful familiars
who attend to her shrine in the patchwork cathedral
observing the ritual with silent compassion and prayers

On the candlelit edges of a tightening circle
She arranges the photographs faded and yellowing
The memories left of her friends and her family
Respectfully turned to the wall

She turns up the sound on a second hand radio
and drowns out the noise of the world that she lives in
Her conscience her witness her life is her courtroom
And the man she left waiting is waiting to murder a day

(Banks)


He’s not the only one
To think that things are going wrong
and all around is only second best.
Time was when all was fair
and we built solid castles in the air
He said that back to back in time’s the way to go

Better in my day
I hear everybody say
but then they’ll still be saying it tomorrow

It’s so hard to take it
When your time is over
Yes it’s hard to take it
When you try to remember

Better in my day, in my way, can’t you see
Better in my way, here to-day, don’t you see

I remember well he said,
When great men led the way instead
Of manicure and media-hugging style
But I don’t know what to do
From now on we’ll always lose
He said that back to back in time’s the way to go

Better in my day
I hear everybody say
but then they’ll still be saying it tomorrow

It’s so hard to take it
When your time is over
Yes it’s hard to take it
When you try to remember

Better in my day, in my way, can’t you see
Better in my way, here to-day, don’t you see

He’s not the only one
To think that things are going wrong
And all around is only second best
But I don’t know what to do
From now on we’ll always lose
He said that back to back in time’s the way to go

The only way to go
Try to remember
Oh better in my day, better in my way…

(Banks)


It’s been fun but the time has come
To bring down the final curtain move along
Time to face what you know in your heart
That the world keeps on turning you’ve lost your part
It is never ending
Take a look if you’re not sure at the millions gone before

It’s been hard when the going is rough
Or you’re many thousand miles away from home
To believe that it’s all worthwhile
That it makes the slightest difference in the end
And it gets harder

Will you stay until you’re pushed
Or will the day dawn when you’re on your own
You look around
There’s only empty rows of chairs
Where once your fairweather friends
Hung on every word that you said

Its been fun but the moment is near
To write down the final chapter turn the page
To be free from the power and the lure
That has pushed from behind and led you on
It is never ending
Take a look if you’re not sure at the millions gone before

It’s been fun but the time has come
To bring down the final curtain move along
Time to face what you know in your heart
That the world keeps on turning you’ve lost your part

It’s been hard when the going is rough
Or you’re many thousand miles away from home
To believe that it’s all worthwhile
That it makes the slightest difference in the end

Infos générales

Musiciens :
Tony Banks : claviers, synth basse, programmation batterie, chant
Nik Kershaw : chant
Jayne Klimek : chant et coeurs
Andy Taylor : chant
Fish : chant
Daryl Stuermer : guitares
Pino Palladino : basse
James Eller : basse
Vinnie Colaiuta : batterie
Graham Broad : batterie
Luis Jardim : percussion
Martin Robertson : saxophone
Nick Davis : programmation batterie

Produit par Tony Banks & Nick Davis
Ingénieur du son : Nick Davis assité par Mark Robinson
Enregistré à The Farm, Surrey
Assistance : Geoff Callingham & Mike Bowen

Sorti en mai 1991

Singles :

Mai 91 – I Wanna Change The Score/Hero For An Hour
Juin 91 – The Gift/Back To Back
Février 92 – Still It Takes Me By Surprise/The Final Curtain

Seb

4/5

Après cinq ans d’absence et du succès solo à la pelle pour Phil, un peu moins pour Mike et pas du tout pour Tony, Genesis revient avec We Can’t Dance, premier disque de Genesis écrit pour être sur un CD, c’est à dire au format 70 minutes. Padgham n’est plus là et ça s’entend. C’est un véritable bonheur après Invisible touch. On trouve de tout sur ce disque du très bon et du mauvais, du long et du court, du sérieux et du drôle… Trois ou quatre morceaux se détachent quand même : No son of mine, Driving the last spike, Dreaming while you sleep et Fading Light : Superbes. Le format 70 minutes est inhabituel pour Genesis, et à la première écoute on a l’impression qu’il y a beaucoup de remplissage. Avec plus de recul, on se dit que le disque aurait été meilleur à être plus concis en adoptant un format vinyle autour de 45 minutes… Ce disque a généré énormément de tubes comme I can’t dance, Jesus he knows me ou Hold on my heart, et même si cela peut sembler éloigné de ce que Genesis a fait auparavant, certains morceaux n’ont rien envier à ceux des premiers temps. Se passer de ce disque sous prétexte qu’il y a du Genesis pop dessus serait se passer de très bonne musique.

Tracklist

(Banks/Collins/Rutherford, main lyricist Collins)


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

(Banks/Collins/Rutherford, main lyricist Collins)


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

Heal……Heal……Heal
And everything’s gonna be alright
Now I believe that the Lord came to me
He said “Give me 18 million dollars by the weekend”
So that I may build that theme park for the Lord
So that I may put gasoline into all of my limousines
For the Lord, would I lie to you?

Jesus he knows me
Jesus he knows me, you know…

(Banks/Collins/Rutherford, main lyricist Collins)

In the early 1800’s, large groups of mainly unskilled labourers built England’s Railways. The cost in human terms alone was very high…


Leaving my family behind me
not knowing what lay ahead
waving goodbye, as I left them in tears
remembering all we’d said

I looked to the sky, I offered my prayers
I asked Him for guidance and strength
but the simple beliefs of a simple man
lay in His hands, and on my head

I gave everything that they wanted
but still they wanted more
we sweat and we toiled
good men lost their lives
I don’t think they knew what for

I sold them my heart
I sold them my soul
I gave everything I had
ah but they couldn’t break my spirit
my dignity fought back,
fightback
can you hear me
can you see
Don’t you hear me
don’t you see

We worked in gangs for all we were worth
the young boys pulling the wagons
we were digging the tunnel, shifting the earth
it was then that it happened.

No-one knew how the cracks appeared
but as it fell they all disappeared
stone fell like rain

Can you hear me,
Can you see
Don’t you hear me
Can you breathe

The smoke cleared, the dust it settled
No one knew how many had died
all around there were broken men
they’d said it was safe, they’d lied
you could hear the cries, you could smell the fear
but good fortune that day was mine
and it occurred to me the heart of a good man
it seems is hard to find.

Can you hear me,
can you see
Don’t you hear me
don’t you see

We worked, how we worked like
the devil for our pay
through the wind, through the snow,
and through the rain

Blasting and cutting through Gods country like a knife
sweat stinging my eyes, there has to be a better life

Ah but I can hear my childrens’ cry
I can see the tears in their eyes
memories of those I’ve left behind
still ringing in my ears
Will I ever go back again
Will I ever see her face again
I’ll never forget that night
As they waved goodbye to their fathers

We came from the North,
and we came from the South
with picks and with spades
and a new kind of order
showing no fear of what lies up ahead
They’ll never see the likes of us again

Driving the last spike,
lifting and laying the track
with blistering hands,
the sun burning your back

Oh but I can hear my childrens’ cry
I can see the tears in their eyes
memories of those I’ve left behind
still ringing in my ears
Well I’ll always remember that night,
As they waved goodbye to their fathers

We followed the rail, we slept under the stars
digging in darkness, and living with danger
showing no fear of what lies up ahead
they’ll never see the likes of us again

can you hear me
can you see
Don’t you hear me
don’t you see

(Banks/Collins/Rutherford, main lyricist Collins)


Hot sun beating down
burning my feet just walking around.

Hot sun making me sweat
‘Gators getting close, hasn’t got me yet

I can’t dance, I can’t talk.
Only thing about me is the way I walk.
I can’t dance, I can’t sing
I’m just standing here selling everything.

Blue jeans sitting on the beach,
her dog’s talking to me, but she’s out of reach.

She’s got a body under that shirt,
but all she wants to do is rub my face in the dirt.

Cos, I can’t dance, I can’t talk.
Only thing about me is the way I walk.
I can’t dance, I can’t sing
I’m just standing here selling.

Oh and checking everything is in place,
you never know who’s looking on.

Young punk spilling beer on my shoes,
fat guy’s talking to me trying to steal my blues.

