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Tony Levin: Resonator

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Label: Narada Records
Released: 2006.04.04
Time:
 51:11
Category: Progressive Rock
Producer(s): Tony Levin
Rating:
Media type: CD
Web address: www.papabear.com
Appears with: King Crimson, Peter Gabriel, Pink Floyd
Purchase date: 2014
Price in €: 1,00





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[1] Break It Down (T.Levin) - 7:02
[2] Places to Go (T.Levin) - 5:47
[3] Throw the God a Bone (T.Levin) - 5:25
[4] Utopia (T.Levin) - 6:21
[5] Beyond My Reach (T.Levin) - 5:16
[6] Shadowland (J.Marotta/J.Gress/L.Fast/P.Levin/T.Levin) - 4:58
[7] Crisis of Faith (T.Levin) - 2:10
[8] What Would Jimi Do? (T.Levin) - 4:34
[9] Sabre Dance (A.Khachaturian) - 5:07
[10] Fragile as a Song (T.Levin) - 4:31

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Tony Levin - Lead Vocals, Cello, Piano, Keyboards, Bass Guitar, Chapman Stick, Photography, Engineer, Mixing, Producer

Jerry Marotta - Drums, Background Vocals
Pete Levin - Piano, Hammond Organ, Recording
Larry Fast - Synthesizers, Recording
Jesse Gress - Guitar, Background Vocals

Adrian Belew - Lead Guitar on [3]
Steve Lukather - Lead Guitar on [4]

Larry DeVivo - Engineer (Profound Assistance)
Richard Evans - Engineer (Profound Assistance), Vocal Tweaking
Robert Frazza - Engineer (Profound Assistance), Recording of Jerry Marotta's Drums on [2,4], Recording of Jesse Gress' Guitars, Track Cleaning
Roman Klun - Engineer (Profound Assistance), Recording of Jerry Marotta's Drums & Vocals on [1,3,5-10]
Simon Phillips - Recording of Steve Lukather's Guitars
Ken Latchney - Recording of Adrian Belew's Guitars
David Torn - Mastering
Chris Verespej - Art Direction
Marc Silag - Management
Dion Ogust - Photography
Junichi Iwawaki - Photography
Mark Josefski - Photography

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Bass legend Tony Levin, who is the only bass player Peter Gabriel will take with him on tour and who has also toured and recorded with Paul Simon, Sarah McLachlan, Peter Frampton, and many others, as well as occupying the bass chair with King Crimson for over 25 years, has released music under his own name before. But Resonator is the first album to feature his vocals and lyrics, and while it's never safe to assume that instrumental brilliance will necessarily translate into lyrical skill or vocal ability, in this case Levin seems to have the hat trick. That's not to say that his voice is especially exciting, but it's not embarrassing, and his lyrics are generally quite good. But as is the case with almost any recording with which he's involved, it's the bass playing that really rewards close listening. This is especially true on tracks like "Places to Go" (scored for bass, percussion, and vocals), the gorgeous and deeply moving "Beyond My Reach," and a darkly exquisite, faintly Crimson-esque instrumental titled "Shadowland." On "Utopia," his chord progression harks back to the Beatles, and his appropriation of classical material on "Sabre Dance" is both good-humored and sophisticated. Here's hoping for more of this type of thing in the future.

Rick Anderson - All Music Guide



Resonator is a 2006 album by Tony Levin. The album is significantly different from Levin's previous solo efforts mainly due to the introduction of lead vocals on most of the tracks as well as an overall more rock-oriented sound.

The song "Utopia" originally appeared on an earlier Levin album "Waters of Eden" as an instrumental piece. The new version adds vocals and a guitar solo by Toto guitarist Steve Lukather. "Throw The God A Bone" features a guest performance by King Crimson singer/guitarist Adrian Belew. This was the first (and only as of November 2009) studio recording made to feature both Levin and Belew since the 1995 THRAK sessions.


