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Hooverphonic — Battersea
Album: Blue Wonder Power Milk
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Released: 1998
Length: 3:45
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Battersea how it is
It's over forget
Memories full of chocolate
I've got to get over it forget
Your world is different than mine
I've got to get over I've got to forget
And "sgurd" is the one I don't like
I'm afraid of him I've got to forget

Knocking on the blue water
It's over forget
Praline and chocolate ice
Got to get over, forget
Your world doesn't match with mine
I've got to get over I've got to forget
And "sgurd" rules your friend's life
I'm afraid of him I've got to forget
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wow!
Posted 1 year ago by moss    [ Reply ]
a song about addiction...to Belgian chocolate
Posted 1 year ago by marysclark    [ Reply ]
another link to Górecki... this time with Beth Gibbons no less.. I think her natural voice lends itself to this somehow

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Posted 1 year ago by jkforde    [ Reply ]
 eyke wrote:

Keith Moon said drum solos are boring.



Neal Pert disagrees.
Posted 1 year ago by itsme_bygolly    [ Reply ]
Not a fan of this one... it sounds like one of those generic 2010s techno songs you hear on random YouTube videos: 200 bpm drums and romantic word salad.
 
Hooverphonic's other songs are great though.
Posted 1 year ago by timmus    [ Reply ]
 Typesbad wrote:


I always thought being totally solo without any backup from the band was by far the worse part of those drum solos.  Think of all the great lead guitar, keyboard, bass, violin, flute or whatever solo in rock, and there is the band behind keeping the rhythm and groove going in the background and giving the soloist something to play off of.  The most listenable drum solos occur when the band takes the same approach.

Keith Moon said drum solos are boring.
Posted 2 years ago by eyke    [ Reply ]
Sounds like the singer, the strings, and the drummer are all playing different songs.
Posted 2 years ago by Laptopdog    [ Reply ]
Don't like this tune, though I love most of  Hooverphonic's music. The manic drumming kills it for me. 
Posted 2 years ago by Jelani    [ Reply ]
I was just about to call it a day and leave the office when this song made me freeze. Never heard it and immediately fell in love. This is so typical rp! I love you guys! I should better put my sleeping bag here....
Posted 2 years ago by Piego    [ Reply ]
 jayhamiljr wrote:

I'm old enough to be remember the late 60's early 70's drum solos at rock concerts and enjoyed many of them tremendously. A great opportunity for the drummer to shine before going back to being part of the band. Often, the other band members would leave the stage, spotlights all on the drummer. In this song, and in many groups (looking at you, National), there is a disturbing trend of drummers doing their solos OVER the band and the lead singer. I'm not a fan.  



I always thought being totally solo without any backup from the band was by far the worse part of those drum solos.  Think of all the great lead guitar, keyboard, bass, violin, flute or whatever solo in rock, and there is the band behind keeping the rhythm and groove going in the background and giving the soloist something to play off of.  The most listenable drum solos occur when the band takes the same approach.
Posted 2 years ago by Typesbad    [ Reply ]
Saw what you did there Bill... Pogues 'Dirty Old Town' to Hooverphonic 'Battersea'.
Posted 2 years ago by sunybuny    [ Reply ]
 gtg645v wrote:

Perfect transition! Sia Brethe Me --> this song


The transition, yes...the spelling not so much...
Posted 2 years ago by sfoster66    [ Reply ]
 jmwspg wrote:
kazoo wrote: Try Dawn Upshaw's performance of Gorecki music: (click here) If you are the least bit human it will rip your heart out.
that is the performance he was referring to...

Posted 2 years ago by xcranky_yankee    [ Reply ]
I'm a sucker for songs with a steady, rolling beat like this.  LOVE IT!
Posted 3 years ago by bforr    [ Reply ]
What an enchanting song!  It made me stop what I was doing to listen.
Posted 3 years ago by Laurelai    [ Reply ]
I think the beater bar bearing is on its way out. 
Posted 3 years ago by kbs    [ Reply ]
 jayhamiljr wrote:

I'm old enough to be remember the late 60's early 70's drum solos at rock concerts and enjoyed many of them tremendously. A great opportunity for the drummer to shine before going back to being part of the band. Often, the other band members would leave the stage, spotlights all on the drummer. In this song, and in many groups (looking at you, National), there is a disturbing trend of drummers doing their solos OVER the band and the lead singer. I'm not a fan.  


