Mr. Big (primarily a one-hit wonder band, which I feel could have been much more prolific, with their excellent simple harmonies and wonderful acoustic guitar riffs and rhythms) came out with this terrific song during the 1980s - "To Be With You".
It was completely live-sounding, and the type of song that could get a whole audience up and singing along. It was the magic of music that originally captured my heart and soul. Raise a glass (of some dark, awful-tasting ale), toast with a dear friend (aye!), and sing this one out loud. The rest of the crew at the tavern will join in -- maybe even the chemical burn-scarred owner and "Tiny," the bouncer with the 25" neck. Try it. As if your life depended upon it.
You Music Guys -- the song starts in E major (listen to the open string harmonics) and modulates to G Major, before going back to E Major. Listen to last note sung, and think of Sir Paul McCartney.
You know the rest...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=reo5ffklygU
So You need Lyrics, Eh?
Hold on, little girl
Show me what he's done to you
Stand up, little girl
A broken heart can't be that bad
When it's Through, it's through
Fate will twist the both of you
So come on Baby, come on over
Let me be the one to show you
I'm the one who wants to be with you
Deep inside, I hope you feel it too
Waited on a line of greens and blues
Just to be the next to be with you
Build up your confidence
So you can be on top for once
Wake up, Who cares about
Little boys that talk too much
I've seen it all go down
Your game of love was all rained out
So come on baby, come on over
Let me be the one to hold you
I'm the one who wants to be with you
Deep inside, I hope you feel it too
Waited on a line of greens and blues
Just to be the next to be with you
Why be alone
When we can be together, baby
You can make my life worthwhile
I can make you start to smile
When it's Through, it's through
Fate will twist the both of you
So come on Baby, come on over
Let me be the one to show you
I'm the one who wants to be with you
Deep inside, I hope you feel it too
Waited on a line of greens and blues
Just to be the next to be with you
I'm the one who wants to be with you
Deep inside, I hope you feel it too
Waited on a line of greens and blues
Just to be the next to be with you
Just to be the next to be with you
RadioDAZZ recalls the 1980s.
The music of the 1980s was just an ambient part of my life; I was busy trying to build a career, make a fortune, seek approval (often, through desperate means) from members of the opposite sex; teach college and maintain a potentially (in retrospect) pre-cancerous tan. Yet, even though the music was not foveal (as it had been for me in the 1970s and the 1960s), it was always there, albeit peripherally...the background to the movie of my life. I under-rated and under-appreciated it.
I missed out on The Thompson Twins, Eddie Money, Soft Cell, U2, We B 40, Foreigner, Bryan Adams, Joan Jett, Mr. Mister, REM, Paul Young, Howard Jones, Pet Shop Boys, Oingo Boingo, Squeeze, Mr. Big, New Order, The Monroes, Suzanne Vega, Modern English, Bad Company, Aha, Belinda Carlisle (sp?), John Cougar Mellencamp, The Clash, Big Pig, Prince, Blondie (Debbie Harry), The Pretenders, Crowded House, Styx, Kansas, The Go Gos, Bad Company and a host of others, including disco stuff (late 1970s to early 1980s) that deserves a room of its own -- and its own atmosphere of glitter, ear-splitting pump, Southern Comfort, shots at the bar (no guns, just drinking fools) the smells of hairspray, perfume and drugstore aftershave... (sigh)...what a heady melange [that's French!]
There wasn't a great deal of funk in the 80s. The bass was being replaced by some casio keyboardist's left hand. Drums were shallow or tinny. Video performances were taking the ears out of the music and putting the money in the hands of the cosmetologists. But some of the songs were grabbers. And there were some truly powerful guitar and keyboard riffs. Truly.
Here goes DAZZ - trying to make up for his sorrowful neglect of a decade. Yep... http://radiodazz.blogspot.com/
Well...that's enough about me.
Radio DAZZ!
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