"Class Song -- The Single"


Class Song -- Dave Caruso CD Single

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(c) 1979, 1999 Words, Music and Arrangements by Dave Caruso.  Produced and mixed by Dave Caruso at his home studio).

 

You can order Class Song, Dave Caruso's 5-song CD single, by sending a check for $5 (including U.S. S&H) to:

Aural Contact Productions
P.O. Box 535
Trenton, MI  48183-0535

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Class Song (The Single)

Lyric Story MP3
Ringtone
Buy It Now
1. Class Song (Universal) Lyric Story Ring Buy
2. With All Your Heart (Prev. Mix) Lyric     Buy
3. Beautiful You (Early Demo) Lyric     Buy
4. Young & Tender (Remix) Lyric Story Ring Buy
5. Class Song (Trenton Mix) Lyric     Buy
6. Class Song (Instrumental) Lyric     Buy
7. WCSX Radio Interview
(Bonus Track)
      Buy

 The Musicians
Dave Caruso (lead vocals, keyboards, acoustic guitar, keyboard and drum programming)
Eric Freeman (drums)
Ralph Koschnitzke and Tracey Flynn (backing vocals on "Beautiful You")

 

 

 

 

 

 

Raves for "Class Song"

"Dave....you've inspired so many people with your great talent of music. I was in your class of 1979 and I along with every one else was so impressed with the song your wrote especially for our class. You have a gift that is so great...and that's the ability to share your love of music with others who find it a great inspiration. Thank you for sharing your talent with so many people. You made our class of 79' even more special by writing a song just for us. You're amazing!!!"

Jackie Bourassa-Arsenault
THS Class of 1979

"Dave, I went and read this and I am definitely ordering the CD - proud of what you did for our class and what you have done with yourself! If you are ever in the south let me know - would love to hear you again!"

Teresa Blumenberg Love

THS Class of 1979

"I feel like I know you through my sister.  She was from Grosse Ile and graduated in 1983 and spoke of you.  I graduated from Grosse Ile and married my high school sweetheart.   We are coming up to our 20 year reunion and my son is graduating high school this year, also from Grosse Ile.  We have met many Trenton friends through the years.  I am lucky enough to have your 45 record, 'Class Song,' but don't have a record player.  I still know the song word for word and it brings tears to my eyes every time I hear it.  You guys nailed the feelings of high school so completely in that song.  I am trying to purchase the CD and hoping to play it at our class reunion and would love to see you guys play live.  We know how hard it is to get out there and you guys were amazing.  Hope to see you guys play live sometime. "

Sandra
Grosse Ile, MI

"Sometimes an artist perfectly nails a concept, an emotion, or a shared experience, and does it so well that it is lauded almost universally by all who come in contact with it.  There are examples in film, literature, and other art forms, but we found our own particular masterpiece in Class Song.

Notice how I used the phrase, 'our own particular masterpiece.'  This song generated a reaction in people unlike any I had ever seen before.  Having gone to school with the composer/performer, Dave Caruso, I naturally felt a connection to the song, which I believed was based on the fact that its writer was someone who had gone through the same stage of his life at the same time and place as I had.

Upon going to college and meeting others from literally all over the planet, spanning any possible socio-demographic one would care to invent, I discovered that Dave hadn’t written a song merely about a Trenton, MI high school.  Rather, he had lyrically captured the high school experience so well, and his singing, arrangement and musical style had so perfectly supported the opposing emotions of nostalgia and anticipation, that it became clear he had, in effect, written a song about EVERY high school.

Boy, talk about an icebreaker.  Picture yourself a 17-year-old college freshman at a small dormitory party with folks from Texas, New Jersey, Jamaica, Pittsburgh, Mexico, and L.A.  All of these disparate backgrounds now thrust together in the continuing process called 'growing up.'

As the night rolls on, the conversations inevitably include aspects of each’s individual background that they’re particularly proud of.  When it became my turn, I broke out the Class Song single.  The reaction was stunning.  Girls cried.  Guys took a swig of beer to hide the fact that they were choking up.  People would sometimes actually applaud after hearing it – on the stereo.  There was never an occasion where it wasn’t asked to be played again.  The unanimous approval was overwhelming.

It was as if the emotional investment people put into listening and relating to that song gave them an ownership of sorts to it.  It’s kind of like when a couple refers to something as 'our song' or 'our movie.'

Well, what Dave did was make “our song” not just for his classmates, but for everyone who has ever heard it.”

Phil Preston
THS Class of 1979

“I have known Dave Caruso for over 30 years.  Dave was my first friend and we have always shared a love of music. My happiest memories of childhood involve music and our rather primitive attempts at creating our own.  Dave mastered the keyboard and guitar very early, then began writing his own music at an age where most of his peers were putting baseball cards into bicycle wheels to make 'cool' sounds (which Dave did too…).  Dave’s musical gifts were obvious to all of us around him, but one of his strongest and most impressive talents is his songwriting.

While some songwriters take us to a place we’ve never been before, Dave’s lyrics take us instead to places we’ve been and would like to visit again.  Describing his songs as 'bittersweet' doesn’t tell the whole story either, they’re much more complex than that.  Writing the class song was a unique experience because it had to reach high school kids and appeal to them and also look into the future 20 years or so to see the truth in the lyrics played out in all of our lives.  Listening to Class Song gives the listener exactly what Dave intended to give: a trip back to the happy and sometimes sad memories of our times together in high school.  Looking back twenty years ago, I often wonder how Dave could have known how true that song really is.

Having one of your classmates write your class song is much more personal and special than simply picking a song heard on the radio.  I know of several schools who chose 'Free Bird' or 'Stairway to Heaven,' not really giving it much thought.  Twenty years later, those songs are as stale as last night’s beer and just as appetizing.  I’m thankful that our class chose Dave’s song and I think it’s aged very well.  Rather than being old and stale, it’s as new and ever-changing as we are.  As we age, we become more confident of ourselves and learn to appreciate others a little more.  As I age, I appreciate the friends I had in school more each passing year and count myself fortunate that Dave Caruso is a friend of mine.”

Art Zasadny
THS Class of 1979