John Parr

Songwriter: Julia Downes John Parr

Producer: John Parr

In the searchlights
You could see us as we circled around
Down below us you were screaming
I could hear the sound
I could see your arms
Reaching up to me
Like a demon, I could feel the madness
Running through the crowd
We were freedom
From the moment that we hit the ground
And the wild man he laid the thunder down

Do you remember me?
Like I remember you
In a sea of hands
You came shining through
In the mist of time
I can see it now
All my life I will remember this
(Under a raging moon)
For this moment I was born for it
(Under a raging moon)
Under a raging moon
We were flying there
Under a raging moon
We saw Zion there
It ended all too soon
Under a raging moon

We were out there
When they handed us the rebel's crown
All the headlines
All they tried to do was tear us down
But the wild man
He didn't fool around

Do you remember me?
Cause I remember you
Yeah you won my love
When the dream came true
When my blood ran high
I can hear it now
All my life I will remember it
(Under a raging moon)
For this moment I was born for it
(Under a raging moon)

Under a raging moon
We were flying boy
Under a raging moon
It's worth dying for
It ended all too soon
Under a raging moon

Taking me back to better times
We never read the danger signs
Why are the young
Why are the young so blind?

John Parr (born 18 November 1952) is a Grammy-nominated English musician, best known for his 1985 US #1 single “St. Elmo’s Fire (Man in Motion)” and for his 1984 single “Naughty Naughty” (US Rock #1). Parr was nominated for a Grammy award for “St Elmo’s Fire” in 1985.

Parr first entered the music scene when he was 12 years old and formed a band with two fellow schoolmates, which they named The Silence. The band had achieved some success. They eventually became professional and started to tour Europe. He then joined a band named Bitter Suite who were a huge success in the working men’s clubs in Yorkshire, he then formed a “Super Band” with musicians from other working men’s club bands, and named the band Ponders End , a band that set a new precedent for the bands in the north.

Parr secured a publishing deal with Carlin America in 1983 and in the same year Meat Loaf asked him to write some songs for his new album. It led to a fateful meeting with John Wolff, who was tour manager for The Who. Foreseeing the initial demise of The Who, Wolff was looking for a new venture and considered Parr to be a suitable partner. Parr first visited America in 1984 and worked with Meat Loaf on Bad Attitude. Meanwhile, Wolff secured Parr’s solo Atlantic recording deal in New York.

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