Στις 9 Ιουλίου η καρδιά του πρόδωσε τον για πολλά χρόνια κιθαρίστα των Motörhead, Würzel (το πραγματικό του όνομα ήταν Michael Burston). Ο Würzel που είχε γεννηθεί στις 23 Οκτωβρίου 1949 ενσωματώθηκε στους Motorhead μαζί με τον Phil Campbell το 1983 και παρέμεινε στο συγκρότημα μέχρι το 1995 συμμετέχοντας ενεργά στη σύνθεση των περισσότερων κομματιών του συγκροτήματος εκείνη την περίοδο. Συμμετείχε στα άλμπουμ των Motorhead: No Remorse (1984), Orgasmatron (1986), Rock 'n' Roll (1987), Nö Sleep at All (1988 ), The Birthday Party (1990), 1916 (1991), March ör Die (1992), Bastards (1993), Sacrifice (1995), BBC Live & In-Session (2005)
Motorhead - Eat The Rich
Motörhead - The One To Sing The Blues
Motörhead - 1916
Το 1987 κυκλοφόρησε το πρώτο προσωπικό του άλμπουμ Bess
Würzel - Bess
Την επόμενη χρονιά ακολούθησε το πειραματικό Chill Out Or Die (The Ambient Album)
Würzel - Electric Wave
Ο Würzel ετοιμαζόταν να παρουσιάσει την παρθενική δουλειά του συγκροτήματος Leader of Down που είχε πρόσφατα σχηματίσει.
Πέρασαν 40 χρόνια από τη μέρα που άφησε στο Παρίσι την τελευταία του πνοή ο Jim Morrison. Η εμβληματική μορφή των The Doors πέρασε στην άλλη πλευρά στις 3 Ιουλίου του 1971, χρονιά που η σημαδεύτηκε με μεγάλες απώλειες στο χώρο της μουσικής. Ο Jim Morrison μαζί με όλα τα άλλα ξεχώριζε για τη μόρφωση και την πνευματική καλλιέργειά του που αποτυπώθηκε αδρά και στην ποίησή του (οι στίχοι του έχουν θέση σίγουρα στην ποίηση και όχι στην απλή στιχοπλοκή). Ελάχιστοι τραγουδιστές κατάφεραν να μετουσιώσουν το ρόλο του frontman πέρα από τη σκηνή και την παρουσίαση του συγκροτήματός τους σε πραγματικό επιδραστικό ηγέτη όσο ο Jim Morrison. Η αναχώρησή του μας στέρησε τη δυνατότητα να έχουμε δείγματα από μια πιο ώριμη φάση του όμως διατήρησε και θα διατηρεί ανεξίτηλη τη μορφή και την προσωπικότητά του στα επόμενα χρόνια.
Ένα εξαιρετικό αφιέρωμα στο Jim Morrison έκανε πριν ένα χρόνο το ArtMag.
The Doors - Spanish Caravan
Carry me Caravan take me away
Take me to Portugal, take me to Spain
Andalusia with fields full of grain
I have to see you again and again
Take me, Spanish Caravan
Yes, I know you can
Trade winds find Galleons lost in the sea
I know where treasure is waiting for me
Silver and gold in the mountains of Spain
I have to see you again and again
Take me, Spanish Caravan
Yes, I know you can
Let's swim to the moon, uh huh
Let's climb through the tide
Penetrate the evenin' that the
City sleeps to hide
Let's swim out tonight, love
It's our turn to try
Parked beside the ocean
On our moonlight drive
Let's swim to the moon, uh huh
Let's climb through the tide
Surrender to the waiting worlds
That lap against our side
Nothin' left open
And no time to decide
We've stepped into a river
On our moonlight drive
Let's swim to the moon
Let's climb through the tide
You reach your hand to hold me
But I can't be your guide
Easy, I love you
As I watch you glide
Falling through wet forests
On our moonlight drive, baby
Moonlight drive
Come on, baby, gonna take a little ride
Down, down by the ocean side
Gonna get real close
Get real tight
Baby gonna drown tonight
Goin' down, down, down
The Doors - Not to Touch The Earth
Not to touch the earth
Not to see the sun
Nothing left to do, but
Run, run, run
Let's run
Let's run
House upon the hill
Moon is lying still
Shadows of the trees
Witnessing the wild breeze
C'mon baby run with me
Let's run
Run with me
Run with me
Run with me
Let's run
The mansion is warm, at the top of the hill
Rich are the rooms and the comforts there
Red are the arms of luxuriant chairs
And you won't know a thing till you get inside
Dead president's corpse in the driver's car
The engine runs on glue and tar
Come on along, not goin' very far
To the East to meet the Czar
Run with me
Run with me
Run with me
Let's run
Whoa!
Some outlaws lived by the side of a lake
The minister's daughter's in love with the snake
Who lives in a well by the side of the road
Wake up, girl, we're almost home
Ya, c'mon!
We should see the gates by mornin'
We should be inside the evenin'
The Doors - My eyes have seen you
My eyes have seen you
My eyes have seen you
My eyes have seen you
Stand in your door
When we meet inside
Show me some more
Show me some more
Show me some more
My eyes have seen you
My eyes have seen you
My eyes have seen you
Turn and stare
Fix your hair
Move upstairs
Move upstairs
Move upstairs
My eyes have seen you
My eyes have seen you
My eyes have seen you
Free from disguise
Gazing on a city under
Television skies
Television skies
Television skies
My eyes have seen you
My eyes have seen you
Eyes have seen you
Let them photograph your soul
Memorize your alleys
On an endless roll
Endless roll [x 15]
The Doors - People Are Strange
People are strange when you're a stranger
Faces look ugly when you're alone
Women seem wicked when you're unwanted
Streets are uneven when you're down
When you're strange
Faces come out of the rain
When you're strange
No one remembers your name
When you're strange
When you're strange
When you're strange
People are strange when you're a stranger
Faces look ugly when you're alone
Women seem wicked when you're unwanted
Streets are uneven when you're down
When you're strange
Faces come out of the rain
When you're strange
No one remembers your name
When you're strange
When you're strange
When you're strange
When you're strange
Faces come out of the rain
When you're strange
No one remembers your name
When you're strange
When you're strange
When you're strange
Yeah, c'mon
When the music's over
When the music's over, yeah
When the music's over
Turn out the lights
Turn out the lights
Turn out the lights, yeah
When the music's over
When the music's over
When the music's over
Turn out the lights
Turn out the lights
Turn out the lights
For the music is your special friend
Dance on fire as it intends
Music is your only friend
Until the end
Until the end
Until the end
Cancel my subscription to the Resurrection
Send my credentials to the House of Detention
I got some friends inside
The face in the mirror won't stop
The girl in the window won't drop
A feast of friends
"Alive!" she cried
Waitin' for me
Outside!
