1987. 80'S Keyboard based Mainstream Power Pop/Disco/R&B fusion. Very catchy hooks.

10 MP3 Songs
POP: 80's Pop, POP: with Electronic Production



Details:
All Songs Written, Performed and Produced by Bobby Rivers.
Cover design by Bobby Rivers.
For show dates visit WWW.CDBABY.COM/BOBBYRIVERS32
CD is not factory pressed, it is burned.
This page contains an album analysis and lyrics for individual song downloads, as well as the year the song was written.

Top Ten Famous Rivers
1. Johnny Rivers â Pop Singer, Recording Artist
2. Joan Rivers â Celebrity
3. Phillip Rivers â NFL Quarterback
4. Melissa Rivers â Celebrity
5. Bob Rivers â DJ/Parody Artist
6. Mickey Rivers â Former MLB Player
7. Sam Rivers â Musician
8. Tom Rivers - News Correspondent
9. Reggie Rivers/Ron Rivers â Former NFL Runningbacks
10. Bobby Rivers â Former VH-1 Host

The Top 5 Bobby Rivers':
*PARODY BOB RIVERS - Seattle DJ famous for Twisted Tunes CDs and The Bob Rivers Radio Show. Similar to "Weird" Al Yankovich. Visit him at www.bobrivers.com.

*TV BOBBY RIVERS - Ex VH-1 Vee-Jay and currently The host of "Top 5" on the Food Network. Hails from Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and is now in New York. Some claim he is similar to Marc Summers in style. Visit him at www.bobbyrivers.com.

*INDIE BOBBY RIVERS - Independent Original Recording Artist and vocal impressionist from Green Bay, Wisconsin. Found in Wikipedia under the nickname Big city bob. He's at www.cdbaby.com/bob..

*AUSSIE BOBBY RIVERS - Australian sitcom character played by JON ENGLISH on the Australian TV show "All Together Now", which ran from 1990-1993. Similar to "The Partridge Family". Visit www.tvdads.com/tvdworld.shtml

*BOXING BOBBY RIVERS - Australian Welterweight Boxer. Visit him at www.boxrec.com.

Q: Which Bobby Rivers is this at CDBABY.COM?
A: This is the Indie (Independent Original) Bobby Rivers.

ALBUM ANALYSIS:
"LOVE COLLAGE" was originally a local cassette release from Wisconsinite Bobby Rivers. You can almost tell by the playing time being exactly 30 minutes long. It has that trademark mid eighties keyboard pop sound and is here remastered to cd for improved sound quality. None of them ever made it to radio or to another artist, which is unfortunate as some are very catchy Pop pieces.


I THINK I'VE FOUND SOMEBODY TO LOVE(1985) 3:06
"I never get tired of this driving riff. I thought this should have done something."

NOW IT BEGINS, I'M THAWIN' OUT
NOW I LIVE AGAIN, 'CUZ YOU PUT MEANING
BACK IN MY FROZEN LIFE
NOW I KNOW HOW GOOD LIFE CAN BE
SINCE YOU PICKED ME UP
AND TOOK ME OFF OF MY BLUE FEET
I'M REACHING OUT

I THINK I FOUND SOMEBODY TO LOVE
SHE'S GOING TO MAKE IT RIGHT
I THINK I FOUND SOMEBODY TO HOLD ME CLOSE
ALL THROUGH MY LIFE

YOU GAVE ME LOVE I'D NEVER KNOWN
AND YOU SAVED MY LIFE JUST IN TIME
BEFORE I DROWNED IN SORROW
NOW I KNOW HOW GOOD LIFE CAN BE
SINCE YOU PICKED ME UP
AND TOOK ME OFF OF MY BLUE FEET
I'M REACHING OUT
-CHORUS-


WHAT LOVE IS LIKE(1984) 3:48
"This has a Genesis feel to it. I really liked a lot of Tony Bank's work around that time."

