SAD MOVIES

SUE THOMPSON
SONGWRITER: JOHN D. LOUDERMILK
COUNTRY: U. S. A.
ALBUM: MEET SUE THOMPSON
LABEL: HICKORY RECORDS
GENRE: POP
YEAR: 1962
 
            Sue Thompson(born Eva Sue McKee; July 19, 1925) is an American pop and country music singer. She is best known for the million selling hits "Sad Movies (Make Me Cry)" and "Norman", both pop hits in the early 1960s and her 1965 hit "Paper Tiger".
          "Sad Movies (Make Me Cry)" is a 1961 pop song by the American singer Sue Thompson. The song was written by John D. Loudermilk and appears on Thompson's 1962 Hickory Records album Meet Sue Thompson.
Sad movies always make me cry
He said he had to work, so I went to the show alone.
They turned down the lights and turned the projector on.
And just as the news of the world started to begin,
I saw my darling and my best friend walking in.
 
Although I was sitting right there they didn't see me.
And so they both sat right down in front of me.
And when he kissed her lips then I almost died.
And in the middle of the color cartoon I started to cry.
 
Oh Sad movies always make me cry
Oh Sad movies always make me cry
 
And so I got up and slowly I walked on home,
And Mama saw the tears and said "Baby, what is wrong".
And so just to keep from telling her a lie,
I just said "Sad movies makes me cry".
 
Oh Sad movies always make me cry
Oh Sad movies always make me cry
Oooo Ooooo - Sad movies make me cry.

A WORLD OF FANTASY

TRIUMPH
SONGWRITERS: G. MOORE; M. LEVINE; R. EMMETT & TAM PATRICK
COUNTRY: CANADA
ALBUM: NEVER SURRENDER
LABEL: ATTIC RECORDS
GENRE: HARD ROCK
YEAR: 1983
 
         Triumph was a Canadian hard rock band formed in 1975 that was popular in the late 1970s and the 1980s, building on its reputation and success as a live band. Between the band's 16 albums and DVDs, it has received 18 gold and nine platinum awards in Canada and the United States. It was nominated for multiple Juno Awards, including the 'Group of the Year Award' in 1979, 1985, 1986, and 1987. It was inducted into the Canadian Music Industry Hall of Fame in 2007, into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame in 2008, and into Canada's Walk of Fame in 2019.
         Triumph is most known for its guitar-driven rock songs and alternative Canadian rock trio vibe with such songs as "Lay It on the Line", "Magic Power", "Fight the Good Fight", "World of Fantasy" and strong cover songs like "Rocky Mountain Way". The band was formed in Toronto, and for much of its existence featured Rik Emmett(guitar, vocals), Mike Levine(bass, keyboards), and Gil Moore(drums, vocals) from 1975 onward. This lineup, which recorded the band's first nine studio albums, lasted until 1988, when Emmett left Triumph to pursue a solo career. He was replaced by Phil "X" Xenedis, and Triumph recorded their last album to date, Edge of Excess, with him before going on indefinite hiatus in 1993. The classic line-up of Moore, Levine and Emmett reunited for two live concerts in 2008, at Sweden Rock Festival and Rocklahoma, and again in 2019 for a three-song performance in Toronto.
      Never Surrender is the sixth studio album by Canadian hard rock band Triumph, released in 1982. The album reached #26 on the Billboard Albums chart assisted by the singles "All the Way", "A World of Fantasy" and "Never Surrender" which hit #2, #3 and #23, respectively, on the Billboard's Mainstream Top Rock Tracks chart in 1983. "All the Way" (the third of the three tracks to chart) was Triumph's highest charting song on the Top Rock Tracks chart, but did not sustain that level of popularity with Triumph fans as the song is not included on their 1985 live álbum Stages, the later Classics (a Greatest Hits album) or 2005's Livin' for the Weekend: The Anthology album.
           In Canada, the album peaked at Nº. 29 on the RPM album chart (compared to Nº. 13 for their previous album, Allied Forces) and none of the singles managed to reach the Top 100 of the RPM Singles chart, although they received some airplay at album-oriented rock stations.
          A remastered CD was first released in 1985 on MCA Records (then again in 1995 on the band's own TRC label). A new remaster was released in November 2004 on the band's own label TML Entertainment.

