Song Lyric Sunday – willowdot21

Song Lyrics Sunday. Fairytale and Toys.

May 19, 2024 – Songs about toys suggested by Barbara from teleportingweena ghostmmnc.

This week the prompt songs about Toys. So I have picked two songs entitled Little Tin Soldier…. From different years, different genre’s, one from a group and one from a solo artist and both based on a story written by Hans Christian Anderson.

When I was fourteen I was a regular attendee at the BBC’s weekly chart show Top of The Pops at Lime Grove Studios. I used to with my friend Anne … We loved that time and met many groups and stars among them the Small Faces. Here is Tin Soldier by them , the video though is not of T.O.T. Ps but from ITVs rival show Ready, Steady Go. If your quick you will spot the iconic hosts Cathy McGowan and Keith Fordyce

“Tin Soldier” is a song released by the English rock band Small Faces on 2 December 1967, written by Steve Marriott (credited to Marriott/Lane). The song peaked at number nine in the UK singles chart and number 38 in Canada. It has since been covered by many other notable rock artists.

Tin Soldier was originally written by Steve Marriott for singer P.P. Arnold, but Marriott liked it so much he kept it himself. It was a song that he wrote to his first wife, Jenny Rylance. P.P. Arnold can be heard singing backing vocals on the song and also performed as guest singer at television recordings of the song. The song signalled a return to the band’s R&B roots whilst continuing their forays into psychedelic rock and other musical experiments. When Tin Soldier was released the BBC informed the band that the last line of the song had to be removed from all TV and radio broadcasts, mistakenly believing that Marriott sang “sleep with you”, when in fact the lyric is “sit with you”. Marriott explained that the song was about “getting into someone’s mind—not their body”. Tin Soldier reached number nine in the UK Singles Chart and remains one of Small Faces’ best known songs.

Talking about the song, and the influence of his wife Jenny, Marriott stated:

The meaning of the song is about getting into somebody’s mind—not their body. It refers to a girl I used to talk to all the time and she really gave me a buzz. The single was to give her a buzz in return and maybe other people as well. I dig it. There’s no great message really and no physical scenes.

The song seems to have been influenced by Hans Christian Andersen‘s fairy tale The Steadfast Tin Soldier, the story of an imperfect tin soldier’s desire for a paper ballerina. The opening lyric is “I am a little tin soldier that wants to jump into your fire”.

Upon reaching No. 73 in the U.S. with this single, their label Immediate Records abandoned its attempts to penetrate the American market. “Tin Soldier” would ultimately be the last song performed live by the Small Faces during their original incarnation; It was performed on 8 March 1969 at Springfield Ballroom (now demolished and replaced by the football stand of Springfield Stadium) in Jersey. Imformation Wik

C’mon!

I, am a little tin soldier
That wants to jump into your fire
You are a look in your eye
A dream passing by in the sky

But I don’t understand
And all I need, is treat me like a man
‘Cause I ain’t no child
Take me like I am

I got to know that I belong to you
I do anything that you want to do
I’ll sing any so song that you want me to sing to you

I don’t need no aggravation
I just got to make you
Got, I said listen, I just got to make you, yes, my occupation

I got to know that I belong to you
I’d do anything that you want to do
I’d sing any song that you want me to sing to you

All I need is your whispered hello
Smiles melting the snow nothing heard
Your eyes are deeper than time
Say a love that won’t rhyme without words

So now I’ve lost my way
I need help to show me things to say
Give me your love before mine fades away

I got to know that I belong to you
Do anything that you want to do
Sing any song that you want me to sing to you

Oh, no, no
Oh, no, no
I just want some reaction
Someone to give me satisfaction
All I want to do is stick with you
‘Cause I love you

Source: Musixmatch

Songwriters: Steve Marriott / Ronnie Lane

Tin Soldier lyrics © Emi United Partnership Ltd

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In 1965 I was twelve years old, I loved fairytales and Donovan among others…. So what could have been more perfect?

From Donovan’s 1965 Album Fairytale Little tin soldier is the beautiful retelling of the Hans Christian Anderson tale The Steadfast Tin Soldier. A lovely story worth the read.

Once in a town in the black forest a little white toy-shop stood.
And the little tin soldier with only one leg lived in a castle of wood.
And across the room on another shelf stood a little glass case,
And a tiny ballerina lived in there all in her dress of lace.
And from where the little tin soldier stood they could see each other so clear
And the little tin soldier watched over her with a love that was so dear.
Then one day sadness came: the tiny ballerina was sold.
The little tin soldier was thrown away and into the gutter he rolled.
The water carried him to the sea and many far-off lands.
He made many children happy as he passed through their tiny hands.
And then one day they met again in a house in the land of Eire
And when the clocks on the wall struck the midnight hour
They jumped into a fire
And in that fire they shall stay
Forever in the day.
For the fire, Lord, is the fire of love,
Just like the peaceful dove.

Source: LyricFind

Songwriters: Shawn Phillips

The Little Tin Soldier lyrics © Philipsongs

Thank you to Jim Adams for hosting every week.

Happy SUNDAY EVERYONE 💜💜

Song Lyric Sunday: Coulda, Shoulda !

Good Sunday Morning everyone and welcome to Jim Adam’s Song Lyric Sunday again. This week’s prompt is: Songs that reached #2 on the charts, but never got to #1.

So I have chosen The Rhythm Of Night by Corona, I remember my eldest used to go to all night raves and this is one of the tracks that was big back in the day. It never reached number 1 which is strange but not everyone can be number one everytime, even The Beatles had 5 songs not make number one…the list goes on and I am not going to go there it because we’d be here forever.

The Rhythm of the Night” is a song by Italian Eurodance group Corona. It was released as their debut single in 1993 in Italy, then elsewhere the following year. The song is the title track of the group’s debut studio album, The Rhythm of the Night (1995), and was written by Francesco Bontempi, Annerley Emma Gordon, Giorgio Spagna, Pete Glenister and Mike Gaffey. It was produced by Bontempi, and the vocals were performed by Italian singer Giovanna Bersola, who is not credited on the single and does not appear in the music video. The woman who appears in the video is the group’s frontwoman Olga Souza. The video was A-listed on Music TV-channels, such as Germany’s VIVA. The song was a worldwide hit in 1994, peaking at number-one in Italy, and within the top five in most of Europe, while in the US, it fell short of the top ten, reaching number eleven on both the Billboard Hot 100 and the Cash Box Top 100.

