and the game is on
"This Vicious Cabaret"


Lyrics by Alan Moore
Perfomance by Bauhaus (David Jay)

They say that there's a broken light for every heart on Broadway.
They say that life's a game, then they take the board away.
They give you masks and costumes and an outline of the story
Then leave you all to improvise their vicious cabaret...

In no-longer-pretty cities there are fingers in kitties.
There are warrants, forms, and chitties and a jackboot on the stair.
Sex and death and human grime, in monochrome for one thin dime,
But at least the trains all run on time but they don't go anywhere
Facing their Responsibilities either on their backs or on their knees
There are ladies who just simply freeze and dare not turn away
And the widows who refuse to cry will be dressed in garter and bow-tie
And be taught to kick their legs up high in this vicious cabaret.

At last! The 1998 Show!
The ballet on the burning stage.
The documentary see
Upon the fractured screen
The dreadful poem scrwled upon the crumpled page...

There's a policeman with an honest soul that has seen whose head is on the pole
And he grunts and fills his briar bowl with a feeling of unease.
But he briskly frisks the torn remains for a fingerprint or crimson stains
And endevours to ignore the chins that he walks in to his knees.
while his master in the dark nearby inspects the hands, with a brutal eye,
That have never brushed a lover's thigh but have squeezed a nation's threat.
But he hungers in his secret dreams for the harsh embrace of cruel machines
But his lover is not what she seems and she will not leave a note.

At last! The 1998 Show!
The Situation Tragedy
Grand Opera slick with soap
Cliffhangers with no hope
The water-colour in the flooded gallery...

There's a girl who'll push but not shove and is desperate for her father's love
She believes the hand beneath the glove maybe one she needs to hold.
Though she doubts her hosts moralities she decides she is more at ease
In the Land Of Doing What You Please than outside in the cold.
But the backdrop's peel and the sets give way and the cast gets eaten by the play
There's a murderer at the Matinee, there are dead men in the aisles
And the patrons and actors too are uncertain if the show is through
And with side-long looks await their cue but the frozen mask just smiles.


At last! The 1998 Show!
The torch-song no one ever sings
The curfew chorus line
The comedy divine
The bulging eyes of puppets strangled by their strings

There's thrills and chills and girls galore, sing-songs and surprises
There's something hear for everyone, (reserve your seat today)
There's mischief and malarkies but no queers or yids or darkies
Wwithin this bastard's carnival, this vicious cabaret.



Жаль, что этой песни нет в фильме. При соответствующем видеоряде это был бы такой сюр..
Это исправило бы общее впечатление спокойной картинки фильма.


Да, я всё еще считаю, что в V for Vendetta сюра нет, а должен быть. =)




@темы: Фильм! Фильм! Фильм!, Audio

Комментарии
01.05.2006 в 23:55

Оно есть спетое? Правда? Скажи мне, что это правда!
02.05.2006 в 00:10

and the game is on
Liamen, кАнечно есть! Ты что, не узнаешь старых знакомых Bauhaus? ;)
02.05.2006 в 00:53

Elia A.V., это я не верю от счастья =) Теперь надо срочно пойти и добыть.
02.05.2006 в 00:59

and the game is on
Liamen, давай я тебе просто пришлю, а?

(там ещё, правда, три темы есть, но они чисто инструментальные и их у меня пока нет, я от этой оторваться не могу =))
02.05.2006 в 03:21

Elia A.V., я лично только за =)
02.05.2006 в 22:07

and the game is on
Liamen, жду отзывов. =)
04.05.2006 в 14:50

Безумный цирк, как это в какчестве отзыва? A la Cockney Rebel вообще и Diamond Dogs Bowie в частности. Психованные мимы и мертвенное освещение =) И да, в фильм Вачовски совсем не вписывается, тогда как комиксу весьма соответствует. Фильм у братцев вообще получился совсем отдельной сказкой. Как я у себя в дневнике выделила суть, которая их привлекла - ну так они её в фильме и обыграли на полную катушку, а остальное использовали постольку, поскольку.