Change! is the second full-length album by the Black Swans. It is a follow-up to 2004's Who Will Walk in the Darkness with You? and their 2006 EP, Sex Brain. Harp Magazine described the album as a tip of the hat to Charles Simic, the Left Banke, and Fred Neil.
The cover of the CD release is a painting, "Untitled", by Debbie Porchetti, a member of Arc Industries North Workshop, a branch of Franklin County Board of MRDD. The workshop provides services to 300 adults with developmental challenges and recognize their talents by offering an environment that reinforces their confidence and self-expression. Change! was also released in a limited edition vinyl featuring original, one of a kind artwork by workshop members who applied their expression to 500 blank album sleves.
All songs written and composed by Jerry DeCicca, except "Blue Moon #9" by DeCicca, Faulkner & Forbes.
"Change" is a song by the British band Tears for Fears. Written by Roland Orzabal and sung by bassist Curt Smith, it was the band's fourth single release. It would eventually become the second hit from their debut LP The Hurting (1983) and second UK Top 5 chart hit, following the success of "Mad World". The song also gave Tears for Fears their first charting single in America when it cracked the Billboard Top 100 in August 1983. "Change" was also a big international success, reaching the Top 40 in numerous countries.
The 7" version of "Change" is the same mix of the song found on The Hurting, but in a slightly edited form. An extended remix of the song is showcased as the lead track on the 12" single. While many copies of the 12" single use the 7" mix of the song as one of the b-sides, some feature an altogether different recording. Although uncredited on the singles themselves, this mix is labeled the "New Version" on the UK cassette release of The Hurting, where it was included as a bonus track. Featuring an alternate set of lyrics, this version actually predates the 7" mix, despite its title.
Change is the second studio album by Vanessa Amorosi, released in Germany in 2002. It peaked at number 64 on the German Top 100. After one week the album dropped off the chart. The CD was set to be released in Australia, but it remains unreleased there for unknown reasons.
The CD also contains copy protection.
Actors: Tommy Doyle (actor), Aidan Puglielli (actor), Christel Chia (writer), Christel Chia (director),
Plot: Michael is a young struggling illustrator who battles his fears with his trusty pencil, his weapon of choice. Refusing his father's offer to use a pen instead of a pencil, Michael dons cardboard armour and charges pencil first to prove that change is unnecessary. Fighting through different levels of his fears, will fear overwhelm him or will Michael embrace change and truly conquer his fears?
Genres: Short,Actors: Joel Cage (actor), Vinette Cotter (actor), Johnny Lee Davenport (actor), Richard Drenkhahn Jr. (actor), Joe Droukas (actor), Michael Duggan (actor), Lori Gigliotti Murphy (actor), Chris Gonzales (actor), Austine Howard (actor), Jill Jones (actor), Gail Scott Key (actor), Jennifer Leonard (actor), Morgan Murphy (actor), Geoff Nixon (actor), Mike Bogart (actor),
Plot: Jeremiah Ward, a hot shot New York money manager, turns off the highway, straight into his past. In rural New Hampshire, he discovers confusing clues and ghostly reminders of not only people he knew forty years ago, but of the person he once was: an idealist, a visionary, whose clarity grew dimmer with each acquisition and every brilliant move on the career chess board. Exit 22-A seems to represent a portal connecting him with the values and virtue left behind, but it turns out to be much more. Melody, the daughter he never knew, has created the entire artifice, the road map and the cast of characters, determined to test Jeremiah's true convictions and to change his life. And, in doing so, saves it.
