Alan Parsons is so underrated it is insane. Glad you found it Jamal.
@andrewpetik2034
4 жыл бұрын
I have yet to hear a song by The Alan Parsons Project that I don't like. He does not settle for second best.
@Isleofskye
4 жыл бұрын
I'm a 66 year old Londoner with thousands of records and although I had glimpsed at the name once in a while I onlyfirst heard him play 3 weeks ago and heard the Live version of this. What A Discovery !
@Keetongu23
4 жыл бұрын
Well, he's the patron saint of us audio engineers, so...
@neilbradley
4 жыл бұрын
Don't forget Eric Woolfson. He's the writer and singer.
@austinkokomainiac7352
4 жыл бұрын
Andrew Petik and Will Thomas agreed. This album was a great one and the first I listened to...hooked. Should definitely do more Alan Parsons songs. I have been posting he should listen to them since he started Pink Floyd.
@BufordT
4 жыл бұрын
The Chicago Bulls intro music is actually "Sirius", the song just before "Eye in the Sky". They should ALWAYS be played together though, it's a classic rock law.
@plutomotorsblackpool
4 жыл бұрын
Yes - it has to have the Sirius intro it's just not the same without it.
@BufordT
4 жыл бұрын
Funeral For a Friend/Love Lies Bleeding
@gilmanc
4 жыл бұрын
This is one of the best examples of why the streaming services should let you "lock" songs together. So when you throw on shuffle, you don't get Sirius without Eye in the Sky
@JoeScottish
4 жыл бұрын
Queen - We Will Rock You followed by We Are The Champions is the obvious one
@MicheleDoolan
4 жыл бұрын
Yeah, violating that law would be sacrilege.
@johnnyb6512
3 жыл бұрын
I used to do a classic rock radio show. This one guy used to call me once a week to request this song for his wife. I got annoyed (inside) after a while but still played it. One week he called me and told me she passed away and he thanked me for playing her favorite song every week. I played it for him in honor of her memory. He never called again after that last play. It put my emotions in check. The power of music is a wonderful thing.
@heavoc9793
Жыл бұрын
Wow
@didikurbandi2611
Жыл бұрын
my wife who passed 6 years ago.. was like this song,, always hear, while she cooked or anything else activity..
@humblewisdom8976
11 ай бұрын
Thanks for sharing your story. Sometimes we think we know the score but then find out we know very little.
@Wes66-143LakePowellProductions
6 ай бұрын
Another excellent one by Alan Parsons is Time --- Time keeps flowing like a river---to the sea - To The Sea
@mlbw1966
4 ай бұрын
Beautiful heartbreaking story... to realize a simple act of you playing that song each week for a dying wife... to bring a smile if just for a minute. You're my new hero God Bless You
@tonyrichards254
4 жыл бұрын
Another good one from Parsons is 'I Wouldn't Want To Be Like You'.
@noneyabusiness1302
4 жыл бұрын
I sing that song in my head regularly.
@deborahchesser7375
4 жыл бұрын
Tony Richards definitely that one !
@TheDovahkinia
4 жыл бұрын
I love this song too
@starangela4668
4 жыл бұрын
One of my favorites
@chrisrabatin625
4 жыл бұрын
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@RJTheBikeGuy
4 жыл бұрын
Alan Parsons is the guy who engineered Pink Floyd's Dark Side Of The Moon.
@rodgeorge7244
4 жыл бұрын
And he was only 19 years old at the time
@bc1969214
4 жыл бұрын
got his start at Abbey Road working on The Beatles albums as well.
@RJTheBikeGuy
4 жыл бұрын
@@rodgeorge7244 Parsons was born in December 1948, and DSOTM was recorded in 72-73. So he was 23 when he started on DSOTM.
@nickjacobs1770
4 жыл бұрын
He also got Clare Torry to do the vocal on Last Gig in the Sky. She was working as a backing singer in another studio at the time.
@rodgeorge7244
4 жыл бұрын
@@RJTheBikeGuy Well in that case an article I read on the subject must have made an error on his age at the time maybe he was 19 when he went to work at Abbey Road anyway that makes him 36 days younger than me
@mitchcomstein7916
4 жыл бұрын
I had a girlfriend that cheated on me when this song came out. It wasn't a good break up. I think I played this 50 times, before I realized I couldn't read her mind. We got back together again, but she did it again. She broke my heart. It wasn't fun . Thankfully I met a woman. she and I spent 28 years together. She never effed with my head she and I were on the same page just about every day. She passed away 5 years ago. I miss her everyday
@musicsansnotes
4 жыл бұрын
Love your story.
@mitchcomstein7916
4 жыл бұрын
@@musicsansnotes Thank you and to others who have sent me " good vibes" I wish I could say more about her. she was truly amazing. Please take a listen to this song. I played many, many times during that first breakup. I wanted to leave , just go anywhere away. This is Jerry Jeff
@mitchcomstein7916
4 жыл бұрын
I wasn't done. fat fingered it. Jerry Jeff Walker - L.A. Freeway kzitem.info/news/bejne/1IJ3266Mm190kqQ Thankyou BLM
@charlie5thumbs351
4 жыл бұрын
Bro, so sorry for your loss.
@shotgunblast28
4 жыл бұрын
I’m so sorry. My boyfriend just passed too
@dave0915
4 жыл бұрын
The intro is actually called "Sirius". "Eye In The Sky" followed "Sirius" on the album.
@vitchr
4 жыл бұрын
👍
@tjtampa214
4 жыл бұрын
And it sounds like cirrus clouds.
@cwells3673
4 жыл бұрын
I got the vinyl
@jokarpinski22
4 жыл бұрын
@@tjtampa214 or Sirius which is the brightest star in the sky, hence Eye in the sky
@amacks1971
4 жыл бұрын
Their instrumental tracks have always been fire...
@gauntletwielder6306
4 жыл бұрын
You should research Alan Parsons to fully appreciate who he is and what he has done. Hint: Abbey Road and The Dark Side of the Moon Alan Parsons also did the soundtrack for the movie “Ladyhawke”. Great movie. Great soundtrack. I was fortunate enough to see the Alan Parsons Project live in South Florida back in the 90’s.
@benrogers4296
4 жыл бұрын
Yeah, but the soundtrack doesn't really fit the movie. I like both, but they are not exactly two great tastes that taste great together. A weird juxtaposition of medieval fantasy and 80s electronic music. But that's just my opinion, you don't have to go spreading it around or anything.
