Uploaded by panosc2 on Mar 25, 2009
Song: Masks
Artist: Van Der Graaf Generator (VDGG)
Album: World Record
Year: 1976
Genre: Progressive Rock
Lyrics:
He's a man of the past and one of the present,
a man who hides behind a mask behind a mask;
a clown, a fool, believing it cool to be down
or that the game is all about who laughs the last.
So he tells all his problems to his friends and relations,
exposes his neuroses to their view.
They accept as fact every masochistic mumble of his act--
how could they know what was false and what was true?
Sometimes when he wakes
he feels he's walked into a dream
but all it takes
to remind him things are what they seem
is the belief that the man behind the mask can really dance
Pirouetting smile
he sees himself cavorting,
Pierrot for a while
before aborting
to find relief in the shelter of the dark, most telling mask.
After all the pantomimes are ended
he peels all the make-up off his face
to reveal, beneath, the tears running all down his cheeks:
alone, he opens to the world...but it's much too late.
He's been left, in the end, without a face.
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love this song!
2 years ago 12
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I like this composition
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A Clown a Fool thinking it cool to be so downin the street
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Après le rock progressif, voilà un genre de blues progressif mutant qui élève plus haut les critères de créations, au point de devenir intemporel, ou disons protégé de cette usure du temps.
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yeah...
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It's my favorite VDGG song :)
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Separate it into two videos.
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i guess you could load it in 2 parts as others do with lengthy epics but its tricky as u have to split the track. Anyway nice to hear the album finally.
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LOL! ;-) I could not help it.
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Van der graaf are killer. Thanks for loading. I dont have this album but own all others . Do you have Merglys loaded? Only seen this live on the tube.
LiteracyLabyrinth 1 year ago
No, unfortunately i'm not able to upload Meurglys because its' duration is 20 mins(!!!), and youtube won't accept it...
panosc2 1 year ago