The Alan Parsons Project - Damned If I Do (Official Audio)
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- Official Audio for "Damned If I Do" by The Alan Parsons Project
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[Chorus:]
I don't want to tie you down
Don't need a reason to have you around
But each time you walk away
Don't be suprised if I ask you to stay
Can't sleep alone at night
I just can't seem to get it right
Damned if I do
And I'm damned if I don't but I love you
I said I'm damned if I do
And I'm damned if I don't cause I love you
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Music video by The Alan Parsons Project performing Damned If I Do (audio). (C) 1979 RCA Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment 
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"The Project" was introduced to me at 15 in 1976 with "Tales of Mystery and Imagination". Been hooked since. One of the greatest "prog-rock" bands I've had the joy of experiencing.
They are so underrated, aren’t they?!
Not to sound morbid, but I used two of their songs as background music to a video about my 17 year old’s life when she passed away. I treasure those songs when they come on the radio bc it’s like she’s saying hi 🩵☮️
I was a young girl when this came out. Carefree. Loved this song then.
Now I'm a grandma who is struggling to beat kidney cancer. Still love this song. I can be carefree again, at least for as long as this wondrous song lasts. ♥ 🎶
Prayers.
@@dalepowers1720 living with essential tremor i feel for you
Strength to you. Enjoy the trance of music. It helps me.
@@dalepowers1720 thank you
@@garythomas4431 thank you. Trance is a good word for this ...
mind blowing Alan Parsons song and great Lenny Zakatek lead vocals
Love Lenny's voice. He fit the Alan Parsons Project music so perfectly.
All the singers did!
@@joedecker3900 Yeah but, Lenny is Lenny :P
Most greatest hits song by APP sang by Lenny
Some songs immediately take me back...Hello again 1979!
Same
Although I was born in the 2000's
i agree wow!
Late 1979: Disco was starting to fade and this awesome song comes out! Absolute perfection from the first note. I love the album cover too, so mysterious.
I bought this album when it first came out and it was probably 10 years later when I took a good, hard look at the album cover... surprise, surprise. Still kinda freaks me out.
@@TheSteveRobinson The lesions we’re not real, Parsons himself has stated they were makeup
@@Ed-ez8kl They are not real, Parsons & the cover designers have stated such.
@@edwardhill6945 Maybe not but the diluted pupils are.
@@je862 Take a closer look... not all of them are on the netting.
I love this album to this very day, 40-some years after its release.
1979 45
My dad used to be into Pink Floyd, Alan Parsons, Rush, Queen, Electric Light Orchestra, Little River Band, Steely Dan, Crosby Still and Nash, Fleetwood Mac, Guns and Roses, Beetles, James Taylor, and Bad Company :). He also introduced me to Genesis Trick of the Tail and Wind and Wuthering albums which both became my favourite! He plays the electric bass btw. I play electric keyboards and electric guitar though I used to play alto sax back in highschool not as much anymore! Many of the rock songs he introduced me to as a kid is what initially got me into learning music theory and trying out some jazz stuff. Time and time again I find myself revisiting these albums cause being honest music isnt what it used to be like before. You just dont see the same heart and passion put into these older rock bands! The lyrics are also much more meaningful here. He also listens to Heart, Abba and some instrumental albums he also introduced being Weather Report, Al Di Meola, and Camel.
Your dad sounds frickin' awesome. I clued right in on APP, ELO, and the Dan hahaha.
On a les mêmes goûts musicaux ❤❤❤
The horns, strings, then guitar... Blows my mind every time
Absolutely! Incredible arrangement
En aquellos tiempos la instrumentación en música pop era mucho más variada que hoy en día!
,, 6 77k 7
Agree
Yes the best technically sound from a musical
Production this not jus music or rock it’s really art fine art
The part starting at 3:29 is my favourite!!! So much intensity and emotions, it always gets me!!!
That's called "The Bridge" and it is very nice.
That is the best indeed part of this masterpiece
"I've done everything but I can't get it right." I felt that 🤧
Nothing beats the Alan Parsons Project for soul reaching lyrics and innovative music .. years ahead of their time
I remember my brother playing this in his Chrysler Valiant Charger on his L plates when he was 17 in 1979.
