Showing posts with label Unforgettable Songs V. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Unforgettable Songs V. Show all posts

Sunday, 28 August 2011

Bon Jovi: "(You Want To) Make A Memory" (2007)




"(You Want to) Make a Memory" is a song by Bon Jovi, which was released as the first single from their tenth studio album Lost Highway. Written by Jon Bon Jovi, Richie Sambora and Desmond Child, it was released for radio airplay on March 20, 2007, and for download on the US iTunes Store on April 17, 2007. It is a ballad, and was performed at several nationally-televised events in an effort to promote the single.

Two different versions of the song were released as singles. In every market except the U.S., the 'pop version' from the album was the single; in the U.S., however, a special 'country version' was released, which featured more instruments and a slightly different arrangement.

The song was nominated for a Grammy at the 2008 Grammy Awards for Best Pop Performance by a Duo/Group with Vocals.


- Paroles:

Hello again, it’s you and me
Kinda always like it used to be
Sippin' wine, killing time
Trying to solve life’s mysteries.
How’s your life, it’s been a while
God it’s good to see you smile
I see you reaching for your keys
Looking for a reason not to leave.

If you don’t know if you should stay
If you don’t say what’s on your mind
Baby just, breathe there’s no where else tonight we should be-
You wanna make a memory.

I dug up this old photograph
Look at all that hair we had
It’s bittersweet to hear you laugh
Your phone is ringing, I don’t wanna ask.

If you go now, I’ll understand
If you stay, hey, I got a plan
You wanna make a memory
You wanna steal a piece of time
You could sing a melody to me
And I could write a couple lines
You wanna make a memory.

If you don’t know if you should stay
And you don’t say what’s on your mind
Baby just, breathe there’s no where else tonight we should be-
You wanna make a memory
You wanna steal a piece of time
You could sing a melody to me
And I could write a couple lines
You wanna make a memory
You wanna make a memory


Saturday, 27 August 2011

Starship: "Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now" (1987)




"Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now" is a #1 hit song co-written by Albert Hammond and Diane Warren, recorded by Starship.

Featured as the theme to the romantic comedy film Mannequin, it hit #1 in the Billboard Hot 100 on April 4, 1987 and reached #1 on the UK Singles Chart for four weeks the following month and became the UK's 2nd biggest selling single of 1987.

At the time, it made Grace Slick the oldest female artist to have a number one single in the United States, though the record was later broken by Cher's "Believe" in 1999.

The song also received an Oscar nomination for "Best Original Song" at the 60th Academy Awards. In addition to appearing on the Mannequin soundtrack, the song was also released on Starship's album No Protection in 1987.


- Lyrics:

-Artist: Starship
-peak Billboard position # 1 for 2 weeks in 1987
-Words and Music by Diane Warren and Albert Hammond

Lookin' in your eyes I see a paradise
This world that I've found is too good to be true
Standin' here beside ya, want so much to give you
This love in my heart that I'm feelin' for you

Let 'em say we're crazy, I don't care about that
Put your hand in my hand, baby, don't ever look back
Let the world around us just fall apart
Baby, we can make it if we're heart-to-heart

And we can build this dream together
Standing strong forever
Nothing's gonna stop us now
And if this world runs out of lovers
We'll still have each other
Nothing's gonna stop us, nothing's gonna stop us now, whoa no

I'm so glad I found you, I'm not gonna lose you
Whatever it takes, I will stay here with you
Take you to the good times, see you through the bad times
Whatever it takes is what I'm gonna do

Let 'em say we're crazy, what do they know?
Put your arms around me, baby, don't ever let go
Let the world around us just fall apart
Baby, we can make it if we're heart-to-heart

And we can build this dream together
Standing strong forever
Nothing's gonna stop us now
And if this world runs out of lovers
We'll still have each other
Nothing's gonna stop us, nothing's gonna stop us, ooh

All that I need is you
All that I ever need
All that I want to do
Is hold you forever, forever and ever

And we can build this dream together
Standing strong forever
Nothing's gonna stop us now
And if this world runs out of lovers
We'll still have each other
Nothing's gonna stop us, nothing's gonna stop us

Build this dream together
Standing strong forever
Nothing's gonna stop us now
And if this world runs out of lovers
We'll still have each other
Nothing's gonna stop us now

And we can build this dream together
Standing strong forever
Nothing's gonna stop us now
And if this world runs out of lovers
We'll still have each other
Nothing's gonna stop us, nothing's gonna stop us

FADE


Asia: "Heat of the Moment" (1982)




"Heat of the Moment" is the first single released by progressive rock band Asia from their 1982 eponymous debut. The song was the most popular of the album, and a big hit in the USA, peaking at #1 on the Billboard Mainstream Rock chart and #4 on the Billboard Top Singles chart.

