FOREVER YOUNG

ALPHAVILLE

SONGWRITER: BERNHARD LLOYD; FRANK MERTENS &MARIAN GOLD

COUNTRY: GERMANY

ALBUM: FOREVER YOUNG

LABEL: WARNER BROS

GENRE: SYNTH-POP

YEAR: 1984

 

          Alphaville is a German synth-pop band formed in Münster in 1982. They gained popularity in the 1980s. The group was founded by singer Marian Gold, Bernhard Lloyd, and Frank Mertens. They achieved chart success with the singles "Forever Young", "Big in Japan", "Sounds Like a Melody", "The Jet Set" and "Dance with Me". Gold remains the only continuous member of Alphaville.

      Forever Young is the debut studio album by German synth-pop band Alphaville. It was released on 27 September 1984 by Warner Music Group. Four singles supported the album, "Big in Japan", "Sounds Like a Melody", "Forever Young", and "Jet Set". The album charted well, hitting the Top 20 in six European countries and reaching number 1 in Norway and Sweden. Alphaville followed up with their second album in 1986 with the release of Afternoons in Utopia.

         The album was re-released in a "super deluxe" edition in March 2019.

Let's dance in style, let's dance for a while

Heaven can wait we're only watching the skies

Hoping for the best, but expecting the worst

Are you gonna drop the bomb or not?

 

Let us die young or let us live Forever

We don't have the power, but we never say never

Sitting in a sandpit, life is a short trip

The music's for the sad man

 

Can you imagine when this race is won?

Turn our golden the faces into the sun

Praising our leaders, we're getting in tune

The music's played by the, the madman

 

Forever young

I want to be forever young

Do you really want to live forever?

Forever, and ever

 

Forever young

I want to be forever young

Do you really want to live forever?

Forever young

 

Some are like water, some are like the heat

Some are a melody and some are the beat

Sooner or later they all will be gone

Why don't they stay young?

I SWEAR

ALL 4 ONE

SONGWRITERS: GARY BAKER & FRANK MYERS

COUNTRY: U. S. A.

ALBUM: ALL 4 ONE

LABEL: ATLANTIC RECORDS

GENRE: R & B

YEAR: 1994

 

        All-4-One is an American male R&B and pop group best known for their hit singles "I Swear", "So Much in Love" and "I Can Love You Like That". The group is composed of Jamie Jones, Delious Kennedy, Alfred Nevarez, and Tony Borowiak, all from the Antelope Valley and Mojave, California areas. The group has sold 69 million records worldwide.

        All-4-One is the eponymous debut album by All-4-One released on April 12, 1994. It features the Grammy-award-winning hit single, "I Swear".

I swear by the moon and the stars in the skies

And I swear like the shadow that's by your side

 

I see the questions in your eyes

I know what's weighing on your mind

You can be sure I know my part

'Cause I'll stand beside you through the years

And you'll only cry those happy tears

And though I'll make mistakes, I'll never break your heart

 

And I swear by the moon and the stars in the skies

I'll be there

And I swear like the shadow that's by your side

I'll be there

 

For better or worse, 'til death do us part

I'll love you with every beat of my heart

And I swear

Ooh

 

I'll give you everything I can

I'll build your dreams with these two hands

We'll hang some memories on the walls

And when (and when)

Just the two of us are there

You won't have to ask if I still care

'Cause as the time turns the page, my love won't age at all

 

And I swear (I swear)

By the moon and the stars in the skies

I'll be there (I'll be there)

 

And I swear (and I swear)

Like the shadow that's by your side

I'll be there (I'll be there)

 

For better or worse 'til death do us part

I'll love you with every beat of my heart (beat of my heart)

And I swear (oh yeah)

 

I swear (and I swear)

By the moon and the stars in the skies

I'll be there (I'll be there)

(And I swear) I swear like the shadow that's by your side

I'll be there (I'll be there)

For better or worse (better or worse)

'Til death do us part (oh no)

(I'll love you with) every single beat of my heart

(I swear) I swear

Whoa-oh, I swear.

THE DAY YOU WENT AWAY

M2M

SONGWRITERS: LARSEN MARIL ELISABETH & RAVN MARION ELISE

COUNTRY: NORWAY

ALBUM: THE BEST OF M2M

LABEL: ATLANTIC RECORDS

GENRE: POP ROCK

YEAR: 2003

 

          M2M were a Norwegian pop duo comprising Marit Larsen and Marion Raven. Larsen and Raven had been friends since the age of five, and formed a music duo when they were eight. They released a children's album in 1996 when Larsen was 12 and Raven was 11, under the name "Marit & Marion". The album was nominated for a Spellemannprisen award and the band changed their name to M2M after signing a record deal with Atlantic Records in 1998. M2M were frequently praised for writing most of their songs and performing their own instruments, something which was considered to set them aside from the majority of teen pop music artists.

        Their debut single, "Don't Say You Love Me"(1999), was both a critical and commercial success, and remained their biggest hit. Their debut album, Shades of Purple(2000), was critically acclaimed and sold over 1.5 million units worldwide. Despite critical acclaim, their second album, The Big Room(2001), did not perform as well commercially, and the duo broke up in 2002, with each pursuing a solo career. A greatest hits album, The Day You Went Away: The Best of M2M(2003), was released after they disbanded. M2M sold over 2 million albums.

        The Day You Went Away: The Best of M2M is a greatest hits compilation album by Norwegian teen-pop duo M2M. It was released in 2003 after M2M disbanded in 2002.

