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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 Alex Warren - Ordinary
Details Lustrum U.V.S.V./N.V.V.S.U., Jopke Van Dobbenburgh & Roeland Beelen / Roeland Beelen & Lil Kleine - Lotje / Lotje - Lil Kleine Remix
Details Ed Sheeran - Azizam
Details WizTheMc & Bees & Honey / WizTheMc & Bees & Honey with Tyla - Show Me Love
Details David Guetta & Sia - Beautiful People
Details Zoë Livay feat. Snelle - Ik Zing
Details Frenna feat. Shallipopi - Zaazaa
Details Afrojack - Never Forget You
Details Lola Young - Messy
Details Damiano David - Born With A Broken Heart
Details Suzan & Freek - Lichtje Branden
Details Calvin Harris featuring Clementine Douglas - Blessings
Details Alex Warren & Jelly Roll - Bloodline
Details Samuel Welten - Echte Liefde Is Te Koop
Details Miley Cyrus - End Of The World
Details Emma Heesters - Alles Wordt Beter
Details Ed Sheeran - Sapphire
Details Ravyn Lenae - Love Me Not
Details Lady Gaga - Abracadabra
Details Pommelien Thijs - Atlas
Details Hugel, David Guetta, Kehlani, Daecolm - Think Of Me
Details Robert Van Hemert - Mona Lisa
Details Nate Smith - Fix What You Didn't Break
Details Froukje & S10 - Hart In Brand
Details Tommy Cash - Espresso Macchiato
Details Douwe Bob - Funny
Details Teddy Swims - Guilty
Details Benson Boone - Mystical Magical
Details Morgan Wallen & Tate McRae - What I Want
Details Claude - C'est La Vie
Details Benson Boone - Sorry I'm Here For Someone Else
Details Tino Martin - Met Of Zonder Jou
Details Shaboozey & Myles Smith - Blink Twice
Details Sabrina Carpenter - Manchild
Details Son Mieux - It's Only Love
Details Martin Garrix & Lauv - Mad
Details Moliy, Silent Addy, Skillibeng & Shenseea - Shake It To The Max (Fly) - Remix
Details Guus Meeuwis & Maksim - Sparen Voor De Nacht
Details Rosé & Bruno Mars - APT
Details Flemming & Mart Hoogkamer - 100%