Australia (8), Austria (6), Denmark (4), France (3), Germany (8), Iceland (4), Ireland (3), the Netherlands (5), New Zealand (7), Scotland (2), Spain (3), Switzerland (3) and the United Kingdom (2). Additionally, it was a top 20 hit in Belgium (13) and a 30 hit in Sweden (28). In the United States, “The Rhythm of the Night” reached number eleven on both the Billboard Hot 100 and the Cash Box Top 100.

The song was credited to Francesco Bontempi, Annerley Emma Gordon, Giorgio Spagna, Pete Glenister and Mike Gaffey. In 1987 the Pete Glenister and Mike Gaffey written song “Save Me” performed by German pop duo Say When! was released. The Rhythm of the Night borrows heavily from this track, namely the music and specifically the lyrics “Round and round we go, each time I hear you say”, along with other similar lyrics shared by the two songs. As a result, the two received writing credits on The Rhythm of the Night.

At the time she got the gig, Italian singer Giovanna Bersola suffered from stage fright, and would only be doing studio work. Brazilian singer Olga Souza would be fronting the song on stage and tour instead of Bersola, as well as in its accompanying music video. Bersola told in a 2021 interview, “The studio was safe for me, it was no windows, just me and the music. It was a time when dance and euro house music was very prolific in Europe and I was living in Italy at the time, so I was singing three or four songs a day as a session voice.” According to Souza fronting the group instead of her and that they didn’t use Bersola’s image on the single cover, she felt that it suited her, “That gave me the freedom to be absolutely no one.” Bersola is no longer suffering from stage fright and now lives in New Zealand. “The Rhythm of the Night” was released in 1993 in Italy, and the following year, it was released internationally.

The song was an even bigger hit on the dance charts. It peaked at number one on the French dance chart, number two on the Canadian RPM Dance/Urban chart and the European Dance Radio chart, number three on the UK Dance Chart, and number seven on the Billboard Hot Dance Club Play chart in the United States. information Wikipedia.

Here is Giovanna Bersola stage name Jenny B actually on stage and singing Rhythm of the night and Love so free.

This is the rhythm of the night
This is the rhythm of the night

You could put some joy upon my face
Oh, sunshine in an empty place
Take me to turn to
And babe, I’ll make you stay
Oh, I can ease you of your pain
Feel you give me love again
‘Round and ’round we go
Each time I hear you say

This is the rhythm of the night
The night, oh yeah
The rhythm of the night
This is the rhythm of my life
My life, oh yeah
The rhythm of my life

Won’t you teach me how to love and learn?
There’ll be nothing left for me to yearn
Think of me burn
And let me hold your hand
I don’t wanna face the world in tears
Please think again, I’m on my knees
Sing that song to me
No reason to repent
I know you wanna say it

This is the rhythm of the night
The night, oh yeah
The rhythm of the night
This is the rhythm of my life
My life, oh yeah
The rhythm of my life

This is the rhythm of the night

This is the rhythm
This is the rhythm
This is the rhythm of the night

This is the rhythm
This is the rhythm
This is the rhythm of the night
I know you wanna say it

This is the rhythm of the night
The night, oh yeah
The rhythm of the night
This is the rhythm of my life
My life, oh yeah
The rhythm of my life
This is the rhythm of the night

Source: Musixmatch

Songwriters: Peter Wilfred Glenister / Giorgio Spagna / Annehley Gordon / Francesco Bontempi / Michael Gaffey

The Rhythm of the Night (Rapino Bros 7″ single) lyrics © Bmg Rights Management (uk) Limited, Extravaganza Publishing, Intersong Music Ltd, Bug Music Ltd, Extravaganza Publishing Srl

HAPPY SUNDAY EVERYONE 💜💜

Song Lyric Sunday: American Idol.

Good Sunday Morning everyone. It’s time for Jim Adams Song Lyric Sunday. .

May 5, 2024 – Songs by performers from American Idol suggested by Nancy aka The Sicilian Storyteller. This is Nancy’s final week as guest host and what a Stirling Job she has done providing us with great prompts. Yea! Nancy.

Now I am from the UK so in fact I have never watched American Idol. So I have done a lot of YouTube and Wikipedia traling. I have come up with four of the “best” according to YouTube. These are the ones that caught my ear and some information about them. I know I am supposed to give the lyrics but that would make this post way too long so I am going to break the rules this week…. 😱 So here we go first up is “Dibesh Pokharel (born October 24, 1997),known by his stage name Arthur Gunn, is a Nepalese-born American singer-songwriter from Wichita, Kansas, who came to national attention in 2020 as the runner-up finalist on the eighteenth season of the singing reality show American Idol. He started singing in 2014 and is known for his “textured, sandpapery” vocals. He released his eight-song debut album, Grahan, in early 2018. He released another album, KHOJ, in 2019 with singles including “Ma,” “Khoj” and “Karnali (The River). More information here. “

Second up is “Catie Virginia Turner (born February 14, 2000)^[4][5] is an American pop singer. She rose to prominence as a contestant on sixteenth season of American Idol, placing in the top seven. In September 2019, Turner further gained notoriety after her song “Prom Queen” was used in the trailer for Shane Dawson‘s web series The Beautiful World of Jeffree Star, which gained over 11 million views in just one week. She has released four EPs: The Sad Vegan as an independent artist, followed by Heartbroken and Milking It, Comedy & Tragedy: Act I, and Comedy & Tragedy: Act II with Atlantic Records. More information here.”

Third on the list is “Abi auditioned in Los Angeles. She sang “What Was I Made For?” by Billie Eilish, from the Barbie film soundtrack. All three judges voted “yes”, sending her to the next round.

One week later, the judges surprised her via a video message at the Palm Springs Street Fair, where she frequently gigs, informing her that her Golden Ticket was upgraded to a Platinum Ticket, which enables her to skip the Idol Arena stage. More Information Here“

Last but nowhere near last “Walker Burroughs auditioned in Louisville. He sang “Love Like This” by Ben Rector and “Hello” by Lionel Richie. All three judges voted “yes”, sending him to the next round. Read more here. “

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Then I found this , one of my favourites James Blunt singing with IAM Tongi. William “Iam” Guy Tongi (born September 1, 2004) is a singer who won season 21 of American Idol. He is the first person from Hawaii, the first Pacific Islander, and the first non-country singer in three years, to win the competition. He is also the first winner to have been born after the show’s premiere on June 11, 2002. More information here.

Happy Sunday Everyone and thanks again Nancy 💜💜💜

Song Lyric Sunday, Les go on Orchestral Manoeuvres.

