Nada Surf
Nada Surf is an American alternative rock group that was formed in 1992. Th… Read Full Bio ↴Nada Surf is an American alternative rock group that was formed in 1992. The New York band consists of Matthew Caws (guitar, vocals), Ira Elliot (drums, vocals) and Daniel Lorca (bass, vocals). Their debut album, titled 'High/Low', came out on June 18, 1996 and featured production work from Ric Ocasek of The Cars
The band is best known for the song "Popular", released as a single from their aformentioned debut. The song reached #11 on the US Billboard Alternative Songs chart and propelled the album itself to #63 on the Billboard 200. Each of the verses in "Popular" are extracted from the 1964 guide 'Penny's Guide to Teen-Age Charm and Popularity', a work by former teen television actress Gloria Winters, and the lyrics are sarcastically spoken, with a calm, deadpan voice used initially that gradually builds Kinison-style in teen angst and rage.
The groups follow-up effort, an album titled 'The Proximity Effect', failed to garner as much attention due to music industry shenanigans. The band explains on their official website:
Nada Surf recorded The Proximity Effect in 1998 with Fred Maher (Luna, Lou Reed, Matthew Sweet). It was a mighty fine record. Elektra [now part of Atlantic], claiming they "didn’t hear a single," asked the band to go back in the studio to hunt for one. As this was months after they’d handed the record in, the band refused and were dropped. It’s pretty safe to say, though, that Elektra didn’t appear to be "listening" very hard. The Proximity Effect was released as scheduled in Europe. Critics loved it and fans bought it. Elektra still didn’t care, but the band still did. So after wrestling the rights back, Nada Surf released The Proximity Effect stateside in 2000 on their own label, MarDev Records, and toured accordingly...
After a three-year wait, the group released Let Go through Barsuk Records to positive reviews. The song "Inside of Love" received some airplay and even reached #73 in the United Kingdom, a feat which neither "Popular" nor the other two previously released singles from Let Go achieved. On the strength of the single, the album reached #31 on Billboard's Top Independent Albums chart.
The band's fourth album, The Weight Is a Gift, was released in Germany on September 5, 2005, by City Slang Records, in Japan/Australia September 12th and in the US September 13th by Barsuk, and in the rest of Europe September 19th by V2/City Slang. It was produced by Chris Walla of the band Death Cab for Cutie, Louie Lino and Nada Surf. The album's lead single is "Always Love."
In 2008, Lucky was released. In 2010 the band returned to the scene triumphantly with the cover-album If I Had a Hi-Fi, revealing a diversity in source material whilst re-moulding it into trademark Nada Surf songs.
The band announced a new record will be released in January, 2012 called " The Stars Are Indifferent to Astronomy." The first single is called "When I was Young" and is available free to download from the band's website. On Oct 24th, 2011, the song was also featured as an NPR "Song of the Day"
The band is best known for the song "Popular", released as a single from their aformentioned debut. The song reached #11 on the US Billboard Alternative Songs chart and propelled the album itself to #63 on the Billboard 200. Each of the verses in "Popular" are extracted from the 1964 guide 'Penny's Guide to Teen-Age Charm and Popularity', a work by former teen television actress Gloria Winters, and the lyrics are sarcastically spoken, with a calm, deadpan voice used initially that gradually builds Kinison-style in teen angst and rage.
The groups follow-up effort, an album titled 'The Proximity Effect', failed to garner as much attention due to music industry shenanigans. The band explains on their official website:
Nada Surf recorded The Proximity Effect in 1998 with Fred Maher (Luna, Lou Reed, Matthew Sweet). It was a mighty fine record. Elektra [now part of Atlantic], claiming they "didn’t hear a single," asked the band to go back in the studio to hunt for one. As this was months after they’d handed the record in, the band refused and were dropped. It’s pretty safe to say, though, that Elektra didn’t appear to be "listening" very hard. The Proximity Effect was released as scheduled in Europe. Critics loved it and fans bought it. Elektra still didn’t care, but the band still did. So after wrestling the rights back, Nada Surf released The Proximity Effect stateside in 2000 on their own label, MarDev Records, and toured accordingly...
After a three-year wait, the group released Let Go through Barsuk Records to positive reviews. The song "Inside of Love" received some airplay and even reached #73 in the United Kingdom, a feat which neither "Popular" nor the other two previously released singles from Let Go achieved. On the strength of the single, the album reached #31 on Billboard's Top Independent Albums chart.
The band's fourth album, The Weight Is a Gift, was released in Germany on September 5, 2005, by City Slang Records, in Japan/Australia September 12th and in the US September 13th by Barsuk, and in the rest of Europe September 19th by V2/City Slang. It was produced by Chris Walla of the band Death Cab for Cutie, Louie Lino and Nada Surf. The album's lead single is "Always Love."
