Alan Parsons Project, The - Breakdown Lyrics

This music is wonderful and to be dream thanks Alan

Give me great headphones and Allan Parsons and I escape it all!!!

My kind of Pink Floyd!

AXS TV you suck with f****** wrestling! Just play the video from hey bulldog yellow submarine the Beatles! Who's running your Operation? Junior shareholders want to make money? Play the beautiful great stuff that's all there! Steely Dan! Livin on the fault line by The Doobie Brothers! Station Man by Fleetwood Mac off the kiln house album! Derek and the dominos! Eric Clapton sea of joy! Allman Brothers live at the Fillmore East! Thank you

five years are you kidding me this song Rock so hard and it's so melodic America you should be ashamed of yourselves for forgetting such musical genius get it on on TV radio don't forget the greatest stuff! This is musical genius!

Prove me wrong.🗿

when i listen to this album i hear music from the orignal STAR TREK.

# Tiberius 🗿

Classical structures using rock musicians,he's the best at it.
What a catalogue he has.

Bloody well right

42 years after I was gifted with this music, and my gratitude only grows

this puts his new album to shame.. absolutely shame

Dam folk's. the Future from the Past. Are you listening. Advanced beyond years

Consider this: between 'Breakdown' and 'I wouldn't want to be like you' literally span the spectrum of human social interaction. From mental Breakdown and lack of self confidence to total self confidence and the ability to ward off the intimidations and controlling natures of others toward you. These two songs alone portray the greatness of this album. It needs more love!!!!

An ode to our presidente!

Love that bass.

Freedom freedom we will not obey
Freedom freedom take the wall away.
Freedom freedom we will not obey
Freedom freedom take the wall away.

When all of these atoms and molecules freak out, what's a mammal to do?

Robot anxiety.

No one can understand a single word that I say.

This song is genius and ultimate perfection

Freedom...freedom, take the walls away!

I’ve always wanted to comment on certain lyrics in The Alan Parsons Project song “Breakdown”! So, here’s Jonathan Tad Ketchen’s (@NudistPoet) commentary:

“Where are all the friends who used to talk to me?
All they ever told me was good news”

If all your friends ever tell you is good news, they are lying to you, and they are not your friends.

“People that I’ve never seen are kind to me
Is it any wonder I’m confused?”

That’s so sad, that people being kind to you causes you confusion. Kindness should be normal, not an aberration. So sad.

— Jonathan Tad Ketchen

Quoted song lyrics:

Source: MusixMatch.com
Songwriters: Alan Parsons / Eric Woolfson
“Breakdown” lyrics © Woolfsongs Ltd., Universal Music - Careers, UNIVERSAL MUSIC-CAREERS OBO WOOLFSONGS LTD.

Saved by the music.

This song is still the shit in 2019! Kids these days don't know what real music is unless they go thumbing back through their parents' stacks of vinyl.

Only AP Keeps Me From A Breakdown . Thanks Much !!!!

Awesome cant wait ,

Such a timeless piece. Bravo ⚘

Angels of Death by Outer Space brought me here

That's the Hollies lead singer with the 'high' vocals here!

And there before the grace of....... Go I. Paz y amor.

viva alan parson project, nojoda!!!!!

Just awesome

Killer Tune!!

i just stumbled across this listening to some alan parsons.........never knew this was by alan parsons. I forgot about this song, but guess I always assumed it lindsey buckingham or some older fleetwood mac. what a beautiful re-discovery!!!!

For years I thought the same!

"Where are ALL MY FRIENDS ?"( 3:02)

Still got the cassette of this album! And it still sounds good!

Breakdown :) QC

Alan Parsons Project should be in the rock n roll hall of fame

I thought Lenny was singing this,would like to hear his version.

I break down, too.......no friends though

Nice song

Hope the neighbors like it..........

Who will listen to this song in 2020?

Groovy 70s 1977

Definitely one cool song

One of the most reconcile intros ....
For us from this generation.

Forgot this was Alan Parsons... love this song.

Can I say this nothing could touch this group of unreal musicians they were in with Pink Floyd that’s saying it all thank you an have a nice ear fore music

It seems this song has all but disappeared from classic rock radio... at least the stations I listen to. What a shame...

My world

Can you name the singer here? Listen closely..........Allan Clarke, lead singer of The Hollies lent his vocal talents and sang this incredible tune for The Alan Parsons Project. The Project used many session singers and musicians on the earlier albums before Eric Woolfson started to sing lead on many of their hits. Eric did sing on many of the "Demo" versions of the earlier songs so the actual singers would know to they should sing the song on the studio recordings.

Great concert Veterans Day 2018 Akron Civic Theater

Find me Moe 3/2019

When I breakdown in the middle and lose my thread
No one can understand a word that I say
When I breakdown just a little and lose my head
Nothing I try to do can work the same way.

