Down Down
Bachman-Turner Overdrive Lyrics
I've made up my mind
I've got to get out in a hurry
I've stated my case
There's no need to come on with worry
'Cause I'm a real straight shooter
And my boot heels are clean
I'll always try to do better
I don't live in no dream
You know I made it all right (down to the line)
Stayed up all night (down to the line)
It's the way to live life (down to the line)
It's the way to live love (down to the line)
Down to the line, down to the line
Sooner or later it gets you every time
Down to the line
I found me a way
To stand up this way without cryin'
Now they asked for the key
But they're complainin' instead of just tryin'
But I'm a real straight shooter
And my boot heels are clean
I'll always try to do better
I don't live in no dream
I live down to the line
You know I made it all right (down to the line)
Stayed up all night (down to the line)
It's the way to live love (down to the line)
It's the way to love life (down to the line)
Down to the line, down to the line
Sooner or later it gets you every time
Down to the line, down to the line
Down to the line, down to the line
Sooner or later it gets you every time
Down to the line, down to the line
Sooner or later it gets you every time
Down to the line, I'll make it all right
Down to the line, sometimes I stay up all night
Down to the line, down to the line
Down to the line, sooner or later, it gets you every time
I stay up all night, I make it all right
Stayin' up all night, down to the line
Make it all right, down to the line
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Peermusic Publishing
Written by: MARK ANTHONY, KIM FOWLEY, RANDY BACHMAN, ALICE COOPER
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Bachman–Turner Overdrive (frequently known as BTO) is a Canadian rock group from Winnipeg, Manitoba that's best known for its series of five Top 40 albums and six Top 40 singles in the 1970s, selling over 7 million albums in that decade alone. Overall, the band has sold nearly 30 million albums worldwide. Many of their songs, including "Let It Ride", "You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet", "Takin' Care of Business", "Hey You" and "Roll On Down the Highway", still receive play on classic rock radio stations. Read Full BioBachman–Turner Overdrive (frequently known as BTO) is a Canadian rock group from Winnipeg, Manitoba that's best known for its series of five Top 40 albums and six Top 40 singles in the 1970s, selling over 7 million albums in that decade alone. Overall, the band has sold nearly 30 million albums worldwide. Many of their songs, including "Let It Ride", "You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet", "Takin' Care of Business", "Hey You" and "Roll On Down the Highway", still receive play on classic rock radio stations. BTO fans are affectionately known as "gearheads" (derived from the band's gear-shaped logo).
The precursor to BTO was the band Brave Belt, which was formed in 1970 by Randy Bachman and Chad Allan (both of The Guess Who), Robbie Bachman and Fred Turner. An original form of the group included musician Keith Emerson of The Nice (and later of Emerson, Lake & Palmer), but he was dropped due to illness. After two moderately successful Brave Belt albums came out, Allan was replaced by Tim Bachman, the third of the Bachman brothers, and the band changed its name to Bachman-Turner Overdrive.
Hailing from Winnipeg, Canada as stated before, BTO released their first album under that name in the spring of 1973. Their second album was Bachman-Turner Overdrive II, and it became a massive hit in the US and their native Canada. It also yielded their best-remembered single, "Takin' Care of Business" written by Randy Bachman. BTO were one of the early hard rock bands which opted for songs backed by catchy melodies and powerful riffing. The band also promoted a strait-laced lifestyle due to the Mormon religious beliefs of Randy Bachman.
Tim Bachman left because of limited performance skills and personal lifestyle issues, and was replaced by Blair Thornton. The first album with the modified lineup, 1974's Not Fragile became a hit, including the #1 single "You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet". The band continued to steadily produce successful albums through the mid-1970s including Four Wheel Drive and Head On (both 1975).