@megwilcox9774
4 жыл бұрын
@@benrogers4296 lol, I got you! It is a great soundtrack, it would be interesting to see if there would be a better movie for it. I do love Ladyhawke, though.
@tonyfrench2700
4 жыл бұрын
I saw Alan Parsons in Chattanooga 10 to 12 years ago at an outdoor festival and me and my friends were 15 feet from the man himself and it was an incredible evening, one of the top 3 musical concerts I've ever seen (and I've been to over 750major shows, not counting the smaller shows) Pink Floyd "Division Bell/Pulse"tour was a little bit better (probably due to the visual aspects of the concert, and that is in my top 3 visual concerts)
@doccuda1562
Ай бұрын
@@benrogers4296 movie has many issues but I still like it, was maybe 13 when it came out.
@michaelszczekot8920
4 жыл бұрын
Alan Parsons is probably one of the best engineers that ever lived
@mnt7526
3 жыл бұрын
Pls check the cover of REO brothers in the eye in the sky
@tommypauly3249
2 жыл бұрын
THE VERY BEST!!!
@JAYZIGGY5
2 жыл бұрын
Absolutely. Musical genius.
@louidanielsmusic
2 жыл бұрын
No doubt about it. He’s a legend
@yourcommentisntfunnyv2709
2 жыл бұрын
hes still alive
@brentgindelberger8851
4 жыл бұрын
Another great song of the Alan Parsons Project is called "Time"
@Lance37a
4 жыл бұрын
Is flowing like a river.
@BatMite19
4 жыл бұрын
@@Lance37a To the sea ... to the sea ... then it's gone forever!
@theplanetruth
4 жыл бұрын
Brent Gindelberger I heard Time for the first time on 21 Jump Street w Depp/DeLouise.
@fldude46
4 жыл бұрын
i agree he will get goosebumps and dont answer me
@kenmoss2506
4 жыл бұрын
Oh yes!,,,,,
@iansmith2229
4 жыл бұрын
Alan Parsons Won A Grammy For Engineering Pink Floyd's "The Dark Side Of The Moon"
@larryhallmark5724
4 жыл бұрын
He did studio work on some Rolling Stones and Beatles albums too. He finally got tired of making others rich, so he formed The Alan Parsons Project. He was the only constant in the Project, as he used many different musicians on his songs.
@veganm8918
4 жыл бұрын
Correction...He was nominated for that and a total of 13 Grammy's. Finally in 2018 he and PJ Olsson won the Grammy for the 35th anniversary digital remastering and re-release of Eye In The Sky. I got to see them play live shortly after and he was talking about it. These guys are mindblowing in concert.
@FarrellMcGovern
4 жыл бұрын
He also produced Al Stewart's album that the song "Year of the Cat" came from. The guy is a genius producer!
@sophiewhite6258
4 жыл бұрын
In an interview, Alan Parsons said that he learned that casino security cameras were called "eye in the sky", he realized the traffic copter to a local station was called "eye in the sky", and he saw a giant Horus eye mural on the side of a building -- all on the same day. He took it as a sign that he should write a song called "Eye In the Sky".
@brittongodman7769
3 жыл бұрын
Very interesting story. Concerning the 'eye of Horus' , in ancient times, in North Africa and parts of the Middle East, the eye symbol was often used as a warning along trading routes. A carved eye on a boulder was a warning for travelers and traders to be '' watchful and awake '' and keep an eye out for bandits and marauders..........
@yannber1960
3 жыл бұрын
Philip k dick wrote a sci fi book named Eye in the sky in the 50's
@kingsethos5108
4 жыл бұрын
Alan Parsons was the sound engineer for Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon.
@landshark7730
4 жыл бұрын
I, Robot - An absolute classic. When I think about APP, I always think of Mike and the Mechanics.
@Patruicio
4 жыл бұрын
That explains a lot of things!!!!!!!!!!!!!
@angelagreen778
3 жыл бұрын
Dam, this song is mkultra! It's about a girl, but then it becomes smartphones.
@walidrourou5493
3 жыл бұрын
the engineer of Abbey Road studio... so the Beatles and ... he did a huge job for the Dark Side with no recognition from the Pink Floyd.
@robcrozier1692
3 жыл бұрын
Listen to Al Stewart Year of the Cat
@Mike1104USAA
4 жыл бұрын
You should do a reaction to Alan Parsons “Don’t Answer Me”.
@beetlejuiceflorida
4 жыл бұрын
Yes, another great tune!
@bryansproles2879
4 жыл бұрын
Specifically react to the official video, it's pretty funny.
@ScottVanArtsdalen
4 жыл бұрын
@@bryansproles2879 Yes, this! Loved the video. "Tough break, Nick."
@TheFallibleFundi
4 жыл бұрын
Brilliant sing and video.
@TheFallibleFundi
4 жыл бұрын
Song!
@stempo1
3 жыл бұрын
"The sun in your eyes made some of the lies worth believing" Story of my life, That line gets me every time.
@grafrajar
4 жыл бұрын
Fun fact: did you know Alan Parson participated in the production of Pink Floyd's The Dark Side of the Moon?
@stuarthaynes1508
4 жыл бұрын
I was going to say that rofl
@grafrajar
4 жыл бұрын
@@stuarthaynes1508 sorry to beat you to it XD
@donnasqueo6599
4 жыл бұрын
Dark Side of the Moon 🌙 one of my all time favorite albums
@derekboughen4220
4 жыл бұрын
Interesting. The chorus has a pink Floyd vibe to it, now that you mention it.
@grafrajar
4 жыл бұрын
@@derekboughen4220 right?
@dcaseng
4 жыл бұрын
Please do "I robot" and "I wouldn't want to be like you".
@kurtyoung6769
4 жыл бұрын
That was my reply too!!!!
@michaelsmith-iu1be
4 жыл бұрын
Not the movie. Great album
@jessicadecker9848
4 жыл бұрын
I wouldn't want to be like you - great tune. Add "Games People Play"
@elig.3075
4 жыл бұрын
Def i Robot!!!!!
@miketesznar2670
4 жыл бұрын
Damed if I do.
@frankiecamacho8739
4 жыл бұрын
Dr. Evil: "I call it... the Alan Parsons Project."
