'A Horse with no Name' - huumelaulu, taidelaulu, fantasialaulu, lastenlaulu vai näitä kaikkia yhtä aikaa?

Alakuvassa Winged Horse of the Apocalypse

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'A Horse With No Name' is a song by the band America. It was their first and most successful single, released in early 1972, topping the charts in several countries.

Composition

"A Horse With No Name" was recorded in the key of E minor with acoustic guitars, bass guitar, and bongo drums. The only other chord is a Dadd6add9, fretted on the low E and G strings, second fret. A 12 string plays an added F# (second fret, high E string) on the back beat of the Em. A noted feature of the song is the driving bass line with a hammer-hook in each chorus. A "waterfall" type solo completes the arrangement. Produced by Ian Samwell on the day of final recording at Morgan Studios, at first the group thought it too corny and took some convincing to actually play it. Gerry Beckley has explained in Acoustic Guitar magazine (March 2007) that the correct tuning for the guitar is D E D G B D, low to high. The chord pattern that repeats throughout the entire song is: 202002 (Em),then 020202 and 000202. The tuning is unique to this song; they did not use it on any other America song.'

Reception
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'The song has also been ridiculed for its banal, oddly phrased lyrics, including "The heat was hot"; "There were plants, and birds, and rocks, and things"; and "Cause there ain't no-one for to give you no pain." Randy Newman once described it as a song "about a kid who thinks he's taken acid". Comedian Richard Jeni mocked the song's title. "You're in the desert", he said. "You got nothing else to do. Name the freakin' horse!" In 1999 the literary magazine Lamia Ink published a short play by American playwright Meron Langsner entitled The Name of the Horse, in which the problem of the horse's name is explored.'
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zSAJ0l4OBHM
A Horse With No Name - America
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On the first part of the journey,
I was looking at all the life.
There were plants and birds. and rocks and things,
There was sand and hills and rings.
The first thing I met, was a fly with a buzz,
And the sky, with no clouds.
The heat was hot, and the ground was dry,
But the air was full of sound.

I've been through the desert on a horse with no name,
It felt good to be out of the rain.
In the desert you can remember your name,
'Cause there ain't no one for to give you no pain.
La, la, la la la la, la la la, la, la
La, la, la la la la, la la la, la, la

After two days, in the desert sun,
My skin began to turn red.
After three days, in the desert fun,
I was looking at a river bed.
And the story it told, of a river that flowed,
Made me sad to think it was dead.

You see I've been through the desert on a horse with no name,
It felt good to be out of the rain.
In the desert you can remember your name,
'Cause there ain't no one for to give you no pain.
La la, la, la la la la, la la la, la, la
La la, la, la la la la, la la la, la, la

After nine days, I let the horse run free,
'Cause the desert had turned to sea.
There were plants and birds, and rocks and things,
There was sand and hills and rings.
The ocean is a desert, with its life underground,
And a perfect disguise above.
Under the cities lies, a heart made of ground,
But the humans will give no love.

You see I've been through the desert on a horse with no name,
It felt good to be out of the rain.
In the desert you can remember your name,
'Cause there ain't no one for to give you no pain.
La la, la, la la la la, la la la, la, la
La la, la, la la la la, la la la, la, la etc.

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PpJedPJYzn4
Petri ja Petterson Brass - Päättömällä pollella
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Jukka Virtasen 'suomi-psykedeelinen' käännös American hitistä löytää mielestäni biisin idean [mikä se sitten ikinä lieneekin] ajoittain miltei paremmin kuin alkuperäinen sanoitus [tässäkin tapauksessa]. Ylipäätään Jukka Virtanen on sanoittajana mielikuvitusrikkaampi ja verbaalisesti kekseliäämpi kuin vaikka klisheemäisyyteen [tosin koskettavaan sellaiseen] ja temaattiseen toistoon sortuva Juice tai teollisuus-iskelmäsanoituksia aivan liikaa tehtaillut Vexi Salmi.
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Satunnaisen kommentaattorin yllättävä assosiaatio: 'Tästä laulusta tulee aina mieleen syntymistään odottava lapsi [tyttis1972].
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Horse_with_No_Name
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/America_(band)
http://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petri_%26_Pettersson_Brass
http://www.musicnotes.com/sheetmusic/mtdVPE.asp?ppn=MN0041749
http://www.musicnotes.com/sheetmusic/mtdVPE.asp?ppn=MN0042260
http://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apokalypsi
http://www.flickr.com/photos/43872577@N07/galleries/72157622518242061
http://dragonspark.deviantart.com/art/Winged-Horse-of-the-Apocalypse-89260863