It was written by John Wetton and Geoff Downes. "Heat of the Moment" is featured at the beginning of another Asia song called "Don't Call Me" as a dialing number from a telephone.


- Lyrics:

I never meant to be so bad to you
One thing I said that I would never do
A look from you and I would fall from grace
And that would wipe the smile right from my face

Do you remember when we used to dance
And incidents arose from circumstance
One thing led to another we were young
And we would scream together songs unsung

It was the heat of the moment
Telling me what my heart meant
The heat of the moment showed in your eyes

And now you find yourself in '82
The disco hot spots hold no charm for you
You can concern yourself with bigger things
You catch a pearl and ride the dragon's wings

'Cause it's the heat of the moment
The heat of the moment
The heat of the moment
The heat of the moment showed in your eyes

And when your looks are gone and you're alone
How many nights you sit beside the phone
What were the things you wanted for yourself
Teenage ambitions you remember well

It was the heat of the moment
Telling me what your heart meant
The heat of the moment showed in your eyes

It was the heat of the moment
The heat of the moment
The heat of the moment showed in your eyes

Heat of the moment
Heat of the moment
Heat of the moment
Heat of the moment...



Friday, 26 August 2011

Zucchero & Paul Young: "Senza Una Donna - Without a Woman" (1991)

* First Video: Zucchero & Paul Young: "Without A Woman" (1992)




* Second Video: ZUCCHERO - Senza Una Donna (1987)




"Senza una donna" (Without a Woman) is a 1987 song co-written and performed by Zucchero Fornaciari and rerecorded in 1991 with Paul Young. The song was then released as a single under the title "Senza una donna (Without a Woman)" which reached #4 in the UK Single Chart and #2 in the German Singles Chart and the French Singles Chart. It also topped the charts of Norway and Sweden.


- Lyrics:

* English Version:

This ain't the way, I spend my mornings baby
Come stai?
You been with him, and now you come back lady
Hey, what's he like?

I just sit, and watch the ocean
With myself, even doing my own cookin'
You can laugh, you're forgiven, but
I'm no longer frightened, to be livin'

Senza una donna, no more pain and no sorrow
Without a woman, I'll make it through tomorrow
Senza una donna, givin' me torture and bliss
Without a woman, better like this

There is no way, that you can buy me baby
Don't make fun
You got to dig a little deeper lady (in the heart?)
Yeah, if you have one

Here's my heart, feel the power
Look at me, I'm a flower
You can laugh, you're forgiven, but
I'm no longer frightened to be livin'

Senza una donna, no more pain and no sorrow
Without a woman, I'll make it through tomorrow
Senza una donna, givin' me torture and bliss

Ooh I stay here, and watch the ocean
Don't know why, I keep on talkin'
You may laugh, you're forgiven, but
I'm no longer frightened (maybe), to be livin'

Senza una donna, no more pain and no sorrow
Without a woman, I'll make it through tomorrow
Senza una donna, givin' me torture and bliss
Without a woman, vieni qui! come on in
Senza una donna, I don't know what might follow
Senza una donna, oh, maybe from tomorrow!
Senza una donna, givin' me torture and bliss


** Original Italian Version:

I change my world
I change my world
I change my world
I wanna change my world

Non e' cosi' che passo i giorni baby
come stai
sei stata li' e adesso torni lady
hey, con chi stai
Io sto qui e guardo il mare
sto con me, mi faccio anche da mangiare
si e' cosi' ridi pure ma
non ho piu' paure di restare

SENZA UNA DONNA
come siamo lontani
SENZA UNA DONNA
sto bene anche domani
SENZA UNA DONNA
che m'ha fatto morir
SENZA UNA DONNA
hah hah e' meglio cosi'

Non e' cosi' che puoi comprarmi baby
tu lo sai
e' un po piu' giu'
che devi andare lady al cuore?
yes, se ce l'hai
Io ce l'ho vuoi vedere
guardami sono un fiore
Be' proprio cosi'
ridi pure ma
non ho piu' paure di restare

SENZA UNA DONNA
come siamo lontani
SENZA UNA DONNA
sto bene anche domani
SENZA UNA DONNA
che m'ha fatto morir

