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The Living Years

M1ke + The MeChaN1C5

1989

jaar
Top 40

20

piekpositie
Top 40

4

weken
Top 40

61

punten
Top 40

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Het nummer werd geschreven door Mike Rutherford en BA Robertson, van wie beide vaders onlangs waren gestorven. De tekst gaat over gespannen relatie met B. A. Robertson zijn vader en de geboorte van zijn zoon drie maanden na de dood van zijn vader. Paul Carrack, de leadzanger in dit nummer, verloor zijn vader toen hij pas 11 jaar oud was.

Volgens componist Burt Bacharach is ' The Living Years' een van de mooiste teksten van de laatste 25 jaar.

Trivia

Wist je dat? Mike and the Mechanics is een Britse pop/rockband. In eerste instantie was het een hobbyband van de (bas-)gitarist van Genesis Mike Rutherford.
Voor de zang maakt hij afwisselend gebruik van Paul Carrack (ex- Ace en Squeeze) en Paul Young (niet de zanger die solo veel hits scoorde in de Top 40 maar de zanger van de groep Sad Café). Paul Young overleed in 2000.

Mede componist B.A. Robertson had in Nederland 2 Tipparade noteringen met "Bang bang" in 1979 en "To be or not to be" in 1980.
Titel A-kant

[Mike & The Mechanics] The Living Years

Lengte A-kant

5:24

Componist(en) A-kant

Mike Rutherford, B.A. Robertson

Producer(s) A-kant

Mike Rutherford, Christopher Neil

Engineer(s) A-kant

Nick Davis

Titel B-kant

[Mike & The Mechanics] Too Many Friends

Lengte B-kant

4:20

Componist(en) B-kant

Mike Rutherford, Christopher Neil

Producer(s) B-kant

Mike Rutherford, Christopher Neil

Engineer(s) B-kant

Nick Davis

Platenlabel

WEA

Hoogste positie UK

2

Hoogste positie US

1

Album

Living Years

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Songtekst

Every generation
Blames the one before
And all of their frustrations
Come beating on your door

I know that I'm a prisoner
To all my father held so dear
I know that I'm a hostage
To all his hopes and fears
I just wish I could have told him
In the living years

Crumpled bits of paper
Filled with imperfect thought
Stilted conversations
I'm afraid that's all we've got

You say you just don't see it
He says it's perfect sense
You just can't get agreement
In this present tense
We all talk a different language
Talking in defence

Say it loud, say it clear
You can listen as well as you hear
It's too late when we die
To admit we don't see eye to eye

So we open up a quarrel
Between the present and the past
We only sacrifice the future
It's the bitterness that lasts

So don't yield to the fortunes
You sometimes see as fate
It may have a new perspective
On a different day
And if you don't give up,
And don't give in
You may just be OK

Say it loud, say it clear
You can listen as well as you hear
It's too late when we die
To admit we don't see eye to eye

I wasn't there that morning
When my father passed away
I didn't get to tell him
All the things I had to say.
I think I caught his spirit
Later that same year
I'm sure I heard his echo
In my baby's new born tears
I just wish I could have told him
In the living years

Say it loud, say it clear
You can listen as well as you hear
It's too late when we die
To admit we don't see eye to eye

Alle Top 40-hits

Details Rosé & Bruno Mars - APT
Details Roxy Dekker - Ga Dan!
Details Lady Gaga & Bruno Mars - Die With A Smile
Details Gracie Abrams - That's So True
Details Lola Young - Messy
Details Teddy Swims - Bad Dreams
Details Alex Warren - Burning Down
Details Martin Garrix & Jex - Told You So
Details Noano feat. Emms - Waka
Details Morgan Wallen - Love Somebody
Details Pawsa & Adventures Of Stevie V - Dirty Cash
Details Myles Smith - Nice To Meet You
Details Suzan & Freek - Ken Je Dat Gevoel
Details David Guetta, Alphaville & Ava Max - Forever Young
Details Rondé - Love Of My Life
Details Cyril & Maryjo - Still Into You
Details Coldplay ft Little Simz, Burna Boy, Elyanna & Tini - We Pray
Details Sven Versteeg featuring Likke Pêhp - Blikkendag
Details Kensington - A Moment
Details Billie Eilish - Birds Of A Feather
Details Claude & Zoë Tauran - Je T'aime
Details Myles Smith - Wait For You
Details Son Mieux - Have A Little Faith
Details Cameron Whitcomb - Medusa
Details Teddy Swims - Guilty
Details R3hab, Mufasa & Hypeman & Rani - Believe (Shooting Stars)
Details Chef'Special - C'est La Vie
Details Douwe Bob & Sera - Could Have Been Us
Details Nate Smith - Fix What You Didn't Break
Details Yves Berendse & Emma Heesters - Alleen Met Jou
Details The Weeknd - Cry For Me
Details Sabrina Carpenter - Taste
Details De Poema's & Snelle - Op Jou Heb Ik Gewacht
Details Tate McRae - Sports Car
Details Yves Berendse - Vandaag Ben Ik Van Jou
Details David Guetta & Alesso feat. Madison Love - Never Going Home Tonight
Details Martin Morero - Spijt Is Voor Later
Details Lost Frequencies & Tom Odell - Black Friday - Pretty Like The Sun
Details Gabry Ponte, Sean Paul & Natti Natasha - Born To Love Ya
Details Clean Bandit, Anne-Marie & David Guetta - Cry Baby