SUDDENLY (XANADU, 1980)

“Have you ever heard the expression "kissed by a muse"?

Well, that's what I am. I'm a muse.” – Kira

Olivia Newton-John and musical legend Gene Kelly star in a somewhat surreal musical, Xanadu. Gene Kelly is Danny McGuire, an older gentleman who sits on a rock by the ocean playing a clarinet who then sets a club with Sonny Malone (Michael Beck), who ‘discovers’ Kira (Olivia Newton-John) through a painting, a sort of modern day Greek muse. Suddenly is one of Newton-John’s best remembered duets post Grease. Catchy and addictive.


SUDDENLY
sung by: Olivia Newton-John & Cliff Richard

She walks in I'm suddenly a hero

I'm taken in my hopes begin to rise

Look at me can't you tell I'd be so

Thrilled to see the message in your eyes

You make it seem I'm so close to my dream

And then suddenly it's all there

Suddenly the wheels are in motion

And I, I'm ready to sail any ocean

Suddenly I don't need the answers

’Cause I, I'm ready to take all my chances with you

How can I feel you're all that matters

I'd rely on anything you say

I'll take care that no illusions shatter

If you dare to say what you should say

You make it seem I'm so close to my dream

And then suddenly it's all there

Suddenly the wheels are in motion

And I, I'm ready to sail any ocean

Suddenly I don't need the answers

’Cause I, I'm ready to take all my chances with you

(INSTRUMENTAL)

Why do I feel so alive when you're near

There's no way any hurt can get through

Longing to spend every moment of the day with you

Suddenly the wheels are in motion

And I I'm ready to sail any ocean

Suddenly I don't need the answers

’Cause I, I'm ready to take all my chances with you

STAND BY ME (STAND BY ME, 1986)

“I was 12 going on 13 the first time I saw a dead human being. It happened in the summer of 1959-a long time ago, but only if you measure in terms of years. I was living in a small town in Oregon called Castle Rock. There were only twelve hundred and eighty-one people. But to me, it was the whole world.” – The writer

Based on the novella The Body by horrormeister Stephen King, the story is about the childhood of four young boys who share the same secret, that of discovering a dead boy on a train track. Instead of King concocted another terror-filled story, he opted to write one of the most heartfelt tribute to the wonder of camaraderie amidst tragedy between friends. Although the song was not written for the movie, Stand By Me is in itself become one of the most famous and well-loved theme from the movie. Ben E. King sung the ‘iconic’ song about friendship.


STAND BY ME
sung by: Ben E. King

When the night has come, and the land is dark

And the moon is the only light we will see

No, I won't be afraid, oh, I won't be afraid

Just as long as you stand, stand by me

So darlin', darlin' stand by me

Oh stand by me

Oh stand, stand by me, stand by me

If the sky that we look upon should tumble and fall

Or the mountain should crumble to the sea

I won't cry, I won't cry, no, I won't shed a tear

Just as long as you stand, stand by me

And darlin', darlin' stand by me

Oh stand by me

Whoa stand now, stand by me, stand by me

And darlin', darlin' stand by me

Oh stand by me

Oh stand now, stand by me, stand by me

If the sky that we look upon should tumble and fall

Or the mountain should crumble to the sea

I won't cry, I won't cry, no, I won't shed a tear

Just as long as you stand, stand by me

And darlin', darlin' stand by me

Oh stand by me

Whoa stand now, stand by me, stand by me

So darlin', darlin' stand by me

Oh stand by me

Oh stand now, stand by me, stand by me

Whenever you're in trouble won't you stand by me

Oh stand by me

Whoa stand now, oh stand

Stand by me...