Al Stewart- Roads to Moscow (First Listen)
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- Опубліковано 26 сер 2020
- *UNFORTUNATELY THE SONG HAD TO BE CUT/EDITED DUE TO COPYRIGHT. AS ALWAYS, YOU CAN FIND THE FULL VERSION LINK BELOW. THANK YOU!**
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Great stuff! My band opened for Al Stewart at the Ventura Theatre many moons ago. His guitarist, Peter White, visited our dressing room and told us that he was a big fan of Steve Howe and was demonstrating Steve's fingerings on the door jam. Good times!
Oh nice!
This is not a song it's a history lesson with music
One of my favorite songs all time. Al Stewart is a master storyteller. With a special ability to bring history to life in a song.
Very much so!
Any reactor who tackles this song deserves our respect. You make one.
Ty Carty :D
My fav Al Stewart song - the picture he paints with words is fantastic.
An all time favorite artist/song. Saw him several times in the 70's at the height of his popularity with full band.
But the absolute best live musical surprise for me was walking into a college bar in the mid 80's and there was about a dozen people in the bar paying no attention to Al and a piano player on a tiny stage, who then proceeded to play a set, essentiually for two of us. What an experience. i have the utmost respect for triple threat artists who write music/lyrics, play it and sing it.
Nostradmos and On the Border are two of my recommendations.
Thats really cool; you got an intimate show!
The last time went to see Al in the late 1990's. It was just himself and a twelve string guitar. His performance was impeccable. I have been following him since the late 1970's, really ever since first hearing Year of the Cat. For me he isn't just a singer songwriter, he is a poet and a historian too. You are not just listening to a song with Al you are getting a history lesson at the same time as you know what you are experiencing comes from real facts. It's such a shame there are copyright issues with this video, I think it's a bit short sighted by his record label, in the long run I am sure Al would benefit greatly from the positive exposure to new audiences that these videos would bring.
@@Silvermachine7 I saw him only once, maybe 7 or 8 years ago at the Montreal International Jazz Festival. He was with a guitarist and they played duo. I was afraid that his voice would have gone bad with age, but it was still fantastic. Great show.
I stumbled across this album in a record store in 1973 and bought it on a whim. He's obviously a history buff (and a film buff). Nostradamus is the song that is mostly mentioned but I think this is the best song on it. I haven't listened to this in maybe 30 years. Time to revisit it. Thanks for surfacing this one.
On the Border ain't no slouch either.
Rock's resident historian comes through with flying colors, as usual. Fabulous arrangement/composition.
"Two broken tigers on fire in the night. Flicker their souls to the wind". Such a poetically powerful line. Describing a German Tiger Tank that has been blown up and is burning. The lives of the Germans on board flicker their souls to the wind. Gives me goose bumps everytime.
'goose bumps': ditto.
On my first cup of coffee - saw the pop up -thought it said Rod Stewart ......
Reaction : ' ugh' , not in the mood right now
Looked again - realized it was AL Stewart - instant improvement to my mood .
Lol!
Yeah it's too bad this reaction was cut due to copyright but I'm so glad you got to hear what I think is such an incredibly beautiful song. Al Stewart is a rabbit hole you'll not regret exploring. There are many songs similar to this song that are instrumentally, melodically and lyrically great and JP I hope you take the time to pursue his work. Check out song like Place of Versailles, Nostradamus, Time Passages (radio hit), Life in Dark Warter. Nice choice and spot on reaction.
This is my favourite Al Stewart album as it is full of consummate storytelling. It’s a real shame that it got blocked. I would recommend it to all your listeners , follow the link and have a listen. Maybe you could review the album on the new Patreon channel.
Al's ability to describe events is unmatched IMO. He is a genuine word smith, and his compositions are so well executed and backed by great musicians. This is music for grown ups.
Great song...one of the best by Al Stewart...
Al Stewart is one of the 5 best songwriters of our time. This is just the tip of the iceburg JP
Thanks for checking out this recommendation. I’m disappointed that it’s blocked. But, more importantly, I’m glad that you had a chance to hear it. It’s a song that needs to be on peoples’ playlists. I feel a bit smarter every time I listen to one of Al Stewart’s historical songs.
