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Axel Rudi Pell
« Diamonds Unlocked »
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1 | The Diamond Overture
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| 2 | Warrior (RIOT)
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| 3 | Beautiful Day (U2)
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| 4 | Stone (CHRIS REA/THE LAW)
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| 5 | Love Gun (KISS)
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| 6 | Fools Game (MICHAEL BOLTON)
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| 7 | Heartbreaker (FREE)
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| 8 | Rock The Nation (MONTROSE)
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| 9 | In The Air Tonight (PHIL COLLINS)
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| 10 | Like A Child Again (THE MISSION)
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| 11 | Won't Get Fooled Again (THE WHO) |
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Axel Rudi Pell - guitars
Johnny Gioeli - vocals
Mike Terrana - drums
Ferdy Doernberg - keyboards
Volker Krawczak - bass |
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| 1. The Diamond Overture (инструментал)
2. Warrior
Into the darkness that all men must face
Within the brief hours, of your life here on Earth
Pain thrashed into his life, the great prince stood firm
Behind his high and mighty shield, awaiting his turn
Shield at his side, cloak across his |
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ОЧЕНЬ трудно испортить классические песни. Но можно, если стараться.
Как пациент, страдающий зеркальным синдромом, или мартышка с очками, Руди Пелл, похоже, не способен мыслить индивидуально.
Jorn записал крутой образчик кавер-альбома, и Пеллу очень захотелось добиться подобного признания. А потому он записал нечто подобное. Но увы, что дозволено Юпитеру...
Унылый и скучный звук, невыразительные аранжировки. Даже выдающиеся поп-номера, типа "In the Air Tonight" он и то превращает в унылую кашу. Балладой стала "Love Gun", а яркая "Fools Game" стала чем-то вообще непонятным.
Увы, но эта попытка оказалась ущербной. |
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Ну, этого стоило ожидать! Старина Аксель (после, откровенно слабого последнего студийника "Mystica" (2006), который не ругал только ленивый) просто решил, не мудрствуя лукаво, выпустить альбом каверов и классических вещей, как говорится, "всех времен и народов" и не дать забыть о себе раздосадованным фанатам. С задачей он справился на все 100% Да... Если уж Аксель за что-то берется, то делает он это качественно! Вещи подобраны то что надо. Идеальный звук, сведение. Голос Джонни Джиоэлли, кажется, звучит ещё свежее и мощнее. Гитара в руках Акселя, как всегда, бесподобна. Всё хорошо, только почему-то невольно закрадывается вопрос: "...а для чего всё это?" Лично для меня это альбом (при всех его положительных моментах) - исключительно для одноразового прослушивания, и никакой художественной ценности он не имеет. Если на предыдущих пластинках Акселя великолепно сыгранные каверы (как минимум, не хуже оригинала!) разбавляли отличный собственный материал, то выход такого "релиза" навевает грустные мысли о том, что не всё в стане немецких классиков металла в порядке. Чем продиктован выход этого, по сути, "безыдейного" альбома? Желанием выпустить заведомо отлично продаваемый продукт (с подачи лейбла), или же лавры коммерчески успешных Helloween с их "Metal Jukebox", не дают Пеллю покоя... В общем, каждый ответит на этот вопрос для себя сам, хотя, может быть, я преувеличиваю, и не всё так плохо, и через пару лет мы снова услышим новый добротный, полноценный студийник, не хуже, по крайней мере, чем "Kings And Queens" (2004). Хотелось бы надеяться... |
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Вот он, долгожданный, с нетерпением ждал его я. Альбом каверов. Было интересно услышать, как звучат хиты разных лет в исполнении Aкселя и ко. Первый и единственный альбом, на котором песни не написаны самой группой. На мой взгляд, справились они, как всегда, неплохо. Всё начинается с традиционной заставки авторства Пеля (такие заставки встречали нас на каждом альбоме) - хорошее начало, втягивающее нас в происходящее. Песни выбраны удачно, намного удачнее, чем когда-то Helloween выбрали для своего "Metal Jukebox"... Оно и понятно, Аксель никогда не подводит. Могу выделить треки "Warrior" (как всегда, динамичная и быстрая песня), "Beautiful Day", "Stone" и красивая "In The Air Tonight", а также "Love Gun" от Kiss, как самые лучшие. Остальной материал, как я уже писал, тоже не подкачал. Мне лично понравилось всё. От первого до последнего. Обложка замечательная, игра музыкантов и голос Джонни Джиоэлли тоже, всегда его считал самым лучшим голосом металла (может, со мной, конечно, кто-то не согласится). Тут он стал даже как-то ещё разнообразнее петь, короче, лучше, чем могло быть. Данный диск, по-моему, стоит внимания поклонников и не только, потому что тут всё действительно хорошо. От меня он получает высокую оценку. |
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His love and his life, they put him through the test
Shine on, shine on, in all of your glory
Shield all your fears, release all your fury
Shine, shine on, through the darkness and the pain
Shine, shine on, Warrior
Shine, shine on, through the wind and the rain
Shine, shine on, Warrior
Shield at his side, cloak across his breast
His love and his life, they put him to the test
Shine on, shine on, in all of your glory
Shield all you fears, release all your fury
Shine, shine on, through the darkness and the pain
