query: who sing the closer i get to you

pos: The Closer I Get to You The Closer I Get to You "The Closer I Get to You" is a romantic ballad performed by African American jazz, soul, R&B, and folk singer-songwriter Roberta Flack and African American soul musician Donny Hathaway. The song was written by James Mtume and Reggie Lucas, two former members of Miles Davis's band, who were members of Flack's band at the time. Produced by Atlantic Records, the song was released on Flack's 1977 album "Blue Lights in the Basement", and as a single in 1978. It became a major crossover hit, becoming Flack's biggest commercial hit after her success with her

pos: The Closer I Get to You the duo's second number one on the US R&B charts in 1978, and climbed to the number two spot on the "Billboard" Hot 100. "The Closer I Get to You" also peaked at number three on the Adult Contemporary charts. A music video for "The Closer I Get to You" was shot and directed by Roberta Flack herself. The video begins with Flack's singing while sitting by a piano in a candle-lit room. Hathaway had died by the time the music video was shot, so as his verse plays, the camera zooms into a picture of Hathaway located on a

pos: The Closer I Get to You States on May 1978, and became one of their most familiar duets. "The Closer I Get to You" was written by Reggie Lucas and James Mtume, who were members of Roberta Flack's touring band and played on "Blue Lights in the Basement". They wrote the song between tours and, during the sessions for the album, brought it to Flack's producer Joe Ferla, who played it for Flack. Ferla, Flack (as Rubina Flake) and Gene McDaniels produced the track, with Ahmet Ertegun serving as executive producer. Flack and Donny Hathaway, good friends while attending Howard University, had recorded a self-titled album

neg: The Closer I Get to You of duets in 1972. Five years later, the duo collaborated again on "The Closer I Get to You". "The Closer I Get to You" was not originally written as a duet. Flack's manager David Franklin, who had worked with Hathaway in the past, decided to re-write the song to include him. Hathaway had been suffering from severe bouts of clinical depression at the time, which often forced him to be hospitalized. The depression also caused mood swings, which adversely affected his partnership with Flack, who, following Hathaway's death, would tell "Jet" magazine: I tried to reach out to Donny. That's

neg: The More You Ignore Me, the Closer I Get (The Vampire Diaries) bring him back to life as human. The episode ends with Stefan trying to apologize to Caroline but she tells him that she does not want to be friends anymore while Damon and Elena finally meet. In the episode "The More You Ignore Me, the Closer I Get" we can hear the songs: In its original American broadcast, "The More You Ignore Me, the Closer I Get" was watched by 1.59 million; slightly up by 0.01 from the previous episode. "The More You Ignore Me, the Closer I Get" received mixed reviews. Stephanie Flasher from "TV After Dark" gave the

neg: The Closer I Get to You music published at Musicnotes.com by Sony/ATV Music Publishing, "The Closer I Get to You" is set in common time and moves at a tempo of 90 beats per minute. The song is written in the key of A major and follows the chord progression D–C–F–A. Flack sings in the vocal range of C–F. "The Closer I Get to You" was released as a 7" single with "Love is the Healing" as its B-side. Critics described "The Closer I Get to You" as Flack at the top of her form. The song came in at number 40 on "Billboard" poll of

neg: The More You Ignore Me, the Closer I Get (The Vampire Diaries) The More You Ignore Me, the Closer I Get (The Vampire Diaries) "The More You Ignore Me, the Closer I Get" is the 6th episode of the sixth season of the American series "The Vampire Diaries" and the series' 117th episode overall. "The More You Ignore Me, the Closer I Get" was originally aired on November 6, 2014, on The CW. The episode was written by Chad Fiveash and James Stoterau and directed by Garreth Stover. Tripp (Colin Ferguson) crosses the borders with another group of vampires, including Ivy (Emily C. Chang) while Damon (Ian Somerhalder) explains Stefan (Paul Wesley)

neg: Torvill and Dean following translation of the song: “Shepherd, across the water, you are scarcely having a good time, Sing bailero, lero, lero. Scarcely, and you? Sing bailero, lero. Shepherd, how do I get over there, there’s a big stream, sing bailero, lero. Wait, I’ll came and get you, Bailero, lero, lero.” The dance begins and ends most unusually with the dancers lying entwined together asleep on the ice. The opening depicting daybreak and the end nightfall. In the reverse of Bolero, it is Dean who steps onto the ice first and brings Jayne to her feet. The dance is highly balletic, with

neg: 'Til I Hear You Sing Hear You Sing" in months, years to come? Of course, they will." Gramaphone says the Phantom "seethes magnificently in his opening ballad ". Entertainment Weekly said "Instead of "Music of the Night," we get a piercing succession of key changes through "Til I Hear You Sing" as [Erik] longs for Christine to be restored as his muse", concluding "his musical mastery has...largely deserted him". News.com deemed it "the show's strongest number...which remains the standout performance of the night until...the title song." 'Til I Hear You Sing "'Til I Hear You Sing" is a song from the musical "Love Never Dies",

neg: The More You Ignore Me, the Closer I Get The More You Ignore Me, the Closer I Get "The More You Ignore Me, the Closer I Get" is a song by Morrissey, co-written by Boz Boorer released as a single in February 1994. It was taken from the then-unreleased "Vauxhall and I" album and was the first Morrissey single to be produced by Steve Lillywhite. The extra B-side "I'd Love To." features Kirsty MacColl on backing vocals. The US and UK single releases each contained slightly different mixes of the track. Both mixes use the same take of the song, but the US version featuring less guitars, is three

neg: The More You Ignore Me, the Closer I Get style, with the band releasing their version as a single in 1994. The More You Ignore Me, the Closer I Get "The More You Ignore Me, the Closer I Get" is a song by Morrissey, co-written by Boz Boorer released as a single in February 1994. It was taken from the then-unreleased "Vauxhall and I" album and was the first Morrissey single to be produced by Steve Lillywhite. The extra B-side "I'd Love To." features Kirsty MacColl on backing vocals. The US and UK single releases each contained slightly different mixes of the track. Both mixes use the same take

neg: The Closer I Get to You the overall performance as flat. During the 46th Grammy Awards, this version of "The Closer I Get to You" won the Grammy Award for Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals. Knowles and Vandross' cover of "The Closer I Get to You debuted at number 76 on the US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles and Tracks chart dated July 24, 2004. The next week it moved up to number 68, and on August 7 it peaked at number 62. The track spent a total of twenty weeks on the chart. On the airplay component of this chart, the Hot