Before I sink
Into the big sleep
I want to hear
I want to hear
The scream of the butterfly
Come back, baby
Back into my arm
We're gettin' tired of hangin' around
Waitin' around with our heads to the ground
I hear a very gentle sound
Very near yet very far
Very soft, yeah, very clear
Come today, come today
What have they done to the earth
What have they done to our fair sister
Ravaged and plundered and ripped her and bit her
Stuck her with knives in the side of the dawn
And tied her with fences and dragged her down
I hear a very gentle sound
With your ear down to the ground
We want the world and we want it...
We want the world and we want it...
Now
Now
Now!
Persian night, babe
See the light, babe
Save us!
Jesus!
Save us!
So when the music's over
When the music's over, yeah
When the music's over
Turn out the lights
Turn out the lights
Turn out the lights
Well the music is your special friend
Dance on fire as it intends
Music is your only friend
Until the end
Until the end
Until the end!
Συμπληρώθηκε χθες 16 Μαΐου ένας χρόνος από το θάνατο του Ronnie James Dio (Ronald James Padavona), που με τη σπάνια πολύτιμη σαν πανάκριβο πετράδι και αντιστρόφως ανάλογη του σωματικού του μεγέθους φωνή βάδισε στα πιο ψηλά μουσικά μονοπάτια και άγγιξε τις καρδιές των φίλων του ροκ και όχι μόνο για πάνω από πενήντα χρόνια.
Η φυσική του απώλεια είναι αδύνατο να εμποδίσει το ξεφύλλισμα της ιστορίας της πορείας του στη μουσική από τους παλιότερους αλλά και όλους όσους θα τον γνωρίσουν μέσα από την κληρονομιά που άφησε.
Γεννήθηκε στις 10 Ιουλίου του 1940 και ξεκίνησε τη μουσική του πορεία στα 15 μόλις χρόνια του συμμετέχοντας σε διάφορα ροκαμπίλυ συγκροτήματα παίζοντας διάφορα όργανα (τρομπέτα, μπάσσο κ.α.) και κάνοντας δεύτερα φωνητικά για να ξεχωρίσει σύντομα για την εξαιρετική φωνή του.
Οι The Vegas Kings που ήταν το πρώτο συγκρότημά του μετεξελίχθηκαν σε Ronnie and the Rumblers και στη συνέχεια σε Ronnie and the Redcaps με τους οποίους εμφανίστηκε για πρώτη φορά στη δισκογραφία το 1958.
Η επόμενη μετεξέλιξή του συγκροτήματός του ήταν οι Ronnie Dio and the Prophets που ο κύκλος τους ξεκίνησε το 1961 και έκλεισε το 1967.
Το 1967 μέλη των Ronnie Dio and the Prophets ιδρύουν τους Electric Elves που στη συνέχεια χρησιμοποίησαν τα ονόματα The Elves και Elf.
Ο Ritchie Blackmore επέλεξε το Ronnie James Dio σαν τραγουδιστή για τους Rainbow που ίδρυσε το 1974 μετά από την αποχώρησή του από τους Deep Purple. Σε αυτούς ο Dio έμεινε μέχρι το 1978 όταν αποχώρησε διαφωνώντας με την εμπορική στροφή του συγκροτήματος.
Επόμενο βήμα στην καριέρα του η συμμετοχή στους Black Sabbath (1979-1982) δίνοντας ώθηση στη φθίνουσα εμπορικά πορεία του συγκροτήματος εκείνη την περίοδο.
Στη συνέχεια σχημάτισε τους που αποτέλεσαν το άρμα για να μεταφέρει τις μουσικές του ιδέες για πολλά χρόνια (1982-1991, 1993-2010(κυρίως ως το 2004))
To 1984 είχε πολύ ενεργό συμμετοχή στο πρότζεκτ Hear'n Aid που κυκλοφόρησε το
κομμάτι We're Stars καταφέρνοντας να συγκεντρώσει πάνω από ένα
εκατομμύριο δολλάρια για τα πεινασμένα παιδιά της Αφρικής
Τον Νοέμβριο του 1990 συμφώνησε να επανέλθει στους Black Sabbath που κυκλοφόρησαν το Dehumanizer (1992).
Στους Black Sabbath ξαναγύρισε το 2006 (το συγκρότημα χρησιμοποίησε την ονομασία Heaven & Hell λόγω της παράλληλης υπάρξεως των B.S. με τον Ozzy Osbourne). Κυκλοφόρησαν ένα στούντιο άλμπουμ ( The Devil You Know-1989) και το
Live from Radio City Music Hall(2007) .
Μετά το θάνατό του έπαιξαν στο High Voltage Festival στις 24 Ιουλίου του 2010 με τραγουδιστές τους Glenn Hughes και Jørn Lande και πρόσφεραν τις εισπράξεις στο ίδρυμα Ronnie James Dio Stand Up and Shout Cancer Fund που συστήθηκε στη μνήμη του.
Το Νοέμβριο του 2010 κυκλοφόρησε το Neon Nights: 30 Years of Heaven & Hell με επιλογές από όλα τά άλμπουμ των Black Sabbath στα οποία συμετέσχε ο R.J.Dio συν την ηχογράφηση της συναυλίας τους στο Wacken στις 30 Ιουλίου του 2009.
Τελευταίο ηχογραφημένο τραγούδι του Ronnie James Dio που κυκλοφόρησε στις αρχές του 2010 ήταν το Εlectra, τραγούδι που θα παρουσίαζαν οι Dio στην περιοδεία τους.
