BIG THINGS GOING DOWN

DAN PATLANSKY

SONGWRITERS: DAN PATLANSKY; JOE SATRIANI’S & MICHAEL HOPPING

COUNTRY: SOUTH AFRICA

ALBUM: MOVE MY SOUL

LABEL: NEXT MUSIC

GENRE: BLUES

YEAR: 2009

 

         Dan Patlansky is a South African blues guitarist, singer and songwriter. Blues & Soul Magazine selected him as their Male Artist of the Year in December 2015 and Total Guitar Magazine selected him as the #4 of 10 Best Rock Guitarists in the World in December 2015.

I left my hometown, baby

There'll be big things going down

I done left my hometown, baby

There'll be big things going down

Now in this late afternoon

It ain’t none too soon

 

I hit that big city, baby

The streets be paved with gold

I hit the big city, baby

The streets here, made of gold

I’m standing on my own

Them streets be dirty and cold

 

Here I am in the city

I should've stayed at home

Here I am in the city

And I’m standing alone

What I see ain’t so pretty

Surely turn me to stone. 

SEE THE SUN

DIDO

SONGWRITER: DIDO ARMSTRONG

COUNTRY: U. K.

ALBUM: LIFE FOR RENT

LABEL: CHEEKY RECORDS

GENRE: FOLK POP

YEAR: 2003

 

      Florian Cloud de Bounevialle O'Malley Armstrong (born 25 December 1971), known professionally as Dido(/ˈdaɪdoʊ/DY-doh), is an English singer and songwriter. She attained international success with her debut álbum No Angel(1999). Hit singles from the album include "Here with Me" and "Thank You". It sold over 21 million copies worldwide, and won her several awards, including two Brit Awards: Best British Female and Best British Album, and the MTV Europe Music Award for Best New Act. The first verse of "Thank You" is sampled in "Stan", a collaboration with American rapper Eminem. Her next album, Life for Rent(2003), continued her success with the hit singles "White Flag" and "Life for Rent". In 2004, Dido performed with other British and Irish artists in the Band Aid 20 version of the charity single "Do They Know It's Christmas?".

      Dido's first two albums are among the best-selling albums in UK chart history, and both are in the top 10 best-selling albums of the 2000s in the UK. Her third studio album, Safe Trip Home(2008), received critical acclaim but failed to duplicate the commercial success of her previous efforts. She was nominated for na Academy Award for the song "If I Rise". Dido was ranked Nº 98 on the Billboard chart of the top Billboard 200 artists of the 2000s(2000–2009) based on the success of her albums in the first decade of the 21st century.

       Dido made a comeback in 2013, releasing her fourth studio álbum Girl Who Got Away, which reached the top 5 in the UK. Having taken time out of the music industry to raise her son, she reappeared on stage at the 2013 Reading and Leeds festival where she reunited with Eminem. Dido released her fifth studio album, Still on My Mind, on 8 March 2019 and embarked on her first tour in 15 years in support of the new album.

         In May 2019, Dido received the Ivor Novello Award for Outstanding Song Collection from the British Academy of Songwriters, Composers, and Authors.

        Life for Rent is the second studio album by English singer Dido, released by Arista Records on 29 September 2003. The album was produced by Rollo Armstrong and American songwriter Rick Nowels. Work on the album began in mid-2002. It was certified 9×Platinum by the BPI, and sold over 12 million copies worldwide, making it the fourth best-selling album worldwide of 2003. The album became the seventh best-selling album of the 2000s in the UK, making Dido the only singer to have two albums in the Top 10 list.

           As of 2015 Life for Rent is the 34^th best-selling album in UK chart history. In 2019 it was listed the 15th best-selling album of the 21st century in the UK. 

I'm coming round to open the blinds

You can't hide here any longer

My god you need to rinse those puffy eyes

You can't lie still any longer

And yes they'll ask where you've been

And you'll have to tell them, again and again

 

And you probably don't want to hear tomorrow's another day

But I promise you you'll see the sun again

And you're asking me why pain's the only way to happiness

And I promise you you'll see the sun again

 

Come on take my hand

We're going for a walk, I know you can

You can wear anything, as long as it's not black

Please don't mourn forever, she's not coming back

And yes they'll ask where you've been

And you'll have to tell them again and again

 

And you probably don't want to hear tomorrow's another day

But I promise you you'll see the sun again

Abd you're asking me why pain's the only way to happiness

And I promise you you'll see the sun again

And I promise you you'll see the sun again

 

Do you remember telling me you'd found the sweetest thing of all

You said that one day of this was worth dying for

So be thankful you kew her at all

But it's no more

 

And you probably don't want to hear tomorrow's another day

But I promise you you'll see the sun again

And you're asking me why pains the only way to happiness

And I promise you you'll see the sun again

And I promise you you'll see the sun again.

