Julia you set the standards for me

Σαν σήμερα, πριν απο 37 χρόνια, οι Pavlov's Dog κυκλοφόρησαν τον πρώτο τους δίσκος με τίτλο Pampered Menial

Ένας δίσκος που προσφέρει πολύ δυνατά συναισθήματα..

Όταν ήμουν μικρός και άκουσα για πρώτη φορά το Julia, θαύμαζα την φωνή της τραγουδίστριας (!) -που να ήξερα-

Καθώς περνούσε ο καιρός και άρχισα να ψάχνομαι με την μουσική περισσότερο, έφτασε η μέρα που αγόρασα την ίδια μέρα όλη την δισκογραφία τους...

Όταν άνοιξα το Pampered Menial και διάβασα ότι τελικά η φωνή που άκουγα και θαύμαζα σε αυτό το υπέροχο τραγούδι, δεν ανήκε σε γυναίκα αλλά σε άντρα...έπαθα ένα ευχάριστο σοκ!

WOW!

Αμέσως κέρδισε πόντους αυτή η μπάντα για μένα...

Όταν άκουσα όλον τον δίσκο...έγινε κατευθείαν ένας απο τους αγαπημένους μου...

Η μοναδικότητα της φωνής του -πλέον- η ατμόσφαιρα που προσδίδει το organ, οι μελωδίες σε όλα τα τραγούδια, η παραγωγή...ΟΛΟ το πακέτο ήταν και είναι ξεχωριστό!

Άξιο αναφοράς, είναι πως το Theme of Subway Sue κανονικά ονομαζόταν Someday soon, "someday soon, we'll find out where we're going" αλλά λόγο το ότι δεν ακουγόταν καθαρά ακόμα και ο Surkamp το μπέρδευε σαν Subway Sue αποφάσισαν να αλλάξουν τον τίτλο, σαν ένα "ενδοσκοπικό"αστείο...

Το track list είναι το εξής:

1. Julia
2. Late November
3. Song Dance
4. Fast Gun
5. Natchez Trace
6. Theme from Subway Sue
7. Episode
8. Preludin (Instrumental)
9. Of Once and Future Kings

Όσοι γνωρίζεται τους Pavlov's Dog μόνο απο το Julia -σαν κι εμένα κάποτε- δώστε μια ευκαιρία σε αυτόν τον δίσκο, και ίσως γίνει και δικό σας αγαπημένος...

Ανεπιφύλακτα...απο το πρώτο έως το τελευταίο τραγούδι, η παρέα του David Surkamp -φωνή, κιθάρα- Steve Scorfina -κιθάρα- David Hamilton -πλήκτρα- Doug Rayburn -φλάουτο- Siegfried Carver -βιολί- Rick Stockton -μπάσο- Kirk Sarkisian -τύμπανα- έχουν κάτι να σας πουν...

n'joy



Julia you set the standards for me
Walk to your door
Beggin for it just to be more and

Julia I couldn't do much better than you
Said so yourself
I wouldn't want anyone else

And I can't live without your love
And I can't live without your love
Well I can't live without you

Julia oh you're drivin me crazy
But I'm a... I'm a part of your plans
Oh just a man while your dreams be
You're just a part of me
Oh please see how much how much you mean to me
Please see how much how much you mean to me Julia

And Julia straight away you've had me
And I know I've had you
You're a part of me too



Oh, she wants, she wants it badly
And I, I can't believe all she said
Because she's cool, yeah she's cool
She's just like lightening
Take her home, keep her warm in late November

I can't say why she's so strange now
Why did I always believe all she said
She's came down, held me close
Came down from night skies
Take her home, keep her warm in late November

She just goes to show you never know
What's in your heart, what's in your soul
She just goes to show you never know
What's in your heart, what's in your soul

She's home now, but far away she flies
But she don't know how she came
Or how she leaves
'Cause she's cool, yeah she's cool
She's just like lightening
Take her home, keep her warm in late November



Teach me a song and I'll dance for you
And I won't mind what you're playing
We must get high for a song dance tonight
It's morning now
I want to show you how
Got to keep on moving, running to the sounds

Well, I might not want you on my troubled times
Strange things passing far behind you no, no, no,
'Cause all you rhythm and blues
But now I would never play a tune for you
It's morning now
I want to show you how
Got to keep on moving, running to the sounds

The rhythm is a song dance
Rhythm is a song dance
Rocking to a song dance

Teach me a song, I'll dance for you
I won't mind what you're playing for me
I must give my first song
It's morning now
I want to show you how
Got to keep on moving, running to the sounds



You like to wear the fast gun
You try and make me run
When the whole town turns its troubles down on you
You like to wear your gun down low
And you kiss her when you go
Would a half breed cowboy lose her
You never know