That's not a drum solo, it's the drum beat to the song.  
Posted 3 years ago by Proclivities    [ Reply ]
 jayhamiljr wrote:
I'm old enough to be remember the late 60's early 70's drum solos at rock concerts and enjoyed many of them tremendously. A great opportunity for the drummer to shine before going back to being part of the band. Often, the other band members would leave the stage, spotlights all on the drummer. In this song, and in many groups (looking at you, National), there is a disturbing trend of drummers doing their solos OVER the band and the lead singer. I'm not a fan.  
 
At least in this song, I would chalk it up to a bad mixing job by the producers, not the drummer trying to do a solo over the whole song.  

Posted 3 years ago by Imkirok    [ Reply ]
The segue from Sia's "Breathe Me" into "Battersea" from Hooverphonic...was supreme!!!
Posted 3 years ago by ziakut    [ Reply ]
I'm old enough to be remember the late 60's early 70's drum solos at rock concerts and enjoyed many of them tremendously. A great opportunity for the drummer to shine before going back to being part of the band. Often, the other band members would leave the stage, spotlights all on the drummer. In this song, and in many groups (looking at you, National), there is a disturbing trend of drummers doing their solos OVER the band and the lead singer. I'm not a fan.  
Posted 3 years ago by jayhamiljr    [ Reply ]
Geike Arnaert is back!

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Posted 3 years ago by velsd    [ Reply ]
Must admit I prefer the Hooverphonic with orchestra version, but it is interesting to hear the original, too.
Posted 4 years ago by Nix    [ Reply ]
This is such a great song with a purpose! No one can accuse Battersea of "noodling around." The driving beat and vital melody just FEEL important. Such gravitas!
Posted 4 years ago by bforr    [ Reply ]
The blue colored photograph on the cover is the interior of the Atomium
in Brussels. This landmark building, originally constructed for the 1958
Brussels World's Fair, is one of the most visited tourist attractions
in Belgium.
Posted 4 years ago by malamucha    [ Reply ]
BROCK WILD

10
Posted 4 years ago by ExploitingChaos    [ Reply ]
 nishkanur wrote:
WoW WoW
 

WoW? You mean like


Posted 4 years ago by danmc    [ Reply ]
WoW WoW
Posted 4 years ago by nishkanur    [ Reply ]
fun to see that my own country can fall in the "world/etc" category elsewhere
Posted 4 years ago by velsd    [ Reply ]
Perfect transition! Sia Brethe Me --> this song
Posted 4 years ago by gtg645v    [ Reply ]
A common thing you'll hear around our kitchen during the holidays, "I made the batter, see?"
Posted 5 years ago by MrStatenIsle    [ Reply ]
I've always liked this song; though I'm not quite sure why, other than certain memories of the first time I heard it.  I like the ethereal quality but it's apparently not for everybody.
Posted 15 years ago by Proclivities    [ Reply ]
that was downright painful.
Posted 15 years ago by keesbriggs    [ Reply ]
UltraNurd wrote:
I'm a sucker for string parts in electronica.

{#Yes}

Posted 15 years ago by velvetglove    [ Reply ]
 neckbone wrote:
I'm a fan of the series, and I have the soundtrack. When I first heard this Hooverphonic track on RP, my first thought was "Wow, this sounds just like that Ghost in the Shell track." A quick google search revealed that it was the other way around. It is disappointing, but I still like her music.
 
