"The Project" was introduced to me at 15 in 1976 with "Tales of Mystery and Imagination". Been hooked since. One of the greatest "prog-rock" bands I've had the joy of experiencing.

@Beckysinlondon

29 күн бұрын

They are so underrated, aren’t they?! Not to sound morbid, but I used two of their songs as background music to a video about my 17 year old’s life when she passed away. I treasure those songs when they come on the radio bc it’s like she’s saying hi 🩵☮️

I was a young girl when this came out. Carefree. Loved this song then. Now I'm a grandma who is struggling to beat kidney cancer. Still love this song. I can be carefree again, at least for as long as this wondrous song lasts. ♥ 🎶

@dalepowers1720

Жыл бұрын

Prayers.

@salgonzales4591

10 ай бұрын

@@dalepowers1720 living with essential tremor i feel for you

@garythomas4431

9 ай бұрын

Strength to you. Enjoy the trance of music. It helps me.

@MaryBeth1965

9 ай бұрын

@@dalepowers1720 thank you

@MaryBeth1965

9 ай бұрын

@@garythomas4431 thank you. Trance is a good word for this ...

mind blowing Alan Parsons song and great Lenny Zakatek lead vocals

Love Lenny's voice. He fit the Alan Parsons Project music so perfectly.

@joedecker3900

3 жыл бұрын

All the singers did!

@AngelDaniel1977

Жыл бұрын

@@joedecker3900 Yeah but, Lenny is Lenny :P

@fridagoldberg1077

Ай бұрын

Most greatest hits song by APP sang by Lenny

My dad used to be into Pink Floyd, Alan Parsons, Rush, Queen, Electric Light Orchestra, Little River Band, Steely Dan, Crosby Still and Nash, Fleetwood Mac, Guns and Roses, Beetles, James Taylor, and Bad Company :). He also introduced me to Genesis Trick of the Tail and Wind and Wuthering albums which both became my favourite! He plays the electric bass btw. I play electric keyboards and electric guitar though I used to play alto sax back in highschool not as much anymore! Many of the rock songs he introduced me to as a kid is what initially got me into learning music theory and trying out some jazz stuff. Time and time again I find myself revisiting these albums cause being honest music isnt what it used to be like before. You just dont see the same heart and passion put into these older rock bands! The lyrics are also much more meaningful here. He also listens to Heart, Abba and some instrumental albums he also introduced being Weather Report, Al Di Meola, and Camel.

@Sisyphean1775

3 ай бұрын

Your dad sounds frickin' awesome. I clued right in on APP, ELO, and the Dan hahaha.

The horns, strings, then guitar... Blows my mind every time

@sptinydancer

3 жыл бұрын

Absolutely! Incredible arrangement

@franciscocastillomata9786

3 жыл бұрын

En aquellos tiempos la instrumentación en música pop era mucho más variada que hoy en día!

@rafaeldesanta9868

3 жыл бұрын

,, 6 77k 7

@williampootsolis3790

2 жыл бұрын

Agree

@alejandroferrales8853

Жыл бұрын

Yes the best technically sound from a musical Production this not jus music or rock it’s really art fine art

Some songs immediately take me back...Hello again 1979!

@distant1334

3 жыл бұрын

Same Although I was born in the 2000's

Late 1979: Disco was starting to fade and this awesome song comes out! Absolute perfection from the first note. I love the album cover too, so mysterious.

@TheSteveRobinson

2 жыл бұрын

I bought this album when it first came out and it was probably 10 years later when I took a good, hard look at the album cover... surprise, surprise. Still kinda freaks me out.

@edwardhill6945

2 жыл бұрын

@@TheSteveRobinson The lesions we’re not real, Parsons himself has stated they were makeup

@edwardhill6945

2 жыл бұрын

@@Ed-ez8kl They are not real, Parsons & the cover designers have stated such.

@pfdrtom

Жыл бұрын

@@edwardhill6945 Maybe not but the diluted pupils are.

@TheSteveRobinson

Жыл бұрын

@@je862 Take a closer look... not all of them are on the netting.

I love this album to this very day, 40-some years after its release.

