Espen Lind
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Espen Lind (born 13 May 1971) is a Norwegian record producer, songwriter, singer, and multi-instrumentalist. He is one half of the production team Espionage. Espen is also a mentor on the Norwegian version of The Voice.
Solo records
Espen Lind released his first solo album, Mmm...Prepare To Be Swayed, in 1995 under the moniker, 'Sway'. Only released in Norway, it received mixed reviews and sold approximately 5,000 copies. His commercial breakthrough came in 1997 with the single "When Susannah Cries" which was a hit in several European and Latin American countries, including Norway where it was number one for six weeks. His second album Red went on to sell more than 100,000 copies in Norway, and 350,000 copies worldwide, earning Lind three Norwegian Grammy awards (Spellemannprisen) in 1998, including Artist of the Year.
2000 saw Lind releasing his third album, This Is Pop Music, and the singles "Black Sunday" and "Life Is Good". The album also contains a duet, "Where the Lost Ones Go," with Norwegian singer Sissel Kyrkjebø. The album reached gold status in Norway but was generally perceived to be a commercial disappointment compared to its predecessor. After a 3 year break Lind released a new single, "Unloved," in December 2004, followed by the album April, in January 2005.
The Boys of Summer
The Boys of Summer is a common term for baseball players, whose playing season is primarily during the summer in North America.
"The Boys of Summer" may also refer to one of several literary and musical works:
Works with a baseball theme
Works with another theme
See also
The Boys of Summer (book)
The Boys of Summer is a 1972 non-fiction baseball book by Roger Kahn. After recounting his childhood in Brooklyn and his life as a young reporter on the New York Herald Tribune, the author relates some history of the Brooklyn Dodgers up to their victory in the 1955 World Series. He then tracks the lives of the players (Clem Labine, George Shuba, Carl Erskine, Andy Pafko, Joe Black, Preacher Roe, Pee Wee Reese, Carl Furillo, Gil Hodges, Roy Campanella, Duke Snider, Jackie Robinson and Billy Cox) over the subsequent years as they aged. The title of the book is taken from a Dylan Thomas poem that describes "the boys of summer in their ruin".
Reception
Upon publication in 1972, The Boys of Summer was a commercial and critical success. It is often mentioned in discussions of the best baseball books, although some reviewers have criticized it for what they have perceived as excessive sentimentality.
Christopher Lehmann-Haupt wrote in his New York Times review that the book had "very real shortcomings" including "Mr. Kahn's unremitting tone of veneration, as if all his memories had been removed from the altars of the world's great cathedrals", but nevertheless found it to be "a book that succeeded for me despite almost everything about it."
The Boys of Summer (song)
"The Boys of Summer" is a song released in 1984 by Eagles vocalist and drummer Don Henley, with lyrics written by Henley and music composed by Henley and Mike Campbell.
It is the lead track and first single from Henley's 1984 album Building the Perfect Beast and reached the top five in the United States as well as the top position on the Top Rock Tracks chart and number 12 in the UK Singles Chart.
The song's music video won many awards. "The Boys of Summer" was also performed live by Henley with the reunited Eagles; such a version is included on the group's 2005 Farewell 1 Tour-Live from Melbourne DVD.
Composition and history
Henley's song is cemented by Campbell's 1-7-5 repetitive riff over a vi-IV-V-IV chord pattern. Superficially, the song appears to be about the passing of youth and entering middle age, with the theme of 'summer love' apparent in the choruses, and of reminiscence of a past relationship.
"The Boys of Summer" is written in the key of E minor (performed in E♭ minor) and follows a tempo of 88 beats per minute in cut time. Henley's vocals span from G3 to B4 in the song.
Podcasts:
Sway
ALBUMS
- Mmm... Prepare to Be Swayed released: 1995
Espen Lind
ALBUMS
- Army of One released: 2008
- Hallelujah: Live released: 2006
- April released: 2005
- This Is Pop Music released: 2000
- Red released: 1998
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Happy
by: Espen LindShe understands the way you feel
She knows about the things you’re hiding
As long as she is there for you
You will know how to live
You hear footsteps on the floor
You see the world in better colours
And nothing tastes the same no more
Now that you know how to live
You’re happy to feel
Happy to stay
Happy to drive in to work every day
No one can break it, or take it away
Cos you have found your way
So this is where it’s taken you
So many years it took you to get there
And all the things you’ve had to do
Just to learn how to live
You’re happy to feel
Happy to stay
Happy to drive in to work every day
No one can break it, or take it away
Cos you have found your way
Cos she has saved you
And she has made you
Yeah she has been the one that you can lean on
No indecision
No blurry vision
And no one ever made you see so far
You’re happy to feel
Happy to stay
Happy to drive in to work every day
No one can break it, or take it away