Contenido de esta entrada:
El resto de canciones del álbum
Entrada anterior de Genesis: 1976: La gira A Trick of the Tail Tour
Entrada siguiente de Genesis:
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| Contraportada del álbum A Trick of the Tail |
Enlaces sobre Genesis:
Enlaces sobre Steve Hackett:
Enlaces sobre Tony Banks:
Enlaces sobre Mike Rutherford:
Enlaces sobre Phil Collins:
Introducción
En un anteriores artículos hablamos del sexto álbum de estudio The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway (1973) de Genesis que sería el último con la formación clásica liderada por Peter Gabriel, con Mike Rutherford tocando el bajo y guitarras, Tony Banks los teclados, Phil Collins a la batería y Steve Hackett a la guitarras. Enlaces a los artículos:
1974: El cordero reposa en Broadway (I)
1974: El cordero reposa en Broadway (II) - La historia de Rael
1974: El cordero reposa en Broadway (III) - Recepción, sencillos y la gira
1974: El cordero reposa en Broadway (y IV) - Demos, actuaciones en directo y versiones
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| Portada del álbum The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway |
En anteriores artículos comenzamos a comentar su siguiente álbum A Trick of the Tail:
1976: Un cambio de rumbo para Genesis
1976: Los sencillos de A Trick of the Tail
1976: La gira A Trick of the Tail Tour
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| Portada del álbum A Trick of the Tail |
En este artículo concluimos la serie de artículos sobre el álbum comentando el resto de canciones (las que no fueron publicadas en sencillos), las reediciones y las letras.
Recordamos la lista de canciones:
El resto de canciones del álbum
La canción de apertura, "Dance on a Volcano", fue la primera canción escrita para el álbum. Rutherford sintió que, en contraste con el material de The Lamb..., era fácil de escribir, y tenía la intención de mostrar cómo Genesis avanzaría.
La canción en directo
Del álbum Seconds Out de 1977, actuación en directo en el Palais des Sports, París:
En el Duke's Tour de 1980:
Del álbum Three Sides Live, actuación en directo en el Nassau Coliseum en 1981:
Versiones
Steve Hackett hizo una versión para su álbum Genesis Revisited de 1996.
La incluyó en su repertorio en vivo:
Una versión en vivo se incluyó en el álbum Genesis Revisited: Live At The Royal Albert Hall de 2014:
"Squonk" se basa en el cuento norteamericano del Squonk que, cuando es capturado, se disuelve en un charco de lágrimas.
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| "Squonk" se basa en la criatura mítica como se ilustra en Fearsome Creatures of the Lumberwoods, With a Few Desert and Mountain Beasts (1910). |
La canción combina un tema principal escrito por Rutherford contra una sección central escrita por Banks, y fue diseñada para sonar como «Kashmir» de Led Zeppelin. Os dejo un video para que comparéis:
La canción en directo
Del álbum Seconds Out de 1977, actuación en directo en el Palais des Sports, París:
En directo en Knebworth Park, Reino Unido el 24 de junio de 1978:
En el Duke's Tour de 1980:
Versiones
Steve Hackett la interpretó en vivo.
Genesis no la interpretado en vivo.
Versiones
Genetics la interpretado en directo.
"Robbery, Assault and Battery" fue escrita en su mayor parte por Banks, en un intento de replicar el humor en algunas de las letras de Gabriel. Collins, quien también contribuyó a la escritura, cantó la canción asumiendo un personaje inspirado en Artful Dodger del musical Oliver! que había interpretado antes de convertirse en músico profesional.
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| Cartel del musical Oliver! basado en la novela Oliver Twist de Dickens |
También se hizo un video promocional de Robbery, Assault and Battery.
La canción en directo
Del álbum Seconds Out de 1977, actuación en directo en el Palais des Sports, París:
Versiones
Steve Hackett la interpretó en vivo.
Una versión en directo la incluyó en el álbum Genesis Revisited Live: Seconds Out & More de 2022:
La canción de cierre, "Los Endos", fue escrita por toda la banda. A Collins se le ocurrió la estructura rítmica básica, inspirado en su trabajo en el proyecto paralelo Brand X y el tema "Promise of a Fisherman" de Santana, queriendo que Genesis desarrollara un estilo de interpretación más suelto.
