SPIROGYRA - Magical Mary (1971) / w. lyrics скачать видео бесплатно

Although this group is hailing from Canterbury, they are not to be classified as such. Those musicians developed one of the better examples of prog-folk or folk-prog. The original line-up consisted of main writer Martin Cockerham as singer and guitarist, the beautiful and well known to progheads Barbara Gaskin on vocals, Steve Borrill on bass and Julian Cusack on violin. Although Dave Mattacks (of FAIRPORT CONVENTION fame) played drums on all three SPIROGYRA albums, he was never a member but a guest on the albums. Their first album, "St-Radiguns" was quite successful and very adventurous and can compared to COMUS's First Utterances. Very moody, politically conscious songs full of great interplay (much like THE TREES) and with a great duo of voices in the COMUS or JEFFERSON AIRPLANE manner are the main assets of the highly recommended album. The follow-up "Old Boot Wine" however did not manage to succeed quite as well and Cusack appear only as a guest but they had a keyboardist instead. By the time of the third album "Bells, Boots and Shambles", the band was down to just Cockerham and Gaskin with both ex-member Cusack and Borrill appearing as guest. This album was quite a return to form and there are some real epics full of cello for great melancholy moments. Sadly, this proved to be their last album. Barbara will go on with local bands as HATFIELD AND THE NORTH as one of the Northettes, than work with NATIONAL HEALTH and in the 80's work with Bill Bruford and Dave Stewart. Highly recommended and much more so than some other folk band (FOREST, HORSLIPS) especially regarding the prog contents.

Lyrics :

Magical Mary

She looks like a fairy

And waves her wand around

Points at an earthman and says Hallelujah

Just look at what I've found

At what I've found

Magical Mary

She shivers her timbers

And lays you on the ground

Strikes up a rhythm in fifty two tempo

And says hey man your found

Hey man you're found

I gotta come with you

I gotta come with you

Got got to, got got to

I gotta come

Madrigal Mistress has seventy sisters

And every one's the same

They come with assistance

To break your resistance

And man your brained

You're like to wind up maimed

I gotta come with you

I gotta come with you

Got got to, got got to

I gotta come

Don't ask me no questions

Don't ask me no questions

I got to, got got to

I gotta come

Always the same, I don't know how you do it

Just a game, no matter how you view it

Always the same

You're gonna be alone, you're gonna need someone

You're gonna find it hard to get yourself a man

Whose gonna take your hand, or even understand

Just what you're into.

Mr Brown, he thought he'd found salvation

Using words to try to calm the nation

What a shame

He didn't have a notion how to use the lotion

Gotta spread it thin to give each one a portion

Gotta make it clear they're gonna get a portion

So's they're happy

Always the same, you never seem to falter

Make a slip, you'll have me at the altar

Never mind, it doesn't matter much

Because you've got the touch

You've really got it made

You're gonna make the grade

And you can try your hand

Another time around

That's if you want to