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domingo, maio 16, 2021

Here comes the flood...

 

Peter Gabriel and Robert Fripp - Here comes the flood

When the night shows
the signals grow on radios
All the strange things
they come and go, as early warnings
Stranded starfish have no place to hide
still waiting for the swollen Easter tide
There's no point in direction
we cannot even choose a side.

I took the old track
the hollow shoulder, across the waters
On the tall cliffs
they were getting older, sons and daughters
The jaded underworld was riding high
Waves of steel hurled metal at the sky
and as the nails sunk in the cloud,
the rain was warm and soaked the crowd.

Lord, here comes the flood
We'll say goodbye to flesh and blood
If again the seas are silent
in any still alive
It'll be those who gave their island to survive
Drink up, dreamers, you're running dry.

When the flood calls
You have no home, you have no walls
In the thunder crash
You're a thousand minds, within a flash
Don't be afraid to cry at what you see
The actors gone, there's only you and me
And if we break before the dawn,
they'll use up what we used to be.

Lord, here comes the flood
We'll say goodbye to flesh and blood
If again the seas are silent
in any still alive
It'll be those who gave their island to survive
Drink up, dreamers, you're running dry.

quarta-feira, maio 16, 2012

Robert Fripp nasceu há 66 anos

Robert Fripp (16 de maio de 1946) é um guitarrista inglês de rock progressivo, famoso por suas técnicas inovadoras no seu instrumento, como o uso de um aparelho denominado Frippertronic que dá a guitarra a capacidade de gerar sons de sintetizadores. É o líder da banda King Crimson. Trabalhou com músicos como Brian Eno, Andy Summers, Peter Gabriel, David Bowie e David Sylvian. Foi considerado o 62º melhor guitarrista de todos os tempos pela revista norte-americana Rolling Stone.

Fripp começou a tocar guitarra (acústica) aos 11 anos, com uma Manguin Frere, passando para uma elétrica aaos 14 anos, com uma Hofner President. Ele teve aulas de teoria musical com uma professora de piano, o que lhe deu bases para um ano depois ter aulas com Don Strike, um bom guitarrista do estilo dos anos 30.
Em nenhum momento Robert se prendeu a algum estilo musical e nunca cultivou ídolos, chegando à dizer que Jimi Hendrix nunca foi um guitarrista; foi apenas um músico que tinha algo a dizer e conseguiu, chegando a duvidar se o mesmo se interessava tanto pelo instrumento de trabalho. Outro alvo do guitarrista inglês foi Eric Clapton, que classificou de um guitarrista meramente banal, que lançou algo interessante e se perdeu com o tempo (declarações à revista Guitar Player de 1974, que foram resposta a rumores destes dois terem sido as suas grandes influências). Robert desenvolveu um estilo único sem se prender ao mainstream, o que lhe gerou alguma antipatia com parte do público, apesar de gozar de extrema reputação no meio especializado.

O trabalho musical de Fripp como profissional começou em 1967, com uma banda formada com Peter Giles e Michael Giles. Sem sucesso, eles formaram, com Greg Lake, Peter Sinfeld e Ian McDonald, os King Crimson, lançando, em 1969, o álbum In the Court of the Crimson King, com moderado sucesso, apesar da inovação que o álbum trazia para o rock da época, lançando depois a banda o disco In the Wake of Poseidon. Já sem Ian Mcdonald, que havia deixado a banda após o primeiro disco, os King Crimson partiriam para uma imensa troca de integrantes, permanecendo Robert Fripp como o único remanescente entre todas as formações, apesar do mesmo não se considerar o líder da banda.
Além do King Crimson, Fripp trabalhou com diversos artistas durante vários anos, podendo-se citar Brian Eno,Peter Gabriel,David Bowie,David Sylvian,Andy Summers,Blondie,Talking Heads e G3.



Peter Gabriel and Robert Fripp - Here comes the flood

When the night shows
the signals grow on radios
All the strange things
they come and go, as early warnings
Stranded starfish have no place to hide
still waiting for the swollen Easter tide
There's no point in direction
we cannot even choose a side.

I took the old track
the hollow shoulder, across the waters
On the tall cliffs
they were getting older, sons and daughters
The jaded underworld was riding high
Waves of steel hurled metal at the sky
and as the nails sunk in the cloud,
the rain was warm and soaked the crowd.

Lord, here comes the flood
We'll say goodbye to flesh and blood
If again the seas are silent
in any still alive
It'll be those who gave their island to survive
Drink up, dreamers, you're running dry.

When the flood calls
You have no home, you have no walls
In the thunder crash
You're a thousand minds, within a flash
Don't be afraid to cry at what you see
The actors gone, there's only you and me
And if we break before the dawn,
they'll use up what we used to be.

Lord, here comes the flood
We'll say goodbye to flesh and blood
If again the seas are silent
in any still alive
It'll be those who gave their island to survive
Drink up, dreamers, you're running dry.



King Crimson - I Talk to the Wind


Said the straight man to the late man  
"Where have you been?" 
I've been here and I've been there 
And I've been in between
 
I talk to the wind  

My words are all carried away  
I talk to the wind  
The wind does not hear, the wind cannot hear
 
I'm on the outside looking inside  

What do I see  
Much confusion, disillusion  
All around me
 
I talk to the wind  

My words are all carried away  
I talk to the wind  
The wind does not hear, the wind cannot hear
 
You don't possess me don't impress me  

Just upset my mind 
 Can't instruct me or conduct me  
Just use up my time
  
I talk to the wind  

My words are all carried away 
I talk to the wind  
The wind does not hear, the wind cannot hear
 
I talk to the wind 

My words are all carried away  
I talk to the wind  
The wind does not hear, the wind cannot hear
 
Said the straight man to the late man  

"Where have you been?" 
I've been here and I've been there  
And I've been in between