WILL KEEP US ALIVE

THE EAGLES LOVE

SONGWRITERS: Capaldi James Nicola; Carrack Paul Melvyn & Vale Peter Benson

COUNTRY: U. S. A.

ALBUM: GREATEST HITS LIVE

LABEL: GET YER VINYL OUT

GENRE: FOLK

YEAR: 1993

 

        The Eagles are an American rock band formed in Los Angeles in 1971. With five number-one singles and six number-one albums, six Grammy Awards and five American Music Awards, the Eagles were one of the most successful musical acts of the 1970s in North America. Founding members Glenn Frey(guitars, vocals), Don Henley (drums, vocals), Bernie Leadon(guitars, vocals), and Randy Meisner(bass guitar, vocals) were recruited by Linda Ronstadt as band members, some touring with her, and all playing on her third solo album, before venturing out on their own on David Geffen's new Asylum Records label.

    Their debut, Eagles(1972), spawned two top-20 singles in the US and Canada: "Take It Easy" and "Witchy Woman". The next year's follow-up, Desperado, peaked at only number 41 in the US, although "Desperado" became a popular track. In 1974, guitarist Don Felder joined, and On the Border produced the top 40 hit "Already Gone" and the Eagles' first number-one song in the US and Canada, "Best of My Love", which made the top 15 in Australia, their first hit overseas. In 1975, the album One of These Nights became their first number-one album in the US and a top-10 album in many countries. It included the US number-one hit "One of These Nights", which was their first top-10 hit outside of North America, and US top-five songs "Lyin' Eyes" and "Take It to the Limit". Also in 1975, guitarist and vocalist Joe Walsh replaced Leadon.

    Their Greatest Hits (1971–1975)(1976) is the best-selling album in the United States, with 38million sold, and primed the public for the late 1976 release of Hotel California, which would sell more than 26million copies in the US (ranking 3rd all-time for US sales), and more than 32million copies worldwide. The album yielded two number-one singles in the US and Canada, "New Kid in Town" and "Hotel California", the latter of which became their only top-10 hit in the United Kingdom, while also reaching the top 10 in New Zealand and many European countries, including number two in France.

        Meisner was replaced by Timothy B. Schmit in 1977. The Eagles released their last studio album for nearly 28 years in 1979 with The Long Run, spawning the North American number-one song "Heartache Tonight", which became their biggest hit in Australia(number 13), and the North American top-10 hits "The Long Run" and "I Can't Tell You Why". The Eagles broke up in 1980 but reunited in 1994 for the album Hell Freezes Over, a mix of live and new studio tracks, and toured consistently. In 2007, the Eagles released Long Road Out of Eden, their sixth number-one album in the US, and in 2008 launched the Long Road Out of Eden Tour. In 2013, they began the extended History of the Eagles Tour in conjunction with the documentary release, History of the Eagles. Following Frey's death in January 2016, the Eagles re-formed in 2017, with Glenn's son Deacon Frey and Vince Gill sharing lead vocals for Frey's songs prior to the former's departure in 2022.

      The Eagles are one of the world's best-selling bands, having sold more than 200million records, including 100million sold in US alone. They were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1998 and were ranked number 75 on Rolling Stone's 2004 list of the "100 Greatest Artists of All Time"

I was standing

All alone against the world outside

You were searching

For a place to hide

 

Lost and lonely

Now you've given me the will to survive

When we're hungry

Love will keep us alive

 

Don't you worry

Sometimes you've just gotta let it ride

The world is changing

Right before your eyes

 

Now I've found you

There's no more emptiness inside

When we're hungry

Love will keep us alive

 

I would die for you

Climb the highest mountain

Baby, there's nothing I wouldn't do

 

Now I've found you

There's no more emptiness inside

When we're hungry

Love will keep us alive

 

I would die for you

Climb the highest mountain

Baby, there's nothing I wouldn't do

 

I was standing

All alone against the world outside

You were searching

For a place to hide

 

Lost and lonely

Now you've given me the will to survive

When we're hungry

Love will keep us alive

 

When we're hungry

Love will keep us alive

When we're hungry

Love will keep us alive.

WHEN THE MUSIC'S OVER

THE DOORS

SONGWRITERS: JIM MORRISON; JOHN PAUL DENSMORE; RAYMOND D MANZAREK & ROBERT A KRIEGER

COUNTRY: U. S. A.

ALBUM: STRANGE DAYS

LABEL: ELEKTRA RECORDS

GENRE: BLUES ROCK

YEAR: 1967

 

       The Doors were an American rock band formed in Los Angeles in 1965, with vocalist Jim Morrison, keyboardist Ray Manzarek, guitarist Robby Krieger, and drummer John Densmore. They were among the most controversial and influential rock acts of the 1960s, partly due to Morrison's lyrics and voice, along with his erratic stage persona, and the group is also widely regarded as an important part of the era's counterculture.