@theodoreritola7641

2 ай бұрын

1979 45

"I've done everything but I can't get it right." I felt that 🤧

I've been a fan of Alan Parsons since 1977. Thank you for sharing.

@normaperez5767

5 жыл бұрын

Just like me!

@martinkroebel2856

5 жыл бұрын

@@normaperez5767, Thank you.

@paulasusan63

2 жыл бұрын

Me too!

@marcusmurphy1019

Жыл бұрын

It's Our Pleasure Family !!!

@heartspeak3901

Жыл бұрын

me too - I grew up in Sweden and listened to them all the time. So so good!!

I remember hearing this in early January 1980 in Kansas City. Still love the song!! Always will!!

The part starting at 3:29 is my favourite!!! So much intensity and emotions, it always gets me!!!

@raosborn9

8 ай бұрын

That's called "The Bridge" and it is very nice.

@enricviv

4 ай бұрын

That is the best indeed part of this masterpiece

Nothing beats the Alan Parsons Project for soul reaching lyrics and innovative music .. years ahead of their time

Masterpiece. For me, it is almost as good as "I Wouldn´t Want to be Like You"; but has undoubtely the Parsons touch. Damned if it do have.

@patprr1756

2 жыл бұрын

A lot better than that .

46 years later, this brings a Tear to my Eye. Has so much time passed? Will they remember our Music? Memories live Forever ❤!

@sickagain7541

13 күн бұрын

13YRS OLD IN 1979, AND NO NEED FOR TEARS MY FRIEND. BE FORTUNATE THAT YOU ALSO LIVED DURING THE SUPER 70'S. IT WAS GREAT TO BE ALIVE DURING THIS DECADE. AND YES OUR MUSIC STILL WILL LAST FOREVER. ROCK ON DFW AND ALL GEN XER'S. CLASS OF ROCKIN 84 !!!.

I remember my brother playing this in his Chrysler Valiant Charger on his L plates when he was 17 in 1979. Brut 33, Stagger Jeans, Lumber Jacket and smokes. What an era. It was on a compilation Cassette called Drive Time. It was a great era in music.... between Disco and New Wave and there was a lot of one hit wonders.

@nancysparkplug

5 ай бұрын

Please tell me the compilation included Driver's Seat by Sniff & The Tears...

Lenny Zakatek fantastic voice

@valerieaubriere7945

4 сағат бұрын

Yes

Damned if I do, Damned if I dont, But I love this band.

@aldoperosa6510

4 жыл бұрын

yes, damned..

I love the feeling like I'm soaring over landscapes, with the beautiful layering of sound that I hear in this piece.

@HubertofLiege

2 жыл бұрын

Alan Parson had the talent of expressing emotion with music.

My mom had a compilation album cassette with this song on it. We used to listen it in our old 1980’s truck so much that the tape wore out. I loved it so much when I was a little kid. I always thought it sounded so big!

I played this 45 down to dust in 79 LENNY❤

Very underrated Parsons song and one I can't get out of my head for months at various times in my life.

@Fernandocatan

9 жыл бұрын

MerkinMuffly You don't need to get it out of your head! It is a masterpiece and deserves to stay on your head! Ciao bello! Fer

@alanyancey4768

9 жыл бұрын

MerkinMuffly I no 1 thing 4 sure.......If I were stranded on an island like Tom Hanks in that 1 flick, This is 1 of the many tunes I'd hope 2 have stuck in my head.....I'm just sayin........enjoy and by 4 now

@saulocpp

6 жыл бұрын

Underrated?!?! It is one his most known songs, it played in radios all over the planet! WTF

@MerkinMuffly

6 жыл бұрын

I don't remember hearing it much on the radio if at all. Maybe when it first came out, I probably didn't notice it being an 8 year old.

@jeffzimmer85

6 жыл бұрын

MerkinMuffly THEY ARE ALL UNDERRATED, ALONG WITH THE ALAN PARSONS PROJECT AS A GROUP ❗❗❗

Late summer and early fall memories for me. Great song

When you're a kid. Life seems to drag really slow. In 10 years you feel you have earned the time in front and want to use it with reckless abandon. Then one day you your going through old songs and one hits a nerve that sends back to that emotional spot in your youth that the song impacted you. You realize life went by too fast.

