Supergrass — Tales Of Endurance
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Making sense of what I've heard
And what is on my mind
Don't look down cause it's far to fall
Count the hours, face the fear
It's haunting me these days
We're past the post and through the door
We hail commercial suicide
Kiss the life you left behind
Don't let it bother you
You do what it takes to get what you can
Last night I thought about
Another life and what I'd do
It's hanging over me
I'm sure to break your loving heart
I'm dying to take a walk
Down this sugar coated sonic path
Cause I've been hanging around for hours
Staring at your hologram
Outside a northern harbour
Digging up the harder times
I might have known that you'd been
Tearing up the photographs
Standing on your holy ground
Lost sight of all I've done
Picking round for higher ground
Guests out in paradise
With China dolls and better times
The satellite is always overhead
It's watching you
You know it's living hell
I'm solid gone, coming for no-one, no-one, no-one
And what is on my mind
Don't look down cause it's far to fall
Count the hours, face the fear
It's haunting me these days
We're past the post and through the door
We hail commercial suicide
Kiss the life you left behind
Don't let it bother you
You do what it takes to get what you can
Last night I thought about
Another life and what I'd do
It's hanging over me
I'm sure to break your loving heart
I'm dying to take a walk
Down this sugar coated sonic path
Cause I've been hanging around for hours
Staring at your hologram
Outside a northern harbour
Digging up the harder times
I might have known that you'd been
Tearing up the photographs
Standing on your holy ground
Lost sight of all I've done
Picking round for higher ground
Guests out in paradise
With China dolls and better times
The satellite is always overhead
It's watching you
You know it's living hell
I'm solid gone, coming for no-one, no-one, no-one
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On_The_Beach wrote:
A "grass" is a police informant, When I was a kid back in the 70s there were some high-profile criminal cases, and as I recall the press termed the unknown informant a supergrass. Obviously as kids we adopted the term for anyone who shopped us to adult authority.
Supergrass; good name for a cannabis dispensary?
A "grass" is a police informant, When I was a kid back in the 70s there were some high-profile criminal cases, and as I recall the press termed the unknown informant a supergrass. Obviously as kids we adopted the term for anyone who shopped us to adult authority.
Supergrass; good name for a cannabis dispensary?
brollo wrote:
100%,also came here to suggest they're channeling led zeppelin with this one
Distant cousin?... Trampled under foot - Led Zep
100%,also came here to suggest they're channeling led zeppelin with this one
Distant cousin?... Trampled under foot - Led Zep
Richey1977 wrote:
Not many Indie Classics in the 2000´s?? How about Calexico, Airbourne Toxic Event, The Killers, Midlake, Ana Ternheim, Travis, Eels, Flaming Lips, The Divine Comedy, Snow Patrol, Belle and Sebastian, Mando Diao, Wilco .... and i will remember more and more the longer i think about that!
If we just count the first decade, yeah I can't think of anything. Except maybe...
Kill The Moonlight - Spoon
Rubber Factory - The Black Keys
Is This It - The Strokes
Twin Cinema - The New Pornographers
Turn On The Bright Lights - Interpol
Oh, Inverted World - The Shins
White Blood Cells - The White Stripes
Funeral - Arcade Fire
The Woods - Sleater-Kinney
Transatlanticism - Death Cab For Cutie
Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not - Arctic Monkeys
Fever To Tell - Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Illinois - Sufjan Stevens
😜
Supergrass absolutely nailed it with this album. There weren't many indie classics in the 2000's, but this is definitely one of them.
philonair wrote:Not many Indie Classics in the 2000´s?? How about Calexico, Airbourne Toxic Event, The Killers, Midlake, Ana Ternheim, Travis, Eels, Flaming Lips, The Divine Comedy, Snow Patrol, Belle and Sebastian, Mando Diao, Wilco .... and i will remember more and more the longer i think about that!
If we just count the first decade, yeah I can't think of anything. Except maybe...
Kill The Moonlight - Spoon
Rubber Factory - The Black Keys
Is This It - The Strokes
Twin Cinema - The New Pornographers
Turn On The Bright Lights - Interpol
Oh, Inverted World - The Shins
White Blood Cells - The White Stripes
Funeral - Arcade Fire
The Woods - Sleater-Kinney
Transatlanticism - Death Cab For Cutie
Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not - Arctic Monkeys
Fever To Tell - Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Illinois - Sufjan Stevens
😜
lily34 wrote:
HAHA so it does. Same chord progression. Love how strong that progression hits in this variation though. The chords are C maj-Dmaj and not very simple transition to play at that speed.
