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CSXT engine #58 leads the L136-27 east through Marmet, West Virginia as it heads for Clifton Forge and Richmond, Virginia. In case you didn't notic...
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CSXT engine #58 leads the L136-27 east through Marmet, West Virginia as it heads for Clifton Forge and Richmond, Virginia. In case you didn't notice, the trailing unit is CSXT 4599. Nice to see a former "Conrail Cadillac" on something other than coal service.
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"Faster" is the third single from George Harrison's 1979 eponymous album George Harrison. Faster begins the second side of the LP, and is...
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"Faster" is the third single from George Harrison's 1979 eponymous album George Harrison. Faster begins the second side of the LP, and is the sixth track on the CD. It was released as the third single of the album but was not issued as a 45 in the USA.
History
During 1977 Harrison went to a lot of Formula One races instead of writing any songs.Harrison had been talking to Niki Lauda after the Watkins Glen Race, and became inspired to write a song "that Niki-Jody-Emerson and the gang could enjoy".Harrison got the title of the song from Jackie Stewart's book, and then wrote the chorus.He wrote the rest of the song in a way that didn't limit it to only motor cars, the only car-related word being machinery.However, when sound effects from the 1978 British Grand Prix were added to the song, it was clearly associated to motor cars. Harrison later stated that
" I have a lot of fun with many of the Formula One drivers and their crews - and they have enabled me to see things from a very different angle than the music business I am normally involved with"
The song was dedicated to "the Entire Formula One Circus" and in memory of Ronnie Peterson.The single was released by Harrison to assist the fundraising for the "Gunnar Nilsson Cancer Fund", a fund started after the death of the Swedish driver Gunnar Nilsson in 1978, caused by cancer. The single however failed to chart.
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Outtake from Cloud Nine
CLOUD NINE
Following the release of the relatively unsuccessful Gone Troppo in 1982, and Harrison's increasing frustrations w...
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Outtake from Cloud Nine
CLOUD NINE
Following the release of the relatively unsuccessful Gone Troppo in 1982, and Harrison's increasing frustrations with a changing musical climate, he decided to halt his recording career for other interests, such as film production with his own company, Handmade Films. The odd soundtrack or charity song would surface during this period, but otherwise it was a musically silent period for Harrison.
By late 1986 — after a substantial break — Harrison felt the desire to make music again. Wanting to sound contemporary but true to his roots, he asked former Electric Light Orchestra leader and fellow musician Jeff Lynne to co-produce the album with him. After having composed a round of new songs, Harrison entered his home studio, Friar Park, in Henley-on-Thames on 5 January 1987 to begin recording his first new commercial album in five years.
Joining Harrison and Lynne in the studio were old friends such as Jim Keltner and Ringo Starr on drums, Eric Clapton on guitar, and on piano both Gary Wright and Elton John. It was clear that a substantial break was what Harrison really needed — he felt refreshed and reinvigorated. For the first time in years he actually wanted to make an album. His enthusiasm to be musically productive again would have an impact on the quality of the music produced for Cloud Nine.
Part of Harrison's strategy for his comeback was making himself seen. He appeared with Starr at the Prince's Trust Concert that June performing "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" and was actively involved in promoting the upcoming album. In October, Harrison's cover of Rudy Clark's obscure early 1960s song "Got My Mind Set on You", (which Harrison had wanted to record with the Beatles in the early days) accompanied by a humorous video, was released and stunned everyone by reaching #1 in the US and #2 in the UK — heights Harrison had not achieved in almost fifteen years. A few short weeks later, Cloud Nine was released with very high anticipation and was promptly lauded by critics worldwide as Harrison's best album since All Things Must Pass in 1970, sending it to #10 in the UK and #8 and platinum status in the US. His Beatles tribute "When We Was Fab" also proved a successful follow-up single, reaching the Top 30 in both the UK and US.
While the success of Cloud Nine was not enough to spur Harrison into a tour (the ill-fated 1974 Dark Horse jaunt in North America was still fresh in his mind), he certainly did embrace his good fortune and it inspired him to continue — but with a difference. In the spring of 1988, along with Lynne, he would call up friends Bob Dylan, Tom Petty and Roy Orbison and begin recording a project ultimately released as the Traveling Wilburys.
In 2004, Cloud Nine was remastered and reissued both separately and as part of the deluxe box set The Dark Horse Years 1976-1992 on Dark Horse Records with new distribution by EMI, adding two bonus tracks from the Shanghai Surprise film: "Shanghai Surprise" and "Zig Zag" (also released as "When We Was Fab"'s B-Side).
George Harrison Vocals, guitars, keyboards
Jeff Lynne Guitars, bass, vocals, keyboards
Eric Clapton Guitar
Elton John Piano
Gary Wright Piano
Ringo Starr Drums
Jim Keltner Drums
Ray Cooper Percussion, drums
Jim Horn Baritone and tenor sax
Bobby Kok Cello
Vicki Brown Vocals on "Shanghai Surprise"
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Lyrics
Don't be afraid to be weak
Don't be too proud to be strong
Just look into your heart my friend
That will be the return to yourself
The return to ...
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Lyrics
Don't be afraid to be weak
Don't be too proud to be strong
Just look into your heart my friend
That will be the return to yourself
The return to innocence.
If you want, then start to laugh
If you must, then start to cry
Be yourself don't hide
Just believe in destiny.
Don't care what people say
Just follow your own way
Don't give up and use the chance
To return to innocence
That's not the beginning of the end
That's the return to yourself
The Don't be afraid to be weak
Don't be too proud to be strong
Just look into your heart my friend
That will be the return to yourself
The return to innocence.
If you want, then start to laugh
If you must, then start to cry
Be yourself don't hide
Just believe in destiny.
Don't care what people say
Just follow your own way
Don't give up and use the chance
To return to innocence
That's not the beginning of the end
That's the return to yourself
The return to innocence
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Album: One Way (1987)
Artist: Inner Circle
Song: Sweat (A La La La Long)
Lyrics:
A la la la la long, a la la la la long long leh long long long
(Come on...
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Album: One Way (1987)
Artist: Inner Circle
Song: Sweat (A La La La Long)
Lyrics:
A la la la la long, a la la la la long long leh long long long
(Come on)
A la la la la long, a la la la la long long leh long long long
(Hey)
Standing across the room I saw yu smile
Said I waan to talk to yu
For a little while
But before I mek my move my emotions start running wild
My tongue gets tied
An dats no lie
Looking in yuh eyes
Looking in yuh big brown eyes ooh yeah
An I've got dis to seh to yu
Hey
Girl I waan to mek yu sweat
Sweat till yu caan sweat no more
An if yu cry out
I'm gonna push it some moooooooooooorrre
Girl I waan to mek yu sweat
Sweat till yu caan sweat no more
An if yu cry out
I'm gonna push it push it some more
A la la la la long, a la la la la long long leh long long long
(Come on)
A la la la la long, a la la la la long long leh long long long
(Oh)
So I seh to myself
If she loves mi or not
But di dreads dun know
Dat love is his to get
Wid a little bit a dis
An a little bit a dat
My lyric goes pon di attack
My tongue gets tied
An dats no lie
Im looking in yuh eyes
Im looking in yuh big brown eyes ooh girl
An I've got dis to seh to yu
Hey
A la la la la long, a la la la la long long leh long long long
(Come on)
A la la la la long, a la la la la long long leh long long long
(Oh)
Woo woo woo woo wee yeah
Eeeeeeeeeeeeeyyyyyyyyyeeeeeeeeeeeeeees
Looking in yuh big brown eyes
And I've got dis to seh to yu
Hey
Info about artist:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inner_Ci...
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