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 Сразу оговорюсь: выпущен альбом в нескольких вариантах, поэтому ориентироваться буду на издание CD, являющееся по компоновке треков, безусловно, лучшим.
Третий полноформатный релиз Fleetwood Mac стал большим шагом вперёд. На нём группа в значительной степени отошла от блюзового звучания. В палитру добавились арт-роковые, фолковые, хардовые и психоделичные компоненты. Связана такая перемена не только с тем, что Питер Грин, один из гитаристов группы, расцвёл как композитор, но и с тем, что он пригласил во Fleetwood Mac своего знакомого гитариста Дэнни Кирвана, который сочинил для "Then Play On" половину материала, в том числе лучший, по моему мнению, номер альбома, инструментал "My Dream". И этим расширением состава до квинтета был сильно потеснён оригинальный участник группы, Джереми Спенсер. А он в то время был более чем креативным. Под его руководством было записано 6 вещей, лишь одна из которых, "Somebody's Gonna Get Their Heads Kicked In Tonite", была выпущена в 1969 году, и то не под маркой Fleetwood Mac. При этом "Oh Well" - единственная вещь Питера Грина в составе группы, в которой участвует Джереми: ближе к концу он присоединяется с партией фортепиано.
Мастерский саунд-продюсинг на "Then Play O"n значительно усилил изначальную атмосферность музыки Fleetwood Mac, как и обращение группы к чисто инструментальным композициям, которых на диске целых 4. Этому же способствовало и усиление меланхолии и тревоги в текстах, особенно сочиненных Питером. К сожалению, усилению этой тревоги способствовало употребление музыкантом наркотиков, и "Then Play On" стал последним его альбомом с Fleetwood Mac. |
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I've got things to do
I move everyday
I hope you don't mind
'cause I'm coming your way
2. Closing My Eyes
Now it's the same as before
And I'm alone again
With no sorrow for myself
And I'm blaming no one else
And closing my eyes
And seeing you standing there
Now it's the same as before
You've touched me with your love
And though you're in my heart
We're still a world apart
As now I'm back to the time
Where I would search for a dream
But no use to try anymore as before
Someday I'll die, and maybe then I'll be with you
So I'm closing my eyes
To hear the people laugh
For they're all aglow
Not knowing where to go
But is it asking too much
When the question is what to do
With the life I'll have
It seems I know nothing now
Except my love for you
And the strength in my hands
To go on feeding your smile
3. Show-Biz Blues
Tell me anybody
Now do you really give a damn for me
I said tell me anybody
Do you really give a damn for me
Oh 'cause I just got to tell you
About a thing that's bothering me
I was a rambling pony
I would roll, I would roll
I would roll from town to town
I was a rambling pony
I would roll from town to town
Yes just looking for a sweet woman
And making my love come on down
If I need anybody
Baby I would take you home with me
If I need anybody
Baby I would take you, baby I would take you
Baby I would take you home with me
Whoa but I don't need nobody
I don't anybody but him and me
And you're sitting there so green
Believe me man I'm just the same as you
I said you're sitting there so green
Believe me man I'm just the same as you
You want me to make a last cry I'll be satisfied
And that's exactly what I mean to do
4. My Dream
[instrumental]
5. Underway
[instrumental]
6. Oh Well
I can't help about the shape I'm in
I can't sing, I ain't pretty, and my legs are thin
But, don't ask me what I think of you
I might not give the answer that you want me to
Oh, well
Now, when I talk to God I know he'd understand
He said, stick by me and I'll be your guiding hand
But, don't ask me what I think of you
I might not give the answer that you want me to
Oh, well
7. Although The Sun Is Shining
Although the sun is shining
High above
There's one thing on my mind
You my love
I see a weeping willow
In the park
Like this there's sadness growing
In my heart
When we're together
We will never part
And if you leave me
It'll break, it'll break my heart
Break:
When we're together
We will never part
And if you leave me
It'll break, it'll break my heart
Although the sun is shining
High above
There's one thing on my mind
You my love
8. Rattlesnake Shake
Baby, if you got to rock
I got to be your rockin' horse
Baby, think you'd like to roll
Maybe your diggin' it more
They're shakin' the world
When it's time to crash
But when I get home tonight
I guess I got to shake myself
You need some love
You must have the blues
Ain't but the one thing
A good man can do
He do the shake
The rattlesnake shake
Man, do the shake
Yes, and jerk away the blues
Now, jerk it
Break:
Now, I know this guy
His name is mick
Now, he don't care when he ain't got no chick
He do the shake
The rattlesnake shake
Yes, he do the shake
And jerks away the blues
Now, jerk it
9. Searching For Madge
[instrumental]
10. Fighting For Madge
[instrumental]
11. When You Say
When you say
That you know
Of all the good times to come
When you say
That there'll alway be
You and me
When I say
That I know
Of all the good time to come
When you say
That there'll always be
You and me
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When you say
That you know
Of all the good times to come
When you say
That there'll alway be
You and me
When I say
That I know
Of all the good time to come
When you say
That there'll always be
You and me
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12. LIke Crying
She's got so much blues
Her best friend can't help her
Her best friends a woman
How can a woman help her
Woman's got the blues
She just feels like crying
She just feels like dying
Woman's got the blues
She just feels like dying
She just feels like dying
Woman's got the blues
Womans got the blues
13. Before The Beginning
So many nights I lay awake
Can't sleep
I lay here thinkin' 'bout a woman
I used to love
Can't sleep but no good to count sheep
I'll just count the worries
That I've got plenty of
And how many times
Must I be the fool
Before I can make it
Oh Make it on home
I've got to find a place to sing my words
Is there nobody listening to my song?
You talk about a life
Been searching for the key
But can't find an answer
To comfort me
I ask myself about love
Can't even find the door
To take me to a place
I've never seen before
But how many times
Must I be the fool
Before I can make it
Oh make it on home
I've got to find a place to sing my words
Is there nobody listening to my song