Metropolis grew out of a relationship between Peter Fredette and Stan Meissner that started back in 1987 with the recording of the demo of the song 'Wild And Blue'. Meissner was looking for the right dynamic rock vocalist to sing it and when he happened to see a video for 'All We Are' by Kim Mitchell featuring Fredette, he knew he had found the voice. Over the next few years the two worked together, on and off, on a few more songs but both were involved in several seperate musical projects and couldn't get around to completing the recording of the Metropolis album. Not until this year, when Magnus Soderqvist and Mario Lehmann of MTM records, who were aware of the recordings done over the years by Meissner & Fredette encouraged them to get into the studio and complete this long awaited album. This cd includes newer versions of the songs that had been done before as well as some brand new tracks which were written and recorded specifically for this project. The album represents the result of the 12 year colaboration between Meissner & Fredette.
Peter Fredette has performed and recorded 7 cd's with Kim Mitchell since 1984 as a vocalist and bass player. While living in Toronto Canada with his wife and two children, he continues to record and tour with Mitchell as well as the reunion of Kim's original band Max Webster. In addtion, Fredette has toured with Tom Cochrane, Lawrance Gowan, Colin James, Butler, and Pat Travers. He is well known in the record industry as a top Canadian vocalist singing lead and backing vocals for artists such as Alannah Myles, Ian Thomas, Stan Meissner, Streetboy, and many more. Fredette also works on broadcast commercials, corporate productions and has been active in the music busness since 1970.
Stan Meissner has been a songwriter/recording artist for the last 20 years. As a recording artist, Meissner has released three cds 'Dangerous Games', 'Windows To Light' and 'Undertow' while as a writer his songs have been recorded by Celine Dion, Eddie Money, Ricochet, Farmer's Daughter, Rita Coolidge, BJ Thomas, Alias, Triumph, Ben Orr (The Cars), Eric Clapton, Darby Mills, Lee Aaron, Carl Dixon, Toronto and Lara Fabian. In addition, Meissner has written music for several tv shows and films including Beverly Hills 90210, Hang Time, Forever Knight, Tekwar, Sweating Bullets/Tropical Heat, Little Criminals (CBC), Phenom, Tales Form The Crypt, A&E Biography, Amy Fisher-My Story, My Secret Identity, Friday the 13th Parts 7 & 8, Friday The 13th-the Series, Goulies 3, Life Goes On and Shining Time Station.
The Songs:
1. Wild & Blue
2. The Darkest Side Of The Night
3. Never Look Back
4. Walk Through The Fire
5. Restless Moon
6. A Million Miles Away
7. Whatever It Is
8. The Eyes Of Love
9. The Best Is Good Enough
10.Runnin' After A Dream
11.The Power Of The Night
WILD AND BLUE
S. Meissner/S. Diamond
I thought I knew what I was looking for
I was so blind 'cause when I had you
I always wanted more
I left you standing there tears on the ground and a fire in your eyes
I must have got lost somewhere
Baby this cold world can cut you down to size
Since you've gone I've learned to face the truth
Now I'm wild and blue
My heart is calling after you
I'm so wild and blue
You should have known I was trouble from the start
But you got fooled by the outside chance to tame this reckless heart
Caught with a smoking gun and enough desire to burn down the walls
I was the only one fool enough to jump at the chance to lose it all
Since you've gone I've learned to face the truth
Now I'm wild and blue
My heart is calling after you
I'm so wild and blue
Maybe I gave up too soon
I keep shooting at the moon
Hoping that I'll have you back again
©1987 Warner-Chappell/Meissongs Music SOCAN -
Jobete/ ASCAP EMI April Music SOCAN
THE DARKEST SIDE OF THE NIGHT
S .Meissner/F. Mollin
Fallen angels take to the street
It's an empty dance and so incomplete
Their hollow voices whisper the cry
Farther down the line there's a reason why
You've tried before you can't buy a clue
No matter what you do
The darkest side of the night
Burns like a fire for the wasted lives
And there's no way you can fight
Show some respect and try to survive
On the darkest side
Neon shadows that point the way
Never lead you out it's a game they play
The madness comes and the madness goes
It's a simple world but it's all they know
You tried to fix it but there's nothing you can do
You just gotta see it through
The darkest side of the night
Burns like a fire for the wasted lives
And there's no way you can fight
Show some respect and try to survive
On the darkest side
In this city - you give - and they take
You reach the limit - you bend - and then you break
And there's no escape
The darkest side of the night
Burns like a fire for the wasted lives
And there's no way you can fight
Show some respect and try to survive
On the darkest side
©1990 Addax Music ASCAP
NEVER LOOK BACK
S. Meissner/B.Turgon
They say it's a crime
But I've never felt this way before
Got my heart on the line
And I know it's worth fighting for
