Jeff Wayne - The Eve of the War текст песни

Текст песни The Eve of the War - Jeff Wayne



No one would have believed
In the last years of the nineteenth century
That human affairs were being watched from the timeless worlds of space
No one could have dreamed that we were being scrutinized
As someone with a microscope studies creatures that swarm and multiply in a drop of water
Few men even considered the possibility of life on other planets
And yet, across the gulf of space
Minds immeasurably superior to ours
Regarded this Earth with envious eyes
And slowly and surely, they drew their plans against us
At midnight, on the 12th of August
A huge mass of luminous gas erupted from Mars and sped towards Earth
Across two hundred million miles of void
Invisibly hurtling towards us
Came the first of the missiles that were to bring so much calamity to Earth
As I watched, there was another jet of gas
It was another missile, starting on its way
And that's how it was for the next ten nights
A flare, spurting out from Mars
Bright green, drawing a green mist behind it
A beautiful, but somehow disturbing sight
Ogilvy, the astronomer, assured me we were in no danger
He was convinced there could be no living thing on that remote
Forbidding planet
The chances of anything coming from Mars
Are a million to one, he said
The chances of anything coming from Mars
Are a million to one, but still, they come
Then came the night the first missile approached Earth
It was thought to be an ordinary falling star
But next day there was a huge crater in the middle of the common
And Ogilvy came to examine what lay there
A cylinder, thirty yards across, glowing hot
With faint sounds of movement coming from within
Suddenly the top began moving, rotating, unscrewing
And Ogilvy feared there was a man inside trying to escape
He rushed to the cylinder but the intense heat stopped him
Before he could burn himself on the metal
The chances of anything coming from Mars
Are a million to one, he said
The chances of anything coming from Mars
Are a million to one, but still, they come
Yes, the chances of anything coming from Mars
Are a million to one, he said
The chances of anything coming from Mars
Are a million to one, but still, they come
It seems totally incredible to me now that
Everyone spent that evening as though it were just like any other
From the railway station came the sound of shunting trains
Ringing and rumbling, softened almost into melody by the distance
It all seemed so safe and tranquil



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Jeff Wayne - Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of the War of the Worlds
Альбом Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of the War of the Worlds
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05-07-2005

