Mutta sunnuntaiklassikkona lähden kuitenkin muistelemaan tutustumistani raskaampaan rokkiin 70-luvulla...
Nazareth on skotlantilainen hard rock -yhtye.
Nazareth aloitti vuonna 1968 ja sen menestyksekkäimmät vuodet sijoittuvat 1970-luvulle, mutta se on aktiivinen edelleen. Itseltä Nazarethin uudemman tuotannon seuranta on jäänyt, mutta vanhoista piiseistä pidän vieläkin.
Perustajajäseninä olivat laulaja Dan McCafferty, kitaristi Manny Charlton, basisti Pete Agnew ja rumpali Darrell Sweet.
Nimi keksittiin The Bandin klassikkokappaleesta The Weight ("I pulled into Nazareth/Was feelin' half past dead").
Läpimurtona voidaan pitää vuonna 1973 julkaistua Razamanazia.
Lainakappaleita olivat mm. tässä esiteltävä Nazarethin Loud'n'Proud (1974) -levyllä ensijulkaistu Joni Mitchellin "This Flight Tonight" ja Boudleaux Bryantin tekemä ja alun perin The Everly Brothersin levyttämä "Love hurts" Hair of the Dog (USA-painoksella, 1975).
Sovitukset ja tulkinta ovat kummassakin tapauksessa suorastaan riemastuttavan erilaisia kuin alkuperäinen esitys [ja katu-uskottavampia myös] :)
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THIS FLIGT TONIGHT
Look out the left the captain said
The lights down there that's where we'll land
Saw a falling star burning
High above the Las Vegas sand
It wasn't the one that you gave to me
That night down south between the trailers
Not the early one that you wish upon
Not the northern one that guides in the sailors
You've got that touch so gentle and sweet
But you've got that look so critical
Can't talk to you babe you know I get so weak
Sometimes I think that love is just mythical
Up there's a heaven, down there's a town
Blackness everywhere any little lights shine
[ Nazareth Lyrics are found on www.songlyrics.com ]
Blackness, blackness draggin' me down
Come on light a candle in this heart of mine
Starbright, starbright, you've got the lovin' that I like
Turn this crazy bird around
Should not have got on this flight tonight
I'm drinkin' sweet champagne got the headphones up high
Can't numb you, can't drum you out of my mind
They're singin'-"goodbye baby,
Baby bye-bye,
Ooh! Love is blind"
Up go thr flaps, down go the wheels
Hope you got your heat turned on baby
Hope they've finally fixed your automobile
Hope it's better when we meet again babe.
Look out the left the captain said
The lights down there that's where we'll land
Saw a falling star burning
High above the Las Vegas sand
It wasn't the one that you gave to me
That night down south between the trailers
Not the early one that you wish upon
Not the northern one that guides in the sailors
You've got that touch so gentle and sweet
But you've got that look so critical
Can't talk to you babe you know I get so weak
Sometimes I think that love is just mythical
Up there's a heaven, down there's a town
Blackness everywhere any little lights shine
[ Nazareth Lyrics are found on www.songlyrics.com ]
Blackness, blackness draggin' me down
Come on light a candle in this heart of mine
Starbright, starbright, you've got the lovin' that I like
Turn this crazy bird around
Should not have got on this flight tonight
I'm drinkin' sweet champagne got the headphones up high
Can't numb you, can't drum you out of my mind
They're singin'-"goodbye baby,
Baby bye-bye,
Ooh! Love is blind"
Up go thr flaps, down go the wheels
Hope you got your heat turned on baby
Hope they've finally fixed your automobile
Hope it's better when we meet again babe.