The iconic bassist has rightly earned his place among the mostrespected and sought-after musicians of our time. Garnering a Grammyr nomination for Best Rock Instrumental Performance on Apollo from Pieces Of The Sun (2002, Narada), Levin has now emerged brilliantly as a solo artist. The Crimson-esque mix of tunes on Resonator spotlights Levin's technique and eclectic songcraft which have made him a legend among prog rockers and fans of seriously wicked chops the world over. 2006.

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BREAK IT DOWN

So it goes
When science keeps disproving things that everybody knows
Got to find a place to hide your faith
build a thicker wall

Deeper in
it takes you to a darker place where doubts and shouts begin
Got to try to solve the mysteries
the theory of it all

(chorus:)
Break it down break it down
the fundamental physics of the thing is what we try to find
Break it down break it down
try to see what lurks behind

We've adored
those kits and bits of soldering a circuit board
The heat, the smell awakes in us
connection to the core

Makes us laugh
the flash and splash of bringing up a photograph
see the silver oxide work for us
revealing ever more

(ch:)
Break it down break it down
the fundamental physics of the thing is what we try to find
Break it down break it down
try to see what hides behind

Break it down break it down
elemental building blocks are there to move around
Break it down break it down
look and see what we have found

Far above, where we look to find reflections of our deepest love
there's no need to subdivide the heart
or to tear it apart, break it down

Space and time
a captivating jungle gym for every boy to climb
the thrill's about discovering
an answer for the day

Not their trip
the passion to examine one's relationship
that's a game for someone else to play
a chromosome away

(chorus)


UTOPIA

They say that heaven's just for some
the ones who have the right connections
But in this world of ours you find
connections of so many kinds

The smile a mother gives her child        Child, a smile alights his face
the hand that reaches out to lift us up    lifts us to a higher place
the eyes that see the one they love        see love inside
inside them gleam reflections of             you can see it there, see reflections of
Utopia                                                     Utopia

And when the music's almost done
the fading echoes of the last guitar
reverberate inside the mind                      in mind they find
releasing all the dreams they find             all the dreams inside all the dreams they find

If I could hold my fathers hand again       I'd hold my fathers hand again
if I could be once more the boy I was       the boy I was, remember when
If I could dream again those dreams        I'd dream, dream those dreams
now I know they're windows to                 now I know they're true, they're the windows to
Utopia                                                       Utopia


FRAGILE AS A SONG

What makes one day unlike another?
Along our way the winds of change begin to blow
they scatter what we know like pages of our scripted play
blown away

I took a flight down to Atlanta
Another day of travel, of sharing space with strangers
seldom re-arranges the way I know the world to be
from what I see

I saw you and you saw me
How music passed between us is a mystery
But there was a connection and it took me by surprise
a look of understanding in your eyes

I saw you and you saw me
what makes a little song become a symphony?
One heart finds its melody, another sings along
and all the walls between us are as fragile as a song

It's not the notes you play it's the ones left out
Not the words you say that speak what you're about
spill the insides out, and give the world a chance to share
the magic there

And so I reach for my guitar
And with my ape-like fingers commence to strum along
attempt to find a song, express the things that came my way
on that day

I saw you and you saw me
how music passed between us is a mystery
But there was a connection and it took me by surprise
a look of understanding in your eyes

I touched you and you touched me
what made our little song become a symphony?
One heart finds its melody, another sings along
and all the walls between us are as fragile as a song


THROW THE GOD A BONE

My dog Lilly thinks that I am a god
My dog Lilly thinks that I am a god
I think that she suspects I am not perfect
But we both know she doesn't really care
Cause she believes her food appears by magic
and she notices that I'm the one who's there

My dog Lilly.... My dog Lilly

My dog Lilly thinks that I am a god
My dog Lilly thinks that I am a god
I took her to our local doggie school
and she quickly mastered every trick they had
but once we got home she'd break every rule
look up at me, and feel real bad

Throw the god a bone
If you can reach him on his cell phone
Cut that god some slack
if you expect to ever have him call you back
Give that dude a break
before you tell him that he's made some big mistake
And you do not have to feel so all alone
Everybody sometimes has to wind it up and
throw that god a bone

