Juke box hero (Foreigner)

JUKE BOX HERO

Standing in the rain with his head hung low

Couldn’t get a ticket, it was a sold-out show

Heard the roar of the crowd, he could picture the scene

Put his ear to the wall, then like a distant scream

He heard one guitar, just blew him away

He saw stars in his eyes, and the very next day

Bought a beat up six-string, in a second-hand store

Didn’t know how to play it, but he knew for sure

That one guitar felt good in his hands, didn’t take long to understand

Just one guitar, swung way down low

Was a one way ticket, only one way to go

So he started rocking, ain’t never gonna stop

Gotta keep on rocking, someday gonna make it to the top

And be a juke box hero (got stars in his eyes), he’s a juke box hero

He took one guitar (juke box hero - stars in his eyes)

Juke box hero (stars in his eyes), he’ll come alive tonight

In a town without a name, in a heavy down port

Thought he’d cast his own shadow by the backstage door

Like a trip through the past, from that day in the rain

That one guitar played his whole life chain

Now he needs to keep rocking, he just can’t stop

Gotta keep on rocking, that boy has got to stay on top

And be a juke box hero (got stars in his eyes)

He’s a juke box hero (got stars in his eyes)

Yeah a juke box hero (got stars in his eyes)

That one guitar (stars in his eyes), he’ll come alive, come alive tonight

(Solo)

Yeah, he’s gotta keep rocking, he just can’t stop

Gotta keep on rocking, that boy has got to stay on top

And be a juke box hero (got stars in his eyes)

He’s a juke box hero (got stars in his eyes)

And just one guitar (juke box hero) put stars in his eyes

Now he’s just a juke box hero

Juke box hero, juke box hero, he’s got stars in his eyes

Stars in his eyes

Clapton is God!

Eric Clapton - One More Car, One More Rider - Live On Tour 2001
에릭 클랩튼 (Eric Clapton) 노래 / 워너뮤직(WEA) / 2002년 11월

아마도 라이브 앨범의 묘미는 기존의 스튜디오 앨범보다 자유롭고 열정이 넘쳐난다는 점일 것이다. 하지만 실제로 콘서트를 보지 못한 입장에서 듣는다면 그 흥분도 반감될 것이다. 왜냐하면 내가 그랬으니까.

과거에 Eric Clapton의 라이브 앨범을 들었을 때는 그저 '좋다', 또는 '잘한다' 정도였는데 지난 2003년 (내 기억이 정확하다면) 뉴욕 맨디슨 스퀘어 가든에서 본 그의 콘서트는 충격 그 자체였다.

2시간여 동안 콘서트가 진행되었는데 처음부터 끝까지 혼이 담긴 완벽한 연주는 시간이 지날수록 식을 줄 모르고 마음속에 남아있다. 그래서 주저하지 않고 구입한 CD( 사실은 DVD와 함께 있는 세트)것이 가장 최근인 2001년 LA와 동경에서의 라이브 콘서트인 "One More Car, One More Rider"이다.

솔직히 말하면 2장의 CD만 구입하는 것보다는 DVD도 함께 구입해서 듣고 볼 것을 적극 권장한다. 물론 이것도 현장에서의 실제 공연을 대신할 수는 없겠지만 그래도 차선책은 될 것이다.

B.B King과의 앨범에 수록되었던 "Key to the highway"를 첫곡으로 시작해서 "Over the rainbow"로 끝날 때까지 모든 곡들을 즐길 수 있다. 개인적으로는 "River of Tears"를 가장 좋아하는데 정규앨범에서는 느낄 수 없었던 Eric Clapton의 심오한(?) 인생경험을 철학적으로 느낄 수 있었다.

"Lord, I wish I could hold you one more time to ease the pain...Still I catch myself thinking one day I'll find my way back here" 너무나도 실감나고 공감나는 가사다. 아뭏튼 블루스를 사랑하고 인생을 사랑하는 모든 사람들(인생을 느낄 수 있는 경륜이 있다면 더 좋겠지만)에게 권하는 앨범이다.

사족-가능하다면 A/V시스템을 갖춰서 dolby5.1보다는 dts로 듣는 것이 더 좋다.

Wonderful tonight (Eric Clapton)

Wonderful Tonight

It’s late in the evening
She’s wondering what clothes to wear
She puts on her make up
And brushes her long blonde hair
And then she asks me
Do I look alright
And I say yes, you look wonderful tonight

We go to a party
And everyone turns to see
This beautiful lady
That’s walking around with me
And then she asks me
Do you feel alright
And I say yes, I feel wonderful tonight

I feel wonderful
Because I see the love light in your eyes
And the wonder of it all
Is that you just don’t realize
How much I love you

It’s time to go home now
And I’ve got an aching head
So I give her the car keys
She helps me to bed
And then I tell her
As I turn out the light
I say my darling, you were wonderful tonight
Oh my darling, you were wonderful tonight

White room (Eric Clapton/Cream)

White Room (Jack Bruce and Pete Brown)

In the white room with black curtains near the station.
Blackroof country, no gold pavements, tired starlings.
Silver horses ran down moonbeams in your dark eyes.
Dawnlight smiles on you leaving, my contentment.

I’ll wait in this place where the sun never shines;
Wait in this place where the shadows run from themselves.

You said no strings could secure you at the station.
Platform ticket, restless diesels, goodbye windows.
I walked into such a sad time at the station.
As I walked out, felt my own need just beginning.

I’ll wait in the queue when the trains come back;
Lie with you where the shadows run from themselves.

At the party she was kindness in the hard crowd.
Consolation for the old wound now forgotten.
Yellow tigers crouched in jungles in her dark eyes.
She’s just dressing, goodbye windows, tired starlings.

I’ll sleep in this place with the lonely crowd;
Lie in the dark where the shadows run from themselves.

Tears In Heaven (Eric Clapton)

Tears In Heaven

Would you know my name, if I saw you in Heaven

Would it be the same, if I saw you in Heaven

I must be strong, and carry on

Cause I know I don’t belong here in Heaven

Would you hold my hand, if I saw you in Heaven

Would you help me stand, if I saw you in Heaven

I’ll find my way, through night and day,

Cause I know, I just can’t stand, here in Heaven

Time can bring you down, Time can bend you knees

Time can break your heart, have you begging please, begging please

Would you know my name, if I saw you in Heaven

Would it be the same, if I saw you in Heaven

Beyond the door, there’s peace I’m sure

And I know, there’ll be no more tears in Heaven