THERE IS A FEELING DOWN IN MY HEART
AND THE FEELING WILL NEVER PART, OH NO NO
THERE IS A FEELING DEEP INSIDE
AND IT MAKES ME FEEL ALRIGHT 'CUZ YOU KNOW

I'M IN LOVE, IN LOVE, IN LOVE
AND I CAN'T EXPLAIN THE WAY I FEEL FOR YOU
I'M IN LOVE, IN LOVE, IN LOVE
AND I LIKE IN EVERY WAY ALL THE THINGS THAT YOU DO

THIS IS A FEELING YOU JUST CANNOT HIDE
AND YOU DON'T WANT IT LOCKED INSIDE, OH NO NO
THIS IS A FEELING YOU JUST CANNOT SEE
BUT YOU CAN SEE IT IN ME IN THE THINGS I DO
-CHORUS-
THIS IS A FEELING I JUST CAN'T DENY
'CUZ IT SHOWS ME WHAT LOVE IS LIKE OH YEAH!


RIGHTEOUS HEART(1986) 3:53
"When I wrote this in 1986, I was probably envisioning Phil Collins doing the vocal track."

IT'S DIFFICULT IN A WORLD LIKE THIS
TO TRY TO TELL THE TRUTH FROM ALL THE LIES
BELIEVE THESE WORDS AND YOU'LL NEVER MISS
THE FALSE ILLUSIONS THIS COLD WORLD
CALLS A REAL GOOD TIME

SO IF YOU WANT LOVE
YOU'VE GOT TO OPEN UP THOSE FOLDED ARMS
'CUZ IT'S ALL GIVE AND NO TAKE
ALL THE WAY TO THE BOTTOM OF A RIGHTEOUS HEART

IN YOUTH, DEATH IS A DISTANT KISS
AND YET IT'S NEVER FAR FROM THE MIND
IF LOVE'S THE LAST THING ON YOUR LIST
THEN EVERYTHING YOU HOPE FOR
YOU MAY NEVER FIND
-CHORUS-


OWNER OF MY LOVE(1986) 2:50
"This music was originally the music to the "A Friend in Me" lyric. I sent that original demo to Lee Greenwood's Manager as his address was written on the back of his album jacket. It never came back or anything, so I assume it is at the bottom of a Nashville Landfill with 10 million other demos."

IF I HELD YOUR HAND
YOU'D BE MY DREAM
CUZ YOU MEAN THE WORLD TO ME
AND YOU DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH
YOU'VE CHANGED MY LIFE WITH YOUR LOVE

YOU'RE THE OWNER OF MY LOVE
I GIVE SO FAITHFULLY
AND YOU GIVE IT BACK TO ME
TO LET ME KNOW THAT YOU'RE
THE OWNER OF MY LOVE

YOU'D HAVE TO LOOK
VERY HARD TO FIND
A TRUER LOVE THAN MINE
AND YOU DON'T NEED A STRING
TO KEEP YOU CLOSE TO ME
-CHORUS-


I'M IN LOVE AGAIN(1984)
"I originally did this on guitar but it sounded too much like Rick Springfield. When I transferred it to keyboard sounds it took on it's own image a bit more."

BEFORE I FOUND YOUR LOVE
ALL I FOUND WAS HEARTACHE
I SWORE I'D NEVER LOVE AGAIN
BUT HEY! LOOK AT ME NOW!

I'M IN LOVE AGAIN
AND IT FEELS SO GOOD THIS TIME
'CUZ THE LOVE IS TRUE

OH I PONDER ALL THOSE SWEET THINGS
YOU SAY TO ME
TO THINK YOU'RE ALL MINE
WHAT A FEELING THIS IS!
-CHORUS-


NOT IN THE MOOD (1987)
"This is really just the "In The Mood" riff played backwards. I built the lyrics around that concept of not being in the mood. The vocals were never meant to be dominant."

I DON'T KNOW WHAT I'D DO WITHOUT HER LOVE
I DON'T KNOW ALL THE THINGS SHE'S THINKING OF
I CAN SEE ALL THE LOVE LOCKED UP INSIDE
I JUST CAN'T BELIEVE THAT SHE'S REALLY MINE

I WANNA HEAR HER VOICE
I WANNA SEE HER SMILE
I WANNA SPEND MY LIFE
GIVING HER ALL MY LOVE
IF SHE'D BE WITH ME
I COULD BE WITH HER
I WANNA LOVE MY GIRL
BUT SHE'S NOT IN THE MOOD!

