1) An electronic duo from… Read Full Bio ↴There are multiple artists that use this name:
1) An electronic duo from Nottingham, England. They are the founders of Sport Records.
2) A no-wave/post-punk trio from Brisbane, Australia.
3) A power-pop band from Manila, Philippines.
4) Bent is also the name used by an Icelandic rapper and XXX Rottweiler Hundar member; a Balikpapan, Indonesia, digital hardcore band; and others.
1) Bent is the name of the Nottingham, UK,duo formed by Neil Tolliday (aka Nail Tolliday) and Simon Mills. Their critically acclaimed début album was Programmed to Love (2000) and their latest studio album is Intercept! (Oct 2006).
Programmed to Love was a very successfully for advertisement music. "Invisible Pedestrian" track featured in a 2003 Absolut Vodka commercial and, more famously, a late-90's USA Volkswagen bus commercial. Also, "Private Road" was included in a 'Bank of Carlsberg' TV ad' clip (Dec 2001).
Other albums included The Everlasting Blink (2002), Ariels (2004) and, most recently, the more disco-pop inspired Intercept!.
Later, a cluster of remix / rework singles / EPs appeared, around the release of Best of (Aug 2009). Four years later saw the 34-track From The Vaults: 1998-2006 (Jun 2013).
2) BENT are a Brisbane 3-piece on Emotional Response Records. Their Bandcamp profile goes thusly:
"BENT are a trio of wonky post-punkers from Brisbane Australia. On “Snakes and Shapes”, their 2nd full length, the band deliver 14 tracks of inspired and skewed pop - raw and beautiful.
3) Bent was an early 2000s power-pop band from Manila, Philippines. The all-girl band consisted of a group of high school friends: songwriter Erna Morcozo on lead guitar, Tinn Naval on drums, Dianne Bolo on vocals, and Azelle Mendoza on bass. Bent released one album, Fragile, in 2002.
An Ordinary Day
Bent Lyrics
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I watched you hurried by, you looked so shy
It began just like another ordinary day, and an ordinary way
I watched you hurried by, you looked so shy
It began just like another ordinary day, and an ordinary way
I watched you hurried by, you looked so shy
It began just like another ordinary day, and an ordinary way
I watched you hurried by
I watched you hurried by
I watched you hurried by
I watched you hurried by
I watched you hurried by
I watched you hurried by
Bent's song "An Ordinary Day" is a hauntingly beautiful track that tells the story of a chance encounter between two people on an ordinary day. At first glance, it seems like just another day, like any other. The singer is observing someone who is walking by, and they notice that she looks shy. Although the lyrics are repeated multiple times, they reveal a deeper meaning as the song progresses, and the subtle changes in the melody add to the overall sense of yearning and longing for something that could have been but never was.
The repetition of the lyrics and melody, as well as the use of simple phrases like "just like another ordinary day" and "an ordinary way," create a sense of monotony and routine, but also of missed opportunities. The singer wonders what could have been if they had just said hello, or maybe something more. The beauty of the song lies in the fact that it captures a moment in time, a fleeting encounter that could have been so much more, but wasn't.
Overall, "An Ordinary Day" is a poignant and melancholic song that speaks to the human condition of missed opportunities and the what-ifs of life. It is a reminder that sometimes the most profound moments happen in the briefest of encounters, and that there is beauty in the ordinary if we choose to see it.
Line by Line Meaning
It began just like another ordinary day, and an ordinary way
The day started off like any other usually does.
I watched you hurried by, you looked so shy
As I observed you walking quickly past me, you appeared to be timid and reserved.
I watched you hurried by
I paid attention to you as you rushed past me.
I watched you hurried by
I observed you as you quickly passed by once again.
I watched you hurried by
Again, I observed you as you hurried past me yet again.
I watched you hurried by
For the fifth time, I noticed you quickly walking past me.
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
Written by: CAROL BARRATT, KARL B JENKINS, SIMON MILLS, NEIL TOLLIDAY
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