1 The Artilleryman and the Fighting Machine
2 The Eve of the War
3 Breathless Out-take (from Dead London)
4 Horsell Common and the Heat Ray
5 Epilogue 1 (Early Bird Take)
6 The Four Narrators (Epiliogue)
7 Forever Autumn
8 Unused Alternate N.A.S.A. Epiliogue Out-Takes
9 Thunder Child
10 NASA Epilogue Spanish Version
11 The Red Weed, Pt. 1
12 Spanish Narrator Out-Takes
13 The Spirit of Man
14 The Eve of the War (Original Narration and Acting Parts)
15 The Red Weed, Pt. 2
16 The Falling Star (Original Narration and Acting Parts)
17 The Artilleryman Returns
18 Horsell Common and the Heat Ray (Original Narration and Acting Parts)
19 Brave New World
20 Dead London
21 Epilogue, Pt. 1
22 Epilogue, Pt. 2 (N.A.S.A.)
23 ULLAdubULLA (Papa Ootzie remix)
24 The Eve of the War (Hybrid's Fire In the Sky Mix -)
25 Forever Autumn (N-Trance remix)
26 Horsell Common and the Heat Ray (Max Mondo Remix)
27 The Spirit of Man: Spirit of Dub (Tom Frederikse / Gaëtan Schurrer remix)
28 The Eve of the War (Hani Remix)
29 The Artilleryman and the Fighting Machine (Max Mondo Remix)
30 Brave New World (Todd Terry Remix)
31 Forever Autumn (Dark Autumn Dub Tom Frederikse / Gaëtan Schurrer Remix)
32 The Red Weed (Mister Joy Boy Remix)
33 The Spirt of Destiny (The Parson Versus Palene) [Cassidy / Langan / Wayne Remix]
34 The Eve of the War (1980 Disco Steve Thompson Remix)
35 The Spirit of Man (Max Mondo Remix)
36 The Eve of the War (Ben Liebrand Remix)
37 Brave New World (Dario G Remix)
38 Dead London (Mister JoyBoy Remix)
39 The Eve of the War Versus Animal and Man (Forrest / Schurrer / Wayne remix)
40 The Four Narrators (opening passage)
41 The Eve of the War (Original Unused Intro)
42 The Eve of the War (Early Band Take)
43 The Eve of the War (Stripped Down Mix)
44 'That' Laugh
45 Out-Takes (From Horsell Common)
46 Horsell Common and the Heat Ray (Early Version)
47 Out-Takes (From Horsell Common and the Heat Ray)
48 The Heatray Versus the Jangle Piano (Martian Versus Man)
49 The Artilleryman and the Fighting Machine (Early Band Take,
50 Richard Burton Out-take
51 Lego Toys (Original 1969 Radio Commercial)
52 Forever Autumn (Original 1972 Version)
53 Bar Count - Under Attack (from Forever Autumn)
54 Forever Autumn (Early Version)
55 Bar Count Continues (from Forever Autumn)
56 Paperboys (Original Unused Out-Take)
57 Paperboy Shouts and Panicking Crowd (Original Unused Out-Take from Forever Autumn)
58 "Ugly Brutes!" and "See Them" (Original Unused Out-Takes)
59 Thunder Child (Early Version Version)
60 Thunder Child (Later Version)
61 The Four Narrators (The Earth Belonged to the Martians)
62 The Four Narrators (The Red Weed)
63 The Red Weed (Early Version)
64 Unused Out-Take (From The Red Weed)
65 The Red Weed (Original Unused Parts)
66 Jeff's "Worth A Listen" Red Weed Alternative
67 Original 75" Radio Commercial
68 Parson Nathaniel (2005 revisited version)
69 The Spirit of Man (Early Version With Unused Acting Parts)
70 The Spirit of Man (Early Version Guide Vocals)
71 The Spirit of Man (Jerry, Doreen & Phil Acting Out-Takes)
72 The Spirit of Man (Alternate Version)
73 "Are You Ready Jeff?" (Acting Out-Takes from the Spirit of Man)
74 The Spirit of Man (Out-Takes, Including Original Unused Script)
75 The Spirit of Man (Beth & Parson Out-Takes, Including Original Unused Script)
76 The Spirit of 'Mayan' (Parson outtakes)
77 The Spirit of Man (Beth is killed)
78 The Spirit of Man (Beth Is Killed - Original Out Take)
79 The Spirit of Man (Guitar Solo)
80 'Outcries' (from The Spirit of Man)
81 The Spirited Man (strings and acoustic guitar alternative)
82 The Spirit of Man (Beth Out-Takes)
83 The Spirit of Guitars (guitars and strings from The Spirit of Man)
84 Tea for Two: Jerry & Phil's Late Night Cabaret
85 Parson Nathaniel Scream Out-Takes (From the Spirit of Man)
86 Original Parson Scream Out-takes
87 Original Spanish Parson Scream Out-takes
88 German Journalist and Parson Out-takes
89 Spanish Journalist and Parson Scream Out-take
90 "And There Was Nothing I Could Do to Prevent It" (out-takes and master)
91 Parson Nathaniel (Original Unused Song)
92 "Less Piano and More Air, Please!"
93 The Artilleryman Returns (With Unused Parts)
94 The Artilleryman's Out-Takes (From Brave New World)
95 The Artilleryman's Out-Takes (From Brave New World) [Continued]
96 The the Artilleryman's Out-Takes (From Brave New World)
97 Brave New World (Early Piano Demo)
98 Brave New World (Early Band Take)
99 The Artilleryman's "I've Got a Plan!" Out-takes (from Brave New World)
100 Brave New World (Acoustic Alternative)
101 Brave New World (Alternate Version)
102 The Spanish Artilleryman's Plan (from Brave New World)
103 Acting Out Takes (From Brave New World)
104 Original 40" Radio Commercial
105 Regressing Bar Count
106 Dead London (Early Version,
107 Dead London (Early Band Run-Through)
108 Murderous Out-Takes (From Dead London)
109 Bar Count (from Dead London)




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