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Gorse wrote:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8UVNT4wvIGY
This.
Why and where have I seen this video before?
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Joined: Thu Sep 03, 2009 9:35 am Posts: 2903 Location: Maze of twisty little passages, all alike
Symbion Project - Beyond Orion's Arm
Lyrics:
Spoiler:
Small star How you've come to grow such stellar arms So far away Or just an earthly ghost of yesterday
So, so afraid Lights can lengthen shadows by the yard This is hard To let a halo dim itself and go Beyond Orion's arm
So far away Or just too close to what was yesterday? Hold the matter in And bars may form across those stellar arms For just a star
Pulsars Buckle from the weight of heavy hearts Words - worlds away Your halo's sending missives anyway So, you're so removed No constellation scatters by a sound They're still around For every standard candle has a fit-ful luminary heart
For just a star... For just a star... For just a star...
Small star How you've come to grow such stellar arms So far away Or just an earthly ghost of yesterday So, so afraid Lights can lengthen shadows by the yard This is hard To let a halo dim itself and go Beyond Orion's arm
_________________ Sail forth! steer for the deep waters only! Reckless, O soul, exploring, I with thee, and thou with me; For we are bound where mariner has not yet dared to go, And we will risk the ship, ourselves and all.
Joined: Thu Sep 03, 2009 9:35 am Posts: 2903 Location: Maze of twisty little passages, all alike
Supreme Beings of Leisure - "Never the Same"
So chill
_________________ Sail forth! steer for the deep waters only! Reckless, O soul, exploring, I with thee, and thou with me; For we are bound where mariner has not yet dared to go, And we will risk the ship, ourselves and all.
_________________ "It is true that democracy undermines freedom when voters believe they can live off of others' productivity, when they modify the commandment: 'Thou shalt not steal, except by majority vote.' The politics of plunder is no doubt destructive of both morality and the division of labor."
I've heard many good songs with good lyrics, but this song in particular stands head and shoulders above most. Many songs tell a fairly detailed story in rhyming form, but this guy does it with such poetic, detailed, analogical description that it makes many others look amateurish.
This song is not only beautifully described, but it has multiple layers. It's about a serial arsonist. But it also describes his view of the world. He constantly describes how icy cold and bleak the night is (thus begging for some warmth) and that the rain itself even hisses and recoils from his wondrous creation.
Obviously, it does not inspire me to commit arson. But I can certainly appreciate the intricate beauty of this song. This man was far ahead of his time in 1991.
Lyrics:
Spoiler:
Stealing down an ally on a cold dark night I see a halo in the rain around the street light I stop and look, and listen to the sound As the raindrops penetrate the silence all around Alone, I gaze into the glistening street The distant thunder echoing my heartbeat Urging me on to a secret goal Away from the light from this lamp on a pole So I turn, slip away into the rain Drifting like a spirit through the shadows in the lane Clutching the tools of my trade in my hand An old box of matches and a gasoline can Darkness envelopes the scene like a shroud A veil of emptiness hangs from the clouds Filling up the cracks in this desolate place Cradled by the night in an icy embrace
Moving through the town like a ghost in the rain A dim reflection in a dark window pane Blackness beckons from every side Creeping all around like an incoming tide A broken window in an empty house I slip inside and begin to douse The whole place with the fuel that will feed the fire And push back the night, taking me higher On out of the darkness in a defeaning roar The match in my hand is the key to the door A simple turn of the wrist will suffice To open a passage to paradise I pause, I think about the past and the gloom The smell of gasoline permeates the room Everyone has a little secret he keeps I light the fires while the city sleeps
(Like the 4th of July)
The match makes a graceful arc to the floor And time stands still as I turn for the door Which explodes in a fireball and throws me to the street I hit the ground running with the flames at my feet Reaching for the night which recoils from the fire The raindrops hiss like a devilish choir Dying in the flames with a terrible sound Calling all the names of the sleepers all around But then in the arms of the night, they lay Their dreams, sprout wings and fly away Out of the houses in a gathering flock Swarming overhead as I hurry down the block I make my escape with the greatest of ease And savor the darkness, drop to my knees And the lightless window, my hand on the latch I reach in my pocket, and pull out a match
_________________ "It is true that democracy undermines freedom when voters believe they can live off of others' productivity, when they modify the commandment: 'Thou shalt not steal, except by majority vote.' The politics of plunder is no doubt destructive of both morality and the division of labor."
Joined: Thu Sep 03, 2009 6:18 pm Posts: 618 Location: WA state
Numbuk wrote:
I've heard many good songs with good lyrics, but this song in particular stands head and shoulders above most. Many songs tell a fairly detailed story in rhyming form, but this guy does it with such poetic, detailed, analogical description that it makes many others look amateurish.