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Έχοντας ένα σπουδαίο παρελθόν οι δημιούργησαν πολύ μεγάλες προσδοκίες στους παλιούς τους φίλους με την αναγγελία της κυκλοφορίας του Facemelter(Μάιος 2010) που ήταν το πρώτο τους άλμπουμ από το 1997. Προσδοκίες που δεν διέψευσαν. Δυστυχώς το Facemelter έμελλε να είναι και το "κύκνειο άσμα" για τον μπασίστα - τραγουδιστή και ιδρυτικό μέλος του συγκροτήματος Phil Kennemore που σε ηλικία 57 χρόνων υπέκυψε στις 7 Ιανουαρίου προσβεβλημένος από καρκίνο του πνεύμονος.
So many times
I was lost in my mind
Searching
For some other place I should be
Wasting my days
Looking everywhere else
Never seeing
That it’s right here in front of me
Now, I can feel it calling me
No more running away, ‘cause I know where I’m meant to be
CHORUS:
I’m coming home
There’s nowhere else I’d rather be now
I’m coming home
Back home where I belong
Night after night
So near, yet alone
Waiting
For that something that calls out to me
Was there somewhere I’d find
A new way, a new start
Just one place
That would open its heart up to me
Now, I can hear it calling me
No more running away, ‘cause I know where I’m meant to be
CHORUS:
I’m coming home
There’s nowhere else I’d rather be now
I’m coming home
Back home where I belong
Yes, I’m coming home
You know I hear it, hear it calling
I’m coming home
Back home where I belong
Now I know where I’m going
Taking the long road back
The closer I get, the more I can see
What home really means
Oh, I can feel it calling me
No more running away
‘Cause I know just where I should be
This is where my heart is
Back home where I belong
I can hear it calling
CHORUS:
I’m coming home
I know, I know I’m coming home
I’m coming home
I’m coming home
There’s nowhere else I’d rather be now
I’m coming home
Back home where I belong, I belong
Oh, I hear you calling
And I’m coming home
He sees her face in the mirror.
But as he turns, she starts to fade.
He hears her footsteps behind him.
But when he looks, she's gone again.
He hears her voice in the darkness.
As he awakes, she calls his name.
He sees her shadow on the wall
and counts her tears in the falling rain.
She has passed away
a long, long time ago.
Why she haunts him to this day,
he'll never know.
Rest, rest in peace.
You have gone, please leave me alone.
Rest, rest in peace.
You must go, heaven is your home now.
Rest, rest in peace.
You have gone, please leave me alone.
Rest, rest in peace.
You must go, heaven is your home now.
Rest, rest in peace.
You have gone, please leave me alone.
Rest, rest in peace.
You must go, heaven is your home now.
Όχι τόσο πρόωρα όσο εκείνος αλλά αρκετά νέος πήγε να συναντήσει τον παλιόφιλό του Phil Lynott ο Gary Moore , που σύμφωνα με την είδηση του BBC πέθανε την ώρα που κοιμόταν σε ξενοδοχείο στην Ισπανία, που βρισκόταν για διακοπές. Ο Βορειοιρλανδός Gary Moore που ξεκίνησε την καριέρα του από την ηλικία των 16 όταν ο PhilL Lynott τον κάλεσε στο Δουβλίνο για να ενσωματωθεί στους Skid Row.
Skid Row - O I'll Tell You Later
Το 1973 κυκλοφορεί το πρώτο προσωπικό άλμπουμ Grinding Stone με την ταυτότητα the Gary Moore Band.
Grinding Stone
Στη συνέχεια γίνεται μέλος των Thin Lizzy και συμμετέχει στο Nightlife (1974)
"I've been searchin' for something I might never find.
I've been looking for something I have left behind.
I've been searching every day in the rising sun.
I've been trying to find my way till the day is done.
I've been searching.
Hm-hm-m-m.
I've been reaching for something I might never touch.
And I've been dreaming of something that I want so much.
I've been counting all the tears in the falling rain.
I've been trying to hide my fears, but it's all the same.
And I don't know if I'll ever pass this way again.
I can't wait until tomorrow.
It's something I might never see.
I can't wait until tomorrow,
for tomorrow never waits for me.
Tomorrow never waits for me.
I can't wait until tomorrow.
It's something I might never see.
I can't wait until tomorrow,
for tomorrow never waits for me.
Tomorrow just won't wait for me.
Tomorrow never waits for me.
I've been searchin' for something I might never find.
And I've been looking for something I have left behind.
I've been counting all the tears in the falling rain.
I've been hiding all my fears, but it's all the same.
And I don't know if I'll ever pass this way again.
I can't wait until tomorrow.
It's something I might never see.
I can't wait until tomorrow,
for tomorrow never waits for me.
I can't wait until tomorrow.
It's not the place I wanna be.
I can't wait until tomorrow,
for tomorrow just won't wait for me."
Το αύριο δεν τον περίμενε...
Θα μας λείπει κάθε μέρα
Λίγο πριν κλείσει τα 70 έφυγε από κοντά μας ο Captain Beefheart (Don Glen Vliet), άλλη μια από της μουσικές ιδιοφυΐες που ξεπρόβαλαν τη δεκαετία το 60. Ο Captain Beefheart που ουσιαστικά είχε απομακρυνθεί από το μουσικό στερέωμα από το 1982 με το συγκρότημά του (The Magic Band) κυκλοφόρησε 12 στούντιο άλμπουμ. Η μουσική του είχε σαν αρχική επιρροή τα μπλουζ αλλά δύσκολα θα μπορούσε να περιθωριοποιηθεί κατατασσόμενη σε κάποια μουσική κατηγορία, γιατί απλωνόταν σε πολύ περισσότερες με περίσσεια άνεση. Δεν είναι καθόλου τυχαία η φιλική του σχέση με το Frank Zappa που του έδωσε και το όνομα Captain Beefheart. Επίσης οι καλλιτεχνικές του ανησυχίες δεν ήταν περιορισμένες στο χώρο της μουσικής αλλά και σε άλλες τέχνες όπως η ζωγραφική και η ποίηση. Δείγματα από πίνακές του μπορείτε να βρείτε στην επίσημη ιστοσελίδα του εδώ, ενώ τους στίχους και ποιήματά του εδώ.