@thesmokingburrito9097
3 жыл бұрын
"Feels better on the hole"......?........ No?
@jeffcobb2734
4 жыл бұрын
Alan Parson rabbit hole: I Wouldn't Want to Be Like You Games People Play Breakdown Can't Take it With You Damned If I Do Psychobabble Time
@martinweber8299
4 жыл бұрын
... Dancing on a High Wire Prime Time I Robot Money Talks (The System Of) Dr. Tarr and Professor Fether Standing On Higher Ground The Tell-Tale Heart...
@essenegnostic8711
4 жыл бұрын
@@martinweber8299 Some Other Time
@sebeckley
4 жыл бұрын
Omg. My gym class had to dance to "Games People Play" for a school fete/fun day/whatever. I completely forgot about. This whole thread is a time machine!
@ME-qd3pr
4 жыл бұрын
Old and Wise
@TheDark1903
4 жыл бұрын
Pretty much everything off the "tales of mystery and imagination" album. But maybe I'm biased since I love Poe.
@leewaugh80
4 жыл бұрын
Aw man, "I woundnt want to be like you" Is a great funky song
@hikerdog8562
4 жыл бұрын
Yes!
@emjem99
4 жыл бұрын
My favourite Alan Parsons track, from an unbelievably great album.
@anahering9993
4 жыл бұрын
I don't care what you do ... 😉
@ken-in-KY
3 жыл бұрын
Alan Parsons was an up and coming young studio engineer who never was given credit for Abby Road (The Beatles), or Dark Side Of The Moon (Pink Floyd). Credit was given for Year Of The Cat (Al Stewart), Time Passages (Al Stewart). Years later he established his own band 'The Alan Parsons Project. Listen to all these albums mentioned, and you'll hear their similarities in production and orchestrations. GENIUS.
@brovold72
4 жыл бұрын
"The sun in your eyes made some of the lies worth believing." - ugh what a great line. And true.
@TeddyBear-os7is
4 жыл бұрын
Take it u fell for it too
@esmokah
4 жыл бұрын
One of my favorite lyrics ever
@antoniodelgado1516
4 жыл бұрын
The sun in your eyes. Looking up at the eye in the sky. (The bird above).
@nzmarco
4 жыл бұрын
Yea that stuck with me, too.
@Canerican.
4 жыл бұрын
I love that line!
@jiveturkey2875
4 жыл бұрын
"And we shall call it... THE ALAN PARSONS PROJECT!" - Dr. Evil
@kevlarV2rocketRSV
4 жыл бұрын
🤣🤣🤣
@sabrecatsmiladon7380
4 жыл бұрын
"I asked for a Bass Player with a Laser beam on his freaking head!!! (yes I changed it)
@esabris2151
4 жыл бұрын
Well, I can tell you a young child's perspective of the deeper meaning. This song was getting a lot of radio play when I was about kindergarten age, and I was terrified of it. I thought it was sung by ghosts and that the ghosts were threatening to read and control my mind. I still have vivid memories of being a paranoid 5-year-old with an overactive imagination, riding in my mother's 1979 Buick and crawling onto the floor of the back seat to hide from the ghosts when this song came on. (This was way before seatbelt laws, kids.) Forty-ish years later, I enjoy it much more now.
@HiddenCharmhome
4 жыл бұрын
Same!!! I always liked the song but it creeped me out. There’s a creepy feeling just for the chorus for me. But I’ve always loved this song. Weird
@tomshea8382
4 жыл бұрын
The vocal is extremely dispassionate and robotic. Clean and almost technical.
@MyNameIsBucket
3 жыл бұрын
Same thing happened with me and "Thriller". My sister and brother would play it on the turntable in the basement but I would sit on the stairs because I thought the song made ghosts come out.
@DonHaka
3 жыл бұрын
i'd say its a very creepy song, the lyrics are creepy, although they dont directly appear to be. If you add the theme of George Orwell's 1984 to this song, about the Thought Police, claiming to be able to read your mind, and just the general idea of constantly being watched/observed by government and such...
@davegoruk6753
3 жыл бұрын
@@DonHaka Niles Crane
@fredflintstone505
4 жыл бұрын
Check out their Tales of Mystery and Imagination, Edgar Allen Poe album. Particularly A Dream Within A Dream/The Raven, The Tell Tale Heart, The Cask of Amontillado, (The System of) Dr. Tarr and Professor Fether.
@cliffperkins2339
4 жыл бұрын
The best one
@Ayce1955
4 жыл бұрын
Save that one for Halloween, and do the whole album :) When taken in context, even The Fall of the House of Usher is scary.
@kenperk9854
4 жыл бұрын
AAAAAAAA MMMMMEEEENNNN!
@dagnabbit6187
4 жыл бұрын
Fred Flintstone That was when I was first introduced to Alan Parsons Project via The Edgar Alan Poe Album
@geofftaylor8913
4 жыл бұрын
This ranks among one of my favorite albums of all time.
@xnonsuchx
4 жыл бұрын
"Time" is one of the most bittersweet songs you can ever listen to
@rmpjordan
4 жыл бұрын
Jamal, you're the man. Much love and respect 🙏
@RealLifeWithJulie
4 жыл бұрын
It gets stuck in my head for days!!!
@chuckhutton5087
3 жыл бұрын
Time was my Dad’s all-time favorite song, from the incredibly underrated album “The turn of a Friendly Card”.
@alanparsonsfan
3 жыл бұрын
Listen to their "Shadow of a Lonely Man" and "Limelight". Most haunting, beautiful bittersweet songs ever. "he Eagle Will Rise Again" almost to that level too.
@FD2003Abc
3 жыл бұрын
That and "Silence and I" (and of course SnI has that fantastic orchestral break)
@MSSmith1022
2 жыл бұрын
The first two minutes of this is a song called "Sirius" and is an instrumental that fades into "Eye in the Sky". I had this album on vinyl and played the album for many an hour. Alan Parson is considered by many to be one of the foremost engineers in the music industry having worked with The Beatles at Abby Road Studios, Pink Floyd, Al Stewart and in 1975 joined forces with a man named Eric Woolfson who was the primary lyricist and composer of what we know as the "Alan Parsons Project (APP). Sadly Eric left us in 2009.
@markzanger64
4 жыл бұрын
Allan parsons project was way ahead of their time.
