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Album: Amplified Heart
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Released: 1994
Length: 4:02
Plays (last 30 days): 1
I step off the train
I'm walking down your street again
And past your door, but you don't live there anymore
It's years since you've been there
Now you've disappeared somewhere, like outer space
You've found some better place

And I miss you, like the deserts miss the rain
And I miss you, like the deserts miss the rain

Could you be dead?
You always were two steps ahead, of everyone
We'd walk behind while you would run
I look up at your house
And I can almost hear you shout down to me
Where I always used to be

And I miss you, like the deserts miss the rain
And I miss you, like the deserts miss the rain

Back on the train, I ask why did I come again?
Can I confess, I've been hanging round your old address?
And the years have proved
To offer, nothing since you've moved
You're long gone, but I can't move on

And I miss you, like the deserts miss the rain
And I miss you, like the deserts miss the rain
And I miss you

I step off the train
I'm walking down your street again
And past your door, I guess you don't live there anymore
It's years since you've been there
Now you've disappeared somewhere, like outer space
You've found some better place

And I miss you,
And I miss you,
You found some better place

And I miss you, like the deserts miss the rain
And I miss you, yeah, like the deserts miss the rain
And I miss you, and I miss you
Like the deserts miss the rain
And I miss you, yeah, like the deserts miss the rain
The deserts miss the rain
Like the deserts miss the rain
Like the deserts miss the rain,
Like the deserts miss the rain
And I miss you, yeah, like the deserts miss the rain
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They are so flipping cool.
New album sooooo good too.
7 -> 8
 Pedro1874 wrote:
"However, on 2 November 2022, Thorn announced on Twitter that a new Everything but the Girl album had been recorded and would be released in spring 2023."  

What great news!πŸ™‚πŸ‘  

 
 


Your comment here prompted me to go check out and buy the new album, FUSE. Very cool & contemporary and more soulful than most other crap being blasted out trying to get a similar vibe. Never would have discovered this without RP -- thanks for posting and once again, thanks RP!
 Snipey wrote:

I like this.  OTOH, I think this is one of the snarkiest threads I've ever seen on RP.  :(



I'm shocked at the comments too. Appalling.
 stunix wrote:

Love it or hate it...........   nope, sorry, hate it, the cowbell and the ugly singer.

repetition is the cancer in popular music.



Comments like these are the cancer in this community.
 Stetsonman wrote:

does she have tits?



Well technically, everyone has them.
 William wrote:

That's the 12" (club) mix. This version -- with cowbell galore -- is the original mix.

Sounds to me like the club mix...

...NEEDS MORE COWBELL!!
love this after elton's come down in time.
Which of the 100 mixes is this please? The cowbell redub?
I like this.  OTOH, I think this is one of the snarkiest threads I've ever seen on RP.  :(
 Pedro1874 wrote:
"However, on 2 November 2022, Thorn announced on Twitter that a new Everything but the Girl album had been recorded and would be released in spring 2023."  

What great news!πŸ™‚πŸ‘  

 
 


love this news!
those who know me, know i'm not a huge fan of female vocalists - though that is changing as i age, i find - but i've always loved this outfit's music. so, so good.
 Pedro1874 wrote:
"However, on 2 November 2022, Thorn announced on Twitter that a new Everything but the Girl album had been recorded and would be released in spring 2023."  

What great news!πŸ™‚πŸ‘  

 
 


The best!! Have always loved their mellow vibe,  so easy to listen to.  Love Them.
I first heard her voice in 1982 and I  fell in love immediately. It was easy for her since my school was all male with one female teacher, and I had 2 younger brothers! It was like living in a desert and then  out came her album...A Distant Shore...The title was just perfect.  We had a record player in the sixth form house near the school and would hide there between classes listening to her voice while dreaming of adventures to come!

The cover strangely instructed us not to pay more than 99p for it. Amazingly my friend and I  with one copy each  had covered nearly 3% of the total  production costs of 138 pounds sterling! It was and still is my greatest investment.
"However, on 2 November 2022, Thorn announced on Twitter that a new Everything but the Girl album had been recorded and would be released in spring 2023."  

