전세계 8백만장 이상의 앨범판매고, 3회의 브릿 어워즈 수상! 글래스톤베리, 리딩 등 수많은 페스티벌의 헤드라인을 장식한 영국이 배출한 위대한 밴드, TRAVIS!"트래비스의 앨범들은 내 인생 순간순간을 기록하는 가장 훌륭한 수단이다." - FRANCIS HEALY 21세기 브릿팝이 가야할 길을 가장 설득력 있게 제시한 4인조 밴드 트래비스가 다섯 번째 정규 앨범 [THE BOY WITH NO NAME]을 발표했다. 예전만큼 적극적인 관여보단 적당한 거리에서 조력하며 '필터' 역할을 해주었다는 밴드의 오랜 인연 니겔 갓리치"NIGEL GODRICH - 폴 맥카트니"PAUL MCCARTNEY", 유투"U2", 벡"BECK", 알이엠"R.E.M" 등과 작업했다."와 마이크 헷지스"MIKE HEDGES", 그리고 일렉트로닉 거장 브라이언 이노"BRIAN ENO"가 프로듀서로서 앨범에 참여했다. “답답하고 어두운 곳을 지나 우린 다시 우리만의 뮤즈"MUSE"를 찾았다.” - FRANCIS HEALY 신보의 첫 싱글은 침착하고 넉넉한 드럼 비트에 대번에 귀를 휘감는 멜로디가 탁월한 “CLOSER”. 이전의 히트 싱글들을 뛰어넘는 역대 최고의 블록버스터급 싱글로, 10년차 브릿팝을 이끌어온 트래비스의 저력을 잘 보여준다. “CLOSER”의 아름다운 멜로디는 4년간의 기다림을 충족시키기도 남음에 있다.눈물이 음으로 표현되면 정말 그럴 것만 같았던 “WRITING TO REACH YOU”, “TURN”과 쌍벽을 이루는 트래비스의 대표곡 “SING”을 잇는 신보의 첫 번째 트랙 “3 TIMES AND YOU LOSE”. 그것은 ““CLOSER”만 좋으면 어쩌지?” 했던 팬들의 불안감을 일거에 구축시켜 버리는 전형적인 트래비스식 멜랑콜리며 ‘이기 팝"IGGY POP"의 그루브를 닮았다’고 현지에서 즉석 평가된 “SELFISH JEAN”은 마음껏 예쁘고 다정하게 뿌려지는 건반 멜로디에 주목할 필요가 있겠다. 빈티지한 세션 연주, 포근하고 정겨운 보컬 멜로디가 겹치며 한적함을 느끼게 하는 “BATTLESHIPS”, 신보에서 가장 정의내리기 힘든 에너지를 내뿜는 “EYES WIDE OPEN”, 차기 싱글로도 손색이 없을뿐더러 특별히 프랜시스가 자신의 아들 클레이"CLAY"를 위해 만들었다는”MY EYES”, 개인적이고 쓸쓸한 사색이 한가득 묻어나는 “COLDER”와 “NEW AMSTERDAM” 등 앨범의 모든 곡들이 그냥 지나치기 아까울 만큼 아름다운 멜로디를 내뿜고 있다. 거기다 마지막 곡이 끝난 뒤 3분여가 지나고 나면 참으로 기가 막힌 보너스 트랙이 한 곡 기다리고 있으니 바로 “SAILING AWAY”다. 이 곡은 ‘보너스 트랙이 좋아 봤자지’라고 생각하셨던 분들에게는 꽤나 큰 정신적 충격을 안겨줄 것으로 예상된다. .... ....
