AN UPBEAT HAPPY LOVE SONG...WITH AN AVALANCHE FLAVOR
melodic
hard rock
classic rock
mainstream
original rock
political rock
arena rock
the road less traveled
songs with a message
avalanche hard rock band
michael foster
will there be tomorrow
Story behind the song
Recorded and Mixed at: ROUGH CUT STUDIO in Eastford Conn. Recording Enginneered by: Mark Easton.
Remixed by: Michael Foster at Terry Martin's StormSurge Studio...Spring Hill, Florida...and at Golden Sun Studio...North Palm Beach, Florida.
NOTE FROM MICHAEL: I would like to thank Mark Easton at Rough Cut...and Terry Martin, and Kephas at StormSurge...for their Production Assistance on this tune. Thanks, guys.
Michael Foster: Electric Guitar, Lead Guitars, Vocals.
Mark Easton: Electric Guitar, Background Vocals.
Barry Easton: Drums.
Michael Corsini: Bass.
Photograph by: Mark Brett/ Positive Negatives...Hampton, Conn.
mark@markbrett.com/
(Mark Brett is the former Avalanche "Road Crew Chief"...and one of my closest friends...and is a "Rock Photographer Extraordinaire". He has done "photo shoots" with everyone from ZZ TOP, KISS, TINA TURNER, CS&N, DON HENLEY and STEVIE NICKS, ROBERT PLANT, ...and just about everyone else who has played...or plays...at the Mohegan Sun Casino in Connecticut...where he is currently the staff "House" photographer). To see more of Mark's great photos...visit the Avalanche Website...and click on the "PHOTO" link there...on the Avalanche Artist page.
http://songplanet.net/Avalanche
"When You Smile" is a song I wrote in 1981...while I was in Negril, Jamaica. For a number of consecutive years...I would spend a month at a villa there...as an annual "retreat"..."recharging my batteries"...and nearly always...writing new music. Some of Avalanche's best music was written there. It is a very positive, and magical place...and at this particular time... I was in the euphoria that comes with infatuation...and "new love". For anyone who has ever experienced that...no further explanation is necessary. For anyone who hasn't...no explanation is adequate. (And my condolences). This is just a happy, upbeat, love song...plain and simple...but with an Avalanche flavor to it ...of course.
It took over twenty four years for the song I wrote then...to be played by the band...and "realized" in recorded form. I always "heard it" the way it turned out in this recording...except for the section in the middle...with just guitars and vocals...which I have always envisioned as "extended"..for a live show...and in which the audience is asked to "join in"...by clapping in time...and singing along. It is a perfect spot for "audience participation"...so I am still hopeful that sometime soon...I will also be able to see that become a reality...in the meantime ...I hope you enjoy it (and feel free to sing along!)....I need all the help I can get!
Mike (NAV)
Lyrics
WHEN YOU SMILE
Music and Lyrics by Michael Foster
Written: December 14,1981.
Copyright 1984, 2005 by Crystal Magic Music (ASCAP)
CHORUS
When you smile...
I feel just like the sun is shining
When you smile...
There's nothing gonna bring me down
When you smile...
I feel this can go on forever
When you smile...
There's nothing gonna make me frown
When you smile...
The music seems to keep on coming
When you smile...
I feel there's nothing I can't play
When you smile...
I feel that we are so together
When you smile...
Can handle anything that comes our way...
1st BRIDGE
If there's ever a misunderstanding....
And we've got nothing to say....
Just remember a smile can make it better....
And chase our troubles away.
(REPEAT CHORUS)
2nd BRIDGE
And if one day, trouble should find us....
And everything is looking gray....
Just remember a smile can make it better....
I know that's easy to say...
REPEAT FIRST LINE
Jam to End (Fade).