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The Psychedelic Furs — Heaven
Album: All Of This And Nothing
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Released: 1988
Length: 3:17
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heaven
is the whole of the heart
and heaven don't tear you apart
yeah heaven
is the whole of the heart
and heaven don't tear you apart
there's too many kings
wanna hold you down
and a world at the window
gone underground
there's a hole in the sky
where the sun don't shine
and a clock on the wall
and it counts my time
and heaven
is the whole of the heart
and heaven don't tear you apart
yeah heaven is the whole of the heart
and heaven don't tear you apart
there's a song on the air
with a love-you line
and a face in a glass
and it looks like mine
and i'm standing on ice when i say
that i don't hear planes
and i scream at the fools
wanna jump my train
and heaven is the whole of the heart
and heaven don't tear you apart
yeah heaven is the whole of the heart
and heaven don't tear you apart
yeah heaven
ah heaven
yeah heaven
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Can never get enough of this song.  I love just pounding the hell out of my drums to this song.  
The Furs will definitely be on my deserted island list of bands
Posted 5 months ago by drwhy    [ Reply ]
 Edm23Rocha wrote:

This song is great. But Heartbreak Beat from the same album is propably their best song! Just wonderful.


You know I love that song to. However did u know that the Furs hated this song and didn’t like that the song and album were too commercial.  Regardless I love it 
Posted 6 months ago by drwhy    [ Reply ]
 1wolfy wrote:

always enjoy the drumming from The Furs Vince Ely



Posted 6 months ago by drwhy    [ Reply ]
I never tire of this song.  Love the Furs!  Saw them back in the day and they were great.  Keep it coming Bill.  More FURS
Posted 6 months ago by drwhy    [ Reply ]
I can't explain it well, but the single note chord progression- I think it 's piano and guitar-  just set up such a wonderful rhythm and melody.  Iconic. 
Posted 9 months ago by stevesaw    [ Reply ]
My appreciation for this band continues to grow. 
Posted 9 months ago by Grammarcop    [ Reply ]
Fantastic!!
Posted 1 year ago by GingerandMe    [ Reply ]
SUPERB!! ICONIC!!  Even better NOW in FLAC w/ great studio phones, amp & DAC! Thanks RP!   
Posted 2 years ago by joejennings    [ Reply ]
Saw Amusement Parks on Fire open for the Happy Mondays who opened for the Furs at Dallas House of Blues ages ago. My pals and I were there for the Mondays. The Furs sounded so album perfect I suspected they had audio enhancements of some kind going on. It was a great show. 
Posted 2 years ago by chinaski    [ Reply ]
 TJS wrote:


Wow, that's a really hateful thing to say.  Wait?  Do you hear that?  I think your BFFs at Westboro Baptist are calling you back home!


spigolli should change his handle to pigolli.....just another dumb ass backwards loser
Posted 2 years ago by Yiungdrac    [ Reply ]
GREAT TUNE!!
Posted 2 years ago by joejennings    [ Reply ]
When I think “great 80s music”, this is what comes to mind.
Posted 3 years ago by Stratocaster    [ Reply ]
my sweet 80's!!!!! 
Posted 3 years ago by mathieu.alexandre83    [ Reply ]
 spigolli wrote:

Reminiscent of the gayties for sure.   So glad the 'gay band' genre has passed.



Self-loathing must be difficult.
Posted 3 years ago by 2and4    [ Reply ]
always enjoy the drumming from The Furs Vince Ely
Posted 3 years ago by 1wolfy    [ Reply ]
In 1984 I didn't realize how much I'd like this song 37 years in the future. Christ Jesus, that long ago?
Posted 3 years ago by dwlangham    [ Reply ]
Love me some Furs......
Posted 4 years ago by photolew    [ Reply ]
Had tix to see them this summer before the pandemic.  Guess they will have to remain on my bucket list.....
Posted 4 years ago by djanecek    [ Reply ]
This song is great. But Heartbreak Beat from the same album is propably their best song! Just wonderful.
Posted 4 years ago by Edm23Rocha    [ Reply ]
Such romantics....Into You Like A Train. So many great tunes and the Butler Bros are still rocking. FAB.
Posted 4 years ago by xcranky_yankee    [ Reply ]
I used to smoke lots of terra Coto those days😁
Posted 4 years ago by Pilsenaaa    [ Reply ]
Great song - bested only by "Love My Way".  "Pretty in Pink" pretty good also.
Posted 4 years ago by tomperth1    [ Reply ]
8 ---> 9
Posted 5 years ago by The_Enemy    [ Reply ]
Argh. Now in Friday afternoon waiting zone (before 5pm) in the cube agonizing over whether it'd be Heaven or The Ghost In You on my Top 10 desert island playlist. 
Posted 5 years ago by Grayson    [ Reply ]
 dlm1 wrote:
Dancing to this song with my DIY women flesh costume in my ugly insect infected basement. 

