"You Never Listen to Me" song n.8 from the Album "One More Story" (1988) by Peter Cetera. Features Pink Floyd guitarist David Gilmour on "Body Language" and "You Never Listen to Me". I hope you like my remastered version, good listening.
Lyrics:
You say, "Not now, it's too late
Now's not the time, it can wait"
You never listen to me
Some things are hard to forget
It's time to do something you might regret
You never listen to me, please listen to me
I think that you must be blind
Haven't you noticed that I'm not around?
Wasting your precious time
All that I want
Knowing that someone will notice me
I can't go on
Knowing that you never bother to listen to me
Losing the will to survive
You never act like you know I'm alive
You never listen to me
All that I want
Knowing that someone remembers me
I just can't go on
Knowing that you never bother to listen to me
All that I want
Knowing that someone will notice me
I can't go on
Knowing you're never a part of me
All that I need
Knowing that someone remembers me
I can't go on
Knowing that you never, never listen to me
Track listing:
"Best of Times" (Peter Cetera, Patrick Leonard)
"One Good Woman" (Cetera, Leonard)
"Peace of Mind" (Cetera, Leonard, Bill LaBounty)
"Heaven Help This Lonely Man" (Cetera, Leonard)
"Save Me" (Cetera, David Foster)
"Holding Out" (LaBounty, David Innes)
"Body Language (There in the Dark)" (Cetera, Leonard)
"You Never Listen to Me" (Cetera, Leonard)
"Scheherazade" (Cetera, Leonard, Diane Nini)
"One More Story" (Cetera, Leonard)
Personnel:
Peter Cetera – vocals
Guy Pratt, Jerry Watts – bass
Patrick Leonard – keyboards, synthesizers, piano, Hammond organ, drum programming
Bruce Gaitsch, David Gilmour, James Harrah, Dann Huff, Bonnie Raitt, David Williams – guitars
Jonathan Moffett, John "J.R." Robinson, Tris Imboden – drums
Jody Cortez, Paulinho Da Costa, Tris Imboden, Ron Wagner – percussion
Richard Garneau – sitar
Siedah Garrett, Kenny Cetera,[5] Nikki Harris, Bonnie Raitt, Richard Sterban & Peter Cetera – backing vocals
Madonna – additional backing vocals on "Scheherazade"
After 18 consecutive years on the road with Chicago and the success of his Solitude/Solitaire album, Peter took some time off to spend time with his wife and young daughter and to produce former Abba vocalist, Agnetha Faltskog's I Stand Alone album (incidentally he also contributed his vocals on the duet I Wasn't the One Who Said Goodbye and co-wrote the title track).
His batteries re-charged, he re-entered the studio for what is possibly Peter's best, and if not best, certainly his most polished solo effort. Trading in the over-synthesized power-pop production of Michael Omartian on his sophomore Solitude/Solitaire Peter switched gears and changed directions for One More Story, this time teaming with Patrick Leonard who was still riding the success of Madonna's Like a Prayer album. Leonard even paid Peter the courtesy of bringing Madonna along for the ride (she went by the pseudonym of "Lulu Smith" for her very noticeable background vocal contributions on Cetera's Scheherezade).
Opening with the uptempo and upbeat Best of Times, which shows hints of Omartian's stylings from the previous album the album then shifts to One Good Woman which had been considered for use in the Tom Hanks hit movie, Big Hints of the Big influence are still evident in the opening lyrics: (although it was pulled before the film was released)
"You can read me like a book
Just like a fortune-teller
Everybody needs a fortune-teller
Telling you the very truth".
While One Good Woman was released as a single, it was unable to match the success of Glory of Love from Solitude/Solitaire, which had been a huge hit for Cetera. Who knows if the song might have been more successful had it actually been used in Big?
One of the other notable guest contributions is the beautiful and haunting guitar work by Pink Floyd's David Gilmour on You Never Listen to Me. But on the whole it's not Madonna's vocal contributions nor is it Gilmour's stirring guitar work; One More Story benefits the most from Patrick Leonard's production and keyboards.
Peter also continued his practice of writing/dedicating at least one track per album to one or the other of his daughters. On Solitude/Solitaire it was Daddy's Girl (which was featured quite prominently in the 1987 hit film Three Men and a Baby) this time around it was the stark and beautiful One More Story which featured only Cetera's vocals and Pat Leonard's keyboard the end result is possibly one of the most beautiful tracks Peter has ever recorded.
Other notable tracks include Save Me (which was the theme song for the first season of Baywatch), Body Language (There In the Dark), and Heaven Help This Lonely Man. Truth be told though, there's not a clunker on this album. While it doesn't have the hits that its predecessor had, it's far more consistent and the quality of both the music and lyrics on this gem surpass those on Cetera's previous effort.
