13 May 2013
This ever changing post is about Music
For me this is the ultimate Rock & Roll song of my generation; It’s very much about the end of Soviet / post soviet periods.
Still, for me the essence of Rock & Roll music is deep introspective but nevertheless nihilistic bitching; For me the crisis of Rock & Roll goes hand in hand with this approach: it gives relieve to the ailing soul, but it does not give answers. I can see this clearly in the interview with Boris Grebenchekov
Here is my translation of the lyrics:
This Train’s in flames by Boris Grebenshikov
Colonel Vasin got back to the frontline He took along his young wife Colonel Vasin gathered his troops and declared ‘let’s get back to our homes We’re already fighting for seventy years And they taught us that life is a battle It’s the Intel that established as fact Those who we fought were our own selves’
( or rather: Those who we fought were of our own’ )
Saw generals in high places They eat and drink our death Their kids all go crazy Cause there’s nothing for them left to want And the land is left corroded And churches are mixed in with dust If we want that there’s some spot to return to Then now is the time to come home”
This train is in flames, and no levers are left to pull This train is in flames, and there’s no place to run to, This land it was ours, until we got trapped up in the fight As no-mans land it will perish; time to return it to ourselves
Torches burn all around us All demised troops are summoned up And people who shot at our fathers Make plans to finish off with our kids We were born to the sound of the marches They menaced us with gaol But enough, enough of the grovel We have already returned back home
This train is in flames, and no levers are left to pull This train is in flames, and there’s no place to run to, This land it was ours, until we got trapped up in the fight As no-mans land it will perish; time to return it to ourselves
Other songs by the Grebenchikov
I don’t agree with the song, except for one magical phrase:
"Nehmt euch die Freiheit, sonst kommt sie nie!""You Take yourself the freedom, else she will never come" </blockquote> That's it: freedom is always an initiative that fights itself up from below; i guess that has been established - ever since the Magna Carta. and that's the magic of open source software; the freedom to use the computer as it suites you, fought for by geeks like me. (However: most closed systems like phones work on operating systems derived from BSD or Linux; so in the end everything can be corrupted)
Что один человек сделал другой завсегда сломать сможет - Кузнец из "Формулы любви" What is made by one man can always be undone / broken by another Character of Blacksmith from the film "The formula of love"------------------------------------------------------------------------ A very existential song; so much compressed into just a few words. The commercial that says it all, now thats art.Boy: What's for tea, Mum? Grown up: What's for tea, darling? (pause) Darling, I said "what's for tea?" old Gent: What's for tea, daughter? Heinz baked beans------------------------------------------------------------------------ Ost/West Überblick.... graue menschen mit grauen gedanken glotzen auf mich denn ich bin nicht grau. ICH BIN BUNT ICH BIN BUNT ICH LIEBE FARBEN ROT SCHWARZ GRÜN BLAU!!!... gray people with gray thoughts stare at me - cause I'm not gray; I'm colorful; I love colors Red,Black,Green,Blue!!Der Goldene Reiter "neue Behandlungszentren bekämpfen die wirkliche Ursache nie." - "New treatment centers don't deal with the real causes" .... and now we have the "proper East-West perspective" "ich steig aus um wieder da zu sein" "I drop out in order to be back in" Ideal - Berlin ------------------------------------------------------------------------ An amazing song, so many things stuffed into 4 minutes 10 seconds. Wow! Tom Rush - Child's Song ------------------------------------------------------------------------ The Free Design - an amazing band from far far away and very long ago. Wikipedia says that his music is called 'Sunshine Pop' with elements of Jazz, part lullaby (for grown ups who still like Sesame Street); amazing; ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Best song ever. Renaissance - Carpet of the Sun. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ I think that the phrase "I'll keep you warm and you keep me sane" is very clever and deep one, it only appears in the lyrics of the "song Apeman:"http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/format/apeman.html ------------------------------------------------------------------------ A beautiful song [Who knows where the time goes - Fairport Convention](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n2xODjbfYw8) ; Some see this band as part of the [Cantebury scene](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canterbury_scene) ([here](http://www.yourcanterbury.co.uk/leisure/fairport_convention_celebrate_45_years_in_the_business_1_1359660) it is mentioned as such) I find it all very amazing; they are not just banging on the instruments, I mean they are real musicians and poets, all in one ...
"Who knows where the time goes" by Sandy Denny
Across the evening sky, all the birds are leaving
But how can they know it's time for them to go?
Before the winter fire, I will still be dreaming
I have no thought of time
For who knows where the time goes?
Who knows where the time goes?
Sad, deserted shore, your fickle friends are leaving
Ah, but then you know it's time for them to go
But I will still be here, I have no thought of leaving
I do not count the time
For who knows where the time goes?
Who knows where the time goes?
And I am not alone while my love is near me
I know it will be so until it's time to go
So come the storms of winter and then the birds in spring again
I have no fear of time
For who knows how my love grows?
And who knows where the time goes? ------------------------------------------------------------------------