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The Ocean Blue — Drifting Falling
Album: The Ocean Blue
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Released: 1989
Length: 3:50
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You may find you're all alone
All around you not a sound
Drifting, falling on your own again
The walls of cold and grey surround
They surround

You may find you're by yourself
Friends have all grown up and gone away
Drifting, falling you can't stop yourself
The walls of cold and grey surround
They surround

Drifting, falling
Watching all your dreams roll by
They roll by
Somewhere out there

She sees you and she sighs
My, my, my, my, my
You may find you're all alone
All around you not a sound

Drifting, falling on your own again
The walls of cold and grey surround
They surround

Drifting, falling
Watching all your dreams roll by
They roll by

Somewhere out there
She sees you and she sighs
My, my, my, my, my
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 howieinchicago wrote:

Sax has Men at Work vibes.




LOVING the sax in this. 
Posted 4 months ago by rosacays    [ Reply ]
Saw these guys live in Daytona during spring break in a year I won't name. Met them afterwards - they were delightful! Still love their sound. 
Posted 4 months ago by TLynneHenry    [ Reply ]
Sax has Men at Work vibes.
Posted 1 year ago by howieinchicago    [ Reply ]
I hear some Roxy Music and ABC influence in their sound here.
Posted 2 years ago by nottheusualkind    [ Reply ]
3rd The Ocean Blue Song today,  Not that I'm complaining.
Posted 3 years ago by the_jake    [ Reply ]
Always love the sax.   
Posted 3 years ago by nomnol    [ Reply ]
First time hearing that song, but now I can't get that New Kids on the Block song out of my head.
Posted 3 years ago by pikester    [ Reply ]
Love the saxophone on this song.  Thanks for playing The Ocean Blue, RP.  Brings back fond memories of college during that era of great college radio (imo).
Posted 3 years ago by Jayesea    [ Reply ]
Thanks for spinning this band!  I don't think I've heard this Quite Likeable track before, and I've heard other The Ocean Blue tracks on RP.  

Not commercial enough even to get much airplay on alt-rock back when this was released.  But it works and holds up, so thanks for keeping The Ocean Blue in the rotation!
Posted 4 years ago by bluejay08003    [ Reply ]
Wow, 2 Ocean Blue songs in the same day. No complaints here.
Posted 4 years ago by bombaysaphire    [ Reply ]
love the dissonance of this-something that is not easy to pull off, but this is tight and has a so dif use of voices. One actually has to think with this.  Not sure it is an equitable comparison, but I thought of Amazing Blondel when I heard this. Again, RP provokes, evokes, stimulates and gets us thinkin'.
Posted 4 years ago by SanFranGayMan    [ Reply ]
Thank you, Bill & Rebecca!! After reading comments from earlier The Ocean Blue tune, I'm glad to hear another!! Never heard of them but, yet again, thnx to RP, you have broadened my horizon!! God bless and, Merry Christmas!!
Posted 5 years ago by Signwrtr61    [ Reply ]
 Ayejoe wrote:
...also sounds quite like the band Haircut 100...
 
... and Teardrop Explodes
Posted 5 years ago by williams_neil    [ Reply ]
...also sounds quite like the band Haircut 100...
Posted 5 years ago by Ayejoe    [ Reply ]
Hadn't heard this song or about this band, but so soft and sweet, and yes, similar to the English Beat in a very good way: guitar, piano, sax and even vocal.  Had it been by EB in their heyday, would have been a hit.
Posted 6 years ago by cely    [ Reply ]
Wow, no comments at all for soooooo many years. Pity. One of my favorite bands and a shame they put out a record so infrequently. 
Posted 6 years ago by bbunyard    [ Reply ]
I like the upbeat sounds of this; kinda English Beat, especially on a perfect sunny day that helps us to get past The Flood of the Century... 
Posted 11 years ago by coloradojohn    [ Reply ]
Stop hating you haters.  this song is great
Posted 11 years ago by geekodude    [ Reply ]
Great 80's music, thanks for playing this.
Posted 11 years ago by kicking    [ Reply ]
Weak, very, very weak. 
Posted 11 years ago by chrisross    [ Reply ]
 rdo wrote:
Sounds like the XTC song Making Plans for Nigel.
 
