One of THOSE days

Em 03/Jun bloguei sobre o lançamento do novo disco do Marillion, Marbles.



De lá prá cá já ouvi o disco umas 20 vezes. Neste último final de semana toquei uma maratona "coletânea" (mania que tenho já há uns 20 anos!). Resultou em 6 CD's, do "Script.." até "Marbles".

Foi assim, revendo o conjunto da obra, que caiu de vez a ficha da força de Marbles. O slogan 'discover the lost art' faz todo o sentido do mundo. É o disco mais "progressivo" do Marillion. E, ao contrário da matriz 'Genesis' da fase progressiva com Fish, a influência agora é, nitidamente o Pink Floyd.

Mas não é uma releitura forçada ou oportunista. O Marillion navega em tudo. Mas parecia estar devendo essa. Pronto, não tá mais. Ando ouvindo muito neo-prog ultimamente. Nada, nenhum chega perto de Marbles. Tente um trechinho de 'Drilling Holes' ou 'Ocean Cloud' (não disponível na vs comercial que aportou por aqui - tem quase 20min, hehe) no Marillion.com

Ouvi dizer que a vs dupla, na íntegra, tá no eDonkey (Overnet). Ouvi dizer é crime?

Prá encerrar. Saca só a letra de Drilling Holes (do Hogarth):

Drilling Holes
Lyrics: Hogarth
Music: Hogarth/Kelly/Mosley/Rothery/Trewavas

A man came to drill holes in the afternoon
And by the evening
Most of the afternoon had gone

I seem to have slept through the morning
But in the afternoon
A morning is yet to come

A girl came to help out in the kitchen
And by the evening
We found we were all washed up

We ate on the lawn
With the insects
We burned incense
Most of the band turned up

It was just one of those days
When the mind strays
One of those days
When everyone plays
One of those days
When everyone stays
And all of the dreaming goes on

A woman arrived in a panic
With a picnic
Better to give than receive

A man came to pick holes in the logic
He wore plastic
And shoes you would hardly believe

The evening arrived
Slightly early like a pygmy
Chewing the wrong kind of leaves

We ordered extra tea
Listened to XTC
Under a shady tree
Went back to bed at three
It was cool
As can be
(two sugars for me..)

It was just one of those days
When the mind strays
When everyone plays
One of those days
When everyone stays
And all of the dreaming goes on
One of THOSE days.

(ouvindo XTC?!?)