>>Re: Beautiful songs..melancholy<<

"Bridge Across Forever" by Transatlantic (from the
album of the same name).

The album is a 70-minute full-on prog-rock
masterpiece, and "Bridge Across Forever" is the
"single", the requisite pop song that many prog bands
traditionally place on a record to try to score some
airplay 'cause no programmer in their right mind is
going to play a 25-minute epic on the air. Trust me,
these 25-minute epics are so perfectly written, they
fly by in what seems like seconds...if you're into
that sort of thing. And I am.

Anyway...

"Bridge" is a SHORT plaintive piano/vocal piece with
universal lyrics regarding faith, belief, and the
afterlife (without any direct mentions of God or Allah
or The Big J or any of that distracting, preachy
bullshit), beautifully, powerfully, emotionally sung
by Bob Segarini's favorite under-the-radar-vocalist,
Neal Morse.

Like much of Neal Morse's music -- in spite of his
proclivity for writing endless epics --  "Bridge" is a
simple song with a simple melody and a simple message,
simply delivered in a personal, one-on-one kind of
way; it gives me shivers -- and, ultimately, hope --
every time I hear it.

kErrY
www.myspace.com/kompost

NP: Half Zaftig -- Life-Like Luster. Damn, I wish I'd
remembered to put this in my top 20 for 2007.
Genre-smashing guitar prog-pop wherein the lightness
of Enya meets King Crimson circa "Lark's Tongues in
Aspic". Very impressive songwriting and musicianship
on display...especially if you like a little
Seattle-style heaviness (think Alice In Chains or
Soundgarden) sprinkled like cherry blossoms over your
pop sundae.


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