No power in the world
Could stand in our way
Got something so strong
We can't let slip away
Take hold of my hand and believe in me
This time babe we'll make a stand
Take a shot at the love that can set you free
And never look back again
I don't care what they say
I only know I want you
We'll make it through some way
If it's the last thing we can do
We've got to be strong
Hold onto our dreams
We can't forsake love
And all that it means
Take hold of my hand and believe in me
This time babe we'll make a stand
Take a shot at the love that can set you free
And never look back again
Our love shines in the darkest night
Burning the candle at both ends
Lay it all on the line and we'll win this fight
And we'll never look back again
Doesn't matter if its wrong or right
We're gonna make it through the good and bad
We'll keep running till we see the light
And we'll never look back
©1989 Warner-Chappell/Meissongs Music SOCAN/Warner Bros. Music ASCAP
WALK THROUGH THE FIRE
S. Meissner/C. Dixon
I don't wanna think about
Everything I've done wrong
All I want to do is it to make it right (alright)
Always been a fool for you
Been a fool for some other girls too
I put a match to the dreams that you held so tight
Now you're lost in the flame
And I know I'm to blame
I'd walk through the fire
To get back to your heart
I'd walk through the fire
Our love was so good
For you I would walk through the fire
You've got the fury of a lover done wrong
Caught between the pride and the pain
I'll stand the heat for the sake of love
Till you come back again
Now you wanna hide your pain
Behind a wall of flame
I'd walk through the fire
To get back to your heart
I'd walk through the fire
Our love was so good
For you I would walk through the fire
I never intended for my love to hurt you
I know I'm not wrong
To walk through the fire to get to you
Now your lost in the flame
And I know I'm to blame
I'd walk through the fire
To get back to your heart
I'd walk through the fire
Our love was so good
For you I would walk through the fire
©1990 Warner-Chappell/Meissongs Music SOCAN/Irving Music BMI
RESTLESS MOON
S. Meissner
How long can we play these games
Where outcome is always the same
When its you and I
The stakes are so high
And its just so hard to win
Weve got so much time invested
Were tried and true, torn and tested
After so many years and so many tears
How did we get back here again
Its too late to turn back now
Without giving in somehow
I thought that love was there for the taking
But our whole world seems to be breaking
And theres nothing we can do
So Ill try to hold on till tomorrow
For one more day without sorrow
But the night slips away too soon
In the fading light of a restless moon
Same old scenes play over and over
And between the lines we just might discover
The naked truth that its just no use
To try to fight it any longer
But I dont want to let go now
When I might lose it all somehow
I thought that love was there for the taking
But our whole world seems to be breaking
And theres nothing we can do
So Ill try to hold on till tomorrow
For one more day without sorrow
But the night slips away too soon
In the fading light of a restless moon
How many times can we give it one more try
If we take our chances and we let the sparks fly
There's a candle lit at both ends and it's burning up the night
So let 's let love light up the sky
© 1999 Warner Chappell/Meissongs Music SOCAN
A MILLION MILES AWAY
S. Meissner
I keep trying to hold my own
Cause when I'm with you Im feeling so alone
I've tried every trick in the book
But you don't give me a second look
How do I get it through
I gotta get close to you
I'm gettin' tired of hanging on the line
Baby, you're a million miles away
Yeah, you're a million miles away
How did it get like this
Living together in loneliness
I keep praying for a long shot
Cause anythings better than this love weve got
How do we turn it back
We gotta get this thing on track
But were always one step over the line
Baby, you're a million miles away
Yeah, you're a million miles away
I've spent all my life
Lookin' for a one way ride
And you're like a ticket to heaven on a runaway train tonight
We need to take another chance
Were just victims of circumstance
We cant keep on standing here and let this whole thing fall apart
Baby, you're a million miles away
Yeah, you're a million miles away
When I talk to you, can you hear a word I say
Baby, you're a million miles away
© 1999 Warner Chappell/Meissongs Music SOCAN
WHATEVER IT IS
S. Meissner/S. Dorff
You come on like a shot in the dark
Deep in your electric eyes
Is the lightnin behind the spark
Im in way over my head
With something so wild holdin on to my heart
Whatever it is
Its out of control inside me
Wherever I am, whatever I do
It haunts me and wont let me go
Whenever Im with you I go crazy
I never had this feeling before
Whatever it is
I never wanted anyone more
We burn like a fire in the night
Blindin me with a passion that I just dont wanna fight
Im so far over the edge
Im fallin' so hard but Im holdin on tight to...
