French help needed once again!

gor

Ancient Mariner
hey guys, i have found a SIT era french interview... can you read it and tell me if they say anything noteworthy on any songs, like inspiration, meanings etc? thanks!
 
silly me, here's the link

[a href=\'http://www.losferwords.org/1986_05_hrm21_fr_itv.htm\' target=\'_blank\']http://www.losferwords.org/1986_05_hrm21_fr_itv.htm[/a]
 
[!--QuoteBegin--][div class=\'quotetop\']QUOTE[/div][div class=\'quotemain\'][!--QuoteEBegin--]can you read it and tell me if they say anything noteworthy on any songs, like inspiration, meanings etc?[/quote] No problem...
So, first, Bruce said there's no synth or anything else on the album [!--emo&:angry:--][img src=\'style_emoticons/[#EMO_DIR#]/mad.gif\' border=\'0\' style=\'vertical-align:middle\' alt=\'mad.gif\' /][!--endemo--]
He said that everybody composed separetly during the holydays they took, so there was lots of song and they have to choose...
And bruce's song sounds like spanish folk, so they were refused
For the inspiration, just say books or movies...
And for the song, he doesn't name them but there's one talking about violence in city, another talking about when your band is at his best (it's the best moment, enjoy it)
After one about a greek warrior, one with the thought of a man who sells his soul to the devil and a last wwith a man who 's ganna die but who refuse death....


Bon par contre si quelqu'un a à ajouter quelquechose, qu'il le fasse, j'ai pas l'impression d'avoir bien répondu à la question... [!--emo&:D--][img src=\'style_emoticons/[#EMO_DIR#]/biggrin.gif\' border=\'0\' style=\'vertical-align:middle\' alt=\'biggrin.gif\' /][!--endemo--]
 
[span style=\'font-family:Times\'][span style=\'color:red\']SPEAK ENGLISH OR DIE, MATE![/span][/span]


(joke) [!--emo&:P--][img src=\'style_emoticons/[#EMO_DIR#]/tongue.gif\' border=\'0\' style=\'vertical-align:middle\' alt=\'tongue.gif\' /][!--endemo--] [!--emo&:P--][img src=\'style_emoticons/[#EMO_DIR#]/tongue.gif\' border=\'0\' style=\'vertical-align:middle\' alt=\'tongue.gif\' /][!--endemo--]
 
That Bruce says about meanings, inspiration, etc... is very vague, like : “oh ! there is a song about a greek warior”. Thank you ! [!--emo&:P--][img src=\'style_emoticons/[#EMO_DIR#]/tongue.gif\' border=\'0\' style=\'vertical-align:middle\' alt=\'tongue.gif\' /][!--endemo--]
Tehriahn has all said, I think...

But in this [a href=\'http://www.losferwords.org/1986_11_enfer42_fr_itv.htm\' target=\'_blank\']Steve's interview[/a], there’re more interesting things : are you interseted ?
 
Je profite de ce petit topic qui traite de cette intéressante interview de Bruce (sauf pour ce qui est du sens des paroles ! [!--emo&:P--][img src=\'style_emoticons/[#EMO_DIR#]/tongue.gif\' border=\'0\' style=\'vertical-align:middle\' alt=\'tongue.gif\' /][!--endemo--] ) pour vous soumettre ma petite idée de comment a été fait cet album, en réunissant les infos que donne Bruce ici, plus une petite interview de Steve quelques mois plus tard que j’ai chez moi. ( Hard Rock magazine n°26 - octobre 1986)

Dans cette interview, Bruce dit plusieurs choses plutôt fausses et qui n’ont pas dû vous échapper :
- Il y aura 9 morceaux. (et ben non !)
- Il n’y aura pas de chanson longue genre ‘To tame a Land’. (tu parles !)
- Toutes les chansons durent environ 4-5 minutes. (mon oeil !)
- Il y aura un morceau instrumental plutôt difficile à jouer. (pô du tout !)

