from Oannes *

Το πρώτο σόλο άλμπουμ της θρυλικής Maddy Prior, τραγουδίστριας των Steeleye Span κυκλοφόρησε το 1978 σε παραγωγή του Ian Anderson και με συμμετοχή στην ηχογράφηση των Jethro Tull. Ακούμε δυο τραγούδια από το Woman In The Wings, συνθέσεις της ίδιας. Η Maddy Prior είναι μια ακόμα από τις μουσικές φυσιογνωμίες αυτού του μήνα.

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Debut solo album by legendary Maddy Prior, lead singer of Steeleye Span, was released in 1978. It was produced by Ian Anderson with Jethro Tull participating in the recording. We hear two songs from Woman In The Wings, compositions of her own. Maddy Prior is another of this month’s musical figures.

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WOMAN IN THE WINGS [00:00]
❝ She watches anxiously
Helpless to protect
The girl in the goldfish bowl of light
The jigging marionette
And the woman in the wings
She worries when she sings out of key
The dancer as she twirls
Oblivious and calm
With tossed curls and swirls
She will face any storm
But the woman in the wings
She fidgets with her rings and wrings her hands
The puppet on the stage
Elusive and calm
Buttered and bruised
She collapses in the arms
Of the woman in the wings
Who gently takes the strings, leads her away
To a private dressing dressing room
She takes the doll apart
And packs her away in the wardrobe
Til the next show starts
Then the woman in the wings
Collects up all her things and goes home ❞

GUTTER GEESE [05:20]
❝ Come be merry, be my friend
Come let me see the best side of you
Come be merry, be my friend
Come let me be good friends to you
Gay as a goose in the gutter
Merry as a mice in malt
If we’ve got a ha’porth of liveliness
What care we’re below the salt
Come be merry, be my friend
Come let me see the best side of you
Come be merry, be my friend
Come let me be good friends to you
Gay as a goose in the gutter
Merry as a mice in malt
If we’ve got a ha’porth of liveliness
What care we’re below the salt
Happy as a sandboy building
Castles in the air
Flag waving from the mast
In a world without a care
Come be merry, be my friend
Come let me see the best side of you
Come be merry, be my friend
Come let me be good friends to you
Gay as a goose in the gutter
Merry as a mice in malt
If we’ve got a ha’porth of liveliness
What care we’re below the salt ❞

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Enjoy!

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