Video hit Tears For Fears

Tears For Fears - Shout

Shout is a song by the British band Tears for Fears. Written by Roland Orzabal and Ian Stanley and sung by Orzabal (with Curt Smith duetting on the chorus), it was the band's 8th single release (the second taken from their 2nd LP Songs from the Big Chair) and 6th UK Top 40 hit, peaking at #4 in January 1985. In the USA, it reached #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 on 3 August 1985 and remained there for 3 weeks.
"Shout" would become one of the most successful pop songs of 1985, eventually reaching the Top Ten in 25 countries.

"Shout" is regarded as one of the most recognizable songs from the mid-eighties and is also recognized as the group's signature song.

“A lot of people think that 'Shout' is just another song about primal scream theory, continuing the themes of the first album. It is actually more concerned with political protest. It came out in 1984 when a lot of people were still worried about the aftermath of The Cold War and it was basically an encouragement to protest” —Roland Orzabal.

“It concerns protest inasmuch as it encourages people not to do things without actually questioning them. People act without thinking because that's just the way things go in society. So it's a general song, about the way the public accepts any old grief which is thrown at them” —Curt Smith.

Song versions

"Shout" is by far the most abundantly remixed song in the Tears for Fears catalog, with at least fifteen different versions of it having been officially released under the band's name.

As was commonplace during the 1980s, the original 12-inch vinyl single release featured an extended remix of the song. Three remixes by collaborators Steve Thompson and Michael Barbiero later appeared on American releases of the single, including dub and a cappella versions. More recently, remixes have been done by notable DJs such as Jakatta, Fergie, Skylark and Beatchuggers. It was also remixed in the video game DJ Hero, where the song was mixed with Pjanoo.

In addition to the twelve-inch mixes, "Shout" also appeared in three different 7-inch versions. The original single version released in the UK and much of the rest of the world clocks in at 5:53 and is the same mix of the song found on the Songs from the Big Chair LP, albeit in an edited form. The version released in Germany and Japan is 4:51 in length and fades out during the guitar solo. Meanwhile, the final version released in America is specifically tailored for radio play at a concise 3:59 in length, featuring edits to the chorus and instrumental sections.

The song was also covered by the American heavy metal band Disturbed on their 2000 album entitled The Sickness with the song being shortened to 4 minutes and 7 seconds from the over 5 minute version of the original. The cover is known as "Shout 2000".

Norwegian soul jazz performer Jarle Bernhoft covered "Shout" for his 2011 studio album Solidarity Breaks. The song is also commonly featured in the artist's live sets.

American horrorcore group Insane Clown Posse also covered the song on their album The Mighty Death Pop! in 2012.

The Canadian rock band Big Wreck plays this song live on their 2012-13 tour dates in support of their album Albatross (Big Wreck album).

The lyrics:

Shout, shout, let it all out

These are the things I can do without

Come on - I'm talking to you

Come on

In violent times, you shouldn't have to sell your soul

In black and white, they really, really ought to know

Those one-track minds that took you for a working boy

Kiss them goodbye - you shouldn't have to jump for joy

You shouldn't have to jump for joy

Shout, shout, let it all out

These are the things I can do without

Come on - I'm talking to you

Come on

They gave you life, and in return you gave them Hell

As cold as ice - I hope we live to tell the tale

I hope we live to tell the tale

Shout, shout, let it all out

These are the things I can do without

Come on - I'm talking to you

Come on

And when you've taken down your guard

If I could change your mind I'd really like to break your heart

I'd really like to break your heart

Shout, shout, let it all out

These are the things I can do without

Come on - I'm talking to you

Come on

Video hit Annie Lennox

Annie Lennox - Why

Why is the first solo single by the Scottish singer Annie Lennox, released in 1992. It was taken from her debut solo album Diva and reached no.5 in the United Kingdom and number thirty-four on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100. The single also reached no.6 on the U.S. Adult Contemporary chart.

The music video won Lennox an award for Best Female Video at the 1992 MTV Video Music Awards.

Other versions

The song was interpreted by Amii Stewart and Dee Dee Bridgewater on 1994 Italian song festival. In 2001, Neal Schon performed an instrumental version on the album Voice. The song was also covered by Kelly Clarkson, live on her 2005 Hazel Eyes Tour.

