BT — Satellite
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See here we have a beautiful view of the earth down below,
As the satellite departs.
She smells of the sun,
And she's constantly saying,
That's it's all a lie,
Because lies, sound so nice,
And like soil to seed goes,
Casting my fears aside...
She says: "The satellite is coming."
I pray, the wrecking ball is waiting,
She says: "The satellite is coming.
It's come to take us home."
Satellite...
Still smells of the sun,
And the light that brings healing,
Is burning my eyes,
And the dark, seems so nice,
And I'm choking on blessings, that I can receive
I hide.
She says: "The satellite is coming."
I pray, the wrecking ball is waiting,
She says: "The satellite is coming.
It's come to take us home."
She says: "The satellite is coming."
I pray, the wrecking ball is waiting,
She says: "The satellite is coming.
It's come to take us home."
She says: (Satellite)
"The satellite is comming"
I pray, (She)
The wrecking ball is waiting,
She says: "The Satellite is comming,
It's come to take us home."
As the satellite departs.
She smells of the sun,
And she's constantly saying,
That's it's all a lie,
Because lies, sound so nice,
And like soil to seed goes,
Casting my fears aside...
She says: "The satellite is coming."
I pray, the wrecking ball is waiting,
She says: "The satellite is coming.
It's come to take us home."
Satellite...
Still smells of the sun,
And the light that brings healing,
Is burning my eyes,
And the dark, seems so nice,
And I'm choking on blessings, that I can receive
I hide.
She says: "The satellite is coming."
I pray, the wrecking ball is waiting,
She says: "The satellite is coming.
It's come to take us home."
She says: "The satellite is coming."
I pray, the wrecking ball is waiting,
She says: "The satellite is coming.
It's come to take us home."
She says: (Satellite)
"The satellite is comming"
I pray, (She)
The wrecking ball is waiting,
She says: "The Satellite is comming,
It's come to take us home."
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A gem I would have never encountered in my everyday.
One of the first songs that caught my ear when I discovered RP. Been hooked ever since.
Overplayed— That's OK, I love it. Wish we could have claimed this song in the 70s.
Nice song... crappy cd/album cover!
I'm voting yes; no hanging chads.
drictor wrote:
We went from Mercury to Apollo in under 10 years.
And from Presley to Led Zeppelin. Amazing times.
We went from Mercury to Apollo in under 10 years.
And from Presley to Led Zeppelin. Amazing times.
stevesaw wrote:
For a lot of us boomers that grew up during the space age and were nerds, we think it's pretty cool. Just listening to some of the recordings, I wonder at times where that desire to explore and do really cool things went, at least as a nation. Kudos to the private entities out doing cutting edge space development, but it really pales in comparison to what we as a nation could do it we wanted to do. We went from Mercury to Apollo in under 10 years.
Wonder why so many songs have archival space talk in them? Not saying it's good or bad, just odd.
For a lot of us boomers that grew up during the space age and were nerds, we think it's pretty cool. Just listening to some of the recordings, I wonder at times where that desire to explore and do really cool things went, at least as a nation. Kudos to the private entities out doing cutting edge space development, but it really pales in comparison to what we as a nation could do it we wanted to do. We went from Mercury to Apollo in under 10 years.
davidf wrote:
Saw this LIVE in concert! What a great show BT had!
Great album!
Saw this LIVE in concert! What a great show BT had!
Great album!
chyk5 wrote:
lol Ishkur... that brings back some memories
Site looks to be a bit of nothing now.
BUT I FOUND AN ARCHIVE!!! https://techno.org/electronic-music-guide/
From Ishkur.com
First Great Law of BT: That his music is not really all that interesting or catchy. It's really pretty to listen to and incredibly well produced, but it's like one of those meals at a fancy, 4-star restaurant delivered by three waiters, with off-white powder and intricate splotches of red sauce around the edges of the plate. And in the middle, one asparagus. BT's music is like that. Brilliant presentation and even more brilliant execution, but no substance. No hook. No feel. No actual meal. He is the Don "No Soul" Simmons of electronic music. He just doesn't get it.