neg: The Closer I Get to You Jarvis of "Women's Health" included Flack and Hathaway's version of "The Closer I Get to You" in "Favorite Karaoke Duets". While opening the "R&B Vault", Gail Mitchell of "Billboard" praised the song as a 1970s-era classic. While reviewing "Blue Lights in the Basement", Jason Elias of the website Allmusic wrote, "The track easily attains the grace and gorgeous sound that a lot of the like-minded songs here just miss." Lewis Dene of BBC described "The Closer I Get to You" as a "soul masterpiece". Both Hathaway and Flack were nominated for a Grammy Award for their duet. The song became

neg: The Closer I Get to You out of place considering the electrifying feel of majority of the album." Neil Drumming of "Entertainment Weekly" said: "A remake of ‘The Closer I Get to You’ with Luther Vandross also sounds, sadly, a little dated." Spence D. of IGN Music commented "By the time Beyoncé has teamed up with the granddaddy of contemporary love jams, Luthor Vandross, on 'The Closer I Get To You', her album has descended into somewhat generic terrain. Sure, her vocals are on point and the music is adequately slick." Anthony DeCurtis of "Rolling Stone" wrote, "While she oozes charisma and has a fine voice,

neg: The Closer I Get to You R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay, "The Closer I Get to You" spent eight weeks and reached a peak of number 60. Credits taken from "Dangerously in Love" liner notes. "The Closer I Get To You" has been covered many times. The first was released by Mtume on their 1978 album "Kiss This World Goodbye", sung by James Mtume and Tawatha Agee. In 1990, Toshinobu Kubota and Lynn Davis performed a live duet rendition of the song. In 1994, a cover was recorded by the smooth jazz band Fourplay for their third studio album "Elixir" which featured R&B and smooth jazz singers Patti Austin

neg: The More You Ignore Me, the Closer I Get (The Vampire Diaries) a negative review to the episode saying that it was disappointing and more of a predictable nightmare than anything else. "Drama between Damon and Elena has become the go-to story arc on The Vampire Diaries, and frankly, it’s more than a little overdone. [...] Would it really be that creatively difficult to just let this onscreen couple be? Judging by tonight’s episode, the answer to that question is an overwhelming and resounding, "Yes!"" The More You Ignore Me, the Closer I Get (The Vampire Diaries) "The More You Ignore Me, the Closer I Get" is the 6th episode of the

neg: Anything You Can Do (I Can Do Better) Ethel Merman and Ray Middleton. During the song, they argue playfully about who can, for example, sing softer, sing higher, sing sweeter, and hold a note for longer, and boast of their abilities and accomplishments, such as opening safes and living on bread and cheese, although Annie always seems to counter Frank's argument. Neither can "bake a pie," though. Anything You Can Do (I Can Do Better) "Anything You Can Do" is a song composed by Irving Berlin for the 1946 Broadway musical "Annie Get Your Gun". The song is a duet, with one male singer and one female singer

neg: Devil Pray why a lot of people drop acid or do drugs, because they want to get closer to God. But there's going to be a short circuit, and that's the illusion of drugs, because they give you the illusion of getting closer to God, but ultimately they kill you. They destroy you. I mean, I tried everything once, but as soon as I was high, I spent my time drinking tons of water to get it out of my system. As soon as I was high, I was obsessed with flushing it out of me. I was like, 'OK, I'm done

neg: Korn III: Remember Who You Are problems with a pill addiction. Ross called her without me knowing and asked her to show up to the studio, and I had to sing that part to her. “He pushes your buttons on purpose to get those kind of performances. He wants you to get so fucking mad, the emotions just come pouring out. I get it – but I don’t necessarily want to be a part of it now I’ve been there and done that.” Despite his love and respect for Robinson, Davis adds: “That record sounds forced to me, and it took me to a very dark

neg: Rickey Henderson and it woke me up. Then the next flight I had the same pilot and the plane went down so smooth. So I asked the pilot why, and he said when you land a plane smooth, you get the plane elevated to the lowest position you can and then you smooth it in. Same with sliding... If you dive when you're running straight up then you have a long distance to get to the ground. But the closer you get to the ground the less time it will take... I was hitting the dirt so smooth, so fast, when I

neg: The Closer I Get to You how we managed to do the song we did last year. I felt this need because I didn't know what to do. I couldn't save him, I knew he was sick. But I knew when he sat down at that piano and sang for me it was like it was eight or nine years ago because he sang and played his ass off. Flack announced that "The Closer I Get to You" would forever be a dedication to Hathaway, and that all money made from the song would be donated to Hathaway's widow and two children. According to the sheet

neg: Tim Urban after receiving unenthusiastic reviews for his performance of "Better Days" by Goo Goo Dolls, making him finish the competition in seventh place. A retrospect of Urban's run on "Idol" followed the announcement of his elimination. Then, presumably because the show ran long, it abruptly ended, without Urban even having a chance to sing a final song. Urban later said, "I was a little sad that I didn't get to sing one last time on that stage, but... you don't always get what you want. I'll be back for the finale and hopefully get to perform on that stage again. It

neg: The Closer You Get... Strings by the Nashville String Machine, arranged by Kristin Wilkinson The Closer You Get... The Closer You Get... is the seventh studio album by country music band Alabama, released in 1983. All three singles from this album — "The Closer You Get", "Lady Down on Love" and "Dixieland Delight" — reached Number One on the Hot Country Songs charts in 1983. "She Put the Sad in All His Songs" was also recorded by Ronnie Dunn (who formed the duo Brooks & Dunn with Kix Brooks in 1991) and was released by him as a single in 1983. The album was

neg: The Closer You Get... The Closer You Get... The Closer You Get... is the seventh studio album by country music band Alabama, released in 1983. All three singles from this album — "The Closer You Get", "Lady Down on Love" and "Dixieland Delight" — reached Number One on the Hot Country Songs charts in 1983. "She Put the Sad in All His Songs" was also recorded by Ronnie Dunn (who formed the duo Brooks & Dunn with Kix Brooks in 1991) and was released by him as a single in 1983. The album was certified quadruple platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America.