Good Sunday morning everyone it’s time for Jim Adam’s Song Lyric Sunday and this week April 28, 2024 is Songs performed with orchestras and/or choirs suggested by Nancy aka The Sicilian Storyteller.

The first song I have picked is “Believer” is a song by American pop rock band Imagine Dragons. The song was released on February 1, 2017, through Interscope Records and Kidinakorner as the lead single from the band’s third studio album, Evolve (2017). It was written by Dan Reynolds, Wayne Sermon, Ben McKee, Daniel Platzman, Justin Tranter, Jamie marcel and its producers Mattman & Robin.

One Voice Children’s Choir (originally known as the 2002 Winter Olympic Children’s Choir and Studio A Children’s Choir) is an American children’s choir in Utah.

The group was founded by children and Masa Fukuda in 2001 after he composed the song “It Just Takes Love” for the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, Utah. Fukuda asked students to participate in a commemorative CD for the Olympics. Some of the students also were “children of light” performers for the Olympics, whom he volunteered to help train. After the Olympics, 25 students wanted to continue singing together, and Fukuda formed the choir as a nonprofit organization to continue working with them.

One Voice Children’s Choir is led by choir director Masa Fukuda and Artistic Directors Michelle Boothe and Tanner DeWaal and has 180 members ages 5–18. Every year, the choir performs around 50 to 70 times. The group meets year-round for once-a-week practices. They perform a vast selection of music such as pop, gospel, classical, Broadway, and patriotic.

In 2003, the choir sang the Christmas song “Innocence of Youth” and won the John Lennon International Music Award after singing in a competition for Yoko Ono. In 2014, One Voice received national attention for their rendition of the Disney song “Let It Go”, starring Lexi Walker and Alex Boyé. Their video received 1 million views in one day, 18 million in 10 days, and over 60 million by July 2015. They were invited to compete in the ninth season of America’s Got Talent (AGT) in 2014 and reached the quarterfinals.

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First things first
I’ma say all the words inside my head
I’m fired up and tired of the way that things have been, oh-ooh
The way that things have been, oh-ooh

Second thing second
Don’t you tell me what you think that I could be
I’m the one at the sail, I’m the master of my sea, oh-ooh
The master of my sea, oh-ooh

I was broken from a young age
Taking my sulking to the masses
Writing my poems for the few
That look at me, took to me, shook to me, feeling me
Singing from heartache from the pain
Taking my message from the veins
Speaking my lesson from the brain
Seeing the beauty through the…

Pain!
You made me a, you made me a believer, believer
Pain!
You break me down and build me up, believer, believer
Pain!
Oh, let the bullets fly, oh, let them rain
My life, my love, my drive, it came from…
Pain!
You made me a, you made me a believer, believer

First things first
Can you imagine what’s about to happen?
It’s Weezy the Dragon, I link with the Dragons
And we gon’ get ratchet, no need for imaginin’

This is what’s happenin’
Second thing second, I reckon immaculate
Sound about accurate
I know that strength, it don’t come, don’t come without strategy
I know the sweet, it don’t come without cavities
I know the passages come with some traffic
I start with from the basement, end up in the attic
And third thing third
Whoever call me out, they simply can’t count
Let’s get mathematic, I’m up in this, huh

Is you a believer?
I get a unicorn out of a zebra
I wear my uniform like a tuxedo
This dragon don’t hold his breath, don’t need no breather
Love you Ms. Cita, the son of a leader
I know the bloomin’ don’t come without rain
I know the losin’ don’t come without shame
I know the beauty don’t come without hurt

Hol’ up, hol’ up, last thing last
I know that Tunechi don’t come without Wayne
I know that losin’ don’t come without game
I know that glory don’t come without…
Don’t come without…

Pain!
You made me a, you made me a believer, believer
Pain!
You break me down and build me up, believer, believer
Pain
Oh, let the bullets fly, oh, let them rain
My life, my love, my drive, it came from…
Pain!
You made me a, you made me a believer, believer

Last things last
By the grace of fire and flames
You’re the face of the future, the blood in my veins, oh-ooh
The blood in my veins, oh-ooh
But they never did, ever lived, ebbing and flowing
Inhibited, limited ’til it broke open and rained down
It rained down, like…

Source: Musixmatch

Songwriters: Benjamin Arthur Mckee / Daniel Coulter Reynolds / Daniel Wayne Sermon / Mattias Per Larsson / Robin Lennart Fredriksson / Daniel James Platzman / Justin Drew Tranter

Believer lyrics © Ma-jay Publishing, Imagine Dragons Publishing, Songs For Kidinakorner, Wolf Cousins, Songs Of Universal Inc.

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Next up is AC/DC Thunderstruck “Thunderstruck” is a song by Australian hard rock band AC/DC, released as the lead single from their 1990 album The Razors Edge. It peaked at No. 4 on the Australian ARIA Singles Chart, No. 1 in Finland, and No. 5 on the US Billboard Album Rock Tracks chart. In 2010, “Thunderstruck” topped Triple M Melbourne‘s Ultimate 500 Rock Countdown in Australia. The top five were all AC/DC songs.^[3] The song is used in movies such as Deadpool 2, Planes: Fire & Rescue, Varsity Blues, The Longest Yard, Katie and Orbie, Battleship, and Daddy’s Home, among others, as well as TV shows.

The London Symphony Orchestra (LSO) is a British symphony orchestra based in London. Founded in 1904, the LSO is the oldest of London’s symphony orchestras. The LSO was created by a group of players who left Henry Wood’s Queen’s Hall Orchestra because of a new rule requiring players to give the orchestra their exclusive services. The LSO itself later introduced a similar rule for its members. From the outset the LSO was organised on co-operative lines, with all players sharing the profits at the end of each season. This practice continued for the orchestra’s first four decades.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_Symphony_Orchestra

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Lastly but no way least. The Killers “Human” is a song by American rock band the Killers. Written by and produced by the band members and co-produced by Stuart Price, it was released as the first single from their third studio album Day & Age (2008).

The Cinematic Orchestra is a British nu jazz and downtempo music group created in 1999 by Jason Swinscoe. The group is signed to independent record label Ninja Tune.
The Cinematic Orchestra have produced four studio albums, Motion (1999), Every Day (2002), Ma Fleur (2007) and To Believe (2019), and two film soundtrack albums, Man with a Movie Camera (2003) and The Crimson Wing: Mystery of the Flamingos (2009).