It’s certainly a melancholy song; the subject matter dictates that. I guess that the swaying was in 3/4, and then it jumps to 4/4. It seems like a melody that one of the great Russian composers could have written. I like that Stewart alludes to history repeating itself (i. e. Hitler invading Russia in winter just like Napoleon). The telling of the story of the war from the perspective of a simple soldier who spent the entire war defending Mother Russia, only to be rewarded with a one-way ticket to Siberia, is heart-wrenching. The final note that “goes on forever” always gets me. More people need to hear this song. Thanks again Justin.
Al Stewart was such a great songwriter and on certain songs his music just sweeps you away!
Having prodigiously studied the events and aftermath of WW2, this song absolutely breaks my heart every time I hear it. To think this young soldiers survived the horrors of the war only to be sent to the gulags as a traitor when he returned. Stalin believed anyone who surrendered or was captured was guilty of treason, zero tolerance. He allowed his own son to die in a German pow camp for being a coward and allowing himself to be captured
I came to love this album in '77 while rooming with a co-worker who was very into it as much for the history as for the music. This song is the highlight of that album for me. Good times....
Al has written many classics but this could well be his 'masterpiece' remember how i felt when i 1st heard this in1978, in fact, hey still feel that way, chills, hairs on back of neck etc. Disappointing it was copyright cut, but, great review justin, really perceptive, respect!
Thanks Doug!
I am so thrilled that you did this song and also very disappointed not to be able to watch you experience it. You are the only reaction channel cerebral enough to truly appreciate the mastery of this song. Think I wrote this once before when suggesting the songe -- I clearly remember the first time I heard it. I was 16 and listening to WMMR in Philadelphia on the radio while scrubbing the bedroom floor. I was transfixed. Very few songs affected me that way on the first listen. Still transported back to that linoleum floor in 1973 when I hear it.
I was hoping you might react to this song some day, because I knew you would like it. One of the best songs ever! The word evokes emotions I would never have otherwise experienced. The visual imagery is absolutely stunning!! "...and the evening sighs, and the steely Russian skies go on forever." What a way to end a song.
Wow...how did I even miss this!!?! This is one of my favorite al Stewart songs!!!
The ending of the song depicts random patriotic Russian soldier on "special trains to travel deep into the heart of holy Russia to die by the millions in Stalin's Gulag Archipelago. The soldier only wants to go home but realizes he will never see home again because he got caught behind enemy lines, interacted with some Germans. His only "crime" was surviving 4 years of carrying a gun in hopeless conditions. Truly a masterpiece and hardly Al's last.
I'm so glad that you liked this song, Al is great at writing narrative songs. I love his history telling. He's a national treasure even though he left us for America because Year of the Cat did better there than in Britain, can't blame him though. Another nice surprise Justin.
This is an epic song. I think we can all agree with that. I wanted to thank you for giving this piece the respect it deserves with your thoughtful and insightful reaction/analysis. Thank you!
Thank you so much Avatar :)
Great reaction - I think you've absolutely nailed this song. It's huge and emotional and heart-wrenching, as you say. The line that always get me is "At home it will almost be spring".
Ty Rick :)
Justin, Al Stewart's Year of the Cat (1976) is a great album, right up there with Hotel California (Eagles), Dreamboat Annie(Heart), the Royal Scam(Steely Dan), Leftoverture(KANSAS), Station to Station(Bowie), Rocks(Aerosmith), Silk Degrees(Boz Skaggs) and Boston's debut all from 1976. Queen, Genesis, Zeppelin, AC/DC and Peter Frampton(Comes Alive) all had stuff out that year and Stewart was among all these greats. The song itself has a film noir soundtrack quality with a soft jazz feel.
Justin, forgot you did Year of the Cat. Mark Knopfler(formerly of Dire Straits) has a lot of songs like this about historical or cultural figures. His song Done With Bonaparte from Golden Heart(1996) tells a similar story of a soldier during one of these campaigns. Knopfler's guitar playing and storytelling are outstanding and the way you talk about this song is the way I feel about most Knopfler songs.
Don't forget Zoot Allures
It is such a great piece of music. Thank you for choosing it.
Gladly!
Al Stewart is brilliant. Who else writes lyrics like this??!!