Io sto qui e guardo il mare
ma perche' continuo a parlare
non lo so ridi pure ma
non ho piu' paure forse
di restare

SENZA UNA DONNA
come siamo lontani
SENZA UNA DONNA
sto bene anche domani
SENZA UNA DONNA
che m'ha fatto morir
SENZA UNA DONNA
hah hah e' meglio cosi'

SENZA UNA DONNA
ora siamo vicini
SENZA UNA DONNA
sto bene da domani
SENZA UNA DONNA
che mi ha fatto morir
uhu uhu uhu uh



Monday, 15 August 2011

Sandra: "In The Heat of the Night" (Live 2008)




"In the Heat of the Night" is a pop song by German singer Sandra. The song was released in November 1985 as the second single from the album The Long Play, where it charted at #1 in Switzerland and Israel, #2 in Germany; and #8 in South Africa (in mid-1986).

The song was covered by Hong Kong pop singer Anita Mui in 1986, by Finnish gothic-doom metal band To/Die/For in 1999, and Swedish progressive rock band Odyssey in 2009. The song was also redone by a group named E-Rotic for PlayStation 2's Dance Dance Revolution Extreme 2. Also in 1999, a remix version of the song by Sandra was released as a promo single only in France. In 2006 Sandra recorded a new mix of this song. This mix appeared on her compilation Reflections - Reproduced Hits (2006). In 2007 Virgin Music France decided to release a special version of Reflections, containing three new remixes made by French DJs. "In the Heat of the Night" was planned to be released as a single in France containing four new versions of the song, in order to promote the new compilation. A few promotional copies were sent to medias; however, the commercial release was cancelled and it was only released online as a digital single.

In Sandra's first proper music video, the singer was featured in a steaming sauna filled with bare-chested men.


- Lyrics:

Talk to me
Want my Love
Talk to me
But not that stuff

You ain't enough
Just usin' my love
n' you call for me
'n again I see

In the heat of the night
You'll lose your heart
And sell your soul
I lose control
In the heat of the night
It's much too late
To leave the trade
But I can't stand it anymore
You'll lose your heart
And your soul
I lose control
In the heat of the night

Talk to me
Want my Love
Talk to me
But not that stuff

Who's on my side
Losin' my pride
n' you call for me
'n again I see

In the heat of the night

In the heat of the night
You'll lose your heart
And sell your soul
I lose control
In the heat of the night
It's much too late
To leave the trade
But I can't stand it anymore
You'll lose your heart
And your soul
I lose control
In the heat of the night

Talk to me
Want my Love
Talk to me
But not that stuff

Who's on my side
Losin' my pride
n' you call for me
'n again I see

In the heat of the night



Duran Duran: "Save a Prayer" (1982 - 2003 Digital Remaster)




"Save a Prayer" is the sixth single by Duran Duran, released on 9 August 1982.

The song was the third single from the band's second album Rio. It became Duran Duran's biggest hit to date (at the time) in the UK Singles Chart, reaching #2, held out of the top spot by Survivor's "Eye of the Tiger".

It was not originally issued as a single in the United States, although the video was very popular on MTV. However, a special US Single version with the live version from the Arena album on the flip side was released in January 1985. The single reached #16 on the Billboard Hot 100.


- Lyrics:

You saw me standing by the wall,
Corner of a main street
And the lights are flashing on your window sill
All alone ain't much fun,
So you're looking for the thrill
And you know just what it takes and where to go

Don't save a prayer for me now,
Save it 'til the morning after
No, don't say a prayer for me now,
Save it 'til the morning after

Feel the breeze deep on the inside,
Look you down into the well
If you can, you'll see the world in all his fire
Take a chance
(Like all dreamers can't find another way)
You don't have to dream it all, just live a day

Don't say a prayer for me now,
Save it 'til the morning after
No, don't say a prayer for me now,
Save it 'til the morning after
Save it 'til the morning after,
Save it till the morning after

Pretty looking road,
try to hold the rising floods that fill my skin
Don't ask me why I'll keep my promise,
I'll melt the ice
And you wanted to dance so I asked you to dance
But fear is in your soul
Some people call it a one night stand
But we can call it paradise

Don't say a prayer for me now,
Save it 'til the morning after
No, don't say a prayer for me now,
Save it 'til the morning after
Save it 'til the morning after
Save it 'til the morning after
Save it 'til the morning after
Save it 'til the morning after

Save a prayer 'til the morning after



Tuesday, 9 August 2011

Queen: "Another One Bites the Dust" (1980)




"Another One Bites the Dust" is a song by the English rock band Queen. Written by bass guitarist John Deacon, the song featured on the group's eighth studio album The Game (1980). The song was a worldwide hit, charting one on the United States Billboard Hot 100, number two on the R&B charts and the Disco Top 100, and number seven in the United Kingdom Singles Chart. The song is credited as Queen's best selling single, with sales of over 7 million copies. This version was ranked at number 34 on Billboard's All Time Top 100.

