| Thompson Twins – If You Were Here Lyrics | 4 years ago |
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@[LML29:36811] https://www.songfacts.com/blog/interviews/tom-bailey-of-thompson-twins |
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| Thompson Twins – If You Were Here Lyrics | 4 years ago |
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Bailey: I have looked at a song which was never released as a single but was very popular because it was in a film called Sixteen Candles. It's called "If You Were Here," and it's a song which originally addressed an unsureness about honesty in relationships. But when I looked at it again, I recognized a hidden meaning, as well, which was going back to this song after 30 years - nearly 32 years in this case. I thought, Well, what's happened in that time? What have we become? What have we done? It has that sense of optimism about the world being destined to be a better place. Has that borne fruit, or are there any disappointments to confess? And so really I take on that slightly difficult job of saying, Hey, last time we sang this, last time we met, we were so full of ourselves that we were going to make the world a better place, but can we really claim that we succeeded after 30 years? So I've extended the song. Having noticed that kind of subtext in it, I extended it with a couple of extra verses. https://www.songfacts.com/blog/interviews/tom-bailey-of-thompson-twins |
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| Thompson Twins – If You Were Here Lyrics | 4 years ago |
| @[Is:36810] it your name? This article on it is interesting: https://www.songfacts.com/blog/interviews/tom-bailey-of-thompson-twins | |
| Thompson Twins – If You Were Here Lyrics | 4 years ago |
| @[Natah9:36809] Meaning of the song is included in the article. https://www.songfacts.com/blog/interviews/tom-bailey-of-thompson-twins | |
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