Sorry for the short absence in writing. I am back to write about my ‘Song of the Week’ choice.
The song I chose this week is a collaboration of two musicians from 2 great 80’s bands – Claudia Brücken (Propaganda) and Paul Humphreys (Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark, OMD). Claudia and Paul formed the group in 2000 and briefly toured in the United States calling their tour: The OMD Revisited Tour. They called themselves Onetwo in 2004 and released an EP entitled Item. Onetwo released their first and only full-length album in February entitled Instead.
Instead includes great synthpop and new electro songs reminiscent of classic 80’s new wave such as; Sequential, Heaven, Home (Tonight), Signals, I Don’t Blame You and Anonymous. The song I chose for ‘Song of the Week’ is called Cloud Nine. Cloud Nine was written by Claudia Brücken and Martin Gore (Depeche Mode). This song helped me get over the loss of my wonderful first pet – Freddy who passed in November of 2010. Each time I heard Claudia sing the lyrics “Don’t ask for tomorrow, just carry on with now, don’t drown your heart in sorrow, I’ve got to leave you now, don’t ask me for the future, don’t cry for yesterday, It’s time to say goodbye now, I’m sure we’ll meet again” , I imagined that if Freddy was able to speak – he would be saying those exact words to Jason and myself. Enjoy!
CLOUD NINE
Thought I saw you up there
Drifting with the clouds
Thought I heard you call me
First quietly then loud
Is it imagination? What is real?
I think I’m part of you
I breathe like you feel
Can’t forget the power
The magic of the night
The overwhelming moment
I looked into your eyes
Dancing with the wind
Dancing in your arms
Gliding like two surfers
In the sea of love
Don’t ask for tomorrow
Just carry on with now
Don’t drown your heart in sorrow
I’ve got to leave you now
Don’t ask me for the future
Don’t cry for yesterday
It’s time to say goodbye now
I’m sure we’ll meet again
Moments turn to hours
Hours into days
My lonely heart is aching
Since you’ve gone away
I wish you’d read my mind
Send a little sign
I carry you so deeply
Within my soul
Don’t ask for tomorrow
Just carry on with now
Don’t drown your heart in sorrow
I’ve got to leave you now
Don’t ask me for the future
Don’t cry for yesterday
It’s time to say goodbye now
I’m sure we’ll meet again
You can listen to a sample of the song and purchase it on iTunes. I will share the link to the audio shortly!
For more information (discography, touring, latest news etc..) on Claudia Brücken or Paul Humphrey’s please visit the following websites:
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