neg: The Closer I Get to You 1973 solo single, "Killing Me Softly with His Song". Originally set as a solo-single, Flack's manager, David Franklin, suggested a duet with Hathaway, which resulted in the finished work. "The Closer I Get to You" spent two weeks as number one on the Hot Soul Singles chart in April 1978, and peaked at number two on the "Billboard" Hot 100 behind Yvonne Elliman's "If I Can't Have You" and Wings' "With a Little Luck". The song charted in the top ten spots for fourteen weeks in Canada and one week in France. It was eventually certified gold in the United

neg: Jayne Torvill a Shepherd and Shepherdess calling to each other across mountain pastures. The booklet with the CD "" gives the following translation of the song: “Shepherd, across the water, you are scarcely having a good time, Sing bailero, lero, lero. Scarcely, and you? Sing bailero, lero. Shepherd, how do I get over there, there’s a big stream, sing bailero, lero. Wait, I’ll came and get you, Bailero, lero, lero.” The dance begins and ends most unusually with the dancers lying entwined together asleep on the ice. The opening depicting daybreak and the end nightfall. In the reverse of Bolero, it is

neg: Christopher Dean lyrics are in fact those of a very simple old folk song depicting a Shepherd and Shepherdess calling to each other across mountain pastures. The booklet with the CD "" gives the following translation of the song: “Shepherd, across the water, you are scarcely having a good time, Sing bailero, lero, lero. Scarcely, and you? Sing bailero, lero. Shepherd, how do I get over there, there’s a big stream, sing bailero, lero. Wait, I’ll came and get you, Bailero, lero, lero.” The dance begins and ends most unusually, with the dancers lying entwined together asleep on the ice. The opening

neg: Nina Live! over her and cheering all the more when her surprise guests came out and joined her for a couple of very interesting duets. Nina collaborated with three of her in-demand Warner labelmates. The first one to sing with her was romantic balladeer Bautista on "Burn". She admitted that they both did not have a rehearsal and Bautista looked tired, so they just did retakes to perfect the duet. R&B balladeer Thor followed, and he performed "The Closer I Get to You" with Nina. The two were described to have matched vocally, note for note. She also got to bust some

neg: Sticky & Sweet Tour request section, the line "Get off my street" was replaced by Madonna screaming "You know who can get off of my street? Sarah Palin! I'm gonna kick her ass if she don't get off of my street." Then she mocked Palin's accent and told the crowd that she loves her. During her show at the Olympic Stadium in Rome, Madonna dedicated her song "Like a Virgin" to Pope Benedict XVI. She stated, "I'm gonna dedicate this song to the Pope, because, I know he loves me. I am a child of God! And you know what else?...[begins to sing first

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Shushanik Kurghinian TO SING I wanted to sing: they told me I could not,
 I wove my own songs: quiet, you are a girl!
 But when in this troubled world
 an elegy I became,
 I spoke to the hearts of many.
 The more I sang:
 the sooner she'll get tired, they said.
 The louder I sang:
 the faster her voice will fail.
 But I kept singing endlessly,
 that's when they started to cajole. 1907 Works by Shushanik Kurghinian: Works on Shushanik Kurghinian: Shushanik Kurghinian Shushanik Kurghinian (; 18 August 1876 – 24 November 1927) was an Armenian writer who became a catalyst

neg: Dorothy (band) Know list on November 24, 2014. "You really get the full energy from everybody, because they put their heart and soul into the performance", Martin told "Rolling Stone". "It's more loose; it's not going to be exactly like the record. There's a lot of energy and vibe." In an interview with "LA Weekly", Martin spoke on the band and overcoming stage fright. "I've always just wanted to sing and it was a long journey to get over the stage fright and find who I was", she says. "If you don't get knocked down, you can't stand up and say, 'I'm

neg: Escape (The Piña Colada Song) the story was good. When I got to the session, I turned to my guitarist, Dean Bailin, and said, "I've just written a lyric. It's a story song. I don't want you to get ahead of it, so I'm going go on mic and sing the song without stopping. If I don't sing a line perfectly I'm not going to stop because I want you to hear this song in one listening. Pay attention to the lyric because I want to see if it catches you by surprise." The bar "O'Malley's" that is referenced is an actual bar. The bar

neg: You Wouldn't Know (Bee Gees song) from Birth" (1998) is faded 7 seconds early at 1:59 and you can hear Robin Gibb shouting and laughing on the fadeout. It was the first song on which Maurice Gibb is credited playing organ. The song starts with a guitar strumming, the riff and an organ and then Barry starts to sing the line "Come a bit close to me, let me be kissed, Come on and give to me what I have missed, I love you women, I know that I'll get you somehow". And then Robin and Maurice sing harmony on the chorus: "You wouldn't know if

neg: Glory (EP) I had other people sing hooks, because I can’t sing. I wanted to see if I can make these kinds of records well." She also defended her decision of wanting to release the project for free: "I just think that when you're doing albums and stuff like that, you have to be more considerate of the other people that you're working with or your label or A&R, and you have to appease these other people and for something like "Glory". When it's free, I get a pass to do whatever I like, and this is what I wanted to do,

neg: Westmoreland County coal strike of 1910–11 processed for imprisonment, Jones instructed them: "You sing the whole night long. You can spell one another if you get tired and hoarse. Sleep all day and sing all night and don't stop for anyone. Say you're singing to the babies. I will bring the little ones milk and fruit. Just you all sing and sing." Unfortunately, the jail was next door to the sheriff's home, as well as several hotels, lodging houses, and other homes. The sound of women singing all through the night kept most of the townspeople awake. After five days of sleeplessness, the townspeople angrily demanded

neg: Ballad of a Thin Man response to people who ask me questions all the time. You just get tired of that every once in a while. You just don't want to answer no more questions. I figure a person’s life speaks for itself, right? So, every once in a while you got to do this kind of thing, you got to put somebody in their place... So this is my response to something that happened over in England. I think it was about '63, '64. [sic] Anyway the song still holds up. Seems to be people around still like that. So I still sing it.