In addition to Swinscoe, the band includes former DJ Food member PC (Patrick Carpenter) on turntables, Luke Flowers on drums, Tom Chant on saxophone, Nick Ramm on piano, Stuart McCallum on guitar, Phil France on double bass Former members include Jamie Coleman (trumpet), T. Daniel Howard (drums), Federico Ughi (drums), Alex James (piano), and Clean Sadness (synthesizer, programming). Heidi Vogel (vocals) appears as a regular collaborator.

Swinscoe and Carpenter have also recorded together under the band name Neptune.

I did my best to notice
When the call came down the line
Up to the platform of surrender
I was broad but I was kind
And sometimes I get nervous
When I see an open door
Close your eyes
Clear your heart

Cut the cord

Are we human?
Or are we dancer?
My sign is vital
My hands are cold
And I'm on my knees
Looking for the answer
Are we human?
Or are we dancer?

Pay my respects to grace and virtue
Send my condolences to good
Give my regards to soul and romance
They always did the best they could
And so long to devotion
You taught me everything I know
Wave goodbye
Wish me well

You got to let me go

Are we human?
Or are we dancer?
My sign is vital
My hands are cold
And I'm on my knees
Looking for the answer
Are we human?
Or are we dancer?

Will your system be alright
When you dream of home tonight?
There is no message we're receiving
Let me know is your heart still beating?

Are we human?
Or are we dancer?
My sign is vital
My hands are cold
And I'm on my knees
Looking for the answer

You got to let me know

Are we human?
Or are we dancer?
My sign is vital
My hands are cold
And I'm on my knees
Looking for the answer
Are we human?
Or are we dancer?

Are we human?
Or are we dancer?

Are we human
Or are we dancer?

All information from Wikipedia.

Happy Sunday everyone 💜💜

Song Lyric Sunday. Two fa One.

Well here we are it’s Sunday again and this week Jim Adams’s promt for Song Lyric Sunday is “Duets with two prominent performers suggested by Nancy aka The Sicilian Storyteller.

Well I am being totally selfish this week and picking my favourite duets by my favourite artists. Artists, Imogen Heap and IAMX,Sam Ryder and Hannah Waddingham and Axil Rose and Elton John.

I have spent ages over which duets to choose but I hope you will enjoy these picked with love. First up Immie and IAMX and My secret friend. It’s so haunting song. I really love how the lyrics draw you in . The video too is just amazing, ambiguous and thought provoking.

“My Secret Friend” is a song performed by IAMX and Imogen Heap, released as the third single from the album Kingdom of Welcome Addiction. The music video, directed by Chris Corner, features Corner dressed as a woman, the video’s lead female character, and Heap as a man, the lead male character. He stated in an interview that when he wrote it he pictured the characters as siblings, who have a romantic, possibly incestuous, relationship. The video is featured on the CD single. Information here.

You have loved
You were not alone
You have braved the weather
When the storm cut you to the bone
There was always shelter

My secred friend
I’ll take you to the river
My secred friend
We can swim forever

In your skin
To die a little death
This time there’s no code word
When everyday frays in hollow ends
Dream sweet love submersive

Source: LyricFind

Songwriters: Christopher Anthony Corner / Imogen Jennifer Jane Heap

My Secret Friend lyrics © Warner Chappell Music, Inc

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Next our lovely Sam singing beautifully, not roaring today,(thought he roars amazingly), with Hannah Waddingham.

“Fought & Lost” is a song by British singer-songwriter Sam Ryder featuring English musician Brian May and Bulgarian musical composer George Strezov. It was released as a single on 24 May 2023 by Parlophone Records. It was by written by Ryder alongside Jamie Hartman and Tom Howe, who also produced the track. Ryder performed the song with Hannah Waddingham, at the Grammy Museum.

“Fought & Lost” is an original song written for season 3 episode 11 of the American comedy-drama series Ted Lasso. Ryder explained on his social media that he was offered the opportunity to write the song after meeting series star Jason Sudeikis and composer Tom Howe at the Taylor Hawkins Tribute Concert in September 2022.

In an interview with Chris Evans, Ryder described the song lyrically as a track “for the hope seekers & the faith keepers and the ones who foster the dream and keep its fire burning regardless of the knock backs, the almosts, the falls & the failures”. Information here

Congratulations on your jubilation
Our hearts are breaking underneath all the applause
This devastation is of our own making
But we’ve never tasted this much bitterness before

And everybody falls
But some of us are born to fight
And fight, and fight some more

So, we will see you here
Same time, same place, next year
And you may win this battle but you’ll never win the war
Better to have fought and lost than never fought at all

Go take a bow your
Audience is waiting
We’ll take the shadows since the limelight isn’t ours
We wanted it so bad
Gave it all we had
Oh, but wanting it doesn’t always make it yours

This time was ours to lose
But fortune favors those who ride the storm and make it through

So, we will see you here
Same time, same place, next year
And you may win this battle but you’ll never win the war
Better to have fought and lost than never fought at all

So, here on the same ground
When the tables have turned around
Oh, and your tears fall as your world is crashing down
I hope when you see me
You remember that feeling
Oh, ’cause we’ve both seen the world from both sides now

And everybody falls
And life will tear you down to show you what’s worth fighting for

Oh, we will see you here
Same time, same place, next year
And you may win this battle but you’ll never win the war
Better to have fought and lost than never fought at all

Better to have fought and lost than never fought at all

Source: LyricFind

Songwriters: Jamie Hartman / Sam Ryder / Tom Howe

Fought & Lost lyrics © Reservoir Media Management, Inc, Universal Music Publishing Group

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Now for the third one This is more s trio or perhaps a quartet than a duet but it only two singers . Queen, Freddie Mercury (posthumously) Elton John and Axil Rose. This one starts of gently enough until at about 3mins 19seconds when Axil bursts on to the stage and like a Whirling Dervish delights everyone (especially me) then he and Elton end the masterpiece together almost holding hands 💜💜.

Queen + Elton John and Axl Rose – “Bohemian Rhapsody“

The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert for AIDS Awareness was a benefit concert held on Easter Monday, 20 April 1992, at Wembley Stadium in London, England, for an audience of 72,000. The concert was produced for television by Ray Burdis, directed by David Mallet and broadcast live on television and radio to 76 countries around the world, with an audience of up to one billion. The concert was a tribute to Queen‘s lead vocalist, Freddie Mercury, who died of AIDS on 24 November 1991. The show marked bassist John Deacon‘s final full-length concert with Queen (save a short live appearance with Brian May, Roger Taylor and Elton John in 1997). The profits from the concert were used to launch the Mercury Phoenix Trust, an AIDS charity organization. Information Wikipedia

Well there are so many more duets I would love to show you but Dad always said leave them wanting more.

