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The Alan Parsons Project — We Play The Game
Album: A Valid Path
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Released: 2004
Length: 5:27
Plays (last 30 days): 0
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You drink the wine
You play the fool
You cross the line
You lose your cool
But no one cares...
Still no one cares...

You raise the bar
Lost in a trance
One bridge too far
No second chance
But no one cares...
Still no one cares...

We play the game
We hold our own
We fight to win
We stand alone...

You had a dream
You cast the dice
Your shady scheme
You pay the price
But no one cares...
Still no one cares...

We play the game
With hearts of stone
You lose again
You're on your own...

A turning tide
A streak of light
Arms open wide
The end's in sight
And somone cares...
Yes someone cares...

We play the game
We hold our own
We fight to win
We stand alone...
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I was a big Alan Parsons fan as a kid. Where the heck did this song come from? Dig the bass line, but that's about it.
Posted 15 years ago by Shimmer    [ Reply ]
Didn't even notice this song until the thumping bass line kicked in. I'm a sucker for a heavy bass line.
Posted 15 years ago by sabige    [ Reply ]
 secretagent214 wrote:

I first heard this with my headphones on.  I had to take them off for a second at first to make sure my phone wasn't ringing... 
 
Yeah, me too. {#Lol} I was looking around trying to figure out who's cell phone was going off.


Posted 15 years ago by bugleboy624    [ Reply ]
7 > 8.
Posted 15 years ago by trekhead    [ Reply ]
 bookishbitty wrote:
Ha ha!  This is my mom's cell phone ring tone.  I didn't know it was an actual song!
 
I first heard this with my headphones on.  I had to take them off for a second at first to make sure my phone wasn't ringing... 


Posted 15 years ago by secretagent214    [ Reply ]
Oh, yes!  Synthesizer-heavy prog-rock rules!
Posted 15 years ago by Baby_M    [ Reply ]
"I Robot" a near-classic, and Alan Parsons has other good music. But this? As Borat would say, "not so much".
Posted 15 years ago by wycado    [ Reply ]
I thought the Alan Parsons Project was some sort of hovercraft.  Or was it a world-destroying laser beam?

Posted 15 years ago by Hannio    [ Reply ]
Cool. AP on RP.
Glad to hear he's still producing music.

7.
Posted 16 years ago by trekhead    [ Reply ]
Whoa.  Way better than what I remember Alan Parsons sounding like back in the 80s.  I like this.
Posted 16 years ago by gemthing    [ Reply ]
Alan Parsons (Project) always sounds like bad disco music to me.
Posted 16 years ago by drife    [ Reply ]
Ha ha!  This is my mom's cell phone ring tone.  I didn't know it was an actual song!
Posted 16 years ago by bookishbitty    [ Reply ]
Actually I thought it was Peter Gabriel.. Really about time we hear some Alan Parson here on RP, but please give us the earlier stuff - as it's a musictreassure that not many seems to know about.
Posted 16 years ago by equinoxus    [ Reply ]
LOVE the Alan Parsons Project.  The original 'synth with intelligence', imho.

More more more :)
Posted 16 years ago by DigitalJer    [ Reply ]
...this kind of vaguely sounds like the closing music in mass effect...
Posted 16 years ago by mandolin    [ Reply ]
I thought it was Bryan Ferry for a sec bmeador wrote:


Yep. Almost has a Peter Gabriel quality...

 


Posted 16 years ago by 1wolfy    [ Reply ]
Parsons on RP, about time ;)

Kinda prefer his earlier stuff but this works as well. Excellent production as always.

Is this wink at the Mute Label Btw? (looking at the cover picture)


Posted 16 years ago by Frater_Kork    [ Reply ]
Works for me. I'll start at 7 and see where it goes with repeated listens...
Posted 16 years ago by RadioDoc    [ Reply ]
PisukeSorame wrote:
Yes! Really nice... A bit different from other Alan Parsons' stuff.
Yep. Almost has a Peter Gabriel quality...
Posted 16 years ago by bmeador    [ Reply ]
bmeador wrote:
very nice.
Yes! Really nice... A bit different from other Alan Parsons' stuff.
Posted 16 years ago by PisukeSorame    [ Reply ]
very nice.
Posted 16 years ago by bmeador    [ Reply ]