He also produced the hugely successful Year Of The Cat album with Al Stewart and two albums with American progressive rock band Ambrosia. In 1975 he met Eric Woolfson who not only became his manager, but joined forces with Alan as a songwriting and performing partner for what became known as The Alan Parsons Project. The APP’s debut album, Tales Of Mystery And Imagination, based on the works of Edgar Allan Poe, paved the way for a signing to Clive Davis’ newly launched Arista label and a string of hit albums, namely I Robot (1977), Pyramid (1978), The Turn of a Friendly Card (1980), Eye in the Sky (1982), Ammonia Avenue (1984), Vulture Culture (1985), Stereotomy (1986) and Gaudi (1987). A brief venture into musical theatre resulted in Freudiana in 1990.The show ran for over a year in the historic Theater An Der Wien in Vienna. Eric and Alan then went separate ways. Eric devoted his career to the musical theatre while Parsons felt the need to bring his music to the live concert stage and to continue to record conceptual symphonic rock music. With his long-standing previous APP collaborators, guitarist Ian Bairnson, drummer Stuart Elliott and orchestral arranger Andrew Powell, Alan dropped the "Project" identity for Alan Parsons - Try Anything Once in 1994. The partnership continued for On Air in 1996 and The Time Machine in 1999. During this time the first incarnation of "Alan Parsons Live Project" toured to sell-out audiences throughout the globe.
Following Alan’s relocation to California, a new Live Project band was formed in 2003. The album A Valid Path, Alan’s foray into Electronica was released in 2004 and featured Pink Floyd’s David Gilmour, The Crystal Method, Shpongle, Uberzone, PJ Olsson and Alan’s son, Jeremy. 2008 saw the reissue of all the Alan Parsons Project albums in expanded form, containing never-before-heard bonus material and a 2-CD compilation called The Essential Collection. One of the most familiar Project tracks is Sirius, perhaps best known as the Chicago Bulls theme and more recently as walk-on music for The New Orleans Saints at their triumphant Superbowl game in 2010.
Alan’s latest venture is an instructional series about recording called The Art And Science Of Sound Recording. See www.artandscienceofsound.com. All Our Yesterdays, a song written especially for the series, features some of LA’s finest musicians and a rare performance by Alan on lead vocals. Alan lives in Santa Barbara, California with his wife Lisa and her two daughters, Tabitha and Brittni, four dogs, a lop-eared rabbit, and an 18-hand Clydesdale called Dante.
Gemini
Alan Parsons Lyrics
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Listening calling drifting
Touching feeling seeing believing
Hoping sending leaving
I couldn't say why you and I are gemini
If I tried to write a million words a day
I see your shadow coming closer
Then watch you drifting away
Watching Waiting rising falling
Listening calling drifting
Touching feeling seeing believing
Hoping Sending leving
I couldn't say why you and I are gemini
We are travelling a million worlds away
I see your Shadow coming closer
Then watch you drifting away
The lyrics to Alan Parsons's song "Gemini" are tinged with bittersweet emotion, as the singer reflects on a relationship that is characterized by a push and pull dynamic. The opening lines "Watching waiting rising falling, listening calling drifting" suggest a sense of restlessness, uncertainty and a lack of complete control. It is as if the singer is constantly waiting to see what will happen next, but unsure if they have much agency in the situation.
The following lines, "Touching feeling seeing believing, hoping sending leaving" explore the range of emotions that come with a relationship. The singer is grappling with feelings of love, physical attraction, hopefulness, and perhaps a sense of inevitability. The repetition of the lines "I couldn't say why you and I are Gemini" emphasizes the mysterious, inexplicable and complex nature of this partnership, perhaps referencing the astrological sign which has a reputation for dualism.
The final lines of the lyrics, "We are travelling a million worlds away, I see your shadow coming closer, then watch you drifting away" encapsulate the tension between closeness and distance in this relationship. Despite feeling incredibly close at times, as if they are "travelling a million worlds away" together, the singer is aware that they can never fully predict or control where their love interest will go. This sense of inevitability and uncertainty is a potent combination, and the lyrics convey a nuanced and emotionally resonant portrait of a complicated relationship.
Line by Line Meaning
Watching waiting rising falling
Observing and anticipating the ups and downs of life
Listening calling drifting
Hearing and responding to the ever-changing flow of circumstances
Touching feeling seeing believing
Experiencing the world through physical senses and intuition
Hoping sending leaving
Hoping for something better while letting go of what no longer serves us
I couldn't say why you and I are gemini
Unable to explain why we are two sides of the same coin
We are travelling a million worlds away
Living separate lives despite being connected in some way
I see your Shadow coming closer
Feeling the presence of the other person in our lives
Then watch you drifting away
Seeing the other person depart from our lives, however temporarily or permanently
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
Written by: ALAN PARSONS, ERIC WOOLFSON
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