The bass line was inspired by the song "Good Times" by the Disco group Chic. In an interview with New Musical Express, Chic co-founder Bernard Edwards stated, "...that Queen record came about because that Queen bass player... spent some time hanging out with us at our studio".

Recording sessions were produced by Reinhold Mack at Musicland Studios in Munich (West Germany) and consisted of Deacon playing almost all the instruments: bass, piano, rhythm and lead guitars and handclap percussion. Roger Taylor added a drum loop and Brian May contributed some noises with his guitar and an Eventide Harmonizer. There are no synthesisers used in the song: all effects are created with pianos, guitars, and drums, with subsequent tape playback performed in reverse at various speeds. Finally, some sound effects were run through the harmonizer for further processing. The effect of the harmoniser can be heard clearly in the "swirling" nature of the sound immediately before the first lyric. After attending a Queen concert in Los Angeles, Michael Jackson suggested to Freddie Mercury backstage that "Another One Bites the Dust" be released as a single. The earlier live performances of the song had drummer Roger Taylor on lead vocals during the chorus, as opposed to the album version which was sung by Mercury in its entirety. In later performances, parts of the chorus were sometimes not sung by any member of the band, letting the audience sing it instead.

The song garnered Queen a Grammy nomination for Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal. The band lost to Bob Seger's album Against the Wind. The music video for "Another One Bites the Dust" was filmed at Reunion Arena in Dallas, Texas.


- Lyrics:

Steve walks warily down the street,
with the brim pulled way down low
Ain't no sound but the sound of his feet,
machine guns ready to go
Are you ready, Are you ready for this
Are you hanging on the edge of your seat
Out of the doorway the bullets rip
To the sound of the beat



Another one bites the dust
Another one bites the dust
And another one gone, and another one gone
Another one bites the dust
Hey, I'm gonna get you too
Another one bites the dust



How do you think I'm going to get along,
without you, when you're gone
You took me for everything that I had,
and kicked me out on my own



Are you happy, are you satisfied
How long can you stand the heat
Out of the doorway the bullets rip
To the sound of the beat



Another one bites the dust
Another one bites the dust
Another one bites the dust
Another one bites the dust
There are plenty of ways you can hurt a man
And bring him to the ground
You can beat him
You can cheat him
You can treat him bad and leave him
When he's down
But I'm ready, yes I'm ready for you
I'm standing on my own two feet
Out of the doorway the bullets rip
repeating the sound of the beat



Friday, 5 August 2011

Tinie Tempah ft. Eric Turner: "Written In The Stars" (2010)




"Written in the Stars" is the third single by British rapper Tinie Tempah, featuring American singer Eric Turner. Unlike his two prior breakthrough singles which were produced by Labrinth, the track instead features production by iSHi. It was released in September 2010 through Parlophone records, digitally on the iTunes Store. It serves as the third official single from his debut album Disc-Overy. The song debuted at number one on the UK Singles Chart, becoming Tinie Tempah's second number-one single in the United Kingdom.

According to wikipedia, the song also became Tempah's debut single in the US, and has peaked at #12 on the Billboard Hot 100. The track also marks Tinie's first Top 10 hit on the Billboard Pop Chart. Recently, it is being used by ESPN for their commercials relating to the 2011 NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Tournament. It was also chosen by World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) as its theme song for WrestleMania XXVII. Recently, it was used as the introduction to the eighth season of the South Asian Softball League.

