Post by beatlies on Mar 23, 2007 1:12:17 GMT -5
From Julian Lennon's 1983 Valotte album:
O.K. For You
You don't make me feel like I used to do, Oh no [Ono]
'cause I've already seen the other side of you, Oh yeah
Look at me while you're smiling through your lies
Swear blind, they ain't nothing you can hide.
It's O.K. for you
'cause it's O.K., O.K.
It's O.K. for you,
there ain't nothing to disguise
You suck me in, and then you spit me out
It makes me wanna scream, and it makes me wanna shout.
I don't need you now like I used to do, Oh no [Ono]
'cause I've found another girl who's completely true, Oh yeah
Turn away, try to catch me with your spies
Mirror cracks, see the devil in your eyes.
It's O.K. for you
'cause it's O.K., O.K.
It's O.K. for you
there ain't nothing to disguise
You suck me in, and then you spit me out
It makes me wanna scream and it makes me wanna shout.
It's O.K. for you
'cause it's O.K., O.K.
It's O.K. for you,
there ain't nothing you can hide
You suck me in, and then you spit me out
It makes me wanna scream, and it makes me wanna shout.
"The Making of Valotte"
1983 - The Making of Valotte
September 1983 - Julian anonymously forwarded a tape of his songs to Tony Stratton Smith, head of U.K.-based Charisma Records. Immediately impressed by both the quality of Julian's writing and his strong performance, Stratton Smith signs Julian to the label. In the U.S., Atlantic Records Chairman, Ahmet Ertegun, was equally taken by Julian's clear musical gifts and signs him for North America.
October 1983 - Julian and two of his friends, Justin Clayton and Carlton Morales, take up temporary residence at the remote Manor de Valotte, a French chateau near Nevers. Julian said, "There's nobody around. It's just fields, no towns, nothing. Just an old barn, a horses stable, where we started to work. A horses stable with a carpet on the floor, and that was it! Most of the songs were in tune form, no vocal ideas at all. Half the songs were already written on the piano in little bits and bobs a year or two before that. I'd just been playing around with them, and going to Valotte was the opportunity to fix them up. There were no distractions whatsoever." The trio worked at Valotte for three months, writing songs and making demo tapes.
O.K. For You
You don't make me feel like I used to do, Oh no [Ono]
'cause I've already seen the other side of you, Oh yeah
Look at me while you're smiling through your lies
Swear blind, they ain't nothing you can hide.
It's O.K. for you
'cause it's O.K., O.K.
It's O.K. for you,
there ain't nothing to disguise
You suck me in, and then you spit me out
It makes me wanna scream, and it makes me wanna shout.
I don't need you now like I used to do, Oh no [Ono]
'cause I've found another girl who's completely true, Oh yeah
Turn away, try to catch me with your spies
Mirror cracks, see the devil in your eyes.
It's O.K. for you
'cause it's O.K., O.K.
It's O.K. for you
there ain't nothing to disguise
You suck me in, and then you spit me out
It makes me wanna scream and it makes me wanna shout.
It's O.K. for you
'cause it's O.K., O.K.
It's O.K. for you,
there ain't nothing you can hide
You suck me in, and then you spit me out
It makes me wanna scream, and it makes me wanna shout.
"The Making of Valotte"
1983 - The Making of Valotte
September 1983 - Julian anonymously forwarded a tape of his songs to Tony Stratton Smith, head of U.K.-based Charisma Records. Immediately impressed by both the quality of Julian's writing and his strong performance, Stratton Smith signs Julian to the label. In the U.S., Atlantic Records Chairman, Ahmet Ertegun, was equally taken by Julian's clear musical gifts and signs him for North America.
October 1983 - Julian and two of his friends, Justin Clayton and Carlton Morales, take up temporary residence at the remote Manor de Valotte, a French chateau near Nevers. Julian said, "There's nobody around. It's just fields, no towns, nothing. Just an old barn, a horses stable, where we started to work. A horses stable with a carpet on the floor, and that was it! Most of the songs were in tune form, no vocal ideas at all. Half the songs were already written on the piano in little bits and bobs a year or two before that. I'd just been playing around with them, and going to Valotte was the opportunity to fix them up. There were no distractions whatsoever." The trio worked at Valotte for three months, writing songs and making demo tapes.