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2010.04.24

ウェットンによるＯＭＥＧＡの解説

テーマ： UK～エイジア～ジョン・ウェットン(1674)

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Out of the songs that were written for Omega, Sunshine, the germ of ' DAS (Drop A Stone)' was hatched in Kansas City, which may explain partially its pentatonic heritage. There was always a chance that one song would 'misfire'--i.e. not come out the way it was originally intended. This happens when you work with a producer, and sometimes it has a very positive effect.There were several contenders for misfire up until, and during, final overdubs, but I'd originally envisaged 'DAS' with a dramatic kind of Pink Floyd arrangement, and when Mike Paxman suggested an amalgamation with a SH instrumental (guitar) section,it took a turn for the mid-tempo blues, and consequently doesn't quite 'fit' with the rest of the material. Not that it's a bad thing---lots of you will love it---- it's turned into a guitar feature! Steve's playing is tremendous on the piece, and I'm sure you will enjoy that, but originally, I had drawn some inspiration for the conception of DAS from my performance of Roger Waters' 'Hey You'. So, if you want to see how I would have done it, take a listen--it's on Back Against the Wall.

You all know the story behind ' Emily ', and maybe its slightly gauche/na?ve edge sets it apart from the rest, but Emily' came out pretty much the way it was intended. For some reason not known to me, it was given a 'bonus' status. As Emily is on every copy of Omega, it bewilders me why it should be a bonus, but I see that DAS is slightly oddball, when viewed in the light of the whole album----so I don't mind. Its writing is credited to all four Asians, which I guess ironically displays the original meaning of bonus----a 'goodie'. Usually, bonus tracks are quirky odds and ends that true fans adore, and regular people don't understand at all (with 'Harbour Wall' /'Sleep Angel', for instance, some people didn't realize it was the same song). When it comes to choosing singles, bonus tracks, etc, these things, these days, are best left to record company. Looking back on our Geffen/Universal years, if they(record co.) make a mistake, no-one is to blame, but if we do, we're never allowed to forget it.

End of the World . Contrary to the title's inferred Armageddon, the punch line of the song is 'NOT the end of the world'. Despite the bleak devastation of the first verse, the chorus is very optimistic, telling the listener that whatever happens, it's not the end of the world, no matter how bad it may seem (auto-da-f?, for instance) . Although I'm not religious, I really like the bold statement that 'I believe that God is love, and that's enough'---- depending on what, or whom, your God is, that's really all you need, you'll never be alone.

It's one of the last tunes that GD and I wrote together in Wales for Omega, and the album was nearly complete by the time this, ' There Was a Time ', ' I Believe ' and ' Still the Same ' came into being. We tend to be more focussed on what needs to be written, the further into the project we get, and these four came quite easily, although I would add that I would consider 'STS' incomplete, it needed another section. There was another section available, GD and I had discussed it months previously at my house. A pity, really, it would have made the song for me. As it is, the tune comes out quite jazzy, whereas it was meant to be very hard rock, with a Beach Boys softness to the vocal.

' I Believe ' hit me as I was driving over the Severn Bridge toward Geoff's studio.this has happened before, when I get to the studio, I just have to sit down at the keyboard and rattle off the melodic idea, with the machine in record,or it will be gone. This is done before we even have coffee, so desperate is it .

' Don't wanna Lose You Now ' was a little song I'd started on 12-string acoustic guitar (one of the few, along with the main tune of ' There Was A Time '. With both of these, the lyric to the first verse came at the same time as the melody/chords, then Geoff added his contribution when we met in Wales. There is absolutely no formula to our writing, it comes in as many ways as there are songs.

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