Με βάση το προηγούμενο post, η επόμενη επιλογή μας θα μπορούσε να γίνει και μόνο από το όνομα του γκρουπ. Φυσικά οι λόγοι είναι πιο σοβαροί : είναι η μουσική, αλλά και οι στίχοι, που (σε όχι ακριβώς αυθαίρετη ερμηνεία), αναφέρονται στην εμπειρία μετατροπής κάποιου σε cyborg. Οι Machiavel, το Βελγικό συγκρότημα που ξεκίνησε στα middle ‘70s έχει τη δική του ιστορία που συνεχίζεται, μέσω μεταμορφώσεων (για λόγους επιβίωσης) μέχρι τις μέρες μας. Τα πιο ενδιαφέροντα άλμπουμ του είναι φυσικά αυτά που κυκλοφόρησε στην αρχική progressive περίοδο όπως το δεύτερό τους, Jester του 1977, απ’ όπου το track που ακούμε. 🔴 🔴 Based on the previous post, our next choice could have been made based solely on the band’s name. Of course, the reasons are more substantial : it’s the music, and also the lyrics, which (in a not exactly arbitrary interpretation) refer to someone’s experience who’s being turned into a cyborg. Machiavel, the Belgian band that emerged in the mid-1970s, has its own long history that continues to this day through various transformations (for survival reasons). Their most interesting albums are naturally those released during their original progressive rock period, such as their second album, Jester (1977), from which the track we’re listening to.

In my forehead, a sheet of lead
Was seeping through holes of power-hammers
My cracked spirit sank into a heavenly wave
A cloud of ether discharged the ballast
A rainbow with gloomy glints
Emerged out of a split of velvet
Then all veiled…
As if a lobotomy was overcoming me !
Since they have cut my tongue
Another ‘s walking in my head
Following the scattering
Of misunderstood saliva
Cut hand grows up again longer
Tail of lizard tracked in a lemon clearness
Gouged out eyes are born again in my back
Eye of chameleon mottled in a rouge of meat
Hey Mary, have you bought the ten pounds
Of tomatoes at the supermarket ?
My cracked spirit sank into a heavenly wave
Soon I’ll hear the sound of my life
Soon I’ll see the edge of my life
Soon I’ll sniff the smell of my life
I hope that I shall soon vomit