Steve et Nicko sont allés enregistrer aux Bahamas tout seuls : les autres en avaient plein le dos des cocotiers. Mon avis est que ces deux sacripants ont rallongé tous les morceaux et ont combiné plusieures choses pour faire un seul morceau : l’instrumental est donc a priori la partie du milieu de ‘Alexander the great’.

Imaginez la tête des trois autres quand nos deux amis rentrent des bahamas tout bronzés et avec les bandes qui n’ont plus rien à voir avec ce qui a été composé et répété pendant les mois précédents [!--emo&:P--][img src=\'style_emoticons/[#EMO_DIR#]/tongue.gif\' border=\'0\' style=\'vertical-align:middle\' alt=\'tongue.gif\' /][!--endemo--] ! Ils ont du se dire : “C’est la dernière fois qu’on les laisse seuls tous les deux” ! [!--emo&:lol:--][img src=\'style_emoticons/[#EMO_DIR#]/lol[1].gif\' border=\'0\' style=\'vertical-align:middle\' alt=\'lol[1].gif\' /][!--endemo--]
 
[!--QuoteBegin-Lib+Jun 29 2004, 10:58 AM--][div class=\'quotetop\']QUOTE(Lib @ Jun 29 2004, 10:58 AM)[/div][div class=\'quotemain\'][!--QuoteEBegin--] That Bruce says about meanings, inspiration, etc... is very vague, like : “oh ! there is a song about a greek warior”. Thank you ! [!--emo&:P--][img src=\'style_emoticons/[#EMO_DIR#]/tongue.gif\' border=\'0\' style=\'vertical-align:middle\' alt=\'tongue.gif\' /][!--endemo--]
Tehriahn has all said, I think...

But in this [a href=\'http://www.losferwords.org/1986_11_enfer42_fr_itv.htm\' target=\'_blank\']Steve's interview[/a], there’re more interesting things : are you interseted ? [/quote]
Lib: very intrested!
 
[!--QuoteBegin-Lib+Jun 29 2004, 12:52 PM--][div class=\'quotetop\']QUOTE(Lib @ Jun 29 2004, 12:52 PM)[/div][div class=\'quotemain\'][!--QuoteEBegin--] Steve et Nicko sont allés enregistrer aux Bahamas tout seuls : les autres en avaient plein le dos des cocotiers. Mon avis est que ces deux sacripants ont rallongé tous les morceaux et ont combiné plusieures choses pour faire un seul morceau : l’instrumental est donc a priori la partie du milieu de ‘Alexander the great’.

Imaginez la tête des trois autres quand nos deux amis rentrent des bahamas tout bronzés et avec les bandes qui n’ont plus rien à voir avec ce qui a été composé et répété pendant les mois précédents [!--emo&:P--][img src=\'style_emoticons/[#EMO_DIR#]/tongue.gif\' border=\'0\' style=\'vertical-align:middle\' alt=\'tongue.gif\' /][!--endemo--] ! Ils ont du se dire : “C’est la dernière fois qu’on les laisse seuls tous les deux” ! [!--emo&:lol:--][img src=\'style_emoticons/[#EMO_DIR#]/lol[1].gif\' border=\'0\' style=\'vertical-align:middle\' alt=\'lol[1].gif\' /][!--endemo--] [/quote]
ouais, c'est pas mal..
en plus, j'imagine la tête de bruce qui s'est fait chier a composer 9 morceaux dont ils ont gardé qu'un et puis Steve rentre: sorry! on l'a jiclé... trop nul [!--emo&:unsure:--][img src=\'style_emoticons/[#EMO_DIR#]/unsure.gif\' border=\'0\' style=\'vertical-align:middle\' alt=\'unsure.gif\' /][!--endemo--]
En plus ils ont du décider d'ajouter des synthés là-bas... Faudra approfondir la chose...
Par contre, Lib tu t'es fait avoir, tu la traduit toi l'interview... [!--emo&:lol:--][img src=\'style_emoticons/[#EMO_DIR#]/lol[1].gif\' border=\'0\' style=\'vertical-align:middle\' alt=\'lol[1].gif\' /][!--endemo--]
 