Also, The breakdown sounds just like Jimmy Page on the Les Paul.
why does this remind me a little bit of "Take Me Out?"
HAHA so it does. Same chord progression. Love how strong that progression hits in this variation though. The chords are C maj-Dmaj and not very simple transition to play at that speed.
Also, The breakdown sounds just like Jimmy Page on the Les Paul.
Wow!
What a tune!
Love it! 😎🚀
What a tune!
Love it! 😎🚀
why does this remind me a little bit of "Take Me Out?"
отличная группа!
The segue into this from Porcupine Tree's Point 3 (.3).... just way too good.
Bill's just showing off now... and I love it!
Bill's just showing off now... and I love it!
Underrated album. Great tunes from beginning to end.
coloradojohn wrote:
Whammer jammer, let me hear ya!
(source: J. Geils Band)
Awesome song to crank at any time, but especially as the sun comes blasting through the last shreds of a snowstorm and shines forth! I dig the multilayered guitar-jamming, the wicked keyboards, and the killer percussion throughout and the way it builds, flows and ebbs.
Whammer jammer, let me hear ya!
(source: J. Geils Band)
Richey1977 wrote:
Not many Indie Classics in the 2000´s?? How about Calexico, Airbourne Toxic Event, The Killers, Midlake, Ana Ternheim, Travis, Eels, Flaming Lips, The Divine Comedy, Snow Patrol, Belle and Sebastian, Mando Diao, Wilco .... and i will remember more and more the longer i think about that!
Supergrass absolutely nailed it with this album. There weren't many indie classics in the 2000's, but this is definitely one of them.
Not many Indie Classics in the 2000´s?? How about Calexico, Airbourne Toxic Event, The Killers, Midlake, Ana Ternheim, Travis, Eels, Flaming Lips, The Divine Comedy, Snow Patrol, Belle and Sebastian, Mando Diao, Wilco .... and i will remember more and more the longer i think about that!
Why do artists acknowledge in their lyrics that we are under attack and not stand up for the common man, who has paid for their success , when he is locked down and taken for a ride?
Loved this when it came out. Love it just as much now.
Shackleton
Perfect segue after Porcupine Tree - Point 3. Rocking out! I really dig the layer to this song! Thanks RP! 
ThePoose wrote:
opens like an Al Stewart song
ce wrote:Yes, when he did the "Jason Bourne" soundtrack ;-)
It's obviously a fair way to the Spanish border... ThePoose wrote:
Yes, when he did the "Jason Bourne" soundtrack ;-)
opens like an Al Stewart song
Yes, when he did the "Jason Bourne" soundtrack ;-)
I like it!! A lot!! 
carlos65 wrote:
Look, the kids are dancing to it. I'll give it a 7, Dick.
Its a bit meh. Doesn't seem to do anything once it's started.
Look, the kids are dancing to it. I'll give it a 7, Dick.
Excellent!
Trampled Undergrass... ;-)
wtango wrote:
I saw what you did there...
c.
Their best album since Breakfast In America!
c.
This is a 10. I have spoken.
Its a bit meh. Doesn't seem to do anything once it's started.
RC_in_Bezerkeley wrote:
Great tune! I had not heard of them before. Thank You RP!
bumped to a 9 now that my headphones have fully burned in.
Great tune! I had not heard of them before. Thank You RP!
MrsTom wrote:
Fixed
Argh - someone find all the missing lyrics
Fixed
bumped to a 9 now that my headphones have fully burned in.
wtango wrote:
lolz as the kids say...
Their best album since Breakfast In America!
lolz as the kids say...
vandal wrote:
Not hearing it...
Really? Got ears?
Not hearing it...
rocklandlove wrote:
Not hearing it...
Led Zep much?
Not hearing it...
Their best album since Breakfast In America!
Argh - someone find all the missing lyrics
Led Zep much?
Richey1977 wrote:
I thought all the indie classics came from the 2000's...
Supergrass absolutely nailed it with this album. There weren't many indie classics in the 2000's, but this is definitely one of them.
I thought all the indie classics came from the 2000's...
robotbass wrote:
I have SuperGrass everyday.
I had some supergrass yesterday! 
I have SuperGrass everyday.
