Seal, Prayer For The Dying (live), Paramount Theatre, Oakland, June 6, 2023 (4K)

Описание: Seal plays his song "Prayer For The Dying" live in concert at the Paramount Theatre in Oakland, California on June 6, 2023. Prayer For The Dying appeared on his second studio album, Seal (1994). Seal Henry Olusegun Olumide Adeola Samuel is a Grammy Award winning British singer-songwriter from London, England. Joining him onstage were Mat Dauzat (guitar), Trevor Horn (bass), Jamie Muhoberac (keyboards), Earl Harvin (drums), La Tanya Hall (vocals), and Everett Bradley (percussion / vocals). This show was one of the last nights of the North American leg of his 30th Anniversary Tour celebrating his first two albums.

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Seal official tour announcement:

Grammy Award-winning global icon Seal will embark on a massive 30th Anniversary Tour across North America this spring. He will team up with longtime producer and trusted collaborator Trevor Horn, who will take on the role of musical director for the run of shows; additionally, Horn’s acclaimed new wave band The Buggles will be featured as special guest performers.

The 30th Anniversary Tour will commemorate three decades of his landmark self-titled debut album Seal (1991) and eponymous follow-up Seal II (1994). He will be performing the records in their entirety for the first time, delivering a set highlighted by classic chart-topping anthems such as “Crazy,” “Future Love Paradise,” “Killer,” and “Kiss From A Rose.” Expect soul staples and standards peppered throughout the set, showcasing the full spectrum of his incredible repertoire.

Last fall, he reissued Seal as the 4-CD/2-LP Seal: Deluxe Edition complete with rarities, a 12”x12” hardcover book that includes never-before-published photos and liner notes courtesy of Jim Farber, a previously unreleased 13-track concert performance, and more, with all music impeccably remastered by Trevor Horn. The set has been widely acclaimed: American Songwriter celebrated the set’s “incredible dance remixes,” while Paste proclaimed it one of “The 20 Best Album Reissues of 2022,” writing, “Looking back three decades later, Seal’s combination of pop, funk, rock and dance hit harder than we might have realized at the time.”

Seal notably reached RIAA platinum status in the United States, cracking the Top 30 of the Billboard 200. In the UK, it earned a double-platinum certification and captured #1 on the UK Album Charts. Describing the magic of this debut, Pitchfork likened it to “a vast, multi-sensory explosion of color and texture, a voice giving voice to something beautiful.”

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Seal - 30th Anniversary tour dates (2023) :

April 25 — Phoenix, AZ @ Arizona Financial Theatre
April 28 — Houston, TX @ Bayou Music Center
April 29 — Austin, TX @ Bass Concert Hall
April 30 — Dallas, TX @ Music Hall at Fair Park
May 2 — New Orleans, LA @ Saenger Theatre
May 4 — Charlotte, NC @ Ovens Auditorium
May 6 — Atlanta, GA @ Fox Theatre
May 7 — Louisville, KY @ Louisville Palace
May 10 — Washington DC @ The Anthem
May 11 — Philadelphia, PA @ The Met
May 12 — Boston, MA @ Boch Centre Wang Theatre
May 14 — Montreal, QC @ St. Denis Theatre
May 15-16 — Toronto, ON @ Massey Hall
May 19 — Minneapolis, MN @ Orpheum Theatre
May 21 — Detroit, MI @ Fox Theatre
May 23-24 — New York, NY @ Beacon Theatre
May 26 — St. Louis, MO @ Stifel Theatre
May 27 — Chicago, IL @ Chicago Theatre
May 30 — Denver, CO @ Bellco Theatre
June 2-3 — Las Vegas, NV @ Venetian Theatre
June 6 — Oakland, CA @ Paramount Theatre
June 7 — Los Angeles, CA @ Greek Theatre
June 10 — Portland, OR @ Keller Auditorium
June 12 — Seattle, WA @ Paramount Theatre

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Prayer For The Dying lyrics:

Fearless people
Careless needle
Harsh words spoken
And lives are broken
Forceful aging
Help me, I'm fading
Heaven's waiting
It's time to move on

Crossing that bridge
With lessons I've learned
Playing with fire
And not getting burned
I may not know what you're going through
But time is the space between me and you
Life carries on
It goes on

Just say, "Die," and that would be pessimistic
In your mind, we can walk across water
Please don't cry, it's just a prayer for the dying
I just don't know what's got into me

Been crossing that bridge
With lessons I've learned
Playing with fire
And not getting burned
I may not know what you're going through
But time is the space between me and you

There is a light through that window
Hold on say, "Yes," while people say, "No"
Life carries on
It goes on

I'm crossing that bridge
With lessons I've learned
I'm playing with fire
And not getting burned
I may not know what you're going through
But time is the space between me and you

There is a light through that window
Hold on say, "Yes," while people say, "No"
'Cause life carries on
It goes on
It goes on
Goes, goes
Life carries on

When nothing else matters
When nothing else matters
I just don't know what's got into me
It's just a prayer for the dying
For the dying

Written by Seal Samuel / Augustus Lundell "Gus" Isidore