1` The Other Side Of Summer (Warner Bros. '91) - Синглы / Single_s
Warner Bros. Records, 1991, UK, USA, Europe
Песню \"Другая сторона лета\" #Еlvis_Соstеllо задумал, как стилизацию беззаботных летних песен #Веасh_Воуs, но у него, конечно, простой беззаботности не получилось. В тексте строка \"Автоматические ворота закрыты между лачугами и дворцом, но Миллионер говорит: \"Вообрази - нет частной собственности, нет нищих\" отсылает к знаменитой \"Imagine\" #Jоhn_Lеnnоn'a. Сам #Elvis_Costello прокомментировал строку не как пощечину Леннону, а просто как констатацию инфантильности богатых либеральных леваков, которые \"не желают идти до конца\". То есть не хотят либо менять общественный строй, либо раздавать свои капиталы нищим. А жалеть одновременно и неимущих, и собственные миллионы выглядит со стороны слишком фальшиво и пошло.
Песня \"The Other Side Of #Summеr_\" возглавила американский чарт.
The sun struggles up another beautiful day And I felt glad in my own suspicious way Despite the contradiction and confusion Felt tragic without reason There's malice and there's magic in every season CHORUS From the foaming breakers of the poisonous surf The other side of Summer To the burning forests in the hills of Astroturf The other side of Summer
The automatic gates close up between the shanties and the palace The blowtorch amusements, the voodoo chalice The pale pathetic promises that everybody swallows A teenage girl is crying 'cos she don't look like a million dollars So help her if you can 'Cos she don't seem to have the attention span
CHORUS
Was it a millionaire who said \"imagine no possessions\"? A poor little schoolboy who said \"we don't need no lessons\"? The rabid rebel dogs ransack the shampoo shop The pop princess is downtown shooting up And if that goddess if fit for burning The sun will struggle up the world will still keep turning
Madman standing by the side of the road saying \"Look at my eyes, look at my eyes, look at my eyes, look at my eyes\" Now you can't afford to fake all the drugs your parents used to take Because of their mistakes you'd better be wide awake
CHORUS
The mightiest rose The absence of perfume The casual killers The military curfew The cardboard city An unwanted birthday The other side of summer
The dancing was desperate, the music was worse They bury your dreams and dig up the worthless Goodnight God bless And kiss \"goodbye\" to the earth The other side of summer