8/10
 
Great reference, but wrong song.  That was "Goodbye Horses" by Q. Lazzarus.
Posted 5 years ago by Droidac    [ Reply ]
 thewiseking wrote:
Pure, perfect pop. A thing of beauty.

and a helluva album cover. 
 
Great description.  Pure, perfect pop.  
Posted 5 years ago by AbileneTexas    [ Reply ]
a close second the 'The Ghost in you' which is my absolute favourite
Posted 5 years ago by gbt    [ Reply ]
"Shoe-gazer…". That's a new one for me....
Posted 5 years ago by alain.brault    [ Reply ]
Every time I hear this, I like it a little bit more.
Posted 5 years ago by nomnol    [ Reply ]
 Coffeetraveler wrote:
Saw them live at an outdoor show in the early 80s.  I was never a big fan of the shoegazer genre btu there Ar esome songs and bands who did work I enjoyed then and still like to hear now (The Smiths, Flock of Seagulls, Modern English, etc.).  The psy Furs put on an amazing show. They had a woman who played electric cello - very goth like and a fantastic musician. I was saddened to hear that she died in an auto accident many years ago. There are some songs that evoke a time and place which will never be replicated is one of those songs.
 
None of the bands you mentioned are "shoe-gazer" bands.   They all preceded that silly phrase by quite some time and their music was very different.  Anyhow, great tune, good times.
Posted 7 years ago by Proclivities    [ Reply ]
"The Furs" being so many fond memories from teh 80's
Posted 7 years ago by photolew    [ Reply ]
Timeless.
Posted 7 years ago by dragon1952    [ Reply ]
 Stratocaster wrote:
Gave it a 7 because it rhymes with "heaven". Like able enough, and evocative of a certain era.
 
Ditto. But I offer an 8. Doesn't rhyme with a relevant word. I just like the drums and the guitar and the vocals. 
Posted 8 years ago by kingart    [ Reply ]
 thewiseking wrote:
Pure, perfect pop. A thing of beauty.

and a helluva album cover. 

 
yes!  cool
Posted 8 years ago by hayduke2    [ Reply ]
Saw them live at an outdoor show in the early 80s.  I was never a big fan of the shoegazer genre btu there Ar esome songs and bands who did work I enjoyed then and still like to hear now (The Smiths, Flock of Seagulls, Modern English, etc.).  The psy Furs put on an amazing show. They had a woman who played electric cello - very goth like and a fantastic musician. I was saddened to hear that she died in an auto accident many years ago. There are some songs that evoke a time and place which will never be replicated is one of those songs.
Posted 9 years ago by Coffeetraveler    [ Reply ]
Pure, perfect pop. A thing of beauty.

and a helluva album cover. 
Posted 9 years ago by thewiseking    [ Reply ]
Another great Lost Boys band...
 
Posted 9 years ago by hempmandan    [ Reply ]
 Krakus wrote:
Welcome relief after Lenny Cohen's nose.

 
lol

All of Cohen's stuff gets a "1" from me. {#Razz}
Posted 9 years ago by LowPhreak    [ Reply ]
B and R have superb tastes in music !!!!!
 BuffaloGrunt wrote:
Yes, Yes .... You rock!
{#Bananapiano}

 


Posted 10 years ago by msymmes    [ Reply ]
Welcome relief after Lenny Cohen's nose.
Posted 10 years ago by Krakus    [ Reply ]
Yes, Yes .... You rock!
{#Bananapiano}
Posted 10 years ago by BuffaloGrunt    [ Reply ]
 Peter_Bradshaw wrote:
{#Heartkiss}  ..... luv it - "Outstanding" for me
 
Yeah me too, it captures an era and makes me smile. Can't quite put my finger on why I love it, but I do{#Bananajam}
Posted 10 years ago by glowworm    [ Reply ]
My next project is to get me the entire catalog of this mostest incrediblist band....
Posted 10 years ago by rdo    [ Reply ]
{#Heartkiss}  ..... luv it - "Outstanding" for me
Posted 10 years ago by Peter_Bradshaw    [ Reply ]
Gave it a 7 because it rhymes with "heaven". Like able enough, and evocative of a certain era.
Posted 11 years ago by Stratocaster    [ Reply ]
my old roommate in Carrol Gardens played the Furs alot, but thankfully he allowed me to crank up Bauhaus
oy, the 80's 
Posted 11 years ago by hayduke2    [ Reply ]

Everybody in my church loves this song, and the great album it's from...
 
