They call me the working man...I guess that's what I am

Σήμερα έκανα και την πρώτη μου προσπάθεια για να κάνω παστίτσιο...

χωρίς καμία βοήθεια...

απολύτως...

μόνο ένα "σκονάκι" απο την μπεσαμέλ...

και πέτυχε...yeah!




η δεύτερη εικόνα ίσως να μην σας γεμίσει το μάτι -μπορεί να σας αηδιάσει κιόλας- γιατί οπτικά υστερεί, αλλά πιστέψτε με είναι γευστικότατο...



τελικά δεν μπορώ να καταλάβω που δυσκολεύονται οι "νοικοκυρές" και αραδιάζουν ιστορίες κόπωσης...

σκουπίζω, πλένω (πιάτα και ρούχα), μαγειρεύω (πλέον ΚΑΙ παστίτσιο), σιδερώνω -σπάνια αλλά δεν είναι και τίποτα τραγικό-,έχω και τα πιτσιρίκια μου, αν μπορώ να διορθώσω κάτι το κάνω...αλλά πραγματικά δεν νιώθω κούραση απο αυτά... (κι όλα αυτά σε ενα υπέροχο βαλιντσάκι που λέει κι ο μπαρμπαΣτάθης)

οπότε για μένα καταρρίπτεται ο μύθος περί "νοικοκυράς"...




Νομίζω ότι είναι ο καιρός οι άντρες να ζητήσουν ισότητα...





I get up at seven, yeah
And I go to work at nine
I got no time for livin'
Yes, I'm workin' all the time


It seems to me
I could live my life
A lot better than I think I am
I guess that's why they call me
They call me the working man

They call me the working man
I guess that's what I am

I get home at five o'clock
And I take myself out a nice, cold beer
Always seem to be wonderin'
Why there's nothin' goin' down here

Well, they call me the working man
I guess that's what I am

But some stupid with a flare gun, burned the place to the ground

Την ίδια ημερομηνία (1η Μαρτίου) αλλά 2 χρόνια νωρίτερα (1972) βγήκε ακόμη ένα αριστούργημα για την rock μουσική...

Οι τεράστιοι Deep Purple, οι οποίοι -τότε- ήταν οι Ian Gillan (φωνή) Ritchie Blackmore (κιθάρα), Roger Glover (μπάσο), Jon Lord (πλήκτρα) και Ian Paice (τύμπανα) -γνωστοί και ως MkII- έγραψαν το Machine Head, με σπουδαία τραγούδια, όπως Highway Star, Pictures Of Home, Smoke On The Water, Space Truckin' -σχεδόν όλα τα είπα-

Ένας δίσκος που τους πήγε κατευθείαν στο νούμερο 1 στα charts της Αγγλίας και Αυστραλίας, και νούμερο 7 στα billboard της Αμερικής (παρέμεινε 118 εβδομάδες στο top 200...118 εβδομάδες)

Ακόμα κι ο πιο αδαείς με την rock θα έχει ακούσει σίγουρα το Smoke on the water -δεν υπάρχει αμφιβολία γι'αυτό-

ίσως κάποιοι όμως να μην γνωρίζουν ότι έμπνευση για το συγκεκριμένο τραγούδι ήταν μια συναυλία του Frank Zappa -στον ίδιο χώρο που θα παίζανε και οι Purple αργότερα- πήρε φωτιά η οροφή...

Απο τον συγκεκριμένο δίσκο έχω 2 μακράν αγαπημένα, το "Pictures of home" και "space truckin'"

Μερίδιο στην επιτυχία παίρνει κι ο παραγωγός Martin Birch (θα τον συναντήσουμε και σε άλλους υπέροχους δίσκους)

Αρκετά τα λόγια...ώρα να απολαύσουν μερικοί αυτόν το υπέροχο σε δύναμη δίσκο...

n' joy



Nobody gonna take my car
I'm gonna race it to the ground
Nobody gonna beat my car
It's gonna break the speed of sound
Oooh it's a killing machine
It's got everything
Like a driving power, big fat tyres and everything

I love it, and I need it
I bleed it
Yeah, it's a wild hurricane
Alright, hold tight, I'm a highway star

Nobody gonna take my girl
I'm gonna keep her to the end
Nobody gonna have my girl
She stays close on every bend
Oooh she's a killing machine
She's got everything
Like a moving mouth, body control and everything

I love her, I need her
I seed her
Yeah, she turns me on
Alright, hold tight, I'm a highway star

Nobody gonna take my head
I got speed inside my brain
Nobody gonna steal my head
Now that I'm on the road again
Oooh I'm in heaven again
I've got everything
Like a moving ground, throttle control and everything

I love it, and I need it
I seed it
Eight cylinders all mine
Alright, hold tight, I'm a highway star

Nobody gonna take my car
I'm gonna race it to the ground
Nobody gonna beat my car
It's gonna break the speed of sound
Oooh it's a killing machine
I it's got everything
Like a driving power, big fat tyres and everything

I love it, and I need it
I bleed it
Yeah, it's a wild hurricane
Alright, hold on tight, I'm a highway star
I'm a highway star, I'm a highway star



Peeping round the door I got a big surprise
Couldn't see a thing but open skies
They've taken her away, where is she now

Wish that she was here, wish she'd hold my hand Maybe she could laugh, maybe understand
Why was I so cruel, where is she now

Acting like a fool I had to make her cry
Maybe I'm a Leo but I ain't a lion
I'm hurting oh so bad, I want her now



Somebody's shouting
Up at a mountain
Only my own words return
Nobody's up there
It's a deception
When will I ever learn?

