Showing posts with label 80s. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 80s. Show all posts
Kate Bush - 4 of her Greatest Songs
Kate Bush & Peter Gabriel - Don't Give Up (1986)
Kate Bush - Running up that Hill (1985)
Kate Bush - Babooshka (1980)
Kate Bush - Wuthering Heights (1978)
Cock Robin
Cock Robin's 1985 self-titled debut album was largely ignored in their native country, as with the majority of their output, but it was an overnight success in Europe, where the singles 'When Your Heart Is Weak' and 'The Promise You Made' became big hits. 'When Your Heart Is Weak' was the band's only chart single in the US. It also became a radio favorite in South Africa.
Two years later the band, reduced from the original quartet to the duo of Peter Kingsbery and Anna LaCazio, released a second album, After Here Through Midland. As with their debut, Cock Robin's second album attracted much attention in continental Europe, and also scored hits with the singles 'Just Around the Corner' and 'The Biggest Fool of All'.
In 1989, they released a their third album, First Love/Last Rites, and, as with their previous releases, the LP fared well in mainland Europe, but, due to poor management and promotion, failed to make an impact in the USA. The duo went their separate ways shortly after the release of the album and a European Tour, with Kingsbery releasing a string of solo projects in France, most notably a hit single 'Only the Very Best', recorded for the Michel Berger & Luc Plamandon concept musical album 'Tycoon', with English lyrics by Tim Rice in 1992. Anna LaCazio recorded her own solo album Eat Life circa 1992-93 but it was only officially released in its entirety for download in 2009.
The duo reformed in 2006, releasing another two albums, mainly noted in France.
Cock Robin - When Your Heart Is Weak (1985)
DE#8, FR#9, IT#26, US#35, NL#39
Lyrics:
What's the matter with the way we look?
Surely it's not the end
I only meant to make my motions clear
You worry too much if it's understood
Should we be seen as friends?
Seems like a real good beginning right here
'Cause when your heart is weak
I'm gonna pick the lock on it
My fingertips won't fail me
No matter what you do
The love you cannot see yet
Is about to witness a dawning
And you can twist and turn
But you won't get loose
Better forget getting rid of me
I don't see how you can
You put me off and I will hunt you
down...again
I'm mighty patient when I have to be
You have given me that
Still I look forward to the day you let me in
'Cause when your heart is weak
I'm gonna pick the lock on it
My fingertips won't fail me
No matter what you do
The love you cannot see yet
Is about to witness a dawning
And you can twist and turn
But you won't get loose
I'm gonna prove myself worthy
No more just hanging on
Without a prayer of a chance
I'm gonna come without warning
when your defenses are down and you're in
a desperate need
Oh, I bet you you then, you'll welcome me...
Your ol' companion
Your ol' companion
Remember baby,
'Cause when your heart is weak
I'm gonna pick the the lock on it
And you can twist and turn
But you won't get, you won't get
No you won't get loose
Oh no
Cock Robin - The Promise You Made (1986)
NL#1, FR#4, DE#6, CH#7, IT#18, UK#28
Lyrics:
If I laid down my love
To come to your defense
Would you worry for me
With a pain in your chest?
Could I rely on your faith to be strong
To picked me back up and to push me along?
Tell me
You'll be there in my hour of need
You won't turn me away
Help me out of the life I lead
Remember the promise you made
Remember the promise you made
If I gave you my soul
For a piece of your mind
Would you carry me with you
To the far edge of time?
Could you understand if you found me untrue
Would we become one, or divided in two
Please tell me
You'll be there in my hour of need
You won't turn me away
Help me out of the life I lead
Remember the promise you made
Remember the promise you made
Could I rely on your faith to be strong
To pick me back up and to push me along
Please tell me
You'll be there in my hour of need
You won't turn me away
Help me out of the life I lead
Remember the promise you made
Remember the promise you made
Cock Robin - Just Around The Corner (1987)
CH#6, SWE#12, DE#16, IT#17, FR'18, NL#19, AT#28
Lyrics:
Come ease my mind
For my prayers have not been answered in a long time
Things aren't quite as they seem inside my domain
You can't know about everything, only pleasure and pain
You wonder why I come here with head to my hands
Where else can I be cured and the king of your mansion
A thorn in your side
And a child to protect that claims he's free
Just around the corner, half a mile to heaven
Strong enough to hold you, starved for some affection
Darling come quickly, come ease my mind
For my prayers have not been answered in a long time
I've already made my bed, like it or not
As long as there's no regrets, I'll be here when the ride stops
These comforts to me
And these crosses to bear with which we live
Just around the corner, half a mile to heaven
Strong enough to hold you, starved for some affection
Baby, I can't drag you into this mess
I'm the thorn in your side and the child to protect
Yes, yes I'm
Just around the comer, half a mile to heaven
Strong enough to hold you, starved for some affection
Darling come quickly, come ease my worried mind
For my prayers have not been answered in a long time
Just around the comer
Strong enough to hold you
Half a mile to heaven
Just around the comer
Cock Robin - The Biggest Fool Of All
FR#47, DE#50
Lyrics:
My excuse is only human
Like any animal that breathes
Just to find a scent that's soothing
I give you power over me
I'm more weak than strong
And not a stranger to a fall
But I won't leave you till I turn to find you gone
I'm the biggest fool of all
But, I'm the biggest fool of all
There's no path of least resistance
It's a fable that you've heard
Any love that lacks conviction
Is gonna grovel in the dirt, yes it is
God this road is long
And surrounded by a wall
But I won't leave you till I turn to find you gone
I'm the biggest fool of all
I'm the biggest fool of all
I'm the biggest fool of all
Foolish as the prisoner
That listens for the jangling keys
And smart enough to know
That it's crazy I should run
When you've got no claim on me
So before your panic taunts you
To make relations disappear
You could help to ease my conscience
If just for once by standing here
I'm more weak than strong
And surrounded by a wall
But I won't leave you till I turn to find you
But I won't leave you till I turn to find you
But I won't leave you till I turn to find you
But I won't leave you till I turn to find you gone
I'm the biggest fool of all
Oh, yes I am
I'm the biggest fool of all
Oh yeah
I'm the biggest fool of all
Oh, I am
I'm the biggest fool of all
Oh, I am
I'm the biggest fool of all
Billy Idol
So you think New Jersey, US is an unlikely launch pad for a music star? How about Bromley, UK, then?
William Michael Albert Broad, a.k.a. Billy Idol, was born 1955 in Stanmore, England, deriving his stage name Idol from a schoolteacher's description of him as 'idle'.
Billy went on to join the Bromley Contingent of Sex Pistols fans. He first joined the punk rock band Siouxsie and the Banshees (before the band had decided on that name) in 1976, but soon quit and joined Chelsea in 1977 as a guitarist. But him and bandmate Tony James soon quit and co-founded Generation X, with Billy switching from guitarist to lead singer. Generation X signed to Chrysalis Records, released three albums and performed in the 1980 film, D.O.A., before disbanding.
The year after Billy moved to New York to start his solo career, which began with the EP titled Don't Stop. This included the Generation X song 'Dancing with Myself', originally recorded for their last album Kiss Me Deadly, and a cover of Tommy James & The Shondells' song 'Mony Mony'. In 1982 Idol instantly became an MTV staple with 'White Wedding'. In an effort to introduce himself to American audiences not yet as familiar with him as those in England, Billy's label re-released 'Dancing with Myself' in the US in conjunction with a music video (directed by Tobe Hooper, produced by Jeffrey Abelson, and conceptualised by Keith Williams) that played in heavy rotation on MTV for six months. That video sparked a new era of feature film directors trying their hand at music videos, which helped make Idol a household name.
My favourite Billy Idol tracks are 'Eyes Without A Face' and 'Flesh For Fantasy'.
Billy Idol - Dancing With Myself (1981 & 1983)
1981 - UK#62, US#102
1983 - NZ#9, AUS#42
Billy Idol - Mony Mony (1981)
1981 - US#1, CAN#1, NZ#2, UK#7, CH#13, DE#38, NL#89
Billy Idol - Hot In The City (1982 & 1988)
1982 - AT#5, NZ#5, AUS#18, CH#19, US#23, NL#40, UK#58
1988 - UK#13, CH#13, US#48
Billy Idol - White Wedding (1982 & 1985)
NZ#5, AUS#9, US#36
Billy Idol - Rebel Yell (1984 & 1985)
NZ#3, AUS#7, US#46, UK#64 in 1984 and UK#6 in 1985
Billy Idol - Eyes Without A Face (1984)
NZ#4, US#4, DE#10, NL#13, IT#14, UK#18, CH#21, FR#50
Billy Idol - Flesh For Fantasy (1984)
NZ#5, DE#11, CH#20, AUS#28, US#29, IT#30, UK#54
Billy Idol - Catch My Fall (1985)
DE#11, NZ#42, US#50, AUS#61
Billy Idol - To Be A Lover (1986)
NZ#2, FIN#3, AUS#3, US#6, CH#7, SWE#8, IT#16, UK#22, DE#28
Billy Idol - Don't Need A Gun (1987)
FIN#8, AUS#22, UK#26, NZ#27, CH#29, DE#36, US#37
Billy Idol - Sweet Sixteen (1987)
DE#2, NZ#3, AUS#9, CH#12, FIN#16, UK#17, US#20, IT#30
Billy Idol - Cradle of Love (1990)
US#2, FIN#8, IT#8, AUS#10, CH#11, NZ#16, UK#34, DE#38
William Michael Albert Broad, a.k.a. Billy Idol, was born 1955 in Stanmore, England, deriving his stage name Idol from a schoolteacher's description of him as 'idle'.
Billy went on to join the Bromley Contingent of Sex Pistols fans. He first joined the punk rock band Siouxsie and the Banshees (before the band had decided on that name) in 1976, but soon quit and joined Chelsea in 1977 as a guitarist. But him and bandmate Tony James soon quit and co-founded Generation X, with Billy switching from guitarist to lead singer. Generation X signed to Chrysalis Records, released three albums and performed in the 1980 film, D.O.A., before disbanding.
The year after Billy moved to New York to start his solo career, which began with the EP titled Don't Stop. This included the Generation X song 'Dancing with Myself', originally recorded for their last album Kiss Me Deadly, and a cover of Tommy James & The Shondells' song 'Mony Mony'. In 1982 Idol instantly became an MTV staple with 'White Wedding'. In an effort to introduce himself to American audiences not yet as familiar with him as those in England, Billy's label re-released 'Dancing with Myself' in the US in conjunction with a music video (directed by Tobe Hooper, produced by Jeffrey Abelson, and conceptualised by Keith Williams) that played in heavy rotation on MTV for six months. That video sparked a new era of feature film directors trying their hand at music videos, which helped make Idol a household name.
My favourite Billy Idol tracks are 'Eyes Without A Face' and 'Flesh For Fantasy'.