This song has also been covered by Keith Caputo on Died Laughing Pure.

In March 2008 the song was covered by Italian singer Silvia Aprile on X-Factor Italy stage. The studio version of Aprile's cover was later included in the Italian X-Factor compilation.

In August 2009, the song was covered by David Rose.

Also, the song was covered in September 2009 by European singer Lara Fabian on her new album "Every Woman In Me" and by Canadian artist Allison Crowe on her 2010 album Spiral.

It was also covered live in January 2010 by Justin Vernon of Bon Iver and Annie Clark of St. Vincent at the Music Hall of Williamsburg. At Christmas season 2010 it was covered by Patrice Pike in a live recording Sudden Light: Christmas at the Carillon with Conspirare (Craig Hella Johnson and Company of Voices).

In July 2011, the song was covered by singer/songwriter Kevin Caffrey.

Ukrainian singer Ani Lorak covered the song in May 2012.

The song was also covered in the Finale of The Voice and was released on iTunes in June of 2013 by contestant Michelle Chamuel.

The lyrics:

How many times do I have to try to tell you

That I'm sorry for the things I've done

But when I start to try to tell you

That's when you have to tell me

Hey... this kind of trouble's only just begun

I tell myself too many times

Why don't you ever learn to keep your big mouth shut

That's why it hurts so bad to hear the words

That keep on falling from your mouth

Falling from your mouth

Falling from your mouth

Tell me...

Why

Why

I may be mad

I may be blind

I may be viciously unkind

But I can still read what you're thinking

And I've heard is said too many times

That you'd be better off

Besides...

Why can't you see this boat is sinking

(this boat is sinking this boat is sinking)

Let's go down to the water's edge

And we can cast away those doubts

Some things are better left unsaid

But they still turn me inside out

Turning inside out turning inside out

Tell me...

Why

Tell me...

Why

This is the book I never read

These are the words I never said

This is the path I'll never tread

These are the dreams I'll dream instead

This is the joy that's seldom spread

These are the tears...

The tears we shed

This is the fear

This is the dread

These are the contents of my head

And these are the years that we have spent

And this is what they represent

And this is how I feel

Do you know how I feel ?

'cause i don't think you know how I feel

I don't think you know what I feel

I don't think you know what I feel

You don't know what I feel

Video hit Simply Red

Simply Red - If You Don't Know Me By Now

If You Don't Know Me by Now is a song written by Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff and recorded by the Philly soul musical group Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes, which became their first hit after being released as a single in 1972 topping the R&B chart and peaking at number three on the Pop chart.

The song was originally written for Labelle (a trio led by Patti LaBelle) but they never recorded it. Much like the issue with "I Miss You" and The Dells passing on it, the song's composers Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff gave the song to Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes, which featured Teddy Pendergrass as lead vocalist. In addition to the single release, the song was included on their eponymous debut album.

Patti LaBelle later made the song as part of her concert repertoire in 1982. A live version appears on her 1985 album, Patti.

It was later covered by the English pop/soul band Simply Red, also becoming their best-known hit after reaching number one on the U.S. Hot 100 on July 15, 1989 and at number thirty-eight on the Hot Black Singles chart. It peaked at number two in the UK Singles Chart. It also topped the Canadian Singles Chart. Seal recorded the song for his 2008 album Soul, and, in April 2009, it became his first top-ten Adult Contemporary hit since "Love's Divine" in 2004; the song was subsequently nominated for the Best Male Pop Vocal Performance Grammy.

Rod Stewart also included this song on his 2009 album Soulbook.

The song was chosen as one of the Songs of the Century by the RIAA. It was featured at the end of Michael Apted's movie Class Action.

The lyrics:

If you don't know me by now

You will never never never know me

All the things

That we've been through

You should understand me

Like I understand you

Now girl I know the difference

Between right and wrong

I ain't gonna do nothing

To break up our happy home

Don't get so excited

When I come home

A little late at night

Cos we only act like children

When we argue fuss and fight

If you don't know me by now

You will never never never know me

We've all got our

Own funny moods

I've got mine,

Woman you've got yours too

Just trust in me like I trust in you

As long as we've been together

It should be so easy to do

Just get yourself together

Or we might as well say goodbye

What good is a love affair

When you can't see eye to eye

If you don't know me by now

You will never

Never never know me

Video hit Nickelback

Nickelback - How You Remind Me

How You Remind Me is a hit song by Canadian rock band Nickelback, released in July 2001 as the lead single from their album Silver Side Up. A "Gold Mix" was made for latter editions of the single with the heavier guitars edited out of the chorus. This single would be the last rock single to be #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 until 2007 when "Makes Me Wonder" by Maroon 5 did the same.

