Van der Graaf Generator

H To He Who Am The Only One, 1970

1. Killer 8:18
2. House With No Door 6:31
3. The Emperor In His War Room 8:13
4. Lost 11:11
5. Pioneers Over C 12:40

 

약간이라도 멜로디가 있는 House With No Door 가 가장 접근이 용이한 곡이다. 이곡을 필두로, 많이 들으면 좋아질 것 같기도 한 곡들이 두어 곡 있다. (The Emperor In His War Room, Lost)

 

 

 

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The Least We Can Do Is Wave To Each Other, 1970

1. Darkness (11/11) 7:11
2. Refugees 6:13
3. White Hammer 8:08
4. Whatever Would Robert Have Said ? 5:50
5. Out Of My Book 3:58
6. After The Flood 11:34

 

보컬이 특이한데 Refugees 에서 더욱 그렇다. 뭐가 좋은지 모르지만, 묘하게 자꾸 끌리는 맛이 있다. 이들의 곡중에는 가장 서정적인 곡인데, 우크라이나 전쟁 때문에 더욱 슬프게 들리는 곡이다.

 

North was somewhere years ago and cold
Ice locked the people's hearts and made them old
South was birth to pleasant lands, but dry
I walked the waters' depths and played my mind

East was dawn, coming alive in the golden sun
The winds came gently, several heads became one
In the summertime, though august people sneered
We were at peace, and we cheered

We walked along, sometimes hand in hand
Between the thin lines marking sea and sand
Smiling very peacefully
We began to notice that we could be free
And we moved together
To the West

West is where all days will someday end
Where the colours turn from grey to gold
And you can be with the friends
And light flakes the golden clouds above
West is Mike and Susie
West is where I love

There we shall spend our final days of our lives
Tell the same old stories
Yeah, well, at least we tried
So into the West, smiles on our faces, we'll go
Oh, yes, and our apologies to those
Who'll never really know the way

 

We're refugees, walking away from the life
That we've known and loved
Nothing to do nor say, nowhere to stay
Now we are alone
We're refugees, carrying all we own
In brown bags, tied up with string
Nothing to think, it doesn't mean a thing
But we can be happy on our own
West is Mike and Susie
West is Mike and Susie
West is where I love
West is refugees' home

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Pawn Hearts, 1971

1. Lemmings (Including Cog) 11:37

2. Theme One 2:55

3. Man-Erg 10:20

4. A Plague of Lighthouse Keepers 23:04

명반으로 소개되는 경우가 많아서 들어봤으나, 어느 곡을 좋아해야 할지 모르겠다. 이해하기 어렵다고 해야겠다.

 

 

 

 

 

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Godbluff, 1975

1. The Undercover Man 7:23
2. Scorched Earth 9:49
3. Arrow 9:45
4. The Sleepwalkers 10:30

 

이 앨범도 쉽지 않다.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Still Life, 1976

1. Pilgrims 7:13
2. Still Life 7:24
3. La Rossa 9:52
4. My Room (Waiting For Wonderland) 8:03
5. Childlike Faith In Childhood's End 12:24