Whatever it is
Its out of control inside me
Wherever I am, whatever I do
It haunts me and wont let me go
Whenever Im with you I go crazy
I never had this feeling before
Whatever it is
I never wanted anyone more
Theres a magic between us that heaven sends
And if this is what love is I hope it never ends
Whatever it is
Its out of control inside me
Wherever I am, whatever I do
It haunts me and wont let me go
Whenever Im with you I go crazy
I never had this feeling before
Whatever it is
I never wanted anyone more
© 1991 Warner-Chappell/Meissongs Music SOCAN/Warner Bros. Music ASCAP
THE EYES OF LOVE
S. Meissner/P. Fredette/D. McTaggart
When we started out
We were so young and so naive
An open book of hope
And nothing more than a handful of dreams
Once in a while
We have a run of hard times
But somehow, we always find a way to break it
Cause when I reach out and hold on to you
Baby I'm sure that we're gonna make it
There's no mountain too high
If two hearts believe
Love is on our side
And that's all we need
Nothing stops what we can see
Through the eyes of love
Through the winds of time
The flame may grow weak but it never dies
I know
There's a place in our hearts where the real love lies
The world on the outside
Can be cold and lonely when friends can't be found
I know that I've always got you beside me
And you give something to me
I know I can count on
That there's no mountain too high
If two hearts believe
Love is on our side
And that's all we need
There's nothing we can't see
Through the eyes of love
Everytime I see your face
I know we've got something that just can't be replaced
As long as we have each other
We can hold on till the end of time
That there's no mountain too high
If two hearts believe
Love is on our side
And that's all we need
There's nothing we can't do
When we look through the eyes of love
©1991 Warner Chappell/Meissongs Music/Legit Music SOCAN
THE BEST IS GOOD ENOUGH
S. Meissner/P. Fredette/E. Schwartz
You can never
Set your sights too high
Ever since I saw you
I know why
There were many times
I was sorely tempted
To go with second rate
Thought I couldn't wait
But I made my mind up
And I took the cure
Now here's the wind up
The best is good enough for me
Your touch has made my life as fine as it can be
The best is good enough for me
You are the very best these eyes have ever seen
There were faces
And words that charmed
And bodies that I wouldn't mind holding in my arms
Never certain
That I would get it right
There were feelings that were much to strong
For me to fight
But I bit the bullet
Pushed it all aside
I don't regret it
The best is good enough for me
Your touch has made my life as fine as it can be
The best is good enough for me
You are the very best these eyes have ever seen
You're my room at the top
And all I want is the best of what you got
Like fine precision
Like a dream come true
I made my decision
When I laid my eyes on you
The best is good enough for me
Your touch has made my life as fine as it can be
The best is good enough for me
You are the very best these eyes have ever seen
© 1991 Warner Chappell/Meissongs Music SOCAN
RUNNING AFTER A DREAM
S. Meissner
Lost in another time
With no horizon and no reason why
Something that I cant explain
Calls me, it calls me
Somewhere in the distant night
I see a light against the blackened sky
Like the moon that turns the tide
It pulls me, It pulls me
Im on a one way track
And I cant get back
I gotta keep chasing down this feeling
Running after a dream
Wherever it takes me
To the edge of all extremes
Im Running after a dream
I hear a/Theres a sound that I cant quite place
Faint as an echo in a empty space
And like a habit that I just cant break
Its calling, its calling
Ive been losing ground
But I cant slow down
I cant keep hiding from this feeling
Running after a dream
Wherever it takes me
To the edge of all extremes
Im Running after a dream
When this world escapes me
To the heart of all it means
Running after a dream
© 1999 Warner Chappell/Meissongs Music SOCAN
THE POWER OF THE NIGHT
S. Meissner
Dreams of you a frozen in the night
I can feel the echoes in my heart
Images in time so far from sight
Whispering like shadows in the dark
I dont want to lose my grasp
I want to make this moment last
I feel the power of the night
I feel the power of the night
And I dont want to lose this chance
To fuel the fire so that we can rise again
Maybe we were lovers in another life
Maybe thats why I still need you now
Though distance cuts between us like a knife
Well find a way to make it through somehow
I dont want to lose the past
This dream could be my last
I feel the power of the night
I feel the power of the night
And I dont want to lose this chance
To fuel the fire so that we can rise again
How can I keep holding on to this never ending dream
But every time I try to walk away I just cant seem to break free
I feel the power of the night
I feel the power of the night
And I don't want to lose this chance
To fuel the fire so that we can rise again
© 1999 Warner Chappell/Meissongs Music SOCAN
Metropolis and MTM Music would like to dedicate the song 'The Power Of The Night' to our friend Christoph Tuschen
Lyrics reproduced by permission
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Stan Meissner - Discography
1984 -'Dangerous Games' on A&M Records
1986 -'Windows To Light' on A&M Records
1992 -'Undertow' on Duke St/MCA Records
1994 - C.D. re-issues of 'Dangerous Games' and 'Windows To Light' - Long Island Records
1999-'Metropolis' on MTM Music
