![]() Although the song did not become a top-40 hit, the song became so popular you probably can sing along (Tempted by the fruit of another.). And Carrack pulled it all together with a vocal that makes you feel every bit of this guy’s torment, which is crucial to making him relatable to the audience. In 1981, Squeeze released the single Tempted, from the group’s fourth album, East Side Story. For his part, Tilbrook created a melody that’s both instantly catchy and sturdy enough to endure. It’s a credit to Difford that he is willing to show his narrator’s struggles maintaining his fidelity, as opposed to writing another clichéd anthem about the rock star on the road pining for his girl at home. Carrack joined the band for East Side Story, and his soulful vocals found some profound, buried emotions in Difford’s guilt-ridden to-do-list. Tempted tells of the narrator’s futile attempts to stay faithful to the woman he addresses in the song while dealing with temptations on the road. Squeeze had a secret weapon to help put the song across in keyboardist-vocalist Paul Carrack. “Tempted” tells of the narrator’s futile attempts to stay faithful to the woman he addresses in the song while dealing with temptations on the road. He explained in a Songfacts interview: Tempted was written in a cab on the way. Squeeze East Side Story An A&M Records Release 1981 UMG Recordings, Inc. Squeeze singer and guitarist Chris Difford wrote the lyrics to this song.“I also must have anticipated a good time on tour as the chorus suggests.” Provided to YouTube by Universal Music Group Tempted “Tempted was written in a cab on the way to Heathrow, I just wrote down what I saw and how I felt as we wormed our way through the traffic,” he said. singing the low vocal in the second verse of “Tempted.”) Difford explained to Songfacts how the song came to him during the band’s travels. GTA: Vice City Emotion 98.The song was the centerpiece of the band’s fantastic 1981 album East Side Story, which was co-produced by Elvis Costello. 3: Emotion 98.3 (CD, składanka, 2002), Grand Theft Auto Vice City - Official Soundtrack Box Set (CD, składanka, 2002), Essential Squeeze (CD, 2007), The Complete BBC Sessions (CD, 2008), The Squeeze Story (CD, 2008), Spot the Difference (CD, 2010) Squeeze - Tempted (1981) Katy Jones 33.3K subscribers Subscribe 2. Squeeze singer and guitarist Chris Difford wrote the lyrics to this song. Tempted (SP, 1981), East Side Story (LP, 1981), Singles - 45's and Under (LP, 1982), Live! For Life (LP, składanka, 1986), Classics (CD, 1987), A Round and A Bout (CD, 1990), Rock of the '80s (CD, składanka, 1990), Greatest Hits (CD, 1992), Reality Bites - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (CD, składanka, 1993), Tempted - 19 of Today's Classic Hits (CD, składanka, 1993), The Knack / Squeeze - My Sharona / Tempted (SP, 1994), Excess Moderation (CD, 1996), Piccadilly Collection (CD, 1996), VH1 The Big 80's (CD, składanka, 1996), The One and Only 80's Album (CD, składanka, 1997), Squeeze (CD, 1998), Pure 80's (CD, składanka, 1999), Tempted - A Collection of Mellow 80s Classics (CD, składanka, 2000), Best of British (CD, składanka, 2002), Big Squeeze - The Very Best of Squeeze (CD, 2002), Grand Theft Auto Vice City O.S.T - vol. ![]() ![]() Written by the Squeeze songwriting team of Glenn Tilbrook and Chris Difford, the song features lyrics inspired by Diffords experiences on an American tour and an arrangement inspired by the Temptations. Joe Cocker, Rockapella, Sting, Richard Thompson, Morse/Portnoy/George 'Tempted' is a song by the British rock band Squeeze. Whether its Paul or Glenn taking the lead vocal it still sounds great. To nie historia, którą mógłbym opowiedziećĬhris Difford, Glenn Tilbrook Edytuj metrykę If one song encapsulates 1981 for me it is this. Since then, the band who’ve split and reunited several times over the last four decades have released 13 studio albums and have enjoyed a string of hits, including Cool For Cats, Tempted. Kupiłem szczoteczkę do zębów, pastę do zębów Squeeze formed in south London in 1973, after Glenn Tilbrook responded to an ad Chris Difford had placed in his local newsagent’s window. ![]() Tempted but the truth is discovered Dodaj interpretację do tego tekstu » Keep calling (keep calling) and calling (and calling) Squeeze’s success was a bit more muted in the U.S., but Tempted helped to break down the American door for the band.
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