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The Moody Blues
« In Search of the Lost Chord »
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| 1 | Departure 0:44
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| | 2 | Ride my see-saw 3:38
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| | 3 | Dr. Livingstone, I presume? 2:58
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| | 4 | House of four doors 4:12
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| | 5 | Legend of a mind 6:36
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| | 6 | House of four doors, pt.2 1:47
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| | 7 | Voices in the sky 3:25
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| | 8 | The best way to travel 3:14
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| | 9 | Visions of paradise 4:15
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| | 10 | The actor 4:39
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| | 11 | The word 0:48
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| | 12 | Om 5:44
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| | Total playing time: 42:03 |
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Justin Hayward - guitar, sitar, keyboards, percussion, vocals
John Lodge - bass guitar, guitar, cello, vocals
Ray Thomas - flute, saxophone, tambourine, vocals
Mike Pinder - keyboards, guitar, bass guitar, tambura, vocals
Graeme Edge - drums, tablas, spoken parts |
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Decca Studios, January - June |
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| 1. Departure
Be it sight, sound, smell, or touch,
There's something inside, that we need so much.
The sight of a touch, or the scent of a sound,
Or the strength of an oak, with roots deep in the ground.
The wonder of flowers, to be covered, and then to burst up,
Through tarmac, to the sun ag |
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"В поисках утраченного аккорда" является третьим альбомом группы "Муди Блюз", выпущенным в '68 году фирмой Deram records. Фактически, альбом стал продолжением удачного эксперимента "Days of Future Passed", только на сей раз музыканты обошлись без симфонического оркестра, а сами стали, в некотором роде, маленьким студийным "симфоническим оркестром", использовав множество экзотических музыкальных инструментов. Меллотрон Майка Пиндера, можно сказать, заменяет весь симфонический оркестр своим неповторимым звучанием, также присутствуют различные флейты, гитары (в том числе и ситар, ставший популярным после применения его Джорджем Харрисоном в "Битлз"), виолончель и различные клавишные инструменты от фортепьяно до клавесина, ну и не забыть надо про таблы, виолончель и арфу.
Надо сказать, на этот раз The Moodies хотели создать альбом, конечно, не менее симфоничный, но в то же время такой, чтобы можно было играть на концертах самостоятельно (не очень удобно было бы таскать постоянно с собой целый симфонический оркестр).
Альбом создан концептуальным, тема его посвящена поискам, а именно, духовным поискам. На внутреннем развороте The Moodies указаны как участники экспедиции, и слушателю предлагается присоединиться к экспедиции: начинается она со стихов Грэма Эджа "Departure" ("Отправление") и перетекает в забойный рок-н-ролл Джона Лоджа "Ride My See-Saw" ("Прокатись на моей карусели"), при этом, переходя с трека на трек, Грэм Эдж читает текст и в конце истерично смеется. "Dr. Livingstone, I Presume?" ("Я полагаю, Вы - Доктор Ливингстон?"), одна из песен Рэя Томаса для детей, посвящена популярному национальному герою викторианской Британии конца XIX века - миссионеру и исследователю центральной Африки Дэвиду Ливингстону. Дальнейшие поиски приводят нас в "Дом четырех дверей" ("House of Four Doors part 1"), где играют практически все инструменты, используемые на альбоме. Композиция разделена на две части, причем между ними находится ещё одна - "Legend of Mind" Рэя Томаса, посвященная психологу и писателю Тимоти Лири, и при этом одна из двух песен, которая привлекла особое внимание критиков и слушателей (особенно, американских) из-за пропаганды ЛСД.
Вторая сторона пластинки представляет слушателю композиции с участием Джастина Хэйворда (более лиричные и балладные (особый акцент на песню "The Actor")), а также композиции Майка Пиндера и стих Грэма Эджа "The Word", который приводит экспедицию со слушателем, скажем так, к основной, и в то же время, заключительной теме альбома - "Om". Песня несет в себе восточное влияние с многообразным звучанием тех самых инструментов, что перечислены выше мною, и на этом экспедиция заканчивается, и итогом ее стало окончание поиска утраченного аккорда и обретение того самого ключевого слова - "Ом".
Для такого психоделического альбома художник-иллюстратор Фил Траверс, поразивший музыкантов на прошлой работе, нарисовал довольно фантастическую обложку, дополняющую музыкальное сопровождение. На внутренней стороне музыканты поместили Янтру, также указав свое увлечение восточной культурой. В аннотации указывается ещё "Яантра", затем и "Янтра", служащая визуальным представлением "Мантры" и означающая абсолютно совершенную, скоординированную в духовном смысле форму. Символ изображен во всю красу одной стороны разворота, так что есть над чем помедитировать.
