Holes

O Mercury Rev mostrando que sabem fazer ao vivo. Mais uma música do sublime álbum Deserter's Songs.



Time, all the long red lines, that take
Control, of all th smoke-like streams that flow into your
Dreams, that big blue open sea, that can't be
Crossed, that can't be climbed, just born
Between, oh the two white lines, distant gods and faded
Signs, of all those blinking lites, you had to pick the one tonight...

Holes, dug by little moles, angry jealous
Spies, got telephones for eyes, come to you as
Friends, all those endless ends, that can't be
Tied, oh they make me laugh, and always make me
Cry, until they drop like flies, and sink like polished
Stones, of all the stones i throw,
How does that old song go?
How does that old song go?...

Bands, those funny little plans, that never work quite right.

Opus 40

Uma das músicas mais esptaculares do Mercury Rev, Opus 40 simboliza bem todo o álbum Deserter's Song: ump pop orquestrado, etéreo e psicodélico com vários elementos que lembram o Pet Sounds dos Beach Boys, tudo isso construído em cima do rock tradicional (o que por sua vez me lembra Neil Young). Uma obra prima da década de 90.

p.s.: nesta música o baterista convidado é ninguém menos do que Leaven Helm, baterista do The Band. E quem faz um backvocal é Amy Helm, filha de Leaven.



Well she tossed all night like a ragin' sea
woke up an' climbed from th' suicide machine
with her spanish candles an' her persian poems
stuck on th' rocks inside opus 40 stoned
an' scratchin' he wrists in the pourin' rain
she collapses down upon th' ocean floor again

Tears in waves minds on fire
Nights alone by yr side

Catskill mansions buried dreams
i'm alive she cried but i don't know what it means
somewhere out there across th' moonlit sands
there's a line drawn like th' lines on her own shand
an' slammin' her eyes lockin' th' door
she collapses down upon th' ocean floor again

Tears in waves minds on fire
Nights alone by yr side

Goddess On a Hiway

A música de hoje é da banda Mercury Rev, de Nova York, e pertence ao álbum Deserter's Song de 1998, que entra fácil numa lista de 10 melhores da década de 90. O som da banda guarda uma certa semelhança com o Flaming Lips, seja nos vocais, seja nas melodias, e é classificado por algumas pessoas (leia-se jornalistas e/ou críticos) como "dream pop" em razão das melodias etéreas. Enfim, um álbum maravilhoso pra uma banda subestimada e pouco conhecida (inclusive nos comentários do vídeo no youtube tem uns idiotas xingando porque tiveram que ver o show do Mercury Rev antes do Coldplay - pobres diabos, o Mercury Rev é muito mais criativo do que o Coldplay, mas deixa pra lá).
Goddess On a Hiway:




Well I got us on a hiway, I got us in a car
I got us going faster than we've ever gone before
i got us on a hiway, I got us in a car
I got us going faster than we've ever gone before

And I know it ain't gonna last
And I know it ain't gonna last
When I see your eyes arive
they explode like two bugs on glass

Far above the ocean, deep under the sea
There's a river runnin' dry, because of you and me
Far above the ocean, deep under the sea
There's a river runnin' dry, because of you and me

And I know, it ain't gonna last
And I know, it ain't gonna last
When I see your eyes arive,
they explode like two bugs on glass

She's a goddess on a hiway, a goddess in a car
A goddess going faster than she's ever gone before
She's a goddess on a hiway, a goddess in a car
A goddess going faster than she's ever gone before

And I know, it ain't gonna last
And I know, it ain't gonna last
When I see your eyes arive,
they explode like two bugs on glass

And I know, it ain't gonna last
And I know, it ain't gonna last
And I know, it ain't gonna last
And I know, it ain't gonna last
It ain't gonna last
It ain't gonna last
It ain't gonna last
It ain't gonna last