They crossed over the border, the hour before dawn
Moving in lines through the day
Most of our planes were destroyed on the ground where they lay
Waiting for orders we held in the wood
Word from the front never came
By evening the sound of the gunfire was miles away
Ah, softly we move through the shadows, slip away through the trees
Crossing their lines in the mists in the fields on our hands and on our knees
And all that I ever
Was able to see
The fire in the air glowing red
Silhouetting the smoke on the breeze
All summer they drove us back through the Ukraine
Smolensk and Viasma soon fell
By autumn we stood with our backs to the town of Orel
Closer and closer to Moscow they come
Riding the wind like a bell
General Guderian stands at the crest of the hill
Winter brought with her the rains, oceans of mud filled the roads
Gluing the tracks of their tanks to the ground while the sky filled with snow
And all that I ever
Was able to see
The fire in the air glowing red
Silhouetting the snow on the breeze
In the footsteps of Napoleon the shadow figures stagger through the winter
Falling back before the gates of Moscow, standing in the wings like an avenger
And far away behind their lines the partisans are stirring in the forest
Coming unexpectedly upon their outposts, growing like a promise
You'll never know, you'll never know which way to turn, which way to look you'll never see us
As we're stealing through the blackness of the night
You'll never know, you'll never hear us
And the evening sings in a voice of amber, the dawn is surely coming
The morning roads lead to Stalingrad, and the sky is softly humming
Two broken Tigers on fire in the night
Flicker their souls to the wind
We wait in the lines for the final approach to begin
It's been almost four years that I've carried a gun
At home it will almost be spring
The flames of the Tigers are lighting the road to Berlin
Ah, quickly we move through the ruins that bow to the ground
The old men and children they send out to face us, they can't slow us down
And all that I ever
Was able to see
The eyes of the city are opening
Now it's the end of the dream
I'm coming home, I'm coming home, now you can taste it in the wind, the war is over
And I listen to the clicking of the train-wheels as we roll across the border
And now they ask me of the time that I was caught behind their lines and taken prisoner
"They only held me for a day, a lucky break, " I say they turn and listen closer
I'll never know, I'll never know why I was taken from the line and all the others
To board a special train and journey deep into the heart of holy Russia
And it's cold and damp in the transit camp, and the air is still and sullen
And the pale sun of October whispers the snow will soon be coming
And I wonder when I'll be home again and the morning answers "Never"
And the evening sighs, and the steely Russian skies go on forever
2k views? Must be the copyright. The utter majesty of this recording and your respectful review deserve 2m views. Well done Justin!
Appreciate that! Yeah, unfortunately the copyright hurts it a bit
A brilliant song which I first listen to off this album that my brother owned back upon it’s release.
OOOOH! I haven't even watch yet. But me likee. This is a great story telling song. I used to play this on my radio show alot when i wanted to have a "story hour" of music. Too bad for the break up of the song. Its a great one. I like it better than his other famous story song, Nostradamus. Year of the Cat is a great one too. Love the surpirses. Now, ahem. Speaking of story telling songs.....that band that broke Cream.....:D
Great job on the review! I really appreciated how well you listened to the song as a whole, and not just as a collection of notes. You obviously were hearing the story Al was trying to tell. This is one of my favorites of his music. I love the historical aspect of it and how well the captured the man's feelings as he was trapped in the horror of bloodshed and war, and then eventually sent to a gulag. I think Al did a wonderful job of telling the story truly as if he was the man himself, and not trying to make a point through the narrative. It is, as you said, very respectful. Thanks again for the review!
Thabk you so much Estelle! This is a fantastic song
Love the instrumentation on this one. Matter of fact, it's probably my favorite. The lyrics are pretty great too.
OMG! There are others who like this song! Along with Gordon's "Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald", one of the best historical written songs of the last 50 years. Now you have to continue to acoustic phase-shifted "Nostradamus"!
I put this up there in my historical holy trinity along with Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald and Leonard Cohen's The Partisan.
Al Stewart is amazing, so underrated. Highly recommend checking any of the following three songs of his: On the Border, Year of the Cat, and Time Passages.
It truly is a masterpiece! Al Stewart makes fantastic music!
Love it. Classic song from his best album!
