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Editors — The Phone Book
Album: The Weight of Your Love
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Total ratings: 1723









Released: 2013
Length: 4:24
Plays (last 30 days): 1
I'm on watch here
So close your eyes and get some rest
I'm here to watch your heart
It's been faulted from the start
I'm the rips in your chest

I'm not an angel,
I never mean to make you cry
Jumping through my hoops
With dissension in the troops
And a smile inside

What's that over your shoulder?
Fear of getting older
Stay with me.

Sing me a love song
From your heart or from the phone book
It don't matter to me
I'm an apple, you're the tree
I won't fall when you're shook

What's that over your shoulder?
Fear of getting older
Stay with me.

It ends with a kiss
It ends with a tear
It ends with the lights up
Bathing our fear

Tell me nonsense
I don't want to see
I saw the lightning cut through the last winter sky of the year

Stay with me
Keep with me...
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Loved their set at Glastonbury this year (2023). Alas, just on BBC tv, wasn't actually there!
 lily34 wrote:

i'm hearing a calmer more refined cornell, actually. i really, really like this. i'm going to have to pick this up.



i still feel this way 6 yrs later.
 Foggymountain wrote:

Make it stop!



Your wish is being granted.  Telecom companies are phasing out phone books. 

I suspect, however, that this song will still remain on my playlists (and many others') so that wish is unlikely to be granted.  

Have a great day. . . unless you've made other plans.  
So ... like ... they're singing the Phone Book for real?
I love this - and I have heard it here just now taking notice..
 Foggymountain wrote:

Make it stop!




Please!  Totally messing up my buzz.
Make it stop!
hello everyone, radio paradise is very good. I haven't heard it in a while, over 8 years! now it's better than before. big hug from Brazil!

first time i've heard the editors on RP. at last - severely under-rated band. 
For me one of so "romantic" band like divine comedy or future islands
So beautiful song and so beautiful voice
 NickB wrote:

Finding stuff like this is what makes RP so brilliant



That's all there's to it!
Very pretty 
 kazoo wrote:

I like this guy's voice so much, I'd listen to him singing the phone book.

That's the joke!

 On_The_Beach wrote:

From the "We've officially run out of band names" file.




I'm calling my new band "The phone book editors"...
I like this guy's voice so much, I'd listen to him singing the phone book.
September 25th, 2005, my mate Steve and I drove about 1 hour in the rain to see Editors at High Wycombe College (Bucks, UK). There were about 50 people there with the band in the corner. What happened next: https://www.setlist.fm/setlist...

We were fed up that we only heard 2 songs (we had seen Editors supporting others, so knew them) but somehow it was fun to see rock musicians getting bored on a Sunday night in High Wycombe.

The fact they could barely stand, let alone play instruments just added to the rock ‘n roll vibe.

Happy days!

Happy, sane 2021 everyone. 🙏🏼
 Laptopdog wrote:
Reading through the comments, I was surprised to see all of the comparisons of his voice to Nick Cave, Michael Been, Hozier, but when the song first started I thought it was one of Springsteen's mellower tunes.
 

Or even Brendan Perry of Dead Can Dance. But that just be me, wanting more of DCD in my life.

This is a great song for the background while I work. Thumbs up!
I really love this band. Thank you Bill!
 On_The_Beach wrote:
From the "We've officially run out of band names" file.
 
-hehe-  Weird choice as 'Editors' implies 'editing' which means somebody -- the author -- gives up some control to the editor.

In this world of pretend or false autonomy, who wants to give up control?  

Terrific song all the same.
Reading through the comments, I was surprised to see all of the comparisons of his voice to Nick Cave, Michael Been, Hozier, but when the song first started I thought it was one of Springsteen's mellower tunes.
Patty Griffin could sing the phone book and I would like it, but not his guy. Not bad though.
7 ->  8

Beautiful understated instrumentation, nice melody, and a memorable singing performance.  Music for that evening firelight session.
First heard this here.
Two years ago..
Transcendent.
A masterpiece.
Thank you RP ~ 

{#Crown}
Hands down, the best Editors song of all. Pure masterpiece, pure art.
From the "We've officially run out of band names" file.