I had a nightmare I lived in a little town where little dreams were broken and words were seldom spoken
I tried to reach you but all the lines were down Summer rain began to fall on this little town ...on this little town
The little people have very little left to say their words had all been shortened they didn't really seem important
And I had a feeling that you were very far away but a little voice inside me said you'll never get away from here
And it's 1, 2, 3 Times and you lose of course it doesn't matter how you say it I'm out of love so there's nothing really more to say I'm throwing it all away
And we had a peeling but now we all faked to see we never look at one another only when another suffered
And if I saw you then it was just another face but I still don't blank horizon lining on the human race
And it's 1, 2, 3 Times and you lose of course it doesn't matter how you say it I'm out of luck so there's nothing really more to say I'm throwing it all away
And it's 1, 2, 3 Times and you lose I'm out of love so there's nothing really more to say I'm throwing it all away throwing it all away throwing it all away
Cheers Thanks for everything You hung me out by my heart You're just so selfish jean Yes you are
Hey you Threw it all away By holding everything in Hey Jean don't rock the boat When you can't swim
With a perfect understanding of the finer things in life A quite alarming knack of knowing when to twist the knife Oooooooooh Selfish Jean
Here's to you Who read everything Left it out on the shelf There's no one else to blame Except yourself
Well a perfect combination of good etiquet and charm You keep the chocolate biscuits wired to a car alarm Oooooooooh Selfish Jean
Well i'm standing on my own And this house is not a home It's so sad to see you go Things are high, things are low And it's good to know you know If you've got nowhere to go Well you could spend the night with me There will be no guarantee that I'll be here
In the morning Or any time that you call I hear you snoring Jean Through the wall
So hey Here's to everything To peace and love in our time Ah Jean the slate is clean I guess we're fine
Well I don't expect a miracle Not asking you to change If you can see me happy Well just look the other way Oooooooooh Selfish Jean
I`ve had enough, of this parade. 이 행군에서 나는 충분히 가질만큼 가졌어. I`m thinking of, the words to say. 난 할말을 생각하고 있어. We open up, unfinished parts, 우리는 미완의 부분들을 열지. Broken up, its so mellow. 열려진 그것들은 너무나도 달콤해.
And when I see you then 그리고 내가 널 봤을 때 I know it will be next to me 넌 내 옆에 있을 거란 걸 알아 And when I need you then 내가 널 원할 때는 I know you will be there with me 나와 함께 있을 거란 걸 알아. Ill never leave you... 난 절대 널 떠나지 않을거야.
Just need to get closer, closer, 단지 더 가까워지길 원해. Lean on me now, 지금 내게 기대. Lean on me now, 지금 내게 기대. closer, closer, 더 가까이, 가까이. Lean on me now, 지금 내게 기대. Lean on me now. 지금 내게 기대.
Keep waking up (waking up), 깨어있어 (깨어나) without you here (without you here). 너없이.(너없이) Another day (another day), 그 다른날과,(그 다른날과) another year (another year). 그 다른 해들을.(그 다른 해들을) I seek the truth (seek the truth), 난 진실을 찾아.(진실을 찾아) we set apart (we set apart) 우린 떨어져있지만 (우린 떨어져있지만) Thinking of a second chance (a second chance). 다음 기회를 생각하지.(다음기회를)
And when I see you then 널 봤을때 I know it will be next to me 넌 내 옆에 있을 거야 And when I need you then 널 원할 때 I know you will be there with me 넌 나와 함께 있을 거야. Ill never leave you... 난 널 떠나지 않아 절대.
Just need to get closer, closer, 그냥 단지 가까워지기만을 원해. Lean on me now, 내게 기대 Lean on me now, 내게 기대. closer, closer, 더 가까이. Lean on me now, 내게 기대. Lean on me now (lean on me now). 내게 기대. (내게 기대)
And when I see you then 널 봤을때 I know it will be next to me 넌 내 옆에 있을 거야 And when I need you then 널 원할 때 I know you will be there with me 넌 나와 함께 있을 거야. Ill never leave you... 난 널 떠나지 않아 절대.
Just need to get closer, closer, 그냥 단지 더 가까워지기만을 원해.
