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Re: Basement Songs: “Life to Life” by Pete Townshend

Elaine — Sun, 22 Jun 2008 19:37:59 -0000

What *is* the deal with White City? I immediately felt attracted to it, and I was a teenage girl. It wasn't until much later than I even gave thought to lyrics, and I still don't know exactly what the story was supposed to have been.

Re: Basement Songs: “Life to Life” by Pete Townshend

Ray — Sun, 22 Jun 2008 09:41:07 -0000

Wasn't an easy find, but I snared a CD copy of the soundtrack off eBay about 4 or 5 years ago. One common thread is that most of the songs have the phrase "play for keeps" or "playing for keeps" somewhere in the lyrics.

Re: Basement Songs: “Life to Life” by Pete Townshend

Sally — Thu, 15 May 2008 15:22:13 -0000

My canadian host was realllllllly gross and his (yes, his) family were equally as gross and weird. Thank God for high school field trips.

Re: Basement Songs: “Life to Life” by Pete Townshend

soundtrekkie — Thu, 08 May 2008 22:50:12 -0000

And don't forget the score to Quicksilver was done by Genesis keyboardist Tony Banks. Talk about a bizarre combo of talents. And for such a random movie.

Re: Basement Songs: “Life to Life” by Pete Townshend

bvladika — Thu, 08 May 2008 19:52:30 -0000

Ah, the infamous Canada trip. How I looked forward to that event and how infrequently I look back, but it remains a great memory. We prepped for that trip by watching Bob and Doug Mckenzie's "Great White North" until late in the night. The phrases "take off you hoser" and "I gotta pee so bad I can taste it" are indelibly etched in my mind and associated with the trip. You were always and still remain ahead of me musically as the uncovering of my favorite Townsend release, White City, came much later while a freshman in college. This, ironically, occurred in sync with my own version of the friendship meltdown due to a girl and a misunderstanding, which was repaired via the intake of more than healthy amounts of vodka. The elixir. Thanks for helping those memories rise once again, eh.

Re: Basement Songs: “Life to Life” by Pete Townshend

Zack — Thu, 08 May 2008 16:58:52 -0000

The movie (featuring Kevin Bacon) was just called Quicksilver. The song was "Quicksilver Lightning" and was apparently written by Giorgio Moroder and Dean Pitchford. I remember debating with my parents why the movie was called Quicksilver; the eleven-year old me insisted it was because he rode a silver bike quickly, and my parents said it was a euphemism for striking it rich on the stock market. Turns out we both overlooked the fact that Bacon's character worked for Kurtzweill's Quicksilver Express Co., Ltd.

Re: Basement Songs: “Life to Life” by Pete Townshend

jackfear — Thu, 08 May 2008 15:00:07 -0000

FAKE EDIT: Wow, was I wrong. Sorry, Pete. Sorry, Giorgio.

Re: Basement Songs: “Life to Life” by Pete Townshend

jackfear — Thu, 08 May 2008 14:58:15 -0000

Also: Pete was bit of a themewhore around this time, wasn't he? There was a bike-messenger movie - I think it was called Quicksilver Lightning, or maybe just Quicksilver - Roger Daltrey sang the theme, but I'm pretty sure Pete wrote it; it certainly sounded of a piece with his White City-era work.

Re: Basement Songs: “Life to Life” by Pete Townshend

jackfear — Thu, 08 May 2008 14:56:10 -0000

You're not the first to be burned by Lyricsfreak, my friend.

Re: Basement Songs: “Life to Life” by Pete Townshend

Malchus — Thu, 08 May 2008 14:50:17 -0000

Ugh. This is not my week.

Re: Basement Songs: “Life to Life” by Pete Townshend

jackfear — Thu, 08 May 2008 14:34:05 -0000

I don't know what Eastern European website you cut 'n' pasted those lyrics from, but man, they're so crazily inaccurate as to be surrealist poetry. "Being called of the bus"? "Your strongest ten"? "Can you stand the shaft"? Great stuff.