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Наряду с альбомом "Pride", "Big Game" вполне можно рассматривать как эталон чистоты жанра. Ничего подобного в мелодичном хард-роке не удавалось создать никому, кроме группы Europe на "Final Countdown". В то время, когда большинство групп выдавало набор проходных рок-н-роллов, сдобрив их парой-тройкой хитов в основном балладного типа, White Lion вновь удалось соединить в своей музыке умеренную тяжесть и прекрасные мелодии. Наиболее удачными получились: среднетемповая "Little Fighter", посвященная гибели гринписовского корабля "Rainbow Warrior" и самая известная в России композиция группы - полубаллада "Cry For Freedom". Музыка группы на "Big Game" стала пожестче, нежели на "Pride", как пример можно рассматривать "Dirty Woman" и "If May Mind Is Evil", в "Let's Get Crazy" прослеживаются элементы ритм-энд-блюза и хард-рока 70- х. Ни одна из песен альбома не оставляет слушателя равнодушным. Только cover-версия забавной композиции старой группы Golden Earring - "Radar Love" не очень удалась "Белым Львам". Она получилась слишком натужной и тяжеловесной, но это не очень большой недостаток. А в целом - замечательный альбом, жаль, что в России его не достать. |
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Большая игра White Lion продолжилась с их альбомом 1989 года выпуска, на пике популярности глэма. Словно луч света после мрачноватого "Fight to Survive" и довольно серьёзного "Pride", этот альбом предлагает наиболее рок'н'рольный поток песен в дань моде того времени. Если первая работа музыкантов выглядела экспериментальной и, в принципе, самобытной, то к концу 80-х от этого не осталось и следа. Да, есть песни, которые врезаются в память надолго, например, "Broken Home" или "Cry for Freedom". Красивые, среднетемповые композиции, которые стоят на одном уровне с "Broken Heart" или "When the Children Cry". "Вечные" темы о свободе и борьбе за счастье в этом мире. И всё же в "Big Game" это уже не те молодые "Львята" образца 85-го. "Dirty Woman" и "If My Mind Is Evil" имеют уже куда более продвинутое звучание, нежели их предшественники. Хотя обладают эти песни довольно мощным саундом. Типичные глэмовые композиции того времени: "Don't Say It's Over", "Baby Be Mine", "Goin' Home Tonight", "Radar Love"... Всё это можно слушать с аппетитом, легко и... не задумываясь. Вот как раз именно отсуствие задумчивости на пластинке предрекло провал альбома "Big Game". Если раньше рядовому слушателю, в принципе, было интересно знать, в чём же душа альбома White Lion, то сейчас это не имеет абсолютно никакого значения. Пластинка получилась ветреной и хорошо бы, музыканты задумались в своё время над этим и не повторяли тех же ошибок, но их следущий альбом "Mane Attraction", который показал практически полное отсутсвие новых идей, дал знать, что не суждено группе вернуться к истокам. Единственное, хочется похвалить "Radar Love" с неожиданными переходами от гитары к басово-ударным партиям. Забавно, но почти таким же приёмом в будущем будет пользоваться и Nirvana. Рекомендую "Big Game" всем ценителям 80-х, "пожирающих" такие альбомы пачками. Фэнам "Fight to Survive" и тем, кто хочет узнать группу в лучшем свете, эта пластинка категорически противопоказана. |
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You'll be waiting
And you will keep me warm at night
And you will make me live again
Yes I'm going home tonight and
You'll be waiting
I know I always will remember
Every word we said that night
And when the morning came I had to go
But I didn't wanna say goodbye
As I leave this place behind me
There's a smile on my face
Yes I'm goin' home tonight
And everything will be alright
Cause when I open up the door
You'll be waiting
And you will keep me warm at night
And you will make me live again
Yes I'm going home tonight and
You'll be waiting
[Solo]
Cause I'm goin' home tonight
And everything will be alright
Cause when I open up the door
You'll be waiting
And you will keep me warm at night
And you will make me live again
Yes I'm going home tonight and
You'll be waiting
2. Dirty Woman
I need you woman to show me the way
I need you lady to love me everyday
I spend my money on this
Sleazy game we play
Cause I want your dirty tricks all the way
Every time I leave your candy store
I just know for sure
I'll be back for more
Dirty woman come on show me the way
Dirty woman I just need you to stay
And you can show me what no
Woman dare
No obligations to show I care
And when you take me into your bed
You wake wake those dirty thoughts inside my head
When you lead me through your
Open door
Into your candy store
I just cry for more
Dirty woman come on show me the way
Dirty woman I just need you to stay
Dirty woman come on show me the way
Dirty woman I just need you to stay
Long legs, whole lot of sex
Sweet lies from innocent lies
Wild, tame drives me insane
Hey babe, I don't know your name
Dirty woman come on show me the way
Dirty woman I just need you to stay
3. Little Fighter
Are you crying tonight?