Thick smoke, see her smiling through.
I never thought so much could happen just shooting pool.

But I can’t dance, I can’t talk.
The only thing about me is the way that I walk.
I can’t dance, I can’t sing
I’m just standing here selling

Oh and checking everything is in place
You never know who’s looking on
A perfect body with a perfect face – uh-huh.

No, I can’t dance, I can’t talk.
The only thing about me is the way I walk.
No, I can’t dance, I can’t sing
I’m just standing here selling everything.

But I can walk.
No I can’t dance.
No no no I can’t dance
No I said I can’t sing.
But I can walk.

(Banks/Collins/Rutherford, main lyricist Rutherford)


There is never a time to say
cos it seems to me we’ve lost our way
so we carry on, down the road
and we live our lives haunted by
all the things we say and do
keep on missing, when I’m alone with you

No there’s never a time to change
you don’t get a chance to re-arrange
it’s a long long long way to go
just to find out something, we both know
can’t you see what’s going on
it’s so sad, that a love so strong, has gone

All I know is what is true
All I ask is for you
To just look around and see

You live your life locked in a dream
Where nothing is real, and not what it seems
We can’t go on another day
Just being afraid to say

It’s a long long way to fall
When we both thought we had it all
Well you know it’s the time to say
cos we’re all played out, we’ve lost our way
oh, I hoped that you would be
oh so understanding
and by now you’d see, but oh no
so sad, oh so sad, that’s the way that it goes
I know, I’m gonna tell you right now

(Banks/Collins/Rutherford, main lyricist Rutherford)


In and out of darkness, in and out of sleep
trying to keep my hands upon the wheel.
Never saw the corner in the driving rain.
I never saw her step into the street.

Dreaming while you sleep
dreaming while you sleep
memories to keep
dreaming while you sleep

I can never understand what went thru my mind
I didn’t stop to see what I had done.
Had to keep on driving deep into the night
the miles between would somehow put it right

Dreaming while you sleep
dreaming while you sleep
memories to keep
dreaming while you sleep

All my life you lie silently there
All my life in a world so unfair
All my life and only I’ll know why
and it will live inside of me,
I will never be free all my life,
trapped in her memory all my life
Till the day that you open your eyes,
please open your eyes

Dreaming while you sleep
dreaming while you sleep

Heard it on the radio, saw it on TV,
but could I take my secret to the grave.
If I had another chance, would I do the same.
Would I still deny that it was me.

Dreaming while you sleep
dreaming while you sleep
Dreaming while you sleep,
Are you dreaming while you sleep?

All my life I’ll be haunted by
all my life just one moment in time
all my life until the day I die
and it will live inside of me
Oh I will never be free all my life
trapped in her memory all my life
Till the day that you open your eyes

All of my life – you lie silently there
All my life – in a world so unfair
All my life – and only I know why
And it will live inside of me
I will never be free all my life
Trapped in her memory – all my life
Till the day that you open your eyes.

All of my life.
Just one moment of time, all my life.

(Banks/Collins/Rutherford, main lyricist Collins)


Mothers crying in the street
Children dying at their feet, tell me why, ooh tell me why
People starving everywhere
There’s too much food but there’s none to spare,
Tell me why, oh tell me why

Can you see that shaft of sunlight
can you see it in my eyes
I can feel the fire that’s burning
anger and hope so deep
so deep within my heart but before my eyes
for some it’s too late
cos it seems there’s no-one listening

People sleeping in the streets
no roof above, no food to eat, tell me why, oh tell me why
see the questions in their eyes
listen to their children’s cries,
Tell me why, please tell me why

If there’s a God, is he watching
can he give a ray of hope
so much pain and so much sorrow
tell me what does he see
when he looks at you
when he looks at me
what would he say
cos it seems there’s no-one listening

Who would think it still could happen
even in this time and place
politicians, they may save themselves
ah but they won’t save their face
so hope against hope it’s not too late

You say there’s nothing you can do
is there one rule for them and one for you,
tell me why, just tell my why

Listen can you see that shaft of sunlight
can you see it in my eyes
I can feel the fire that’s burning
anger and hope so deep
so deep within my heart but before my eyes
for some it’s too late
and it seems there’s no-one listening

Hurry for me, hurry for me
Hurry for me, hurry for me, they cry, they cry…

(Banks/Collins/Rutherford, main lyricist Banks)


I’m feeling so confused today
they’ve gone and changed the rules again
cos in my life I’m trying hard
to do it all so I can remain
healthy and sane

I’ll live forever, always one more tomorrow
living forever, always one more tomorrow

I heard it on the radio
too much of what they said wasn’t so
and now we’ve got to do those things
that they thought before were so wrong
to be healthy and strong

and live forever, always one more tomorrow
living forever, always one more tomorrow

I know we don’t need you
I know we don’t believe you
you don’t really have the answers
you think you know better
you think it really matters
you just want to rule over everybody’s lives

I think I’ll change my life today
gone are the times of taking care
and I really don’t need a reason why
all I need is all in a day
survive in a way

or just till tomorrow, there’s always one more tomorrow
living forever, do you really want to live forever

(Banks/Collins/Rutherford, main lyricist Collins)


Hold on my heart
just hold on to that feeling
we both know we’ve been here before
we both know what can happen

Hold on my heart
cos I’m looking over your shoulder
ooh please don’t rush in this time
don’t show her how you feel

Hold on my heart
throw me a lifeline
I’ll keep a place for you
somewhere deep inside

So hold on my heart
please tell her to be patient
cos there has never been a time
that I wanted something more

If I can recall this feeling
and I know there’s a chance
oh I will be there
yes I will be there
be there for you
whenever you want me to
whenever you call oh I will be there
Yes I will be there

Hold on my heart
don’t let her see you crying
no matter where I go
she’ll always be with me

So hold on my heart
just hold on to that feeling
we both know we’ve been here before
we both know what can happen
So hold on my heart…

(Banks/Collins/Rutherford, main lyricist Rutherford)


If you take the tears from crying eyes
will the hurt just disappear
put a weapon in the hands of a frightened man
will he show no fear
so we stand and we watch as the city lights go out one by one
Mother Nature sits on the other side with a loaded gun

Why is there blue sky
why is there red sky,
now’s the time to ask the reason,
should the blue sky, meet the red sky
should the rules have to change at all
we all know whatever they say, time is on our side
Ooh this world has been here before just going round and round

We all agree as far as we can see
It’s just the way of the world,
that’s how it’s meant to be
There’s right and there’s wrong
There’s weak – oh and there’s strong
It’s just the way of the world
and that’s how it’s meant to be

Take the motion from a spinning wheel and watch it stop
Take the danger out of a naked flame and what have you got
If you take the anger out of a broken heart, you feel no pain
Could you swear if you had that second chance you wouldn’t do it again.

Why is there blue sky
why is there red sky,
now’s the time to ask the reason,
should the blue sky, meet the red sky
should the rules have to change at all
we all know whatever they say, time is on our side
This world has been here before just going round and round

We all agree as far as we can see
It’s just the way of the world,
and that’s how it’s meant to be
There’s right and there’s wrong
There’s weak – oh and there’s strong
It’s just the way of the world
and that’s how it’s meant to be

We all agree as far as we can see
It’s just the way of the world,
and that’s how it’s meant to be
There’s right and there’s wrong
There’s weak – oh and there’s strong
Cos it’s just the way of the world
and that’s how it’s meant to be…

(Banks/Collins/Rutherford, main lyricist Collins)


It seems in a moment, your whole world can shatter
like morning dreams they just disappear
like dust in your hand falling to the floor
how can life ever be the same

cos my heart is broken in pieces
yes my heart is broken in pieces
since you’ve been gone

It’s all too easy to take so much for granted
oh but it’s so hard to find the words to say
like a castle in the sand the water takes away
but how can life ever be the same

cos my heart is broken in pieces
yes my heart is broken in pieces
since I’ve lost you

oh now you’ll never see
oh you’ll never know
all the things I planned for you
things for you and me

Held your hand so tightly
that I couldn’t let it go
Now how can life ever be the same

cos my heart is broken in pieces
yes my heart is broken in pieces
since you’ve been gone

cos my heart is broken in pieces
yes my heart is broken in pieces
since I’ve lost you

cos my heart is broken in pieces
yes my heart is broken in pieces
since you’ve been gone

