그러고보니 펄비포 스와인에 대한 국내 소개가 거의 없어서 생각난 김에 한글로 바꿔볼까 ...하다가....
--생각해보니 내 블로그에 방문하시는 분들을 위해서 굳이 내가 안되는 영어를 한글로 바꿀 필요는 !!!!!!
없을 듯 하다. 뭐하러 내가 굳이 불필요한 그런 수고를 감수해야만 하겠는가..그냥 영어로 척 올려놓기만 해도 알아서 보실 분들이 태반인데...다 인데 ㅎㅎ(아 이럴때는 정말 편하군요...같은 직업군에 종사하시는 선배님들 ㅎㅎ)
여튼 그래서 펄 비포 스와인의 소개글만 그냥 옮겨옵니다. 향후로도 영어를 한글로 바꾸는 짓은 잘 하지 않게 되지 않을까요 ㅎㅎ(오랫만에 유쾌하게 웃네요 ㅎㅎ)
Pearls Before Swine was an American psychedelic folk band formed by Tom Rapp in 1965 in Eau Gallie, now part of Melbourne, Florida. They released six albums between 1967 and 1971, before Rapp launched a solo career.
With high school friends Wayne Harley (banjo, mandolin), Lane Lederer (bass, guitar) and Roger Crissinger (piano, organ), Rapp wrote and recorded some songs which, inspired by the Fugs, they sent to the avant-garde ESP-Disk label in New York. The group took its name from a Bible passage: "Give not that which is holy unto the dogs, neither cast ye your pearls before swine..." (Mat. 7:6, KJV), meaning: do not give things of value to those who will not understand or appreciate it. They were quickly signed up, and recorded One Nation Underground (1967), featuring songs of mysticism, protest, melancholia, and some controversy in the case of “Miss Morse”, which spelled out an obscenity in code. The album eventually sold some 200,000 copies, although management and contractual problems meant that the band received little reward for its success.[1]
The strongly anti-war themed Balaklava (1968) followed, inspired by the Charge of the Light Brigade. Rapp has said "The first two albums are probably considered the druggiest, and I had never done any drugs at that point. I smoked Winston cigarettes at that time, so these are all Winston-induced hallucinations."[2] The album covers featured paintings by Bosch and Brueghel, while the records themselves included interpretations of the writings of Tolkien and Herodotus as well as archive recordings from the 1890s, with innovatively arranged songs using an eclectic variety of instruments.[1]
Reprise period, 1969-72
The band signed for Reprise Records in 1969, although by this time the other original members had left and the band name now referred to Rapp and whichever musicians he was recording or touring with, one of whom, Jim Fairs, was previously a member of The Cryan' Shames. The five albums on Reprise were generally more conventional in sound, but contained a unique blend of humanistic and mystical songs, with some whimsical touches. Some were recorded in New York and others – particularly The Use of Ashes and City of Gold - in Nashville with top session musicians including Charlie McCoy, Kenny Buttrey, and other members of Area Code 615. Several also featured Rapp's then-wife Elisabeth on vocals. The oddly-upbeat "The Man", from City of Gold, was sung by David Noyes and recorded at A&R Studios in New York City during the summer of 1970. Noyes' friend, Jon Tooker, took his position when the band toured Europe that fall.[3]
In his teens, Rapp lived close to Cape Canaveral and watched the rockets take off. The song "Rocket Man", on the album The Use of Ashes - written the day Neil Armstrong landed on the moon - was credited by Bernie Taupin with inspiring his hit song with Elton John of the same title. Quote : "We didn't steal that one from Bowie, we stole it from another guy, called Tom Rapp...".[2] Many of the other songs of this period reflected Rapp's interests in mysticism, his relationship with his alcoholic father, and his experiences of living for a time in (and marrying a native of) the Netherlands. The final Reprise album, Familiar Songs, was a collection of demo re-recordings of some of Rapp’s earlier songs, and was released under his own name, not as a "Pearls Before Swine" album, and without his knowledge.[4]
In 1971, Pearls Before Swine toured for the first time, the group then comprising Rapp, Mike Krawitz (piano), Gordon Hayes (bass) and Jon Tooker (guitar). Around this time, Rapp often referred onstage, not quite seriously, to the group as "the house band for the SDS." A live album from this period, Live Pearls, recorded at Yale University, was released as a download in December 2008.[5]
펄 비포 스와인의 노래를 즐겨듯게 된 것은 아무래도 작곡가이자 보컬인 톰 랩의 목소리와 분위기가 마음에 들어서 였는데요 직업란을 살펴보니 법조인 일케 되어있네요. 다소...실망스러워지는데 ㅎㅎ
어쨌거나 톰 랩의 걸걸한 목소리 톤 좋지 않나요. 쥬웰러...