Because of You (Hold Tight) - The Mystic Knights of The Oingo Boingo c.1978
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- Опубліковано 2 жов 2024
- Because of You - Also known as 'Hold Tight'. This was performed at least as early as 1977 in Mystic Knights shows, making it one of Danny Elfman's earliest original songs. This session could have been recorded between 1977-78.
If 1920s jazz and 70s funk had a baby, it would be this!
Elfman needs to release an album of all these great unreleased songs!
2:47 love when he does the funny voice thing. it’s great
Electroswing 35 years ahead of its time
GOES INSANE
My son shared this with me. We’re both HUGE Danny fans!!! This is awesome & thank you for sharing :)
wow, forty years since it was recorded, and in all that time this is only the first time I've even known about it! this channel just keeps on giving, thank you so much!
This stuff is incredible, it's like they had to hide it because it was just too damn good
Why in the bloody hell is this unreleased. These songs are bangers after bangers!
Lyrics in how I heard them:
(We are alone... all alone... all alone...)
(All alone......)
Oh, when I laid eyes on you;
Something happened....
Something strange...
Something grand...
I fell in love;
Tell me do you love me?
(Hold tight, hold tight,
hold your partner so tight,
Why don't we turn out the lights?
Cuz the night is young!)
You were always inspiration, (always inspiration)
and I needed stimulation.
Goodness gracious, it's contagious...
So outrageous! (It's outrageous!)
Because of you.
Because of you the ocean and the sky will never be confused,
and the stars up in the sky tonight? (It's because of you!)
Of you... I'm singing (ba ba ba ba ba)
(Vocalization)
Because of you, I fell in love;
Tell me do you love me?
(Hold tight, hold tight,
hold your partner so tight,
Why don't we turn out the lights?
Cuz the night is young,
and the moon is bright.
The time is right, the time is right,
Now we'll have some fun tonight!)
You were always inspiration, (always inspiration)
and I needed stimulation.
Goodness gracious, it's contagious...
So outrageous! (It's outrageous)
Because of you.
Because of you the ocean and the sky will never be confused,
and the stars up in the sky tonight? (It's because of you!)
Of you... I'm singing
(ba ba ba ba ba)
(Vocalization)
Agony prevails but this song STAYS on repeat
So true...
3:08 love how th is part onwards feel like a spiral down into the depth of retro futuristic jazz
Listened to this on loop and full volume for a good while and did my own little interpretation. Of course I'm not too sure on this (as are others) but I think I got pretty close :^)
Please feel free to reply if you might have any corrections or other interpretations!
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(Oh we wanna' go down below, oh)
(Come on, run away, down below, down below)
(Run away, run away, down below)
(Run along)
Oh when I
Laid eyes on you
Something happened
Something strange
Something grand
I fell in love
Tell me do
You love me
(All the time, all the time)
('Cause you hold your [pact?] up so [high/tight?])
(Why don't we turn out the light, cause the night is young)
You were away
[Situation?]
An immediate
Jubilation
[It's [___]?]
It's contagious
[So outrageous/So I pray?]
Because of you
Oooh!
'Cause of you the ocean and the sky will never be the confused
And them stars up in the sky tonight
(It's because of you)
(Of you)
(I'm [sinking/singing/saying?])
I'm [sinking/singing/saying?]
(Ba ba ba ba)
Oooh!
Because of you
I fell in love
Tell me do
You love me
(All the time, all the time)
('Cause you hold your [pact?] up so [high/tight?])
(Why don't we turn out the light, cause the night is young and the moon is right)
(The time is right, the time is right, let's go have some fun tonight)
/Instrumental
/
(All the time, all the time)
('Cause you hold your [pact?] up so [high/tight?])
(Why don't we turn out the light, cause the night is young and the moon is right)
(The time is right, the time is right, let's go have some fun tonight)
You were away
(Liberation?)
An immediate
Jubilation
[It's [___]?]
It's contagious
[So outrageous/So I pray?]
