Don't Bring Me Down Lyrics
Don't bring me down. Brrooss.
Don't bring me down. Brrooss.
Don't bring me down.
You let your mind out somewhere down the road.
Don't bring me down. Brrooss.
Don't bring me down. Brrooss.
Don't bring me down.
One of these days you're gonna get it right.
Don't bring me down. Brrooss.
Don't bring me down. Brrooss.
Don't bring me down.
Don't bring me down. Brrooss.
Don't bring me down. Brrooss.
Don't bring me down.
One of these days you're gonna break your glass.
Don't bring me down. Brrooss.
Don't bring me down. Brrooss.
Don't bring me down.
You got me crawling up to you ev'ry day.
Don't bring me down.
No, no, no, no, no. Oo, ee, hoo.
I'll tell you once more before I get off the floor.
Don't bring me down, down, down,
Down, down, down.
I'll tell you once more before I get off the floor.
Don't bring me down.
A common mondegreen in the song is the perception that, following the title line, Jeff Lynne shouts "Bruce!" . However, according to liner notes, he is actually saying a made-up word "Groos". This is similar to a German word for "greeting", Gruß possibly referring to the Bavarian greeting Grüß Gott the group would have heard while recording the album in Munich. However, after the song's release, so many people had misinterpreted the word as Bruce that the band actually changed the lyrics and began to sing the word as Bruce.
The song is dedicated to the NASA Skylab space station, which reentered the Earth's atmosphere over the Indian Ocean and Western Australia on July 11, 1979.
Yes we all know about the Gross / Bruce thing...
This song is, like many of Jeff's, is very simple!
He's met someone who's ruining his mood :) Don't bring me down!
Yes, "grroosss" is the actual word (taken straight off the lyric sheet). Jeff Lynne says it's just a word he made up, although Mack (the German engineer who worked on this album) noted that it sounded kind of like the German word for "good morning." Most folks think it sounds like they're singing "Bruce;" for that reason, when the song is performed these days, Jeff will sing "Bruce" instead.
This song has a sound totally unique to itself. Great beat, combined with powerful phrases make it one of my favorites. A guy is done with a girl who could care less about him. Now he is walking out.
It's "couldn't care less". If you could care less, that means you do care.
It's "couldn't care less". If you could care less, that means you do care.
This song is brilliant.
ELO, top feel-good music.
I was all rocking out when this came on "Super 8". Again I can remember dancing to this with my sisters but on "American Bandstand". :)
I always thought it was Bruce...now I know. Great song.
I still play this song regularly, and it always takes me back to teenage years of the late 70's.
Consider the technology available at the time, multi-track recording required actually handling TAPE, and Jeff Lynne was able to produce amazing multi-layered pop blowout songs - I'm blown away. He has said this song was based on a drum beat recorded during Discovery album, that he looped, and then added in other instruments, pretty much on his own.
Today, with digital audio tools and looping software, anyone is a 'musician' - blah.
Jeff Lynne is a musical genius. This song is an example of one person's desire to experiment and come up with a sound that truly rocked.
ELO rocks, Showdown is a Kick A song too
lol, bruce too