Sunshine go away today, I don't feel much like dancing...
I came home today and turned on the television and on came a Jeep commercial. You may have seen it, it shows the jeep from a very early model through the current model, each scene shows a different jeep and has something different going on. One of the scenes is Elvis dancing, another is an army brigade sitting at roll call on a base.
Anyhow, there is part of a song playing in the background, but they chop it down to just about the first and last verse. On the commercial it goes like this:
Sunshine go away today
I don't feel much like dancing
Sunshine come on back another day
I promise you I'll be singing
Well for some reason it caught my ear, I think I just liked the singer's voice and the lyrics spoke to me a bit.
So I looked the whole thing up:
Artist: Jonathan Edwards
Sunshine go away today
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Anyhow, there is part of a song playing in the background, but they chop it down to just about the first and last verse. On the commercial it goes like this:
Sunshine go away today
I don't feel much like dancing
Sunshine come on back another day
I promise you I'll be singing
Well for some reason it caught my ear, I think I just liked the singer's voice and the lyrics spoke to me a bit.
So I looked the whole thing up:
Artist: Jonathan Edwards
Song: Sunshine (Go Away Today)
Sunshine go away today
I don't feel much like dancing
Some man's gone, he's tried to run my life
Don't know what he's asking
He tells me I'd better get in line
Can't hear what he's saying
When I grow up I'm going to make it mine
But these aren't dues I been paying
(Chorus)
How much does it cost, I'll buy it
The time is all we've lost, I'll try it
But he can't even run his own life
I'll be damned if he'll run mine, Sunshine
Sunshine go away today
I don't feel much like dancing
Some man's gone he's tried to run my life
Don't know what he's asking
Working starts to make me wonder where
The fruits of what I do are going
He says in love and war all is fair
But he's got cards he ain't showing
(Chorus)
Sunshine come on back another day
I promise you I'll be singing
This old world, she's gonna turn around
Brand new bells'll be ringing
So I went in search of a sample to hear the whole song. First I went to the artist's website (linked above at the artist's name), but he had the live version up. Lame. I mean I guess it's good if you like live versions, with singers other than the artist trying not to butcher the shit out of the song.
So then I went to good ol' amazon. Low and behold the listening tools on amazon are the shit! You can follow the source link below and it will take you to the sample player for his first album. Track 7 is "Sunshine" and you get to listen to a whole 30 seconds of it... shitty I know.
Anyhow, for some reason after reading this song today I'm really loving life. Don't ask me to explain it, it's just what it is.
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posted by link at Tuesday, September 04, 2007
3 Comments:
Found your site because the use of that song to sell product has been irritating me since I first saw the commercial, and I was looking for the real and complete lyrics. The song was/is basically a protest song. Notice which lyrics the commercial conveniently leaves out.
BUT, it really is a great song, and if the commercial got you to listen, and not go out and buy a jeep, than maybe I shouldn't be quite so irritated.
Oh, and 'shanty' is fun little song on the same album.
Thanks for the comments and the suggestion, I'll check the track out. 8^)
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