Το BBC έχει κάνει ένα μικρό αφιέρωμα σε αυτόν εδώ.
Safe As Milk
Well my cigarette died when I washed my face
Dropped some drops in an ashtray hit a wrong place
Woman at my blinds to see spiders spinning lines
Its a safe as milk it's a safe as milk
I never heard it put quite that way
The shape I'm in is a gone a way
They called a day they called a day
Yesterday's paper headlines approach rain gutter teasing rusty cat sneezing
Soppin wet hammer dusty and wheezing
Lusty alley whining trashcan blues
Children running after rainbows stocking poor
Gracious ladies nylon hanging on to line
Jumping onto leg looking mighty fine
Sorrows lollipop lands stick-broken on a dark carnival ground
Pop up toaster cracklin
Aluminium rhythm and sound
Ev'ry day pencil lazy and sharp
The icebox inside looking like a harp
E-lectric bulb been out for years
Freezer fumes feed the gas tears
Cheese in the corner with a mile long beard
Bacon blue bread dog eared (repeat twice)
I may be hungry but I sure ain't weird
Ice Cream For Crow
It's so hot
looks like you have three beaks crow
the moon's so full
white hat on a pumpkin
you know there's something
the moon was a stone's throw
stop the show
I need to say hello
to the crow
light the fire piano
the moon showed up
and it started to show
tonight there'd be ice cream
ice cream for crow
ice cream for crow
sun cream by day
ice cream for crow
ice cream by night
ice cream by day
the sun ain't stable
ice cream for crow
crow pants the scarecrow
crow dance ah ho ho
crow dance ah panther
scare crow you answer
you can hee and haw
laugh and scratch
ha ha ha
ha ha ha
boss and toss
don't shake my hand
give me your claw
two tears in a haystack
scarecrow get back
tonight there's gonna be
a feather treatment
beneath the symbol
we'll all assemble
oh how we'll fly
oh how we'll tremble
cut the cake
we'll all get well
turn up the speakers
hop flop squawk
it's a keeper
ice cream for show
ice cream for crow
now now that's it
now you can go
Sure 'nuff 'n Yes I Do
Well I was born in the desert came on up from New Orleans
Came up on a tornado sunlight in the sky
I went around all day with the moon sticking in my eye
Hey hey hey all you young girls wherever you're at
I got a brand new Cadillac I got a Ferrari too
Sure 'nuff baby sure 'nuff 'n yes I do
Got the time to teach ya' now, bet you'll learn some too
Got the time to teach ya' now, bet you'll learn some too
Sure 'nuff baby sure 'nuff 'n yes I do
Hey hey hey all you young girls whatever you do
Hey hey hey all you young girls whatever you do
Well come on by and see me I'll make it worth it to you
.....with me and I'll ..with me and you
Sleep with me and I'll sleep with me and you
Stick with me and I'll stick with me and you
Mirror Man
Mirror man mirror me
Mirror than mirror me
Mirror man mirror than
Mirror land farther than
Mirror day mirror way
Mirror man mirror way
Mirror man mirror me
Mirror man mirror me
Mirror me..(inaudible)...
Mirror dawn dawnin' on me
Crack o dawn mirror dawn
Mirror man mirror gone
Mirror fall down mirror gone down
Mirror girl mirror boy
Mirror frog mirror man
Mirror worm mirror worm
Mirror bird mirror germ
germ..(inaudible)...
Little girl little girl
Little girl little girl
Mirror man mirror me
Mirror man mirror me
Mirror man mirroe me
Mirror man further than
Mirror day mirror way
Mirror man mirror me
Mirror dawn dawnin' on me
Dawnin' on me dawnin' on me
Dawnin' on me dawnin' dawnin'
drum dromb..(inaudible)...
Lead me to your mirror now
Lead me to your mirror then
Lead me to your mirror now
Lead me to your mirror then
Mirror man mirror man
Mirror man mirror man
Mirror you mirror me
Mirror you you're ya go ga..(inaudible)...
Ντοκυμανταίρ του BBC για τον Captain Beefheart (1997)
Τρίτο και τελευταίο(;) άλμπουμ για τους Revolution Renaissance, που ανακοίνωσαν τη διάλυσή τους πριν την κυκλοφορία του Trinity.
Ως αιτία για τη διάλυση ο Timo Tolkki ανέφερε τα προσωπικά του προβλήματα, την απουσία ενδιαφέροντος από τους οργανωτές συναυλιών για να παρουσιάσουν ζωντανά τη δουλειά τους λόγω των γενικότερων συνθηκών που επικρατούν στη μουσική βιομηχανία. "Ένα ροκ συγκρότημα δε μπορεί να υπάρξει χωρίς την άμεση επαφή με τους οπαδούς του" είπε.
Κρίμα...
When love beckons to you, follow him,
Though his ways are hard and steep,
And when his wings enfold you yield to him,
Though the sword hidden among his pinions may wound you.
And when he speaks to you believe in him,
Though his voice may shatter your dreams as the north wind
lays waste the garden.
Years have passed us by
And yet we can't find inner peace
We grieved, we cried
The grass springs from the perished seed
Long dark winter night
Begging for sun to shine
We've lost our sight, our souls, our dreams
How it's meant to be?
Will we ever find our way out of here?
