Lembrança das Antrolas - Boney M:

Liz Mitchell (Jamaica), Maizie Williams (Montserrat - Antilhas), Marcia Barrett (Jamaica), Bobby Farrell (Aruba, Antilhas), Reggie Tsiboe (Gana). A formação do Boney M (banda de Eurodance), de 1974 aos anos 2000 teve esses cinco componentes (suas imagens serão postas na ordem da escrita).

A primeira canção vinda à memória - Rivers of Babylon 

(O Boney M tinha uma história a contar com suas canções, a maior parte das vezes, nada semelhante a nossa atualidade paupérrima nesse quesito) era um "tributo pago" ao religioso (outra ênfase mais antiga, mas nesse mundo de hegemonia cultural esquerdista, ficou de lado) comuníssimo nas músicas dos setentas e um pedaço dos oitentas.

Os israelitas no cativeiro da Babilônia e as referências bíblicas do Antigo Testamento (Salmo 137).

Rasputin - a respeito do embusteiro religioso russo que influenciou o Czar Nicolau II e a Czarina Alexandra, além de perseguir boa parte da realeza russa e ser morto por conta disso. A música conta parte da história, inclusive o motivo que o tornou muito bem quisto pela família real.
Note as roupas, os arranjos, a dança e os instrumentos fazendo referência

There lived a certain man in Russia long ago
He was big and strong, in his eyes a flaming glow
Most people looked at him with terror and with fear
But to Moscow chicks he was such a lovely dear
He could preach the bible like a preacher
Full of ecstacy and fire
But he also was the kind of teacher
Women would desire

Ra Ra Rasputin
Lover of the russian queen
There was a cat that really was gone
Ra Ra Rasputin
Russia's greatest love machine
It was a shame how he carried on

He ruled the Russian land and never mind the czar
But the Kasachok he danced really wunderbar
In all affairs of state he was the man to please
But he was real great when he had a girl to squeeze
For the queen he was no wheeler dealer
Though she'd heard the things he'd done
She believed he was a holy healer
Who would heal her son

But when his drinking and lusting and his hunger
For power became known to more and more people
The demands to do something about this outrageous
Man became louder and louder

This man's just got to go! m- declared his enemies
But the ladies begged: Don't you try to do it, please
No doubt this rasputin had lots of hidden charms
Though he was a brute they just fell into his arms

Then one night some men of higher standing
Set a trap, they're not to blame
Come to visit us - they kept demanding
And he really came

Ra Ra Rasputin
Lover of the russian queen
They put some poison into his wine
Ra Ra Rasputin
Russia's greatest love machine
He drank it all and said: I am fine

Ra Ra Rasputin
Lover of the russian queen
They didn't quit, they wanted his head

Ra Ra Rasputin
Russia's greatest love machine
And so they shot him till he was dead

Oh, those russians

Nightflight to Venus. Nome do título do LP, cuja capa, contracapa e parte interna eu passava horas olhando e imaginando-me ir para Venus com a turma do Boney M

O problema, eu pensava, era essa corda, a trabalheira que daria para subir até o planeta...

Ladies and Gentlemen, welcome aboard the starship Boney M

for our first passenger flight to Venus.

Ready for count-down: 10,9,8,7,6,5,4,3,2,1 - ignition - lift off

Nightflight to Venus
Way out there in space
Nightflight to Venus
Our new fav'rite place

Nightflight to Venus
All systems are go
Nightflight to Venus
The sky is aglow

Ladies and Gentlemen, we've had a successful
take-off on this first Nightflight to Venus.
Our flying time will be 8 hours. We'll be travelling
at a speed of 2183 miles per second.

Nightflight to Venus
Nightflight to Venus

Captain - unidentified object at 8 o'clock - 2 million miles away.
Stand by for emergency manoeuvre.
Object coming closer at the speed of light. We have 8 more seconds.

Change course by 4 point 6 degrees.
Order admitteted.

Ladies and Gentlemen, in a few minutes we are going
to be landing on Venus, push the button on your left side,
the safety mechanism will do the rest for you.

We hope you enjoyed the world's first Nightflight to Venus,
have a good time there.

Na canção Young free and single, os cinco aparecem, mantendo o estilo musical, claro com equipamentos mais avançados, na épopca.












Radio Speaker: (NOT on album version)
Welcome to the radio show: Young, Free And Single!
We got a good show lined up for you, let's have our first caller:

Hey, Jane's my name and love's my game,
I just turned eighteen yesterday.
I'm blond, I'm tall, I'm full of fun,
Give me a call and I'll show you some.

Frank met Jane now, and Jane met Eddie - on the radio show.
Who wants to have fun, who's hot and ready? - For the radio show.
Call up the station, have a go, get the phone in your hand.
Friends and lovers, give a call, take a chance on a voice if you can.

Y-O-U-N-G -F-R- double E, a-a-and single, sss-single.
Y-O-U-N-G -F-R- double E, a-a-and single, sss-single.
A-a-and single, sss-single.

Hey Jane, oh Jane, a voice supreme, I hear myself a living dream,
I'll tell you where, I'll tell you how,

Hang up that phone, we'll meet right now.

Young, free and single - who wants to take a dare?
Young, free and single - looking for affairs.
Young, free and single - always for a game.
Young, free and single - voices bring you fame.

What's your name now, call in a chance - on the radio show.
Playing roulette and you might get a blank - or you might have a go.
Love on the airwave and it's yours, pick the heart of your choice.
Friends and lovers, give a call, make a match - by the sound of a voice.

Y-O-U-N-G -F-R- double E, a-a-and single, sss-single.
Y-O-U-N-G -F-R- double E, a-a-and single, sss-single.
Y-O-U-N-G -F-R- double E, a-a-and single, sss-single.
Y-O-U-N-G -F-R- double E, a-a-and single, sss-single.

E para "fechar a conta":

Algo como "Painho" - Daddy cool

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