Lead vocalist and guitarist Chad Kroeger wrote the song about his old girlfriend Jodi, with whom he had a dysfunctional relationship. He refers to this song as the song that put Nickelback on the map as referred to their concert in Sturgis. It is often considered to be their signature song.

"How You Remind Me" was named the #1 most played song on U.S. radio of the 2000s decade by Nielsen Soundscan, being spun over 1.2 million times on U.S. airwaves since its release in 2001 to the end of 2009.
The song was named 4th on the Billboard Hot 100 Songs of the Decade and 75th in the UK decade Chart. It was nominated for the Kerrang! Award for Best Single.

The successful music video for "How You Remind Me" featured Nickelback playing a small venue with focus on a female audience member. Chad Kroeger admitted to disliking the idea of a small venue performance at first, opting for a bigger scale arena concert; however, he found the outcome of the video satisfying.

In the music video, Chad Kroeger plays a man whose girlfriend (played by model Annie Henley) has left him and is still haunted by her memory. He still feels strongly for her, and sees her everywhere he goes. Whenever he imagines her touch, he feels a warm memory, indicated by the change in lighting in the video. As the music video progresses, he starts to get over her. At the end, she shows up and apparently asks him to forgive her. This is what he had wanted all along, but suddenly he realizes that it isn't really what he wanted, and pushes her away. She is left with a broken heart and haunted by memories, as he had been at the beginning of the video.

Another version of the video exists, and has been played on some UK and Australian music channels. The video simply features the footage of the band playing from the main video, added to footage of the band's live performances and tour movies.

The lyrics:

Never made it as a wise man

I couldn't cut it as a poor man stealing

Tired of living like a blind man

I'm sick of sight without a sense of feeling

And this is how you remind me

This is how you remind me

Of what I really am

This is how you remind me

Of what I really am

It's not like you to say sorry

I was waiting on a different story

This time I'm mistaken

For handing you a heart worth breaking

And I've been wrong, I've been down,

Been to the bottom of every bottle

These five words in my head

Scream "are we having fun yet?"

Yeah, yeah, yeah, no, no

Yeah, yeah, yeah, no, no

It's not like you didn't know that

I said I love you and I swear I still do

And it must have been so bad

Cause living with me must have damn near killed you

And this is how, you remind me

Of what I really am

This is how, you remind me

Of what I really am

It's not like you to say sorry

I was waiting on a different story

This time I'm mistaken

For handing you a heart worth breaking

And I've been wrong, I've been down,

Been to the bottom of every bottle

These five words in my head

Scream "are we having fun yet?"

Yeah, yeah, yeah, no, no

Yeah, yeah, yeah, no, no

Yeah, yeah, yeah, no, no

Yeah, yeah, yeah, no, no

Never made it as a wise man

I couldn't cut it as a poor man stealing

And this is how you remind me

This is how you remind me

This is how you remind me

Of what I really am

This is how you remind me

Of what I really am

It's not like you to say sorry

I was waiting on a different story

This time I'm mistaken

For handing you a heart worth breaking

And I've been wrong, I've been down,

Been to the bottom of every bottle

These five words in my head

Scream "are we having fun yet?"

[3x]

Yeah, yeah, are we having fun yet?

Yeah, yeah, no, no.

Video hit Blake Shelton

Blake Shelton - Sure Be Cool If You Did

Sure Be Cool If You Did is the title of a song recorded by American country music artist Blake Shelton. It was released on January 8, 2013 as the first single from his seventh studio album, Based on a True Story….

The song was written by Rodney Clawson, Chris Tompkins and Jimmy Robbins.

"Sure Be Cool If You Did" debuted at number 32 on the U.S. Billboard Country Airplay chart for the week of January 19, 2013.

It was the second highest début of Shelton's career.

The song also debuted at number 44 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart for the week of January 26, 2013 and sold 98,000 downloads in its first week of release.

