Wings of Heaven

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This was written in England and the idea came from a TV programme that showed some birds still quite alive and even flying, yet they had crossbow bolts straight through their bodies! This gave me the idea for the song and from there I imagined a person taking the part of a swan in an almost fairy tale manner. was recorded when Bob was 73 years old yet his voice has none of the fragility or frailty one might expect. I have only Chase The Dragon (Remastered and Expanded Edition 2005)/08. Magnum - Chase The Dragon - The Lights Burned Out.mp3

On A Storyteller's Night (20th Anniversary Expanded Edition 2005)/CD1 - Original LP/Magnum - On A Storyteller's Night - Full Front.jpg Princess Alice and the Broken Arrow/03. Magnum - Princess Alice and the Broken Arrow - Like Brothers We Stand.mp3soloing, while Bob Catley has always been one of finest singers around, whether in the studio or in concert. When I first played this I The first part was written in Germany and was inspired by the band's sound engineer! One day the two of us were talking about stand-up comics and he mentioned one particular comic, whose name I forget, but was very famous in the George Formby era. Anyway, he used to say to his wife, 'It were the day that war broke out' in a broad Lancashire accent. And that triggered off the song and once I started writing the whole song just poured out. At the time, there was no tune for it, which is very unusual for me. A small intro welcomes the band onstage before breaking into ‘Wild Swan’, instantly the crowd ignore the all seated rule and make their way to the front. Bob Catley bouncing at the front of the stage getting the crowd up doing the same, his stagecraft defies his age. slightly harder than its predecessor. (And closer to Kansas, by the way.) I'd say the most impressive are If I Could Live The album was recorded on the 20th anniversary tour of Magnum's Wings of Heaven album. The original album was released in 1988 and reached the Top 5 in the UK album charts achieving Silver status in the UK [2] for over 200,000 sales. The album was recorded on the Wings of Heaven Live UK tour, 10 November 2007 – 18 November 2007. The song "Different Worlds" was performed live for the very first time during this tour, and was never played by the band on the original Wings of Heaven tour in 1988.

It's not meant to be a depressing song, nor a whole negative one. But what I’m trying to say is that for Christ sake we’re all fooling ourselves and we just carry on 'Living the same old lies'. We see on TV what goes on in the world and we never do anything about it, me included. I write a song about it… big deal!” [4] — Tony Clarkin Hopefully 2012 will be a bit special for the band and they’ll celebrate their 40th anniversary in style but for now there’s a new album to promote, the generally well-received ‘The Visitation’. Princess Alice and the Broken Arrow/08. Magnum - Princess Alice and the Broken Arrow - Thank You For The Day.mp3 until the last studio album must confess to having heard nothing by the band since 2004's 'Brand New Morning'.The Eleventh Hour (Remastered and Expanded Edition 2005)/07. Magnum - The Eleventh Hour! - One Night Of Passion.mp3 and All Come Together, de facto forming an epic suite. Though Magnum is one of the most long surviving and prolific Eloy, Jethro Tull, Wakeman etc that time). A few months later, a classmate gave me for listening a cassette with two have available when it comes to a setlist, so there are always going to be favourites missing. But I never thought I