Oh! One more because it’s live and cute! It’s Sam singing and roaring with Cha Dabin . The video is homely and honestly live. Don’t much about Cha Dabin but she says. “I sing YouTube 9M • TikTok 3M Contact : youtube.com/@chada6in+1 and this is her Instagram

Sorry dad I never listened !!

Happy Sunday everyone 💜💜

Song Lyric Sunday: Let it go…. On ice.

Today is Sunday and it’s time for Jim Adam’s Song Lyric Sunday. April 7, 2024– Songs that include the lyrics “cold, frozen, frigid or icy”, suggested by Nancy aka The Sicilian Storyteller

Well I actually had to think hard to come up with songs that actually had the chosen words in the lyrics so well done Nancy this week’s prompt was hard. Well I got there finally I even added freezeinto the mix because I really like this first song FreezeTime.

Jonathan Piuze-Roy (born March 15, 1989) is a Canadian pop singer and songwriter. Son of Hockey Hall of Fame goaltender Patrick Roy, he initially pursued hockey in junior leagues, and started to switch paths in favour of music in 2007 after his father encouraged him away from hockey. He has released three albums, and his major-label debut, Mr. Optimist Blues, was released in 2017, which includes several songs written by 1980s pop star Corey Hart. Information here.

Damien George Rice (born 7 December 1973) is an Irish musician, singer and songwriter. He began his career as a member of the 1990s rock group Juniper, who were signed to Polygram Records in 1997. The band enjoyed moderate success in Ireland with two released singles, “The World is Dead” and “Weatherman” After leaving the band in 1998, Rice worked as a farmer in Tuscany and busked throughout Europe before returning to Ireland in 2001 and beginning a solo career. The rest of Juniper went on to perform under the name Bell X1. More Information here.

Chris Rg ; Actor at Actor/Singer/Performer ; Actor at Actor ; Lives in Toronto, Ontario ; From Whitby, Ontario. I can’t find any info on P. G. Ward.

I can’t find anything about this track but here is what hardstyle is. Hardstyle is an electronic dance genre that emerged in the late 1990s, with origins in the Netherlands, Belgium and Italy. Hardstyle mixes influences from techno, new beat and hardcore. More information here.

“Icy Grl” (pronounced “icy girl”) is the debut single by American rapper Saweetie. It was first released through SoundCloud in 2017, before being released on October 2, 2017, as her debut commercial single and the lead single from her debut EP High Maintenance (2018). The song is a freestyle to “My Neck, My Back (Lick It)” by Khia.

There we go ….Happy Sunday Everyone 💜💜

Song Lyric Sunday: Singing Pictures.

It’s Sunday and time for Jim Adam’s Song Lyric Sunday. March. Today 31 March 2024 the prompt is – Songs written for movies suggested by Nancy aka The Sicilian Storyteller.

One of my favourite Films is Highlander and of course my favourite group of all time is Queen so what better than Queen singing the soundtrack to my favourite movie! Please enjoy!

Highlander is a 1986 British-American fantasy action–adventure film directed by Russell Mulcahy from a screenplay by Gregory Widen, Peter Bellwood, and Larry Ferguson. It stars Christopher Lambert, Roxanne Hart, Clancy Brown, and Sean Connery. The film chronicles the climax of an age-old war between immortal warriors, depicted through interwoven past and present-day storylines. It is the first film in the Highlander franchise.

Connor MacLeod (Lambert) is born in the Scottish Highlands in the 16th century. After being mortally wounded by the murderous Kurgan (Brown) in battle, he makes a seemingly miraculous recovery and is banished from his village under suspicion of witchcraft. Five years later, MacLeod is found by swordsman Ramírez (Connery), who trains him in swordplay and explains that they and others were born immortal, invincible unless beheaded. Immortals wage a secret war, fighting each other until the last few remaining will meet at the Gathering to fight for the Prize. In 1985, the Gathering is finally happening in New York City, and MacLeod must ensure that the Prize is not won by the Kurgan.

Highlander enjoyed little success on its initial theatrical release, grossing more than $12 million worldwide against a production budget of $19 million, while receiving mixed reviews. Nevertheless, it became a cult film and inspired several film sequels and television spin-offs. The rock band Queen recorded several songs for the soundtrack, with “Princes of the Universe” also used for the title sequence in the television series. The tagline, “There can be only one”, has carried on into pop culture.

Song Lyric Sunday: Just like Mum and Dad did.

Good afternoon, it’s Sunday again and time for Jim Adams Song Lyric Sunday. This week the theme is to find a song about children or families suggested by Nancy aka The Sicilian Storyteller.

Below is a photo of the house I grew up in, it’s the one with the brown gate. It’s been is no longer the family home, it’s been sold and modernised but it’s basically the same.

Winter icicles on the windows inside and out.
No central heating so we froze without a doubt.
The living room was cosy because there was a fire.

Summer was different the windows and doors open wide
The garden was full of veg and blackberries and mud we’d trail inside!

Not mum but not far off.

Christmas time was special hanging up the glitter
Mum baking in the kitchen Dad and the boys drinking a sneaky pint of bitter.
There were so many of us yet no one was ever turned away
Whoever turned up was welcome, relative , friend, waifs or stray.
Dad had an office in the front room each night he’d do his Union work.
There were only three bedrooms all packed to overflowing.
It could be very hectic because the family did not stop growing.
Four generations. So many memories, too many to share

Sadly the house is sold and closed to us though it is still there.

Since being married we have moved four times, from Brentford to Hayes, London to Devon, from Devon to Berkshire and from a medium house to our present home.
To be honest it’s not the building it’s the people isn’t it..
The song I chose Our House by Madness applies to my childhood home and the homes I have made with hubby and our children and grandchildren. It’s all about family 💜 and my first choice song is all about my childhood family as well as the family I have with hubby.

