SAXON: Suzy Hold On 7″ Suzie hold on + Judgement Day (recorded live on tour ’79). N.W.O.B.H.M Check videos

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Suzy Hold On 7″ Uk Carrere 1980 B/w Judgement day

Label: Carrere ‎– CAR 165
Format: Vinyl, 7″, Single
Country: UK
Released: 1980
Genre: Heavy Metal
Tracklist
A Suzy Hold On
B Judgement Day (Live)
Notes:
Title is given on labels as: Suzie Hold On

The single cover says Suzy but the label of the vinyl “Suzie”!!

English metal band Saxon helped define the genre with their albums and singles. It is a fantastic 7″ record, and has sonically set the stage for metal in the next decade. “Suzie Hold On” reminded us of The Who. Hearing that leads us to think that metal, for all of its innovation, may well have been more rooted in traditional rock than one might think.

Little is known about this song, probably by design. In his memoir Never Surrender…, frontman Biff Byford would say only that it was about a girlfriend who died from a brain tumor, and that initially her name was misspelt Suzy by the record company. In 1980, it was released as a single on the Carrere label backed by a live version of “Judgement Day.” Religion has inspired many songs. In the August 18, 1979 issue of the British music paper Sounds, a Phil Sutcliffe interview with lead vocalist Biff Byford revealed that this particular hymn had a rather unusual inspiration.
Jehovah’s Witnesses have the annoying habit of going from door to door at unearthly hours (well, 9 a.m. is unearthly for a budding rock star!) spreading the Gospel. But when they called on Biff. “The bairn was barking and the dog was crying. I had a row with these blokes, slammed the door on them and later on they threw bricks through my window wrapped in copies of The Watchtower. The song probably has a more prosaic origin. Members of the American-based cult which was founded in 1884 believed the world would end in 1914. It didn’t, although the outbreak of World War One was not a bad dress rehearsal. Subsequent predictions have been even less successful, fortunately for Mankind, although as of April 2011, the Church claimed the circulation of The Watchtower “the primary Bible study aid for members of the faith, ha[d] an average printing of 39 million, giving it the largest circulation of any religious magazine in the world. It is published in 180 languages”.

I wish I had a fortune
I’d take the pain away
We could be together
Thats how we need to stay
‘Cause you can change the world
The world in which you live in, live in
Suzie hold on
Do everything you believe to be right
Doing it all the time
Fighting the fight you
believe to be right
Doing it all the time
When we were far apart
No one could be closer
Please don’t take your life
‘Cause that would break my heart
Try to stop your crying

We both know you’re dying, dying
Suzie hold on
Do everything you believe to be right
Doing it all the time
Fighting the fight you
believe to be right
Doing it all the time
I wish I had a fortune
I’d take your pain away
We could be together
Thats how we need to stay
‘Cause you can change the world
The world in which we live in, live in
Suzie hold on
Don’t you know that you
can change the world
Don’t you know that you
can change the world
Change the world, you can
change the world
Suzie you can change the world
I can’t stop you crying
Even though you’re dying

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Weight 0.09 kg

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