Billy Idol - Dancing With Myself (1981 & 1983)
1981 - UK#62, US#102
1983 - NZ#9, AUS#42
Billy Idol - Mony Mony (1981)
1981 - US#1, CAN#1, NZ#2, UK#7, CH#13, DE#38, NL#89
Billy Idol - Hot In The City (1982 & 1988)
1982 - AT#5, NZ#5, AUS#18, CH#19, US#23, NL#40, UK#58
1988 - UK#13, CH#13, US#48
Billy Idol - White Wedding (1982 & 1985)
NZ#5, AUS#9, US#36
Billy Idol - Rebel Yell (1984 & 1985)
NZ#3, AUS#7, US#46, UK#64 in 1984 and UK#6 in 1985
Billy Idol - Eyes Without A Face (1984)
NZ#4, US#4, DE#10, NL#13, IT#14, UK#18, CH#21, FR#50
Billy Idol - Flesh For Fantasy (1984)
NZ#5, DE#11, CH#20, AUS#28, US#29, IT#30, UK#54
Billy Idol - Catch My Fall (1985)
DE#11, NZ#42, US#50, AUS#61
Billy Idol - To Be A Lover (1986)
NZ#2, FIN#3, AUS#3, US#6, CH#7, SWE#8, IT#16, UK#22, DE#28
Billy Idol - Don't Need A Gun (1987)
FIN#8, AUS#22, UK#26, NZ#27, CH#29, DE#36, US#37
Billy Idol - Sweet Sixteen (1987)
DE#2, NZ#3, AUS#9, CH#12, FIN#16, UK#17, US#20, IT#30
Billy Idol - Cradle of Love (1990)
US#2, FIN#8, IT#8, AUS#10, CH#11, NZ#16, UK#34, DE#38
Eurythmics - Here Comes The Rain Again (1984 & 2007)
Eurythmics - Here Comes The Rain Again - Freemasons Remix (2007) - Original (1984)
Eurythmics - Here Comes The Rain Again (Freemasons Remix - Tony Mendes Video Remix) from Tony Mendes on Vimeo.
Lyrics:
Here comes the rain again
Falling on my head like a memory
Falling on my head like a new emotion
I want to walk in the open wind
I want to talk like lovers do
I want to dive into your ocean
Is it raining with you
So baby talk to me
Like lovers do
Walk with me
Like lovers do
Talk to me
Like lovers do
Here comes the rain again
Raining in my head like a tragedy
Tearing me apart like a new emotion
Oooooh
I want to breathe in the open wind
I want to kiss like lovers do
I want to dive into your ocean
Is it raining with you
So baby talk to me
Like lovers do
Walk with me
Like lovers do
Talk to me
Like lovers do
So baby talk to me
Like lovers do
Here comes the rain again
Falling on my head like a memory
Falling on my head like a new emotion
(Here is comes again, here it comes again)
I want to walk in the open wind
I want to talk like lovers do
I want dive into your ocean
Is it raining with you
Chris Isaak - Blue Hotel & Wicked Game
Chris Isaak - Blue Hotel (1987)
FR#28, NL#42, UK#100
Lyrics:
Blue Hotel, on a lonely highway,
Blue Hotel, life don't work out my way.
Blue Hotel, on a lonely highway,
Blue Hotel, life don't work out my way.
I wait alone each lonely night.
Blue Hotel... Blue Hotel...
Blue Hotel, every room is lonely,
Blue Hotel, I was waiting only.
The night is like her lonely dream.
Blue Hotel... Blue Hotel...
Blue Hotel, on a lonely highway,
Blue Hotel, life don't work out my way.
I wait alone each lonely night.
Blue Hotel... Blue Hotel...
Chris Isaak - Wicked Game (1990)
SWE#3, NL#5, US#6, NZ#7, DE#9, UK#10, IRL#10, AUS#15, FR#42
Lyrics:
The world was on fire
No one could save me but you
Strange what desire will make foolish people do
I never dreamed that I'd meet somebody like you
And I never dreamed that I'd lose somebody like you
No, I don't want to fall in love
This love is only gonna break your heart
No, I don't want to fall in love
This love is only gonna break your heart
With you, With you
What a wicked game you play
To make me feel this way
What a wicked thing to do
To let me dream of you
What a wicked thing to say
You never felt this way
What a wicked thing to do
To make me dream of you
And I don't wanna fall in love
This love is only gonna break your heart
And I don't want to fall in love
This love is only gonna break your heart
World was on fire
No one could save me but you
Strange what desire will make foolish people do
I never dreamed that I'd love somebody like you
I never dreamed that I'd lose somebody like you
No I don't wanna fall in love
This love is only gonna break your heart
No I don't wanna fall in love
This love is only gonna break your heart
With you, With you
Nobody loves no one
Peter Schilling - Major Tom & Terra Titanic (1983)
Of his follow-up songs only Terra Titanic, which I almost prefer, made it anywhere near the significance.
In 1989 Peter suffered from Burn-Out-Syndrome.
Peter Schilling - Major Tom (1983)
German Version: DE#1, AT#1, CH#1, NL#2, FR#2
Peter Schilling - Terra Titanic
DE#26
Donna Summer - I Feel Love (1977) + cover versions & remixes
May 1977: LaDonna Andrea Gaines, a.k.a. Donna Summer, released her album I Remember Yesterday, produced by Giorgio Moroder. The album contained tracks which should represent several decades of the 20th century: 'I Remember Yesterday' represented the 1940s, 'Love's Unkind' the 50s and 'Back in Love Again' the 60s. The album concluded with the then futuristic 'I Feel Love'.
As with Donna's four previous albums, different record labels distributed her work in different nations. Some of the labels chose to release the ballad 'Can't We Just Sit Down (And Talk It Over)' as the first single, with 'I Feel Love' as the B-side, but the impact of the song was so huge that it was soon released internationally as a standalone A-side.
Previous disco tracks had usually been backed by an acoustic orchestra, while 'I Feel Love' was the first ever track to use an entirely synthesized backing track, which would later help develop the music genres Dance and Techno. The repetitive vocals over the backing track helped make the song a massive hit. It finally gave Donna the follow-up 'Love to Love You Baby'.
'I Feel Love' put Donna Summer firmly in her place as the leading female artist of Disco.
The track is so genius that it has been covered endless times, from likely artists such as Blondie, Jimmy Somerville & Marc Almond and Madonna to such unlikely groups as he Red Hot Chilli Peppers and Finnish Psychadelic Rock band Kingston Wall.
Blatant samples of the basic bass track were used by Cher ('All Or Nothing' in 1998) and Moloko ('Sing It Back' in 1999).
Last Year, Gucci ran a TV advertising campaign video, directed by Chris Cunningham, for their scent Flora, which used the song in a trace version.
Donna Summer - I Feel Love (1977)
UK#1, AT#1, NL#1, CH#2, NZ#2, DE#3, SWE#5, US#6, NOR#8, FR#33,
Blondie - I Feel Love (1979)
Bronski Beat & Marc Almond - I Feel Love/Johnny Remember Me (1985)
Donna Summer - I Feel Love (Rollo Remix) (1995)
Red Hot Chilli Peppers - I Feel Love (live album 2004)
Madonna - I Feel Love (live 2006)
Donna Summer - I Feel Love (Gucci 'Flora' Advertising Campaign) (2010)
video directed by Chris Cunningham
Previous disco tracks had usually been backed by an acoustic orchestra, while 'I Feel Love' was the first ever track to use an entirely synthesized backing track, which would later help develop the music genres Dance and Techno. The repetitive vocals over the backing track helped make the song a massive hit. It finally gave Donna the follow-up 'Love to Love You Baby'.
'I Feel Love' put Donna Summer firmly in her place as the leading female artist of Disco.
The track is so genius that it has been covered endless times, from likely artists such as Blondie, Jimmy Somerville & Marc Almond and Madonna to such unlikely groups as he Red Hot Chilli Peppers and Finnish Psychadelic Rock band Kingston Wall.
Blatant samples of the basic bass track were used by Cher ('All Or Nothing' in 1998) and Moloko ('Sing It Back' in 1999).
Last Year, Gucci ran a TV advertising campaign video, directed by Chris Cunningham, for their scent Flora, which used the song in a trace version.
Donna Summer - I Feel Love (1977)
UK#1, AT#1, NL#1, CH#2, NZ#2, DE#3, SWE#5, US#6, NOR#8, FR#33,
Blondie - I Feel Love (1979)
Bronski Beat & Marc Almond - I Feel Love/Johnny Remember Me (1985)
Donna Summer - I Feel Love (Rollo Remix) (1995)
Red Hot Chilli Peppers - I Feel Love (live album 2004)
Madonna - I Feel Love (live 2006)
Donna Summer - I Feel Love (Gucci 'Flora' Advertising Campaign) (2010)
video directed by Chris Cunningham
Eurythmics
Also having a personal relationship by then, Annie and Dave decided to go it alone and became Eurythmics (named after a style of Greek dance that Annie had did as a child), signed to RCA Records. Their breakthrough came with their second album, Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This), released early 1983. The title track featured a dark and powerful sequenced synth bass line and a dramatic video with Annie sporting an orange crew haircut, rapidly making her the new pop icon.
After strenuous years of touring and recording (Eurythmics had released eight studio albums in eight years), a rift had developed between the duo and Eurythmics disbanded, although no official notice was given. Dave began writing film soundtracks and had a big international hit in 1990 with the instrumental track 'Lily Was Here', featuring saxophonist Candy Dulfer, while in 1992, Annie released her first solo album, Diva. The album was a critical and popular success .
Eurythmics - Sweet Dreams (1983)
US#1, FR#1, CAN#1, UK#2, BE#2, IRL#2, NZ#2, DE#4, RSA#5, AUS#6, CH#8, AT#9, NL#10
Eurythmics - Who's That Girl? (1983)
FR#2, UK#3, IRL#5, BE#13, NZ#13, SWE#14, CAN#15, DE#19, AUS#20, US#21, NL#30
Eurythmics - Here Comes The Rain Again (1984)
FR#1, US#4, UK#8, IRL#8, CAN#8, NOR#10, BE#12, DE#14, AUS#16, CH#19, SWE#20, NZ#32, NL#33
Eurythmics - Sex Crime (1984)
DE#3, BE#3, SWE#3, UK#4, IRL#4, AUS#5, CH#6, FR#7, NZ#8, NOR#9, NL#12, CAN#18, IT#25, US#81
Eurythmics - Would I Lie To You? (1985)
AUS#1, CAN#2, NZ#5, SWE#10, BE#10, US#5, IRL#10, UK#17, CH#21, IT#24, NL#24, DE#34, FR#41
Eurythmics - There Must Be An Angel (1985)
UK#1, IRL#1, NOR#1, SWE#2, NL#3, AUS#3, DE#4, NZ#5, JAP#7, BE#7, RSA#6, FR#8, AT#9, US#22, CAN#23, IT#41
Eurythmics feat. Aretha Franklin - Sisters Are Doing It For Themselves (1985)
IRL#5, NZ#6, UK#9, AUS#15, NL#17, BE#17, US#18, CH#20, DE#22, CAN#33
Eurythmics - It's Alright Baby's Coming Back (1986)
IRL#8, UK#12, AT#14, NZ#18, NL#21, DE#22, CH#23, BE#25, AUS#32, CAN#37, US#78
Eurythmics - When Tomorrow Comes (1986)
SWE#4, NOR#5, AUS#7, IRL#13, IT#16, BE#18, RSA#19, NZ#19, DE#22, NL#22, UK#30
Eurythmics - Thorn In My Side (1986)
IRL#2, UK#5, SWE#6, NZ#7, AUS#12, AT#14, DE#26, BE#28, CAN#41, US#68
Eurythmics - The Miracle Of Love (1986)
IRL#10, AUS#14, BE#15, FR#16, SWE#18, CH#21, UK#23, NZ#30, NL#43, DE#53
Eurythmics - Missionary Man (1987)
AUS#9, NZ#12, IRL#13, CAN#13, US#14, BE#16, UK#31, NL#77
Eurythmics - Beethoven (1987)
FR#4, NZ#6, NOR#6, SWE#9, IT#10, IRL#11, AUS#13, CH#19, UK#25, BE#25, DE#28, NL#41
Eurythmics - I Need A Man (1988)
CAN#14, NZ#19, IRL#23, BE#23, UK#26, US#46, AUS#78
Eurythmics - Revival (1989)
SWE#7, CH#8, IRL#14, IT#14, AUS#14, BE#17, NZ#21, NL#25, UK#26, DE#33, FR#46
Eurythmics - The King & Queen of America (1990)
BE#16, IRL#23, UK#29, NL#38, DE#51, JAP#62, AUS#72
Eurythmics - I Saved The World Today (1999)
FIN#2, IT#7, UK#11, BE#12, CH#16, AT#18, IRL#23, DE#28, SWE#31, NZ#33, JAP#37, NL#44
Living in a Box (1987)
Living in a Box - Living in a Box (1987)
CH#2, DE#4, UK#5, NOR#7, NL#10, AT#11, US#17, FR#18
Lyrics:
Woke up this morning
Closed in on all sides
Nothing doing
I feel resistance
As I open my eyes
Someone's fooling
I've found a way to break
Through this cellophane line
Cause I know what's going on
In my own mind
Am I living in a box
Am I living in a cardboard box
Am I living in a box
Am I living in a cardboard box
Am I living in a box
Life goes in circles
Around and around circulation
I sometimes wonder
What's moving underground
I'm escaping
I've found a way ...