First Great Law of BT: That his music is not really all that interesting or catchy. It's really pretty to listen to and incredibly well produced, but it's like one of those meals at a fancy, 4-star restaurant delivered by three waiters, with off-white powder and intricate splotches of red sauce around the edges of the plate. And in the middle, one asparagus. BT's music is like that. Brilliant presentation and even more brilliant execution, but no substance. No hook. No feel. No actual meal. He is the Don "No Soul" Simmons of electronic music. He just doesn't get it.
lol Ishkur... that brings back some memories
Site looks to be a bit of nothing now.
BUT I FOUND AN ARCHIVE!!! https://techno.org/electronic-music-guide/
Since when does British Telecom make music?
C'mon, we haven't heard this one for a long time! ;)
Sick!
sweet
Romeo in Blue Jeans
skindy wrote:
WOW! Fascinating story - thanks for sharing!
cool beans
WOW! Fascinating story - thanks for sharing!
cool beans
Never tire of this song, so cool
MJdub wrote:
WOW! Fascinating story - thanks for sharing!
I took a recording class from the guy that engineered (part of) this album (or maybe the one after this one) — awesome guy. He had some great stories about the project. At the time, electronic music was still being done entirely "out of the box" with lots of outboard synthesizers, sequencers, sound modules, effects units, etc. Rather than just a laptop plugged into a stereo input like most people imagine, for electronic music you could easily fill all the inputs on the mixing console like you would with an orchestra. BT showed up with a truckload of gear that basically had the whole album sequenced in the hardware. They didn't have enough lines running to the wall panel in the performance room, so they had to knock a large hole through the wall in order to be able to route enough cables to the mixing desk.
This is where my memory of the story becomes hazy, but there was a big storm that week, and one day they came into the studio to find that the ceiling had caved in directly over the main mixing console, and it took a nice big drink. Leading up to this, the engineer had been having some issues with the studio owner's personality, and things were understandably tense in the aftermath of the flood. I forget the details, but as I recall the owner of the studio eventually lost his cool, and the engineer subsequently lost his, and delivered a profanity-laden "I quit" speech, with middle fingers in the air, whilst standing on top of the mixing desk. I don't know if BT finished tracking the album at that studio.
This is where my memory of the story becomes hazy, but there was a big storm that week, and one day they came into the studio to find that the ceiling had caved in directly over the main mixing console, and it took a nice big drink. Leading up to this, the engineer had been having some issues with the studio owner's personality, and things were understandably tense in the aftermath of the flood. I forget the details, but as I recall the owner of the studio eventually lost his cool, and the engineer subsequently lost his, and delivered a profanity-laden "I quit" speech, with middle fingers in the air, whilst standing on top of the mixing desk. I don't know if BT finished tracking the album at that studio.
WOW! Fascinating story - thanks for sharing!
I took a recording class from the guy that engineered (part of) this album (or maybe the one after this one) — awesome guy. He had some great stories about the project. At the time, electronic music was still being done entirely "out of the box" with lots of outboard synthesizers, sequencers, sound modules, effects units, etc. Rather than just a laptop plugged into a stereo input like most people imagine, for electronic music you could easily fill all the inputs on the mixing console like you would with an orchestra. BT showed up with a truckload of gear that basically had the whole album sequenced in the hardware. They didn't have enough lines running to the wall panel in the performance room, so they had to knock a large hole through the wall in order to be able to route enough cables to the mixing desk.
This is where my memory of the story becomes hazy, but there was a big storm that week, and one day they came into the studio to find that the ceiling had caved in directly over the main mixing console, and it took a nice big drink. Leading up to this, the engineer had been having some issues with the studio owner's personality, and things were understandably tense in the aftermath of the flood. I forget the details, but as I recall the owner of the studio eventually lost his cool, and the engineer subsequently lost his, and delivered a profanity-laden "I quit" speech, with middle fingers in the air, whilst standing on top of the mixing desk. I don't know if BT finished tracking the album at that studio.