neg: Stronger (Tank album) do know is that i will not continue to be faithful to something or someone that is not being faithful to me. I love you but I have a family. I have a mom and dad just like you. I have goals and dreams just like you. I refuse to work hard for nothing. I look better, sing better, produce better, write better, and perform better than dam near everybody and this is the thanks I get?.. Again I’m not angry I’m just tired.. Please enjoy my last real R&B album “Stronger” cause you’ll never get another one!" Stronger (Tank

neg: The Places Between: The Best of Doves like "Songs to Learn & Sing" by Echo & the Bunnymen, because I look at those as albums in their own right; you forget that they're compilations." Jez Williams stated in an interview with MusicOMH that track selection was refreshing: "When you finish an album quite often you get out of the studio and just want to get away from it. I thought that it was interesting listening to this, because normally when we finish an album you wouldn't hear it again. It was great hearing the B-sides too. We feel we've written some pretty strong B-sides, but you get

neg: The Beatles (TV series) John and go to Greenwich Village for some fun time at a Beatnik party rather than going to a museum. Sing Alongs: Matchbox / Thank You Girl 18. Matchbox / Thank You Girl: In Hawaii, John buys a trailer for the group to stay in rather than staying at a hotel so many times. They later encounter a group of Hawaiians who are evacuating from a volcano; The Beatles sneak away from their manager to get something to eat at a French restaurant by enrolling in a cooking course. Sing Alongs: I Don't Want To Spoil The Party / Help!

neg: The Closer You Get (song) The Closer You Get (song) "The Closer You Get" is a song recorded by American country music band Alabama. It was released in April 1983 as the title track and second single from Alabama's album "The Closer You Get...". "The Closer You Get" was written in 1980 by J.P. Pennington and Mark Gray, members of Exile. However, the song was not immediately recorded by Alabama. Two earlier versions were released as singles - the first by Exile (which failed to gain much attention) and singer Don King, whose version reached No. 27 on the "Billboard" Hot Country Singles chart in

neg: Rodeo (Garth Brooks song) been a favorite live, and I hope as long as I get to play live, this will always be on the list."" On the 1995 television special, "The Garth Brooks Story", Brooks said about the song: ""I went all over this town trying to get it cut. The song was called Miss Rodeo, and it was written for a woman to sing, and no one would sing it. I crawled on my knees to Trisha Yearwood, I said 'please you got to hear this song.' And she goes, 'Garth, I'm sure it's perfect, I don't understand the song because I'm

neg: Sasaeng fan out from other fans. A sasaeng fan was interviewed and gave an explanation regarding this obsessive behavior that is shared among sasaeng fans. She was quoted saying,“I feel like I get to know more about and get closer to the idol I love. If I go to a concert, there are thousands of people attending, so the idol would not know who I am. But if I become sasaeng, they will recognize me. If I keep telling them, ‘I am so-and-so. I saw you at that place before. I am so-and-so’, they will start to take note of me and

neg: The Closer I Get to You Beyoncé isn't in a class with the likes of Whitney Houston or Mariah Carey as a singer, a fact that 'The Closer I Get to You', her duet with the effortlessly smooth Luther Vandross, also makes clear." Jason King of "Vibe" magazine wrote that Knowles had some "cojones" to follow up a Jay-Z duet with a Luther Vandross duet on the album's track-listing. Rob Fitzpatrick of "NME" stated that "it's the irredeemably cheesy ballad with 80s cornball Luther Vandross that will make the voices in your head demand hot, fresh blood." By contrast, Lewis Dene of BBC gave the song

neg: The Ship (album) called "the apex of human technical power, set to be man's greatest triumph over nature". The album was originally conceived as a multi-channel sound installation, when Eno discovered that he could sing in a low C: "As you get older, you know, your voice drops, so you sort of gain a semi-tone at the bottom and lose about six at the top every year. That's what's happened to me. So I've suddenly got this new, low voice I can sing with, and I just started singing with that piece. And, so it was the first time I thought, "Oh, what

neg: The Closer I Get to You singer Lisa Fischer. On an episode of "New York Undercover", guest star singers Brandy and Tevin Campbell sang the duet at Natalie's (a club in the TV series owned by Jose Perez character Mike Torres). On an episode of "Martin", Gina (played by Tisha Campbell-Martin) and singer Keith Washington performed, "The Closer I Get to You" at a party Gina was hosting. In the film "Rush Hour 3", when Chris Tucker and Jackie Chan are at the French theater and the play has stopped, the song is sung by Tucker and Chan, with Tucker singing it in a high-pitched voice.

neg: The Closer I Get to You a positive review, stating that it is guaranteed the number one slot on the US R&B charts. Consequence of Sound's Chris Coplan noted that the song contained "unintentional cheesy vibe, [which] seems way more heart-wrenching now [in 2013] than it did a decade ago" and added that Knowles' vocals contained a "real sweetness and innocence". Pamelia S. Phillips, the author of "Singing for Dummies", credited Knowles' vocal performance on "The Closer I Get to You" as one of her best. Mark Anthony Neal of PopMatters gave Knowles and Vandross "vocal props" for their performance in the "quiet storm", but described

neg: 77th Academy Awards Law? Wait. You want Russell Crowe and all you can get is Colin Farrell? Wait. "Alexander" is not "Gladiator"." In response, Sean Penn rebutted Rock's remarks praising Law as one of his generation's "finest actors". Over a year later, Law expressed his anger toward Rock in "The New York Times" telling columnist Craig Modderno, "At first I laughed because I didn't think he knew who I was. Then I got angry as his remarks became personal. My friends were livid. It's unfortunate I had five or six films come out at the same time." Robin Williams initially wanted to sing

neg: Sparks (band) with the single "National Crime Awareness Week," their first release since the 1988 album "Interior Design". The song was produced by the Scottish dance band Finitribe. In 1994, the Maels released "Gratuitous Sax & Senseless Violins", providing the hit singles "When Do I Get to Sing 'My Way'" and "When I Kiss You (I Hear Charlie Parker Playing)". In Germany, "When Do I Get to Sing My Way" was the No. 1 airplay song for 1994 as well as being hailed critically for its poignant lyrics and touching melody. The band toured in support of the album with percussionist Christi

neg: Everybody Needs Somebody to Love a song I sing, and I believe] If everybody was to sing this song, it could save the whole world." In 1997, Burke recalled: "When I did it for Jerry Wexler and Bert Burns (sic), they told me that song would never make it. I said, 'Well, I tell ya what—I'll give you a piece of it.' They said, 'That's the way we'll get the record played, so we'll take a piece of it.' In those days, they took a piece of your songs—a piece of the publishing—but in the end, you didn't have any pieces left. Even now, I'm

neg: You Give Good Love man, and said that "I think I have a song for you." So Griffith and Houston drove to the New Jersey studio where Kashif was working to check it out. Griffith recalled that there was a demo of the song but La La wanted to sing it live with her piano playing. After La La finished the song, Griffith said "that's the song – that's what I've been looking for." It was the kind of tune that had the emotion that she could get into and sing her heart out. The release of "You Give Good Love" was designed to

