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1980
Vocalist Alides Hidding scores a solo hit with the … Read Full Bio ↴Timeline

1980
Vocalist Alides Hidding scores a solo hit with the single Hollywood Seven and forms Time Bandits with bassist Peter Smid, session drummer Tommy Bachman, keyboard player Otto Cooymans and Carl Carlton on guitar.

1981
Swedish keyboard player Åke Danielson and drummer Joris Alberda Cooymans join the group. In December the band has a hit with Live It Up, which also hits the number one spot in de US Dance Charts.

1982
The single Sister Paradise fails to enter the charts and the titleless debut album lacks commercial success.

1983
I'm Specialized In You reaches number two in the Dutch Top 40 and also becomes a big hit in France. Listen To The Man With The Golden Voice enters the Top 10 in April. The second album, Tracks, is released. I'm Only Shooting Love, the first single to be taken from this album, enters the Top 10 in October. The single does well in France, the US and Australia and the band tours in Australia and New Zealand.

1984
Reach Out enters the Top 40 in May. Bassist Smid and drummer Alberda leave the band and are being replaced by Dick Schulte Nordholt (bass) and Kim Haworth (drums). Hugo de Bruin is the band's new guitarist.

1985
Time Bandits hit the charts with Endless Road and Hidding goes to the US to work with Dan Hartman. The album Fiction is released in the autumn. The single Dancing On A String enters the charts in October.

1986
I Won't Steal Away, co-written by Hidding and Hartman becomes a hit and the band tours Europe.

1987
In February Hidding again leaves for the US to work with Dan Hartman on some new Time Bandits material. The singles We'll Be Dancing and Wildfire fail to enter the charts, however, and the album Can't Wait For Another World isn't a breakout success. Following this, Alides Hidding decides to put an end to Time Bandits and moves to Los Angeles where he starts composing songs for the likes of Jennifer Rush, Helen Schneider, Trini Lopez and The Nylons. He also co-writes with people like Dan Hartman, Charlie Mitnight and Dwayne Hitchings and writes the music for the cartoon series Star Street.

1990
Danielson writes the score for the film Let The Music Dance.

1996
Under the name Blueville Danielson releases the album Blueville Serenade.

1997
Since 1994 Alides Hidding has been performing with a new line-up of Time Bandits. The set list mainly consists of old rock, soul and pop tunes and of course all of Time Bandits greatest hits.

2001
Hidding is working on a new Time Bandits album.

2002
At the The Reflex Of The 80's, an evening in the Rotterdam Ahoy' arena staged by pubcaster BNN, the Time Bandits sing some of their hits.

2003
The album As Life? contains new recordings of the Time Bandits hit singles, supplemented with cover versions from songs like Hey Jude, Papa Was A Rolling Stone and Purple Rain.

Source: Dutch Pop & Rock Institute (http://www.hollandrocks.com)

I'm Only Shooting Love
Time Bandits Lyrics

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Come with me, our game has just begun
Take my hand, we're gonna have some fun
In the suite, thats what they all tell me
Incomplete, see all their fingers pointing

I say love's what I want, who can take me high
Out into space, only shooting up
For the moment he's there

Though it's hard to bare, out in the cold

Time is right, I'm only shooting up
Times tonight, thats what I'm thinkin of
It's allright ooh, I'm only shooting up
Times tonight ooh, I buy it to you till your high enough

I don't want to make some sort of fuss
Thats not what I wanted to
I just need some trust

I say love's what I want, who can take me high
Out into space, only shooting up
For the moment he's there
Though it's hard to bare, out in the cold

Time is right, I'm only shooting up
Times tonight, thats what I'm thinkin of
It's allright ooh, I'm only shooting up
Times tonight ooh, I buy it to you till your high enough

I say love's what I want, who can take me high
Out into space, only shooting up
For the moment he's there
Though it's hard to bare, out in the cold

Time is right, I'm only shooting up
Times tonight, thats what I'm thinkin of

It's allright ooh, I'm only shooting up
Times tonight ooh, I buy it to you till your high enough

Overall Meaning

In "I'm Only Shooting Love," Time Bandits invite listeners to follow them on a joyride of love and excitement. The song is about surrendering oneself to love without any expectations or reservations. The opening line, "Come with me, our game has just begun," implies an adventurous and playful attitude towards love. The singer invites the listener to hold their hand and join them in a journey of pure bliss.

The lyrics "Incomplete, see all their fingers pointing" suggest that society judges and scrutinizes the idea of pure love, projecting their insecurities and fears onto those who embrace the idea wholeheartedly. The lyrics "I say love's what I want, who can take me high out into space, only shooting up" further emphasize the idea of love as an escape from reality, a way to transcend the mundane and find something extraordinary.

The chorus echoes the same sentiment, with the singer proclaiming that they're "only shooting up" and that the "time is right" to indulge in love without any worries. The song tells us that love is a drug and a way to escape reality temporarily. In conclusion, "I'm Only Shooting Love" invites us all to let go of our fears and indulge in the magic of love wholly.

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