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At Last Live

by Elephant and Castle

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1.
Freaks 03:58
Freaks (Edouard Poujaud, Patrice Steinberger)
2.
Ho-Chi-Minh 03:40
Ho-Chi-Minh (Edouard Poujaud, Patrice Steinberger)
3.
Red And Cherrys (Edouard Poujaud, Patrice Steinberger - Elephant and Castle) Take my hand, I don’t fear the end When there’s a future to defend The world’s revolving, a page is turning No one knows where, but we went Press my hand, I don’t fear the tank I’m mad and rebel, I’m a crank I just wanna feel you when I fall I could not survive after all Leave my hand, I’ll fight for my land Don’t stare at me blankly, understand, For democracy, for liberty You’ll be dressed up and happy, if we stand Catch my hand, can you hear the tanks ? Some people are trembling, the other ranks I don’t wanna leave you, when they come What we are going to become ? Hey you’ll never go through So fight, never compromise Hey youth ! Never bow, for your rights On your land, in the street, rise ! Hang your hand, I don’t like this end Too fast almost easy, even strange A head is falling, another’s coming Red and cherrys interchanged Pinch my hand, am I dreaming or Do we have to do it again ? Raise your hand, I don’t like this blend This revolution needs a mend We just wanna live free, we’ll never bend Until the end, and... Hey you’ll never go through So fight, never compromise Hey youth ! Never bow, for your rights On your land, in the street, rise !
4.
Banana Skin 02:51
Banana Skin (Edouard Poujaud, Patrice Steinberger - Elephant and Castle) I don't know why I don't believe in Europe, I guess That's because of Bosnia and of ancient Yugoslavia I don't know what I fear I don't know why but fear I don't know what I don't know why Does it sounds just like a lie Maybe because of the crises Or just because of the cries I don't know how I feel I don't know why but I feel I don't know what It's a feeling in the air A banana skin on the stairs I don't know why You told me that you'd like a child But am I not a child ? You told me one day you could die for me It was an old teenager's lie I don't know why All that I can do is whine Maybe because now you're leaving Or just because of the wine I don't know How I feel I don't know why but I drink I don't know what It's a feeling in the air A banana skin on the stair I don't know why It's just a feeling in the stairs A banana skin on the air I don't know why You told me that you'd like a child but am I not a child You told me one day you could die for me But till today you're still alive You told me that you'd like a child But am I not a child I told you if you live I'll die Another old teenager's lie I don't know why I don't believe in Europe I bet that's because of Bosnia Or just because of the wine 'feel like a banana skin In Europe's bin I don't know why
5.
Perfect 04:58
Perfect (Edouard Poujaud, Patrice Steinberger - Elephant and Castle) I’ve been working hard and late, till the night Then I kissed you and I switch off your light It’s true you did forget But nobody is perfect I pray for you son I’ve been waiting for your love You owe it to me And now I demand it Yeah now I claim it And I’ll be waiting for your love Cause I deserve it Cause I have earned it I was loving you and asking sometimes “Do you love me ?” you were saying : “Hoo, it’s time to sleep honey” It’s true you did forget But nobody is perfect I pray for you wife I’m praying for your soul I’ve been waiting for your love You owe it to me And now I demand it I’ll be waiting more and more And I’ll be praying And I’ll be praying Hoo, should I shout to be heard ? Should I cry just to move your heart ? Should I tear off your skirt ? I’ve been waiting for your love Now I demand it Yeah now I claim it I’m demanding all your love Cause I’ve been perfect Yeah I’ve been perfect ! Hoo, should I shout to be heard ? Should I strike just to get your heart ? Should I tear of your skirt ?
6.
Days Of Pearly Spencer (David Mc Williams)
7.
Mr Mistoffelees (T.S. Eliot, Andrew Lloyd Webber)
8.
21st Century's Love Stories (Edouard Poujaud, Patrice Steinberger) All the pains restrained 'til today 'Can feel it in my body But no complain today And no reproach All is fate, and all has been rated I've loved you and I'm sorry I feel so faint today I've got no remorse We'll echo each other No one's gonna die So echo with me all through the night love is immortal All's in vain, it runs through my veins when victims are all guilty There's no one to blame No one but love Love is safe and will stand to save The twenty first century's love stories that's a chance today To die from love We'll echo forever I don't wanna whine Fallen angel, it's too late for us to cry on the human kind Hey, we'll echo for ever no one's gonna die So echo with me all through the night love is immortal
9.
Play It Cool 04:30
Play It Cool (Edouard Poujaud, Patrice Steinberger - Elephant and Castle) Is there a time for you and I to go ? Is there a season for you and I to grow ? Is there a star we’re supposed to follow ? Is there a reason to change the flow if we like the way it goes ? Cool, play it cool, we’ll be fine As long as you stay mine, we’ll be fine We’ll keep on surfing every sunny afternoon Is there a God, or any other kind of super creature ? Will there be a flood ? And than we’ll start again another better world for the future I heard a preacher, looking serious, he said “Apocalypse is right now !” So keep on surfing and training hard, awaiting for the great bellow Cool, drink it cool, a sea with ice And a coca cola spice, a pleasure without vice A present without past in a sunny afternoon Cool, play it cool in a trice The world could pay the price in a Ford Coppola style We’ll keep on surfing over the great bellow Over the last bellow If there’s a life before the death her billow This time is mine, I’ll it on bellows Who cares to live another life ?
10.
Elephant and Castle (My No-Generation) (Eddouard Poujaud, Patrice Steinberger - Elephant & Castle) We’re walking on the graves That lie between the waves We’re strong and we are ageless We’re mortal but we’re dateless As an Elephant or as a Castle We carry no message And even no pressage Just try to fully live your age Until the wind turns the page Ooh my no-generation We don’t know what we are We’re proud of what we’re not We don’t know who you are We know the fears you’ve got Ooh my no-generation Eighties, nineties, oldies All please clear the way Twentieth century’s baby Drinks his milky way We are the fallow lands The two millenium’s bend We’ll never touch the stars But why d’you care ? Ooh my no-generation Ooh why ?