When you shot them dressed in black
How to pull these triggers back
When it happens there's a time when it's pouring down
Will you meet me there, let's go
Better to let your feelings show
Because the fast gun's got troubles of his own

You like to wear the fast gun
You gonna try and make me run
You think you're going to shoot me down
Well you never will
'Cause they say you've got no soul
You got to hit them quite low
Would a half breed cowboy lose her
How you know, how you know, you must never know

You wear the fast gun wear it low
You like to kiss her when you go



All I can hear is wind shouting though the forest
All I can hear is the sun as it's shining
I wish I was home but I'm lost
They say she's waiting by the Natchez Trace
In all the silver thread and cold black lace
When she put you in your resting place
Would you take my gold or leave my soul unscathed

All I can hear is the howling wind and a haunting woman I know
'Cause all the angels in heaven, devils in hell
I think I'm caught in this rock and roll
She's waiting by the Natchez Trace
In all the silver thread and cold black lace
When she put you in your resting place
Would you take my gold or leave my soul unscathed

You got to leave me alone
You got to leave me alone
You got to leave me alone

No, no, no, no
If the woman don't get ya the snakes will
This road is so long and so dark and so cold
She's one bad woman, one bad woman
Waiting for me, get your hands off me
She's waiting by the Natchez Trace
In all the silver thread and cold black lace
When she put you in your resting home
No, no, no, no

Oh, no, she's one bad woman
You got to leave me alone
You got to leave me alone
Oh, no, she's one bad woman



Watch the mountains
And take off down the river
Take off twice from where you are
Cause someday soon we'll take off down the river
And I'll see nothing of you at all

Tell the birds not to show which way I'm going
And tell the leaves to try and hide the way
We'll give 'em gold
Oh cause gold is nothing special
Tell 'em all to try and hide the way

And someday soon
We'll find out where we're going
And someday soon
We'll find the way
And if the love that you have for me is going
Well I'll see nothing of you at all

And it's a long road
A very, very, very long road
A very, very, very long road
And I'm doing fine
And I'm wishing you were mine

Take me back to morning
Morning's when she calls me
And take me back to days of prior springs
Oooh will you take me back
And I don't care
Oh your springtimes don't possess me
And I'll see nothing of you at all again

And someday soon
We'll find out where we're going
And someday soon
We'll find the way
Well if the love that you have for me is going
Well I'll see nothing of you at all
Nothing at all

She's a woman (She's a woman)
That left me nothing at all (Left me nothing at all)
She's a woman (Such a lady)
I have nothing at all (I have nothing at all)
Well I'm leaving...I leave soon
Well I'm leaving
Nothing at all

And I got nothing
Nothing at all
I have nothing
Nothing at all
I've got nothing
Nothing at all



I caught you walking on a rainy day
And tossing petals to a pool
So keep your mind off passing hours
'Cause I'll be coming for you soon

Make believe you are a dancer
Though perhaps you make a better queen
And before you leave better count roses
And a mad, mad way you want to scream
If you want, he gives you slippers
Shoot an arrow on past the sun
Or be the keeper always of my mind and heart
Or is it best you go unseen

Once you were star-struck and now twice you're not
And things go badly as they do
All the rainbows out of heaven
I'll only steal them when I can

And me I'm just your soldier
An heirloom to a basket queen
And all the blisters in our fevered
And only silence killed my dreams
If you want he'll give you slippers
Shoot an arrow on past the sun
Or be the keeper always of my mind and heart
You think you got control, you don't,
You'll never know, you'll never know

You'll be the keeper of the Holy Grail
You sieze it quick, you dare not fail
You're the only survivor of your holy quest
Or is it best you go unseen





All the ladies of court gather round
Joined in heavenly fair
Gathering promises of future heroes
Young faith it is all as you go
Red light and green light and men in their armor
And fight for the queen if you dare
It's a long way to go to test out your mettle
Long way to go to go down
We go round and round
We go down
Go down

Courier says we lost our family
There's 21 left, that's all
We were given no quarter because of thy art
Leaving us nothing at all

Tell me what would we do
What would we say
They'll be killing us all in the wild
Taking our homes, killing wives and children
Leaving us nothing at all

And I'll write them a letter
I said forgive us our wrong
And please grant us this favor, sir
Forgive us quick, or run
Or run, or run,
Or run

All the ladies of court gather round
Joined in heavenly fair
Gathering promises of future heroes
Young faith it is all as you go
Red light and green light and men in their armor
And fight for the queen if you dare
It's a long way to go to test out your mettle
A long way to go to go down
Go down
You better go down, down, down
You better go down