(Banks/Collins/Rutherford, main lyricist Banks)


Another time it might have been so different
oh if only we could do it all again
but now it’s just another fading memory
out of focus, though the outline still remains

Far away, away, fading distant lights
leaving us all behind, lost in a changing world
and you know that these are the days of our lives
remember

Like the story that we wish was never ending
We know sometime we must reach the final page
still we carry on just pretending
that there’ll always be one more day to go

Far away, away, fading distant lights
leaving us all behind, lost in a changing world
and you know that these are the days of our lives
so remember…

Another chance hello, another goodbye
and so many things we’ll never see again
days of life that seemed so unimportant
they seem to matter but to count much later on

Far away, away, fading distant lights
leaving us all behind, lost in a changing world
and you know that these are the days of our lives
remember

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(Banks/Collins/Rutherford, main lyricist Collins)

Eh bien, la clé de ma survie
N’avait jamais été remise en question
La question était de savoir comment je pourrais rester sensé
En essayant de trouver une issue

Les choses n’ont jamais été faciles pour moi
La tranquillité d’esprit était dure à trouver
Et j’avais besoin d’un endroit où me cacher
Un endroit que je pourrais considérer à moi

Je n’y avais pas vraiment pensé
Jusqu’à que ça commence à se produire tout le temps
Rapidement, j’ai vécu avec la crainte tous les jours
De ce qui pourrait arriver la nuit

Je ne supportais pas d’entendre ma mère pleurer
Et je me rappelle quand
J’ai juré que ce serait la dernière fois qu’ils me verraient
Je n’ai jamais remis les pieds à la maison

On dit que le temps guérit les plaies
Maintenant mes blessures ne sont pas les mêmes
J’ai agité la sonnette, le cœur dans la bouche
Je devais entendre ce qu’il voulait dire

Il m’a fait m’asseoir pour me parler
Il m’a regardé droit dans les yeux

Il m’a dit :

Tu n’es pas, tu n’es pas mon fils
Tu n’es pas, tu n’es pas mon fils
Tu es parti, tu nous as laissé
Et tu n’es pas, tu n’es pas mon fils

Oh, ses mots, comme ils m’ont fait mal, je ne les oublierai jamais
Et comme le temps, c’est passé, j’ai vécu pour le regretter

Tu n’es pas, tu n’es pas mon fils
Mais où devrais-je aller, et que devrais-je faire
Tu n’es pas, tu n’es pas mon fils
Mais je suis venu ici pour demander de l’aide, oh je suis venu ici pour toi

Hé bien les années passaient lentement
Je pensais à lui tous les jours
Que devrais-je faire, si nous nous croisions dans la rue
Devrais-je continuer à fuir

Toujours dans des endroits cachés
Je devrais bientôt faire face aux faits
Il faudrait qu’on s’assoie et qu’on en parle des heures
Cela voudrait dire qu’il reviendrait

On dit que le temps guérit les plaies
Maintenant mes blessures ne sont pas les mêmes
J’ai agité la sonnette, le cœur dans la bouche
Je devais entendre ce qu’il voulait dire

Il m’a fait m’asseoir pour me parler
Et il m’a regardé droit dans les yeux

Il m’a dit :

Tu n’es pas, tu n’es pas mon fils
Tu n’es pas, tu n’es pas mon fils
Tu es parti, tu nous as laissé
Et tu n’es pas, tu n’es pas mon fils

Oh, ses mots, comme ils m’ont fait mal, je ne les oublierai jamais
Et comme le temps, c’est passé, j’ai vécu pour le regretter

Tu n’es pas, tu n’es pas mon fils
Mais où devrais-je aller et que devrais-je faire
Tu n’es pas, tu n’es pas mon fils
Mais je suis venu ici pour demander de l’aide, oh je te cherchais
Tu n’es pas, tu n’es pas mon fils
Tu n’es pas – ah ouais, ah ouais, ah ouais, ah ouais, ah ouais
Tu n’es pas, tu n’es pas mon fils
Oh oh, oh oh, oh oh
Oh oh, oh oh, oh oh, oh oh
Tu n’es pas mon fils – oh oh
Oh oh, pas mon fils
Oh oh, tu n’es pas, pas mon fils
Oh oh, oh oh, oh oh, oh oh…

(Banks/Collins/Rutherford, main lyricist Collins)

As-tu vu le visage sur l’écran de la télé
Venant à toi chaque dimanche
As-tu vu le visage sur le panneau d’affichage
Cet homme c’est moi

Sur la couverture du magazine
On ne se demande pas pourquoi je souris
Tu achètes une partie du paradis
Tu achètes une partie de moi

Je te procurerai tout ce que tu voulais
Je te procurerai tout ce dont tu as besoin
Pas besoin de croire en l’au-delà
Crois simplement en moi

Car Jésus il me connaît et il sait que j’ai raison
J’ai parlé à Jésus toute ma vie
Oh oui il me connaît et il sait que j’ai raison
Et il m’a dit que tout va bien

Je crois en la famille
Avec ma femme chérie à mes côtés
Mais elle n’est pas au courant pour ma petite amie
Ni de l’homme que j’ai rencontré la nuit dernière

Crois-tu en Dieu
Car c’est ce que je vends
Et si tu veux aller au paradis
Je te verrais bientôt

Tu n’auras même pas à quitter ta maison
Ou de bouger de ta chaise
Tu n’as même pas à toucher ce téléphone
Car je suis partout

Car Jésus il me connaît et il sait que j’ai raison
J’ai parlé à Jésus toute ma vie
Oh oui il me connaît et il sait que j’ai raison
Et il m’a dit que tout va aller bien

Tu ne me trouveras pas en train de pratiquer ce que je prêche
Tu ne me trouveras pas à ne pas faire de sacrifice
Mais je peux t’obtenir un paquet de miracles
Si tu promets d’être bon, essaye d’être gentil
Dieu prendra soin de toi
Fais ce que je dis, pas ce que je fais

Je compte mes bénédictions, j’ai trouvé le vrai bonheur
Car je m’enrichie, jour après jour
Tu peux me trouver dans l’annuaire,
Appelle simplement mon numéro vert
Tu peux le faire de la façon que tu veux
Fais le simplement sur le champs

Il n’y aura pas de doute dans ta pensée
Tu croiras à tout ce que je dis
Si tu veux t’approcher de lui
Mets-toi sur tes genoux et commence à payer

Car Jésus il me connaît et il sait que j’ai raison
J’ai parlé à Jésus toute ma vie
Oh oui il me connaît et il sait que j’ai raison
Et il m’a dit que tout va aller bien

(Banks/Collins/Rutherford, main lyricist Collins)

Au début du 19ème siècle, des grands groupes principalement composés de travailleurs non qualifiés ont construit les chemins de fer anglais. Le prix à payer en vies humaines fut très haut…


Laissant ma famille derrière moi
Ne sachant pas ce qui m’attend
Leur disant au revoir, alors que je les laissais en larmes
Me souvenant de tout ce que nous nous dîmes

J’ai regardé vers le ciel, j’ai offert mes prières
J’ai demandé force et assistance
Mais les simples croyances d’un homme simple
Réside dans Ses mains, et sur ma tête

Je leur ai donné tout ce qu’ils voulaient
Mais ils voulaient toujours plus
Nous avons sué et peiné de bons hommes ont perdu la vies
Je ne pense pas qu’ils aient jamais su pourquoi

Je leur ai vendu mon cœur
Je leur ai vendu mon âme
Je leur ai donné tout ce que j’avais
Mais ils n’ont pas pu casser mon esprit
Ma dignité les a combattues,
Les combats
Peux-tu m’entendre
Peux-tu me voir
Ne m’entends-tu pas
Ne vois-tu pas

Nous travaillions en groupes selon nos qualifications
Les jeunes garçons tiraient les chariots
Nous creusions les tunnels, retournant la terre
Et c’est alors que ça s’est produit.

Personne n’a su comment les fissures sont apparues
Mais pendant l’éboulement ils ont tous disparu
La roche est tombée comme la pluie.