It also débuted at number 45 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Songs chart for the week of January 19, 2013. It also débuted at number 43 on the Canadian Hot 100 chart for the week of January 26, 2013. On the country chart dated March 9, 2013, "Sure Be Cool If You Did" became Shelton's eighth consecutive Number One single, and his thirteenth overall. It has sold 1,362,000 copies in the United States as of July 2013.

The music video was directed by Trey Fanjoy and premiered in February 2013.

The lyrics:

I was gonna keep it real like chill like only have a drink or two

But it turned into a party when I started talking to you

Now you're standing in the neon looking like a high I wanna be on

Baby it's your call, no pressure at all

You don't have to throw back your pretty pink lemonade shooter

And lean a little closer

You don't have to keep on smiling that smile that's driving me wild

And when the night is almost over

Meet me in the middle of a moonlit Chevy bench seat

And do a little bit of country song, hanging on

You don't have to keep me falling like this

But it'd sure be cool if you did

You can't shoot me down cause you've already knocked me dead

Got me falling apart with my heart talking out of my head

Let your mind take a little back road just as far as you wanna go

Baby, I'll do, whatever you wanna do, wanna do

You don't have to throw back your pretty pink lemonade shooter

And lean a little closer

You don't have to keep on smiling that smile that's driving me wild

And when the night is almost over

Meet me in the middle of a moonlit Chevy bench seat

And do a little bit of country song, hanging on

You don't have to keep me falling like this

But it'd sure be cool if you did

Have a night that you'll never forget

And now you're standing in the neon looking like a high I wanna be on

You don't have to throw back your pretty pink lemonade shooter

And lean a little closer

You don't have to keep on smiling that smile that's driving me wild

And when the night is almost over

Meet me in the middle of a moonlit Chevy bench seat

And do a little bit of country song, hanging on

You don't have to keep me falling like this

But it'd sure be cool if you did

Yeah, it'd sure be cool if you did 

Video hit Sheryl Crow

Sheryl Crow - Easy

Easy is a song by American singer-songwriter Sheryl Crow recorded for her eighth studio album, Feels Like Home.

The song, announced as the lead single, made its airplay debut on February 21, 2013 and was released on March 12. The song combines elements of rock and roll and country music and also is her first release through Warner Music Nashville.

In an interview, Crow described the single as her "staycation (staying home) song" and stated it was about "making your home feel like you're getting away" as opposed to vacationing in exotic places.

The song has received positive reviews from most critics. Jim Beviglia from American Songwriter gave the song a positive review describing Crow's performance as "inviting", but at the same time stated the song was in her "comfort zone".

Billy Dukes from Taste of Country gave the track 3 and a half stars out of 5, commenting: "It’s easy to be seduced by Crow’s carefree warmth and laid-back style. It’s easy to overlook the effective songwriting, and it’s easy to fall into her story again and again."

Ben Foster gave the song a "B" rating and wrote for Country Universe that "Crow’s delivery of the chorus conveys a subtle sense of excitement that quietly pulls the listener in, lending an organic feel to the track as a whole".

Bobby Peacock from Roughstock.com praised the song's lyrics and wrote: "The song is a smooth listen, but executed strongly enough to be more than just ear candy.", giving the song 3 and a half stars out of 5.

A less favorable review came from Bob Paxman of Country Weekly, who gave the song a "C+" and said that "Sheryl delivers it with joy and a bit of playful, sexual overtone, but there's nothing extraordinary about the song.”

Graeme O'Neil of Graemeoneil.com said '' “Easy” actually doesn’t sound too different from Crow’s past work and it’s crazy catchy''. Will Ermes of Rolling Stone said '' ''Easy'' is smart, airbrushed '00s mainstream contenders in the spirit of Miranda Lambert and country's tough new radio sweethearts.''

The lyrics:

We said that summer we'd go down to Cancun

But no money makes that kind of hard to do

Forget the beach – I’d rather be here with you

Playing Croquet okay, maybe, that’s not true

But you make it easy, easy, easy to get away

Sit in the sun and drink beer all day

Because it's easy, easy, easier anyway

Hey, who needs Mexico?

Baby, let's stay home

We’ll put on bug spray and we'll lose our clothes

Put out the lawn chairs and turn on the hose

We’ll play Jack Johnson, he’s the new Don Ho

And we’ll go surfing, surfing, we'll surf the radio

'Cause you make it easy, easy, easy to get away

Sit in the sun and drink beer all day

You know it's easy, easy, easier anyway

Hey, who needs Mexico?