What great news!πŸ™‚πŸ‘  

 
 
Love 'both' versions but this original version edges it for me as it showcases the brilliant vocal and heartbreaking lyrics
new album in 2023: https://twitter.com/tracey_tho...
Heard that too often. Skip.
 huib wrote:

Could use a little more cowbell.



lol, it totally ruined it for me, i was oblivious to it before it but since i discovered the cowbell meme i hear it every time :((
 cc_rider wrote:
In perfect time, too!
c.




this cowbell joke is getting a bit old imo.
 nightdrive wrote:
In perfect time, too!
c.

Best version!
 the_jake wrote:

I disagree.   The perfect amount of cowbell, for this song anyway.



I sense that the subtle joke here wasn't recognized.
 Stratocaster wrote:

More cowbell!


I disagree.   The perfect amount of cowbell, for this song anyway.
Why do some people think that it's so damn clever to comment on the logic of song lyrics?  Language in this form, music that is, is meant to be evocative; not a text book.  I suspect that if you think otherwise, your bedroom walls had posters of trucks rather than bikinis.  One is fantasy, the other is transport.  And you likely never could figure one from the other...
Tracy Thorne is fantastic as is EBTG… deserts definitely miss rain - idiot
The deserts are just fine without the rain, thank you very much
Another great hit from the legendary producer Bruce Dickinson.  He makes gold records, baby!
 Stetsonman wrote:

does she have tits?


Do you have a brain?
I remember listening to this song on the radio when it came out in 1994. I was only 11 years old but it always stuck with me as a nostalgic reminder of my childhood in the 90s. Every time I hear it, the lyrics take me back.
 AndyJ wrote:

 

Some music is so associated with people who are no longer in our life that the song resurrects them with every replay...

Music, smells, tastes leave memories stronger than any words...

 



so true (.....lapses into happy reverie....)
Could use a little more cowbell.
 jacopo777 wrote:


Ladys and Gentlemen, what does this mean?


Beautiful, how beautiful is her voice?
 Zeit wrote:

Bella, come bella Γ¨ la sua voce



Ladys and Gentlemen, what does this mean?
Bella, come bella Γ¨ la sua voce
 thewiseking wrote:

but but the deserts don''t miss the rain. thats why they're deserts. 


I take it you've never seen what happens in a desert when it *does* rain.
More cowbell!
I saw them many years ago at the Sunshine Theater in Albuquerque. This nicely dressed guy gently placed a bouquet of flowers on the stage.  Tracey rudely kicked them aside. I lost a lot of respect for her but still love that voice.
such a great tune and group - Tracy is something special
 atascaderoal wrote:

A little less tambourine would be nice.  Love the feeling this song invokes.
Why cant the desert miss the rain

... but just enough cowbell

 Stetsonman wrote:

does she have tits?



Such an inappropriate comment. I did laugh out loud, though.
As a singer myself, it sometimes astonishes me how some people can just open their mouth and out comes this sound. I know it takes work and practice to get there, but still... What a great voice.
I have a soft spot for this in my past so it gets a 7 for memory invocation.
This might be (?have been?) "pop", but her voice against the lead guitar and bassline.....ahhh, that just works.
Solid 8 here.
does she have tits?
I don’t miss the rain - it’s been raining for days here and I’m sick of it. Then again I live in a cultural desert rather than a literal one.
Excellent song from an excellent album.
Not a bad song on this entire album.
Gave it only a nine - the remix is a 10'er.

But it is lovely to hear the original aswell...
"Mango!...."
Hot dang that was a smooth transition from Sof Tukker's Deja Vu Affair. Well Done BillG!
He told me that he had gotten a promotion and was moving to Kansas City to run the district regional office for sales and maintenance, plus his sister and her kids live in Topeka so he would be closer. He must not have told her?
Just a response to all the comments about deserts missing rain. Most deserts have a very brief rainy season. Without any rainfall, there really wouldn't be any life at all in them. So the lyric makes sense to me. There may be some exceptions like the Atacama in Chile. I believe the moisture received may just be in the form of mist.  

Edit: Wow, I sound so pedantic. Poetry doesn't need to be logical. 
a Euro Trash Anthem! Especially the electronic re-re-remixes
Loved and still love everything about it.
The lyrics, the production with those synths, the nostalgic-melancholic album cover, the guy-producer-and-girl-singing electronic music era.
A great love song. A 10 from this kid.
{#Bananasplit}Gawd ... this is still so good.{#Bananasplit}
A little less tambourine would be nice.  Love the feeling this song invokes.
Why cant the desert miss the rain
Oh, I always thought this was Dido. Huh.
Absolutely love this!
Missing the Todd Terry Remix, much emotion to me than this original (but feeling flat) version
Ditto. Scrollers beware!



 sqqqrly wrote:


@bill, @billG

MIdub is correct.  Here lies malware.
 

