THE END
OF THE INNOCENCE
BRUCE
HORNSBY
SONGWRITER:
DON HENLEY
WHERE: LIVE FROM LLBEAN FREEPORT MAINE 2017
COUNTRY: U.
S. A.
ALBUM: HERE
COME THE NOISE MAKERS
LABEL: RCA
VICTOR
GENRE: ROCK
YEAR: 2000
"The End of the
Innocence" is the lead single and title track from Don Henley's third solo
studio album of the same name, released in 1989. Henley co-wrote and
co-produced the song with Bruce Hornsby, who also performed piano; both artists
perform the song live in their respective concerts. Henley's version peaked at
number eight on the Billboard Hot 100, becoming his fifth solo top ten hit on
the chart. "The End of the Innocence" also became his fourth
number-one single on the Mainstream Rock Tracks chart and peaked at number two
on the Hot Adult Contemporary chart. The song features Wayne Shorter on saxophone.
Here Come the Noise Makers
was the first live album by American singer and pianist Bruce Hornsby. It is a double album comprising
songs recorded between 1998 and New Year's Eve 1999/2000. It was Hornsby's
first album with his touring act the Noisemakers.
The album not only
captures the ambience of one of Hornsby’s concerts, but also reflects the
vibrant temperament and true stylistic diversity with which he approaches his
craft, treating the live performance like a journey in search of the perfect
musical moment.
With this album, Hornsby
is determined to create a hybrid style that encompasses rock, jazz, and classical
music within a jam band mentality. The concert musical experience captured on
the album embodied the gestures towards complete improvisatory musical
spontaneity and towards recasting old songs as unrecognizably new that so much
of Hornsby's solo work had been forecasting, this time in a full band setting. The
album covers pieces by many of Hornsby's musical influences, George Gershwin, Samuel
Barber, Bill Evans, Bud Powell and Bob Dylan among them. Hornsby directly
acknowledges the influence of the Grateful Dead by performing their songs
"Lady with a Fan" and "Black Muddy River" and by including
a version of "The Valley Road" that seems to have "emerged from
the Grateful Dead's "Wharf Rat."
Remember when the days were long
And rolled beneath a deep blue sky
Didn't have a care in the world
With mother and daddy standin' by
But "happily ever after" fails
And we've been poisoned by these fairy tales
The lawyer dwell on small details
Since daddy had to fly
But I know a place where we can go
That's still untouched by men
We could sit and watch the clouds roll by
And the tall grass wave in the wind
You can lay your head back on the ground
And let your hair fall all around me
Offer up your best defense
But this is the end
This is the end of the innocence
O'beautiful, for spacious skies
But now those skies are threatening
They're beating plowshares into swords
For this tired old man that's no longer king
Armchair warriors often fail
And we've been poisoned by these fairy tales
The lawyers dwell on small details
Since daddy had to fly.
But I know a place where we can go
And was a away this sin
We'll sit and watch the clouds roll by
And the tall grass wave in the wind
Just lay your head back on the ground
And let your hair spill all around me
Offer up your best defense
But this is the end
This is the end of the innocence
Who knows how long this will last
Now we've come so far, so fast
But, somewhere back there in the dust
That same small town in each of us
I need to remember this
So baby give me just one kiss
Come and take a long last look
Before we say goodbye
Just lay your head back on the ground
And let your hair fall all around me
Offer up your best defense
But this is the end
This is the end of the innocence.
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