Lean on me now, 내게 기대 Lean on me now, 내게 기대. closer, closer, 더 가까이. Lean on me now, 내게 기대. Lean on me now (lean on me now). 내게 기대.(내게 기대)
When will you carry me home like the wounded star in the movie When will you carry me home take it back to the start when you knew me Cause’ when you talk to me that way, I’ll be a million miles away I guess it’s just another day in love
We’re battleships, driftin’ in our wee river Takin’ hits, sinking it’s now or never Overboard, drownin’ in a sea of love and hate but it’s too late Battleship down
When will you figure it out that you aren’t always right little darlin’ When will you figure it out that it’s not worth the fight little darlin’ Cause’ when you can’t think what to say, you go and throw it all away I guess it’s just another day in love
We’re battleships, driftin’ in our wee river Takin’ hits, sinking it’s now or never Overboard, drownin’ in a sea of love and hate but it’s too late Battleship down
But you're too smart and I’m too dumb With no heart in the middle
We’re battleships, driftin’ in our wee river Takin’ hits, sinking it’s now or never Overboard, falling into the ocean Ship to shore, drownin’ in a sea of love and hate but it’s too late Battleship down
All these visions in my head shoot the gunner baby for the watershed some are live and some are dead makes no diferrence when they're in your head...head
Keep the door open a crack so I can see then when they attack some are white and some are black makes no difference when they're on your back
And I can't stop crying And I can't stop trying 'Cause the day is dying...dying...dying With my eyes wide open
Kept the sheep jumping the fence so I can see teepers (?) when I'm feeling tense disbelieve hung in suspense I die down with my own defence
And I can't stop crying And I can't stop trying 'Cause the day is dying...dying...dying With my eyes wide open
All these visions in my head shoot the gunner baby for the watershed some are live and some are dead makes no diferrence when they're in your head
And I can't stop crying And I can't stop trying 'Cause the day is dying...dying...dying With my eyes wide open
There's no room for crying But I'm trying to see your point of view Deep in my heart
I'm afraid I'm dying I'd be lying if I said I'm not
Welcome in welcome in Shame about the weather Welcome in welcome in You're welcome It's a sin it's a sin Where birds of a feather Are welcome to land on you
Ya ya ya ya ya ya You got my eyes And we can see what you'll be
You can't disguise But either way
I will pray you will be wise Pretty soon you will see
Tears in my eyes
As each day goes by
Makes way for another We discover that we're not alone And each day we try
The best we can to discover All the feelings that we left below
Welcome in welcome in Shame about the weather Welcome in welcome in You're welcome It's a sin it's a sin Where birds of a feather Are welcome to land on you
Ya ya ya ya ya ya You got my eyes And we can see what you'll be
You can't disguise But either way
I will pray you will be wise Pretty soon you will see
I wake up to fine you lying awake with your hands in your head You cannot run cant escape frome the thing that you said
And you can tell anybody Anybody who comes You can tell anybody But damage is done The new days begun
One night Can change everything in your life One night Can make everything alright One night Can turn all your colours to white One night Its easier said than done
Turning and turning but naver retuning to what you once had Learning to care for the ones you hold dear but its too#!J yeah its too bad
One night Can change everything in your life One night Can make everything alright One night Can turn all your colours to white One night Its easier said than done
All that I am All that I am
Lying beside you as cold as a statue your hands are still warm Trying to wake you as daylight it breaks through the eye of the storm
So you can tell everybody Everybody who comes You can tell everybody But the damage is done The new days begun
One night Can change everything in your life One night Can make everything alright One night Can turn all your colours to white One night Its easier said than done
One night One night One night One night Its easier said than done
Can you see the moonbeam And the colour of the lights They're like flowers Blooming in motion
Watching them fade The last fireworks of the night (tonight)
I begin to wake To relive this memory When the answer is clear And beyond belief
There's a gift of love That awaits the final day But tonight...tonight...
