YOU’RE THE INSPIRATION

PETER CETERA

SONGWRITERS: DAVID WALTER FOSTER & CETERA PETER

COUNTRY: U. S. A.

ALBUM: A COLLECTION

LABEL: RIVER NORTH

GENRE: SOFT ROCK

YEAR: 1997

 

   Peter Paul Cetera(/səˈtɛrə/sə-TERR-ə; born September 13, 1944) is an American retired singer, songwriter, and bassist best known for being an original member of the rock band Chicago(1967–1985), before launching a successful solo career. His career as a recording artist encompasses 17 albums with Chicago and eight solo albums.

        With "If You Leave Me Now", a song written and sung by Cetera on the group's tenth album, Chicago garnered its first Grammy Award. It was also the group's first number one single.

        As a solo artist, Cetera has scored six Top 40 singles, including two that reached number one on Billboard's Hot 100 chart in 1986, "Glory of Love" and "The Next Time I Fall." "Glory of Love", the theme song from the film The Karate Kid Part II(1986), was co-written by Cetera, David Foster, and Diane Nini, and was nominated for both an Academy Award and a Golden Globe Award for best original song from a motion picture. In 1987, Cetera received an ASCAP award for "Glory of Love" in the category, "Most Performed Songs from Motion Pictures." His performance on "Glory of Love" was nominated for a Grammy Award for best pop male vocal. That same year Cetera and Amy Grant, who performed as a duet on "The Next Time I Fall", were nominated for a Grammy Award for best vocal performance by a pop duo or group.

           Besides David Foster and Amy Grant, Cetera has collaborated throughout his career with other nationally known and internationally known recording artists from various genres of music including: The Beach Boys, Billy Joel, Karen Carpenter, Paul Anka, Agnetha Fältskog, Richard Sterban, Bonnie Raitt, Madonna, David Gilmour, Az Yet, Cher, Chaka Khan, Crystal Bernard, Ronna Reeves, and Alison Krauss. His songs have been featured in soundtracks for movies and television.

        In 2014, Chicago's first album, Chicago Transit Authority(Columbia, 1969), featuring Cetera on bass and vocals, was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame. Cetera was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of Chicago in April 2016, and he, Robert Lamm, and James Pankow are among the 2017 Songwriters Hall of Fame inductees for their songwriting efforts as members of the group. Cetera, along with other members of Chicago, received a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 2020.

          You're the Inspiration: A Collection(1997) is the second album released by Peter Cetera for River North Records and the sixth album released as a solo artist. While labeled as a 'collection', the album is not really a compilation of 'Greatest Hits' but rather a collection of previously recorded duets, a few new songs and a few re-recordings of old Chicago hits.

You know our love was meant to be

The kind of love to last forever

And I want you here with me

 

From tonight until the end of time

You should know, everywhere I go

You're always on my mind

 

In my heart, in my soul, baby

You're the meaning in my life

You're the inspiration

You bring feeling to my life

You're the inspiration

Wanna have you near me

I wanna have you hear me sayin'

 

No one needs you more than I need you

And I know, yes, I know that it's plain to see

We're so in love when we're together

 

Now I know, that I need you here with me

From tonight until the end of time

You should know, everywhere I go

Always on my mind

In my heart, in my soul, baby

 

You're the meaning in my life

You're the inspiration

You bring feeling to my life

You're the inspiration

Wanna have you near me

I wanna have you hear me sayin'

 

No one needs you more than I

No one needs you more than I

Wanna have you near me

I wanna have you hear me sayin'

 

No one needs you more than I need you

You're the meaning in my life

You're the inspiration

 

You bring feeling to my life

You're the inspiration

When you love somebody

(Till the end of time)

 

When you love somebody

(Always on my mind)

No one needs you more than I

When you love somebody

(Till the end of time)

When you love somebody

(Always on my mind)

No one needs you more than I

When you love somebody

(Till the end of time)

When you love somebody

(Always on my mind)

No one needs you more than I

When you love somebody.

WILBURY TWIST

THE TRAVELING WILBURYS

SONGWRITERS: BOB DYLON; TOM PETTY & GEORGE HARRISON

COUNTRY: U. K. X U. S. A.