SAY YOU'LL BE THERE

SPICE GIRLS

SONGWRITERS: KENNEDY ELIOT JOHN; BECKHAM VICTORIA CAROLINE; HALLIWELL GERALDINE ESTELLE; BUNTON EMMA LEE; BUCK JONATHAN DAVID; BROWN MELANIE JANINE & CHISHOLM MELANIE JAYNE

COUNTRY: U. K.

ALBUM: SPICE(25^TH ANNIVERSARY)

LABEL: UNIVERSAL MUSIC

GENRE: POP

YEAR: 1996

 

           The Spice Girls are a British girl group formed in 1994. The group comprises Melanie Brown, also known as Mel B ("Scary Spice"), Melanie Chisholm, or Melanie C ("Sporty Spice"), Emma Bunton("Baby Spice"), Geri Halliwell("Ginger Spice") and Victoria Beckham("Posh Spice"). With their "girl power" mantra, the Spice Girls redefined the girl group concept by targeting a young female fanbase. They led the teen pop resurgence of the 1990s, were major parts of the Cool Britannia and Second British Invasion movements, and became pop culture icons of the decade.

          The Spice Girls formed through auditions held by managers Bob and Chris Herbert, who wanted to create a girl group to compete with the British boy bands popular at the time. They signed to Virgin Records and released their debut single "Wannabe" in 1996, which reached number one in the charts of 37 countries. Their debut album, Spice(1996), sold more than 23 million copies worldwide, becoming the best-selling album by a female group in history. The follow-up, Spiceworld(1997) sold more than 14 million copies worldwide. Both albums encapsulated the group's dance-pop style and message of female empowerment, with vocal and songwriting contributions shared equally by the members. In 1997, a film starring the Spice Girls, Spice World, was released; it was a critical flop but a commercial success.

         In May 1998, Halliwell left the Spice Girls, citing exhaustion and creative differences. Forever(2000), the only Spice Girls album without Halliwell, achieved weaker sales. At the end of 2000, the Spice Girls entered a hiatus to concentrate on their solo careers. They reunited for two concert tours, the Return of the Spice Girls(2007–2008) and Spice World(2019), both of which won the Billboard Live Music Award for highest-grossing engagements. Viva Forever!, a musical based on the Spice Girls' music, opened in 2012; it was a critical and commercial flop and closed in 2013.

        Measures of the Spice Girls' success include international record sales, iconic symbolism such as Halliwell's Union Jack dress, a major motion picture, Spice World (1997), and the highest-grossing concert tours by an all-female group from 2000 to 2020. Under the guidance of their mentor and manager Simon Fuller, their endorsement deals and merchandise made them one of most successful marketing engines ever, with a global gross income estimated at $500–800 million by May 1998. Their media exposure, according to Music Week writer Paul Gorman, helped usher in an era of celebrity obsession in pop culture.

       The Spice Girls have sold 100 million records worldwide, making them the bestselling girl group of all time, one of the bestselling artists, and the most successful British pop act since the Beatles. Their awards include five Brit Awards, three American Music Awards, four Billboard Music Awards, three MTV Europe Music Awards and one MTV Video Music Award. In 2000, they became the youngest recipients of the Brit Award for Outstanding Contribution to Music. According to Rolling Stone journalist and biographer David Sinclair, the Spice Girls were the most widely recognised group since the Beatles.

Oh, say you'll be there

 

I'm giving you everything

All that joy can bring

This I swear

 

Last time that we had this conversation

I decided we should be friends, hey

But now, we're going 'round in circles

Tell me will this déjà vu never end, oh

And now you tell me that you're falling in love

Well I never ever thought that would be, eh

This time, you gotta take it easy

Throwing far too much emotions at me

 

But any fool can see they're falling

I gotta make you understand

 

I'm giving you everything

All that joy can bring

This I swear (I'll give you everything)

And all that I want from you

Is a promise you will be there

Say you will be there, ow

Say you will be there

Won't you sing it with me

 

If you put two and two together

You will see what our friendship is for, oh

If you can't work this equation

Then I guess I'll have to show you the door

There is no need to say you love me

It would be better left unsaid

 

I'm (I'm) giving you everything (I'll give you everything)

