You promised me the ending would be clear
You’d let me know when the time was now
Don’t let me know when you’re opening the door
Stab me in the dark, let me disappear
Ponekad se kuva dugo. Danima. Godinama. Današnja pesma je sazrevala deset godina dok se nije prvi put našla pred nama. A onda nismo znali šta sa njom. Sva je istina da to ne znamo ni danas.
Izgleda da još nije došlo vreme da razumemo ovo delo. A četrnaest godina je prošlo.
Moram da vam naglasim nekoliko tehničkih pojedinosti pre nego što vas prepustim stihovima pesme, da sa njima uradite šta god nađete za shodno.
Dakle, o dugom kuvanju. Bowie je pokušao da spakuje ovu pesmu još za album Black Tie White Noise (1993), pa nije uspeo da ideju pretvori u nešto dostojno sopstvenih standarda. Pa je ponovo pokušao kada je spremao album Earthling (1997) i ponovo odustao. Kockice su se složile tek kada je spreman album Reality (2003), kada je tempo drastično usporen, a aranžman ogoljen do Garsonovog jazz klavira i minimalističke ritam sekcije. Na matičnom izdanju, ta izvedba zatvara album. I to je bilo sve što smo od autorske muzike Davida bowieja imali sledećih deset godina, do iznenadnog izlaska singla “Where Are We Now?“, januara 2013, i albuma The Next Day dva meseca kasnije. Ta trivijalna pojedinost čini pesmu “Bring Me the Disco King“, na neki način, odjekom najduže pauze u autorskom opusu Davida Bowieja.
Verzija pesme koju danas slušamo kao glavnu je miks spremljen za potrebe filma Underworld (2003). Film nisam gledao, a po opisu sadržaja nisam uspeo da ga povežem sa pričom u ovom spotu. No, nije ni bitno: remiks pesme je fenomenalan, a priloženi video rad je besprekoran i dostojan Bowieove muzike. Kao bonus, pruža nam se retka prilika da potvrdimo činjenicu da je John Frusciante odličan gitarist.
I šta tu više ima da se priča.
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You promised me the ending would be clear
You’d let me know when the time was now
Don’t let me know when you’re opening the door
Stab me in the dark, let me disappearMemories that flutter like bats out of hell
Stab you from the city spires
Life wasn’t worth the balance
Or the crumpled paper it was written onDon’t let me know we’re invisible
Don’t let me know we’re invisibleHot cash days that you trailed around
Cold cold nights under chrome and glass
Led me down river of perfumed limbs
Sent me to the streets with the good time girlsDon’t let me know we’re invisible
Don’t let me know we’re invisibleWe could dance, dance, dance thru’ the fire
Dance, dance, dance thru’ the fireFeed me no lies
I don’t know about you, I don’t know about you
Breathe through the years
I don’t know about you, I don’t know about you
Bring me the disco king
I don’t know about you, I don’t know about you
Dead or alive, bring me the disco king
Bring me the disco king, bring me the disco king
Bring me the disco kingSpin-offs with those who slept like corpses
Damp morning rays in the stiff bad clubs
Killing time in the ’70s
Smelling of love through the moist windsDon’t let me know when you’re opening the door
Close me in the dark, let me disappear
Soon there’ll be nothing left of me
Nothing left to releaseDance, dance, dance thru’ the fire
Dance, dance, dance thru’ the fireFeed me no lies
I don’t know about you, I don’t know about you
Breathe through the years
I don’t know about you, I don’t know about you
Bring me the disco king
I don’t know about you, I don’t know about you
Dead or alive, bring me the disco king
Bring me the disco kingBring me the disco king, bring me the disco king
Bring me the disco king, bring me the disco king
Bring me the disco king, bring me the disco king