[88] 40. Curved Air - Marie Antoinette

[1988] 40. Curved Air - Marie Antoinette

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Curved Air - Phantasmagoria ('72, 4th)

1. Marie Antoinette [6:20]
2. Melinda (More or Less) [3:25]
3. Not Quite the Same [3:44]
4. Cheetah [3:31]
5. Ultra-Vivaldi [1:24]
6. Phantasmagoria [3:13]
7. Whose Shoulder Are You Looking over... [3:23]
8. Over and Above (Monkman) - [8:33]
9. Once a Ghost, Always a Ghost [4:21]

Sonja Kristina - Vocals, Acoustic Guitar
Francis Monkman - Guitars, Keyboards, Tubular Bells, Gong, Percussion
Florian Pilkington-Miksa - Drums, Percussion
Darryl Way - Violin, Keyboards, Vocals, Tubular Bells, Melon on Marie Antoinette
Mike Wedgwood - Bass, Acoustic Guitar, Vocals

Guest Musicians ;
Annie Stewart - Flute on Melinda (More or Less)
Crispian Steele-Perkins - Trumpet
Paul Cosh - Trumpet
Jim Watson - Trumpet
George Parnaby - Trumpet
Chris Pyne - Trombone
Alan Gout - Trombone
David Purser - Trombone
Steve Saunders - Trombone
Frank Ricotti - Xylophone, Vibes
Mal Linwood-Ross - Percussion
Colin Caldwell - Percussion
Jean Akers - Percussion
Doris the Cheetah - Grand Finale on Cheetah

1. Marie Antoinette

Marie Antoinette
your name's a legend
in this land
treasure for your pleasure
bestowed on favoured gentleman
the people are in arms
marching on the town
they rise -
changing revolution!
"Vive la Nation!"

Marie Antoinette
your shadow's falling
along the land
anger born of hunger
poisons the hearts of your loyal men
fire in their eyes
steel in their hands
they rise -
changing revolution!
"Vive la Nation!"

Clamouring in the square
the rabble have gone insane
they're over the balustrades
defying the cannon fire
they're into the garrison
they murder the noble man
Marie - Antoinette
Marie - Antoinette
We are the people of France
We demand
that the elegant blue-blooded
leeches that bleed us
are taught what it means
to grow fat and not feed us
we are the people of France
you must heed us

Already at the Bastille
the prisoners all run free
they're hammering on the door
Marie Antoinette
they've taken the guillotine
they're coming to take the Queen
Marie Antoinette
the King and the guards
have fled...

Marie Antoinette
your shadow's falling
along the land
anger born of hunger
poisoned your men
they rise -
changing revolution!
"Vive la Nation!"

Curved Air - Live ('75, Live)

1. It Happened Today [9:00]
2. Marie Antoinette [6:45]
3. Backstreet Luv [3:43]
4. Propositions [7:42]
5. Young Mother [8:56]
6. Vivaldi [9:00]
7. Everydance [5:36]

Phil Kohn - Bass
Sonja Kristina - Vocals
Francis Monkman - Guitars, Keyboards
Florian Pilkington-Miksa - Drums
Darryl Way - Violin, Keyboards, Vocals

Recorded at Cardiff University and Bristol Polytechnic, December 1974

Curved Air - Alive 1990 ('00, Live)

1. Twenty Years on (Intro) [4:11]
2. It Happened Today [5:31]
3. Stretch [4:29]
4. Hide and Seek [6:52]
5. Marie Antoinette [7:04]
6. Melinda (More or Less) [4:14]
7. Situations [5:43]
8. Young Mother [7:06]
9. You Know [3:45]
10. Propositions [5:15]
11. Vivaldi [9:59]
12. Everdance [4:15]
13. Backstreet Luv [4:26]

Sonja Kristina - Vocals, Acoustic Guitar
Francis Monkman - Guitars, Keyboards, Sequencers
Florian Pilkington-Miksa - Drums, Percussion
Darryl Way - Violin, Keyboards

Special Guest: Rob Martin - Bass on Vivaldi

Recorded live at London's Town & Country Club in September 1990.