“Our House” is a song by the English ska and pop band Madness and was written by second lead vocalist Chas Smash and guitarist Chris Foreman. It was released as the lead single from their fourth studio album, The Rise & Fall, on 12 November 1982. The song charted within the top ten in several countries, and it was the band’s biggest hit on the Billboard Hot 100. It won the category Best Pop Song at the May 1983 Ivor Novello Awards. Information from Wikipedia

Father wears his Sunday best
Mother’s tired, she needs a rest
The kids are playing up downstairs
Sister’s sighing in her sleep
Brother’s got a date to keep
He can’t hang around

Our house, in the middle of our street
Our house, in the middle of our

Our house it has a crowd
There’s always something happening
And it’s usually quite loud
Our mum, she’s so house-proud
Nothing ever slows her down
And a mess is not allowed

Our house, in the middle of our street
Our house, in the middle of our
Our house, in the middle of our street
Our house (Something tells you)
(That you’ve got to move away from it) In the middle of our

Father gets up late for work
Mother has to iron his shirt
Then she sends the kids to school
Sees them off with a small kiss (Ah, ah, ah, ah)
She’s the one they’re going to miss
In lots of ways

Our house, in the middle of our street
Our house, in the middle of our

I remember way back then
When everything was true and when
We would have such a very good time
Such a fine time, such a happy time
And I remember how we’d play
Simply waste the day away
Then we’d say nothing would come between us
Two dreamers

Father wears his Sunday best
Mother’s tired she needs a rest
The kids are playing up downstairs
Sister’s sighing in her sleep
Brother’s got a date to keep
He can’t hang around

Our house, in the middle of our street
Our house, in the middle of our street
Our house, in the middle of our street
Our house, in the middle of our

Our house, was our castle and our keep
Our house, in the middle of our street
Our house, that was where we used to sleep
Our house, in the middle of our street
Our house

Source: Musixmatch

Songwriters: Graham Mcpherson / Michael Barson / Cathal Joseph Smyth / Lee Jay Thompson / Daniel Mark Woodgate / Christopher John Foreman / Mark William Bedford.

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Below a little poem I wrote about parenting.

Parenting

A job too big to to take
So many mistakes to make
Back breaking when they are small
Heart breaking when they grow tall.
You can only do your best
You can only nurture and fate will do the rest.

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My second song is :Teach Your Children” is a song written by Graham Nash in 1968 when he was a member of the Hollies. Although it was never recorded by that group in a studio, the Hollies did record it live in 1983. After the song was initially recorded for the album Crosby, Stills & Nash in 1969, a much more enhanced version of the song was recorded for the album Déjà Vu by Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, released in 1970. As a single, the song peaked at No. 16 on the Billboard Hot 100 charts that year. On the Easy Listening chart, it peaked at No. 28. In Canada, “Teach Your Children” reached No. 8. Reviewing the song, Cash Box commented on the “incredible soft harmony luster” and “delicately composed material.”Billboard called it “a smooth country-flavored ballad that should prove an even bigger hit on the charts [than ‘Woodstock‘].” Stephen Stills gave the song its “country swing”, replacing the “Henry VIII” style of Nash’s original demo.

Nash, who is also an accomplished photographer and collector of photographs, associated the song’s message with a famous 1962 photo by Diane Arbus, Child with Toy Hand Grenade in Central Park, shortly after writing the song. The image, which depicts a child with an angry expression holding the toy weapon, prompted Nash to reflect on the societal implications of messages given to children about war and other issues. Information from Wikipedia I have chosen to play my favourite version 💜

You, who are on the road
Must have a code you try to live by
And so become yourself
Becauste the past is just a goodbye

… Teach your children well
Their father’s hell did slowly go by
Feed them on your dreams
The one they pick’s the one you’ll know by

… Don’t you ever ask them why
If they told you, you would cry
So just look at them and sigh
And know they love you

… And you, of tender years
Can’t know the fears your elders grew by
Help them with your youth
They seek the truth before they can die

… Teach your parents well
Their children’s hell will slowly go by
And feed them on your dreams
The one they pick’s the one you’ll know by

… Don’t you ever ask them why
If they told you, you would cry
So just look at them and sigh
And know they love you

… Ooh, and know they love you
And know they love you, yeah
And know they love you

Source: Musixmatch

Songwriters: Graham William Nash

Teach Your Children lyrics © Nash Notes

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As it happens Crosby Stills and Nash also rewrote and recorded a song called Our House. You can also be parents to cats,dogs any animal.

“Our House” is a song written by British singer-songwriter Graham Nash and recorded by Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young on their album Déjà Vu (1970). The single reached No. 30 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 and No. 20 on the Cash Box Top 100. The song, “an ode to countercultural domestic bliss”, was written while Nash was living with Joni Mitchell, recording both Crosby, Stills & Nash and Déjà Vu.

The song originated from a domestic event that took place while Graham Nash was living with Joni Mitchell (and her two cats) in her house in Laurel Canyon, Los Angeles, after they had gone out for breakfast and had bought an inexpensive vase on Ventura Boulevard. Nash wrote the song in an hour, on Mitchell’s piano.

In October 2013, in an interview with Terry Gross on NPR’s Fresh Air, Nash elaborated:

Well, it’s an ordinary moment. What happened is that Joni [Mitchell] and I – I don’t know whether you know anything about Los Angeles, but on Ventura Boulevard in the Valley, there’s a very famous deli called Art’s Deli. And we’d been to breakfast there. We’re going to get into Joan’s car, and we pass an antique store. And we’re looking in the window, and she saw a very beautiful vase that she wanted to buy … I persuaded her to buy this vase. It wasn’t very expensive, and we took it home. It was a very grey, kind of sleety, drizzly L.A. morning. And we got to the house in Laurel Canyon, and I said – got through the front door and I said, you know what? I’ll light a fire. Why don’t you put some flowers in that vase that you just bought? Well, she was in the garden getting flowers. That meant she was not at her piano, but I was … And an hour later ‘Our House’ was born, out of an incredibly ordinary moment that many, many people have experienced.

In the same interview, Nash was asked about the vocal harmonies in the song:

It’s me and David [Crosby] and Stephen [Stills] doing our best. That’s all we ever do. You know, we’re lucky enough to be able to do, you know, anything that we want to do, musically. And, you know, these two guys are incredible musicians. Crosby is one of the most unique musicians I know, and Stephen Stills has got this blues-based, South American kind of feeling to his music. And I’m this, you know, Henry VIII guy from England … You know, it’s not supposed to work, but it does, somehow.

Information from Wikipedia

I’ll light the fire
You place the flowers in the vase
That you bought today

Staring at the fire
For hours and hours while I listen to you
Play your love songs all night long for me
Only for me

Come to me now (come to me now)
And rest your head for just five minutes
Everything is done
Such a cozy room (such a cozy room)
The windows are illuminated
By the evening sunshine through them
Fiery gems for you, only for you

Our house is a very, very, very fine house
With two cats in the yard
Life used to be so hard
Now everything is easy ’cause of you
And our

La-la, la-la-la-la-la
La-la-la-la, la-la-la-la-la
La-la-la-la-la-la-la
La-la-la-la-la-la-la-la
La-la, la-la-la-la-la
La-la-la-la, la-la-la-la-la
La-la-la-la-la-la-la

Our house is a very, very, very fine house
With two cats in the yard
Life used to be so hard
Now everything is easy ’cause of you
And our

I’ll light the fire
While you place the flowers in the vase
That you bought today

Source: Musixmatch

Songwriters: Graham William Nash

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Song Lyric Sunday: When will we ever learn?

