LIGHTS OF CINCINNATI

SCOTT WALKER

SONGWRITERS: GEOFF STEPHENS & TONY MCAUIEY

COUNTRY: U. S. A.

ALBUM: IT’S RAINING TODAY: THE SCOTT WALKER STORY(1967-70)

LABEL: PHILIPS RECORDS

GENRE: FOLK POP

YEAR: 1996

 

     "Lights of Cincinnati" is a song written by the English songwriters Tony Macaulay and Geoff Stephens which was first a song for the American singer-songwriter Scott Walker in 1969. The song was Walker's third solo single in the UK. The accompaniment was directed by Peter Knight.

       "Lights of Cincinnati" was a moderate hit spending ten weeks on the UK Singles Chart and peaking at Nº 13 in July 1969. The single also made the Irish Singles Chart peaking at No. 20.

       While not included on the concurrently released Scott: Scott Walker Sings Songs from his TV Series album or Scott 3 album from March, the song replaced "30 Century Man" on US editions of Scott 3. The single was backed with the 1969 Scott 3 album track "Two Weeks Since You've Gone". The accompaniment of the b-side was directed by Angela Morley.

I remember still, I guess I always will

That winters day I took the west bound flight

As I looked down from the plane

You were standing in the rain

You waved goodbye

Till I was out of sight

 

And I can see them shining

Through the Willows and the Pines

The lights of Cincinatti

Oh, so many miles behind

I could build myself a new life

And make it on my own

But the lights of Cincinnati

Will be calling me back home

 

Sometimes late at night

I watch the fire light

Make pictures of a life that used to be

For a moment I'm back there

In that same old rocking chair

You look across the room

And smile at me

 

And I can see them shining

Through the Willows and the Pines

The lights of Cincinatti

Oh, so many miles behind

I could build myself a new life

And make it on my own

But the lights of Cincinnati

Will be calling me back home

 

But the lights of Cincinnati

Will be callin' me back home.

SAVE MYSELF

ED SHEERAN

SONGWRITERS: AMY WADGE; EDWARD SHEERAN & TIMOTHY LEE MCKENZIE

COUNTRY: U. K.

ALBUM: DIVIDE

LABEL: ASYLUM RECORDS

GENRE: FOLK POP

YEAR: 2017

 

         Edward Christopher Sheeran MBE (Halifax, 17 of February of 1991) is a singer, composer, producer, and actor British, better known as "Ed Sheeran".

         He married Cherry Seaborn in January 2019 and today the couple have a daughter named Lyra Antarctica Seaborn Sheeran. In early 2011, Sheeran released na independent extended play, which caught the attention of Elton John and Jamie Foxx. He then signed to Asylum Records. Her debut album, +(plus)(2011), containing the singles "The A Team", "You Need Me, I Don't Need You", "Lego House" and "Drunk" were certified fivefold platinum in the Kingdom United. In 2012, he won two Brit Awardsfor Best British Male Solo Artist and British Breakthrough Act. "The A Team" won the Ivor Novello Award for Best Song Musically and Lyrically. In 2014 he was nominated for Best New Artist at the 56th Annual Grammy Awards.

           The popularity of Ed Sheeran abroad expanded in 2012, the United States, he made an appearance in the fourth studio album of Taylor Swift, and wrote songs for the group One Direction. He spent much of 2013 on tour in North America as the opening act for the Red Tour of Taylor Swift. In the fall of 2013, Sheeran performed three sold-out shows at Madison Square Garden in New York (with Swift making an appearance on the second night).

         Her second studio album titled X (multiply)(2014), peaking at number one on the UK Albums Chart and the Billboard US 200. It was nominated for Album of the Year at the 57th Annual Grammy Awards. As part of her X world tour, Sheeran performed three concerts at London's Wembley Stadium in July 2015, her biggest solo show to date.

