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It’s still played now (but then it’s my local radio station. As mentioned before, a bunch of Duran stuff (Rio, Save A Prayer) Anything Mike Watt did. As well as Too Shy there was Big Apple and Ooh to be A (neither of which were great songs but they had great basslines). This song was one of the most popular hits of this band. Kajagoogoo had Nick Beggs on bass, he was a slap master extraordinare. I mean, just listen to the beautiful phrasing in ABBA lyrics. Pop lyrics back then were so much better than the wake-up/have-sex/party/breakup/party/get-together-again/repeat fiasco they are now. It’s about a girl (I’m taking a wild guess that her name was Mary) who was loved and lost, most likely due to the narrator’s own inadequacies.īut really. Can nicely follow the chords (or at least I can pretend I do.) The bass line (stick-thin Grimes!!) is simple and followable, like a good pop song’s bass line–the best kind, according to me. The song itself is very nice and poppy, with a memorable melody and chorus. The three members of Danny Wilson, with some nameless guy on the drums. It was named after a Frank Sinatra movie, and the band’s first album, ‘Meet Danny Wilson’, shared the movie’s name. Scottish band Danny Wilson, interestingly enough, had no member named Danny Wilson. (Now, of course, he’s all grown up and playing the bass guitar for a rock group.) And the way he was twirling that instrument around… sigh. The guy playing the double bass ( Ged Grimes) looked freakishly thin.
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And was introduced to some very interesting, deep-sounding lyrics. And I was confronted with this old music video by three guys proclaiming to be Danny Wilson.
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And then I realised the song was indeed called ‘Mary’s Prayer’. So I tried again, adding the words ‘if i say save me’. This is an amazing bass line, especially when you really analyze it in a technical sense. Save a Prayer - Live version from the Arena album. Leave a light on in Heaven for me “Be the light in my eyes.” Really?! Duran Duran - Save a Prayer - bass lesson - YouTube. And I was like, ‘What? what Mary? what prayer? this is a love song for goodness’ sakes!!’ What I searched for, of course, was ‘leave a light on in heaven for me lyrics’, and the results showed up ‘Mary’s Prayer’. So something she sent reminded me of this song I had heard a few times on the radio, which I didn’t know by name. Keep us so mindful of its needs and those of all with whom we share, that open to your Spirit we may discern and practice all that makes for its wellbeing, through Jesus Christ our Lord, - Rev. The lyrics have some semblance of a relationship with each other, so it’s like a very funny chat which is suddenly overtly romantic and suddenly extremely angsty. We thank you, creator God, for the goodly heritage you offer us, from green downland to the deep salt seas, and for the abundant world we share with your creation. But it didnt have that boom-boom-boom bassline yet, so it sounded more like. So I was playing this weird game with my friend Shameeka, which involves texting song lyrics back and forth. A motivational anthem for the working class, Livin On A Prayer captured.