- Lyrics:

[Chorus]
Ohh
Written in the stars, a million miles away
A message to the main ohhh
Season come and go but i will never change
And i'm on my waaaaayyye

[Verse 1]
Lets Go !!
Yeah, you listening now
They said they ain't heard nothing like this in a while
Thats why they play my songs on so many different dials
Cause i got more ??? than a disciplined child
So when they see me everybody baraaap baraaaap
Stunna like a young gun fully black balaaap
My criteria drops over the massive attack
I only make hits with like i work with a racket and bat
Look at my jacket and hat so damn bizurke
So down to earth im bringing gravity back
Adopted by the major i want my family back
People work hard just to get all their salary taxed
Look im just a writer from the ghetto like malary blackman[ where the hell is all the sanity at?]
I used to be kid the cared no one cared about
Thats why you have to keep screaming till they hear you out

[Chorus]
Ohh
Written in the stars, a million miles away
A message to the main ohhhh
Season come and go but i will never change
And im waaaaayyye
Ohh Ohh Ohh Ohh x 4

[Verse 2]
Yeah
I needed a change
When we ate we never took cause we needed a change
I needed a break, for a sec i even gave up believing and prayin
I even done the legal stuff and was leaded astray
The say the money is the root the evilest ways
But have you ever been so hungry it keeps you awake
Now my hunger will leave them amazed
Feels like a long time coming
Since the day i thought of that cunning plan!!!
One day i had a dream
I tried to chase but i wasn't goin nowhere, running round
I knew that maybe someday i would understand
Tryna change a tenner to a hundred grand
Everyones a kid that no one cares about
So you gotta scream till they hear you out !!!

[Chorus]
Ohh
Written in the stars, a million miles away
A message to the main ohhh
Season come and go but i will never change
And im waaaaayyye
Ohh Ohh Ohh Ohh x 7

Ohh
Written in the stars, a million miles away
A message to the main ohhh
Season come and go but i will never change
And im waaaaayyye


Tuesday, 2 August 2011

Neil Diamond: "He Ain't Heavy He's My Brother" (1969)




"He Ain't Heavy... He's My Brother" is a popular music ballad written by Bobby Scott and Bob Russell. The original recording of the song was by Kelly Gordon released in 1969. Neil Diamond recorded the song for his 1970 album, Tap Root Manuscript. The Hollies, however, released their version in September 1969, about a year before Diamond's version was released as a single.

Scott and Russell had been introduced to each other by Johnny Mercer, at a California nightclub. Despite the fact that Russell was dying of cancer of the lymph nodes and that the pair met in person only three times, they managed to collaborate on the song. The publishing rights to the song were the subject of a legal battle following Russell's death.

- Lyrics:

The road is long with many a winding turn
That lead us to who knows where,
who knows where
But I'm strong,
strong enough to carry him
He ain't heavy, he's my brother

So on we go
His welfare is my concern
No burden is he to bear, we'll get there

For I know
he would not encumber me
He ain't heavy, he's my brother

If I'm laden at all,
[- From: http://www.elyrics.net/read/n/neil-diamond-lyrics/he-ain_t-heavy-he_s-my-brother-lyrics.html -]
I am laden with sadness that
everyone's heart isn't filled with the gladness
of Love for one another

It's a long long road
From which there is no return
while we're on our way to there why not share

And the load doesn't weigh me down at all
He ain't heavy , he's my brother


He ain't heavy
He's my brother




Sunday, 31 July 2011

Gloria Estefan & Celine Dion: "Conga" (Live)




Gloria María Milagrosa Fajardo García de Estefan; known professionally as Gloria Estefan (born September 1, 1957) is a Cuban American singer, songwriter, and actress. Known as the "Queen Of Latin Pop", she is in the top 100 best selling music artists with over 100 million albums sold worldwide, 31.5 million of those in the United States alone. She has won seven Grammy Awards, and is the most successful crossover performer in Latin music to date.

"Conga" is the first single released by the American band Miami Sound Machine led by Gloria Estefan on their second English language album, and ninth overall, Primitive Love.


- Lyrics:

Come on , shake your body baby, do the conga
I know you can’t control yourself any longer
Come on , shake your body baby, do the conga
I know you can’t control yourself any longer

Come on , shake your body baby, do the conga
I know you can’t control yourself any longer
Feel the rhythm of the music getting stronger
Don’t you fight it ’til you tried it, do that conga beat

Everbody gather ’round now
Let your body feel the heat
Don’t you worry if you can’t dance;
Let the music move your feet

It’s the rhythm of the island, and like the sugar cane so sweet
If you want to do the conga, you’ve got to listen to the beat

Come on , shake your body baby, do the conga
I know you can’t control yourself any longer
Feel the rhythm of the music getting stronger
Don’t you fight it ’til you tried it, do that conga beat

Feel the fire of desire, as you dance the night away
’cause tonight were gonna party, ’til we see the break of day

Better get yourself together, and hold on to what you’ve got
Once the music hits your system, there’s no way your gonna stop