Because of you
Because of you the ocean and the sky will never be the confused
And the stars up in the sky tonight
(It's be cause of you)
(Of you)
(I'm [sinking/singing/saying?])
I'm [sinking/singing/saying?]
(Ba ba ba ba)
/Outro
/
As I responded to another commenter, I think the female voices are saying: "Hold tight, hold tight, hold your partner so tight, why don't we turn out the lights? Cuz the night is young, and the moon is bright. The time is right, the time is right, now we'll have some fun tonight!"
I don't dance, but this makes me want to...👾
This man has such an incredible range
Lyrics (my personal rendition)
[Intro]
(Ooh we wanna' go down below, oh)
(Come on, run away, down below, down below)
(Run away, run along, down below, down below)
(Run along)
Oh, when I laid eyes on you, something happened
Something strange
Something grand
I fell in love
Tell me, do - you love me?
Hold them tight
Hold them tight
(Oooh)
Hold your partner, slow the time
Why don't we turn out the light?
Cause' tonight is young
You were always - inspiration
(Always inspiration)
An immediate
Jubilation
(Jubilation)
Inspiration
It's contagious (It's outrageous)
So outrageous, because of you
(Ooh-woah-woah-woah)
Because of you, the ocean and the sky will never be the confused
And the stars that are in the sky tonight?
It's because of you (of you)
I'm singing (singing)
Bab-ba-ba-ba-baba-ba-ba-ba
Baba-ba-ba, baba-ba-ba
Baba-ba-ba-ba-baba-ba-ba, baba
Because of you, I fell in love
Tell me, do - you love me?
Hold them tight
Hold them tight
(Ah-ah-aah, oooh)
Hold your partner, slow the time
Why don't we turn out the light?
Cause' tonight is young
(Oooh)
And the moon is bright
The time is right
The time is right
Come have some fun tonight!
♪
Hold them tight
Hold them tight
(Aah, ooh)
Hold your partner, slow the time
Why don't we turn out the light?
Cause' tonight is young
(Oooh-ohh)
And the moon is bright
The time is right
The time is right
Come have some fun tonight!
♪ …
Hold them tight
Hold them tight
(Aah, ooh)
Hold your partner, slow the time
Why don't we turn out the light?
Cause' tonight is young
(Oooh-ohh)
And the moon is bright
The time is right
The time is right
Come have some fun tonight!
You were always - inspiration (Always inspiration)
An immediate
Filling me with jubilation
Inspiration
It's contagious (It's outrageous)
So outrageous, because of you
(Oooh-woah-woah-woah)
Because of you, the ocean and the sky will never be the confused
And the stars that are in the sky tonight?
It's because of you (of you)
Of you (of you) I'm singing (singing)
Bab-ba-ba-ba-baba-ba-ba-ba
Baba-ba-ba, baba-ba-ba
Baba-ba-ba-ba-baba-ba-ba, baba
(Ooh-hoo-hoo-hoo)
[Outro]
_______
Credits to these commenters for the great help and for inspiring my rendition!
- TSUZUKU
- Atr0us
- ocpoct0bqh
I think it’s ‘filling me with jubilation’ :0
@@opoct0bahListened through, definitely heard that on the second time that section was repeated. Thank you!’
Very cool.
They were SO good.
Mr Bungle must've been influenced by these guys.
I agree, bungle even covered "pictures of you" by oingo boingo back in the 90s
@@modifidiousNO WAY IM GONNA LISTEN RN THAT SONG IS. SO UNDERRATED I’d kill for Danny Elfman to sing it now
@@opoct0bah agreed, hopefully he sings it again!
This is awesome! Thanks so much for sharing
So good. What a treat to be able to hear.
Ehrmagherd. Boingo Tapes, you are amazing for posting all this - especially these early painted days. Wow.
Everytime I hear this I remember Halloween when I was eating tootsie pops and watching my Viva la bam dvd
My villain song
SO REAL FOR THAT
Wow, this is incredible, especially the end!
Simply mesmerizing
Thanks for the upload!
OHHHH HELL YEAH DOG 💖