Πριν από 21 χρόνια -ΘΕΕ ΜΟΥ έχω μεγαλώσει τόσο πολύ!!!- κυκλοφόρησε σαν αύριο -29 Οκτωβρίου- το Parallels των πολύ μεγάλων Fates Warning...
Η παραγωγή του άψογη, οι συνθέσεις του υπέροχες, η φωνή του Alder -με λιγότερη δόση πριμαντόνας- εκπληκτική, τα κιθαριστικά μέρη, σόλο, riffs συναρπαστικά, οι μπασογραμμές μαγευτικές και τα τύμπανα..............μεθυστικά... -Άρε τσόγλανε Mark να είχα την μισή ικανότητά σου...-
Όπως κατάλαβες είναι ενας απο τους αγαπημένους μου δίσκους και έχει επέτειο...
Το tracklist είναι το εξής:
1. Leave The Past Behind
2. Life in Still Water
3. Eye to Eye
4. The Eleventh Hour
5. Point of View
6. We Only Say Goodbye
7. Don't Follow Me
8. The Road Goes on Forever
Και υπεύθυνοι για αυτό το αριστούργημα είναι οι:
Ray Adler -φωνητικά
Jim Matheos - κιθάρα
Frank Aresti - κιθάρα
Joe DiBiase - μπάσο
Mark Zonder - τύμπανα
την παραγωγή την επιμελήθηκε ο Terry Brown
Το "Leave The Past Behind" ανοίγει τον δίσκο με ένα πολύ αισιόδοξο μήνυμα και όπως φαίνεται και απο τον τίτλο αναφέρεται για μια καινούρια αρχή.. πολύ καλό τραγούδι για να ξεκινήσει κανείς την μέρα του...
Με το "Life in Still Water" όμως περνάμε σχεδόν στο αντίθετο μέρος. Ένα τραγούδι που μιλά για το πόσο "νεκρή ζωή" έχεις όταν δεν έχεις πλέον στόχους και έχεις σταματήσει την εξέλιξη του εαυτού σου... -σε αυτό το τραγούδι συμμετέχει φιλικά ο τραγουδιστής των Dream Theater, James LaBrie-
Το "Eye to Eye" δεν μιλάει για το οφθαλμός αντί οφθαλμού, για όποιον βιάζεται να βγάλει συμπέρασμα μόνο και μόνο απο τον τίτλο. Μιλάει για μοναχικές ψυχές που αναζητούν την ζεστασιά στην αγκαλιά κάποιου, αλλά αυτό και μόνο ποτέ δεν αρκεί...Όταν υπάρχει έλλειψη αγάπης -λέω εγώ- δεν υπάρχει τίποτα...
Το "The Eleventh Hour" μιλά για την ματαιότητα των πραγμάτων, ειδικά όταν έρχεται και το πλήρωμα του χρόνου...
Το "Point of View" μας επισημάνει πως μπορεί η απόψεις μας να μας χωρίσουν, να μας αποξενώσουν. Ένα τόσο απλό πράγμα, να μπορεί να φέρει την διχόνοια!
Το "We Only Say Goodbye" αναφέρεται στις ανεκπλήρωτες αγάπες...
Το "Don't Follow Me" σε όλους αυτούς που δεν παιδεύονται στην ζωή τους να μάθουν τον διπλανό τους, είτε είναι φίλος τους είτε είναι το ταίρι τους, αλλά και τον ίδιο τους τον εαυτό...
Και τέλος το "The Road Goes on Forever" αν και μιλάει για μια προσπάθεια συνεχή, για να φτάσει κάπου, και πόσο επίπονη προσπάθεια είναι αυτή....δεν εχω καταλάβει σε ποιο ακριβώς θέμα αναφέρεται...
Όπως και να έχει αυτός είναι ο αγαπημένος μου δίσκος των Fates Warning και λυπάμαι πάρα πολύ που δεν τους είδα σε κάποια συναυλία... ελπίζω να μου δοθεί η ευκαιρία στο μέλλον να επανορθώσω..
Η βαθμολογία μου...
Παραγωγή 10/10
Δίσκος 9/10
Εξώφυλλο 5/10
Για τους μη-μυημένους τους προτείνω να ακούσουν τα "We Only Say Goodbye", "Leave The Past Behind" και "The Road Goes on Forever"
Αξίζει να του δώσετε μια ευκαιρία....
οι γνώστες...
n'joy
1 Leave The Past Behind
And here we are again the door is closed behind us
And the long road lies ahead
Where do we go from here
It's time to make a change
Lets trace the problem to its source
No more riding the waves
On a river that's run its course
I stood at the door to a new beginning
Two choices before me and I was afraid
Leave the past behind
The long road lies ahead
Bury your pride and say goodbye
Leave the past behind
Tied to a fading memory
Of something lost in time
Afraid to make the change
Scared to leave the past behind
I stood at the door to a new beginning
The future called and frightened I turned away
Leave the past behind
The long road lies ahead
Close your eyes, forget the fear
Leave the past behind
We stand at the door to a new beginning
Two choices before us don't be afraid
Leave the past behind
The long road lies ahead
Close your eyes, forget the fear
Leave the past behind
Leave the past behind
The long road lies ahead
Close your eyes, forget the fear
Leave the past behind
2. Life in Still Water
Feeling the weight of unseen chains
This routine is growing thin
It's a narrow path that we walk
And the walls are closing in
Caving in
Is there room still for us to grow
Within the bounds we've come to know
Beneath the dust of our days
Hides the key to our emotions
And it's been a while since we've been moved
Without going through the motions
No emotions
Is there time still for us to show
Feelings we forgot long ago
Living life in still water
Blinded by what we've become
You get tired of screaming
When you're not reaching anyone
I think its time now for YOU to know
Holding on is easier than letting go
Living life in still water
Blinded by what we've become
YOU get tired of screaming
When you're not reaching anyone
Living life in still water
Blinded by what we've become
YOU get tired of screaming
When you're not reaching anyone
This routine is growing thin
It's a narrow path that we walk
And the walls are closing in
Caving in
Is there room still for us to grow
Within the bounds we've come to know
Beneath the dust of our days
Hides the key to our emotions
And it's been a while since we've been moved
Without going through the motions
No emotions
Is there time still for us to show
Feelings we forgot long ago
Living life in still water
Blinded by what we've become
You get tired of screaming
When you're not reaching anyone
I think its time now for YOU to know
Holding on is easier than letting go
Living life in still water
Blinded by what we've become
YOU get tired of screaming
When you're not reaching anyone
Living life in still water
Blinded by what we've become
YOU get tired of screaming
When you're not reaching anyone
4. The Eleventh Hour
I know it's getting late
But I feel I need, I need to explain
All the laughter and the lies
Can't stay the fear or hide the pain
Somewhere along the way
We exchanged our dreams for selfish pride
There was a common goal
But somehow that vision has died
Is it so hard to understand
The facts that you ignore?
