lucky man

• üşenmedim klibin çekildiği süper evi thames nehrinin kenarını tarayarak google earth'den buldum. bakınız:
  
  http://maps.google.com/…,-0.22451958&cbp=1,360,,0,5
• the verve - lucky man;
  
  happiness
  more or less
  it's just a change in me
  something in my liberty
  oh, my my
  
  happiness
  coming and going
  i watch you look at me
  watch my fever growing
  i know just where i am
  
  but how many corners do i have to turn?
  how many times do i have to learn
  all the love i have is in my mind?
  
  well, i'm a lucky man
  with fire in my hands
  
  happiness
  something in my own place
  i'm standing naked
  smiling, i feel no disgrace
  with who i am
  
  happiness
  coming and going
  i watch you look at me
  watch my fever growing
  i know just who i am
  
  but how many corners do i have to turn?
  how many times do i have to learn
  all the love i have is in my mind?
  
  i hope you understand
  i hope you understand
  oh
  gotta love that'll never die
  
  happiness
  more or less
  it's just a change in me
  something in my liberty
  happiness
  coming and going
  i watch you look at me
  watch my fever growing i know
  oh, my my
  now now now
  
  gotta love that'll never die
  gotta love that'll never die
  no, no
  i'm a lucky man
  
  it's just a change in me
  something in my liberty
  
  o kadar sakin ve huzur verici bir şarkı ki, saatlerce loopta kalsa baymaz.
• elp isimli grubun en sakin parçalarından. greg lake abimizin king crimson çalışmalarındaki gibi bir parça yapmak istemesiyle oluşmuştur. hatta ilk kaydedilen versiyonunda keith emerson manyağına sadece altyapı çalması, bir delilik yapmaması söylenmiştir. keith bunu dinlememiş, parçanın sonlarına doğru parçanın tüm havasını tamamen değiştiren bir soloya girişmiş, ciyuvv ciyuvv efektleriyle kayıdı klavyeye kayarak bitirmiştir. fenadır.
• insanı çekip çeviren, herşey benim elimde, mutlu olup olmamak benim kontrolümde hissi^* uyandıran the verve parçası. videosunun çekildiği ev de ayrıca uğruna ruh satılası bir mekandır. richard ashcroft'un dahiliğine ise hiç girmiyorum.
• her zaman sakinlestirmeyi basarabilen sarki.basit ama derin sozler ile sakin ve kaliteli bir melodinin birlesimi.
• içeriğinde hollywood'un diğer yüzü ve insanların yapaylığını anlatan parkinson hastası olan ünü aktor michael j foxun kitabıdır.. okurken çok eğlendiren, güldüren, güldürdüğü kadar da hüzünlendiren bir içeriğe sahiptir.
• hayatinizda surekli olarak bir seylerin mucadelesini verirsiniz, bu surec sirasinda bir gun farkina varirsiniz ki ugruna caba harcadiginiz her sey hep olumlu sonuclanmis, gerceklestiremediginiz ugraslarinizin hatta basardiklarindan dolayi kiskandiginiz insanlarin tepetaklak gitmesine sahit olursunuz... hah! iste o sirada bu sarki calar.
  
  lynyrd skynyrd'in gec ve guc kesfettigim parcasi.
  dinlemek icin hayatimdaki her seyin yerli yerine oturmasini beklemisim sanki yillarca.
  
  mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm!..
  
  well it took so long for me to realize
  that my destiny was right before my eyes
  if it were up to me to travel through this life
  i'd find an open space for me to live out all my dreams
  
  i'm such a lucky man, i try to be a stronger man
  i shed a tear or two but that don't make me a weaker man
  it's made me a better man, i've given all i can
  to a world that sometimes thinks that i'm a lesser man
  
  i remember all the things i've been through
  gave myself to all those people i once knew
  i'm such a lucky man
  
  i'd like to thank you for the times that you have been with me
  i hope it meant as much to you to share these memories
  there's a guiding light that always seems to shine on me
  ıf i did it again i'd be happy 'til the end
  
  i'm a lucky man, i try to be a stronger man
  i shed a tear or two but that don't make me a weaker man
  it's made me a better man, i've given all i can
  to a world that sometimes thinks that i'm a lesser man
  
  i remember all the things i've been through
  gave myself to all those people i once knew
  i'm such a lucky man
  