Richey1977 wrote:
To my 50-something year old ears this sounds like rock and roll.
but whatever you call it, I agree it is excellent
Supergrass absolutely nailed it with this album. There weren't many indie classics in the 2000's, but this is definitely one of them.
To my 50-something year old ears this sounds like rock and roll.
but whatever you call it, I agree it is excellent
Great song. As a side-note; the guitar sounds 'orange', it reminds me of the guitar sound on the LZ album Houses of the Holy.
One of my most overplayed songs. Never get tired of it.
nevar23 wrote:
C'mon you should rethink this
Clear 10.
7 ---> 8 
C'mon you should rethink this
Clear 10.
opens like an Al Stewart song
7 ---> 8
Supergrass absolutely nailed it with this album. There weren't many indie classics in the 2000's, but this is definitely one of them.
What he said below...
MattRudely wrote:
So smooth I didn’t realize it had even happened...
SUPERB segue from Porcupine Tree.
So smooth I didn’t realize it had even happened...
SUPERB segue from Porcupine Tree.
Trampled under (super)grass
rocklandlove wrote:
I'm surprised more ppl didn't make similar comments.
Sounds like that super grass got Trampled Underfoot, somehow...
I'm surprised more ppl didn't make similar comments.
BillG wrote:
Audacity is available for Mac & Linux also. Excellent open source audio editor.Can we find this song in .mogg file format for Audacity on the net ?
Audacity is available for Mac & Linux also. Excellent open source audio editor.
great segue from Porcupine Tree point 3 going on here.
They stole a little Renaissance for the slow parts of this song and it works very nicely.
I sure miss Supergrass, especially in the summer for some reason.
Gaz Coombes solo album, which is terrific - will have to do.
Gaz Coombes solo album, which is terrific - will have to do.
Awesome song to crank at any time, but especially as the sun comes blasting through the last shreds of a snowstorm and shines forth! I dig the multilayered guitar-jamming, the wicked keyboards... Killer percussion throughout! and I love the way it builds, flows, ebbs, returns -- JAM!
This is one of those songs that reminds me of one or more other songs from the deep part of my memory. I'm not saying that's a bad thing either. I quite like it, but it just stirs other memories.
jagdriver wrote:
I didn't know Audacity was available for Windows; I''ve been using it for years in Linux.
Very nice tune I've long enjoyed here on RP, except for the obnoxious screaming bits halfway in (or whatever). I used the (free) Audacity (sorry, Windows only) to edit that bit out and now the track is much better.
I didn't know Audacity was available for Windows; I''ve been using it for years in Linux.
Sounds like that super grass got Trampled Underfoot, somehow...
SmackDaddy wrote:
The introduction does sound like Supertramp but the rest? Much better.
Supertramp! err Supergrass
The introduction does sound like Supertramp but the rest? Much better.
Supertramp! err Supergrass
Gaz Goombes is so very underrated as a guitarist. The lines on this song, even tho' I might quibble with the tone, are amazing.
robotbass wrote:
I had some tales of endurance,...first!
I had some supergrass yesterday!
I had some tales of endurance,...first!
Wonderful band - see them live!
jagdriver wrote:
Audacity is available for Mac & Linux also. Excellent open source audio editor.
Very nice tune I've long enjoyed here on RP, except for the obnoxious screaming bits halfway in (or whatever). I used the (free) Audacity (sorry, Windows only) to edit that bit out and now the track is much better.
Audacity is available for Mac & Linux also. Excellent open source audio editor.
like so many 'great songs' on rp, after 8 years of repetition they start to grind, from 10 then to 7 now, ah well..? 
so much for 'tales of endurance', in another 8 years it'll be down to sucko barfo i suppose..?
so much for 'tales of endurance', in another 8 years it'll be down to sucko barfo i suppose..?Very nice tune I've long enjoyed here on RP, except for the obnoxious screaming bits halfway in (or whatever). I used the (free) Audacity (sorry, Windows only) to edit that bit out and now the track is much better.
I had some supergrass yesterday!
Toke wrote:
dig wrote:
''Excrementa'' would be more accurate
Doctor Sigmund has expressed his concerns regarding the way you systematically twist conversations around to focus on
your excreta...
Since no one has dropped the "E" word yet, allow me...
EPIC!
EPIC!
''Excrementa'' would be more accurate
Doctor Sigmund has expressed his concerns regarding the way you systematically twist conversations around to focus on
your excreta...
glimpses of the Bourne movie theme in there...
