Neon Rainbow - Music
Neon Rainbow by The Box Tops
The Box Tops
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The Box Tops Were An American Band Of The 60s That Combined Soul And Rock Music Into A Popular Sound Epitomized By Their Famous Single "The Letter". The Band Was Fronted By Teenaged Singer Alex Chilton And For Their Studio Recordings After "The Letter" Consisted Solely Of Chilton And Memphis Studio Musicians. For Live Performances Chilton Was Joined By Tom Boggs Drums Rick Allen Bass Gary Talley Guitar And Bill Cunningham Organ . A Popular Original Member Before Their First Hit Was Larry Spillman Drums . Spillman Who Dated Cybil Shepherd During Their High School Years Left The Band To To Play College And Pro Baseball. The Band Existed From 1967 To 1970 After Which Chilton Went On To Lead The Legendary Big Star. The Single "Neon Rainbow" Was Used In Television Adverts For The UK Telecoms Company Talk Talk In 2009/2010.
Frogtoon Music - Song Info: Neon Rainbow
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Neon Rainbow Is A Song Written By Wayne Carson Thompson Made Famous By Memphis Blue-Eyed Soul Band The Box Tops. From September 2009 Neon Rainbow Was Featured In The TalkTalk TV Advertising Campaign. The Track Is Featured On Soul Deep The Best Of The Box Tops. The Song Starts With The Lyrics "The City Lights The Pretty Lights They Can Warm The Coldest Nights" And As They Suggest The Song Is About Neon Signs That Come On At Night And Make Even The City's Coldest Nights Seem Warm. The Lyrics Continue "But In The Daytime Everything Changes Nothing Remains The Same. No One Smiles Anymore And No One Will Open His Door. Until The Night Time Comes. And Then The..." Suggesting That The City's Inhabitants Stay Inside During The Day And Come Out Only At Night.
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The Box Tops Were An American Band Of The 60s That Combined Soul And Rock Music Into A Popular Sound Epitomized By Their Famous Single "The Letter". The Band Was Fronted By Teenaged Singer Alex Chilton And For Their Studio Recordings After "The Letter" Consisted Solely Of Chilton And Memphis Studio Musicians. For Live Performances Chilton Was Joined By Tom Boggs Drums Rick Allen Bass Gary Talley Guitar And Bill Cunningham Organ . A Popular Original Member Before Their First Hit Was Larry Spillman Drums . Spillman Who Dated Cybil Shepherd During Their High School Years Left The Band To To Play College And Pro Baseball. The Band Existed From 1967 To 1970 After Which Chilton Went On To Lead The Legendary Big Star. The Single "Neon Rainbow" Was Used In Television Adverts For The UK Telecoms Company Talk Talk In 2009/2010.
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Neon Rainbow is a song written by Wayne Carson Thompson made famous by Memphis blue-eyed soul band, The Box Tops.
From September 2009, Neon Rainbow was featured in the TalkTalk TV advertising campaign. The track is featured on Soul Deep, The Best of The Box Tops. The song starts with the lyrics "The city lights, the pretty lights, They can warm the coldest nights" and as they suggest, the song is about neon signs that come on at night and make even the city's coldest nights seem warm. The lyrics continue "But in the daytime everything changes, Nothing remains the same. No one smiles anymore, And no one will open his door. Until the night time comes. And then the..." suggesting that the city's inhabitants stay inside during the day and come out only at night. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.