Chrome largely abandoned conventional rock compositions, instead employing cut up and collage techniques and heavily processed sound to create a kind of sci-fi punk sound. They made use of tape loops, samples, noisescapes, synthesizers and strange guitar sounds.
Following Alien Soundtracks, John Lambdin left Chrome, and Gary Spain gradually played less of an active role in the band, leaving a core of Helios Creed and Damon Edge to explore their own experiments with new members. The Creed/Edge collaboration lead to a number of more albums, including Half Machine Lip Moves (making best album lists by Wire Magazine and Julian Cope), Read Only Memory, Red Exposure, Blood On the Moon, 3rd from the Sun and No Humans Allowed.
In 1983 Edge moved to Paris with his wife, where he formed a new lineup of Chrome, releasing a number of albums without Helios Creed, starting with Into the Eyes of the Zombie King, until Edge's death in 1995. Helios Creed formed a new version of Chrome with both new and previous members, shortly after Edge's passing. The Helios-lead Chrome releasing their first album, Retro Transmission, in 1997, and have never officially broken up. They also toured from 1997 to 2001. The last released Chrome album was 2002's Angel of the Clouds, which was pieced together from unused tapes featuring Damon Edge.
Both Damon Edge and Helios Creed have a number of solo, non-Chrome titled albums.
There are other artists with the same name:
2. Chrome is a rapper from North Memphis, Tennessee's Frayser area, the same neighborhood of fellow H.C.P member, Frayser Boy. Chrome is signed to the Hypnotize Minds record label, which is owned by Three 6 Mafia.
Chrome released his first album in the winter of 2005, called Straight To The Pros. The singles off of that album were "So Fresh" and "I Learned".
3. Chrome is a thrash metal band from Kangasniemi, Eastern Finland.
4. Chrome is also a Swedish viking rock band.
5. Chrome is a hip hop artist from Norwich, England.
6. Chrome is an Austrian minimal techno duo. It's a project of Camo and Krooked who are better known for their drum and bass music.
Critical Mass
Chrome Lyrics
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Pra não ter que te encarar
Afogo na piscina
Pra você me salvar
Tropeço na escada pra você me pegar
Crio mil feitiços pra tentar te conquistar
Eu só quero brincar com você
Tenho todos que quero
Mas perco o ar quando te vejo
Saio com seus vizinhos
Só pra você me notar
Tropeço na escada pra você me pegar
Crio mil feitiços pra tentar te conquistar
Eu só quero brincar com você
Eu só quero brincar com você
Eu só quero, quero brincar com você
Eu só quero brincar com você
Eu só quero brincar com você
Eu só quero brincar com você
Eu só quero, quero brincar com você
Eu só quero brincar com você
Não me despreze
Eu sou pior que você
Não tenha medo
Eu só quero brincar
The lyrics of Chrome's song "Critical Mass" express the emotions of a person who is overwhelmed by their feelings for somebody else. The person tries to avoid facing their love interest and instead seeks comfort in the solitude of being invisible. They long for their love interest, and their actions indicate how desperately they want to be noticed. The verse "Tropeço na escada pra você me pegar" (I stumble on the stairs for you to catch me) emphasizes this point. The person is constantly trying to gain attention, even if it means risking injury.
Despite having the power to attract and be with anyone they want, the person is drawn to this one particular individual, losing their breath in their presence. The line "Tenho todos que quero, Mas perco o ar quando te vejo" (I have everyone I want, but I lose my breath when I see you) highlights the irony of the situation. The person is surrounded by so many potential suitors, but they are only interested in the affection of one.
Ultimately, the lyrics express the desire for connection and the fear of rejection. The chorus "Eu só quero brincar com você" (I just want to play with you) reveals that the person's intentions are not to hurt their love interest, but merely to enjoy their company. However, their fear of being rejected and ignored is palpable in the lines "Não me despreze, Eu sou pior que você, Não tenha medo" (Don't despise me, I'm worse than you, Don't be afraid).
Overall, the song conveys the universal feeling of falling in love and the vulnerability and anxiety that accompanies it.
Line by Line Meaning
Finjo ser invisível
I pretend to be invisible so that I don't have to face you.
Pra não ter que te encarar
This is so that I don't have to look at you.
Afogo na piscina
I drown in the swimming pool
Pra você me salvar
So that you would save me.
Tropeço na escada pra você me pegar
I purposely trip on the stairs so that you would catch me.
Crio mil feitiços pra tentar te conquistar
I try a thousand spells to win your heart.
Eu só quero brincar com você
All I want to do is play with you.
Tenho todos que quero
I have everyone that I want.
Mas perco o ar quando te vejo
But I find it hard to breathe when I see you.
Saio com seus vizinhos
I go out with your neighbors
Só pra você me notar
Just so that you would notice me.
Não me despreze
Don't despise me.
Eu sou pior que você
I'm worse than you.
Não tenha medo
Don't be scared.
Eu só quero brincar
All I want is to play with you.
Writer(s): Rodrigo O'reilly Brandao, Bianca Maria Rodrigues De Mir Jhordao
Contributed by Caroline O. Suggest a correction in the comments below.
@clemzzz
best band ever !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
@paulsanay
More audience for the critical mass !!
@lichtungdesseins
wow ,groovy and reserved