  ıt's right here in the moonlight...
  
  whooooooooohhhooooooh!
  i'm a lucky man, i try to be a stronger man
  i shed a tear or two but that don't make me a weaker man
  it's made me a better man, i've given all i can
  to a world that sometimes thinks that i'm a lesser man
  i'm a lucky man
  yeah
  
  mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm!.. i'm a lucky man
  whooooooooohhhoooooohhhh!.. just a lucky man
• 1970 tarihli bir emerson lake and palmer şarkısı. aynı adı taşıyan ilk albümün kapanış şarkısıdır. keith emerson'ın çaldığı süper bir synthesizer solosu içerir.
• emerson, lake and palmer'ın liste başarısı kazanan ilk parçasıdır. aslında grubun ballad'larının bestecisi greg lake'in on iki yaşında ilk gitarını noel hediyesi olarak aldığında yaptığı folk altyapılı bir bestedir.
  
  bir röportajında anlattığına göre ilk albüm kaydı sırasında bir dolgu parçaya gereksinim olduğunda greg lake gruba "bakın benim on iki yaşımda yazdığım böyle bir parça var" deyip çalmış. emerson ve palmer beğenmemiş parçayı. emerson "benim buna ekleyecek bir şeyim yok, bara gidip iki tek atacağım, sen ne yaparsan yap" demiş. greg lake stüdyoya girip önce ritim gitarları, sonra ön vokal ve geri vokali tek başına kaydetmiş. üzerine de bir elektro gitar solosu attırmış. emerson birkaç saat sonra gelip dinleyince şok olmuş ve "dur ben şuna bir el atayım" deyip sonuna imzası olan mellotron solosunu eklemiş. palmer da davula iki dokunmuş ve albümden patlayan ilk parça da bu olmuş.
  
  bu arada parçanın sözleri müthiş ironik bir savaş ve hamaset eleştirisidir. "sen öldükten sonra varlık da, kadınlar da, onur da, zafer de boş" anlamına gelen sözleri greg lake'in on iki yaşında yazdığına inanmak güç:
  
  "he had white horses
  and ladies by the score
  all dressed in satin
  and waiting by the door
  
  ooooh, what a lucky man he was
  ooooh, what a lucky man he was
  
  white lace and feathers
  they made up his bed
  a gold covered mattress
  on which he was led
  
  ooooh, what a lucky man he was
  ooooh, what a lucky man he was
  
  he went to fight wars
  for his country and his king
  of his honor and his glory
  the people would sing
  
  ooooh, what a lucky man he was
  ooooh, what a lucky man he was
  
  a bullet had found him
  his blood ran as he cried
  no money could save him
  so he laid down and he died
  
  ooooh, what a lucky man he was
  ooooh, what a lucky man he was"
• glen hansard’ın between two shores albümünden bir şarkı.
  
  well it's gonna be a lucky man
  that gets to take your hand
  and play house with you a while
  girl, i was looking for you
  i thought you could pull me through
  'cause i've been slipping down the other side
  and anyone that sees you
  anyone that sees you at all
  anyone that sees you at all
  they know, they know
  they know, they know, they know
  what i should have been told
  just by looking
  well it's gonna be a lonely time
  but i don't mind
  you've always been there
  when i've called your name
  girl, and when you smile
  wider than a country mile
  there's nothing i wouldn't do
  to please you baby
  and anyone that knows you
  anyone that knows you at all
  anyone that knows you at all
  they know, they know
  they know, they know, they know
  what i should have been told
  just by looking
  there's a wild yearning
  it builds up inside me when you're around
  and the fire is still burning in us
  even now, even now
  oooh no,
  and anyone that sees you
  anyone that sees you at all
  anyone that sees you at all
  they know, they know
  they know, they know, they know
  what i should have known all along
  just by looking
  and there's a wild yearning
  it builds up inside me while you're around
  and the fire's still burning in us
  even now, even now
  give this love somewhere to go
  if you don't want it, let me know
  somebody will
  well it's gonna be a lucky man
  that gets to take your hand
  and play house with you a while