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Colin Hay: Transcendental Highway

 A l b u m   D e t a i l s


Label: Hypertention Music
Released: 1998
Time:
 58:42
Category: Pop/Rock
Producer(s): Colin Hay, Dave Dale
Rating: ********.. (8/10)
Media type: CD
Web address: www.colinhay.com
Appears with: Men at Work
Purchase date: 2000.04.27
Price in €: 15,99





 S o n g s ,   T r a c k s


[1] Transcendental Highway (Dale/Hay) - 5:48
[2] Don't Believe You Anymore (Dale/Hay) - 3:55
[3] My Brilliant Feat (Hay/Tallbot) - 5:48
[4]Goodbye My Red Rose (Hay) - 3:31
[5] If I Go (Bobby Z/Dale/Hay) - 4:27
[6] I'm Doing Fine (Hay) - 4:58
[7] Wash It All Away (Dale/Hay) - 3:23
[8] Cactus (Hay) - 4:42
[9] Death Row Conversation (Hay) - 4:55
[10] I'll Leave the Light On (Hay) - 4:39
[11] Freedom Calling (Hay) - 5:04
[12] I Just Don't Think I'll Ever Get over You (Hay) - 5:35

 A r t i s t s ,   P e r s o n n e l


Colin Hay - Acoustic & Electric Guitar, Piano, Vocals, Engineer

Dave Dale - Percussion, Electric Guitar, Background Vocals, Engineer, Loops, Drum Programming, Tape Effects
Chad Fischer - Percussion, Concertina, Cymbals, Drums, Electric Guitar, Background Vocals
Dan Rothchild - Bass
Glen Holmen - Bass
Ethan Johns - Harmonium
Martin Tillman - Cello

Gavin Lurssen - Mastering

 C o m m e n t s ,   N o t e s


Vor 15 Jahren leuchtete Hays Stern hell: Mit den australischen Men At Work landete er einen Welthit - "Down Under". Man sollte froh sein, daß die Karriere der "Männer" nicht hielt - möglicherweise hätte Colin Hay dieses wunderbare Album im Korsett einer Band nie zustande gebracht. Hier öffnet er mit magischer Stimme ein Kaleidoskop aus zwölf makellosen Songs, mal etwas folkig, aber mit jenem leichten transzendentalen Einschlag, den der Titel suggeriert. Doch Hay verliert nie die Bodenhaftung.

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Since the dismal sales of Colin Hay's 1990 release Wayfaring Sons, none of his solo albums have been released in America, and that's a shame in this case, for there is much here for adult contemporary radio to embrace. On several tracks, Hay demonstrates he hasn't lost the ability to write a clever, catchy pop tune. This is nowhere more evident than the stirring "My Brilliant Feat," which is a commentary on the ups and downs of his own musical career. Interspersed throughout the album, however, are a handful of acoustic numbers that sound utterly depressing and uninspired. Nonetheless, fans of Colin Hay's unforgettable voice will find much to like here.

Steve McMullen - All-Music Guide



"Man sollte froh sein, daß die Karriere der "Männer" nicht hielt - möglicherweise hätte Colin Hay dieses wunderbare Album im Korsett einer Band nie zustande gebracht."

W.M. Schmidt in Audio 5/98
 

 L y r i c s


TRANSCENDENTAL HIGHWAY

It's true yeah, horizons are unlimited
It's a little challenge, the limits of your will power
With a single suggestion
Take it out, go on, take it out, open it up
You feel so connected
Now you're driving, new heights
Every sense, every sense and dimension
Now you're on the highway
Transcendental Highway

It's a response, eager, it's magnificent
And you, you've been newly designed
Broad shouldered, powerful, sexy
You're going far beyond
Way beyond your expectations
It's Mother Nature, she's persuaded you
She's put you in the cockpit of your dreams
You're winning hands down
Cos you know its the dream Mecca
At a certain time each day
People do not face east and
Fall to their knees in prayer
They drive west on Sunset
One hand, one chance, one shot
It's a different way that you can pray
On the highway
Transcendental Highway

It has no beginning, it has no real end
It's got its own style
You never seem to get any closer to the horizon
It just goes on and on and on forever
So let me welcome you on this bright and sunny day
You can use the carpool lane
There's nothing more you have to pay
To get on the highway
Transcendental Highway

You don't need to follow the white lines any more
You can rise up, and drive over the tops of all of the other cars
This is how you're driving, it's your life
It's the way it was always meant to be
On the highway

There's no lights, you just drive on through
Mind you there's still the occasional maniac
But if you smile that, that special smile
They'll just up and disappear in your dust
The dust from the highway
The Transcendental Highway

Take it out, open it up, don't look back
Oh and it's got its own computer


DON'T BELIEVE YOU ANYMORE

You and I were so in love

We grew up together
You could say we were friends
Our vows were forever we could not pretend
I gave you my heart and I gave you my love
But whatever I gave you was never enough

