Views : 30,507
Genre: Music
Date of upload: Aug 9, 2013 ^^
Rating : 4.951 (7/562 LTDR)
RYD date created : 2022-03-03T17:11:19.984871Z
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Top Comments of this video!! :3
Great man, great musician. APP was never the same without the depth of his song-writing and soothing voice. RIP great one! We'll sure meet "Some other place, some other time" and thank u for all the life-changing introspective music, some of the most beautiful ones i have heard in my entire life!
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Absolutely spectacular song/composition...with equally spectacular producing.
Mr Woolfson and Mr Parsons hit the bull's-eye here with electing to use both vocalists (Peter Straker on the verses and Jaki Whitren on the choruses) for this composition's final mix.
There is absolutely no reason in the universe to be forced to use only one lead vocalist for a song if there is a better fit and listening experience to be gleaned by combining different voices that are best suited to certain areas of a composition, whether it be lead or background vocals.
It is no different than using different types of musical instruments depending on what the composition is naturally calling for...this is part of the magic of music!
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Quote from the APP website (FAQ) :
" Eric Woolfson was the main songwriter and lyricist for the APP writing 95% of the music and 100% of the lyrics. He also sang lead vocal on many of the APP’s greatest hits including ‘Eye in the Sky’, ‘Time’ and ‘Don’t Answer Me’. He played keyboards on practically every APP track recorded. He was also the manager of the APP and handled all the business side. It was his decision to call it ‘The Alan Parsons Project’ – a choice he often described as both the best and worst in his career. The best because he got to enjoy the success of his work without any of the fame. The worst in that generally no one outside the music industry had a clue who he was! "
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I always knew there was something intrinsically different about the voices in this song! Friends used to think I was crazy saying that and really gave me a hard time about it. I am so glad I came across this interview. I think I am going to look them up and totally rub it in their faces! Now if I can just find an interview describing the meaning behind this song. I have my theories and am quite curious to hear it from them. I realize many songs are written without a specific meaning, theme, or story-but Alan Parsons lyrics have always been so intentional-I can not imagine this one being without it's own purpose.
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WHAT? Whoah - all these years, I had no idea until just now. It makes the song even better in my mind knowing the work that went into it. It’s a shame something like that would have to even be considered to be hidden from the public. It would have been fine with me - the thing I like the most about the Project is the idea of all the studio work that goes into it.
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@emorsi
3 years ago
For me Eric Woolfson is one of the greatest songwriter of all time and I can't believe that anyone thinks different.
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