Year Of The Cat

YEAR OF THE CAT
Al Stewart

On a morning from a Bogart movie
In a country where they turn back time
You go strolling through the crowd like Peter Lorre
Contemplating a crime
She comes out of the sun in a silk dress running
Like a watercolour in the rain
Don't bother asking for explanations
She'll just tell you that she came
In the year of the cat.

She doesn't give you time for questions
As she locks up your arm in hers
And you follow 'till your sense of which direction
Completely disappears
By the blue tiled walls near the market stalls
There's a hidden door she leads you to
These days, she says, I feel my life
Just like a river running through
The year of the cat

She looks at you so cooly
And her eyes shine like the moon in the sea
She comes in incense and patchouli
So you take her, to find what's waiting inside
The year of the cat.

Well morning comes and you're still with her
And the bus and the tourists are gone
And you've thrown away the choice and lost your ticket
So you have to stay on
But the drum-beat strains of the night remain
In the rhythm of the new-born day
You know sometime you're bound to leave her
But for now you're going to stay
In the year of the cat

Time

TIME
(Pink Floyd)

Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day
You fritter and waste the hours in an off hand way
Kicking around on a piece of ground in your home town
Waiting for someone or something to show you the way

Tired of lying in the sunshine staying home to watch the rain
You are young and life is long and there is time to kill today
And then one day you find ten years have got behind you
No one told you when to run, you missed the starting gun

And you run and you run to catch up with the sun, but it’s sinking
And racing around to come up behind you again
The sun is the same in the relative way, but you’re older
Shorter of breath and one day closer to death

Every year is getting shorter
Never seem to find the time
Plans that either come to naught or half a page of scribbled line
Hanging on in quiet desperation is the English way


The time is gone the song is over
Thought I’d something more to say

Catatan :










Album : The Dark Side of The Moon, 1973
David Gilmour : Vocals , guitars, VCS 3
Richard Wright : Keyboards, vocals, VCS 3
Roger Waters : Bass, vocals, VCS 3, tape effects
Nick Mason : Percussion, tape effects

Sound engineer: Alan Parsons
Backing vocals :Doris Troy, Leslie Duncan, Liza Strike, Barry St. John

The Turn of A Friendly Card (Part II)

THE TURN OF A FRIENDLY CARD
(PART II)
(The Alan Parsons Project)

There are unsmiling faces in fetters and chains
On a wheel in perpetual motion
Who belong to all races and answer all names
With no show of an outward emotion

And they think it will make their lives easier
But the doorway before them is barred
And the game never ends when your whole world depends
On the turn of a friendly card
No the game never ends when your whole world depends
On the turn of a friendly card

Catatan :
Album : The Turn of A Friendly Card, 1979
Lead vocals : Chris Rainbow
Bass : David Paton
Drums and percussion : Stuart Elliot
Acoustic and electric guitars : Ian Bairnson
Keyboards : Eric Woolfson
Additional keyboards : Alan Parsons
The Orchestra of The Munich Chamber Opera
Care of Eberhard Schoener
Leader : Sandor Farcas
Orchestra Coordinator : Curtis Briggs

Time Canon

TIME CANON
(Triumph)

Time and time and time again
Time after time after time
Round and round and round again
Time never waits
Time never ends
All of your life
All the time
Goes on by
By and by and by

Catatan :











Album : Thunder Seven
Rik Emmett : Six and twelve string guitars,
guitar synthesizers, vocals and backgrounds
Gil Moore : Drums, percussion,
vocals and backgrounds
Mike Levine : Bass guitar, keyboards, synthesizers
* Triumph, sebuah group rock dari Kanada.

