Marianne Faithfull - "There is a Ghost" (album: "Before the Ρoison" - Naïve, 2005)

There is a ghost

And it goes out

On the land

On the land

It's lifted up

It feels and flows

On many hands

On many hands

Oh, my lover

Oh, my lover

Never was there another

Where has my loverman gone

There is a dream

You've had before

And forgot many times

So many times

When you remember who I am

Just call

When you remember who I am

Just call

When you remember who I am

Just call

When you remember who I am

There is a tree

But its leaves have gone

For what it seem

It stands alone

Oh, my lover

Oh, my lover

Go now, gonna find another

Where has my loverman gone

Away, away

Across the land

Across the land

Across the land

("Κρέμομαι εδώ, ακέφαλος, τόσον καιρό. Το σώμα ξέχασε γιατί,
που, πώς συνέβη ό,τι συνέβη, και τα δάχτυλα των ποδιών περπατούν
μέσα σε παπούτσια που δεν έχουν πια σημασία".)

Barry Adamson - "The sweetest embrace" - sung by Nick Cave (album: "Oedipus Schmoedipus" - Mute, 1996)

Our time is done my love
We've laid it all to waste
One thousand moonlit kisses
can't sweeten this bitter taste
My desire for you is endless
and I'll love you 'till we fall
I just don't want you no more
and that's the sweetest embrace of all

To think we can find happiness
hidden in a kiss

Ah, to think we can find happiness
that's the greatest mistake there is
There is nothing left to cling to babe
There is nothing left to soil
I just don't want you no more
and that's the sweetest embrace of all

Ooohhh where did it begin
When all we did was lose
There's nothin' left to win

So lay your weapons down
they serve no purpose in your hands
And if you wanna hold me
then go ahead and hold me
I won't upset your plans
If it's revenge you want
then take it babe
Or you can walk right out the door
I just don't want you anymore
And that's the sweetest embrace of all

Ooohhh where did it begin
When all we did was lose
There's nothin' left to win

It's over babe
And it really is a shame
We are losers you and me babe
In a rigged and crooked game
My desire for you is endless
And I love you most of all
I just don't want you no more
and that's the sweetest embrace of all

(Ένας μακρινός φίλος με ξεκώλιασε σήμερα με μια-δυο απλές κουβέντες.
Και οι σκέψεις άρχισαν να πέφτουν διογκωμένες
σαν χιονόμπαλα σε καρτούν, που πρήζεται κατρακυλώντας.
Ο Barry Adamson το έγραψε, ο Nick Cave τραγουδάει.)

David Shire - "Main Theme" (album: "The Conversation", Atlantic, 1974)

(Soundtrack Π-Σ-Κ.

Τα αγαπημένα μου ή τα πιο σκατένια,

αναλόγως με τα highs and lows. Ξεκινώ από τα lows για να

κρατήσω μέσα μου μια υπόσχεση για ανάταση προοδευτική.

Καλημέρα με David Shire από την ταινιάρα του Φρανσις.

Υπέροχη μελαγχολία. Ελπίζω να βρέξει σήμερα.)

Elmore James - "Something inside me" (album: "Something inside me" - Bell, 1968)

There's something inside me,

that just won't let me be

Something inside me,

that just won't let me be, yeah

My baby is gone and left me,

and my heart's in misery

I wake up early in the mornin',

in my bedroom all alone

I wake up early in the mornin',

in my bedroom all alone

I don't find my baby,

and I wonder, I wonder, where she gone

oh yeah, yeaah

My baby's gone,

and I'm so tired, it's a cryin' shame

Yes, you know I'm so tired, it's a cryin' shame

Ever since she been gone,

you know my life don't feel the same

(O Elmore βέβαια έκλεινε 5 χρόνια στον τάφο όταν η Bell κυκλοφόρησε αυτό το LP, συγκεντρώνοντας όλα αυτά τα 45άρια που είχαν "γλυτώσει" την ανατύπωση. Δεν ξέρω, έσκασε μια βροχή τώρα, και αμέσως μου έσκασε και μένα αυτό εδώ. Η βροχή σηκώνει τα blues, υποθέτω. Cheers.)

