Gezeichnet

Man sagt häufig … der oder die … ist vom Tod gezeichnet …

bei Joe Cocker habe ich oft gesagt … er wäre vom „Leben“ gezeichnet …

Selbst bei dieser alten Aufnahme von 1980 … ist deutlich zu sehen … dass der gute Joe damals … kein „Gesundheits-Fanatiker“ war … aber zum Glück bekam auch er irgendwann die Kurve und wurde wenigstens noch 70 Jahre alt …

Für mich … ein echter SOUL – MAN …

Lyrics :

We skipped the light fandango
Turned cartwheels ‚cross the floor
I was feeling kinda seasick
But crowd called out for more
The room was humming harder
As the ceiling flew away
When we called out for another drink
The waiter brought a tray

And so it was that later
As the miller told his tale
That her face, at first just ghostly,
Turned a whiter shade of pale

She said:“There is no reason
And the truth is plain to see.“
As I wandered through my playing cards
And would not let her be
One of sixteen vestal virgins
Who were leaving for the coast
And although my eyes were open
They might just as well been closed

And so it was that later
As the miller told his tale
Her face, at first just ghostly,
Turned a whiter shade of pale

And so it was that later
As the miller told his tale
That her face, at first was ghostly,
Turned a whiter shade of pale …

31 October 1980

Metropol, Berlin, Germany

Composers : Gary Brooker, Keith Reid, Matthew Fisher

This song is a Procol Harum cover

The Band :

Lead Guitar – Cliff Goodwin
Bass – Howard Hersh
Keyboards – Larry Marshall
Piano,Arranger – Mitch Chakour
Drums – B.J. Wilson
Vocals – Maxine Greene
Vocals – Ann Lang
Vocals – D.E. Washburne