Nef's British Music Thread.

Jesu - The Playgrounds Are Empty

porcupine tree

trains



halo



collapse the light into earth

Genesis - The Knife (January 10th 1973 in "Le Club Bataclan", Paris)

Marillion – Kayleigh




- JC

Arzachel - Leg (1969)

Saw an outgoing camel from out viewpoint on a hill
And all the women were dancing because the men were ill
All the animals were sighing as we led them to the kill

We shook and we trembled from the Everest height
We fondled and we fumbled, floating out of sight
We fought the forcefield powerfully in the buzzing night

I was sliding down the railway with a horse and chariot on my tail
And a stark naked drummer went advancing on the rail
I sat down on the sleepers until I woke up in jail

Well, we shook and we trembled from the Everest height
We fondled and we fumbled, floating out of sight
We fought the forcefield powerfully in the buzzing night

Giles, Giles and Fripp - 9. Why don't you just drop in (I) (1968)


All the lyrics that I've found so far says: "You are a prisoner of your rage", but I'm still not convinced that it's not "You are a prisoner of your age". So which one is it? I don't know... It could be "rage", but I've always thought it was "age". Anyway... nice guitar solo!

Why don't you just drop in
And love the life of sin
And squirm inside your cage
You are a prisoner of your rage

Why don't you just drop in
And play the game to win
The rules you pick and choose
The odds are stacked for you to loose

Why don't you just drop in
And let the game begin
You'll wish you'd learn to play
And live to die another day

Btw, I noticed just now that they don't sing the last verse in this version. Learn something new every day...



edit to add:
And for all you anonymous out there wondering whether you should sign up to ATS (why not? It's free!), I just want you to know that you don't actually pick and choose your own rules in here, like they say in this song. You have to play by our rules, namely our T & C...

[edit on 21 Feb 2009 by Hellmutt]

Trees - Sally Free and Easy - (1970)

Trees was an English folk rock band that existed between 1969 and 1972. Although the group met with little commercial success in their time, the reputation of the band has grown over the years.

[edit on 17 Jun 2010 by Hellmutt]

Lyrics for the previous song:

Sally, free and easy,
That should be her name,
Sally, free and easy,
That should be her name,
Took a sailor's lovin',
For a nursery game.

Though the heart she gave me,
Was not made of stone,(2X)
It was sweet and hollow,
Like a honey comb,

Think I'll wait till sunset,
See the ensign down,(2X)
Then I'll take the tideway,
To my buryin' groun',

Sally, free and easy,
That should be her name,(2X)
When my body's landed,
Hope she'll die of shame.

[edit on 22 Feb 2009 by Hellmutt]

The Chemical Brothers - Setting Sun

The Smoke - My Friend Jack (1967)

My friend jack eats sugarlumps
My friend jack eats sugarlumps
Sugarman hasn’t got a care

He’s been traveling everywhere
Been on a voyage across the ocean
Heard the sweet sounds of wheels in motion
He’s seen the hawk fly high
to hail the setting sun

My friend jack eats sugarlumps
My friend jack eats sugarlumps
Sugarman hasn’t got a care

He’s been traveling everywhere
He's seen the people in the city
And the bright lights look awful pretty
He’s followed dusty tracks into eternity

Eatin’ sugar cane in cuba
Tried to grow it in japan
On the west coast he’s real famous
Kids all call him sugarman

My friend jack eats sugarlumps
My friend jack eats sugarlumps
Sugarman hasn’t got a care

He’s been traveling everywhere
Been on a voyage across the ocean
Heard the sweet sounds of wheels in motion
He’s seen the hawk fly high to hail the setting sun

My friend jack eats sugarlumps
My friend jack eats sugarlumps
Sugarman hasn’t got a care
He’s been traveling everywhere

[edit on 18 Aug 2009 by Hellmutt]

Originally posted by Hellmutt
The Smoke - My Friend Jack (1967)

What a tune!

Another British psych great from the 60's, Pink Floyd - See Emily Play:

Killing Joke - Pandemonium

Killing Joke - Change (1980)

Ten Years After - Here They Come (1971)

Here they come, and they fly with the power of the sun
Here they come, and they're going to touch everyone
Far, far, have they come

Here they come, and the fire on their wings doesn't burn
Here they come, and they know everything we must learn
Round, round, we must turn

Watch out, you, sinners
Don't you know that your time has come?
Watch out, you, winners
Now it's the same for everyone

Here they come, and the stars in their eyes seem to glow
Here they come, and the fear in our hearts starts to go

The Searchers - Crazy Dreams

graham coxon.freakin out

Marillion - The Web (forgotten radio show glasgow 1982)

Marillion are a British rock group. Formed in Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, England in 1979

Savoy Brown - Hellbound Train (1972)

Savoy Brown, originally known as the Savoy Brown Blues Band, are a British blues band formed circa May 1965, in Battersea, South West London.

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Superstardom perpetually evaded them, perhaps in part because of their frequent lineup changes, but despite that, Hellbound Train was a top forty album for them in the US.