Who is Alan PARSONS and why is his Eye in the Sky?!1

[UTUSN]

I've heard this song featured on the erstwhile Art BELL show and was infectiously drawn to it, but never knew who/what it was and didn't strain to decipher the lyrics. Well, thanks to Google, it just takes a snatch of lyrics to track something down with amazing speed. And it turns out the artists are even more somebodies I had no knowledge of, one Alan PARSONS and Eric WOOLFSON (latter, deceased in '09), The Alan PARSONS Project, and that the eponymous fellow was crucial in creativity at Abbey Road (the studio) and with The Beatles and Pink Floyd (who?!1) among many others.

Wiki adds a tantilizing gossip tidbit, that allegations were floating around the 'net that Lady Antebellum's "Need You Now" was a (melodic?) ripoff of Eyes. "Need You Now" has been drawing me these few months, plus another PARSONS song for another group from the '70s has always drawn me (I'll look it up) ON EDIT: The Hollies' "He Ain't Heavy" and "The Air I Breathe" -------HUH?!1 What's with the Pisces (me) psychic/intuitive thing?!1 It's like the same people I like all liked BIZET's "Carmen" -- TCHAIKOVSKY and NIETZSCHE!1

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[font size=5]The Alan Parsons Project - Eye In The Sky Lyrics[/font]

Don't think sorry's easily said
Don't try, turnin' tables instead
You've taken lots of chances before
But I ain't gonna give anymore

Don't ask me
That's how it goes
'Cause part of me knows what you're thinkin'

Don't say words you're gonna regret
Don't let the fire rush to your head
I've heard the accusation before
And I ain't gonna take any more

Believe me
The sun in your eyes
Made some of the lies worth believing

I am the eye in the sky, looking at you
I can read your mind
I am the maker of rules, dealing with fools
I can cheat you blind

And I don't need to see any more
To know that

I can read your mind
(Looking at you)
I can read your mind
(Looking at you)

I can read your mind
(Looking at you)
I can read your mind

Don't leave false illusion behind
Don't cry, I ain't changing my mind
So find another fool like before
'Cause I ain't gonna live anymore

Believing
Some of the lies
While all of the signs are deceiving

I am the eye in the sky, looking at you
I can read your mind
I am the maker of rules, dealing with fools
I can cheat you blind

And I don't need to see any more
To know that

I can read your mind
(Looking at you)
I can read your mind
(Looking at you)

I can read your mind
(Looking at you)
I can read your mind

I am the eye in the sky, looking at you
I can read your mind
I am the maker of rules, dealing with fools
I can cheat you blind

And I don't need to see any more
To know that

I can read your mind
(Looking at you)
I can read your mind
(Looking at you)

I can read your mind
(Looking at you)
I can read your mind


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[onehandle]

1. I wasn't aware that Eric Woofson had died. Too bad. Very talented.

I have most of their albums.

My wife listens to Art Bell. I've heard Eye In The Sky drifting out of her office now and then.

Alan Parsons engineered Dark Side Of The Moon. 'It subsequently remained in the charts for 741 weeks from 1973 to 1988.' No small accomplishment.

[UTUSN]

2. The depths of my cultural deprivation have no bottom. Thanks for the info. n/t

[onehandle]

3. 'I Robot' and 'Tales of Mystery and Imagination' are their first and two best albums.

They produced several good albums after that, but they got more and more commercial.

He also produced and engineered 'Year of the Cat' for Al Stewart. Another of my favorites of the 70s.

My wife and I saw Al Stewart perform in a small venue recently. We sat 20 feet away from him as he and his partner played acoustic guitars.

[UTUSN]

4. Was the break-up bad or a drifting away? n/t

[onehandle]

6. Drifting away. The went onto solo efforts and Alan Parsons ran Abbey Road Studios for a time.

More than I can tell you is here...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Parsons

[Kali]

13. you almost never hear of Al Stewart anymore!

cool!

[Liberal Veteran]

5. I love Alan Parsons. He worked on Dark Side of the Moon.

And his project did good work.

[mikeytherat]

7. A hovercraft

"Grand Funk Railroad paved the way for Jefferson Airplane, which cleared the way for Jefferson Starship. The stage was now set for the Alan Parsons project, which I believe was some sort of hovercraft." - Homer Simpson in Homerpalooza

mikey_the_rat

[MicaelS]

8. Alan Parsons Discography

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_parson_project

I have been listening to them since 1977. Their peak period was 1976-1987. These are some of my favorite albums. Posted below is the ones I recommend you get. Some I don't own, so no opinion is posted by them. If you love instrumental music, the APP albums are the ones to get. Many of their instrumental pieces have been used on TV shows, especially daytime soaps.

Studio albums

Tales of Mystery and Imagination (1976) Excellent - Buy
I Robot (1977) Superb, their best album. - Buy
Pyramid (1978) Excellent - Buy
Eve (1979) Very Good - Buy
The Turn of a Friendly Card (1980) Fair - Don't buy
Eye in the Sky (1982) Very Good - Buy
The Best of The Alan Parsons Project (1983)
Ammonia Avenue (1984) Very Good - Buy
Vulture Culture (1985) Good - Buy
Stereotomy (1986) Good - Buy
Gaudi (1987) Very Good - Buy
The Best of The Alan Parsons Project - Volume 2 (1987)
The Instrumental Works (1988)
Freudiana (1990)

Alan Parsons solo albums

Try Anything Once (1993) Poor - Don't Buy
On Air (1996) Poor - Don't Buy
The Time Machine (1999)
A Valid Path (2004)

Eric Woolfson solo albums

1996 Gaudi (Musical)
1997 Gambler (Das Geheimnis Der Karten)
2003 Poe: More Tales of Mystery and Imagination
2005 Gambler
2007 Dancing Shadows
2009 The Alan Parsons Project That Never Was

[OriginalGeek]

9. I agree with that assessment except

I would find a way to get Games People Play and Time from The Turn Of a Friendly Card...so still maybe a don't buy but see if there are singles available....I dig those 2 songs a lot.

[UTUSN]

10. Thanks for that expertise. I usually focus on one song to obsess about. Unless they've got more n/t

[Systematic Chaos]

12. I completely disagree with Turn of a Friendly Card and Try Anything Once.

I think both of those are awesome albums. However, I do agree that On Air is just utterly lacking. I like that they added Christopher Cross as a guest vocalist, but there is nothing uptempo of any worth on the whole album, and by the time it's done I'm ready to just zonk out.

Oh, and Freudiana is very good as well.

[ThoughtCriminal]

11. Dr Evil explains

[Phentex]

14. I was always drawn to that song for reasons unknown...

when I heard it, I immediately pictured the eye that's on the dollar bill as the eye in the sky.

[RebelOne]

15. Always loved that song.

Didn't know it was Alan Parsons.

[Montauk6]

16. I'm always reminded of Michael Jordan and Ricky The Dragon Steamboat when I hear it.