After the release of Freeways in 1977, Randy Bachman left the group for a solo career and another band, Ironhorse. Randy was replaced by Jim Clench, formerly of April Wine, and BTO released a pair of albums before breaking up in 1979. They reunited in 1983, leading to a lawsuit between the brothers, as one group, led by Randy, toured as Bachman-Turner Overdrive and another, led by Robbie, toured as BTO (Robbie Bachman, Fred Turner, Blair Thornton, and Randy Murray). Interestingly enough, in 1984 the line up for Bachman-Turner's first studio LP in 5 years consisted of Randy and Tim Bachman, Fred Turner and Garry Peterson on drums. In 1986 they were the opening band for the newly reformed Van Halen. By that time Fred Turner had left the band, probably to join the "other" BTO. Robbie Bachman's BTO toured and performed until early 2005.
Musicians Randy Bachman and Fred Turner reunited in 2010 for a tour and collaboration on new songs. In 2010, they notably played the half-time show at the Grey Cup in Edmonton, AB.
Website: http://www.bachmanandturner.com/
The precursor to BTO was the band Brave Belt, which was formed in 1970 by Randy Bachman and Chad Allan (both of The Guess Who), Robbie Bachman and Fred Turner. An original form of the group included musician Keith Emerson of The Nice (and later of Emerson, Lake & Palmer), but he was dropped due to illness. After two moderately successful Brave Belt albums came out, Allan was replaced by Tim Bachman, the third of the Bachman brothers, and the band changed its name to Bachman-Turner Overdrive.
Hailing from Winnipeg, Canada as stated before, BTO released their first album under that name in the spring of 1973. Their second album was Bachman-Turner Overdrive II, and it became a massive hit in the US and their native Canada. It also yielded their best-remembered single, "Takin' Care of Business" written by Randy Bachman. BTO were one of the early hard rock bands which opted for songs backed by catchy melodies and powerful riffing. The band also promoted a strait-laced lifestyle due to the Mormon religious beliefs of Randy Bachman.
Tim Bachman left because of limited performance skills and personal lifestyle issues, and was replaced by Blair Thornton. The first album with the modified lineup, 1974's Not Fragile became a hit, including the #1 single "You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet". The band continued to steadily produce successful albums through the mid-1970s including Four Wheel Drive and Head On (both 1975).
After the release of Freeways in 1977, Randy Bachman left the group for a solo career and another band, Ironhorse. Randy was replaced by Jim Clench, formerly of April Wine, and BTO released a pair of albums before breaking up in 1979. They reunited in 1983, leading to a lawsuit between the brothers, as one group, led by Randy, toured as Bachman-Turner Overdrive and another, led by Robbie, toured as BTO (Robbie Bachman, Fred Turner, Blair Thornton, and Randy Murray). Interestingly enough, in 1984 the line up for Bachman-Turner's first studio LP in 5 years consisted of Randy and Tim Bachman, Fred Turner and Garry Peterson on drums. In 1986 they were the opening band for the newly reformed Van Halen. By that time Fred Turner had left the band, probably to join the "other" BTO. Robbie Bachman's BTO toured and performed until early 2005.
Musicians Randy Bachman and Fred Turner reunited in 2010 for a tour and collaboration on new songs. In 2010, they notably played the half-time show at the Grey Cup in Edmonton, AB.
Website: http://www.bachmanandturner.com/
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Monique Abreu
When the mornin' comes
You'll know by my shoes I've been out walking
If I don't return
You'll know I've found something to believe in, to believe in
Waiting for the sun
My heart will surely break if it starts raining
It's the oasis I seek
'Cause the sand of the desert makes me thirsty, makes me thirsty
Down, down we all go down
'Round, 'round we all go 'round
Down, down we all go down
We all go down-down-down-down
If I learn to fly
You know I'll go places never been before
If I reach a star
You know I will dwell on it forever, forever
There are mysteries
My children have rhymes with hidden meanings
If I learn the truth
I'm sure that the end will leave me crying, leave me crying
Tyndaro Machado Giancola
If I learn to fly
You know I'll go places never been before
If I reach a star
You know I will dwell on it forever, forever
There are mysteries
My children have rhymes with hidden meanings
If I learn the truth
I'm sure that the end will leave me crying, leave me crying
Daniel Lobsinger
One of the most underrated songs from BTO!
