![]() ![]() "I Know Who I Am" is an unexpected slice of black comedy with lines like "Here's to the guy who's got chapped lips from eatin' too many potato chips and I cracked up when he smiled at me and almost bled to death." "Loved One" was practically disco 5 years before its time. "Changes" combines Biblically based lyrics with a synth break over a 5/4 time signature, running for 5:36. "Papa Rolled His Own" is a quirky Vaudevillian piece with a title that tells us exactly what it's about. James, being a Christian pacifist, said that the sweet cherry wine was a metaphor for the blood of Jesus. "Sweet Cherry Wine" was a hit, but it's also a powerful anti-war song with a spiritual dimension. "Evergreen" is an ethereal piece of mood music with an ecologically conscious message. "Makin' Good Time" is a bit closer to the sound we were familiar with, but rocking just a little bit harder. It would sound right at home on a Pink Floyd album. While it was hooked with the hit single "Sweet Cherry Wine", it also contained some highly experimental and off-the-wall stuff that was probably "too far out" for many fans of "Hanky Panky" and "I Think We're Alone Now." The Crimson and Clover album may have broken it to us gently but Cellophane Symphony pushed the envelope quite a bit further, opening with the title track, a 9:37 instrumental with a languid, spaced out tempo, dominated by a Moog synthesizer, and not a trace of Tommy James' vocals. In between the two was their strangest and boldest album of all, Cellophane Symphony. On their final album (and 3rd part of the "trilogy"), Travelin', they got into a hard-edged blues-based groove. After some years of playing basic feel-good pop/rock that some even labeled "bubblegum", the band ventured into "psychedelic" territory on their Crimson and Clover album with an extended jam, wah-wah, fuzz, other distortion effects, backwards gibberish, socially conscious and spiritually insightful lyrics, weird and quirky sound bites between the songs, and a reprise of the title song. And the truth of what happened will never be known.Cellophane Symphony is what I consider the second part of the Shondells' "experimental trilogy" (Their last 3 albums as a band). This massacre known as the Custer's Last Stand became famous because of the controversies that began after the battle. On June 25th, 1876 Custer and about 225 men under his immediate command were killed by the Indians in the Battle of Little Bighorn. But ok, it is not Italo DiscoĪn American army officer General George Armstrong Custer won fame as an Indian fighter in the West. Such a magic track, always goosebumps when I listen to that. It makes me want to do my favorite Sylvester song, the Larry Levan mix of "Someone Like You". I hope this is a bit in the good direction. Just go, I can't resist, I can't resist you anymore (Don't stop, you're moving me) Let's go, often you take me (Don't stop, you're moving me) Just got to make me (Don't stop, you're moving me) Ooh, you know (Don't stop, you're moving me) You know emotion (Don't stop, you're moving me)Ībout the waves (Don't stop, you're moving me)īattle in ocean (Don't stop, you're moving me)Įach one takes me close to the shore, yes it does (Don't stop, you're moving me) Don't stop, (you're moving) you're moving me Normally I wouldn't be excited to make these in here because it is not Italo Disco, and I won't add them to the main list on first page, but ok, I'd like to help you out, so what the hell. Happy Christmas and buon natale to all :Dĭoes somebody have Sylvester - Don't stop? Those from WEB are wrong. The latin part means "no truth without blame/sin", or at least I think it's meant to.Īnd your transcription of Viva is great, though I think it's Manitu. If anyone has/is willing to transcribe the lyrics to Ceyx - Malavita it would be much appreciated!Īs with yours above, the bits I couldn't make out well are in brackets. Soon, soon, soon, you will come back to me Moon, moon, moon let the night make him see Run, run, run, bring your love back to me *I have very bad hearing and a couple lines were completely unintelligible to me so I just put whatever. Minor words are changing in the chorusses throughout the song. I'm stll not too sure if it is 100% correct of course, but it's my best shot at it. I found this one to be very very difficult for a long time, but I really wanted to complete it as it's a personal favorite. Repeat all from beginning + some verses – ![]()
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