Peux-tu m’entendre,
Peux-tu me voir
Ne m’entends-tu pas
Peux-tu respirer

La fumée dégagée, la poussière est retombée
Personne n’a su combien étaient morts
Tout autour il y avaient des hommes brisés
Ils avaient dit que c’était sans danger, ils avaient menti
On pouvait entendre les pleurs, on pouvait sentir la peur
Mais ce jour là, la bonne fortune était mienne
Il m’est venu à l’esprit le cœur d’un homme bon
Il semble que c’est dur à trouver.

Peux-tu m’entendre,
Peux-tu me voir
Ne m’entends-tu pas
Ne vois-tu pas

Nous avons travaillé, à quel point nous avons travaillé comme le diable pour notre salaire
À travers le vent, sous la neige, et sous la pluie

Explosant et coupant la terre de dieu comme avec un couteau
La sueur me pique les yeux, il doit y avoir une meilleure vie

Mais je peux entendre le cri de mes enfants
Je peux voir les larmes dans leurs yeux
Le souvenir de ceux j’ai laissés
Résonne encore dans mes oreilles
Vais-je jamais rentrer à la maison
Vais-je jamais revoir leurs visages
Je n’oublierai jamais cette nuit
Lorsqu’ils ont dit au-revoir à leur père

Nous sommes venus du sud, et nous sommes venus du nord
Avec des piquets et des bêches et un nouvel état d’esprit
Ne montrant aucune peur de ce qui nous attendait au tournant
Ils ne reverront plus jamais des hommes tels que nous

Plantant le dernier clou, soulevant et posant la voie ferrée
Avec nos mains pleines s’ampoules, le soleil nous brûlant le dos

Mais je peux entendre le cri de mes enfants,
Je peux voir les larmes dans leurs yeux
Le souvenir de ceux j’ai laissés
Résonne encore dans mes oreilles.
Je me souviendrai toujours cette nuit,
Lorsqu’ils ont dit au revoir à leur père.

Nous avons le tracé du rail, nous avons dormi sous les étoiles
Creusant dans l’obscurité, et vivant avec le danger
Ne montrant aucune peur de ce qui nous attendait au tournant
Ils ne reverront plus jamais des hommes tels que nous

Peux-tu m’entendre,
Peux-tu me voir
Ne m’entends-tu pas
Ne vois-tu pas.

(Banks/Collins/Rutherford, main lyricist Collins)

Le soleil cognait dur
Brûlant mes pieds alors que je me promenais

Le soleil chaud me fait transpirer
Les crocodiles se rapprochent, ils ne m’ont pas encore

Je ne sais pas danser, je ne sais pas parler.
La seule chose en ce qui me concerne, c’est ma façon de marcher.
Je ne sais pas danser, je ne sais pas chanter
Je reste ici à tout vendre.

Un jean est assis sur la plage,
Son chien me parle, mais elle est hors d’atteinte.

Elle a un corps sous ce T-shirt,
Mais tout ce qu’elle veut faire c’est mettre ma tête dans la saleté.

Car, je ne sais pas danser, je ne sais pas parler.
La seule chose en ce qui me concerne, c’est ma façon de marcher.
Non, je ne sais pas danser, je ne sais pas chanter
Je reste juste ici à vendre.

Et à vérifier que tout est en place,
On ne sait jamais qui regarde.

Un jeune punk renverse sa bière sur mes chaussures,
Un gros me parle tout en essayant de voler mon jean.

À travers la fumée épaisse, je la vois sourire.
Je n’aurais jamais pensé que tout ça se passe simplement en jouant au billard.

Mais je ne sais pas danser, je ne sais pas parler.
La seule chose en ce qui me concerne, c’est ma façon de marcher.
Je ne sais pas danser, je ne sais pas chanter
Je reste ici à vendre

Et à vérifier que tout est en place
On ne sait jamais qui regarde
Un corps parfait avec un visage parfait – hmm

Non, je ne sais pas danser, je ne sais pas parler.
La seule chose en ce qui me concerne, c’est ma façon de marcher.
Non, je ne sais pas danser, je ne sais pas chanter
Je reste ici à tout vendre.

Mais je sais marcher.
Non je ne sais pas danser.
Non non je ne sais pas danser.
Mais je sais marcher.

(Banks/Collins/Rutherford, main lyricist Rutherford)

On n’a jamais le temps de parler
Car il me semble que nous avons perdu notre chemin
Alors nous avançons, sur la route
Et nous vivons notre vie hantés par le fait que
Tout ce que nous disons et faisons
Continue de manquer, quand je suis seul avec toi

Non on n’a jamais le temps de changer
Tu n’as aucune chance de ré-arranger
C’est un long, long chemin à parcourir
Et juste pour découvrir quelque chose, que nous connaissons tous les deux
Ne vois-tu pas ce qui se passe?
C’est tellement triste qu’un amour aussi fort se soit envolé

Tout ce que je sais, c’est ce qui est vrai.
Tout ce que je te demande
C’est de regarder autour de toi et de voir

Tu vis ta vie enfermé dans un rêve
Où rien n’est réel et tout est trompeur
Nous ne pouvons pas continuer un autre jour
D’avoir juste peur de dire

Car la chute est longue
Quand nous avons cru tous les deux que nous avions tout
Eh bien tu sais qu’il est temps de dire
Car nous sommes éreintés, nous avons perdu notre chemin
Oh, j’avais espéré que tu serais tellement compréhensive
Et qu’aujourd’hui, tu verrais, mais oh non,
C’est tellement triste, tellement triste, c’est comme ça
Je sais, je vais tout te dire sur le champs

(Banks/Collins/Rutherford, main lyricist Rutherford)

Allant et venant dans les ténèbres, somnolant
Essayant de garder mes mains sur le volant.
Je n’ai pas réussi à voir le virage sous cette pluie battante.
Je ne l’ai pas vue descendre du trottoir.

Révant en dormant
Révant en dormant
Des souvenirs à garder en mémoire
Révant en dormant

Je n’arrive pas à comprendre ce qui s’est passé dans ma tête
Je ne me suis pas arrêté pour voir ce que j’avais fait.
Je devais continuer à conduire en pleine nuit
Les kilomètres entre elles et moi arrangeraient les choses d’une façon ou d’une autre

Révant en dormant
Révant en dormant
Des souvenirs à garder en mémoire
Révant en dormant

Toute ma vie, tu seras étendue là
Toute ma vie, dans un monde aussi injuste
Toute ma vie et moi seulement, je saurai pourquoi
Et cela restera au fond de moi,
Je ne serai jamais libre de toute ma vie,
Pris au piège dans sa mémoire toute ma vie,
Jusqu’au jour où tu ouvriras les yeux,
S’il te plait, ouvre les yeux

Révant en dormant
Révant en dormant

Je l’ai entendu à la radio, vu à la télé,
Mais pourrais-je emmener mon secret jusque dans ma tombe.
Si j’avais une autre chance, ferais-je la même chose.
Continuerais-je à nier que c’était moi ?

Révant en dormant,
Révant en dormant
Révant en dormant,
Est-ce que tu rêves en dormant ?

Toute ma vie je serai hanté par
Toute ma vie un seul instant
Toute ma vie jusqu’au jour de ma mort
Et ça restera au fond de moi
Je ne serai jamais libre de toute ma vie
Piégé dans sa mémoire toute ma vie
Jusqu’au jour où tu ouvriras les yeux

Toute ma vie, tu seras étendue là
Toute ma vie, dans un monde aussi injuste
Toute ma vie et moi seulement, je saurai pourquoi
Et cela restera au fond de moi
Je ne serai jamais libre de toute ma vie
Pris au piège dans sa mémoire toute ma vie
Jusqu’au jour où tu ouvriras les yeux

Toute ma vie.
Rien qu’un instant, toute ma vie.