I was out on my own in a great big world
Thought I'd seen it all
Then along comes a woman - a fantasy
And I took the fall
 
I was chasing a dream, I was fancy free
I was so naïve
You were all wrapped up in a mystery
You looked good to me
 
And I needed love I wanted it desperately
But oh, real love, you never came to me
 
[CHORUS:]
I was lost in your world of fantasy
I was caught in your game of make-believe
I was lost in your world of fantasy
 
Lost in your world of fantasy
Look what you've done to me
 
You were drawin' me in to a spider's web
With your hungry eyes
I was under your power I was in your spell
I was hypnotized
 
And oh sweet love: you wore such a strange disguise
So neat love: the way I fell for your lies
 
[CHORUS]
 
All the times you lied
And all the times I cried
I'm never gonna be the same again
 
Lost in your world of fantasy
Look what you've done to me.

FOLLOW YOUR HEART

SCORPIONS
SONGWRITERS: KLAUS MEINE
COUNTRY: GERMANY
ÁLBUM: BORN TO TOUCH YOUR FEELINGS
LABEL: SONY MUSIC
GENRE: HARD ROCK
YEAR: 2017
 
           Scorpions are a German rock band formed in 1965 in Hanover by Rudolf Schenker. Since the band's inception, its musical style has ranged from hard rock, heavy metal, and glam metal. The lineup from 1978 to 1992 was the most successful incarnation of the group, and included Klaus Meine(vocals), Rudolf Schenker(rhythm guitar), Matthias Jabs(lead guitar), Francis Buchholz (bass), and Herman Rarebell (drums). The band's only continuous member has been Schenker, although Meine has appeared on all of Scorpions' studio albums, while Jabs has been a consistent member since 1978, and bassist Paweł Mąciwoda and drummer Mikkey Dee have been in the band since 2003 and 2016 respectively.
             During the mid-1970s, with guitarist Uli Jon Roth part of the line-up, the music of the Scorpions was defined as hard rock. After the departure of Roth in 1978 and short-lived reunion with Schenker's brother Michael, Matthias Jabs joined and, following the guidance of producer Dieter Dierks, the Scorpions changed their sound towards hard rock/heavy metal, mixed with rock power ballads. Throughout the 1980s the group received positive reviews and critical acclaim from music critics, and experienced commercial success with the albums Animal Magnetism(1980), Blackout(1982), Love at First Sting(1984), the live recording World Wide Live(1985), Savage Amusement(1988) and Best of Rockers 'n' Ballads(1989), which is their best-selling compilation album.
      Scorpions' eleventh studio álbum Crazy World(1990) was also well-received, and included the song "Wind of Change", a symbolic anthem of the political changes in Eastern Europe in the late 1980s and early 1990s and the fall of the Berlin Wall. It is one of the best-selling singles in the world with over fourteen million copies sold. Scorpions have sold over 110 million records in total. They have released 18 studio albums, 27 compilation albums and 74 singles. Six of their singles have reached number one on the charts in different countries. Their albums, singles, compilations and video releases have reached gold, platinum and multi-platinum status 200 times in different countries
        Born to Touch Your Feelings: Best of Rock Ballads is a compilation album by German rock band Scorpions. It includes the most popular Scorpions ballads, with a brand new acoustic studio version of the song "Send Me an Angel", a new full band studio version of the song "Follow Your Heart" and two brand new songs "Melrose Avenue" and "Always Be with You" that were written specifically for this compilation.

Have you ever climbed the mountain?
Have you ever crossed the sea?
Take a look around the corner
And listen to your heartbeat
 
Have you ever touched the rainbow?
Take a ride on a ferris wheel
It takes one step to start a journey
It's up to you to make it real
 
This is the time for yourself to be free
You gotta follow your heart
This is the time in your life and it's never too late
To see the light in the dark
You gotta follow your heart
 
Walking far away horizons
You will never walk alone
You'll be at home where your heart is
A million miles away from home
 
This is the time for yourself to be free
You gotta follow your heart
This is the time in your life and it's never too late
To see the light in the dark
You gotta follow your heart
 
Show me the way, who knows the way?
This is the only road to go
Life brings me down, life takes me up
And only, only Heaven knows
 
This is the time for yourself to be free
You gotta follow your heart
This is the time in your life and it's never too late
To see the light in the dark
You gotta follow your heart
You gotta follow your heart.

