Michael « Mike » Scott est le créateur et l'auteur des textes du groupe rock The Waterboys. Il a aussi produit deux albums solo, Bring 'em All In et Still Burning. Scott est un chanteur, un guitariste et un pianiste accompli ; et il a joué un grand nombre d'autres instruments tels que du bouzouki , de la batterie, et de l'Orgue Hammond sur ses albums.
Sa carrière musicale a démarré dans les années 1970 et continue aujourd'hui. Scott a été décrit par Peter Anderson comme « a madman or genius, depending on your point of view » dans le magazine Record Collector , et est bien connu pour ses changements radicaux de genre musical tout au long de ce que Scott appelle sa « allegedly unorthodox » carrière.
Scott est divorcé et il s'est remarié avec l'artiste japonaise Megumi Igarashi. Il vit actuellement à Findhorn, en Écosse, quand il n'est pas en tournée avec The Waterboys.
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“He made all Manhattan shake
and every street and sidewalk quake”
"The Return of Jimi Hendrix"
Dream Harder (1993)
Contexte: He made all Manhattan shake
and every street and sidewalk quake
his stratocaster caused the mighty Empire State
to vibrate
“I sacrifice my power on the altar of your love
that it may be born again on another world.”
"Universal Hall" (co-written with Steve Wickham)
Universal Hall (2003)
Contexte: I sacrifice my power on the altar of your love
that it may be born again on another world.
Come friend, let us climb the winding flights of stairs
through the narrow door into the chamber bare
a single candle burns as we seat ourselves
words take form in our minds and repeat themselves :
"My beloved and I are one…"
"The Return of Jimi Hendrix"
Dream Harder (1993)
Contexte: He did a forty-two minute
cosmic rise in future shocks
Star Spangled Banner
in the back of CBGB's He stopped every clock in New York state
and every heart that heard him
and time itself was beaten and confused
and fell lamb-like under the spell of his
fabulous flashing fingers He played an encore at the Bitter End
a heartburst Little Wing
even the waiters cried
and then we fell outside
and in the dusty dawn of Bleeker street
a sweet rain fell
and Jimi died.
“He did a forty-two minute
cosmic rise in future shocks”
"The Return of Jimi Hendrix"
Dream Harder (1993)
Contexte: He did a forty-two minute
cosmic rise in future shocks
Star Spangled Banner
in the back of CBGB's He stopped every clock in New York state
and every heart that heard him
and time itself was beaten and confused
and fell lamb-like under the spell of his
fabulous flashing fingers He played an encore at the Bitter End
a heartburst Little Wing
even the waiters cried
and then we fell outside
and in the dusty dawn of Bleeker street
a sweet rain fell
and Jimi died.
“You're trying to make sense
of something that you just don't see”
"This Is The Sea"
This Is the Sea (1985)
Contexte: You're trying to make sense
of something that you just don't see
You're trying to make sense now
and you know you once held the key
But that was the river
this is the sea.
“I wanted the whole thing to sound like a carnival.”
As quoted in in Uncut (July 2008) http://www.uncut.co.uk/the-waterboys/the-making-of-the-waterboys-the-whole-of-the-moon-feature
Contexte: I recorded "…Moon" on my own with a drum machine, then brought musicians in as they were needed. It's about a person who has a spectacular, meteor-like rise, but burns out or dies young. Though the song ain't about him, the nearest equivalent would be Hendrix. Adding a list of all the things the hero/heroine saw raised the emotional temperature. The final chorus now had an extra fatefulness. To express this I inserted "you came like a comet, blazing your trail", then a "comet", a firework sample from a BBC sound effects record. That sweetly collided with Anthony's sax solo, so that it sounds as if the sax erupts from the comet itself. Magic like that just happens. … The Beatles' "Penny Lane" influenced the trumpet break — the sudden injection of super-fresh, bright and clear horns, a sound of optimism and clarity. Bowie's "Fame" inspired the final descending vocal, thought up and sung by Karl. I wanted the whole thing to sound like a carnival.
“She is everywhere and noplace
Like a breath or like a wind”
"Church Not Made With Hands"
A Pagan Place (1984)
Contexte: She is everywhere and noplace
Like a breath or like a wind
she moves among men
They would seek to hold her as a prize
But she is in the shadows,
the ocean and the sand
She is everywhere and noplace,
Her church not made with handsUncontained by man.