Epitaph

EPITAPH
(King Crimson)

* The wall on which the prophets wrote
Is cracking at the seams
Upon the instruments of death
The sunlight brightly gleams
When every man is torn a part
With nightmares and with dreams
Will no one lay the laurel wreath
When silence drowns the screams

** Confusion wil be my epitaph
As I crawl a cracked and broken path
If we make it we can all sit back and laugh
But I fear tomorrow I’ll be crying
Yes I fear tomorrow I’ll be crying

Between the iron gates of fate
The seeds of time were sown
And watered by the deeds of those

Who know and who are known
Knowledge is a deadly friend
When no one sets the rules
The fate of all mankind I see
Is in the hands of fools

Repeat * & **

Catatan :
Album : In The Court of The Crimson King, 1969
Lyrics : Ian McDonald and Pete Sinfield
Guitar : Robert Fripp
Bass : Greg Lake
Woodwind, keyboards and mellotron : Ian McDonalds
Drums and percussion : Michael Giles
Words and illumination : Peter Sinfield

Catch The Rainbow

CATCH THE RAINBOW
(Ritchie Blackmore)

When evening falls, she’ll run to me
Like whispered dreams, your eyes can see
Soft and warm, she’ll touch my face
Far better strong against the rain

* We believe, we’ll catch the rainbow
Ride the wind to the sun
Sail away on ships of wonder
With chains made of steel
So bless me (oh bless me, bless me)

Come the down, come the down
Come the down, come the down

Back to *

Catatan :
Lagu milik Ritchie Blackmore bersama Rainbow,
setelah ia menyatakan keluar dari Deep Purple.

Journey To The Centre of The Earth

JOURNEY TO THE CENTRE OF THE EARTH
Part IV : The Forest
(Rick Wakeman with The London Symphony Orchestra
and The English Chamber Choir)


Journey on through ages gone, to the centre of the earth
Past rocks of quartz and granite, which gave mother nature birth

Burial ground of ancient man, his life no more is seen
A journey through his time unknown, I wonder where he’s been

Wonder where he’s been, wonder where he’s been, wonder where he’s been

The shore no gone behind the hills, a forest in our sight
Rocks and distance mountains, bathed in waves of blinding light


Forest from a far gone time, no living man has seen
A private prehistoric world, for your and I a dream

Brownish hue dictates my eye, no colour hides their fear
Flowers faded dull and cold, now bleached by atmosphere

Creatures twisting under trees, huge monsters soaked with rage
Hidden deep below our earth, a frightening, by gone age

Their shepherd came, now long extinct, a huge primeval man
The three man filled with disbelief , just turned as one and ran

Catatan :










Album : Journey To The Centre of The Earth, 1974
Gary Picford Hopkings : vocals
Ashley Holt : vocals
Rick Wakeman : keyboards
Mike Egan : guitars
Roger Newell : bass
Barney James : drums and percussion

Rainbow Eyes

RAINBOW EYES
(Ritchie Blackmore)

She’s been gone since yesterday
Oh, I didn’t care
Never cared for yesterday
Fancies in the air

Ref.:
No sighs or mysteries
She lay golden in the sun
No broken harmonies
But I’ve lost my way
She had rainbow eyes
Rainbow eyes
Rainbow eyes


Love should be a simple blend
A whispering on the shore
No clever words you can’t defend
They lead to never more

Back ro ref.

Summer nights are colder now
They’ve takes down the air
All the lights have died some-how
Or where they ever there

Ref.:
…….
Rainbow eyes
Rainbow eyes
Rainbow eyes…

Catatan :
Dikenal sebagai lagunya Ritchie Blackmore, atau mungkin mengira Blackmore yang menyanyikan lagu ini. Mungkin ini lagunya Balckmore bersama grupnya Rainbow, setelah keluar dari Deep Purple.

Stairway To Heaven

STAIRWAY TO HEAVEN
(Led Zeppelin)

There’s a lady who’s sure
All that glitters is gold
And she’s buying a stairway to heaven
When she gets there she knows
If the stars are all closed
With a word she can get what she came for
Wo…
And she’s buying a stairway to heaven

There’s a sign on the wall
But she wants to be sure
Cause you know sometimes words have no meaning
In the tree by the brook
There’s a song bird who sings
Sometimes all of our thoughts are misgiven
Uh…makes me wonder
Uh…makes me wonder

There’s a feeling I get
When I look to the west
And my spirit is crying for leaving
In my thought I have seen
Rings of smoke through the trees
And the voices of those who stand looking