Things aren't what they used to be
We've been through all this before
Now I'm walking out the door
Cos I just don't believe you anymore

You and I were so in love
Don't try to appease me
Cos I just don't believe you anymore
You and I were so in love
You know I don't want to leave you
But I just don't believe you

You say I gave you no warning
But I tried to tell you for years
You ignored the signs and left me with my silent tears
You don't understand, what it is you have done
I'm going crazy, I'm climbing walls
I have to move, you know I've got to run

You're just staring at the floor
My bags are packed and on the bed
And there's a taxi at the door
And I just don't believe you anymore

You and I were so in love
You know I don't want to leave you
But I just don't believe you anymore
You and I were so in love
You and I were so in love

This house is not a home to me
So before the credits roll
And I lose my very soul
I just don't believe you anymore

You and I were so in love
Don’t try to appease me
You know I don't want to leave you
But I just don't believe

You and I were so in love
It’s too late to try and please me
Cos I just don't believe you anymore

You and I were so in love

You and I were so in love


MY BRILLIANT FEAT

Did someone call my name?
Like a distant drum is beating
Or is it just another dream of long ago?
I dance again I am spinning
In the light I am living
And I can feel the power rushing through my veins
Once upon a time I could do no wrong
For the candle flickers, the flame is never gone

To my brilliant feat
They all pay heed
I hear the crowds roar oh so loudly

Is it a game of chance?
Or merely circumstances
A jack to a king and back
Then you have to pay to play
The world it won't wait for you
Its got its own things to do
The sun's gotta rise and drive another night away
And as I listen to the silence
I can hear thunder in the distance

To my brilliant feat
They all pay heed
I hear the crowds roar oh so loudly

To my brilliant feat
I make grown men weep
And still my eyes grow oh so cloudy


GOODBYE MY RED ROSE

I didn't love you till you'd gone
You told me not to give my heart away
You were right and I was wrong
I should have known, I couldn't make you stay

I bless the day you were born
I curse the day you saw into me
You said my eyes were so forlorn
Now when I'm alone I let my tears run free
They flow so easy, easily

So goodbye my red rose
Your memory won't fade away
When the curtain falls
We know you won't be back for more

I wonder where you hang your clothes
But on this I never dwell too long
I asked around but no one knows
I should have known that would be your way
Not to, not to say

So goodbye my red rose
In the spring your scent will grow
There's no more curtain calls
And the man has put all the chairs away

So goodbye my red rose
There's no more, no more curtain calls


IF I GO

My love, you're tired and it's late
But I have to say what I have to say
I am not clear if you still want me near
If you do, please let me know
I'm no longer waiting for tomorrow
While there's still time left today

If I go
You'll be with me
If you want me to stay
We'll fix whatever's broken
Wherever I go
I'll be with you
My love's deeper than the sea
And taller than a mountain

You held my life
On a puppet string
I have no secrets from you
Tell me my love, is it still good enough
If it's not please set me free
You're nonchalant, you're drifting with the breeze
Now won't you listen to me please

If I go
You'll be with me
If you want me to stay
We'll fix whatever's broken
Wherever I go
I'll be with you
My love's deeper than the sea
And taller than a mountain

No longer waiting for tomorrow
While there's still time left today

If I go
You'll be with me
If you want me to stay
We'll fix whatever's broken
Wherever I go
I'll be with you
My love's deeper than the sea
And taller than a mountain


I'M DOING FINE

Well, hello
You'll have to excuse me
I just turned out the light
I was dreaming
You're the last person I'd expected to be here
When I came home
There was a message on the phone
It said to come over
But it was too laste, so I left you alone

And yes, I'm doing fine
And thanks for asking
It's been a long time
You know time keeps passing

You said that you called me to hear the sound of my voice
At least I still got something that works on you
You know you make me crazy
When you speak so lazy
So what is it that you want
You have my ear

And you, you can be cruel
Why did you call me
I am no fool
You sound so lonely
How's your new boy
Does he take you dancing?
I can believe his name is Roy
Can this be love you found?
And don't ask me what happened
Cuz I still don't know
One minute we were laughing
And then you walked out the door
Well..
Sometimes I'm up and sometimes I'm falling down
Lately my luck has been draging on the ground

Oh but I'm doing fine, and thanks for asking
It's been a long time
You know time keeps passing


WASH IT ALL AWAY

If my eyes they see only blindness
And everyone has nothing much to say
If I ask for a little cup of kindness
And people they all turn their heads away
If the pieces, they won't fit together
Because there's one thing I just can't find
I could wait for a change in the weather
Or let the rain wash it all away

Let the rain fall
And wash it all away

When I speak I hear only silence
Nothing seems to heal me any more
As I'm dreaming of far away places
I wake to someone knocking at my door
In the wrong place in the wrong situation
I must pick myself up one more time
I could try to see through foggy weather
Or let the rain wash it all away

