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Sally called, when she got the word, | Sally called, when she got the word, | ||
She said "I suppose you've heard | She said "I suppose you've heard | ||
| − | about Alice" | + | about Alice". |
So, I rushed to the window, | So, I rushed to the window, | ||
and I looked outside, | and I looked outside, | ||
And I could hardly believe my eyes, | And I could hardly believe my eyes, | ||
A big limousine pulled slowly | A big limousine pulled slowly | ||
| − | into Alice's drive | + | into Alice's drive. |
I don't know why she's leaving, | I don't know why she's leaving, | ||
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but I just don't wanna know, | but I just don't wanna know, | ||
'Cause for twenty four years | 'Cause for twenty four years | ||
| − | I've been living next door to Alice | + | I've been living next door to Alice. |
Twenty four years, just waitin' for a chance, | Twenty four years, just waitin' for a chance, | ||
To tell her how I'm feeling, maybe get a second glance, | To tell her how I'm feeling, maybe get a second glance, | ||
| − | Now I've gotta get used to not living next door to Alice | + | Now I've gotta get used to not living next door to Alice. |
We grew up together, two kids in the park, | We grew up together, two kids in the park, | ||
Carved our initials deep in the bark... | Carved our initials deep in the bark... | ||
| − | Me and Alice | + | Me and Alice. |
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Now she walks to the door | Now she walks to the door | ||
with her head held high, | with her head held high, | ||
And just for a moment, I caught her eye, | And just for a moment, I caught her eye, | ||
As the big limousine pulled slowly | As the big limousine pulled slowly | ||
| − | out of Alice's drive | + | out of Alice's drive. |
I don't know why she's leaving, | I don't know why she's leaving, | ||
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I guess she's got her reasons | I guess she's got her reasons | ||
but I just don't wanna know, | but I just don't wanna know, | ||
| − | 'Cause for twenty four years I've been living next door to Alice | + | 'Cause for twenty four years I've been living next door to Alice. |
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Twenty four years, just waitin' for a chance, | Twenty four years, just waitin' for a chance, | ||
To tell her how I'm feeling, maybe get a second glance, | To tell her how I'm feeling, maybe get a second glance, | ||
| − | Now I've gotta get used to not living next door to Alice | + | Now I've gotta get used to not living next door to Alice. |
Then Sally called back, | Then Sally called back, | ||
and asked how I felt, | and asked how I felt, | ||
She said "I know how to help | She said "I know how to help | ||
| − | get over Alice" | + | get over Alice". |
She said "Now, Alice | She said "Now, Alice | ||
| − | is gone, but I'm still here | + | is gone, but I'm still here. |
And you know I've been waiting twenty four years..." | And you know I've been waiting twenty four years..." | ||
And the big limousine | And the big limousine | ||
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I guess she's got her reasons | I guess she's got her reasons | ||
but I just don't wanna know, | but I just don't wanna know, | ||
| − | 'Cause for twenty four years I've been living next door to Alice | + | 'Cause for twenty four years I've been living next door to Alice. |
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Twenty four years, just waitin' for a chance, | Twenty four years, just waitin' for a chance, | ||
To tell her how I feel and maybe get a second glance, | To tell her how I feel and maybe get a second glance, | ||
| − | But I'll never get used to not living next door to Alice | + | But I'll never get used to not living next door to Alice. |
No, I'll never get used to | No, I'll never get used to | ||
Revisión del 07:39 11 sep 2011
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Smokie comienza en los años 60 cuando tres amigos de un colegio de Bradford forman su grupo musical. Son Chris Norman, Alan Silson y Terry Utley llamándose el grupo The Yen, y después The Sphynx.
Sumario
Fundador
Chris Norman (Christopher Ward Norman), nacio el 25 de octubre de 1950, en Redcar, North Yorkshire, grabó 10 discos con el grupo inglés de estilo Glam Rock "Smokie", del cual fue miembro fundador, y más de 20 años su solista.
Con siete años tuvo su primera guitarra. Sus primeras incluencias musicales fueron tales como Elvis Presley, Little Richard y Lonnie Donegan.
En 1962, su familia se estableció en Bradford, ciudad natal de su madre.
Comienzos
Aún sin haber cumplido los doce años, Norman comenzó a ir a la escuela St. Bede's Grammar School, lugar en que conoció a Alan Silson y Terry Uttley, quienes serían años más tarde miembros del grupo musical Smokie. Norman y Silson pasaban casi todo su tiempo libre aprendiendo a tocar nuevas canciones con sus guitarras. Consiguieron persuadir a Uttley junto a un amigo baterista llamado Ron Kelly para que se uniesen a ellos para formar su primera banda de música.