I've found a way ...
Am I living in a cardboard box
Am I living in a box (living)
Am I living in a cardboard box
Am I living in a box (living)
Am I living in a cardboard box
Am I living in a box (living)
Am I living in a cardboard box
Am I living am I living am I living
Am I living am I living am I living
(In a box)
Am I living am I living
Am I living in cardboard box
Am I living in a box
Am I living am I living
Am I living in a cardboard box
Am I living in a box
Mr. Mister - Broken Wings & Kyrie (1985)
Mr. Mister - Broken Wings (1985)
US#1, CAN#1, NL#2, IRL#3, UK#4, CH#4, NOR#4, DE#8, NZ#13, SWE#14, AT#17
Lyrics:
Baby, don't understand
Why we can't just hold on to each other's hands
This time might be the last I fear
Unless I make it all too clear
I need you so (oh)
Take these Broken Wings
And learn to fly again, learn to live so free
When we hear the voices sing
The book of love will open up and let us in
Take these Broken Wings
Baby, I think tonight
We can take what was wrong and make it right (mmm)
Baby, it's all I know
That you're half of the flesh and blood makes me whole
I need you so
So take these Broken Wings
And learn to fly again
Learn to live so free
When we hear the voices sing
The book of love will open up and let us in (ya ya, let us in,let us in)
Baby, that's all I know
That's you're half of the flesh and blood makes me whole (ya yaya ya, ya ya)
So take these Broken Wings
And learn to fly again, learn to live so free
When we hear the voices sing
The book of love will open up and let us in
Take these Broken Wings
You got to learn to fly
Learn to live love so free
When we hear the voices sing
The book of love will open up for us and let us in (ya ya, ooh)
Mr. Mister - Kyrie (1985)
US#1, CAN#1, NOR#1, CH#3, AT#5, SWE#6, IRL#6, DE#7, NL#7, UK#11, NZ#30
Lyrics:
Kyrie eleison, kyrie eleison, kyrie
The wind blows hard against this mountain side,
across the sea into my soul
It reaches into where I cannot hide,
setting my feet upon the road
My heart is old, it holds my memories,
my body burns a gemlike flame
Somewhere between the soul and soft machine,
is where I find myself again
Kyrie eleison, down the road that I must travel
Kyrie eleison, through the darkness of the night
Kyrie eleison, where I'm going will you follow
Kyrie eleison, on a highway in the light
When I was young I thought of growing old,
of what my life would mean to me
Would I have followed down my chosen road,
or only wished what I could be
Kyrie eleison, down the road that I must travel
Kyrie eleison, through the darkness of the night
Kyrie eleison, where I'm going will you follow
Kyrie eleison, on a highway in the light
oh oh oh oh oh oh oh
oh oh oh oh oh oh oh
Kyrie eleison, down the road that I must travel
Kyrie eleison, through the darkness of the night
Kyrie eleison, where I'm going will you follow
Kyrie eleison, on a highway in the light
Mr. Mister - Is It Love? (1986)
US#8, CAN#20, NL#32, DE#42, UK#87
Lyrics:
I say I love you, I hold you near me
You say I scare you, well that's your fear
I know the message my heart is sending
But you don't read it, you keep me guessing
Is it love, is it love you're after
Is it love, is it, is it love
The broken record goes round and round
Within a circle, without a sound
I'm under water, in overdrive
You hide in laughter, what's on your mind
Is it love, is it love you're after - why don't you tell me
Is it love, is it, is it love
Is it love, is it love you're after - why can't you tell me
Is it love, is it really love
Is it love, is it love you're after - why can't you tell me
Is it love, is it, is it love
Is it love, is it love you're after
Hey girl, I got to know, is it really, really love
Is it love, is it really love - hey
Is it love, is it love you're after - why don't you tell me
Is it love, is it, is it love
Is it love, is it love you're after
Everybody's lookin' for the magic love to come along and hope we'll find it
Is it love, is it really love... (to fade)
Cock Robin (1985-1987)
Cock Robin's 1985 self-titled debut album was largely ignored in their native country, as with the majority of their output, but it was an overnight success in Europe, where the singles 'When Your Heart Is Weak' and 'The Promise You Made' became big hits. 'When Your Heart Is Weak' was the band's only chart single in the US. It also became a radio favorite in South Africa.
Two years later the band, reduced from the original quartet to the duo of Peter Kingsbery and Anna LaCazio, released a second album, After Here Through Midland. As with their debut, Cock Robin's second album attracted much attention in continental Europe, and also scored hits with the singles 'Just Around the Corner' and 'The Biggest Fool of All'.
In 1989, they released a their third album, First Love/Last Rites, and, as with their previous releases, the LP fared well in mainland Europe, but, due to poor management and promotion, failed to make an impact in the USA. The duo went their separate ways shortly after the release of the album and a European Tour, with Kingsbery releasing a string of solo projects in France, most notably a hit single 'Only the Very Best', recorded for the Michel Berger & Luc Plamandon concept musical album 'Tycoon', with English lyrics by Tim Rice in 1992. Anna LaCazio recorded her own solo album Eat Life circa 1992-93 but it was only officially released in its entirety for download in 2009.
The duo reformed in 2006, releasing another two albums, mainly noted in France.
Cock Robin - When Your Heart Is Weak (1985)
DE#8, FR#9, IT#26, US#35, NL#39
Lyrics:
What's the matter with the way we look?
Surely it's not the end
I only meant to make my motions clear
You worry too much if it's understood
Should we be seen as friends?
Seems like a real good beginning right here
'Cause when your heart is weak
I'm gonna pick the lock on it
My fingertips won't fail me
No matter what you do
The love you cannot see yet
Is about to witness a dawning
And you can twist and turn
But you won't get loose
Better forget getting rid of me
I don't see how you can
You put me off and I will hunt you
down...again
I'm mighty patient when I have to be
You have given me that
Still I look forward to the day you let me in
'Cause when your heart is weak
I'm gonna pick the lock on it
My fingertips won't fail me
No matter what you do
The love you cannot see yet
Is about to witness a dawning
And you can twist and turn
But you won't get loose
I'm gonna prove myself worthy
No more just hanging on
Without a prayer of a chance
I'm gonna come without warning
when your defenses are down and you're in
a desperate need
Oh, I bet you you then, you'll welcome me...
Your ol' companion
Your ol' companion
Remember baby,
'Cause when your heart is weak
I'm gonna pick the the lock on it
And you can twist and turn
But you won't get, you won't get
No you won't get loose
Oh no
Cock Robin - The Promise You Made (1986)
NL#1, FR#4, DE#6, CH#7, IT#18, UK#28
Lyrics:
If I laid down my love
To come to your defense
Would you worry for me
With a pain in your chest?
Could I rely on your faith to be strong
To picked me back up and to push me along?
Tell me
You'll be there in my hour of need
You won't turn me away
Help me out of the life I lead
Remember the promise you made
Remember the promise you made
If I gave you my soul
For a piece of your mind
Would you carry me with you
To the far edge of time?