Jim Adams is the host for Song Lyric Sunday. The theme is a song about war and/or peace, suggested by Nancy, aka The Sicilian Storyteller.

This week’s prompt has been done before, under different titles but it all means the same. So to be honest I have found it hard not to repeat my self. Really there are so many songs about war and peace that we could do this prompt every week and not run out of material. I have included two videos I have done before because they are so spot on .”No bravery”

and “Singing a song” By James Blunt. James Blunt was a serving soldier so he knows what he is talking about and both videos are powerful! I have talked about these before so I am not going to now. These two videos are not my featured ones.

I have to mention a few that break my heart though that I have chosen them before. Kate Bush, Army dreamers a song about a mother’s loss.
Zombie and War Child by the Cranberries, Say Goodbye to them all by Chris DeBurgh, War Pigs Black Sabbath, Dogs of War Pink Floyd, I could go on and on but I won’t.

War sad always was always is …just look at the world today, and sadly always will be. Okay I must not get on my soapbox this is a music prompt.

So here are my two picks for today firstly War.

“Silent Running (On Dangerous Ground)” is a song performed by Mike + The Mechanics. Written by Mike Rutherford and B. A. Robertson, it was the first track on the 1985 self-titled debut album of Mike + the Mechanics. It was also released as the band’s first single, peaking at number 6 on 8 March 1986 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, and number 1 on Billboard‘s Mainstream Rock Tracks chart, where it stayed for five weeks. It reached No. 21 in the band’s native United Kingdom.

Paul Carrack provided lead vocals on the song. Alan Murphy was hired as a session guitarist and provided lead guitar on the track. The song’s original title was simply “Silent Running”; the name extension was given when the song was chosen to appear in the 1986 movie On Dangerous Ground, which was titled Choke Canyon in the United States.

The song was banned by the BBC during the Gulf War due to its address of war, nationalism and religion, as well as a direct reference to weaponry in the line, “There’s a gun and ammunition just inside the doorway.”

imformation Wiki

Take the children and yourself
And hide out in the cellar
By now the fighting will be close at hand
Don’t believe the church and state
And everything they tell you
Believe in me, I’m with the high command
Can you hear me, can you hear me running?
Can you hear me running, can you hear me calling you?
Can you hear me, can you hear me running?
Can you hear me running, can you hear me calling you?
There’s a gun and ammunition
Just inside the doorway
Use it only in emergency
Better you should pray to God
The Father and the Spirit
Will guide you and protect from up here
Can you hear me, can you hear me running?
Can you hear me running, can you hear me calling you?
Can you hear me, can you hear me running?
Can you hear me running, can you hear me calling you?
Swear allegiance to the flag
Whatever flag they offer
Never hint at what you really feel
Teach the children quietly
For some day sons and daughters
Will rise up and fight while we stood still
Can you hear me, can you hear me running?
Can you hear me running, can you hear me calling you?
Can you hear me, can you hear me running?
Can you hear me running, can you hear me calling you?
Can you hear me, can you hear me running?
Can you hear me running, can you hear me calling you?
Can you hear me running (can you hear me calling you?)
(Can you hear me) hear me calling you?
(Can you hear me running) hear me running babe?
(Can you hear me running) hear me running?
Calling you, calling you

Source: Musixmatch

Songwriters: Ba Robertson / Michael Rutherford

And now to Peace

“Give Me Love (Give Me Peace on Earth)” is a song by English musician George Harrison, released as the opening track of his 1973 album Living in the Material World. It was also issued as the album’s lead single, in May that year, and became Harrison’s second US number 1, after “My Sweet Lord“. In doing so, the song pushed Paul McCartney and Wings‘ “My Love” from the top of the Billboard Hot 100, marking the only occasion that two former Beatles have held the top two chart positions in America. The single also reached the top ten in Britain, Canada, Australia, and Holland.

I want to be God-conscious. That’s really my only ambition, and everything else in life is incidental.

– George Harrison, speaking in early 1971 about his plans following the success of All Things Must Pass

As with most of the songs on his Living in the Material World album, George Harrison wrote “Give Me Love (Give Me Peace on Earth)” over 1971–72. During this period, he dedicated himself to assisting refugees of the Bangladesh Liberation War, by staging two all-star benefit concerts in New York and preparing a live album and concert film for release. In addition, much of his time was spent occupied with the business and legal problems afflicting the humanitarian aid project. Author Andrew Grant Jackson writes that Harrison’s frustration with this last issue resulted in a sombre quality pervading much of Material World, yet he “pushed his disillusionment aside for the lead single [‘Give Me Love’]”.

The same period coincided with the height of Harrison’s devotion to Hindu spirituality. As with his religious-themed 1970–71 hit, “My Sweet Lord“, and his subsequent singles “What Is Life” and “Bangla Desh“, Harrison wrote “Give Me Love” very quickly. Author Alan Clayson describes it as having “flowed from George with an ease as devoid of ante-start agonies as a Yoko Ono ‘think piece'”. In his autobiography, I, Me, Mine, Harrison recalls of the writing process:

Sometimes you open your mouth and you don’t know what you are going to say, and whatever comes out is the starting point. If that happens and you are lucky, it can usually be turned into a song. This song is a prayer and personal statement between me, the Lord, and whoever likes it.
information Wiki

Give me love
Give me love
Give me peace on earth
Give me light
Give me life
Keep me free from birth
Give me hope
Help me cope with this heavy load
Trying to touch and reach you with
Heart and soul

Om
My Lord
Please take hold of my hand
That I might understand you
Won’t you please
Oh, won’t you?

Give me love
Give me love
Give me peace on earth
Give me light
Give me life
Keep me free from birth
Give me hope
Help me cope with this heavy load
Trying to touch and reach you with
Heart and soul

Om
My Lord

Won’t you please
Oh, won’t you?

Give me love
Give me love
Give me peace on earth
Give me light
Give me life
Keep me free from birth
Give me hope
Help me cope with this heavy load
Trying to touch and reach you with
Heart and soul
Give me love
Give me love
Give me peace on earth
Give me light
Give me life
Keep me, keep me free from birth
Now give me hope
Help me cope with this heavy load
Trying to touch and reach you with
Heart and soul

Om
My Lord

Source: LyricFind

Songwriters: George Harrison

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Song Lyric Sunday. The Final Goodbye and Don’t look back.

