The Alan Parsons Project
The Turn Of A Friendly Card
- Statistieken
- 4 wkn Tipparade
- 1980
Artiestinformatie
| Geboortedatum | 20-12-1948 |
|---|---|
| Land | Verenigd Koninkrijk |
Alan Parsons wordt op 20 december 1947 geboren in Londen en is bekend als componist, producer en musicus. Hij produceerde onder meer Dark Side Of The Moon, het beroemde album van Pink Floyd.
In de jaren '70 richt hij zijn eigen band The Alan Parsons Project op. Na een voorzichtige start in ons land (in 1980 blijft The Turn Of A Friendly Card in de Tipparade steken) is het eind 1982 raak met Old And Wise, dat het tot nummer 19 in de Top 40 schopt. Zijn grootste hit is echter Don't Answer Me uit 1984, dat de top 7 bereikt. In 1985 volgt nog een bescheiden hit: Let's Talk About Me piekt op nummer 31.
Songtekst
There are unsmiling faces and bright plastic chainsAnd a wheel in perpetual motion
And they followed there races and pay out the gains
with no show of an outward emotion.
And they think it will make their lives easier,
for God knows up till now it's been hard.
But the game never ends
when your whole world depends
on the turn of a friendly card.
No, the game never ends
when your whole world depends
on the turn of a friendly card.
There's a sign in the desert that lies to the west
where you can't tell the night from the sunrise.
And not all the king's horses and all the king's men,
have prevented the fall of the unwise.
For they think it will make their lives easier,
and God knows up till now it's been hard.
But the game never ends
when your whole world depends
on the turn of a friendly card.
No, the game never ends
when your whole world depends
on the turn of a friendly card.
But a pilgrim must follow in search of a shrine
As he enters inside the cathedral...
Songinformatie
Trivia
Typefoutje op het label van de B-kant; staat Wollfson i.p.v. Woolfson.| Artiest | The Alan Parsons Project |
|---|---|
| A-kant | |
| Titel | The Turn Of A Friendly Card |
| Lengte | 3:20 |
| Componist(en) | Eric Woolfson, Alan Parsons |
| Producer(s) | Alan Parsons |
| Engineer(s) | Alan Parsons |
| B-kant | |
| Titel | Snake Eyes |
| Lengte | 3:17 |
| Componist(en) | Eric Woolfson, Alan Parsons |
| Producer(s) | Alan Parsons |
| Engineer(s) | Alan Parsons |
| Platenlabel | Arista |
| Catalogusnr | 102.553 |
| Album | The Turn Of A Friendly Card |
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