Brut 33, Stagger Jeans, Lumber Jacket and smokes. What an era.
It was on a compilation Cassette called Drive Time.
It was a great era in music.... between Disco and New Wave and there was a lot of one hit wonders.
Please tell me the compilation included Driver's Seat by Sniff & The Tears...
I played this 45 down to dust in 79
LENNY❤
I remember hearing this in early January 1980 in Kansas City. Still love the song!! Always will!!
Masterpiece. For me, it is almost as good as "I Wouldn´t Want to be Like You"; but has undoubtely the Parsons touch. Damned if it do have.
A lot better than that .
Damned if I do, Damned if I dont, But I love this band.
yes, damned..
I've been a fan of Alan Parsons since 1977. Thank you for sharing.
Just like me!
@@normaperez5767, Thank you.
Me too!
It's Our Pleasure
Family !!!
me too - I grew up in Sweden and listened to them all the time. So so good!!
I love the feeling like I'm soaring over landscapes, with the beautiful layering of sound that I hear in this piece.
Alan Parson had the talent of expressing emotion with music.
Lenny Zakatek fantastic voice
Yes
Absolument ❤❤❤
My mom had a compilation album cassette with this song on it. We used to listen it in our old 1980’s truck so much that the tape wore out. I loved it so much when I was a little kid. I always thought it sounded so big!
A true classic. Should have made the Top Ten.
This was the song that turned me on to this group way back in 1978 or '79. I still have the album. Great stuff!!!
You have the album. I used to. Don't remember when I gave it away.
When you're a kid. Life seems to drag really slow. In 10 years you feel you have earned the time in front and want to use it with reckless abandon.
Then one day you your going through old songs and one hits a nerve that sends back to that emotional spot in your youth that the song impacted you.
You realize life went by too fast.
29/5/2019
2008
1997
1983
1974
Respect I know that feeling too. Thanks
It’s ok. It’s happening to all of us. You’re not alone. See you guys at the finish line. But not too soon. 😉👍
Anyway fast or slow, it's better with good cool music.. and Alan Parson Project is
And it feels like falling into a vortex
Late summer and early fall memories for me. Great song
46 years later, this brings a Tear to my Eye. Has so much time passed? Will they remember our Music? Memories live Forever ❤!
13YRS OLD IN 1979, AND NO NEED FOR TEARS MY FRIEND. BE FORTUNATE THAT YOU ALSO LIVED DURING THE SUPER 70'S. IT WAS GREAT TO BE ALIVE DURING THIS DECADE. AND YES OUR MUSIC STILL WILL LAST FOREVER. ROCK ON DFW AND ALL GEN XER'S. CLASS OF ROCKIN 84 !!!.
Such clean production,screaming high crescendos,driving sequencer beat,what a beautiful display of cutting-edge technology and production expanding the expression of music. Stunning at the time,still stunning today. Bravo,el terifico!
Very underrated Parsons song and one I can't get out of my head for months at various times in my life.
MerkinMuffly
You don't need to get it out of your head! It is a masterpiece and deserves to stay on your head! Ciao bello! Fer
MerkinMuffly I no 1 thing 4 sure.......If I were stranded on an island like Tom Hanks in that 1 flick, This is 1 of the many tunes I'd hope 2 have stuck in my head.....I'm just sayin........enjoy and by 4 now
Underrated?!?! It is one his most known songs, it played in radios all over the planet! WTF
I don't remember hearing it much on the radio if at all. Maybe when it first came out, I probably didn't notice it being an 8 year old.
MerkinMuffly THEY ARE ALL UNDERRATED, ALONG WITH THE ALAN PARSONS PROJECT AS A GROUP ❗❗❗
Excellent music - even now, over 40 years later. And even today is alans birthday: happy birthday dear Alan, and thank you for all the music....
Really overlooked band
I freaking love this song. I grew up listening to it because my dad would play these guys all the time
Nick Mick me too
Same!
