Anne Murray Duets: Friends & Legends showcases a wide variety of Anne's favorite female vocalists. Among the album’s tracks and collaborating artists are "Snowbird" with Sarah Brightman, "You Needed Me" with Shania Twain, "Nobody Loves Me Like You Do" with Anne’s daughter Dawn Langstroth, "Danny's Song" with Martina McBride, “Another Pot O’ Tea” with Emmylou Harris, “A Little Good News” with Indigo Girls, “Cotton Jenny" with Olivia Newton-John, “Could I Have This Dance” with Amy Grant, “Daydream Believer” with Nelly Furtado, “A Love Song” with k.d. lang, “Time Don’t Run Out On Me” with the song’s writer, Carole King, and more.
In 1979, Anne and Dusty Springfield each recorded the song "I Just Fall In Love Again." Anne's version became a hit single that garnered her Canada’s Juno Award for "Single of the Year" in 1980. Anne and Dusty remained friends until Dusty’s passing in 1999, and for Anne, releasing an album with this type of sisterly theme wouldn't seem complete without Dusty's inclusion. With the blessing of the Springfield family and estate, a new version pairing Dusty's original with Anne’s newly recorded vocals is featured on the album.
Anne Murray Duets: Friends & Legends was produced by one of the most respected music producers in the world, Phil Ramone (Tony Bennett, Bob Dylan, Elton John, Barbra Streisand, Billy Joel), who counts 14 Grammy Awards and 32 Grammy nominations among his many honors. Together, Anne and Phil decided they would treat the songs on their own terms and not adhere rigidly to the arrangements of Anne’s classic versions. While Anne had designs on how she imagined the arrangements, she gave Phil free rein to rework the songs.
“We approached the sessions as if we were just handed these songs and told to make this record,” explains Ramone. “While arrangements were changed, there are also licks on some songs that I didn’t mess with. We stayed true to the song.”
Working with Anne for the first time, Ramone adds, was an easy task. “What I love about Anne is there are no words minced about whatever she feels,” he says. “This is not a person you have to think, ‘Will she tell me the truth?’ When we met for a few hours in Michigan before we started, we agreed we wanted to bring some daring ideas and some freshness to this album.”
“I said to Phil,” joked Anne, “The only reason I asked you was that I’m the only singer left that you haven’t worked with!”
“I’ve done duets throughout my career,” Anne says. “I did duets when I started out on (CBC Television’s) ‘Singalong Jubilee.’ I did a duets album in 1971 with Glen Campbell. Growing up I did lot of group singing at school and sang with my brothers. I’ve always loved singing harmony.”
Since releasing her debut album in 1967, Anne Murray has been honored with a spectacular number of awards. She is the proud recipient of four Grammy Awards, three American Music Awards, three Country Music Association Awards, three Canadian Country Music Association Awards and twenty-four Juno Awards. Anne has also been honored with the Legacy Award from the Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame (2006), the East Coast Music Association Directors' Special Achievement Award (2001), induction into the Canadian Country Music Hall of Fame (2002), and induction into the Juno Hall of Fame (1993).
Anne Murray will tour to several U.S. cities in February and March 2008 (confirmed tour dates listed below). For updates and additional information, visit Anne Murray’s official Website: www.annemurray.com
In 2011, Billboard ranked her 10th on their list of the 50 Biggest Adult Contemporary Artists Ever, and on July 1, 2017, in celebration of Canada’s 150th Anniversary, the Toronto Sun listed Anne at #1 in Canada’s Top 160 Influences that helped define Canadian culture!
He's Not You
Anne Murray Lyrics
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Though many things do for two.
But don't pretend
That he's a friend who used to.
Well,I blame myself for every bruise
And then the things I do.
He can't help it,
He wants nothing more than changin'
things,
But I know he can't help it too.
He's a man any girl would be proud,
If there's a future.
And I don't know why
He keeps on forgiving me
For the things couldn't do.
He can't help it,
If he's not you.
He holds me like you held me
He can't make me feel the same.
Though he's not the one I dream about,
He's not the one to blame.
And it's not for him
To give to me
For the love he dreamed for two.
He can't help it,
If he's not you.
And it's not for him
To give to me
For the love he dreamed for two.
He can't help it,
If he's not you.
He can't help it, if he's not you.
He can't help it, if he's not you.
The chorus of Anne Murray's song, He's Not You, seems to convey that the singer is comparing her current lover with a former one. She believes that no matter how much this new lover may try to love her, understand her, touch her, or comfort her, he simply can't be as perfect or as beautiful as the previous one. Even though the new lover cannot help himself, and even though he holds her tight like the former one, she simply does not feel the same way with him. She seems sad that she cannot reciprocate his love because it's not his fault that he's not the previous one.
In the verse, she says that she blames herself for every bruise she received from the previous one. She acknowledges that the former one hurt her, but she was attached and could not help doing the things she did with him. She knows her current lover wants to change her, but she is not sure if she wants to. She acknowledges that he is a man who any girl would be proud to have, but she cannot help feeling the way she does. She wonders why he keeps forgiving her though he cannot possibly understand her situation.
Line by Line Meaning
No one knows my love for love,
No one understands how much I love being in love.
Though many things do for two.
Many things are designed for couples in love, but that doesn't make up for the absence of a true partner.
But don't pretend
That he's a friend who used to.
Don't try to pass off a new love interest as if he was previously just a friend.
Well, I blame myself for every bruise
And then the things I do.
I always blame myself for the hurt I feel in my relationships and my own actions that lead to it.
He can't help it,
If he's not you.
The new potential partner cannot be blamed for not living up to the standards of a past lover.
He wants nothing more than changin' things,
But I know he can't help it too.
New partner would do anything to make the relationship work, but I know it's impossible to recreate the same feelings from a past relationship.
He's a man any girl would be proud,
If there's a future.
The new partner is a respectable man that any woman would be lucky to have if there were no past comparisons.
And I don't know why
He keeps on forgiving me
For the things couldn't do.
New partner keeps forgiving me for things I cannot control, but can never compare to the forgiveness from the past partner.
He holds me like you held me
He can't make me feel the same.
The new partner may do similar things, but it doesn't give the same feeling as past partner's gestures.
Though he's not the one I dream about,
He's not the one to blame.
Although the new partner is not the one she dreams of, it is not his fault and she can't resent him for it.
And it's not for him
To give to me
For the love he dreamed for two.
It is not fair to expect the new partner to give the same kind of love the past partner showed towards her.
He can't help it,
If he's not you.
The new partner cannot be expected to fit the mold of the previous lover.
He can't help it, if he's not you.
The chorus is repeated for emphasis on the fact that the new partner should not be blamed for just being himself and not the previous partner.
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Robert Thompson
on Me Too
Lyrics found here are completely wrong; completely different song.