The Blue Aeroplanes
The Blue Aeroplanes are an English rock group from Bristol, that has drawn … Read Full Bio ↴The Blue Aeroplanes are an English rock group from Bristol, that has drawn comparisons to critically acclaimed rock bands like the Velvet Underground because of their eclectic style and the songwriting sensibility of group leader Gerard Langley. Their musical style combines jangling guitars and energetic beats with Langley's spoken-word vocal style.
The original core of the band included Langley's brother John on drums, Nick Jacobs on guitar, and multi-instrumentalist Dave Chapman. However, personnel other than Langley has varied, and (on both records and in performances) they have always been augmented by a large cast of semi-regular sidemen. (By the time of their 1991 album, Beatsongs, the Aeroplanes' lineup included guitarist Angelo Bruschini, guitarist Rodney Allen, bassist Andy McCreeth, drummer Paul Mulreany, and guitarist/keyboard player Alex Lee, with another eight musicians listed in the credits.) The group released Bop Art on the Abstract Records label in April 1984, then signed to Fire Records, for which they recorded their second album, Tolerance (October 1986), and their third, Spitting Out Miracles (1987), plus several EPs. Spitting Out Miracles was their first U.S. release, followed by the compilation album Friendloverplane (1988), a double LP on Fire in the U.K. that was reduced to a single LP on Restless in the U.S. The Blue Aeroplanes then signed to the Ensign division of Chrysalis Records and charted in the U.K. with two 1989 singles, "Jacket Hangs" and "...And Stones," as well as their 1990 and 1991 albums, Swagger and Beatsongs.
The original core of the band included Langley's brother John on drums, Nick Jacobs on guitar, and multi-instrumentalist Dave Chapman. However, personnel other than Langley has varied, and (on both records and in performances) they have always been augmented by a large cast of semi-regular sidemen. (By the time of their 1991 album, Beatsongs, the Aeroplanes' lineup included guitarist Angelo Bruschini, guitarist Rodney Allen, bassist Andy McCreeth, drummer Paul Mulreany, and guitarist/keyboard player Alex Lee, with another eight musicians listed in the credits.) The group released Bop Art on the Abstract Records label in April 1984, then signed to Fire Records, for which they recorded their second album, Tolerance (October 1986), and their third, Spitting Out Miracles (1987), plus several EPs. Spitting Out Miracles was their first U.S. release, followed by the compilation album Friendloverplane (1988), a double LP on Fire in the U.K. that was reduced to a single LP on Restless in the U.S. The Blue Aeroplanes then signed to the Ensign division of Chrysalis Records and charted in the U.K. with two 1989 singles, "Jacket Hangs" and "...And Stones," as well as their 1990 and 1991 albums, Swagger and Beatsongs.
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The Blue Aeroplanes Lyrics
...And Stones And Oceans Miscellaneous The Black Vagabond And The Swan Of …
30 There's a good reason For her quitting the quarters At an…
Adulthood I'm aging from the inside out Raging against the lightning …
Aeroplane Blues I can do without it. If you can do without clothes, you…
Aeroplane Blues (Live) I can do without it. If you can do without clothes, you…
And Stones And Oceans Miscellaneous The Black Vagabond And The Swan O…
Angelwords Here I come, fly into yr angelworld eat yr angelhair and…
Arriving First journey I made, I noticed this effect A huge cloud…
Bad Moon Rising I see a bad moon rising I see trouble on the…
Bagpipe Music It's no go the merry-go-round It's no go the rickshaw All …
Born Again Again On a railway train to anywhere, Something happened finally. …
Bright Star Catalogue Sitting by the grass On the road to my renewal Staring a…
Built In A Day (Backwards dialogue) A calliope, a boulder And a site fo…
Bury Your Love Like Treasure I'm not at all sure it's a good idea I think…
Cardboard Box Start at the end: written on this box Pick your friends …
Careful Boy Looking at this world I've made I don't feel there's much…
Cat-Scan Hist'ry Moving back into the underworld Nothing new can tell you ho…
Ceiling Roses Ok a decision was always What do I have to do…
Chelsea Wallpaper She overstayed on her one big evening Where every tightes…
Coats Oh yeah Note this down You're unloveable And nothing …
Colour Me Let me tell you tell me something tell me what it is…
Complete Blessing I've got fine things to do I'll ring you later Later…
Control Of Embassies Ssss hi, it's the ambassador here With his cut glass tong…
Cowardice and Caprice One glimpse and all that jazz as background No conniving in…
Daughter Movie Saw a movie must be 'cause it moved moved all around me a…
Days Of 49 Way back when in '49 They spoke of reduction For the…
Detective Song Hazard lights and triangles Those are someone's feelings S…
Fun Pick a number that means 1 and a number that…
Great Movie Clichés Your presence is a positive Your absense not a negative Yo…
Growing Up Growing Down Wake up this morning to say good night again Give me…
Gunning The Works I like to see you sing and dance I like to…
Hexanal I awoke to everyone's favourite The scent of new-mown grass…
Huh Nervy push and wordy stagger Blow up world in minor key St…
In The Mystery Diving into an ice broken river Don't cure eclipse So qu…
Jacket Hangs Pick a card, any card. Wrong. Pick 19th century twin-set p…
Jacket Hangs (2006 Digital Remaster) Pick a card, any card, wrong Pick 19th century twin-set pear…
Journal Of An Airman Three signs of an Airman: Practical Jokes Nervousness befo…
Julie You are not a buzz of flies My head is no…
Love Come Round They say you hurt the ones you love, but I…
Lover & Confidante Bring me up to scratch of lies that I have…
Multinational I would love to love you with flutes And carapace, with…
My Hurricane My hurricane is here, humming through phone wires and humou…
Outback Jazz Everything I do I do for you Everything I do I do for…
Pinkies Hit The Union I never glimpsed my strange coil before now it weeps before…
Rare Flowers Said you'd never forget when you were young You had nothing…
Sixth Continent Dollar boy and biscuit girl mix worlds. I'm included, I'm …
Soul Played by white hands Tight in black gloves Skinning it up…
Spitting Out Miracles Get it into your head There's no more, and that's a…
Stagger Lee Stagger Lee was a bad man and everybody know He toted…
Star Below Look out! Look out! We're heading for the star below Wavin…
Streamers You had a boy I had a girlfriend. We wound it…
Sulphur I thought I would strike A Lucifer pose then make a…
Surreal Thing Claudette takes the case In a hotel room Pizzicato strings…
The Applicant First, are you our sort of a person? Do you wear A…
The Boy In The Bubble It was a slow day, And the sun was beating On the…
Tolerance You could measure the effects of that time in light A…
Tree Full Of Starlings By a tree full of starlings In a park full of…
Up In A Down World Look, you can be invisible, transparent, see-through, A bod…
Ups When I walked down to your club I was in blue…
Veils Of Colour What's there to say? Just believe in what's true And every…
Warhol's Fifteen This country's ageing you It's locked into it's own styles …
Weightless If we can't destroy it straight We could at least murder…
What It Is Watch these hands Watch what they're doing What is it? …
When The Wave Comes When the wave comes I'll do what I do Paddle like mad Wha…
Winter Sun Got yourself in the winter sun The light was bright And…
You (Are Loved) Hey, here comes the surprise You should be waiting with open…
Your Ages How can I explain? I need a explanation - This heat blurs…
Yr Own World Give me you and the whole wide world Give me your…