59 Blue Lights on the Runway by Bellx1 2009
Part of Juniper that splintered when Band member Damian Rice decided to leave and sing songs of sorrow , Bellx 1 already had released 3 great lps of melodic guitar music (Music in Mouth would have made this chart if it wasn't for Blue Lights) when this came out.
The band seemed to have been listening closely to their Talking Heads records and channelled them all into a more polished sound where by and large the emphasis was on big pop songs.
All that is missing from the below is the big suit
Amidst all the spiky pop songs are some gorgeous lush ballads, including this one which never fails to have me ring my parents
Light Catches Your Face - Bell X1
You can buy Blue Lights here
Another fine choice David. The title track the best ever Talking Heads song.
ReplyDeleteYou're right about their quieter moments.
I like their school boy humor too:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jeLaS-cqsqE
A safe pair of hands
A reason to stand
Some guns to stick to
Rational demands
Come on now ladies
They won't fertilise themselves
Get into the ball game
Let's clear those shelves
That's what I read in that Sunday magazine
The anvil is falling, falling on your head
You're just picking your knickers from your arse
Like you're playing a one stringed harp
Like you're playing a one stringed harp
Like Wily Coyote
As if the fall wasn't enough
Those bastards from Acme
They got more nasty stuff
Salt in my wounds
Sticking in the boot
We're all bulimic
But keep forgetting to puke
That's what I read in that Sunday magazine
[ From: http://www.elyrics.net ]
The anvil is falling, falling on your head
You're just picking your knickers from your arse
Like you're playing a one stringed harp
Like you're playing a one stringed harp
Chalk it up, and write it down
The hand of history
is clawing at my back
The Iron Fist of she
cuping at my sack
Grip is tightening
My voice is heightening
This orange alert
is beginning to crack
That's what I read in that Sunday magazine
The anvil is falling, falling on your head
You're just picking your knickers from your arse
Like you're playing a one stringed harp
Like you're playing a one stringed harp
Chalk it up, and write it down
Hi Trev
ReplyDeletethis is a great song as well with a chorus that sticks in your head that always has the risk of me singing the arse line out loud rather than in my head!
It has to be Music In Mouth for me. Great live act too!
ReplyDeleteThe only other time I've heard Bellx1 is here on your blog a couple of years ago. Quite like what I hear .They sound so like Talking Heads it's uncanny, Those are great lyrics aswell!
ReplyDelete# 59 The Beautiful South - Blue Is The Colour. Very hard to choose a top Beautiful South album, in the end this just snatched it ahead of 'Quench'
Phil
#59 - Damien Rice - O
ReplyDelete-sorry, overlap here, gotta run, iPod battery dying in hotel on way to sunny Florida...
TT
hi Iano - music is mouth is great as weel and it was a toss up - Alphabet soup and eve apple of my eye are especially fantastic
ReplyDeleteHi Phil - BSa re a trange one for me - I've got all their lps but never think of them as a fav artist. For me it would be Miaow
TT - got this one higher
I bought the album on the strength of Tongue. Momentarily I was disappointed cause none of the other songs sounded anything like Tongue. It wasn't long before I grew to love the whole album.
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