|
RandyRocketMetal favorited a video
(1 week ago)
James Taylor music: http://www.amazon.com/gp/redirect.htm... Watch the full show: http://thesixtiesarchive.blogspot.com...
"Fire and Rain"
more
James Taylor music: http://www.amazon.com/gp/redirect.htm... Watch the full show: http://thesixtiesarchive.blogspot.com...
"Fire and Rain" is a folk/rock song written and performed by James Taylor. As a song on his second album, Sweet Baby James, the song engendered widespread attention for him. The album was released in February 1970, with the song being released as a single that month. "Fire and Rain" quickly rose to number three on the Billboard hot 100 charts. It was soon covered by Anne Murray, on her album Honey, Wheat and Laughter, also in 1970.
Moody and introspective, "Fire and Rain" became something of a prototype for the singer-songwriter genre that would boom in the few years following its release. Its apocalyptic imagery proved provocative to would-be interpreters. The sparse arrangement, centered on Taylor's ringing acoustic guitar figures, came to represent Taylor's signature sound, and was influential among other performers.
"Fire and Rain" is in the 227th position on Rolling Stone's list of the 500 greatest songs of all time.
Many artists have recorded cover versions of "Fire and Rain" in a number of genres, including: * Taylor sang this on The Simpsons episode Deep Space Homer with slightly altered lyrics. * Al Jarreau - Jazz singer Al Jarreau on his album Glow. * Anne Murray on her album Snowbird. * Badlands on the 1991 album Voodoo Highway and live during the subsequent tour. * Blood, Sweat & Tears on their album Blood, Sweat & Tears 3. * Bobby Darin on his album Live! At the Desert Inn. * Bobby Womack - Rhythm and blues and soul singer Bobby Womack on his album Communication. * Boots Randolph - Saxophonist Boots Randolph on his album Boots With Brass. * Cher on her album Gypsies, Tramps & Thieves. * Cliff Richard on his album Help It Along. * Dido - Pop singer Dido on the album Sounds Eclectic: The Covers Project (2007). * Herb Alpert - Trumpeter Herb Alpert on his album Lost Treasures. * Hubert Laws - Jazz flautist Hubert Laws on his album Afro-Classic. * Jack Starr's Burning Starr - Heavy Metal band Jack Starr's Burning Starr covered the song on the 1986 No Turning Back album * John Denver on his album Poems, Prayers, and Promises. * Johnny Rivers on his album Home Grown. * Jonathan Butler - Jazz guitarist/singer Jonathan Butler covered the song on his album Jonathan * Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds - R&B singer Babyface covered the song on his album Playlist * Linda Thompson - Folk singer Linda Thompson on her album Give Me a Sad Song. * Lou Rawls - Soul, jazz and blues singer Lou Rawls on his album A Man of Value. * Marsyas (Oskar Petr, Petr Kalandra, Zuzana Michnova) recorded the song as Slunce a dest (Sun and Rain) in 1982 (album Kousek prizne) * Maynard Ferguson - Jazz trumpeter Maynard Ferguson on his eponymous album Maynard Ferguson. * Me First and the Gimme Gimmes - Punk music band Me First and the Gimme Gimmes on their album Have a Ball. * Nana Mouskouri on her album Nana's Book of Songs. * Ole gustav Johnsen - NorwegianX-Factor competitor Ole gustav Johnsen covered the song on 2010 X-Factor album. * Phil Upchurch - Jazz guitarist Phil Upchurch on his album Darkness, Darkness. * Richie Havens - Folk singer Richie Havens on his album The Great Blind Degree. * Rick Wakeman - Progressive rock keyboard player Rick Wakeman on his album Piano Vibrations. * Roger Whittaker on his album Fire and Rain. * Sammy Kershaw - Country music singer Sammy Kershaw on his album Covers the Hits. * The Gaylads - Reggae artists The Gaylads on their album Fire and Rain. * The Isley Brothers on their album Givin' It Back. * Willie Nelson - Country icon Willie Nelson's 1975 cover reached the top thirty on the U.S. country singles charts.
less
|
|
| |
|
|
RandyRocketMetal liked a video
(1 week ago)
James Taylor music: http://www.amazon.com/gp/redirect.htm... Watch the full show: http://thesixtiesarchive.blogspot.com...
"Fire and Rain"
more
James Taylor music: http://www.amazon.com/gp/redirect.htm... Watch the full show: http://thesixtiesarchive.blogspot.com...
"Fire and Rain" is a folk/rock song written and performed by James Taylor. As a song on his second album, Sweet Baby James, the song engendered widespread attention for him. The album was released in February 1970, with the song being released as a single that month. "Fire and Rain" quickly rose to number three on the Billboard hot 100 charts. It was soon covered by Anne Murray, on her album Honey, Wheat and Laughter, also in 1970.
