So I've been watching Bands Reunited on VH1 and there's an ad for a contest in which you can win a trip to London to go see The Alarm in concert. There's a song by The Alarm playing in the background and I have no idea what it is (and I can't hear any lyrics during the quick snippet they play either). If anyone knows what it is, please let me know. I'm quickly discovering The Alarm had alot of great songs.
JAA
09-07-04, 09:15 AM
Originally posted by Cardiff Giant
...I'm quickly discovering The Alarm had alot of great songs.
No doubt about that. Make certain to find their album Strength. I love every track on it! :D
Rico Diablo
09-07-04, 12:00 PM
I haven't seen it, but two of their big hits that I could imagine being played in a commercial are "Rain in the Summertime" or "Sold Me Down the River."
Cardiff Giant
09-07-04, 05:11 PM
Thanks for the ideas but it's not Sold Me Down The River or Rain In the Summertime.
The only way I can describe the guitar part is sounding almost like bagpipes, almost like a Big Country song. (if I didn't know that it was a song by the Alarm, I'd have guessed it was a Big Country song). Maybe I can find the commercial online somewhere.
It's funny I'd never really heard of the Alarm until I got XM radio. I listen to these two stations, Fred and Lucy, and they play alot of great stuff I've never heard before including stuff by the Alarm.
PorkChopExpress
09-07-04, 05:34 PM
The only song I ever heard from The Alarm growing up was The Stand. Really good tune, and you're right, now that I think about it, they do sound similar to Big Country.
zombiezilla
09-07-04, 05:58 PM
I can't believe no one's mentioned "68 Guns". It kicks ass.
Cardiff Giant
09-07-04, 05:59 PM
I figured it out. It's off their new album, it's the first track called "Come Home". I didn't even think that it could be one of the new songs until a minute ago.
I still think nothing beat the time when I was having a crappy day at work and the Alarm came on XM with that "Working Man Blues" (not sure of the official title) song. Nothing fit the mood better than that song :) and while I've not heard the album, I heard the song Strentgh on XM and immediately bought it off iTunes when I got home from work that day. It's a very powerful song.
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