Oh, hey, who needs Mexico?

Baby, let's stay home

Drink margaritas and take in the sunset

Later on we'll slip up to our king size bed

And make love, love, sweet love

You make it easy, easy

Oh, yes, it's easy, easy

You make it easy, easy, easy to get away

Sit in the sun and sip tequila all day

Because it's easy, easy, easier anyway

Hey, who needs Mexico?

Tell me now, who needs Mexico?

Baby let's stay home

Baby let's stay home

Let's get away baby

Oh, let's get away, baby

Oh...

Go on a little holiday...

Video hit John Mellencamp

John Mellencamp - Jack & Diane

Jack & Diane is a 1982 hit song written and performed by American singer-songwriter, John Mellencamp, then performing as "John Cougar." It appears on Mellencamp's album American Fool. It was chosen by RIAA as one of the Songs of the Century. The single spent four weeks at number one on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1982, and, to date, is the biggest hit single ever for Mellencamp.

According to Mellencamp, "Jack & Diane" was written about a relationship he had with a girl that lived near his hometown of Seymour, Indiana named Diane. He said: "'Jack & Diane' was a terrible record to make. When I play it on guitar by myself, it sounds great; but I could never get the band to play along with me. That's why the arrangement's so weird. Stopping and starting, it's not very musical." Mellencamp has also stated that the clapping wasn't supposed to be included in the finished song. It was recorded with the clapping in order to help keep tempo and then it was to be removed. However, he realized the song did not work without it.

The song was recorded at Criteria Studios in Miami, Florida, was produced by Mellencamp and Don Gehman (with Gehman also engineering), and backing Mellencamp were guitarists/backing vocalists Mick Ronson, Mike Wanchic, Larry Crane, drummer Kenny Aronoff, bassist/backing vocalist Robert Frank, and keyboardist Eric Rosser.

In 1982, producer and guitarist Mick Ronson worked with Mellencamp on his American Fool album, and in particular on "Jack & Diane."
In a 2008 interview with Classic Rock magazine, Mellencamp recalled:

"Mick was very instrumental in helping me arrange that song, as I'd thrown it on the junk heap. Ronson came down and played on three or four tracks and worked on the American Fool record for four or five weeks. All of a sudden, for 'Jack & Diane,' Mick said 'Johnny, you should put baby rattles on there.' I thought, 'What the fuck does put baby rattles on the record mean?' So he put the percussion on there and then he sang the part 'let it rock, let it roll' as a choir-ish-type thing, which had never occurred to me. And that is the part everybody remembers on the song. It was Ronson's idea."

The lyrics:

Little ditty about Jack and Diane

2 American kids growin' up in the heartland

Jacky's gonna be a football star

Diane debutante backseat of Jacky's car

Suckin' on a chili dog outside the tastee freeze

Diane's sittin' on Jacky's lap, he's got his hands between her knees

Jacky say, "Hey Diane lets run off behind a shady tree

Dribble off those Bobby brooks, let me do what I please"

And say a

"Oh yeah life goes on

Long after the thrill of livin' is gone"

Say a, "Oh yeah life goes on

Long after the thrill of livin' is gone, now rock on"

Jacky sits back reflects his thoughts for the moment

Scratches his head and does his best James Dean

Well you know Diane, we oughtta run of the city

Diane says "Baby, you ain't missin' nothin'"

Jacky say a

"Oh yeah life goes on

Long after the thrill of livin' is gone

Oh yeah say life goes on

Long after the thrill of livin' is gone"

Gonna let it roll 'n' rock

Let it roll

Let the Bible belt come down

And save my soul

Hold on to 16 as long as you can

Changes come around real soon

Make us women and men

Oh yeah life goes on

Long after the thrill of livin' is gone

Oh yeah say life goes on

Long after the thrill of livin' is gone

A little ditty about Jack and Diane

Two American kids doin' the best they can

Video hit Ozzy Osbourne

Ozzy Osbourne - Mama, I'm Coming Home

Mama, I'm Coming Home is the third song on the 1991 Ozzy Osbourne heavy metal album No More Tears. The song is about his wife and manager, Sharon Osbourne, whom he nicknames "Mama", and his return to her following his imminent retirement. The song was co-written by Zakk Wylde, Osborne's longtime guitarist, frontman and lead guitarist for heavy metal group Black Label Society, and Lemmy Kilmister, frontman of the heavy metal group Motörhead. Lemmy was brought in as a songwriter for the No More Tears album, providing lyrics for the tracks "Mama I'm Coming Home", "Hellraiser" (which Motörhead also later recorded), "Desire", and "I Don't Want to Change the World."

