Live In Brussels
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Steve Wynn And The Dragon Bridge Orchestra
Release Date: 2009
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The casual fan might ask the question. And, for that matter, the record label might ask the same question: Does the world really need another live album by STEVE WYNN after the gorgeous triple Live Tick 2-CD/DVD package of 2006? And that question must certainly be answered by a loud “YES!” when the performance is so different from anything Steve has ever done before and as exciting and fully realized as Live In Brussels, the 2-CD/DVD souvenir from last Fall's tour with the Dragon Bridge Orchestra, a six-piece combo that features Chris Eckman and Chris Cacavas along with Miracle 3 regulars Linda Pitmon and Erik Van Loo as well as the astounding violinist Rodrigo D'Erasmo.
Crossing Dragon Bridge itself was different from anything Steve had done before. There were strings, choirs, mellotron and more unexpected elements that gave the record a quiet, acoustic, melancholic sound. A very important contribution came from Chris Eckman who not only produced and engineered the record but also played many of the parts along with Steve in his Ljubljana studio. From the earliest talk of a tour to support the album it was essential that Chris be part of the live show. But the big surprise comes from Rodrigo D'Erasmo, unknown to many of you but a member of one of Italy's biggest bands, After Hours.
The show was recorded on October 2 at the Ancienne Belgique, one of the best clubs in Europe and one of Steve's favorite venues in the world. The audio and video facilities at this club are second to none and the show was captured in style. Naturally, much of CDB is represented here and taken to new levels but you can also expect to hear old favorites as well as unexpected buried treasures from Steve's career. Songs like “Boston,” “That's What You Always Say” (reconfigured as almost a chamber orchestra piece!) and “Amphetamine” site side by side with “Tears Won't Help,” “Here On Earth As Well” and “Silence Is Your Only Friend.” Even the most familiar songs sound unlike they ever have before.
Live In Brussels (Physical Version)contains the complete show on 2-CDs and one DVD (PAL format only) and the sound was mixed and mastered by Andy Horn who also was at the helm on Live Tick. The tour lasted only 3 weeks, leaving a trail of stunning reviews. This band won't be touring again anytime soon but you can experience the whole event in your own home as though you were there in Brussels that night. Bring The Magic indeed!
Features the Dragon Bridge Orchestra:
- Steve Wynn
- Linda Pitmon (Drums, Vocals)
- Chris Eckman (Electric and Acoustic Guitar, Vocals)
- Chris Cacavas (Keyboards, Vocals)
- Eric Van Loo (Electric and Upright Bass, Vocals)
- Rodrigo D'Erasmo (Violin, Vocals)
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| 1 | Slovenian Rhapsody I
LyricsOn my own againHaunted by the rain Reflections pull the night Into the sea Silence tricks my ear Voices that I hear Drowning in the sound Of my own rhapsody Steve Wynn: lead vocal, acoustic guitar Vlado Kreslin: whistling | ||
| 2 | Bring The Magic
Lyrics10,000 watts from the back of my ImpalaWolfman Jack is on the line tonight Everybody's hungry for someone or something And everything I care about is clean out of sight Bring the magic Bring the magic Bring the magic to me All I do is dream inside my radio Cadillacs and Bonnevilles are taking in the scene Lipstick kisses blown across the double line Landing lightly on a stretch limousine When I dream I dream of nothing I just wait for something to take me away I keep a good friend in the backseat of my ride I drive until I see the light of day Steve Wynn--lead and backing vocal, acoustic guitar, bass Chris Cacavas--casio Apollon Chamber Orchestra--strings Nick Luca--string arrangement | ||
| 3 | Manhattan Fault Line
LyricsThey say that LA will fall into the seaTumbling down where the coastline does curve The East Coast, they look down upon the West Say the bastards will get what they surely deserve But geologists point to a line that is drawn From 14th Street to the Upper West Side This city could drop in a minute or two Stunned and surprised but one hell of a ride Manhattan Fault Line When I left LA I was 34 Leaving trouble and uncertainty behind The errors and pitfalls of my youth To the present, they made neatly drawn line New York was just like being born again Which means a rough adolescence can't be far behind A lesson learned is a lesson forgotten Tremors and aftershocks pay me no mind Manhattan Fault Line Will take us down with it someday The boxes were packed and arrangements were made To sneak out and leave by the end of the day Allegations and confrontations hardly feared But we'd just run out of things to say You'd think at a certain point in your life You've learned everything that you're