Banks y Hackett escribieron las partes principales, incluyendo repeticiones de «Dance on a Volcano» y «Squonk», y Collins cantó algunas líneas de «Supper's Ready» (del álbum Foxtrot de 1972) en el fade-out, como tributo y despedida final a Gabriel. La apertura fue grabada para una canción completamente diferente, "It's Yourself", que más tarde fue lanzada como lado B como comentamos en un anterior artículo.
La canción en directo
La canción se convirtió en una de las favoritas en vivo, y continuó sonando hasta la gira Turn It On Again de 2007.
Del álbum Seconds Out de 1977, actuación en directo en el Palais des Sports, París con un solo de batería fantástico:
En Roma, en 2007:
Versiones
En 2014, Hackett agregó la canción al repertorio de su gira extendida Genesis Revisited II.
Reediciones
En 1981 se lanzó una edición limitada en vinilo remasterizada por Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab.
Fue publicado por primera vez en CD en 1984. El CD en la edición alemana tenía unos rayos dorados.
En 1994 se publicó en CD remasterizado. En 1999 se publicó en Japón en formato de mini-lp.
Una nueva versión fue lanzada en el Reino Unido/Europa/Japón por Virgin/EMI y en los Estados Unidos por Atlantic/Rhino en 2007 como parte de la caja Genesis 1976-1982. Esto incluye todo el álbum en estéreo remezclado, sonido envolvente y pistas de video relacionadas. Un lanzamiento adicional en DVD incluye pistas de audio y video, incluida una entrevista con la banda, los videos promocionales y la película Genesis: In Concert, filmada durante la gira de 1976 para promocionar el álbum.
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| Contraportada de la edición de 2007 |
Ha habido ediciones no oficiales con tomas descartadas del álbum, como por ejemplo A Trick Of The Tail Outtakes & More publicada por Hinkelstein en Alemania en 2008.
Enlace a la lista de reproducción: Genesis: A Trick Of The Outtakes
Enlace al álbum completo: Genesis: A Trick Of The Tail Outtakes (Vinyl)
En 2016 se publicó remasterizado en vinilo de 180g y en 2021 en vinilo amarillo en edición limitada.
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| Interior de la carpeta del álbum con las letras de las canciones |
"Dance On A Volcano"
Holy Mother of God
You've got to go faster than that to get to the top
Dirty old mountain
All covered in smoke, she can turn you to stone
So you better start doing it right
Better start doing it right
You're halfway up and you're halfway down
And the pack on your back is turning you around
Throw it away, you won't need it up there, and remember
You don't look back whatever you do
Better start doing it right
On your left and on your right
Crosses are green and crosses are blue
Your friends didn't make it through
Out of the night and out of the dark
Into the fire and into the fight
Well that's the way the heroes go, Ho! Ho! Ho!
Through a crack in Mother Earth
Blazing hot, the molten rock
Spills out over the land
And the lava's the lover who licks your boots away
Hey! Hey! Hey!
If you don't want to boil as well
B-b-better start the dance
D-d-do you want to dance with me?
You better start doing it right
The music's playing, the notes are right
Put your left foot first as you move into the light
The edge of this hill is the edge of the world
And if you're going to cross you better start doing it right
Better start doing it right
You better start doing it right
Let the dance begin
"Entangled"
When you're asleep they may show you
Aerial views of the ground
Freudian slumber empty of sound
Over the rooftops and houses
Lost as it tries to be seen
Fields of incentive covered with green
Mesmerised children are playing
Meant to be seen but not heard
"Stop me from dreaming!"
"Don't be absurd!"
"Well if we can help you we will
You're looking tired and ill
As I count backwards
Your eyes become heavier still
Sleep, won't you allow yourself fall?
Nothing can hurt you at all
With your consent
I can experiment further still."
Madrigal music is playing
Voices can faintly be heard
"Please leave this patient undisturbed."
Sentenced to drift far away now
Nothing is quite what it seems
Sometimes entangled in your own dreams
"Well, if we can help you we will
Soon as you're tired and ill
With your consent
We can experiment further still
Well, thanks to our kindness and skill
You'll have no trouble until
You catch your breath
And the nurse will present you the bill!"
"Squonk"
Like father, like son
Not flesh, nor fish, nor bone
A red rag hangs from an open mouth
Alive at both ends, but a little dead in the middle
A-tumbling and a-bumbling he will go
All the king's horses and all the king's men
Could never put a smile on that face
He's a sly one, he's a shy one, wouldn't you be too?