Sounds like someone who wished they were XTC but were not.  I am normally a sucker for a bit of sax which is what I think that is but I think I'll put this one back where I got it from.
Posted 12 years ago by Sloggydog    [ Reply ]
They are "The" Ocean Blue.  Sorry, I will leave now.  Great song, great band.
Posted 12 years ago by Lumpy13    [ Reply ]
Such a great album!
Posted 12 years ago by Synth80s    [ Reply ]
That´s true, when I first listen the sax, it automatically reminded me Kid Abelha! 

 Orodrigues wrote:
This song was "inspired" in Pintura Íntima, an old song (recorded in 1983) from Kid Abelha, a well known brazilian band. You can listen the original song in YouTube - just look for "Kid Abelha Pintura Intima".
 


Posted 12 years ago by marcoshs    [ Reply ]
Excellent playlist for hours and hours on this sunny Sunday! Wish the weekday plays were this good. 
Posted 12 years ago by Shesdifferent    [ Reply ]
This song was "inspired" in Pintura Íntima, an old song (recorded in 1983) from Kid Abelha, a well known brazilian band. You can listen the original song in YouTube - just look for "Kid Abelha Pintura Intima".
Posted 12 years ago by Orodrigues    [ Reply ]
Sounds like the XTC song Making Plans for Nigel.
Posted 13 years ago by rdo    [ Reply ]
 mcappel wrote:
Ocean Blue is great and I just love their tunes!
 

Love their sound—wistful, nostalgic. "Cerulean" is a great album. 
Posted 13 years ago by kcar    [ Reply ]
 lemmoth wrote:
thank God I missed the 80's.
 
Um, you're my age. What were you doing that caused you to miss the 80's?  I hope you were working, raising a family, maybe in the military.... (I was working, but I still had time to listen to music.) {#Mrgreen}
Posted 13 years ago by Cynaera    [ Reply ]
 df1489 wrote:
sandwich this between haircut 100 and men at work...
 
I thought this was Men At Work until I looked at the playlist.

I guess it doesn't really sound much like Colin Hay, but anyway...

Posted 13 years ago by ziggytrix    [ Reply ]


The proper album art...
Posted 14 years ago by warderblu    [ Reply ]
thank God I missed the 80's.
Posted 14 years ago by lemmoth    [ Reply ]
nice recovery from that bruno coulais ballad
Posted 14 years ago by arudger    [ Reply ]
Ocean Blue is great and I just love their tunes!
Posted 14 years ago by mcappel    [ Reply ]
Wow! I haven't heard this song in.... when was it released?.... 21 years! Makes me want to hear more!
Posted 14 years ago by donna_birichina    [ Reply ]
gearfab wrote:
Brings back bad HS memories. I was in a cover band that use to play this song. I'd like to think I massacred the sax part when I played it, if that's even possible. ;-)
An Ocean Blue cover band! Most excellent. All hail Obscurus Rex!

Posted 14 years ago by Businessgypsy    [ Reply ]
 rez wrote:
It's songs like this that make me glad the 80's are over
 
Right you are, Sir. {#Yes}
Posted 14 years ago by sub-arctic    [ Reply ]
df1489 wrote:
sandwich this between haircut 100 and men at work...

Yeah...One hundred blue men.

Posted 15 years ago by EssexTex    [ Reply ]

This is a classic tune!{#Drummer}

However it is not on the "waterworks" album, its on the self entitled album:

https://www.amazon.com/Ocean-Blue/dp/B000002LHU/ref=pd_sim_m_1_img



Posted 15 years ago by contractor07    [ Reply ]
 df1489 wrote:
sandwich this between haircut 100 and men at work...
 
Nailed it!


