Midlake, 'n Jethro Tull geinspireerde groep, het sy ontstaan in 1999 in 'n Texas universiteit gehad. In 2006 het hulle my gemesmeraais met hul juweel "The Trials of Van Occupanther" wat die pragtige "Roscoe" opgelewer het. Hulle het egter sopas hul nuutste album "The Courage of Others "uitgebring.
'n Paar snitte hierop kan op hul webwerf http://midlake.net/ na geluister word. Die album is 'n eerbetoon aan die 1966 Russiese film "Andrei Rublev" deur Andrei Tarkovsky.
Luister en kyk bietjie na hierdie twee voorbeelde:
Midlake - Rulers, ruling all things
Midlake - Acts of Man
Toe SA Musiek die "Albums van die Dekade" lys op 13 Januarie 2010 uitgereik het, was "The Trials of Van Occupanther" op album no. 52. "The Courage of Others " sal gewis in die top tien van die volgende dekade eindig!
Lili Marleen
Vor der Kaserne
Vor dem großen Tor
Stand eine Laterne
Und steht sie noch davor
So woll'n wir uns da wieder seh'n
Bei der Laterne wollen wir steh'n
Wie einst Lili Marlene.
Wie einst Lili Marlene.
Unsere beide Schatten
Sah'n wie einer aus
Daß wir so lieb uns hatten
Das sah man gleich daraus
Und alle Leute soll'n es seh'n
Wenn wir bei der Laterne steh'n
Wie einst Lili Marlene.
Wie einst Lili Marlene.
Deine Schritte kennt sie,
Deinen schönen Gang
Alle Abend brennt sie,
Doch mich vergaß sie lang
Und sollte mir ein Leids gescheh'n
Wer wird bei der Laterne stehen
Mit dir Lili Marlene?
Mit dir Lili Marlene?
Aus dem stillen Raume,
Aus der Erde Grund
Hebt mich wie im Traume
Dein verliebter Mund
Wenn sich die späten Nebel drehn
Werd' ich bei der Laterne steh'n
Mit dir Lili Marlene.
Mit dir Lili Marlene.
Lili Marlene
In front of the barracks,
In front of the main gate,
Stood a lamppost,
It still stands out front,
We want to see each other there again,
We want to stand by the lamppost,
As before, Lili Marleen,
As before, Lili Marleen.
Our two shadows
Looked like one,
That we held each other so fondly
Someone would think we were one.
And everybody will see it
If we stand by the lamppost,
As before, Lili Marleen,
As before, Lili Marleen.
Already the guard was crying,
“They’re blowing taps.
That could cost you three days.”
“Comrade, I’m coming right away.”
There we said farewell,
But I would rather have gone with you,
With you, Lili Marleen,
With you, Lili Marleen.
She knows your footsteps,
Your special stride.
Every evening she is burning,
Though she forgot me long ago.
And if a mishap should befall me,
Who would stand by the lamppost,
With you, Lili Marleen,
With you, Lili Marleen?
From out of silent space,
From out the lands of Earth,
Your beloved lips uplift me
As if in a dream.
When the nocturnal mists swirl,
I will be standing by the lamppost,
As before, Lili Marleen,
As before, Lili Marleen.
One by one the guests arrive
The guests are coming through
The open-hearted many
The broken-hearted few
And those who dance begin to dance
And those who weep begin
Welcome, welcome, cries a voice
Let all my guests come in
"The Guests"
Leonard Cohen
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