Toke wrote:
naaaa, not so much
dig wrote:
''Excrementa'' would be more accurate
Since no one has dropped the "E" word yet, allow me...
EPIC!
EPIC!
''Excrementa'' would be more accurate
naaaa, not so much
dig wrote:
''Excrementa'' would be more accurate
Since no one has dropped the "E" word yet, allow me...
EPIC!
EPIC!
''Excrementa'' would be more accurate
Since no one has dropped the "E" word yet, allow me...
EPIC!
EPIC!
5 -> 7. The more I hear this tune the more I like it.
Ahhh, the Road to ruin album....likin it.
The more I hear from this album, the more I like. Such is a good thing.
Thanks for the last hour. Brought me back from a dark place.
coloradojohn wrote:
I agree, there are tremendous echoes of the early Supregrass in here and yet it isn't dated; damn catchy bass line and riff too.
Quite possibly the coolest intro EVER...and, whoah, what follows! This baby does it all, and well. Scintillates in multiple spectra! Atoms ionized and electron shells traded! Fades out as comes in, with me wanting more!
I agree, there are tremendous echoes of the early Supregrass in here and yet it isn't dated; damn catchy bass line and riff too.
Wow...is this the same Spergrass I remember from years ago? Very cool....they seem to mature a lot...
oldsaxon wrote:
Yeah, sure, all of that...but do you like it?
I hope you're trying to be funny... someone else was trying to make something interesting.
Yeah, sure, all of that...but do you like it?
I hope you're trying to be funny... someone else was trying to make something interesting.
coloradojohn wrote:
Yeah, sure, all of that...but do you like it?
Quite possibly the coolest intro EVER...and, whoah, what follows! This baby does it all, and well. Scintillates in multiple spectra! Atoms ionized and electron shells traded! Fades out as comes in, with me wanting more!
Yeah, sure, all of that...but do you like it?
Quite possibly the coolest intro EVER...and, whoah, what follows! This baby does it all, and well. Scintillates in multiple spectra! Atoms ionized and electron shells traded! Fades out as comes in, with me wanting more!
Crap. Just when I was getting ready to leave work 5 minutes early... Now I'm stuck.
Sounds alot like Kula Shaker. I like!
NP.
Although Bill plays tracks from the "Road To Rouen" album often, I like their other albums much better!
aspicer wrote:
Road To Rouen
Although Bill plays tracks from the "Road To Rouen" album often, I like their other albums much better!
aspicer wrote:
Awesome - thanks for the heads up warderblu!
Road To Rouen
warderblu wrote:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supergrass_Is_10
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supergrass_(album)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Life_on_Other_Planets
aspicer wrote:
Awesome - thanks for the heads up warderblu!https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supergrass_(album)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Life_on_Other_Planets
aspicer wrote:
Not very familiar with Supergrass overall - what is the best album to jump into oh music brothern?! ;-)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supergrass_Is_10
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supergrass_(album)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Life_on_Other_Planets
aspicer wrote:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supergrass_(album)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Life_on_Other_Planets
aspicer wrote:
Not very familiar with Supergrass overall - what is the best album to jump into oh music brothern?! ;-)
Not very familiar with Supergrass overall - what is the best album to jump into oh music brothern?! ;-)
Too bad they broke up! 
Saw them twice over the years - what a great band!
peter_james_bond wrote:
Amen to that!
Saw them twice over the years - what a great band!
peter_james_bond wrote:
Amen to that!
Not a big Supergrass fan, but this is really hitting the spot at the end of a workday.
Propayne wrote:
Amen to that!
I miss Supergrass.
Would be great to have a new CD by them this Spring - to blast in the car on a beautiful day with the windows down.
Would be great to have a new CD by them this Spring - to blast in the car on a beautiful day with the windows down.
Amen to that!
dpvest wrote:
Not so much for me- I only heard the sound of cameras clicking and llamas munching.
reminds me of machu pichu
Not so much for me- I only heard the sound of cameras clicking and llamas munching.
One of the best lesser known bands of the past 20 years.
linden wrote:
good idea
Love this. Now I'm longing for some Alan Parsons Project. "(The System of) Doctor Tarr and Professor Fether" would sound good after this.
good idea
I miss Supergrass.
Would be great to have a new CD by them this Spring - to blast in the car on a beautiful day with the windows down.
Would be great to have a new CD by them this Spring - to blast in the car on a beautiful day with the windows down.
Note to other rock bands that suck...
This is how you do it.
