Hot Chip – Over and Over

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Lyrics:
Laid back
laid back
laid back, we’ll give you laid back
laid back
laid back
laid back, i’ll give you laid back

over and over and over and over and over
like a monkey with a miniature cymbal
the joy of repetition really is in you
under and under and under and under and under
the smell of repetition really is on you
and when i feel this way i really am with you

laid back
laid back
laid back, i’ll give you laid back

over and over and over and over and over
like a monkey with a miniature cymbal
the joy of repetition really is in you
under and under and under and under and under
the smell of repetition really is on you
and when you look this way i really am with you

started thinking about what i to have to do (tell you)
i got to thinking that i mean just what you do (tell you)
started thinking about what i to have to do (tell you, tell you, tell you, tell you)
k-i-s-s-i-n-g
s-e-x-i-n-g
c-a-s-i-o
p-o-k-e
y-o-u
m-e
i
k-i-s-s-i-n-g
s-e-x-i-n-g
c-a-s-i-o
p-o-k-e
y-o-u
m-e
i

Current 93 – Tamlin

#music #experimental #lyrics #indiemusic #current93 #england #scotland
Painting: „Lady Margaret Scott“ by Ellis William Roberts

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Lyrics:
Lady margaret, lady margaret
was sowing at the sea
she’s all dressed in black
and a thought came in her head to roam in the woods
to pull flowers to flower her hat, my boys
to pull flowers to flower her hat
so she hoisted up her petticoats a bit above the knee
and so nimbly she ran over the ground
and when she came to the merrygreen woods
she pulled those branches down, my boys
she pulled those branches down

Suddenly she spied a fine young man
he’s standing by a tree
he says how dare you pull those branches down?
without the leave of me, my dear
without the leave of me
well she says this little wood it is my very own
my father gave it to me
i can pull these branches down without the leave of thee, young man
oh without the leave of thee
and he took a by the milk-white hand
and by the grass-green sleeve
he pulled her down at the foot of the bush
he never once asked her leave, my boys
oh he never once asked her leave
and when it was down she twisted about
to ask her true love’s name
but she nothing saw
she nothing heard
and all the woods grew dim
and all the woods grew dim

There’s four and twenty ladies all in the land
and they’re all playing a chess
except it was the lady margaret
and she’s green as any glass, my boys
oh she’s green as any glass
and these four-and-twenty ladies all in the land
grow as red any rose
except the lady margaret she’s pale and wan, my boys
oh pale and wan she goes
up then spoke the little serving girl
she lifted her hand and smiled
she said i think my lady’s loved too long
and now she goes with child, my dears
oh and now she goes with child
up then spoke the second serving girl
oh ever and alas says she
that i think i know a herb in the merry green wood
that’ll twine thy baby from thee
it’ll rip off thy babe from thee

so lady margaret she got herself a comb
she made haste to comb her hair
and then she’s away to the merry green woods
as fast as she can tear, my boys
as fast as she can tear
and she hadn’t pulled in the merry green woods
a herb that barely won
when by her stands the young tamlin
he says margaret leave it alone
oh margaret leave it alone
why do you pull that bitter little herb
that herb that grows so grey
for to destroy that fine young baby that we got in our play, my dear
oh that we got in our play
well come tell me now young tamling says she
if an earthly man you be
i tell you no lies, says young tamlin
i was christined as good as thee
i was christined as good as thee
but as i rode a-hunting on a bitter bitter night
it was from my horse i fell
and the queen of elvin she caught me
into yonder green hill to dwell
oh into yonder green hill to dwell
but tonight is halloween lady
the elvin caught will ride
and if you would your true love win
by the millbridge you must hide, my dears
by the millbridge you must hide
and first will run the black horse
then will the brown
and then will run the white
you hold him fast, you fear him not
for he’s the father of your child, my love
he’s the father of your child
they’ll turn me on in your arms lady into many a beasts so wild
but you hold them fast, you fear no ill
it’s the father of your child, my love
it’s the father of your child

so lady margaret, she gets herself a comb
she made haste to comb her hair
then she’s away to the old millbrdige
as fast as she could tear, my boys
as fast as she could tear
and about the dead hour of the night she heard the bridles ring
oh my boys, she had her heart more than any earthly thing it did
more than any earthly thing
and first run the black horse
then the brown
and then raced by the white
well she held it fast, she feared it not
for it’s the father of her child
it’s the father of her child
the thunderoll across the sky
the stars blazed bright as day
the queen of elvin gave a thrilling cry
tamlin’s away brave boys
brave tamlin’s away
the very first thing they turned him into
is a lion that runs so wild
but she held him fast, she feared him not
he’s the father of her child, my boys
he’s the father of her child
and the very next thing they turned him into
it was a loathsome snake
he says hold me fast, fear me not
for i’m one of god’s own make, my love
oh i’m one of god’s own make
and again they changed him all in her arms
to a red-hot bar of iron
but she held it fast, she feared it not
it did to her no harm
it did to her no harm
and the very last thing they changed him into
was like any naked man
she flung her mantle over him
she cried my love i’ve won i’ve won
she cried my love i’ve won

but the queen of elvin she called for a bush
she’s red as any blood
i should have taken out your eyes, tamlin
and put in two eyes of wood
and put in two eyes of wood

The Gate to the Minds Eye – Thomas Dolby: Quantum Mechanic

The Gate to the Minds Eye

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Video-Beschreibung von PhaedronPhurael 28.08.2012

The Mind’s Eye series consists of several art films rendered using computer-generated imagery of varying levels of sophistication. The series began in 1990. It was produced by Steven Churchill of Odyssey Productions (originally Odyssey Visual Design) & Miramar Productions.