(repeat 3x’s) come on , shake your body baby, do the conga
I know you can’t control yourself any longer
Feel the rhythm of the music getting stronger
Don’t you fight it ’til you tried it, do that conga beat

Come on , shake your body baby, do the conga



Wednesday, 27 April 2011

Jason Marz: "I'm Yours" (2004)




"I'm Yours" is the first single released by Jason Mraz from his third studio album We Sing. We Dance. We Steal Things. The song was originally released on a limited edition EP called Extra Credit as a demo in 2005 to promote his second studio album Mr. A–Z. It was performed in his 2004 and 2005 gigs and already became a crowd favorite before its release. "I'm Yours" was nominated for Grammy Award for Song of the Year and Best Male Pop Vocal Performance at the 51st Grammy Awards. It was also used for the Australian Seven Network's promotion of the season premiere of Packed to the Rafters.

"I'm Yours" was immensely successful in the U.S. on the Billboard charts. At 76 weeks on the Hot 100, it holds the record for most weeks spent on the chart, breaking the previous record set by LeAnn Rimes' song "How Do I Live" in 1998. It is currently the sixth best selling digital song of all time in the U.S., selling in excess of 5 million downloads. It remains Mraz's biggest hit single in the USA to date, and his only one to reach the Top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100 and The Single Most total weeks on the Hot 100 history. Mraz even sang a version of the song on Sesame Street, instead of "I'm Yours" the song was titled, "Outdoors." Mraz also made a remixed version featuring Lil Wayne and Jah Cure, which also gained success.


- Lyrics:

well you done done me and you bet i felt it
i tried to get you but you're so hot that i melted
i fell right through the cracks
and i'm trying to get back
before the cool done run out
i'll be giving it my bestest
nothin's going to stop me but devine intervention
i reckon its again my turn to win some or learn some

i won't hesitate no more
no more it cannot wait, i'm yours

well open up your mind and see like me
open up your plans and damn you're free
look into your heart and you'll find love love love
listen to the music of the moment maybe sing with me
ah la peaceful melody
its your godforsaken right to be loved love loved love love

so i won't hesitate no more
no more it cannot wait i'm sure
theres no need to complicate
our time is short
this is our fate, i'm yours

i been spending way too long checking my tongue in the mirror
and bendin over backwards just to try to see it clearer
my breath fogged up the glass
so i drew a new face and laughed
i guess what i'm sayin is there ain't no better reason
to rid yourself of vanity and just go with the seasons
its what we aim to do
our name is our virtue

i won't hesitate no more
no more it cannot wait i'm sure
theres no need to complicate
our time is short
it cannot wait, i'm yours




Sunday, 29 August 2010

Philip Bailey & Phil Collins: "Easy Lover" (1984)




"Easy Lover" is a song written by Philip Bailey, Phil Collins, and Nathan East, and accredited to both singers Bailey and Collins when released as a single. The song appeared on Bailey's solo album Chinese Wall. Collins has also performed the song in his live shows and it appears on his 1990 album Serious Hits... Live!, as well as his 1998 compilation album, ...Hits.

The song was a smash hit in the UK, reaching #1 and staying there for four weeks and also reaching #2 on the Billboard Hot 100 in the US. "Easy Lover" was very successful commercially, selling over a million copies. It has only been certified Gold -- not Platinum -- since the RIAA requirement for a Platinum single wasn't lowered to 1,000,000 units until 1989.

"Easy Lover" won an MTV Video Music Award for Best Overall Performance in 1985 and was Grammy nominated for Best Pop Vocal Performance By A Duo or Group.

The lighthearted video for the song was filmed in London and features Bailey travelling by helicopter to meet Collins in a television studio.

Remixed by Kentish Man as a house track in 2003.


- Lyrics:

Easy lover, she'll get a hold on you, believe it
She's like no other, before you know it, you'll be on your knees
She's an easy lover, she'll take your heart, but you won't feel it
She's like no other, and I'm just trying to make you see

She's the kind of girl you dream of, dream of getting hold of
You'd better forget it, you'll never get it
'Cos she'll play around and leave you, leave you and deceive you
You'd better forget it, ooh, you'll regret it

Now don't try to change it, just leave it, just leave it
Get out quick, 'cos seein' is believin'
It's the only way she'll ever know

She's an easy lover, she'll get a hold on you, believe it
She's like no other, before you know it, you'll be on your knees
She's an easy lover, she'll take your heart, but you won't feel it
She's like no other, and I'm just trying to make you see