I'm alone here
With emptiness eagles and snow
Unfriendliness chilling my body
And whispering pictures of home

Wondering blindly
How can they find me
Maybe they don't even know
My body is shaking
Anticipating
The call of the black hooded crow...

I'm alone here
With emptiness eagles and snow
Unfriendliness chilling my body
And whispering pictures of home

Here in this prison
Of my own making
Year after day I have grown
Into a hero
But there's no worship
Where have they hidden my throne?...

I'm alone here
With emptiness eagles and snow
Unfriendliness chilling my body
And whispering pictures of home



Somebody, somebody
Come to my side
I'm tired, I'm crying
I'm sick inside
My woman, that woman
Just wasn't right

Help me now, please my friend
I never felt so bad before
Never never before

So funny, so funny
Just like a show
One name, two people
All in a row
Somebody, somebody
Someone must go

Help me now, please my friend
I never felt so bad before
Never never before

I was hurt when I was younger
By a woman who was cold
She took my name
She took my body
And she threw away my soul

Can't hide, I can't hide
My misery
I know my sorrow
Won't set me free
She did it, d'you see
She did it to me

Help me now, please my friend
I never felt so bad before
Never never before



We all came out to Montreux
On the Lake Geneva shoreline
To make records with a mobile
We didn't have much time
Frank Zappa and the Mothers
Were at the best place around
But some stupid with a flare gun
Burned the place to the ground

Smoke on the water, fire in the sky
Smoke on the water

They burned down the gambling house
It died with an awful sound
Funky & Claude was running in and out
Pulling kids out the ground
When it all was over
We had to find another place
But Swiss time was running out
It seemed that we would lose the race

Smoke on the water, fire in the sky
Smoke on the water

We ended up at the Grand Hotel
It was empty cold and bare
But with the Rolling truck Stones thing just outside
Making our music there
With a few red lights and a few old beds
We made a place to sweat
No matter what we get out of this
I know we'll never forget

Smoke on the water, fire in the sky
Smoke on the water



You're lazy, you just stay in bed
You're lazy, you just stay in bed
You don't want no money
You don't want no bread

If you're drowning you don't clutch no straw
If you're drowning you don't clutch no straw
You don't want to live
You don't want to cry no more

Well my trying ain't done no good
I said my trying ain't done no good
You don't make no effort
No, not like you should


Lazy you just stay in bed
Lazy you just stay in bed
You don't want no money
You don't want no bread



We had a lot of luck on Venus
We always had a ball on Mars
Meeting all the groovy people
We've rocked the Milky Way so far
We danced around with Borealice
We're space truckin' 'round the the stars

Come on, come on, come on
Let's go Space Truckin'
Come on, come on, come on
Space Truckin'

Remember when we did the moonshot?
And Pony Trekker led the way
We'd move to the Canaveral moonstop
And everynaut would dance and sway
We got music in their solar system
We're space truckin' round the stars

Come on, come on, come on
Let's go Space Truckin'
Come on, come on, come on
Space Truckin'

The fireball that we rode was moving
But now we've got a new machine
Yeah yeah yeah yeah the freaks said
Man those cats can really swing
They got music in their solar system
They've rocked around the Milky Way
They dance around the Borealice
They're Space Truckin' everyday

Come on, come on, come on
Let's go Space Truckin'
Come on, come on, come on
Space Truckin'


μα καλά..που πήγαν όλες οι studio εκτελέσεις;;;

"Oh my Lady Fantasy.... I.... love you"

Τον Μάρτη του '74 (συγκεκριμένα 1 Μαρτίου) κυκλοφόρησε ένας σπουδαίος δίσκος για την progressive rock μουσική...

Οι Andrew Latimer (κιθάρα, φλάουτο και φωνή), Peter Bardens (πλήκτρα και φωνή), Doug Ferguson (μπάσο) και Andy Ward (τύμπανα) έγραψαν 5 τραγούδια όλα κι όλα, αλλά αυτά ήταν που άφησε το mirage ως ένα απο τα καλύτερα -αν όχι το καλύτερο- άλμπουμ των Camel.