[!--QuoteBegin-tehriahn+Jun 30 2004, 11:05 AM--][div class=\'quotetop\']QUOTE(tehriahn @ Jun 30 2004, 11:05 AM)[/div][div class=\'quotemain\'][!--QuoteEBegin--] Par contre, Lib tu t'es fait avoir, tu la traduit toi l'interview... [!--emo&:lol:--][img src=\'style_emoticons/[#EMO_DIR#]/lol[1].gif\' border=\'0\' style=\'vertical-align:middle\' alt=\'lol[1].gif\' /][!--endemo--] [/quote]
Chacun son tour !

[!--emo&:P--][img src=\'style_emoticons/[#EMO_DIR#]/tongue.gif\' border=\'0\' style=\'vertical-align:middle\' alt=\'tongue.gif\' /][!--endemo--]
 
[!--QuoteBegin-gor+Jun 30 2004, 09:19 AM--][div class=\'quotetop\']QUOTE(gor @ Jun 30 2004, 09:19 AM)[/div][div class=\'quotemain\'][!--QuoteEBegin--]Lib: very intrested![/quote]
Here it is !

It’s not a word for word translation, and I hope I’ve keep the meaning of what he said.


"The Loneliness..." is inspired by an old english film with the same name. The theme is pretty simple : in your life, you must run, go ahead even if you’re on your own. Don’t care about the others and about what people says about you.

"Heaven Can Wait", is a story of a man who’s fighting to not go to heaven too fast. It’s Eddie himself who has dicted it to me one night during the last tour.

"Caugh Somewhere In Time" talk about a travel in time, wich turn into a nightmare by a malfunction or a bad use of a time machine.

My most ambicious song is certainly "Alexander The Great", a story based on real events. When we’ve begun to work on this Lp, I immersed myself in the story of Alexander The Great, a man with an incredible and fantastic life. I felt in love with this story and I’ve written the text in a period of two weeks. I’m very proud of this song.


« Wasted Years » and « Sea of Madness » are two songs with an optimistic message. In life, we must have a positive attitude against all problems we have to confront, and God knows that it’s not always easy.

"Stranger in a Strange Land", although inspired by the title of a Robert Heinlin book, has a strange origin. Adrian has remembered an event published in a newspaper, a few years ago : an old mariner was discoverd, dead, but preserved in perfect conditions in the ices of the north pole. In fact he was in an expedition which disappeared after a collision with an iceberg. When his body was disovered, he’s get a medal posthumously.


About “Déjà-Vu”, he says nothing about the meaning of the song : he just says that, when Dave compose (once every three years [!--emo&:P--][img src=\'style_emoticons/[#EMO_DIR#]/tongue.gif\' border=\'0\' style=\'vertical-align:middle\' alt=\'tongue.gif\' /][!--endemo--] ), he has always great riffs and great solos, but he has some difficulties to accord texts with melodies : so it’s the moment for Steve to help him.

[!--emo&:hug:--][img src=\'style_emoticons/[#EMO_DIR#]/hug[1].gif\' border=\'0\' style=\'vertical-align:middle\' alt=\'hug[1].gif\' /][!--endemo--]
 
[!--QuoteBegin-tehriahn+Jun 30 2004, 11:05 AM--][div class=\'quotetop\']QUOTE(tehriahn @ Jun 30 2004, 11:05 AM)[/div][div class=\'quotemain\'][!--QuoteEBegin--]en plus, j'imagine la tête de bruce qui s'est fait chier a composer 9 morceaux dont ils ont gardé qu'un et puis Steve rentre: sorry! on l'a jiclé... trop nul [!--emo&:unsure:--][img src=\'style_emoticons/[#EMO_DIR#]/unsure.gif\' border=\'0\' style=\'vertical-align:middle\' alt=\'unsure.gif\' /][!--endemo--] [/quote]
Voilà ce qu'en dit Steve, quelques années plus tard : Hard'n Heavy HS n°2 - Dec 1998