This is how you do it.
Love this. Now I'm longing for some Alan Parsons Project. "(The System of) Doctor Tarr and Professor Fether" would sound good after this.
Never seem to get tired of this awesome atmospheric jammer! ROCKIN'!
love it!!
Please Bill, more of this!
skybreakers wrote:
Please Bill, no more of this..
skybreakers wrote:
Please Bill, no more of this..
Please Bill, no more of this..
Easy on the ears...I dig.
another SG song I need. Thanks RP! 
Excellent toe tapper!!
kaybee wrote:
Its the best one on there for sure.....
I love the moodiness of this piece, the buildup and everything. I keep imagining driving down a highway somewhere in southern France in late summer with this playing. Is the whole album this good?
Its the best one on there for sure.....
I love the moodiness of this piece, the buildup and everything. I keep imagining driving down the D117 highway in southern France in late summer with this playing on the car stereo. Is the whole album this good?
Doesn't though...
Bridieboo wrote:
Bridieboo wrote:
This sounds soooo good in headphones!
This sounds soooo good in headphones!
Cynaera wrote:
I'd settle for weed.
The British satirical cartoonist Steve Bell drew the strip below in 1982 which nicely combines both meanings of supergrass, in the context in which the term was coined:
I'd settle for weed.
The British satirical cartoonist Steve Bell drew the strip below in 1982 which nicely combines both meanings of supergrass, in the context in which the term was coined:
Love Supergrass.
I'll be hitting the road soon for a longish trip.
Think I'll bring this CD along, but hope I don't end up in Rouen!
I'll be hitting the road soon for a longish trip.
Think I'll bring this CD along, but hope I don't end up in Rouen!
IrieTom wrote:
That's hot...I heard it too. Just got one of their albums (the self titled one) after hearing it on RP (its great), so I'll try and find the RtR one as well...
Oddly enough, I'm hearing a little Franz Ferdinand in the outro...
That's hot...I heard it too. Just got one of their albums (the self titled one) after hearing it on RP (its great), so I'll try and find the RtR one as well...
reminds me of machu pichu
Some pretty strong Zep channeling going on there....
Lovely song, and....i smoke gras ;-) smackiepipe wrote:
Technically BMG still exists...they're called yourmusic.com. They sell CD's for 6 bucks shipped (5 bucks when there's a sale). Alas, they're closing shop in the next few weeks to a month. But it's a decent place to get mainstream titles on the cheap.
One of the first tunes I ever heard on RP (when I joined back in 05). Immediately bought the CD back when BMG was still in business, and was shocked to see that they had it!
Technically BMG still exists...they're called yourmusic.com. They sell CD's for 6 bucks shipped (5 bucks when there's a sale). Alas, they're closing shop in the next few weeks to a month. But it's a decent place to get mainstream titles on the cheap.
One of the first tunes I ever heard on RP (when I joined back in 05). Immediately bought the CD back when BMG was still in business, and was shocked to see that they had it!
GREAT TUNE. (purposeful allcaps)
HazzeSwede wrote:
I'd settle for weed. But I have to say that I was in the middle of a really great Live Journal update when this came on, and I immediately thought, "Geez - this is SUCH a 10!) So, I'm bumping it from 9 to 10 - not just because of the name, but because the song itself pulled me out of a very deep and serious mind-space. Any song that can do that deserves a 10, in my opinion....
Let's go together,all the way up to TEN,just the band name deserves # 10 !
I'd settle for weed. But I have to say that I was in the middle of a really great Live Journal update when this came on, and I immediately thought, "Geez - this is SUCH a 10!) So, I'm bumping it from 9 to 10 - not just because of the name, but because the song itself pulled me out of a very deep and serious mind-space. Any song that can do that deserves a 10, in my opinion....
So bummed I never saw this band live.
Supergrass..I need some
Businessgypsy wrote:
Having been married over seven years to my wife who has a DMA tends to make me a stickler for proper attribution and an appreciator of music history to boot. For those who don't know, yes, we are in the middle of nowhere, but there are a couple of great little universities here!
Arkadelphia musicology! Yes!
Having been married over seven years to my wife who has a DMA tends to make me a stickler for proper attribution and an appreciator of music history to boot. For those who don't know, yes, we are in the middle of nowhere, but there are a couple of great little universities here!
Wow!
What a tune!
Love it! 😎🚀
I Agree! RP introduced me to them. That is why we come here. Thanx RP!