You wake up every morning
And choose a new disguise
To find your piece of easy street
To find a better life
Day by day you lose your hope
Day by day you lie
Blaming all the ones you love
Leaving them behind
I know it's not easy when faith's running dry
Nowhere to cling on and nowhere to hide
I wish I had someone to show me
A way I could see life again through my lost inner child's eyes
But I'm so afraid
Trinity, Trinity, Purify me
Trinity, Trinity, Heal my wounds
Trinity, Trinity, Free my spirit
Trinity, Trinity, Rescue me
Trinity, Trinity, Change my life
Trinity, Trinity, Save my soul
Long is the road
When you've walked on your own
Time's passed me by
I just know I've survived
Long is the road
When you've lost all you truly love
And when I shall die,
Please cut me into little stars
To the blue shores I go
Back to where I once belonged
Σε πλήρη δραστηριότητα ήταν ο Solomon Burke ο επονομαζόμενος "King of Rock 'N' Soul", που έφυγε από κοντά μας πριν λίγες ώρες. Άλλη μια μεγάλη φωνή σίγησε για πάντα. Όπως μας ενημερώνει σχετική είδηση ο Solomon Burke πέθανε στη διάρκεια πτήσεως προς το Άμστερνταμ (νεότερες πληροφορίες αναφέρουν πως άφησε την τελευταία του πνοή μετά την άφιξή του στο αεροδρόμιο). Εκεί ήταν προγραμματισμένη εμφάνισή του στις 12 Οκτωβρίου. Πιθανότερη αιτία είναι καρδιακή προσβολή (στην επίσημη σελίδα του αναφέρεται ότι ο θάνατος οφείλεται σε φυσικά αίτια) Αυτές τις ημέρες θα κυκλοφορούσε και το τελευταίο του άλμπουμ Hold on Tight (σε συνεργασία με τους De Dijkμαζί με τους οποίους ήταν προγραμματισμένο να εμφανισθεί στο Άμστερνταμ). Άλλο ένα άλμπουμ (Nothing's Impossible) είχε κυκλοφορήσει τον Απρίλιο.
Ο βραβευμένος με Grammy, Solomon Burke είχε γεννηθεί στο Μπρούκλιν στις 21 Μαρτίου του 1940.
Αναλυτική βιογραφία του υπάρχει στην επίσημη σελίδα του.
None Of Us Are Free
Well you better listen my sister's and brothers,
'cause if you do you can hear
there are voices still calling across the years.
And they're all crying across the ocean,
and they're cryin across the land,
and they will till we all come to understand.
None of us are free.
None of us are free.
None of us are free, one of us are chained.
None of us are free.
And there are people still in darkness,
and they just can't see the light.
If you don't say it's wrong then that says it right.
We got try to feel for each other, let our brother's know that we care.
Got to get the message, send it out loud and clear.
(Chorus)
It's a simple truth we all need, just to hear and to see.
None of us are free, one of us is chained.
None of us are free.
now I swear your salvation isn't too hard too find,
None of us can find it on our own.
We've got to join together in sprit, heart and mind.
So that every soul who's suffering will know they're not alone.
(Chorus)
If you just look around you,
your gonna see what I say.
Cause the world is getting smaller each passing day.
Now it's time to start making changes,
and it's time for us all to realize,
that the truth is shining real bright right before our eyes.
(Chorus and Fade)
Everybody Needs Somebody To Love
Everybody needs somebody
Everybody Needs Somebody To Love (someone to love)
Sweetheart to miss (sweetheart to miss)
Sugar to kiss (sugar to kiss)
I need you you you
I need you you you
I need you you you in the morning
I need you you you when my soul's on fire
Sometimes I feel
I feel a little sad inside
When my baby mistreats me
I never never never have a place to hide
I need you
Sometimes I feel
I feel a little sad inside
When my baby mistreats me
I never never never have a place to hide
I need you you you
I need you you you
I need you you you
I need you you you
I need you
You know people when you do find that somebody
Hold that woman, hold that man
Love him, hold him, squeeze her, please her, hold her
Squeeze and please that person, give 'em all your love
Signify your feelings with every gentle caress
Because it's so important to have that special somebody
To hold, kiss, miss, squeeze and please
Everybody needs somebody
Everybody needs somebody to love
Someone to love
Sweetheart to miss
Sugar to kiss
I need you you you
I need you you you
I need you you you...
Try a little Tenderness
She may be weary
Women do get weary
Wearing the same shabby dress
And when she's weary
Try a little tenderness
You know she's waiting
Just anticipating things she may never possess
While she's without them,
Try a little tenderness
It's not just sentimental
She has her grief and care
And a word that's soft and gentle
Makes it easier to bear
You won't regret it
Women don't forget it
Love is their whole happiness
It's all so easy
Try a little tenderness
She may be weary
Women do get weary
Wearing the same shabby dress
And when she's weary
Try a little tenderness
You know she's waiting
Just anticipating things she may never possess
While she's without them
Try a little tenderness
It's not just sentimental
She has her grief and care
And a word that's soft and gentle
Makes it easier to bear
You won't regret it
Women don't forget it
Love is their whole happiness
It's all so easy
Try a little tenderness
Cry to me
When your baby leaves you all alone
And nobody calls you on the phone
Ah, don't you feel like crying?
Don't you feel like crying?
Well here I am my honey
Oh, come on you cry to me.
When you're all alone in your lonely room
And there's nothing but the smell of her perfume
Ah don't you feel like crying
Don't you feel like crying?
Ah don't you feel like crying?
Come on, come on cry to me.
Well nothing could be sadder
Than a glass of wine, all alone
Loneliness, loneliness,
it's such a waiste of time
Oh-oh yeah
You don't ever have to walk alone, oh you see
Oh come on, take my hand and baby won't you walk with me?
Oh ya
When you're waiting for a voice to come
In the night and there is no one
Ah don't you feel like crying? (cry to me)
Don't you feel like crying? (cry to me)
Ah don't you feel like a-ca-ca-cra-co-cra-co-cra-cra, (cry to me)
Cra-co-cra-co-cra-cra crying? (cry to me)
Ah don't you feel like a-cra-co-cra-co-cra-cra,
Cra-co-cra-co-cra-cra crying?...
Flesh and Blood
Come sit beside me
that'll do for now
the night has come and left me
just the light that you allow
come speak my name
fill my head with all such foolish dreams
my flesh and blood
is no more real to me
than what it seems
my love for you is burning
like a spark along a fuse
i feel your mark upon me now
as surely as the hand that leaves the bruise
life is for the living
and life comes hard for some
the rest of us with flesh and blood
make it hard all along
all i ever wanted
was the freedom to refuse
or something of my own to love enough
to hate
to lose
the fever in my brain
is leaving smoke behind my eyes
but the part of me that wants to change
fights the part of me that trys
come see the golden light
cause i've turned the gold light on
sometimes god knows
you gotta learn to shine, shine, shine shine, shine gold.
i stepped out of darkness
and for a moment
i'm only living by your kiss your kiss your kiss your kiss your lips your kiss
and now, just for now, our flesh and blood
is more real than this
more real than this..