ALBUM: THE TRAVELING WILBURYS, VOL. 3

LABEL: WILBURY RECORDS

GENRE: TWIST

YEAR: 1990

 

         Traveling Wilburys Vol. 3 is the second and final studio album by the Traveling Wilburys, a group consisting of George Harrison, Jeff Lynne, Bob Dylan and Tom Petty. It was released on October 29, 1990 as the follow-up to their 1988 debut, Traveling Wilburys Vol. 1. The band members again adopted pseudonyms for their contributions, using new names from the fictitious Wilbury brothers.

         Though it was their second release, the album was mischievously titled Vol. 3 by George Harrison. According to Jeff Lynne, "That was George's idea. He said, 'Let's confuse the buggers.'"

         As the dynamics within the band had shifted with Roy Orbison's death, the four remaining members all adopted new Wilbury pseudonyms: Spike (George Harrison), Clayton (Jeff Lynne), Muddy (Tom Petty) and Boo (Bob Dylan). With Harrison and Lynne producing again, the sessions were undertaken in the spring of 1990. An additional track, a cover of "Nobody's Child", was recorded and released in June 1990 as a charity single in aid of Olivia Harrison's Romanian Angel Appeal. The song was also the title track of a multi-artist fundraising album compiled by the Harrisons, Nobody's Child: Romanian Angel Appeal. Traveling Wilburys Vol. 3 was dedicated to the memory of "Lefty Wilbury" (Roy Orbison).

      Released in October 1990, the album was less positively received than Vol. 1, yet still saw a fair measure of success. In the United States, "She's My Baby" (with guest guitarist Gary Moore) and "Inside Out" became radio hits, charting at number 2 album rock and number 16 album rock, respectively. The album peaked at number 14 in the UK and number 11 in the US, where it was certified platinum by the RIAA.

           Comparing the two Wilburys albums, a reviewer in The New York Times wrote in November 1990: "The superstar pop group stays close to 50's and 60's rock roots, drawing on blues, doo-wop, rockabilly and Buddy Holly. But their second album is faster, jokier, lighter and meaner than the first." Rolling Stone described the blending of the four participants' musical styles as "seemingly effortless", and said that the album showed they continued to enjoy their collaboration. In the years following Vol. 3, there was speculation about further Wilbury releases. Since Harrison was viewed as the de facto leader of the group, his death in November 2001 ended the possibility of any future projects. 

You put your hand on your head (hand on your head)

Put your foot in the air (foot in the air)

Then you hop around the room (hop around the room)

In your underwear (in your underwear)

There ain't never been nothin' quite like this

Come on, baby, it's the Wilbury Twist

 

Lift your other foot up (other foot up)

Fall on your ass (fall on your ass)

Get back up (get back up)

Put your teeth in a glass (teeth in a glass)

There ain't never been nothin' quite like this

It's a magical thing called the Wilbury Twist

Everybody's trying to do the Wilbury Twist

 

China, Belgium, France, Japan

Thailand, Poland, Pakistan

Everybody's trying to do the Wilbury Twist

 

Roll up your rug (roll up your rug)

Dust your broom (dust your broom)

Ball the jack (ball the jack)

Howl at the moon (at the moon)

Ain't never been nothing quite like this

Everybody's talking about the Wilbury Twist

Everybody's trying to do the Wilbury Twist

 

Puerto Rico, U.S.A

England, Cameroon, Norway

Everybody's trying to do the Wilbury Twist

 

Turn your lights down low (your lights down low)

Put your blindfold on (your blindfold on)

You'll never know (you'll never know)

When your friends have gone (when your friends have gone)

It could be years before you're missed

Everybody's trying to do the Wilbury Twist

 

It's a different dance (different dance)

For you all to do (for you all to do)

Spin your body (very versatile)

Like a screw (spin your body like a screw)

 

Better not forget it on your shopping list

You can stop and buy one

It's the Wilbury Twist

 

Ain't never been nothing quite like this

Better come and get it, it's the Wilbury twist

I guess by now you've got the gist

Everybody's crazy about the Wilbury twist

Oh!