going to learn But sparks lead to fires and fires lead to ashes At least you know for sure you've been burned I can sift through the rubble to track down the blame I can feel righteous and just I can feel nothing but shame But what does it matter when I end up alone The evidence buried beneath cities of stone Manhattan Fault Line Will take us down with it someday Steve Wynn--lead vocal, acoustic and electric guitar, fuzz bass, stylophone Chris Eckman--string arrangement, drum programming Linda Pitmon--backing vocals, percussion Tim Adams--backing vocals Apollon Chamber Orchestra-- Stepan Prazak (concert master), Radek Krizanovsky, Adela Stajnochrova, Jan Marek, Jaromir Stepan, Katerina Parizkova, Jiri Kohoutek, Sasa Kopka, Martina Zuziakova, Stanislav Luks, Libor Kanka, Ludmila Budinska | ||
| 4 | God Doesn't Like It
LyricsGod doesn't like it when you hold out on meGod doesn't like it when you set me free God doesn't like it when you keep control God doesn't like it Listen and learn Defy and get burned Chip away the days And you won't return. Are you higher than the world Are you greater than he Can you surrender And give yourself to destiny He killed his only son He wiped the face of the earth So what makes you think That you're of a greater worth Someone made mistakes In the evolution chain But the one's who pay attention Are the ones who will remain Cast your eyes on this mosquito and notice this Just how slight what you deny me is It feasts on your blood and then it takes mine And together our blood forms a new design You don't deny this bug, you don't curse his intent But you deny me the chance to make the same statement. So I smash that mosquito and I smear our blood Rather than let it drain in the rain and the mud Steve Wynn--lead vocal, acoustic guitar, bass, harmonica Tim Adams--backing vocals Linda Pitmon--backing vocals, percussion Chris Eckman--drum programming | ||
| 5 | Here On Earth As Well
LyricsThere's a god in hellI see god when I close my eyes here on Earth as well here on Earth as well I was lost in confusion down on my luck for a spell I found truth in a sing that I heard here on Earth as well here on Earth as well and they say heaven help you you can do what you want but don't leave when it's done and they say time will heal you but you need more than faith to get by yes you need more than faith to get by the man said Adam got justice he was stupid and he fell I said I fell once too in a dream that I had here on Earth as well here on Earth as well yeah | ||
| 6 | Tears Won't Help
LyricsOh, my friend what have they done to you?Held you down until you liked the view Strangers on the street, they mock you Phantoms in your sleep might shock you I don't want to be the one to hold you down I don't want to be the one to turn away I don't want to play wolf when you call 'Cause tears won't help at all Oh, Delilah is the message clear? It's been raining down for years and years Never said I was a saint The whiskers they betray the greasepaint (ch) Oh the answer to my greatest fears Oh the reason for the wasted years So in love with your own pain You stay inside and pray for rain Where losers always win the game You fall in love with your own shame (ch) | ||
| 7 | The Deep End
LyricsOnly time will tell if the wavesWill cover me or let me go Drunk on time and lavender foam I was always so afraid to know It's more than sink or swim I'd rather not go in The deep end Endless sea that stretches out, Orion's belt holds me back From my point of view, everything is possible. I separate fantasy from fact (ch) I was always so entranced By the push and pull of the tide I was always so afraid of the undertow that would come And bury me inside In my final moments, I forget to breathe And sink beneath the surface without shame In my final moments as I held my breath, I knew That nothing would ever be the same | ||
| 8 | I Don't Deserve This
LyricsI made my own wayGot lost in the game Wandered out in the desert And came back just the same Searched for a place where a man could be free I saw the enemy staring back at me I don't deserve this Sacrificed my love Tore a hole in my heart Tried to fly the flag And then ripped it all apart .....And then at the moment when it seemed least likely, I found my salvation. I felt the blood drain from my body and my arms reached up to the sky. The skies parted and a gentle rain fell down upon me and everyone I ever knew and everything I had ever done and everything I had ever seen was all laid out before me in a path of my life. And I let myself go. I let myself go. I just let myself go Steve Wynn--lead vocal, electric and acoustic guitar, keyboards, bass Linda Pitmon--backing vocals Carnice Vocal Group--choir Chris Cacavas--sound treatments Chris Eckman--mellotron, treatments, banjo, drum programming | ||
| 9 | Punching Holes In The Sky
