Album: Now Here Is NowhereAvg rating:
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Been sleeping the day off
Watching the night fall
Covering nowhere
Filling my time share
There's a woman in the mirror in a firey state
As she motions to me, I start turning away
She's lifting her dress up
Trying to keep up
Oh, you'd be surprised how we race
While our lives erased
Another alone on an everyday night
Thinking the morning looking for alright
Warming the blood flow
With poison, I dont know why
Maybe the rain stops following me
Dripping the colors
Running the daylight
Over the cloud burst
Hoping they don't burst
Right before my eyes, erased
Our lives erased
We know we're lost, we're lost, we're nowhere now
We know we're lost, we're lost, we're nowhere now
Now we know we're lost and nowhere now
Maybe the rain will stop following me
With millions of colors reflected in daylight
Right on the kickdrum
Turning the sound up
Another alone on an everyday night
I think in the morning I think I'll be alright
Watching the blood flow
No wonder I don't know why
Theres a woman in the mirror in a firey state
She motions to me I start pulling away
She's lifting her dress up
All the way up
Oh, don't look surprised, erased
Our lives erased
Our lives erased
Why am I hearing Common People by William Shatner?
So at least I'm not the only one who was reminded of a kind of pattern in the verses - and I would agree: a good amount of Common People (Shatner / Pulp) in there...
Why am I hearing Common People by William Shatner?
You're on drugs?
Dripping the colors
Running the daylight
Over the cloud burst
Hoping they don't burst
A bit late for us in California ...
This sounds like a song that would fit well with a William Shatner spoken word overdub!
Ok, so what are theses machines?...
...and what makes them so secret?
That's the secret!
...and what makes them so secret?
Don't know why really, but I do enjoy this meme?!
Good tune! Another band I never heard of, before RP> ...Thanx RP!
Damn right never wasnt to listen to commercial radio again
I saw this band out of nowhere in Chicago - after this album was released. One of the best shows!!! RIP - Benjamin…
I saw them in Portland, OR at the crystal ballroom. Great show.
That, or Airborne Toxic Event's "Sometime Around Midnight"
Bowie was a fan of this band and helped promote them :)
Love this song!
Secret Machines has a new release on 21 Aug: “Awake in the Brain Chamber." Sad that Benjamin has passed.
And yet, I wouldn't say this is for the birds.
Agree! Saw them live at the Park West in Chicago many years ago - fantastic show.
look for their covers of the band Harmonia (the West German krautrock group from the 7o's ) to get some insight into their influences
Love it. Also the "Common People" segue is masterful. Thanks, RP.Benjamin Curtis has passed away after a year-long battle with cancer. He was 35 years old.
Curtis came up as part of the Dallas, TX band Tripping Daisy (which later morphed into the Polyphonic Spree) from 1997 – 99. In 2000, he and his brother Brandon founded the heavy psychedelic rock band Secret Machines, who released three albums between 2000 and 2008, two with major label Reprise. Curtis left Secret Machines in 2007 (prior to the release of their third and final album) to form School Of Seven Bells. SIIVB released three increasingly ambitious albums, the last of which was February 2012’s outstanding Ghostory. Almost exactly a year after the release of that album, Curtis announced he had been diagnosed with T-cell Lymphoblastic Lymphoma. In that announcement, he wrote, “It developed pretty aggressively, and the chemotherapy to treat it will be pretty aggressive, but the good news is that it’s TREATABLE.”
Up to a 7 now, VV. Thanks for the upload!
a scary door
a man searching for his keys
or maybe his cat
somewhere in the distance
a dog barks
a spaceship captain yells
KHAAAAAAAAAAN
Yeah, what is up with that? Still 6.9, for shame RP listeners.
proceed with caution
You're probably thinking that because Bill often follows this up with Shatner doing "Common People"
The power of Poznań!
Please keep mind-melding with RP!
so sad to read this. this album was in heavy rotation for me in the early 00's. an absolute rocker.
RIP
bluematrix wrote:
Benjamin Curtis has passed away after a year-long battle with cancer. He was 35 years old.
Curtis came up as part of the Dallas, TX band Tripping Daisy (which later morphed into the Polyphonic Spree) from 1997 – 99. In 2000, he and his brother Brandon founded the heavy psychedelic rock band Secret Machines, who released three albums between 2000 and 2008, two with major label Reprise. Curtis left Secret Machines in 2007 (prior to the release of their third and final album) to form School Of Seven Bells. SIIVB released three increasingly ambitious albums, the last of which was February 2012’s outstanding Ghostory. Almost exactly a year after the release of that album, Curtis announced he had been diagnosed with T-cell Lymphoblastic Lymphoma. In that announcement, he wrote, “It developed pretty aggressively, and the chemotherapy to treat it will be pretty aggressive, but the good news is that it’s TREATABLE.”
Benjamin Curtis has passed away after a year-long battle with cancer. He was 35 years old.
Curtis came up as part of the Dallas, TX band Tripping Daisy (which later morphed into the Polyphonic Spree) from 1997 – 99. In 2000, he and his brother Brandon founded the heavy psychedelic rock band Secret Machines, who released three albums between 2000 and 2008, two with major label Reprise. Curtis left Secret Machines in 2007 (prior to the release of their third and final album) to form School Of Seven Bells. SIIVB released three increasingly ambitious albums, the last of which was February 2012’s outstanding Ghostory. Almost exactly a year after the release of that album, Curtis announced he had been diagnosed with T-cell Lymphoblastic Lymphoma. In that announcement, he wrote, “It developed pretty aggressively, and the chemotherapy to treat it will be pretty aggressive, but the good news is that it’s TREATABLE.”
Woah! that's heavy.
Great song!
Benjamin Curtis has passed away after a year-long battle with cancer. He was 35 years old.
Curtis came up as part of the Dallas, TX band Tripping Daisy (which later morphed into the Polyphonic Spree) from 1997 – 99. In 2000, he and his brother Brandon founded the heavy psychedelic rock band Secret Machines, who released three albums between 2000 and 2008, two with major label Reprise. Curtis left Secret Machines in 2007 (prior to the release of their third and final album) to form School Of Seven Bells. SIIVB released three increasingly ambitious albums, the last of which was February 2012’s outstanding Ghostory. Almost exactly a year after the release of that album, Curtis announced he had been diagnosed with T-cell Lymphoblastic Lymphoma. In that announcement, he wrote, “It developed pretty aggressively, and the chemotherapy to treat it will be pretty aggressive, but the good news is that it’s TREATABLE.”
really?
Bill must have heard you - Common People followed this on April Fool's Day, 2015
And oh god that chord change!
Heck yea, lots of tension and peaks in that ending. Loving it.
Not very much; it's possibly just you.
And I think Pulp's Common People might be a little better after than the Shat's. Just sayin'.
The Shat's is fun and it has Joe Jackson so it's bound to be good but I agree, I prefer, and always love to hear, the Pulp version.
/chair dancing!
With a dash of Pulp and Iggy Pop for flavor.
And I think Pulp's Common People might be a little better after than the Shat's. Just sayin'.
Exactly. And Bill does, this time!
But not today.. :-(
Exactly. And Bill does, this time!
now that would be good. Except i might have heard it earlier; would that mean i wouldn't like it. No
Looks like Bill listened...exactly what he played 2/4/2013!
now that would be good. Except i might have heard it earlier; would that mean i wouldn't like it. No
Could we hear that next please?
Apparently your request has been granted.
I love this song. The original is great, but I actually prefer this one. There's so much more irony in it, even a contempt that I enjoy.
Could we hear that next please?
Where do you work again?? ;-)