Les McCann — Cold Duck Time

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Montreux. 1969.

Oliver Nelson — Stolen Moments

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Les McCann — Compared To What?

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Trying to make it real - compared to what?

I love the lie and lie the love

A-Hangin' on, with push and shove

Possession is the motivation

That is hangin' up the God-damn nation

Looks like we always end up in a rut (everybody now!)

Tryin' to make it real, compared to what? C'mon baby!

Slaughterhouse is killin' hogs

Twisted children killin' frogs

Poor dumb rednecks rollin' logs

Tired old lady kissin' dogs

I hate the human love of that stinking mutt (I can't use it!)

Try to make it real, compared to what? C'mon baby now!

The President, he's got his war

Folks don't know just what it's for

Nobody gives us rhyme or reason

Have one doubt, they call it treason

We're chicken-feathers, all without one nut. God damn it!

Tryin' to make it real, compared to what? (Sock it to me)

Church on Sunday, sleep and nod

Tryin' to duck the wrath of God

Preacher's fillin' us with fright

They all tryin' to teach us what they think is right

They really got to be some kind of nut (I can't use it!)

Tryin' to make it real, compared to what?

Where's that bee and where's that honey?

Where's my God and where's my money?

Unreal values, crass distortion

Unwed mothers need abortion

Kind of brings to mind ol' young King Tut (He did it now)

Tried to make it real, compared to what?!

Tryin' to make it real, compared to what?

Jacques Loussier - Italian Concerto - Adagio

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Child In Time — Deep Purple

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Steely Dan — Reelin' in the Years

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[Verse 1]
Your everlasting summer and you can see it fading fast
So you grab a piece of something that you think is gonna last
Well, you wouldn't even know a diamond
If you held it in your hand
The things you think are precious, I can't understand

[Chorus]
Are you reelin' in the years?
Stowin' away the time?
Are you gatherin' up the tears?
Have you had enough of mine?
Are you reelin' in the years?
Stowin' away the time?
Are you gatherin' up the tears?
Have you had enough of mine?

[Verse 2]
You been tellin' me you're a genius since you were seventeen
In all the time I've known you, I still don't know what you mean
The weekend at the college didn't turn out like you planned
The things that pass for knowledge, I can't understand

[Chorus]
Are you reelin' in the years?
Stowin' away the time?
Are you gatherin' up the tears?
Have you had enough of mine?
Are you reelin' in the years?
Stowin' away the time?
Are you gatherin' up the tears?
Have you had enough of mine?

[Instrumental Break]

[Verse 3]
I spend a lot of money and I spent a lot of time
The trip we made to Hollywood is etched upon my mind
After all the things we've done and seen, you find another man
The things you think are useless, I can't understand

[Chorus]
Are you reelin' in the years?
Stowin' away the time?
Are you gatherin' up the tears?
Have you had enough of mine?
Are you reelin' in the years?
Stowin' away the time?
Are you gatherin' up the tears?
Have you had enough of mine?

Steely Dan

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A breed apart. I had a Steely-Dan-"phase" in the late 1970s. I don't like the singer's voice, and yet it is an important ingredient in ab appealing musical mix.

Houdini Said

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HOUDINI SAID

Doctor in love who is above
All others close to you
Is it the Queen is it obscene
Tell me I want you to
Oh I've often wondered what it is that incites
So many young people to take part in those riots
Whereby all men in blue are the targets to destroy
Lady be good I wish you would
Meanwhile exclusively
Have I the right to print in spite
Of what your views would be

Concerning those matters of the utmost degree
The point being the question and the question being he
Who laughs first has a thirst to laugh longest
Has he?
Over there(over where)
Over there(over where)
On the wall(what wall)
The one in the hall(oh the hall)
I can see(we can see)
Well you could have fooled me

(Break)

Some take the attitude that life is a drag
They say and I quote "Man it just isn't our bag"
But if that's where it's at why the hell don't they go
Houdini said to get out of bed
Was the hardest thing he could do
Yet when he's tied strait-jacket plied
He's out at the count of two
It seems elementary my dear Watson I know
But think what would happen if for instance this show
That we're in should begin not one hour but
Two late
Over there(over where)
Over there(over where)
On the wall(what wall)
The one in the hall(oh the hall)
I can see(we can see)
Well you could have fooled me

Пeсня О Старом Больном Усталом Короле

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Пес. О Старом Больном Усталом Короле


Lied vom alten, kranken, müden König

В поход на чужую страну собирался король.



Der König rüstete sich für einen Feldzug gegen ein fremdes Land.



Ему королева мешок сухарей насушила



die Königin gab ihm Hartkeks mit auf den Weg



И старую мантию так аккуратно зашила



Und nähte ihm das alte Gewand ordentlich



Дала ему пачку махорки и в тряпочке соль.



Sie gab ihm eine Packung Makhorka und Salz in einem Lappen.



И руки свои королю положила на грудь,



Und legte ihre Hände auf die Brust des Königs,



Сказала ему, обласкав его взором лучистым:



Sie warf ihm einen strahlenden Blick zu und sagte ihm:



Получше их бей, а не то прослывёшь пацифистом



Verhau' sie nur kräftig, nicht dass du dastehts wie ein Pazifist,



И пряников сладких отнять у врага не забудь.



Und vergiss nicht dem Feind seinen Pfefferkuchen abzunehmen.



И видит король - его войско стоит средь двора.



Und der König sieht seine Armee in der Mitte des Hofes stehen.



