I remember, in 1973, when I wrote God Gave Rock And Roll To You, I felt so happy, so good and life was like spring. ![]() Even when it’s in a major key I try to make it sound like it’s in a minor! That reflected my moods at the time. Almost all of our vinyl discs will include either an original inner sleeve, or a plain inner sleeve, or a printed inner sleeve, which we provide with the sole purpose of protecting the record. I used to write everything in a minor key, I just used to feel for minor keys. (Composição: Russ Ballard, Paul Stanley, Gene Simmons, Bob Ezrin) God gave rock and roll to you, gave rock and roll to you Put it in the soul of everyone Do you know what you want You dont know for sure You dont feel right, you cant find a cure And youre gettin less than what youre lookin for You dont have money or a fancy car. The Title is God Gave Rock And Roll To You. With the title, I got the buzz because I had the idea – I was feeling so good at the time. “I knew we had an album to do – it was going to be on In Deep – so I was writing a lot about my thoughts at the time and feeling optimistic. So when he asked me to be in the band, it gave me a profile and Rod asked, ‘Have you got any songs?’ That was a very sophisticated song, chords, mood, production, arrangement… everything. US chart position: –“The strange thing is, when Rod Argent was in The Zombies, he was writing at 17 years old and coming up with She’s Not There, which was No 1 in America and Top 20 here. They did get around to using that, but not before they covered God Gave Rock N Roll To You years before KISS did it for Bill and Ted’s Bogus Journey, and not before they released Not of This. Over to Russ to explain how the power ballad resulted from a period of optimism and a recurring love of minor keys… It was their third UK Top 40 single, but the song also reached the Top 10 in 1991 when it was covered by the American hard rock band Kiss, after featuring on the soundtrack to the movie Bill & Ted’s Bogus Journey. The Hertfordshire-born musician’s outstanding back catalogue has been mined and recorded by everyone from Rainbow to Hot Chocolate to America to Elkie Brooks to Three Dog Night and many, many more.īut his own first hit record was 1973’s God Gave Rock And Roll To You with Argent, the British rock group he founded with the former Zombies keyboardist Rod Argent. Since You’ve Been Gone, You Can Do Magic, New York Groove, So You Win Again, No More The Fool, Liar… Russ Ballard’s songs are on permanent heavy rotation the world over. The feelgood anthem that became a hit in two decades for two different bands was inspired by Cliff Richard Aaron Slater on 22 August 2022 at 12:18 am
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