Posted 11 years ago by Lazarus    [ Reply ]
Great make-out song.
Posted 11 years ago by rdo    [ Reply ]
Never have enough Furs on RP...haters gonna hate no matter what, apparently
Posted 12 years ago by stf9    [ Reply ]
 spigolli wrote:
 TJS wrote:


Wow, that's a really hateful thing to say.  Wait?  Do you hear that?  I think your BFFs at Westboro Baptist are calling you back home!


 Your outrage is misplaced - I just dislike the genre.   Except for musical production I couldn't care less how they use their orifices.  For all I know these guys follow the common convention, and if not I feel no need to intervene.
 
Clueless.
Posted 12 years ago by rado    [ Reply ]
 spigolli wrote:
Reminiscent of the gayties for sure.   So glad the 'gay band' genre has passed.
 
It has? Riiiiiight.
Posted 12 years ago by K_Love    [ Reply ]
 TJS wrote:


Wow, that's a really hateful thing to say.  Wait?  Do you hear that?  I think your BFFs at Westboro Baptist are calling you back home!


 Your outrage is misplaced - I just dislike the genre.   Except for musical production I couldn't care less how they use their orifices.  For all I know these guys follow the common convention, and if not I feel no need to intervene.
Posted 12 years ago by spigolli    [ Reply ]
 spigolli wrote:
Reminiscent of the gayties for sure.   So glad the 'gay band' genre has passed.
 

Wow, that's a really hateful thing to say.  Wait?  Do you hear that?  I think your BFFs at Westboro Baptist are calling you back home!
Posted 12 years ago by TJS    [ Reply ]
Reminiscent of the gayties for sure.   So glad the 'gay band' genre has passed.
Posted 12 years ago by spigolli    [ Reply ]
 MaryAndrea wrote:
An absolute Masterpiece   {#Bananajumprope}
 
Absolutely! Brings me out in goosebumps.
Posted 12 years ago by satkinson    [ Reply ]
Whenever I see that cover photo the way that shadows fall, it's looks like the guitarist is in a superhero costume.
Posted 12 years ago by SinisterDexter    [ Reply ]
An absolute Masterpiece   {#Bananajumprope}
Posted 12 years ago by MaryAndrea    [ Reply ]
 Stingray wrote:
These are just pseudo-melodies!
Not the real stuff!

No wonder, they didn't make it!
 
I think what they made they made just fine....OH! Why oh why do I feed the troll?
Posted 12 years ago by oldsaxon    [ Reply ]
 derekd wrote:
Whoah...Just tepped into the Way Back Machine.
 
It's not that far "way back", or at least I don't want to believe it is.
Posted 12 years ago by Proclivities    [ Reply ]
 sziggle wrote:
POS
 
POS as in NEG?
Posted 12 years ago by TerryS    [ Reply ]
Very good!! 
Posted 12 years ago by yayo    [ Reply ]
i met my beautiful wife at a furs/the call concert. good memories indeed...
Posted 12 years ago by marcc    [ Reply ]

Back in the 80s your band had to play at least one Furs tune or you just weren't cool - reflected coolness.


Posted 12 years ago by paranoidfloyd    [ Reply ]
These are just pseudo-melodies!
Not the real stuff!

No wonder, they didn't make it!
Posted 12 years ago by Stingray    [ Reply ]
Classic 80s motifs. Sooooooo tuneful. 
Posted 13 years ago by kingart    [ Reply ]
Saw them back in their day and during the encore, Mr. Butler tried out some new songs, had to read the lyrics from a sheet. But that's not the story. A couple people jumped up on stage to dance with the band and as the bouncer was about to throw them off, Mr. Butler waived him off and let them stay. So others got bold and jumped and he kept the bouncer at bay. Before he was a 1/3 of the way through the song, 50+ people were onstage happily dancing away shoulder to shoulder - stage got maxed out and a bunch of girls were hanging on Butler so much he had a hard time reading his unmemorized lyrics. Quite the cool spectacle. He stoked out a lot of people that night. No one got hurt and nothing got damaged.
Posted 13 years ago by SmackDaddy    [ Reply ]
Whoah...Just tepped into the Way Back Machine.
Posted 13 years ago by derekd    [ Reply ]
I miss them.
Posted 13 years ago by mem_313    [ Reply ]
Ahhh, one of the great concerts at the "First Avenue" club in Minneapolis.
Posted 13 years ago by stevano    [ Reply ]
Definitely that 80's sound ....
Posted 14 years ago by martinc    [ Reply ]
me too.  when my son was a little guy, we'd sing 'Kevin' out the window to the neighbor kid... stephw wrote:

Love, love, love this song! Brings back great memories {#Bounce}
 


Posted 14 years ago by 1wolfy    [ Reply ]
 Stu_Pidasso wrote:
Hung out with these guys by the hotel pool in Madrid Spain when I was in high school....really cool bunch of guys...easy to talk to real laid back
 
Chaise lounges no doubt.