The single is Osbourne's only solo Top 40 single on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, peaking at number 28; his only other top 40 hit was his duet with Lita Ford, "Close My Eyes Forever" which peaked at number 8. It also reached number 2 on Billboard's Mainstream Rock Tracks.

Music videos

Two music videos were created for the single. The first was a surreal video that Osbourne didn't like because he felt the video didn't match the song. He then created a second music video with Samuel Bayer, which was more to his liking. Osbourne compared the effects in the second video to the hazy smoke effect seen in the video for Nirvana's "Smells Like Teen Spirit", which was also directed by Bayer.

The lyrics:

Times have changed and times are strange

Here I come, but I ain't the same

Mama, I'm coming home

Times gone by seem to be

You could have been a better friend to me

Mama, I'm coming home

You took me in and you drove me out

Yeah, you had me hypnotized, Yeah

Lost and found and turned around

By the fire in your eyes

You made me cry, you told me lies

But I can't stand to say goodbye

Mama, I'm coming home

I could be right, I could be wrong

Hurts so bad, it's been so long

Mama, I'm coming home

Selfish love yeah we're both alone

The ride before the fall

But I'm gonna take this heart of stone

I just got to have it all

I've seen your face a hundred times

Everyday we've been apart

I don't care about the sunshine, yeah

'Cause Mama, Mama, I'm coming home

I'm coming home

(Solo)

You took me in and you drove me out

Yeah, you had me hypnotized

Lost and found and turned around

By the fire in your eyes

I've seen your face a thousand times

Everyday we've been apart

I don't care about the sunshine, yeah

'Cause Mama, Mama, I'm coming home

I'm coming home

I'm coming home

I'm coming home

Video hit Simple Minds

Simple Minds - Hypnotised

Simple Minds are a Scottish rock band formed in 1977. They achieved commercial success in the early 1980s and, despite various personnel changes, continue to record and tour.

The band scored a string of hit singles, and are best known for their 1985 hit "Don't You (Forget About Me)" (UK #7, US #1), from the soundtrack of the John Hughes film The Breakfast Club. Their other more prominent hits include "Alive and Kicking" (UK #7, US #3) and "Belfast Child" (UK #1). In 1986, the band was nominated for the Brit Award for Best British Group.

The core of the band is the two remaining founder members – Jim Kerr (vocals, songwriting) and Charlie Burchill (guitars, keyboards after 1990, other instruments, songwriting) – and drummer Mel Gaynor (who first joined the band in 1982). The other current band members are Andy Gillespie (keyboards) and Ged Grimes (bass guitar). Former members include bass guitarist Derek Forbes, drummer Brian McGee and keyboardist Mick MacNeil.

Good News from the Next World was released in 1995. The album reached No. 2 in the UK and produced the two Top 20 hits "She's a River" and "Hypnotised". The band toured to promote Good News from the Next World, with Malcolm Foster and Mark Taylor as touring bass and keyboard players and Mark Schulman (who had played on the album) on drums. This was Foster's last work with the band, and Schulman returned to session work at the end of the tour.

After being released from their contract with Virgin Records, Simple Minds made use of the skills of their original rhythm section, Derek Forbes and Brian McGee (returning after respective eleven- and fourteen-year absences). Although McGee was not involved beyond the rehearsal stage, Forbes formally rejoined Simple Minds in July 1996.
The band then reunited with Mel Gaynor for a studio session in early 1997. Gaynor was reinstated as a full-time member for the European tour (which once again featured Mark Taylor on keyboards).

After the tour, album recording sessions were interrupted by Kerr and Burchill’s decision to play live (without Forbes, Taylor or Gaynor) as part of the Proms tour (a series of orchestral concerts featuring a mixture of light classical and pop music). The duo played versions of "Alive And Kicking", "Belfast Child" and "Don't You (Forget About Me)" backed by a full orchestra and were billed as Simple Minds.

