There are three bands of this name - a British progressive rock band from t… Read Full Bio ↴There are three bands of this name - a British progressive rock band from the 1970s, a British alternative rock band formed in 2022, and a band from a Belgian television soap opera.

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

Wat een mooie dag
Spring Lyrics

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Wat een mooie dag
Er ligt morgendauw
De lucht is stralend blauw
Wat een mooie dag
Vandaag doe ik niets
Misschien neem ik de fiets
Wat een mooie dag
Ik lig in het gras

Drink daarna nog een glas

Nooit van problemen gehoord
Maar er is iets dat mij stoort

Waar ben jij
Waar ben jij
Je bent ervandoor
Ik vind nergens een spoor
Waar ben jij
Ik ben je nu kwijt
Maar ik heb zoveel spijt
Waar ben jij
Waar ben jij
Waar ben jij
Zonder jou kan ik niet leven
Want er is niets te beleven

Wat een mooie dag
Ik kijk met een zucht
Naar de lichtblauwe lucht
Wat een mooie dag
Ik neem eerst een bad
En loop daarna door de stad
Wat een mooie dag
Ik doe wat ik wil
Lekker traag lekker stil

Nooit van problemen gehoord
Maar er is iets dat mij stoort

REFREIN

Overall Meaning

The lyrics of Spring's song "Wat een mooie dag" speak about a beautiful day, with dew in the morning and a clear blue sky, and the singer plans to enjoy the day by doing nothing or maybe going for a bike ride. Yet, something in her heart is bothering her, and it turns out that she has lost someone she loves. She cannot find this person, and the sense of loss and longing is pervasive in the song. The singer is sad and cannot enjoy the beautiful day anymore because the absence of the loved one overshadows everything. However, she hopes to find this person and resolve the situation, as she cannot imagine living without him.

The lyrics of "Wat een mooie dag" reflect the complexity of emotions that a person can feel, even amidst a beautiful landscape and pleasant weather. The song suggests that even the brightest days can be overshadowed by the absence of someone important in our lives. The melody and the rhythm of the song convey a sense of lightness and sweetness, contrasting with the tone of the lyrics, thus creating an interesting effect of emotional ambivalence.

Line by Line Meaning

Wat een mooie dag
Today is a beautiful day

Er ligt morgendauw
The morning dew is on the ground

De lucht is stralend blauw
The sky is bright blue

Vandaag doe ik niets
Today I am doing nothing

Misschien neem ik de fiets
Perhaps I will take my bike

Ik lig in het gras
I am lying in the grass

Drink daarna nog een glas
And then I will have another drink

Nooit van problemen gehoord
I never heard of any problems

Maar er is iets dat mij stoort
But there is something that bothers me

Waar ben jij
Where are you

Je bent ervandoor
You have disappeared