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The song's lyrics were written in late 1988 as a homage to author Doris Lessing and singer Patti Smith, who had inspired James' lead singer Tim Booth. [5] Booth told the Daily Record in June 2004: "Sit Down is about me feeling so alone in my 20s and reading books by a writer called Doris Lessing which made me realise I wasn't.
"Come Home" is a song by English rock band James, first released as a single in November 1989 by Rough Trade. Like the preceding single, "Sit Down", it received little attention initially and led to James parting ways with Rough Trade.
James are an English rock band from Manchester, formed in 1982. [6] They achieved popularity during the 1990s, with four top-10 hits on the UK Singles Chart and nine top-10 placings on the UK Albums Chart. [7] The band's best-known singles include "Come Home", "Sit Down", "She's a Star" and "Laid". [8] "Laid" also became a hit on American ...
"Sound" is a song written by Jim Glennie, Larry Gott, and Tim Booth, recorded by Manchester band James for their fourth studio album, Seven (1992). Clocking in at over six and a half minutes on the album, the song was shortened considerably for the single version.
Booth sang a version of the Smiths's "Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now", and although the James song "Sit Down" was used, it was not sung by Booth himself (he did, however, sing it in an encore after the cameras had stopped rolling). [citation needed] Booth has also contributed to MTV's search for the greatest song lyrics in April 2006 as a critic.
Some songwriters create songs on demand; they sit down to write, and it just happens. David J is not that sort of artist. “I have tried to do that a couple of times in the past,” he says ...
Sit Down, three songs by... James. Released: March 1986; Label: Sire; 93 — Singles. Year Title Peak chart positions Certifications Album UK [1] UK Indie [11] AUS [2 ...
James M. Lawson Jr., the son of a proud Black preacher, did not always practice nonviolence. As a young boy in Ohio in the 1930s, he smacked a white child for shouting a racial slur at him.