The guitars are used to sound like a Balilaka (spelling it wrong no doubt) a Russian stringed instrument. So many great songs from Al. Give a listen to "Helen and Cassandra" - about the Trojan War, or "Sampan" just a lovely, peaceful song set in the 1930's on a rubber plantation in either Indonesia or Indo-China. Or "On The Border", and "Always the Cause" about the Spanish Civil War. He has been consistently great ever since his first album - still going strong 60 years later.
Excellent tune from a great song writer.
On the Border and Year of the Cat are two good ones. He is a master of the craft of storytelling combined with history.
Nailed another one here JP. "Two broken Tigers on fire in the night, flicker their souls to the wind." As Germany ran out of fuel, and the fighting elements couldn't get fuel into their tanks, the tank commanders would set charges and blow up the tank internal mechanisms and engine so that the Russians could not use them. Many Tigers were knocked out by the Russians, but an equal number were blown up by their crews as they walked back toward Germany...without fuel.
The song is mostly about the WWII German invasion of Russia, but I noticed the middle part does a flashback to Napoleon's ill-fated capture of Moscow, which I happen to be reading about in Tolstoy's War and Peace (and also watching the BBC 1972 mini-series, available on Ytube). Happy coincidences!
Check out Al Stewart - On The Border (the live version from the 1981 'Live/Indian Summer' album). Best version of this incredibly beautiful song. The intro with the Spanish guitar, which isn't on the studio version, is fantastic.
I also like the "Nostradamus/World Goes To Riyadh" 'medley(?) from the same album.
I love the studio version of On The Border so I will have to check this out. Thanks.
Peter White is a great guitarist. The culmination of the song when he is taken off the train and sent to the Gulag for being captured for only a day is.. Peter Whites guitar work on Als album "Famous Last Words" is impeccable. It is hard to fathom how the companies shoot themselves in the foot. You might be bringing the music to a public that has no idea who he is.
Love, love this song! Saw him play this in a concert. The live version from Room of Rhymes is also great.
The musical version of Solzhenitsyn’s Gulag Archipelago.
Ps, check out the kinda recent (for me) movie Enemies at the Gates...Jude Law, Ed Harris, Rachel Weisz, and the wonderful late Bob Hoskins as Nikita Krushchev. Excellent movie about the Nazi siege of Stalingrad
I've seen that one; i remember enjoying it!
Another of your great reviews.
Ty Frank!
Hi Justin
Thanks for more Al Stewart. Way back in time he (and a certain band) provided the soundtrack to my university days. (Go UEA!) The way he weaves historical themes into his songs is something you rarely hear elsewhere - well, Chris de Burgh, I suppose, with Crusader, Say Goodbye To It All and Just Another Poor Boy, some others. You should take a listen to Trains, which also mentions troops heading off to war by train, and backdrops more innocent uses of railways with the image of our lives being nothing but ‘a smudge of smoke against the sky’. I prefer Trains to Roads to Moscow - it’s a bit more melodic.
Last year, for the first time in about fifteen years, I went to see Al in concert - once at Southend-on-Sea, once in London. The voice is almost unchanged, the guitar playing perhaps not quite as intricate, but he puts on a terrific show. The opening piano notes of Year of the Cat send shivers down the spine when you hear them live.
I know that there’s an Al Stewart song in my ‘Top 10 of All Time’ list but I’m never quite sure from week to week which one it is. Year of the Cat, which started it all for me? Or Palace of Versailles, which puts an Al Stewart spin on an old tune? Or is it Trains? Or perhaps it’s Apple Cider Reconstitution, which also happens to be about trains.
. . .
I’m just going to have to listen to them again right away, see if I can make a decision. . . . .
Oh, the band I mentioned? Well, it was Renaissance. No quibbles about my favourite - it’s A Song For All Seasons.
I'm pretty sure the picking is supposed to imitate (if it isn't) a traditional Russian stringed instrument, the Balalaika.
"Let me hear your balalaikas ringing out, Come and keep your comrades warm..."
@@ComeOnIsSuchAJoy Yep. I'm pretty sure the melodic line is influenced by Russian folk music as well to provide the proper historical ambiance for the lyrics.
ComeOnIsSuchAJoy Those Ukraine girls really knock me out/they leave the west behind...
