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22 Dec 98 - 08:25 PM (#50558) Subject: Looking for 'walking in the air' From: Mia Christmas time again! The Snowman is here again. So is its theme song 'Walking in the air', beautiful as a dream. Does anyone happen to know the lyrics and would you post it here? Thanks in advance. Merry Christmas! |
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22 Dec 98 - 09:14 PM (#50568) Subject: RE: Looking for 'walking in the air' From: Joe Offer Hmmmm. Never heard of it before, but I found it at the International Lyrics Server (click me). Not folk, but kind of a nice song. -Joe Offer- |
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21 Jan 25 - 08:55 PM (#4215683) Subject: ADD: Walking in the Air From: Joe Offer WALKING IN THE AIR (from the animated film Snowman) (Howard Blake) We’re walking in the air We’re floating in the moonlit sky The people far below are sleeping as we fly I’m holding very tight I’m riding in the midnight blue I’m finding I can fly so high above with you Far across the world The villages go by like trees The rivers and the hills The forests and the streams Children gaze open mouthed Taken by surprise Nobody down below believes their eyes We’re surfing in the air We’re swimming in the frozen sky We’re drifting over icy Mountains floating by Suddenly swooping low on an ocean deep Arousing of a mighty monster from its sleep We’re walking in the air We’re floating in the midnight sky And everyone who sees us greets us as we fly Source: https://www.nightwish.com/songs/walking-in-the-air Solstice Sisters performance: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BlWzz27AQso Howard Blake: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JKfgesm5x8o "Walking in the Air" is a song written by Howard Blake for the 1982 animated film The Snowman based on Raymond Briggs's 1978 children's book of the same name. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walking_in_the_Air The Snowman: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mzplnhz1SLc |
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22 Jan 25 - 05:08 AM (#4215696) Subject: RE: ADD: Walking in the Air (Howard Blake) From: GUEST,Steve Shaw Raymond Briggs was a genius, but that song....eek... I can just about put up with it when I'm watching the animated film on the telly with my young grandson. |
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22 Jan 25 - 08:03 AM (#4215711) Subject: RE: ADD: Walking in the Air (Howard Blake) From: GUEST,keberoxu The chorus I sing in, iincluded this song in its Christmas concerts; it was new to me. |
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24 Jan 25 - 05:30 PM (#4215906) Subject: RE: ADD: Walking in the Air (Howard Blake) From: Tattie Bogle Then there's the Irn Bru (favourite Scottish soft drink and alleged hangover cure) parody, that was used in a TV ad for the same: good fun to watch and try to guess the various locations: and then it was updated, so there's more than one! Walking in the Air - Irn Bru ad 1 AND Walking in the Air - Irn Bru Ad 2 |
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30 Jan 25 - 05:00 PM (#4216284) Subject: RE: ADD: Walking in the Air (Howard Blake) From: GUEST,keberoxu Is anyone aware if The Snowman is shown in the US? I have never seen it, and I'm not aware that it was broadcast here. |