(Banks/Collins/Rutherford, main lyricist Collins)

Des mères pleurent dans la rue
Les enfants meurent à leurs pieds, dis-moi pourquoi, oh dis-moi pourquoi
Des gens meurent de faim partout
Il y a trop de nourriture mais il ne reste rien à donner, dis-moi pourquoi, oh dis-moi pourquoi

Vois-tu ce rayon de soleil
Le vois-tu dans mes yeux ?
Je sens le feu brûler
Colère et espoir si profond
Si profondément dans mon coeur mais devant mes yeux
Pour certains c’est trop tard
Car il semble que personne n’écoute

Des gens dorment dans les rues
Pas d’abri, pas de quoi manger, dis-moi pourquoi, dis-moi pourquoi
Regarde les questions dans leurs yeux
Ecoute les pleurs de leurs enfants, dis-moi pourquoi, s’il te plaît dis-moi pourquoi

S’il y a un Dieu, observe-t-il
Peut-il donner une lueur d’espoir
Tant de douleur et tant de chagrin
Dis-moi ce qu’il voit
Quand il te regarde
Quand il me regarde
Que dirait-il ?
Car il semble que personne n’écoute

Qui aurait pensé que cela existe encore
Même de nos jours et ici
Les hommes politiques, ils peuvent toujours se sauver
Ah, mais ils perdront la face
C’est juste de l’espoir en dépit de tout, qu’il n’est pas trop tard

Tu dis qu’il n’y a rien que tu puisses faire
Y’a-t-il une règle pour eux et une pour toi, dis-moi pourquoi, mais dis-moi donc pourquoi

Écoute vois-tu ce rayon de soleil
Le vois-tu dans mes yeux ?
Je sens le feu brûler
Colère et espoir si profond
Si profondément dans mon coeur mais devant mes yeux
Pour certains c’est trop tard
Et il semble que personne n’écoute

Dépèche-toi pour moi, dépèche-toi pour moi
Dépèche-toi pour moi, dépèche-toi pour moi, ils pleurent, ils pleurent…

(Banks/Collins/Rutherford, main lyricist Banks)

Eh bien, je me sens désorienté aujourd’hui
Ils sont partis et ont encore changé les règles
Car dans ma vie, j’essaie vraiment
De tout faire pour rester en bonne santé et sensé

Je vivrai pour toujours, toujours un lendemain de plus
Vivre éternellement, toujours un lendemain de plus

J’ai entendu ça à la radio
Beaucoup de ce qu’ils ont dit n’était pas vrai
Et maintenant on doit faire toutes ces choses
Qu’on pensait auparavant être mauvaises pour être en bonne santé et fort

Et vivre pour toujours, toujours un lendemain de plus
Vivre éternellement, toujours un lendemain de plus

Mais je sais que nous n’avons pas besoin de toi
Je sais que nous te croyons pas
Tu n’as pas vraiment les réponses
Tu penses que tu sais mieux
Tu penses que ça a vraiment de l’importance
Tu veux simplement diriger la vie des gens

Je pense que je vais changer ma vie aujourd’hui
Le temps n’est plus où l’on faisait attention
Et je n’ai pas besoin de savoir pourquoi
Tout ce dont j’ai besoin c’est un jour entier
Pour survivre d’une certaine façon

Ou simplement jusqu’à demain, oui toujours un lendemain de plus
Vivre éternellement, veux-tu vraiment vivre éternellement ?

(Banks/Collins/Rutherford, main lyricist Collins)

Accroche-toi à mon cœur
Accroche-toi à cette sensation
Nous savons tous les deux que nous avons déjà connu ça
Nous savons tous les deux ce qui peut se passer

Accroche-toi à mon cœur
Car je regarde par dessus ton épaule
S’il te plait ne te précipite pas cette fois
Ne lui montre pas comment tu te sens

Accroche-toi à mon cœur
Viens-moi en aide
Je garderai une place pour toi
Quelque part au fond de moi

Alors accroche-toi à mon cœur
S’il te plait dis-lui d’être patiente
Car il n’est jamais arrivé
Que je veuille quelque chose de plus

Si je peux me rappeler de cette sensation
Et je sais qu’il y ait une chance
Oh je serai là
Oui je serai là
Je serai là pour toi
Chaque fois que tu me désireras
Chaque fois que tu m’appelleras
Oui je serai là

Accroche-toi à mon cœur
Ne la laisse pas te voir pleurer
Peu importe où je vais
Elle sera toujours avec moi

Alors accroche-toi à mon cœur
Résiste à cette sensation
Nous savons tous les deux que nous avons déjà connu ça
Nous savons tous les deux ce qui peut se passer
Alors accroche-toi à mon cœur…

(Banks/Collins/Rutherford, main lyricist Rutherford)

Si on prend les larmes d’yeux pleurant, la souffrance disparaîtra-t-elle
Si on met une arme dans les mains d’un homme effrayé, ne montrera-t-il aucune crainte
Nous attendons et observons pendant que les lumières de la ville s’éteignent les unes après les autres
Mère nature s’assied de l’autre côté avec un pistolet chargé

Pourquoi y’a t-il du ciel bleu, pourquoi y’a t-il du ciel rouge,
Il est temps de demander la raison,
Le ciel bleu devrait-il rencontrer le ciel rouge
Les règles devraient-elles changer
Nous savons tous que, quoi qu’ils disent, le temps est avec nous
Oh ce monde était là avant tournant en rond encore et encore

Nous sommes tous d’accord aussi loin que nous pouvons voir
C’est simplement la façon dont va le monde,
Ca a été décidé ainsi
Il y a le bien et le mal
Il y a la faiblesse – et la force
C’est simplement la façon dont va le monde
Et ça a été décidé ainsi

Prenons le mouvement d’un rouet et observons-le s’arrêter
Écartons le danger d’une flamme (nue) et qu’avons-nous
Si on retire la colère d’un cœur brisé, on ne ressent pas la douleur
Pourrais-tu jurer, si tu avais cette seconde chance, que tu ne le referais pas

Pourquoi y’a t-il du ciel bleu pourquoi y’a t-il du ciel rouge,
Maintenant il est temps de demander la raison,
Le ciel bleu devrait-il rencontrer le ciel rouge
Les règles devraient-elles changer
Nous savons tous que, quoi qu’ils disent, le temps est avec nous
Oh ce monde était là avant tournant en rond encore et encore

Nous sommes tous d’accord aussi loin que nous pouvons voir
C’est simplement la façon dont va le monde,
Ca a été décidé ainsi
Il y a le bien et le mal
Il y a la faiblesse – et la force
C’est simplement la façon dont va le monde
Et ça a été décidé ainsi

(Banks/Collins/Rutherford, main lyricist Collins)

Il semble qu’en un instant tout ton univers peut s’écrouler
Comme les rêves du matin, ils disparaissent simplement
Comme la poussière qui, de ta main, tombe sur le sol
Oh, comment la vie peut-elle changer sans cesse

Car mon cœur est brisé en morceaux
Oui mon cœur est brisé en morceaux
Depuis que tu es parti

C’est trop facile de considérer les choses comme acquises
Mais, c’est tellement difficile de trouver les mots pour dire
Comme un château de sable emporté par l’eau
Mais, comment la vie peut-elle changer sans cesse

Car mon cœur est brisé en morceaux
Oui mon cœur est brisé en morceaux
Depuis que je t’ai perdu

Oh, maintenant tu ne verras jamais
Oh maintenant tu ne sauras jamais
Tout ce que j’avais prévu pour toi
Tout ce que j’avais prévu pour toi et moi

Je tenais ta main tellement serrée
Que je ne pouvais la lâcher
Maintenant, comment la vie peut-elle changer sans cesse

Car mon cœur est brisé en morceaux
Oui mon cœur est brisé en morceaux
Depuis que je t’ai perdu

Car mon cœur est brisé en morceaux
Oui mon cœur est brisé en morceaux
Depuis que tu es parti

(Banks/Collins/Rutherford, main lyricist Banks)

À un autre moment, cela aurait pu être tellement différent
Si seulement nous pouvions tout recommencer
Mais maintenant, c’est juste un autre souvenir qui s’efface
Flou, bien que le contour soit toujours là

Loin, loin, les lumières au loin s’effacent
Nous abandonnant, perdus dans un monde en mutation
Et tu sais que ce sont les jours de nos vies
Souviens-toi

Comme l’histoire que nous voudrions interminable
Nous savons qu’un jour nous devrons arriver à la dernière page
Mais nous continuons de faire semblant de croire
Qu’il y aura toujours un jour de plus à passer