And I'm pretty sure the wind doesn't literally "cry Mary", but I get what Jimi was talking about. Yes, poetry is wasted on some.

justin4kick wrote:

Poetry is wasted on you
 

 MJdub wrote:
@BillG - There is something bad embedded in the comments for this song that triggers a browser warning when I scroll to it.  Something about being redirected to moviespad dot com or something like that
 

@bill, @billG

MIdub is correct.  Here lies malware.
Ain't no Sade.  Nice try.
More cowbell

Grew up on this and the Perfecto mix as well...

Young kid in the raves, blinded by the lights, dizzy new heights, kisses in the dark
@BillG - There is something bad embedded in the comments for this song that triggers a browser warning when I scroll to it.  Something about being redirected to moviespad dot com or something like that
What a great singer! What a great voice!
LMAO...🀣 Far wrote:
"Tiramisu" like the deserts miss the rain...
 

LMAOπŸ˜‚
Sometimes pop just really gets it right.
"Tiramisu" like the deserts miss the rain...
Ho hum.  This song needs to be shorter.  Much shorter.  3
 thewiseking wrote:
but but the deserts don''t miss the rain. thats why they're deserts. 
 
I've seen a desert, and I can tell just from looking: they miss the rain. Big time.
yeah, get a brain morans!!



 
thewiseking wrote:
but but the deserts don''t miss the rain. thats why they're deserts. 
 

but but the deserts don''t miss the rain. thats why they're deserts. 
 Azrica wrote:
There is something specaial about this song, not only that takes me to memory of walking down the street with my friends and loudly singing this song while raining but revoks the memories of that scent of the rain in the Balkans... Missing...
 

Bravo Azrice!
 user4176 wrote:

So then, does the ocean miss the heat?
 
The oceans get plenty of heat.
20 years of hearing "like a desert desperation"
everything i put my faith in has been shook
 justin4kick wrote:

Poetry is wasted on you
  This is in my top 10 comments on RP

Excelente!
Needs more cowbell.
Love Tracy Thorn's voice
 justin4kick wrote:
Xeric wrote:
Stupidest lyric ever. The desert does NOT "miss the rain." Morons. 1.


Poetry is wasted on you
 
I see it as a metaphor for a longing for something you've never experienced, an aching in your heart & soul. It is like how I very occasionally get a very strong craving for alcohol (more precisely, to get drunk), yet the only thing I've ever had was a sip of PBR when I was six ("Hey, what's that?" "Have a little bit." "YUCK!").
 Xeric wrote:
Stupidest lyric ever. The desert does NOT "miss the rain." Morons. 1.
 
Poetry is wasted on you
A 6 with a 2 for all that cowbell.
 rgabriel wrote:
A great song, but this is some strange version. The single version released in 1994 does not contain the cowbells... ;-)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q4sPkS8b62Q
 
That's the 12" (club) mix. This version -- with cowbell galore -- is the original mix.
This ain't no disco (and I like it).
Enchanting
So many other good songs on this album. I really like this particular tune, but I'd rather hear the lesser known stuff, especially on RP.
such a great song from back in the day
A great song, but this is some strange version. The single version released in 1994 does not contain the cowbells... ;-)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q4sPkS8b62Q
There is something specaial about this song, not only that takes me to memory of walking down the street with my friends and loudly singing this song while raining but revoks the memories of that scent of the rain in the Balkans... Missing...
One of the most captivating voices of all time. Classic EBTG. Miss this band, but love binging on their 80's, 90's stuff. Great romantic stuff. Plenty of fond memories.
 VH1 wrote:

Deserts miss the rain, but they learned to live with it. Every time after a rainfall, the desert bursts into bloom, so yes, even deserts miss the rain.

Deserts are not deserts of their choosing"Oh I think I become a desert" but by weather conditions.

The Sahara used to be an ocean, then a rain forest and is now a desert.  

So the lyrics make sense after all.

 
So then, does the ocean miss the heat?
 joempie wrote:
Deserts don't miss the rain. How else would they be deserts?