Could you understand if you found me untrue
Would we become one, or divided in two
Please tell me
You'll be there in my hour of need
You won't turn me away
Help me out of the life I lead
Remember the promise you made
Remember the promise you made
Could I rely on your faith to be strong
To pick me back up and to push me along
Please tell me
You'll be there in my hour of need
You won't turn me away
Help me out of the life I lead
Remember the promise you made
Remember the promise you made
Cock Robin - Just Around The Corner (1987)
CH#6, SWE#12, DE#16, IT#17, FR'18, NL#19, AT#28
Lyrics:
Come ease my mind
For my prayers have not been answered in a long time
Things aren't quite as they seem inside my domain
You can't know about everything, only pleasure and pain
You wonder why I come here with head to my hands
Where else can I be cured and the king of your mansion
A thorn in your side
And a child to protect that claims he's free
Just around the corner, half a mile to heaven
Strong enough to hold you, starved for some affection
Darling come quickly, come ease my mind
For my prayers have not been answered in a long time
I've already made my bed, like it or not
As long as there's no regrets, I'll be here when the ride stops
These comforts to me
And these crosses to bear with which we live
Just around the corner, half a mile to heaven
Strong enough to hold you, starved for some affection
Baby, I can't drag you into this mess
I'm the thorn in your side and the child to protect
Yes, yes I'm
Just around the comer, half a mile to heaven
Strong enough to hold you, starved for some affection
Darling come quickly, come ease my worried mind
For my prayers have not been answered in a long time
Just around the comer
Strong enough to hold you
Half a mile to heaven
Just around the comer
Cock Robin - The Biggest Fool Of All
FR#47, DE#50
Lyrics:
My excuse is only human
Like any animal that breathes
Just to find a scent that's soothing
I give you power over me
I'm more weak than strong
And not a stranger to a fall
But I won't leave you till I turn to find you gone
I'm the biggest fool of all
But, I'm the biggest fool of all
There's no path of least resistance
It's a fable that you've heard
Any love that lacks conviction
Is gonna grovel in the dirt, yes it is
God this road is long
And surrounded by a wall
But I won't leave you till I turn to find you gone
I'm the biggest fool of all
I'm the biggest fool of all
I'm the biggest fool of all
Foolish as the prisoner
That listens for the jangling keys
And smart enough to know
That it's crazy I should run
When you've got no claim on me
So before your panic taunts you
To make relations disappear
You could help to ease my conscience
If just for once by standing here
I'm more weak than strong
And surrounded by a wall
But I won't leave you till I turn to find you
But I won't leave you till I turn to find you
But I won't leave you till I turn to find you
But I won't leave you till I turn to find you gone
I'm the biggest fool of all
Oh, yes I am
I'm the biggest fool of all
Oh yeah
I'm the biggest fool of all
Oh, I am
I'm the biggest fool of all
Oh, I am
I'm the biggest fool of all
Depeche Mode - Strangelove (1987)
Depeche Mode - Strangelove (1987)
DE#2, CH#3, SWE#5, IRL#6, UK#16, IT#24, FR#25, AT#29, US#76
Depeche Mode - Strange Love (VH1 Week End Top 20) by Dmode59
Lyrics:
There'll be times
When my crimes
Will seem almost unforgivable
I give in to sin
Because you have to make this life liveable
But when you think I've had enough
From your sea of love
I'll take more than another riverfull
Yes, and I'll make it all worthwhile
I'll make your heart smile
Strangelove
Strange highs and strange lows
Strangelove
That's how my love goes
Strangelove
Will you give it to me
Will you take the pain
I will give to you
Again and again
And will you return it
There'll be days
When I'll stray
I may appear to be
Constantly out of reach
I give in to sin
Because I like to practice what I preach
I'm not trying to say
I'll have it all my way
I'm always willing to learn
When you've got something to teach
And I'll make it all worthwhile
I'll make your heart smile
Pain will you return it
I'll say it again -- pain
Pain will you return it
I'll say it again -- pain
Pain will you return it
I'll say it again -- pain
Pain will you return it
I won't say it again
Strangelove
Strange highs and strange lows
Strangelove
That's how my love goes
Strangelove
Will you give it to me
Strangelove
Strange highs and strange lows
Strangelove
That's how my love goes
Strangelove
Will you give it to me
Strangelove
Strange highs and strange lows
Strangelove
That's how my love goes
Strangelove
Will you give it to me
I give in
Again and again
I give in
Will you give it to me
I give in
I'll say it again
I give in
I give in
Again and again
I give in
That's how my love goes
I give in
I'll say it again
I give in
Nick Kamen - Each Time & I Promised Myself
Left: Nick Kamen in 1986 - Right: Nick Kamen now (and still as sexy)
Nick Kamen - Each Time (1986)
CH#2, IT#2, IRL#3, UK#5, US#5, NL#5, SWE#6, DE#8, FR#8, AT#25
Nick Kamen - Each Time You Break My Hear
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Nick Kamen - I Promised Myself (1990)
AT#1, SWE#1, CH#3, DE#5, NL#6, FR#11, UK#50
...meanwhile at the RVT
Nick Kamen - Each Time (1986)
CH#2, IT#2, IRL#3, UK#5, US#5, NL#5, SWE#6, DE#8, FR#8, AT#25
Nick Kamen - Each Time You Break My Hear
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Nick Kamen - I Promised Myself (1990)
AT#1, SWE#1, CH#3, DE#5, NL#6, FR#11, UK#50
...meanwhile at the RVT
David Bowie - Let's Dance (1983)
David Bowie - Let's Dance (1983)
UK#1, CAN#1, CH#1, IRL#1, NL#1, NOR#1, NZ#1, SWE#1, US#1, AUS#2, AT#2, DE#2
Lyrics:
Let's dance put on your red shoes and dance the blues
Let's dance to the song
they're playin' on the radio
Let's sway
while color lights up your face
Let's sway
sway through the crowd to an empty space
If you say run, I'll run with you
If you say hide, we'll hide
Because my love for you
Would break my heart in two
If you should fall
Into my arms
And tremble like a flower
Let's dance for fear
your grace should fall
Let's dance for fear tonight is all
Let's sway you could look into my eyes
Let's sway under the moonlight,
this serious moonlight
If you say run, I'll run with you
If you say hide, we'll hide
Because my love for you
Would break my heart in two
If you should fall
Into my arms
And tremble like a flower
Let's dance put on your red shoes
and dance the blues
Let's dance to the song
they're playin' on the radio
Let's sway you could look into my eyes
Let's sway under the moonlight,
this serious moonlight
INXS
Didn't he just oooooouze sex?! Wasn't Michael Hutchence probably the most charismatic frontman of any band ever?!
Initially formed as The Farriss Brothers in 1977 in Sydney, Australia, Andrew Farriss on guitar/keyboards, Jon Farriss on drums and Tim Farriss on lead guitar are the 'Urgestein' of INXS. For twenty years, they were fronted by Michael Hutchence on lead vocals, whose sultry good looks and commanding stage presence made him the focal point of the band. Initially known for their New Wave/Ska/Pop style, they later developed a harder Rock style.
The origins of the band began with Andrew Farriss convincing his High School classmate, Michael Hutchence, to join his band, Doctor Dolphin. The band contained two other classmates, Kent Kerny and Neil Sanders and a bass player, Garry Beers and Geoff Kennely, from a nearby high school. In 1977, Tim Farriss, Andrew's older brother, invited Andrew, Michael and Garry to join him and his schoolmate Kirk Pengilly.
The parents of the Farriss boys relocated to Perth, Western Australia in 1978 and, as soon as Michael and Andrew finished school, the rest of the band followed. They briefly performed as The Vegetables before returning to Sydney ten months later, where they recorded a set of demos. At a chance meeting in the car park of the Narabeen Antler, Tim was approached by Gary Morris, the manager of Midnight Oil. The band began to regularly support Midnight Oil. Gary Morris advised that a member of the Oils crew had come up with a new name and suggested they change it to INXS, being inspired by English band XTC and Australian jam makers IXL. Gary Morris was a great marketer, and the band thought he also had this idea of them being 'inaccessible'.
But then gary told them that unless they wanted to change their ways and become the world's biggest Christian band, he could no longer manage INXS. He wanted them to write songs about Christ and to promote a drug-and-alcohol-free and no-sex-before-marriage, proper Christian lifestyle. He was very convincing and for a moment they thought they might have done it, but then Gary got on to strange terrain. They thought that would be a bit much – but INXS was a good name. The band's first performance as INXS was on 1 September 1979 at the Oceanview Hotel in Toukley on the Central Coast of New South Wales, Australia and by the end of 1979, after passing on the Christian band image, they hired Chris Murphy as their manager and continued playing the Oz pub circuit. With the help of Chris Murphy the band had signed a five-album record deal in 1980 with a Sydney independent label, Deluxe Records, run by Michael Browning, former manager of AC/DC.
Deluxe gave them a budget of A$10,000 to record an album, so to keep within the budget they had to record from midnight to dawn, usually after doing one or more performances earlier that night. Their self-titled album INXS was released in October 1980. It included 'Just Keep Walking', which was their first Australian Top40 single. The album eventually went gold (selling over 35,000 units) but it took a number of years to do so. These early records demonstrated their New Wave/Ska/Pop style and were followed by near constant touring with almost 300 shows during 1981 as the band developed their status as a live act. In 1981, they signed Gary Grant as their tour manager, who then became co-manager a year later. Between touring commitments, the band released their third single 'The Loved One', which was a cover of a 1966 song by Australian group The Loved Ones.
INXS toured New Zealand as support act for Cold Chisel. Their band manager Murphy was convinced their future no longer lay with Deluxe Records. RCA (who distributed Deluxe downunder at the time) worked with Rod Woods, who had been promoting Eric Clapton, Split Enz and some of the worlds biggest acts. Ron Woods was crazy about INXS and brought key music people along to their gigs. He encouraged RCA to sign them worldwide. Deluxe in their time had been unable to attract international interest and decided to record a new song 'The One Thing' at their own expense. The track turned out so well that Murphy hired them to produce three more songs. Murphy approached WEA Australia with copies of the song, leading to INXS signing a recording deal in July 1982 with WEA for releases in AUS, SE Asia, Japan & NZ; Atco Records for Atlantic Records in North America & Polygram for Europe & the UK. INXS went on their first US performance in San Diego in March 1983, to a crowd of 24 people. Their first tour was as support for Adam and the Ants, then support for Stray Cats, The Kinks, Hall & Oates and The Go-Go's, as well as Men At Work. Following a performance in Toronto, Canada, the band was approached by producer Nile Rodgers, and in September 1983 recorded 'Original Sin', originally titled 'Brand New Day'.
Although 'Original Sin' was successful in several countries, it was largely ignored in the UK, where INXS was described in NME as a 'depressingly definitive example of excruciating, boring, incredibly unimaginative MTV Rock'. In 1984, INXS toured non-stop, performing across Europe, the UK, the US and Australia and by the end of the year made The Swing, a double platinum album, which at the time, became one of the five biggest albums in the history of Australian music. In March 1985 the band re-entered Sydney's Rhinoceros Studios to record their next album, together with producer Chris Thomas of Sex Pistols, Pink Floyd, The Pretenders and Elton John fame. As the band were finishing the recording sessions, Chris told the band that the album was not good enough and still had no killer track.
INXS started out as a New Wave act, but now gradually moved in a more rock-oriented direction. 'Listen Like Thieves' was released in October 1985. The first US single from the album 'This Time' stalled at US#81 in late 1985, but the next single, 'What You Need', released there in early 1986, became a Top5, bringing INXS their first US success. The single was also a Top20 in Canada, an AUS#2, but only #51 on the UK charts. The British press dismissed the album, with NME calling the band 'INX-cusable' and a reviewer declaring 'Listen Like Thieves' to be a 'complete and utter turkey', while in the US Rolling Stone Magazine wrote 'INXS rocks with passion and seals the deal with a backbeat that'll blackmail your feet'.
In August 1985, they toured ahead of the album's release, touring South America before returning to Melbourne to play for Prince Charles and Princess Diana of Wales at a concert in Australia, which was filmed and later released on home video entitled Living INXS.
n May 1986, the band returned to the United States and over the next six months performed 32 European shows, including support for Queen at their Live at Wembley '86 concert on 12 July. The US's influential Musician magazine calling them 'the best live band in the world'. In August 1987 INXS recorded their album Kick in Sydney and Paris, but Atlantic Records was not happy with the result.
They hated it saying there was no way they could get this music onto radio and that they didn't want to promote it. The CEO of the label told them he'd give them $1 million to go back to Australia and make another album.
Despite Atlantic's protests, Kick was released in October 1987. Funny how life goes sometimes, huh? Sometimes you just have to stick to your guns, because it provided the band with worldwide popularity.
This is the point at which they ended up in my music collection.
More on the remainder of the band's career from their now reached peak until their demise after Michael Hutchence's tragic death in November 1997 tomorrow.
