rps@apollo.UUCP (Robert Stanzel) (08/04/86)
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I recently bought "Old Land" by Cluster & Eno, and was reminded
that I never could figure out the second line of the "Belldog" lyrics.
What finer group of people to ask than Love Hounds?
Most of the day
We were at the ????????
(Word is something like "bershebery", rhyming with "machinery")
Rob
"I lost control and at last I was part of the machinery"William H Coderre <bc@MEDIA-LAB.MIT.EDU> (08/11/86)
Organization: Lyrics first, plug later: Most of the day We were at the machinery In the dark sheds That the seasons ignore I held the levers that guided the signals to the radio But the words I receive, random code, broken fragments from before. Out in the trees My reason deserting me All the dark stars Cluster over the bay. Then in a certain moment I lose control and at last I am part of the machinery. (The belldog) Where are you? And the light disappears As the world makes its circle through the sky. Lyrics are from the awesome book "More Dark than Shark", which comprises the (nearly) compleat Eno lyrics, paintings by Robert Mills, and commentary by both of the above and Rick Poynor. There are four pages devoted to The Belldog. It's one of the best commentaries in the book. The book is available at Wordsworth ($25) as well as your favorite pompous poseur import overpriced record store ($35 at Newbury Goldmine (sarcasm flag)). It is an imported paperback book, 144 pp full color (ISBN 0-571-13883-7, faber & faber Ltd, 3 Queen Square, London WC1N 3AU. #16.50 list net price). I love everything about it, except that it is lacking the lyrics to "Here Come the Warm Jets". If anybody knows any of the words to that, please send them along. (There's an interesting story about how Eno purposely buried the words in the mix, and burned the notebook pages that had them, so as not to be able to tell what they were. It is widely believed that "warm jets" refers to urination. ps. I am not a Kate Bush fan, therefore, I do not deserve the "love hound" handle, but I read this list since it has so much a higher content rating and so much lower a reposting/analysis/pissing rating than net.more_flames_about_ART_and_noise (alias net.music). pps. The book also has the lyrics to the infamous Tzima Narki. I won't post them here since ASCII doesn't support backward character set (they're printed that way in the book!). "You gave me precious information on that imaginary morning" (so I lied)..............................bc