Once in a while, a singer comes along with a totally unique voice. No-one else sounds like Orbison, or Bassey, or Jones, or Pitney, or Presley. Gene Pitney was, is and will always be a superstar
What a great song. From the days when music was music. When it had emotion, definition,
rhythm, durability. When the listener not only heard it, but could picture the theme. Feel it, sense it, understand , taste. Sorry, but with a very few exceptions, can't say that about anything recorded today.
Saw Gene Pitney in concert, in 1984 - in Hamilton, as part of his Canadian tour. This was the only time I walked out of a concert more impressed than I had been before arriving. His voice was quite incredible, and he was quite a personable gentleman, besides. My fear had been that Pitney would not sound as good outside of a recording studio, but he actually sounded better live.
When you're young and so and love as we
And bewildered by the world we see
Why do people hurt us so
Only those in love would know
What a Town Without Pity can do..
If we stop to gaze upon a star
People talk about how bad we are...
Ours is not an easy age
We're like tigers in a cage
What a Town Without Pity can do..
The young have problems Many problems
We need an understanding heart..
Why don't they help us, try to help us
Before this clay and granite planet falls apart...
Take these eager lips and hold me fast..
I'm afraid this kind of joy can't last
How can we keep love alive
How can anything survive
When these little minds tear you in two..
What a town Without Pity can do..
How can we keep love alive
How can anything survive
When these little minds tear you in two..
What a town Without Pity can do