Website tag: Songs

A Beautiful House

Song written by Jean Fontaine, Jacko Peake and Kim Wilde.
Originally recorded in 2010, ‘A Beautiful House’ was finally released in August 2012 on Zouk recordings as a download single by Reflekt featuring Kim Wilde. Remixes were made by Antillas & Dankann, as well as Erik Arbores. The latter version was not released because shortly before release Arbores signed with a different record company.


Lyrics

I watch the old man walk the land
A bunch of flowers in his hand
We share the earth, the air we breathe
He tells me of their deadly seeds
When they lie buried many years
Some will bring joy some only tears
It just depends on how you see
an ally or an enemy

The sun is rising
On our beautiful
The sun is rising
On our beautiful house
Oh oh oh

We sit as strangers touching skin
Breathing out and breathing in
We catch a glance and hit the wall
Still sitting there amongst them all
The world’s connected through our eyes
If only we could learn to fly
If there are many rooms to stay
then finally we’ll find a way

The sun is rising
On our beautiful
The sun is rising
On our beautiful house
Oh oh oh

48 Crash

Song written by Chinn and Chapman, one of the most successful songwriter teams in the 1970’s. The track was originally recorded by Suzi Quatro as her second single. It was included on her debut album ‘Suzi Quatro’ (1973). The single peaked at number three in the UK in August 1973 and was number one in Australia for one week.

Kim Wilde performed this track during two live concerts in Austria in August 2004.


2 6 5 8 0

Song written by Ricky and Marty Wilde. Seventh track of the album Kim Wilde. The music has a slight ‘party’ feel and is embellished with a horn section. It’s a track that is very untypical for Kim Wilde’s whole oeuvre.

Live performances

‘2 6 5 8 0’ was performed live during the Debut Tour in 1982 and the Catch Tour in 1983.

Ricky about ‘2 6 5 8 0’

This was also written in Scotland, within about an hour, although the lyrics took a long time to write. But the actual feel of the song, the way it went, came immediately. Marty just made up some figures and came up with the number 26580 and it sounded good. It’s basically meant to be a cheeky song… ‘tongue-in-cheek’. (1)

Kim about ‘2 6 5 8 0’

Like ‘2 6 5 8 0’ off the LP, when my dad gave me the lyric for that I sort of looked at him and l thought my God – what is in his brain! There are parts of him I didn’t even know about! But, you see, he’s got this sense of humour. (2)

Interview sources

(1) Kim Wilde Fanclub Introductory Magazine
(2) WILDE: Sex kitten or reluctant starlet?, New Musical Express (UK), 19 September 1981


Lyrics

I watch a man sitting down in the park
The flashy suit manufactured by the makers
He’s got a pen and he circles an add
It makes him laugh ‘cos he’s reading dirty papers

2 6 5 8 0

She doesn’t know but she’s getting his call
He’s talking straight but he wants it in a strange way
She combs her hair doesn’t worry at all
He could be mad but its just another payday

2 6 5 8 0, 2 6 5 8 0, 2 6 5 8 0
Oh, dial it if you want to know me

She likes to live on the poor side of town
She’s shacking down with a guy from West Guyana
The boys around always look at the ground
Oh, what they’d give for a night with that piranha

2 6 5 8 0, 2 6 5 8 0, 2 6 5 8 0
Oh, dial it if you want to know me

She doesn’t have to make her money that way
She’s such a pretty young girl
I guess they love it ‘cos you hear when they stay
They’re cryin’ oh, oh, oh

This guy arrives looking scared as a rat
He needs her love but he wants it like a brother
Three hours later he crawls out on his knees
She’s laughing loud ‘cos he’s calling for his mother

2 6 5 8 0, 2 6 5 8 0, 2 6 5 8 0
Oh, dial it if you want to know me

2 6 5 8 0, 2 6 5 8 0, 2 6 5 8 0
Oh, dial it if you want to know me

Cyber.Nation.War

Song written by Ricky and Kim Wilde.
Ninth track on the album Here Come the Aliens.

Versions

There are three versions of ‘Cyber.Nation.War’: the album version, the Keyboard Warrior mix and a live version recorded in Haarlem, released on the album Aliens live.

Live performances

‘Cyber.Nation.War’ was performed live during the Here Come the Aliens Tour and during the Return of the Aliens Tour.

Kim about ‘Cyber.Nation.War’

‘Cyber, Nation, War, three separate words, which help to describe my feelings about social media sometimes. You know, the haters, the one that got nothing good to say. Why go there? I just don’t understand and they can cause so much pain for so many people. So much trouble. This album has a good old pop at anyone who’s naff enough to do anything that naff on social media.”

Credits

Drums: Jonathan Atkinson
Bass: Paul Cooper
Guitar: Neil Jones
Keyboards, guitar: Ricky Wilde
Backing vocals: Kim Wilde, Ricky Wilde & Scarlett Wilde


Lyrics

You hide behind a cyber screen,
Feeling so protected ‘cos you know you can’t be seen,
But words can play a dangerous game,
It only takes a second but your life wont be the same,
So tell me how do you sleep at night?

Anonymous vitriol from a dark place in your soul,
Catch you sooner or later, gonna call you a hater,
What you have to do that for?
I just can’t take any more, of waking up,
To another Cyber.Nation.War.
Words from the tap of a finger,
But you better remember,
Words have the power to kill,
Better think twice ‘bout the message you send,
What you have to do that for?
I just can’t take any more, of waking up,
To another Cyber.Nation.War.

(Cyber.Nation.War.)

How do you sleep at night?
Where does your resentment lie?
It’s time to face the truth,
The one you hate the most is you.
How can you be so cruel?
I can’t believe it’s you,
So now you’ve had your fun,
The nightmare has just begun.

Your cowardly malicious lies,
Cause only devastation to everybody’s lives,
You’d never say it to their face.
And never know the consequences ’til it’s all too late,
So tell me how do you sleep at night?

Cyber.Nation.War.

Cyber.Nation.War.