ALIVE AND KICKING
SIMPLE MINDS
SONGWRITER: JAMES
KERR; CHARLES BURCHILL & MICHAEL JOSEPH MACNEIL
COUNTRY: SCHOTLAND
ALBUM: ONCE UPON A TIME
LABEL:VIRGIN RECORDS
GENRE: PÓS-PUNK
YEAR: 1985
Once Upon a Time is the
seventh studio album by Scottish pop rock band Simple Minds, released in
October 1985 by record label Virgin (A&M in the US).
The record paired the group
with music producer Jimmy Iovine. He had worked with artists featuring an
aggressive guitar-based sound, including singer-songwriters Bruce Springsteen and
Stevie Nicks, and he brought that approach to the band. Iovine particularly
pushed frontman Jim Kerr, aiming for more energetic sounding vocals.
Although already successful in their native U.K.
and various countries in Europe and Oceania, Simple Minds had also recently
become popular in the U.S., mainly due to the Keith Forsey and Steve
Schiff-penned "Don't You (Forget About Me)". That track appeared on The
Breakfast Club soundtrack and had become a #1 hit there. However, the band
deliberately left the track off the album due to their reluctance to record it.
Still, the bombastic pop rock sound proved influential in the construction of
much of Once Upon a Time, particularly the arena-friendly single "Alive
and Kicking". Once Upon a Time also shared many influences with
their previous studio album, Sparkle in the Rain, which explored a
similar songwriting style.
You turn me on, you lift me up
And like the sweetest cup I'd share with you
You lift me up, don't you ever stop, I'm here with you
Now it's all or nothing
'Cause you say you'll follow through
You follow me, and I, I, I follow you
What you gonna do when things go wrong?
What you gonna do when it all cracks up?
What you gonna do when the Love burns down?
What you gonna do when the flames go
up?
Who is gonna come and turn the tide?
What's it gonna take to make a dream survive?
Who's got the touch to calm the storm inside?
Who's gonna save you?
Alive and Kicking
Stay until your love is, Alive and Kicking
Stay until your love is, until your love is, Alive
Oh you lift me up to the crucial top, so I can see
Oh you lead me on, till the feelings come
And the lights that shine on
But if that don't mean nothing
Like if someday it should fall through
You'll take me home where the magic's from
And I'll be with you
What you gonna do when things go wrong?
What you gonna do when it all cracks up?
What you gonna do when the Love burns down?
What you gonna do when the flames go up?
Who is gonna come and turn the tide?
What's it gonna take to make a dream survive?
Who's got the touch to calm the storm inside?
Don't say goodbye
Don't say goodbye
In the final seconds who's gonna save you?
Oh, Alive and Kicking
Stay until your love is, love is, Alive and Kicking
Oh, Alive and Kicking
Stay until your love is, love is, Alive and Kicking.
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