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Golden Touch by Razorlight
Razorlight
Artist Biography For Razorlight
Razorlight Is An Anglo-Swedish Band Formed In London United Kingdom In The Summer Of 2002 Around Singer/writer Johnny Borrell. Razorlight Is A Four-Piece Consisting Of Borrell Vocals & Guitar Björn Ågren Guitar Carl Dalemo Bass And Andy Burrows Drums Their Debut Album Up All Night Was Released On June 28 2004 Reaching Number 3 In The UK Album Charts On 4 July. The Critical Reception Was Generally Good Receiving Good Reviews From NME Q Magazine And Billboard Although They Were Also Accused Of Lack Of Imagination And Unoriginality For Allegedly Borrowing Ideas From Other Influential Bands Notably The Strokes. They Appear To Polarize Opinion. NME Wrote That The Album "bristles With Passion Energy And Most Importantly Amazing Songs" While They Were Described Elsewhere As "nearly Everything Wrong With Rock And Roll Today". Their Fans Though Embrace The Music For Its Simple Melodies And Multi-Layered Easy-Going Compositions. Frontman Johnny Borrell Caused Some Controversy And Surprise When He Likened Himself To Musical Legend Bob Dylan Quipping "If Dylan's Making The Chips Then I'm Drinking The Champagne". This Led To Suggestions Of Self-Promotion. This Statement Was Taken Out Of Context However As Borrell Was Comparing His And Dylan's First Albums Not Their Overall Career. The Band Became Very Popular On The London Music Scene When They Arrived Earlier In The Year. Large Demand Caused The Band To Play Extra Shows Including A 7 000 Capacity Gig At Alexandra Palace. The Album Was Heavily Marketed In The UK.
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Razorlight - Up All Night
Track 8 Off The Razorlight's Debut Album Up All Night. Song Written By Johnny Borrell About His Girlfriend At The Time Mairead Nash Who Was A DJ And Part Of The Group Queens Of Noize. She Mairead Said 'Johnny And I Have Been Friends For Years. He Was One Of The First People I Met When I Came To London. 'The Song Is About People Saying They Liked Me Then Slagging Me Off Behind My Back. That Happened A Lot And He Didn't Like It So Wrote The Song About It.' The Pair Were Together When Johnny Wrote The Song But Mairead Says They're Just Friends Now. She Added 'It's Amazing That Such A Big Song Is About Me. It's Just Nice That Someone You Really Care About Writes Something Like That About You. 'It Will Be Close To My Heart Forever.'
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Razorlight Is An Anglo-Swedish Band Formed In London United Kingdom In The Summer Of 2002 Around Singer/writer Johnny Borrell. Razorlight Is A Four-Piece Consisting Of Borrell Vocals & Guitar Björn Ågren Guitar Carl Dalemo Bass And Andy Burrows Drums Their Debut Album Up All Night Was Released On June 28 2004 Reaching Number 3 In The UK Album Charts On 4 July. The Critical Reception Was Generally Good Receiving Good Reviews From NME Q Magazine And Billboard Although They Were Also Accused Of Lack Of Imagination And Unoriginality For Allegedly Borrowing Ideas From Other Influential Bands Notably The Strokes. They Appear To Polarize Opinion. NME Wrote That The Album "bristles With Passion Energy And Most Importantly Amazing Songs" While They Were Described Elsewhere As "nearly Everything Wrong With Rock And Roll Today". Their Fans Though Embrace The Music For Its Simple Melodies And Multi-Layered Easy-Going Compositions. Frontman Johnny Borrell Caused Some Controversy And Surprise When He Likened Himself To Musical Legend Bob Dylan Quipping "If Dylan's Making The Chips Then I'm Drinking The Champagne". This Led To Suggestions Of Self-Promotion. This Statement Was Taken Out Of Context However As Borrell Was Comparing His And Dylan's First Albums Not Their Overall Career. The Band Became Very Popular On The London Music Scene When They Arrived Earlier In The Year. Large Demand Caused The Band To Play Extra Shows Including A 7 000 Capacity Gig At Alexandra Palace. The Album Was Heavily Marketed In The UK. read less
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Track 8 off the Razorlight's debut album, Up All Night.
Song written by Johnny Borrell about his girlfriend at the time Mairead Nash who was a DJ and part of the group Queens of Noize.
She [Mairead] said: 'Johnny and I have been friends for years. He was one of the first people I met when I came to London. 'The song is about people saying they liked me then slagging me off behind my back. That happened a lot and he didn't like it so wrote the song about it.' The pair were together when Johnny wrote the song but Mairead says they're just friends now. She added: 'It's amazing that such a big song is about me. It's just nice that someone you really care about writes something like that about you. 'It will be close to my heart forever.' Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.