Let the rain fall
And wash it all away
Let the rain fall down on me
And wash it all away

Let the rain fall

When the pieces they all fit together
Through the dark clouds the sun will shine
I could wait for a change in the weather
Or let the rain wash it all away

Let the rain fall
And wash it all away
Let the rain fall down on me
And wash it all away

Let it rain
Let it rain


DEATH ROW CONVERSATION

A moment of your time now
As mine is closing in on me
A simple farewell rhyme to
Anyone who hears me

I have walked in shadows
I have walked in blindness
My life now lies behind me
I have only one tomorrow

My name is Jake
I have made more than one mistake
Where I lost all sense of good reason
Now my time has come
There's nowhere I can run
Oh Lord, please give me courage

The Sister she's my saviour
She's my one and only friend
I know I do so love her
She says that she will miss me

Tomorrow they will burn me
They say that it will cause no pain
But what greatly concerns me
Is who of them would really know

Thy Kingdom come
Thy will be done
On Earth as it is in Heaven
With one more setting sun
And dinner just for one
Oh Lord, please give me courage

And as the night grows darker
My fear it now surrounds me
I wish I could be stronger
Oh Sister can you hear me

Take this wretched soul
Try to make it whole
It's true I have been a sinner
I know I've done wrong
And all I have is this song
Oh Lord, please give me courage

Thy Kingdom come
Thy will be done
On Earth as it is in Heaven
Now my time has come
There's nowhere I can run
Oh Lord, please give me courage


I'LL LEAVE THE LIGHT ON

I woke up this morning
Same old questions in my head
At least the weather's getting cooler now
No longer forced to leave my bed
The sun shines through my window
Makes my old house creak and moan
Reminds me of the old lady down the market
Sitting in the sun, stretching her weary bones

And I'll leave the light on
So you can see
I'll leave the light on
Should you decide to visit me

Time is time and time is time and time just rolls along
It's with you every second
Though it has no shape or form
Sometimes I get so anxious
As your path leads you away
But I know it's only my loneliness
And it passes with the day

I've been an angry and a jealous man
And I have no right to be
Perhaps it's just my wicked, wicked ways
Catching up to me
Still I've done my time
And I've paid the price
After all what's just a little pain
If I learn from my mistakes
Then my loss becomes my gain

Still I'll leave the light on
So you can see
I'll leave the light on
Should you decide to visit me

This is the end that is no end
With the beginning yet to come
I'm going to throw the doors wide open
I'm going to let my spirit run
I'm going to take the path that is most yielding
And in time my steps shall disappear
I'll pound my head against the wall no more
I'll be still so I can hear

And if I drop all my pretensions
About how much you broke my heart
I really do feel grateful
As we drift further apart
I will follow my distant vision
I'm going to listen to my voice
You showed me the way to freedom
You really made the only choice

And so you see
I'll leave the light on
Should you decide
Should you ever decide to visit me


FREEDOM CALLING

If you hear a voice call out your name
Saying you can stop yourself from falling
And if he strikes you in his fear and shame
Well you can leave him to his ruin

If your dreams they wake you in the night
And your heart it is a pounding
If you cry out as you wake in your fright
And the wind it is a-howling

Maybe it's time to find another place
Where nobody even knows your face
There is no need to be afraid
For it's only freedom calling

If your tears begin to overflow
As you walk against the undertow
There is no need to be afraid
For it's only freedom calling

If you're sad 'cause you're all alone
And your hands they are a shaking
And your miracle cure's not working anymore
And the flood bank's close to breaking

Suddenly you're on an open unknown road
Passing all the heavy, long wide loads
It is time to make your great escape
And you can hear your freedom calling

I want to dive into the sea of love
But my knees they are a quaking
I can see myself high up above
And there's no time left for faking

I no longer need to understand
What it is to truly be a man
Only when I gave up on my masterplan
Did I then hear freedom calling

Did I then hear freedom calling


I JUST DON'T THINK I'LL EVER GET OVER YOU

I drink good coffee every morning
Comes from a place that's far away
And when I'm done I feel like talking
Without you here there is less to say

Don't want you thinking I'm unhappy
What is closer to the truth
If I lived till I was a hundred and two
I just don't think I'll ever get over you

No longer moved to drink strong whiskey
I shook the hand of time and I knew
That if I lived till I could no longer climb my stairs
I just don't think I'll ever get over you

A face that dances and it haunts me
With laughter still ringin' in my ears
I still find pieces of your presence here
even, even after all these years

I don't want you thinkin' that I don't get asked to dinner
Cuz I'm here to say that I sometimes do
And even though I may seem to feel a touch of love
I just don't think I'll ever get over you

If I lived till I was a hundred and two
I just don't think I'll ever get over you

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