DURAN DURAN save a prayer, 7" single, EMI 5327

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The line "so that the others may do" tells of something which must be done for others to follow suit. I know, as a sort of armchair rock-historian, that there have been few bands so daring and so true to the sound that wanted to emerge from within, whether the creator wanted it or not. The result was a stylish mood-piece that became a number two hit in the UK and earned plenty of airplay on MTV with a glossy video that featured the band jet-setting around the atmospheric locale of Sri Lanka.

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Save a Prayer" coalesced in the band's rehearsal space at the Rum Runner, Duran Duran's de-facto headquarters in their hometown of Birmingham.

According to Le Bon, the chorus of the song was based on Gordon Lightfoot's folk song " If You Could Read My Mind". Duran Duran guitarist Andy Taylor fell into water used as an animal latrine during the filming of the video and ended up being hospitalized with dysentery. Scenes were filmed atop the rock fortress of Sigiriya, and among the ruins of a Buddhist temple at Polonnaruwa, and the island's southern coastline, with Simon Le Bon appearing in Speedos.

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The visual earned plenty of airplay on MTV with its shots of the ancient rock fortress of Sigiriya and the ruins of a Buddhist temple at Polonnaruwas as well as the island's southern coastline. You'll all be playing that song without resorting to flute and shakuhachi samples now and it's all thanks to me! One of the finest, perhaps the finest, was "Save a Prayer," a lilting epic from Rio that has a special place in the heart of every Duran Duran fanatic. So I played a little sequencer into my synth, just so that I had something that would go around and around and around. Simon Le Bon and Roger and John Taylor went ahead to the location while Andy Taylor and Nick Rhodes were in London finishing mixes for the Rio album and B-sides.Speaking to XFM, Arctics frontman Alex Turner said that he actually had little knowledge of Duran Duran music apart from a concert DVD he'd seen and the references must have come from his subconscious. We were up in our rehearsal room, and I'd gone in early one day because I had a new piece of gear, a Roland Space Echo; and I wanted to figure out how it worked. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License and the GFDL; additional terms may apply. Video Version: at approximately 4:41 "Save a prayer 'til the morning after" is repeated twelve times until fade out. There aren’t many things that’ll hurt more than giving love a chance against your better judgement only to have your heart crushed yet again.

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With the nostalgic sentiment and the overall tone of the song, I think Keane is attempting to express a Portuguese term known as 'saudade', which does not have a direct English translation but roughly means "that which we remember because it is gone. Hi John, Can you tell me if you are using a fretless bass when recording "Save A Prayer" or, if not, what effects are you using on you bass. Video: at approximately 4:41 "Save a prayer 'til the morning after" is repeated 12 times until fade out. We've been asked whether "Somewhere Only We Know" is about a specific place, and Tim has been saying that, for him, or us as individuals, it might be about a geographical space, or a feeling; it can mean something individual to each person, and they can interpret it to a memory of theirs. It also reached number 41 on the Dutch Single Top 100, becoming their only song to chart in the Netherlands.Ed Sheeran reflects on his good fortunes in landing someone with such peace and support and speaks of not fearing the dark days because he knows they’ll all end in the safety nets of her arms. The song has been covered by Tony Hadley, Shut Up And Dance, Eve's Plum, Polyanna, Dune, Oliver Haze, 56K feat. My interpretation of the meaning is very simple - two lonely strangers meet up in presumably a foreign place (this I figured from the exotic location in the video) and hook up for one night with no intention to take it any further than that. In 2007, it was referenced in the lyrics of the song by Arctic Monkeys, "Teddy Picker" from their album Favourite Worst Nightmare: "I don't want your prayer, save it for the morning after". Midnight” is a song about finding a love that is so true that it provides a calming feeling through every storm.

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He wrote: "The music maintains the stormily romantic quality of the lyric by combining meditative verses with an aching chorus that swells and ebbs in a way that perfectly captures the song's heartbreak. Upon further introspection I think the song may not have an intrinsic meaning, but simply represents a sort of "holding open the door" for people who otherwise might be affronted by this song/band's unusual style. Save A Prayer" (Live) was released as a single from the live album Arena in the United States in February of 1985 ( B-5438), backed with the original UK single version of "Save A Prayer". Cash Box said that the live version "attests to the faithful sound of Duran Duran’s show while betraying a certain sedimentary element of the arrangement, the harmonies are there as are the lush backing synthesizers, yet a muddy mix makes the original studio cut favorable. It was not originally issued as a single in the United States, although the video was very popular on MTV.

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