My dog Lilly thinks that I am a god
Say, every dog thinks that we all are gods
They can see we all know how to drive a car
And we've just about built condos on the moon
That we might create life's not so bizarre
if not already it may happen soon

Being a god's not always great                          Remember this before you start to celebrate
and gods have come and gone before              sometimes it seems the sky is one revolving door
There are some godly fundamentals
Up on Mt. Olympus you can't buy
it's only rentals

My dog Lilly thinks that I am a god
Every dog thinks that we all are gods
And if one day we create some new species
then we'll be quick to teach them how to pray
but you can be sure they will test their leashes
and do just what they want to anyway

Throw the god a bone
If you can reach him on his cell phone
Cut that god some slack
if you expect to ever have him call you back
Give that dude a break
before you tell him that he's made some big mistake
And you do not have to feel so all alone
Everybody sometimes has to wind it up and throw the god a bone
If you can reach her on her cell phone
Cut that god some slack
if you expect to ever have her call you back
Give that babe a break
before you tell her that she's made some kind of
great big huge mistake
And you do not have to feel so all alone
Everybody sometimes has to wind it up and
throw that god a bone


PLACES TO GO

Hello Mars, it's good to be back
Gee we left here in a hurry, didn't even bother to pack
It was way back three - four billion years ago
we didn't mean to be a stranger but we had a lot of places to go

It's a beautiful planet you've got here, lovely shade of pink
It seemed bigger when we lived here, but we were just spores then I think
Then one thing led to another, as they say in science 101
And just look us now, oh I tell you evoloution can be fun

(ch) Hey, as a matter of fact this looks like home to me
Seems like the kind of place I always wanted to be
I'm gonna kick off my Reeboks, sit back and light up a smile
Cause it feels like home and baby I might stay a while

Hello Boston, it's good to be back
We haven't played this little club since it was just a rundown shack
Yeah, the dressing room's still still dingy and the manager's still stingy, that may be
But it's the people who come here that make it feel special to me

I used to live in this town until I left to go out on the road
Didn't take me too long before I forgot my own area code
Always meant to come back here and visit all the people I know
But that road stretches long and I had a lot of places to go

(ch)

Hello Grandma it's good to see you again
I have missed you a lot since you left us all way back when
And this new place you've been staying all the music they are playing is on strings
It seems the people are nice and I'm noticing that some of them have wings

Hey, is that Grandpa I see running round and not using his walker
I had some trouble getting in here, say, those entrance rules are a shocker
Guess I should have called ahead and made a reservation, I know
But I was just too busy and I had a lot of places to go

(ch)


CRISIS OF FAITH

what would you do
tell me what would you do

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WHAT WOULD JIMI DO

Lately I've been digging back into my salad days
Ennui creeping in from the past like some kind of purple haze

Thought we had a generation that talked about peace and wanted to live it too
But I read the news today and I ask myself
Tell me what would Jimi do?

Just today, picked up my guitar and try to make it burn
Aint no way I can break out beyond the things I've learned

Where you look for inspiration; the shoulders of giants, and baby it matters who
But I hear the radio today, and I ask you now
Tell me what would Jimi do

Lord, but the man could play                             Ain't nobody
Aint nobody doing it                                           Like that today
nothin like that today                                         Try to find that child inside of you
You gotta find the child and let it through           Another view
with something new                                            out of the blue
you might                                                            right
give it                                                                  now
some                                                                   hit it
and show me what would Jimi do


BEYOND MY REACH

The orange sun that warmed our day
becomes an oval as it sinks into the bay
we used to marvel at how fast it slips away
without a fight, so comes the night

So come the waves across the sand
so came the tides of time
erasing what we'd planned
and now the wind tugs at these letters in my hand
the ones held tight against the night

Against the future looming like a cliff above me
against the memories colliding below
the hardest lesson that this tide is washing over me
comes a time in life the only peace we'll know
is letting go

And so this day gives in to night
across the bay the clouds go scudding out of sight
Like us the sky clings to it's memories of light
but carries on when light is gone

I've scanned these words for what they teach
and now I close my eyes to see behind the speech
I let your letters fly like seagulls from the beach
they float away, beyond the bay
beyond my reach

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