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“Up From The Skies”
I just want to talk to you,
I won't do you no harm.
I just want to know about your different lives
On this here people farm.
I heard some of you got your families
Living in cages tall and cold,
And some just stay there and dust away
Past the age of old.
Is this true?
Please let me talk to you.
I just wanna know about
The rooms behind your minds,
Do I see a vacuum there
Or am I going blind?
Or is it just the remains of vibrations,
And echoes of long ago?
Things like "Love the world" and
"Let your fancy flow"…
Is this true?
Please let me talk to you,
Let me talk to you.
I have lived here before
The days of ice,
And of course this is why
I'm so concerned.
And I come back to find
The stars misplaced,
And the smell of a world
That is burned.
The smell of a world
That is burned.
Yeah, well, maybe
It's just a... change of climate…
Well I can dig it,
I can dig it baby,
I just want to see.
So where do I purchase my ticket?
I'd just like to have a ringside seat.
I want to know about the new Mother Earth,
I want to hear and see everything,
I want to hear and see everything.
Aw, shucks,
If my daddy could see me now!
From the album “Axis: Bold As Love” – The Jimi Hendrix Experience (1967)
Experience: Jimi Hendrix (lead vocals, guitar), Noel Redding (vocals, bass), Mitch Mitchell (drums)
(Clouds photographed with Canon 30D + Leitz Telyt 6.8/400mm, 2011)
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“Up From The Skies”
I just want to talk to you,
I won't do you no harm.
I just want to know about your different lives
On this here people farm.
I heard some of you got your families
Living in cages tall and cold,
And some just stay there and dust away
Past the age of old.
Is this true?
Please let me talk to you.
I just wanna know about
The rooms behind your minds,
Do I see a vacuum there
Or am I going blind?
Or is it just the remains of vibrations,
And echoes of long ago?
Things like "Love the world" and
"Let your fancy flow"…
Is this true?
Please let me talk to you,
Let me talk to you.
I have lived here before
The days of ice,
And of course this is why
I'm so concerned.
And I come back to find
The stars misplaced,
And the smell of a world
That is burned.
The smell of a world
That is burned.
Yeah, well, maybe
It's just a... change of climate…
Well I can dig it,
I can dig it baby,
I just want to see.
So where do I purchase my ticket?
I'd just like to have a ringside seat.
I want to know about the new Mother Earth,
I want to hear and see everything,
I want to hear and see everything.
Aw, shucks,
If my daddy could see me now!
From the album “Axis: Bold As Love” – The Jimi Hendrix Experience (1967)
Experience: Jimi Hendrix (lead vocals, guitar), Noel Redding (vocals, bass), Mitch Mitchell (drums)
(Clouds photographed with Canon 30D + Leitz Telyt 6.8/400mm, 2011)
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Jimi Hendrix um must.
ReplyDeleteQue nuvens!
Bom Domingo.
Olá Ana,
ReplyDeleteUm must sem dúvida, muito em especial ESTE disco! A obra de Hendrix tem sido espremida até à última gota, por vezes com edições mais do que duvidosas. No entanto, "Axis: Bold As Love" é, na minha opinião, uma verdadeira obra-prima da Pop/Rock (ou o que lhe quisermos chamar) de calibre idêntico a um "Sgt. Pepper's" ou um "Abbey Road" dos Beatles, um disco daquela meia dúzia para levar para a ilha solitária ou para a cova...
Comprei-o (a 1ª vez) por volta de 1969, ainda andava eu no Colégio Militar! Uma autêntica lufada de ar fresco no país de vistas curtas e botas de elástico em que vivíamos então (ou será que ainda vivemos?),uma porta para um mundo desconhecido! (Como era difícil encontrar algo assim neste país!).
Com o correr dos tempos, fui ganhando consciência que talvez o melhor tesouro desse album, o mais intemporal e duradouro, sejam as letras das canções, letras essas que eu na altura não podia compreender na sua total dimensão, por falta de conhecimentos linguistícos e pouca maturidade.
Um disco do qual nunca me cansei!
Há poucos nestes dias que correm...
Rui
Olá Rui,
ReplyDeleteTem razão há menos discos a deixar marcas profundas como os daquela época. Agora há menos mas felizmente ainda há coisas boas.
A ideia de levar discos para a ilha fez-me sorrir, pois, só pensava nos livros que levaria.
Tinhamos que ter uma ilha com luz. :)))
Boa tarde!
Olá Ana,
ReplyDeleteo defeito não será dos discos, mas do ouvinte: eu é que me canso deles!
Como tudo na vida, haverá muita coisa preciosa por aí, mas como encontrar os raros diamantes no meio de tanto calhau?
Quanto à luz, é muito simples: basta um pequeno gerador, uma casota para abafar o ruído do dito cujo, uns bidons de combustível, uns cabos electricos...
Ah, doce marulhar das ondas...
Boa noite!
Rui