
Bang Bang
Listening to White Summer, this song is just meant to be sung by Keith St. John. His classic-oriental-rock-kind of melodies make the song just perfect. The Kingdom Come / Led Zep feel is drippin' all over the place. It's hard to imagine that Keith would not have been on the song, if everything had happened as planned. Since Keith was working on some other songs in the middle of 2019, I approached other singers to do White Summer. It took quite a while to find out it did not work out as I had hoped for, so in October 2019 I more or less begged Keith to do White Summer, after he had finished his other tracks for me.
The basics of White Summer were written during my 2018 summer holiday in Portugal, which was just a very creative period, working everyday on the porch of my apartment by the beach. 'From your mouth' comes from the same sessions, just like some tracks that will see the light of day in the future on a next album or so.
Initially the progress was pretty good, with Stéphan Forté doing the guitar solo's early 2019, emphasizing the oriental feel of the song in a great way. This was the last song of the album that was was finished in November 2020. To me this is one of the better tracks of the album!
Keith wrote the lyrics of 'White Summer', and it is about a boys realizations of his inner metamorphosis as manhood awakens factions of himself through his discovery of his fated bond with woman. At the core of all the fire between man and woman (which is seemingly ritualized through "satan's" song)... lies the ultimate peace and the ultimate light.....the "White Summer
My beatin’ heart was dead and floatin’ like a gypsy
This godforsaken moon shines cold as ice
Felt like I had nothing inside
A cold shiver was in my bones
But one look in your eyes
I knew it was Mr. Jones
Bang Bang, I’m alive - Shoot me like a rocket
Love love, all night - Feed the rising sun
Bang Bang, electrified - I’m a live wire
Love love, I’m so alive - Fire’s in the gun
Cause this time it’s love
Yeah baby it’s love
But it was only yesterday
Fled like a burned out life
Just going through the motions
Hopin’ to God for something to set me free, yeah
But then I wanted you so bad
Your hot rhythm was in my soul
And when you touched my hand
I felt the devil let me go
Bang Bang, I’m alive - Shoot me like a rocket
Love love, all night - Feed the rising sun
Bang Bang, electrified - I’m a live wire
Love love, I’m so alive - Fire’s in the gun
Cause this time it’s love
Yeah baby it’s love
I know it’s this time
Cause heaven’s knockin’ at my door, yeah
Guitar Solo: Timo Somers
When your music hit my bones
I knew it was Mr. Jones
No more all alone
No No
Bang Bang, I’m alive - Shoot me like a rocket
Love love, all night - Feed the rising sun
Bang Bang, electrified - I’m a live wire
Love love, I’m so alive - Fire’s in the gun
Cause this time it’s love
Yeah baby it’s love
Guitar Solo: Timo Somers
Hey baby it’s love
Aw ya know it is
Music: Ron Coolen
Lyrics: Keith St. John
Vocals: Keith St. John
Guitar Solos: Timo Somers
Rhythm Guitar, Bass, Drums: Ron Coolen