INXS - The Loved One (1981)
AUS#18
INXS - The One Thing (1982)
AUS#14, US#30, CAN#31
INXS - Original Sin (1984)
AUS#1, ARG#1, FR#1, NZ#6, CAN#11, CH#23, NL#31, US#58
INXS - Kiss The Dirt/Falling Down The Mountain (1986)
AUS#15, US#24, NZ#42, UK#54
INXS - Listen Like Thieves (1986)
AUS#28, UK#46, US#54
INXS - Need You Tonight (1987)
US#1, CAN#1, UK#2, IRL#2, AUS#3, NZ#3, IT#8, FR#10, NL#12, DE#16, AT#16
INXS - Devil Inside (1988)
US#2, NZ#2, AUS#6, FR#20, CAN#25, IRL#25, DE#33, NL#41, UK#47
INXS - New Sensation (1988)
US#3, AUS#8, NL#14, CAN#15, NZ#19, UK#25, DE#35
INXS - Never Tear Us Apart (1988)
US#7, NL#9, AUS#14, CAN#15, NZ#21, UK#24, FR#48, DE#66
INXS - Kick (1988) - Live at Wembley
INXS - Mystify (1989) - Live at Wembley
CAN#5, UK#14, US#17, DE#46, NL#53
INXS - Suicide Blonde (1990)
NZ#1, AUS#2, CAN#3, IRL#3, NL#5, US#9, UK#11, CH#11, SWE#16, DE#23, FR#23, AT#24,
INXS - Disappear (1990)
US#8, CAN#9, NL#15, UK#21, NZ#25, AUS#23, DE#43
INXS- Baby Don't Cry (1992)
UK#20, AUS#30, NZ#34, NL#46
INXS - Taste It (1992) - Live at my very own Brixton Academy in 1994 :-)
UK#21, NZ#31, AUS#34, US#101
INXS - Beautiful Girl (1993)
UK#23, CAN#28, AUS#34, US#46, NZ#50, DE#54
INXS- Elegantly Wasted (1997)
UK#20, US#37, AUS#48, DE#72, NL#90
The origins of the band began with Andrew Farriss convincing his High School classmate, Michael Hutchence, to join his band, Doctor Dolphin. The band contained two other classmates, Kent Kerny and Neil Sanders and a bass player, Garry Beers and Geoff Kennely, from a nearby high school. In 1977, Tim Farriss, Andrew's older brother, invited Andrew, Michael and Garry to join him and his schoolmate Kirk Pengilly.
The parents of the Farriss boys relocated to Perth, Western Australia in 1978 and, as soon as Michael and Andrew finished school, the rest of the band followed. They briefly performed as The Vegetables before returning to Sydney ten months later, where they recorded a set of demos. At a chance meeting in the car park of the Narabeen Antler, Tim was approached by Gary Morris, the manager of Midnight Oil. The band began to regularly support Midnight Oil. Gary Morris advised that a member of the Oils crew had come up with a new name and suggested they change it to INXS, being inspired by English band XTC and Australian jam makers IXL. Gary Morris was a great marketer, and the band thought he also had this idea of them being 'inaccessible'.
But then gary told them that unless they wanted to change their ways and become the world's biggest Christian band, he could no longer manage INXS. He wanted them to write songs about Christ and to promote a drug-and-alcohol-free and no-sex-before-marriage, proper Christian lifestyle. He was very convincing and for a moment they thought they might have done it, but then Gary got on to strange terrain. They thought that would be a bit much – but INXS was a good name. The band's first performance as INXS was on 1 September 1979 at the Oceanview Hotel in Toukley on the Central Coast of New South Wales, Australia and by the end of 1979, after passing on the Christian band image, they hired Chris Murphy as their manager and continued playing the Oz pub circuit. With the help of Chris Murphy the band had signed a five-album record deal in 1980 with a Sydney independent label, Deluxe Records, run by Michael Browning, former manager of AC/DC.
INXS toured New Zealand as support act for Cold Chisel. Their band manager Murphy was convinced their future no longer lay with Deluxe Records. RCA (who distributed Deluxe downunder at the time) worked with Rod Woods, who had been promoting Eric Clapton, Split Enz and some of the worlds biggest acts. Ron Woods was crazy about INXS and brought key music people along to their gigs. He encouraged RCA to sign them worldwide. Deluxe in their time had been unable to attract international interest and decided to record a new song 'The One Thing' at their own expense. The track turned out so well that Murphy hired them to produce three more songs. Murphy approached WEA Australia with copies of the song, leading to INXS signing a recording deal in July 1982 with WEA for releases in AUS, SE Asia, Japan & NZ; Atco Records for Atlantic Records in North America & Polygram for Europe & the UK. INXS went on their first US performance in San Diego in March 1983, to a crowd of 24 people. Their first tour was as support for Adam and the Ants, then support for Stray Cats, The Kinks, Hall & Oates and The Go-Go's, as well as Men At Work. Following a performance in Toronto, Canada, the band was approached by producer Nile Rodgers, and in September 1983 recorded 'Original Sin', originally titled 'Brand New Day'.
INXS started out as a New Wave act, but now gradually moved in a more rock-oriented direction. 'Listen Like Thieves' was released in October 1985. The first US single from the album 'This Time' stalled at US#81 in late 1985, but the next single, 'What You Need', released there in early 1986, became a Top5, bringing INXS their first US success. The single was also a Top20 in Canada, an AUS#2, but only #51 on the UK charts. The British press dismissed the album, with NME calling the band 'INX-cusable' and a reviewer declaring 'Listen Like Thieves' to be a 'complete and utter turkey', while in the US Rolling Stone Magazine wrote 'INXS rocks with passion and seals the deal with a backbeat that'll blackmail your feet'.
In August 1985, they toured ahead of the album's release, touring South America before returning to Melbourne to play for Prince Charles and Princess Diana of Wales at a concert in Australia, which was filmed and later released on home video entitled Living INXS.
n May 1986, the band returned to the United States and over the next six months performed 32 European shows, including support for Queen at their Live at Wembley '86 concert on 12 July. The US's influential Musician magazine calling them 'the best live band in the world'. In August 1987 INXS recorded their album Kick in Sydney and Paris, but Atlantic Records was not happy with the result.
Despite Atlantic's protests, Kick was released in October 1987. Funny how life goes sometimes, huh? Sometimes you just have to stick to your guns, because it provided the band with worldwide popularity.
This is the point at which they ended up in my music collection.
More on the remainder of the band's career from their now reached peak until their demise after Michael Hutchence's tragic death in November 1997 tomorrow.
INXS - The Loved One (1981)
AUS#18
INXS - The One Thing (1982)
AUS#14, US#30, CAN#31
INXS - Original Sin (1984)
AUS#1, ARG#1, FR#1, NZ#6, CAN#11, CH#23, NL#31, US#58
INXS - Kiss The Dirt/Falling Down The Mountain (1986)
AUS#15, US#24, NZ#42, UK#54
INXS - Listen Like Thieves (1986)
AUS#28, UK#46, US#54
INXS - Need You Tonight (1987)
US#1, CAN#1, UK#2, IRL#2, AUS#3, NZ#3, IT#8, FR#10, NL#12, DE#16, AT#16
INXS - Devil Inside (1988)
US#2, NZ#2, AUS#6, FR#20, CAN#25, IRL#25, DE#33, NL#41, UK#47
INXS - New Sensation (1988)
US#3, AUS#8, NL#14, CAN#15, NZ#19, UK#25, DE#35
INXS - Never Tear Us Apart (1988)
US#7, NL#9, AUS#14, CAN#15, NZ#21, UK#24, FR#48, DE#66
INXS - Kick (1988) - Live at Wembley
INXS - Mystify (1989) - Live at Wembley
CAN#5, UK#14, US#17, DE#46, NL#53
INXS - Suicide Blonde (1990)
NZ#1, AUS#2, CAN#3, IRL#3, NL#5, US#9, UK#11, CH#11, SWE#16, DE#23, FR#23, AT#24,
INXS - Disappear (1990)
US#8, CAN#9, NL#15, UK#21, NZ#25, AUS#23, DE#43
INXS- Baby Don't Cry (1992)
UK#20, AUS#30, NZ#34, NL#46
INXS - Taste It (1992) - Live at my very own Brixton Academy in 1994 :-)
UK#21, NZ#31, AUS#34, US#101
INXS - Beautiful Girl (1993)
UK#23, CAN#28, AUS#34, US#46, NZ#50, DE#54
INXS- Elegantly Wasted (1997)
UK#20, US#37, AUS#48, DE#72, NL#90
Modern Talking Megamix
Modern Talking Megamix
Brother Louie (1986) - DE#1, SWE#1, AT#2, CH#2, IRL#2, UK#4, BE#6, FR#6, NOR#8, NL#20, IT#32
Geronimo's Cadicallac (1986) - DE#3, AT#3, BE#4, CH#6, SWE#6, NOR#7, IT#27, NL#36, FR#43
You Can Win If You Want (1985) - DE#1, AT#1, BE#2, CH#2, NL#6, FR#8, IT#39, UK#70
Atlantis Is Calling (1986) - DE#1, AT#2, CH#3, BE#4, NL#6, NOR#8, IT#13, FR#21, UK#55
You're My Heart You're My Soul (1984) - DE#1, AT#1, BE#1, CH#1, FR#3, NOR#3, SWE#3, NL#4, IT#22, UK#56
In 100 Years (1987) - DE#30
Modern Talking
You can see I by now have been off sick for a week, can't you..? LOL no, not sick in the head, as you may think and spit right now - to resort to Modern Talking, of all things..., haha.
Seriously though, if this doesn't make you weep for what you have spend you precious pocket money back then, you may at perhaps shed a tear for nostalgic reasons. Those clothes, this hair, those tunes...
Modern Talking 1985
First formed at the end of 1984, Dieter Bohlen and Thomas Anders unexpectedly became immensely popular with their synthpop hit single 'You're My Heart, You're My Soul', with which they occupied the No.1 position in 35 countries including, of course, in Germany, where the single perched at the top for six consecutive weeks. Dieter Bohlen, wary of he was about to hit the world with, wrote the song under the synonym Steve Benson.
The single eventually went on to sell 8 million copies worldwide!
During their two year peak, between 1985 and 1987, Modern Talking were successful in Europe, Asia, South America, Middle East, particularly in Iran, where all Western pop music was banned after the 1979 Islamic revolution. In the United Kingdom they entered the Top5 only once with the song 'Brother Louie'. Like most European pop acts, they were almost unknown in North America, never appearing in the US charts, although they did become one hit wonders in Canada when 'Brother Louie'. They released two albums a year, while also promoting their singles on TV all over Europe, eventually selling a breathtaking 65 million records within three years!
... and better they did, because already in late 1986 people in Germany were getting increasingly fed up with the same old stuff, they started buying their singles only to roll over and destroy them with all kinds of machinery. Clearly Modern Talking had missed the boat on trends in the music industry and the success began to fizzle out. Just look at the slipping peak chart positions with every new single release.
Eventually people started bitching about Thomas Anders' fake perma-tan, his supposed-girlfriend 'Nora' (blimmin'!), which appeared to muscle in ever more into their band business. All this was a welcome reason for Dieter Bohlen to call it all off and make his own way. A bitter, very public and most times sub-intelligent media feud started, mostly to blame on Dieter Bohlen, who persistently and very openly took the mickey (to say the very least) out of Thomas Anders.
After the duo split up in 1987, Dieter formed his own project Blue System and - miraculously - enjoyed several high chart positions with tracks like 'Sorry Little Sarah' and 'My Bed Is Too Big', continuing in his commercial, out-of-touch style.
Thomas went solo and recorded some of his new pop-like material in Los Angeles and London. As a solo artist, he toured in places like Moscow, Sun City, Hong Kong and Santiago de Chile during which time he would sing songs from his pop solo albums, in the meantime keeping his fans satisfied with former Modern Talking material. He recorded five solo albums in English and one album in Spanish. Unsurprisingly, he found more success in foreign countries than at home.
