Music (song)
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Music is a song by John Miles . This rock music classic is his greatest success. The ballad first appeared on his album Rebel in 1976 and became an evergreen . The title reached high chart positions in Germany , Switzerland and the United Kingdom . The song was produced by Alan Parsons .
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The short and simple text expresses the never ending love for music . The first two lines are particularly well known.
| Music was my first love | The music was my first love | |
| and it will be my last. | and she will be my last |
music
The music is characterized by strong contrasts. The piece begins very slowly and slowly. John Miles sings the first verse on the piano . Strings are added in the second half of the verse . This is followed by a fast instrumental part in 7/8 time with the usual instrumentation of a rock band and a short appearance by the lead guitar . The tempo changes abruptly to the beginning and John Miles repeats parts of the first verse. A slow section dominated by strings introduces a second fast section, which is more heavily orchestrated, especially with the continued string arrangements and additional winds , whereby the instrumentation gradually increases here as well. This part goes on without a hard cut to the end, in which the previous elements unite with choir voices to a grand, solemn finale and John Miles sings the first verse again.
2009 version
The Belgian dance group Sylver released a version of "Music" as a single from their album "Sacrifice" in October 2009 . The song is a duet with the original artist John Miles. The background to the collaboration is Miles' son John Miles junior's membership in the band Sylver. The new version reached number 11 in the Belgian charts on November 21, 2009.
popularity
- On YouTube , the most popular version of Music has around 6.3 million views (April 2019).
- At the Night of the Proms, the song is part of the standard program. John Miles has presented the song since the series began in 1985, with the exception of 1996, 2000 and 2008 when he accompanied Tina Turner as the band leader.
Cover version
A German version was published in 1984 by Karel Gott under the title "Musik, das ist mein Leben". The German text of the song was written by Bernd Mann, one of the singers of the German band "Die Strandjungs".
The German Power Metal singer Oliver Hartmann covered the song live on his live DVD "Handmade", this version was then also released on the best-of album "The Best is yet to come".
Another German cover version with text in Cologne dialect is available from the Höhner group . On YouTube it can be seen as a video in live performances with the title “Musik es mieh levve” supported by the Junge Philharmoniker .