This is where my memory of the story becomes hazy, but there was a big storm that week, and one day they came into the studio to find that the ceiling had caved in directly over the main mixing console, and it took a nice big drink. Leading up to this, the engineer had been having some issues with the studio owner's personality, and things were understandably tense in the aftermath of the flood. I forget the details, but as I recall the owner of the studio eventually lost his cool, and the engineer subsequently lost his, and delivered a profanity-laden "I quit" speech, with middle fingers in the air, whilst standing on top of the mixing desk. I don't know if BT finished tracking the album at that studio.
Nice set- love me some space themed astro music... Excellent would-be genre!
tripe
Meh. Doesn't do it for me. Bland, Middle of the road boring.
Used to live in a small development where there was a lady known to all as B.T.
It was her habit to lean over her windowsill on the second floor and, given her huge breasts, this cleavage was a vertical exclamation mark.
Hence the name.
Wonder why so many songs have archival space talk in them? Not saying it's good or bad, just odd.
Stirs memories of a former life. Sadness, but sweet melancholy. 
+1 for ESCM being one of the best albums ever.
BT needs to revisit that sound.
BT needs to revisit that sound.
Very talented bloke is Brian. You might think that it's all Europop, if you do, you're wrong. ESCM should be in the top 100 albums of all time.
mrtuba9 wrote:
Totally agree. I love this Satellite Set......thanks Bill!
any chance Guster will come up after this :')
Totally agree. I love this Satellite Set......thanks Bill!
Rusty420 wrote:
Funny, apparently at some point I rated it a 7. Which means I had listened to it atleast twice and rated it, but have no recollection of doing so. Revising my rating to reflect OK but apparently not memorable.
at some point in my life i rated this a six. ... really? 
Funny, apparently at some point I rated it a 7. Which means I had listened to it atleast twice and rated it, but have no recollection of doing so. Revising my rating to reflect OK but apparently not memorable.
After Cloud Cult then this, I can hear D. Bowie's "Major Tom" as a good follow-up.
I'm liking this in a big way!
BikeCoachDave wrote:
Odd, first time I recall hearing it and I have never rated it either and I have been listening to RP since the early 2000's.
This song has been played on R.P. for 11 years now, and I still enjoy it each and every time.
Odd, first time I recall hearing it and I have never rated it either and I have been listening to RP since the early 2000's.
BikeCoachDave wrote:
I saw the song come on the playlist before it started playing and thought "Hey, something new!" Then it started and I thought "oh, I know this." And you're right, I've heard it many times... never looked up to see who it was, never rated it. I guess that means it's a 6.
edit: but now I see I commented on it before. Hmm. I would have sworn before today I never heard of an act called "BT."
This song has been played on R.P. for 11 years now, and I still enjoy it each and every time.
I saw the song come on the playlist before it started playing and thought "Hey, something new!" Then it started and I thought "oh, I know this." And you're right, I've heard it many times... never looked up to see who it was, never rated it. I guess that means it's a 6.edit: but now I see I commented on it before. Hmm. I would have sworn before today I never heard of an act called "BT."
This song has been played on R.P. for 11 years now, and I still enjoy it each and every time.
BT!!!!!!! :)
One of the first songs I heard on RP - and the first song I ever bought online. Remarkably fun to hear this again.
at some point in my life i rated this a six. ... really?
prophetzarquon wrote:
just needs imogen heap breathing the lyrics rather than this very ho-hum vocal lord, that would ruin it for me. can't stand her. give me b.t. singing any day over her.
just needs imogen heap breathing the lyrics rather than this very ho-hum vocal
any chance Guster will come up after this :')
just needs imogen heap breathing the lyrics rather than this very ho-hum vocal
Byronape wrote:
I dated a girl like that.
You too?
I dated a girl like that.
You too?
neuticle wrote:
agreed. i love it.
Pretty diverse album actually..lots of styles from hardcore club tracks to pop hits..worth a listen
agreed. i love it.
Pretty diverse album actually..lots of styles from hardcore club tracks to pop hits..worth a listen
hbs47 wrote:
I dated a girl like that.
Bland. Pretty wrapping, empty box.
I dated a girl like that.
sirdroseph wrote:
This has stood the test of time only cause of English girls called Cherrrrriiiiiiisssseeeeee!
Oooops that was his Never Gonna Come Back Down. Gotta be careful commenting without listening. Oh well, no this does not stand the test of time.