 
They are (anthropomorphized) deserts. But, with rain they become something else, something better. They would like for that to happen.
Luv this song
 joempie wrote:
Deserts don't miss the rain. How else would they be deserts?

 
Deserts miss the rain, but they learned to live with it. Every time after a rainfall, the desert bursts into bloom, so yes, even deserts miss the rain.

Deserts are not deserts of their choosing"Oh I think I become a desert" but by weather conditions.

The Sahara used to be an ocean, then a rain forest and is now a desert.  

So the lyrics make sense after all.
I had forgotten how much I love her voice. thanks Bill.
 joempie wrote:
Deserts don't miss the rain. How else would they be deserts?

 
Funny, looks like I was thinking the same thing as Bobert_ParkCity. Only saw his comment afterwards. But that's what has always annoyed me about this song since the first time I heard it.
Deserts don't miss the rain. How else would they be deserts?
 Bobert_ParkCity wrote:
This chick don't know jack about the desert.

Desert don't miss the rain. Desert wouldn't What The ——  to do with the rain.   

Just sayin'

 
Some deserts might remember: during the Neolithic Subpluvial Era (from the 7th to the 3rd millennium BC), the area which is now the Sahara Desert was apparently green and fertile and experienced wet and rainy conditions.  At least that's what the note in my fortune cookie said the other day.
Im just sayin', I find this too repetative.   yes I admit you need some sort of repatition in music, but I feel that some of todays music is just a repeated hook.   no other thought than a phrase then cut'n paste.    repeating something once, twice a few times is normal, but lets take Eltons "Are you ready for love" as an example.   it is a single verse then repeat, repeat, repeat, repeat, repeat, repeat, repeat, repeat, repeat, repeat, repeat, repeat, repeat, repeat, repeat, repeat, repeat, repeat, repeat, repeat, repeat, repeat, repeat, repeat, repeat, repeat, repeat.   I find that when it gets too much, it is nothing but rubarb and the song loses its integrity.   thats all.   It is more common in electronically recorded music, a prerecorded sound from a sequencer is far more tiring to the ear than say, the repeated sound of waves on the shore as each one is impercevably different.
More cowbell.
Lovely song.  8
 Bobert_ParkCity wrote:
This chick don't know jack about the desert.

Desert don't miss the rain. Desert wouldn't What The ——  to do with the rain.   

Just sayin'

 

  As a metaphor, I  think it works well enough.  Probably don't want to over-think it though.


This chick don't know jack about the desert.

Desert don't miss the rain. Desert wouldn't What The ——  to do with the rain.   

Just sayin'

 
.... and i misuse . . . .
I am not sure why, the song is so melodramatic, and kind of kitchy-clubby, but I have always liked it, even after hearing it 1000's of times.
This repetitive sound is not the cowbell but my finger upon my mouse clicking on the PSD button while it's waking-up.
  {#No}    no no no......and the lyrics..ares are just ...stupid!    {#No}
Next.
 LPCity wrote:
This song always resonates with me.

 
Ditto!
We require more cowbell! {#Cool}
 stunix wrote:
Love it or hate it...........   nope, sorry, hate it, the cowbell and the ugly singer.

repetition is the cancer in popular music.

 
So, you prefer attractive singers.  How expansive.
This song always resonates with me.
More cowbells!{#Bananasplit}

 

Some music is so associated with people who are no longer in our life that the song resurrects them with every replay...

Music, smells, tastes leave memories stronger than any words...

 


Boring...
 Proclivities wrote:

Repetition is an essential component of all music.  Name one song without some repetition of a phrase, beat, or progression - discounting John Cage's 4' 33".

 
Technically, it could be argued that 4'33" is the ultimate in repetition on the musician's part. At least the repetition of silence, which in turn makes the audience and the ambience in the performance arena vital portions of the performance. Would be even more interesting in today's world of personal electronics and microwave levels of ADHD. 
 stunix wrote:
Love it or hate it...........   nope, sorry, hate it, the cowbell and the ugly singer.

repetition is the cancer in popular music.

 
Repetition is an essential component of all music.  Name one song without some repetition of a phrase, beat, or progression - discounting John Cage's 4' 33".
Love this tune...reminds me of when my kids were small and we always had jazzy FM stations playing on the stereo.  This song would pop up from time to time, and I have never tired of hearing it.  I stay away from the videos, though.  She is not mirror-friendly.
This song always makes me happy and sad at the same time. Love it.