Same
Me too! My mom used to play this album constantly 💜
Same! My dad used to be into Pink Floyd, Alan Parsons, Rush, Queen, Electric Light Orchestra, Little River Band, Steely Dan, Crosby Still and Nash, Fleetwood Mac, Guns and Roses, Beetles, James Taylor, and Bad Company :). He also introduced me to Genesis Trick of the Tail and Wind and Wuthering albums which both became my favourite! He plays the electric bass btw. I play electric keyboards and electric guitar though I used to play alto sax back in highschool not as much anymore! Many of the rock songs he introduced me to as a kid is what initially got me into learning music theory and trying out some jazz stuff. Time and time again I find myself revisiting these albums cause being honest music isnt what it used to be like before. You just dont see the same heart and passion put into these older rock bands! The lyrics are also much more meaningful here. He also listens to Heart, Abba and some instrumental albums he also introduced being Weather Report, Al Di Meola, and Camel.
This song has to have both the best intro and ending ever fastened onto a song!
Pink Floyd has about 9 off the top of my head
yes this is music
agreed
Justine Vickery this is kick ass music.
Yes!
Just heard this tune for the first time the other day after falling in love with the entirety of IRobot (one of the best albums ever recorded), and other hits from Parsons, and I must say this song, or Snake Eyes have to be the most underrated/ best songs he's ever written! This is an absolute bop!!
Lenny Zakatek Has a really great voice. The best band of the late 70s early 80s
Besides floyd.. Yes
@@jeffhenderson1778 Alan Parsons engineered Dark Side of the Moon as well as Abbey Road.
Yes im well aware
@@jeffhenderson1778 How did you reply to his comment 6 months later lol
@@lurker6918 just typed out the words
This whole album is great.
There has neve been a better intro to a song ever made.
What a amazing song :)
I ain't got a heart of stone
I'm hurtin' more than I've ever kown
If you mean the things you said
I'm gonna wind up outa my head
Can't sleep alone at night
I just can't seem to get it right
Damned if I do
I'm damned if I don't but love you
I don't wanna tie you down
Don't need a reason to have you around
But each time you walk away
Don't be surprised if I ask you to stay
Can't sleep alone at night
I just can't seem to get it right
Damned if I do
I'm damned if I don't but love you
I said I'm damned if I do
I'm damned if I don't cause love you
I ain't got a heart of stone
You haven't left me a mind of my own
But it's such a hold on me
I don't think I could ever be free
How can I survive
I'm fighting to keep myself alive
I'm damned if I do
Damned if I don't but love you
Can't seem to see the light
I've done everything but I can't get it right
Damned if I do
Damned if I don't but love you
Deniz KAYMAK awsome
Thanks!
This is biblical
this is nothing short of a masterpiece
Alan Parsons is always capable of getting a great group of talented people to work together! They make some splendid music!
Absolutely!!
Yes, something like that was able to do Bryan Ferry with Roxy Music in the seventies. Alan is one of the best sound engineers ever and also probably one of the most underrated
So much so everyone was absolutely brilliant at their craft.. how did AP do it?
Excellent. I am always out of my mind. The fact that Alan Parsons Project was underrated. It is and always will be my favorite. Perfect masterpiece
APP always had such a nice crisp sound.
Alan Parsons = MUSICAL GENIUS 🖤🖤🖤
with Eric Woolfson
I HAD THE RECORD
PLAYED IT ALL THE TIME
LOVE The Allen Parsons project
Great song, underrated album cover. Hipgnosis had the best artwork.
I had this on 8track I played everywhere I could turn so many friends into this band
great , unusual music , as usual , Alan Parsons Project , perfection of sound and incredible craftsmanship . Regards
Just a great song, no two ways about it. 😎👍
Alan's Music stands apart from any other. And far ahead...✌️🏻
Damned if I dont love this song
I first heard this song, album and group in early 2013 I was only 6 years old in early 2013. Love this type of music.
This is damn good, so damn good.
Anything better now? No! Wow nobody does it better than APP.
@@toddwilbur1139 You're totally right, every single song created by APP are "burning flowers hillsides at twilight"
Amazing APP
Damned, if I can't get this out of my head.
