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" j u s t w a n t e d t o b e m y s e l f "
Swallowed Singles
You can download the UK Swallowedsingle as well as In a Lonely Place (produced by Tricky) & Broken TV (UK Mix) at the WILMA April Spotlight featuring Bush.
swallowed single (1):
tracks:
swallowed radio edit
broken tv (this is a different version than the wmb one i think)
communicator
appearance:
in a thin case, cover has pics of bush letter signs in front of a brick wall(which in turn has a tree behind it). the pics are side by side on the cover...identical, except in the one on the right the signs are normal and there is a white rectangle, empty... and the one on the left has the signs burning, and the white rectangle has "swallowed" written in it. this cost $11.99 the cd is mirror-silver with black writing of the bush logo and track listing.
swallowed single (other version)
tracks:
swallowed radio edit
broken tv (same as above?)
communicator
glycerine (live, at pinkpop)
appearance: It's in a cardboard case, I think, instead of a thin plastic one. Possibly looks like the first swallowed single, but i'm not sure.
swallowed cd 2 "contains exclusive tracks"
tracks:
swallowed (normal version)
swallowed goldie remix "toasted on both sides please"
insect kin live (from snl)
cold contagious demo version "16 oz"
appearance:
in a thin plastic case. bush (new) logo in white. same pics as swallowed 1 single, but it is enlarged so that you cannot see the tree or sky, you can see more of the ground, and the first pic sort of matches up with the second pic... hard to explain. in the top left-hand corner, it says in white "cd 2 contains exclusive tracks." this cost $11.99. the cd is a light black with a gray bush logo.
ok, now to comment on the cd 2. we all know about swallowed, yeah... so, on to the goldie remix. i'm not big on remixes, but as far as this one goes, it's pretty good. personally, not liking swallowed the normal song agreat bunch, i think i like this just as well as the normal version. few of the lyrics are there, but the sound is neato :) . imho, it is much better than the broken tv remix ("bud") and in a lonely place, which i think is also a remix? and if you haven't seen snl's version of insect kin, eh, this is ok. i can't hear gavin's voice as much as i'd like to, in some parts it seems a tiny bit drowned out by the instrumental music. btw all of his voice that we do get isn't spectacular... still, i love bush live recordings, so i'm glad to add insect kin to my collection. the cold contagious demo is good, sounds not too different from the one on rbsc. but some of the lyrics are different, and that's interesting to me. some changes are obvious, but in others i will have a good time trying to figure out what he says.
Swallowed reviews by R*A*C*H; thanks alot.
For reviews of 'Deconstructed' see the Canadian news page.
" I f e l t y o u l i k e e l e c t r i c l i g h t "
Bush Video Archivedownload bits of the videos here.
Read Gavin's comments on the videos (up to Bonedriven),here
Everything Zen (94) Matt Mahurin (same guy who directed opening of tv show "Millenium")
Comedown (95) Jake Scott (infl. by Francis Bacon, ie. boxy rooms/"fish-eye" viewpoint/wrestling men/distorted figures)
Glycerine (95) Kevin Kerslake (the woman in the video is not Jasmine Lewis)
Little Things (96)Matt Mahurin (shot at an estate in the US; the old mic is actually a tea strainer)
Machinehead (96) Shawn Mortensen (filmed around NW London; again, the cyclist is not Gavin's ex-girlfiend Jasmine).
Swallowed (96) Jamie Morgan (Robin & Dave pull a switcheroo & Winston makes a guest appearance on the sofa)
Greedy Fly (97) Marcus Nispel (plays with imagery from The Shining, Silence of the Lambs, Kafka and Mapplethorpe). The INRI mark on Gavin's chest stands for "Jesus of Nazareth, King of Jeruselum". Click to go to WILMA, which features a downloadable clip.
Cold Contagious (97)Mark LeBon (the 16 Stone cd cover photographer). Some of the Madison Square Garden scenes were actually filmed at Meadowlands, New Jersey.
Personal Holloway (97)John Hillcoat. Filmed in Dublin early in '97 (before CC). Suburban angst concisely captured;(final frames read 'decontrolled clone').
Bonedriven(97). John Hillcoat. First aired August 11 on MTV UK; shown on MM Canada week of Sept 8; other than that, received little airplay.
Mouth(97) John Hillcoat. Filmed outside LA, weekend of Sept 20th. with American Werewolf In Paris star Julie Delpy. Premiered on MM Oct 16th.
"s o l o m o n w a i t s b y t h e w a l l s p i t t i n g f r o m h i s e y e s"
Gavin, on what he gets personally out of songwriting:" I feel justified, in my kind of Calvinist sense. You know, I feel that I've achieved something. I feel like I do stuff. I mean, that's how I've always described myself, as being a songwriter. And when I write a song, I'm really happy 'cause I feel like I've got loads of credit and I can take a mental holiday."
Access Magazine, Dec.'96/Issue 21.
Bushnet, the official site, has all the lyrics, including b-sides/cover songs, conveniently laid out, and is the original site many other pages borrow from.
