Secret Messages es un álbum de ELO, publicado en 1983. El disco incluye 11 canciones, entre ellas «Secret Messages», «Loser Gone Wind», «Bluebird» y «Take Me on and On».
Sobre el álbum
Con Secret Messages, de 1983, la ELO entrega la que pretendía ser una ambiciosa obra doble, aunque finalmente fue editada como un álbum sencillo. Este trabajo continúa la senda del synth-pop de su predecesor, 'Time', pero con un concepto sobre los mensajes ocultos y la comunicación. El disco está lleno de sonidos grabados al revés y de otros trucos de estudio.
El sonido del álbum es denso y muy electrónico, con una producción muy característica de los años 80. Pese a ello, la increíble capacidad de Jeff Lynne para la melodía sigue brillando. El disco contiene grandes canciones de pop.
El sencillo "Rock 'n' Roll Is King" es un divertido homenaje al rock and roll de los años 50, mientras que la canción que da título al disco es un ejemplo perfecto de su synth-pop sofisticado. La balada "Letter from Spain" es de una belleza melancólica sobrecogedora.
'Secret Messages' es un trabajo fascinante y lleno de detalles, una obra que, a pesar de las presiones de la discográfica, demuestra la inagotable creatividad de una de las mentes más brillantes de la historia del pop.
Listado de Canciones
- Secret Messages
Letra
A moving stream of information That is floating on the wind The secrets never end And now they call, They sing, they play, they dance For you, from out of the blue, What can you do? Chorus: The secret messages are calling to me endlessly They call to me across the air The messages across the atmosphere They whisper in your ear, they're calling everywhere Where words cascade like rainbows tumbling from the sky Then i'll be there, i'll be there When messages will call to you their secrets all around Without a sound, they're all around Chorus Those secret messages that spill into the air from far away So far away A flowing river of illusion running with confusion Never gone - it goes on and on Chorus - Loser Gone Wind
- Bluebird
Letra
The streets, the signs are pointing all one way But you don't realize just what they say You may fight, you may run, you may know what you've done It makes me feel so sad to think what I might've had I watch the stars, I watch the sun, now I watch for anyone But it's only make believe You work, you work, you work so hard and then Someone, someone will come around again You may think it's for real, but you know how you feel The places that I go don't feel good anymore I see it all rainbows in fall I see her face upon my wall But it's only make believe Fly away, bluebird fly away for me To a place somewhere far across the sea Fly away, far away, don't look back, go today The waves that crash upon the sand Another place, a far off land And every day, I have to stay, but you are free You could fly away- But it's only make believe - Take Me on and On
Letra
The stars that shine so brightly They call to me I dream of how it might be Somewhere far away Chorus: Take me on and on Until the world has gone Take me on and on The chains that hold you Those chains will soon be gone Sail upon the ocean Sail back to me Chorus Take me on, on and on I see it all below I know which way to go I see the afterglow Chorus - Time After Time
Letra
Time after time, time after time The skies are darkening they grow so dim Strangers are meeting but it never ends And one day they'll remember, one day they will know (Time after time) From far away there comes a warning sound And no one listens but it's all around And one day they'll remember, one day they will know Chorus: Time after time, no hiding anywhere Time after time, the visions in the air Time after time, they come from everywhere (Time after time) Time after time Just listen to the sirens of the world They breathe a whisper waiting for the word And one day they'll remember, one day they will know (Time after time) Time after time it is the same old story Another footstep on the trail of glory And one day they'll remember, one day they will know Chorus The beauty of the earth from way up high Shines like a jewel on the velvet sky And one day they'll remember, one day they will know The skies are darkening they grow so dim Strangers are meeting but it never ends And one day they'll remember, one day they will know Chorus Emit retfa emit, no hiding anywhere Emit retfa emit, no visions in the air They come from everywhere - Four Little Diamonds
Letra
I used to think she was the greatest thing I really cared, gave her a diamond ring She said she'd rather die than ever leave me Well I never saw her face since then And if the law don't get her then I will- Four little diamonds She must be somewhere on the open road She always said she was a lonely one She gets you down with her tales of woe She took me for everything And if the law don't get her then I will Four little diamonds I looked around I climbed up high into the dawn But she was gone with the night I thought about the things she said And all the things we'd done But where could she run- she ran away There's just no answer to give I keep wonderin' about her, day and night She probably thinks I was a fool- she's right She don't know it But I'm gonna keep on searchin' for that woman I'm gonna search everywhere And if the law don't get her then I will Four little diamonds I looked around I climbed up high into the dawn But she was gone with the night I thought about the things she said And all the things we'd done But where could she ran away There's just no answer to give I still hear her callin' out to me I still listen for her endlessly But it never even crossed my mind she was a cheater I gotta find where she hides 'Cause if the law don't get her then I will - Four little diamonds - Stranger - Electric Light Orch
- Danger Ahead
Letra
Here she comes down the street and that look is in her eye And the way she looks, if looks could kill they might All the kids down in the street run away When she goes by it's the end of the day So believe what they say, there's danger in the air Look through a window and you'll see her standing there She's the latest of the greatest with the wind blowin' in her hair The prima donna she's back in town And you see her for miles around So believe what they say there's danger in the air refrain: Beware there's danger ahead The endless summer is dead Look out there's danger ahead Monday mornin' she's already up and gone She knows what she wants and she knew it all along With her entourage on either side Just one look she can't be denied So believe what they say there's danger in the air refrain She's got a reputation that's way ahead of her time She's got adulation that's way ahead of her mind Everybody runs around to please When she looks in the mirror she just has to freeze So believe what they say there's danger in the air refrain - Letter from Spain
Letra
I read the papers this morning I saw your photograph You look good in the movie It must be so much fun Letter from Spain From someone I once knew I got a letter this morning Postmark said it was from Spain Your writing is so very strange I guess it always was that way Letter from Spain From someone I once knew - Train of Gold
Letra
I saw her there from across the street, she was dressed in black And when she moved she moved to a beat, like a Cadillac She rode a train, train train train, a train of gold She was a woman of suspicious ways, never saw daylight And in her room she sat and passed the days And she'd creep out at night She rode a train, train train train, a train of gold Chorus: Train of gold, train of gold It took me so long to find out I was wrong Now I wait for her in the night Looked through a window saw a velvet sky, a shade of green A violin was playing soft and sweet, like it was a dream She rode a train, train train train, a train of gold Train of gold, train of gold It took me so long to find out I was wrong Now I wait for her in the night Train of gold, train of gold I don't believe her, it just couldn't be her I can't get it out of my mind - Rock & Roll Is King