Θόδωρος Αγγελόπουλος (Αθήνα, 27 Απριλίου 1935 - 24 Ιανουαρίου 2012)

.....Μεγαλώνουμε. Πόσοι από εμάς έχουν κρατήσει ακέραιο το αρχικό όνειρο; Λίγοι, πολύ λίγοι. Αλλοι το πρόδωσαν, άλλους τους πρόδωσε η πραγματικότητα. Αλλοι χάθηκαν νωρίς. Μαρκετάκη, Λιαρόπουλος... Ηταν μεγάλο το όνειρο και μικρό το άγγιγμά του. Κάποιοι αποχώρησαν, παραιτήθηκαν. Κάποιοι εξακολουθούν να επιμένουν μέσα σε ένα είδος ηρωικής απελπισίας. Ορος του Καμύ. Ομως, αυτό είναι και το κέρδος. Να επιμένεις ώς το τέλος. Οσο αντέχεις, όσο μπορείς να προχωρείς με την ίδια ένταση. Πολύ συχνά αναφέρομαι σε ένα διήγημα, ελληνικό νομίζω, με δύο γέρους που κάθονται σε μια δημόσια πλατεία, άνοιξη. Περνούν κοπέλες. Πώς συμβαίνει τις πρώτες ημέρες της άνοιξης, που νομίζεις ότι ξαναανακαλύπτεις τις γυναίκες, το βάδισμα, το φόρεμα, το κυμάτισμα των μαλλιών... Κάποια στιγμή περνάει μια κοπέλα που η κίνησή της είναι σχεδόν χορευτική. Γυρνούν και οι δύο και την κοιτάζουν. Και μένουν εκεί να κοιτάζουν. Οταν χάνεται, γυρνάει ο ένας στον άλλον και λέει: «Ως πότε;». Και ο άλλος απαντά: «Ως το τέλος...». Κι εγώ λέω: Ως το τέλος......

Πηγή: Η Καθημερινή

Wilco - Dawned on Me (2011)

I been young, I been old
I been hurt and consoled
Heart of cold, heart of gold - so I'm told
I been lost, I been found
I been taken by the sound of my own voice
Voices in my head

I can't help it if I fall in love with you again
I'm calling just to let you know it dawned on me
Every night is a test
To the East or the West, the sun rises and sets
That's the sun at it's best
I forget that I know, I regret letting you go
Sometimes I can't believe how dark it can be

I can't help it if I fall in love with you again
I'm calling just to let you know it dawned on me

So on, and so forth,
And again I will start to begin at the end


I can't help it if I fall in love with you again
I'm calling just to let you know it dawned on me.

Jacqueline du Pré - Intermezzo from Goyescas (Enrique Granados) (1962)

Lynyrd Skynyrd - Free Bird (1977) Live

If I leave here tomorrow
Would you still remember me
For I must be traveling on now
'Cause there's too many places I've got to see

But if I stayed here with you,GIRL
Things just couldn't be the same
'Cause I'm as free as a bird now
And this bird you cannot change

Ohohohohohhhhh
And the bird you cannot change
And this bird you cannot change
Lord knows I can’t change

Bye bye, baby, it's been a sweet love, yeah, yeah
Though this feeling I can't change
But please don't take it so badly
'Cause Lord knows I'm to blame

But if I stay here with you, GIRL
Things just couldn't be the same
Cause I'm as free as a bird now
And this bird you never change

Ohohohohohhhhh
And the bird you cannot change
And this bird you cannot change
Lord knows I can't change
Lord help me I can't change
Lord I can't change,
Won't you fly high, Free Bird, yeah.

Rory Gallagher - Shadow Play (1978)

In the flinty light, it's midnight,
And stars collide.
Shadows run, in full flight,
To run, seek and hide.
I'm still not sure what part I play,
In this shadow play, this shadow play.

Well, In the half-light, on this mad night,
I hear a voice in time.
Well, I look back, see a half-smile,
Then it's gone from sight.
Tell me, why everyone have changed,
In this shadow play, this shadow play,
I have to find my way,
In this shadow play.

Sounds come crashing,
And I hear laughing,
All those lights just blaze away.
I feel a little strange inside,
A little bit of Jekyll, a little Mr. Hyde.

Sounds come crashing,
And I hear laughing,
All those lights just blaze away.
I feel a little strange inside,
A little Dr. Jekyll, a little Mr. Hyde.
Yeah.........

Thoughts run wild, free as a child,
Into the night.
Across the screen a thin beam,
Of magic light.

Tell me why things don't look the same,
In this shadow play, this shadow play,
I have to find my way,
In this shadow play.
I have to get away,
In this shadow play,
Well help me find my way,
In this shadow play,
Yeah..........

Διονύσης Σαββόπουλος - Φορτηγό (1966)