Posted 15 years ago by Imkirok    [ Reply ]
sandwich this between haircut 100 and men at work...
Posted 15 years ago by df1489    [ Reply ]
Brings back bad HS memories. I was in a cover band that use to play this song. I'd like to think I massacred the sax part when I played it, if that's even possible.  ;-)


Posted 15 years ago by gearfab    [ Reply ]
Hey, don't have any idea how old this is.  But on first listen, its been enjoyable.
Posted 15 years ago by dedawson    [ Reply ]
rez wrote:
It's songs like this that make me glad the 80's are over

Ohhh, I dunno .. I think that I could manage that gueetar work, so it's kind of encouraging!
Posted 15 years ago by lawman    [ Reply ]
It's songs like this that make me glad the 80's are over
Posted 15 years ago by rez    [ Reply ]
 EssexTex wrote:
Sounds like "Haircut 100"
You say that like it's a bad thing? {#Daisy} Haircut 100 had some great songs.  Love Plus One and Snow Girl in particular were fantastic.  I'm going to have to dig out Pelican West now and give it a listen.


Posted 15 years ago by Bridieboo    [ Reply ]
 lophrequa wrote:
have always loved this band... saw them live in my hometown in the 80s, they signed my ticket! this song is actually from their first eponymous album
 

as a fellow representative of the nostalgia consitituency .. i also love this band .. was thrilled to find a $3  or $4 used CD a few years ago when I was still buying CDs .. having said that .. anything more than $5 might have been more than I was willing to pay for nostalgia ..
Posted 16 years ago by sine-quinn-non    [ Reply ]
Wow!  That was total $*!^
Posted 16 years ago by speakerman    [ Reply ]
merkin_muffley wrote:
This is the song that should be used as the definitive sound of 80's pop. So glad that my musical tastes have moved on from this era.

i disagree. 80s pop was Cyndi Lauper and Chaka Khan. thanks for playing.