Anathema - "Kingdom" (album: "Pentecost III", Peaceville, 1993)

There is

a whole mountain

And a river runs through it

If you split my mountain wide

You would find many rivers

Among flocks

of non-white doves

And non-temptable

mortals

The kingdom is much more real

And the beauty is endless

Only when tightened beyond recall

Is your necklace

a blessing

Leave your pearls in the

sea

You undeserved bitch

You are not worthy of such a treasure

My hand on your heart,

I know there is a beating

In this oh so bleak landscape

There are many mountains

... but not so much water.

My kingdom

My kingdom

My kingdom

My kingdom

My kingdom

My kingdom

(Anathema, από ένα e.p. που κανείς μα κανείς δεν έπιασε στην εποχή του.

Είναι ότι καλύτερο ηχογράφησαν ποτέ, και πιάνει τη μελαγχολία του post-rock

πολλά χρόνια πριν τη γέννεση του (ίσως ούτε οι ίδιοι οι Anathema να μη το αντιλήφθηκαν αυτό), απίστευτα ευαίσθητο και κοφτερό ταυτόχρονα. Κάθε κομμάτι εδω μέσα,

ένα κι ένα για αποθεραπεία. Κι αυτοί οι στίχοι...)

Beyond Dawn - "Life's Sweetest Reward" (album: "Revelry", Misanthropy Records, 1998)

will love leave you senseless

attached to your dreams

in your bittersweet, selfish aroma

paint you hysterical with your ideals

in your own erotic coma

will love leave you trembling alone in your bed

caressed by your skin and your body

scared of the lights of future sunsets

regretting you ever had memory?

will love turn your shyness into verbal disgrace

unable to lie or invent

as pride equals pain, you harden your face

your lips never spoke what they meant

will love paint your eyes red

consuming their faces

hoping they would understand

you watch as they're fading into different places

still wishing you were one of them?

(Ξεκίνησαν το 1992, με αφετηρία το black metal όπως πολλοί Νορβηγοί. Και όπως άλλοι τόσοι, το παράτησαν κρατώντας μόνο τη μινιμαλιστική εμμονοληψία. Το κομμάτι είναι, για μένα, ότι καλύτερο έγραψαν ποτέ. Δεν με θυμάμαι ποτέ, ποτέ, να ακούω αυτούς τους στίχους χωρίς να εισπνέω καπνό. Πάω να την πέσω, έχουμε εκπομπή αύριο.)

Bryan Ferry - "The Only face" (dvd:"Bryan Ferry In Concert - Live In Paris", EMI, 2000)

Havana moon

You got me in the strangest mood

Just me myself no-one else

Could ever be so blue

No backstreet woman

No grand hotel

The only face - out of place

An empty shell

I want to be alone

I want to be alone

Me myself no-one else

I want to be alone

Havana moon

Nobody knows me like you do

Nowhere to turn I never learn

I can't break through

No backstreet woman

No grand hotel

The only face - out of place

An empty shell

I want to be alone

I want to be alone

Me myself no-one else

I want to be alone

You make me nervous

Your telephone

You drive me crazy

I want to be alone

I want to be alone

I want to be alone

Me myself no-one else

I want to be alone

(Η αυθεντική εκτέλεση βρίσκεται στο "Mamouna" του 1994. Για μένα, η αυθεντική εκτέλεση είναι αυτή εδώ. Έτσι πρωτοάκουσα το κομμάτι, στο σπίτι ενός παλιόφιλου που έχουμε χαθεί, όπως συνήθιζε να λέει ο Τζον για τον Πολ. Παράξενη νύχτα σήμερα.)