Bushnet Lyrics
" s c r a t c h a w a y "
Knowing this stuff isn't necessary to your enjoyment of Bush & is really just here for the curious & the bored. (NB: I've noticed this list cropping up elsewhere online with no credit to this site, which is where it originated...tsk, tsk...please link back here if you're going to use any of these definitions. Apart from any thing else, it's boring to see the same list on site after site.)
Bush:"In England there are lots of meanings for Bush. You smoke bush, both men & women have bushes-which is a very important point, it's not some kind of sexist thing. And we live near Shepherd's Bush. Also I just like the 'shhh' at the end of the word" (Gavin).
glycerine: In the July 96 issue of DETAILS, Gavin is quoted: "It's nitroglycerine, as opposed to hand soap. I am fascinated by an inanimate object that can cause so much destruction. It can sit there like a fat wad, and then it blows up..." Nitro-glycerine is, as seen on the cover of the Glycerine single btw, a yellowish oily highly explosive liquid made by adding glycerine to nitric & sulphuric acids. The inspiration for this charged (haha) metaphor was Suze Demarchi, not Jasmine Lewis as commonly assumed.
Holloway: name of a prison for women in England.
Kilburn: predominantly black/Irish area of north-west London where Gavin grew up.
minnie mouse line: "mm has grown up a cow/dave's on sale again": reference to David Bowie's Life on Mars ("Mickey Mouse has grown up a cow/Lennon's on sale again").
paracetamol: what the British call ASA (Tylenol).
peccadilloes: small sins.
Razorblade Suitcase:On Howard Stern/Nov/96, Gavin explained the title:"it's like people making their minds up about you...like people coming to you with an agenda...sort of emotional baggage..."
Red Stripe: Jamaican brand of beer, quite popular in England.
Rupert & Julie: two friends of Gavin's who were amongst many drowned August 22/89 when the boat they were on was hit by a dredger on the river Thames.
semtex: ingredient commonly used in IRA explosives.
Sixteen Stone:"the combined weight of our recording engineer & a bacon sandwich"(Gavin/Spin radio interview '96).Alternately, the hefty weight of a prostitute who advertised herself as "slim", hired by a friend of Gavin's years ago. And, if you want to get really obscure, a line from Chaucer's Canterbury Tales:"The miller was a chap of sixteen stone" ...but that has nothing to do with anything...neither does the fact that The Clash's circa '80 tour was dubbed "16 Ton" (then again...).
Strawberry Fields:name of a youth home in Liverpool used by John Lennon in a song from The Beatles' 1967 Magical Mystery Tour album, "Strawberry Fields Forever". Also the name of two small parks commemorating Lennon; one created in 1980 shortly after his murder, near The Dakota apt bldg in NYC, the other by Abbey Road in London. Gavin reportedly keeps photos of Lennon in his home and used to live a couple of doors down the street from Lennon's old flat in Earl's Court, London.
tantric: from the word 'tantra'- Hindu or Buddhist mystical writings.
vicadin: prescription pain medication with possible side effects such as delusions of grandeur, insomnia, hyperactivity & feelings of invicibilty.
willy: childish British word for penis.
zen:form of Buddism emphasizing value of meditation & intuition.
" g o t a m a c h i n e h e a d b e t t e r t h a n t h e r e s t "
Guitar World Onlinefeatures an interview with Nigel, misquotes & all, but has some Bush sheet music.
Modern Drummerhas an in-depth interview with Robin, or check out Zildjian's web site for his cymbal set-up.
Gavin Rossdale:
Guitars: Fender Stratocasters and Jazzmasters.
Amps: Three Mesa/Boogie Trem-O-Verbs, two 4x12 Mesa/Boogie cabinets.
Effects:two Bixsonic Expandoras, Mu-Ton pitch shifter.
Strings: Ernie Ball, .010 to .046.
Vocal Mic: Shure Beta 58.
Nigel Pulsford:
Guitars: Four Fender Stratocasters (one '63 and three '89s).
1958 Gibson Les Paul Junior.
Amps: Fender Princeton, Mesa/Boogie Heartbreaker, Trem-O-Verb and Blue Angel
through Mesa/Boogie 2-90 power amp into three Mesa-Boogie 4x12 cabinets.
Effects: Fulltone 69 and DejaVibe, Boss Delay, pitch shifter, and
Turbo Overdrive, Prescription Electronics Yardbox and Experience,
Bixsonic Expandora, TC Electric M2000, CAE Super Tremolo, Mu-Tron
flanger and octave pedals, Morley wah/volume pedal.
Switching System: Custom Audio Electronics RSB.
Strings: Ernie Ball, .010 to .046.
Dave Parsons:
Bass: Fender Precision.
Amplification: Two 70's Ampeg SVTs into two SVT cabinets.
Strings: Ernie Ball.
Robin Goodridge:
Drums: DW.
Cymbals: Zildjian.
Heads: Remo.
Sticks: Vic Firth.
Stage Mics: Shure 451s for amps; Shure SM57s and AKG C414s for drums;
Cambridge Audio for cabinets.
© 1998 England's Dreaming Productions. All Rights Reserved. Not affiliated in any way with MCA, Interscope or Trauma Records.
All lyrics quoted by Gavin Rossdale/Mad Dog Winston Music Ltd.
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