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- Procol Harum / Shine On Brightly (US, A&M Records, SP 4151) <September 1968>
Procol Harum / Shine On Brightly (US, A&M Records, SP 4151) <September 1968>
Procol Harum / Shine On Brightly (US, A&M Records, SP 4151) <September 1968>
(side 1) CSG-4201 -15 △12352
(side 1) CSG-4202 -15 △12352-×
Piano Gary Brooker
Guitar Robbie Trower
Organ Matthew Fisher
Bass David Knights
Drums B.J. Wilson
Producer Denny Cordell
Co-producer Tony Visconti
1968年のセカンド・アルバム。新たに契約したA&Mからリリースされました。UKのオリジナル・カヴァーよりもこちらの方がずっと美しいと思います(ただ、何故かスレが多い、状態の良くないコピーが多いですね)。内容はファーストよりも遙かによいです。
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E12YAuAYjLQ
"Shine On Brightly"
My Prussian-blue electric clock's
alarm bell rings, it will not stop
and I can see no end in sight
and search in vain by candlelight
for some long road that goes nowhere
for some signpost that is not there
And even my befuddled brain
is shining brightly, quite insane
The chandelier is in full swing
as gifts for me the three kings bring
of myrrh and frankincense, I'm told,
and fat old Buddhas carved in gold
And though it seems they smile with glee
I know in truth they envy me
and watch as my befuddled brain
shines on brightly quite insane
Above all else confusion reigns
And though I ask no-one explains
My eunuch friend has been and gone
He said that I must soldier on
And though the Ferris wheel spins round
my tongue it seems has run aground
and croaks as my befuddled brain
shines on brightly, quite insane