        The compilation includes all of their singles from their two studio albums Shades of Purple and The Big Room, acoustic versions of some other songs and popular album tracks. It also contains a Mandarin Chinese version of their song "Pretty Boy" and a Spanish version of "Everything You Do". "Everything" is also shortened without the faded out ending and "Everything You Do" was completely re-recorded with new vocals. It also has the previously unreleased songs, "Not to Me" and "Is You". The song "Wait for Me" is also included, which was previously an Australian bonus track for The Big Room. A DVD is included with the album, which contains music videos and a featurette, as well as footage of M2M in Bangkok and Norway.

        Marisa Brown from AllMusic gave the album four out of five stars, concluding "It's way more M2M than is necessary, but it certainly does the job of giving the best of them." The liner notes include lyrics to the songs; however, there is a mistake in the lyrics for "Don't Say You Love Me", as the notes contain the lyrics from the version of the song that appeared on Pokémon: The First Movie, whereas the album includes the version that appeared on Shades of Purple.

Oh-oh

Mmm

Well I wonder could it be

When I was dreaming 'bout you baby, you were dreaming of me

Call me crazy

Call me blind

To still be suffering is stupid after all of this time

Did I lose my love to someone better

And does she love you like I do, I do

You know I really really do

 

Well hey, so much I need to say

Been lonely since the day

The day you went away

So sad but true for me there's only you

Been crying since the day

The day you went away

Oh wow, yeah heh heh oh oh oh

 

I remember date and time

September 22, Sunday, 25 after nine

In the doorway with your case

No longer shouting at each other there were tears on our faces

And we were letting go of something special

Something we'll never have again

I know I guess I really really know

 

Well hey, so much I need to say

Been lonely since the day

The day you went away

So sad but true for me there's only you

Been crying since the day

The day you went away

The day you went away

The day you went away

 

Oh wow, yeah heh heh oh oh oh oh

Did I lose my love to someone better

And does she love you like I do, I do

You know I really really do

 

Well hey, so much I need to say

Been lonely since the day

The day you went away

So sad but true for me there's only you

Been crying since the day

The day you went away

 

Why do we never know what we've got 'til it's gone?

How could I carry on?

The day you went away

 

'Cause I've been missing you so much I have to say

Been crying since the day

The day you went away

The day you went away

The day you went away.

BLACK NIGHT

DEEP PURPLE

SONGWRITER: RITCHIE BLACKMORE; IAN GILLAN; ROGER GLOVER; JON LORD & IAN PACE

COUNTRY: U. K.

ALBUM: THE ESSENCIAL

LABEL: HARVEST RECORDS

GENRE: HARD ROCK

YEAR: 1970

 

         Deep Purple are an English rock band formed in London in 1968. They are considered to be among the pioneers of heavy metal and modern hard rock, but their musical approach has changed over the years. Originally formed as a psychedelic rock and progressive rock band, they shifted to a heavier sound with their 1970 album Deep Purple in Rock. Deep Purple, together with Led Zeppelin and Black Sabbath, have been referred to as the "unholy trinity of British hard rock and heavy metal in the early to mid-seventies". They were listed in the 1975 Guinness Book of World Records as "the globe's loudest band" for a 1972 concert at London's Rainbow Theatre and have sold over 100 million albums worldwide.

        Deep Purple have had several line-up changes and an eight-year hiatus (1976–1984). The 1968–1976 line-ups are commonly labelled Mark I, II, III and IV. Their second and most commercially successful line-up consisted of Ian Gillan(vocals) and Roger Glover(bass), who joined founder members Jon Lord(keyboards), Ian Paice(drums) and Ritchie Blackmore(guitar). This line-up was active from 1969 to 1973 and was revived from 1984 to 1989 and again from 1992 to 1993. The band achieved more modest success in the intervening periods between 1968 and 1969 with the line-up including Rod Evans (lead vocals) and Nick Simper(bass, backing vocals), between 1974 and 1976 with the line-up including David Coverdale(lead vocals) and Glenn Hughes(bass, vocals) (and Tommy Bolin replacing Blackmore in 1975), and between 1989 and 1992 with the line-up including Joe Lynn Turner(vocals). The band's line-up(currently including Ian Gillan, and guitarist Steve Morse from 1994) has been much more stable in recent years, although keyboardist Jon Lord's retirement from the band in 2002(being succeeded by Don Airey) left Ian Paice as the last original Deep Purple member still in the band.

    Deep Purple was ranked number 22 on VH1's Greatest Artists of Hard Rock programme, and a poll on radio station Planet Rock ranked them 5th among the "most influential bands ever". The band received the Legend Award at the 2008 World Music Awards. Deep Purple (specifically Blackmore, Lord, Paice, Gillan, Glover, Coverdale, Evans, and Hughes) were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2016.

          "Black Night" is a song by British hard rock band Deep Purple, first released as a single in June 1970 and later included on the 25th Anniversary version of their 1970 album, Deep Purple in Rock. It became a hit following its release, peaking at Nº 2 on UK charts, and remains Deep Purple's highest charting UK single. It topped the charts in Switzerland, and is one of only two singles from the band to chart in Ireland, peaking at Nº 4, thus making it the group's only Irish Top 10 hit. It was also the second non-album single penned by the band and also reached number 6 in South Africa.

Black night is not right

I don't feel so bright

I don't care to sit tight

 

Maybe I'll find on the way down the line

That I'm free, free to be me

Black night is a long way from home

 

I don't need a dark tree

I don't want a rough sea

I can't feel, I can't see

 

Maybe I'll find on the way down the line

That I'm free, free to be me

Black night is a long way from home

 

Black night, black night

I don't need black night

I can't see dark night

 

Maybe I'll find on the way down the line

That I'm free, free to be me

Black night is a long way from home.