Scared to be left out on his own
He hasn't a, hasn't a friend to play with, the ugly duckling
The pressure on, the bubble will burst before our eyes
And all the while in perfect time
His tears are falling on the ground
But if you don't stand up, you don't stand a chance
You don't stand a chance
Go a little faster, now
You might get there in time
Mirror, mirror on the wall
His heart was broken long before he ever came to you
Stop your tears from falling
The trail they leave is very clear for all to see at night
All to see at night
They come at night
In season, out of season
Oh, what's the difference
When you don't know the reason?
In one hand bread, the other a stone
The hunter enters the forest
All are not huntsmen who blow the huntsman's horn
And by the look of this one, you've not got much to fear
Here I am, I'm very fierce and frightening
Come to match my skill to yours
Now listen here, listen to me, don't you run away now
I am a friend, I'd really like to play with you
Making noises my little furry friend would make
I'll trick him, then I'll kick him into my sack
You better watch out, you better watch out
I've got you, I've got you
You'll never get away
Walking home that night
The sack across my back
The sound of sobbing on my shoulder
When suddenly, it stopped
I opened up the sack, all that I had
A pool of bubbles and tears
Just a pool of tears
Just a pool of tears
All in all, you are a very dying race
Placing trust upon a cruel world
You never had the things you thought you should've had
And you'll not get them now
And all the while in perfect time
Your tears are falling on the ground
"Mad Man Moon"
Was it summer when the river ran dry
Or was it just another dam
When the evil of a snowflake in June
Could still be a source of relief
O how I love you, I once cried long ago
But I was the one who decided to go
To search beyond the final crest
Though I'd heard it said just birds could dwell so high
So I pretended to have wings for my arms
And took off in the air
I flew to places which the clouds never see
Too close to the deserts of sand
Where a thousand mirages, the shepherds of lies
Forced me to land and take a disguise
I would welcome a horse's kick to send me back
If I could find a horse not made of sand
If this desert's all there'll ever be
Then tell me what becomes of me
A fall of rain?
That must have been another of your dreams
A dream of mad man moon
Hey man
I'm the sand man
And boy have I news for you
They're gonna throw you in jail
And you know they can't fail
'Cause sand is thicker than blood
But a prison in sand
Is a haven in hell
For a jail can give you a goal
Goal can find you a role
On a muddy pitch in Newcastle
Where it rains so much
You can't wait for a touch
Of sun and sand, sun and sand
Within the valley of shadowless death
They pray for thunderclouds and rain
But to the multitude who stand in the rain
Heaven is where the sun shines
The grass will be greener 'til the stems turn to brown
And thoughts will fly higher 'til the earth brings them down
Forever caught in desert lands
One has to learn to disbelieve the sea
If this desert's all there'll ever be
Then tell me what becomes of me
A fall of rain?
That must have been another of your dreams
A dream of mad man moon
"Robbery, Assault & Battery"
The streets were deserted, though the police were alerted
They considered the phone call a hoax
Furtively glancing then jauntily prancing
The youth caught the guards unaware
Slipping between them, he ought to have seen them
The eyes and their owner so near
With torch shining bright, he strode on in the night
'Til he came to the room with the safe
"Hello, son, I hope you're having fun!"
"You've got it wrong, sir, I'm only the cleaner"
With that he fired, the other saying as he died
"You've done me wrong", it's the same old song forever, forever
Robbery, assault, and battery
The felon and his felony
Robbery, assault, and battery
The felon and his felony
He picked up the diamonds and bundles of fivers
He pushed them well down in his sack
But the alarm had been sounded, he was completely surrounded
But he had some more tricks up his sleeve
"Come outside with your hands held high!"
"You'll not get me alive, sir, I promise you that, sir"
With that he fired, the other saying as he died
"You've done me wrong", it's the same old song forever, forever
Robbery, assault, and battery
The felon and his felony
Robbery, assault, and battery
The felon and his felony
"He's leaving via the roof, the bastard's got away!
