Peter Gabriel terug op aarde

Getipt! Al stond Wall-E op de filmplanning, het is er uiteindelijk niet van gekomen. Nu des te meer spijt van omdat één man zijn bijdrage leverde aan deze Pixar-film. Niet de oubollige Randy Newman mag voor de zoveelste keer de score opvrolijken (of vervreemden), wel Peter Gabriel om Wall-E terug op aarde te roepen tijdens de eindgeneriek: Down to earth geeft het robotje een nieuwe plek in het universum! Oorspronkelijk dacht ik dat het om een oud nummer ging, afgaande op diens stemtimbre in de openingsfase. Net zoals al de andere liedjes van de filmmuziekscore, een recyclage van toepasselijke liedjes. Edoch: Down to earth werd specifiek voor deze film geschreven. Het is geen sfeervolle Last temptation of Christ of Birdy, maar toch uitstekend als tussendoortje.
De mooie woorden:

Did you think that your feet had been bound
By what gravity brings to the ground?
Did you feel you were tricked
By the future you picked?
Well, come on down
All those rules don’t apply
When you’re high in the sky
So, come on down
Come on down
We’re coming down to the ground
There’s no better place to go
We’ve got snow up on the mountains
We’ve got rivers down below
We’re coming down to the ground
We hear the birds sing in the trees
And the land will be looked after
We send the seeds out in the breeze
Did you think you’d escaped from routine
By changing the script and the scene?
Despite all you made of it
You’re always afraid
Of the change
You’ve got a lot on your chest
Well, you can come as my guest
So come on down
Come on down
We’re coming down to the ground
There’s no better place to go
We’ve got snow up on the mountains
We’ve got rivers down below
We’re coming down to the ground
We hear the birds sing in the trees
And the land will be looked after
We send the seeds out in the breeze
Like the fish in the ocean
We felt at home in the sea
We learned to live off the good land
Learned to climb up a tree
Then we got up on two legs
But we wanted to fly
When we messed up our homeland
We set sail for the sky
We’re coming down to the ground
There’s no better place to go
We’ve got snow up on the mountains
We’ve got rivers down below
We’re coming down to the ground
We hear the birds sing in the trees
And the land will be looked after
We send the seeds out in the breeze
We’re coming down
Coming down to Earth
Like babies at birth
Coming down to Earth
We’re gonna find new priorities
These are extraordinary qualities
We’re coming down to the ground
There’s no better place to go
We’ve got snow up on the mountains
We’ve got rivers down below
We’re coming down to the ground
We hear the birds sing in the trees
And the land will be looked after
We send the seeds out in the breeze
We’re coming down to the ground
There’s no better place to go
We’ve got snow up on the mountains
We’ve got rivers down below
We’re coming down to the ground
We hear the birds sing in the trees
And the land will be looked after
We send the seeds out in the breeze
We’re gonna find new priorities
These are extraordinary qualities