LyricsPeel away the morning skyPlace it in a jar I'll collect it when I die Sliding from a star And down though the clouds Strip away the mystery Lash out at the night I can change the story line But cannot make it right But I'll try The words come drifting by But I could not reply Punching holes in the sky Punching holes in the sky You don't have to be afraid The rage is all for show I can always draw the line But sometimes it's hard to know Steve Wynn--lead vocal, acoustic guitar Apollon Chamber Orchestra--strings Chris Eckman--string arrangement | ||
| 10 | She Came
LyricsShe came silent through the skin of winter daysAnd she held between her palms a secret cage Came and filled it with abandoned birds nests (nests of abandoned birds) And the sound of night She sat beside you and she unwound her hair Around the bars, timeless strings resounding there That you're a field, ploughed down to a stone And full of signs As a bird flies off into the autumn day Then wind lifts up and turns the papers page Within the lane of lovers that have gone You're no longer known Steve Wynn--lead vocal, acoustic guitar Chris Eckman--acoustic guitar, electric piano, string arrangement Carnice Vocal Group--choir Ziga Golob--upright bass | ||
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| 1 | Wait Until You Get To Know Me
LyricsCharmed, I'm sureIt's a strange allure Our intentions aren't Exactly pure I'm the bait You're the lure Let's me cast my line Some things just get Better and better Some things don't --whatever Imagine how we'd be Together Let's find out Wait until you get to know me Wait until you get to know me Sky's above me, earth's below me Wait until you get to know me I'm a finger of Scotch In a cold Manhattan I'm a car wreck That's just waiting to happen The damaged goods Beneath the wrapping Let me open it up If it was 8pm You would be wary If it was 10pm It might be scary But the bar's closing And you can carry me Home Wait until you get to know me Wait until you get to know me Something that you want to show me? Wait until you get to know me Steve Wynn--lead vocal, acoustic and electric guitar Tim Adams--backing vocals Linda Pitmo--percussion Ziga Golog--upright bass Blaz Celarec--drums Chris Eckman--vibes, treatment | ||
| 2 | My Midnight
LyricsMy midnight's never just and never fairIt haunts me like a ghost when it's not there Andwhen I think I've learned to know its call My midnight shakes me down to nothing at all My midnight's never late and always slow A smile and a nod and it's time to go And when I start to think that I'm wasting my time My midnight strikes me down with a single chime My midnight's never brave and never strong It just waits patiently 'til I come along And when I think I've found a place and a time That's when my midnight comes and leaves me blind My midnight laughs at me when I run away Shades of blue and gold and white and grey And when I see my chance and I think I can run My midnight strikes me down before I've begun My midnight hates me much like I hate myself Always steps between me and someone else And when i start to fear I'm growing too old That's when my midnight comes and releases its hold My midnight comes in ways I can't explain Blotting out the sun with the wind and rain And when I start to learn to love the night My Midnight blinds me with its flashing light A somnambulist rant of claustrophobia and dread co-written with Ultra Vivid Scene's Kurt Ralske. A circular search for the bastard child of Lee Hazelwood and Ennio Morricone.-SW | ||
| 3 | Love Me Anyway
Lyrics"Lord", she says, "I'm tiredOf living life this way Hiding what I'm feeling, Keeping you at bay Love me anyway "Look upon my secrets The things that I can't show Understand my sickness Know the things I know Love me anyway "Tell me that you love me, Tell me that you care Tell me that you hate me Make me unaware Love me anyway" "Love is never easy Love is never free If it seems that easy You're not doing it properly" "Tightly wound and careful Surreptitiously Knowing that you're knowing Only part of me Love me anyway" "Listen to my words, Forget the things I say Climb inside my skull And then quickly go away Love me anyway" Steve Wynn--lead vocal, electric guitar, organ Chris Eckman--electric guitar solo, drum and bass programming Linda Pitmon--backing vocals Tim Adams--backing vocals | ||
| 4 | Thats What You Always Say
LyricsI'd tell you that we've been through thisI know I've told you that before I'd try to find out where we miss but it gets to be such a chore Ever since that time I told you it's so Something gets my mind and I don't let go and then the stories and words they're here and gone cause that's what you always say I'd try to sit and talk with you but you know moods change all the time I'd try to wait a week or two but by then I'd probably changed my mind. | ||
| 5 | Slovenian Rhapsody II