I'd love to see you listen to more Al Stewart, the majority of his songs are stories. 'A Man for All Seasons' is great.
Wonderful stuff, JP... Speaking of Moscow, there's a fantastic Al Stewart song called "Russians and Americans" written at the height of Cold War tensions... It's absolutely wonderful.
Yes a masterpiece of music check out Nostradamas...same album So i get why some artists copywright and protect their own art On the other hand , exposure online in reaction vids can only help them When was last time someone bought an Al Stewert album I know this song well and i know if i were hearing it here for the first time i would buy it and tell folks My friend and i have been burning prog cds for each other for years I can't tell you how many times i've been exposed to a cd from a band i didn't know and then went out and bought other cds from them that i otherwise wouldn't have known about
Its quite the conundrum. I don't care that the ad money goes to the artists (as it should), just let me play the music😆
Great analysis, Justin. And, BTW, I think your background is fantastic, that red, blue, and black artwork. It's your signature. It makes it easy to find your thumbnails on UA-cam. Don't change it.
Ty Doug!
You obviously did some homework. A minor correction, the picking guitar you describe is actually a mandolin. So many of these "first listen" YT channels aimed at us old farts seem pretty insincere IMO. Your analysis seems genuine. The way you speak of movement, momentum, arrangement, tension, release and such shows you really get the music, the story, and emotions. It's a gift. It's taken most of a lifetime for me to emotionally and intellectually understand most of the music I've loved since growing up in the 60s. I admit the internet has helped greatly, especially reading lyrics that were rarely in the liner notes and almost always misheard.
I appreciate that Kurt, thank you
JP, just a suggestion...Have you considered starting a mirror channel on Vimeo for re-posting any videos that get blocked? I've seen content creators on other reaction channels do this and then post a quick message on UA-cam letting everyone know that videos had too be uploaded to Vimeo instead. It seems to work pretty well, and at least your time and energy doesn't get wasted by not having an alternative way for your most loyal subscribers to see the blocked videos.
I dig your channel and appreciate your honest, humble, and positive demeanor.
Much peace & love...God bless!
Ty Bayou! Ive thought of alternatives for blocked content, still playing with ideas 💡
Not a lot of comments of course it's a very intelligent review and nobody knows anything about history much less Russian history. I can feel the Russian soul in this song.
That was an epic review for a truly epic song. As far as I am concerned, Roads to Moscow is one of the three best ballads ever written. The second great ballad is Gordon Lightfoot's Canadian Railroad Trilogy.
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And the third is Harry Chapin's Sniper.
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Warning: Harry Chapin's performance of Sniper is probably the most intense performance you will ever see. Do not watch this video if you are feeling depressed. But if you are not depressed, watch it. It is just as good as Roads to Moscow.
Hey Justin My Man!! Great song by a great singer/ songwriter! Must admit though really wasn't in the mood for such a heavy song! So here I go sir with my SPECIAL BIRTHDAY REQUEST SONG!!! My birthday is Saturday August 29th!! I was born the exact same day as Micheal Jackson!! Tradgic story but great music!! So my birthday song request is: GRACE DARLING OF COURSE!!! I think you will really like it plus it's a true story!! And since my birthday is on a Saturday when you usually do 2videos!! I would REALLY APPRECIATE A SECOND SONG!! I will let you choose between-#1-STRAWBS ROUND AND ROUND!!! I don't know anyone who doesn't like that song!!#2- CARPENTERS- BLESS THE BEASTS AND THE CHILDREN! MY FAVORITE CARPENTERS SONG!! Cool backstory: it was nominated for an OSCAR!! It's a movie soundtrack title song!!! And#3-The title track to the Strawbs albumn- HERO AND HEROINE!!! I would SO MUCH APPRECIATE ATLEAST GRACE DARLING FOR MY BIRTHDAY JP!!! MAKE an old man's day will you PLEASE?!! 62yrs old Saturday!! I'm retiring too!!SURPRISE ME!!!! Have a great day JP! YOUR#1AZ FAN MICHAEL!!😽🙀☺😊
The song is based on a biography of a Russian soldier that fought throughout the whole War. And right after the war he was imprisoned and then deported because he was taken prisoner and released after one day. And the Soviet authorities suspected him giving information to the enemy. So they deported him and I think he ended up in Britain
@Kenneth Knoppik- Britain? He was sent to the gulags like thousands of returning soldiers. Russia was suffering from famine after thousands of so called wealthy peasants were killed or sent to Siberia and their farms became government property. Stalin had no means or desire to care for returning soldiers, they were sent to labor camps where most died. Even the song makes that quite obvious
@@Hugatree1 it's based on a autobiography of a Russian soldier that was deported after the war. A lot of other soldiers may have died in those camps but he survived and ended up in Britain. That is a fact otherwise how could he have written the book if he died in the gulag.
