A Girl Called Eddy
Erin Moran, better known by her stage name, A Girl Called Eddy, is an American soul pop singer/songwriter born in Neptune, New Jersey, USA and currently living in England.
She is currently signed to Anti Records. She also made an appearance in 2001 on a promotional CD for the Nissan Altima with the track "The Soundtrack of Your Life". In 2001, she released an EP titled, Tears All Over Town on Le Grand Magistery, an independent record label. She started singing background vocals and keyboard playing for Francis Dunnery, a singer-songwriter, providing back-up vocals on his album Man, and toured England. She also toured Europe supporting Josh Ritter.
In August 2004, she released her first, self-titled album in England, working with Richard Hawley.
Influences include Burt Bacharach ("all my life I've been a massive Burt Bacharach fan"), Karen Carpenter, Scott Walker, Carole King, and Paul McCartney.
Contemporaries she has been compared with include Aimee Mann, Beth Orton, and Sarah McLachlan.
A Girl Called Eddy (album)
A Girl Called Eddy is the self-titled debut album from singer-songwriter A Girl Called Eddy.
Track listing
Words and music by E. Moran.
Reception
The album's release met with multiple favorable reviews and "earned her the No. 1 spot on Amazon.com's 2004 list of customer favorites". Named to Uncut magazine's 2004 Albums of the Year, The Village Voice's Pazz & Jop critic's list of 2004 albums, and The Wall Street Journal's Top 10 of 2004.
Song use
The track "Somebody Hurt You" was used in series 3, episode 1 of the BBC animation show Monkey Dust to link two different sketches in the show. The juxtaposition of the light sounds of a song against the dark dystopian comedy of the program is a feature of Monkey Dust. The song "Heartache" was used in the Polish brothers' film For Lovers Only.
Podcasts:
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- A Girl Called Eddy released: 2004
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People Used To Dream About The Future
by: A Girl Called EddyDrinkin' our coffee
It's a quarter to three
No one in this place
Just us and our mistakes
You in the corner
That stupid smile on your face
Tell me is there a way to replace
All the dreams
That didn't come true
Once we were happy
Once we were people
Who used to dream about the future
Once we were people
With stars in our eyes
Do you remember when I was your
'Alice blue gown'?
And you were the handsome young
Prince in his crown
Now the rain hits the roof
And you realize
That even your youth has let you down
Oh don't go cry in your beer
'Cause it all ends in tears
Remember when we were happy
Once we were people
Who used to dream about the future
Yeah, once we were people
With stars in our eyes
Once we were people
Who used to dream about the future
But where did it all go?
Where did it all go?
Where did it all go?
When did we stop takin' pictures?
And when did you lose all your fight?
And where did you sign?
Give up and resign
I never gave up on you
No, I never gave up on you
Once we were people
Who used to dream about the future
Once we were people
With stars in our eyes
Once we were people