The typical entry in the Mind’s Eye series is a short package film, usually 50 to 60 minutes long, with an electronic music soundtrack over a series of music video-like sequences. The original film, titled The Mind’s Eye: A Computer Animation Odyssey‘ by director and co-producer Jan Nickman, consisted of a non-rigid structure of many semi-related sequences. The general style which characterizes the series is light and cartoony due to the difficulty of rendering more complicated images using the computers of the day.

The computer animation sequences that appeared in the films were generally not produced specifically for the Mind’s Eye series but rather were work originally created for other purposes, including demo reels, commercials, music videos, and feature films. Director and co-producer Jan Nickman then assembled these sequences into a narrative through creative editing, which resulted in a double platinum selling film considered to be a milestone in the field of computer animation. As a result, „The Mind’s Eye: A Computer Animation Odyssey“ reached #12 on Billboard’s video hits chart. This approach gave Churchill access to the best-quality computer graphics of the time without having to bear their substantial production costs.

The soundtracks for the films were composed by James Reynolds, Thomas Dolby, Jan Hammer and Kerry Livgren (founder and guitarist for Kansas).

The Mind’s Eye: A Computer Animation Odyssey (Miramar Images, Inc., 1990) was the first effort by director and co-producer Jan Nickman which served as a demonstration of computer animation when the art-form was still in its relative infancy. It is composed of a sequence of segments ambitiously chronicling the formation of Earth („Creation“), the rise of human civilizations („Civilization Rising“), and the technological advances of humanity from the advent of agriculture to the future exploration of the cosmos. The video speculatively concludes with a segment of what might be the next sentient species to arise on Earth, as well as the CGI short Stanley and Stella in: Breaking the Ice. The soundtrack was composed by James Reynolds.[3] The sales of this video were RIAA certified as „Multi-Platinum“ and reached as high as #12 on Billboard’s video sales chart.

Beyond the Mind’s Eye (Odyssey Visual Design, 1992) featured the efforts of Jan Hammer and included the first vocal tracks in such segments as Too Far and Seeds of Life, a sequence themed around planet-colonizing seeds featuring the noted Panspermia by computer graphics artist Karl Sims. The DVD version included both the vocal version of Seeds of Life (sung by Chris Thompson) that blended the animation segment and footage of Hammer and his „band“ performing (composed of four Jan Hammers), with an instrumental version of the same track. Beyond the Mind’s Eye also features a heavily edited version of the CGI sequences from The Lawnmower Man. The DVD contains 11 segments. The sales of this video were RIAA certified as „Multi-Platinum“ and reached as high as #8 on Billboard’s video sales chart.

The Gate to the Mind’s Eye (Odyssey Visual Design, 1994) continued the trend of vocal tracks, along with music by Thomas Dolby. Five of its nine segments include vocal tracks: Armageddon, a sequence depicting massive devastation; Neo, an astronomy-themed song; Valley of the Mind’s Eye, a song about the progress of human technology; Nuvogue, the first jazz track in the series; and Quantum Mechanic with guest vocalist Dr. Fiorella Terenzi.

Odyssey Into The Mind’s Eye (Odyssey Productions, 1996) features a soundtrack by Kerry Livgren and two more vocal tracks, One Dark World (sung by Darren Rogers) and Aspen Moon (sung by Livgren’s nephew Jacob)[4]. Odyssey Into The Mind’s Eye also features versions of CGI sequences from Johnny Mnemonic and Ecco: The Tides of Time. Released on VHS and DVD by Sony Music.

A short segment taken from the Mike Oldfield music video Let There Be Light from his album The Songs of Distant Earth is included in the Oceanic Celebration video from Odyssey Into the Mind’s Eye.

Thomas Dolby: Quantum Mechanic

from „The Gate to the Mind’s Eye“ 1994
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#electronic #wave #synthpop #synthie #synthesizer #music #thomasdolby

Lyrics:
Quantum Mechanic
the matrix mathematic
my Honda is erratic
I ll show you the schematic
Quantum Mechanic
it s costing me a packet
I know that you can hack it
I wanna see you jack it – jack it – c mon now..

move move to the groove – just bust a move
get with the boogie and
sound waves in the rave – my body sways –
my brain is opening
deejay bomb the bass
my thoughts erase my body s booming and
feet feet feel the beat
make my own heat
now I m complete

move your body to the beat boy
slide your body next to me
and feel the rhythm
dance with me again.

Quantum Mechanic
the matrix mathematic
my Honda is erratic
I ll show you the schematic
Quantum Mechanic
it s costing me a packet
I know that you can hack it
I wanna see you jack it