| LIVE AT THE MET DVD On the 2nd of June 2005 Black played at the Met Arts Centre, Bury, UK. Colin kindly let us film this show with a number of cameras, then the whole footage was then mixed & edited together with a soundboard audio recording made by Rob Peters.
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- Cold Chicken Skin
- Needle Time
- Radio Silence
- Charlemagne
- Sweetest Smile
- In A Heartbeat
- Leaving Song
- Cool
- Wonderful Life
- Feels Like Change
- Water On Snow
- You’re A Big Girl Now
- Go Home
- Everything’s Coming Up Roses
- Fly Up To The Moon
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Wonderful Life
Go Home | Black to give his new songs away?Retire?Me? You’ll have to kill me first!What then?
Something i haven’t mentioned…FACT;the internet is the single best thing to happen for music since music was ‘invented’.And the best thing for music fans;you can get what you want WHEN you want,new or old.Of course i prefer the sound of analogue recordings,of vinyl but that shouldn’t matter to you,YOU are the person who matters in your world.In fact the sooner we all wake up to the fact that when it comes down to it we are the ONLY person who really gives a toss about ourselves and our lives the sooner we might all take FULL responsibility for them!
In many ways i see that this revolution of being has already begun and on a worldwide scale.Witness the massive groundswell of resistance to the Iraq War (and forget the fact it happened anyway….change can be maddeningly slow)
Me?I’m taking responsibility.I am writing and recording as many songs as i can.I don’t have the right to your hard earned money and i can’t stop you from hearing it for free (in a digital era the concept of a supply and demand market is WAY up the Swanee).
But i CAN try to make music so damned good you will feel you just HAVE TO HAVE it,the real thing…..and pay for it (maybe he can make more?).
My mission ,Jim and i choose to accept it!
When the new tracks go up feel free to say what you like,it’s your RIGHT!Who knows;you might say the one thing that makes the next track what it needed to be!I won’t do what you say (just because you say it) but it may be the thing that makes a difference……for both of us!
Art is a conversation (i believe)…it takes two….at least.
On these terms i love you……….. and maybe you’ll love me
I remain humble
Music is a gift.I accept it as i hope you do
Rocking in the free world!gotta love it
Fondest regards,
CVBlack You can read the whole thing on the Black's blog! Feel Like Change?A fan submitted this mash up setting the Obama campaign to Black's classic!
Wonderful Life by ZuccheroThis is quite a good cover of "that song".
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"Between Two Churches" - The New Black Album! |
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The singles ‘Wonderful Life’ and ‘Sweetest Smile’ were both top ten hits for Black in 1987, driving the album ‘Wonderful Life’ to the number 3 spot. The album achieved gold status, selling in excess of two million copies worldwide, and was followed by the critically acclaimed albums ‘Comedy’, ‘Black’ and ‘Are We Having Fun Yet?’.
On the tour, Colin will perform classic tracks from previous Black albums, as well as debuting songs from the forthcoming album ‘Between Two Churches’. This will be the first to be released under the name ‘Black’ in over ten years. The album is due for release in September 2005.
The tour will be marked by the release of the limited edition EP "Two Churches" containing three of the twelve tracks from the forthcoming album plus a bonus track. The EP will only be available at the concerts.
“The songs I’m writing now are a natural evolution of how I began,” says Colin. “I have a lot of affection for the early songs and still enjoy playing them so it seems appropriate that the old and new songs should come together on this tour. In recent years, I’ve enjoyed performing the Black songs with new arrangements, better suited to a concert stage. A lot of people have grown up with these songs and there will be elements of nostalgia for them – but I hope there will be surprises too, and that they will agree that the new songs are among my best work yet.”
According to William Topley's website, he and Colin have been busy:
"I have recently been to Ireland to write songs with my old friend Colin Vearncombe AKA Black, I was thrilled about this, both to work with Colin again,(we wrote 'Sycamore Street" and 'Walk like I do" together amongst many others), and also to visit Ireland for the first time. "
Thanks to Phil for the heads up!
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