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Hope is a song about finding your way when you thought there was no way through, or no route back. It could be about God but could equally relate to a woman, a man, an ambition: anything that gives you a reason to get up the next morning.
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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 Christian Pop
Charts
#13,562 today Peak #91
#1,475 in subgenre Peak #11
Author
Al Stravinsky
Uploaded
March 28, 2007
Track Files
MP3
MP3 4.0 MB 128 kbps 4:18
Story behind the song
Hope is a song about finding your way when you thought there was no way through, or no route back. It could be about God but could equally relate to a woman, a man, an ambition: anything that gives you a reason to get up the next morning. I played random snatches of bass and guitar, loaded them in samplers in Reason, and played around with them over a 2 bar drum loop. I added strings, brass, organ, Wurlitzer piano, flute, oohs and aahs and other backing vocals. The upward-moving sax line inspired the title and hence the lyrics. It's a bit of a cacophony plus the bass just won't sit and is messy, but it will just have to do.
Lyrics
Verse 1 When I was down I was so low, What could I do, where could I go? I couldn’t try, just walked away, You took my hand asked me to stay. Now here I am walking on clouds… Chorus You give me hope, you pick me up You are my strength everyday. You took my pain, you took my tears And all my fears flew away. I was alone, no-one to care, But you were there, I was so blind. Now you’re with me ‘n’ everything’s good, Never thought I could feel so fine. Now here I am walking on clouds, And here we are walking on clouds, yeah yeah yeah! Chorus You give me hope, you pick me up, You are my strength everyday. You took my pain, you took my tears, And all my fears flew away. I believe I believe in you, I believe in you. I believe I believe in you, I believe in you. I believe I believe in you, I believe in you. I believe I believe in you, I believe in you. Chorus You give me hope, you pick me up, You are my strength everyday. You took my pain, you took my tears, And all my fears flew away. You give me hope, you pick me up, You are my strength everyday. For all my life, for all my life, You give me hope everyday…
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