Under the moonlight With the one you love Under the big sky For the one you love Riding under the moonlight With the one you love Going places together Tonight
In the far distance As the dream nears the end And summer lovers pass the time Holding on to what they can't keep
Into that horizon Where the ocean meets the sky So gather up your voice 'cause tonight's the night (tonight)
Under the moonlight With the one you love Under the big sky For the one you love Riding under the moonlight With the one you love Going places together Tonight (tonight) (tonight)
Stars light up the coastline And we'll feel this way for today And for all time
Under the moonlight With the one you love Under the big sky For the one you love Riding under the moonlight With the one you love Under the moonlight Oh we're going places together Tonight (tonight)
Tonight (tonight) Tonight (tonight) Tonight (tonight) Under the moonlight
Oh my friend We have spent So much time looking for someone to blame 'Cause we're the same And jealous games Take up time we could spend on other things Oh my friend If it ends Let us go and then not look back again We can’t be You and me Taking ourselves much too seriously
But out in space A million miners work upon The night’s coal face But all I see is black And all the stars look back At me
Oh my friend What a friend I’d have thought you’d have stayed here till the end To take a bow Draw the crowd We’re just words in the sand at high tide
But out in space A million miners work upon The night’s coal face And all I see is black And all the stars look back at me
Oh my friend We should spend Some more time looking from the other end 'Cause we would see So clearly We blame ourselves as much as we blame we We blame ourselves as much as we blame we We blame ourselves
I'm in love with everything with every face I've ever seen and every place I've ever been has left its mark upon my worries
I color in the world I see I pick apart the melody 'cause maybe there's a symphony caught inside but there's no way out
and the sky is falling down and there's an angel on the ground it's getting colder I'm standing looking down there's not a sound around the town it's getting colder colder
I would show you everything but everything is too extreme we'll wait and see the entropy at the end when we all start flying But the sky is falling down and there's an angel on the ground it's getting colder I'm standing looking down there's not a sound around the town it's getting colder
the sky is falling down and there's an angel on the ground it's getting colder I'm standing looking down there's not a sound around the town it's getting colder
the sky is falling down and all the people on the ground are getting colder I'm standing looking down again but you can't help me now I'm getting colder
Jean Michel Basquiat, Francois Truffaut, Robert Zimmerman and De Niro Paris, Texas - end of the world
New York, New York, goodbye girl
And they meet on Bleeker Street or the park that is central, oh no I watch the sun go down down down beneath the ground and it's a new day, it's a new dawn, in New Amsterdam.
Stranger in the moonlight, stranger in the moonlight
And they meet on Bleeker Street or the park that is central, oh no I watch the sun go down down down beneath the ground and it's a new day, it's a new dawn, in New Amsterdam.
And we meet on Bleeker Street or the park that is central, oh no I watched the sun go down down down beneath the ground and it's a new day, it's a new dawn, in New Amsterdam.
좋아하는 트래비스의 곡.
[Good Feeling]부터 [The Boy With No Name]까지,
이들의 앨범이 나올 때 마다, 그들 특유의 감미로운 우울함에 머릿 속이 한참 동안 진공상태가 되곤 했다.
포스팅한 것은 라이브 버젼이다. 영국의 무슨 라디오 방송국에서 연주한 거라던데, 자세힌 모른다....
그로부터 4년이다. 세 번째 앨범 [12 Memories]를 발표한 게 2003년, 같은 해에 발표된 뮤즈의 에 밀린 것도 억울한데 2005년에는 콜드플레이(Coldplay)가 [X&Y]로 그야말로 세계를 뒤흔들어놓았다. 크리스 마틴(Chris Martin)은 공공연히 "우리는 트래비스의 영향을 많이 받았다"고 떠들고 다니기도 했으니 이쯤 되면 트래비스(Travis)의 보컬 프랜 힐리(Fran Healy)가 이렇게 말했을 것 같기도 하다. "젠장!"
4년이라는 시간 동안 음악신도 많이 변했다. 프란츠 페르디난드로 대표되는 거라지록 리바이벌은 하드 파이(Hard-Fi)와 악틱 몽키스(Arctic Monkeys)로 이어지며 영국 음악씬을 들썩거렸고, 전기기타 따위는 무시하며 피아노로 만든 훅을 후려갈기며...