       The band took its name from the title of Aldous Huxley's book The Doors of Perception, itself a reference to a quote by William Blake. After signing with Elektra Records in 1966, the Doors with Morrison released six albums in five years, some of which are considered among the greatest of all time, including their self-titled debut(1967), Strange Days(1967), and L.A. Woman(1971). They were one of the most successful bands during that time and by 1972 the Doors had sold over 4 million albums domestically and nearly 8 million singles.

       Morrison died in uncertain circumstances in 1971. The band continued as a trio until disbanding in 1973. They released three more albums in the 1970s, two of which featured earlier recordings by Morrison, and over the decades reunited on stage in various configurations. In 2002, Manzarek, Krieger and Ian Astbury of the Cult on vocals started performing as "The Doors of the 21st Century". Densmore and the Morrison estate successfully sued them over the use of the band's name. After a short time as Riders on the Storm, they settled on the name Manzarek–Krieger and toured until Manzarek's death in 2013.

   The Doors were the first American band to accumulate eight consecutive gold LPs According to the RIAA, they have sold 34 million albums in the United States and over 100 million records worldwide, making them one of the best-selling bands of all time. The Doors have been listed as one of the greatest artists of all time by magazines including Rolling Stone, which ranked them 41st on its list of the "100 Greatest Artists of All Time". In 1993, they were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

       Strange Days is the second studio album by the American rock band the Doors, released on September 25, 1967, by Elektra Records. After the successful release of The Doors, the band started working on new material in early 1967 for this second record. Upon release, Strange Days reached number three on the US Billboard 200, and eventually earned RIAA platinum certification. It contains the two Top 30 hit singles, "People Are Strange" and "Love Me Two Times".

       Despite the album's failure to match the success of its predecessor, according to author David Moskowitz it was "arguably the one the band itself most appreciated musically and creatively"

Yeah, c'mon

Yeah!

 

When the music's over

When the music's over, yeah

When the music's over

Turn out the lights

Turn out the lights

Turn out the lights

Yeah

 

When the music's over

When the music's over

When the music's over

Turn out the lights

Turn out the lights

Turn out the lights

 

For the music is your special friend

Dance on fire as it intends

Music is your only friend

Until the end

Until the end

Until the end

 

Cancel my subscription to the resurrection

Send my credentials to the house of detention

I got some friends inside

The face in the mirror won't stop

The girl in the window won't drop

A feast of friends, alive she cried

Waitin' for me

Outside

 

Before I sink

Into the big sleep

I want to hear

I want to hear

The scream of the butterfly

 

Come back, baby, back into my arm

We're gettin' tired of hangin' around

Waitin' around with our heads to the ground

I hear a very gentle sound

Very near yet very far

Very soft, yeah, very clear

Come today, come today

What have they done to the earth, yeah?

What have they done to our fair sister?

Ravaged and plundered and ripped her and bit her

Stuck her with knives in the side of the dawn and

Tied her with fences and dragged her down

I hear a very gentle sound

With your ear down to the ground

We want the world and we want it (we want the world and we want it!)

Now

Now?

Now!

 

Persian night, babe

See the light, babe

Save us

Jesus

Save us!

 

So when the music's over

When the music's over, yeah

When the music's over

Turn out the lights

Turn out the lights

Turn out the lights

 

Well the music is your special friend

Dance on fire as it intends

Music is your only friend

Until the end

Until the end

Until the end.

I CAN'T BE WITH YOU

THE CRANBERRIES

SONGWRITERS: Dolores Mary O'riordan & Noel Anthony Hogan

COUNTRY: IRELAND

ALBUM: NO NEED TO ARGUE

LABEL: ISLAND RECORDS

GENRE: POP 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 afterwards.

       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.

       No Need to Argue is the second studio album by Irish alternative rock band the Cranberries, released on 3 October 1994. It is the band's best selling album, and has sold 17 million copies worldwide as of 2014. It contains the band's most successful single, "Zombie". The album's mood is darker and harsher than that on Everybody Else Is Doing It, So Why Can't We?, released a year before.