Moody and introspective, "Fire and Rain" became something of a prototype for the singer-songwriter genre that would boom in the few years following its release. Its apocalyptic imagery proved provocative to would-be interpreters. The sparse arrangement, centered on Taylor's ringing acoustic guitar figures, came to represent Taylor's signature sound, and was influential among other performers.
"Fire and Rain" is in the 227th position on Rolling Stone's list of the 500 greatest songs of all time.
Many artists have recorded cover versions of "Fire and Rain" in a number of genres, including: * Taylor sang this on The Simpsons episode Deep Space Homer with slightly altered lyrics. * Al Jarreau - Jazz singer Al Jarreau on his album Glow. * Anne Murray on her album Snowbird. * Badlands on the 1991 album Voodoo Highway and live during the subsequent tour. * Blood, Sweat & Tears on their album Blood, Sweat & Tears 3. * Bobby Darin on his album Live! At the Desert Inn. * Bobby Womack - Rhythm and blues and soul singer Bobby Womack on his album Communication. * Boots Randolph - Saxophonist Boots Randolph on his album Boots With Brass. * Cher on her album Gypsies, Tramps & Thieves. * Cliff Richard on his album Help It Along. * Dido - Pop singer Dido on the album Sounds Eclectic: The Covers Project (2007). * Herb Alpert - Trumpeter Herb Alpert on his album Lost Treasures. * Hubert Laws - Jazz flautist Hubert Laws on his album Afro-Classic. * Jack Starr's Burning Starr - Heavy Metal band Jack Starr's Burning Starr covered the song on the 1986 No Turning Back album * John Denver on his album Poems, Prayers, and Promises. * Johnny Rivers on his album Home Grown. * Jonathan Butler - Jazz guitarist/singer Jonathan Butler covered the song on his album Jonathan * Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds - R&B singer Babyface covered the song on his album Playlist * Linda Thompson - Folk singer Linda Thompson on her album Give Me a Sad Song. * Lou Rawls - Soul, jazz and blues singer Lou Rawls on his album A Man of Value. * Marsyas (Oskar Petr, Petr Kalandra, Zuzana Michnova) recorded the song as Slunce a dest (Sun and Rain) in 1982 (album Kousek prizne) * Maynard Ferguson - Jazz trumpeter Maynard Ferguson on his eponymous album Maynard Ferguson. * Me First and the Gimme Gimmes - Punk music band Me First and the Gimme Gimmes on their album Have a Ball. * Nana Mouskouri on her album Nana's Book of Songs. * Ole gustav Johnsen - NorwegianX-Factor competitor Ole gustav Johnsen covered the song on 2010 X-Factor album. * Phil Upchurch - Jazz guitarist Phil Upchurch on his album Darkness, Darkness. * Richie Havens - Folk singer Richie Havens on his album The Great Blind Degree. * Rick Wakeman - Progressive rock keyboard player Rick Wakeman on his album Piano Vibrations. * Roger Whittaker on his album Fire and Rain. * Sammy Kershaw - Country music singer Sammy Kershaw on his album Covers the Hits. * The Gaylads - Reggae artists The Gaylads on their album Fire and Rain. * The Isley Brothers on their album Givin' It Back. * Willie Nelson - Country icon Willie Nelson's 1975 cover reached the top thirty on the U.S. country singles charts.
less
|
|
| |
|
|
RandyRocketMetal favorited a video
(2 weeks ago)
ABBA performing on German TV show Am Laufenden Band featuring a rare TV appeareance of their talented session guitarist Janne Shaffer
Taken from the...
more
ABBA performing on German TV show Am Laufenden Band featuring a rare TV appeareance of their talented session guitarist Janne Shaffer
Taken from their 1978 release 'The Album'
Produced by Benny Andersson & Björn Ulvaeus
The song's origins sprang from Ulvaeus, whose hobby was running. While running, he would sing a "tck-a-ch"-style rhythm to himself over and over again, which then evolved into "take-a-chance" and the eventual lyrics. The song's B-side was "I'm a Marionette", which, like "Thank You for the Music" and "I Wonder (Departure)" (the B-side to their previous single, "The Name of the Game"), was intended to be part of a mini-musical entitled The Girl with the Golden Hair that Andersson and Ulvaeus had planned, but ultimately shelved.
If you change your mind, I'm the first in line
Honey I'm still free
Take a chance on me
If you need me, let me know, gonna be around
If you've got no place to go, if you're feeling down
If you're all alone when the pretty birds have flown
Honey I'm still free
Take a chance on me
Gonna do my very best and it ain't no lie
If you put me to the test, if you let me try
Take a chance on me
(That's all I ask of you honey)
Take a chance on me
We can go dancing, we can go walking, as long as we're together
Listen to some music, maybe just talking, get to know you better
'Cos you know I've got
So much that I wanna do, when I dream I'm alone with you
It's magic
You want me to leave it there, afraid of a love affair
But I think you know
That I can't let go
If you change your mind, I'm the first in line
Honey I'm still free
Take a chance on me
If you need me, let me know, gonna be around
If you've got no place to go, if you're feeling down
If you're all alone when the pretty birds have flown
Honey I'm still free
Take a chance on me
Gonna do my very best and it ain't no lie
If you put me to the test, if you let me try
Take a chance on me
(Come on, give me a break will you?)
