Spring: British band (1970's)
Spring were a Leicester-based British progressive rock band that represented the early 1970s progressive rock movement.
A one-shot band, it recorded only one album in its career, a self-titled LP released in 1971. Spring's music is notable for the use of the mellotron with three of the its five members credited with playing that instrument on the album.
Members[edit]
Spring originally consisted of Pat Moran (vocals), Ray Martinez (guitars), Kips Brown (keyboards), Pick Withers (drums) and Adrian Maloney (bass), all of whom had previously played in various local Leicester bands.
A turning point in Spring's fortunes happened after a gig in Cardiff, when the band's van broke down somewhere in the Welsh countryside, coincidentally very near where producer/engineer Kingsley Ward had recently set up Rockfield Studios. Ward would later marvel at the "coincidence of meeting a group with a broken down truck in your own home town when you have previously spent months traipsing around the country in search of talent". He was particularly intrigued by the fact that they owned a Mellotron, and "invited them down the following week for an audition with my brother Charles and myself", the outcome of which was "good enough for us to want to be involved with them". Several demo sessions followed. The band were rehearsing at Rockfield when producer Gus Dudgeon (of David Bowie and Elton John fame) dropped by to check the studio out, heard them play and expressed interest in producing them. A few months later, sessions took place at both Rockfield and London's Trident Studios, and the resulting album was released on the RCA/Neon label in 1971.
In spite of supporting Velvet Underground on a UK tour, plus Keith Christmas and The Sutherland Brothers on various dates, the band broke up in 1972 following aborted attempts at recording a second album. Two previously unreleased songs from these sessions (featuring new bassist Peter Decindis) appeared on The Laser's Edge's 1992 CD reissue of the album, along with "Fool's Gold" from the first album sessions. Moran later worked as sound engineer at Rockfield Studios, notably for Van der Graaf Generator and Robert Plant; he died in early 2011. Martinez became an in-demand session guitarist, working with the likes of Alkatraz, Michael Chapman, Gypsy, Tim Rose and Robert Plant. Pick Withers later became the drummer for Dire Straits, playing on their first four records. Kips Brown became a session musician, playing with Andy Fairweather Low and others, and was in a later band called 'Wellington'. Adrian Moloney returned to the Midlands, where he worked alongside several well-known artists and groups. A solo career as a jobbing musician and minor impresario took him all over the Midlands, and also to Tenerife for several summer seasons. He was working right up to his premature death in 2010.
Pat Moran became a notable Record Producer and worked with Lou Gramm, Robert Plant Iggy Pop, Edie Brickell and the new Bohemians as well as many others. For verification check Pat's obituary in the Guardian newspaper. On 25 May 2015 a double CD of Spring released on Esoteric Records, a part of Cherry Red Records, London. For verification you can check Tarantula recordings, a part of Bucks Music Group, London.
Pat Moran - vocals, mellotron
Ray Martinez - 6- and 12-string guitars, mellotron
Kips Brown - piano, organ, mellotron
Adrian "Bone" Maloney - bass
Pick Withers - drums, glockenspiel
Spring: Belgian band
Spring was a band consisting of young people. The band was formed around a television soap with the same name, where also a band named Spring played. However, the real band had different band members than in the TV show.
Members[edit]
Anneleen Liégeois
Cara Van der Auwera
Dami Corlazzoli
Jelle Cleymans
(Lyrics where all written by Hans Bourlon and Gert Verhulst - Music by Johan Vanden Eede)
Spring: British band (2022)
Spring is a band formed in Southend in 2022. They have released one single and one EP.
Members:
Rivers Bixby
Chris Molen
Gracie Kinsler
Rogan McGarry
Spring: Swiss band - Released an EP in 1996 - The Second Spring
In haar ogen
Spring Lyrics
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Witte stranden blauwe zeen stil geplaagd door het getij
In haar ogen zie ik alles soms verdrietig dan weer blij
Maar er is iets dat ik zeker weet haar ogen zijn van mij
Op haar lippen lees ik alles ik word week van haar gevlei
Ze wil zoveel met me delen ze gaat geen taboe opzij
Op haar lippen lees ik alles soms een flinke scheldpartij
Maar het is zo weer vergeten want haar lippen zijn van mij
Maar soms gaan die handen spelen altijd klaar voor plagerij
Met haar handen kan ze strelen maar soms duwt ze mij opzij
Dat kan mij niet zoveel schelen want haar handen zijn van mij
Elke vezel in haar lichaam heeft ze mij cadeau gedaan
En de hemel is sinds die dag voor mij wijd opengegaan
The lyrics of "In haar ogen" can be translated from Dutch to English as "In her eyes." The song talks about how the singer sees everything in his lover's eyes. He sees the passing world, white beaches, blue seas, and everything in between in her eyes. Although sometimes they show sadness, they often show happiness. However, above all these observations, the singer regards her eyes as his own. Moving on to her lips, he can read everything she wants to say. She never holds back and is always ready to share everything with him. Her lips can convey anger as much as love, but he doesn't mind as they belong to him.
Furthermore, he talks about her hands, which he considers to be softer than the rest of her body. She often uses them to tease him or to play with him, but he loves feeling her touch no matter what she is doing with her hands. Even though sometimes she pushes him away, he doesn't mind as her hands are part of her. Finally, the singer talks about how his lover has given him every part of her being. Since the day she gave herself to him, everything has changed for him, and the heavens have opened up.
Line by Line Meaning
In haar ogen zie ik alles heel de wereld gaat voorbij
I see everything in her eyes, the entire world passes by
Witte stranden blauwe zeen stil geplaagd door het getij
White beaches, blue seas, quiet yet plagued by the tides
In haar ogen zie ik alles soms verdrietig dan weer blij
I see everything in her eyes, sometimes sad and sometimes happy
Maar er is iets dat ik zeker weet haar ogen zijn van mij
But one thing I know for sure is that her eyes belong to me
Op haar lippen lees ik alles ik word week van haar gevlei
I read everything on her lips, I become weak from her flattery
Ze wil zoveel met me delen ze gaat geen taboe opzij
She wants to share so much with me, she doesn't shy away from any taboos
Op haar lippen lees ik alles soms een flinke scheldpartij
I read everything on her lips, sometimes a big curse
Maar het is zo weer vergeten want haar lippen zijn van mij
But it's forgotten so quickly because her lips belong to me
Met haar handen kan ze strelen ze zijn zachter nog dan zij
With her hands she can caress, they are softer than she is
Maar soms gaan die handen spelen altijd klaar voor plagerij
But sometimes those hands play, always ready for teasing
Met haar handen kan ze strelen maar soms duwt ze mij opzij
With her hands she can caress, but sometimes she pushes me aside
Dat kan mij niet zoveel schelen want haar handen zijn van mij
That doesn't bother me too much because her hands belong to me
Elke vezel in haar lichaam heeft ze mij cadeau gedaan
Every fiber in her body, she has given to me as a gift
En de hemel is sinds die dag voor mij wijd opengegaan
And since that day, heaven has opened wide for me
Contributed by Callie A. Suggest a correction in the comments below.