In 2008, Lucky was released. In 2010 the band returned to the scene triumphantly with the cover-album If I Had a Hi-Fi, revealing a diversity in source material whilst re-moulding it into trademark Nada Surf songs.
The band announced a new record will be released in January, 2012 called " The Stars Are Indifferent to Astronomy." The first single is called "When I was Young" and is available free to download from the band's website. On Oct 24th, 2011, the song was also featured as an NPR "Song of the Day"
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Nada Surf Lyrics
"Whose Authority" I walk like you guide me, my eyes Are shut like…
02- the way you wear your head Don't push me 'cause I'll fall in love With whatever you…
07. Blankest Year Oh, fuck it I'm gonna have a party I had the…
80 Windows Clusters of people talking secretly to each other. In a bar…
All Is a Game Do you wake up and lie there And think it through? Is…
Always Love To make a mountain of your life Is just a choice But…
Amateur You make me feel like I'm OK I could be happy Now…
Are You Lightining And so we meet and there are sparks, Its gold it's…
Armies Walk I was about to change But you stayed the same Had pinned…
Au fond du rêve doré J′ai envie de me noyer Au fond d'un rêve doré Toute mélangée…
Bacardi When you walk home from the party Drunk on bacardi…
Bad Best Friend I only wanna say things that are pure: now I…
Beautiful Beat Leave me alone, and there'll be No one to get hurt Nobody…
Between the Wars A lucky man I grew up between the wars I stayed young…
Blankest Year Oh, fuck it I'm gonna have a party I had the…
Blizzard of In blizzard of '77 The cars were just lumps on the…
Blonde on Blonde Cats and dogs are coming down 14th street is gonna drown Eve…
Bright Side I'm watching the days go by, whoa, oh And I'm watching…
Bye Bye Beauté Puisqu'il faut une fin, Puisqu'on ne se verra plus jamais …
Clear Eye Clouded Mind You're gonna miss the word Everyone left the world Take wh…
Come Get Me Taking the subway stairs down One at a time There's a crowd…
Comes a Time Comes a time when You can't judge no more Go out…
Concrete The world's locked up in your head You've been pouring it…
Crowded Star I'm just trying to be, do you know what I…
Deeper Well If I fell Down a big hole Would you tell How do you…
Dispossession My coat, leave behind my coat and my belt, Leave…
Do It Again Well I'd snap to attention If I thought that you knew…
Electrocution I wouldn't mind if I could find A little electrocution. Some…
End Credits All of a sudden I Lost the lie I let myself…
Enjoy the Silence Words like violence Break the silence Come crashing in Into …
Everybody Lies Everybody lies Everybody lies Everybody all the time I lie…
Evolution No te gusta nada de lo que hay aquí, Buscas vida…
Firecracker This time the win is mine My perfect life Room spin, don't…
Fools Fools never learn You play with fire You're gonna get burn…
Friend Hospital We are travelling daily by the hour Moods clouding mountains…
From Now On Here comes the hot feeling again When I hear his name I…
From the Rooftop Down Looking from our rooftop down Bright yellow Danish plastic …
Fruit Fly Left some food wrapped up In a plastic bag On the kitchen…
Happy Kid I'm just a happy kid Stuck with the heart of a…
Here Goes Something Look around, what a mess Anybody's guess Here goes something…
Hi Speed Soul Do you ever feel like you just landed On this earth? You…
Hi-Speed Soul Do you ever feel like you just landed On this earth? You…
High-speed Soul Do you ever feel like you just landed On this earth? You…
Hollywood Been trying to be cool ever since high school Cool like…
Hyperspace Hands up who thinks it's now? Home base is the bathroom, whe…
I It’s amazing how much time love saves you at first When…
I Like What You Say Emergency above Put on your hard hats and invisible gloves W…
I Wanna Take You Home I wanna take you home See your books and your shoes Stay…
I'm Sick of You I'm always changing, you're getting burned What kind of me h…
Ice Box Stay until You're sure that I'm asleep Warm safe and very …
Ice on the Wing I am made of Sopwith Camel Sherman PT-17, sixty and cloudy,…
Icebox Stay until You're sure that I'm asleep Warm safe and very st…
If You Leave If you leave don't leave now please don't take my…
Imaginary Friends Hey, calling all imaginary friends Today don't want no one T…
In Front of Me Now I used to be dreaming when I was driving I used…
In the Mirror I look in the mirror To see what my hair…
Inside of Love Watching terrible TV It kills all thought Getting spacier th…
Inside of Love (radio edit) Watching terrible tv, it kills all thought Getting spacier t…
Janine It's such a joke, what he asked me to do.…
Je T'Attendais Dans les loges chez des amis, Je t′attendais dans la rue…
Jules and Jim The speed at which you move It's weird how you never…
Just Wait (Ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh) (Ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh) Millions of souls The…