Despite all the quarrels and disagreements that Dieter Bohlen and Thomas Anders experienced between themselves in the past, they began keeping in touch again after Anders moved back to Germany in 1994.
In the beginning of 1998 the duo reunited, and had their first performance together on Germany's biggest TV show 'Wetten, dass..?' They re-started things off with the re-packaged version of their single 'You're My Heart, You're My Soul', though the single no longer sounded like a Europop track, instead it was a typical up-tempo Eurodance number featuring rapper Eric Singleton on the rap vocals. Their first comeback album Back for Good which included four new tracks as well as all of the previous hits redone with modern techniques stayed at number one position in Germany for five consecutive weeks and managed to top the charts in 15 countries, eventually selling 6 million copies worldwide.
Modern Talking 2002
The duo won the award at World Music Awards for being the Best Selling German Band that year.
Bohlen and Anders followed 1980s Modern Talking pattern as they chose to release two singles from each album as in the past. A series of singles and four more albums followed.
After reaching the point where they had already collected over 400 gold and platinum awards worldwide, Modern Talking decided to split up again in 2003, just before the release of another of their album compiled of best-songs. The second break-up seemed to have again been triggered mainly from the negative portrayal of Thomas by Dieter written in his autobiographical book published at the end of 2003.
In the course of all the disputes which eventually drove the duo to its break-up, Bohlen was involved in 'Deutschland sucht den Superstar', the German edition of the UK's Pop Idol.
Modern Talking is considered as the most successful German band ever and with over 120 million albums sold in the top 30 worldwide. Only artists such as ABBA, Elvis Presley, the Rolling Stones or The Beatles outrank Modern Talking internationally.
Modern Talking - You're My Heart, You're My Soul (1984)
DE#1, AT#1, CH#1, BE#1, POR#1, ISR#1, TRK#1, LEB#1, ES#2, RSA#2, NOR#3, SWE#3, FR#3, NL#6, FIN#8, JPN#15, UK#56
Modern Talking - You Can Win If You Want (1985)
DE#1, AT#1, ISR#1, TRK#1, CH#2, BE#2, NL#7, FR#8, RSA#10, UK#70
Modern Talking - Cher Cheri Lady (1985)
DE#1, AT#1, CH#1, NOR#1, ISR#1, HKG#1, TRK#1, SWE#3, BE#3, NL#8, IT#10, RSA#13, FR#18, JPN#44
Modern Talking - Brother Louie (1986)
DE#1, SWE#1, TRK#1, ISR#1, HKG#1, RSA#1, AT#2, CH#2, IRL#2, UK#4, BE#6, FR#6, MEX#15, NL#16, CAN#34
Modern Talking - Brother Louie (1986)
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Modern Talking - Atlantis Is Calling (S.O.S. For Love) (1986)
DE#1, TRK#1, ISR#1, AT#2, CH#3, SWE#3, HKG#3, BE#4, NL#6, NOR#8, RSA#12, IT#13, FR#21, UK#55
Modern Talking - Geronimo's Cadillac (1986)
TRK#1, HKG#1, ISR#2, DE#3, AT#3, BE#4, RSA#4, SWE#6, CH#6, NOR#7, NL#24, EGY#25, FR#43
Modern Talking - Jet Airliner (1987)
DE#7, AT#10, SWE#12, CH#12, BE#14
Modern Talking - Juliet (2002)
DE#25, AT#42, CH#83
Seriously though, if this doesn't make you weep for what you have spend you precious pocket money back then, you may at perhaps shed a tear for nostalgic reasons. Those clothes, this hair, those tunes...
Modern Talking 1985
The single eventually went on to sell 8 million copies worldwide!
During their two year peak, between 1985 and 1987, Modern Talking were successful in Europe, Asia, South America, Middle East, particularly in Iran, where all Western pop music was banned after the 1979 Islamic revolution. In the United Kingdom they entered the Top5 only once with the song 'Brother Louie'. Like most European pop acts, they were almost unknown in North America, never appearing in the US charts, although they did become one hit wonders in Canada when 'Brother Louie'. They released two albums a year, while also promoting their singles on TV all over Europe, eventually selling a breathtaking 65 million records within three years!
... and better they did, because already in late 1986 people in Germany were getting increasingly fed up with the same old stuff, they started buying their singles only to roll over and destroy them with all kinds of machinery. Clearly Modern Talking had missed the boat on trends in the music industry and the success began to fizzle out. Just look at the slipping peak chart positions with every new single release.
Eventually people started bitching about Thomas Anders' fake perma-tan, his supposed-girlfriend 'Nora' (blimmin'!), which appeared to muscle in ever more into their band business. All this was a welcome reason for Dieter Bohlen to call it all off and make his own way. A bitter, very public and most times sub-intelligent media feud started, mostly to blame on Dieter Bohlen, who persistently and very openly took the mickey (to say the very least) out of Thomas Anders.
After the duo split up in 1987, Dieter formed his own project Blue System and - miraculously - enjoyed several high chart positions with tracks like 'Sorry Little Sarah' and 'My Bed Is Too Big', continuing in his commercial, out-of-touch style.
Thomas went solo and recorded some of his new pop-like material in Los Angeles and London. As a solo artist, he toured in places like Moscow, Sun City, Hong Kong and Santiago de Chile during which time he would sing songs from his pop solo albums, in the meantime keeping his fans satisfied with former Modern Talking material. He recorded five solo albums in English and one album in Spanish. Unsurprisingly, he found more success in foreign countries than at home.
Despite all the quarrels and disagreements that Dieter Bohlen and Thomas Anders experienced between themselves in the past, they began keeping in touch again after Anders moved back to Germany in 1994.
In the beginning of 1998 the duo reunited, and had their first performance together on Germany's biggest TV show 'Wetten, dass..?' They re-started things off with the re-packaged version of their single 'You're My Heart, You're My Soul', though the single no longer sounded like a Europop track, instead it was a typical up-tempo Eurodance number featuring rapper Eric Singleton on the rap vocals. Their first comeback album Back for Good which included four new tracks as well as all of the previous hits redone with modern techniques stayed at number one position in Germany for five consecutive weeks and managed to top the charts in 15 countries, eventually selling 6 million copies worldwide.
Modern Talking 2002
Bohlen and Anders followed 1980s Modern Talking pattern as they chose to release two singles from each album as in the past. A series of singles and four more albums followed.
After reaching the point where they had already collected over 400 gold and platinum awards worldwide, Modern Talking decided to split up again in 2003, just before the release of another of their album compiled of best-songs. The second break-up seemed to have again been triggered mainly from the negative portrayal of Thomas by Dieter written in his autobiographical book published at the end of 2003.
In the course of all the disputes which eventually drove the duo to its break-up, Bohlen was involved in 'Deutschland sucht den Superstar', the German edition of the UK's Pop Idol.
Modern Talking is considered as the most successful German band ever and with over 120 million albums sold in the top 30 worldwide. Only artists such as ABBA, Elvis Presley, the Rolling Stones or The Beatles outrank Modern Talking internationally.
Modern Talking - You're My Heart, You're My Soul (1984)
DE#1, AT#1, CH#1, BE#1, POR#1, ISR#1, TRK#1, LEB#1, ES#2, RSA#2, NOR#3, SWE#3, FR#3, NL#6, FIN#8, JPN#15, UK#56
Modern Talking - You Can Win If You Want (1985)
DE#1, AT#1, ISR#1, TRK#1, CH#2, BE#2, NL#7, FR#8, RSA#10, UK#70
Modern Talking - Cher Cheri Lady (1985)
DE#1, AT#1, CH#1, NOR#1, ISR#1, HKG#1, TRK#1, SWE#3, BE#3, NL#8, IT#10, RSA#13, FR#18, JPN#44
Modern Talking - Brother Louie (1986)
DE#1, SWE#1, TRK#1, ISR#1, HKG#1, RSA#1, AT#2, CH#2, IRL#2, UK#4, BE#6, FR#6, MEX#15, NL#16, CAN#34
Modern Talking - Brother Louie (1986)
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Modern Talking - Atlantis Is Calling (S.O.S. For Love) (1986)
DE#1, TRK#1, ISR#1, AT#2, CH#3, SWE#3, HKG#3, BE#4, NL#6, NOR#8, RSA#12, IT#13, FR#21, UK#55
Modern Talking - Geronimo's Cadillac (1986)
TRK#1, HKG#1, ISR#2, DE#3, AT#3, BE#4, RSA#4, SWE#6, CH#6, NOR#7, NL#24, EGY#25, FR#43
Modern Talking - Jet Airliner (1987)
DE#7, AT#10, SWE#12, CH#12, BE#14
Modern Talking - Juliet (2002)
DE#25, AT#42, CH#83
Ofra Haza - Im Nin'Alu (1988)
Don't you worry, I won't suddenly get all religious on you, but there is a track that is really quite beautiful. You may remember it from 1988 when Ofra Haza took Europe by storm with it - it stayed 9 weeks at DE#1 in the summer that year...
But it dates back much further than this: 'Im Nin'alu' (אם ננעלו) is a Hebrew poem by Shalom Shabazi (שלום שבזי) and was written in the 17th century, when he was a well-respected Rabbi in what is now the state of Yemen.
The poem starts 'Im nin'alu daltei n'divim - daltei marom lo nin'alu. El Chaiiiiiii....' (If the doors of the wealthy are locked, the doors of Heaven will never be locked. The living God.)
Ofra Haza first sang this song with the Shechunat Hatikva Workshop Theatre, appearing on IBA's General Television in 1978. The remixed version of the song, produced by Izhar Ashdot, is the one that hit the charts ten years later. The single sold some three million copies worldwide, making it one of the first World Music recordings to cross over to mainstream Pop. Even though Ofra's version of the song shows her own interpretation, and its presentation was modern and popular, it still fits in with the Yemenite tradition that she represented.
The original version was included on the 1984 album Yemenite Songs, also known as Fifty Gates of Wisdom. The remixed version was part of her international debut Shaday.
In 1997 she re-recorded the track for her album Ofra Haza, produced by Frank Peterson of Enigma and Gregorian.
Since then, the track has been covered - and most of all sampled - endless times: Rap duo Eric B. & Rakim used it in their single 'Paid In Full', Snoop Dogg used the same sample on his remake of 'Paid In Full' titled 'Paper'd Up'. Canadian band Delerium sampled the lyrics in their song 'Hidden Mask' from their 1989 album Faces, Forms & Illusions.
American Rap group Public Enemy also sampled the opening few seconds of the song (which are a cappella) on the track 'Can't Truss It', featured on the 1991 album Apocalypse '91...The Enemy Strikes Black. The song features very briefly as background music in a restaurant at the beginning of the 2000 film American Psycho. In 1998 Swedish DJ team C&N Project included a sample of the opening line Im nin'alu on their single 'The Queen of Tel Aviv', which was credited to C&N Project Feat. Ofra Haza. Israeli singer Michal Cohen performs 'Im Nin'alu' on La Kahena (2005) by DJ Cheb i Sabbah. Part of the song appears in Madonna's song "Isaac" from her 2005 album Confessions on a Dance Floor (2005). Im Nin'alu is the opening track on Eliyahu & The Qadim Ensemble's album Eastern Wind (2009) with vocals by Rachel Valfer.
And - in 2009 Panjabi MC remixed this song on his album named Indian Timing.