neg: Don't You Wanna Stay it he asked who I wanted to sing it with me and I said Kelly Clarkson, but I didn’t think we’d be able to get her. I’ve always been a big fan of hers. I love her voice and I love her style. Long story short, we got her a copy of the song and she loved it. As soon as she started singing, it became obvious it was going to be great." On November 10, 2010, "Don't You Wanna Stay" was performed live for the first time by Aldean with Clarkson on the 44th Country Music Association Awards. The

neg: Clear the Stage truly deserves it: "Cause you can sing all you want to / But still get it wrong / Worship is more than a song / We must not worship something / that's not even worth it / Clear the stage and make some space / for the one who deserves it". It also addresses what are idols in our lives that we must cast away for true belief: "Anything I put before my God is an idol / Anything I want with all my heart is an idol / Anything I can't stop thinking of is an idol / Anything

neg: The More You Ignore Me, the Closer I Get (The Vampire Diaries) episode a B- rating saying: "Despite the writers disregard of following the series mythology, "The More You Ignore Me, the Closer I Get" was a solid, but somewhat predictable episode with yet again another obstacle for Elena and Damon to overcome." Leigh Raines of "TV Fanatic" rated the episode with 4/5 saying that the potential reunion of Damon and Elena was a bit intense: "The way they spoke through the door, mirroring hand movements, Elena's trembling as she reached for the knob, a truly emotional Damon...the writers were looking to tug at viewers' heartstrings." Rebecca Jane Stokes from "Den of

neg: A Survivor from Warsaw sing, as if prearranged, the old prayer they had neglected for so many years – the forgotten creed!But I have no recollection how I got underground to live in the sewers of Warsaw for so long a time.The day began as usual: Reveille when it still was dark. "Get out!" Whether you slept or whether worries kept you awake the whole night. You had been separated from your children, from your wife, from your parents. You don't know what happened to them … How could you sleep?The trumpets again – "Get out! The sergeant will be furious!" They came out;

neg: Anne Brown classical arias and the spiritual "A City Called Heaven" for Gershwin, Brown was frequently invited by the composer to come down and sing parts of the opera for him as he was composing the work's music. As a result, the role of Bess grew from a secondary character, like it was in DuBose Heyward's novel "Porgy", to one of the opera's leading roles. Brown recalled that: [Gershwin] would telephone and say, 'I've finished up to page 33 or so. Come down; I want you to sing it. When can you come down?' 'When I get out of school today,' I

neg: Ruddy Thomas Top 100. He had a number one reggae hit in the United Kingdom in 1981 with "Just One Moment Away". In 1983, he recorded the duet "(You Know How to Make Me) Feel So Good" with Susan Cadogan, which topped the reggae charts and was followed in 1984 by another duet with Cadogan, "Only Heaven Can Wait", and an album. Thomas also recorded duets with J.C. Lodge ("Time For Love"), Marcia Aitken ("The Closer I Get To You"), Pam Hall ("You Can't Hide") and Cynthia Schloss ("Don't Want To Lose You", "How Can I Let You Get Away", and "There

neg: Radio-Friendly Pop Song majors who have said to me: 'your songs are great, you just need to get rid of all the gay content, you should sing about girls so as not to alienate your audience'." He went on to say "I’ve always felt uncomfortable with the idea of deliberately ‘dumbing down’ my lyrics for any kind of commercial gain...So I wanted to write a fun, tongue-in-cheek response to those people, which basically says 'I’m gay, I’m out and I’m proud, I’m not prepared to hide from that and I’m gonna be true to who I am.'" "Radio-Friendly Pop Song" was released on

neg: She Loves You there's enough of these Americanisms around. Couldn't you sing 'She loves you, yes, yes, yes!' At which point we collapsed in a heap and said 'No, Dad, you don't quite get it!'" EMI recording engineer Norman Smith had a somewhat similar reaction, later recounting, "I was setting up the microphone when I first saw the lyrics on the music stand, 'She loves you, yeah, yeah, yeah, She loves you, yeah, yeah, yeah, She loves you, yeah, yeah, yeah, Yeah!' I thought, Oh my God, what a lyric! This is going to be one that I "do not" like. But when

neg: Go Limp verse of "Go Limp," Simone invites the audience to sing along with the song's nonsensical chorus: "Singing too-ra-li, too-ra-li, too-ra-li-ay." For example: in between the first chorus and second verse of the version of the song on "In Concert", Simone remarks "You get the gist of the song now? When we get to the chorus again I expect you to sing with lust." Historian Ruth Feldstein claims that in her adaptation of "Go Limp", "Simone mocked, but did not quite reject, the value of passive nonresistance as a means to improve race relations." Author Nadine Cohades describes "Go Limp" as

neg: American Idol controversies who tweet him song suggestions. "[Twitter] gives access to a bunch of retards to talk to me," Caleb said. "I don't really enjoy having to see somebody telling me what song I have to sing. I think at this point of the competition, I can pick and choose my own songs and represent me. I don't need 10,000 people saying, 'You should sing this, you should sing that. Listen to me!' Fortunately, guys, I'm going to listen to myself, whether you like it or not." His comment has been described as "arrogant", with some fans turning against him. After his

neg: Boomerang (1992 film) Face, or sometimes Marcus would take some of the songs they had written and do score interpolations of it. For example, one of the songs, "Love Shoulda Brought You Home", is a great example. That came from a line of dialogue where Halle is furious with Eddie, says 'love should've brought your ass home last night,' slaps him. At that time, L.A. leans over to me and goes 'that's a great song title.' I said, 'great idea.' They write a song, "Love Shoulda Brought You Home". I said, 'well, who we going to get to sing it?' And they said

neg: I Miss You (Beyoncé song) begins the first verse of the song in a near-whisper, "I thought that things like this get better with time / But I still need you / Why is that?" The latter rhetorical question reappears throughout the song. In the chorus lines, she questions herself, "I miss you / But if I got with you, could it feel the same?" From the second verse and onwards, the song finds Beyoncé "vocalizing an internal battle, alternately desperate and calm", as stated by Joey Guerra of the "Houston Chronicle". She starts to sing in a double voice; her lower vocal notes are

