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** CHRIS REA **
A man of few gestures and words, he plays his very own style of blues which has followed its own route separate from the mainstream and trends.
Virtuoso guitar playing, trademark smoky vocals and excellent songs have paved the way to global success for Chris Rea.
Rock romanticism, instrumental finesse and artistic maturity flow into Chris Rea's music.
He has learnt to distinguish between superficial fame and lasting impressions as well as between faceless fabricated productions and personal statements.
He always had a feel for the blues. In other words, the chords and sounds, which form the basis of the blues, can be heard in many old Chris Rea songs. The original version of his first global success "Fool (When You Think It's Over)" was conceived as a blues track.
The quality of his live performances in particular has been praised by the media as one of the great moments of blues rock - "there is a fascinating interplay between the vocals and the guitar."
A man of few gestures and words, he plays his very own style of blues which has followed its own route separate from the mainstream and trends.
Virtuoso guitar playing, trademark smoky vocals and excellent songs have paved the way to global success for Chris Rea.
Rock romanticism, instrumental finesse and artistic maturity flow into Chris Rea's music.
He has learnt to distinguish between superficial fame and lasting impressions as well as between faceless fabricated productions and personal statements.
He always had a feel for the blues. In other words, the chords and sounds, which form the basis of the blues, can be heard in many old Chris Rea songs. The original version of his first global success "Fool (When You Think It's Over)" was conceived as a blues track.
The quality of his live performances in particular has been praised by the media as one of the great moments of blues rock - "there is a fascinating interplay between the vocals and the guitar."
Chris Rea - The Road to Hell (Live)
Mixed sounds from seven different lives through the years.
The original version of the song was released in the album: ''The Road to Hell''.
The Road to Hell is the tenth studio album, released in 1989. It is Rea's most successful studio album and topped the UK Albums Chart for three weeks.
The second part of the two-part title track, "The Road to Hell (Pt. 2)", is one of Rea's most famous songs, and his only single to reach the UK Top 10.
Lyrics:
Stood still on a highway I saw a woman by the side of the road
With a face that I knew like my own, reflected in my window
Well, she walked up to my quarterlight and she bent down real slow
A fearful pressure paralyzed me in my shadows
She said: Son, what are you doing here?
My fear for you has turned me in my grave
I said: Mama, I come to the valley of the rich, myself to sell
She said: Son, this is the road to hell
On your journey 'cross the wilderness from the desert to the well
You have strayed upon the motorway to hell
Well, I'm standing by a river but the water doesn't flow
It boils with every poison you can think of
Then I'm underneath the streetlights, but the light of joy I know
Scared beyond belief way down in the shadows
And the perverted fear of violence chokes a smile on every face
And common sense is ringing out the bells
This ain't no technological breakdown, oh no, this is the road to hell
And all the roads jam up with credit and there's nothing you can do
It's all just bits of paper flying away from you
Look out world, take a good look what comes down here
You must learn this lesson fast and learn it well
This ain't no upwardly mobile freeway
Oh no, this is the road, this is the road, this is the road to hell
After flying into London’s Heathrow Airport after a trip to Milan, Chris Rea was being driven home on the motorway and gave his wife a quick call on a portable phone.
“Wait for me,” he told her. “I’ll only be about 20 minutes.” Unfortunately for the singer, traffic had slowed to a crawl, and he ended up stuck in a standstill for more than three hours.
“It started to get a little bit like a sinister movie,” Rea later said, remembering how he and the driver had to ration cigarettes and got told off by the police for trying to take a wee by the roadside.
With helicopters flying noisily overhead, the situation was so unbearable that Rea swore he saw the ghost of his recently deceased mother impart a message to him from the afterlife.
When he finally got home, he picked up his guitar and wrote the slow gospel-infused lament that became his new album’s opening track, The Road To Hell Pt.1 “Son, what are you doing here? My fear for you has turned me in my grave”.
When recording the album later, at Miraval Studios in France, he had this haunting prelude segue into The Road To Hell Pt.2, an ambulating rocker that would later peak at No.10 in the UK and which remains one of the best Chris Rea songs of all time.
Setting the mood for the album perfectly, The Road To Hell was a gloomy and brooding condemnation of a polluted world in which the river “boils with every poison you can think of” and the pursuit of wealth on the “upwardly mobile freeway” only leads to the fiery pits of the infernal abyss.
Singing in dour and gruff tones, Rea also unloads rolling blues riffs from his guitar as he rages against technological breakdown while combining commuter belt-woes with a memorable chorus fit for any drive-time playlist.
