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South — Colours In Waves
Album: With The Tides
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Released: 2002
Length: 3:55
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Each and every day
Colours in waves
Love and nights cause sparks
Tearing us apart

Street lights fading
Cuts my heart
Knowing that the time is past
Comes in waves that don't belong
To me they're silent

Fall back on what you've done
I'll be the only one
These colours before my eyes
I'll be forever colourblind

Each and every day
Colours in waves
Love and nights cause sparks
Tearing us apart

Street lights fading
Cuts my heart
Knowing that the time is past
Comes in waves that don't belong
To me they're silent

Fall back on what you've done
I'll be the only one
These colours before my eyes
I'll be forever colourblind

These colours in waves
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..I keep hearing 'Bullet the blue sky' when the guitar gets off   smackiepipe wrote:
I don't understand why everyone feels they need to copy Bono's singing style. An otherwise OK song but too much U2 influence - to the point of parody.
 


Posted 13 years ago by 1wolfy    [ Reply ]
Sputtering?  Not sure if it will kick out of neutral?  

 wenatchee wrote:
Sounded like a Porcupine Tree ignition . . .
 


Posted 13 years ago by alux    [ Reply ]
Well they make noise....a 3
Posted 13 years ago by Huey    [ Reply ]
Sounded like a Porcupine Tree ignition . . .
Posted 14 years ago by wenatchee    [ Reply ]
 iscoot4peace wrote:
So glad to see this fine band getting featured on RP!  Another solid group that deserves to be far better known than they are.
 

yep. been playing them on RP since 2003.
Posted 14 years ago by lily34    [ Reply ]
So glad to see this fine band getting featured on RP!  Another solid group that deserves to be far better known than they are.
Posted 14 years ago by iscoot4peace    [ Reply ]
Heard it directly after U2 (Fezz etc) and hoped this song was still U2 : it's so much better then most of the U2 "no line on the horizon stuff".

perhaps better to not mention U2 in a South -comment, South do perfectly well as they are

Posted 14 years ago by walter_sintenie    [ Reply ]
I'd have to travel East to see South. Unless they travel West on tour. {#Ask}

Posted 14 years ago by peter_james_bond    [ Reply ]
 smackiepipe wrote:
I don't understand why everyone feels they need to copy Bono's singing style. An otherwise OK song but too much U2 influence - to the point of parody.
 
I guess for the same reason so many singers felt like they had to copy Robert Plant's screaming singing style. My husband tells me that I wouldn't dislike Plant's style so much if it weren't for all the cheesy screaming singers that followed in his footsteps.

Posted 15 years ago by handyrae    [ Reply ]
Great set on a Friday, Bill!!!!!