@languagelover9170

5 жыл бұрын

29/5/2019 2008 1997 1983 1974

@terrysalazar1928

5 жыл бұрын

Respect I know that feeling too. Thanks

@lostinpa-dadenduro7555

4 жыл бұрын

It’s ok. It’s happening to all of us. You’re not alone. See you guys at the finish line. But not too soon. 😉👍

@JazzyFabbry

4 жыл бұрын

Anyway fast or slow, it's better with good cool music.. and Alan Parson Project is

@rooty

3 жыл бұрын

And it feels like falling into a vortex

A true classic. Should have made the Top Ten.

Such clean production,screaming high crescendos,driving sequencer beat,what a beautiful display of cutting-edge technology and production expanding the expression of music. Stunning at the time,still stunning today. Bravo,el terifico!

This was the song that turned me on to this group way back in 1978 or '79. I still have the album. Great stuff!!!

@toddwilbur1139

5 жыл бұрын

You have the album. I used to. Don't remember when I gave it away.

Excellent music - even now, over 40 years later. And even today is alans birthday: happy birthday dear Alan, and thank you for all the music....

this is nothing short of a masterpiece

I freaking love this song. I grew up listening to it because my dad would play these guys all the time

@jennifercampbell7720

4 жыл бұрын

Nick Mick me too

@Adier_Twigg

Жыл бұрын

Same!

@gmsniperll9804

Жыл бұрын

Same

@naudianeels1328

Жыл бұрын

Me too! My mom used to play this album constantly 💜

@toonzelda3353

9 ай бұрын

Same! My dad used to be into Pink Floyd, Alan Parsons, Rush, Queen, Electric Light Orchestra, Little River Band, Steely Dan, Crosby Still and Nash, Fleetwood Mac, Guns and Roses, Beetles, James Taylor, and Bad Company :). He also introduced me to Genesis Trick of the Tail and Wind and Wuthering albums which both became my favourite! He plays the electric bass btw. I play electric keyboards and electric guitar though I used to play alto sax back in highschool not as much anymore! Many of the rock songs he introduced me to as a kid is what initially got me into learning music theory and trying out some jazz stuff. Time and time again I find myself revisiting these albums cause being honest music isnt what it used to be like before. You just dont see the same heart and passion put into these older rock bands! The lyrics are also much more meaningful here. He also listens to Heart, Abba and some instrumental albums he also introduced being Weather Report, Al Di Meola, and Camel.

Alan Parsons is always capable of getting a great group of talented people to work together! They make some splendid music!

@330thcube

Жыл бұрын

Absolutely!!

@enricviv

Жыл бұрын

Yes, something like that was able to do Bryan Ferry with Roxy Music in the seventies. Alan is one of the best sound engineers ever and also probably one of the most underrated

@king-pin007

10 ай бұрын

So much so everyone was absolutely brilliant at their craft.. how did AP do it?

Really overlooked band

Lenny Zakatek Has a really great voice. The best band of the late 70s early 80s

@jeffhenderson1778

5 жыл бұрын

Besides floyd.. Yes

@jimrankin7334

5 жыл бұрын

@@jeffhenderson1778 Alan Parsons engineered Dark Side of the Moon as well as Abbey Road.

@jeffhenderson1778

4 жыл бұрын

Yes im well aware

@lurker6918

4 жыл бұрын

@@jeffhenderson1778 How did you reply to his comment 6 months later lol

@jeffhenderson1778

4 жыл бұрын

@@lurker6918 just typed out the words

What a amazing song :) I ain't got a heart of stone I'm hurtin' more than I've ever kown If you mean the things you said I'm gonna wind up outa my head Can't sleep alone at night I just can't seem to get it right Damned if I do I'm damned if I don't but love you I don't wanna tie you down Don't need a reason to have you around But each time you walk away Don't be surprised if I ask you to stay Can't sleep alone at night I just can't seem to get it right Damned if I do I'm damned if I don't but love you I said I'm damned if I do I'm damned if I don't cause love you I ain't got a heart of stone You haven't left me a mind of my own But it's such a hold on me I don't think I could ever be free How can I survive I'm fighting to keep myself alive I'm damned if I do Damned if I don't but love you Can't seem to see the light I've done everything but I can't get it right Damned if I do Damned if I don't but love you

@bettysimmons7816

7 жыл бұрын

Deniz KAYMAK awsome

@normaperez5767

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

@jennifercampbell7720

4 жыл бұрын

This is biblical

yes this is music

@ledzeppelinrocks21

8 жыл бұрын

agreed

@mikevandehey402

7 жыл бұрын

Justine Vickery this is kick ass music.

