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

Zij Is Van Mij
Spring Lyrics

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Maandenlang was ik gek op haar
Het was voor mij geen leven
Elk woord elk klein gebaar
Maakte mij blij voor even

Maar toen op een feestje
Zei je mij wat je wou
Ik kon het niet geloven

Toen je zei: ik ga voor jou!

Zij is van mij
Want wonderen bestaan
Zij is van mij
Zij is van mij
De hemel is opengegaan
Wij zijn klaar voor een zalige reis
Voor eeuwig en altijd
Naar het paradijs

Elke dag is een feest voor mij
Een regenboog vol kleuren
Elk moment wil ik jou erbij
Dan ruik ik duizend geuren

Het lijkt of ik vroeger
Niet echt heb geleefd
Het is onvoorstelbaar
Wat jouw liefde me geeft

Zij is van mij
Want wonderen bestaan
Zij is van mij
Zij is van mij
De hemel is opengegaan
Wij zijn klaar voor een zalige reis
Voor eeuwig en altijd
Naar het paradijs

Dromen zijn bedrog
Maar deze niet
Ik loop over duizend wolken
Ik geniet
In de liefde ben ik vaak klungelaar
Maar ze is van mij
Geloof me maar

Zij is van mij
Want wonderen bestaan
Zij is van mij
Zij is van mij
De hemel is opengegaan
Wij zijn klaar voor een zalige reis

Voor eeuwig en altijd
Naar het paradijs

Overall Meaning

In the song "Zij Is Van Mij" by Spring, the singer expresses his love and devotion for a woman whom he has been crazy about for months. He recounts how every little gesture and word from her made him happy even if only for a short while. However, his life completely changed when she told him at a party that she wanted to be with him, and he couldn't believe that she had chosen him.

The chorus of the song emphasizes how lucky he feels to have her, declaring that she is his and that she makes his life complete. The singer compares his life before and after meeting her, stating that it feels like he never truly lived before her. He goes on to describe how being with her is like being in paradise and that they are ready for a joyful journey together.

The bridge of the song acknowledges that the singer is often clumsy in love, but he is certain that this love is real and that she belongs to him. Overall, the song is an ode to a love so deep that it feels like a miracle, and that has brought immense joy and happiness to the singer's life.

Line by Line Meaning

Maandenlang was ik gek op haar
For months I was crazy about her

Het was voor mij geen leven
My life was meaningless without her

Elk woord elk klein gebaar
Every word and gesture made me happy, but only for a moment

Maakte mij blij voor even
It only made me happy for a little while

Maar toen op een feestje
But then at a party

Zei je mij wat je wou
You told me what you wanted

Ik kon het niet geloven
I couldn't believe it

Toen je zei: ik ga voor jou!
When you said, 'I choose you!'

Zij is van mij
She belongs to me

Want wonderen bestaan
Miracles do happen

De hemel is opengegaan
Heaven has opened up