Track for track - Jethro Tull: Crest Of A Knave

[Jimmi Jazz]

Så bliver der tid til albummets første ballade - om et mislykket forsøg på romantisk møde under Den Kolde Krig... eller hvad? Er jeg-fortælleren snarere en klammerik, der ikke vil respektere stripperens grænser bare fordi han kan sidde og vifte med hård vestlig valuta?


She Said She Was A Dancer
She said she was a dancer.
If I believed it, it was my busines.
She surely knew a thing or two about control.
Next to the bar we hit the samovar.
She almost slipped right through my fingers.
It was snowing outside and in her soul.
Well, maybe you're a dancer,
And maybe I'm the King of Old Siam.
I thought it through...best to let the illusion roll.
I wouldn't say I've never heard that tale before,
my frozen little señorita,
But if your dream is good,
Why not share it when the nights are cold?

Hey Moscow, what's your story?
Lady, take your time, don't hurry.
Maybe a student of the agricultural plan.
Hey Moscow, what's your name?
If you don't want to say, don't worry.
It would probably be hard for me to make it scan.
With her phrase book in her silk soft hand
She spoke in riddles while the vodka listened.
I said, "Let me look up love, if I might be so bold."
She was the nearest thing to Rock and Roll
That side of the velvet curtain
That separates eastern steel from western gold.

Hey Miss Moscow, what's your story?
You needn't speak aloud, just whisper.
Am I just the closest thing to an Englishman?
You've seen me in your magazines,
Or maybe on state television.
I'm your Pepsi-Cola,
But you won't take me out the can.
She said she was a dancer, so she did.

She said she was a dancer.
If I believed it, it was my business.
It felt like a merry dance that I was being led.
So I stole one kiss.
It was a near miss.
She looked at me like I was Jack the Ripper.
She leaned in close. "Goodnight, " was all she said.
So I took myself off to bed.

[makrel]

Hvad fanden i helvede er det her for noget Dire Straits/Mark Knopfler-pis?! Jeg hader det mere og mere og helt intenst lige nu. Fuck, det er dårligt.

[Jimmi Jazz]

Den er god med dig, vi hører sgu det bedste metalalbum fra 1988, at du lige ved det!

[Ællington]

Next to the bar
We hit the samovar
We didn't have to go very far
I took it too far
Like I was a Russian Tzar
With me toore-loore-lar
There's Vodka in the Jar!

Bum! #Destroyed

[makrel]

Den er god med dig, vi hører sgu det bedste metalalbum fra 1988, at du lige ved det!

1987, hilsen Lister Perfekt X (hvor mange var der? 3 eller 2?).

Det ændrer ikke på, at det er helt vildt dårligt, det nummer her.

[Fisker Thomas]

Elton Johns "Nikita" er godt nok en markant bedre koldkrigsballade.

[yossarian]

Det lader til at der kommer en ny, nu med vikinge-tema:

fantastiske titler:

• 01. Voluspo
  02. Ginnungagap
  03. Allfather
  04. The Feathered Consort
  05. Hammer on Hammer
  06. Wolf Unchained
  07. The Perfect One
  08. Trickster (And the Mistletoe)
  09. Cornucopia
  10. The Navigators
  11. Guardian's Watch
  12. Ithavoll
  13. The Navigators (Single Edit)

Den nuværende version af "bandet" har vist ikke andet til fælles med tidligere inkarnationer end Ian Anderson? Er det stadig prog?

[Jimmi Jazz]

Tjekkede lige Ginnungagap og The Navigators (de to single forspil) ud, og de lød sgu overraskende godt!

[Jimmi Jazz]

Nå, Crest Of A Knave... Suk!

[makrel]

Jeg hører den nu og kopierer mit svar fra HN-tråden herover:
Altså der er da ild i piben til en vis grad. Der udkom et lidt meh album sidste år, men allerede nu er der lidt mere krudt i fløjten. Lidt mærkelig produktion. Meget tydeligt at høre at de er kommet på Inside Out-label - på godt og ondt det rette sted for dem at være. Men de progger da i det mindste mere og bedre end det rædselsfulde cirkus vi har gang i T4T...