@toddwilbur1139

5 жыл бұрын

Yes!

This whole album is great.

Excellent. I am always out of my mind. The fact that Alan Parsons Project was underrated. It is and always will be my favorite. Perfect masterpiece

Just heard this tune for the first time the other day after falling in love with the entirety of IRobot (one of the best albums ever recorded), and other hits from Parsons, and I must say this song, or Snake Eyes have to be the most underrated/ best songs he's ever written! This is an absolute bop!!

I HAD THE RECORD PLAYED IT ALL THE TIME LOVE The Allen Parsons project

There has neve been a better intro to a song ever made.

Alan Parsons = MUSICAL GENIUS 🖤🖤🖤

@artxxx7832

Жыл бұрын

with Eric Woolfson

Sheer brilliance - so relatable - timeless classic

This song has to have both the best intro and ending ever fastened onto a song!

@darnellpistachio2991

Жыл бұрын

Pink Floyd has about 9 off the top of my head

Alan's Music stands apart from any other. And far ahead...✌️🏻

This is damn good, so damn good.

@toddwilbur1139

5 жыл бұрын

Anything better now? No! Wow nobody does it better than APP.

@enricviv

3 жыл бұрын

@@toddwilbur1139 You're totally right, every single song created by APP are "burning flowers hillsides at twilight" Amazing APP

@mikepastor.k6233

Жыл бұрын

Damned, if I can't get this out of my head.

Just a great song, no two ways about it. 😎👍

The Project is indeed from England; Parsons did engineering on Beatles and Pink Floyd albums, produced Pilot and most of Al Stewart's records. This one came out late in 1979 on Arista in the US. This one hit hard for me, as the girl I thought would stay forever didn't. Still hits hard 40 years on. Lenny Zakatek delivers the goods on the vocal.

@drmjr78

8 жыл бұрын

RJ McAllister He also worked with Paul McCartney & Wings on their first 2 albums as a group, "Wild Life" and "Red Rose Speedway".

@jmichaelwells2278

8 жыл бұрын

cool

@timepoet77

6 жыл бұрын

RJ McAllister And he produced Ambrosia's first two albums.

@KidsOnCampus2

6 жыл бұрын

Technically, one Beatles and two Floyd albums...nitpicking, I know...sorry! Carry on! ;)

@bonzilla63

5 жыл бұрын

God I miss Ambrosia.

Sheer brilliance of their astonishingly talented musical abilities - these songs and this era, shaped my love of modern music - still have all the original CD’s - cheers and enjoy

@TheSteveRobinson

2 жыл бұрын

I've got original vinyl. Everything from Tales of Mystery to Sirius.

great , unusual music , as usual , Alan Parsons Project , perfection of sound and incredible craftsmanship . Regards

Great song, underrated album cover. Hipgnosis had the best artwork.

my favorite Parson's song

@JudaMetalMaiden

7 жыл бұрын

Favorite Alan Parsons Song!! I'll Easily Take It Over Eye In The Sky👍🎸

@104thDIVTimberwolf

7 жыл бұрын

This and Games People Play...

@pomtiogablue

6 жыл бұрын

yes

@jaytotheell

6 жыл бұрын

do you like Time?

One of my all time favorites, great song and album

That orchestra sound in the end....what a riveting sound.

APP always had such a nice crisp sound.

My favorite parsons piece.

@alondradelgado7651

7 жыл бұрын

la mía también

@lonmcq7317

7 жыл бұрын

Mine too...

People forget this dude was an engineer on Dark Side of the Moon, and brought every single athletic team into their stadiums during the 90s.

