Originally, I was going to share a story about a concert I went to in 1982, but I realized that today is Palm Sunday. I’m not a religious or devout man by no means, but even I know it wouldn’t be appropriate for this day.
I listened to many songs to find one that would be the right song for today, but failed. Then I remembered putting together a video of my daughter Maria singing. I used family photos and it turned out well.
However, the quality is not that great as I was using an old codec at the time. It gets garbled at different places when you play it for some reason. I think you will get the gist of it, if you ignore the quality.
On assignment to the New World They said there’d be more chance for war Missed the shuttle to the main star They promised they’d be back for more, oh, yeah Then the warships came without a sound There were at least a hundred of them bearing down
Caught in the crossfire Caught in a world insane, Lord War of the empire No-one will be the same, oh Caught in the crossfire Caught in a new age war, we were
I heard somebody say we’d be wasted Under fire we were without defense My buddy said he had a space van A long range cruiser, it was our only chance, oh, yeah We could see no way out but one There was no choice but to try and run
Caught in the crossfire Caught in a world insane, Lord War of the empire No-one will be the same, oh Caught in the crossfire Caught in a new age war, we were
[Guitar Solo: Brian Greenway & Gary Moffat]
Odyssey, laser fight One shot, last fight Passed the warships through the neutral zone Our engines sheared the night as we raced for home
Caught in the crossfire Caught in a world insane, Lord War of the empire No-one will be the same, oh Caught in the crossfire Caught in a new age war, we were Caught in the crossfire Caught in a new age war
I vividly remember the first time I heard this song released by April Wine in 1981 from the album Nature of the Beast. My cousin had just put in a bitching speaker system in his car with a cassette tape. I was sitting in the back seat in the middle. With my head leaned back, my ears were right between the speakers he had installed.
I may or may not have been smoking a bit of weed, I can’t recall, but when the song came on and the laser bolt sounds were whipping from one speaker to the other, it seemed like they were going right through my head. I was blown away.
“Just Between You and Me” was the best charting song on the album, but I always felt that this was way better. The amazing thing is that this was their ninth album and I had never heard of them before that day in my cousin’s car.
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