Лоудън Уейнрайт
Loudon Wainwright е роден в Северна Каролина, САЩ, в семейството на учителка по йога и писател. Израства в Ню Йорк. Започва да пише музика през 60-те години на 20-ти век. Песента “Мъртъв скунк в средата на улицата” (1972 г.) е първият му хит. Има две номинации за “Грами”, а стилът му се отличава с остроумие, хумор и самоирония. Три от четирите му деца – Руфус, Люси и Марта – също стават известни бардове (изпълнението на Руфус Уейнрайт на песента на Л. Коен “Алилуя” става хит чрез една от сериите на анимационния филм “Шрек”). Има издадени над 20 албума.
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мъртъв скунк в средата на улицата
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Crossin’ the highway late last night
He shoulda looked left and he shoulda looked right
He didn’t see the station wagon car
The skunk got squashed and there you are!
You got yer
Dead skunk in the middle of the road
Dead skunk in the middle of the road
You got yer dead skunk in the middle of the road
Stinkin’ to high Heaven!
Take a whiff on me, that ain’t no rose!
Roll up yer window and hold yer nose
You don’t have to look and you don’t have to see
‘Cause you can feel it in your olfactory
You got yer
Dead skunk in the middle of the road
Dead skunk in the middle of the road
You got yer dead skunk in the middle of the road
Stinkin’ to high Heaven!
Yeah you got yer dead cat and you got yer dead dog
On a moonlight night you got yer dead toad frog
Got yer dead rabbit and yer dead raccoon
The blood and the guts they’re gonna make you swoon!
You got yer
Dead skunk in the middle of the road
Dead skunk in the middle of the road
You got yer dead skunk in the middle of the road
Stinkin’ to high Heaven!
C’mon stink!
You got it!
It’s dead, it’s in the middle
Dead skunk in the middle!
Dead skunk in the middle of the road
Stinkin’ to high heaven!
All over the road, technicolor man!
Oh, you got pollution
It’s dead, it’s in the middle
And it’s stinkin’ to high, high Heaven
мотелски блус
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не джон
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песен за наркотиците
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I had not taken acid for twelve years
But one night last summer I did
I was adrift in a bar room
Acting like a jerk and a kid
I knew we were asking for trouble
Trouble was what we would get
Five of us dropped in the girls’ room
Sacadilicised insane quintet
Well that bathroom got crowded in no time
Our minds were all blown in one flash
Everyone in there got ugly
We exited out of there fast
Back in the bar we were happy
Feeling great, no problem
Back in the bar we were fine
Till Johnny turned into a Nazi
And Mary threw up all her wine
Well in no time we all were ejected
Soon we were out on the street
The sidewalk began to perspire
We had glass and dog shit at our feet
We went over to Mary’s apartment
c’mon
To listen to the Grateful Dead
On the way there we lost Johnny
He had opted for Bellevue instead
Well I’m really glad we did this, it feels great. Just like the old days, I love this.
I know my hair’s on fire, it’s like incense or something
You know, your face is melting
It is, it’s all the colours of the rainbow
Hey you wanna hold some fruit?
C’mon, hold some fruit
It breeds, it really does
Have a cantaloupe, c’mon
Ah, no I dunno where the Donovan tape is
Well I had to get out of that city
Bobby was bringing me down
Me and my darling young Susie
Said so long and drove out of town
Driving on acid is easy
Driving on acid’s a breeze
Just keep the car on the highway
Don’t laugh and don’t fart and don’t sneeze
Oh we got to my house in the country
In the country man
The trees were all throbbing and green
Susie was sure she had cancer
I was sure I was James Dean
We went down the lake to go swimming
C’mon let’s try it out
Down to the lake for a swim
Susie said water cures cancer
I asked her to please call me Jim
Yes acid is usually dangerous
The mild-mannered can quickly turn mean
Lsd can surely derange us
Unless you possess Thorazine
So next time you wanna go out there
When you feel like fitting your head
Think twice before dropping acid
Hold out for mushrooms instead!
труден ден за планетата
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The dollar went down and the President said
“Who’s in charge, now?” I don’t know, take your pick.
A new disease every day and the old ones are coming back
Things are looking kind of gray, like they’re going to black
Don’t turn on the TV, don’t show me the paper
(I) don’t want to know he got kidnapped or why they all raped her
I want to go on vacation ’till the pressure lets up
But they keep hijacking airplanes and blowing them up
(Refrain)
It’s been a hard day on the planet
How much is it all worth?
It’s getting harder to understand it
Things are tough all over on earth.
It’s hot in December and cold in July
When it rains it pours out of a poisonous sky
In California the body counts keep getting higher
It’s evil out there, man that state is always on fire.
Everyone has a system, but they can’t seem to win
Even Bob Geldorf looks alarmingly thin
I got to get on that shuttle get me out of this place
But there’s gonna be warfare up there in outer space
(Refrain)
I’ve got clothes on my back and shoes on my feet
A roof over my head and something to eat
My kids are all healthy and my folks are alive
You know, it’s amazing but sometimes I think I’ll survive
I’ve got all of my fingers and all of my toes
I’m pretty well off I guess, I suppose
So how come I feel bad so much of the time?
A man ain’t an island—John Dunn wasn’t lying
(Refrain)
It’s business as usual; some things never change
It’s unfair, it’s tough, unkind and it’s strange
We don’t seem to learn; we can’t seem to stop
Maybe some explosions would close up the shop
You know, maybe that would be fine: we would be off the hook
We resolved all our problems, never mind what it took
And it all would be over, finito, the end
Until the survivers started up all over again
(Refrain)
моргата
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майка ти и аз
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Your mother and I are living apart
I know that seems stupid but we weren’t very smart
You’ll stay with her, I’ll visit you
At Christmas, on weekends, in the summer time too.
Your mother and I don’t get along
Somehow, somewhere, something went wrong.
Everything changes, time takes its toll
Your folks fell in love; love’s a very deep hole.
Your mother and I will do all we can do
To work this thing out and to take care of you
Families get broken, I know it’s a shame
It’s nobody’s fault, though, and you’re not to blame
Your mother and I are both feeling bad
But things will get better, they won’t stay this sad
And I hope when you grow up one day you’ll see
Your parents are people, and that’s all we can be,
Your mother and I.
двестагодишнина
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