Chris Rea - Fool (If You Think It's Over), Documentary video free download

This is a part clip from the masterpiece DVD, "Dancing Down The Stony Road" , made mainly at Miraval Studios in Provence, France.

This DVD includes a superb 75-minutes documentary about recording "Stony Road" album, one short 23 min live/interview featurette from Cologne and a collection of Chris Rea paintings.

Rea's understanding of how the blues evolved from the Delta up to Chicago is a revelation.

Millions of people can sing "Fool (If You Think It's Over)" but only one man knows how it is supposed to sung...

Chris Rea: "I've loved Studio MIRAVAL for quite a while because it has a completely different atmosphere from all those high-tech studios. For example, for years they've been collecting fantastic microphones that you can't buy anywhere else any more. As a consequence, they're hardly available in other studios. And then, the heat and the landscape there, well, you know - it's almost like being way down South...

In April 1978 he released his single "Fool (If You Think It's Over)" which charted both in the UK and the USA.

The original version of his first global success "Fool (If You Think It's Over)" was conceived as a blues track....

Whatever Happened to Benny Santini? was Rea's debut album.

It was released in June 1978 and produced by Elton John's music producer Gus Dudgeon.

Rea was reportedly dissatisfied with the final mix of the album; he later went some way to supposedly rectify this to his satisfaction, starting with 1988's greatest hits compilation New Light Through Old Windows, which featured a re-recorded version of "Fool..." and several other of his back-catalogue tracks.

The title of the album was a reference to "Benjamin Santini", the stage name that Rea's record label suggested he should adopt.

The first single taken from the album, "Fool (If You Think It's Over)", was Rea's biggest hit in the US, peaking at 12 on the Billboard Hot 100 and reaching 1 on the Adult Contemporary Singles chart.

Chris wrote "Fool (If You Think It's Over)" about his little sister who just had her first big blowout.

"Fool (If You Think It's Over)" was nominated for a Song of the Year Grammy, losing out to Billy Joel's "Just the Way You Are".

Like most of Rea's early singles, "Fool (If You Think It's Over)" failed to appear on the UK Singles Chart on its first release and only reached 30 when re-released in late 1978 to capitalise on its US achievement.

The singer Elkie Brooks enjoyed greater success with the song in 1982 when she charted her cover version at 17.

It was also the first record played by Radio Caroline after a long period off the air. Another cover of "Fool (If You Think It's Over)" by Kenny Craddock was used as the theme tune for BBC sitcom Joking Apart.

Personnel:

Chris Rea - vocals, guitars, producer, paintings

Robert Ahwai - guitar

Sylvin Marc - bass

Ed Hession - accordion

Gerry O'Connor - banjo

Martin Ditcham - drums

Stewart Eales - engineer

John Kelly - mastering

Peacock - design

Olaf Heine - photography

Lyrics:

A dying flame, you're free again

Who could love and do that to you

All dressed in black, he won't be coming back

Save your tears, you've got years and years

The pains of seventeen's

Unreal they're only dreams

Save your crying for the day

Fool if you think it's over

'Cos you said goodbye

Fool if you think it's over

I'll tell you why

New born eyes always cry with pain

At the first look at the morning sun

You're a fool if you think it's over

It's just begun

Miss teenage dream, such a tragic scene

he knocked your crown and ran away

First wound of pride and how you cried and cried

But save your tears you've got years and years

Fool if you think it's over

'Cos you said goodbye

Fool if you think it's over

I'll tell you why

New born eyes always cry with pain

At the first look at the morning sun

You're a fool if you think it's over

It's just begun

I'll buy your first good wine

We'll have a real good time

Save your crying for the day

That may not come but anyone

Who had to pay would laugh at you and say

Fool if you think it's over

'Cos you said goodbye

Fool if you think it's over

I'll tell you why...