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Track: Blinded By The Light
Artist: Manfred Mann's Earth Band
Album: The Roaring Silence

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Name: Manfred Mann's Earth Band
Spotify Genres: progressive rock, classic rock
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After a very successful period in the 1960's with the pop group named [b][a=Manfred Mann][/b] after him and a much less successful intermezzo in Jazz with [b][a=Manfred Mann Chapter Three][/b], the South-African born keyboardist Manfred Mann (real name [b][a=Manfred Lubowitz][/b]) turned towards rock music. In 1971 he formed [b]Manfred Mann's Earth Band[/b] (MMEB). Mann's use of the Moog synthesizer was key to the sound of this band. MMEB had a very successful area during the mid 1970's and early 1980's but was disbanded by Mann in 1987 after being fed up with trying to produce hit records. He started a project which was based mostly on the music of Native American Indians named [b][a=Manfred Mann's Plain Music][/b] and which released one album. After this Mann reformed the MMEB in 1991 and was starting again to release records with them occasionally but also to be a regular live band with extensive tours mostly in Europe until today. [b]Current members:[/b] ● [a=Manfred Mann (2)] – keyboards and vocals (1971–present) ● [a=Mick Rogers] – guitar and vocals (1971–1975, 1983–present) ● [a=John Lingwood] – drums (1979–1987, 2016–present) ● [a=Steve Kinch] – bass guitar (1986, 1991–present) ● [a=Robert Hart] – vocals (2011–present) [b]Former members:[/b] ● [a=Chris Slade] – drums (1971–1979) ● [a=Colin Pattenden] – bass (1971–1977) ● [a=Chris Thompson] – vocals and guitar (1975–1986, 1996–1999) ● [a=Dave Flett] – guitar (1975–1979) ● [a=Pat King] – bass (1977–1981; band lighting designer, 1991–2013; died 2022) ● [a=Steve Waller] – guitar and vocals (1979–1983; died 2000) ● [a=Geoff Britton] – drums (1979) ● [a=Trevor Rabin] – guitar, producer (1980–1981, 1984) ● [a=Matt Irving] – bass (1982–1983; died 2015) ● [a=Shona Laing] – vocals (1983) ● [a=Noel McCalla] – vocals (1991–2009, 2010) ● [a=Clive Bunker] – drums (1991–1996) ● [a=John Trotter (2)] – drums (1996–2000) ● [a=Richard Marcangelo] – drums (2000–2002) ● [a=Pete May] – drums (2002) ● [a=Geoff Dunn] – drums (2002–2007) ● [a=Jimmy Copley] – drums and percussion (2007–2015; died 2017) ● [a=Peter Cox] – vocals (2009–2011)

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Release: Manfred Mann's Earth Band - Blinded By The Light
Year: 1976
Genres: Rock
Styles: Pop Rock, Prog Rock

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Blinded by the light, wrapped up like a deuce
Another runner in the night.
Blinded by the light, wrapped up like a deuce
Another runner in the night.
Blinded by the night, wrapped up like a deuce
Another runner in the night.
Madman drummers brummers, indians in the summer
With a teenage diplomat. In the dumps with the mumps
As the adolescent pumps his way into his hat.
With a boulder on my shoulder, feelin' kinda older,
I tripped the merry-go-round with this very unpleasing
Sneezing and wheezing, the caliope crashed to the ground,
The caliope crashed to the ground and she was
Blinded by the light, wrapped up like a deuce, ...
Some silicone sister wither her manager mister
Told me, I got what it takes.
She said I'll turn you on, sonny, oh, to something strong.
Oh, play the song with the Junky break
And go-cart Mozart was checkin' out the weather chart
To see if it was safe outside.
And little early pearly came by in his curly wurly
And asked me if I needed a ride
The caliope crashed to the ground and she was
Blinded by the light, wrapped up like a deuce, ...
Madman drummers brummers, indians in the summer, ...
Now scott with a slingshot finally found a tender spot
And throws his lover in the sand.
And some bloodshot forget-me-not says
"Daddy's within car-shot. Save the back-shot turn up the band"
Some silicone sister with her manager mister
Told me I got what it takes.
She says: "I'll turn you on, son, to something strong"
She got down but she never got tight.
He's gonna make it tonight.