Jeg når kun lige at træde ud af toget, så er jeg forelsket i Montreaux. Den lille by ved Genévesøen oser af stemning og byder os velkommen med duften af forår, blomster i fuldt flor og mindet om en af mine yndlingsmusikere, Freddy Mercury, hængende i luften.
"Smoke on the water", Deep Purple
We all came out to Montreux
On the Lake Geneva shoreline
To make records with a mobile
We didn't have much time
Frank Zappa and the Mothers Were at the best place around
But some stupid with a flare gun
Burned the place to the ground
Smoke on the water, fire in the sky
They burned down the gambling house
It died with an awful sound
Funky Claude was running in and out Pulling kids out the ground
When it all was over
We had to find another place
But Swiss time was running out
It seemed that we would lose the race
Smoke on the water, fire in the sky
We ended up at the grand hotel
It was empty cold and bare
But with the Rolling truck Stones thing just outside
Making our music there
With a few red lights and a few old beds
We make a place to sweat
No matter what we get out of this I know we'll never forget
Smoke on the water, fire in the sky
Så langt øjet rækker, kan man følge en sti langs søen, og der er virkeliggjort noget ud af omgivelserne. Blomsterne spiller farverige symfonier, mens skulpturer og statuer florerer langs bredden.
“Strenght grows in the moment when you think you can’t go on but you keep going anyway.”Vi slentrede dovent rundt langs søen, mens vi indsnusede duften af forår. Her kan man gå i timevis og bare fordybe sig i egne tanker.
Eller tage et hvil på en bænk ved søen.
Imponerende gamle hoteller troner frem over alt. Majestætiske bygninger der er som taget ud af et eventyr. På Grand Hotel Montreaux Majestics tagterrasse spiste vi en fantastisk tatar skyllet ned med hvidvin, mens vi fantaserede om fordoms tid og rock’n’roll.
For selvom det er jazz, Mointreaux er kendt for, er det også her, de store rocklegender huserede i 70’erne og 80’erne. Blandt andet Deep Purple der skrev sangen “Smoke on the water”, efter Casinoet, hvor de havde deres studie, brændte ned under en Frank Zappa koncert i 1971. De rykkede ind i det vinterlukkede Grand Hotel, hvor de uddødeliggjorde nummeret i et mobilt studie. Funky Claude som bliver nævnt i “Smoke on the Water”, er Claude Nobs, som senere stiftede den berømte Montreaux Jazz Festival, der finder sted hver sommer i byen.
Da casinoet blev genopbygget 5 år senere, blev der samtidig indrettet et musikstudie, hvor alle legenderne fra AC/DC og David Bowie over Nina Simone, Iggy Pop og Chris Rea til Rolling Stones og Led Zeppelin indspillede deres musik. I 1979 blev studiet købt af selveste “Queen”, som havde det helt frem til 1993, hvor det blev flyttet. I dag er studiet indrettet som et museum med alle deres gamle remedier.
Kaffe og Scrabble skulle der også til.
De originale instrumenter.
Selve lydstudiet fremtræder præcist som det gjorde dengang, bortset fra den originale Neve Desk, der er erstattet med en reproduktion, så besøgende kan prøve at mixe deres egne Queen-numre.
Rundt omkring kan man se håndskrevne sange, og her ser man de to sidste sange Freddie Mercury skrev før sin død; “A winter’s tale” og “Mother love”, der er inspireret af hans ophold i Montreaux, og som man finder på deres sidste album “Made in Heaven”, der blev udgivet efter Mercury’s (alt for tidlige) død.
“A Winter’s Tale”, Queen … It’s all so beautiful Like a landscape painting in the sky Mountains are zoomin’ higher Little girls scream an’ cry My world is spinnin’ and spinnin’ and spinnin’ It’s unbelievable Sends me reeling Am I dreaming… Am I dreaming…? Oooh – it’s bliss
Et stykke fra casinoet finder man en bronzestatue af Freddie Mercury, der triumferer ud over havnefronten. Statuen er udført af den Irena Sedleká, doneret af Queen og “The Freddie Mercury Estate” og afsløret af Freddies forældre, hans opera-synge-partner Montserrat Caballé og Queens medlemmer Brian May og Roger Taylor i 1996.
Freddie Mercury 1946-1991. En stjerne på himlen og – efter min mening – en af de største kunstnere der har levet. Død, men mindet lever i bedste velgående.
"Mother Love", Queen
I don't want to sleep with you
I don't need the passion too
I don't want a stormy affair
To make me feel my life is heading somewhere
All I want is the comfort and care
Just to know that my woman gives me sweet - Mother love
I've walked too long in this lonely lane
I've had enough of this same old game
I'm a man of the world and they say I'm strong
But my heart is heavy and my hope is gone
Out in the city, in the cold world outside
I don't want pity, just safe place to hide
Mama please, let me back inside
I don't want to make no waves
But you can give me all the love that I crave
I can't take if you see me cry
I long for peace before I die
All I want to know that you're there
You're gonna give me all your sweet - Mother love
My body's aching, but I can't sleep
My dreams are all the company I keep
Got such a feeling as the sun goes down
I'm coming home to my sweet - Mother love
Når jeg bliver gammel, så vil jeg sidde på en bænk…
Empty spaces - what are we living for
Abandoned places - I guess we know the score
On and on, does anybody know what we are looking for...
Another hero, another mindless crime
Behind the curtain, in the pantomime
Hold the line, does anybody want to take it anymore
The show must go on,
The show must go on
Inside my heart is breaking
My make-up may be flaking
But my smile still stays on.
Whatever happens, I'll leave it all to chance
Another heartache, another failed romance
On and on, does anybody know what we are living for?
I guess I'm learning, I must be warmer now
I'll soon be turning, round the corner now
Outside the dawn is breaking
But inside in the dark I'm aching to be free
The show must go on
The show must go on
Inside my heart is breaking
My make-up may be flaking
But my smile still stays on
My soul is painted like the wings of butterflies
Fairytales of yesterday will grow but never die
I can fly - my friends
The show must go on
The show must go on
I'll face it with a grin
I'm never giving in
On - with the show -
I'll top the bill, I'll overkill
I have to find the will to carry on
On with the -
On with the show -
The show must go on...
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