Uh…makes me wonder
Uh…really makes me wonder

And its whisper that soon
If we all call the tune
And the piper will lead us to reason
And the new day will down
For those who stand long
And the forest will echo with laughter

If there’s a bustle in your hedge-grow
Don’t be alarmed now
It’s just a spring clean for the May Queen
Yes there are two paths you can go back
But in the long run
And there’s still time to change the road you’re on
And it makes me wonder
Your head is humming and it won’t go in case you don’t know
The pipers calling you to join him
Dear lady can you hear the wind blow and did you know
Your stairway lies on the whispering wind

And as we wind on down the road
Our shadow taller than our souls
There walks a lady we all know
Who shines white light and wants to show
How everything still turns to gold
And if you listen very hard
The tune will come to you at last
When all are gone and one are all yeah
To be rock and not to roll
And she’s buying a stairway to heaven

Catatan :











Album : Led Zeppelin IV, 1971
Composed : Jimmy Page and Robert Plant
Robert Plant : lead vocals
Jimmy Page : lead guitars
John Paul Jones : bass guitars
John Bonham : drums and percussion

Stairway To Heaven adalah lagu rock yang paling banyak
dan paling sering diputar di berbagai stasiun radio di seluruh dunia.
Menjadi ikon era hard rock tahun 1970-an.

Persephone

PERSEPHONE
(Wishbone Ash)

There’s a light that shines on Persephone
Always a fire in her eyes
And the last time that I went to her
I could tell things weren’t light

I just don’t care to see your years go wasting
There’s no longer magic in your eyes

In your time, you could outshine everybody else around
But your off-stage ways might be a bore
You take a bow, you take a fall

I came to be here in the footlights
To live with you through every song
And your face displays a peaceful field
I can’t believe the curtain has to fall

Now I know your years were never wasted
Tonight I saw the magic in your eyes

Catatan :
Wishbone Ash, kelompok progressive rock asal Inggris,
yang dibentuk oleh Martin Turner dan Steve Upton di Devon, Inggris, 1969.
Terkenal dengan permainan dua guitarnya.

Some Other Time

SOME OTHER TIME
(The Alan Parsons Project)

In a matter of a moment
Lost till the end of time
It’s the evening of another day
And the end of mine

Now the starlight which has found me
Lost for a million years
Tries to linger as it fills my eyes
Till it disappears

Could it be that somebody else is
Looking into my mind

Some other place
Somewhere
Some other time

Some other place
Somewhere
Some other time

Like a mirror held before me
Large as the sky is wide
And the image is reflected
Back to the other side

Some other place
Somewhere
Some other time

Some other place
Somewhere
Some other time

Catatan :










Album : I Robot, 1977
Bass : David Paton
Electric guitars : Ian Bairnson
Acoustic guitars : Ian Bairnson, David Paton, Alan Parsons
Keyboards : Eeric Woolfson, Duncan Mackay, Alan Parsons
Steel guitar : BJ Cole
‘Projectron’ and vocoder : Eric Woolfson, Alan Parsons
Cimbalom and Kantele : John Leach

The Lady In Red

The Lady In Red
(Chris de Burgh)

I’ve never seen you looking so lovely as you did tonight
I’ve never seen you shine so bright
I’ve never seen so many men ask you if you wanted to dance
They’re looking for a little romance given half a chance
And I have never seen that dress you’re wearing
Or the highlights in your hair that catch your eyes
I have been blind

The lady in red is dancing with me, cheek to cheek
There’s nobody here, it’s just you and me
It’s where I want to be
But I hardly know the beauty by my side
I’ll never forget the way you look tonight

I’ve never seen you looking so gorgeous as you did tonight
I’ve never seen you shine so bright, you were amazing
I’ve never seen so many people want to be there by your side
And when you turned to me and smiled, it took my breath away
And I have never had such a feeling
Such a feeling of complete and utter love, as I do tonight