This has stood the test of time only cause of English girls called Cherrrrriiiiiiisssseeeeee!
Oooops that was his Never Gonna Come Back Down. Gotta be careful commenting without listening. Oh well, no this does not stand the test of time.
Bland. Pretty wrapping, empty box.
Whah!
great to hear
just about to consume Christmas dinner
after a big day on a multi-pitch route in the Costa Blanca
does the Cava taste any more heavenly...
best to all
jx
great to hear
just about to consume Christmas dinner
after a big day on a multi-pitch route in the Costa Blanca
does the Cava taste any more heavenly...
best to all
jx
From Ishkur.com
First Great Law of BT: That his music is not really all that interesting or catchy. It's really pretty to listen to and incredibly well produced, but it's like one of those meals at a fancy, 4-star restaurant delivered by three waiters, with off-white powder and intricate splotches of red sauce around the edges of the plate. And in the middle, one asparagus. BT's music is like that. Brilliant presentation and even more brilliant execution, but no substance. No hook. No feel. No actual meal. He is the Don "No Soul" Simmons of electronic music. He just doesn't get it.
First Great Law of BT: That his music is not really all that interesting or catchy. It's really pretty to listen to and incredibly well produced, but it's like one of those meals at a fancy, 4-star restaurant delivered by three waiters, with off-white powder and intricate splotches of red sauce around the edges of the plate. And in the middle, one asparagus. BT's music is like that. Brilliant presentation and even more brilliant execution, but no substance. No hook. No feel. No actual meal. He is the Don "No Soul" Simmons of electronic music. He just doesn't get it.
surprised to not hear more of BT on RP..
Bt is always welcome.
BT is just cool.
Brings me back to my med school days....
Brings me back to my med school days....
Never tire of this song. Thanks Bill.
I heard this last time I was in my dentist's office.
This has stood the test of time only cause of English girls called Cherrrrriiiiiiisssseeeeee!
...any song with NASA communication feeds playing in the background is automatically cooler: doesn't that make it kind of a cheap shot?..
isayhoomhom wrote:
Not on the RP list: Lou Reed's "Satellite" from the excellent Transformer album.
Sa
Tel
Lite
Of
Love.
Not on the RP list: Lou Reed's "Satellite" from the excellent Transformer album.
Sa
Tel
Lite
Of
Love.
Obtrusive?
isayhoomhom wrote:
Not on the RP list: Lou Reed's "Satellite" from the excellent Transformer album.
that's just crazytalk. that's the first song i thought of! we have to remedy that. transformer is such a fantastic album.
anyway...i loves me some BT. sigh...
Not on the RP list: Lou Reed's "Satellite" from the excellent Transformer album.
that's just crazytalk. that's the first song i thought of! we have to remedy that. transformer is such a fantastic album.
anyway...i loves me some BT. sigh...
I really like this
Voice sounds a bit like John Wetton in his Crimson/UK days
And there's nothing wrong with that ;-)
Voice sounds a bit like John Wetton in his Crimson/UK days
And there's nothing wrong with that ;-)
I remembered my own quote recently when the winning song of Eurovision this year was, you guessed it, Satellite.
greyfin10 wrote:
greyfin10 wrote:
Love this. However, has anyone else noticed what a ridiculously overused song topic this has been over the last 20 years or so? Just off the top of my head I can think of 5 "Satellite" songs.
Quite a few on RP alone:
"Satellite" songs on RP
Quite a few on RP alone:
"Satellite" songs on RP
WONDERFUL!!!
...i like this...
lily34 wrote:
I bought a cd/dvd of his a few years ago. It was more about the multimedia production than just the songs. It was very interesting, some of it was good.
i love this, it takes me back. and i love more on this cd, too. good stuff. don't hear much about him anymore. anyone know what he's up to?
I bought a cd/dvd of his a few years ago. It was more about the multimedia production than just the songs. It was very interesting, some of it was good.
i love this, it takes me back. and i love more on this cd, too. good stuff. don't hear much about him anymore. anyone know what he's up to?
Some good stuff on this album . . .
greyfin10 wrote:
Not on the RP list: Lou Reed's "Satellite" from the excellent Transformer album.
