![]() ![]() In fact, we toiled over the musical arrangement for several weeks, maybe longer. but on subsequent demo's we replaced the 12-string with a chunky 6-string intro. When he confesses, Everything I do, I do it for you, you believe he’s got one driving motivation. Because Bryan Adams would have been only 9 or 10 years old during the Summer of 69, it is unlikely that that was the actual year, but I have trouble believing. When he reminisces about the summer of ’69, you’re certain those were the best days. On our very first basement demo of "Summer of '69" we started the song with the 12-string riff, exactly like the "break down" section in the middle of the song. When Bryan Adams sings that it cuts like a knife, you can almost feel the cold blade. Man we were killin' time, we w ere young and restless, we needed to unwindĪt this point the song goes into an electric twelve-string guitar break, a nod to The Beatles ("Ticket To Ride"), The Byrds ("Tambourine Man"), The Searchers ("Needles And Pins") and We Five ("You Were On My Mind") - some of my favourite music from the 1960's. Morrissey, whose classroom was directly across the hallway. When the music room was occupied, Whitty and I would practice during lunch-hour in the school library, which annoyed my French teacher, Mrs. I'd pound on the school band's snare drum and cymbal while Whitty played his electric guitar through a small amp. Whitty is the first musician I ever played with, and I have very fond memories of those mid-day "jam sessions". "Walk Don't Run", "Wipeout", "Perfidia" and "Apache" were some of our favourites.īefore joining The Tremelones I spent most lunch-hours in the school music room with Alan "Whitty" Whitmore. ![]() #BEST DAYS OF MY LIFE BRYAN ADAMS PLUS#Chuck was really old (twenty-one), plus he'd recently travelled to England, so he had instant credibility!Ĭhuck had an electric guitar with a silver sparkle finish - a marvelous thing to behold - and a Fender amp! None of us could sing, so we mostly played instrumentals by The Ventures and The Shadows. Chorus 1 Oh, when I look back now That summer seemed to last forever And if I had the choice Yeah, I'd always wanna be there Those were the best days of my life Verse 2 Ain't no use in. ![]() We changed our name to The Fourmost when my neighbour Chuck Davies joined the band. Your browser does not support the audio element. radio airplayġ986 - Procan Award (Performing Rights Organization of Canada) for Canadian radio airplayĢ000 - Socan Classics Award for more than 100,000 Canadian radio performances #42 - UK Charts / August 1985 (7 weeks on the chart)ġ985 - BMI (Broadcast Music Inc.) Citation of Achievement for U.S. #40 - Billboard Top Rock Tracks Chart / 1984 (8 weeks on the chart) #12 - The Record (Canada) / Octo(17 weeks on the chart) #5 - Billboard Hot 100 Singles Chart / August 1985 (17 weeks on the chart) I got my first real six-string Bought it at the five-and-dime Played it till my fingers bled It was the summer of 69 Me. Reckless - 30th Anniversary Edition (November 2014) Bryan Adams Unplugged (A&M Records, 1997) ![]()
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