          In 2017, Sheeran releases her third studio album, ÷(it reads "divide"), achieving a huge commercial success, mainly in her native country, with the LP and with one of the singles, "Shape of You", which has remained at the top of the UK and US singles charts, among many other countries. With this, Sheeran became the most commercially successful artist in the West during the first quarter of 2017.

       "Save Myself" is a song recorded by English musician Ed Sheeran for ÷(2017), his third studio album. Upon the initial release of the disc in the UK, the theme managed to make a debut on the official chart of songs within the top twenty positions.

I gave all my oxygen to people that could breathe

I gave away my money and now we don't even speak

I drove miles and miles, but would you do the same for me?

Oh, honestly?

Offered off my shoulder just for you to cry upon

Gave you constant shelter and a bed to keep you warm

They gave me the heartache and in return I gave a song

It goes on and on

 

Life can get you down so I just numb the way it feels

I drown it with a drink and out of date prescription pills

And all the ones that love me they just left me on the shelf

My farewell

So before I save someone else, I've got to save myself

 

I gave you all my energy and I took away your pain

'Cause human beings are destined to radiate or dream

What line do we stand upon 'cause from here looks the same?

And only scars remain

 

Life can get you down so I just numb the way it feels

I drown it with a drink and out of date prescription pills

And all the ones that love me they just left me on the shelf

My farewell

So before I save someone else, I've got to save myself

 

But if don't

Then I'll go back

To where I'm rescuing a stranger

Just because they needed saving just like that

Oh, I'm here again

Between the devil and the danger

But I guess it's just my nature

My dad was wrong

'Cause I'm not like my mum

'Cause she'd just smile and I'm complaining in a song

But it helps

So before I save someone else

I've got to save myself

 

Life can get you down so I just numb the way it feels

I drown it with a drink and out of date prescription pills

And all the ones that love me they just left me on the shelf

My farewell

So before I save someone else, I've got to save myself

And before I blame someone else, I've got to save myself

And before I love someone else, I've got to love myself.

EVERYTHING IN ITS RIGHT PLACE

RADIOHEAD

SONGWRITERS: COLIN CHARLES GREENWOOD; EDWARD JOHN O’BRIEN; JONATHAN RICHARD GUY GREENWOOD; PHILIP JAMES SELWAY & THOMAS EDWARD YORQUE

COUNTRY: U. K.

ALBUM: KID A

LABEL: PARLOPHONE

GENRE: ELECTRONICA

YEAR: 2000

 

          Radiohead are an English rock band formed in Abingdon, Oxfordshire, in 1985. The band consists of Thom Yorke(vocals, guitar, piano, keyboards), brothers Jonny Greenwood(lead guitar, keyboards, other instruments) and Colin Greenwood(bass), Ed O'Brien(guitar, backing vocals) and Philip Selway(drums, percussion). They have worked with producer Nigel Godrich and cover artist Stanley Donwood since 1994. Radiohead's experimental approach is credited with advancing the sound of alternative rock.

          After signing to EMI in 1991, Radiohead released their debut single, "Creep", in 1992. It became a worldwide hit after the release of their debut album, Pablo Honey(1993). Their popularity and critical standing rose in the UK with the release of their second album, The Bends(1995). Radiohead's third album, OK Computer(1997), brought them international fame; noted for its complex production and themes of modern alienation, it is acclaimed as a landmark record and one of the best albums in popular music. Kid A(2000) marked a dramatic change in style, incorporating influences from electronic music, jazz, classical music and krautrock. Though Kid A divided listeners, it later attracted wide acclaim. It was followed by Amnesiac(2001), recorded in the same sessions.