You're the one who wants to hold her, hold her and control her
You'd better forget it - I can't forget it, no - you'll never get it
'Cos she'll say that there's no other, till she finds another
You'd better forget it - oh no, no, no, no, no - you will regret it

Listen here
Now don't try to change it, just leave it, just leave it
You're not the only one and seein' is believin'
It's the only way she'll ever know, aha

(On the electric guitar, ladies and gentlemen, mr. Daryl Stuermer)

(Solo)

Don't try to change it, just leave it, just leave it
You're not the only one and seein' is believin'
It's the only way she'll ever know

She's an easy lover - she's an easy lover
She'll get a hold on you, believe it
She's like no other, before you know it, you'll be on your knees
(You'll be down on your knees)
She's an easy lover, she'll take your heart, but you won't feel it
(You won't feel it, no no)
She's like no other - yeah - I'm just trying to make you see
(I'm trying to make you see, oh yeah)
She's an easy lover, she'll get a hold on you, believe it
(Oh, you'd better believe it)
She's like no other, and I'm just trying to make you see
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah yeah yeah!

Santana: "Say It Again" (1985)




This song belong to Carlos Santana's thirteenth studio album, "Beyond Appearances", released in 1985 (see 1985 in music).

The album took seven months to make, and (apart from Carlos Santana himself) involved a completely different line-up from Santana's previous album (released two and a half years earlier). It was firmly in the style of the 1980s, making much use of synthesizers and drum machines. Beyond Appearances performed relatively poorly, reaching only fifty on the Billboard 200 album chart; one of its tracks, "Say It Again", reached forty-six on the Billboard Hot 100 single chart (though it did better on the "Mainstream Rock" chart, reaching fifteen)..


- Lyrics:

It gives me such a thrill
When you tell me ‘bout the way
You feel
It really makes my day
I just love to hear you say


Chorus:
Say it again, say it high say it low
Say it again, so the whole wide
World will know
Say it, that you’re still lovin’ me
Still lovin’ me, still in love with me
Say it again, tell me where, tell me when


Say it again, that our love will never end
Say it, that you’re still lovin’ me
Still lovin’ me, still in love with me


You know it sounds so sweet
It just knocks me right up off of
My feet
To hear you talk that way
I just love to hear you say


Repeat Chorus


Bridge:
I hear the echoes in my mind
They’re calling to me all the time
I hear those voices start to sing
Again and again


Instrumental


Repeat 1st verse


Repeat Chorus




The Connells - '74-'75




The Connells are an American band from Raleigh, North Carolina. They play a guitar-oriented, melodic, power pop style of rock music with introspective lyrics that reflect the American South. Despite many lineup changes, the band is still together. Quite popular in Europe, the band has produced several hit songs over the years..


- Lyrics:

Got no reason for coming to me and the rain running down.
There's no reason.
And the same voice coming to me like it's all slowin down.
And believe me -

I was the one who let you know
I was your sorry-ever-after. '74-'75.

It's not easy, nothing to say 'cause it's already said.
It's never easy.
When I look on in your eyes then I find that I'll do fine.
When I look on in your eyes then I'll do better.

I was the one who let you know
I was your sorry-ever-after. '74-'75.
Giving me more and I'll defy
'Cause you're really only after '74-'75.

Got no reason for coming to me and the rain running down.
There's no reason.
When I look on in your eyes then I find that I'll do fine.
When I look on in your eyes then I'll do better.

I was the one who let you know
I was your sorry-ever-after. '74-'75.
Giving me more and I'll defy
'Cause you're really only after '74-'75.

I was the one who let you know
I was your sorry-ever-after. '74-'75.
Giving me more and I'll defy
'Cause you're really only after '74-'75.

'74-'75..



Saturday, 28 August 2010

Chris Norman: "Midnight Lady" (1986)




Chris Norman (born Christopher Ward Norman, 25 October 1950, in Redcar, North Yorkshire) is an English soft rock singer. Norman was the lead singer of Smokie, an English glam rock band from Bradford, which found success in Europe in the 1970s.

His parents did not intend that he should pursue a stage career, but when he was just three years old, he decided to walk on stage and join the finale line-up for the show in which his parents were appearing.

This may have had an effect on him because with the advent of rock and roll, Norman acquired his first guitar at the age of seven. His early musical influences were Elvis Presley, Little Richard and Lonnie Donegan.