WHEN YOU’RE GONE

BRYAN ADAMS
SONGWRITERS: ELIOT KENNEDY & BRYAN ADAMS
COUNTRY: CANADA
ALBUM: ON A DAY LIKE TODAY
LABEL: A & M
GENRE: POP ROCK
YEAR: 1998
 
         Bryan Guy Adams (born 5 November 1959) is a Canadian guitarist, singer, composer, record producer, photographer, and philanthropist. With several number-one singles and albums in various countries, Adams has sold over 100 million records worldwide. Adams was the most played artist on Canadian radio in the 2010 and he has had 25 top-15 singles in Canada, and a dozen or more in the US, UK and Australia.
          Adams joined his first band at age 15, and at age 20 his eponymous debut album was released. He rose to fame in North America with 1983 Top-10 album Cuts Like a Knife, featuring its title track and the ballad "Straight From the Heart", his first US Top-10 hit. His 1984 album, Reckless, made him a global star with tracks like "Run to You" and "Summer of '69", both Top-10 hits in the US and Canada, and the power ballad "Heaven", a US number 1 hit. His 1987 album Into the Fire went to number 2 in Canada and the Top 10 in several other countries.
           In 1991, Adams's released "(Everything I Do) I Do It for You", which went to number 1 in at least 19 countries, including for 16 and 18 straight weeks in the UK, and Europe overall, both records. It is one of the best-selling singles of all time, having sold more than 15 million copies worldwide. The song was included on Adams' Waking Up the Neighbours(1991), a worldwide number 1 album that sold 16 million copies, including being certified diamond in Canada. Other international Top-10 hits off the album were the Canadian number 1 songs "Can't Stop This Thing We Started" and "Thought I'd Died and Gone to Heaven". Beginning in 1993, Adams' hits were mostly ballads, including the worldwide number 1 or 2 hits: "Please Forgive Me"; "All for Love" (1993); and "Have You Ever Really Loved a Woman?" (1995), the latter two topping the U.S. Billboard Hot 100.
         In 1996, Adams' 18 til I Die was a Top 5 album in many countries, but only reached number 31 in the US. He did duets with Barbra Streisand("I Finally Found Someone" (1996), his last US Top-10 hit) and Melanie C("When You're Gone" (1998), an international Top 5 hit). In the 1990s, Adams had six European Radio Airplay number 1 songs for 32 weeks, the fourth and third most, respectively; and three number 1 songs on the European Sales Chart for 29 weeks total, the most weeks of any artist. Since 1999, Adams released seven albums, three reaching number 1 in Canada, and most reaching the Top 10 in the UK, Germany and elsewhere.
         "When You're Gone" is a song by Canadian musician Bryan Adams, featuring English singer-songwriter Melanie Chisholm, known professionally as Melanie C. The song was released on November 30, 1998, by A&M Records as the second single from Adams' eighth studio album, On a Day Like Today(1998), and is Chisholm's debut single outside of the Spice Girls. Adams requested for Chisholm to be included after his original choice Sheryl Crow never responded.
          "When You're Gone" was written by Eliot Kennedy and Adams, the latter songwriter also produced the song with Bob Rock. It contains genres of pop rock and soft rock, and is performed as a duet between Adams and Chisholm. "When You're Gone" peaked at number three on the UK Singles Chart and at number four on the Australian ARIA Singles Chart. An accompanying music video was released by German film director Marcus Nispel, which depicts Adams and Chisholm inside a three-story nine room house.
I've been wandering around the house all night
Wondering what the hell to do
Yeah, I'm trying to concentrate
But all I can think of is you
 
Well the phone don't ring
'Cause my friends ain't home
I'm tired of being all alone
Got the TV on 'cause the radio's playing
Songs that remind me of you
 
CHORUS:
Baby when you're gone
I realise i'm in love
Days go on and on
And the nights just seem so long
Even food don't taste that good
Drink ain't doing what it should
Things just feel so wrong
Baby when you're gone
 
I keep driving up and down these streets
Trying to find somewhere to go
Yeah I'm looking for a familiar face
But there's no one I know
Oh, this is torture, this is pain
It feels like i'm gonna go insane
I hope you're coming back real soon,
'Cause I don't know what to do
 
CHORUS:
Baby when you're gone
I realise i'm in love
Days go on and on
And the nights just seem so long
Even food don't taste that good
Drink ain't doing what it should
Things just feel so wrong
Baby when you're gone
 
CHORUS:
Baby when you're gone
I realise i'm in love
Days go on and on
And the nights just seem so long
Even food don't taste that good
Drink ain't doing what it should
Things just feel so wrong
Baby when you're gone.