“I dreamed about Jimi Hendrix
he came back for one day”
"The Return of Jimi Hendrix"
Dream Harder (1993)
Contexte: I dreamed about Jimi Hendrix
he came back for one day
was born weepin' out of an egg
the mid-wife said
and straight away began to pray
with lifted head
“I have drowned
in the big sea
now I find I'm still alive”
"The Big Music"
This Is the Sea (1985)
Contexte: I have drowned
in the big sea
now I find I'm still alive
And I'm coming up forever
shadows all behind me
ecstacy to come
“It's about a person who has a spectacular, meteor-like rise, but burns out or dies young.”
As quoted in in Uncut (July 2008) http://www.uncut.co.uk/the-waterboys/the-making-of-the-waterboys-the-whole-of-the-moon-feature
Contexte: I recorded "…Moon" on my own with a drum machine, then brought musicians in as they were needed. It's about a person who has a spectacular, meteor-like rise, but burns out or dies young. Though the song ain't about him, the nearest equivalent would be Hendrix. Adding a list of all the things the hero/heroine saw raised the emotional temperature. The final chorus now had an extra fatefulness. To express this I inserted "you came like a comet, blazing your trail", then a "comet", a firework sample from a BBC sound effects record. That sweetly collided with Anthony's sax solo, so that it sounds as if the sax erupts from the comet itself. Magic like that just happens. … The Beatles' "Penny Lane" influenced the trumpet break — the sudden injection of super-fresh, bright and clear horns, a sound of optimism and clarity. Bowie's "Fame" inspired the final descending vocal, thought up and sung by Karl. I wanted the whole thing to sound like a carnival.
“There’s a day to deny and a day to decry
and a day for the man the wind at his heels!”
"The Man With The Wind At His Heels" · Video at YouTube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yWrkveqkkQk
Book of Lightning (2007)
Contexte: There’s a day to ride thumb on a thunderhead
There’s a day to make fantasy real
There’s a day to deny and a day to decry
and a day for the man the wind at his heels!
"The Christ in You" · Video at YouTube (with images from Findhorn https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zSX6Yz6QE7M)
Universal Hall (2003)
"The Return of Jimi Hendrix"
Dream Harder (1993)
Contexte: He was young and black and beautiful
big eyed, perfect skin an'
he played my guitar like a lightning storm
like twirlin' feathers in the wind
he could make it sound like the end of the world
a fire, the flick of a knife
he could squeeze it slow and masterful
like the hand that brought the world to life
"Church Not Made With Hands"
A Pagan Place (1984)
Contexte: She is everywhere and noplace
Like a breath or like a wind
she moves among men
They would seek to hold her as a prize
But she is in the shadows,
the ocean and the sand
She is everywhere and noplace,
Her church not made with handsUncontained by man.
"The Whole of the Moon" · Video at YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8TON3PORRDQ <!-- Lower res link Video at Youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AsNTmjlf1vI -->
This Is the Sea (1985)
"Ain't No Words for the Things I'm Feeling"
Universal Hall (2003)
“I pictured a rainbow
you held it in your hands
I had flashes
but you saw the plan”
"The Whole of the Moon" · Video at YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8TON3PORRDQ <!-- Lower res link Video at Youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AsNTmjlf1vI -->
This Is the Sea (1985)
Contexte: I pictured a rainbow
you held it in your hands
I had flashes
but you saw the plan
I wandered out in the world for years
you just stayed in your room
I saw the crescent
You saw the whole of the moon.
"This Light Is for the World"
Universal Hall (2003)
“How long will I love you?
As long as stars are above you
And longer if I can”
"How Long Will I Love You?" · Mike Scott performance http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=diRfsQ0FITA · Jon Boden, Sam Sweeney & Ben Coleman cover version https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iQop_qs4xV4 used in the film About Time (2013)
Room to Roam (1990)
“I feel you move me
in such sweet silence
always dancing, always dancing
never ever getting tired”
"Always Dancing, Never Getting Tired"
Universal Hall (2003)
"The Return Of Pan"
Dream Harder (1993)
"I've Lived Here Before" (co-written with Liam Ó Maonlaí)
Universal Hall (2003)
Universal Hall (2003)
Source: "I've Lived Here Before" (co-written with Liam Ó Maonlaí)
"The Whole Of The Moon"
This Is the Sea (1985)
"I've Lived Here Before" (co-written with Liam Ó Maonlaí)
Universal Hall (2003)
"The Whole Of The Moon"
This Is the Sea (1985)
“Some say the Gods are just a myth
but guess Who I've been dancing with…
The Great God Pan is alive!”
"The Return Of Pan"
Dream Harder (1993)