Love this. However, has anyone else noticed what a ridiculously overused song topic this has been over the last 20 years or so? Just off the top of my head I can think of 5 "Satellite" songs.
Quite a few on RP alone:
"Satellite" songs on RP
Quite a few on RP alone:
"Satellite" songs on RP
Not on the RP list: Lou Reed's "Satellite" from the excellent Transformer album.
Big OMG! All I can say is thank you.....So unexpected, so perfect! 
brings back fond memories
Love this. However, has anyone else noticed what a ridiculously overused song topic this has been over the last 20 years or so? Just off the top of my head I can think of 5 "Satellite" songs.
Quite a few on RP alone:
"Satellite" songs on RP
Quite a few on RP alone:
"Satellite" songs on RP
Hey, cool - BT!!!!
whats next - Major Tom?
Bill takes us on a trip to space! Fasten your seatbelts!
Bill takes us on a trip to space! Fasten your seatbelts!
Awesome.
Nice easy down slide relaxing mood stuff after all long day of labor! Followed by one of my favorites...Durutti Column-Nina! 
Like it - all I can summon up is 'I like it', brain dying slowly, I just had my 31st birthday, its all down hill....ohhhhhhh.h.h.h.h.phut
themotion wrote:
teh ghey.
Caution: Wordsmith at work!
Solid 7 here in Chicago.
themotion wrote:
teh ghey.
I was waiting for usual Internet Intelligent Commentary to show up on Radio Paradise.
He's having a movement alright...
teh ghey.
r-squared wrote:
His new album "This Binary Universe" is full DVD of 5.1 intelligent audio goodness.
I agree.. and it's some of his best work ever imo.
A good feel. Solid 9 today.
roggles wrote:
This is a great track, but it's actually old BT - off his third album actually (1999 I believe)
... can't believe I just implied that 1999 is "old"... ugh, now I feel old
How much your life has changed in a time period can significantly affect the perceived distance... for me, it seems really long ago, since I reached my full height, graduated high school and college, worked assorted jobs, and got my real job in that time period.
Downgraded to "Ho-Hum". Where is this going?
surreal1221 wrote:
Wow, this is the first new BT track I have heard in about 4 years. Not bad.
I left the trance, house, and dance music scene about 5 years ago, so I'm a little excited when RP is playing one of my old favorites.
This is a great track, but it's actually old BT - off his third album actually (1999 I believe)
... can't believe I just implied that 1999 is "old"... ugh, now I feel old
Wow, this is the first new BT track I have heard in about 4 years. Not bad.
I left the trance, house, and dance music scene about 5 years ago, so I'm a little excited when RP is playing one of my old favorites.
r-squared wrote:
His new album "This Binary Universe" is full DVD of 5.1 intelligent audio goodness.
Very True... TBU is very cool stuff. Make sure you watch the video as well to get the full effect.
The beginning makes me think of a song by Train (forgetting the title at the moment).
Next we should hear Laura Veirs' Galaxies.
BT - Satellite
A-Ha - Minor Earth Major Sky
Sarah Harmer - Lodestar
His new album "This Binary Universe" is full DVD of 5.1 intelligent audio goodness.
coy wrote:
nice haircut dude
The Derek Zoolander doo.
bschena wrote:
this one nailed a "Planet P" nerve from WAY back in the 80's - anyone old enough to admit remembering THEM?
I'm a big Planet P fan. Tony Carey was awesome. I have half a dozen mp3s from that first album.
Maybe it's the prevalent keyboards and sci fi theme...
This was a really good techno album, which are somewhat hard to come by.
anyone have the new one?
his new album This Binary Universe is one of the best of the year imo. check it..
I bought this disc on the strength of this tune but was very disappointed. Most of it is kiddie-club-land stuff.
I usually try to avoid comparisons to other bands...but man, this one nailed a "Planet P" nerve from WAY back in the 80's - anyone old enough to admit remembering THEM?
Similar sound, similar themes...
But, regardless, I do like this song - but I just keep having to check my watch to see if I have to run to my 8am Calculus class...