Posted 16 years ago by lophrequa    [ Reply ]
have always loved this band... saw them live in my hometown in the 80s, they signed my ticket! this song is actually from their first eponymous album
Posted 16 years ago by lophrequa    [ Reply ]
I have this on CD.  The rest of it is this weak too.
Posted 16 years ago by ROSSinDETROIT    [ Reply ]
merkin_muffley wrote:
This is the song that should be used as the definitive sound of 80's pop. So glad that my musical tastes have moved on from this era.
And still, I was kind of glad to hear it here. It gives... perspective?
Posted 16 years ago by Barman    [ Reply ]
Sounds like "Haircut 100"
Posted 16 years ago by EssexTex    [ Reply ]
I like it. It reminds me of The Church. Fresh and exhilarating. Of course these days, most people don't actually play their instruments. LOL. Keep this in the playlist and whatever else these guys put out. Sorry to the rest you guys who really don't like the sounds of the 1980's. I'm all for change but I like power music. Shoot for the stars and you might hit one. -Big Will
Posted 16 years ago by biggestbison    [ Reply ]
Bill? BILLLL!!! Please, are you sleeping?
Posted 17 years ago by rockstarbro    [ Reply ]
drekar wrote:
Sounds like Kermit the Frog
I f-ing LOVE Kermit. 10.
Posted 17 years ago by AphidA    [ Reply ]
Sounds like Kermit the Frog
Posted 17 years ago by drekar    [ Reply ]
siandbeth wrote:
Man, I was just thinking the same thing!
me too. not the vocals, but everything else.
Posted 17 years ago by lily34    [ Reply ]
This is the song that should be used as the definitive sound of 80's pop. So glad that my musical tastes have moved on from this era.
Posted 17 years ago by merkin_muffley    [ Reply ]
You know I hated 80's music...and I still do...and anything that reminds me of that pop crap.
Posted 17 years ago by eastcoast    [ Reply ]
The The
Posted 17 years ago by dantheman    [ Reply ]
For all the genre mixing, I think I like 99% of what gets played on Radio Paradise. This would be an example of the other 1%.
Posted 17 years ago by horseplayer    [ Reply ]
Sunman wrote:
Two words: English Beat
Man, I was just thinking the same thing!
Posted 17 years ago by siandbeth    [ Reply ]
Two words: English Beat
Posted 18 years ago by Sunman    [ Reply ]
ArbiterOfGoodTaste wrote:
The heat is on! It's on the street! The heat is--ON!
My thoughts exactly!
Posted 18 years ago by hippiechick    [ Reply ]
Funny.. I thought it sounded like the music XM plays around their breaks in songs... ArbiterOfGoodTaste wrote:
The heat is on! It's on the street! The heat is--ON!
Posted 18 years ago by cubsfreak    [ Reply ]
Nice cut from the depths of Davy Jone's Locker (the expression, not the album.)
Posted 18 years ago by SoundsGoodToMe    [ Reply ]
Good memories of college.
Posted 18 years ago by Austin2Florida    [ Reply ]
me likes
Posted 18 years ago by orpheus    [ Reply ]
Is this Morrissey Singing or someone who sounds like him?
Posted 18 years ago by Olympus_mons    [ Reply ]
TobalMoreno wrote:
weak sax work, speak wax spork?
peak fax pork
Posted 18 years ago by nick_valensi    [ Reply ]
weak sax work, speak wax spork?
Posted 18 years ago by TobalMoreno    [ Reply ]
Love the Ocean Blue from Cerulean days. Thanks for the listen!
Posted 18 years ago by Daniel933    [ Reply ]
I absolutely love the Ocean Blue, and have been a fan ever since the album Cerulean was released back in 1991. Let's hear more! Also, this song is not from the Waterworks EP (which was released in 2004). It's from the Ocean Blue's self titled first album that was released in 1989.
Posted 19 years ago by byrd    [ Reply ]
I like it for the 80's flasback. It kinda makes me think of the Psychadelic Furs, but with Morrisey as the front man.
Posted 19 years ago by stuartd    [ Reply ]
Makes me tap the feet
Posted 19 years ago by Leviathan    [ Reply ]
ArbiterOfGoodTaste wrote:
The heat is on! It's on the street! The heat is--ON!
THAT made me laugh. Seriously, Ocean Blue, where are they now?
Posted 19 years ago by Egrey    [ Reply ]
I like it!
Posted 19 years ago by KurtfromLaQuinta    [ Reply ]
this album reminds me of college
Posted 19 years ago by AphidA    [ Reply ]
The heat is on! It's on the street! The heat is--ON!
Posted 19 years ago by ArbiterOfGoodTaste    [ Reply ]
catmaven wrote:
Irritating brass, weak and tuneless singing, boring and repetitious nontune. Spare us more.
i didn't hear any brass in this song. that is a wind instrument you're referring to. give us more. great set, Bill - Hendrix, Gary Numan, Bowie, & The Ocean Blue Thanks!
Posted 19 years ago by LLMikeJ    [ Reply ]
Au Contrare!! Not their best song but Ocean Blue have a great relaxed sound. Worthy of being played on RP.
Posted 19 years ago by Shesdifferent    [ Reply ]
Irritating brass, weak and tuneless singing, boring and repetitious nontune. Spare us more. :roll:
Posted 19 years ago by rKokon    [ Reply ]
Oh oh ooooooh, the right stuff.
Posted 19 years ago by BKardon    [ Reply ]
indypaul wrote:
Are these guys from Hershey, PA? I think I saw these guys around '90 at Butler's Clowes Hall. Nothing extraordinary as I recall.
Yes.
Posted 19 years ago by earthbased    [ Reply ]
redeyespy wrote:
Another trigger of memories of days past:college, late 80s.
Funny thing is I never heard of this band when I was in college in the late 80's. RP introduced me to them. How is the rest of this debut album? Seems like I have heard that sax riff somewhere else...
Posted 19 years ago by earthbased    [ Reply ]
Are these guys from Hershey, PA? I think I saw these guys around '90 at Butler's Clowes Hall. Nothing extraordinary as I recall.
Posted 19 years ago by indypaul    [ Reply ]
Another trigger of memories of days past:college, late 80s.
Posted 19 years ago by redeyespy    [ Reply ]