All that joy can bring (All that joy can bring)

This I swear (Yes, I swear)

And (And) all that I want from you (All I want from you)

Is a promise you'll be there (Is a promise you)

Yeah, I want you

 

Any fool can see they're falling

I gotta make you understand

 

I'll give you everything, on this I swear

Just promise you'll always be there

 

I'm giving you everything (I'm giving you everything)

All that joy can bring (All that joy can bring)

This I swear (Yes, I swear)

And all that I want from you (All that I want from you)

Is a promise you (I want you to promise to)

Will be there (Always be there)

 

I'm giving you everything (I'm giving you everything)

All that joy can bring (All that joy can bring)

This I swear (Yes, I swear)

And all that I want from you (All that I want from you)

Is a promise you (I want you to promise to)

Will be there (Always be there)

 

I'm giving you everything (I'm giving you everything)

All that joy can bring (All that joy can bring)

This I swear (Yes, I swear)

And all that I want from you (All that I want from you)

Is a promise you (I want you to promise to)

Will be there.

DON'T FORGET TO REMEMBER

BEE GEES

SONGWRITERS: BARRY GIBB & MAURICE GIBB

COUNTRY: ANGLO-AUSTRALIANO

ALBUM: STAYIN’ ALIVE

LABEL: POLYDOR RECORDS

GENRE: BALLAD

YEAR: 1970

 

            The Bee Gees were a music group formed in 1958, featuring brothers Barry, Robin, and Maurice Gibb. The trio were especially successful as a popular music act in the late 1960s and early 1970s, and later as prominent performers of the disco music era in the mid- to late 1970s. The group sang recognisable three-part tight harmonies; Robin's clear vibrato lead vocals were a hallmark of their earlier hits, while Barry's R&B falsetto became their signature sound during the mid- to late 1970s and 1980s. The Bee Gees wrote all of their own hits, as well as writing and producing several major hits for other artists. The Bee Gees have occasionally been referred to as The Disco Kings.

            Born on the Isle of Man to English parents, the Gibb brothers lived in Chorlton, Manchester, England until the late 1950s. There, in 1955, they formed the skiffle/rock and roll group the Rattlesnakes. The family then moved to Redcliffe, in the Moreton Bay Region, Queensland, Australia, and then to Cribb Island. After achieving their first chart success in Australia as the Bee Gees with "Spicks and Specks" (their 12th single), they returned to the UK in January 1967, when producer Robert Stigwood began promoting them to a worldwide audience. The Bee Gees' Saturday Night Fever soundtrack (1977) was the turning point of their career, with both the film and soundtrack having a cultural impact throughout the world, enhancing the disco scene's mainstream appeal. They won five Grammy Awards for Saturday Night Fever, including Album of the Year.

            The Bee Gees have sold over 120 million records worldwide (with estimates as high as over 220 million), making them among the best-selling music artists of all time. They were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1997; the presenter of the award to "Britain's First Family of Harmony" was Brian Wilson, historical leader of the Beach Boys, another "family act" featuring three harmonising brothers. The Bee Gees' Hall of Fame citation says, "Only Elvis Presley, the Beatles, Michael Jackson, Garth Brooks and Paul McCartney have outsold the Bee Gees." With nine #1 hits on the Billboard Hot 100 The Bee Gees are the third-most successful band in Billboard charts history behind only The Beatles and The Supremes.

         Following Maurice's sudden death in January 2003 at the age of 53, Barry and Robin retired the group's name after 45 years of activity. In 2009, Robin announced that he and Barry had agreed that the Bee Gees would re-form and perform again. Robin died in May 2012, aged 62, after a prolonged period of failing health, leaving Barry as the only surviving member of the group.

          "Don't Forget to Remember" also called "Don't Forget to Remember Me" is a country ballad recorded by the Bee Gees, from the album Cucumber Castle. The song was written by Barry and Maurice Gibb. It was produced by the band with Robert Stigwood.

Oh my heart won't believe that you have left me

I keep telling my self that it's true

I can get over anything you want my love

But I can't get myself over you

Don't forget to remember me

And the love that used to be I still remember youI love you

In my heart lies a memory to tell the stars above

Don't forget to remember me my love

On my wall lies a photograph of you girl

Though I try to forget you somehow

You're the mirror of my soul so take me out of my hole

Let me try to go on living right now

Don't forget to remember me

And the love that used to be

I still remember you

I love you

In my heart lies a memory to tell the stars above

Don't forget to remember me my love.