Any time it happened, I’d get over it
With a little help from all my best friends
Anybody else could see what’s wrong with me
But they walk away and just pretend.

When I breakdown.

When I breakdown in the middle and lose my thread
No one can understand a word that I say
When I breakdown just a little and lose my head
Nothing I try to do can work the same way.

Where are all the friends who used to talk to me?
All they ever told me was good news
People that I’ve never seen are kind to me
Is it any wonder I’m confused?.

When I breakdown
When I breakdown.

Take the wall away
(Freedom, freedom, we will not obey)
(Freedom, freedom, take the wall away)
Where are all my friends?
I’m so confused
Take the wall away
(Freedom, freedom)
Take the wall away
(Freedom, freedom)
Take the wall away
(Freedom, freedom)
Will somebody help me?.

Written by Eric Woolfson/ Alan Parsons.

What a great sound! Lead singer on this song has a fab voice! ROCK ON!

Love the outro at 2:41 ... hell, love the whole song

New country sucks this is way better I love the beat

Excellent Song! This nor any other Alan Parsons Project songs will ever be anything but Great in my lifetime.

Thank you Alan Parsons! 👍

* while I sit sipping on a Heineken *

When I break doooooooooooooooowwwwnnnn...........

💙💜💖

I wanted to see which choir had done this song and ran across this fun jewel. Andrew Powell is a director/conductor for various orchestras and he put together an Alan Parsons hits done by the Philharmonic Orchestra (London, England)
https://youtu.be/deoVRIgpZrw

Ingenious alan parsons!

Why cant they do a live version of this song?

bc they need Allan Clarke and Clarke is retired from singing

Your welcome

A great song from the 80's ... no doubt written about my car!!

Immortal Technique and Outerspace sampled this for Angels of Death. Classic song, love Alan Parsons Project.

Sendawula Kajubi hahahaha yes i was looking to that comment btw that song is great too

Musik wie ich Sie mag !

Is that John Cleese in the bottom-right corner of the album cover????

seeing them tonight (11/11/2018). can hardly wait.

saw them last night 6-22-19

Good Stuff. I Hear a little Tommy Shaw from Stix in this.

I don't

loved the way this LP looked when spinning on turntable, wish some one would post a vinyl version of it and show that bc its beyond description

I still have my album from the 70'S

We are talking now. They don't like that, but we are talking.

I...Love this song. Always have. Period.

song starts to transition out "wont somebody kill me?" 3:44

perfecting slaw bisket with bacon on em

I breakdown in the middle and lose my thread
No one can understand a word that I say
When I breakdown just a little and lose my head
Nothing I try to do can work the same way

Any time it happened I'd get over it
With a little help from all my friends
Anybody else could see what's wrong with me
But they walk away and just pretend

When I breakdown

I breakdown in the middle and lose my thread
No one can understand a word that I say
When I breakdown just a little and lose my head
Nothing I try to do can work the same way

Where are all the friends who used to talk to me?
All they ever told me was good news
People that I've never seen are kind to me
Is it any wonder I'm confused?

When I breakdown, when I breakdown

Freedom, freedom, we will not obey
Freedom, freedom, take the wall away
(Take the wall away)

hmm .. almost
Freedoms, freedoms take them all away
Strip them all away

Great song but we need a wall to be a country.. Thats my final answer

Outerspace feat vinnie paz immortal technique : angels of death.

Tuesday 5-1-18 Enjoy !

LOVE THIS SONG!!!

It's made for me, 'coz I got no Friends.

Happy Birthday today(April 5) to Allan Clarke. Cheers!

Bob and Tom turned me on to the Alan Parsons Project thanks.

Man I Miss 70s Radio ! So Many Great Prog Rock Bands Look Like Prophets & Their Songs Prophecies Today, Some Great Minds & Great Musicians !!

This song understands my times I can't go on

Alan Parsons shits on "depressing" pink floyd :)

At 2:42 its the blatant point why this album should be a broadway musical, you need a world class choir to sing the background vocals, obviously the song should be much longer that is the only fault, easily corrected in the musical.

Classy. High five!

t
really

This tune and Tom Petty's "Breakdown" are Chicken Soup for the Soul on a bad day.

I use to think this was Tom Petty

I guess I'm the only one impressed by "Anybody else could see what's wrong with me, but they walk away and just pretend!"
Also "Where are all my friends!, my 'so-called' friends?!" My life experiences have made these lines very applicable, unfortunately. Oh well.

I know.

Great album. Still have it.

2018 HAPPY NEW YEAR Y'ALL !!!🎉🎈🎊🎈🎊🎉🐉

Sounds like fleetwood Mac.

Immortal Technique "Angel of death" sample

Alan Parsons is a musical genius he also engineered Pink Floyds Dark Side of the Moon album. Thanks Alan for your great music I listen to all your music to this day often.

I guess it's time to dig in me closet for some Sheena Easton?..What you think?