Hi Just JP, another powerful Al Stewart "history" songs is *Trains*. You might want to check it out.
A shame about the full block. Rick Beato has a few videos on this topic , including a recent one about Phil Collins getting a few grand ($$) recently ( How Does a 39 Year Old Song Top the Charts Again? (Rant) ) because of a reaction video, and Jon Anderson totally concurring about keeping the music out there for a younger audience. Regarding 'Roads' - like "Hamilton", it shows you can teach / learn history AND have a great time. When this came out I was in high school and our history instructor never covered the Eastern Front in 8 minutes like this song does . . . it prompted me to spend a few hours in the library (yeah, WAY pre-Google) to get the references. Love this song, still pull it out a couple of time a year, Nice choice. Of course, inspired (supposedly) by Solzhenitsyn (as is "Mother Russia" by Renaissance). I think each song on the album represents a decade from the 1900's (e.g. "Last Day of June, 1934").
Ty Schuyler, I saw that video and its quite true lol.
His Magnum Opus.
I like Al but I preferred his earlier more personal songs than the ones he recorded when he got into European history in a big way.
WELL THIS WAS CERTAINLYYY A DIFFERENT CHANGE! :) AHHHHHH DAMNNNNNNN COPYRIGHTS :( SUCKS JUSTIN
Sme in France then in Germany, the link doesn't work.
I found this one which works: ua-cam.com/video/GjKajpMoUxM/v-deo.html
On that page I saw this comment by someone named Drakus, which may be interesting here too:
“One important detail left out of the visuals: The song is from the POV of Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn. He was a Soviet Soldier in WWII who fought against the Nazis during their invasion of Russia and was later part of the attack on Berlin at the end of the war. He was captured for one day by the Nazis and was released. The Soviets killed or imprisoned Russian soldiers who were released by the enemy because they were considered "contaminated". So when the war ended he was imprisoned in a Gulag.
Hence the line: "And I wonder when I'll be home again and the morning never answers never". He never did go home after the war. He was tortured in a Gulag until 1953 but was eventually exiled and had his citizenship revoked. During his exile he wrote several books, including "The Gulag Archipeligo" which was banned in the USSR until the Soviet Union fell. The lyrics are based on passages from that book.”
Only one thing is impossible for God: To find any sense in any copyright law on the planet.
- Mark Twain
So now you have to look at Chris de Burgh's 'Crusader'....
now your talking
Some artists are notorious for copyright claims. Apparently Al Stewart is one of them. IMO, stay away from those that are known for this. If they don't want you playing & talking about their music, to hell with them. Focus on music thats not blocked. If they keep up their crazy copyright claims, let people forget they ever wrote/sung music. To hell with Stewart.
It's weird because, I've seen other reaction channels do "Year of the Cat" where it _wasn't_ blocked. It almost seems arbitrary. : /
@@ComeOnIsSuchAJoy Sometimes it depends which album the song is pulled from
@@Ignats75 Apart from best-of compilations, what other album would "Year of the Cat" be from other than _Year of the Cat_ ?? : P
Ty; I try to avoid artists that block videos, I was just hoping that maybe this song wouldnt😔 ah well
Who cares if it matchs,just so long as your wearing pants! The lack of them would cause me to unsubscribe! Although You-tube scares you into believing that if you contest the strike there are penalties,the truth is most are overturned once you complain!What you provide definately comes under the "fair use" law! Peace and remember "fight the power"
Lol!
I like this artist, poor song choice. If you can't play it without having to butcher it, don't play it.
I would have enjoyed the song much better if someone else had sung it. Have never liked his voice, just my preference.
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