Posted 14 years ago by PFM    [ Reply ]
Don't know why but that soulful guitar solo just gives me a good feeling. 
Posted 14 years ago by Mike6334    [ Reply ]
Sweet
Posted 14 years ago by stevematic    [ Reply ]
 bachbeet wrote:
Always liked this song.  I also like that they don't hide their accent in their pronunciation.
 
Yes, absolutely classic song, but pronunciation sounds like, "Heaven... is the Home of Omar..." (whomever that is!)  LOL  {#Roflol}

Posted 14 years ago by RobMartin    [ Reply ]

Love, love, love this song! Brings back great memories {#Bounce}
Posted 14 years ago by stephw    [ Reply ]
Hung out with these guys by the hotel pool in Madrid Spain when I was in high school....really cool bunch of guys...easy to talk to real laid back
Posted 14 years ago by Stu_Pidasso    [ Reply ]
The Furs ...

dig it..  dig it..  dig it..dig it..
Posted 14 years ago by pope183    [ Reply ]
top shelf. call brand. premium.
Posted 14 years ago by colt4x5    [ Reply ]
POS
Posted 14 years ago by sziggle    [ Reply ]
Always liked this song.  I also like that they don't hide their accent in their pronunciation.
Posted 15 years ago by bachbeet    [ Reply ]
memories of my middle school dance. Awkward boys trying to dance with shy girls. {#Heartkiss}
Posted 15 years ago by shawshank    [ Reply ]
All Furs music is great - but the recordings would seriously benefit from a long overdue remastering!
Posted 15 years ago by firefly6    [ Reply ]
Love Richard Butler's scratchy voice... always have.
Posted 15 years ago by newwavegurly    [ Reply ]
This is one of my favorites from them; sweet melody, great guitar sound, and Richard Butler's vocals are outstanding.  Well...I think so anyhow.

Posted 15 years ago by Proclivities    [ Reply ]
 rickhoran wrote:
 Kittee wrote:
Did not like this one at all.  Almost gave me a headache lol.{#Headache}
love the furs. hate this song. there is so much better songs from them to choose from. this one i skipped it when i had the vinyl and i skip it with the cd player and i remove it from winamp.

 

Agreed. This song is very weak. So much better music in their catalog.
Posted 15 years ago by horstman    [ Reply ]
the drums are really annoying. remove them and the song would be better.

Posted 16 years ago by dunno    [ Reply ]
raulman1 wrote:
Yes! I uploaded this song & I still think it's a great song. I saw these guys a few years back with the B-52s and they were great. {#Bounce}

That's funny - I uploaded this one too and it was accepted. (For the band name, your submission has "The" and mine is missing the definite article)

So which of us gets credit?

After reading your list of favorites and highest-rated tracks, I can see you are obviously a man of fine taste and good distinction. Therefore, the credit shall be yours.


Posted 16 years ago by Zep    [ Reply ]
 Kittee wrote:
Did not like this one at all.  Almost gave me a headache lol.{#Headache}
love the furs. hate this song. there is so much better songs from them to choose from. this one i skipped it when i had the vinyl and i skip it with the cd player and i remove it from winamp.

Posted 16 years ago by rickhoran    [ Reply ]
Did not like this one at all.  Almost gave me a headache lol.{#Headache}
Posted 16 years ago by Kittee    [ Reply ]
Yes! I uploaded this song & I still think it's a great song.  I saw these guys a few years back with the B-52s and they were great.  {#Bounce}
Posted 16 years ago by raulman1    [ Reply ]
I've been a long fan of the furs.  I still listen to this song from time to time.

Posted 16 years ago by JustJeff    [ Reply ]
First to comment!   {#Dance}

Sorry, I have no comment.... {#Rolleyes}

Posted 16 years ago by SantaFeGrace    [ Reply ]
raga wrote:
always loved this song! I remember the outsanding video with the band playing under big rain Ropa? Love this one! thank you RP
Posted 16 years ago by a_genuine_find    [ Reply ]
always loved this song! I remember the outsanding video with the band playing under big rain Love this one! thank you RP
Posted 17 years ago by raga    [ Reply ]
Yay! Can't believe I hadn't rated this yet! Dancy 9!
Posted 17 years ago by trekhead    [ Reply ]
MojoJojo wrote:
Furs! There were lips, then there were furs! What could be next?
Not sure, but I'll bet it smells like fish.
Posted 17 years ago by the_om    [ Reply ]
Furs!
Posted 17 years ago by MojoJojo    [ Reply ]