Febrero  18, 2022

Episode 39: Europe open your heart year 1988. English Version

"Open Your Heart" is a power ballad released by the Swedish heavy metal band Europe. It was released twice; in 1984 as a single from the album Wings of Tomorrow, and in 1988 as a single from the album Out of This World
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00:00:00 - The history of the best songs of rock and roll and heavy metal in rock classics of all time visit www.sfreaker.com or install the application on your phone and enjoy.

00:00:26 - All right, here we go. Open your heart.

00:00:42 - Today we are going to have in the podcast the song of the European group from Sweden.

00:00:48 - The Great Ballad Open Your Heart.

00:00:50 - The one that was originally recorded in 1984 and re-recorded in 1988 for the album Out of This World.

00:01:04 - The members of Europe who recorded this song were by vocal Joey Tempest,

00:01:09 - Key Marcello Guitars, John Levin Bass, Guitar, Mike Michaeli Keyboard, Ian Hogland Drums.

00:01:17 - Remember that John Norum left the band having recorded his previous album The Final Countdown.

00:01:29 - Ron Neveson the producer who had worked with Led Zeppelin and The Who, did a great job put the songs of the band in all the radios of the world.

00:01:48 - There are two versions of the song.

00:01:50 - One recorded on the 1984 Less Commercial Wings of Tomorrow album, with a more rustic sound and another for the out of this world album, cleaner and more commercial.

00:02:14 - This song and this album maintained the popularity of the band after the success of the album the final countdown.

00:02:25 - Joe Tempest said about the song.

00:02:31 - This was one of the first songs that made people in Scandinavia sit up when we released our second album Wings of Tomorrow.

00:02:39 - It also caused people in New York to react.

00:02:44 - But I remember Scorpion's producer Dieter Dirks contacted us after he heard the song to say that he wanted to work with us.

00:02:53 - So Open Your Heart was the song that opened a lot of doors.

00:02:59 - It was also the first sign of a decent song, I think, and the bridge before the chorus was really cool the way it played out.

00:03:09 - We actually re-recorded the song for Out of This World in 1988, but I prefer the original recording on Wings of Tomorrow because I think it has more nerve and emotion.

00:03:39 - Oh, oh, oh

00:03:44 - Days filled with joy

00:03:46 - Days filled with sorrow

00:03:49 - I don't know just what to do

00:03:52 - Am I happy today?

00:03:55 - Am I lonely tomorrow?

00:03:58 - Everything depends on you

00:04:02 - And I've been waiting

00:04:07 - For the angels to knock on my door

00:04:11 - I've been hoping

00:04:15 - That everything could be like before

00:04:25 - Open your heart and tell me what's wrong

00:04:29 - Why can't you talk like you used to do before?

00:04:33 - I don't know if I'm weak, I don't know if I'm strong

00:04:38 - Hey girl, I can't go anymore

00:04:43 - And I've been waiting

00:04:47 - For the angels to knock on my door

00:04:52 - I've been hoping

00:04:56 - That everything could be like before

00:05:12 - Yeah, open your heart

00:05:17 - Let me hear you make up your mind

00:05:21 - I wanna hear you call, open your heart

00:05:25 - Want to come near you and make up your mind

00:05:30 - Before we lose it all

00:05:40 - Maybe that time has its own way of feeling

00:05:45 - Maybe it dries the tears in your eyes

00:05:49 - But never change the way that I'm feeling

00:05:54 - Only you can answer my cries

00:05:59 - And I've been waiting

00:06:04 - For the angels to knock on my door

00:06:08 - I've been hoping

00:06:12 - Everything could be like before

00:06:17 - Oh, yeah

00:06:20 - Open your heart, let me hear you make up your mind

00:06:28 - I wanna hear you call, open your heart

00:06:32 - Won't you come near, you will make up your mind

00:06:37 - Before we lose it all

00:06:50 - Open your heart, let me hear you make up your mind

00:07:03 - I wanna hear you call, open your heart

00:07:07 - Want to come near you and make up your mind

00:07:11 - Before we lose it all

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