The lady in red is dancing with me, cheek to cheek
There’s nobody here, it’s just you and me
It’s where I want to be
But I hardly know this beauty by my side
I’ll never forget the way you look tonight
I never will forget the way you look tonight
The lady in red, the lady in red
The lady in red, my lady in red

Catatan :
Album : Into The Light, 1986

Dust in The Wind

DUST IN THE WIND
(Kansas)










I close my eyes only for a moment
And the moment’s gone
All my dreams pass before my eyes a curiosity
Dust in the wind, all they are is dust in the wind

Same old song, just a drop of water
In an endless sea all we do
Crumbles to the ground though we refuse to see
Dust in the wind, all we are is dust in the wind

Don’t hang on,
Nothing losts forever but the earth and sky
It slips away
And all your money won’t another minute buy
Dust in the wind, all we are is dust in the wind
Dust in the wind, everything is dust the wind…

Catatan :
Kansas, group musik rock Amerika tahun 1970-an.

May

MAY
(Kayak)

May, now the sun has slipped away
Leaving the cold
Oh, how swift the night unfolds

May, now that light has the left the day
Darkness appears
Oh, let me hold you near

So take my hand and trust me my love
Wherever we may go
Together through the world

May, now the blue has turned to grey
Summer fades fast
Oh, how soon the leaves must fall

May, now the swallows fly away
Follow the sun
Oh, how quickly love’s undone

So hurry love and take my heart
Wherever you may go
Alone through the world

No one cant touch us now
We have our love
And though we can’t hold the summer for long
May you will leave though our love carries on

No one can touch you now
We had our love
And though the winter will come much too soon
May you must fly by the silver of moon

No one can touch us now
We had our love
And though the seasons will change much too soon
May you must fly by the silver of moon

Catatan :
Kayak, sebuah kelompok musik rock asal Belanda,
pimpinan Ton Scheerpenzeel.

Under A Violet Moon

UNDER A VIOLET MOON
(Blackmore’s Night)








Dancing to the feel of the drum
Leave this world behind
We’ll have a drink and toast to ourselves
Under a Violet Moon

Tudor Rose with her hair in curls
Will make you turn and stare
Try to steal a kiss at the bridge
Under a Violet Moon

Raise your hats and your glasses too
We will dance the whole night through
We’re going back to a time we knew
Under a Violet Moon

Cheers to the Knights and days of olde
The beggars and the thieves
Living in an enchanted wood
Under a Violet Moon

Fortune teller what to you see
Future in a card
Share your secrets, tell them to me
Under a Violet Moon

Close your eyes and lose yourself
In a medieval mood
Taste the treasures and sing the tunes
Under a Violet Moon

Tis my delight on a shiny night
The season of the year
To keep the lanterns burning bright
Under a Violet Moon

Catatan :










Album : Under A Violet Moon, 1999
Music and lyrics : Ritchie Blackmore dan Candice Night
Ritcchie Blackmore : all guitars, mandolin, bass, renaissance drum, tamborine
Candice Night : vocals, pennywhistle
John Ford : background vocals
Peter Rooth : bass
Jens Johansson : keyboards

We Are The Champions

WE ARE THE CHAMPIONS
(Queen)

I’ve paid my dues
Time after time
I’ve done my sentence
But committed no crime
And bad mistakes
I’ve made a few
I’ve had my share of sand kicked in my face
But I’ve come through

We are the champions, my friends
And we’ll keep on fighting till the end
W e are the champions
We are the champions
No time for losers
‘Cause we are the champions of the world

I’ve taken my bows
And my curtain calls
You brought me fame and fortune and everything that goes with it
I thanks you all
But it’s been no bed of roses
No pleasure cruise
I consider it a challenge before the whole human race
And I ain’t gonna lose

We are the champions, my friends
And we’ll keep on fighting till the end
W e are the champions
We are the champions
No time for losers
‘Cause we are the champions of the world

Catatan :
Album : News of The World, 1979
Freddie Mercury : vocals
Brian May : guitars
John Deacon : bass
Roger Taylor : drums and percussion

I Talk To The Wind

I TALK TO THE WIND
(King Crimson)