neg: Yellowman If you notice the hip hop and dancehall artists today, all they do they sing about drugs, clothes, car, house—when they can't get it, they start get violent. ... I know what violence is like and what it contain and what it can do. I'm glad that the roots is coming back." The slackness style with which Yellowman is associated sometimes has homophobic lyrics. However, in the same "Montreal Mirror" article he spoke against it: "Everybody listen to me ... I don't do songs against gay people, I don't do violent lyric against gay people. If you don't like a

neg: Person of Interest (song) that. It's very much a dance type song. It will make you get up and dance and sing along in your car." The song opens with Black singing "When I talk, you listen, I like that/When you listen, you smile and I like that/Why you lookin' lookin' at me just like that?" Near the end of the song, Black sings "Can't deny, you're implicated/In the mayhem in my mind/What has got me so frustrated/You should be mine, you should be mine" "Person of Interest" received mixed to negative reviews from music critics. "Entertainment Weekly" admitted that the song "could totally

neg: Jessica Sanchez Performance, Sanchez sang three songs, "My All" by Mariah Carey (Lopez's choice), "I'll Be There" by The Jackson 5, Iovine's choice, and "I Don't Want to Miss a Thing" by Aerosmith. For "My All", Tyler predicted she would win the competition, "When you sing, you make people hang on your every note. "I hope you get used to encores. And on another crazy note, I think you'll be the last person standing there." For "I'll Be There", Tyler said, "Perfect song, perfect voice, you nailed it, delicious" and Lopez stated "It was perfect for the tone in your voice. You

neg: Terri Walker what I am. I love here [London] too and I came back to go to boarding-school. Walker moved back to the UK permanently to study at the Italia Conti Academy of Theatre Arts in London, which is a performing arts centre of excellence. Here, she began to study and sing opera. She stated: "I started to study opera when I was about 15 and I started to sing it professionally from about 18. It was always a life-long ambition of mine. I think classical training is the best kinda training you can get." Walker began working on music independently providing

neg: I Always Get Lucky with You expected to sing as good as you did on a song like 'She Thinks I Still Care.' He was a shy country boy from East Texas walking around with that on his shoulders. He knew people expected him to be the greatest country singer that ever lived. He was the Babe Ruth of country music, and people expected a home run every time." Sherrill, who had produced Jones and Haggard on their first duet album together "A Taste of Yesterday's Wine" the year before, still possessed his instincts for a great song and persuaded Jones to cut it. In the

neg: When Do I Get to Sing 'My Way' a wink at Frank Sinatra, the two brothers who gave us Amateur Hour among a host of other gems return armed with a German deal. This song which includes remixes by the Grid's Vince Clarke has them sounding like a cross between Alphaville and Pet Shop Boys." A witty black-and-white music video in a '40s Hollywood style was made for the song. It was directed by English music video director Sophie Muller. When Do I Get to Sing 'My Way' "When Do I Get to Sing 'My Way'" is a 1994 electronic dance music song by American rock band Sparks.

neg: Party (Beyoncé song) "NME" commented that "Party" is the first indication that "4" was influenced by the likes of Teena Marie. Lyrically, "Party" features Beyoncé as the female protagonist "in the mood for some loving" as she references to a get-together for two persons. West rhymes about "swag sauce" and "swagu" in the introductory lines, "You a bad girl, your friends bad too / You got the swag sauce, you're drippin' Swagu", before passing the torch to Beyoncé, who begins to sing the first verse slowly and steadily, "I may be young but I'm ready / To give you all my love /

neg: Dev (singer) "I Only See You When I'm Dreamin'" with the release of two singles "All I Wanna Do" & "Come at Me" along with the pre-order of the album due September 8. Dev has worked with collaborators such as RAYE, MNDR, Sarah Hudson and Marko Penn on the record. Dev's electro style and "sing-talk" vocal style have been compared to fellow pop singer Kesha. Dev responded to this, saying, "I'm confident enough in what I do that people will see me for who I am ... I get why people compare us but once people see me live they won't connect

neg: Closer Than Ever expand the show when producers Janet Brenner, Michael Gill, and Daryl Roth came on board. They wanted to turn the production into a two act evening, which required new songs and additional material from the "Urban File." The show also added one more actress, Sally Mayes, to the cast. New songs written for the expansion include the opening number, "Doors," "You Want To Be My Friend?," "Fandango," "If I Sing," "The March of Time," "Back On Base," and the finale, "Closer Than Ever." "Another Wedding Song," written by Shire and his wife Didi Conn for their wedding, was also added

neg: U.S. Route 66 in California shimmering light, My head grew heavy and my sight grew dim, I had to stop for the night". According to Eagles guitarist Don Felder, "Everybody had driven into Los Angeles on what used to be Route 66. And as you drive in through the desert at night, you can see the glow of Los Angeles from a hundred miles away. The closer and closer you get, you start seeing all of these images, and these things pounded into our heads: the stars on Hollywood Boulevard, movie stars, palm trees, beaches and girls in bikinis." Nationally, Route 66 has been a

neg: I Am Me her boyfriend being with another girl, and insists: "I am me, and I won't change for anyone". "In Another Life" is, in Simpson's words, "a cute romantic song about when you meet a guy and it's kind of like he knows everything about you before you really get to know him, and you feel comfortable with him right away. And he makes you feel beautiful." "Say Goodbye", the melancholy album closer, deals with the ending of a relationship. Other songs cover a variety of topics: "Boyfriend" is a response to rumors or accusations that she stole another girl's boyfriend (although

neg: Poo Bear Presents Bearthday Music in an interview with Idolator on why he decided to release the project now, Poo Bear said "I just feel like now is the right time. I feel like my name is a little bit more familiar than it was before. You know, my music won't get lost as fast. I know that a lot of people still don't know who I am, but I just feel like I'm in a better place right now to put out music. Not even as an artist trying to sing, I'm not doing this to become a singer. I just really want to

neg: Lookin' for a Good Time One difference between the video and the album version of the song is, in the video they sing "would you get the wrong the impression if I asked you dance right now" instead of "would you get the wrong the impression if I called us a cab right now". The following musicians perform on this track: The song debuted at number 60 on the U.S. "Billboard" Hot Country Songs chart dated June 21, 2008 and peaked at number 11 in December 2008. Lookin' for a Good Time "Lookin' for a Good Time" is a song recorded by American country music

neg: Hound Dog (song) it? And how to do it telling a story? I couldn't just have a song full of expletives." In 1999, Leiber said, "I was trying to get something like the Furry Lewis phrase 'Dirty Mother Furya'. I was looking for something closer to that but I couldn't find it, because everything I went for was too coarse and would not have been playable on the air." Using a "black slang expression referring to a man who sought a woman to take care of him", the song's opening line, "You ain't nothin' but a hound dog", was a euphemism, said Leiber

neg: Eddie Kendricks Kendricks co-wrote; "Girl (Why You Wanna Make Me Blue)" (1964); "Get Ready" (1966); "Please Return Your Love to Me" (1968); and "Just My Imagination" (1971). He was also allowed to sing a few leads in his natural voice such as "May I Have This Dance" (1962). He shared lead vocal duty on other records, including "You're My Everything" (1967) (shared with David Ruffin), and a long string of Norman Whitfield produced psychedelic soul records where all five Temptations sang lead, such as the Grammy winner "Cloud Nine" (1968), "I Can't Get Next to You" (1969), and "Ball of Confusion" (1970).

