^ ' – Slik – Forever and Ever' (in German).^ ' Slik – Forever and Ever' (in Dutch).^ ' The Irish Charts – – Forever and Ever'.^ ' Slik – Forever and Ever' (in French).^ 'Slik - Forever And Ever (Vinyl) at Discogs'.^ Archived 11 October 2008 at the Wayback Machine.^ Forever And Ever reaching number 2 in March/April 1976.^ Slik - The Best Of booklet (Repertoire label, 1999).Bill Martin and Phil Coulter: producers.A-side: 'Forever and Ever' (Bill Martin/Phil Coulter).A superb live performance of If I Was, excerpts from Forever and Ever, and Do They Know Its. Īfter another hit, and a flop, the band disbanded in early 1977. Full performance from RTE TVs 2004 series Coulter and Company. In 1976, EMI Electrola released a German edition of the single. The single reached number 2 in the Netherlands and the Top 30 in Germany. Their Top of the Pops performance of the song was lead singer Midge Ure's first television appearance he went on to success with Ultravox and as a solo artist. The song was the band's only UK number-one single, and their only UK top 20 hit. Slik covered the song with a heavier arrangement after the Bay City Rollers had refused it. 'Forever And Ever' was originally recorded by Kenny, appearing on their 1975 debut LP The Sound Of Super K. The song was written by the songwriting partnership of Bill Martin and Phil Coulter who had recently stopped writing for the Bay City Rollers. It was also a hit in Ireland, reaching number two on the charts there. It was number one for one week in February 1976, knocking ABBA's ' Mamma Mia' off the number-one position. ' Forever and Ever' is a UK number-one single by Scottish glam rock band Slik, released in 1975. It's a very hopeless song because it reflects real life.Bill Martin, Phil Coulter and Jim McGinlay (B-Side) that is going on in the world, often run by huge yet nearly invisible organizations, corporations, and 'leaders'. While our lives are often shielded, we're in our own protective bubbles, or protective helmets like the one Thom wears, if we look a little harder we can see all the corruption, lies, manipulation, etc. He'd rather die peacefully right now than live in this cage. But there is seemingly no way out but death. politicians and businessmen, perhaps) is not the way to live. This boring, 'perfect' life foisted upon us by some higher powers (not spiritual, but political, economic, etc. In the video, his helmet is slowly filling up with water, drowning him. On No Surprises, the narrator is realizing how this life is killing him slowly. People are being used by those in power 'like a pig in a cage on antibiotics'-being pacified with things like new phones and cool gadgets and houses while being sucked dry. But in Fitter, Happier the narrator(?) realizes that it's incredibly robotic to live this life. We're told to strive for some sort of ideal life, which includes getting a good job, being kind to everyone, finding a partner, getting married, having a couple kids, living in a quiet neighborhood in a nice big house, etc. Play with guitar, piano, ukulele, mandolin or banjo. Same ideas expressed in Fitter, Happier are expressed in this song. A E D G B Chords for Slik - Forever and ever 1976 with Key, BPM, and easy-to-follow letter notes in sheet. She was very desperate and she did something that I know she regrets.' She was in love with my Dad, and my Dad was not faithful to her, and it broke her heart. Some people think, never take your life, and some people find that their life isn't worth living. Number one for Scottish band Slik, with Midge Ure, written and produced by Bill Martin and Phil Coulter.more. Life wasn't worth it for her, that was her opinion. 'There's a part - 'Cash in now honey, cash in Miss Smith.' Miss Smith is my Mother our last name was Smith. For me, I wanted to experience the heights, and the lows come along with it.' 'What it feels to descend from the mountain top. Climbing this mountain and getting as high as you can, and then coming down that mountain,' reveals Farrell. The version on Nothing's Shocking was re-recorded in 1988. Mountain song was first recorded in 1986 and appeared on the soundtrack to the film Dudes starring Jon Cryer. Jane's Addiction vocalist Perry Farrell gives Adam Reader some heartfelt insight into Jane’s Addiction's hard rock manifesto 'Mountain Song', which was the second single from their revolutionary album Nothing's Shocking.

Slik forever