11.
We're Riding Horses To Heaven (Edouard Poujaud, Patrice Steinberger) We're riding horses without reins But free we are to change this way Following the course To heaven The river's dry It's time to call for waves We call the echo Are we alone ? An eagle flies But stay still He needs the wind To keep the will to live without a motion Emotion We're not a fowl We'd need a hurricane We call the echo Are we alone ? Alone to live from imagination We call you We're not alone You're still there You'll be the wind you'll be the wave and I will be gliding the air A surfer And I will, and it will depend on you I will depend on your imagination We call the echo Are we alone ? We call the echo, echo, echo We're riding horses to heaven
12.
Cosmetic Love (Edouard Poujaud, Patrice Steinberger)
13.
Wysiwyg 05:00
Wysiwig (Edouard Poujaud, Patrice Steinberger - Elephant and Castle) Look You see this house You see this woman Look at her legs When what you believe is in doubt Wysiwyg ! When all your life looks like a rout Wysiwyg ! Look You see this garden You see those children Forget your lawn When you are sinking in the grass Wysiwyg ! When all your being is a gas Wysiwyg ! I'd like to teach you To be yourself It will make you lighter I'll initiate you You need a church I can make you, make you Look You see this town You see those towers Open your arms Cause it's your world don't you forget ? Wysiwyg ! And What You See Is What You Get Wysiwyg ! I'd like to touch you Just with my fingers And then give, give you the power I would elate you You need a drug It will send you, fling you Higher You'll be over it You'll have a better view When you look at your life from a height Account for each thing Things you've got, things you've lost You lost love Have you lost all love ? Have you lost all your love ? If you got love If you got a few loves You've got to love again So it's your life, don't you forget ? Wysiwyg ! And What You See Is What You've got Wysiwyg ! I'd like to touch you Just with my fingers And then give, give you the power I would elate you You need a drug It will send you, fling you Higher You'll be over it You'll have a better view When you look at your life from a height Account for each thing Things you've got, things you've lost You lost love Have you lost all love ? Have you lost all your love ? If you got love If you got a few love You've got to love again So it's your life, don't you forget wysiwyg ! And What You See Is What You've got Wysiwyg ! I'd like to show your Material world I can make you richer. I'd like to show your, Material world, It can make you richer Let love be your church Sex be your drug It will make you lighter Just be wysiwyg So What You See Is What You Get We're riding horses to heaven
14.
Near Love Experience (Edouard Poujaud, Patrice Steinberger) You’ll be the thunder And I will be a chime I’ll be the creature You’ll be doctor Frankenstein You’ll be the silver moon And I will be a crime I’ll be the shiver that soon Will be running down your spine Love, leave your fears with the night I’ll be your thrill, be my light till the dawn You will be trenchant I’ll be a sacrifice I’ll be a chicken, babe You’ll cry like a crocodile You’ll be the serpent And I will be the vice I’m Alice Cooper, babe When you’re winding like a reptile Lilith, oh Lilith I don’t need an exorcism I’m in love So heat me up, Lilith, again You’ll be imprudent I’ll be a crazy driver You a young hitchhiker I promise you a fright. You’ll be a student And I will be a voyeur I’m Freddy Krueger When you asleep at night Love, leave your dreams with the night I’ll be your thrill, be my light Lilith, oh Lilith I don’t need an exorcism I’m in love So heat me up Lilith again You’ll be a Princess I’ll be the seven dwarves With seven big, fat, thick... hearts To love you seven times You’ll be the promess That I will never die I’ll cross the tunnel fearless Cause you will be the white light Love, leave your will with the night I’ll be your need, be my light Lilith, oh Lilith I don’t need an exorcism I’m in love So heat me up, Lilith, again again
15.
The Kind Voice (Edouard Poujaud, Patrice Steinberger - Elephant and Castle) Well I wake up every morning On the right side of the bed, alone Then I'm trotting to the bathroom And I'm turning on the radio "Oh, it's gonna be a bright and a shining day" Cool, what a nice life But since you've been gone There's a cloud in my soul Shall I call you tonight I need you I absolve you, alleluia If you love me I'll flight I'm still yours I forgive you, alleluia Well I wake up on the right side 'Cause the wrong side is against the wall And I'm trotting to the bathroom Cause the corridor's floor is so cold "Oh, it's gonna be a bright and a shining day" Cool, what a nice guy But since you've been gone all is drab and that's all Shall I call you tonight I need you I absolve you, alleluia If you love me I'll fight I'm still yours I forgive you, alleluia I call you, if you love me, alleluia I've been foolish I still love you, alle... Oh alleluia
16.
Awaiting Jesus II (Edouard Poujaud, Patrice Steinberger - Elephant and Castle) Yeah it’s true that world is cruel The songs remains the same Yeah it’s true life is a gamble And I play it for the fame Yeah the sins are in the Bible So the wrong is in the right Yeah it’s true that’s pretty feeble But I don’t care tonight Tonight, the love of my life Holds me tight Love renders me blind Lord, lord of the skies Allow me to sigh, tonight Yeah, I can eat a hamburger While a million children die And I’m drinking like a fish When some countries become dry No one can live on affliction Tears never make a river Awaiting Jesus II the return I got no reason to cry Tonight, the love of my life Holds me tight Love renders me blind Lord, lord of the skies Allow me to sigh, tonight Tonight, the love of my life Holds me tight Love renders me high Lord, lord of the skies Close your eyes Tonight, all night
17.
Glory Hallelujah (Julia Ward Howe)

