Na verdade, já tinha até esquecido dessa série de postagens, mas ao escutar o novo álbum do Iced Earth, Plagues of Babylon (2014), voltei a me lembrar dela. Ainda estou devendo a resenha do álbum, que diga-se de passagem, é um grande álbum - superior ao Dystopia (2011), na minha opinião.
No final do álbum, o Iced Earth decidiu fazer um cover de um dos maiores hinos do country, Highwayman, do Jimmy Webb.
A música original é cantada pelo supergrupo "The Highwaymen", formado por Willie Nelson, Johhny Cash, Waylon Jennings e Kris Kristofferson. Claro que o Iced Earth manteria a ideia do "supergrupo", então, gravou a sua versão com Russel Allen (Symphony X), Michael Poulsen (Volbeat), Stu Block (Iced Earth) e Jon Schaffer (Iced Earth).
A versão ficou excelente, ficou "metal", mas com um ar "country" por trás. Confira abaixo a versão original de Highwayman:
E agora a versão do Iced Earth:
Along the coach roads I did ride
With sword and pistol by my side
Many a young maid lost her baubles to my trade
Many a soldier shed his lifeblood on my blade
The bastards hung me in the spring of twenty-five
But I am still alive
Kris Kristofferson/Russel Allen
I was a sailor
I was born upon the tide
And with the sea I did abide
I sailed a schooner round the Horn to Mexico
I went aloft and furled the mainsail in a blow
And when the yards broke off they said that I got killed
But I am living still
Waylon Jennings/Stu Block
I was a dam builder
Across the river deep and wide
Where steel and water did collide
A place called Boulder on the wild Colorado
I slipped and fell into the wet concrete below
They buried me in that great tomb that knows no sound
But I am still around
I'll always be around, and around and around and around and around...
Johnny Cash/Jon Schaffer
I'll fly a starship
Across the Universe divide
And when I reach the other side
I'll find a place to rest my spirit if I can
Perhaps I may become a highwayman again
Or I may simply be a single drop of rain
But I will remain
And I'll be back again, and again and again and again and again...
