Song picture
From the sky
Comment Share
Free download
This song, written in March 2005 but finished in September 2006, is about having an alien to bring up, take care of, and learn from. They don't half change your perspective, aliens...
singer songwriter musician uk acoustic guitar cubase reason sheffield bass guitar doncaster al stravinsky voxengo brian delaney
Artist picture
Touching, funny, serious, award-winning songs about life and love; all penned, played, arranged, sung, recorded and mixed by Al.
So he never existed... not really, as a real person. He made himself up one day in 1969 and lived a dual existence: half of him surviving on dead-end jobs, the other half believing that one day he would write at least one song that the world would remember. Now half of him is dead, and, as with all conjoined twins (without major surgery) that sentences both of them. It would be sad if it wasn't so pathetic. Fairy-tales always end this way... well not always, rarely... and this was rarely a fairy-tale; so there the similarities end: the ending was neither sad nor happy - it just... was. The enigmatic and tragic Jackson C Frank was a hero of his... now he emulates that frail and failed soul. Maybe in 40 years people will still say 'Al who?', much as they do today. That would be both a great epitaph, and a fitting legacy. Below is the page as he inexplicably and hurriedly left it: hot meal still on the table; knife and fork still in place and at the ready; the drink untouched in the bone china cup... ************************************************************* I now have an album: 'The sentence that I serve' available from CD baby. Click on this mini album cover to take you there: INVALID -- CDBABY INVALID INVALID INVALID INVALID for AL STRAVINSKY: The sentence that I serve -- It's on iTunes too, where the whole album or individual tracks can be downloaded in mp3 format: http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?playListId=216015067 Thanks. I've been a professional musician for 24 years, and over 3000 gigs (I've stopped counting); always working, travelling, trying to make ends meet...nearly...if you could just hold these a minute please...er...thanks: my hands are now free so I can get on with actually (ironically) playing some music at last. I sing and play bass guitar and I play some acoustic/electric guitars also.
Song Info
Genre
Pop Dance-Pop
Charts
Peak #227
Peak in subgenre #80
Author
Al Stravinsky
Uploaded
January 12, 2007
Track Files
MP3
MP3 3.2 MB 128 kbps 3:31
Story behind the song
This song, written in March 2005 but finished in September 2006, is about having an alien to bring up, take care of, and learn from. They don't half change your perspective, aliens... It features all sequenced instruments: drums; piano; acoustic guitar; strings; bass; Hammond; French horn; and other keyboard sounds and samples. There are 6 voices singing 3 part backing vocals and a doubled-up lead vocal part. There’s a key change on virtually every section; not planned, it’s just where the chords and melody took me.
Lyrics
Verse 1 In your face I see reflections And in your eyes I see my dreams; In your voice I hear an angel And when you fall I pick you up and hold you. Chorus You fell from the sky From somewhere on high Into my life out of the blue; You came from afar Whatever you are Some distant star sent you. Middle 8a Now you're here with me There is nothing else that I need, no, no; No matter what I do, Wherever I may go, I'll want you with me. Chorus You fell from the sky From somewhere on high Into my life out of the blue; You came from afar Whatever you are Some distant star sent you. Verse2 How will I answer all your questions About this world that you explore? And as you grow you open my mind And teach me once again to see with wonder... Chorus You fell from the sky From somewhere on high Into my life out of the blue; You came from afar Whatever you are Some distant star sent you. Middle 8b Although I didn't know, Before you came my life was cold and empty; No matter where I go Whatever I may do I'll want you with me. Chorus You fell from the sky From somewhere on high Into my life out of the blue; You came from afar Whatever you are Some distant star sent you.
Comments
Please sign up or log in to post a comment.