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AT LAST LIVE
Recorded live november 1996
Released november 2021

At the end of 1996, Elephant & Castle decided to record a live album rather than to negotiate a production agreeement with a major. Recorded during two nights in Paris in front of 250 people, At Last is the last recording of a band who split up a few months later, tired of turning rehearsal and recording sessions into crisis meetings. The album features the latest songs written by Stein and Edouard Poujaud (Freaks, Ho Chi Minh, Cosmetic Love, Near Love Experience). E&C had designed the two-night show like a musical, with sequins, costumes and the cover of classics (Singin’ In The Rain, OverThe Rainbow, Mr Mistofelees). Stein, an heir to Freddie Mercury or Alice Cooper, loved the extravagance and excess of those songs. The band draws 17 tracks like as many injunctions to follow them on the way to a success which was refused to them. They had nothing more to lose.

All songs composed, written, arranged by Edouard Poujaud, Patrice Steinberger, Alain Marquès and Jean-Jacques Nersessian - Elephant & Castle (except songs 1, 2, 8, 12, 13, 15: by Edouard Poujaud, Patrice Steinberger. Song 6 is a cover by David Mc Williams. Song 7 is a cover by T.S. Eliot, Andrew Lloyd Webber. Song 17 is a cover by Julia Ward Howe).
Recorded live by Frederic Pierre at Théâtre Trévise (Paris), 23 and 24 November 1996. No overdubs, no remix, no EQ.

Vocals, Guitar, Synthesizer : Steinberger
Guitar, Guitar Synthesizer : Edouard Poujaud
Drums, Percussions : Avedis
Bass Guitar : Don Marques

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released November 15, 2021

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Elephant and Castle Paris, France

Born in London at the end of the 80s, the french band E&C had turned the established order of prog rock upside down. They invented an elaborate music, inflated with the energies of Led Zep, Queen or Alice Cooper. The band was compared to such icons as IQ, Rush and Saga. One album (The Green One 1991), one tour, and then it’s over? No way. Two albums (one studio, one live), are released in 2021 ... more

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