In these early years, Norman’s parents moved around the country a lot which resulted in him going to nine different schools, and living in various locations around England, such as, Redcar, Luton, Kimpton and Nottingham. By 1962 however the family had moved back to Norman's mother's home city of Bradford. Approaching his twelfth birthday, Norman started at St. Bede’s Grammar School where he was to meet Alan Silson and Terry Uttley, future members of Smokie.

As teenagers, influenced by the new era of groups such as The Beatles and The Rolling Stones and then folk singer, Bob Dylan, Norman and Silson began meeting up and spent nearly all their spare time learning new songs on their guitars..

He will gain fame as leader of the band "Smokie", and continue to this day to record and perform gigs throughout Europe and beyond. "Midnight Lady" is one of the biggest success in his solo career..


- Lyrics:

You think love is a game, love is a motion
Endless and so deep, always emotion

I've got many ways, to reach tomorrow
Love will always grow, no pain, no sorrow

When you take me in your arms, you can break me with your heart
I feel the magic of your charm, oh, you're tearing me apart

Midnight lady, love takes time
Midnight lady, it's hard to find
Midnight lady, I call your name
I know you can ease my pain

Midnight lady, just you and me
Midnight lady, eternaly
Midnight lady, I can fly in your arms
I'll get high

Magic touched my life, I'm still dreaming
Anything before has lost its meaning

Heaven in your eyes, my soul is on fire
Oh, my feelings grow, we can't go higher

Oh, I just want a girl, baby, just to call my own
And I just wanna dream, I don't have to dream alone

Midnight lady, love takes time
Midnight lady, it's hard to find
Midnight lady, I call your name
I know you can ease my pain

Midnight lady, just you and me
Midnight lady, eternaly
Midnight lady, I can fly in your arms
I'll get high





Paul Simon: "El Condor Pasa"




El Cóndor Pasa (The Condor Goes by (or Flies by)) is a song from the zarzuela El Cóndor Pasa by the Peruvian composer Daniel Alomía Robles written in 1913 and based on traditional Andean folk tunes.

It is possibly the best-known Peruvian song worldwide due to a cover version by Simon & Garfunkel in 1970 on their Bridge Over Troubled Water album. This cover version is called El Condor Pasa (If I Could). According to wikipedia, Paul Simon heard a version called "Paso Del Condor" by Jorge Milchberg, who is head of the group Urubamba, formerly known as Los Incas. Simon became friendly with the group through this song, and ended up touring with them and producing their first American album. Paul Simon personalized the song by adding his own English lyrics. On the Simon & Garfunkel version, Robles, Milchberg and Simon are all listed as songwriters.

Later that year, Perry Como released a cover of Simon's English version on his album It's Impossible, while Julie Felix took advantage of Simon and Garfunkel's decision not to release their version as a UK single, and had a UK Top 20 hit with it. Simon & Garfunkel did release their version as a single in the U.S. and it reached # 18 on the Billboard Pop Singles chart in the fall of 1970.


- Lyrics:

I'd rather be a sparrow than a snail.
Yes I would.
If I could,
I surely would.
I'd rather be a hammer than a nail.
Yes I would.
If I only could,
I surely would.

CHORUS
Away, I'd rather sail away
Like a swan that's here and gone
A man gets tied to the ground,
he gives the earth
its saddest sound,
its saddest sound.

I'd rather be a forest than a street.
Yes I would.
If I only could,
I surely would.

I'd rather feel the earth beneath my feet,
Yes I would.
If I only could,
I surely would.



Gary Moore: "Still Got The Blues"




Gary Moore (born Robert William Gary Moore, 4 April 1952,)is a guitarist and singer from Belfast, Northern Ireland.


In a career dating back to the 1960s, Moore has played with artists including Thin Lizzy, B.B. King, Colosseum II, Greg Lake and the blues-rock band Skid Row (not to be confused with the glam metal band of the same name), as well as having a successful solo career. Among many cameo appearances over the years, he performed the lead guitar solo on "She's My Baby" from Traveling Wilburys Vol. 3.


- Lyrics:

Use to be so easy
To give my heart away
But I found that the haeartache
was the price you have to pay
I found that that love is no friend of mine
I should have know'n time after time

So long
it was so long ago
But I've still got the blues for you

Use to be so easy
Fall in love again
But I found that the heartache
It's a roll that leeds to pain
I found that love is more than just a game
Play and to win
but you loose just the same

So long
it was so long ago
But I've still got the blues for you

So many years since I seal you face
You will my heart
there's an emty space
Used to be

(SOLO)

So long
it was so long ago
But I've still got the blues for you

Golden days come and go
There is one thing I know
I've still got the blues for you