It’s Over
Written with and for Leo Sayer’s “Thunder In My Heart” album release of 1979. Writing with Leo was always a blast. He was always so quick, bursting with ideas and wonderfully funny. If we had as many hits together as we had laughs…. Anyway, I came up with the piano riff that starts the tune (that’s me on the record with Jeff Porcaro and friends) while we were looking for ideas one sunny afternoon at his rented house in Laurel Canyon. Or maybe I had the riff in my pocket and started playing it to see what Leo would do. Whatever. Leo went into creative overdrive and I went along for the ride. It remains one of my favorites of the five co-writes he and I did for the album. The tracking session at Richard Perry’s Studio 55 was a hoot. Everybody got way into the groove. Slammin’ it. As well as singing his ass off, Leo plays some really funky “harp” on the track. R. Perry’s production is immaculate. Definitely five stars. Start to finish, it was a joyous musical experience. Wish it didn’t have to be over.
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Funky, indeed! Thank you. Thanks also for the foody bits tip. We wish you a Happy Thanksgiving.
I really enjoy this blog. This is a good song.
Hi Tom Us old folks enjoyed the music of the 70’s@80’s and the BEAT. Enjoyed the song. HAPPY THANKSGIVING to you and your family. Lou@Loretta
It’s never really over. Happy Thanks giving. Go home team!
Tom:
That got me groovin’ on Thanksgiving morning…..danced off some calories before the turkey!
Love you!
Wow!Even I can dance to THIS! Thank you dear Tom. A true gift for a grateful day. Grateful that we knew each other, that we made some beautiful music together.
Love,
Amanda
Thanks on Thanksgiving, to arrive home and find this one in the mail. I really liked Leo Sayer from his very early “One Man Band” stuff to his blockbuster hits. He has that outrageously versatile voice that he really does use to “rip it up” on this one. Very nice piano intro, but I really can’t pickup his harp playing on this piece. I’ve only listened twice (on the laptop speakers); maybe the headphones will pull them out.
Anyway, this is a very fun song with a great groove: a real anticipation of what would become the “synthesizer 80’s,” except using lots of guitars and piano to create that sound.
This is a fun tune, Tom. Thanks for the lovely Thanksgiving gift!!
Love Leo’s voice and, of course, that Porcaro groove really drives the track.
So glad to receive these gems on the blog………hope you and MB had a lovely Thanksgiiving Day.
Best,
Peter G.
Thanks, Peter. Trust you had a good Thanksgiving, lots of moaning stomachs around here…. Cheers, Tom
Tom, Come back! Never too late. We need more songs like this one.
Thanks, Cliff. Wish I could do it all over again. Tom
Hi Tom,
What a great number, Leo Was and is Unique, discovered as you would know by the Late Adam Faith
Adam made a phone call and got Leo a Record Deal, after a chance meeting.in a bar where Leo was singing,
Living in England at that time, I saw a lot of Leo, we could do with more singers off Leo’s Elk
these days they seem a bit thin on the ground . Thanks for sharing it with us.
Sincerely Hudson Rivers
No wonder I was a Leo Sayer fan back when. This is a wonderful song and I did not know that Tom was involved then. I owned a retail audio store in Berkeley during the late 70s and throughout the 80s. We were all huge Tom Snow fans and his “Hungry Nights” CD was a fav demo record for all of us then.
Now I know why I liked this Leo Sayer tune so much: Tom had his fingerprint on it.
Wonderful tune!
TOM,I REMEMBER THIS SONG AND LEO SAYER,HAVE NOT HEARD IN A VERY LONG TIME,SOUNDS BETTER THEN EVER,BUT,GUESS WHAT,AS MUCH AS I LOVE YOUR MUSIC AND THOUGHT I PRETTY MUCH KNEW MOST OF YOUR GREAT SONGS.I DID NOT KNOW YOU WORKED WITH LEO.YOUR MUSICAL BRILLANCE NEVER CEASES TO AMAZE ME! HOPE YOU AND MB AND FAMILY HAD A BLESSED,HEALTHY,HAPPY THANKSGIVING. YOUR PAL,STUART
Steve Gibson turned me on to your writing skills many years back…and your album is digitized and on my phone.
Great writing and singing Tom!
Thanks, John. High praise indeed. Please send my best to Steve when you see him next.