@kyleenglot9184

11 ай бұрын

Heck Alan was producing some of the Beatles best albums as well. He was the senior engineer at Abby Road Studios. Lots of legendary bands came in and left with mega career boosts partially due to his efforts.

I first heard this song, album and group in early 2013 I was only 6 years old in early 2013. Love this type of music.

I had this on 8track I played everywhere I could turn so many friends into this band

This has always been a favorite of mine, not just favorite Alan Parsons. Sirius is the one that gets the most play as a sports theme, but the intro to this would be amazing by a big brass section, like Fleetwood Mac did at the end of their "Dance" album. I can imagine the USC Trojans or Ohio State Buckeyes doing this at halftime.

APP never disappoints! Timeless.

Lenny Zakatek convierte en oro todo lo que canta !! Gran Voz !!.

Great song.

A USAF roommate introduced me to APP. I have seen their albums in music stores but never bought one. This was the first one I bought and I was even more hooked on this group then ever. I bought back issues of them and I still have them to this day. A very under rated group from France.

@pattymeuse6591

9 жыл бұрын

From UK, just saying

@spokanetomcat1

9 жыл бұрын

Back in in 1980 I read there were from France. Maybe they were producing their music in France. Further research is needed.

@pattymeuse6591

9 жыл бұрын

I've only rediscovered them myself. Looked them up on Wikipedia. .like Steely Dan. .mostly studio work. I adoreSteely Dan. Part of my life sound track. Cheers from an American in ireland

Damned if I dont love this song

Fantastic song love this song.

Ouch! - this is one truely brialliant song that defines “The Alan Parsons Project” to their very best - astonishing talent - cheers for the phenomenal memories - luv this song ... and all your albums - engrained in my musical soul !

the studio sound on APP was always soooo clean, sounded digital years before Analog was obsolete, APP a true Pioneer of AOR

@bergerfry

8 жыл бұрын

+D.J. John Hulsey You know he was the sound engineer on Pink Floyd-Dark Side of the Moon? Yea, quite a resume for Alan. Always see this band in concert if you get within driving distance.

@AstraMusicOfficial

7 жыл бұрын

Yes, I agree, John. True perfection and great care taken over every aspect, sound, stereo perspective, effects, mixing, etc.

@RideAcrossTheRiver

2 жыл бұрын

Analog has never been made obsolete.

Los escucho desde 1977, son los mejores de todos los tiempos.

Ever since hearing the intro to this song way back in the 80’s, I always associated it with the Atari and other arcade machines back in the day ^o^ Lenny is the God of Prog Rock in this song!!

One of their Best singles !

One of their best Albums

This song was destined to be sung by lenny. He's not Freddie by a long shot but then again who is . He is close. Six months after this release i messed up and allowed the girl I Loved slip away. Even after 40 years, and two wives, she is still the only one I regret losing.

@danielflynn6895

3 жыл бұрын

Dont feel alone.

Eve is a hypnotic, heartbreaking and wonderful journey of an album that you need to give another listen to get its whole wonderful experience

The greatest song of The APP!!!

Such a wonderful music!!

I ain't got a heart of stone I'm hurtin' more now than I've ever known If you mean the things you said I'm gonna wind up outa my head Can't sleep alone at night I just can't seem to get it right Damned if I do I'm damned if I don't but I love you I don't want to tie you down Don't need a reason to have you around But each time you walk away Don't be surprised if I ask you to stay Can't sleep alone at night I just can't seem to get it right Damned if I do And I'm damned if I don't but I love you I said I'm damned if I do And I'm damned if I don't cause I love you I ain't got a heart of stone You haven't left me a mind of my own But it's got such a hold on me I don't think I could ever be free How can I survive I'm fighting to keep myself alive I'm damned if I do Damned if I don't but I love you Can't seem to see the light I've done everything but I can't get it right Damned if I do Damned if I don't but I love you

Absolutely the best ever, Alan Parsons Project, EVE.

First APP song I ever heard. Fm radio station I think 94.7 in So Cal. in the early 80s played it a bunch of times. Love at first listen. Still listening to AP. Beautiful music and haunting lyrics. Can't get enough...

just so f******ing good music they don´t do it like this anymore

@toddwilbur1139

4 жыл бұрын

Yes so true. Great songs.

