10. SUNFLOWERS
Written by Aly Cook, Kay Bidstrup & Graham Bidstrup
Lead Vocal - Aly Cook
Acoustic Guitar - Dean Ray
Lead Guitar - Glen Hannah
Bass Guitar - Clive Harrison
Keyboards - Rick Melick
Drums & Percussion - Buzz Bidstrup
Backing Vocals - Aly Cook
The inspiration for this song came from my trip to Europe in 2011. We took the family with us. I am from Swiss heritage and my mother was Swiss French. My daughter Melody was in the car and our French friend was pointing things out and referring to them in French and asking Melody to repeat the phrases. We were driving through narrow roads lined with fields of Sunflowers and she was saying “Je Vois le Vash” (I see the cow) , “Je Vois Le Maison” ( I see the house) . I’ve always loved sunflowers and grow some in my garden every year. So one of the phrases was “Je Vois Le Tournesol” I see the Sunflowers .. and actually Tournesol means ‘turn to the sun’ and as anyone knows who’s grown sunflowers they turn to face the sun. I've always thought of them as having bright shiny yellow faces. This song is quite like cafe music .. cruisy and pretty.