ODE TO MY FAMILY

THE CRANBERRIES

SONGWRITERS: NOEL ANTHONY HOGAN & DOLORES MARY O’RIORDAN

COUNTRY: IRELAND

ALBUM: EVERYBODY ELSE IS DOING IT, SO WHY

LABEL: ISLAND RECORDS

GENRE: ROCK

YEAR: 1994

 

          The Cranberries were an Irish rock band formed in Limerick, Ireland. Originally named the Cranberry Saw Us, the band were formed in 1989 by lead singer Niall Quinn, guitarist Noel Hogan, bassist Mike Hogan, and drummer Fergal Lawler. Quinn was replaced as lead singer by Dolores O'Riordan in 1990, and they changed their name to the Cranberries. The band classified themselves as an alternative rock group, but incorporated aspects of indie rock, jangle pop, folk rock, post-punk, and pop rock into their sound.

       The Cranberries rose to international fame in the 1990s with their debut album, Everybody Else Is Doing It, So Why Can't We?, which became a commercial success. Some of the band's hit singles include "Dreams"(1992), "Linger"(1993), "Zombie" (1994), and "Salvation" (1996). Five of the band's albums reached the Top 20 on the Billboard 200 chart, and eight of their singles reached the Top 20 on the Modern Rock Tracks chart.

    In early 2009, after a six-year hiatus, the Cranberries reunited and began a North American tour followed by shows in Latin America and Europe. The band's sixth studio album, Roses, was released in February 2012, and its seventh, Something Else, followed in April 2017. On 15 January 2018, O'Riordan was found dead of drowning in a London hotel room. The Cranberries confirmed in September 2018 that they would not continue as a band; their final album, In the End, was released in April 2019 and they disbanded afterward.

          The Cranberries rank as one of the best-selling alternative acts of the 1990s, having sold nearly 50 million albums worldwide as of 2019. They have received an MTV Europe Music Award, a World Music Award, an International Group nomination at the Brit Awards, a Juno nomination, a Juno Award win, an Ivor Novello Award for International Achievement, and a BMI Award with a Special Citation of Achievement. In the End earned them a Grammy nomination for Best Rock Album. With the video for their song "Zombie", the Cranberries became the first Irish band to reach one billion views on YouTube.

          "Ode to My Family" is a song recorded by the Irish band the Cranberries. It was released on 21 November 1994 as the second single from their second studio album No Need to Argue. The song was a hit in Oceania and several European countries, peaking at number one in Iceland, and number four in France, and number five in Australia. In 2017, the song was released as an acoustic, stripped down version on the band's Something Else album. 

Doo doo doo do, doo doo doo do

Doo doo doo do, doo doo doo do

Doo doo doo do, doo doo doo do

Doo doo doo do, doo doo doo do

 

Understand the things I say

Don't turn away from me

'Cause I've spent half my life out there

You wouldn't disagree

 

Do you see me, do you see?

Do you like me

Do you like me standing there?

Do you notice, do you know

Do you see me, do you see me?

Does anyone care?

 

Unhappiness where's when I was young

And we didn't give a damn

'Cause we were raised

To see life as fun and take it if we can

My mother, my mother

She'd hold me

She'd hold me when I was out there

My father, my father

He liked me, well he liked me

Does anyone care?

 

Understand what I've become

It wasn't my design

And people everywhere think

Something better than I am

 

But I miss you, I miss

'Cause I liked it

'Cause I liked it

When I was out there

Do you know this, do you know

You did not find me

You did not find

Does anyone care?

 

Unhappiness where's when I was young

And we didn't give a damn

'Cause we were raised

To see life as fun and take it if we can

My mother, my mother

She'd hold me

She'd hold me when I was out there

My father, my father

He liked me, well he liked me

Does anyone care?

 

Does anyone care?

Does anyone care?

Does anyone care?

Does anyone care?

Does anyone care?

Does anyone care?

Does anyone care?

 

Doo doo doo do, doo doo doo do

Doo doo doo do, doo doo doo do

Doo doo doo do, doo doo doo do

Doo doo doo do, doo doo doo do

Doo doo doo do, doo doo doo do

Doo doo doo do, doo doo doo do.

