#'74-'75

[nocturnal-desolation]

[sararasx3]

Just felt like sharing the sweetest sounding song I've ever heard, and also my favourite:

I just melt. I'm convinced this is what falling in love must feel like.

[my-chaos-radio]

Release: January 1, 1993

Lyrics:

Got no reason for coming to me

And the rain runnin' down

There's no reason

And the same voice

Comin' to me like it's all slowin' down

And believe me

I was the one who let you know

I was your "sorry ever after"

'74-'75

It's not easy

Nothin' to say 'cause it's already said

It's never easy

When I look on your eyes

Then I find that I'll do fine

When I look on your eyes

Then I'll do better

I was the one who let you know

I was your "sorry ever after"

'74-'75

Giving me more and I'll defy

'Cause you're really only after

'74-'75

Got no reason for comin' to me

And the rain runnin' down

There's no reason

When I look on your eyes

Then I find that I'll do fine

When I look on your eyes

Then I'll do better

I was the one who let you know

I was your "sorry ever after"

'74-'75

Giving me more and I'll defy

'Cause you're really only after

'74-'75

I was the one who let you know

I was your "sorry ever after"

'74-'75

Giving me more and I'll defy

'Cause you're really only after

'74-'75

Songwriter:

Michael Collier Connell / Douglas John Macmillan / George Harris Huntley / Stephen Jacob Potak / William Jr Wimberley / Timothy W Harper / David Dowell Connell

SongFacts:

"'74–'75" is a song by American band the Connells from their fifth studio album, 'Ring' (1993). The acoustic ballad was released as the album's third single in 1993, but it did not chart in the United States. It would later become a European hit for the band in 1995, reaching the top 10 in a total of 11 European countries and peaking at No. 1 in Norway and Sweden. It also charted in the top 20 of the United Kingdom. Since the Connells never had another hit, they are widely seen as a one-hit wonder.

In the song, singer Mike Connell nostalgically reflects on the passing of time and how people he used to know have changed now. The music video, directed by Mark Pellington, features students from Needham B. Broughton High School's Class of 1975 and compares the photographs from their yearbook, with how they look and have aged since then.

The accompanying music video for the song was directed by Mark Pellington. It was shot at Needham B. Broughton High School in the band's hometown Raleigh, North Carolina in 1993, and features members of the Class of 1975, juxtaposing yearbook pictures with footage of the same people as they appeared in 1993. On November 14, 2015, to mark the 40th anniversary of the 1974–1975 class, a remixed video of the song was released, showing the class members as they looked 22 years after the original video was released.

[fi-ne-sse]

I was the one who let you know

I was you're sorry ever after

'74-'75

[nocturnalblur]

[perrijonni]

"'74-'75" by The Connells

'74-'75 By The Connells From the album Ring Listen on Spotify

[chromet]

Dads anthem

[earlgrey-tea]

Lâu rồi, mình tình cờ nghe được bài này ở một quán ăn gần nhà. Bài hát bình thường, giai điệu cũng không có gì đặc biệt. Nhưng hơn một tuần sau đó, mình đã để replay liên tục. Cảm giác như mình vừa tìm được thứ gì đó đã đánh mất từ lâu, từng câu chữ từng nốt nhạc thân thuộc như thể mình đã từng nghe bài này ở đâu đó trong một thế giới khác.

Bài hát này, ra mắt năm 1993, năm sinh của mình, hay có khi nào, mình đã từng nghe ở kiếp trước, trong một buổi chiều cũng mưa như hôm nay, rồi theo điệu nhạc buồn đó mà chết đi, hay không?