A bit of a typical pop ballad from 80s Japan. But I like world music, so thumbs up.
Brimstone
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Interesting detour from the usual stuff, didn't know these guys.
Care to elaborate on that?
Late at een, drinking the wine,
Or early in a mornin,
The set a combat them between,
To fight it in the dawnin.
"O stay at hame, my noble lord!
O stay at hame, my marrow!
My cruel brother will you betray,
On the dowy houms o Yarrow."
"O fare ye weel, my lady gaye!
O fare ye weel, my Sarah!
For I maun gae, tho I neer return
Frae the dowy banks o Yarrow."
She kissd his cheek, she kaimed his hair,
As she had done before, O;
She belted on his noble brand,
An he's awa to Yarrow.
O he's gane up yon high, high hill -
I wat he gaed wi sorrow -
An in a den spied nine armd men,
I the dowy houms o Yarrow.
"O if ye come to drink the wine,
As ye hae doon before, O?
Or if ye come to wield the brand,
On the bonny banks o Yarrow?"
"I im no come to drink the wine,
As I hae doon before, O,
But I im come to wield the brand,
On the dowy houms o Yarrow."
Four he hurt, an five he slew,
On the dowy houms o Yarrow,
Till that stubborn knight came him behind,
An ran his body thorrow.
"Gae hame, gae hame, good-brother John,
An tell your sister Sarah
To come an lift her noble lord,
Who's sleepin sound on Yarrow."
"Yestreen I dreamd a dolefu dream;
I kend there wad be sorrow;
I dremd I pu'd the heather green,
On the dowy banks o Yarrow."
She gaed up yon high, high hill -
I wat she gaed wi sorrow -
An in a den spy'd nine dead men,
On the dowy houms o Yarrow.
She kissd his cheek, she kaimd his hair,
As oft she did before, O;
She drank the red blood frae him ran,
On the dowy houms o Yarrow.
"O haud your tongue, my douchter dear,
For what needs a' this sorrow?
I'll wed you on a better lord
Than him you lost on Yarrow."
"O haud your tongue, my father dear,
An dinna grieve your Sarah;
A better lord was never born
Than him I lost on Yarrow."
"Tak hame your ousen, take hame your kye,
For they hae bred our sorrow;
I wiss that they had a' gane mad
Whan they cam first to Yarrow."
The composition is a bit AI like to me. Is it yours?
The new orchestrated version is quite a lot better than this original. But its not from the '80s.
Yes, she was a terrific singer. She even looks gorgeous in this performance too. No autotune, of course.
Its always nice to discover good music, and a place like this, where you can share tunes with similar minded people, helps precisely with that.
The harp sounds are definitely special, but I'm very pleasantly surprised by the bass sound and tone achieved by this particular piece. The cartridge in the turntable also gives a lot of definition to the audio, but not to the point of being harsh. I think the first time I listened to this album back in the 80s, or 90s, it was recorded on standard casette... so there's quite a leap in quality this time around.
Indeed, thanks for the historical note Rolando. The lyrics in english are like this (deepl.com translation)
He walks on the street
Don't say where
His brain full of heavy metal
And his liver is dead
His veins are open
And smell like formalin
It's all very distressing
Like he is in Vienna
All of Vienna
Is on heroin today
All of Vienna
Dreams with Mozambin
All of Vienna, Vienna, Vienna
Also takes cocaine
In the ball season at all
You can see all of Vienna, Vienna, Vienna
Is so wonderfully there, there, there
Cocaine and codeine
Heroin and mozambine
Make us go, go, go
There, there, one, two, three
Cocaine and codeine
Heroin and mozambine
Make us go, go, go, go, go
Three, four
I rather find that Iron Maiden is probably one of the more consistent bands with its output, actually. You either like them or you don't, and that's a good thing by itself because it shows that, regardless of musical taste, they know their trade. Its not an easy thing to be consistent.
With Black Sabbath, I have a lot more problems because they have entire albums which are, for me, quite terrible from a song writing perspective. I don't mean a couple of songs, I mean from start to finish. If I pick one record I haven't listened to yet, I just have no idea if I'm going to like it or not.
With Quiet Riot I agree. They have records which honestly kind of suck.
Sure... but to be honest, I rarely enjoy the entire output of most metal bands. Finding one which had consistently composed great songs is a bit of a challenge, despite the very talented interpreters and shredders from the genre. What you describe could be sort of a common disease.
Much of Black Sabbath I find hard to stomach, for instance. On the other hand, I really like a couple of their albums.
Appreciated. The 80s can't be fully understood without Germany... it was a factory of singles, many of them became hits all around the world. In fact, I believe Falco was the very first artist I posted in Lemmy myself, with his "der Kommissar".
edit: sorry, I forgot that Falco was austrian, not german. Still a good artist though... I posted another song of his in our 80's jukebox.
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I've been listening to these guys since you posted their music a while ago. They're really good.