The first swirls of what would become Lucky Soul took place in Glasgow in the imagination of a sound engineering student called Andrew Laidlaw. Inspired by the classic Sixties soul playing at a tiny night club called Papa Cool, he began sneaking into the studios at night, plotting to take a seemingly lost kind of pop music and update it for the 21st century. When the course finished, he moved to London, recruited a few friends and put out a classified ad for a singer. A heartfelt request for “no divas, no faux-American accents” seemed to have little effect, but alongside 300 Aguilera-clones emerged a honey-haired woman by the name of Ali Howard with a voice perfectly poised between power and vulnerability and a look that seemed tailor-made for Laidlaw’s music.
The first Lucky Soul album followed in April 2007. Released on the band’s own label Ruffa Lane (set up with the financial help and know-how of a couple of close friends) The Great Unwanted was a massive critical and commercial success: greeted with 4 and 5 stars – “an immediate classic”, “pop at its most glorious and heartbreaking” – across the board and sold 50,000 records worldwide, picking up a top 10 hit in Japan along the way.
Laidlaw’s pop vision had been vindicated, but the band had also thrown everything at that first record. Once the touring was done and with no financial safety net to fall back on while the royalties came through, Lucky Soul returned to their normal lives. Not for the first time, Laidlaw found himself stone broke and south of the river. This time he had no choice but to live inside the band’s studio, then in a draught-ridden converted fire station on the gloomier side of Greenwich. He played piano til the early hours and showered in the local swimming pool, and put his heart and soul into creating a second album, going by his own admission a bit crazy along the way.
Turning down an offer from legendary Bowie producer Tony Visconti, the band opted to retain complete creative control. Laidlaw produced the record himself, only turning to outside help for the mixing sessions, handled in New York by Victor Van Vugt (Nick Cave, Sons & Daughters, Kirsty Macoll, PJ Harvey). Howard, Laidlaw and mercurial guitarist Ivor Sims were all that remained from the original lineup. Russell ‘Rusty’ Grooms and kiwi maverick Paul Atkins took the bass and drum briefs, and a new keyboardist was found in the form of Art Terry, a former protégé of Arthur Lee from Love who had initially just turned up to tune Laidlaw’s piano…
Months were spent in the studio, as Laidlaw – a synaesthetic to whom music appears in the form of vivid visuals that look “like an avant-garde Russian cartoon” – heaved his vision into awesome life. The result is a record with the gloves off, as trumpeted in the form of two advance singles Woah Billy! and White Russian Doll. The first album’s shameless love for pure melody remains, but any hint of knowing pastiche has been replaced with big, confident, lean production; it’s a soaring album of modern pop – music for a new decade.
It's Yours
Lucky Soul Lyrics
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cold so long that I'm
just 'bout freezing now
I'm just about freezing now
The one sucker punch it went and
caught me wrong and I'm
just 'bout breathing now,
I'm only just breathing now
It all comes back to me, I know
it all comes back to me
but it's yours,
anything that you ain't
never got given before
Take it all if you're with me
I've no need for anything more
and I would be on fire
It's me that makes you shy
Just try it one more time
Let me glimmer in your eye
I've been trying not to tread on
anybody's toes but I'm
just so clumsy now
I can't stop falling down
I've got a little secret no one's s'posed to know
but I can't help blurting out
you're all I've got to think about
It all comes back to me
I know it all comes back to me
but it's yours
anything that you ain't
never got given before
Take it all if you're with me
I've no need for anything more
and I would be on fire
It's me that makes you shy
Just try it one more time
Let me glimmer in your eye
but it's yours
it's yours
it's yours
Lucky Soul's song "It's Yours" is a love song about a person who has been standing outside in the cold for a long time, waiting for someone they love to return to them. The lyrics suggest a sense of desperation as the person is just about freezing and breathing now. However, the person is willing to give everything they have, even things they've never given before, because it's all for the one they love.
The lyrics are filled with a sense of longing, as the person tries not to step on anyone's toes but feels clumsy and keeps falling down. They have a little secret that no one is supposed to know, but they can't help thinking about the one they love. The chorus repeats that everything is theirs, and the person has no need for anything more.
Line by Line Meaning
I've been standing out here in the cold so long that I'm
I have been waiting for you for a long time.
just 'bout freezing now
It is very cold and I am shivering.
The one sucker punch it went and caught me wrong and I'm
Something hurt me deeply and now I am in pain.
just 'bout breathing now, I'm only just breathing now
It is difficult to breathe and I am barely able to do so.
It all comes back to me, I know it all comes back to me
I remember everything about us and our past experiences.
but it's yours, anything that you ain't never got given before
I am offering you something unique that you have never received from anyone else before.
Take it all if you're with me, I've no need for anything more
If we are together, all that I have is yours and I don't need anything else.
and I would be on fire, It's me that makes you shy
I will be passionate and bold, but my boldness makes you shy.
Just try it one more time, Let me glimmer in your eye
Give me one more chance to show you how much I care for you and let me see the sparkle in your eyes.
I've been trying not to tread on anybody's toes but I'm
I don't want to offend or upset anyone, but I am struggling to maintain my composure.
just so clumsy now, I can't stop falling down
I am making mistakes and falling apart, unable to control myself.
I've got a little secret no one's s'posed to know but I can't help blurting out
I have a secret that I should not reveal, but I cannot keep it to myself.
you're all I've got to think about
You are the only person that I can think of, you are always on my mind.
but it's yours, anything that you ain't never got given before
I am offering you something unique that you have never received from anyone else before.
it's yours, it's yours, it's yours
Everything that I have is yours, I am giving it all to you.
Contributed by Allison K. Suggest a correction in the comments below.
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I've been standing out here in the
Cold so long that I'm
Just 'bout freezing now
I'm just about freezing now
The one sucker punch it went and
Caught me wrong and I'm
Just 'bout breathing now,
I'm only just breathing now
It all comes back to me, I know
It all comes back to me
But it's yours,
Anything that you ain't
Never got given before
Take it all if you're with me
I've no need for anything more
And I would be on fire
It's me that makes you shy
Just try it one more time
Let me glimmer in your eyes
I've been trying not to tread on
Anybody's toes but I'm
Just so clumsy now
I can't stop falling down
I've got a little secret no one's s'posed to know
But I can't help blurting out
You're all I've got to think about
It all comes back to me
I know it all comes back to me
But it's yours
Anything that you ain't
Never got given before
Take it all if you're with me
I've no need for anything more
And I would be on fire
It's me that makes you shy
Just try it one more time
Let me glimmer in your eyes
But it's yours
It's yours
It's yours
(Etc)
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작사: Lucky Soul