Even with that, I still think the RP audience deserves to hear Kanno's Inner Universe and Tank! back to back. :-)
Posted 15 years ago by chirpie    [ Reply ]
wasn't this in the last scenes of "The Wire"?
Posted 16 years ago by fuace    [ Reply ]
Frater_Kork wrote:
Funny you should mention it. Anime OST composer Yoko Kanno lifted this track almost in its entirety and added it to the Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex soundtrack. Can't say the series is particularily Cheesy though. Its stuffed with great action and a complex plot. But I am pretty disapointed that she did not present the original creators of the work. /edit/ Funny that someone else thought of writing an almost identical response. ;)
I'm a fan of the series, and I have the soundtrack. When I first heard this Hooverphonic track on RP, my first thought was "Wow, this sounds just like that Ghost in the Shell track." A quick google search revealed that it was the other way around. It is disappointing, but I still like her music.
Posted 16 years ago by neckbone    [ Reply ]
mintmoose wrote:
Anyone else get the image of some cheesy Anime Character spinning in a field with wind blowing through their purple hair?
Funny you should mention it. Anime OST composer Yoko Kanno lifted this track almost in its entirety and added it to the Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex soundtrack. Can't say the series is particularily Cheesy though. Its stuffed with great action and a complex plot. But I am pretty disapointed that she did not present the original creators of the work. /edit/ Funny that someone else thought of writing an almost identical response. ;)
Posted 16 years ago by Frater_Kork    [ Reply ]
mintmoose wrote:
Anyone else get the image of some cheesy Anime Character spinning in a field with wind blowing through their purple hair?
Funny you should mention that. This song has been plagiarized by an anime composer named Yoko Kanno. Google battersea yoko kanno for details.
Posted 16 years ago by neckbone    [ Reply ]
I enjoy this band..so different..surreal
Posted 16 years ago by 1wolfy    [ Reply ]
mintmoose wrote:
Anyone else get the image of some cheesy Anime Character spinning in a field with wind blowing through their purple hair?
not until you said that funny :-)
Posted 16 years ago by Wizzuvvoz    [ Reply ]
Is very nice!
Posted 16 years ago by MojoJojo    [ Reply ]
Yes I totally do...too funny mintmoose wrote:
Anyone else get the image of some cheesy Anime Character spinning in a field with wind blowing through their purple hair?
Posted 16 years ago by eastcoast    [ Reply ]
Anyone else get the image of some cheesy Anime Character spinning in a field with wind blowing through their purple hair?
Posted 17 years ago by mintmoose    [ Reply ]
52weekends wrote:
did this band usto be called "Hoover" and have a song entitled 2wicky? or was that someone else?
cayenne wrote:
This band did have a song called 2wicky, but they were still called Hooverphonic. Here's the album.(click here)
When 2wicky and the album a new stereophonic sound spectacular were originally released (96/97), the band was still called Hoover. Later they had to change their name for legal reasons. They then named themselves after the imaginary sound recording system they used for the first album (see bottom of original cover).
Posted 17 years ago by amancalledj    [ Reply ]
Yeah, ya know, I'd really like it if it weren't for some of the casio sounding drum machine bits.
Posted 17 years ago by Ranaeph    [ Reply ]
...has anybody else had issues getting this CD to mount in certain players?..
Posted 17 years ago by mandolin    [ Reply ]
Trying to imagine hearing this with a living, breathing drummer.... not happening; wish it would.
Posted 17 years ago by MinMan    [ Reply ]
s'Not bad.
Posted 17 years ago by Stammer    [ Reply ]
I'm a sucker for string parts in electronica.
Posted 17 years ago by UltraNurd    [ Reply ]
52weekends wrote:
did this band usto be called "Hoover" and have a song entitled 2wicky? or was that someone else?
This band did have a song called 2wicky, but they were still called Hooverphonic. Here's the album.(click here)
Posted 17 years ago by cayenne    [ Reply ]
hooverphonic suck barfo to 10, easy
Posted 17 years ago by Mari    [ Reply ]
First thoughts on seeing the title: Mmm, batter....
Posted 17 years ago by celadonstone    [ Reply ]
I have to admit this rates highly on my snooze-ometer sometimes strings and electronics work sometimes they just don't like this for example
Posted 17 years ago by electronicshaman    [ Reply ]
did this band usto be called "Hoover" and have a song entitled 2wicky? or was that someone else?
Posted 17 years ago by 52weekends    [ Reply ]
not sure I'm diggin the adagio for strings sampling here
Posted 17 years ago by arudger    [ Reply ]
Baby_M wrote:
There's a bunch of interesting elements here which could be something amazing if combined in just the right way. However . . . this just doesn't quite hang together.
I agree. I like Hooverphonic, but the vocals on this one just aren't meshing with everything else. It's almost like she's a little flat? Maybe it will grow on me.
