Jimi Hendrix : Castles made of sand
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Castles made of sand
27 & 28 Novembre 1967 à l'Olympic Sound Studios, London, England (2.46)
Producteur: Chas Chandler
Ingénieur son: Eddie Kramer


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Down the street you can hear the scream "You're a disgrace",
as she slams the door in his drunken face
And now he stands outside, and all
the neighbors starts to gossip and drool.

He cries "Oh girl ! yuo must be mad,
what happened to the sweet love you and me had ?"
Against the door he leans and start a scene,
and the tears fall and burn the garden green.

And so castles made of sand
fall in the sea,
eventualy

A little indian brave, who before he was ten,
played war games in the woods, with his indian friends,
and he built a dream, that when he grew up,
he would be a fearless warrior indian chief.


Many moons past ans more the dream grew srtong
until tomorrow he would sing his first war song,
and fight hios first battle, but something went wrong,
surprise attack killed him in his sleep that night...

And so castles made of sand
melts into the sea,
eventualy

There was young girl whose heart was frown
'cause she was cripped for life and she couldn't speak a sound,
and she wished and prayed she could stop livin',
so she decided to die.

She drew her wheel-chair to the edge of the shore
and to her legs she smiled "You won't hurt me no more"
But then a sight she'd never seen made her jump and say
"Look, a Golden Winged ship is passing my way"

(and it really didn't have to stop
it just keep in going)
And so castles made of sand
slips into the sea
eventualy....

Notes
Le 27 aout 1967, c'est la "journée des chateaux" dans le studio de l'Olympic, car Jimi enregistre "Spanish castle magic" et "Castles made of sand". "Castles made of sand", outre son côté dramatique sur les ironies de la vie, est un moyen de s'identifier avec l'histoire des "natives" (les indiens d'amérique). "Il y a beaucoup de monde à Seattle qui a du sang indien en lui. C'est juste une autre partie de notre famille, c'est tout... Tous les indiens ont, différents moyens de se stimuler, leurs propres voies menant à Dieu, leurs propres pensées spirituelles, qui doivent être préservés."
Sur cette chanson, Jimi ne chante pas vraiment, c'est d'avantage
"une façon de lire de la poésie", "faire semblant de chanter comme si vous alliez vous endormir".
Le solo est enregistré à l'envers!

Ce titre n'a jamais été joué en concert... du moins, pas à ma connaissance...

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