BOB SEGER - UNDERSTANDING

UNDERSTANDING

BOB SEGER

songwriter: BOB SEGER

country: U. S. A.

álbum: TEACHERS

label: CAPITOL RECORDS

genre: ROCK

year: 1984

 

          Robert Clark Seger (/ˈsiːɡər/; born May 6, 1945) is an American singer, songwriter, and musician. As a locally successful Detroit-area artist, he performed and recorded as Bob Seger and the Last Heard and Bob Seger System throughout the 1960s, breaking through with his first album, Ramblin' Gamblin' Man (which contained his first national hit of the same name) in 1968. By the early 1970s, he had dropped the 'System' from his recordings and continued to strive for broader success with various other bands. In 1973, he put together the Silver Bullet Band, with a group of Detroit-area musicians, with whom he became most successful on the national level with the álbum Live Bullet (1976), recorded live with the Silver Bullet Band in 1975 at Cobo Hall in Detroit, Michigan. In 1976, he achieved a national breakout with the studio álbum Night Moves. On his studio albums, he also worked extensively with the Alabama-based Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section, which appeared on several of Seger's best-selling singles and albums.

            A roots rocker with a classic raspy, powerful voice, Seger wrote and recorded songs that dealt with love, women, and blue-collar themes, and is an example of a heartland rock artist. He has recorded many hits, including "Night Moves", "Turn the Page", "Still the Same", "We've Got Tonite", "Against the Wind", "You'll Accomp'ny Me", "Hollywood Nights", "Shame on the Moon", "Like a Rock", and "Shakedown", the last of which was written for the 1987 film Beverly Hills Cop II and topped the Billboard Hot 100 chart. He also co-wrote the Eagles' number-one hit "Heartache Tonight", and his recording of "Old Time Rock and Roll" was named one of the Songs of the Century in 2001.

           With a career spanning six decades, Seger has sold more than 75 million records worldwide, making him one of the world's best-selling artists of all time. Seger was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2004 and the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2012. Seger was named Billboard's 2015 Legend of Live honoree at the 12th annual Billboard Touring Conference & Awards, held November 18–19 at the Roosevelt Hotel in New York. He announced his farewell tour in September 2018.

It seems like only yesterday

I didn't have a clue

I stood alone not knowing where to turn

Now suddenly I look around

Everything looks new

I don't know why, but I think I'm startin' to learn

They call it understanding

A willingness to grow

 

I'm finally understanding

There's so much I can know

Until the day you came along

I used to just get lost

I only heard the things I wanted to hear

Always seemed like no one cared

Then you took the time

And now I look and everything seems clear

You've got me understanding

You've really helped me see

 

I'm finally understanding

It's meant so much to me

You've got me understanding

You've given me some pride

I'm finally understanding

You're really on my side

 

You're really on my side

Yeah, yeah

 

Got me understanding

Understanding

You've got me understanding

Ooh yeah

Understanding

Understanding

You've got me understanding

 

For the first time

You've got me understanding

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

You've got me understanding.