1. The Word (John Lennon/Paul McCartney) 2. No Time To Live (James Capaldi/Stephen Winwood) 3. Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood (Bennie Benjamin/Gloria Caldwell/Sol Marcus) 4. All My Love (John Baldwin/Robert Plant) 5. Isn’t It A Pity (George Harrison) 6. Wish You Were Here (David Gilmour/Roger Waters) 7. It Don’t Come Easy (Richard Starkey) 8. Maybe I’m Amazed (Paul McCartney) 9. Salt Of The Earth (Michael Jagger/Keith Richards) 10. Nights In White Satin (David Hayward) 11.Why Does Love Got To Be So Sad (Eric Clapton/Bobby Whitlock) 12. Don’t Let The Sun Go Down On Me (Elton John/Bernard Taupin) 13. Love Reign O’er Me (Peter Townshend) (BONUS TRACK)
Nights in white satin, never reaching the end, Letters I've written, never meaning to send. Beauty I'd always missed with these eyes before. Just what the truth is, I can't say anymore.
'Cos I love you, yes I love you, oh how I love you.
Gazing at people, some hand in hand, Just what I'm going through they can't understand. Some try to tell me, thoughts they cannot defend, Just what you want to be, you will be in the end.
And I love you, yes I love you, Oh how I love you, oh how I love you.
Nights in white satin, never reaching the end, Letters I've written, never meaning to send. Beauty I've always missed, with these eyes before. Just what the truth is, I can't say anymore.
'Cos I love you, yes I love you, Oh how I love you, oh how I love you. 'Cos I love you, yes I love you, Oh how I love you, oh how I love you.
Breath deep The gathering gloom Watch lights fade From every room Bedsitter people Look back and lament Another day's useless penny is spent
Impassioned lovers Wrestle as one Lonely man cries for love And has none New mother picks up And suckles her son Senior citizens Wish they were young
Cold hearted orb That rules the night Removes the colours From our sight Red is gray and Yellow white But we decide Which is right And Which is an Illusion
Ο Keith Green δεν πρόλαβε να γιορτάσει πολλές Πασχαλιές, όμως πρόλαβε ν' αλλάξει κυριολεκτικά τη ζωή του και να υμνήσει το Χριστό πριν τον τραγικό χαμό του. Ένα μεγάλο μέρος των τραγουδιών του κυκλοφόρησε μετά το θάνατό του.
"Άκου τις καμπάνες που χτυπούν, Πως να ξαναγενηθείς μπορείς τραγουδούν. Άκου τις καμπάνες που χτυπούν, Πως ανέστη ο Χριστός τραγουδούν..."
Here the bells ringing They're singing that you can be born again Here the bells ringing They're singing Christ is risen from the dead
The angel up on the tombstone Said He has risen, just as He said Quickly now, go tell his disciples That Jesus Christ is no longer dead
Joy to the word, He has risen, hallelujah He's risen, hallelujah He's risen, hallelujah
Hear the bells ringing They're singing that you can be healed right now Hear the bells ringing, they're singing Christ, He will reveal it now
The angels, they all surround us And they are ministering Jesus' power Quickly now, reach out and receive it For this could be your glorious hour
Joy to the world, He has risen, hallelujah He's risen, hallelujah He's risen, hallelujah, hallelujah
The angel up on the tombstone Said He has risen, just as He said Quickly now, go tell his disciples That Jesus Christ is no longer dead
Joy to the world, He has risen, hallelujah He's risen, hallelujah He's risen, hallelujah Hallelujah
Μερικά από τα πιο χαρακτηριστικά κομμάτια των The Seeds (αργότερα χρησιμοποίησαν το όνομα Sky Saxon and The Seeds) του συγκροτήματος του Sky Saxon, που έφυγε από τη ζωή στις 25 Ιουνίου. Οι Seeds ήταν ένα από τα κορυφαία συγκροτήματα του Garage Rock και είχαν μεγάλη επιρροή στα punk συγκροτήματα της δεκαετίας του 70. Ο Sky Saxon εξακολούθησε να παραμένει ενεργός μουσικά σε όλη τη διάρκεια της ζωής του. Είχε επισκεφθεί τη χώρα μας για συναυλίες αρκετές φορές ενώ πρόσφατα (2008) συνεργάστηκε με τους The Smashing Pumpkins στο τραγούδι Superchrist. Αναλυτική βιογραφία του μπορείτε να βρείτε στην επίσημη σελίδα του.
Sky Saxon and The Seeds - Pushin' Too Hard
You're pushin' too hard, you're pushin' on me, You're pushin' too hard, what you want me to be, You're pushin' too hard, about the things you said, You're pushin' too hard every night and day, You're pushin' too hard, you're pushin' too hard, On me...
Well all I want is to just be free, Live my life the way I wanna be, All I want is to just have fun, Live my life like it's just begun, But you're pushin' too hard, pushin' too hard, On me...
You better listen girl what I'm telling you, You better listen girl, or we are through, You better stop all your foolin' around, Stop the runnin' all over town. 'Cause you're pushin' too hard, pushin' too hard, On me...
Well I know there's not a fish in the sea, I know some wouldn't stay by me, So if you ever don't think I'm gonna try, You better ask yourself a reason why, 'Cause you're pushin' too hard, pushin' too hard, On me...
