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Gilbert O'Sullivan, one of the most revered singer-songwriters of his generation, has recorded twelve pared down versions of 12 songs from his outstanding catalogue. The album is entitled Songbook.
The idea for Songbook arose after O’Sullivan’s 2022 Barbican show (where The Charlatans’ Tim Burgess duetted with him on ‘Nothing Rhymed’). O’Sullivan recorded it in such a way as to capture the instrumentation and interplay between him and internationally renowned guitarist Bill Shanley.
Described as the songwriter’s songwriter, Gilbert O’Sullivan has garnered quite a following from fellow musicians, including Paul Weller, Elton John, Nina Simone, Mick Hucknall, Ron Sexmith, The Lemon Twigs, Michael Bublé and Diana Krall.
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Lyrics:
A kiss is a kiss
That can always be
One you see being blown
My kissing you is all I long to see
Soon as I get home
I hope you don’t think I go too far
With the feelings I have for you
It may well be what is over the top
But over or not it’s true
They say with a smile
You can quell unease ever taking hold
One smile from you and already it’s clear
Goodness will unfold
In spite of the times
I don’t feel so well
And in need of some kind of care
Only thing that works to ease the hurt
Is knowing you will be there
A kiss is a kiss
But a love supreme
Cannot be ignored
My loving you is all I want to see
Never being deplored
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Gilbert O'Sullivan, one of the most revered singer-songwriters of his generation, has recorded twelve pared down versions of 12 songs from his outstanding catalogue. The album is entitled Songbook.
The idea for Songbook arose after O’Sullivan’s 2022 Barbican show (where The Charlatans’ Tim Burgess duetted with him on ‘Nothing Rhymed’). O’Sullivan recorded it in such a way as to capture the instrumentation and interplay between him and internationally renowned guitarist Bill Shanley.
Described as the songwriter’s songwriter, Gilbert O’Sullivan has garnered quite a following from fellow musicians, including Paul Weller, Elton John, Nina Simone, Mick Hucknall, Ron Sexmith, The Lemon Twigs, Michael Bublé and Diana Krall.
"Songbook" is available now!
gilbertosullivan.lnk.to/SongbookID
deezer.com/en/album/611143472
tidal.com/browse/album/373514566
music.amazon.com/albums/B0D8VBQFQL
Official website: gilbertosullivan.co.uk
Instagram: instagram.com/gilbertosull_/#
Facebook: facebook.com/gilbertosull
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Lyrics:
A kiss is a kiss
That can always be
One you see being blown
My kissing you is all I long to see
Soon as I get home
I hope you don’t think I go too far
With the feelings I have for you
It may well be what is over the top
But over or not it’s true
They say with a smile
You can quell unease ever taking hold
One smile from you and already it’s clear
Goodness will unfold
In spite of the times
I don’t feel so well
And in need of some kind of care
Only thing that works to ease the hurt
Is knowing you will be there
A kiss is a kiss
But a love supreme
Cannot be ignored
My loving you is all I want to see
Never being deplored
#GilbertOSullivan #AKissIsAKiss #Songbook
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► LYRICS
In a little while from now
If Im not feeling any less sour
I promise myself to treat myself
And visit a nearby tower
And climbing to the top
Will throw myself off
In an effort to
Make it clear to whoever
Wants to know what its like when youre shattered
Left standing in the lurch at a church
Were people saying, My God, thats tough
She stood him up
No point in us remaining
We may as well go home
As I did on my own
Alone again, naturally
To think that only yesterday
I was cheerful, bright and gay
Looking forward to who wouldnt do
The role I was about to play
But as if to knock me down
Reality came around
And without so much as a mere touch
Cut me into little pieces
Leaving me to doubt
Talk about, God in His mercy
Oh, if he really does exist
Why did he desert me
In my hour of need
I truly am indeed
Alone again, naturally
It seems to me that
There are more hearts broken in the world
That cant be mended
Left unattended
What do we do
What do we do
Alone again, naturally
Looking back over the years
And whatever else that appears
I remember I cried when my father died
Never wishing to hide the tears
And at sixty-five years old
My mother, God rest her soul
Couldnt understand why the only man
She had ever loved had been taken
Leaving her to start
With a heart so badly broken
Despite encouragement from me
No words were ever spoken
And when she passed away
I cried and cried all day
Alone again, naturally
Alone again, naturally
It’s 50 years since Gilbert O’Sullivan found himself at the top of the Billboard chart with Alone Again Naturally. Neil Diamond said he wished he had written it and swiftly featured it in his live set, as have several more singers over the years, from Nina Simone to Pet Shop Boys and Elton John. Paul Weller, Squeeze and The Lemon Twigs – proudly count themselves as Gilbert fans. Other notable admirers include Tim Burgess and the late John Peel, who wrote, “if weve got to live by the charts alone, then lets have Gilbert OSullivan in them.
Gilbert explains his part on Love Casualty as “something akin to “a Keith Richards riff”– although other ears might hear something closer to JJ Cale in the interplay between O’Sullivan and Pat Murdoch’s supple guitar ornamentations. As with so many Gilbert O’Sullivan songs, stretching back to his very first hit Nothing Rhymed, it’s a gentle call to humanity that favours plaintive persuasion over preachiness – and on Driven, it’s by no means alone in doing that.
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