B.J. Banditt
Danny; that's a BFU!!!!! This is actually their BEST FUCKIN' SONG!!!!!
Marslander
Quando eu tinha uns 10 anos já ficava ligado quando ouvia Rock tocar no rádio. Depois vieram os programas musicais como Sábado Som e eu não perdia nenhum. Viajava na performance de Gary Glitter! Então conheci esse clássico. Confesso que toda vez que tocava eu ficava fora de controle , trombando nos móveis e portas enquanto gingava ao ritmo(ou não) de Down Down.
B.J. Banditt
I'm 53 yrs old myself & this song PROVIDES ME MOTIVATION THAT I NEED!!!!! B.T.O. EPITOMIZES WHAT ROCK MUSIC'S ALL ABOUT!!!!! The fact that they r CANADIAN KEEPS IT REAL!!!??
João Luis Eggenstein
Isso era música, sinto saudades de 40 anos atrás, tempos maravilhosos aqueles.
Sergio Oliveira
@Phillipe Phil o pessoal dessa epoca vota em Trump e Bolsonaro seu bobao
Phillipe Phil
@Paulo Oliva O rei dos clichês. Falta conhecimento, que pena.
Paulo Oliva
@Phillipe Phil Pelo visto vc dá mais valor a revolução comunista (Paulo Freire) que a educação (Frank Charles Laubach).
Parabéns e já sabemos a posição de um isentão.
"A pedagogia do oprimido..."
Phillipe Phil
@Paulo Oliva "Analfabeto funcional, "não tenho político de estimação" e afins são expressões tão clichês que não possuem qualquer relevância mais, como esse clichê de Laubach x Freire. Laubach passou pelo Brasil no início dos anos 40 e o sistema dele já era utilizado aqui no país desde a metade dessa década (40), o sistema fonético já era bastante difundido aqui, falar que o Paulo Freire plagiou todo o trabalho dele por usar parte do que já era difundido corriqueiramente no nosso meio é algo bem desonesto, mas é típico do método de ação dos bolsonaristas, com esses clichês pra pegar trouxa.
Freire, a partir do que já existia aqui no país, desenvolveu algo próprio, onde havia uma diferença radical de concepção, que dizia que a educação não tá no que ensinar, mas sim na forma de ensinar. Portanto, não utilizava cartilhas prontas, o que já era completamente inovador e diferente da base de Laubach, mas, acima de tudo, trabalhava em cima da questão humana, em vez das cartilhas, mostrando pros que seriam alfabetizados que eles possuíam o mesmo valor das pessoas já letradas, enfatizando a importância do conhecimento de cada um, ações que Laubach não executava.
Essa sua colocação é velha já no universo bolsominion e completamente furada e mal intencionada. Pergunto a você: qual a primeira cadeia fast food de hambúrgueres do mundo? Foi a White Castle, que construiu seu primeiro restaurante em 1916, a rede existe até hoje e possui 422 lojas. O fato de McDonald's, Burger King e afins criarem redes próprias fast food de hambúrgueres não diminui em nada o valor dessas marcas e de seus produtos, pois a evolução do mundo e o progresso da humanidade é feito dessa forma, um inventa uma coisa, outro inventa outra, outros aprimoram.
Como falei, procure se informar mais em vez de usar esses clichês bolsonaristas e olavistas. E antes que vc questione, não, não sou petista, nem nunca votei no Lula, nem na Dilma. Nem no Bolsonaro. E o regime militar era um absurdo.
Paulo Oliva
@Phillipe Phil Paulo Freire é um engodo, basta ler Frank Charles Laubach para saber.
Copiou a metodologia, além de introduzir o marxismo cultural.
Um bacharel em direito, que se diz pedagogo... basta ver a colocação do Brasil no pisa, ou seja, UMA VERGONHA.
Deu asas aos analfabetos funcionais.