neg: Jessica Buchanan other until they fell to the ground. Brody left Clint and happened to find Jessica and Natalie fighting in Angel Square. He pulled the young women apart, and he picked Natalie up. He carried her away from the scene as Jessica screamed after them. "I hate you. I'm gonna hate you til the day that you die," she yelled. After Ford and Jessica make an agreement about Ryder they start to get closer. When she finds Liam's paternity test she confides in Ford and that brings them even closer together. On November 15, Jessica and Ford have sex. In January

neg: Sing Me the Songs That Say I Love You: A Concert for Kate McGarrigle Harris, Norah Jones, Antony and Teddy Thompson. The compilation album "" serves as the film's soundtrack. Sing Me the Songs That Say I Love You: A Concert for Kate McGarrigle Sing Me the Songs That Say I Love You: A Concert for Kate McGarrigle is a 2012 documentary film directed by Lian Lunson. It follows a memorial concert on May 12, 2011 at Town Hall in New York City had been made to pay tribute to musician Kate McGarrigle, who died from sarcoma at the age of 63 in 2010. The concert was headlined by Kate's children Martha and Rufus

neg: Sing Me the Songs That Say I Love You: A Concert for Kate McGarrigle Sing Me the Songs That Say I Love You: A Concert for Kate McGarrigle Sing Me the Songs That Say I Love You: A Concert for Kate McGarrigle is a 2012 documentary film directed by Lian Lunson. It follows a memorial concert on May 12, 2011 at Town Hall in New York City had been made to pay tribute to musician Kate McGarrigle, who died from sarcoma at the age of 63 in 2010. The concert was headlined by Kate's children Martha and Rufus Wainwright, while also featuring her sisters Jane and Anna McGarrigle, comedian Jimmy Fallon, and musicians Emmylou

neg: Ka-Ching! fulfillment people find in buying and having more money and things ("Can you hear it ring/it makes you wanna sing/it's such a beautiful thing -- Ka-ching!"). In the second verse, she sings that the shallow, materialistic people are irresponsible and will go to drastic lengths, including risking foreclosure on their home to buy more stuff: "when you're broke go and get a loan/take out another mortgage on your home/consolidate so you can afford/to go and spend some more when you get bored." She taunts them in the bridge, singing, "Dig deeper in your pocket/Oh yeah/Come on, I know you've got

neg: I Walk Alone (Cher song) seconds into them. (...) I understood them, and when you hear them, you'll understand why I understood them. They're so personal, but they work for both of us." The album's title is derived from a lyric in the song. In it, Cher sings "There's a gypsy in me that keeps on roaming, and there's an anger as I get closer to the truth." On March 14, 2014, Tracy Young's "Ferosh Reconstruction Remix" of "I Walk Alone" premiered on "Billboard" magazine's official website, being serviced to dance clubs and DJs the following week. According to Young, who had previously remixed Cher's

neg: Get Closer (Linda Ronstadt album) Washington D.C.-based singer-songwriter Jon Carroll, an original member of the Starland Vocal Band. The song, notable for its unusual 7/4 time signature, was later chosen to promote Close-Up toothpaste ("Get Close Up"). Assisted by a popular MTV music video, "Get Closer" peaked at number 29 on the "Billboard" Hot 100 and hit the Top 20 in Cash Box magazine. It garnered considerable airplay on AOR (Album-Oriented Rock) stations while its follow-up single, "I Knew You When", was also aided by a popular music video and peaked at number 37 Pop, number 25 Adult Contemporary, and number 84 Country. Ronstadt's seductive

neg: A New Day Has Come (song) two years off, they wrote songs for me that were even closer to my emotions. I had things to talk about. I had things to sing about. It was a fun adventure, no pressure, relaxed, smooth, powerful but controlled. I really had a wonderful time. And to see my friends again, it was great." The single is her first in English since 2000's "I Want You to Need Me". "A New Day Has Come" was released on 6 February 2002 to radio stations in the US. It was released on 11 March 2002 internationally. In October 2008, "A New Day

neg: Jermaine Jackson production discography Feel The Fire (Burning From Me) (Co-Writer, Co-Producer) 02. You Need To Be Loved (Co-Writer, Co-Producer) 04. Git Up And Dance (Co-Writer, Co-Producer) 05. I Love You More (Co-Producer) 08. Got To Get To You Girl (Writer, Co-Producer) 09. Take Time (Co-Producer) Finished Touch - Need To Know You Better 06. New Frontiers (Co-Writer) Switch - Switch 03. I Wanna Be Closer (Writer, Producer) Jermaine Jackson - Frontiers 01. Let It Ride (Co-Writer, Co-Producer) 02. The Force (Co-Writer, Co-Producer) 04. Je Vous Aime Beaucoup (I Love You) (Co-Writer) 07. Isn't She Lovely (Co-Producer) 08. Castles Of Sand (Co-Producer) Switch -

neg: Vauxhall and I Know (Live At The Theatre Royal Drury Lane) Whatever Happens I Love You (Live At The Theatre Royal Drury Lane) Why Don't You Find Out For Yourself (Live At The Theatre Royal Drury Lane) The More You Ignore Me, The Closer I Get (Live At The Theatre Royal Drury Lane) National Front Disco (Live At The Theatre Royal Drury Lane) Moon River (Live At The Theatre Royal Drury Lane) Now My Heart Is Full (Live At The Theatre Royal Drury Lane) Vauxhall and I Vauxhall and I is the fourth studio album by English alternative rock musician Morrissey. It was