@savio.dsouza
4 жыл бұрын
It still is
@themessenger2948
4 жыл бұрын
They had to be.
@robcrozier1692
3 жыл бұрын
Big fan and we all loved it
@christianwagenseil9621
3 жыл бұрын
yes. along with Donald Fagen and Walter Becker
@jesseosborne5605
3 жыл бұрын
YES! still to this day! Sooo underrated!
@Silverhawk1776
4 жыл бұрын
Technically, this is titled "Sirius/Eye in the Sky." "Sirius" is the intro.
@marhherz
4 жыл бұрын
I was gonna type what you cleared up. Sirius is the name of the so-called “Bulls intro song”.
@akme1974
4 жыл бұрын
Glad he played them both together. They go together
@akme1974
4 жыл бұрын
What’s crazy is Alan Parsons all have an Album called Turn of a Friendly Card
@mmille10
4 жыл бұрын
This is the first time I've heard the intro. (Sirius) attached to a music group name. I always used to hear it as bumper music for TV shows on PBS, or background music for low-budget TV ads. I never heard Sirius played on the radio when I was growing up in the '80s, though I heard Eye in the Sky frequently as an Alan Parsons Project song.
@enanoh8971
4 жыл бұрын
And Sirius to Osiris and there you got one of the gods (elohims) that rules the world once, but is not a coincidence that is in APP Albums.
@APostalChick
4 жыл бұрын
One of the coolest song intros I ever heard was on "Twilight Zone" by Golden Earring. You should check it out if you don't already know it.
@C.M.30337
3 жыл бұрын
"Radar Love" by Golden Earring too.
@jerrypetrillo2903
4 жыл бұрын
Thanks for checking out APP Highly recommend a couple of tracks from the I Robot album : Breakdown And. Wouldn’t Want to Be Like You
@shanehebert396
4 жыл бұрын
Billy Thorpe - "Children of the Sun"
@shanehebert396
4 жыл бұрын
@towerman61 *have* to listen to it with good headphones, too ;)
@andrehughes1
4 жыл бұрын
One of the greatest songs of all time. Peter Gabriel, Steve Winwood, Phil Collins, and many others from the 80's, did timeless masterpieces like this. From the 90's on there has been lots of great music, but nothing comparable.
@rosehernandez329
4 жыл бұрын
Alan Parsons Project and Pink Floyd were my father’s most favorite bands he had like every single album of their’s and he would always blast the music every time he played the records. So when ever I hear their music it brings tears to my eyes in memory of my father.
@Shreddah
4 жыл бұрын
Same here! I inherited my dads vinyl collection and it brings back so many memories listening to these songs.
@robmcgrath5202
4 жыл бұрын
Things like that always make me wonder what specific memories my kids will have of me later.
@ldy2hzlft1111
4 жыл бұрын
I love the memories that come from hearing music. Thanks for sharing yours
@81licker
4 жыл бұрын
Your Dad had excellent taste.
@mikelund57
4 жыл бұрын
RIP to your father.. I kinda know how you feel and what you mean. My dad has been gone for 5 years. He listened to about everything and now I listen to everything he did.. In some way, we grow up being a carbon copy of our father.. Our laugh, personality, character, etc, and mostly our love for great music..
@bradpatridge
4 жыл бұрын
keep being you, Bro............... "Time"" by Alan Parsons would be nice
@terryrockfield1070
3 жыл бұрын
You need to check out "Old and Wise" as well! APP has SO MANY deeply meaningful songs!
@jamesanderson5268
3 жыл бұрын
My favorite APP song.
@PennyRoyxl
3 жыл бұрын
Yes, please. :) Also, "Time" if that hasn't been done? Also, brilliant channel, thanks luv. Cheers!
@matts6272
4 жыл бұрын
The intro from the Bulls is called "Sirius." I absolutely love the whole version. Also one of the great melodies of the 80's.
@Jobe00
4 жыл бұрын
You have to listen to the Sirius/Eye in the Sky combo. It's like Van Halen's Erruption/You Really Got Me.
@grejen711
4 жыл бұрын
@@Jobe00 Yes, but no, it's not anything like Eruption/Your Really Got Me.
@timmmahhhh
4 жыл бұрын
@@Jobe00 or Cinema/Leave It by Yes from 90125.
@kenperk9854
4 жыл бұрын
Alan Parsons was one of the great musical minds of the 70s. So great, he carried right along into the 80s.
@peacefrog0521
Жыл бұрын
@@Jobe00 I thought the same but didn’t see your comment 😅 So I’ll offer “Intruder/Pretty Woman”.
@lordzhuge
4 жыл бұрын
It's interesting that you mention gambling because they have an album called "Turn of a Friendly Card" that's all about gambling and games in life. Speaking of which, you should do "Games People Play", it's a classic.
@Steve_Stowers
4 жыл бұрын
From songfacts.com: "In some ways, this is an extension of The Alan Parsons Project's previous album The Turn of a Friendly Card, which deals with gambling. Woolfson [the lyricist and vocalist on this song] spent a lot of time in casinos and was fascinated with the hidden cameras watching his every move." www.songfacts.com/facts/the-alan-parsons-project/eye-in-the-sky
@kenmoss2506
4 жыл бұрын
Do the whole Turn of a Friendly Card medley....all 5 songs!! Incredible!!!
@calliarcale
4 жыл бұрын
@@Steve_Stowers Woolfson later ended up rock opera called "Gambler" that built even more on the theme (and used a lot of songs from "Turn of a Friendly Card").
@eamonndoconnor
3 жыл бұрын
This song is an utter masterpiece, and an ode to Orwell's 1984.
@Eifia1337
4 жыл бұрын
Thank you dad and mom for playing this song every time we were on the car. Made me dream. Beautiful music. Love your reactions Jamal! Thanks for sharing this one. I recommend to you to listen to Mike Oldfield. Tubular Bells for instance
@rickdavis3593
4 жыл бұрын
Tubular Bells III live from Horse Guards Parade in 1998.....amazing.
@RYANDEOROCK
4 жыл бұрын
yup. my dad loved these guys.
@samhouston1979
4 жыл бұрын
now to do “Don’t answer me” by The Alan Parsons Project
@lauriecaldas
4 жыл бұрын
Great song!! 👍
@KrawnKam
4 жыл бұрын
The official video is a must.
@gilmanc
4 жыл бұрын
F**k yes!