God always fights on the side of the bad man
Bad man, bad man, bad man"
I've got clean away, but I'll be back some day
Just the combination will have changed
Some day they'll catch me, to a chain they'll attach me
Until that day, I'll ride the old crime wave
If they try to hold me for trial
I'll stay out of jail by paying my bail
And after I'll go to the court of appeal saying
"You've done me wrong", it's the same old song forever, forever
Done me wrong, same old song
Done me wrong, same old song
Done me wrong, same old song
Done me wrong, same old song
Done me wrong, same old song
Done me wrong, same old song
Done me wrong, same old song
Done me wrong, same old song
Done me wrong, same old song
"Ripples"
Blue girls come in every size
Some are wise and some otherwise
They got pretty blue eyes
For an hour a man may change
For an hour her face looks strange
Looks strange, looks strange
Marching to the promised land
Where the honey flows
And takes you by the hand
Pulls you down on your knees
While you're down a pool appears
The face in the water looks up
And she shakes her head as if to say
That it's the last time you'll look like today
Sail away, away
Ripples never come back
Gone to the other side
Sail away, away
The face that launched a thousand ships
Is sinking fast, that happens you know
The water gets below, seems not very long ago
Lovelier she was than any that I know
Angels never know it's time
To close the book
And gracefully decline
The song has found a tale
My, what a jealous pool is she
The face in the water looks up
She shakes her head as if to say
That the blue girls have all gone away
Sail away, away
Ripples never come back
They've gone to the other side
Look into the pool, ripples never come back
Dive to the bottom and go to the top
To see where they have gone
They've gone to the other side
Sail away, away
Ripples never come back
Gone to the other side
Look into the pool, the ripples never come back, come back
Dive to the bottom and go to the top
To see where they have gone
They've gone to the other side
Ripples never come back
Sail away, away
Sail away, away
Ripples never come back
"A Trick Of The Tail"
Bored of the life in the city of gold
He'd left and let nobody know
Gone were the towers he had known from a child
Along with a dream of a life
He traveled the wide open road, the blinkered arcade
In search of another to share in his life
Nowhere, everyone looked so strange to him
They got no horns and they got no tail
They don't even know of our existence
Am I wrong to believe in the city of gold
That lies in the deep distance?
He cried and wept as they led him away to a cage
"Beast that can talk," read the sign
The creatures, they pushed and they prodded his frame
And questioned his story again
But soon they grew bored of their prey
The beast that can talk?
More like a freak or publicity stunt
Oh, oh, no, oh
They got no horns and they got no tail
They don't even know of our existence
Am I wrong to believe in the city of gold
That lies in the deep distance?
He cried and broke down the door
Of the cage and marched on out
He grabbed a creature
By the scruff of his neck, pointing out
"There, beyond the bounds
Of your weak imagination
Lie the noble towers
Of my city, bright and gold
Let me take you there
Show you a living story
Let me show you others such as me
Why did I ever leave?"
They got no horns and they got no tail
They don't even know of our existence
Am I wrong to believe in the city of gold
That lies in the deep distance?
He cried and wept
And so we set out with the beast and his horns
And his crazy description of home
After many days journey, we came to a peak
Where the beast gazed abroad and cried out
We followed his gaze and we thought that maybe we saw
A spire of gold? No, a trick of the eye, that's all
But the beast was gone and a voice was heard
"They got no horns and they got no tail
They don't even know of our existence
Am I wrong to believe in the city of gold
That lies in the deep distance?"
(Hello friend, welcome home)
"Los Endos"
There's an angel standing in the sun
There's an angel standing in the sun
Free to get back home
VOLVER ARRIBA
Desde luego, la letra es cautivadora. Ya desde la primera frase:
ResponderEliminar"Aburrido de la vida en la ciudad de oro,
se había ido y no había avisado a nadie.
Atrás quedaron las torres que había conocido desde niño
así como el sueño de toda una vida".
Una triste historia de alguien diferente o que se siente diferente.
Me quedo con esta estrofa:
"Allí, fuera de los límites de tu floja imaginación,
se yerguen las nobles torres de mi ciudad, brillantes y doradas.
Déjame llevarte allí y enseñarte una historia viva".
Gracias por compartir buenos contenidos.
Un saludo, Federico.
Como comenté en la segunda parte del artículo sobre el álbum, la letra está inspirada en la novela de 1955, The Inheritors (Los herederos) del autor británico William Golding. Al igual que gran parte del álbum A Trick of the Tail, la letra de la canción se centra en un personaje específico: la "Bestia" que abandona su propio reino y entra en el mundo de los humanos. Es capturado y exhibido en un espectáculo de monstruos después de que sus captores se niegan a creer en su reino. La Bestia lamenta su decisión de abandonar su hogar, describiéndolo como un paraíso cubierto de oro. Sus captores lo liberan a cambio de llevarlos a su mundo. Sin embargo, justo cuando ven lo que parece ser una "aguja de oro", descubren que la Bestia ha desaparecido, aunque escuchan su voz. Muchas gracias por comentar. Saludos
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