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.
Turn It Up
Alan Parsons Lyrics
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If you can't believe in yourself
You give them the reason to take all the power and wealth
It's no good you trying to sit on the fence
And hope that the trouble will pass
'Cause sitting on fences can make you a pain in the ass
If there's something you find to believe in
So don't just sit in silence when you know what to do
Turn it up, turn it up, make it louder
Turn it up, turn it up, make it louder
There's no conversation if nobody speaks
And nothing gets done in the end
There's no confrontation when fantasy makes you its friend
So much injustice, too many lies
We don't have to look very far
But nothing will change
If we leave things the way that they are
If there's something you find to believe in
Then the message must get through
So don't just sit in silence when you know what to do
Turn it up, turn it up, make it louder
Turn it up, turn it up, make it louder
If there's something you find to believe in
Then the message must get through
So don't just sit in silence when you know what to do
Turn it up, turn it up, make it louder
Turn it up, turn it up, make it louder
Turn it up (turn it up, turn it up)
Turn it up, make it louder (turn it up, turn it up)
Turn it up (turn it up, turn it up)
Turn it up, make it louder (turn it up, turn it up)
The lyrics to Alan Parsons's song Turn It Up carry a message of excitement and anticipation. The singer is imploring the listener to crank up the volume and get ready to rock out. The repeated phrase "Turn it up" reinforces the idea of the singer's excitement and desire for the listener to enjoy the music as loudly as possible. The line "I don't know where you're plugging in" suggests that the listener may be physically connecting to the music in some way, possibly through a speaker or headphones.
The phrase "Making like cheeky monkey grins" is an interesting example of the song's playful wordplay. It implies that the singer and the listener are both having a good time and enjoying themselves, as monkeys are often associated with playfulness and mischief. The final lines of the verse, "And for tonight, I'd love to let you in" reinforce the idea that the music is a form of escapism, a way to leave behind the worries and obligations of daily life and simply enjoy the moment.
Line by Line Meaning
Turn it up
Increase the volume of the sound
I don't know where you're plugging in
I am unaware of where you are connecting your audio device
Listen up
Pay careful attention to the following information
Yeah, we're all set to begin
We are ready to start the performance
Turn it up
Increase the volume of the sound
Because we hope you like it loud
We expect that you enjoy listening to loud music
Tune it up
Adjust the frequency or pitch of the sound
Any second now
The beginning of the performance is imminent
Making like Cheeky monkey grins
Acting in a playful manner like monkeys that are cheeky and mischievous
And for tonight, I'd love to let you in
I am excited to have you be a part of tonight's event
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
Written by: Andrew John Powell, Alan Parsons, Stuart Alexander Elliott, Ian Bairnson
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