Yen, Essence y Long Side Down fueron algunos de los nombres utilizados en sus primeros años antes de establecerse como “The Elizabethans”. Interpretaron varias canciones en vivo en algunas emisoras de radio, incluyendo Radio 1 Roadshows. Además, obtuvieron un contrato con RCA, y más tarde con Decca Records, lanzando tres singles bajo su nuevo nombre “Kindness”.
El grupo SMOKIE
Los lugares donde tocaron y el estilo musical fueron variando, siendo éste último fruto de mezcla de estilos de grupos de aquella época como Small Faces y Free, entre otros. Cabe destacar que tenian como referente a The Beatles.En 1973 Ron Kelly abandonó el grupo, por lo que contactaron con un viejo amigo, Pete Spencer, para ocupar la vacante de batería. A partir de ese momento el grupo se estableció como Smokye, pasando a ser poco tiempo después Smokie debido a que el cantante de soul y R&B Smokey Robinson amenazó con demandarlos alegando que el nombre de la banda podría confundir a la audiencia.
En aquel mismo año el grupo contrató a su nuevo manager Bill Hurley. Hurley hizo que el grupo terminase el contrato que mantenía con Decca Records, pasando a ser su nueva compañía discográfica RAK de Mickie Most, y cuyos compositores eran Nicky Chinn y Mike Chapman. Ya en 1974 habían desarrollado su propio estilo mostrando un estrecho coro a tres voces y la distintiva voz de Norman. Su primer álbum como Smokie fue Pass it Around, lanzado en 1975.
En verano de ese mismo año tuvieron su primer gran éxito com "If You Think You Know How To Love Me". Éste fue tan sólo el inicio de un total de catorce grandes éxitos que hicieron que Smokie se lanzase a la fama. Entre ellos cabe hacer notar Living Next Door To Alice, I’ll Meet You At Midnight, Lay Back In The Arms Of Someone y el dueto de Chris Norman y Suzi Quatro Sumblin’ Inn.
La Canción más popular
Del Grupo Smokie se recuerdan muchas canciones, pero la que más gustó a sus seguidores, llegando incluso hasta nuestros días fue 'Living next door to Alice'.
Letra de la canción
Sally called, when she got the word, She said "I suppose you've heard about Alice". So, I rushed to the window, and I looked outside, And I could hardly believe my eyes, A big limousine pulled slowly into Alice's drive.
I don't know why she's leaving, or where she's gonna go, I guess she's got her reasons but I just don't wanna know, 'Cause for twenty four years I've been living next door to Alice.
Twenty four years, just waitin' for a chance, To tell her how I'm feeling, maybe get a second glance, Now I've gotta get used to not living next door to Alice.
We grew up together, two kids in the park, Carved our initials deep in the bark... Me and Alice.
Now she walks to the door with her head held high, And just for a moment, I caught her eye, As the big limousine pulled slowly out of Alice's drive.
I don't know why she's leaving, or where she's gonna go, I guess she's got her reasons but I just don't wanna know, 'Cause for twenty four years I've been living next door to Alice.
Twenty four years, just waitin' for a chance, To tell her how I'm feeling, maybe get a second glance, Now I've gotta get used to not living next door to Alice.
Then Sally called back, and asked how I felt, She said "I know how to help get over Alice". She said "Now, Alice is gone, but I'm still here. And you know I've been waiting twenty four years..." And the big limousine disappeared...
I don't know why she's leaving, or where she's gonna go, I guess she's got her reasons but I just don't wanna know, 'Cause for twenty four years I've been living next door to Alice.
Twenty four years, just waitin' for a chance, To tell her how I feel and maybe get a second glance, But I'll never get used to not living next door to Alice.
No, I'll never get used to not living next door to Alice...
Discografía
Pass It Around - 1975
Changing All the Time - 1975
Midnight Cafe - 1976
Bright Lights and Back Alleys - 1977
The Montreux Album - 1978
The Other Side of the Road - 1979
Solid Ground - 1981
Strangers in Paradise - 1982
Midnight Delight - 1982
All Fired Up - 1988
Boulevard of Broken Dreams - 1989
Whose Are These Boots - 1990
Chasing Shadows - 1992
Burning Ambition - 1993
Celebration - 1994
From Smokie with Love - 1995
Light a Candle - The Christmas Album - 1996
Wild Horses - The Nashville Album - 1998
Uncovered - 2000
Uncovered Too - 2001
On the Wire - 2004
Fuente
www.lastfm.es/music
