It was more than taking a chance
We simply believed
Right from the very start
We believed
Us
Rock Ballad of the Week: Steelheart "All Your Love"
Gave me your heart, gave me everything you had
When I was down and needed you the most
Showed me love when I knew not what love was
You shared your laughs and kissed away the tears
You’re my life, you’re the hand that leads me through
Forever, baby, I’ll keep on loving you
I would crawl for a million miles, just to kiss the lips that made me smile
Oh, that made me smile
I was blind, I was on the run
The night has a thousand eyes, a heart but one, oh, the heart but one
I just melt when your eyes meet mine
Oh the thought of holding you, oh just the thought of
[Chorus:]
It’s all your love (it’s all your love) that keeps me hanging on (hangin’ on)
I count the days without you by my side
It’s all your love (it’s all your love)
That keeps my dreams alive (dreams alive)
And girl I can’t thank you enough
For all your love
Tell me, child, will you love me when I grow old
Will your tender touch be the same?
‘Cause your heart means to me a world of gold
And without you, baby, I’d be lost and cold
You make me feel like a superman
I could take on the whole world with just one hand, oh, just one hand
Girl, you make me feel so alive
I could climb the highest mountain and touch the sky, oh, yes I can
I can’t wait to make love tonight
Just the thought of holding you, oh just the thought of
[Chorus]
[Solo]
[Chorus]
It keeps me hangin’, keeps me hangin’ on
It’s all your love that keeps me hangin’ on
It’s all your love (it’s all your love) that keeps my dreams alive
And girl I can’t thank you enough for all your love
*Songwriters: Michael Matijevic
Steelheart started off as a rock band called Red Alert whose members included James Ward (bass), Chris Risola (lead guitar), Jack Wilkenson (drums) and Miljenko Matijevic (‘Mike’, vocals). Frank DiCostanzo joined as a rhythm guitarist and John Fowler replaced Jack Wilkenson. Steelheart released their self-titled debut album in 1990. The second single “I’ll Never Let You Go (Angel Eyes)” reached No. 23 on the Billboard charts.
Steelheart’s second album, Tangled in Reins, was released in 1992, reaching No. 144 on the Billboard charts. The single “Mama Don’t You Cry” charted No. 1 in many East Asian Countries,[citation needed] including Hong Kong, leading to an Asian tour in September, 1992. Towards the end of their tour of Asia, Steelheart was asked by Slaughter to open for them at a show in Denver, Colorado on Halloween night in 1992. While performing “Dancing in the Fire,” from their “Tangled in Reins” album, Matijevic attempted to climb an unsecured lighting truss, which toppled over and both he and the truss fell to the stage. In attempting to evade it, the truss landed on top of him, crushing him face first into the stage and Matijevic suffered a broken nose, cheekbone, jaw and a twisted spine. Miljenko Matijevic at Rockfest 80’s in Pembroke Pines, Florida on November 4, 2017.
In 1996 a revamped lineup of Steelheart emerged with guitarist Kenny Kanowski, bassist Vincent Mele and drummer Alex Makarovich, leaving Matijevic as the only original member. The new Steelheart recorded and released the album Wait. Original member James Ward joined Steelheart on the tour supporting the album. Though the album failed to chart in the US, the track “We All Die Young” was featured in the motion picture Rock Star, starring Mark Wahlberg and Jennifer Aniston.
In 2016, Steelheart appeared at the three-day Rockingham 2016 melodic/hard rock festival with Marten Andersson from Lynch Mob and Lizzy Borden on bass, held in Nottingham, United Kingdom on October 22, as the headline act of the second day.
*source: Wikipedia
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#RomanticTuesday: My Winter Rose
Roses do not bloom hurriedly; for beauty, like any masterpiece, takes time to blossom.
-Matshona Dhliwayo
My winter rose
Your fragrance is hope throughout all seasons
To witness your petals unfold as you grow into your own
This is a blessing to me
There is no aim to suffocate or mold you
Only provide fresh air to breathe
Glistening with light
Radiant from love
This is what I love to witness
My winter rose
Always in bloom
In every season you are loved
Just as You are
#MusicMonday: The Police "Spirits in the Material World"
#MondayThoughts: Dare To Be
We have to dare to be ourselves, however frightening or strange that self may prove to be.
– May Sarton
It is your uniqueness that adds light to this world. There is a great power in being yourself. When you don’t fall Into a category or cannot be labeled, then you are considered offbeat or strange. Better to be authentic than be a run of the mill, right off the assembly line, stereotyped copy of who society believes you should be.
Dare to be you and not allow your uniqueness to be hidden from the world. Life is in need of light and your light carries its own power. Just what the world needs.
Stay inspired and keep rising.