          Hail to the Thief(2003), with lyrics inspired by the War on Terror, was Radiohead's final album for EMI. Their subsequent releases have pioneered alternative release platforms such as pay-what-you-want and BitTorrent; Radiohead self-released their seventh album, In Rainbows(2007), as a download for which customers could set their own price, to critical and chart success. Their eighth album, The King of Limbs(2011), an exploration of rhythm, was developed using extensive looping and sampling. A Moon Shaped Pool (2016) prominently featured Jonny Greenwood's orchestral arrangements. Yorke, Jonny Greenwood, Selway, and O'Brien have released solo albums; in 2021, Yorke and Greenwood debuted a new band, the Smile.

        As of 2011, Radiohead have sold more than 30 million albums worldwide. Their awards include six Grammy Awards and four Ivor Novello Awards. They have achieved seven top 10 hits on the UK Singles Chart: "Creep" (1992), "Street Spirit (Fade Out)" (1996), "Paranoid Android" (1997), "Karma Police" (1997), "No Surprises" (1998), "Pyramid Song" (2001) and "There There" (2003). They have also achieved two top 40 hits on the US Billboard Hot 100. Rolling Stone named Radiohead one of the 100 greatest artists of all time, and Rolling Stone readers voted them the second-best artist of the 2000s. Five Radiohead albums have been included in Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time lists, and the band are the most nominated act in Mercury Prize history, with five nominations. They were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2019.

         "Everything in Its Right Place" is a song by the English rock band Radiohead, the opening track on their fourth album Kid A (2000). It features synthesiser, manipulated vocals, and lyrics inspired by the stress singer Thom Yorke, experienced while promoting Radiohead's 1997 album OK Computer.

         Yorke wrote "Everything in Its Right Place" on piano. Radiohead worked on it in a conventional band arrangement before transferring it to synthesiser, and described it as a breakthrough in the album recording. Though it alienated some listeners expecting more of Radiohead's earlier rock music, "Everything in Its Right Place" was named one of the best songs of the decade by several publications.

Kid A, Kid A

Kid A, Kid A

Everything

Everything

Everything

Everything

 

In its right place

In its right place

In its right place

In its right place

 

Yesterday, I woke up sucking on a lemon

Yesterday, I woke up sucking on a lemon

Yesterday, I woke up sucking on a lemon

Yesterday, I woke up sucking on a lemon

 

Everything

Everything

Everything

 

In its right place

In its right place

In its right place

Right place

 

There are two colors in my head

There are two colors in my head

What, what is that you tried to say?

What, what was that you tried to say?

 

Tried to say

Tried to say

Tried to say

Tried to say

 

Everything

Everything

Everything

Everything.

QUEEN OF HOLLYWOOD

THE CORRS

SONGWRITERS: GLEN BALLARD; ANDREA JANE CORR; SEAN SYED HOSEIN & DANE ANTHONY DEVILLER

COUNTRY: IRELAND

ALBUM: TALK ON CORNERS

LABEL: LAVA RECORDS

GENRE: POP ROCK

YEAR: 1997

 

       Talk on Corners is the second studio album by Irish pop rock band The Corrs. It was released on 17 October 1997 by 143, Lava and Atlantic Records. Preceded by lead single "Only When I Sleep", which became a top ten hit internationally, the album was an immediate commercial success in several territories, including Ireland, Spain, Sweden, Denmark, Australia, New Zealand and Japan. Its commercial performance elsewhere was initially modest, however.

         The Corrs' entire concert from the Royal Albert Hall was broadcast live the following year on BBC One on Saint Patrick's Day, where they were joined during their performance of "Dreams" by Fleetwood Mac drummer Mick Fleetwood. This event did much to raise the band's international profile. A remixed version of "Dreams" went on to become their first top ten hit on the UK Singles Chart. The record was reissued the following month to include the song as a bonus track. This would be the first of several different editions of Talk on Corners to be released over the album's two-year-long promotional cycle.

          Over this period, the band released a string of increasingly successful hit singles, culminating with a Tin Tin Out remix of "Runaway" peaking at number two in the UK. The Corrs also toured extensively to promote the record: the Talk on Corners World Tour saw them perform almost 160 concerts across twelve separate legs. The album spent ten weeks at number one in the UK. It ended its run as the highest-selling album of the year, and remains one of the best-selling albums of all time there, as well as the highest-selling album ever by an Irish act.