Пять грустных солдат, пять весёлых солдат и ефрейтор.



Fünf traurige Soldaten, fünf fröhliche Soldaten und ein Gefreiter.



Сказал им король: "Не страшны нам ни пресса, ни ветер,



Der König sagte zu ihnen: "Weder vor der Presse noch vor dem Wind haben wir Angst,



Врага мы побьём, и с победой придём, и ура!"



Wir werden den Feind besiegen, siegreich zurückkehren, hurra!



Но вот отгремело прощальных речей торжество.



Aber dann verstummten die Abschiedsreden.



В походе король свою армию переиначил:



Im Verlauf des Feldzugs baute der König seine Armee um:



Весёлых солдат интендантами сразу назначил,



Die fröhlichen Soldaten wurden bald zu Quartiermeistern ernannt,



А грустных оставил в солдатах - "Авось, ничего".



Die traurigen blieben (Front-)Soldaten - "Na, macht nichts, hoffentlich".



Представьте себе, наступили победные дни.



Stellen Sie sich nur vor, die Tage des Sieges kommen nun.



Пять грустных солдат не вернулись из схватки военной.



Fünf traurige Soldaten kamen nicht von der Schlacht zurück.



Ефрейтор, морально нестойкий, женился на пленной.



Der Gefreite, moralisch nicht gefestigt, heiratete eine Gefangene.



Но пряников целый мешок захватили они.



Und den Lebkuchen haben sie auch erbeute, unbeschädigt.



Играйте, оркестры, звучите, и песни и смех.



Spiel auf, Orchester, erklingt, Lieder und Gelächter.



Минутной печали не стоит, друзья, предаваться.



Freunde, was sollen wir uns der Trauer hingeben.



Ведь грустным солдатам нет смысла в живых оставаться,



Schließlich haben traurige Soldaten keinen Grund, am Leben zu bleiben,



И пряников, кстати, всегда не хватает на всех.



Und außerdem reicht der Lebkuchen auch nicht für alle.


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We Will

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Beautiful Waterways of Alsace & Lorraine, France

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I get there by car in one to two hours. Simply wonderful.

Mit dem Auto erreiche ich diese Gegend innerhalb einer bis zwei Stunden. Einfach wunderbar.

En voiture, j'atteins cette région en une à deux heures. Tout simplement merveilleux.

На машине я добираюсь до этого региона в течение 1-2 часов. просто замечательно.

More Music — Slabo Day, Peter Green

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А КАК ПЕРВАЯ ЛЮБОВЬ ... And Like the First Love ...

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The lyrics is available in Russian, English, German and other languages here.

А как первая любовь она сердце жжёт,

а вторая любовь она к первой льнёт,

ну, а третья любовь ключ дрожит в замке,

ключ дрожит в замке, чемодан в руке.

А как первая война да ничья вина,

а вторая война чья-нибудь вина,

а так третья война лишь моя вина,

а моя вина она всем видна.

А как первый обман на заре туман,

а второй обман закачался пьян,

а как третий обман он ночи темней,

он ночи темней, он войны страшней.

Und in der ersten Liebe das Herz dir erglüht,

bis die zweite Liebe an die erste sich schmiegt,

doch die dritte Liebe ist der Schlüssel im Schloss,

der zittert und hakt, in der Hand schwankt der Koffer.

Und den ersten Krieg hat keiner gewollt

und den zweiten Krieg hat jemand gewollt,

doch der dritte Krieg ist ganz meine Schuld,

ein jeder kann sehn ich allein trag die Schuld.

Und der erste Betrug ist ein nebliger Morgen,

und der zweite Betrug: betrunkene Sorgen,

doch der dritte Betrug ist die finsterste Nacht,

viel schlimmer als Krieg: die finsterste Nacht. 

Jacques Loussier Trio, Pastorale in C Minor — (47) Cool in Bygone Days

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Uriah Heep, Sunrise — (47) Cool in Bygone Days

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I have always been a great fan of Uriah Heep. They were coming into their own just at the time when my attention turned to rock music in the early 1970s. That is, in the schoolyard, I learned that it was super cool to listen to this kind of music. Like Santana and Deep Purple, Uriah Heep belonged to the groups whose music struck a chord with me.

Hancock, Carter, Cobham, "Walkin'" — (46) Cool in Bygone Days

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Music can be different.

Bill Evans, My Foolish Heart — (45) Cool in Bygone Days

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Ah, how relaxing.

Johannes Brahms — Hungarian Dance No. 5 — (44) Cool in Bygone Days

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Enjoy — may the drive of this piece help you with a spirited start into the new week.

Happy Birthday, Dear Uschi

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Alles Liebe zum Geburtstag.

Softmachine, Nettle Bed — The Canterbury Sound — (43) Cool in Bygone Days

Image credit. Roughly the view of Canterbury from my room, tough this painting was completed 20 years before I arrived in Kent.

 Until a few minutes ago, I didn't know that there was anything like the Canterbury Sound. I spent three lovely years in Canterbury, love the area, and become at once keen-earned whenever the town's name is mentioned.

Kannten Sie den Canterbury Sound? Ich nicht, auch wenn ich drei Jahre in Canterbury gelebt habe, die Gegend liebe und deshalb immer aufhorche, wenn ich den Namen dieser wundervollen Stadt höre.

The view was not as close as this (below), but the painting gives you a sense of the luscious colours in which cathedral and town used to be embedded most of the time.

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