Love the project....great song driving in the fall.

@pitneykentucky9634

7 жыл бұрын

couldnt agree more

Lenny Zakatek has a voice that almost rivals Freddie Mercury, almost.

@bonzilla63

5 жыл бұрын

YES!!!!

5 жыл бұрын

Oh... Now I want to listen this song by Freddie Mercury...

@francoisbenoit5335

5 жыл бұрын

@ never match the voice of Freddie Mercury.

@chrisbeeston5083

2 жыл бұрын

@@francoisbenoit5335 maybe not but still 1 hell of a voice aye?

@sabineg4243

2 жыл бұрын

Totally different singers. Both are (were) great. I like ‘games people play’ a lot

My bf sent this to me last night, and just love this song! Such an underrated band! Thank you!

Oh how perfectly this song fit the relationship I was in back in the early 80's. Years later I contacted him and we dated. I still loved him. Wanted so badly for him to marry me. He left to go overseas with the Navy, but wouldn't marry me still. I waited, wrote back and forth with him for about a year. I didn't think he was ever going to come home to me, so I married because I wanted so much to have a home and a real life. It was the worse decision I ever made... I was damned for real. Divorced the abusive jerk that tried to kill me in the end. Later, yep, you guessed it. We did try to get back together, but it just wasn't there anymore for him. Or for me. I was damaged both physically and emotionally for life. I am happily married to a godly man now for many years, for life. But I do still think of him fondly esp. listening to Alan Parson's music...we were really into it back in the day. I hope he has had a good life. I would have made him a good wife. Guess he didn't want one. Far as I know, he never married. What a waste!

Visionary’s Delight!!!

Damned If I do...great song

Alan Parsons has a very rich sound ...

A classic !

my favorite song of theirs.. Remember all those years ago, listening to this again and again and again hypnotically so.. Still awesome, the combination of rock, pop and classical...

Listening to this shit while smoking weed gives me shivers every time

The album cover sold me on this. One of my favorites.

_Lyrics:_ I ain't got a heart of stone I'm hurtin' more now than I've ever known If you mean the things you've said I'm gonna wind up outta my head Can't sleep alone at night I just can't seem to get it right Damned if I do Damned if I don't, but I love you I don't wanna tie you down Don't need a reason to have you around But each time you walk away Don't be surprised if I ask you to stay Can't sleep alone at night I just can't seem to get it right Damned if I do And I'm damned if I don't, but I love you I said I'm damned if I do And I'm damned if I don't, 'cause I love you I ain't got a heart of stone You haven't left me a mind of my own But it's got such a hold on me I don't think I could ever be free How can I survive? I'm fighting to keep myself alive I'm damned if I do Damned if I don't, but I love you Can't seem to see the light I've done everything, but I can't get it right Damned if I do Damned if I don't, but I love you

This song is sooo good, i never get bored by listen it

Awesome tune and album cover !!!

I love it wonderful band best of the oldies but never old

Masterpiece.

entered Billboard Sept 29, 1979 ..reached #27

@104thDIVTimberwolf

7 жыл бұрын

I never understood why they didn't do better on the charts. Maybe if they had toured...

Damned if I do a great song.

Love the descending guitar run back into the last verses!!

Triste de mí, es el nombre de esta gran composición que impacto en mucho mi vida desde estudiante de prepa allá en la UACH, , del gran ALAN PARSON la cual conocí muchísimo más cuatro años después que saliera al mercado y fue en el verano de 1983 cuando grabé con un DECK este maravilloso o álbum del acetato de vinilo a un cassette, el cual me acompaño en todos mis viajes, tenía yo 21 años de edad. Hoy en 2023 ya cumplí 61 pero aun la siento igual de maravillosa y así me siento. ahora ALAN PARSONS ya sale en sus conciertos al mundo y canta también porque antes no lo hacía, Gracias por compartir y que la suerte y la gloria siempre nos acompañe a todos, Saludos a todos los aquí presentes desde MEXICO y para el mundo.