Ofra Haza was born the youngest of nine children in the poor Tel Aviv neighborhood of Hatikvah. Inspired by a love of her Yemeni Jewish culture, the appeal of her musical art quickly spread to a wider Middle Eastern audience, somehow bridging the divide between Israel and the Arab countries. As her career progressed, the multi-lingual Haza was able to switch between traditional and more commercial singing styles without jeopardizing her credibility. The music, too, fused elements of Eastern and Western instrumentation, orchestration and dance-beat.
Ofra Haza died on 23 February 2000 at the age of 42, of AIDS-related pneumonia. While the fact of her HIV infection is now generally acknowledged, the decision by the major Israeli newspaper Ha'aretz to report about it shortly after her death caused controversy in Israel.
Ofra Haza - Im Nin'Alu (1988)
DE#1, CH#1, NOR#1, AT#2, SWE#2, FR#6, UK#15, US#15, IRL#16
Lyrics:
Im nin'alu daltei n'divim
Daltei marom lo nin'alu
El Chai, mareimawm al kawruvim
Kulawm b'rucho ya'alu
El Chai
Ki hem elai kis'o kawruvim
Yodu sh'mei weihal'lu
Chayet shehem rotzeh washawvim
Miyom b'ri'aw nichlawlu
El Chai
Uv'shesh kanufayim s'vivim
Awfim b'eit yitjaljelu
Im nin'alu daltei n'divim
Daltei marom lo nin'alu
El Chai, mareimawm al kawruvim
Kulawm b'rucho ya'alu
El Chai
Jaljal wa'ofen ru'ashim
Medim sh'mei u'm'gadeshim
Miziv k'veido loveshim
Uv'shesh kanufayim s'vivim
Awfim b'eit yitjaljelu
Ya'anu b'gel shirim areivim
Yachad b'etet nidjalu
Jaljal wa'ofen ru'ashim
Medim sh'mei u'm'gadeshim
Miziv k'veido loveshim
El Chai
English Translation:
If there be no mercy left in the world,
The doors of heaven will never be barred.
The Creator reigns supreme, and is higher
than the angels
All, in His spirit, will rise
By His nearness, His life-giving breath
flows through them.
And they glory in His name
From the moment of genesis,
His creations grow,
Captivating and more beautiful.
The wheel in his circle thunders
Acclaiming His Holy name
Clothed in the glory of His radiance,
The six-winged cherubs surround Him,
Whirling in His honor
And with their free wings sweetly sing,
Together, in unison
Rabbi Shalom Shabazi - Im Ninalu (Yemen, 17th Century)
אִם נִנְעֲלוּ דַּלְתֵי נְדִיבִים דַּלְתֵּי מָרוֹם לֹא נִנְעֲלוּ
אֵל חַי מְרוֹמָם עַל כְּרוּבִים כֻּלָם בְּרוּחוֹ יַעֲלוּ
כִּי הֵם אֱלֵי כִּסְאוֹ קְרוֹבִים יוֹדוּ שְׁמוֹ וִיהַלְלוּ
חַיּוֹת שְׁהֶם רָצוֹא וְשָׁבִים מִיּוֹם בְּרִיאָה נִכְלְלוּ
גַּלְגַּל וְאוֹפָן רוֹעֲשִׁים
מוֹדִים שְׁמוֹ וּמְקַדְּשִׁים
מִזִּיו כְּבוֹדוֹ לוֹבְשִׁים
וּבְשֵׁשׁ כְּנָפַיִם סְבִיבִים עָפִים בְּעֵת יִתְגַלְגְּלוּ
יַעְנוּ בְּקוֹל שִׁירִים עֲרֵבִים יַחַד בְּאוֹתוֹת נִדְגְּלוּ
לַאכּרַמְהוּ אַלכֻּלּ אוּגַּדּ סֻבּחַנְהוּ אַללַּהּ אְחַדּ
רַבּ אַלגְּלַאלִי אַלמֻמַגּדּ אַחסַאנְהוּ מִן גַיר חַדּ
אַגּסַאם וְאַרוַאחֻן תַּסַגַּדּ מַן לַם יֻכַאפֻהּ קַדּ גְּחַדּ
וַאכתַּץ מִן סַבּעַהּ אְקַאלִים אַלקֻדּס אַלאַוּצַט אַפצְ'לוּ
סַכַּן בְּהוּ אַבַּאִיְנַא
וַאעטַא גִּמִיע אַסבַּאטְנַא
וַאִלְתַּוּרִיַּהּ אַעטַא לְנַא
וַאגִּיבּ נֻוַחִדּהוּ בְּתַּעצִ'ים פַצ'לֻהּ עְלַינַא שַׁאמִלוּ
נַאדַּא אַלנְבִּי מוּסַי בְּתַּכּלִים קַאל כֻּן לִקַוּמִי מֻרסְל
שִׁמְרִי יְחִידָתִי לְדָתוֹ זַכִּי לְגוּפִי יִשְׂמְחָה
קִשְׁרִי בְּלִבִּי אַהֲבָתוֹ בִּשְׁמוֹ לְבַדּוֹ יְבַטְּחֶהָ
מֵחֵן גְּבֶרֶת רַעֲיָתוֹ אוֹר לַשְּׂרִידִים יִזְרַח
וִימַלְּאֶהָ בּוֹרוֹת נִגּוּבִים גִּשְׁמֵי בְּרָכָה יִזְּלוּ
וִיפַרְנְסֶהָ עָנִי וְרָשׁ
גּוֹלֶה וְנִרְדָּף נֶחְלַשׁ
צוּרִי לְבֶן אִישׁ תָּם דָּרַשׁ
כִּי סָבְבוּ עָלָיו כְּלָבִים מִכָּל עִבְרִים נִקְהֲלוּ
פֶּרֶא וְאַרְיֵה עִם זְאֵבִים לִבּוֹ וְנָפְשׁוּ הֻבְהֲלוּ
בַּין אַלפֻנוּן תַּשׁתַּאק נַפסִי חַית אַלעְרַאיִס וַאלשְׁרַאבּ
וִאלַּא דְכַּרתּוּ בַּיתּ קֻדּסִי וַאסוַאר צִיּוֹן אַלכְרַאבּ
אַכּסַף צִ'יַא עַקְלִי וְחִסִּי וַאלרוּח יַלחַץ אִכּתִּרַאבּ
קוּם יַא מֻחִבּ הַאת אַלמְשַׁאמִים יַחיִּי לְרוּחַ אלַגַאפִלוּ
זַין אַלכְּנַאיִס וַאלמְעַאלִים קֻדּסִי וְסֻעֲדִּי אַלמֻקבְּלוּ
פַאלקַצדּ אַעבֻּדּ כַאלִקֵי
פִי קַלבּ מוּמִן עַאשִׁקִי
יוּפִי בִּוַעדֻּן צַאדִּקִי
קַדּ כַצְּנָא פִי עִלם וְתַּעלִים לַא יַבּק אַלאִנסַאַן גַּאהִלוּ
מִן נַלְהוּ צִ'יקֻן וְתַּסקִים גַּאלַס לִשַׁכצֻן כַּאמִלוּ
זֶה הוּא מְקוֹם שָׁלוֹם וְאַחְוָה חָתָן וְכַלָּה יִשְׂמְחוּ
רִנָּה וְקוֹל שָׂשׂוֹן וְחֶדְוָה לִבְנֵי שְׁבָטִים זָרְחוּ
מִבַּת יְפֵיפִיָּה וְנָאוָה לִי כּוֹס יְשׁוּעוֹת שָׁלְחוּ
וְאֶשְׂמְחָה בֵּין הַמְּסֻבִּים מַה טּוֹב וְנָעִים נִקְהֲלוּ
צִירֵי תְּעוּדָה יָשְׁרוּ
עַל סוֹד וּמִשְׂרָה חָבְרוּ
לָאֵל וְלִי מַה יָּקְרוּ
רֵעִים אֲהוּבִים הֵם וְטוֹבִים סוֹדוֹת נְכוֹחִים מִלְּלוּ
תוֹרָה נְבִיאִים עִם כְּתוּבִים מִזֶּה אֲלֵי זֶה יִשְׁאֲלוּ
יַא נַפס תּוּבִּי פִי חְיַאתִּי מִן לַמס זַגיַאתּ אַלגֻּסוּם
מִן קַבּל מַא יַאתִּי אלמְמַאתִּי יַהבֻּט כְּמַא רִיח אַלסֻמוּם
מַן קַדּ גֻלִט פִי אַלסַּוּ יַאתִּי וַאללַּהּ גַפַארֻן רְחִים
לַא בֻּד מַא לִאדַּין תַּסלִים עִנַדּ אַלפְתַּא אַלפַצִ'לוּ
יַא מִן אלאנפס כלקהו
מִן פַיץ גּוּהַר נוּרְהוּ
וְכֻּלִהַא פִי כַּפְהוּ
כֻּלּ אַלוּגּוּדּ חַכַּם בִּתַּחכִּים וְהוּ לְכֻּלּ שַׁי פַאעִלוּ
סִינֻן אְלִף וַאלַּאם וַאלמִים מִן כַּרם גּוּדַּךּ סַאִלוּ
אֶחְתּוֹם לְשִׁירִי זֶה בְהַלֵּל וּשְׁבָח לְרָם עַל מַהֲלָל
הַשָּׂם בְּפִי אוֹמֵר לְמַלֵּל לוֹ כָל יְצוּר מוֹדִים כְּלָל
נַפְשִׁי עֲדִי רִקְמָה וּמִכְלוֹל גּוּפִי לִנְעָלְךָ שְׁלָל
בֵּין הַשְּׂרִידִים הַשְּׁלֵמִים חִזְקוּ פְּעָמַי וַעֲלוּ
בֵּין הַוְּרָדִים נִשְׁכְּנָהָ
לִי הַגְּבֶרֶת זִמְּנָה
טֶרֶף לְבֵיתָהּ נָתְנָה
פַּתְבַּג וְיֵין מִדַּם עֲנָבִים יֵינוֹ מְשֻׁמָּר צָלְלוּ
וּבְנֵי מְסִבָּה הָאֲהוּבִים חֶלְקָם בְּעֵדֶן יִנְחֲלוּ
אנא אנא ה' הושיעה נא
The poem starts 'Im nin'alu daltei n'divim - daltei marom lo nin'alu. El Chaiiiiiii....' (If the doors of the wealthy are locked, the doors of Heaven will never be locked. The living God.)
Ofra Haza first sang this song with the Shechunat Hatikva Workshop Theatre, appearing on IBA's General Television in 1978. The remixed version of the song, produced by Izhar Ashdot, is the one that hit the charts ten years later. The single sold some three million copies worldwide, making it one of the first World Music recordings to cross over to mainstream Pop. Even though Ofra's version of the song shows her own interpretation, and its presentation was modern and popular, it still fits in with the Yemenite tradition that she represented.
The original version was included on the 1984 album Yemenite Songs, also known as Fifty Gates of Wisdom. The remixed version was part of her international debut Shaday.
In 1997 she re-recorded the track for her album Ofra Haza, produced by Frank Peterson of Enigma and Gregorian.