Luke Edwards 02 October 2021
Luke is a freelance music journalist and the founder of the British Music History UA-cam channel and website. Formerly Head Of Music at De Montfort University’s student radio station, Demon FM, he has been sharing his passion for music for many years, writing for numerous online publications ever since contributing to the NME Student Guide in 2008. While much of his career has been spent working as a professional marketer and content-marketing strategist, his long-term goal is to use his writing as a springboard to establish himself as a music historian.
This video has been published with absolute respect and admiration for Chris Rea's music.
www.amazon.co.uk/Chris-Rea/e/B000APXKXO/works/ref=ntt_mus_teaser?
The original version of the song was released in the album: ''The Road to Hell''.
The Road to Hell is the tenth studio album, released in 1989. It is Rea's most successful studio album and topped the UK Albums Chart for three weeks.
The second part of the two-part title track, "The Road to Hell (Pt. 2)", is one of Rea's most famous songs, and his only single to reach the UK Top 10.
Lyrics:
Stood still on a highway I saw a woman by the side of the road
With a face that I knew like my own, reflected in my window
Well, she walked up to my quarterlight and she bent down real slow
A fearful pressure paralyzed me in my shadows
She said: Son, what are you doing here?
My fear for you has turned me in my grave
I said: Mama, I come to the valley of the rich, myself to sell
She said: Son, this is the road to hell
On your journey 'cross the wilderness from the desert to the well
You have strayed upon the motorway to hell
Well, I'm standing by a river but the water doesn't flow
It boils with every poison you can think of
Then I'm underneath the streetlights, but the light of joy I know
Scared beyond belief way down in the shadows
And the perverted fear of violence chokes a smile on every face
And common sense is ringing out the bells
This ain't no technological breakdown, oh no, this is the road to hell
And all the roads jam up with credit and there's nothing you can do
It's all just bits of paper flying away from you
Look out world, take a good look what comes down here
You must learn this lesson fast and learn it well
This ain't no upwardly mobile freeway
Oh no, this is the road, this is the road, this is the road to hell
After flying into London’s Heathrow Airport after a trip to Milan, Chris Rea was being driven home on the motorway and gave his wife a quick call on a portable phone.
“Wait for me,” he told her. “I’ll only be about 20 minutes.” Unfortunately for the singer, traffic had slowed to a crawl, and he ended up stuck in a standstill for more than three hours.
“It started to get a little bit like a sinister movie,” Rea later said, remembering how he and the driver had to ration cigarettes and got told off by the police for trying to take a wee by the roadside.
With helicopters flying noisily overhead, the situation was so unbearable that Rea swore he saw the ghost of his recently deceased mother impart a message to him from the afterlife.
When he finally got home, he picked up his guitar and wrote the slow gospel-infused lament that became his new album’s opening track, The Road To Hell Pt.1 “Son, what are you doing here? My fear for you has turned me in my grave”.
When recording the album later, at Miraval Studios in France, he had this haunting prelude segue into The Road To Hell Pt.2, an ambulating rocker that would later peak at No.10 in the UK and which remains one of the best Chris Rea songs of all time.
Setting the mood for the album perfectly, The Road To Hell was a gloomy and brooding condemnation of a polluted world in which the river “boils with every poison you can think of” and the pursuit of wealth on the “upwardly mobile freeway” only leads to the fiery pits of the infernal abyss.
Singing in dour and gruff tones, Rea also unloads rolling blues riffs from his guitar as he rages against technological breakdown while combining commuter belt-woes with a memorable chorus fit for any drive-time playlist.
Luke Edwards 02 October 2021
Luke is a freelance music journalist and the founder of the British Music History UA-cam channel and website. Formerly Head Of Music at De Montfort University’s student radio station, Demon FM, he has been sharing his passion for music for many years, writing for numerous online publications ever since contributing to the NME Student Guide in 2008. While much of his career has been spent working as a professional marketer and content-marketing strategist, his long-term goal is to use his writing as a springboard to establish himself as a music historian.
This video has been published with absolute respect and admiration for Chris Rea's music.
www.amazon.co.uk/Chris-Rea/e/B000APXKXO/works/ref=ntt_mus_teaser?
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Chris Rea - It's All Gone (Live)
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Live at Manchester. Dancing With Strangers - World Tour 1987. The original version of the song was released in the album ''On the Beach''. ''On the Beach'' is the eighth studio album by Chris Rea, released in 1986. It reached No. 11 in the UK Albums Chart. Personnel: Chris Rea - Vocals, guitars, keyboards, piano, fretless bass, bits Max Middleton - Piano, Rhodes Kevin Leach - Keyboards Eoghan O...
