[blunderbuss]

Does anyone have the lyrics of The Jacks' "Marianne"? From what little I know there seems to be a thematic crossover with the Sisters of Mercy song of the same name, and I'm interested to know whether Eldritch & Co ripped off The Jacks wholesale, or whether it's total coincidence.

[Savage Clone]

I'm guessing Andrew Eldritch was banking on druggy goths not being all that well-versed in 1960s Japanese "Group Sounds."

Try asking on this forum: http://www.keikaku.net/forums/

[hat and bread]

I tried translating it after listening to the song on Youtube a couple times. I'm not entirely confident that I got it all right (the Japanese or the English), but this is more or less how it goes...



I love the stormy night


The raging darkness is my guide


I love the stormy night


The men that come pounding in the rain


arashi no ban ga sukisa

ikarikuruu yami ga ore no michi annai

arashi no ban ga suki sa

nagurikakattekuru ame no otokotachi



I set sail in a lake


my boat furiously pounded by the storm


dark, dark


ore wa mizuumi ni fune o dasu

arashi wa fune o

mechakucha ni tataku


makkura na makkura na...


I am grasped by white hands


appearing out of the water


I summon the storm


mizu no naka kara arawareru

shiroi ryoute de ore wo dakishime

arashi o sasou



The life that gushes from the water


Hair and body soaking


violently


the storm screams


the lake rages


the lightning strikes


I appear in the storm


mizu no naka kara wakideta inochi

zubunure no kami to karada wo hageshiku

ryoute de

arashi wa sakebu

mizuumi wa ikaru

inazuma ga hashiru

ore wa arashi de arawareru


In a confused love...


I can't see anything


In the stormy night


surrounded by deranged men


I hold Marianne

me mo kuramu

koi ni...

nanimo mienai

arashi no ban ni

hageshiku kurutta

otokotachi ni kakomarete

ore wa mariannu o daiteiru

[hat and bread]

Oh diamn, I just read the Sisters of Mercy lyrics. That is pretty close, what with all that watery stormy boaty dreariness and what not. Weird.



In a sea of faces, in a sea of doubt
In this cruel place your voice above the maelstrom
In the wake of this ship of fools I'm falling further down
If you can see me, Marian, reach out and take me home.....

I hear you calling Marian
Across the water, across the wave
I hear you calling Marian
Can you hear me calling you to
Save me, save me, save me from the
Grave...
Marian

Marian, there's a weight above me
And the pressure is all too strong
To breathe deep
Breathe long and hard
To take the water down and go to sleep
To sink still further
Beneath the fatal wave
Marian I think I'm drowning
This sea is killing me

I hear you calling Marian
Across the water, across the wave
I hear you calling Marian
Can you hear me calling you to
Save me, save me, save me from the
Grave...
Marian

Was ich kann und was ich konnte (What I can do and what I could do)
Weiss ich gar nicht mehr (I just don't know anymore)
Gib mir wieder etwas schones (Give me something beautiful again)
Zieh mich aus dem meer (Drag me from the sea)
Ich hore dich rufen Marian (I hear you calling Marian)
Kannst du mich schreien horen (Can you hear me calling?)
Ich bin hier allien (I am here alone)
Ich hore dich rufen Marian (I hear you calling Marian)
Ohne diene hilfe verliere ich mich in diessem ort
(Without your help I am lost in this place)

Marian, there's a weight above me
And the pressure is all too strong
To breathe deep
Breathe long and hard
To take the water down and go to sleep
To sink still further
Beneath the fatal wave
Marian I think I'm drowning
This sea is killing me

[hat and bread]

P.S. Leonard Cohen's Marianne is my favorite Marianne of all the Mariannes out there.

Apparently Tori Amos and Coldplay have songs about this Marianne character too.

My favourite 'Mary Anne' is the one by Glen Campbell/Juicy Lucy as covered by Spacemen 3 via the song ''Just One Time''. Sexy.

[krastian]

Originally Posted by hat and bread

P.S. Leonard Cohen's Marianne is my favorite Marianne of all the Mariannes out there.

Yes sir.

[blunderbuss]

Thanks for that, Hat and Bread. I did a little research on the name Marianne, to see if there is some drowning sailor related story related to the name, but couldn't find anything. My curiosity is semi-satisfied for now though.


EDIT - I should've looked harder, and spelt the name Marian:

The original Miryam of the Hebrew scriptures was sister to Moses and Aaron. Some scholars believe her name, and those of her brothers, could have originated in the ancient Egyptian language, and that their meanings are lost. Others offer alternate interpretations, including ''rebellion'' and ''sea of bitterness''.