Nous etions revenus complètement épuisés de la tournée 'World Slavery', surtout Bruce... il avait complètement disjoncté ! Son idée était d'enregistrer un album totalement acoustique, dans la lignée de JETHRO TULL. j'ai beau adorer ce groupe, je ne nous voyais pas monter sur scène pour défendre un tel album. Si nous avions sorti un double album, cette idée aurait pu être réalisable, il y aurait eu de la place pour des morceaux différents, même si nous ne les reprenions pas en concert. Mais ce n'était pas le moment de nous lancer dans une telle aventure. J'en veux pour preuve que lorsque Bruce a quitté le groupe, il n'a pas utilisé une seule des idées qu'il voulait à tout prix nous imposer sur Somewhere in Time. Il avait pourtant toute liberté de s'exprimer. Je ne crois pas que ses compositions étaient assez fortes pour permettre au groupe de prendre un tel risque.
 
[!--QuoteBegin-Lib+Jun 30 2004, 01:18 PM--][div class=\'quotetop\']QUOTE(Lib @ Jun 30 2004, 01:18 PM)[/div][div class=\'quotemain\'][!--QuoteEBegin--] Here it is !

It’s not a word for word translation, and I hope I’ve keep the meaning of what he said.


"The Loneliness..." is inspired by an old english film with the same name. The theme is pretty simple : in your life, you must run, go ahead even if you’re on your own. Don’t care about the others and about what people says about you.

"Heaven Can Wait", is a story of a man who’s fighting to not go to heaven too fast. It’s Eddie himself who has dicted it to me one night during the last tour.

"Caugh Somewhere In Time" talk about a travel in time, wich turn into a nightmare by a malfunction or a bad use of a time machine.

My most ambicious song is certainly  "Alexander The Great", a story based on real events. When we’ve begun to work on this Lp, I immersed myself in the story of Alexander The Great, a man with an incredible and fantastic life. I felt in love with this story and I’ve written the text in a period of two weeks. I’m very proud of this song.


« Wasted Years » and  « Sea of Madness » are two songs with an optimistic message. In life, we must have a positive attitude against all problems we have to confront, and God knows that it’s not always easy.

"Stranger in a Strange Land", although inspired by the title of a Robert Heinlin book, has a strange origin. Adrian has remembered an event  published in a newspaper, a few years ago : an old mariner was discoverd, dead, but preserved in perfect conditions in the ices of the north pole. In fact he was in an expedition which disappeared after a collision with an iceberg. When his body was disovered, he’s get a medal posthumously.


About “Déjà-Vu”, he says nothing about the meaning of the song : he just says that, when Dave compose (once every three years [!--emo&:P--][img src=\'style_emoticons/[#EMO_DIR#]/tongue.gif\' border=\'0\' style=\'vertical-align:middle\' alt=\'tongue.gif\' /][!--endemo--] ), he has always great riffs and great solos, but he has some difficulties to accord texts with melodies : so it’s the moment for Steve to help him.

[!--emo&:hug:--][img src=\'style_emoticons/[#EMO_DIR#]/hug[1].gif\' border=\'0\' style=\'vertical-align:middle\' alt=\'hug[1].gif\' /][!--endemo--] [/quote]
thank you my french friend!!! I really appreciate your help...
 
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"A la tienne Etienne !"

(it means : "You're Welcome"... almost [!--emo&:D--][img src=\'style_emoticons/[#EMO_DIR#]/biggrin.gif\' border=\'0\' style=\'vertical-align:middle\' alt=\'biggrin.gif\' /][!--endemo--] )
 
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