Ставлю 9 из 10, "Days of Future Passed" все же сильнее, да и эта работа вполне заслуживает оценку. |
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Without burning a wing; to lie in a meadow
And hear the grass sing; to have all these things
In our memory's hoard, and to use them,
To help us, to find......
2. Ride My See-Saw
Ride, ride my see-saw,
Take this place
On this trip
Just for me.
Ride, take a free ride,
Take my place
Have my seat
It's for free.
I worked like a slave for years,
Sweat so hard just to end my fears.
Not to end my life a poor man,
But by now, I know I should have run.
Run, run my last race,
Take my place
Have this number
Of mine.
Run, run like a fire,
Don't you run in
In the lanes
Run for time.
Left school with a first class pass,
Started work but as second class.
School taught one and one is two.
But right now, that answer just ain't true.
Ah ah ah ah, ah ah ah ah, ah ah ah ah ah
Ah ah ah ah, ah ah ah ah, ah ah ah ah ah
My world is spinning around,
Everything is lost that I found.
People run, come ride with me,
Let's find another place that's free.
Ride, ride my see-saw,
Take this place
On this trip
Just for me.
Ride, take a free ride,
Take my place
Have my seat
It's for free.
Ride, my see-saw.
Ride, ride, ride, my see-saw.
Ride, my see-saw...
3. Dr. Livingstone I Presume
Doctor Livingston, I presume,
Stepping out of the jungle gloom
Into the midday sun.
What did you find there?
Did you stand awhile and stare?
Did you meet anyone?
"I've seen butterflies galore,
I've seen people big and small,
I've still not found what I'm looking for."
We're all looking for someone.
We're all looking for someone.
We're all looking for someone.
Captain Scott, you were so bold,
Now you're looking rather cold
Out there in the snow.
What did you find there?
Did you stand awhile and stare?
Did you meet anyone?
"I've seen polar bears and seals,
I've seen giant Antarctic eels,
I've still not found what I'm looking for."
We're all looking for someone.
We're all looking for someone.
We're all looking for someone.
Columbus, where are you bound?
So you think the world is round.
Sailed off in the blue.
What did you find there?
Did you stand awhile and stare?
Did you meet anyone?
"There are Indians by the score
In many places that I saw.
I've still not found what I'm looking for."
We're all looking for someone.
We're all looking for someone.
We're all looking for someone.
4. House Of Four Doors
Mystery spead it's cloak
Across the sky
We'd lost our way
Shadows fell from trees
They knew why
Then thru the leaves a light broke thru
A path lost for years lead us thru
House of four doors
I could live there forever
House of four doors
Would it be there forever?
Lonliness, the face of pilgrims eyes was known
As the door opened wide
(creak)
Beauty they had found before my eyes to see
To the next door we came
(creak)
Love of music showed in everything we heard
Thru the third door where are we?
(creak)
Enter in all ye who seek to find within
As the plaque said on the last door
(creak)
5. Legend Of A Mind
Timothy Leary's dead.
No, no, no, no, He's outside looking in.
Timothy Leary's dead.
No, no, no, no, He's outside looking in.
He'll fly his astral plane,
Takes you trips around the bay,
Brings you back the same day,
Timothy Leary. Timothy Leary.
Timothy Leary's dead.
No, no, no, no, He's outside looking in.
Timothy Leary's dead.
No, no, no, no, He's outside looking in.
He'll fly his astral plane,
Takes you trips around the bay,
Brings you back the same day,
Timothy Leary. Timothy Leary.
Along the coast you'll hear them boast
About a light they say that shines so clear.
So raise your glass, we'll drink a toast
To the little man who sells you thrills along the pier.
He'll take you up, he'll bring you down,
He'll plant your feet back firmly on the ground.
He flies so high, he swoops so low,
He knows exactly which way he's gonna go.
Timothy Leary. Timothy Leary.
He'll take you up, he'll bring you down,
He'll plant your feet back on the ground.
He'll fly so high, he'll swoop so low.
Timothy Leary.
He'll fly his astral plane.
He'll take you trips around the bay.
He'll bring you back the same day.
Timothy Leary. Timothy Leary.
Timothy Leary. Timothy Leary.
Timothy Leary.
6. House Of Four Doors Part 2
Walking thru that door
Outside we came
Nowhere at all
Perhaps the answers here
Not there anymore
Then in our hearts the light broke thru
A path lost for years is there in view
House of four doors
You'll be lost now forever
House of four doors
Rest of life's life forever.
