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    Пока Judas Priest катались по Америкам, на родной английской рок-ниве к концу 1979 проросли цельнометаллические злаки. Именно к этому времени относится появление групп: Def Leppard, Iron Maiden и подобных им новых возрожденцев тяжелого металла. Возрождением это назвать можно было лишь условно, потому что тяжелый металл в Англии никогда и не умирал. Просто панковая трехлетка временно его заслонила, отодвинула на второй план. И вот теперь, когда видимость снова прояснилась, пресса вновь обратила свое внимание на железный рок.
В этой области Judas Priest стали уже маяком, на них равнялись. Но, с другой стороны, последняя их пластинка "Killing Machine" вышла почти полтора года назад. Поэтому на весь февраль отправились в знакомую уже Star-studios, принадлежащую Ринго Старру, где с продюссером Томом Алломом приступили к записи очередного опуса. После записи, в начале марта отправились на английские гастроли, которые с начала до конца проходили с триумфальным успехом.


        Единственный неприятный инцидент произошел, когда Judas Priest опять пригласили выступить на телепередаче TOP of the POPS. Запись шла в Лондоне, и в этот же вечер был концерт в Бирмингеме. Телевизионщики клятвенно заверяли, что успеют доставить ребят к концерту. Специально для них был заказан вертолет, который домчит их от двери до двери. Кончилась запись, вышли на улицу, видят - Альбион в тумане. Вертолет лететь отказывается. Администратор тут же связался с частной авиакомпанией и заказал самолет. Но пока мчались к аэродрому, туман сгустился, и диспетчер на полеты разрешения не дал. Концерт был сорван. Это настолько противоречило принципам и этике Judas Priest, с их уважением или даже любовью к своей аудитории, что они очень по этому поводу убивались, винили себя. И эпизод этот вошел в мемуарную Джудаспристовскую литературу.

   А на последней неделе гастролей в магазины стали завозить коробки с новым альбомом под названием "British Steel"( Британская сталь), с запоминающейся обложкой- в пяти пальцах зажато было безопасное лезвие размером с почтовую открытку, на котором выбито-British Steel- Judas Priest.
Несколько песен с пластинки были подхвачены радиостанциями по обе стороны Атлантики, и вот на ту, на другую сторону Атлантики Judas Priest и отправились в конце апреля 1980 года. Поехали с серьезными намерениями - пахать, чесать, молотить.Чем и занимались подряд 3 месяца. К тому времени альбом "British Steel" стал золотым. В августе 1980 Judas Priest принимают участие в фестивале " Monsters of Rock", выступают в нем как основные артисты, как красная строка. В ту субботу на фестивальной поляне собралось 60 тысяч человек, и, надо сказать, что бюро погоды в тот день крепко перед людьми провинилось. Всю неделю лил проливной дождь.И под сапогами неугомонных рокеров, беспрестанно сучивших ногами, зеленое поле быстро превратилось в глинистое месиво. Но английского мужика сыростью не испугаешь, дождем не перешибешь, у него от влаги только электропроводность усиливается. Короче, Judas Priest создали такой заряд энергии, что в народе чуть короткое замыкание не случилось.

 

    

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Breaking The Law

There I was completely wasting, out of work and down
all inside it's so frustrating as I drift from town to town
feel as though nobody cares if I live or die
so I might as well begin to put some action in my life

Breaking the law, breaking the law [four repetitions]

So much for the golden future, I can't even start
I've had every promise broken, there's anger in my heart
you don't know what it's like, you don't have a clue
if you did you'd find yourselves doing the same thing too

Breaking the law, breaking the law [four repetitions]

You don't know what it's like

Breaking the law, breaking the law [four repetitions]

Breaking the law

Rapid Fire

Pounding the world like a battering ram
Forging the furnace for the final grand slam
Chopping away at the source soon the course will be done
Leaving a trail of destruction that's second to none

Hammering anvils straining muscle and might
Shattering blows crashing browbeating fright
Fast devastating and desolisating the curse
Blasting the cannons of truth through each man of this earth

Wielding the axe comes the one culmination
That's always seemed certain to bring down the curtain on greed

Sifting the good from the bad it's the age for the rage
Of the dogs which must fall to the just and be free

Now grate for the vandals who trampled and sampled
Till this place conditioned brought forth demolition to war

The slipping and sliding corrosive subsiding
That withered and wained till the world seemed all drained fills the bay

Pounding the world like a battering ram
Forging the furnace for the final grand slam
Chopping away at the source soon the course will be done
Leaving a trail of destruction that's second to none
Second to none

Metal Gods

We've taken too much for granted
And all the time it had grown
From techno seeds we first planted
Evolved a mind of its own

Marching in the streets
Dragging iron feet
Laser beaming hearts
Ripping men apart

From off I've seen my perfection
Where we could do as we please
In secrecy this infection
Was spreading like a disease

Hiding underground
Knowing we'd be found
Fearing for our lives
Reaped by robot's scythes