Killian I'm putting this night down to bed Cause I was sitting…
Killian`s Red I'm putting this night down to bed Cause I was sitting…
L'aventurier Égaré dans la vallée infernale Le héros s′appelle Bob Morane…
Là pour ça Pense a moi la prochaine fois que Tu entendra la rumeur…
Let the Fight Do the Fighting Hard cover books and silver frames Because they're gone we d…
Live Learn & Forget I used to sing about love Falling in and falling out I'd…
Looking For You In the middle of a sleepless night It sneaks in through…
Looking Through I'm not really here I I'm just looking through I am watching…
Losing I am losing, losing love I am losing, the air above I…
Love and Anger It lay buried here. It lay deep inside me. It's so…
Love Goes On There's a cat in the alleyway Dreaming of birds that are…
Mathilda They used to call me Mathilda My mama kept my hair…
Me and You Me and you Got nothing better to do Than to…
Meow Meow Lullaby Meow-meow meow-meow meow meow (x4) I am just a kitten, Hard…
Moon Mirror Show me a partner Make me an engine A part of something…
Mother I wanna know, I wanna know, Do you have the balls…
Mustang this is not a lie, there's no double-side if the world you w…
Nada Surf I'm putting this night down to bed 'cause I was sitting…
Neither Heaven Nor Space So quiet It's neither heaven nor space, it's just high An…
No Quick Fix There's no quick fix You gotta take your licks Strange times…
No Snow on the Mountain There's no snow on the mountain There's no river to cross …
Nothing I didn't do anything today Lazyhead I didn't do anything…
Paper Boats Sit on a train, reading a book Same damn planet every…
Popular No, I don't care I mean, hey, I got Penny There comes…
Pressure Free i would love to be pressure free from the weight of…
Psychic Caramel Take a look at what's been done The killing wound is…
Question Why do we never get an answer When we're knocking at…
ride in the unknown I was away, I don't know where, it was a…
River Phoenix Born to hippie parents Given a different name Which he…
Robot You're just walking round your little mazes figuring out how…
Run Run I run to fill the gaps I spot ahead The traps…
Sea Knows When Sea knows when Shy of blue getting through Dodging pain fro…
Second Skin I didn't show you I was wearing a porcelain coat You…
See These Bones Everyone's right and no one is sorry That's the start and…
Silent Fighting Don't know what to say Don't know what to talk…
Sleep Step in my shoes, wait 'till you see the big…
Slow Down You see yourself sitting on top so self assured -…
So Much Love Any day, any hour, not feeling fine The weight of the…
Something I Should Do My headphones are playing a duet With a fire engine I walk…
Spooky Do you remember lying on the ground You were smart…
Stalemate Stalemate when do I jump out of the cake Stalemate when…
Tanto Amor En los días que todo parece ir mal El peso del…
Teenage Dreams Calm down now Gotta trust the mind Take as common sense I…
Telescope I think I lost some years, sometimes I don't know…
The Agony of Laffitte All I ever asked of you Was a copy of Garage…
The Film Did Not Go 'Round The shutter clicked, but the film did not go 'round The…
The Fox The fox, the fox Lied Eyes on the wrong prize The fox, the…
The Future The future has long lines The future looks like a screen It'…
The Manoeuvres the lover's crime is to think alone waste your time…
The Moon Is Calling The moon is calling the seas are calling Now I cannot…
The Plan There's a way to drive, I see it once in…
The Voices why do i worry, what do they think? what is…
The Way You Wear Your Head don't push me cause i'll fall in love with whatever you…
There Is a Light That Never Goes Out Take me out tonight Because I want to see people who…
Treading Water Movies like zoos Try another me And I will try another you O…
Treehouse I can see the things she does for me I'm living…
Troublemaker Why do I feel bad again? I shouldn't be sad…
Under the Linden Tree Under the linden tree You ride on me I see you When it…
Waiting for Something Oh my who is that child Where is he going too Why…
Weightless Outside just killing time and making noise And outside the d…
What is Love So we sat and talked Then we walked and talked Said it…
What Is Your Secret? So we sat and talked Then we walked and talked Said it…
When I Was Young It’s amazing how much time love saves you at first When…
Where Is My Mind With your feet in the air and your head on…
Whose Authority I walk like you guide me, my eyes Are shut like…
Why Are You So Mean to Me You tell mum, I'll break your neck, she's already a nervous…
Windows Clusters of people talking secretly to each other. In a bar…
You Were So Warm You were so warm You melted me in your arms We were…
Your Legs Grow If you were here, baby we'd increase the dose. There was…
Zen Brain I'm going from strange to stranger Every year It's going fro…
Zenbrain I'm going from strange to stranger Every year It's going f…