Es un tema con líricas extraídas de un poema de Bertolt Brecht

You saw sagacious solomon
You know what came of him,
To him complexities seemed plain.
He cursed the hour that gave birth to him
And saw that everything was vain.
How great and wise was solomon.
The world however did not wait
But soon observed what followed on.
Its wisdom that had brought him to this state.
How fortunate the man with none.

You saw courageous caesar next
You know what he became.
They deified him in his life
Then had him murdered just the same.
And as they raised the fatal knife
How loud he cried: you too my son!
The world however did not wait
But soon observed what followed on.
Its courage that had brought him to that state.
How fortunate the man with none.

You heard of honest socrates
The man who never lied:
They werent so grateful as youd think
Instead the rulers fixed to have him tried
And handed him the poisoned drink.
How honest was the peoples noble son.
The world however did not wait
But soon observed what followed on.
Its honesty that brought him to that state.
How fortunate the man with none.

Here you can see respectable folk
Keeping to gods own laws.
So far he hasnt taken heed.
You who sit safe and warm indoors
Help to relieve out bitter need.
How virtuously we had begun.
The world however did not wait
But soon observed what followed on.
Its fear of God that brought us to that state.
How fortunate the man with none.

Hacía años que no oía el tema, y no recordaba este maravilloso poema. Sabias palabras, sobre todo la de la última estrofa.

Dead Can Dance es un grupo de culto que empezó con algo de gótico, pero que demostró su impresionante capacidad para mezclar estilos y culminar con su gran obra Into the Labyrinth de 1993, donde destacan temas tan variopintos como Yulunga

y The Carnival is Over

y muchos de cuyos temas repitieron en un magnífico directo Toward The Within un año después. El gran dominio de la mezcla de ritmos se puede ver en estos temas del disco







También podíamos oírlos en la banda sonora del film inclasificable --pero imprescindible-- Baraka


Después de su separación, la carrera de Brendan Perry no consiguió continuar con la misma calidad en las composiciones, pero Lisa Gerrard puso su ancestral voz en numerosos filmes como American Beauty y sobre todo el éxito le llego de la mano del inconmensurable Hans Zimmer en Gladiator


y sus colaboraciones, aunque ya no demasiado originales, siguen dejando buenos temas como este


Personalmente, me quedo con la versión de Gerrard de The wind that shakes the barley

Y el tema de Brendan Perry, Ubiquitous Mr. Lovegrove



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