Said the straight man to the late man
Where have you been
I’ve been here and I’ve been there
And I’ve been in between

I talk to the wind
My words are all carried away
I talk to the wind
The wind does not hear
The wind cannot hear

I’m on the outside looking inside
What do I see
Much confusion
Disillusion
All around me

You don’t possess me
Don’t impress me
Just upset my mind
Can’t instruct me or conduct me
Just use up my time

I talk to the wind
My words are all carried away
I talk to the wind
The wind does not hear
The wind cannot hear

Catatan :









Album : In The Court of The Crimson King, 1969
Lyrics : Ian McDonald and Peter Sinfield
Guitar : Robert Fripp
Bass : Greg Lake
Woodwind, keyboards and mellotron : Ian McDonalds
Drums and percussion : Michael Giles
Words and illumination : Peter Sinfield

Desde La Vida

DESDE LA VIDA
(3)
A) La Vista

Fortunes drifting across the sierra…
Life, survived in visions of gold…
Spanish galleons of old upon El Man
Dance of a distant land from afar…
Con la vista desde la vida…

b) Frontera

(This movement is entirely instrumental.)

c) Sangre de Toro

Time to awaken daybreak begun
Feeling so strong here in the sun
The work has to be done, will be done
One thing that is believed we’ll be one
But is there more desde la vida

Sangre de toro, drinking the wine
Beneath la montan the shadows of time
Work now is done, has been done
Struggle that still goes on will be won
Knowing there’s more desde la vida

(Instrumental break)

Again we awaken there in the face of the sun
El tiempo es Buena, the time is good
A new day is born into our hands
Together we fall, together we stand
Hoping there’s more desde la vida

(Same movement as ‘Frontera)

Catatan :









Album : To The Power of Three, 1987
Keith Emerson : keyboards and synthesizers
Robert Berry : guitars and bass
Carl Palmer : drums and percussion

Narnia

NARNIA
(Steve Hackett)









Things they taught you at school
Can sometimes disappear
Why do you disbelieve
The things I said were true
Of a land nothing planned
It’s just happens
Girls and boys who shout come out to play

With a queen cold as ice
You’d best take my advice
To steer clear of her charm
She’s easily annoyed
What’s that sound, you turn around
There just happen to be bells
And reindeers drawing a sleigh

There troubled with snow covered peaks
Till the end of time
We know you’re a daughter of eve
And a friend of mine

Yes I’m certain that you
Will influence the rest
She could turn you to stone
You’re suitably impressed
And so easily led
There just happen to be repercussions
Months ahead

Catatan :









Based on the childrens's book - "The Lion The Witch & The Wardrobe" by CS Lewis
Album : Please Don’t Touch, 1978
Vocals : Steve Walsh and Steve Hackett
Electronic and acoustic guitar : Steve Hackett
Keyboards : Dave Lebolt, John Acock, Steve Hackett, John Hackett
Drums and Percussion: Chester Thompson, Phil Ehart
Flutes, Piccolos, Bass pedals : John Hackett
Bass : Tom Fowler
Violin : Graham Smith
Cello : Hugh Malloy

Gemini

GEMINI
(The Alan Parsons Project)









Watching waiting rising falling
Listening calling drifting
Touching feeling seeing believing
Hoping sending leaving
I couldn’t say why you and I are Gemini
If I tried to write a million words a day
I see your shadow coming closer
Then watch you drifting away

Watching waiting rising falling
Listening calling drifting
Touching feeling seeing believing
Hoping sending leaving
I couldn’t say why you and I are Gemini
We are traveling a million worlds away
I see your shadow coming closer
Then watch you drifting away

Catatan :










Album : Eye in The Sky, 1982
Musik : Alan Parsons
Lirik : Eric Woolfson
Lead vocal : Chris Rainbow
Bass : David Paton
Drums & percussion : Stuart Elliot
Guitar : Ian Bairnson
Keyboards : Eric Wollfson, Alan Parsons
Fairlight programming : Alan Parsons
Sax : Mel Collins