Shine, shine on, Warrior
Shine, shine on, through the wind and the rain
Shine, shine on, Warrior
Shine, shine on, shine on
3. Beautiful Day
The heart is a bloom, shoots up through the stony ground
But there's no room, no space to rent in this town
You're out of luck and the reason that you had to care
The traffic is stuck and you're not moving anywhere
You thought that you'd found a friend to take you out of this place
Someone you could lend a hand in return for grace
It's a beautiful day
The sky falls and you feel like
It's a beautiful day
Don't let it get away
You're on the road but you've got no destination
You're in the mud, in the maze of her imagination
You love this town even if that doesn't ring true
You've been all over and it's been all over you
It's a beautiful day
The sky falls and you feel like
It's a beautiful day
Don't let it get away
Touch me, take me to the other place
Teach me, I know I'm not a hopeless case
See the world in green and blue
See China right in front of you
See the canyons broken by cloud
See the tuna fleets clearing the sea out
See the bedouin fires at night
See the oil fields at first light and
See the bird with a leaf in her mouth
After the flood all the colours came out
It's a beautiful day
The sky falls and you feel like
It's a beautiful day
Don't let it get away
Touch me, take me to the other place
Teach me, I know I'm not a hopeless case
What you don't have you don't need it now
What you don't know you can feel it somehow
What you don't have you don't need it now
Need it now
It's a beautiful day
The sky falls and you feel like
It's a beautiful day
Don't let it get away
Touch me, take me to the other place
It's a beautiful day
Don't let it get away
4. Stone
Tangled dream and endless highways
Bang the drum in a foreign land
Sometimes I wonder just what I'm chasing
When all I need is the touch of your hand
But I've got no fixed abode I'm out of my own
Babe it gets so cold
Without your love I'm just a stone
Without your love I'm just a stone
Without your love
We all laugh and the jokes get wilder
Staying up, staying out
When we're drinking fade away into the morning
And the strangest cold eats deeper still
But I've got no fixed abode I'm out of my own
Babe it gets so cold
Without your love I'm just a stone
Without your love I'm just a stone
Without your love I'm just a stone
Without your sweet kiss I'm gone forever and
Without your touch I have no control
Without your love I'm just a looser
Without your love I'm just a stone
I'm just a stone without your love
I'm just a stone
Without your love I'm just a stone
Without your love I'm just a stone
Without your love I'm just a stone
Without your love, without your love
Without your love I'm just a stone
5. Love Gun
I really love you baby
I love what you've got
Let's get together we can get hot
No more tomorrow, baby
Time is today
And girl I can make you feel okay
No place for hidin' baby
And no place to run
And you pull the trigger of my
Love gun, love gun, love gun
And you can't forget me baby
Don't try to lie
And you'll never leave me, mama
So don't try
And I'll be a gambler, baby
Lay down the bet
When we get together, mama
You'll sweat
No place for hidin' baby
And no place to run
And you pull the trigger of my
Love gun, love gun, love gun
Love gun, love gun, love gun
No place for hidin' baby
And no place to run
And you pull the trigger of my
Love gun, love gun, love gun
Love gun, love gun, love gun
6. Fools Game
When I met you, oh
You know at first you had me so confused
I used to lay awake at night
Just copin' with the feelings I so long refused, yeah
Well I surrendered my love
I saw you turn your love from cold to ice, darlin'
I put my heart on the line for you, yeah
I put my heart on the line, yeah
First you take me to the highest ground
Then you keep me hanging like some foolish clown
It's such a fool's game, yeah
It's such a fool's game
I keep playing such a fool's game, yeah
I keep on playin', I keep on playin' this fool's game
I can't take another sleepless night
It's time to light the fire down inside of you
I don't mind, I have the sun on my back
To get a feeling that you never knew, you never knew
Got the secret in the palm of your hands
Will you keep it woman, will you break this man
It's such a fool's game
Girl I know you're playing a fool's game, yeah
It's such a fool's game
You keep playing such a fool's game
Fool's game
Girl I know, you're playin' full time
But I may be too late, when you make up your mind
A fool's game
I keep playing such a fool's game
Got me playing this fool's game
Forever keep on playin'
I keep playing this fool's game, yeah
You got me caught up, you got me caught up in this fool's game
Oh, I got my heart in the line
You got me caught in this fool's game
You keep on playin', you keep on playin' this fool's game
I got my heart in the line, my heart in the line
Uh, fool's game
You got me playinh this fool's game
Fool's game
7. Heartbreaker
Well my maker
Must have been a hard heartbreaker
I said my maker
Must have been a hard heartbreaker
I'll tell you why
I'll tell you why
I'm breaking my own heart
Yes I am, tryin'... to love a faker
Heartbreaker
Like a blind man
My little house is on fire
Just like a blind man
My little house is on fire, is on fire
I'm burning my own eyes out
Tryin'... to reach the door
Tryin'... to love a faker
Well the sun is shining
But it sure don't seem to reach my heart
Well the sun is shining
But it sure, it sure don't seem to reach my heart
I'm wasting my whole life
Tryin'... to make a new start
Make a new start
Make a new, a new start
Make a new, make a new start
8. Rock The Nation
All Right! Come on, now! Oooh yeah!