LyricsOn my own againHaunted by the rain Reflections pull the night Into the sea Silence tricks my ear Voices that I hear Drowning in the sound Of my own rhapsody What this world allows Not a dry eye in the house Shots lined up on the bar The next one's on me Distant sounds of cheer Fading but still clear Drowning in the sound Of my own rhapsody Steve Wynn--lead vocal, acoustic guitar Vlado Kreslin--duet vocal Chris Eckman--backing vocals, harmonium, zither, banjo, mellotron Anda Eckman--backing vocals Ziga Golob--upright bass | ||
| 6 | Silence Is Your Only Friend
LyricsDay breaks the nightIn tiny pieces Pounds on the light And then increases I don't want to have to face the day Silence is your only friend | ||
| 7 | Boston
LyricsCome back to Boston as soon as you canThe whole thing ain't gone down according to the plan Morning when I wake up I don't like what I see And late at night my dreams are terrifying me Well, I was walking by the river in the early morning dew Singing out lines from "Cypress Avenue" I wonder where he stood when it all came down Come back to Boston before I hit the ground And the winners stand confused They don't want to be misused And the losers that came before Say "I don't want to be here anymore." Well, I was standing on the back porch Looking at the books: poets, politicians, beauty queens and crooks I wonder where they stood when the inspiration came Come back to Boston before I jump the train Come back to Boston or I'll meet you halfway Somewhere by the middle of the interstate We can take it on down to some cold, deserted lake And come back to Boston before we make the same mistake | ||
| 8 | Annie & Me
LyricsAnnie and me, as far as we can see,We're not taking any bets, just playing the house Slashing the tires on the restrictive ride that Keeps us in the lanes between the lanes We just never slow down It doesn't even hurt when we hit the ground We don't slow down for anyone Who says it's so hard when when you get old We don't shy away from taking chances, we double our romances Got plenty of time for everyone Sometimes we share, sometimes we're not there Love is the drug for the young Americans (ch) Annie is only fifteen-and-a-half, I'm barely a year older than that Stripping down naked behind the Hollywood Bowl Stuffing our trunk with all the things that we stole (ch) Pt. 2 I woke up and I thought You were here with me But I knew it was It wasn't reality Holding onto every day Is tougher as time Pulls away Trying not to let go of the feeling But something always gets in the way Like dreams that fall through the cracks And friends who will never come back And all of the strangers you see And just how cruel they can be And it's so hard to get by sometimes It's just so hard to get by Steve Wynn--lead vocal, acoustic guitar, handclaps, bass Kirk Swan--lead guitar Chris Eckman--backing vocals, mellotron, drum programming Linda Pitmon--backing vocals, percussion, handclaps | ||
| 9 | 405
LyricsShiny slant six with a twin fin jiveBlowing black smoke on the 405 I rest my case on this time and place Cold wheel moving in my head from the first shot down to the moment I am dead I rest my mind on this place and time Black Ford moving slow and lazy Ronny Spector singing "Be my baby" Cold wheel moving in the night from the first off-ramp to the last red light I rest my blood in the rain and mud Cold wheel keeps rolling on You see shapes and you see signs The ghosts are crawling' cross the double lines I rest my blood in the rain and mud Turn off the radio and let the wheels do the talking Wait until the fuel line breaks and then start walking And everything that I thought was right, it gets lost in the middle of the night And everything that I thought was good, it gets caught underneath the hood And everything that I held dear, it gets lost in the rear view mirror And everything that kept me alive, it's rolling like thunder on the four oh five | ||
| 10 | Amphetamine
LyricsOn the seventh hour of the seventh dayThe seventh son was looking for a seventh-stage getaway The word came down from a blinding light You got one chance, you'd better do it right I was driving down the 101 It was late at night and I was thinking 'bout the things that I'd done All of my regrets and and all of my fears I was slipping the car from gear to gear to gear Man, I really got going, started picking up speed I hit 135 and I had everything that I'd need Started shaking bad, fearing for my life I let go of the wheel and I flew into the night god bless the child, god bless his soul god perish the idea that he will die before he's old gotta be cool, you gotta behave man, there'll be time for that when I'm lying in my grave You gotta watch your step, or you gonna lose your way Take heed of your elders, do everything they say Yeah, I gotta watch out for the man who tolls the bells But if I fear for the devil and I fear for myself then I'm gonna have to fear for everybody else | ||
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Bonus Track on the DVD: Medicine Show |
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