Are you feeling all right?
I told the world that you were down on your luck
You were one of a kind
One who'd never give it up
Even when they put a price on your head
Has anyone heard the tales you tell?
Or seen the scars you wear?
Did anyone speak up when you fell?
Does anybody care?
Rise again little fighter
And let the world know the reason why
Shout again little fighter
And don't let it impair the things you do
And you were one with the courts
And a reason to be
You were a fighter for peace on this earth
And you were never afraid
You put your life on the line
And you were always so long out on the sea
Without a weapon in your hand
You came to fight a war
They took your life but didn't know
That you will never die
Rise again little fighter
And let the world know the reason why
Shout again little fighter
And don't let it impair the things you do
Are you feeling all right?
Cause I care, care
[Solo]
Run along little fighter
Oh cause I was there beside you
Never stop believing, so rise
Rise
RISE!
Rise again little fighter
And let the world know the reason why
Shout again little fighter
And don't let it impair the things you do
Rise again little fighter (Don't stop believing)
And let the world know the reason why
Shout again little fighter (And keep on moving)
And don't let it impair the things you do
Yea, don't let it ever end the things you do
4. Broken Home
There’s a sound from the kitchen
And it’s the sound he has heard a thousand times before
When he hears his mother crying, he runs away and hides inside his room
But there is no escaping the echo in his fathers voice
And when the tears are falling
He falls into his knees and prays
Just hold me, and love me
Trash this child of love
And try your best and save this broken home
His little arms are black and blue
And there’s a little cut, right under his eye
Every night he lays awake
And from now to it
Fighting stars again
Have you forgot the reason, why this little child was born
'Cause if you go on fighting, you destroy this family, yeah
Just hold him, and love him
Trash this child of love
And try your best to save this broken home
Stop fighting, stop hurting, try to love again
And do your best to save this broken home
If you ever hold him tight, let him feel your love again
You will make him smile, yeah
Hold him, and love him
Trash this child of love
And try your best to save this broken home
Stop fighting, stop hurting, try to love again
And do your best to save this broken home
5. Baby Be Mine
If I crossed a thousand oceans
And rode a million miles
I would still be far away from you
If I climbed the highest mountain
And dove the deepest sea
Then would I find you waiting
There for me
And if only you could hear me
Yeah if you could see me
Baby be mine, baby be mine
Baby be mine, baby be mine
If I wrote a hundred love songs
And they were all for you
Then would you realize my love was true
If I gave you pearls 'n' diamonds
And showered you in vine
Then would there be a chance that you'd
Be mine
Baby be mine, baby be mine
Baby be mine, baby be mine
[Solo]
Baby be mine, baby be mine
Baby be mine, baby be mine
6. Living On The Edge
I got a used leather jacket and an old pair of boots
With holes in the soles
And my 501 blues have seen better of days
Now I don't have a place that'll keep me warm
And I can call my own
When you ain't got any money you can't pay no rent
And you're out
I'm gonna be all right
So I pack my bags and ride into the sunset
I don't know where I'm gonna go but
That don't matter at all
I got a college degree that means nothing to me
And I ain't got a job
Cause I don't want anybody telling me what to do
I got bad reputation and a story to match
So leave me alone
The wind at my heels and the sound of my wheels keep me going
Yes I'm gonna be all right
So I pack my bags and ride into the sunset
I don't know where I'm gonna go but that don't matter at all
I'm gonna do it my way and I don't change for no one
Yeah I'm living on the edge and I got nothing to lose
So I keep my motor running
All through this endless summer night
And there's no one who can touch me
It's only me and my wheels
[Solo]
So I pack my bags and ride into
The sunset
I don't know where I'm gonna go but
That don't matter at all
I'm gonna do it my way and I don't
Change for no one
Cause I'm living on the edge and I got
Nothing to lose
So I pack my bags and ride into
The sunset
I don't know where I'm gonna go but
That don't matter at all
