The song is one of the greatest classics of the 80s Save the prayer From rotation rotation accomplishment 40 years On the ninth day. The soundtrack was the biggest hit from their original album. River.
Save the prayer It is a song that has ample keyboard layouts that make the perfect background for romantic lyrics. Music is designed in Birminghamin England, the birthplace of the band, at the keyboard player Nick Rhodes He was working on composing on his own synthesizer Roland SH-2 And in the sequencer CSQ-100.
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“And while I was playing with this, I came across this wonderful time delay of the sequencer, something I’ve never used on a first album like this.”He said Rhodes At that time, explaining how to make arrangements for Save the prayer. “And that was a slower sequence, so there was room in the song for a delay between them. It sounded really hypnotic and magical.”
Nick Rhodes Reach the main and supplementary melodic line of the track on the synthesizer Roland Jupiter -8.
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Chords selected by Andy Taylor And the Nick Rhodes The lyrics were composed by Simon Le Bon When the band was on tour at the time. Literary context of Save the prayer It’s about a chance meeting between two people that turns into one night, and it’s a story, according to Le Bon “realistic, not romantic” It is based on the popular song If you can read my mind in Gordon Lightfoot.
Success Save the prayer He led Duran Duran to win the match gold record in FinlandNext to Platinum Records in Australia and New Zealand And the United kingdom And you still get double platinum record we United States of America for sales above 2 million copies.