Chris Rea - Nothing's Happening By The Sea (Live)
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This version was played live on June, 5th 1988 on the 2nd day of the Rock am Ring festival in Nürburgring (Nürburg), Germany. From album ‘’Water Sign’’ Water Sign is the fifth studio album, released in 1983. The album reached #64 position on the UK album charts. Lyrics: Salty River Falls asleep in the bay Always gets there Never early, never late Nothing's happening Nothing's happening by the s...
Chris Rea - All Summer Long (Unplugged Version)
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Live unplugged performance of ''All Summer Long'' 2000, at WDR radio show in Cologne, Germany. ''All Summer Long'' from 2000 Album "King of the Beach" Lyrics: I've got my wheels I've got my clean shirt I got enough to get me where she'll be Skin is burning Heart's on fire Take my own dream to the sea All I know is she will be there Turn it up Turn it on All summer long Look ahead There's nothin...
Chris Rea - Girl In A Sports Car (Piano Version)
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Chris Rea in Jools Holland, performs a special version of the (Girl In A Sports Car). The song was written for the film La Passione (1996). This video has been published with absolute respect and admiration to Chris Rea's music ! www.amazon.co.uk/Chris-Rea/e/B000APXKXO/works/ref=ntt_mus_teaser
Chris Rea - Some Unforgettable Moments (Live 2017)
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Looking back... Here are some of my favorite most memorable moments from 2017. Extremely dedicated to all Chris Rea's fan. The best is yet to Come! Video presentation song list : 1. Julia 0:20 2. Josephine 1:22 3. On the Beach 2:31 4. The Road Ahead 4:12 5. Money 5:41 6. The Last Open Road 7:04 7. Easy Rider 8:31 8. Stony Road 10:22 9. The Road To Hell 15:19 10. Happy On The Road 17:42 11. Look...
Chris Rea - Daytona (Live)
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''Daytona'' Live From ''God's Great Banana Skin'' Tour, in Exhibition and Conference Centre, Aberdeen, Scotland, 15 Feb 1993. Broadcast on Radio 1 FM on 11 April 1993. From "The Road to Hell" The Road to Hell is the eleventh studio album by Chris Rea. It was released in 1989 and is one of Rea's most famous albums. Personnel: Chris Rea: guitar and vocals Robert Ahwai: guitar Sylvin Marc: bass Ma...
Chris Rea - Gone Fishing (Live)
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''Gone Fishing'' Live From ''God's Great Banana Skin'' Tour, in Exhibition and Conference Centre, Aberdeen, Scotland, 15 Feb 1993. Broadcast on Radio 1 FM on 11 April 1993. From ''Auberge''. ''Auberge'' is the eleventh studio album by Chris Rea. Personnel: Chris Rea: guitar and vocals Robert Ahwai: guitar Sylvin Marc: bass Max Middleton: keyboards Martin Ditcham: drums Tommy Willis: guitar Kevi...
Chris Rea - If I Ever Get Over You
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''If I Ever Get Over You'' from Blue Guitars - Album Number Seven - Blues Ballads. Blue Guitars is a Blues album released by Chris Rea on October 14, 2005, consisting of eleven CDs, one DVD and a full-colour book, including paintings by the artist, liner notes and song lyrics. The album is an ambitious project with the 137 songs recorded over the course of 1½ years with a work schedule - accord...
Chris Rea - Curse Of The Traveller
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"Curse Of The Traveller" from a 1987 Album "Dancing With Strangers". ''Dancing with Strangers'' is the ninth studio album by Chris Rea, released in 1987. It became Rea's first major success in UK, peaking at #2, behind Michael Jackson's Bad, and spent 46 weeks in the charts, achieving Platinum accreditation. It reached the Top 10 in six other countries, including New Zealand where it became a n...
Chris Rea - Just In Case You Never Knew & Nobody But You (Mixed Tracks)
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Just In Case You Never Knew & Nobody But You. From box set album Blue Guitars. Album number eight - Gospel Soul Blues & Motown and Album number eleven - '60s and '70s. Chris Rea released his box set album, Blue Guitars in 2005. Consisting of 11 CDs and 1 DVD (Dancing Down The Stony Road), the album is Rea's testament to blues. Each album contains self compositions, played and performed in a spe...
Chris Rea - Big White Door
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''Big White Door'' From box set album Blue Guitars Album Number Nine Celtic & Irish Blues. Chris Rea released his box set album, Blue Guitars in 2005. Consisting of 11 CDs and 1 DVD (Dancing Down The Stony Road), the album is Rea's testament to blues. Each album contains self compositions, played and performed in a specific genre of the blues. The box set includes a book containing reproduction...
Chris Rea - Only to Fly 1
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''Only To Fly 1'' from 2015 New "La Passione". The new La Passione comprised of 2 DVDs and 2 CDs - the box set will be CD1 & CD2 - Original Music from the 1996 soundtrack album 'La Passione', re-mastered & some remixed, including 'Girl In A Sports Car', along with new tracks. DVD 1 is: Re-edited original & new short films to complement the music along with an interview with Chris between each p...
