Music Review: Belinda Carlisle "World Without You"
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World Without You
Album: Heaven On Earth
Year: 1988
For Belinda Carlisle, the little things wouldn't mean as much without her boyfriend in the warm-hearted "World Without You."
Sunny keyboards, a friendly guitar and a mellow drum open the single. In the first verse, Carlisle would be able live with endless dreary days of pouring rain and throbbing, mind-numbing body aches. If she had to scraps for dinner and be desitute, she would be handle it. If a meteor shower occured, she would find a way to live among the ruins. ("If there was no sunshine/I could learn to live with the rain/Darling if I had to/I could trade pleasure for pain/
I could live without food or money/Wouldn't be so hard to do/And if the stars fell down from the sky/Baby I would make it through.")
But she needs one person alongside her to be able to do all those things. Her boyfriend. In the chorus, she notes that he is her motivation and inspiration. Without him, she would be nowhere. ("But in a world without you/Where would I be/Where would I be without you babe/In a world without you/Where would I be/Where would I be without you babe/I couldn't breathe without you babe.")
If he were absent from her life, she would be depressed, unable to find even the wittiest joke funny. Notes and beats would be shallow and meaningless. Any accomplishment she makes would be hollow. Without him sharing in her joys and excitement, she might as well not have accomplished anything at all. ("Wouldn't be no music/No reason to laugh, no reason to smile/Couldn't call it living/Without nothing to make the living worthwhile/You know that it would all seem worthless/If you weren't here with me/I could have the world in my hands
But I wouldn't have a thing.")
After the chorus, the friendly guitars and sunny keyboards have a solo. Some background singers sing "world without you."
For the bridge, Carlisle resings the last four lyrics of the previous verse.("it would all seem worthless/If you weren't with me/I could have the world in my hands/But I wouldn't have a thing.")
The chorus is repeated twice, with Carlisle adlibbing at the end.
Carlisle can't help but gush about her lover in the single. While most singles would give off a psychotic vibe, she's tender and blushing. Carlisle is remarkably consistent. Each single is on par on the last.
Album: Heaven On Earth
Year: 1988
For Belinda Carlisle, the little things wouldn't mean as much without her boyfriend in the warm-hearted "World Without You."
Sunny keyboards, a friendly guitar and a mellow drum open the single. In the first verse, Carlisle would be able live with endless dreary days of pouring rain and throbbing, mind-numbing body aches. If she had to scraps for dinner and be desitute, she would be handle it. If a meteor shower occured, she would find a way to live among the ruins. ("If there was no sunshine/I could learn to live with the rain/Darling if I had to/I could trade pleasure for pain/
I could live without food or money/Wouldn't be so hard to do/And if the stars fell down from the sky/Baby I would make it through.")
But she needs one person alongside her to be able to do all those things. Her boyfriend. In the chorus, she notes that he is her motivation and inspiration. Without him, she would be nowhere. ("But in a world without you/Where would I be/Where would I be without you babe/In a world without you/Where would I be/Where would I be without you babe/I couldn't breathe without you babe.")
If he were absent from her life, she would be depressed, unable to find even the wittiest joke funny. Notes and beats would be shallow and meaningless. Any accomplishment she makes would be hollow. Without him sharing in her joys and excitement, she might as well not have accomplished anything at all. ("Wouldn't be no music/No reason to laugh, no reason to smile/Couldn't call it living/Without nothing to make the living worthwhile/You know that it would all seem worthless/If you weren't here with me/I could have the world in my hands
But I wouldn't have a thing.")
After the chorus, the friendly guitars and sunny keyboards have a solo. Some background singers sing "world without you."
For the bridge, Carlisle resings the last four lyrics of the previous verse.("it would all seem worthless/If you weren't with me/I could have the world in my hands/But I wouldn't have a thing.")
The chorus is repeated twice, with Carlisle adlibbing at the end.
Carlisle can't help but gush about her lover in the single. While most singles would give off a psychotic vibe, she's tender and blushing. Carlisle is remarkably consistent. Each single is on par on the last.