March 13th, 2010
Hi,
I would love to find lyrics of this song I hear on radio so often. It
is quite a popular song starting with 'nobody on the road, nobody on
the beach.." and then it goes "..untill the boys of summer are gone.."
(not sure if that phrase is correct).
Please provide me full lyrics of this song (pointing to a link is
fine). Also, pardon my ignorance but is 'boys of summer' a group or
title of this song? Anything else associated with this song would be
great too!
Thank you so much.Hi var:
Thanks for the fun question.
The song you are looking for is "The Boys of Summer" by Don Henley.
The lyrics can be found at:
The Boys of Summer Lyrics - Don Henley
http://www.davemcnally.com/lyrics/DonHenley/TheBoysofSummer.asp
Tradionally, the phrase "the boys of summer" has referred to
(professional) baseball players.
The Boys of Summer Are Why I Like Winter
http://www.businessweek.com/bwdaily/dnflash/apr2002/nf2002042_7523.htm
More information on Don Henley (formerly of The Eagles) can be found
at:
Don Henley
http://www.donhenley.com/
Don Henley Fansite
http://www.donhenleyfans.com/
Hope this helps!
websearcher-ga
Search Strategy (on Google):
"boys of summer" lyrics
"boys of summer" baseball
"Don Henley"Hi websearcher-ga,
Thanks for this answer. I was hoping for a more elaborate answer
though. Something like, history behind this song and/or group etc..
Also, Don Henley website seems to be under construction?
Thank you!Hi var:
Don Henley is a solo artist. More information about his "history" can
be found at:
Don Henley’s Solo Flight
http://www.eaglesfans.com/info/articles/henleys_solo_flight.htm
Don Henley
http://www.eaglesfans.com/info/articles/modern_drummer.htm
Don Henley Interview
http://www.eaglesfans.com/info/articles/don_henley_interview.htm
and many, many of the other articles under "Article List" on:
http://www.donhenleyfans.com/
"The Boys of Summer" was released in 1984 on the album "Building the
Perfect Beast".
Don Henly Discography
http://www.webcom.com/triangle/eagles/henley_content.html
The following articles mention "The Boys of Summer":
Don Henley Record Interview
URL: http://www.eaglesfans.com/info/articles/desperados_new_dawn.html
Quotes:
When we did "Boys of Summer," we recorded the whole song in whatever
key it was written in, and I did it, and I said, "This is not quite
right. " And it was finished we'd done the whole thing and the album
was late-and I said, "We've got to raise this up half a step." And
they all looked at me like, "You're nuts! What's the matter with you?"
And I said, "No, believe me, it'll be a lot better. So we did it all
over again, and they went, "Geez, you're right!"
"Boys of Summer" was one of those great, rare moments where I got so
inspired by the track that Mike Campbell had given me that it just
sort of wrote itself. It came just screamin' out of me. And I was
jumping up and down in the car 'cause I knew I had something there. I
said, "This is good and I know it's good, it's great." I like writing
that way sometimes. Maybe it's sort of impersonal; I suppose people
have this vision of two guys sitting down with guitars in a room with
a little light bulb and some cigarettes and beer. And sometimes we
used to do it that way, Glenn and I would sit down and bang 'em out
that way. But sometimes I like to be alone with the material, because
the actual process of writing and recording with all the equipment and
the people around gets in the way of dreaming, gets in the way of the
creative process. I like to write with people who don't mind giving me
a cassette and leaving me alone. On the other hand, I'm not opposed to
sitting down with somebody and writing with them.
Henley Interview 1987
URL: http://www.eaglesfans.com/info/articles/henley_and_kortchmar.html
Quotes:
Beyond that, I'm also not convinced we really accomplished all that
much. Kennedy was president and everybody thought it was Camelot, but
look at what we did. We raised all that hell in the Sixties, and then
what did we come up with in the Seventies? Nixon and Reagan. The
country reverted right back into the hands it was in before. I don't
think we changed a damn thing, frankly. That's what the last verse of
"The Boys of Summer" was about. I think our intentions were good, but
the way we went about it was ridiculous. We thought we could change
things by protesting and making firebombs and growing our hair long
and wearing funny clothes. But we didn't follow through. After all our
marching and shouting and screaming didn't work, we withdrew and
became yuppies and got into the Me Decade.
Songwriting—The Heart of the Matter
URL: http://www.eaglesfans.com/info/articles/songwriting_heart_of_the_matter.htm
Quotes:
Other songwriters previously profiled in American Songwriter have
talked about how some songs they’ve written have become its, yet when
they heard them on the radio there were lines that still haunted them
that they wished they’d written differently. Henley admits he feels
that way about a couple of his song. “The Long Run” could have been a
better song,” he says. “The Boys of Summer” maybe could have even had
a couple of lines be better. You know you do the best you can at the
time. And in songwriters’ defense sometimes that’s just the best you
can do. Every line can’t be brilliant. Every line can’t be a gem.
I hope this additional information helps!
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