Since then, the track has been covered - and most of all sampled - endless times: Rap duo Eric B. & Rakim used it in their single 'Paid In Full', Snoop Dogg used the same sample on his remake of 'Paid In Full' titled 'Paper'd Up'. Canadian band Delerium sampled the lyrics in their song 'Hidden Mask' from their 1989 album Faces, Forms & Illusions.
American Rap group Public Enemy also sampled the opening few seconds of the song (which are a cappella) on the track 'Can't Truss It', featured on the 1991 album Apocalypse '91...The Enemy Strikes Black. The song features very briefly as background music in a restaurant at the beginning of the 2000 film American Psycho. In 1998 Swedish DJ team C&N Project included a sample of the opening line Im nin'alu on their single 'The Queen of Tel Aviv', which was credited to C&N Project Feat. Ofra Haza. Israeli singer Michal Cohen performs 'Im Nin'alu' on La Kahena (2005) by DJ Cheb i Sabbah. Part of the song appears in Madonna's song "Isaac" from her 2005 album Confessions on a Dance Floor (2005). Im Nin'alu is the opening track on Eliyahu & The Qadim Ensemble's album Eastern Wind (2009) with vocals by Rachel Valfer.
And - in 2009 Panjabi MC remixed this song on his album named Indian Timing.
Ofra Haza was born the youngest of nine children in the poor Tel Aviv neighborhood of Hatikvah. Inspired by a love of her Yemeni Jewish culture, the appeal of her musical art quickly spread to a wider Middle Eastern audience, somehow bridging the divide between Israel and the Arab countries. As her career progressed, the multi-lingual Haza was able to switch between traditional and more commercial singing styles without jeopardizing her credibility. The music, too, fused elements of Eastern and Western instrumentation, orchestration and dance-beat.
Ofra Haza died on 23 February 2000 at the age of 42, of AIDS-related pneumonia. While the fact of her HIV infection is now generally acknowledged, the decision by the major Israeli newspaper Ha'aretz to report about it shortly after her death caused controversy in Israel.
Ofra Haza - Im Nin'Alu (1988)
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Lyrics:
Im nin'alu daltei n'divim
Daltei marom lo nin'alu
El Chai, mareimawm al kawruvim
Kulawm b'rucho ya'alu
El Chai
Ki hem elai kis'o kawruvim
Yodu sh'mei weihal'lu
Chayet shehem rotzeh washawvim
Miyom b'ri'aw nichlawlu
El Chai
Uv'shesh kanufayim s'vivim
Awfim b'eit yitjaljelu
Im nin'alu daltei n'divim
Daltei marom lo nin'alu
El Chai, mareimawm al kawruvim
Kulawm b'rucho ya'alu
El Chai
Jaljal wa'ofen ru'ashim
Medim sh'mei u'm'gadeshim
Miziv k'veido loveshim
Uv'shesh kanufayim s'vivim
Awfim b'eit yitjaljelu
Ya'anu b'gel shirim areivim
Yachad b'etet nidjalu
Jaljal wa'ofen ru'ashim
Medim sh'mei u'm'gadeshim
Miziv k'veido loveshim
El Chai
English Translation:
If there be no mercy left in the world,
The doors of heaven will never be barred.
The Creator reigns supreme, and is higher
than the angels
All, in His spirit, will rise
By His nearness, His life-giving breath
flows through them.
And they glory in His name
From the moment of genesis,
His creations grow,
Captivating and more beautiful.
The wheel in his circle thunders
Acclaiming His Holy name
Clothed in the glory of His radiance,
The six-winged cherubs surround Him,
Whirling in His honor
And with their free wings sweetly sing,
Together, in unison
Rabbi Shalom Shabazi - Im Ninalu (Yemen, 17th Century)
אִם נִנְעֲלוּ דַּלְתֵי נְדִיבִים דַּלְתֵּי מָרוֹם לֹא נִנְעֲלוּ
אֵל חַי מְרוֹמָם עַל כְּרוּבִים כֻּלָם בְּרוּחוֹ יַעֲלוּ
כִּי הֵם אֱלֵי כִּסְאוֹ קְרוֹבִים יוֹדוּ שְׁמוֹ וִיהַלְלוּ
חַיּוֹת שְׁהֶם רָצוֹא וְשָׁבִים מִיּוֹם בְּרִיאָה נִכְלְלוּ
גַּלְגַּל וְאוֹפָן רוֹעֲשִׁים
מוֹדִים שְׁמוֹ וּמְקַדְּשִׁים
מִזִּיו כְּבוֹדוֹ לוֹבְשִׁים
וּבְשֵׁשׁ כְּנָפַיִם סְבִיבִים עָפִים בְּעֵת יִתְגַלְגְּלוּ
יַעְנוּ בְּקוֹל שִׁירִים עֲרֵבִים יַחַד בְּאוֹתוֹת נִדְגְּלוּ
לַאכּרַמְהוּ אַלכֻּלּ אוּגַּדּ סֻבּחַנְהוּ אַללַּהּ אְחַדּ
רַבּ אַלגְּלַאלִי אַלמֻמַגּדּ אַחסַאנְהוּ מִן גַיר חַדּ
אַגּסַאם וְאַרוַאחֻן תַּסַגַּדּ מַן לַם יֻכַאפֻהּ קַדּ גְּחַדּ
וַאכתַּץ מִן סַבּעַהּ אְקַאלִים אַלקֻדּס אַלאַוּצַט אַפצְ'לוּ
סַכַּן בְּהוּ אַבַּאִיְנַא
וַאעטַא גִּמִיע אַסבַּאטְנַא
וַאִלְתַּוּרִיַּהּ אַעטַא לְנַא
וַאגִּיבּ נֻוַחִדּהוּ בְּתַּעצִ'ים פַצ'לֻהּ עְלַינַא שַׁאמִלוּ
נַאדַּא אַלנְבִּי מוּסַי בְּתַּכּלִים קַאל כֻּן לִקַוּמִי מֻרסְל
שִׁמְרִי יְחִידָתִי לְדָתוֹ זַכִּי לְגוּפִי יִשְׂמְחָה
קִשְׁרִי בְּלִבִּי אַהֲבָתוֹ בִּשְׁמוֹ לְבַדּוֹ יְבַטְּחֶהָ
מֵחֵן גְּבֶרֶת רַעֲיָתוֹ אוֹר לַשְּׂרִידִים יִזְרַח
וִימַלְּאֶהָ בּוֹרוֹת נִגּוּבִים גִּשְׁמֵי בְּרָכָה יִזְּלוּ
וִיפַרְנְסֶהָ עָנִי וְרָשׁ
גּוֹלֶה וְנִרְדָּף נֶחְלַשׁ
צוּרִי לְבֶן אִישׁ תָּם דָּרַשׁ
כִּי סָבְבוּ עָלָיו כְּלָבִים מִכָּל עִבְרִים נִקְהֲלוּ
פֶּרֶא וְאַרְיֵה עִם זְאֵבִים לִבּוֹ וְנָפְשׁוּ הֻבְהֲלוּ
בַּין אַלפֻנוּן תַּשׁתַּאק נַפסִי חַית אַלעְרַאיִס וַאלשְׁרַאבּ
וִאלַּא דְכַּרתּוּ בַּיתּ קֻדּסִי וַאסוַאר צִיּוֹן אַלכְרַאבּ
אַכּסַף צִ'יַא עַקְלִי וְחִסִּי וַאלרוּח יַלחַץ אִכּתִּרַאבּ
קוּם יַא מֻחִבּ הַאת אַלמְשַׁאמִים יַחיִּי לְרוּחַ אלַגַאפִלוּ
זַין אַלכְּנַאיִס וַאלמְעַאלִים קֻדּסִי וְסֻעֲדִּי אַלמֻקבְּלוּ
פַאלקַצדּ אַעבֻּדּ כַאלִקֵי
פִי קַלבּ מוּמִן עַאשִׁקִי
יוּפִי בִּוַעדֻּן צַאדִּקִי
קַדּ כַצְּנָא פִי עִלם וְתַּעלִים לַא יַבּק אַלאִנסַאַן גַּאהִלוּ
מִן נַלְהוּ צִ'יקֻן וְתַּסקִים גַּאלַס לִשַׁכצֻן כַּאמִלוּ
זֶה הוּא מְקוֹם שָׁלוֹם וְאַחְוָה חָתָן וְכַלָּה יִשְׂמְחוּ
רִנָּה וְקוֹל שָׂשׂוֹן וְחֶדְוָה לִבְנֵי שְׁבָטִים זָרְחוּ
מִבַּת יְפֵיפִיָּה וְנָאוָה לִי כּוֹס יְשׁוּעוֹת שָׁלְחוּ
וְאֶשְׂמְחָה בֵּין הַמְּסֻבִּים מַה טּוֹב וְנָעִים נִקְהֲלוּ
צִירֵי תְּעוּדָה יָשְׁרוּ
עַל סוֹד וּמִשְׂרָה חָבְרוּ
לָאֵל וְלִי מַה יָּקְרוּ
רֵעִים אֲהוּבִים הֵם וְטוֹבִים סוֹדוֹת נְכוֹחִים מִלְּלוּ
תוֹרָה נְבִיאִים עִם כְּתוּבִים מִזֶּה אֲלֵי זֶה יִשְׁאֲלוּ
יַא נַפס תּוּבִּי פִי חְיַאתִּי מִן לַמס זַגיַאתּ אַלגֻּסוּם
מִן קַבּל מַא יַאתִּי אלמְמַאתִּי יַהבֻּט כְּמַא רִיח אַלסֻמוּם
מַן קַדּ גֻלִט פִי אַלסַּוּ יַאתִּי וַאללַּהּ גַפַארֻן רְחִים
לַא בֻּד מַא לִאדַּין תַּסלִים עִנַדּ אַלפְתַּא אַלפַצִ'לוּ
יַא מִן אלאנפס כלקהו
מִן פַיץ גּוּהַר נוּרְהוּ
וְכֻּלִהַא פִי כַּפְהוּ
כֻּלּ אַלוּגּוּדּ חַכַּם בִּתַּחכִּים וְהוּ לְכֻּלּ שַׁי פַאעִלוּ
סִינֻן אְלִף וַאלַּאם וַאלמִים מִן כַּרם גּוּדַּךּ סַאִלוּ
אֶחְתּוֹם לְשִׁירִי זֶה בְהַלֵּל וּשְׁבָח לְרָם עַל מַהֲלָל
הַשָּׂם בְּפִי אוֹמֵר לְמַלֵּל לוֹ כָל יְצוּר מוֹדִים כְּלָל
נַפְשִׁי עֲדִי רִקְמָה וּמִכְלוֹל גּוּפִי לִנְעָלְךָ שְׁלָל
בֵּין הַשְּׂרִידִים הַשְּׁלֵמִים חִזְקוּ פְּעָמַי וַעֲלוּ
בֵּין הַוְּרָדִים נִשְׁכְּנָהָ
לִי הַגְּבֶרֶת זִמְּנָה
טֶרֶף לְבֵיתָהּ נָתְנָה
פַּתְבַּג וְיֵין מִדַּם עֲנָבִים יֵינוֹ מְשֻׁמָּר צָלְלוּ
וּבְנֵי מְסִבָּה הָאֲהוּבִים חֶלְקָם בְּעֵדֶן יִנְחֲלוּ
אנא אנא ה' הושיעה נא
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