Wow...doesn't this "slow-dance" song just remind you of the social awkwardness of a high school formal dance during the 80's (or during the puffy-sleeve era)? For those of you who are Napoleon Dynamite fans...you understand. Anyway, "Forever Young" is all synthesizer (of course), and the lead singer has the standard British accent reminiscent of all 80's bands.
It starts off at a fairly moderate tempo, with the synth. playing mostly pedal tones with a kind of horn sound effects with some improvisational qualities in the string voices. Then it accelerates after the first chorus, and then the drums come in with a very inspirational solo...then after the second chorus the horns on the synthesizer break into a very arpeggiated solo that ends the song. I actually really liked the lyrics, so I'm going to share them with you...!!!
"forever young, I want to be forever young, do you really want to live forever-forever, and ever...
Some are like water, some are like the heat
Some are a melody and some are the beat,
Sooner or later, they all will be gone
Why don't they stay young?
It's so hard to get old without a cause
I don't want to perish like a fading horse
Youth's like diamonds in the sun
and diamonds are forever."
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