Posted 15 years ago by lalalisa25    [ Reply ]
smackiepipe wrote:
I don't understand why everyone feels they need to copy Bono's singing style. An otherwise OK song but too much U2 influence - to the point of parody.
Ya think??
Posted 15 years ago by schmoooz    [ Reply ]
Reminds me of a possible rendition of a quote in a movie: "You wanna know how I know you're gay?" What? "You like South"
Posted 16 years ago by sigmonsays    [ Reply ]
I like this one...
Posted 16 years ago by CoYoT51    [ Reply ]
I like the use of a flanger in this.
Posted 16 years ago by Pyro    [ Reply ]
Nice drum sounds.
Posted 16 years ago by DoctorHooey    [ Reply ]
The Cure called, they want their riff back. (I keed, I keed, ees good!) 8.
Posted 16 years ago by trekhead    [ Reply ]
Colours In Waves With The Tides
Posted 16 years ago by Mari    [ Reply ]
Colours In Waves With The Tides
Posted 16 years ago by Mari    [ Reply ]
Businessgypsy wrote:
Wow - this band sounds just like South!
My gorge shall rise again. I tend to agree with the U2 soundalike comments. I liked that sound the first 4 or 5 times I heard it but it really got old a long time ago .
Posted 16 years ago by bokey    [ Reply ]
smackiepipe wrote:
I don't understand why everyone feels they need to copy Bono's singing style. An otherwise OK song but too much U2 influence - to the point of parody.
I'm hearing more than a touch of the Edge here.
Posted 17 years ago by brighthue    [ Reply ]
I guess I'm just going to have to hear this song a few more times. I basically slagged it 10 months ago, but this time I 'liked' it a little better and am bumping it up to a 5.
Posted 17 years ago by smackiepipe    [ Reply ]
Are these folks related to MEW? Sounds very MEW-like.
Posted 17 years ago by scruzer    [ Reply ]
GOOD STUFF
Posted 17 years ago by sixxstrings    [ Reply ]
Havent heard this one in a while...great song...RP at its best !
Posted 17 years ago by rubenbeagle    [ Reply ]
just bumped my rating up a notch. Thanks RP for playing good stuff.
Posted 17 years ago by pedro    [ Reply ]
Great, great song, Bill Saw them in Boston a couple of times in at TT the Bear's in Cambridge, MA. With the Tides is definitely worth the purchase
Posted 17 years ago by jfrankparnell    [ Reply ]
Posted 17 years ago by Mari    [ Reply ]
It's because of his shades - he's very kool...
Posted 17 years ago by maninblack    [ Reply ]
I don't understand why everyone feels they need to copy Bono's singing style. An otherwise OK song but too much U2 influence - to the point of parody.
Posted 18 years ago by smackiepipe    [ Reply ]
Sounds like Oasis and a bunch of other forgettable bands...
Posted 18 years ago by ArmchairMusician    [ Reply ]
Rtschnell wrote:
Love this tune! But I agree with Marcel. Bill, are there any other 'South' songs that approach the gorgeous melody of this one, or am I just not noticing when they're on?
Bought this CD used last year. There's one other song that gets played here (I think) that has a melody even better than this one. Can't think of the name of it right now. But overall, not a bad CD (especially since I only paid 3 bucks for it).
Posted 18 years ago by Darlington    [ Reply ]
Did Bono start a project band? Not really inspiring or different.
Posted 18 years ago by Jerry_Scott    [ Reply ]
A little bombastic in moderation pretty good (ie when I'm in the mood) Executed well...
Posted 18 years ago by coding_to_music    [ Reply ]
'nuff said...
Posted 18 years ago by mach-hog    [ Reply ]
Coldplay ... AGAIN????????
Posted 18 years ago by pvcnote    [ Reply ]
Businessgypsy wrote:
Wow - this band sounds just like South!
I'm afraid I don't know them. Who do they sound like? ;-) Do you give directions to your hometown by telling people to go to your hometown? We all need mile markers and directions. Comparing one new band to four old ones is the best way to do this. That said, if Tux is auto-muting this, it must sound like Radiohead. :-D Likeable tune.
Posted 18 years ago by Roverfish    [ Reply ]
srbarry wrote:
So derivitive that they must be mathematicians.
While I don't really agree/mind, that's freakin' hilarous.
Posted 18 years ago by ploafmaster    [ Reply ]
Trustocity wrote:
Yeah! More bands that sound EXACTLY like U2! It's the death of self-indulgence. The throngs of anti-Radiohead listeners rejoice.
Your kidding me, right?
Posted 18 years ago by b_boyg    [ Reply ]
So derivitive that they must be mathematicians.
Posted 18 years ago by srbarry    [ Reply ]
Sounds good to me!
Posted 19 years ago by radiojunkie    [ Reply ]
drH wrote:
oh, please. There's no Radiohead in this! It's far less self-indulgent.
Yeah! More bands that sound EXACTLY like U2! It's the death of self-indulgence. The throngs of anti-Radiohead listeners rejoice.