Pushin' too hard, pushin' too hard, pushin' too hard, pushin' too hard on me... Pushin' too hard, pushin' too hard, pushin' too hard, pushin' too hard on me... ---O---O---O---
The Seeds - Can't Seem To Make You Mine
I can't seem to make you mine Kissing all around all the time Flying around like a bee Hurtin' everything you see
I try everything I know, oh To make you wanna love me so, oh The only things you do, oh Is try to put the hurt on me, oh
Can't you see what you're doin' to me You fill my heart with misery With every breath every step I take I'm more in love with you
Oh I can't go on like this A little bit of love and not one kiss I've gotta have your love every day One never fade and stay, oh
Can't you see what you're doin' to me You fill my heart with misery With every breath, every step I take I'm more in love with you, oh
I can't seem to make you mine, oh I can't seem to make you mine, oh Kissing all around all the time I can't seem to make you mine, oh Flying around like a bee Hurting everything you see
I can't seem to make you mine, oh I can't seem to make you mine, oh I can't seem to make you mine I can't seem to make you mine.
---O---O---O---
The Seeds - The wind blows your hair
Were up the sidewalk runnin down the street Showin our love to the world we meet Your days comin sunshine’s begun Big machines are starting to hum And the wind blows your hair
Two little children come walking by looking just like you and I Colored by some beautiful people Flowers growin round the church house steeple And the wind blows your hair
I've a feelin we've been here before Angels singing as we pass through the door Hand in hand we walk down the aisle See their faces their starting to smile their starting to smile
in my eyes I’m starting to cry this is not a dream of you and I I’ve never been this happy before Hand in hand we walk out the door And the wind blows your hair
Rice is falling on us everywhere The scent of flowers uh fill the air Children laughing out in the street Everyone’s happy that we meet And the wind blows your hair And the wind blows your hair And the wind blows your hair… hair …hair ….hair… hair.
---O---O---O--- The Seeds - It's a Hard Life
Everybody sitting over there, near the hot lights say yeah (yeah) It's a hard life when you work from nine to five Can't make enough to keep your poor self alive It's a hard life when you can't pay your rent None of your friends will borrow you a cent Sometimes you get so tired that you can't go on You know a starvin' man won't run and bark Go on try try try again Get yourself back in shape again Go on try try try again Get yourself out of that fix you're in It's a hard hard life Hang on for your life Hang on baby, try try try It's a hard life when you drive you're Cadillac Finance man is threatening to take it back It's a hard life when the man say go to jail None of your friends will throw you bail It's a hard hard life Hang on for your life Hang on try try try try...... Hang on try try try try try......... ---O---O---O--- The Seeds -Mr Farmer
See the farmer on the other side of town He's always working hard 'til the sun goes down He's up every morning right on five, a wanting green seeds just to come alive, But he don't wear a no farm clothes, he's always using a rake and hoe, But his seeds are starting to grow, like a big stalk up through the sky .
He used to live in an apartment in a big old city With thick and priestly windows built right in it But he decided to move to a little tiny town He wanted to be a farmer all year round And on a country road where you can't see a thing He's got five acres filled with little green things, he said He's working so hard all night and day.
Mr. Farmer let me watch your crops Mr. Farmer let me water your crops Mr. Farmer let me harvest your crops I want to have a dream come true I said a farmer, farmer, farmer I want to be just like you
See the farmer a walking down town, always draws a crowd when he's around He's always wearing seedy clothes, he's shows them off where ever he goes You can spot him anywhere, got a bright pink thumb but he don't care, I said, he looks like something from a very bad dream.
Mr. Farmer let me watch your crops Mr. Farmer let me water your crops Mr. Farmer let me harvest your crops Mr. Farmer let me save your crops
I said, a farmer, farmer, farmer… ---O---O---O---
The Seeds - The March of the Flower Children
Come on along and go with me Back into your dreams Come on along and go with me Travel to your time Take you anywhere at all Said come on back and see the Nile Said come on along and dream with me Back in history Back a century Back to dreams with me March, march, march with me Past the crooked forest Through the field of flowers Away from all the dragons Where the sky is painted golden yellow Come on along and go with me through the fairy castle now Come on along and go with me Back when you were a child Marching through the flowers Playing all the while Child of yesterday The world began its dream for man A circus filled with love and clowns and animals Playing round and round Out there ---O---O---O---
The Seeds - Nobody Spoil My Fun
You know there's always someone Who wants to spoil your fun When your fun has just begun
So I'm going to find some little girl And we're going to go on the run I'm going to take her down to broadway Where the lights and the music are gay Gonna teach her how to play Every night and every day
'Cause I want Yes, I want Nobody spoil my fun
You know I'm gonna dress her up, real fine So much, your going to blow your mind And then she's gonna put her high-boots on You know you want to go along I'm going to show her how to lose Her baby baby blues And then I'm going to give her love A love she really can use
'Cause I want Yes, I want Nobody spoil my fun
You know I'm going to find me a place Where the band plays night and day
And where every policeman who's calling They don't get in at all And where if you, a pound on the wall A no one cares at all And the phone ringing out in the hall Just tore it right off the wall
'Cause I want Yes, I want Nobody spoil my fun
You know we're going to dance all the night and day No matter what the people say And when the sun comes shining through There'll just be me and you And when I want to hold you tight And a no one will say, it ain't right And when I go and kiss your lips Gonna send ya on your trip
'Cause I want Yes, I want Nobody spoil my fun
Yeah, I'm with you baby I don't want nobody To spoil our fun Come on down Down to Broadway Where the lights And the music Are so gay Gonna teach ya How to play Yeah, every night And every day It's alright Yeah, come on Come on
+++ 18 χρόνια κλείνουν σήμερα από το θάνατο του Johnny Thundersστις 23 Απριλίου του 1991. Ο Johnny Thunders έγινε γνωστός από τη συμμετοχή του στουςNew York Dolls αλλά και η μετέπειτα πορεία του δικαίωσε τη φήμη που είχε αποκτήσει.
