Having an iPod at work is far too distracting
Two questions along the vague theme of "Weird things that happen two-thirds of the way through 90s classics"...
1. What does Brett say in the rant at the end of 'Stay Together'? I'm getting words but not full sentences, and I can't find a transcipt anywhere online. Has anyone ever sat down and tried to work out what he's saying? (Keef I'm glancing in your direction as I ask this)
2. Why is there a thunderstorm halfway through 'Set You Free' by N-Trance? In fact, after ten years of loving that song I've only just realised that the whole song is 'set' in a rainstorm, even though the lyrics don't mention it. That's kind of bizarre isn't it?
I applied to go to Rave College. I was brilliant in the interview but failed my N-Trance exam.
posted by Anonymous at 5:42 PM
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Blimey - no wonder they got Brett to shout it through a megaphone and drenched it in effects.
Respect though to Suede for using the word 'blog' in 1994! And I thought it was only when Neil Codling joined that they became the sound of the future.
5:59 PM
Anyone clicked on the link above yet?
6:22 PM
The spirit of Ronnie Barker lives on in that gag.
I seem to remember from "Love & Poison" that Brett pointedly refused to let any of the rest of the band in the studio when he was recording that bit of Stay Together, and he now claims he can't remember what he said but that he suspects it was drivel. I like to think it's a long, drug fuelled rant against Butler and/or Albarn. Either way, the master tape must exist somewhere; surely John Harris or someone can dig it up and transcribe it in the interests of posterity?
I think the only word of it I ever made out was "stars".
8:41 AM
1. Not a chance in hell of working that out. You can make out the odd word but the vocal track is too quiet compared to the music. Plus they're both synced together, so the only 3 ways would be to 1)find some wicked software that would extract each of the component tracks, 2)find the master tapes (probably in Bernard's mum's loft) or 3)find some hardcore suede site where someones done it already. And i've already looked on most of them!
2. The cover to the N-Trance single is a fork of lightning, so maybe that has somethinf to do with the storm.
3:02 PM
Talking of Stay Together i was thinking of the top 10 long songs to put on cd for the car. I reckon anything longer than 6 mins counts as most singles are bout 3 mins. I've got these so far;
1. Stay Together
2. Weekender
3. I Am The Ressurection (obvious but ace)
4. Hotel Caliornia
I did contemplate the long version of Bat Out Of Hell but i'm sure there's gottta be 6-7 better long songs you lot know of.
PS. as it's my cd, no reggae or ska
4:58 PM
Off the top of my head:
"Are you ready for love" (the full length version) - Elton John
"Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft" by the Carpenters - the weirdest pop record ever recorded
I've also got a 7-minute version of "Step In Time" from Mary poppins which sounds completely bizarre without any accompanying visuals.
5:36 PM
"17 Reasons Why" by My Life Story. It's not as long as some of the others, but is a choon.
"He's Simple, He's Dumb, He's The Pilot" by Grandaddy.
9:45 AM
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