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Funny how some artists get connected to only that one particular hit they had during a certain period and whatever they may have released earlier or what they release from there on become overshadowed. Such is the case of Chris deBurgh who got a smash hit in the eighties with a cheezy saucy ballad about a woman wearing a certain colour. I remember my father thought it was a good song (how funny the taste of the older generations at times appear) so he bought the album. And me and my brother and sister had to listen to those albums whenever we went somehere in his car. It was not until he bought another album which he didn't like - but which I did, that I went back to the album we had heard so many times to see if there actually was something good on it. And I found somewhat of a true gem (well three actually). Apart from the fact that many of the songs actually were rather good (apart from that particular ballad of course) I found this trilogy about the end of the world in biblical style. Well, I was still just a kid and didn't play any instrument at this time but I thought it was one of mr deBurghs greater accomplishments and a few years after as I started playing bass and practically listened only to metal - I still loved these three tracks. They all just sounded so much Metal but still they weren't. So in the far distance certain ideas came up to one day recreate these tracks. Several years after that I came upon the idea to make this coversalbum and the first obvious contribution was going to be these three tracks. It was a sort of do or die situation as I felt that they were essential to the albums very excisted. If I couldn't pull these ones off there would be no coversalbum basically! But I was so excited to finally find the perfect situation to do something I had wanted to do for such a very long time. This first part of the trilogy tells about "the calm before the storm" before the four horsemen arrive and it is quite dramatic with its' first dooms-like horns in the distance that eventually grow into a piano "ballad". Music/Lyrics: C. deBurgh For lyrics refer to the Links-section and the Chris deBurgh official website |