I DON'T KNOW WHAT SHE REALLY THINKS OF ME
I COULD SHOW HER SHE'S JUSTTHE ONE I NEED
I CAN'T TELL IF HER HEART IS MEANT FOR MINE
I STILL CAN'T BELIEVE THAT SHE'S REALLY MINE
-CHORUS-


LOVE COLLAGE (1986)

SOMEWHERE
LOVE IS MAKING
AND SOMEWHERE ELSE
ANOTHER HEART IS BREAKING

BUT WHEN IT COMES TOGETHER
THE BROKEN HEARTS WILL BRAID
AND WHEN IT COMES TOGETHER
LIES WILL DISSIPATE
WHEN IT COMES TOGETHER
DREAMS WILL THEN COME TRUE
WHEN WE COME TOGETHER
ME AND YOU

BUT WHEN IT COMES TOGETHER
THE BROKEN HEARTS WILL BRAID
AND WHEN IT COMES TOGETHER
LIVES WILL THEN BE MADE
WHEN IT COMES TOGETHER
DREAMS WILL THEN COME TRUE
WHEN WE COME TOGETHER
ME AND YOU


CAUGHT IN A DREAM(1985)
"I wrote this my first month in College. The poem was called "Your Picture". I was supposed to be studying but I missed my girlfriend so much I wrote this poem while looking at her picture on my dorm room desk. Then, when I was supposed to be practicing piano in the little practice rooms for music class, I wrote the music line for the poem instead, and then totally bombed the music test. I guess I wasn't college material. I think I lasted three months in there."

I SEE YOUR FACE
YOU'RE LOOKING AT ME
BUT YOU'RE NOT HERE
AND I'D LIKE TO LIE
IN YOUR ARMS
AND I'D LOVE TO HOLD YOU
CLOSE TO MY HEART

I'M CAUGHT IN A DREAM
HAVING YOU NEAR
SO CLOSE TO ME
AND I'M CAUGHT IN A DREAM
HOW VERY REAL
IT SEEMS TO BE

BACK IN MY ROOM
I HOLD THE PICTURE
LOOKING AT YOU
AND HERE IN MY MIND
YOU SEEM SO REAL
AND HOW I'D LOVE TO SHOW YOU
ALL THE LOVE THAT I FEEL

I'M CAUGHT IN A DREAM
HAVING YOU NEAR
ALWAYS WITH ME


DEFEND MY HEART(1986)
"I think this is a cha cha although I am not much of a dancer. I originally wrote this on guitar for a Latin feel. When I played it on keyboard it sounded a bit like Floyd Cramer fills after I listened back to the tracks. I obviously kept those."

THE FIRST TIME WE MET
I FELL IN LOVE WITH YOU
FIRST TIME WE DANCED
I FELL IN LOVE WITH YOU
FIRST TIME WE KISSED
I FELL IN LOVE WITH YOU

AND I'M STILL FALLING IN LOVE
WITH YOU OVER AND OVER AGAIN
EACH TIME WE MEET
THAT'S WHEN MY HEARTBEAT BEGINS
AND THEN I'M MELTING INSIDE
NOT EVEN TRYING TO DEFEND MY HEART

THE NEXT TIME WE MET
I FELL IN LOVE WITH YOU
NEXT TIME WE DANCED
I FELL IN LOVE WITH YOU
NEXT TIME WE KISSED
I FELL IN LOVE WITH YOU

AND I'M STILL FALLING IN LOVE
WITH YOU OVER AND OVER AGAIN
EACH TIME WE MEET
THAT'S WHEN MY HEARTBEAT BEGINS
AND THEN I'M MELTING INSIDE
NOT EVEN TRYING TO DEFEND MY HEART


YOU KNOW YOU HAVE A FRIEND IN ME(1987)
("...sounds like Neil Diamond in a bullfighter's costume...")

WHEN YOUR WORLD IS CRUMBLING DOWN
AND YOU FEEL THAT NO ONE CARES ABOUT YOU
AND WHEN NO ONE SEEMS TO AGREE
YOU CAN ALWAYS TURN TO ME

WHENEVER YOU'RE IN NEED
YOU KNOW YOU HAVE A FRIEND IN ME

WHEN YOU'RE FILLED WITH EMPTINESS
AND YOU FEEL THERE'S NOTHING LEFT HERE FOR YOU
AND WHEN NO ONE SEEMS TO BELIEVE
YOU CAN ALWAYS COUNT ON ME

WHENEVER YOU'RE IN NEED
YOU KNOW YOU HAVE A FRIEND IN ME