Loin, loin, les lumières au loin s’effacent
Nous abandonnant, perdus dans un monde en mutation
Et tu sais que ce sont les jours de nos vies
Alors souviens-toi

Une autre occasion de dire bonjour, un autre au revoir
Et tant de choses que nous ne reverrons jamais
Des jours dans une vie qui semblaient tellement insignifiants
Ils semblent avoir de l’importance et compter beaucoup plus tard

Loin, loin, les lumières au loin s’effacent
Nous abandonnant, perdus dans un monde en mutation
Et tu sais que ce sont les jours de nos vies
Souviens-toi

Infos générales

Tony Banks – Claviers
Phil Collins – Chant et Batteries
Mike Rutherford – Guitares et Basses

Enregistré à The Farm, Surrey, Mars-Septembre 1991
Producteurs : Genesis & Nick Davis
Ingénieurs du son : Nick Davis et Mark Robinson

Sorti en Novembre 1991

Singles:
Octobre 91- No son of mine/Living forever
Janvier 92 – I can’t dance/On the shoreline
Avril 92 – Hold on my heart/Way of the world
Juillet 92 – Jesus he knows me/Hearts of fire
Février 93 – Tell me why/Dreaming while you sleep
Avril 93 – Never a time/Turn it on again (live)

Tony Banks – Claviers
Phil Collins – Chant et Batteries
Mike Rutherford – Guitares et Basses

Enregistré à The Farm, Surrey, Mars-Septembre 1991
Producteurs : Genesis & Nick Davis
Ingénieurs du son : Nick Davis et Mark Robinson

Sorti en Novembre 1991

Singles:
Octobre 91- No son of mine/Living forever
Janvier 92 – I can’t dance/On the shoreline
Avril 92 – Hold on my heart/Way of the world
Juillet 92 – Jesus he knows me/Hearts of fire
Février 93 – Tell me why/Dreaming while you sleep
Avril 93 – Never a time/Turn it on again (live)

octopus92

0/5

“Moyen : Enregistré en 1989, voilà Ant essayant de faire des pièces à la Mike Oldfield. Pas toujours convaincant…”

Tracklist

(instrumental)

(instrumental)

Infos générales

 

Sorti en septembre 1990

Anthony Phillips : guitares, basse, synthétiseurs, boîte à rythmes
Martin Robertson : clarinette
Ian Hardwick : hautbois
Michael Cox : flûte, piccolo
Tjborn Holtmark : trompette
Julie Allis : harpe
Ian Thomas : batterie
Frank Ricotti : percussions

Produit par Anthony Phillips

Seb

5/5

Best of et Greatest hits à la fois !!! Au départ c’était prévu pour être un Greatest Hits, mais Peter a réussi à imposer des chansons qui ne sont pas hits du tout, notamment Family Snapshot, San Jacinto, Zaar ou encore Here comes the flood. Et pourquoi 5 étoiles à une compilation ? Parce que ce n’est pas une compilation qui se moque de nous avec des titres repris texto sur les albums. Il y a beaucoup de morceaux totalement différents ou très édités par rapport aux versions originelles et il y a Shaking the Tree, un inédit en album. À noter cependant qu’il n’y a aucun morceau de PG2 sur cette compilation ! Très bizarrement…

Tracklist

1 : Solsbury Hill

2 : I Don’t Remember

3 : Sledgehammer

4 : Family Snapshot

5 : Mercy Street

Souma Yergon, Sou Nou Yergon
We are shakin’ the tree
Souma Yergon, Sou Nou Yergon
We are shakin’ the tree

Waiting your time, dreaming of a better life
Waiting your time, you’re more than just a wife
You don’t have to do what your mother has done
She has done, this is your life, this new life has begun

It’s your day, a woman’s day
It’s your day, a woman’s day

Souma Yergon, Sou Nou Yergon
We are shakin’ the tree
Souma Yergon, Sou Nou Yergon
We are shakin’ the tree

Turning the tide, you are on the incoming wave
Turning the tide, you know you are nobody’s slave
Find your sisters or brothers who can hear all the truth in what you say
They can support you when you’re on your way

It’s your day, a woman’s day
It’s your day, a woman’s day

Souma Yergon, Sou Nou Yergon
We are shakin’ the tree
Souma Yergon, Sou Nou Yergon
We are shakin’ the tree

Changing your ways, changing those surrounding you
Changing your ways, more than any man can do
Open your heart, show him the anger and pain, so you heal
Maybe he’s looking for his womanly side, let him feel

You had to be so strong
And you do nothing wrong, nothing wrong at all
We’re gonna break it down
We’re gonna shake it down, shake it all around

No no no no no no
No no no no no no
No no no no no no

It’s your day, a woman’s day
It’s your day, a woman’s day
It’s your day, a woman’s day
It’s your day, a woman’s day

It’s your day, a woman’s day
It’s your day, a woman’s day
It’s your day, a woman’s day
It’s your day, a woman’s day

It’s your day, a woman’s day
It’s your day, a woman’s day
It’s your day, a woman’s day
It’s your day, a woman’s day

You had to be so strong
You do nothing wrong, nothing wrong at all
We’re gonna break it down
We’re gonna shake it down, shake it all around

7 : Don’t Give Up

8 : San Jacinto

9 : Here Comes The Flood (acoustic)

10 : Red Rain

11 : Games Without Frontiers

12 : Shock The Monkey

13 : I Have The Touch (remix)

14 : Big Time

15 : Zaar (edit)

16 : Biko

Infos générales

Compilation

Sorti en 1990

Seb

3/5

Le seul et unique live de PC à ce jour (en mettant celui du Big Band à part). Fortement décevant quand même à la longue. Pas le choix des morceaux (tout ce qui est le coté commercial de PC, mis a part In the air tonight et Take me home) et par le choix des versions. Tout vient de la tournée …But Seriously et rien des précédentes qui étaient excellentes avec des orchestrations époustouflantes. Bref, contentons nous de ce qu’on a et tirons un coté positif, c’est très propre et chaque morceau est très bien et même supérieur aux versions studio mais quand même, quelle frustration, quel goût d’inachevé… Le disque commence avec Something happened on the way to heaven alors que le morceau était joué au milieu du concert, initialement et tout plein de petites aberrations du style. Ce disque n’a cependant longtemps valu que pour la présence des morceaux qu’on ne trouvait pas normalement sur les 4 disques précédents : Against all odds, Separate Lives, Two Hearts et A groovy kind of love. Ce disque fit longtemps office de Best of… Enfin, quand même, In the air tonight et Take me home sont des bombes, c’est sûr, tout comme l’enchaînement You can’t hurry love, Two Hearts, Sussudio. Un disque qui aurait pu être grandiose, mais PC n’aime pas s’occuper des disques Live alors…

Tracklist

(Collins/Stuermer)

We had a life, we had a love,
But you don’t know what you’ve got ’til you lose it
Well that was then and this is now
And I want you back
How many times do I have to say I’m sorry

How can something so good go so bad
How can something so right go so wrong
I don’t know, I don’t have all the answers
But I want you back
How many times can I say I’m sorry

You can run, and you can hide
But I’m not leaving less you come with me
We’ve had our problems but I’m on your side
You’re all I need, please believe in me

I only wanted someone to love
But something happened on the way to heaven
It got a hold of me and wouldn’t let go
And I want you back
How many times do I have to say I’m sorry

You can run…

They say you can’t take it with you
When you go
And I believe it
But taking what I’ve got or being
here with you, you know
I’d rather leave it

You can run…

(Collins)

(Featured on the soundtrack of “Against All Odds” ,1984)

How can I just let you walk away, just let you leave without a trace
When I stand here taking every breath with you, ooh
You’re the only one who really knew me at all

How can you just walk away from me,
when all I can do is watch you leave
Cos we’ve shared the laughter and the pain and even shared the tears
You’re the only one who really knew me at all

So take a look at me now, oh there’s just an empty space
And there’s nothing left here to remind me,
just the memory of your face
Ooh take a look at me now, well there’s just an empty space
And you coming back to me is against all odds and that’s what I’ve got to face

