Άσχετο ή όχι τόσο : η γελοία ιστορία με την κιηματογραφική Ωραία Ελένη μου θύμισε αυτό το κομμάτι – σύνθεση των Phil Collins, Steve Hackett από το τελευταίο άλμπουμ που ο δεύτερος ηχογράφησε με τους Genesis, το 1976 : όχι τυχαία ίσως το Wind And Wuthering είναι το τελευταίο καθαρό αριστούργημα για το γκρουπ που ο SH εγκατέλειψε αμέσως μετά, διαφωνώντας με την “εμπορική στροφή” του. Η αναφορά στην Helen Of Troy βρίσκεται στους στίχους του κομματιού …προφητικούς, τρόπους του λέγειν. 📀 📀 Irrelevant, or not so much : the ridiculous story with Helen Of Troy reminded me of this piece – written by Phil Collins and Steve Hackett from the last album that the latter recorded with Genesis, in 1976: perhaps not by chance, Wind And Wuthering is the final pure masterpiece for the group that SH left immediately afterwards, disagreeing with the band’s “commercial turn”. The reference to Helen Of Troy is in the lyrics of the track… prophetic, so to speak.

Dark and grey, an English film, the Wednesday Play
We always watch the Queen on Christmas Day
Won’t you stay?
Though your eyes see shipwrecked sailors you’re still dry
The outlook’s fine though Wales might have some rain
Saved again
Let’s skip the news boy (I’ll go and make some tea)
Arabs and Jews boy (too much for me)
They get me confused boy (puts me off to sleep)
And the thing I hate. Oh Lord!
Is staying up late, to watch some debate, on some nation’s fate
Hypnotised by Batman, Tarzan, still surprised!
You’ve won the West in time to be our guest
Name your prize!
Drop of wine, a glass of beer dear what’s the time?
The grime on the Tyne is mine all mine all mine
Five past nine
Blood on the rooftops. Venice in the Spring
The Streets of San Francisco. A word from Peking
The trouble was started by a young Errol Flynn
Better in my day. Oh Lord!
For when we got bored, we’d have a world war, happy but poor
So let’s skip the news boy (I’ll go and make some tea)
Blood on the rooftops (too much for me)
When old Mother Goose stops, and they’re out for 23
Then the rain at Lords stopped play
Seems Helen of Troy has found a new face again