Good morning and welcome to Jim Adams Song Lyric Sunday . This week’s Theme is picked by Nancy The Scillian storyteller. Nancy’s theme is songs about dealing with God or the afterlife.

There are many songs about meeting your maker, heaven, hell, and near death experiences. Here are some of my favourites and I am sure the will feature today. I have included their Wikipedia links incase they are new to you.
Stairway to Heaven
Knocking on heavens door
Lady Eleanor
Stay with Me.

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The song I have chosen is probably going to be popular today but I am sticking with it because it is the most sincere song and actually video too.
Freddie Mercury died in 1991 . Freddie knew he was dying, you can see he is, you can see he is suffering. He is not only saying goodbye to us all when he looks straight into our eyes he is also looking into the eyes of God. At the end of the beautiful video which shows us the truly heroic effort Freddy made he looks straight into the camera and tells us “I love you” it’s his final goodbye he can see death is waiting. I cry every time I watch the video or hear the song. I love you too Freddie.

“These Are the Days of Our Lives” is a song by the British rock band Queen. Although credited to the whole band, it was largely written by their drummer Roger Taylor, and is the eighth track on the band’s 1991 album Innuendo. You can read more here at Wikipedia

Reminiscing on the past, Roger Taylor penned the song as Freddie Mercury’s health was deteriorating. As a teenager, Taylor had known Mercury since the late 1960s when they worked together at Kensington Market in London before the two (along with Brian May) founded Queen in 1970.The opening chorus in the song reminisces, with “Those were the days of our lives”, while the second chorus refers to the present, “Cause these are the days of our lives”.

“I was sitting at home in a rather reflective mood and I did know that Freddie was ill, and I think it came out of that slightly melancholic mood. I guess I was trying to put an optimistic slant on it in a way—those were the days then. And these are the days of our lives—Today is more important than yesterday.”
Taylor speaking to Absolute Radio in 2011.

Here is how they made the video.

Sometimes I get to feelin’
I was back in the old days, long ago
When we were kids, when we were young
Things seemed so perfect, you know?
The days were endless, we were crazy, we were young
The sun was always shinin’, we just lived for fun
Sometimes it seems like lately, I just don’t know
The rest of my life’s been, just a show

Those are the days of our lives
The bad things in life were so few
Those days are all gone now but one thing is true
When I look and I find I still love you
You can’t turn back the clock, you can’t turn back the tide
Ain’t that a shame?
Ooh, I’d like to go back one time on a roller coaster ride
When life was just a game
No use in sitting and thinkin’ on what you did
When you can lay back and enjoy it through your kids
Sometimes it seems like lately, I just don’t know
Better sit back and go, with the flow

These are the days of our lives
They’ve flown in the swiftness of time
These days are all gone now but some things remain
When I look and I find, no change

Those were the days of our lives, yeah
The bad things in life were so few
Those days are all gone now but one thing’s still true
When I look and I find, I still love you
I still love you

Source: LyricFind

Songwriters: Brian May / Freddie Mercury / John Deacon / Roger Taylor

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A a little aside here is one that is definitely about the afterlife and possibly escaping it . It’s an old one by the Herd.

“From the Underworld” is a single by the English rock band the Herd, released in August 1967. Written by the band’s managers Ken Howard and Alan Blaikley, the song’s lyrics are based on the ancient Greek myth of Orpheus and Eurydice. It became the band’s first hit upon release, reaching number 6 on the UK Singles Chart and launching singer Peter Frampton as a pop star. It was later included on the group’s only studio album Paradise Lost (1968).

The Herd comprising 16-year-old guitarist Peter Frampton, keyboardist Andy Bown, bassist Gary Taylor and drummer Andrew Steele, signed with Fontana Records in early 1967. The band’s live performances were marked by an R&B sound, with Frampton, Bown and Taylor all taking lead vocals However, the band’s managers Ken Howard and Alan Blaikley, known for their success with Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich, positioned Frampton as the frontman. Frampton sang lead on the Herd’s first Fontana single, “I Can Fly”, and later reflected “they didn’t put the Herd on the covers of the magazines, they put me on. And instantly it started discontent in the band. I felt terrible. The die was cast.”

Howard and Blaikley wrote “From the Underworld” before they became involved with the Herd. The partners considered it a more serious work than the hits they wrote for Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich. LThey compared their approach to that of the English writer Graham Greene, who divided his work into novels and “entertainments”; in a 1967 interview, Howard declared “The Herd are the novels and Dave Dee and co are the entertainments – and that is not meant to be derogatory in any way.”Lyrically, “From the Underworld” is based on the ancient Greek legend of the musician and poet Orpheus, who descends to the underworld to rescue his lover Eurydice, only to lose her when he breaks the commandment given to him by Hades and looks behind during their journey back to the living world. Howard and Blaikley had reportedly learnt the story when studying Latin at University College School, Hampstead. Regarding the song’s Greek mythology theme, Michael Beale of the Birmingham Mail considered the success of Procol Harum‘s “A Whiter Shade of Pale” proof “that there is room at the top of the chart for something different”.

Musically, the song employs an elaborate string and brass arrangement. A fuzz guitar part and trumpet obligato also feature, with a “demonic chorus” and “a most difficult, galloping rhythm”, according to Ray Connolly. It opens with a tolling bell, dubbed “Big Ben, or a near relation” by Peter Jones of Record Mirror. Information from Wikipedia

Out of the land of shadows and
Darkness, we were returning
Towards the morning light
Almost in reach of places I knew

Escaping the ghosts of Yesterday
You were behind me following
Closely
“Don’t turn around now”

I heard you whisper in my ear
“If you should turn now,
All that you won
Will vanish just like a passing dream.

Just on the very verge of the
Morning, daylight was dawning,
Freedom was but a step away
Now with the deep dark river

Behind us,
What could go wrong if I stayed
Strong in mind.
What was the sudden lapse into

Madness, what was the urge that
Turned my head around to look at you?
What was the stubborn will
To destroy the love and the joy

I nearly held?
Three times the thunder roared
In my ears
In all of my years I’ll see that lost

Look in your eyes.
As, with a sigh like smoke in the wind
You slipped from my grasp into
The waiting shadows

So much I longed to say,
But my touch found only the
Empty air and a black nights
Coldness.

Into another world you entered
And never again I can reclaim you.

Source: LyricFind

Songwriters: Howard Blaikley