Posted 17 years ago by agnes    [ Reply ]
kazoo wrote:
I think the background strings are from Henryk Gorecki's Symphony #3 (Symphony of Sorrowful Songs). Well worth a listen if you're into sorrowful classical music.
Try Dawn Upshaw's performance of Gorecki music: (click here) If you are the least bit human it will rip your heart out.
Posted 18 years ago by jmwspg    [ Reply ]
such a good song! thanks bill! steven
Posted 18 years ago by steveliv    [ Reply ]
dogdokken wrote:
2 Hooverphonic songs in the past 4 hours, isn't that 2 Hooverphonic songs over quota?
No its not enough Hooverphonic. Keep them coming, bill.
Posted 18 years ago by calray    [ Reply ]
2 Hooverphonic songs in one day...that's okay with me.
Posted 18 years ago by hippiechick    [ Reply ]
Am I the only one picking up traces of Gost in the Shell S.A.C by Yoko Kanno here?
Posted 18 years ago by Frater_Kork    [ Reply ]
Coma inducing.
Posted 18 years ago by Pipes    [ Reply ]
deepwoodskev wrote:
Weren't those strings also used in the movie "Platoon?"
...or a million other movies?
Posted 18 years ago by jah_blessed    [ Reply ]
2 Hooverphonic songs in the past 4 hours, isn't that 2 Hooverphonic songs over quota?
Posted 18 years ago by dogdokken    [ Reply ]
colt4x5 wrote:
an alternative: lamb. louise rhodes vocals, Andrew Barlow drums & bass ... their tune Gorecki isn't borrowed from the Polish genius, but is inspired by him. That track and several others on their self-titled and only disc are very satisfying.
Yeah, Lamb were the best of the "trip-hop" wave in the mid-90s.
Posted 18 years ago by jah_blessed    [ Reply ]
Weren't those strings also used in the movie "Platoon?"
Posted 18 years ago by deepwoodskev    [ Reply ]
curious_cat wrote:
i dunno...somehow it's like eating creme bruleé topped with potato chips, and then washed down with lemon cola...
Huh? How did you know I had that for dinner yesterday?
Posted 18 years ago by jah_blessed    [ Reply ]
Posted 18 years ago by Darkmatter    [ Reply ]
Yes, Bill, probably, Moloko in the Milk Bar
Posted 18 years ago by lunar1963    [ Reply ]
curious_cat wrote:
i dunno...somehow it's like eating creme bruleé topped with potato chips, and then washed down with lemon cola...
Couldn't agree more. Typical formula, throw in as much crap as you can and pretend you're "progressive" or "trendy" or whatever adjective you'd like to use. It's a bit like inbreeding, all you get is retarded children.
Posted 18 years ago by meloman    [ Reply ]
i dunno...somehow it's like eating creme bruleé topped with potato chips, and then washed down with lemon cola...
Posted 18 years ago by curious_cat    [ Reply ]
Sounds like someone audtioning for the movie "Drum Line", chill dude. Have a shot of Jagermiester.
Posted 18 years ago by Jerry_Scott    [ Reply ]
Somebody should tell the drummer that this is NOT Zapppa's "Black Page Drum Solo". Jeez dude, lay back and find the groove.
Posted 18 years ago by crystalboy    [ Reply ]
Derecho wrote:
I hear a Cher song in there. Mega-yawn.
Cher, hah? My first thought was that they were playing something from Madonna's new "dance" album. Either way, not one of my favorites.
Posted 18 years ago by handyrae    [ Reply ]
This is a surprisingly good break-up song. "Your world is different than mine..."
Posted 18 years ago by mettle    [ Reply ]
Great song! The whole album is worth a listen.
Posted 18 years ago by lepton    [ Reply ]
catmaven wrote:
This boring high whine with a nontune and incomprehensible lyrics that goes nowhere is the worst thing I have heard so far from a band whose Magnificent Tree had such catchy and original cuts. :-k :(
an alternative: lamb. louise rhodes vocals, Andrew Barlow drums & bass ... their tune Gorecki isn't borrowed from the Polish genius, but is inspired by him. That track and several others on their self-titled and only disc are very satisfying.
Posted 18 years ago by colt4x5    [ Reply ]
There's a bunch of interesting elements here which could be something amazing if combined in just the right way. However . . . this just doesn't quite hang together.
Posted 19 years ago by Baby_M    [ Reply ]
Goes from 9 to 10...
Posted 19 years ago by coding_to_music    [ Reply ]
kazoo wrote:
I think the background strings are from Henryk Gorecki's Symphony #3 (Symphony of Sorrowful Songs). Well worth a listen if you're into sorrowful classical music.
You're absolutely right, my mistake! While I can't claim to be ga-ga over this tune, if I found the disc in the bargain bin I'd probably buy it for a few listens.
Posted 19 years ago by Roverfish    [ Reply ]
Typesbad wrote:
Does the drummer even know what song he is playing to? I genrally like Hooverphonic though.
Posted 19 years ago by yogaboat    [ Reply ]
I hear a Cher song in there. Mega-yawn.
Posted 19 years ago by Derecho    [ Reply ]
Does the drummer even know what song he is playing to? I genrally like Hooverphonic though.
Posted 19 years ago by Typesbad    [ Reply ]
trekhead wrote:
-Take two cups Blue Wonder Power Milk, add to Batter, see.... These guys any relation to CAKE?