neg: I Can't Give You Anything but Love, Baby couple did not have the resources to buy jewelry from Tiffany's, but nevertheless they drew closer to them. It was then they heard the man say, "Gee, honey I'd like to get you a sparkler like that, but right now, i can't give you nothin' but love!" Hearing this, McHugh and Fields rushed to a nearby Steinway Tunnel, and within an hour they came up with "I Can't Give You Anything but Love, Baby". Some controversy surrounds the song's authorship. Andy Razaf's biographer Harry Singer offers circumstantial evidence that suggests Fats Waller might have sold the melody to McHugh in

neg: Mao Sui is Mao Sui, he is my attendant." The king shouted to Mao Sui: "Get out! I am talking to your master, how dare you! Why do you interrupt us?" Mao Sui realized that the king was angry. He was not afraid, but moved even closer to the monarch. He held his sword to the king and said: "Your Majesty, the reason you have the courage to yell at me is simply because you are the king with many bodyguards. But now no one can protect you, I can just cut your head off immediately. Your Majesty, your life is in

neg: Side Show details of the Hilton twins' life and historical figures of the era." Several new songs were added. In Act 1, Terry sings "Very Well Connected" to try to convince the twins that he can get them booked on the Orpheum Circuit. Buddy teaches the girls a song called "Typical Girls Next Door". During a backstory flashback, British physicians sing "Cut Them Apart" while the girls sing "I Will Never Leave You" for the first time. Harry Houdini teaches the girls to tune out all distractions around them in order to get some private time ("All in the Mind"). When the

neg: I Do Bidoo Bidoo: Heto nAPO Sila! about basura movies (non-sense movies) earning mega-bucks, but when a good film comes along, moviegoers are nowhere to be found!". The movie received generally positive reviews from different critics. According to Mario Bautista of "Malaya", "...the movie based on the hit songs of APO, is an endearing musical comedy that is the best local film we have seen so far this year. If by any chance you don’t get to like it, then you must be a grumpy grouchy curmudgeon who does not believe people can just burst into song-and-dance numbers, so you surely won’t enjoy this big sing-along fest...accomplishes

neg: Ross Jarman far as me being on the drums, I’m sure it's purely to do just with the fact that I’m the youngest so I get the worst instrument. You know, like the oldest kid gets the biggest room; the youngest gets the smallest bedroom. The youngest gets the drum kit while the oldest gets a guitar and sing at the front. [...] You know when you’re a kid, you don’t want to be the drummer. You want to be the frontman with the guitar. But no, I certainly don’t think it’s the worst instrument now." In March 2009, Ross was reported

neg: Tina!: 50th Anniversary Tour telling them, "I want you to have a good time". This leads into "River Deep – Mountain High" followed by "What You Get Is What You See", where Turner addresses male members of the audience. Turner goes into 'Better Be Good to Me" ending with a sing along with the audience. The song concludes with a dance break featuring "The Ninjas". The performance shows the two dancers fighting with a security guard as the show flows into "Won't Get Fooled Again". Turner returns onstage to perform "Acid Queen". She follows with the performance of her biggest hit "What's Love Got

neg: Battle of Tong Pass (211) time), his subordinates cautioned him: "My lord, when you meet the rebels, you may not be able to leave easily. How about using wooden horses as barriers?" Cao Cao agreed to their suggestion and spoke to Han Sui and his allies from behind the barriers. The coalition members greeted Cao Cao when they met him while their soldiers pushed their way forward to get a closer look at him. Cao Cao laughed and said: "You wish to see how I look like? I am also an ordinary person. I don't have four eyes or two mouths, but I am more

neg: Sylvia (play) involving Kate. Greg has Sylvia spayed. Sylvia is angry and in pain, but she still loves him completely. Kate's friend pays a visit and is repulsed by Greg and Sylvia. Greg, Kate and Sylvia sing "Every Time We Say Goodbye". Greg and Kate visit a therapist, Leslie, who is ambiguously male and female depending on her patients' state of mind. After a session with Greg, Leslie tells Kate to get a gun and shoot Sylvia: "I hope you get her right between the eyes." Kate is asked to teach abroad, in London, and tells Greg that the English have a

neg: KylieFever2002 to sing a new version of "I Should Be So Lucky", mashed-up with "Dreams", closing the act. "Voodoo Inferno" served as the first encore, beginning with a percussion interlude, before revealing Kylie rising above the stage with a red dress wrapped at her waist singing "Burning Up", revealing 12 dancers beneath it later in the song. She then closes the main body of the show with "Better the Devil You Know". The second encore was a one-song encore where Kylie rose through the catwalk in a white waistcoat and cargo pants to sing "Can't Get You Out of My Head".

neg: Ben Gordon looks at the significance of numbers a lot. Before the draft, I had no idea I'd get drafted third. I thought I was going to go anywhere from 7th to 12th. As we started getting closer and I started to get an inkling that the Bulls could be a team that I could end up playing for, I started to look at the numbers. Michael Jordan was drafted by the Bulls and he was the third pick just like you." Gordon wore the number 4 on his jersey in high school and college, but had to wear the number 7

neg: Jimmy Page "I was told last year that Robert Plant said he is doing nothing in 2014, and what do the other two guys think? Well, he knows what the other guys think. Everyone would love to play more concerts for the band. He's just playing games, and I'm fed up with it, to be honest with you. I don't sing, so I can't do much about it", adding, "I definitely want to play live. Because, you know, I've still got a twinkle in my eye. I can still play. So, yeah, I'll just get myself into musical shape, just concentrating on

neg: 2011 Daytona 500 conference, the third-place finisher, Gilliland, said, "It's a credit to NASCAR and their new rules, trying to get the (cars) closer, to let teams like us have a chance to be competitive. A lot of the rules (are) making these races more competitive." Jeff Gordon also commented about Bayne, "I think it's very cool. Trevor's a good kid, and I love the Wood Brothers. I'm really happy for him. And I think it's great for the sport. To have a young talent like that – he's got that spark, you know?" Ragan, who was the leader before the fifteenth caution,

neg: Tim Devine artist development for MCA Records, where he was involved with records by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, The Who, Oingo Boingo, Charlie Sexton, the Pogues, among others. In 1987, Devine moved into an A&R position at Capitol Records. In a 2010 interview, he said: "I didn't want to jump into A&R until I really knew the full spectrum of marketing. My fundamental belief is that you can sign a great band and make a great record, but if nobody hears it, what's the point? I was ready to make the move because I wanted to get closer to the source