Take a chance on me
Oh you can take your time baby, I'm in no hurry, know I'm gonna get you
You don't wanna hurt me, baby don't worry, I ain't gonna let you
Let me tell you now
My love is strong enough to last when things are rough
It's magic
You say that I waste my time but I can't get you off my mind
No I can't let go
'Cos I love you so
If you change your mind, I'm the first in line
Honey I'm still free
Take a chance on me
If you need me, let me know, gonna be around
If you've got no place to go, if you're feeling down
If you're all alone when the pretty birds have flown
Honey I'm still free
Take a chance on me
Gonna do my very best, baby can't you see
Gotta put me to the test, take a chance on me
(Take a chance, take a chance, take a chance on me)
Ba ba ba ba baa, ba ba ba ba baa
Honey I'm still free
Take a chance on me
Gonna do my very best, baby can't you see
Gotta put me to the test, take a chance on me
(Take a chance, take a chance, take a chance on me)
Ba ba ba ba baa, ba ba ba ba baa ba-ba
Honey I'm still free
Take a chance on me
less
|
|
| |
|
|
RandyRocketMetal liked a video
(2 weeks ago)
ABBA performing on German TV show Am Laufenden Band featuring a rare TV appeareance of their talented session guitarist Janne Shaffer
Taken from the...
more
ABBA performing on German TV show Am Laufenden Band featuring a rare TV appeareance of their talented session guitarist Janne Shaffer
Taken from their 1978 release 'The Album'
Produced by Benny Andersson & Björn Ulvaeus
The song's origins sprang from Ulvaeus, whose hobby was running. While running, he would sing a "tck-a-ch"-style rhythm to himself over and over again, which then evolved into "take-a-chance" and the eventual lyrics. The song's B-side was "I'm a Marionette", which, like "Thank You for the Music" and "I Wonder (Departure)" (the B-side to their previous single, "The Name of the Game"), was intended to be part of a mini-musical entitled The Girl with the Golden Hair that Andersson and Ulvaeus had planned, but ultimately shelved.
If you change your mind, I'm the first in line
Honey I'm still free
Take a chance on me
If you need me, let me know, gonna be around
If you've got no place to go, if you're feeling down
If you're all alone when the pretty birds have flown
Honey I'm still free
Take a chance on me
Gonna do my very best and it ain't no lie
If you put me to the test, if you let me try
Take a chance on me
(That's all I ask of you honey)
Take a chance on me
We can go dancing, we can go walking, as long as we're together
Listen to some music, maybe just talking, get to know you better
'Cos you know I've got
So much that I wanna do, when I dream I'm alone with you
It's magic
You want me to leave it there, afraid of a love affair
But I think you know
That I can't let go
If you change your mind, I'm the first in line
Honey I'm still free
Take a chance on me
If you need me, let me know, gonna be around
If you've got no place to go, if you're feeling down
If you're all alone when the pretty birds have flown
Honey I'm still free
Take a chance on me
Gonna do my very best and it ain't no lie
If you put me to the test, if you let me try
Take a chance on me
(Come on, give me a break will you?)
Take a chance on me
Oh you can take your time baby, I'm in no hurry, know I'm gonna get you
You don't wanna hurt me, baby don't worry, I ain't gonna let you
Let me tell you now
My love is strong enough to last when things are rough
It's magic
You say that I waste my time but I can't get you off my mind
No I can't let go
'Cos I love you so
If you change your mind, I'm the first in line
Honey I'm still free
Take a chance on me
If you need me, let me know, gonna be around
If you've got no place to go, if you're feeling down
If you're all alone when the pretty birds have flown
Honey I'm still free
Take a chance on me
Gonna do my very best, baby can't you see
Gotta put me to the test, take a chance on me
(Take a chance, take a chance, take a chance on me)
Ba ba ba ba baa, ba ba ba ba baa
Honey I'm still free
Take a chance on me
Gonna do my very best, baby can't you see
Gotta put me to the test, take a chance on me
(Take a chance, take a chance, take a chance on me)
Ba ba ba ba baa, ba ba ba ba baa ba-ba
Honey I'm still free
Take a chance on me
less
|
|
| |
|
|
RandyRocketMetal liked a video
(1 month ago)
Pavarotti? Potts you say? NO! THIS is the definitive Nessun Dorma (IMO of course). Not being satisfied with any of the versions on YouTube I decide...
more
Pavarotti? Potts you say? NO! THIS is the definitive Nessun Dorma (IMO of course). Not being satisfied with any of the versions on YouTube I decided to add this one. It will be a long time before anyone can match this tenor. Enjoy.
less
|
|
Kurt Cobains death
Justin Biebers birth.