She drove a long way through the night

From an urban neighborhood

She left her mother in a fight

For a dream misunderstood

And her friends they talk on corners

They could never comprehend

 

But there was always something diferente

In the way she held a stare

And the pictures that she painted

Were of glamour and of flair

And her boyfriend though he loved her

Knew he couldn't quite fulfill

He could never meet her there

 

She's never gonna be like the one before

She read it in her stars that there's something more

No matter what it takes, no matter how she breaks

She'll be the Queen of Hollywood

 

And the cynics they will wonder

What's the difference with this dream

And the dreams of countless others

All believing in TV

They see their handprints in a sidewalk

Flashing cameras on the scene

And a shining limousine

 

She's never gonna be like the one before

She read it in her stars that there's something more

No matter what it takes, no matter how she breaks

She'll be the Queen of Hollywood

She's believing in a dream

(Queen of Hollywood)

It's a loaded fantasy, yeah, yeah, yeah...

 

Now her mother collects cut-outs

And the pictures make her smile

But if she saw behind the curtains

It could only make her cry

She's got hand prints on her body

Sad moonbeams in her eyes

Not so innocent a child

 

She's never gonna be like the one before

She read it in her stars that there's something more

No matter what it takes no matter how she breaks

She'll be the Queen of Hollywood, (Queen of Hollywood)

No she's never gonna be like the one before

She read it in her stars that there's something more

No matter what it takes and even though she breaks

She'll be the Queen of Hollywood

She's the Queen of Hollywood...

Queen of Hollywood, (Queen of Hollywood) and

Her friends still talk On Corners, (Queen of Hollywood)

Yeah yeah yeah-ie...

She's the Queen of Hollywood...

Queen of Hollywood...

RUNNING WITH THE WOLVES

AURORA AKSNES

SONGWRITERS: MICHELLE LEONARD; NICOLAS REBSCHER & AURORA AKSNES

COUNTRY: NORWAY

ALBUM: RUNNING WITH THE WOLVES

LABEL: DECCA RECORDS

GENRE: POP

YEAR: 2015

 

     Aurora Aksnes(born 15 June 1996), known mononymously as Aurora (stylized in uppercase), is a Norwegian singer, songwriter, and record producer. Born in Stavanger, Aurora released her debut EP, Running with the Wolves, in 2015, through Decca Records. Later that year, she provided the backing track for the John Lewis Christmas advert, singing a cover of the Oasis song "Half the World Away". Aurora released her debut studio album, All My Demons Greeting Me as a Friend, in 2016. In 2018, she released her second extended play, Infections of a Different Kind (Step 1), followed by her second studio album, A Different Kind of Human (Step 2).

Go row the boat to safer grounds

But don't you know we're stronger now

My heart still beats and my skin still feels

My lungs still breathe, my mind still fears

 

But we're running out of time

Oh, all the echoes in my mind cry

There's blood on your lies

The sky's open wide

There is nowhere for you to hide

The hunter's moon is shining

 

I'm running with the wolves tonight

I'm running with the wolves

I'm running with the wolves tonight

I'm running with the wolves

I'm running with the

 

Trick or treat, what would it be?

I walk alone, I'm everything

My ears can hear and my mouth can speak

My spirit talks, I know my soul believes

 

But we're running out of time

Oh, all the echoes in my mind cry

There's blood on your lies

The sky's open wide

There is nowhere for you to hide

The hunter's moon is shining

 

I'm running with the wolves tonight

I'm running with the wolves

I'm running with the wolves tonight

I'm running with the wolves

I'm running with the wolves tonight

I'm running with the wolves

I'm running with the wolves tonight

I'm running with the wolves

(I'm running with the)

 

A gift, curse

They track and hurt

Say can you dream

In nightmares seems

A million voices, silent screams

Where hope is left so incomplete

 

I'm running with the wolves tonight

I'm running with the wolves

I'm running with the wolves tonight

I'm running with the wolves

I'm running with the wolves tonight

I'm running with the wolves

I'm running with the wolves tonight

I'm running with the wolves

I'm running with the. 

