#albert hammond

[my-chaos-radio]

Release: April 1, 1973

Lyrics:

My father is a doctor, he's a family man

My mother works for charity whenever she can

And they're both good clean Americans who abide by the law

And they both stick up for liberty and they both support the war

My happiness was paid for when they laid their money down

For summers in a summer camp and winters in the town

My future in the system was talked about and planned

But I gave it up for music and The Free Electric Band

I went to school in hand-washed shirts with neatly ordered hair

And the school was big and newly built and filled with light and air

And the teachers taught us values that we had to learn to keep

And they'd clip the ear of any idle kid who went to sleep

Then my father organised for me a college in the east

But I went to California, the sunshine and the beach

My parents and my lecturers could never understand

Why I gave it up for music and The Free Electric Band

Well, they used to sit and speculate upon their son's career

A lawyer or a doctor or a civil engineer

Just give me bread and water, put a guitar in my hand

'Cause all I need is music and The Free Electric Band

My father sent me money and I spent it very fast

On a girl I met in Berkeley in a social science class

Yes, and we learnt about her body, but her mind we didn't know

Until deep rooted attitudes and morals began to show

She wanted to get married even though she never said

But I knew her well enough by now to see inside her head

She'd settle for suburbia and a little patch of land

So I gave her up for music and The Free Electric Band

Songwriter:

The Free Electric Band

The Free Electric Band

The Free Electric Band

The Free Electric Band

The Free Electric Band

The Free Electric Band

The Free Electric Band

Mike Hazlewood / Albert Louis Hammond

SongFacts:

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Homepage:

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[riverphoenixsgothwife]

miss missy's list of songs that remind her of river phoenix

Albert Hammond – “It Never Rains In Southern California”

“I'm underloved, I'm underfed/I wanna go home/Please don't tell 'em how you found me/Don't tell 'em how you found me/Gimme a break, give me a break”

Elliott Smith – “Needle In The Hay”

“Strung out and thin/I can't beat myself/And I don't want to talk/I'm taking the cure so I can be quiet/Whenever I want/So leave me alone/You ought to be proud that I'm getting good marks”

Bright Eyes – “Train Under Water”

“Atlantic ocean/New York skyline/I always get lost/But I sing glory from my lowest/And I will say peace to the people I meet/I was a camera/Until I went blind”

Tom Petty – “Wildflowers” (I imagine this one from the perspective of one of River’s friends or his brother to him)

“You belong among the wildflowers/You belong somewhere close to me/Far away from your trouble and worry/You belong somewhere you feel free"

Willie Nelson – “Rainbow Connection” (Cover)

“Someday, we’ll find it, the rainbow connection/The lovers, the dreamers, and me”

Lana Del Rey – “Once Upon A Dream” (Cover) (This one is me to River <3)

I know you/I walked with you once upon a dream/I know you/The gleam in your eyes is so familiar a gleam/And I know it's true/That visions are seldom all they seem/But if I know you/I know what you'll do/You'll love me at once/The way you did once upon a dream

Audrey Hepburn – “Moon River” (This one is me to River <3)

Moon river, wider than a mile/Dream maker, you heartbreaker/There’s such a lot of world to see/My huckleberry friend, moon river, and me

The Beatles – “Hey Jude” (I imagine this one from the perspective of one of River’s friends or his brother to him)

“And anytime you feel the pain, hey Jude, refrain/Don't carry the world upon your shoulders/For, well, you know that it's a fool who plays it cool/By making his world a little colder”

Bright Eyes – “Cleanse Song” (I imagine this one as River addressing himself)

“Don't forget what you've learned/All you give is returned/And if life seems absurd/What you need is some laughter/And a season to sleep/And a place to get clean/Maybe Los Angeles/Somewhere no one's expecting/Take the fruit from the tree/Break the skin with your teeth/Is it bitter or sweet?/All depends on your timing”

Enigma – “Return To Innocence” (I'm the female backup singer <3)

“If you want, then start to laugh/If you must, then start to cry/Be yourself, don't hide/Just believe in destiny/Don't care what people say/Just follow your own way/Don't give up and use the chance/To return to innocence”

Ok Sweetheart – “Safe” (This one is me to River <3)

And I feel this in my soul/I want to see you safe at home/I want to see you safe at home

Don Mclean – “Vincent” (I imagine this one from the perspective of one of River’s friends or his brother to him)

“Weathered faces lined in pain/Are soothed beneath the artist's loving hand/But still your love was true/This world was never meant for/One as beautiful as you”

[guessimdumb]

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The Troggs - Meet Jacqueline (1967)

Look out buddy, step aside, Jacky's hit the scene

[covers-on-spotify]

"The Air That I Breathe" / "Creep"

Original by Albert Hammond / Radiohead

Covered by The Moon Loungers

[ed-blog4]

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[astraluminaaa]

it never rains in california

but girl, don’t they warn ya

it pours, man, it pours

[dadrockconfessions]

[kal-yamaha]

Albert Hammond was right tbh. If I could make a wish, I think I'd want to pass.

If you even care