THE PIANO HAS BEEN DRINKING

TOM WAITS

SONGWRITER: TOM WAITS

COUNTRY: U. S. A.

ALBUM: SMALL CHANGE

LABEL: ADYLUM RECORDS

GENRE: ROCK

YEAR: 1976

 

             Thomas Alan Waits(born December 7, 1949) is an American musician, composer, songwriter and actor. His lyrics often focus on the underbelly of society and are delivered in his trademark deep, gravelly voice. He worked primarily in jazz during the 1970s, but his music since the 1980s has reflected greater influence from blues, rock, vaudeville, and experimental genres.

         Waits was born and raised in a middle-class family in Pomona, California. Inspired by the work of Bob Dylan and the Beat Generation, he began singing on the San Diego folk music circuit as a teenager. He relocated to Los Angeles in 1972, where he worked as a songwriter before signing a recording contract with Asylum Records. His first albums were the jazz-oriented Closing Time(1973) and The Heart of Saturday Night(1974), which reflected his lyrical interest in nightlife, poverty, and criminality. He repeatedly toured the United States, Europe, and Japan, and attracted greater critical recognition and commercial success with Small Change (1976), Blue Valentine(1978), and Heartattack and Vine(1980). He produced the soundtrack for Francis Ford Coppola's film One from the Heart(1981), and subsequently made cameo appearances in several Coppola films.

             In 1980, Waits married Kathleen Brennan, split from his manager and record label, and moved to New York City. With Brennan's encouragement and frequent collaboration, he pursued a more experimental and eclectic musical aesthetic influenced by the work of Harry Partch and Captain Beefheart. This was reflected in a series of albums released by Island Records, including Swordfishtrombones(1983), Rain Dogs(1985), and Franks Wild Years(1987). He continued appearing in films, notably starring in Jim Jarmusch's Down by Law(1986), and also made theatrical appearances. With theatre diretor Robert Wilson, he produced the musicals The Black Rider(1990) and Alice (1992), first performed in Hamburg. Having returned to California in the 1990s, his albums Bone Machine(1992), The Black Rider(1993), and Mule Variations(1999) earned him increasing critical acclaim and multiple Grammy Awards. In the late 1990s, he switched to the record label ANTI-, which released Blood Money(2002), Alice(2002), Real Gone(2004), and Bad as Me(2011).

      Despite a lack of mainstream commercial success, Waits has influenced many musicians and gained an international cult following, and several biographies have been written about him. In 2015, he was ranked at Nº 55 on Rolling Stone's "100 Greatest Songwriters of All Time". He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2011.

          Small Change is the fourth studio album by singer and songwriter Tom Waits, released on September 21, 1976 on Asylum Records. It was recorded in July at the Wally Heider Recording Studio, in Hollywood. It was successful commercially and outsold his previous albums. This resulted in Waits putting together a touring band - The Nocturnal Emissions, which consisted of Frank Vicari on tenor saxophone, FitzGerald Jenkins on bass guitar and Chip White on drums and vibraphone. The Nocturnal Emissions toured Europe and the United States extensively from October 1976 till May 1977.

The piano has been drinking, my necktie is asleep

And the combo went back to new york, the jukebox has to take a leak

And the carpet needs a haircut, and the spotlight looks like a prison break

And the telephone's out of cigarettes, and the balcony is on the make

And the piano has been drinking, the piano has been drinking

 

And the menus are all freezing, and the light man's blind in one eye

And he can't see out of the other

And the piano-tuner's got a hearing aid, and he showed up with his mother

And the piano has been drinking, the piano has been drinking

As the bouncer is a sumo wrestler cream-puff Casper milktoast

And the owner is a mental midget with the i.q. of a fence post

Cause the piano has been drinking, the piano has been drinking

 

And you can't find your waitress with a Geiger conter

And she hates you and your friends and you just can't get served without her

And the box-office is drooling, and the bar stools are on fire

And the newspapers were fooling, and the ash-trays have retired

Cause the piano has been drinking, the piano has been drinking

The piano has been drinking, not me, not me, not me, not me, not me.