@ragnarmyhr7238
4 жыл бұрын
My favorite singer is Gary Booker from Procol Harum, with Limelight. The best APP song ever,
@Cool7Songs
4 жыл бұрын
The entire Turn of a Friendly Card album is a phenomenal listen.
@sheilaswegler4859
4 жыл бұрын
Yeah. I had that one.I had to let go of my albums in the divorce. At least most things are on KZitem.
@ralphskyperion1699
4 жыл бұрын
Absolutely right.
@lauriecaldas
4 жыл бұрын
Agree!! 👍
@istinapravda7956
4 жыл бұрын
agree
@veganm8918
4 жыл бұрын
An absolute masterpiece meant to be played from front to back!
@docwhiskey1412
4 жыл бұрын
He was involved with the production of several significant albums, including the Beatles' Abbey Road and Let It Be, Ambrosia's debut album, as well as Pink Floyd's The Dark Side of the Moon. and worked with other notables like Al Stewart, and The Hollies... just to mention a few.
@joelliebler5690
4 жыл бұрын
DocWhiskey 1 one of the best producers
@amylynn5778
4 жыл бұрын
Sound engineer for Pink. Incredible musicianship.
@thercattrainer
3 жыл бұрын
Alan Parsons “Eye in The Sky” is one of my all time favorites. Alan Parsons also convinced Al Stewart to add a saxophone solo in Stewart’s 1976 hit song, “The Year Of The Cat” which Stewart and Peter Wood wrote which Alan engineered, and produced. That is one of the best saxophone solos in any song. I’m glad that Al listened to Alan. Thank you Alan, Al, and Peter for writing some great songs!
@dlgrl
4 жыл бұрын
Oh, please react to The Alan Parsons Project : "Don't Answer Me", the official video! Great song!!
@RDreamer
4 жыл бұрын
A 6'6" guard, from North Carolina....
@tjtampa214
4 жыл бұрын
Yes!! Such excitement! ❤️ Michael.. Jordan! 🏀👤
@omermeshulam6234
4 жыл бұрын
goosebumps hearing that intro...
@LordEagle
4 жыл бұрын
GOAT,,,,,and I'm a Cavs fan.👍👍👍
@Cosmic86x
4 жыл бұрын
"Don't answer me", "Lucifer", "Games people play", "I Robot", "The Raven"
@timfarrell6968
4 жыл бұрын
(The System of) Dr. Tarr and Professor Fether
@5280Comics
4 жыл бұрын
Time is also a great APP track
@StevenQ74
3 жыл бұрын
don't forget "old and wise"
@traceyc2576
3 жыл бұрын
I love this song
@Mingusming
3 жыл бұрын
Old and wise, standing on higher ground, prime time, turn it up, Raven......... All The turn of a friendly card album
@jeffcoat1959
4 жыл бұрын
Do "Games People Play" next.
@ecj17cel
4 жыл бұрын
I love that song!!
@estpst
4 жыл бұрын
Yes Please
@tobykenobe
4 жыл бұрын
kzitem.info/news/bejne/tIKfnYCgnKtnoW0 Games People Play
@nothingtoseehere7022
4 жыл бұрын
Or I Wouldn’t Want To Be Like You
@joshhencik1849
4 жыл бұрын
Great choice!
@Nitro1970
4 жыл бұрын
Their album Tales of Mystery and Imagination is amazing. Is a whole album of Edgar Allan Poe put to music
@marylee7467
4 жыл бұрын
One of my absolutely favorite albums.
@neilnickless9948
4 жыл бұрын
My favourite album by APP. Listen to it regularly both on you-tube and on record, which I have owned for over 40years.
@dwightherron2838
3 жыл бұрын
I strongly agree i had this album back in h.s it was my favorite also!
@brunodiniz4696
3 жыл бұрын
One of the best channel in KZitem. I do love when you show us some classics Rock. Pink Floyd and Alan Parsons is connected. Thank you very much. A big hug from a Brazilian fan
@inekehoogendoorn4160
4 жыл бұрын
Alan Parsons Project. Every album build around a theme. Every album another sort of music genre. And all super. Listen to Live in Colombia, with a choir and symphonic orchestra, and incorporated in the performance the entire side 2 of the album ( if you can remember them) Turn of friendly card. Speaking of historical influences.
@rolandchilde19
4 жыл бұрын
APP is a massive part of my life. You don’t know how much this means to me that YOU are finally reacting to it.
@esmokah
4 жыл бұрын
Same. I get excited when somebody gets reached by APP. Amazing, powerful music
@jameswilson1360
4 жыл бұрын
Same here.....Finally got to see him/them in Worcester MA about 1.5 years ago......Def worth the wait.....
@godbluffvdgg
4 жыл бұрын
I hear you! I was a senior in high school when I robot came out...I feel blessed to have loved them for so long...Along with all the other stuff from the era...:)
@briancrouch4827
4 жыл бұрын
I totally agree!!!
@peterleyden805
4 жыл бұрын
You nailed it. The song is about gambling...the eye in the sky is the camera. He wrote it about a period in his life when he was gambling a lot...and losing...
@parkeydavid
4 жыл бұрын
I love the fact that you're enjoying the music from my youth. I remember when this song came out like it was yesterday.
@deantait8326
4 жыл бұрын
Music of My 30s.... is that a TX Longhorns logo, bull's or...?
@parkeydavid
4 жыл бұрын
@@deantait8326 Longhorns. I'm a longtime fan of the Horns.
@thomasmccracken8819
4 жыл бұрын
Yep the I Robot album 1976 I think.
@timfloyd4324
4 жыл бұрын
To me "Turn Of A Friendly Card" is another great song from Alan Parsons Project.
@vinniemoran7362
4 жыл бұрын
Grrrrreat album!
@gregsteele806
4 жыл бұрын
Absolutely! There's a great version of it on line that has both halves of the song put together. Otherwise, you really have to listen to the entire second half of the album to get the full effect.