This song is not only beautifully described, but it has multiple layers. It's about a serial arsonist. But it also describes his view of the world. He constantly describes how icy cold and bleak the night is (thus begging for some warmth) and that the rain itself even hisses and recoils from his wondrous creation.
Obviously, it does not inspire me to commit arson. But I can certainly appreciate the intricate beauty of this song. This man was far ahead of his time in 1991.
Lyrics:
Spoiler:
Stealing down an ally on a cold dark night I see a halo in the rain around the street light I stop and look, and listen to the sound As the raindrops penetrate the silence all around Alone, I gaze into the glistening street The distant thunder echoing my heartbeat Urging me on to a secret goal Away from the light from this lamp on a pole So I turn, slip away into the rain Drifting like a spirit through the shadows in the lane Clutching the tools of my trade in my hand An old box of matches and a gasoline can Darkness envelopes the scene like a shroud A veil of emptiness hangs from the clouds Filling up the cracks in this desolate place Cradled by the night in an icy embrace
Moving through the town like a ghost in the rain A dim reflection in a dark window pane Blackness beckons from every side Creeping all around like an incoming tide A broken window in an empty house I slip inside and begin to douse The whole place with the fuel that will feed the fire And push back the night, taking me higher On out of the darkness in a defeaning roar The match in my hand is the key to the door A simple turn of the wrist will suffice To open a passage to paradise I pause, I think about the past and the gloom The smell of gasoline permeates the room Everyone has a little secret he keeps I light the fires while the city sleeps
(Like the 4th of July)
The match makes a graceful arc to the floor And time stands still as I turn for the door Which explodes in a fireball and throws me to the street I hit the ground running with the flames at my feet Reaching for the night which recoils from the fire The raindrops hiss like a devilish choir Dying in the flames with a terrible sound Calling all the names of the sleepers all around But then in the arms of the night, they lay Their dreams, sprout wings and fly away Out of the houses in a gathering flock Swarming overhead as I hurry down the block I make my escape with the greatest of ease And savor the darkness, drop to my knees And the lightless window, my hand on the latch I reach in my pocket, and pull out a match
If you like this, I'd recommend listening to the rest of the album (if you haven't already). It's pretty killer.
_________________ "It is true that democracy undermines freedom when voters believe they can live off of others' productivity, when they modify the commandment: 'Thou shalt not steal, except by majority vote.' The politics of plunder is no doubt destructive of both morality and the division of labor."
She's been around a while but quickly becoming one of my favorite singers. Haven't heard her do anything I didn't like yet.
_________________ "It is true that democracy undermines freedom when voters believe they can live off of others' productivity, when they modify the commandment: 'Thou shalt not steal, except by majority vote.' The politics of plunder is no doubt destructive of both morality and the division of labor."
I apologize if any of these have been posted before. Not digging thru 26 pages to find out And obviously LTTP on this stuff, but just found it (I'm often under a rock). Weird, visual, but very catchy with a hook. Sorry for the ads, but that's today's YT.
Sure some have seen it but this is sample programming taken to the extreme using Ableton Live (live DJ/sequencing suite designed for DJing by mashing up different roots in real time) using a Novation Launchpad to sequence everything as well as doubling as keyboard during the live improvisation.
This video gives you hints where each of the 39 samples was used.
_________________ "It's real, grew up in trife life, the times of white lines The hype vice, murderous nighttimes and knife fights invite crimes" - Nasir Jones
Not sure why this one is stuck in my head currently. My best guess: I have been debating removing this song from my google music playlists because this is one of the few songs that really, really loves finding my car's resonant frequency and loving it up something fierce.
Basically, every object has a frequency in which it resonates and it will amplify those frequencies back. It's how tuning forks work and how glass can be shattered when singers hit a certain note (frequency). So this song sounds fine when played on any speaker outside my car, but inside it, it amplifies certain portions of the bass and is quite jarring when the song begins. Only ways to deal with it are 1. Line the full interior of the car with sound-deadener material (huge pain) or 2. Get a really, really nice equalizer that can cover very broad range of frequencies and help cancel out the resonance. Doubt I'll bother with either.
And that, class, is why some songs sound like crap when you get a subwoofer in your car.
- Another bit of resonant frequency trivia, Nikola Tesla determined the RF of the Earth (just under 8Hz) but scientists didn't believe him or verify it until after his death.
Heh, Shel. Nice pick. Fun song to play on the guitar and the solo is not difficult to learn at all either.
I remember when the song came out the drummer's hairstyle looked just like Legolas' on the cover of one of my Two Towers paperbacks. I also remember thinking it would be cool to grow out my hair like that.
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