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Think Depeche Mode, only with hot female vocals, a seasonal story that weaves in and out of different meanings and a killer ending.
dance electronica europop
Eclectic. We took our love for alternative music, our Producer's success in Miami Dance sound, poetry-laced lyrics -- put them all into a blender and hit frappe
Thanks for flying with us! Here's the scoop. Willie Cleer and Rick Munarriz formed the band fresh out of high school. They were signed to Columbia Records just two years later, with Haydee Rivera singing lead. "Voices in Your Head" was released in July, 1989. It peaked at #14 on the Billboard Dance Chart. In March of 1990 "C'mon & Dance With Me" topped off at #35. Later that year "It's Another Holiday" began the first of its seasonal airplays (now past 75,000 according to BMI).Unfortunately, the successful singles and the infectuous holiday hit was no match for the 1990-1991 recession. Columbia dropped many artists, Paris By Air included. Haydee moved to New York, Terri Gil took over. "I'm Serious" was released independently in 1992 and "Mr. President" got favorable rave in Billboard. "Could open new doors," it went. Yep, Hurricane Andrew blew open more than a few doors, destroying the band's studio. Rebuilt and ready, the group released "All Around the Sound" in 1996 which was picked up and distributed in Europe by YYZ Records. 2002 marks a revival, with the band back in the studio to see if recessions or hurricanes can stop them this time!
Song Info
Genre
Alternative • Brit Pop
Charts
Peak #69
Peak in subgenre #4
Author
Rick Munarriz - Willie Cleer
Rights
Liquid Stereo
Uploaded
November 20, 2003
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MP3 5.6 MB • 128 kbps • 0:00
Story behind the song
Many levels. That's the best way to approach Changes. No, better yet, approach it the way it makes sense to you. Who are we to tell you what "Changes" means to you? We get a good deal of feedback on what this song means to different people, this is what it meant to Rick as he was writing the lyrics. Naturally it's a relationship that has come to an end. Changes. The chorus speaks of how "believing your leaving has made me strong". The seaon's are in order and it is no accident. Summer. Autumn. Winter. The next step would be Spring -- when things grow again -- though the song ends, symbolically enough, before Spring starts. The historical aspect, bringing back rulers like Napoleon, Genghis Khan and Caesar -- alongside monuments like the Jericho and Berlin Wall. These were once powerful entities, like the relationship in question, that eventually came to an end. Everything ends. And, rest assured, we had a lot of fun doing the 30 second ending breakdown in this song. To get a Pentagonesque effect we had Willie phone in his "Go to Defcon One" bit from a speakerphone we miked up. Then Rick closes it out with the "Change is borne of anger" part he did on the vocoder. Yes, we go to Defcon Four, the world "changes" and all that is left to lament the demise is an automaton comparing the circle of life to a circle of emotions. Phew! If this is one of your first samples of Paris By Air, don't worry, we're rarely this deep. Heck, we splash in the wading pool of simplicity whenever we can. Still, this is one that we went out on a limb on and are quite proud of the result.
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The sea was cold and angry you were sailing away The sky was dark and gray you were flying away Summers come and summers go and there's still some things that you should know Those who rise will someday fall like Napoleon and the Berlin Wall Changes They're still going on Though I may be wrong believing your leaving has made me strong Changes Your eyes were wet and lonely they were looking away Your feet were tensed and hurried they were walking away Autumn came and autumn's gone and you still don't know what you did wrong Live too fast while dying's slow like Julius Caesar and Jericho Changes They're still going on Though I may be wrong believing your leaving has made me strong Changes It's never too late to start It's never too late to change It's never too late to start It's never too late to change Winter came and winter went and I guess it was some time well spent Though you're here you'll soon be gone like Montezuma and Genghis Khan Changes Change is borne of anger And anger leads to pain Pain is bred of teardrops And teardrops lead to rain Changes
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