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Lyrics: If you believe in the power of magic When we were living in a dream world
Don’t answer me, don’t break the silence If you believe in the power of magic It ain’t enough that we meet as strangers Don’t answer me, don’t break the silence Don’t answer me, don’t break the silence Don’t answer me, don’t break the silence Don’t answer me
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Tonight on DWB Radio, we’re waxing eighties nostalgia with one of my favorite tunes from the era, Don’t Answer Me from British prog rockers, Alan Parsons Project. This track reached number 15 on the U.S. Billboard charts, and surprisingly (at least to me) was the highest charting single the band ever released in its native UK—and even then it only reached number 58. During its 15-year career, Alan Parsons Project released 10 full-length albums and 28 singles. The band has regrouped in various incarnations for the occasional reunion show but hasn’t been active since 1990. APP was the brainchild of Alan Parsons and Eric Woolfson. In addition to looking like one seriously cool cat, Parsons was heavily involved in the production of a number of seminal albums, including the Beatles’ Abbey Road and Let It Be, and Pink Floyd’s The Dark Side of the Moon. He also helped produce Ambrosia self-titled debut. Woolfson, however, sang lead on most of the band’s biggest hits, including Time, and their go-to, Eye in the Sky. Woolfson also wrote a number of theater musicals. Sadly, Woolfson died of kidney cancer in 2009 at the age of 64. Video: Here is the memorable 1984 music video, done in a cartoon style by MW Kaluta. Here is a live performance of Don’t Answer Me, performed in Mainz, Germany, only with Parsons, not Woolfson at the mic: You Might Also Like:
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