Absolutely! I had to flip over to the site to see who this was! Thought Dead Can Dance for sure...

 

 Dana_Montroy wrote:


Me three - sounds like Dead Can Dance!

 

Soothing and yet heartbreaking. This is the real thing.
 NickB wrote:
Finding stuff like this is what makes RP so brilliant
 
So true!  Beautiful song.  Thanks RP. 
 stevendejong wrote:

Me too!

 
Me three - sounds like Dead Can Dance!
I hear Michael Been too. I just love this....it prompted me to an Editors 3 album buying spree. More Editors! {#Music}
So this is that song that everyone always talks about enjoying listening to someone sing.
Great track - forgotten how much I liked them.  Thanks Bill
Next time around, I might to have bump this up. That's a very soulful and evocative tune. 
I like it.  Nice stuff.
i'm hearing a calmer more refined cornell, actually. i really, really like this. i'm going to have to pick this up.
you are all correct he sounds like each of those vocalists put in a blender and slowly mixed to a seedy blend
I like this   (smokey rose photo is pretty boss too : )
...and I hear Michael Been in a very mellow mood.
 kcar wrote:

{#Roflol}

Sounds to my ear like a Nick Cave trying to behave a little bit better...

 
Yep, now I troll up your comment after the fact....
 stevendejong wrote:

Me too!

 
A touch of Nick Cave for me.
 Gupradiotill wrote:
From print of lyrics; "you shook". should possibly be "your shook" if I heard it right. Mint song!
 

Yep if you go for 'you're' then the line makes sense - good spot. Solid 8 for me.
From print of lyrics; "you shook". should possibly be "your shook" if I heard it right. Mint song!
Finding stuff like this is what makes RP so brilliant
 pankman wrote:
Hmm, I can‘t help but I hear Brendan Perry/Dead Can Dance

 
Me too!
His tipe of singing reminded me first "the boss" great tune Editors!
Reminded me of Hozier - that 'Take me to Church" guy...  Irish voice...
Nice voice!
That was my exact reaction here ...

doc_dave wrote:
Made me look up to see (!) what/who was playing. A(nother) new one for me. Off to investigate....

 


{#Smile}
Made me look up to see (!) what/who was playing. A(nother) new one for me. Off to investigate....
Book from Seen And Not Seen crash on top of this phone book.
 I hear Chris Cornell.

kcar wrote:

{#Roflol}

Sounds to my ear like a Nick Cave trying to behave a little bit better...

 


Guess this proves you can't sing the phone book
Hmm, I can‘t help but I hear Brendan Perry/Dead Can Dance
Not their best, but i like the british bands like Snow Patrol, Editors, Keane and Coldplay!! This singer has a very good voice!
The Phone Book
Love love love the Editors. I haven't heard a song of theirs I dislike. This particular song isn't one of their best, but it's still a pleasant song.
 bseib wrote:
Voice just like Bruce Springsteen, except it's on pitch. ;-)

 
And it´s better to sing from a phone book then start a song with the phrase "Hey little girl is your daddy home.."
Accept the artist as he is.  Making "Sounds Like" comparisons is trying to stuff him into another's box.

It never works very long or very well for either party.

Different generations, different career arch. Just enjoy each presentation or not based on your own taste at the time.


Will he cry at the very end? Sounds as it is very possible...
 bseib wrote:
Voice just like Bruce Springsteen, except it's on pitch. ;-)

 
{#Roflol}

Sounds to my ear like a Nick Cave trying to behave a little bit better...
MyFutureBruceMorningSpringsteenIslandsJacket
ooo i like!
 marcoshs wrote:
I see some potential here... {#Music}

 
yep. 
Voice just like Bruce Springsteen, except it's on pitch. ;-)
I see some potential here... {#Music}
 
definitely!
I see some potential here... {#Music}