House of four doors
You'll be lost now forever
House of four doors
Rest of life's life forever.
7. Voices In The Sky
Bluebird, flying high
Tell me what you sing
If you could talk to me
What news would you bring
Of voices in the sky
Nightingale, hovering high
Harmonize the wind
Darkness, your symphony
I can hear you sing
Of voices in the sky
Just what is happening to me
I lie awake with the sound of the sea
Calling to me
Old man, passing by
Tell me what you sing
Though your voice be faint
I am listening
Voices in the sky
Children with a skipping rope
Tell me what you sing
Play time is nearly gone
The bell's about to ring
Voices in the sky
Just what is happening to me
I lie awake with the sound of the sea
Calling to me
Bluebird, flying high
Tell me what you sing
If you could talk to me
What news would you bring
Of voices in the sky
Voices in the sky
Voices in the sky
Voices in the sky
8. The Best Way To Travel
And you can fly
High as a kite if you want to
Faster than light if you want to
Speeding through the universe
Thinking is the best way to travel
It's all a dream
Light passing by on the screen
And there's you and I on the beam
Speeding through the universe
Thinking is the best way to travel
We ride the waves
Distance is gone, will we find out?
How life bean, will be find out?
Speeding through the universe
Thinking is the best way to travel
And you can fly
High as a kite if you want to
Faster than light if you want to
Speeding through the universe
Thinking is the best way to travel
9. Visions Of Paradise
The sounds in my mind just come to me
Come see, come see
And the call of her eyes makes waterfalls
Of me, of me
In the garden of her love I'll stay awhile
To be, to be
What the seeds of her thoughts once mean to me
Come see, come see
Visions of paradise, cloudless skies I see
Rainbows on the hill, blue onyx on the sea
Come see, ah, ah, ah
And the sounds in my mind just come to me
Come see, come see
And the call of her eyes, makes waterfalls
Of me, of me
10. The Actor
The curtain rises on the scene
With someone shouting to be free
The play unfolds before my eyes
There stands the actor who is me
The sleeping hours take us far
From traffic, telephones and fear
Put out your problems with the cat
Escape until a bell you hear
Our reasons are the same
But there's no-one we can blame
For there's nowhere we need go
And the only truth we know comes so easily
The sound I have heard in your hello
Oh, oh, darling, you're almost part of me
Oh, oh, darling, you're all I'll ever see
Ah, ah, ah
It's such a rainy afternoon
No point in going anywhere
The sounds just drift across my room
I wish this feeling I could share
It's such a rainy afternoon
She sits and gazes from her window
Her mind tries to recall his face
The feeling deep inside her grows
Our reasons are the same
But there's no-one we can blame
For there's nowhere we need go
And the only truth we know comes so easily
The sound I have heard in your hello
Oh, oh, darling, you're almost part of me
Oh, oh, darling, you're all I'll ever see
The sound I have heard in your hello
Oh, oh, darling, you're all I'll ever see
Oh, oh, darling, you're almost part of me
Ah, ah, ah
11. The Word
THIS GARDEN UNIVERSE VIBRATES COMPLETE
SOME WE GET A SOUND SO SWEET
VIBRATIONS REACH ON UP TO BECOME LIGHT
AND THEN THRU GAMMA, OUT OF SIGHT
BETWEEN THE EYES AND EARS THERE LIE
THE SOUNDS OF COLOUR AND THE LIGHT OF A SIGH
AND TO HEAR THE SUN, WHAT A THING TO BELIEVE
BUT IT'S ALL AROUND IF WE COULD BUT PERCIEVE
TO KNOW ULTRA-VIOLET, INFRA-RED AND X-RAY
BEAUTY TO FIND IN SO MANY WAYS
TWO NOTES OF THE CHORD, THAT'S OUR FULL SCOPE
BUT TO REACH THE CHORD IS OUR LIFE'S HOPE
AND TO NAME THE CHORD IS IMPORTANT TO SOME
SO THEY GIVE IT A WORD AND THE WORD IS OM
12. Om
The rain is on the roof
Hurry high butterfly
As clouds roll past my head
I know why the skys all cry
OM, OM, Heaven, OM
The Earth turns slowly round
Far away the distant sound
Is with us everyday
Can you hear what it say
OM, OM, Heaven, OM
The rain is on the roof
Hurry high butterfly
As clouds roll past my head
I know why the skys all cry
OM, OM, Heaven, OM