We've grown so tired of trying
Wasting our time criticizing
Oh, and nothing's easy anymore
Nothing's easy anymore
Is it too late to understand
The writing that's on the walls?
While we watch time slip through our hands
We're deaf to our own demands
Oh, when the eleventh hour calls
The eleventh hour calls
Oh, and nothing's easy anymore
Oh, when the eleventh hour calls
The eleventh hour calls
I know it's getting late
But I feel I need, I need to explain
But I feel I need, I need to explain
All the laughter and the lies
Can't stay the fear or hide the pain
Somewhere along the way
We exchanged our dreams for selfish pride
There was a common goal
But somehow that vision has died
Is it so hard to understand
The facts that you ignore?
We've grown so tired of trying
Wasting our time criticizing
Oh, and nothing's easy anymore
Nothing's easy anymore
Is it too late to understand
The writing that's on the walls?
While we watch time slip through our hands
We're deaf to our own demands
Oh, when the eleventh hour calls
The eleventh hour calls
Oh, and nothing's easy anymore
Oh, when the eleventh hour calls
The eleventh hour calls
I know it's getting late
But I feel I need, I need to explain
7. Don't Follow Me
Through another late night confession
Told to a captive audience
And YOU listen with your ear to the door
Waiting for pearls of wisdom to fall
Like open secrets overheard
Through the cracks in the wall
With calculated candor YOU play the part
Of a trusted confidant
Moving closer for a better view
Looking for more than eyes can see
On the tattered pages
Of an open diary
If YOU want to know
Just what I see
Look at yourself
And don't ask me
And if YOU want to know
Where we're going
Keep your distance
And don't follow me
Like an old friend with nothing left to say
You'll find I'm not who YOU thought I'd be
As YOU contemplate the silence
Waiting for pearls of wisdom to fall
From the still uncertain heart
That beats behind the wall
If you want to know
Just what I see
Look at yourself
And don't ask me
And if YOU want to know
Where we're going
Keep your distance
And don't follow me
If you want to know
Just what I see
Look at yourself
And don't follow me
Told to a captive audience
And YOU listen with your ear to the door
Waiting for pearls of wisdom to fall
Like open secrets overheard
Through the cracks in the wall
With calculated candor YOU play the part
Of a trusted confidant
Moving closer for a better view
Looking for more than eyes can see
On the tattered pages
Of an open diary
If YOU want to know
Just what I see
Look at yourself
And don't ask me
And if YOU want to know
Where we're going
Keep your distance
And don't follow me
Like an old friend with nothing left to say
You'll find I'm not who YOU thought I'd be
As YOU contemplate the silence
Waiting for pearls of wisdom to fall
From the still uncertain heart
That beats behind the wall
If you want to know
Just what I see
Look at yourself
And don't ask me
And if YOU want to know
Where we're going
Keep your distance
And don't follow me
If you want to know
Just what I see
Look at yourself
And don't follow me
8. The Road Goes on Forever
Its so cold in the shadow of distant lights
And the chilling wind slows our pace and tests our will
Still a voice whispers it will be over soon
And there we find the courage to climb the hill
Sometimes I lose sight of where I'm going
Fanned by a flame I can't remember
But distant lights still burn bright
And the road goes on forever
Year after year with renewed ambition
We scale the walls to find there's nothing there
Still idle hands clutch the empty page
With the passion of a desperate prayer
Sometimes I lose sight of where I'm going
Fanned by a flame I can't remember
But distant lights still burn bright
And the road goes on forever
And here we are again
The doors close behind us
And the road goes on and on and on and on
Sometimes I lose sight of where I'm going
Fanned by a flame I can't remember
But distant lights still burn bright
And the road goes on forever
Forever
And the chilling wind slows our pace and tests our will
Still a voice whispers it will be over soon
And there we find the courage to climb the hill
Sometimes I lose sight of where I'm going
Fanned by a flame I can't remember
But distant lights still burn bright
And the road goes on forever
Year after year with renewed ambition
We scale the walls to find there's nothing there
Still idle hands clutch the empty page
With the passion of a desperate prayer
Sometimes I lose sight of where I'm going
Fanned by a flame I can't remember
But distant lights still burn bright
And the road goes on forever
And here we are again
The doors close behind us
And the road goes on and on and on and on
Sometimes I lose sight of where I'm going
Fanned by a flame I can't remember
But distant lights still burn bright
And the road goes on forever
Forever
Και μονο το Eleventh Hour να υπηρχε στον δισκο παλι θα ηταν απο τους καλυτερους εβερ...σπουδαιο αλμπουμ!
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