Metal Gods [two repetitions]

Metal Gods [two repetitions]

Machines are taking all over
With mankind in their command
In time they'd like to discover
How they can make their demand

Better be the slaves
To their wicked ways
But meeting with our death
Engulfed in molten breath

Grinder

Never straight and narrow
I won't keep in time
Tend to burn the arrow
Out of the line

Been inclined to wander
Off the beaten track
That's where there's thunder
And the wind shouts back

Grinder
Looking for meat
Grinder
Wants you to eat

Got no use for routine
I shiver at the thought
Open skies are my scene
That's why I won't get caught

Refuse to bite the mantrap
Be led to set the snare
I love to have my sight
Capped everywhere

Grinder
Looking for meat
Grinder
Wants you to eat

I've held my licence
It came with birth,
For self reliance on this earth
You take the bullet
On which my name
Was etched upon in your game

Day of independence
Stamped us like a brand
Round the necks of millions
To the land

As the mighty eagle
I need room to breathe
Witness from the treadmill
I take my leave

{Grinder
Looking for meat
Grinder
Wants you to eat} [two repetitions]

Grinder

United

Look around
They're moving in
Hold your ground
When they begin

We can do it
We can do it and if they wanna they can try
But they'll never get near
Then they can get out of here

Gonna keep on driving
Never stop

United, united, united we stand
United we never shall fall
United, united, united we stand
United we stand one and all

So keep it up
Don't give in
Make a stand
We're gonna win

We can do it
We can do it and if they wanna they can try
But they'll never get near
Then they can get out of here

Gonna keep on driving
Never stop

United, united, united we stand
United we never shall fall
United, united, united we stand
United we stand one and all

So keep it up

{United, united, united we stand
United we never shall fall
United, united, united we stand
United we stand one and all} [three repetitions]

Living After Midnight

Living after midnight, rockin' to the dawn
Lovin' 'til the morning, then I'm gone, I'm gone

I took the city 'bout one A.M, loaded, loaded
I'm all geared up to score again, loaded, loaded
I come alive in the neon light
That's when I make my moves right

Living after midnight, rockin' to the dawn
Lovin' 'til the morning, then I'm gone, I'm gone

Got gleaming chrome, reflecting steel, loaded, loaded
Ready to take on every deal, loaded, loaded
My pulse is racing, I'm hot to take
This motor's revved up, fit to break

Living after midnight, rockin' to the dawn
Lovin' 'til the morning, then I'm gone, I'm gone

I'm aiming for ya
I'm gonna floor ya
My body's coming
All night long

The air's electric, sparkin' power, loaded, loaded
I'm getting hotter by the hour, loaded, loaded
I set my sights and then home in
The joint starts flying when I begin

Living after midnight, rockin' to the dawn
Lovin' 'til the morning, then I'm gone, I'm gone

You Don't Have To Be Old To Be Wise

I've had enough of being programmed
And told what I ought to do
Let's get one thing straight
I'll choose my fate
And it's got nothing to do with you

The years are flying by and it's time I got high
Took a sample of the good things in life
This is a chance
I'm gonna take
Gonna get out trouble and strife

I grow sick and tired of the same old lies
Might look a little young
So what's wrong
You don't have to be old to be wise

No I don't care that the people stare
Accuse me of going mad
Just get a long hard look into the mirror
Then, tell me now who's been had

The way things are going I won't get to show 'em
Go single all the time's up to me
So it's off with the ties
No compromise
Wanna taste what it's like to be free

I grow sick and tired of the same old lies
Might look a little young
So what's wrong
You don't have to be old to be wise

I grow sick and tired of the same old lies
Might look a little young
So what's wrong
You don't have to be old to be wise

I'm gonna gather my things
Go through the door
Every night I'll live on my own
I'd like to be there
And I'm gonna be there
I got a will of my own

I go as I please
Fend for myself
Pull all the stops, roll the dice
Out on my own, gonna go it alone
When I need it
Then I'll ask for advice

You don't have to be old to be wise [seven repetitions]

The Rage

From a fireball we came crossed sea and mountain
We were drinking beauty with our eyes
We were given all to make our own
Let us be left alone

Laid the tasks and paid the price
Everything survives
Crushed and bolted all the grain
At every wind what a stake we're in
Is pain better than the grave

When we talk without amend
We see red and then
Deep inside our blood begins to boil
Like a tiger in the cage
We begin to shake with rage

Steeler

Catch the play now, eye to eye
Don't let chances pass you by
Always someone at your back
Biding their time for attack

Check for decoys, stay sharp edged
Double-crossers get your head
Carpet-baggers bluff and strike
Kiss of Judas, spider like

Waiting like jackals to sneak up and trick you
Wolves in sheeps clothing, slow death in consoling
Lurking in shadows, they pounce least expected
When you come to, they'll have gone right through you

Tricksters, jilters play their game
Sleight-of-handers, all the same
Masquerader in his lair
Wants to tangle in your hair

 


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