Genres: Comedy, Drama,Actors: Chris Gaffney (actor), Sam Hawkwood (actor), Mark Kenfield (actor), Lisa Williams (actor), Benjamin Mix (producer), Sinead Lau (writer), Rachel Bird (composer), Sinead Lau (director), Thomas Boarder (editor),
Genres: Drama, Short,Actors: Alberto Bona (actor), Keith Carter (actor), Ben Marshall (actor), Joshua Tiller (actor), Lyra Finn (actress), Ruth Jarvis (actress), Lillie Wadey (actress), Ian Dean (producer), Katie Elliott (producer), Christina Wheeler (producer), Ian Dean (composer), Katie Elliott (composer), Anthony Marks (composer), Alberto Bona (director), Collette Hodges (editor),
Genres: Musical, Short,Actors: Peter O'Leary (actor), Kai Orion (actor), Jen Li (actress), Filmband (producer), Jen Li (writer), Peter O'Leary (writer), Kai Orion (writer), Ioannis Sochorakis (writer), Peter O'Leary (composer), Jennifer Li (director), Peter O'Leary (director), Kai Orion (director), Peter O'Leary (editor),
Genres: Short,Actors: Jay Coughin (actor), Jay Coughlin (actor), Hunter Fite (actor), Phil Morris (actor), Emmanuel Nelson (actor), Garth Nelson (actor), Jason Romaine (actor), Chip Sickler (actor), Todd Stanton (actor), Gene Zalutsky (actor), Jen Hogan (actress), Heidi Mages (actress), Antoinette Peragine (actress), Allie Smith (actress), Jonathan Peragine (producer),
Genres: Drama, Fantasy, Short,[Verse 1]-
It’ like I’m losing my brain
Goin in sane
This life can’t remain
It’s like I’m living in the fast lane
The streets just ain’t the same
It’s getting worse as if the youths were cursed
But first, I’m here to tell you that we gotta make a change
Rearrange
Shine your light like photochemical exchange.
Get down wit the youths like ya spposed to
Cutin through the ruff times we’re gonna peruse, it’s true
Straight through the gate
No time for hesitate
We’re gonna set the rate
Let your soul levitate
No time for hate ya’ll.
[Hook]-
We gotta change, this broken earth
People killin people diein, what’s the worth.
We gotta change, this broken earth
People killin people diein, what’s the worth.
[Verse 2]-
Refuges searching for the Lord in this land over seas
Cap-tives prepare to begees
When we rhyme chains are broken every time
The luvs divine
You’ll be living just fine.
Ay yo I come in this new mix
Change yo ways it’s time to get fixed
Preaching through my lyrical biblical mind
You’ll find, the glory of my God it is so divine.
It’s yo time, to get saved
Rearrange your life
Drop the knife
Do what’s rite
Start to handle life
[Hook]-
We gotta change, this broken earth
People killin people diein, what’s the worth.
We gotta change, this broken earth
People killin people diein, what’s the worth.
[Bridge] - [Spoken]-
The world is fallin’ at a steady pace
Blacks ‘n’ whites keep hatin’ each race
I’m hear too try an’ bring peace in this place
But e gotta work together so as …
[Verse 3]-
I step in the door
We hitting the score
We broken down barriers we bout to brake down some more
Let’s get deep down to tha core
Brakin’ tha floor
Let’s fly
We’re gonna soar
Well should I mention some more?
We gotta get the world changing
Rearranging
Minds working
Cause there’s so many people hurting.
Change, don’t stop
We gotta get it straight to tha top
We’re gonna change as if we took it to a beauty shop
Don’t let it flop
It’s a new revolution
End of full stop.
[Hook]-
We gotta change, this broken earth
People killin people diein, what’s the worth.
We gotta change, this broken earth
Change! is the second full-length album by the Black Swans. It is a follow-up to 2004's Who Will Walk in the Darkness with You? and their 2006 EP, Sex Brain. Harp Magazine described the album as a tip of the hat to Charles Simic, the Left Banke, and Fred Neil.
The cover of the CD release is a painting, "Untitled", by Debbie Porchetti, a member of Arc Industries North Workshop, a branch of Franklin County Board of MRDD. The workshop provides services to 300 adults with developmental challenges and recognize their talents by offering an environment that reinforces their confidence and self-expression. Change! was also released in a limited edition vinyl featuring original, one of a kind artwork by workshop members who applied their expression to 500 blank album sleves.
All songs written and composed by Jerry DeCicca, except "Blue Moon #9" by DeCicca, Faulkner & Forbes.
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