@Erfedwe
4 жыл бұрын
Funny story (to maybe only me) regarding "Turn of a Friendly Card". I was driving home from a Pink Floyd concert in Washington DC (Momentary Lapse of Reason Tour, October 1989). I had to drive from the Capital Center just outside of DC, to Frostburg State University, which was about 3 hours away. We stopped for dinner in Frederick, MD at some truck stop, then proceeded west towards Frostburg (about another 2 hour drive). It was after 1 am and had been raining for hours. As we moved into the mountains, it also became very foggy. Back in 1989, the road west of Hancock was a 2 lane divided highway (one lane in either direction) and was very windy and narrow. Also, at 1 am, there are mostly big tractor-trailers on the road and few cars. Because of the fog, it was incredibly hard to see, although the trucks seemed to be having an easier time as they were flying. Mountains, rain, fog, narrow winding roads, big trucks... I thought I was going to die. About an hour out from Frostburg, I was trying to do something with the music, but accidentally hit the repeat song button on my CD player. So, long story longer, Turn of a Friendly Card was playing and continued to repeat over and over again for the entire last leg of the drive. The song ends similar to how it begins, so it was actually difficult to tell when it was restarting. I was too scared to look away from the road for even a second to figure out how to turn off repeat and the shoulders were narrow to pull over and I thought I would get hit by a flying truck. Fortunately, I love the song, and did not mind all that much that I had to listen to it for an hour. I had more important things to worry about at that moment. My passenger slept through it all. It was very late and I didn't want to wake her. Also of note, this was the 3rd Pink Floyd show that I went to that week. I think I had stayed down in Baltimore for the other 2 and the drive was not eventful.
@gregsteele806
4 жыл бұрын
@@Erfedwe Man, I've driven those western Maryland / West Virginia / Pennsylvania mountain roads before. You have my sympathy.
@gregsteele806
4 жыл бұрын
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. kzitem.info/news/bejne/y4pmyX-gfXN0fI4
@Spazzmatazzz
4 жыл бұрын
Alan Parsons was a recording engineer of another caliber. From wiki: He was involved with the production of several significant albums, including the Beatles' Abbey Road and Let It Be, and the eponymous debut album by Ambrosia, as well as Pink Floyd's The Dark Side of the Moon.
@frankenfurter58
3 жыл бұрын
How old would that make the guy? Last I heard they're still touring and performing.
@Spazzmatazzz
3 жыл бұрын
@@frankenfurter58 Alan Parsons is 72 years old. Probably one of the greatest sound men ever.
@frankenfurter58
3 жыл бұрын
@@Spazzmatazzz So he started out as a child genius. Some are just born with it. Thanks!
@Stray___
4 жыл бұрын
The whole album is a reference to Egyptian mithology. This song in particular is kinda about the eye of Horus (portrayed in that album's cover) and a catchy but slightly creepy love song at the same time.
@beckywatt5048
4 жыл бұрын
Just like RUSH , now that I know what I know , it's downright Scarry it took us this long to catch up .
@nancy9478
4 жыл бұрын
@@beckywatt5048 it is scary!
@calliarcale
4 жыл бұрын
It's kind of about a lot of things at once. It's also about surveillance; the album sleeve also has a picture of a satellite with the Eye of Horus/Ra on it -- an electronic eye in the sky.
@Stray___
4 жыл бұрын
@@calliarcale As any good prog. rock :)
@lhpl
4 жыл бұрын
There is also a level of the song that is about a breaking love relation - "don't cry i ain't changing my mind" / "the sun in your eyes made some of the lies worth believing."
@garethroberts2738
4 жыл бұрын
"In the Lap of the Gods" is another brilliant song by Alan Parsons.
@briggsquantum
4 жыл бұрын
I bought "Pyramid" on LP back in 1978 and the entire album still impresses.
@billofalltrades1468
4 жыл бұрын
Man i love reliving my childhood! Great song!
@DonnaJoChico
4 жыл бұрын
"The sun in your eyes made some of the lies worth believing", BEST LINE EVEEEEEER!!! Thanks, man.💙
@DonByronDukeoftheArctic
4 жыл бұрын
Yessssss ma'am!
@ballyastrocade5672
4 жыл бұрын
The "shorter" version is just the "Eye in the Sky" song without the instrumental "Sirius" intro. On the album, "Sirius" segues into "Eye in the Sky", which is how it was *meant* to be heard. So, yes, you did the right version. :-) If you want to dive down this rabbit hole, here's my list of must-hear tracks from APP: "The Tell-Tale Heart", "The System of Dr. Tarr & Professor Fether" (from "Tales of Mystery & Imagination", their 1st album) "I Robot / I Wouldn't Wanna Be Like You" (the one segues into the other, like "Sirius/Eye in the Sky" does), "Some Other Time", "Breakdown", "The Voice" (from their second album, "I Robot") "One More River", "Can't Take It With You", "Pyramania", "Shadow of a Lonely Man" (from "Pyramid") "Lucifer", "You Lie Down With Dogs", "Winding Me Up", "Damned if I Do" (from "Eve") "May Be A Price To Pay", "Games People Play", "Time", and of course, the entire 16-minute "Turn of a Friendly Card" suite (from "The Turn of a Friendly Card") "You're Gonna Get Your Fingers Burned", "Psychobabble", "Old and Wise" (from "Eye in the Sky") "Prime Time", "You Don't Believe" (from "Ammonia Avenue") "Let's Talk About Me", "Sooner or Later", "Vulture Culture" (from "Vulture Culture") "Stereotomy", "Beaujolais", "Limelight", "Where's the Walrus?" (from "Sterotomy") "La Sagrada Familia", "Standing on Higher Ground", "Money Talks" (from "Gaudi") Note that there are live performances of some of these out there -- but they are *not* performances by the original Alan Parsons Project, as such. APP was entirely a studio creation of Parsons and his creative partner, the late Eric Woolfson; they used session musicians on each album, and at the time, Parsons didn't even sing or play any instruments; he was solely a recording engineer and producer. After Parsons and Woolfson parted ways in 1990, Parsons continued on his own (dropping the "Project" part of the name), and eventually began touring with a group of musicians. Which is not to say they don't put on a good live show; just be aware that if you're looking to put faces to the music, Alan Parsons himself will be the only "original face", as it were, who actually had anything to do with the APP albums, and he didn't actually sing or play on any of them at the time. :-)
@markgiaquinto3570
4 жыл бұрын
The title track from ammonia avenue too
@williamellis8593
3 жыл бұрын
This is a multi-layer themed song, and one of the layers is servalence, just like you said, alongside a manipulative relationship. Top scores for picking up on that!
