So today I performed this song for my school, so I figured, "hey, that's a good song, why not write a post about it?" So here I am. Your Love was written by John Spinks, the guitarist and vocalist for The Outfield. Your Love was released in their debut album, Play Deep, which was released in 1986. The song made it to number six on the Billboard Top 100 Tracks, and is their most popular. Something interesting I came across was that the members of the band are opposed to drug use, which I thought stood out, because, well it was the eighties, and they were an English pop rock band. I can see how these lyrics can be interpreted many different ways by the people who listen to them, but this is my interpretation. I believe this is about a guy who's woman is out of town, and he needs someone, so he calls upon someone from his past, maybe someone he's "been" with before. Clearly he still has feelings for her, and he tries to voice his feelings for what he needs. Hearing this song after playing it makes me feel like our band is inadequate, and does them no justice to perform their music.
Alas! More Beatles! This song has much more depth than I though, and has hidden things that most cannot say they knew about, but to start, lets begin with the release information. I'm Only Sleeping was written by John Lennon, but is credited to Lennon-McCartney, as is all songs written by either John Lennon or Paul McCartney during their time with The Beatles. This song was released on The Beatles' seventh album, Revolver, on August 5 of 1966. However, this did not feature on the US Revolver release, as it was released in the US two months earlier in Yesterday and Today. This song has no intro, and begins immediately with the lyrics, which are actually about sleeping, and not about any drug induced euphoria, though some of the lyrics point to otherwise. My two favorite songs are George's electric guitar riff, and quiet lyrics that you can only hear if you pay close attention. George's riff was actually recorded backwards, so when it was reversed, it would give the sleepy sound that he wanted to accomplish. At 1:57, you can hear Lennon saying "Yawn, Paul.", and three seconds later, at 2:00, you can hear Paul yawning. I'm not positive if the times are correct in this video, but you will hear it somewhere around there. I hope you enjoyed more Beatles, long live Rock And Roll!
Beatles at last. Such an incredible band, and though people may have their "Beatles or Stones" opinions, the fact of the matter is, they are very different bands with completely different styles, I hate to use a cliche, but they're like apples and oranges. I was browsing through my Beatles collection, and this came on, such a lovely song. And I Love Her was written mainly by Paul McCartney, though John Lennon contributed with the bridge, or the middle eight section (A love like... near me). The original song didn't have the middle eight, but they added it in later, giving at a fuller feel. This song was released in The Beatles' third album, A Hard Day's Night, released on July 20, 1964, and was recorded in three days. The first day was pretty routine, but they changed out Ringo Starr's drum kit for bongos and claves (to put it crudely, sticks to hit together and make sound) on the second day. The third day contained the main track, and the lay-over of Paul's double on vocals, and Ringo's claves. In my opinion, that's what really brings the song together, Paul's double vocals. It really fills the song up, and adds an additional drop in sound during the middle eight, when the double is removed. when concerned with the subject, it's pretty straightforward, but the elegant use of the stars as his love was a smooth metaphor, though a little hackneyed.
I thought about doing a post by a different artist, but I just got a new Scorpions album, and I couldn't resist. The Zoo, in my opinion, one of Scorpion's best. Though it never made it far on the charts, this song has depth and is very well written. Written by Rudolph Schenker(guitarist) and Klaus Meine(lead vocalist) , The Zoo was released in Scorpion's 1980 album, Animal Magnetism. Though it was never very popular, The Zoo is one of Scorpion's most acclaimed songs, and contains many appealing factors. The tempo of the song is heavy and ominous, giving it a supernatural and deadly feel. The guitar riffs are of notable factor in this song, being heavy and jagged, but at the same time melodic, catchy, and smooth. A very nice guitar solo in contained within it, being notably appealing to the most sensitive of ears, and powerful enough for the rockers and metalheads. This song is about a date, to put it simply, though it's not an ordinary date. It's a very cynical date, they walk along, and notice the streets around them to be a zoo, filled with wild and savage beasts, intent on demise. Yet the pair walk onward, feeding upon the misery of others. This might be a little dark of an interpretation, but hey, everyone's entitled to their own opinions.