Όλοι βέβαια πρόσεξαν το εξώφυλλο που θυμίζει το πακέτο των ομώνυμων τσιγάρων...(έπαιξαν κι αυτά τον ρόλο τους για την επιτυχία του δίσκου)

Το tracklist είναι το εξής

1. "Freefall" 5:53
2. "Supertwister" 3:22
3. "Nimrodel/The Procession/The White Rider" 9:17
4. "Earthrise" 6:40
5. "Lady Fantasy" 12:45

Το αγαπημένο μου μακράν είναι το Lady Fantasy, (το παίζαμε κιόλας με μια μπάντα) αλλά πιστέψτε με, όλος ο δίσκος είναι πραγματικά υπέροχος...

Επειδή η αρχή μου είναι να μην κουράζω, παραθέτω βίντεο και στίχους...

Όποιος δεν γνωρίζει κάτι για τον συγκεκριμένο δίσκο, αν δεν έχει κάτι καλύτερο να κάνει, ας του δώσει μια ευκαιρία να τον ακούσει...



I'm in a freefall, like a snowflake falling,
Down, down, down, down, down.
I close my eyes inside my head I starfall
Helpless to the ground.
Down, down, down, down, down, oh yeah.


Smoke rings around me and bright sparks of fire
Flash by as I go.
I've got the feeling and it takes me higher
Than I'll ever know.
Go, go, go, go, go. Oooh.





When he rides, my fears subside,
For darkness turns once more to light.
Through the skies, his white horse flies,
To find a land beyond night.
Once he wore grey, he fell and slipped away
From everybody's sight.
The wizard of them all, came back from his fall
This time wearing white.
He has a certain air, as if he's never there,
But somehow far away.
And though he seems afar, like a distant star.
His warmth he can convey.

Listen very carefully, my words are about to unfold
Concerning a lady I've seen but I never could hold
I can see by your smile,
Take a long while,
The words that come through,
I see that they're true,
For she reminds me of you.
Don't misunderstand me, it's not always easy to say
The words in your head and your heart that you just can't explain
I can see clearly,
A face in the sky,
Moon's in your eye,
You're passing me by.
Tell me the reason why.
I can see clearly,
A face in the sky,
Moon's in your eye,
You're passing me by.
Saw you riding on a moon cloud,
Saw you walking on a whirlpool,
From the corner of my eye,
I saw you.
Saw you sitting on a sunbeam,
In the middle of my daydream,
Oh my Lady Fantasy,
I love you.

Ingratitude must die!

Πως αντιδράει κανείς όταν του λένε ότι είναι "άχρηστος";

Ότι είναι "ανεπαρκείς";

Απογοητεύεσαι σίγουρα..πόσο μάλλον όταν είναι και δικός σου άνθρωπος...

Κι απο την στιγμή που δεν μπορείς να ξεφύγεις απο αυτή την κατάσταση, προσαρμόζεσαι...

Η αχαριστία θα έπρεπε να είναι ακόμα ένα θανάσιμο αμάρτημα...

Δεν πειράζει...

Το δικαιολογώ αυτό το άτομο γιατί ακόμα δεν γνωρίζει τι θέλει...δεν έχει ωριμάσει...

Οπότε δεν μπορείς να έχει απαιτήσεις απο κάποιον που δεν έχει κατασταλάξει στην ζωή του...

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Αυτό όμως που πιστεύω ότι φταίει πραγματικά είναι ότι θεωρούμαι δεδομένος...

Κι εγώ, αλλά κι ότι κάνω και προσφέρω...

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Κι απορώ... πόσο τυφλός να είναι κανείς, που ενώ αυτά που προσφέρεις δεν τα συναντάς εύκολα, να μην του φτάνουν και να απαιτεί περισσότερα;

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Δεν πειράζει..ειλικρινά...

Σφίγγω τα δόντια και προχωρώ...

Πλέον ξέρω πως ένα άτομο απο την λίστα μου έχασε κάποια προνόμια...

κρίμα γι αυτό...

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Με καλή διαγωγή και αυστηρά κριτήρια, ίσως να καταφέρει να τα ανακτήσει...

Ίδωμεν...



Ingratitude must die!




I've been hurt so many times
And been told so many lies
No one cares what's on my mind
At all

I feel lost while on my own
There's no place I call home
But I still want to believe
I've not been mistreated
Not been mistreated

It's my heart that goes on
To believe there's someone
Who needs me to carry on
'till the end
I'm holding on
I've not been mistreated
Not been mistreated
Not been mistreated

I know in ways - have to be strong
Pouring my strain - it's turning out wrong
Feels like a stream of endless old fears
But I still want to believe
I've not been mistreated
Not been mistreated
Not been mistreated
I've not been ...

These are the days when dreams are lost

Bleeding in vain and wearing the cost
Of nonpaid lies - i'm crying for help
But I still want to believe
I've not been mistreated
Not been mistreated
Not been mistreated
I've not been ...

I've tried more than once before
To find out what i've done wrong
Still don't know how to go on
To understand why i've been mistreated - mistreated
Still don't know where to go
Stil got no place I call home - call home
I've been hurt so many times
And been told so many lies
No one cares what's on my mind
At all

I feel lost while on my own
Can't believe there's someone
Who needs me to carry on
I'm holding on
I've not been mistreated
Not been mistreated
I've not been mistreated