The lyrics:

I can feel the whole world spinning around

I'm losing ground

I feel it every day

And I can feel you coming inside out

I'm losing touch with all reality

I remember the look in your eyes

The way that they pulled me inside

All I've got now in my defence is my innocence

I've been hypnotised

I can hear the church bells ringing out

Reminds me of some bright and sunshine day

When all the pretty horses you would ride

Would come right back to feel your energy

I still remember the look in your eyes

The way that they fooled me inside

All I've got now in my defence

Is my innocence

I've been hypnotised

You know it won't be easy

It's never easy

I've been hypnotised

It won't be easy

So tell me what you think

Do you think I'll sink Number one scapegoat?

I'm the missing link

All I know I've been Hypnotised

It won't be easy

If you've got a heart that burns inside

Let me get inside let me tangle with the flames

If you've got a light that burns inside

The heat will rise and melt down once again

I'm waiting for a sign, help me realign

Maybe it's a sin I know but it's not a crime

All I know, I've been hypnotised

Maybe there's a way I can find a way

Final hour Judgement day

All I know, I've been hypnotised

And then I realized

Video hit Bryan Ferry

Bryan Ferry - Slave To Love

Slave to Love is the first single released from Roxy Music singer Bryan Ferry's 1985 release, Boys and Girls.

"Slave to Love" is one of Ferry's most popular solo hits. The single was released on 28 April 1985 and spent 9 weeks in the UK charts in 1985, peaking at number 10.

The song has been used in various cinematic works. It was featured in the episode "Junk Love" of Miami Vice (1985), in Fire with Fire (1986), in Bitter Moon (1992), and perhaps the most memorable inclusion in the erotic drama 9½ Weeks (1986), starring Kim Basinger and Mickey Rourke.

Cover versions

Tony Hadley, former Spandau Ballet singer, recorded a version for his 1998 solo album Tony Hadley.

Willy DeVille covered the song for his 2005 album Crow Jane Alley.

A cover by Elan Atias, with backing vocals by Gwen Stefani appears on the 50 First Dates soundtrack.

Jazz singer Jimmy Scott covered the song for his 1998 album, "Holding Back The Years".

Singers Martha Wainwright and Dan Kelly covered the song for the SBS program RocKwiz. It appears on the DVD The RocKwiz Duets - Two for the Show.

Róisín Murphy, former Moloko singer, recorded "Slave to Love" to coincide with a Gucci advertising campaign. Plans were made to release this cover as a double A-side single with "Movie Star". However, on 4 December 2008, it was announced that the release of the single had been cancelled. A promo CD of "Slave To Love" was still released in the latter part of 2008.

The lyrics:

Tell her I'll be waiting

In the usual place

With the tired and weary

There's no escape

To need a woman

You've got to know

How the strong get weak

And the rich get poor

Slave to love (repeat)

You're running with me

Don't touch the ground

We're the restless hearted

Not the chained and bound

The sky is burning

A sea of flame

Though your world is changing

I will be the same

Slave to love (repeat)

And I can't escape

I'm a slave to love

Can you help me? (repeat)

The storm is breaking

Or so it seems

We're too young to reason

Too grown up to dream

And the spring is turning

Your face to mine

I can hear your laughter

I can see your smile

Slave to love (repeat)

And I can't escape

I'm a slave to love

Video hit Joan Baez

Joan Baez - Diamonds And Rust

A great song filmed in studio in 1977, as part of French TV special program.

Full show available on http://joanbaezonfilm.blogspot.com.

Diamonds And Rust is a song written and performed by Joan Baez. Released in 1975, it had actually been written and composed the previous November.

In the song, Baez recounts an out-of-the-blue phone call from an old lover, which sends her a decade back in time, to a "crummy" hotel in Greenwich Village; she recalls giving him a pair of cuff-links, and summarizes that memories bring "diamonds and rust."

The song, which was a top-40 hit for Baez on the U.S. pop singles chart, is regarded by a number of critics, as well as by Baez fans, as one of her best compositions. It served as the title song on Baez's gold-selling Diamonds & Rust album in 1975.