         In some of the songs, the band decided to take on a rockier and heavier side, using distortion and increasing the volume. The song "Yeats' Grave" – incorrectly listed on the album as "Yeat's Grave" and never corrected for any of the album's physical re-releases – is about William Butler Yeats, and quotes one of his poems, No Second Troy. The O'Riordan written track "Zombie" is, according to her, about the Warrington IRA bombings in 1993 that resulted in the death of two children

Lying in my bed again

And I cry 'cause you're not here

Crying in my head again

And I know that it's not clear

Put your hands, put your hands

Inside my face and see that it's just you

But it's bad and it's mad

And it's making me sad

Because I can't be with you

 

Be with you, be with you

Be with you, be with you

Be with you, be with you

Baby, I can't be with you

 

Thinking back on how things were

And on how we loved so well

I wanted to be the mother of your child

And now it's just farewell

Put your hands in my hands

And come with me

We'll find another end

And my head, and my head

On anyone's shoulder

'Cause I can't be with you

 

Be with you, be with you

Be with you, be with you

Be with you, be with you

Baby, I can't be with you

 

'Cause you're not here, you're not here

Baby, I can't be with you

'Cause you're not here, you're not here

Baby, still in love with you

 

Still in love with you

When I'm still in love with you

Na na na na

Still in love with you

When I'm still in love with you

Na na na na

Still in love with you

When I'm still in love with you.

SHOW ME THE MEANING OF BEING LONELY

BACKSTREET BOYS

SONGWRITERS: HERBERT ST CLAIR CRICHLOW & MARTIN MAX

COUNTRY: U. S. A.

ALBUM: MILLENNIUM

LABEL: JIVE RECORDS

GENRE: POP MUSIC

YEAR: 1999

 

         The Backstreet Boys(often abbreviated as BSB) are an American boy band consisting of Nick Carter, Howie Dorough, AJ McLean, and cousins Brian Littrell and Kevin Richardson. The group was formed in 1993 in Orlando, Florida.

    The group rose to fame with their debut international album, Backstreet Boys(1996). In the following year, they released their second international album Backstreet's Back(1997) along with their self-titled U.S. debut album, Backstreet Boys(1997), which continued the group's success worldwide. They rose to superstardom with their third studio album Millennium(1999) and its follow-up album, Black & Blue(2000). They also released a greatest hits album, The Hits - Chapter One(2001), with a new single, "Drowning". After a two-year hiatus, they regrouped and released a comeback album Never Gone(2005). After the conclusion of the Never Gone Tour in 2006, Richardson left the group to pursue other interests. The group then released two albums as a quartet: Unbreakable(2007) and This Is Us(2009).

      Richardson permanently rejoined the group in 2012. In the following year, they celebrated their 20th anniversary and released their first independent album, In a World Like This. Their follow-up album DNA(2019) debuted at number one, more than two decades after the group formed, and 19 years after they last topped in 2000. They also became the first boy band to top the U.S. album charts in three different decades.

        The Backstreet Boys have sold over 100 million records worldwide, making them the best-selling boy band of all time, and one of the world's best-selling music artists. They are the first group since Led Zeppelin to have their first ten albums reach the top 10 on the Billboard 200, and the only boy band to do so. The albums Backstreet Boys and Millennium were both certified diamond by the Recording Industry Association of America(RIAA), making them one of the few bands to have multiple diamond albums.

       The group received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on April 22, 2013. They also released their first documentary movie, titled Backstreet Boys: Show 'Em What You're Made Of in January 2015. In March 2017, the group began a residency in Las Vegas that lasted two years, titled Backstreet Boys: Larger Than Life.

       Millennium is the third studio album (second in the United States) by American boy band Backstreet Boys, released by Jive Records on May 18, 1999. It was a highly anticipated follow-up to both their US debut album, and their second internationally released album. It was their first album to be released in both the US and internationally in the same form, at the same time.

         Millennium held the record for most shipments in one year, with 11 million shipments sold in the United States in 1999. It was nominated for five Grammy Awards and became one of the best-selling albums of all time, selling 24 million copies worldwide. The Backstreet Boys promoted Millennium through the Into the Millennium Tour, which became one of the fastest-grossing tours of all time.

Show me the meaning of being lonely

So many words for the broken heart

It's hard to see in a crimson love

So hard to breathe

Walk with me, and maybe

Nights of light so soon become

Wild and free I could feel the sun

Your every wish will be done

They tell me

 

Show me the meaning of being lonely

Is this the feeling I need to walk with?

Tell me why I can't be there where you are

There's something missing in my heart

 

Life goes on as it never ends

Eyes of stone observe the trends

They never say forever gaze, if only

Guilty roads to an endless love (endless love)

There's no control

Are you with me now?

Your every wish will be done

They tell me

 

Show me the meaning of being lonely

Is this the feeling I need to walk with?

(Tell me why) tell me why I can't be there where you are

There's something missing in my heart

 

There's nowhere to run

I have no place to go

Surrender my heart, body, and soul

How can it be

You're asking me

To feel the things you never show

 

You are missing in my heart

Tell me why can't I be there where you are?

 

Show me the meaning of being lonely

Is this the feeling I need to walk with?

(Tell me why) tell me why I can't be there where you are (where you are)

There's something missing in my heart

 

Show me the meaning of being lonely (being lonely)

Is this the feeling I need to walk with?

(Tell me why) tell me why I can't be there where you are (where you are)

There's something missing in my heart.