I wish I could just make you turn around,
turn around and see me cry
There’s so much I need to say to you,
so many reasons why
You’re the only one who really knew me at all

So take a look at me now, well there’s just an empty space
And there’s nothing left here to remind me, just the memory of your face
Now take a look at me now, cos there’s just an empty space

But to wait for you, is all I can do and that’s what I’ve got to face
Take a good look at me now, cos I’ll still be standing here
And you coming back to me is against all odds
It’s the chance I’ve gotta take

Take a look at me now

(Collins)

I know she says she wants me
I hear it every day
And I know she know it keeps me
Well there ain’t no other way
But she’s got a heart must be made of stone
Cos when I tell her that she’ll miss me when I’m gone

She says
Who said I would
She knows it ain’t easy for a simple boy like me
She fills me full of loving
Oh then she sets me free
But she’s got a heart must be made of stone
Cos when I tell her that she’ll miss me when I’m gone

She says
Who said I would, tell me, who said I would
Who said I would, who said I would

I’m not the only one but I do fine
I suit her purpose and I’m just her kind
I don’t own her and I never could
Don’t think I do, don’t think I should

Tell me
Who said I would, who said I would

But she’s got a heart must be made of stone
And when I tell her that she’ll miss me when I’m gone

You’re not the only one but you do fine
You suit my purpose and you’re just my kind
I don’t own me and you never could
Don’t think you do, don’t think you should

Who said I would (who said I would)
Now she knows when she calls me
I’ll come running every time
And she knows she gets me hot
But she don’t know it’s her body never mine

And she’s got a heart must be made of stone
Cos when I tell her that she’ll miss me when I’m gone
She says
Who said I would, tell me, who said I would
Who said I would, who said I would

(Collins)

One more night, one more night
I’ve been trying ooh so long to let you know
Let you know how I feel
And if I stumble if I fall, just help me back
So I can make you see

Please give me one more night, give me one more night
One more night cos I can’t wait forever
Give me just one more night, oh just one more night
Oh one more night cos I can’t wait forever

I’ve been sitting here so long
Wasting time, just staring at the phone
And I was wondering should I call you
Then I thought maybe you’re not alone

Please give me one more night, give me just one more night
Oh one more night, cos I can’t wait forever
Please give me one more night, ooh just one more night
Oh one more night, cos I can’t wait forever
Give me one more night, give me just one more night
Ooh one more night, cos I can’t wait forever

Like a river to the sea
I will always be with you
And if you sail away
I will follow you

Give me one more night, give me just one more night
Oh one more night, cos I can’t wait forever
I know there’ll never be a time you’ll ever feel the same
And I know it’s only words
But if you change your mind you know that I’ll be here
And maybe we both can learn

Give me just one more night, give me just one more night
Ooh one more night, cos I can’t wait forever
Give me just one more night, give me just one more night
Ooh one more night, cos I can’t wait forever

(Collins)

They came at night leaving fear behind
Shadows were on the ground
Nobody knew where to find him
No evidence was found
“I’m never coming back”
They heard him cry
And I believe him
Well he never meant to do anything wrong
It’s gonna get worse if he waits too long

Billy, Billy don’t you lose my number
Cos you’re not anywhere
That I can find you
Oh now Billy, Billy don’t you lose my number
Cos you’re not anywhere that I can find you, oh no

Searching through the day and into the night
They wouldn’t stop till they found him
They didn’t know him and they didn’t understand
They never asked him why
“Get out of my way”
They heard him shout
Then a blinding light
Ooh all I could see was him running down the street
Out of the shadows and into the night

Now Billy, Billy don’t you lose my number
Cos you’re not anywhere
That I can find you, oh
Now Billy, Billy don’t you lose my number
Cos you’re not anywhere that I can find you, oh

Don’t give up
Keep running, keep hiding
Don’t give up
Billy, if you know you’re right
Don’t give up
You know that I am on your side
Don’t give up
Oh Billy, you better, you better, you better run for your life

Now Billy, Billy don’t you lose my number
Cos you’re not anywhere
That I can find you, oh
Now Billy, Billy don’t you lose my number
Cos you’re not anywhere that I can find you, oh

They came at night leaving fear behind
Shadows were on the ground
Nobody knew where to find him
No evidence was found
“I’m never coming back”
They heard him cry
And I believe him
He never meant to do anything wrong
It’s gonna get worse if he waits too long

Now Billy, Billy don’t you lose my number
Cos you’re not anywhere
That I can find you, oh
Now Billy, Billy don’t you lose my number
Cos you’re not anywhere that I can find you, oh

(Collins)

We never talked about it
But I hear the blame was mine
I’d call you up to say I’m sorry
But I wouldn’t want to waste your time

‘Cos I love you, but I can’t take any more
There’s a look I can’t describe in your eyes
Yes we could try, like we tried before
When you kept on telling me those lies

Do you remember…?

There seemed no way to make up
‘Cos it seemed your mind was set
And the way you looked it told me
It’s a look I know I’ll never forget

You could’ve come over to my side
You could’ve let me know
You could’ve tried to see the difference between us
But it seemed too far for you to go.

Do you remember…?

Through all of my life
In spite of all the pain
You know people are funny sometimes
‘cos they just can’t wait
To get hurt again

Do you remember…?

There are things we won’t recall
Feelings we’ll never find
It’s taken so long to see it
Cos we never seemed to have the time

There was always something more important to do
More important to say
But “I love you” wasn’t one of those things
And now it’s too late

Do you remember…?

(Collins)

She calls out to the man on the street
“Sir, can you help me?
It’s cold and I’ve nowhere to sleep,
Is there somewhere you can tell me?”

He walks on, doesn’t look back
He pretends he can’t hear her
Starts to whistle as he crosses the street
Seems embarrassed to be there

Oh think twice, it’s another day for
You and me in paradise
Oh think twice, it’s just another day for you,
You and me in paradise

She calls out to the man on the street
He can see she’s been crying
She’s got blisters on the soles of her feet
Can’t walk but she’s trying

Oh think twice…

Oh lord, is there nothing more anybody can do
Oh lord, there must be something you can say

You can tell from the lines on her face
You can see that she’s been there
Probably been moved on from every place
‘Cos she didn’t fit in there

Oh think twice…

(Bishop)

(Released as Phil Collins & Marilyn Martin single, 1985)

You called me from the room in your hotel
All full of romance for someone that you met
And telling me how sorry you were, leaving so soon
And that you miss me sometimes when you’re alone in your room
Do I feel lonely too?

You have no right to ask me how I feel
You have no right to speak to me so kind
We can’t go on just holding on to time
Now that we’re living separate lives

Well I held on to let you go
And if you lost your love for me, well you never let it show
There was no way to compromise
So now we’re living (living)
Separate lives

Ooh, it’s so typical, love leads to isolation
So you build that wall (build that wall)
Yes, you build that wall (build that wall)
And you make it stronger

Well you have no right to ask me how I feel
You have no right to speak to me so kind
Some day I might (I might) find myself looking in your eyes
But for now, we’ll go on living separate lives
Yes for now, we’ll go on living separate lives
Separate lives

(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…

(Holland/Dozier/Holland)

I need love, love
ooh, ease my mind
And I need to find time
someone to call mine;

My mama said
You can’t hurry love
No, you’ll just have to wait
She said love don’t come easy
But it’s a game of give and take
You can’t hurry love
No, you’ll just have to wait
Just trust in a good time
No matter how long it takes

How many heartaches must I stand
Before I find the love to let me live again
Right now the only thing that keeps me hanging on
when I feel my strength, ooh, it’s almost gone

I remember mama said
You can’t hurry love
No you’ll just have to wait
She said love don’t come easy
It’s a game of give and take
How long must I wait
How muck more must I take
Before loneliness
Will cause my heart, heart to break?

No, I cant bear to live my life alone
I grow impatient for a love to call my own
But when I feel that I, I can’t go on
Well these precious words keep me hanging on

I remember mama said
You can’t hurry love
No, you’ll just have to wait
She said love don’t come easy
Well, it’s a game of give and take
You can’t hurry love
No, you’ll just have to wait
Just trust in a good time
No matter how long it takes, now break!