Posted 19 years ago by Trustocity    [ Reply ]
Love this tune! But I agree with Marcel. Bill, are there any other 'South' songs that approach the gorgeous melody of this one, or am I just not noticing when they're on?
Posted 19 years ago by Rtschnell    [ Reply ]
A bit of The Cure, Porcupine Tree, AND Ozric Tentacles in this...yet, it sounds original. I like it. A 7....
Posted 19 years ago by Pyro    [ Reply ]
In addition to the other bands mentioned earlier, I hear a trace of At the Drive-In too(some of the driving guitar part), albeit a much gentler take.
Posted 19 years ago by redeyespy    [ Reply ]
I like this.... Funny that there's about 6 songs of South on RP... Still this is the only one that I've heard so far.... One of these little conspiracies...
Posted 19 years ago by marcel    [ Reply ]
drH wrote:
oh, please. There's no Radiohead in this! It's far less self-indulgent.
Yes, there is. Far too much of it. auto-muted from now on.
Posted 19 years ago by Tux    [ Reply ]
cool beginning to the song.. full of sound presence and force.. the rest is ok......
Posted 19 years ago by TreborG2    [ Reply ]
runchadrun wrote:
When this song started I thought I was about to hear a new mix of The Cure's Fascination Street...
Yes! So did I!
Posted 19 years ago by mig7    [ Reply ]
When this song started I thought I was about to hear a new mix of The Cure's Fascination Street...
Posted 19 years ago by runchadrun    [ Reply ]
RichardPrins wrote:
I can see similarity to Sparkle in the Rain... with the 'collapsing drums' and these ding-dong-ding guitar/synth(?) sounds...
Yeah, that drum pattern (& sound) is mucho-like "up on the catwalk"... which i really dug back in the day... But I was more of a Missing Persons fan. Cucurullo, Bozzio, and a former Hustler centerfold.... what's not to like?
Posted 19 years ago by mc    [ Reply ]
bc wrote:
Yep. I hear Porcupine Tree and some Radiohead in here (ok, Radiohead is also influential to Porcupine Tree). I'd like to hear more by this group. bc
A little Cure in the guitar too.
Posted 19 years ago by srbarry    [ Reply ]
Wow - this band sounds just like South!
Posted 20 years ago by Businessgypsy    [ Reply ]
bc wrote:
Yep. I hear Porcupine Tree and some Radiohead in here (ok, Radiohead is also influential to Porcupine Tree). I'd like to hear more by this group. bc
oh, please. There's no Radiohead in this! It's far less self-indulgent.
Posted 20 years ago by drH    [ Reply ]
bc wrote:
Yep. I hear Porcupine Tree and some Radiohead in here (ok, Radiohead is also influential to Porcupine Tree). I'd like to hear more by this group. bc
cOULD BE SOMEWHAT TRUE, rADIOHEAD INFLUENCING pt, YET PT's first album was in the early 90's along with Radiohead, perhaps before Radiohead, and PT has always sounded like PT.Even with their more recent harder edged stuff (which sounds nothing like Radiohead) I personally think PT is better than Radiohead, now onto South. I don't hear too much Radiohead or PT in it, great album though. "Loosen the Hold" and "Motiveless Crimes" are also great.
Posted 20 years ago by serene23    [ Reply ]
Yep. I hear Porcupine Tree and some Radiohead in here (ok, Radiohead is also influential to Porcupine Tree). I'd like to hear more by this group. bc
Posted 20 years ago by bc    [ Reply ]
Very nice!
Posted 20 years ago by soulspin    [ Reply ]
MTL_Robbie wrote:
Huh !? I sure don't see the connection.
I can see similarity to Sparkle in the Rain... with the 'collapsing drums' and these ding-dong-ding guitar/synth(?) sounds... Reminds me of Porcupine too... Nice noise!
Posted 20 years ago by R_P    [ Reply ]
i think we definitely need to hear more tracks from this band. damn fine stuff!
Posted 20 years ago by Platypus    [ Reply ]
Excellent
Posted 20 years ago by drH    [ Reply ]
camarkim wrote:
These guys sure studied their Simple Minds while growing up...
Huh !? I sure don't see the connection. Maybe you could point a few things to me. I'm curious. It's amazing how perception is a personal thing. Makes for a diverse and interesting world.
Posted 20 years ago by MTL_Robbie    [ Reply ]
What next? "Focus" by Hocus Pocus? Or was it "Hocus Pocus" by Focus? Made about as much sense either way.
Posted 20 years ago by catsoup    [ Reply ]
Nice! Reminds me of Porcupine Tree (which is a good thing).
Posted 20 years ago by DRS    [ Reply ]
These guys sure studied their Simple Minds while growing up...
Posted 20 years ago by camarkim    [ Reply ]
wahoo!! i sent this new South cd in to bill and rebecca. happy to see one new song made the cut so far!
Posted 20 years ago by lily34    [ Reply ]
Some of the boards have been talking about this group. Thanks for playing; I was curious about them. Nice guitar work. Play more of South.
Posted 20 years ago by Redbud    [ Reply ]