For her 1995 live recording Ring Them Bells, Baez performed the song as a duet with Mary Chapin Carpenter. In that performance, she changed the end lines: "And if you're / offering me diamonds and rust / I've already paid," to: "And if you... well I'll take the diamonds." And also: "I bought you some cuff links, you brought me something" turned out to be "I bought you some cuff links, you brought troubles" And on 25 February 2009, in Austin, she sang it, "And if you... well I'll take the Grammy." In 2010, she recorded it as a duet with Judy Collins on Collins' album "Paradise".

Popular covers

The song was later covered with edited lyrics by Judas Priest for the album Sin After Sin. It was originally recorded a year earlier for Sad Wings of Destiny but not included on the album- and this early version appears on The Best of Judas Priest, Hero, Hero, and some remasters of their first album, Rocka Rolla. A live version of the song is on Unleashed in the East. The song remains a staple of Judas Priest live concert performances. In recent years, Priest have been performing a mostly-acoustic version of the song that is more similar to the original than the rock version on their recorded albums.

Baez commented on the Judas Priest version:

“I love that! I was so stunned when I first heard it. I thought it was wonderful. It's very rare for people to cover my songs. I think there are a couple of reasons. One is they're personal - they don't have a universal quality to them. And I think maybe it's because I've already sung them, and who wants to compete with that? But it's always flattering when somebody does”.

Cover versions have also been recorded by Blackmore's Night, Great White, Taylor Mitchell, Model M (band), and Thunderstone.

The song has been sampled in two popular hip-hop songs, "Happiness" and "Upgrade Call," by Busdriver and Andre Nickatina respectively. The versions used in both songs are pitched-warped to sound squeaky.

The lyrics:

I'll be damned

Here comes your ghost again

But that's not unusual

It's just that the moon is full

And you happened to call

And here I sit

Hand on the telephone

Hearing a voice I'd known

A couple of light years ago

Heading straight for a fall

As I remember your eyes

Were bluer than robin's eggs

My poetry was lousy you said

Where are you calling from?

A booth in the midwest

Ten years ago

I bought you some cufflinks

You brought me something

We both know what memories can bring

They bring diamonds and rust

Well you burst on the scene

Already a legend

The unwashed phenomenon

The original vagabond

You strayed into my arms

And there you stayed

Temporarily lost at sea

The Madonna was yours for free

Yes the girl on the half-shell

Would keep you unharmed

Now I see you standing

With brown leaves falling around

And snow in your hair

Now you're smiling out the window

Of that crummy hotel

Over Washington Square

Our breath comes out white clouds

Mingles and hangs in the air

Speaking strictly for me

We both could have died then and there

Now you're telling me

You're not nostalgic

Then give me another word for it

You who are so good with words

And at keeping things vague

Because I need some of that vagueness now

It's all come back too clearly

Yes I loved you dearly

And if you're offering me diamonds and rust

I've already paid 

Video hit Paula Lima

Paula Lima - Agua de beber (live)

Água de Beber ("Water to Drink") is a bossa nova jazz standard composed by Antonio Carlos Jobim, with lyrics written by Vinicius de Moraes interpreted by the brazilian singer and composer Paula Lima.

Paula Lima (born in São Paulo, 1970) is a Brazilian singer and composer whose music is influenced by bossa, percussion, samba, Brazilian soul, international funk music and one of judges of Brazilian Idol, Ídolos Brazil (Season 3 and Season 4).

Lima's career started a little by chance but she had been involved in different school festivals. In 1992 she joined her firs band, the "Unidade Móvel", which later became "Unidade Bop". In 1995 she was invited to sing in a Samba, Rock, Funk and Soul band, led by Skowa. Lima lists her influences to be Quincy Jones, Ella Fitzgerald, Elza Soares, Ed Motta, Gilberto Gil, Banda Black Rio and Jorge Benjor.

Paula also played Grizabella's role in the stage for both São Paulo's and Rio de Janeiro's productions of Cats in 2010.

The lyrics:

Your love is rain

My heart the flower

I need your love

Or I will die

My very life

Is in your power

Will I wither

And fade or bloom

To the sky

Água de beber

Água de beber

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Água de beber

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The rain can fall

On distant deserts

The rain can fall

Upon the sea

The rain can fall

Upon the flower

Since the rain

Has to fall

Let it fall on me

(2x):

Água de beber

Água de beber

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