This STRANGE 1982 Classic is SHROUDED in Mystery…So What the Hell Does it Mean? | Professor of Rock
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Coming up, it’s a musical genius who was in the room for some of the biggest chapters in rock history: Alan Parsons. He was with Pink Floyd on their landmark album The Dark Side of the Moon and the Beatles on several of their masterworks including Abby Road. It doesn’t get any bigger than that. But you know what? This prodigy wrote a mind-blowing chapter of his own. Masterminding an unprecedented rock experiment, he not only gave us some of the most thought-provoking albums of the 70s and 80s but also one of the era’s most iconic tracks… Eye in the Sky a song that has provoked a lot of speculation about its meaning. Is it about Big Brother? A dystopian future? Gambling? Or maybe it’s a break-up song… Plus, get the story of the copycat song that has been called a nothing more than “lazy rip-off” of this epic track we get the story straight form the genius himself NEXT on the Professor of Rock.
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So, it’s time for another edition of #1 in Our Hearts. This show honors songs that were so unbelievably great, they absolutely should've been #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 Chart. But for whatever reason, be it radio play, lack of marketing, label support, or just sheer stupidity, the song came up short. Today we’re giving the much-earned #1 spot to The Alan Parsons Project and their 1982 hit Eye in the Sky.
By the late 60s, a teenage Alan Parsons had already tried his hand as a folk-blues acoustic player and as a lead guitarist with a blues band called ‘The Earth’. Alan would later describe himself as “just another guitar player trying to sound like Eric Clapton,” but the London-born musician's career path would take a turn into an entirely new direction in 1967. At just 18 years old Parsons landed a job in the tape duplication department at EMI Records. While there he heard the master tape of the Beatles’ 1967 album, ‘Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band.’ It was as if lightning had struck. Hearing Sgt. Pepper’s made him realize how desperately he needed to talk his way into a job at EMI Recording Studios on Abbey Road.
The road to Abbey Road proved to be more important than trying to push through as a struggling musician. And Parson’s determination paid off when he landed a job at the iconic studio that same year. Working as an assistant recording engineer, and under George Martin’s guidance, Parsons was present for the Beatles' final two historic albums: Abbey Road and Let It Be. Alan was also on-site for the Fab Four’s final rooftop concert… there to make sure nothing broke. If you look closely, you can catch him in Peter Jackson’s documentary, The Beatles: Get Back. Said Parsons of his early experiences at Abbey Road, “I was just an assistant who made tea and pushed buttons. But I did get to watch
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Matthew Fabris, Larry Rosenman, Holly Hammet, Remnarc, Kevin riley, Paul Moore II
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- Van Halen OU812 Vinyl Album https://amzn.to/3tLsII2
- The 80s Collection https://amzn.to/3mAekOq
- 100 Best Selling Albums https://amzn.to/3h3qZX9
- Ultimate History of 80s Teen Movie https://amzn.to/3ifjdKQ
- 80s to 90s VHS Video Cover Art https://amzn.to/2QXzmIX
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So, it’s time for another edition of #1 in Our Hearts. This show honors songs that were so unbelievably great, they absolutely should've been #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 Chart. But for whatever reason, be it radio play, lack of marketing, label support, or just sheer stupidity, the song came up short. Today we’re giving the much-earned #1 spot to The Alan Parsons Project and their 1982 hit Eye in the Sky.
By the late 60s, a teenage Alan Parsons had already tried his hand as a folk-blues acoustic player and as a lead guitarist with a blues band called ‘The Earth’. Alan would later describe himself as “just another guitar player trying to sound like Eric Clapton,” but the London-born musician's career path would take a turn into an entirely new direction in 1967. At just 18 years old Parsons landed a job in the tape duplication department at EMI Records. While there he heard the master tape of the Beatles’ 1967 album, ‘Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band.’ It was as if lightning had struck. Hearing Sgt. Pepper’s made him realize how desperately he needed to talk his way into a job at EMI Recording Studios on Abbey Road.
The road to Abbey Road proved to be more important than trying to push through as a struggling musician. And Parson’s determination paid off when he landed a job at the iconic studio that same year. Working as an assistant recording engineer, and under George Martin’s guidance, Parsons was present for the Beatles' final two historic albums: Abbey Road and Let It Be. Alan was also on-site for the Fab Four’s final rooftop concert… there to make sure nothing broke. If you look closely, you can catch him in Peter Jackson’s documentary, The Beatles: Get Back. Said Parsons of his early experiences at Abbey Road, “I was just an assistant who made tea and pushed buttons. But I did get to watch
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