2010-11-25
Abba - I Am The City
I Am The City was recorded on May 8 1982. It remained unreleased until it was included on the compilation album "More Abba Gold" in May 1993.
This was one of 7 songs Abba recorded during 1982 for their possible next album after The Visitors, believed likely to be called Opus 10.
The 7 songs were Should I Laugh Or Cry (Sep 1981), You Owe Me One, I Am The City, Just Like That (all May 1982), Cassandra, Under Attack and The Day Before You Came (all August 1982).
However the group unofficially retired at the end of 1982, and the unfinished album was never completed. The unreleased songs eventually appeared as bonus tracks on The Visitors album or on compilation albums.
There has been no definitive reason given for the group's retirement in December 1982. However there is no doubt that the two divorces had taken its toll on the group. Their hearts were no longer in it. During their career they had often said "Abba will carry on as long as we enjoy working together. The day that we are tired of it, we'll stop."
The group's break-up was further hastened by Benny and Bjorn's collaboration with Tim Rice in early 1983 to write songs for the new musical project Chess. The four Swedes were no longer looking in the same direction, it was time to go their separate ways.
This is an unofficial promotional video made in 2007 for this song.
Lyrics:
Coming through a cloud, you're looking at me from above
And I'm a revelation, spreading out before your eyes
And you find me beautiful and irresistible
A giant creature that forever seems to grow in size,
And you feel a strange attraction,
Ooh, ooh the air is vibrant and electrified,
Welcome to me, here I am my arms are open wide
Somewhere in the middle of the never ending noise,
There is a pulse, a steady rhythm of a heart that beats
And a million voices blend into a single voice,
And you can hear it in the clamor of the crowded streets,
People come and take their chances,
Ooh, ooh, sometimes you win, sometimes you lose a lot
Come make your own contribution to this melting pot
I'm the street you walk, the language you talk
I am the city, the skyline is me and the energy
I am the city, the famous hotels
And the cocktail bars, and the funny smells
And the turmoil of cars, and the people
The air that you're breathing is me,
Yes I am the city, you let me be
People feed me with their lives, I am a hungry soul
And they all worship me, and pay their homage day and night
Everyday I hear a lot of tired, shuffling feet
But come tonight they will be dancing in the neon light,
Dazzled by the crazy magic,
Ooh, ooh, they're grabbing pieces of the fatted calf
And in the wind if you listen hard, you'll hear me laugh
I'm the street you walk, the language you talk
I am the city, the skyline is me and the energy
I am the city, the famous hotels
And the cocktail bars, and the funny smells
And the turmoil of cars, and the people
The parks and the squares that you see,
All the sounds that you hear,
And the air that you're breathing is me,
Yes I am the city, you let me be
I am the city, you let me be, I am the city
The famous hotels and the cocktail bars,
And the funny smells and the turmoil of cars,
And the people, the air that you're breathing is me
Coming through a cloud, you're looking at me from above
And I'm a revelation, spreading out before your eyes
I'm the street you walk, the language you talk
I am the city yes, I am the city, you let me be
And you find me beautiful and irresistible,
A giant creature that forever seems to grow in size,
The skyline is me and the energy,
I am the city you let me be
Somewhere in the middle of the never ending noise,
There is a pulse, a steady rhythm of a heart that beats
I'm the street you walk, the language you talk
I am the city, yes I am the city, you let me be
And a million voices blend into a single voice,
And you can hear it in the clamor of the crowded streets,
The skyline is me, and the energy
I am the city you let me be.
2010-11-22
Cairo 2010
هيا دي مصر النهاردة .. أنا ماشفتش الكلام ده أيام إنتفاضة الأمن المركزي ... ربنا ينتعك بالسلامة يا مصر
2010-11-21
uDig version 1.2
A project that I've been watching closely and I expect it to become a major player in the GIS FOSS field.
uDig is a programming framework built on the Eclipse Rich Client Platform (RCP) and GeoTools, the Open Source Java GIS Toolkit.
Some time in August they released version 1.2 of uDig, a great release.
2010-11-17
ماهو مجلس رقاصات أصله
والله أنا شايف إن المفروض إنها تدخل المجلس فعلاً ... فإنه الصراحة دلوقتي لا يليق بحد إنه يدخل المكان ده غير الرقاصات وولاد الش## ... مشيها ولاد الشعب ... بس بجد أنا جي في بالي السيدة الفاضلة فيفي عبده لما كانت واقفة علي خشبة المسرح وقالت جملتها الخالدة.
إحنا في زمن حزمني يا بابا
2010-11-15
إللي بالي بالك هو الحل
في ظل أزمة الإخوان الجديدة في الإنتخابات (وهما الصراحة كل إنتخاباتهم أزمات) ... فأنا باقترح إنهم يغيروا الشعار بتاعهم من "الإسلام هوا الحل" لـ "إللي بالي بالك هوا الحل" .... جايز يعرفوا يخلصوا من حوارات الحكومة ويركزوا بقا في عمل أجندة للإخوان يعرفوا يقنعوا بيها المحترمين إللي في البلد، بدل ما مامفيش حد عارف هما عايزين إيه أصلاً !!!!
إللي بالي بالك هوا الحل
فكر جديد، لشعب فشيخ
2010-11-12
Back Again
It has been long time since my last post ... I'll try to get back on track ... I've got lots of stuff but no time to blog about.
I've been married, working now for a software company selling ARCHIBUS solutions, joined my company's Autodesk A/E/C team, and trying to learn ESRI ArcGIS Server.
2010-07-30
2010-06-30
ArcGIS 10 Transforms the Way People Use GIS
ESRI has just released ArcGIS 10 ... the biggest large scale upgrade in the ArcGIS line since 2002 when it released the first ArcGIS Desktop product.
"ArcGIS is a complete system that enables you to solve your most challenging issues," said Damian Spangrud, ArcGIS product manager. "This release provides greater ease of use, more powerful analysis tools, additional Web GIS applications, and new mobile platforms. It also promotes collaboration via an online system for using, sharing, and organizing geographic content."
2010-06-11
2010-06-07
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