@will_cashgrow2294
Жыл бұрын
Facts! Big Brother is watching. Crazy the maker of this song knew about today in 81. Yup it's coded
@arthurking6846
4 жыл бұрын
The whole "I ROBOT" album is a great listen as well.
@ingridstrickland8768
4 жыл бұрын
All of I Robot!!! Love it.
@sirkat344
4 жыл бұрын
Do check out "Old and Wise". A haunting song, beautiful. I really like your posts!
@stksav1
4 жыл бұрын
So glad you've encountered The Alan Parsons Project. You can't go wrong with anything by them. Catch the early stuff.
@Dremag_Gaming
4 жыл бұрын
Of course this is both Siruis and Eye in the Sky together. 😁 I don't know why but while I like Eye in the sky. It also has a creepy feel
@RacerX-bv9io
4 жыл бұрын
Because it's the eye of horus maybe?
@jerryplenda381
4 жыл бұрын
Totally! Like The Police "Every breath you take"... Gary Newman, "I dream of wires"... Men at Work, "Who can it be now?"... So many in the 80s while they were rolling out the New Order.
@jerryplenda381
4 жыл бұрын
Check out the lyrics to "Fear Inoculum" against the backdrop of the plandemic. 7empest is coming.
@TEverettReynolds
4 жыл бұрын
Jamel, please review Alan Parsons Project: Time, Games People Play, I wouldn't want to be like you, Old and Wise
@rustyconlan2165
4 жыл бұрын
You MUST set aside a block and react to the ENTIRE album...."Tales of Mystery and Imagination!"" An entire album on the works of Edgar Allen Poe... TRULY EPIC!!
@joulioss3467
4 жыл бұрын
You should listen to "Old and Wise" from them, it's hauntingly beautiful!
@jamescollins6479
4 жыл бұрын
This is actually two songs, "Sirius" and "Eye in the Sky". Sirius is the intro and Eye in the Sky, well, kinda self explanatory...
@TheVoldog68
3 жыл бұрын
your reaction is awesome having heard this song more times than i can recall
@lisaschneider7493
4 жыл бұрын
I haven’t heard this song in ages. Reminds me of being a kid - my parents played this type of stuff. Love it, thank you!
@thedon8337
4 жыл бұрын
:-) Same here. Always heard stuff like this in the house when I was growing up.
@chrisd7047
4 жыл бұрын
Hearing WTIC AM1080 from Hartford every morning before school and any ride in the car from 1979 to 1986 or so. This song by APP, All Out of Love by Air Supply, Every Breath You Take by The Police, a few other gimmicky one-off songs. All bring back memories of eating breakfast in the kitchen with my brothers. Very weirdly specific memories.
@David_Theisen
4 жыл бұрын
Damn I can remember hearing this as a kid on the AM station I listened to between the ages of 8 and maybe 12
@terriwilliams8034
4 жыл бұрын
Same! ❤
@sallyphillips9175
4 жыл бұрын
IMHO, "Sirius" is the best song intro EVER.
@TryingToBeKind
4 жыл бұрын
Can't think of a better one! But off the top of my head, Foreplay from Foreplay/Longtime by Boston is close....
@mrichards6795
4 жыл бұрын
Elton John, "Funeral For a Friend/Love Lies Bleeding", is another good one. Oh yeah! And Iron Maiden, "The Ides Of March/Wrathchild", is excellent too!
@droopyofthenorthwestmounted
4 жыл бұрын
Siriusly?
@ilfordino-fordfiestatutori8725
4 жыл бұрын
THE TURN OF A FRIENDLY CARD = MASTERPIECE
@lisafayepranger8561
3 жыл бұрын
and Ammonia Avenue
@gachaqueen3715
4 жыл бұрын
“Games People Play” - great song by Alan Parsons.
@maryfrancesgsmith2576
3 жыл бұрын
New subscriber here; another Alan Parsons Project album to look into is Tales of Mystery and Imagination; dedicated to Edgar Allan Poe; particular favorite is The Raven; enjoy & love listening to your stuff; peace & love-I’m an older white lady reliving my youth with a lot of you choices; just finished a lot of Yes that you listened to, may I suggest City of Love-bass & harmony heavy
@kellydelay18
4 жыл бұрын
Dig deeper into AP PROJECT
@rickalexander9987
4 жыл бұрын
Anything by Alan Parsons will blow you away..
@PK1971PK
4 жыл бұрын
Way under rated, like Alan himself, is "Standing on Higher Ground".
@blackheisenberg2697
4 жыл бұрын
I listen to this song every day, awesome suggestion
@TwelveDeck
4 жыл бұрын
Eric's underrated, not Alan. Alan's just a record producer.
@kathom67
4 жыл бұрын
"Eye in the sky" actually refers to the trend of surveillance cameras that started back in the 1980s and the overall accumulation of data by companies and governments. So the song still is up to date in 2020. "Looking at you, I can read your mind"… yep, Google, I know.
@0311Mushroom
4 жыл бұрын
Wrong. The TITLE is inspired by casino cameras. But only the title and tag line, not the song itself. Not corporations, and certainly not governments.
@kathom67
4 жыл бұрын
@@0311Mushroom More precise: It was INIITIALLY inspired by casino cameras. You're welcome.
@LeewardStudios
3 жыл бұрын
“The sun in your eyes made some of the lies worth believing”. I heard that and did not try to get back together with the woman who cheated on me. She was drop dead beautiful and I almost feel for the beauty. Song saved me a lot of misery later in life.
@davidboyer5980
3 жыл бұрын
Good call bro
@MSPARKS
3 жыл бұрын
been there , done that .
@athlonen
4 жыл бұрын
Most 90s kids would think Chicago Bulls.. an 80s child would think: "The challenger, from Hawaii, weighing 237 pounds.. Ricky "The Dragon" Steeeeaaaaaammmmmboat!""
@timothymbess
4 жыл бұрын
Unless you live in Nebraska. The Cornhuskers started using Sirius around the same time the Bulls did and still use it to this day. And of course, Lady Antebellum swiped the "Eye In The Sky" part later for their smash-hit, "Need You Now."
@David_Theisen
4 жыл бұрын
He had Sirius as his intro music?? I didn’t know that!!
@athlonen
4 жыл бұрын
@@David_Theisen Yup. If I remember correctly, it was the most prominent at his match at Wrestlemania III.
