Topic: New Chords Postings
Among the three charting singles from Prism's self-titled debut album (1977, pictured) was the power ballad "It's Over". This track, as well as most others on the record, was written by the band's drummer/producer Rodney Higgs. Higgs was none other than Jim Vallance writing under a pseudonym. Why? Vallance himself explains it this way:
"For many years, when asked to explain the reasons behind the pseudonym, I offered one of two answers:
(1). I didn't want my university classmates to know I was in a rock band, or ...
(2). I didn't want my family to know I was in a rock band.
I'm the source of both of these stories, and both are untrue. The truth is, quite simply, I was terrified. Prism was my first recording project, and with seven of the album's nine songs credited to me, I felt vulnerable and exposed. What if the album failed? So, I took the coward's way out and hid behind a fictitious name. That way, if the album "tanked" no-one could point a finger at Jim Vallance! Rodney Higgs would take the blame. I admit it was goofy, and certainly a cop-out. In fact, thirty years later I'm still mildly embarrassed by my decision!"
(jimvallance.com/01-music-folder/albums-folder/pg-album-prism-01-prism.html)
Well, the album didn't tank, and the only finger pointing might have been to point out the guy who wrote three hit singles for it ("Spaceship Superstar", "Take Me To the Kaptin", and "It's Over"). Vallance, of course, much more famously went on to become a hit-making machine as Bryan Adams' songwriting partner.
The chord chart:
https://www.angelfire.com/planet/zerofret/crd/prism-itsover.txt
Audio:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r0o09trgUlM
Updated: Monday, August 24, 2009 1:27 AM EDT
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