Siamo nel 1993, Tunde e Paul si incrociano durante alcuni spettacoli, entrambi suonavano e scrivevano. Vengono notati e arrivano alla produzione del loro primo album, "Ocean Drive" (1996), ma la consacrazione arriva l'anno dopo, grazie a questo loro fortunatissimo singolo, "High" appunto, con il suo ritmo melodico e trascinante. Il brano ottiene immediatamente un enorme successo in tutto il mondo, addirittura record di vendite in Australia, e tra le prime dieci posizioni tra le hit parade di mezza Europa. E come dicevo prima, è un peccato che venga ricordata solo "High", perchè ogni canzone di "Postcard From Heaven" è una hit, ricordo ad esempio "Question of Faith" o "Raincloud". Dopo alcune produzioni sfortunate, nella migliore delle tradizioni, la band si scioglie. Siamo nel 2003.
Che fine hanno fatto i Lighthouse Family? Tunde continua a comporre musica, già nel 2004 aveva già pubblicato il primo album da solista, "Tunde". Anche Paul non ha smesso di suonare, ma con la sua band di alternative rock, "The Orange Lights", di cui è il tastierista.
E non poteva mancare il testo della loro bellissima "High", 1997.
When you're close to tears remember
Someday it'll all be over
One day we're gonna get so high
Though it's darker than December
What's ahead is a different colour
One day we're gonna get so high
And at the end of the day remember the days
When we were close to the end
And wonder how we made it through the night
At the end of the day
Remember the way
We stayed so close to the end
We'll remember it was me and you
Cause we are gonna be
Forever, you and me
You will
Always keep it flying high in the sky
Of love
Don't you think it's time you started
Doing what we always wanted
One day we're gonna get so high
Cause even the impossible
Is easy when we got each other
One day we're gonna get so high
And at the end of the day remember the days
When we were close to the end
And wonder how we made it through the night
At the end of the day
Remember the way
We stayed so close to the end
We'll remember it was me and you
Cause we are gonna be
Forever, you and me
You will
Always keep it flying high in the sky
Of love
Cause we are gonna be
Forever, you and me
You will
Always keep it flying high in the sky
Of love
And at the end of the day remember the days
When we were close to the end
And wonder how we made it through the night
At the end of the day
Remember the way
We stayed so close to the end
We'll remember it was me and you
Cause we are gonna be
Forever, you and me
You will
Always keep it flying high in the sky
Of love
Cause we are gonna be
Forever, you and me
You will
Always keep it flying high in the sky
Of love
Cause we are gonna be
Forever, you and me
You will
Always keep it flying high in the sky
Of love
Cause we are gonna be
Forever, you and me
You will
Always keep it flying high in the sky
Of love...
Someday it'll all be over
One day we're gonna get so high
Though it's darker than December
What's ahead is a different colour
One day we're gonna get so high
And at the end of the day remember the days
When we were close to the end
And wonder how we made it through the night
At the end of the day
Remember the way
We stayed so close to the end
We'll remember it was me and you
Cause we are gonna be
Forever, you and me
You will
Always keep it flying high in the sky
Of love
Don't you think it's time you started
Doing what we always wanted
One day we're gonna get so high
Cause even the impossible
Is easy when we got each other
One day we're gonna get so high
And at the end of the day remember the days
When we were close to the end
And wonder how we made it through the night
At the end of the day
Remember the way
We stayed so close to the end
We'll remember it was me and you
Cause we are gonna be
Forever, you and me
You will
Always keep it flying high in the sky
Of love
Cause we are gonna be
Forever, you and me
You will
Always keep it flying high in the sky
Of love
And at the end of the day remember the days
When we were close to the end
And wonder how we made it through the night
At the end of the day
Remember the way
We stayed so close to the end
We'll remember it was me and you
Cause we are gonna be
Forever, you and me
You will
Always keep it flying high in the sky
Of love
Cause we are gonna be
Forever, you and me
You will
Always keep it flying high in the sky
Of love
Cause we are gonna be
Forever, you and me
You will
Always keep it flying high in the sky
Of love
Cause we are gonna be
Forever, you and me
You will
Always keep it flying high in the sky
Of love...
2 Commenti!! Fatti sentire!:
ho visto lo spazio del tuo blog dedicato alle meteore degli anni '90: avranno avuto una carriera brevissima però hanno lasciato il segno.. è una musica che secondo me non ritorna, perchè rappresentava un pò la semplicità (o quel poco che era rimasto) dei sentimenti e dell'animo giovanile di quelle generazioni. Anche se all'epoca andavo al massimo alle elementari (!) osservavo però come viveva la sua il suo tempo la mia sorella maggiore, che invece aveva allora la mia età. E non so spiegarlo, ma sento una profonda differenza.
Ma a questo punto mi domando: sai cosa vuol dire meteora? Mica hanno fatto solo un disco...
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