The Project is indeed from England; Parsons did engineering on Beatles and Pink Floyd albums, produced Pilot and most of Al Stewart's records. This one came out late in 1979 on Arista in the US. This one hit hard for me, as the girl I thought would stay forever didn't. Still hits hard 40 years on. Lenny Zakatek delivers the goods on the vocal.
RJ McAllister He also worked with Paul McCartney & Wings on their first 2 albums as a group, "Wild Life" and "Red Rose Speedway".
cool
RJ McAllister
And he produced Ambrosia's first two albums.
Technically, one Beatles and two Floyd albums...nitpicking, I know...sorry! Carry on! ;)
God I miss Ambrosia.
People forget this dude was an engineer on Dark Side of the Moon, and brought every single athletic team into their stadiums during the 90s.
Heck Alan was producing some of the Beatles best albums as well. He was the senior engineer at Abby Road Studios. Lots of legendary bands came in and left with mega career boosts partially due to his efforts.
Sheer brilliance - so relatable - timeless classic
My favorite parsons piece.
la mía también
Mine too...
my favorite Parson's song
Favorite Alan Parsons Song!! I'll Easily Take It Over Eye In The Sky👍🎸
This and Games People Play...
yes
do you like Time?
That orchestra sound in the end....what a riveting sound.
Sheer brilliance of their astonishingly talented musical abilities - these songs and this era, shaped my love of modern music - still have all the original CD’s - cheers and enjoy
I've got original vinyl. Everything from Tales of Mystery to Sirius.
This has always been a favorite of mine, not just favorite Alan Parsons. Sirius is the one that gets the most play as a sports theme, but the intro to this would be amazing by a big brass section, like Fleetwood Mac did at the end of their "Dance" album. I can imagine the USC Trojans or Ohio State Buckeyes doing this at halftime.
the studio sound on APP was always soooo clean, sounded digital years before Analog was obsolete, APP a true Pioneer of AOR
+D.J. John Hulsey You know he was the sound engineer on Pink Floyd-Dark Side of the Moon? Yea, quite a resume for Alan. Always see this band in concert if you get within driving distance.
Yes, I agree, John. True perfection and great care taken over every aspect, sound, stereo perspective, effects, mixing, etc.
Analog has never been made obsolete.
APP never disappoints! Timeless.
I ain't got a heart of stone
I'm hurtin' more now than I've ever known
If you mean the things you said
I'm gonna wind up outa my head
Can't sleep alone at night
I just can't seem to get it right
Damned if I do
I'm damned if I don't but I love you
I don't want to tie you down
Don't need a reason to have you around
But each time you walk away
Don't be surprised if I ask you to stay
Can't sleep alone at night
I just can't seem to get it right
Damned if I do
And I'm damned if I don't but I love you
I said I'm damned if I do
And I'm damned if I don't cause I love you
I ain't got a heart of stone
You haven't left me a mind of my own
But it's got such a hold on me
I don't think I could ever be free
How can I survive
I'm fighting to keep myself alive
I'm damned if I do
Damned if I don't but I love you
Can't seem to see the light
I've done everything but I can't get it right
Damned if I do
Damned if I don't but I love you
Alan Parsons has a very rich sound ...
Ever since hearing the intro to this song way back in the 80’s, I always associated it with the Atari and other arcade machines back in the day ^o^ Lenny is the God of Prog Rock in this song!!
just so f******ing good music
they don´t do it like this anymore
Yes so true. Great songs.
One of my all time favorites, great song and album
Los escucho desde 1977, son los mejores de todos los tiempos.
One of their best Albums
Eve is a hypnotic, heartbreaking and wonderful journey of an album that you need to give another listen to get its whole wonderful experience
Lenny Zakatek has a voice that almost rivals Freddie Mercury, almost.
YES!!!!
Oh... Now I want to listen this song by Freddie Mercury...
@ never match the voice of Freddie Mercury.
@@francoisbenoit5335 maybe not but still 1 hell of a voice aye?
Totally different singers. Both are (were) great.
I like ‘games people play’ a lot
entered Billboard Sept 29, 1979 ..reached #27
I never understood why they didn't do better on the charts. Maybe if they had toured...