I'm gonna do it my way and I don't
Change for no one
Cause I'm living on the edge and I got
Nothing to lose
7. Let's Get Crazy
We've been workin' hard all week
We've been under command
We've been trapped in this prison cell
I think it's time to get out
And now it's Friday 5 o'clock
We know it's time to rock
So leave all your worries behind
And switch into overdrive
Let's get crazy, let's get wild
Let's get crazy, let's get wild
We'll tear the town up and burn it down
We'll break every rule around
We'll show no mercy for the old and weak
Yeah the boys are back in town
Cause when Monday morning comes
We will be back on our job
So give it all you got tonight
And party 'till morning light
Let's get crazy, let's get wild
Let's get crazy, let's get wild
[Solo]
And now it's Friday 5 o'clock
We know it's time to rock
So leave all your worries behind
And switch into overdrive
Let's get crazy, let's get wild
Let's get crazy, let's get wild
8. Don't Say It's Over
You say goodbye, cause you can't take no more
I guess I've seen you cry a thousand times before
And if you want to break it up, just go ahead
But tell me why, you're running out the door
And baby if you go
There's one thing you should know
That all our love must die
Before you say goodbye
Don't say it's over
Don't say it's over
Cause when you run away
There ain't no comin' back
I've always tried to keep you satisfied
And I've never lied or tried to cheat on you
But but it don't matter what I've done for you
Cause you don't know just what you wanna do
We can't go on this way
Living day by day
I don't know what to do
I guess it's up to you
Don't say it's over
Don't say it's over
Cause when you run away
There ain't no comin' back
Don't say it's over
Don't say it's over
Cause when you run away
There ain't no comin' back
[Solo]
You told me, you'd never leave me behind
You sold out, you gave up
The love that we'd found
Don't say it's over
Don't say it's over
Cause when you run away
There ain't no comin' back
Don't say it's over
9. If My Mind Is Evil
Holy man on television, read up from the book
50 million people watching everywhere you look
When you speak of all the sins that every man has done
I wonder where you're goin' when the show is done
Lock your door - feeling hungry
Want some more - got to taste it
But if my mind is evil then lock me up below
And burn my thoughts to ashes till I won't know
You tell me what I should do, you want to take control
You try to reach me inside,and change the way I think
It seems to me you want to rule all over me
Why don't you practice what you preach and let me be
Go away - let me be
I don't need you - stay away
But if my mind is evil then lock me up below
And burn my thoughts to ashes till I won't know
But if your mind is evil then maybe you should go
And save us from your cryin' 'cause we all know
[Solo]
Yeah… if my mind is evil then lock me up below
And burn my thoughts to ashes till I won't know
But if your mind is evil then maybe you should go
And save us from your cryin' 'cause we all know
Yeah if my mind is evil then lock me up below
And burn my thoughts to ashes till I won't know
Am I evil , yes I am
10. Radar Love
I've been driving all night, my hands 're wet on the wheel
There's a voice in my head that drives my heel
And my baby calls says she needs me here
And it's half past four and I'm shifting gear
When she gets lonely and the longing gets too much
She sends a cable coming in from above
We don't need to talk at all
We got a thing that's called radar love
We got a wave in the air radar love
Radio's playing some forgotten song
Brenda lee's coming on strong
The road has got me hypnotized
And I'm spinning into a new sunrise
When I get lonely and I'm sure I've had enough
She sends her comfort coming in from above
We don't need a letter at all
We got a thing that's called radar love
We got a line in the air radar love
[Solo]
No more speed I 'm almost there
Gotta keep cool now, gotta take care
Last car to pass here I go
And the line of cars goes down real slow
And the radio played some forgotten song
Brenda lee's coming strong
And the newsman sang his same song
Oh, one more radar lover gone
When I get lonely and I'm sure I've had enough
She sends her comfort coming in from above
We don't need a letter at all
We got a thing that's called radar love
We got a line in the sky
We got a thing that's called radar love
We got a thing that's called radar love
11. Cry For Freedom