Johnny Thunders - In Cold Blood
Well, I was raised in the street A city boy if you please I probobly forgot more, than you'll ever be No doubt about it
You gotta (bop?) down, down the street Hey! You afraid of those creeps? Guardian angles are what we need New York city police are so sweet
In cold blood In cold blood
Well you probobly think im pretty mad just because i like it down there well dont you worry dear you'll never end up dead
in cold blood
Well no one here gets out alive livin here its suicide Avanue A you might survive Riverton you'll finally die
in cold blood in cold blood
---- Johnny Thunders - So Alone
Well I'll just tell you what you wanna hear I won't break your girlish fears I try to get close, I couldn't get near If I tell you too much, baby, I'll get smeared
Said red light, green light You never stop Always tryin’ to word me out Now I know, what you’re boppin’ about I'll just tell you what you wanna hear If I tell you too much, baby, I'll get smeared
(spoken) Seems like everytime I try to love somebody It's that same old story I try so hard I give it everything I got But in the end I'm the one whos
I'm so all alone I'm so alone I'm so all alone I'm so alone ----
New York Dolls - Looking for a Kiss
I always seen you, just before the dawn When all the other kids, where just draggin along I couldn't believe the way it seemed to be Rememberin the things, you used to say to me
(About...) You know I can't be wastin time Cus gotta get my fun I got to keep on movin Cant stop til it's all done
Listen when I tell ya, you got no time for fix Cus I just gotta make it, cant afford to miss And there's one reason, I'm tellin you this I feels bad.... And I'm lookin for a kiss
Why wontcha tell me, why those kids are moving so slow Is it just because they dont have no place to go When the day starts breakin, the sun is gonna shine It's hard to sleep, when I been cryin
(And...) All you ladies are on Yor way to church (I'm beggin) Will I just be a' roamin Lookin for the thing that I search
Listen when I tell ya, you got no time for fix Cus I just gotta make it, cant afford to miss And there's one reason, I'm tellin you this I feels bad.... And I'm lookin for a kiss
Well I been lookin for a real hot kiss... You think it's bad, but you know that its true So why don't let me live baby When I'm lookin for a kiss
When everyone goes to your house, they shoot up in your room Most of them are beautiful, but so obsessed with gloom I aint gonna be here, when they all get home They're always lookin at me, they wont leave me alone
I didnt come here, lookin for no fix (I know...) I been houndin the street all night late baby Justa lookin for a kiss
I been fixin a kiss
I didnt come here, lookin for no fix (I know...) I been haulin booty, all night long Just lookin for a kiss -----
29 χρόνια συμπληρώνονται σήμερα από τη μέρα του θανάτου του αξέχαστου τραγουδιστή των AC/DC, Bonn Scott στις 19 Φεβρουαρίου του 1980 *********************************************************************** Let There Be Rock
In the beginning Back in nineteen fifty five Man didn't know 'bout a rock 'n' roll show 'N all that jive The white man had the schmaltz The black man had the blues No one knew what they was gonna do But Tschaikovsky had the news, he said
Let there be sound, and there was sound Let there be light, and there was light Let there be drums, there was drums Let there be guitar, there was guitar, ah Let there be rock
And it came to pass That rock 'n' roll was born All across the land every rockin' band Was blowin' up a storm And the guitar man got famous The business man got rich And in every bar there was a superstar With a seven year itch There was fifteen million fingers Learnin' how to play And you could hear the fingers pickin' And this is what they had to say
Let there be light, sound, drums, 'n guitar, ah Let there be rock
One night in a club called the Shakin' Hand There was a 42 decibel rockin' band And the music was good And the music was loud And the singer turned and he said to the crowd
Let there be rock
********************* Little Lover
Saw you in the front row Moving to the beat Just movin' and groovin' Killed me when I saw The wet patch on your seat Was it Coca Cola? Oh baby I hope you liked the show When the band said goodnight I had to say hello
Little lover, I can't get you off my mind, no Little lover, I've been trying hard to find Someone like you
Oh baby you sure looked sweet Cruisin' A leg either side Of my motorcycle seat Just oozin' Could have been a nightmare Could have been a dream But on my way home, baby I thought I heard you scream
Little lover, I can't get you off my mind Little Lover, oh I tried so hard to find Someone to give me the things that I need, ah
Little lover, I can't get you off my mind, no Little Lover, oh I tried so hard to find Someone like you
You had my picture on your bedroom wall Next to Gary Glitter, yeah I was standing on the stage playing rock 'n' roll I was a guitar picker, yeah Never had a record Never had a hit Ooh baby, you didn't mind a bit
Little lover, I can't get you off my mind Little Lover, you know I tried so hard to find Someone like you, you, you Baby I know you're a
Little lover, ooh
********************* Girls got Rhythm
I been around the world, I've seen a million girls Ain't one of them got, what my lady she's got She stealin' the spotlight, knocks me off my feet She's enough to start a landslide Just walkin' down the street Wearin' dresses so tight, and lookin' dynamite About to blow me out No doubt about it, can't live without it
The girl's got the rhythm The girl's got the rhythm She got the back seat rhythm The girl's got the rhythm
She's like a lethal brand, too much for any man She gives me first degree, she really satisfies me Love me till I'm legless, achin' and sore Enough to stop a freight train Or start the Third World War You know I'm losin' sleep, but I'm in too deep Like a body needs blood No doubt about it, can't live without it
The girl's got the rhythm The girl's got the rhythm She got the back seat rhythm The girl's got the rhythm
You know she moves like sin, and when she lets me in It's like liquid love No doubt about it, can't live without it
The girl's got the rhythm The girl's got the rhythm She got the back seat rhythm The girl's got the rhythm
She really got the rhythm She got the backseat rhythm Rock 'n' roll rhythm The girl's got the rhythm
********************* Whole lotta Rosie
Wanna tell you a story 'Bout a woman I know I come to lovin' Oh she steals the show
She ain't exactly pretty Ain't exactly small Fort'two thirt'nine, fiftysix You could say she got it all
Never had a woman Never had a woman like you Doing all the things Doing all the things you do
Ain't no fairy story Ain't no skin and bones But you give it all you got Weighin' in at nineteen stone
You're a whole lotta woman A whole lotta woman Whole lotta Rosie Whole lotta Rosie Whole lotta Rosie And you're a whole lotta woman
Honey you can do it Do it to me all night long Only one who turn Only one who turn me on All through the night time And right around the clock Ooh, to my surprise Rosie never stops
She was a whole lotta woman Whole lotta woman Whole lotta Rosie Whole lotta Rosie Whole lotta Rosie A whole lotta woman
που σε ηλικία 57 χρόνων υπέκυψε στις 7 Ιανουαρίου προσβεβλημένος από καρκίνο του πνεύμονος. 