Now love, love don’t come easy
But I keep on waiting
Anticipating for that soft voice
To talk to me at night
For some tender arms
hold me tight
I keep waiting
Ooh, till that day
But it ain’t easy (Love don’t come easy)
No, you know it ain’t easy

My mama said
You can’t hurry love
No, you’ll just have to wait
She said love don’t come easy
It’s a game of give and take…

(Collins/Dozier)

(Featured on the soundtrack of “Buster”, 1988)

Well, there was no reason to believe she’d always be there
But if you don’t put faith in what you believe in
It’s getting you nowhere
Cos it hurts, you never let go
Don’t look down, just look up
Cos she’s always there to behind you, just to remind you

Two hearts, believing in just one mind
You know we’re two hearts believing in just one mind

Cos there’s no easy way to, to understand it
There’s so much of my life in her, and it’s like I’m blinded
And it teaches you to never let go
There’s so much love you’ll never know
She can reach you no matter how far
Wherever you are

Two hearts, believing in just one mind
Beating together till the end of time
You know we’re two hearts believing in just one mind
Together forever till the end of time

She knows (she knows)
There’ll always be a special place in my heart for her
She knows, she knows, she knows
Yeah, she knows (she knows)
No matter how far apart we are
She knows, I’m always right there beside her

We’re two hearts…

(Collins)

There’s this girl that’s been on my mind
All the time, Sussudio oh oh
Now she don’t even know my name
But I think she likes me just the same
Sussudio oh oh

Oh if she called me I’d be there
I’d come running anywhere
She’s all I need, all my life
I feel so good if I just say the word
Sussudio, just say the word
Oh Sussudio

Now I know that I’m too young
My love has just begun
Sussudio oh oh
Ooh give me a chance, give me a sign
I’ll show her anytime
Sussudio oh oh

Ah, I’ve just got to have her, have her now
I’ve got to get closer but I don’t know how
She makes me nervous and makes me scared
But I feel so good if I just say the word
Sussudio just say the word
Oh Sussudio, oh

Ah, she’s all I need all of my life
I feel so good if I just say the word
Sussudio I just say the word
Oh Sussudio I just say the word
Oh Sussudio I’ll say the word
Sussudio oh oh oh
Just say the word

(Wine/Bayer/Sager)

(Featured on the soundtrack of “Buster”, 1988)

When I’m feeling blue, all I have to do
Is take a look at you, then I’m not so blue
When you’re close to me, I can feel your heart beat
I can hear you breathing near my ear
Wouldn’t you agree, baby you and me got a groovy kind of love

Anytime you want to you can turn me onto
Anything you want to, anytime at all
When I kiss your lips, ooh I start to shiver
Can’t control the quivering inside
Wouldn’t you agree, baby you and me got a groovy kind of love, oh

When I’m feeling blue, all I have to do
Is take a look at you, then I’m not so blue
When I’m in your arms, nothing seems to matter
My whole world could shatter, I don’t care
Wouldn’t you agree, baby you and me got a groovy kind of love
We got a groovy kind of love
We got a groovy kind of love, oh
We got a groovy kind of love

(Collins/Bailey/East)

(Released on Phil Bailey’s “Chinese Wall” album, 1984)

Easy lover
She’ll get a hold on you believe it
Like no other
Before you know it you’ll be on your knees
She’s an easy lover
She’ll take your heart but you won’t feel it
She’s like no other
And I’m just trying to make you see

She’s the kind of girl you dream of
Dream of keeping hold of
You’d better forget it
You’ll never get it
She will play around and leave you
Leave you and deceive you
Better forget it
Oh you’ll regret it

No you’ll never change her, so leave it, leave it
Get out quick cos seeing is believing
It’s the only way
You’ll ever know

Easy lover
She’ll get a hold on you believe it
Like no other
Before you know it you’ll be on your knees
She’s an easy lover
She’ll take your heart but you won’t feel it
She’s like no other
And I’m just trying to make you see

You’re the one that wants to hold her
Hold her and control her
You’d better forget it
You’ll never get it
For she’ll say there’s no other
Till she finds another
Better forget it
Oh you’ll regret it

And don’t try to change her, just leave it, leave it
You’re not the only one, ooh seeing is believing
It’s the only way
You’ll ever know, oh

No don’t try to change her, just leave it, leave it
You’re not the only one, ooh seeing is believing
It’s the only way
You’ll ever know, oh

She’s an easy lover (she’s a easy lover)
She’ll get a hold on you believe it (get a hold on you)
(She’s) like no other
Before you know it you’ll be on your knees (you’ll be down on your knees)
She’s an easy lover
She’ll take your heart but you won’t feel it (you won’t feel it)
She’s like no other
And I’m just trying to make you see (trying to make you see)

(Collins)

Take that look of worry
I’m an ordinary man
They don’t tell me nothing
So I find out what I can
There’s a fire that’s been burning
Right outside my door
I can’t see but I feel it
And it helps to keep me warm
So I, I don’t mind
No I, I don’t mind

Seems so long I’ve been waiting
Still don’t know what for
There’s no point escaping
I don’t worry anymore
I can’t come out to find you
I don’t like to go outside
They can’t turn off my feelings
Like they’re turning off a light
But I, I don’t mind
No I, I don’t mind
Oh I, I don’t mind
No I, I don’t mind

So take, take me home
Cos I don’t remember
Take, take me home
Cos I don’t remember
Take, take me home
Cos I don’t remember
Take, take me home, oh lord
Cos I’ve been a prisoner all my life
And I can say to you

Take that look of worry, mine’s an ordinary life
Working when it’s daylight
And sleeping when it’s night
I’ve got no far horizons
I don’t wish upon a star
They don’t think that I listen
Oh but I know who they are
And I, I don’t mind
No I, I don’t mind
Oh I, I don’t mind
No I, I don’t mind

So take, take me home
Cos I don’t remember
Take, take me home
Cos I don’t remember
Take, take me home
Cos I don’t remember
Take, take me home, oh lord
Well I’ve been a prisoner all my life
And I can say to you

But I don’t remember
Take, take me home…

Infos générales

Produit par Phil Collins & Robert Colby
INgénieur du son : Paul Gomersall
Mixé by Paul Gomersall & Robert Colby
Remixé à the Townhouse, London ; Linford Manor, Milton Keynes ; Power Station NYC ; Studio 4 Philadelphia ; A&M Los Angeles et The Farm, Surrey

Sorti en Novembre 1990

octopus92

0/5

“Pour fans : Collection de pièces aux synthétiseurs enregistrées entre 1979 et 1989 dans le cadre de documentaires télévisuels. Sorti de ce contexte, cela sonne un peu creux…”

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Sorti en décembre 1989

Anthony Phillips : claviers, guitare

Produit par Anthony Phillips

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4/5

La BO du film scandale de Martin Scorsese – si quelqu’un sait comment ca s’écrit 😉 j’ai la flemme de chercher dans le livret 😉 – La dernière tentation du Christ. La musique est remarquable. Très world music, mais franchement de toute beauté. Ca serait apparemment l’album que Peter préfère de lui et ca l’énerve fortement qu’on considère qu’il s’agit uniquement d’une œuvre secondaire, simplement parce qu’il ne chante pas dessus… Même si je ne l’écoute pas souvent, j’apprécie beaucoup ce disque. C’est le premier disque de Peter sorti sous le label Realworld.

Tracklist

1 : The Feeling Begins

2 : Gethsemane

3 : Of These Hope

4 : Lazarus Raised

5 : Of These Hope – Reprise

6 : In Doubt

7 : A Different Drum

8 : Zaar

9 : Troubled

10 : Open

11 : Before Night Falls

12 : With This Love

13 : Sandstorm

14 : Stigmata

15 : Passion

16 : With This Love – Choir

17 : Wall Of Breath

18 : The Promise Of Shadows

19 : Disturbed

20 : It Is Accomplished

21 : Bread & Wine

Infos générales

Produit par Peter Gabriel.
Ingénieur du son : David Bottrill.
Masterisé par Ian Cooper, Town House Cutting Room.
Mixé par Peter Gabriel et David Bottrill.
Enregistré à Real World Studios, Angleterre.

Sorti en 1989