Paul Brady is truly one of the greats but yet only known for others who have covered his songs i.e. Cher and Ronan Keating to name but two. I am surprised that there are no comments against a lot of his songs on your site. This one is arguably from one of his most consistent albums, 'Trick or Treat', released in 1991. Originally from Strabane in Northern Ireland, he started out as a traditional Irish folk singer but after hearing Gerry Rafferty's 'Baker Street' switched to more contemporary music in 1981 with 'Hard Station' from which 'Crazy Dreams' was a hit record.
This song to me is about him trying to persuade someone that the world is much more colourful and attractive than they think. It starts with a very haunting tone and develops into a lovely ballad as he tries to suggest an alternative point of view. This is a theme he would return to in a later album, 'Oh What a World' in 2000. He puts a lot of work into his albums and only tends to release new material every 5 years or so but he is an artist worth getting into. A very talented writer and performer and very faithful to his Irish audience (north and south) over the last 40 years. This is a very positive song and so is he in his outlook on life and his gigs will always lift your spirits. In the chorus he recognises the difficulties of life but turns it round to give hope:
"Everybody feel the same pain
Everybody doing time
I can't be the one you're needing
I can just be who I am"
Paul Brady is truly one of the greats but yet only known for others who have covered his songs i.e. Cher and Ronan Keating to name but two. I am surprised that there are no comments against a lot of his songs on your site. This one is arguably from one of his most consistent albums, 'Trick or Treat', released in 1991. Originally from Strabane in Northern Ireland, he started out as a traditional Irish folk singer but after hearing Gerry Rafferty's 'Baker Street' switched to more contemporary music in 1981 with 'Hard Station' from which 'Crazy Dreams' was a hit record.
This song to me is about him trying to persuade someone that the world is much more colourful and attractive than they think. It starts with a very haunting tone and develops into a lovely ballad as he tries to suggest an alternative point of view. This is a theme he would return to in a later album, 'Oh What a World' in 2000. He puts a lot of work into his albums and only tends to release new material every 5 years or so but he is an artist worth getting into. A very talented writer and performer and very faithful to his Irish audience (north and south) over the last 40 years. This is a very positive song and so is he in his outlook on life and his gigs will always lift your spirits. In the chorus he recognises the difficulties of life but turns it round to give hope:
"Everybody feel the same pain Everybody doing time I can't be the one you're needing I can just be who I am"