Posted 19 years ago by AliGator    [ Reply ]
Hooverphonic does not impress by borrowing music from other composers. This boring high whine with a nontune and incomprehensible lyrics that goes nowhere is the worst thing I have heard so far from a band whose Magnificent Tree had such catchy and original cuts. I heard from a record-store owner who is a connoisseur that Hooverphonic's eponymous first album was impressive. I think that Magnificent Tree was the second. Maybe Hooverphonic is trying to find itself. Wandering and meandering, in my opinion, do not succeed or suit as well as tunefulness, clever lyrics, catchy rhythms, and sass do. :-k :(
Posted 19 years ago by rKokon    [ Reply ]
Great to hear Hooverphonic here again. I discovered them through RP, and they've since become one of my favourite bands. Blue Wonder Power Milk is a superb album, though Battersea isn't my favorite track. The best tracks on the CD in my view are One Way Ride, Club Montepulciano, This Strange Effect and Eden.
Posted 19 years ago by NikkD    [ Reply ]
Wait a minute! What's that album title?? -Take two cups Blue Wonder Power Milk, add to Batter, see.... These guys any relation to CAKE?
Posted 19 years ago by trekhead    [ Reply ]
"Mmmmmmmm...........Batter!..............Aurghhhhhhhhh!!!"
Posted 19 years ago by trekhead    [ Reply ]
kazoo wrote:
I think the background strings are from Henryk Gorecki's Symphony #3 (Symphony of Sorrowful Songs). Well worth a listen if you're into sorrowful classical music.
Worth more of a listen than this technocrap. (I like techno, but this is crap. Especially since I thought I was about to hear Gorecki! What a gyp.)
Posted 19 years ago by Trustocity    [ Reply ]
an amazing mix of styles
Posted 19 years ago by ddrum2000    [ Reply ]
All right, now there's no excuse not to play recent stuff by Everything But The Girl. Anything from Walking Wounded or Temperamental is fantastic; this is just decent by comparison.
Posted 19 years ago by resonator    [ Reply ]
Roverfish wrote:
Sounds like Barber's "Adagio for Strings" in the background. Very interesting tune.
I think the background strings are from Henryk Gorecki's Symphony #3 (Symphony of Sorrowful Songs). Well worth a listen if you're into sorrowful classical music.
Posted 19 years ago by kazoo    [ Reply ]
The lyrics and the strings match so beautifullly in this song. I am blown away by it every single time.
Posted 19 years ago by ankhara99    [ Reply ]
nostgard wrote:
Beautiful song. I immediately recognized it as a song used in the Ghost In The Shell - Stand Alone Complex series, which I had fallen in love with when I heard in in the show, but I was never able to figure out what it was.
Really? Maybe I'm just not there yet, but I haven't heard any hooverphonic in GitS:SaC yet. I thought the music there was all Yoko Kanno. I'll keep an ear out for it....
Posted 19 years ago by Zweiblumen    [ Reply ]
nostgard wrote:
Beautiful song. I immediately recognized it as a song used in the Ghost In The Shell - Stand Alone Complex series, which I had fallen in love with when I heard in in the show, but I was never able to figure out what it was.
I twigged on that too, but it isn't exactly the same song. At least it isn't credited in the GitS liner notes, and the singing in the soundtrack is by Origa. Puzzling...
Posted 19 years ago by komainu    [ Reply ]
beautiful. :meditate.gif:
Posted 19 years ago by LLMikeJ    [ Reply ]
Sounds like Barber's "Adagio for Strings" in the background. Very interesting tune.
Posted 19 years ago by Roverfish    [ Reply ]
This song has made it onto more driving mix cds of mine than just about any other I can think of. It's a great song to just wrap yourself in -- I only wish it went on longer. :)
Posted 20 years ago by Ityllux    [ Reply ]
Beautiful song. I immediately recognized it as a song used in the Ghost In The Shell - Stand Alone Complex series, which I had fallen in love with when I heard in in the show, but I was never able to figure out what it was.
Posted 20 years ago by nostgard    [ Reply ]
I lived three years I'd rather forget in Battersea. Still, it's an exquisite song.
Posted 20 years ago by rulebritannia    [ Reply ]
Interesting contrast between the percussion and the rest of the tune- take away the percussion and it's a slow song, with it, it's fast AND slow: cool!
Posted 20 years ago by Cellocaster_Paul    [ Reply ]
Leslie wrote:
I really like this. The percussion reminds me of Lake Trout
never thought of that before Les... good call. this is one of my favorite tracks from Hooverphonic, though I still much prefer anything from their first album (and original singer).
Posted 20 years ago by Platypus    [ Reply ]
Wow, that\'s really bad. :( But then I checked AMG and I see they are from Belgium so now I feel guilty for feeling so. But if that universal soldier guy can do ballet, then shop assistants and lift operators can do music, isn\'t it?
Posted 21 years ago by missjanuary    [ Reply ]
I really like this. The percussion reminds me of Lake Trout
Posted 21 years ago by Leslie    [ Reply ]