[88] 53. Billy Thorpe - Children of the Sun

[1988] 53. Billy Thorpe - Children of the Sun

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Billy Thorpe - Children of the Sun ('79, 1st)

1. Wrapped in the chains [3:38]
2. Dream-Maker [3:45]
3. Simple life [5:38]
4. Goddess of the night [4:22]
5. Children of the sun [6:45]
6. We're leaving [3:45]
7. We welcome you [4:42]
8. Solar anthem [0:55]
9. The beginning (Thorpe) [4:15]

Billy Thorpe - Guitar, Vocals
Alvin "Red" Taylor - Drums
Leland Sklar - Bass



5. Children of the sun

People of the Earth can you hear me?
Came a voice from the sky on that magical night
And in the colors of a thousand sunsets
They traveled through the world on a silvery light

The people of the Earth stood waiting
Watching as the ships came one by one
Setting fire to the sky as they landed
Carrying to the world Children Of The Sun

All at once came a sound from the inside
Then a beam made of light hit the ground
Everyone felt the sound of their heartbeat
Every Man - Every Woman - Every Child

They passed the limits of imagination
Through the doors - to a world - of another time
On the journey of a million lifetimes
With the Children Of The Sun - They started their climb

No more gravity, nothing holding them down
Floating endlessly, as their ship leaves the ground
Thru the walls of time - at the speed of light
Fly the crystal ships on their celestial flight
On their celestial flight.

영국에서 태어나 호주에서 자란 스페이스 로커 빌리는 79-80년 사이 발표된 양대 SF 앨범 "Children of the Sun"과 "21st Century Man"을 통해 입체적이고 미래지향적인 록사운드를 제시, 세인의 주목을 받았다. 호주그룹 "Zoo"를 이끌던 시절부터 뛰어난 기타리스트이자 드라마틱한 창법의 보컬을 구사, 호주의 젊은이들을 사로잡은 바 있다. 마크 볼란과 데이빗 보위에 영향을 받은 그의 대표작 "Children of the Sun"은 특수효과와 함께 듣는이를 사로잡는 마력적 애청곡 (전영혁의 음악세계 Booklet Vol. 4)