Brian Transeau .. though I may not like about half the stuff he makes .. is still one of the most brilliant musical minds of our time.
The vocal alternative to Chicane?
splash !!
if i can limewire this my life will be complete
nice haircut dude
grassfolk420 wrote:
Could I actually be enjoying a song by a dude that looks like this?
I guess I was thinking to same thing as many others. We are so jaded...
grassfolk420 wrote:
Could I actually be enjoying a song by a dude that looks like this?
haaaa. my thoughts exactly. the same thought, incedentally, that i had the first time i ever saw Chris de Burgh...
poprocker1 wrote:
i LOVE that song. Bill, please play it!!!
Here, here!
grassfolk420 wrote:
Could I actually be enjoying a song by a dude that looks like this?
... Yea, why not, he's cute and he does his own self neck massage and Movement in Still Life, what's not to like about him? .. ( hey, there's one for the oxymoron forum: movement in still life! good one!;)
This is excellent.
For the anoraks out there, I suggest you pick up the original yellow version of the album - the one with the floating baby on the cover - as it doesn't have the (bad) extra tracks that BT through on the re-release.
Could I actually be enjoying a song by a dude that looks like this?
neuraljazz wrote:
Like the song, LOVE "Never gonna come back down" on the album, definitely a decent album.
i LOVE that song. Bill, please play it!!!
Another first for me... thanks RP!! Not what I expected from a guy who looks like the lead singer of a boy band. Not bad at all!
Did anyone else notice that this tune is thematically and compositionally derivative of Bill Nelson's "Space ranch" on "whistling while the world turns" Not to mention his "After the satellite sings". All the same; it's not bad.
Ladies and gentlemen, we are floating in space.
mxdcec wrote:
So, the BT is not a reference to British Telecom?
Sorry, it's hard to "hear" my tongue-in-cheek when I make comments. BT is Brian Transeau. Still an excellent tune.
So, the BT is not a reference to British Telecom?
Roverfish wrote:
Coolest song I've ever heard by a band named after a bacterium...Bacillus thuringiensis...good for crops, too.
I like it, and the tie-in with Major Tom. Nice one, Bill.
Better than the usual offerings
rgj13 wrote:
There is a cap on the number of "highest rated" and "lowest rated" songs in each person's profiles. So you're probably not seeing their full range of ratings.
Just FYI. I do agree that a lot of people's ratings seem to skew toward either end of the spectrum.
My own sense of this song has dipped a little since I first heard it; today it gets a 6. O:)
I can only speak for me, but I'm only motivated to stop what I'm doing and rate a song if I either love it or hate it. There are very few "mid-range" ratings in my profile. A song has got to move me, one way or the other, toward rating it.
As for this song, I'm glad to see BT getting play here. Very cool stuff.
This was very nice, kind of dreamy... If I had more of a chance to stop what I'm doing & listen attentively, I might have rated higher than a "7".
Jimmy "86"
I must have played this song 2 or 3 hundred times in a row.. helped me veggitate through the loss of my basset and recently now my father. I couldn't drive quietly with all the hurtful thoughts bouncing round up there.. and nothing else seemed to fill the void with as peaceful a feeling..
I'm sure had I a larger selection of music to pull from, I could find other tunes that would do the same.. but it was at hand and was kind of like stepping into cool water on a hot day... instant relief...
And that's a kudos to Bill .. for were RP not here... I would not have known about the tune.. and would probably not own the cd.. and probably wouldn't have it in the cd changer of the car at the time..
Thanks Bill.. rough times made better for having RP there.
Quayde wrote:
I find it wierd looking through profiles and seeing people ratings have lots of tens and ones and a few fives and sixes. Do we all just polarise for effect? I understand music is a hugely emotive subject, but surely a little objectivity can creep in somewhere? Just musing.
There is a cap on the number of "highest rated" and "lowest rated" songs in each person's profiles. So you're probably not seeing their full range of ratings.
Just FYI. I do agree that a lot of people's ratings seem to skew toward either end of the spectrum.
My own sense of this song has dipped a little since I first heard it; today it gets a 6. O:)
good times.
A gem I would have never encountered in my everyday.
So today, 8 --> 10.