BACK TO BLACK

AMY WINEHOUSE

SONGWRITERS: AMY WHINEHOUSE & MARK DANIEL RONSON

COUNTRY: U. K.

ALBUM: AMY WHINEHOUSE

LABEL: ISLAND RECORDS

GENRE: SOUL

YEAR: 2006

 

       Back to Black is the second and final studio album by English singer and songwriter Amy Winehouse, released on 27 October 2006 by Island Records. Winehouse predominantly based the album on her tumultuous relationship with then-ex-boyfriend and future husband Blake Fielder-Civil, who temporarily left her to pursue his previous ex-girlfriend. Their short-lived separation spurred her to create an album that explores themes of guilt, grief, infidelity and heartbreak in a relationship.

          Influenced by the pop and soul music of 1960s girl groups, Winehouse collaborated with producers Salaam Remi and Mark Ronson, along with Sharon Jones' band The Dap-Kings, to assist her on capturing the sounds from that time period while blending them with contemporary R&B and neo-soul music. Between 2005 and 2006, she recorded the album's songs with Remi at Instrumental Zoo Studios in Miami and then with Ronson and the Dap-Kings at Chung King Studios and Daptone Records in New York. Tom Elmhirst mixed the album at Metropolis Studios in London.

         Back to Black was acclaimed by music critics, who praised Winehouse's songwriting and emotive singing style as well as Remi and Ronson's production. The album spawned five singles: "Rehab", "You Know I'm No Good", "Back to Black", "Tears Dry on Their Own" and "Love Is a Losing Game". It has also been cited as being a key influence to the widespread popularity of British soul throughout the late 2000s, paving the musical landscape for artists such as Adele, Duffy, and Estelle.

          At the 2008 Grammy Awards, Back to Black won Best Pop Vocal Album and was also nominated for Album of the Year. At the same ceremony, Winehouse won four additional awards, tying her with five other artists as the second-most awarded female in a single ceremony. The album was also nominated at the 2007 Brit Awards for MasterCard British Album and was shortlisted for the 2007 Mercury Prize. Back to Black sold 3.58 million copies in the UK alone, becoming the UK's second best-selling album of the 21st century so far. The album has sold over 16 million copies worldwide.

          A deluxe edition of Back to Black was released in November 2007, containing a bonus disc of B-sides and live tracks. Winehouse's debut DVD I Told You I Was Trouble: Live in London, released that same month, includes a live set recorded at Shepherd's Bush Empire in London and a 50-minute documentary detailing the singer's career over the previous four years. In 2020, Back to Black was ranked at number 33 on Rolling Stone's list of the "500 Greatest Albums of All Time".

He left no time to regret

Kept his dick wet

With his same old safe bet

Me and my head high

And my tears dry

Get on without my guy

 

You went back to what you knew

So far removed

From all that we went through

And I tread a troubled track

My odds are stacked

I'll go back to black

 

We only said goodbye with words

I died a hundred times

You go back to her

And I go back to

I go back to us

 

I love you much

It's not enough

You love blow and I love puff

And life is like a pipe

And I'm a tiny penny

Rolling up the walls inside

 

We only said goodbye with words

I died a hundred times

You go back to her

And I go back to

 

We only said goodbye with words

I died a hundred times

You go back to her

And I go back to

 

Black, black

Black, black

Black, black

Black

I go back to

I go back to

 

We only said goodbye with words

I died a hundred times

You go back to her

And I go back to

 

We only said goodbye with words

I died a hundred times

You go back to her

And I go back to black.