The greatest song of The APP!!!
This song was destined to be sung by lenny. He's not Freddie by a long shot but then again who is . He is close. Six months after this release i messed up and allowed the girl I Loved slip away. Even after 40 years, and two wives, she is still the only one I regret losing.
Dont feel alone.
One of their Best singles !
Oh how perfectly this song fit the relationship I was in back in the early 80's. Years later I contacted him and we dated. I still loved him. Wanted so badly for him to marry me. He left to go overseas with the Navy, but wouldn't marry me still. I waited, wrote back and forth with him for about a year. I didn't think he was ever going to come home to me, so I married because I wanted so much to have a home and a real life. It was the worse decision I ever made... I was damned for real. Divorced the abusive jerk that tried to kill me in the end. Later, yep, you guessed it. We did try to get back together, but it just wasn't there anymore for him. Or for me. I was damaged both physically and emotionally for life. I am happily married to a godly man now for many years, for life. But I do still think of him fondly esp. listening to Alan Parson's music...we were really into it back in the day. I hope he has had a good life. I would have made him a good wife. Guess he didn't want one. Far as I know, he never married. What a waste!
Great song.
Isnt it great. Listen to this. I shut my eyes and just like Time Passages its 1980 and im in to my SS Nova going to my high school basketball game. Then im 55 again. App great band.
Omg I had an SS Nova in 1980 too! I always loved APP! Go class of 81!!
Love the project....great song driving in the fall.
couldnt agree more
A USAF roommate introduced me to APP. I have seen their albums in music stores but never bought one. This was the first one I bought and I was even more hooked on this group then ever. I bought back issues of them and I still have them to this day. A very under rated group from France.
From UK, just saying
Back in in 1980 I read there were from France. Maybe they were producing their music in France. Further research is needed.
I've only rediscovered them myself. Looked them up on Wikipedia. .like Steely Dan. .mostly studio work. I adoreSteely Dan. Part of my life sound track. Cheers from an American in ireland
Listening to this shit while smoking weed gives me shivers every time
Fantastic song love this song.
Damned if I do a great song.
Lenny Zakatek convierte en oro todo lo que canta !! Gran Voz !!.
This song is sooo good, i never get bored by listen it
_Lyrics:_
I ain't got a heart of stone
I'm hurtin' more now than I've ever known
If you mean the things you've said
I'm gonna wind up outta my head
Can't sleep alone at night
I just can't seem to get it right
Damned if I do
Damned if I don't, but I love you
I don't wanna tie you down
Don't need a reason to have you around
But each time you walk away
Don't be surprised if I ask you to stay
Can't sleep alone at night
I just can't seem to get it right
Damned if I do
And I'm damned if I don't, but I love you
I said I'm damned if I do
And I'm damned if I don't, 'cause I love you
I ain't got a heart of stone
You haven't left me a mind of my own
But it's got such a hold on me
I don't think I could ever be free
How can I survive?
I'm fighting to keep myself alive
I'm damned if I do
Damned if I don't, but I love you
Can't seem to see the light
I've done everything, but I can't get it right
Damned if I do
Damned if I don't, but I love you
Ouch! - this is one truely brialliant song that defines “The Alan Parsons Project” to their very best - astonishing talent - cheers for the phenomenal memories - luv this song ... and all your albums - engrained in my musical soul !
Visionary’s Delight!!!
Such a wonderful music!!
Damned If I do...great song
The album cover sold me on this. One of my favorites.
Absolutely the best ever, Alan Parsons Project, EVE.
My bf sent this to me last night, and just love this song! Such an underrated band! Thank you!
First APP song I ever heard. Fm radio station I think 94.7 in So Cal. in the early 80s played it a bunch of times. Love at first listen. Still listening to AP. Beautiful music and haunting lyrics. Can't get enough...
...can't see ,alone by nightz ? Lov'mich"
my favorite song of theirs.. Remember all those years ago, listening to this again and again and again hypnotically so.. Still awesome, the combination of rock, pop and classical...
the song that introduce me to the Alan Parsons project.
Awesome tune and album cover !!!
one of the best APP songs
A classic !