Chris Rea - On The Beach (Live at Hammersmith Apollo 2017)
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On The Beach live at Eventim Apollo, London, England on November 26, 2017, from "The Road Songs for Lovers Tour". Chris Rea: Vocals, Guitar Martin Ditcham: Drums Neil Drinkwater: Piano, Keyboards, Accordion Robert Ahwai: Guitar Mal Maddock: Keyboard James Ahwai: Bass Pre-order Chris new album The Road Songs For Lovers out 29/09 here: chrisrea.lnk.to/RoadSongsFA/a... This video has been publishe...
Chris Rea - Money (Live Sound Recording 2017)
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Chris Rea - Money (Live Sound Recording 2017)
Chris Rea - Nothing Left Behind (Live at Birmingham Symphony Hall 2017)
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Chris Rea - Nothing Left Behind (Live at Birmingham Symphony Hall 2017)
Chris Rea - Let's Dance & Never Too Old To Dance (Live at Hammersmith Apollo 2017)
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Chris Rea - Let's Dance & Never Too Old To Dance (Live at Hammersmith Apollo 2017)
Chris Rea - Driving Home for Christmas (Live at Hammersmith Apollo 2017)
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Chris Rea - Driving Home for Christmas (Live at Hammersmith Apollo 2017)
Chris Rea - Dancing The Blues Away (Live)
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Chris Rea - Dancing The Blues Away (Live)
Chris Rea - Break Another Piece Of My Heart
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Chris Rea - Break Another Piece Of My Heart
Chris Rea - Square Peg, Round Hole (Front Room Demo)
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Chris Rea - Square Peg, Round Hole (Front Room Demo)
Chris Rea - God's Great Banana Skin (1992 LP Album Medley)
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Chris Rea - God's Great Banana Skin (1992 LP Album Medley)
What a sexy voice. Chris is a Very talented man ❤
Absolut adorable...the atmosfere...the emotion...in a simply and perfect way...
Is a piece of soul in his voice ...almost can see it...
Very emotional song. WE love this.🥰😍🤩
Chris rea learnt play his slide guitar 🎸 in pacitos ice-cream parlour where his dad used to own Redcar North Yorkshire still there different owners
Love this so much always ❤
Was there brilliant concert :)🥰
❤😂🎉😢😮😅😊it.
Sure
The best all round 🎶🎶💃🎸🎤🌹💯💙
ayrton senna f1 master
The best is Chris
Always the best❤️
This track has the power to knock you flat on the floor it's that sad. Should have been released, would have been a big hit i think.
All the team together love this❤❤
Very very beautiful song and view. I am really enjoyed it. Very excellent ❤️👍
Love this so much 💙💙💙🎸Chris
I love this.🥰😍🤩
🥰😍🤩 I love it.
Шикарные рисунки и музыка
Beautiful song❤😂🎉😢😮😅😊🥰😍🤩
From the heart ❤️
Always the best Chris🌹🎸🎸🎸
All Chris Rea music,videos is wonderful (absolutely Art ) ,immortal music .Thank you so much !!
Another Beautiful song🎧🎸🎶🎤❤️
I love it ❤❤❤❤
❤❤❤
By the best love this❤️🌹
So calming & beautiful Song .
Russians go home.😂
I love your music.❤😂🎉😢😮😅😊
❤😂🎉😢😮😅😊 it.
❤❤❤😂🎉😢😮😅😊 it.
Love all your music🎶🎵🎤🎧🎸always
❤❤❤😊
🤩😍🥰
🥰😍🤩
I miss this man.
Always No 1❤️
💃🎸💃love this💃💃♥️🎧🎵🥰
💃🌹💃🎸🎸❤️🎧🎵🥰best song love it always❤
All your music is unforgettable the best love it so much Chris Rea 🎸🎶🎤🎧🎵💙🥰🌹💃always will♥️
Where ever you are now I hope your happy and enjoying life you made a whole world of people happy with your amazing music your fans will love you forever Chris Rea the best 🎸🎧🎵🎶🎤💃🌹💙
Written as only Chris can with compassion and love❤
So Beautifuly done ❤
Watch this all the time❤
my musical crown has 2 b in chris rea head love and regards calcutta india
Beautiful song ❤❤😂🎉😢😮😅😊
Night... god bless...I will be back....cant turn this off...❤💃🎶🎧🎸🥰...every song is betterthan the last....💋
Love your music so much Chris Rea ❤
No time for sleep this is amazing.....love it..that voice/guitar love it❤