OPPORTUNITY
Cuando kai Hansen salio de Helloween en 1989, formó este
grupo, sin en principio grandes pretensiones, y tras haber pasado un
tiempo haciendo colaboraciones con otras bandas como Blind Guardian. Es
en ese mismo 1989 cuando decide formar Gamma Ray, junto a otros músicos
como Ralf Scheepers, hasta entonces vocalista de Tyran Pace. En 1990
editan su primera obra de estudio que es inmediatamente un rotundo
éxito, como no podía ser de otra manera pues estamos ante uno de los
"reyes Midas" en esto del Heavy que parecen convertir en oro todo lo que
tocan. Desde entonces y hasta la fecha de esta reseña 11 discos de
estudio y 3 EP's hablan de un grupo consolidado en lo más alto de la
cima metálica. Tras el "Land of the free" de 1995, su cuarta obra de estudio, Kai Hansen se haría con las funciones de vocalista, al igual que lo hiciera ya antes en Helloween en sus inicios, tras
la salida de Gamma Ray de Ralf Scheepers en 1994 por supuestas razones
logísticas de la banda. Hoy quiero hablar de una secuela de aquel cuarto
exitoso disco de Gamma Ray, que evidentemente titularon "Land of the
free II", en 2007, y que también evidentemente no llegó a la
extraordinaria calidad de la de 1995, aunque eso si, el buen diseño de
marketing que hicieron unido a la calidad no ausente de la obra les hizo
alcanzar por ejemplo en número 1 en las listas de ventas alemanas,
entre otros motivos por la gira que realizaron junto a Helloween en el
tour de presentación del disco en al que terminaban tocando ambas bandas
juntas. En cuanto a las canciones, buenos temas componen este disco,
aunque a mi entender el nombre de "Land of the Free II" le queda un poco
grande, si bien canciones como "Opportunity", "Into the storm", "when
the world" o "Real World" dejan clara la calidad de la obra. Quiero hoy
dejar un enlace a youtube de su canción "Opportunity", un tema que
engaña en su inicio con la promesa de ser una "power ballad" marca de la
casa Gamma Ray, para en realidad tornarse con el paso de unos segundos
en un tema más contundente, un par de pasos más adelante de lo que
llamaríamos un medio tiempo, y en todo caso una canción que a mi
personalmente me gusta mucho.
Opportunity came to my door
when I thought I might need a ride
but I said I'm doing alright
turn around and start to see
Yeah, life is boring- Monday,Tuesday
The machines are roaring-Wednesday,Thursday
Friday, and the rain keeps falling
just like everyday
Time is running-Saturday, Sunday
when there's gonna be some holiday for you?
and time flies, time flies, time flies, time flies
I could be a rich man and I could be a superstar
yeah, what's the aim and what's the plan
please just leave again
Set me free, yeah I wanna live it up
and let me be all that I wanna be
cause the whole world in my hands is down
and nothing will last
oh bring back the harmony
Sweating, nightmares - no way to escape
no, I can't sleep
I'm going down in a sea of madness
Raging anger- Hell or paradise
deep in my dreams
no escape for you, no escape for me
Time flies-gotta think it over
Time flies-better think again
Time flies-living in the real world
Time flies-or living on the edge
I should be a wise man, don't need to be a superstar
Set me free, yeah I wanna live it up
and let me be all that I wanna be
cause the whole world is in my hands now
but nothing will last
oh bring back the harmony
What will you do in the dark
the hand of your fate left it's mark
so don't try to argue with me now
Your Hell ain't a bad place to be
take a look at your life now and see
'cause maybe I will not come back
You stand on the edge of the world
your life will be torn into pieces
The hammer is falling
the world is not waiting for you
hey you think that you know what is real
travelling around for no reason
you better watch out and jump off of my cloud
for your own sake
Set me free, yeah I wanna live it up
and let me be what I wanna be
Set me free, mmh I wanna live it up
and let me be all I wanna be
cause the whole world is in my hands now
and I want it to last
oh
Set me free, yeah
and let me be what I wanna be
the whole world is in my hands now
and I want it to last
Opportunity is me
when I thought I might need a ride
but I said I'm doing alright
turn around and start to see
Yeah, life is boring- Monday,Tuesday
The machines are roaring-Wednesday,Thursday
Friday, and the rain keeps falling
just like everyday
Time is running-Saturday, Sunday
when there's gonna be some holiday for you?
and time flies, time flies, time flies, time flies
I could be a rich man and I could be a superstar
yeah, what's the aim and what's the plan
please just leave again
Set me free, yeah I wanna live it up
and let me be all that I wanna be
cause the whole world in my hands is down
and nothing will last
oh bring back the harmony
Sweating, nightmares - no way to escape
no, I can't sleep
I'm going down in a sea of madness
Raging anger- Hell or paradise
deep in my dreams
no escape for you, no escape for me
Time flies-gotta think it over
Time flies-better think again
Time flies-living in the real world
Time flies-or living on the edge
I should be a wise man, don't need to be a superstar
Set me free, yeah I wanna live it up
and let me be all that I wanna be
cause the whole world is in my hands now
but nothing will last
oh bring back the harmony
What will you do in the dark
the hand of your fate left it's mark
so don't try to argue with me now
Your Hell ain't a bad place to be
take a look at your life now and see
'cause maybe I will not come back
You stand on the edge of the world
your life will be torn into pieces
The hammer is falling
the world is not waiting for you
hey you think that you know what is real
travelling around for no reason
you better watch out and jump off of my cloud
for your own sake
Set me free, yeah I wanna live it up
and let me be what I wanna be
Set me free, mmh I wanna live it up
and let me be all I wanna be
cause the whole world is in my hands now
and I want it to last
oh
Set me free, yeah
and let me be what I wanna be
the whole world is in my hands now
and I want it to last
Opportunity is me
By Nash
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