@athlonen
4 жыл бұрын
@@timothymbess News to me. I was born and raised in Nebraska. Went to both UNO and UNL (1992-1998). They never used Sirius to my knowledge at any sporting event, especially any college football game. Did they use it for basketball?
@timothymbess
4 жыл бұрын
@@athlonen Sirius has been used for EVERY Cornhusker football game since 1994. Here's a clip from a Tunnel Walk before a game in 1995. kzitem.info/news/bejne/16mF0aeFbXaXl5w Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sirius_(instrumental) www.cornnation.com/2018/6/20/17486588/huskeronline-moos-says-sirius-and-the-tunnel-walk-will-stay
@markmcgehee118
4 жыл бұрын
Hey Jamel, one of my favorite movies from the 80's was "Ladyhawke". Alan Parsons Project did the soundtrack. Great movie with a great soundtrack. If you get a chance watch it.
@shannonrumer9818
3 жыл бұрын
Love that movie I’d forgotten all about it thanks for reminding me!!
@24sherbear
3 жыл бұрын
One of my favorite movies. I remember loving the music. Did not know or remember it was Parsons. But, I have the DVD and will revisit it!
@Kirke182
4 жыл бұрын
Try "Day After Day" off "I, Robot." Also, give a listen to "The Eagle Will Rise Again" off "Pyramid." Two beautiful songs.
@GlenMarkMartin
4 жыл бұрын
Paying close attention to the lyrics, this is a break-up song. The singer is basically saying, "I'm on to you now. I see you for who you really are, and I'm not going to be fooled any more."
@JenniferPerkins
4 жыл бұрын
Gotta do Alan Parsons “Dr. Tarr and Professor Fether”. The “Tales of Mystery and Imagination album is based on Edgar Alan Poe’s poems
@masevaanoon
4 жыл бұрын
Possibly my favourite concept album of all time
@essenegnostic8711
4 жыл бұрын
@@masevaanoon Without a doubt.
@TheRagratus
4 жыл бұрын
My favorite is "The Raven"
@masevaanoon
4 жыл бұрын
@@TheRagratus Actually same for me. Although the whole B-side is really interesting too
@kentnottingham9635
4 жыл бұрын
ABSOLUTELY!!!!
@debbiewagner1996
3 жыл бұрын
So much nostalgia here! Love experiencing your reaction and remembering my first time hearing this, way back when! Never fails to give me goosebumps.
@kenharness
4 жыл бұрын
Jamel you are actually on point about the camera. This album "Eye In The Sky" was loosely based on George Orwell's 1984. Some of their other albums were "Tales of Mystery and Imagination", based on stories by Edgar Allen Poe, and "I Robot", based on Isaac Asimov's sci-fi classic.
@marywoodward5681
4 жыл бұрын
As an English major back in the 70's his Tales of Mystery and Imagination caught me immediately. Part of the whole concept album trend.
@mikededo9455
4 жыл бұрын
One of the bands of the era! Had all albums on vinyl!
@robertclymer6948
4 жыл бұрын
I knew it! I thought that too. wow
@terrex28
4 жыл бұрын
Another of Alan Parsons Project that really stands out to me is 'Time' - it's haunting.
@sixbladeknife44
4 жыл бұрын
terrex28 Incredible song!
@jamesfaulkner4022
4 жыл бұрын
One of my favorite songs!
@FjarilGoddess
4 жыл бұрын
oh yes, that song has always had a somewhat "magical" aspect to it, and its timeless in so many ways...
@zigman8550
4 жыл бұрын
'Some other time' is another hauntingly great song on the I' Robot album.
@mevenstien
2 жыл бұрын
Excellent band 🙂 dig your reaction 🙂 super song 🙂 eye in the sky is a reference to the eye of Ra from Egyptian culture🙂 Many more traveling up their alley, "The Raven" comes to mind too.Great job Jamel 🙂☮️
@hakanandersson1276
4 жыл бұрын
Sound engineer on dark side of the moon. That says all. He is the maker of so many epic songs. Do old and wise.
@sunsungoaway
4 жыл бұрын
I saw The Zombies in concert last year and Colin sang Old and Wise. Awesome
@tracyzimmerman7912
4 жыл бұрын
I second that one...old and wise is awesome
@hakanandersson1276
4 жыл бұрын
@@sunsungoaway so jealous 😏😀
@iandestructible1682
4 жыл бұрын
I Robot and Ammonia avenue are classics!! Some of the best engineered albums ever! Please do "Don't answer me" !!
@pw3770
4 жыл бұрын
I remember the first time I heard this song...I was 12 yrs old sitting in the basement of my friends house when her older brother came in with a brand new album...I became an instant Alan Parsons fan and have loved this song ever since...brings me back every time!
@richardcase3786
4 жыл бұрын
You'll love "I Wouldn't Want to Be Like You" by A.P.P.
@brucekirkpatrick3653
4 жыл бұрын
Peter Bardens In Dreams Gold
@nettiemac
4 жыл бұрын
Yeah, you can’t listen to Eye In the Sky without Sirius before it.
@alrivers2297
4 жыл бұрын
For sure!
@Graciebeliever
7 ай бұрын
Just LOVE that your first words were Micheal Jordan!
@BatMite19
4 жыл бұрын
The song is from the point of view of a man who has been tolerating a cheating girlfriend for too long. They have fought and made up too many times. Now he sees through her lies and he's done.
@sixbladeknife44
4 жыл бұрын
Or even worse, a wife...
@ldy2hzlft1111
4 жыл бұрын
Been there and done that. Cheaters need to go!
@billgund4532
4 жыл бұрын
Been a Parsonsmaniac since 1976. So here's my recommendations: "A Dream within a Dream/The Raven" "I Robot" "I wouldn't want to be like You." "The Voice" "Voyager" "In the Lap of the Gods" "Hypergamma Spaces" "Lucifer" "Damned if I do" "May be a Price to Pay" "Time" "Sirius/Eye in the Sky" "Psychobabble" Gonna stop here. Gotta give my fingers a break.
@ericwagner1824
4 жыл бұрын
Lucifer please
@johnbutler5650
4 жыл бұрын
That list is so heavy it can bend light!
@robjacik5251
4 жыл бұрын
Jamal - would absolutely LOVE to see your reaction to Alan Parson's song TIME! Bring some tissues when you do! OMFG!!!!!!
@monicawright1803
4 жыл бұрын
I couldn't turn on the radio without hearing this song in the 80's
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