16-02-2014, 00:46
Stormfront...
is another cd that seems to have dissapeared from my collection over the years!!!!!
"downeaster alexa" used to be my favourite track on it...
like you, love the history lesson in the lyrics...
with that "we didnt start the fire" track...
i read somewhere that Billy wrote it earlier that year after turning 40yrs of age...
and he started to look back to see how the world had changed since 1949 when he was born, so he wrote all the major events down(one for each year of his life) and chronologically wrote the song....
now,IMO, it takes a great writer to be able to do that,to make it rhyme and flow effortlessly!
i also have his followup album "the bridge" on cassette...i dont like it at all!
is another cd that seems to have dissapeared from my collection over the years!!!!!
"downeaster alexa" used to be my favourite track on it...
like you, love the history lesson in the lyrics...
with that "we didnt start the fire" track...
i read somewhere that Billy wrote it earlier that year after turning 40yrs of age...
and he started to look back to see how the world had changed since 1949 when he was born, so he wrote all the major events down(one for each year of his life) and chronologically wrote the song....
now,IMO, it takes a great writer to be able to do that,to make it rhyme and flow effortlessly!
i also have his followup album "the bridge" on cassette...i dont like it at all!
"BTO....Bachman,Turner,Overweight
They were big in the 70s....for five minutes,on a Saturday,after lunch..." - Me 2014.
They were big in the 70s....for five minutes,on a Saturday,after lunch..." - Me 2014.