Biały Kruk 1 / White Crow 1 - 6.12.2017 - Glass Tiger - Someday

Biały Kruk 1 - 6.12.2017
Glass Tiger - Someday

Kanadyjski Glass Tiger nie są reprezentantami świata muzyki ambitnej, wybitnej czy wirtuozerskiej. Utwór Someday właściwie można uznać śmiało za kwintesencję kiczu i ani fani ani Artyści z pewnością się nie obrażą. Fani ortodoksyjnych progresywnych dźwięków prawdopodobnie będą śmiać się pod nosem z politowaniem bądź pogardą. A jak znam życie, większość z nich rytmicznie pod stołem będzie tupać nóżką. Bo jak wiemy kicz potrafi i bywa uroczy i przekonywujący. W dodatku AD2017 jest zwyczajnie modny i ożywczy.
Utwór Someday napisał niejaki Jim Vallance. Jego referencje są bardzo przyzwoite. Napisał piosenki dla takich ludzi, jak Bonnie Raitt, Aerosmith, Carly Simon, Rod Stewart, Roger Daltrey, Tina Turner, Alice Cooper, Ozzy Osbourne, Kiss, Scorpions, Anne Murray i Joe Cocker. Najbardziej znane piosenki Vallance’a to Heaven czy Summer of '69 z repertuary Briana Adamsa. W takim też duchu i klimacie utrzymana jest stylistyka Glass Tiger, przy czym warto wspomnieć, że w największym przeboju Kanadyjczyków “Don't Forget Me (When I'm Gone)” występuje sam Brian.
Someday jest nieco bardziej retro i homopopowy w wydźwięku, to zwykła piosenka o tęsknocie, cierpliwości w przeżywaniu miłości oraz nieoczywista apoteoza błogostanu, jakie przynosi zawierzenie miłości. W sposobie artykułowania emocji kawałek jest bliski stylistyce Bad English czy wygładzonego Foreignera, w brzmieniu wyczuwam sporo ze stylu Mr. Mister czy Starship. Solówka na klawiszach imitująca harmonijkę ustną przypomina echa There Must Be an Angel (Playing with My Heart) zaś pochód gitary basowej - po prostu wyborny i niepowtarzalny. Również partie wokalne są bardzo ciekawe, niektóre dość trudne technicznie, choć z pozoru łagodne i nie sięgajace trudnych rejestrów. Osobiście próbowałem nucić niektóre partie. Przy nie wyćwiczonych strunach głosowych można momentalnie dostać ataku kaszlu i świądu strun.
No i słowo o teledysku - jest faktycznie bardzo pięknie kiczowaty. Nie ma tam przesadnego blichtru i przepychu. Alan Frew ma założony śmieszny do łez berecik ze znaczkiem i T-shirt, który można kupić w Tesco za 3 złote, wszystko rozgrywa się w jakimś niezbyt wyszukanym baraku czy opuszczonej hali. Ale czy nie jest to słodkie. Mnóstwo w tym obrazie jest uśmiechu, serdeczności, młodzieńczej radości.
Poniżej kilka słów Alana Frew na temat powstania Someday i Don't Forget Me (When I'm Gone). Znów kolejne osoby zainspirowane Tears For Fears. Niech ktoś mi powie, że TFF nie był wielkim zespołem.

On the very first day that we met (producer) Jim Vallance, he picked us up at the airport and to break the ice asked us what we were listening to. One was Tears For Fears (Songs From The Big Chair). We went to his house and drank tea and listened to some tunes. "Everybody Wants To Rule The World" came on and we really liked the shuffle beat. So we went into the studo and based on this shuffle beat, we wrote "Don't Forget Me (When I'm Gone)". First day, first song. Then we took a break. A couple of the guys were smokers at that time, so they left Vallance and I alone - we were non-smokers. He started this gaga gaga thing on the the piano and I started singing, "When I come home, you telephone..." By the time the guys came back, we had this song. So on the very first day we wrote "Don't Forget Me" and "Someday"!
I'll always remember I got this warm fuzzy feeling from the keyboard thing that he had going and it inspired me to write something. "When I come home, you telephone" came out immediately. Over the next few hours I wrote the rest of it.


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Canadian Glass Tiger are not representatives of ambitious, outstanding or virtuoso music. Someday song can actually be considered the quintessence of kitsch - neither fans nor artists will be offended. Fans of orthodox progressive sounds are likely to laugh at each other with pity or contempt. And if I know my life, most of them will stamp their feet under the table in a rhythmic way. Because, as we know, kitsch can be charming and convincing. In addition, AD2017 is simply trendy and invigorating.

Someday wrote a man named Jim Vallance. His references are very decent. He wrote songs for people like Bonnie Raitt, Aerosmith, Carly Simon, Rod Stewart, Roger Daltrey, Tina Turner, Alice Cooper, Ozzy Osbourne, Kiss, Scorpions, Anne Murray and Joe Cocker. The most famous songs of Vallance are Heaven or Summer of '69 from the repertory of Brian Adams. In this spirit and climate, the style of Glass Tiger is maintained, and it is worth mentioning that in the biggest hit of Canadians, "Do not Forget Me (When I'm Gone)" is performed by Brian.

Someday is a bit more retro and pop in tone, it's just a song about longing, patience in experiencing love and the apotheosis of bliss that brings love. In the way of articulating emotions, the song is close to the stylistics of Bad English or polished Foreigner, in the sound I sense a lot from the style of Mr. Mister or Starship. The solo on the keys imitating the harmonica resembles the echoes of "There Must Be an Angel" (Playing with My Heart) and the march of a bass guitar - simply superb and unique. Also the vocal parts are very interesting, some quite technically difficult, although seemingly gentle and not reaching for difficult records. Personally, I tried to hum some of the parties. With unheated vocal cords, you can immediately get a coughing and pruritus of the vocal cords.

And the word about the video - it is actually very beautifully kitschy. There is no excessive glitz and glamor. Alan Frew has a funny beret with some mark and a T-shirt, which can be bought at Tesco for a few cents, everything takes place in a not-so-rich barrack or abandoned hall. But is not that sweet. There is a lot of smile, warmth, and youthful joy in this picture.
Below are a few words from Alan Frew about Someday and Do not Forget Me (When I'm Gone). Again, more people inspired by Tears For Fears. Let someone not tell me that TFF was a great team.
On the very first day that we met (producer) Jim Vallance, he picked us up at the airport and to break the ice asked us what we were listening to. One was Tears For Fears (Songs From The Big Chair). We went to his house and drank tea and listened to some tunes. "Everybody Wants To Rule The World" came on and we really liked the shuffle beat. So we went into the studo and based on this shuffle beat, we wrote "Don't Forget Me (When I'm Gone)". First day, first song. Then we took a break. A couple of the guys were smokers at that time, so they left Vallance and I alone - we were non-smokers. He started this gaga gaga thing on the the piano and I started singing, "When I come home, you telephone..." By the time the guys came back, we had this song. So on the very first day we wrote "Don't Forget Me" and "Someday"!
I'll always remember I got this warm fuzzy feeling from the keyboard thing that he had going and it inspired me to write something. "When I come home, you telephone" came out immediately. Over the next few hours I wrote the rest of it.