Here we go now!
Got it in me, I've got it in me
Ain't gonna quit until it all comes out
Gonna do it, ain't nothin' to it
Just shake my hips, throw my head
Back and shout
Been a long education
But my homework is done
I'm gonna rock the nation
Just-a wanna have fun, yeah!
Have some fun
Gonna shake it and I ain't gonna break it
I'm gonna show you what it's all about
Got it in me, I got it in me
Ain't gonna quit until it all comes out
Been a long education
But my homework is done
I'm gonna rock the nation
Just-a wanna have fun, fun, fun!
Got it in me, got it in me
Don't wanna quit until it all comes out
Gonna shake it babe, ain't gonna break it
I'm gonna show ya' what it's all about
Been a long education
But my homework is done
I'm gonna rock the nation
Rock the nation, rock the nation
Rock, rock, rock, rock, rock, rock, rock, rock nation
Wanna have fun
9. In The Air Tonight
I can feel it coming in the air tonight, oh lord
Ive 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
Ive seen your face before my friend
But I dont 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 youve been
Its all been a pack of lies
And I can feel it coming in the air tonight, oh lord
Ive been waiting for this moment for all my life, oh lord
I can feel it in the air tonight, oh lord, oh lord
And Ive been waiting for this moment all my life, oh lord, oh lord
Well I remember, I remember dont worry
How could I ever forget, its the first time, the last time we ever met
But I know the reason why you keep your silence up, no you dont fool me
The hurt doesnt show; but the pain still grows
Its no stranger to you or me
And I can feel it coming in the air tonight, oh lord...
10. Like A Child Again
Im not scared anymore
Im not scared of the dark when I sleep with you
And Im feeling alive
And Im feeling strong again when Im with you
And it hits me
Just like a runaway train
And it blows me away
Just like a hurricane
You can make me happy and I hope you feel the same
You make me feel just like a child, a child again
Im not trapped anymore
Between madonna and the whore when I lay with you
And the days run away
Like wild horses run away when Im with you
And Im breathing you in
Just like the morning air
And Im wrapping you around
Just like a skin to wear
Oh sweet thing
Im born once again
For you sweet thing
Just like a baby again
You make me happy and I hope you feel the same
And Im in heaven and it feels like a gentle rain
You make me happy and I want you to feel the same
You make me feel just like a child
A child again
11. Won't Get Fooled Again
We'll be fighting in the streets
With our children at our feet
And the morals that they worship will be gone
And the men who spurred us on
Sit in judgement of all wrong
They decide and the shotgun sings the song
I'll tip my hat to the new constitution
Take a bow for the new revolution
Smile and grin at the change all around
Pick up my guitar and play
Just like yesterday
Then I'll get on my knees and pray
We don't get fooled again
The change, it had to come
We knew it all along
We were liberated from the foe, that' all
And the world looks just the same
And history ain't changed
'Cause the banners, they all flown in the last war
I'll tip my hat to the new constitution
Take a bow for the new revolution
Smile and grin at the change all around
Pick up my guitar and play
Just like yesterday
Then I'll get on my knees and pray
We don't get fooled again
No, no!
I'll move myself and my family aside
If we happen to be left half alive
I'll get all my papers and smile at the sky
For I know that the hypnotized never lie
Do ya?
Yeaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!
There's nothing in the street
Looks any different to me
And the slogans are replaced, by-the-bye
And the parting on the left
Is now the parting on the right
And the beards have all grown longer overnight
I'll tip my hat to the new constitution
Take a bow for the new revolution
Smile and grin at the change all around
Pick up my guitar and play
Just like yesterday
Then I'll get on my knees and pray
We don't get fooled again
Don't get fooled again
No, no!
Yeaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!
Meet the new boss
Same as the old boss