Cinerama from Leeds, UK started life as a duo in 1997, The Wedding Present'… Read Full Bio ↴Cinerama from Leeds, UK started life as a duo in 1997, The Wedding Present's David Gedge and his girlfriend Sally Murrell, together with a shifting line-up of collaborators. 1998's Va Va Voom "turbo-driven melodies and bittersweet vignettes taking in everything from John Barry to the Zombies" (The Times) featured The Church's Marty Willson-Piper and Emma Pollock from The Delgados. Then later in 1998, Gedge rescued the rhythm section of the disbanded Goya Dress ([[bandmember from=1998]Terry de Castro and Simon Pearson) and combined them with Wedding Present guitarist Simon Cleave. From 2000 the line-up remained relatively steady, apart from Finnish drummer Kari Paavola replacing Pearson and Murrell's eventual retirement from live performance.

Surely on pace to rival the abundant shelf filling of The Wedding Present, Cinerama released a clutch of singles in support of their debut LP, as well as a number prior to 2000's Steve Albini-recorded Disco Volante "dangerously, seductively sweet" (Melody Maker). Notable were the heart-rending Superman (complete with alternative Spanish take) and the six and a half minute epic Health And Efficiency (also available in French!).

The third Cinerama studio album, Torino (2002), was much darker than the first two, with Gedge returning to a guitar-driven sound and deciding to write predominantly about infidelity.

At the end of 2002, Gedge and Murrell split up, and he decided to depart from Leeds, moving to Seattle and busying himself with a new Cinerama album which eventually became the new Wedding Present LP, (Take Fountain). For him, it was full circle and Cinerama was no more after 2004.

Following annual one-off appearances starting in 2009 at Gedge's own festival, At the Edge of the Sea, he revived the Cinerama name for a limited edition single, I Wake Up Screaming in October 2013.

In May 2015, a radical track-by-track re-working of The Wedding Present's 2012 album Valentina, was released under the Cinerama moniker. The project, also called Valentina, was recorded by Gedge and Pedro Vigil.

Careless
Cinerama Lyrics

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And by the way, I'm sorry for calling you loose
Oh, well, but look who you chose to seduce
OK, well, none of those things I said were true
Now I regret, continuing with the pretense
Because it just doesn't make any sense
Because I'd still like to be, well, friends with you
So please don't ignore me, that'd be really the end
I just lost a lover, I don't want to lose a friend

That would be careless
That would be careless
But I'm not still in love with you
No, I'm not still in love with you
And I'm sure that together we can make this work
As long as I stop being a jerk
As long as you stop indulging his every whim
Because I know I could put up with all of this mess
Just to see you wearing that dress
You know I'll be here when you're through with him
No please don't ignore me, that'd be really the end
I just lost a lover, I don't want to lose a friend
That would be careless
That would be careless
But I'm not still in love with you
No, I'm not still in love with you
That would be careless
That would be careless

But I'm not still in love with you
No, I'm not still in love with you

Overall Meaning

The song "Careless" by Cinerama is an introspective ballad about regret, forgiveness, and the desire to maintain a friendship with someone who was once a lover. The first verse starts with an apology for calling someone "loose" and accusing them of seducing someone else. The singer takes responsibility for their actions and admits that they were not true.

In the second verse, the singer expresses regret for pretending that they were not still in love with the person. They confess that they would like to remain friends and asks that the person not ignore them. The singer acknowledges that they have lost a lover and does not want to lose a friend as well.

The chorus reiterates the sentiment that being careless and losing the friendship would be a mistake, but also affirms that the singer is not still in love with the person. The singer acknowledges that they need to change their behavior and stop being a "jerk" if they want to make the friendship work.

Overall, "Careless" is a reflection on the complexities of relationships and the importance of valuing and maintaining meaningful connections with those around us.

Line by Line Meaning

And by the way, I'm sorry for calling you loose
I apologize for calling you promiscuous

Oh, well, but look who you chose to seduce
But you chose to seduce someone I am jealous of

OK, well, none of those things I said were true
Actually, none of what I said earlier was true

Now I regret, continuing with the pretense
I regret pretending that I am indifferent to you

Because it just doesn't make any sense
It makes no sense to hide my true feelings

Because I'd still like to be, well, friends with you
I still want to be friends with you

So please don't ignore me, that'd be really the end
Please don't cut me out of your life, that would be devastating

I just lost a lover, I don't want to lose a friend
I recently lost a romantic partner and I don't want to lose you as a friend too

That would be careless
That would be reckless and thoughtless

But I'm not still in love with you
However, I no longer have romantic feelings for you

And I'm sure that together we can make this work
I believe that we can still maintain a friendship

As long as I stop being a jerk
As long as I stop behaving poorly

As long as you stop indulging his every whim
As long as you stop catering to his every desire

Because I know I could put up with all of this mess
Because I am willing to tolerate the difficulties and challenges of our situation

Just to see you wearing that dress
Just to see you looking beautiful

You know I'll be here when you're through with him
You know I will be waiting for you if and when you end your current relationship

That would be careless
That would be reckless and thoughtless

But I'm not still in love with you
However, I no longer have romantic feelings for you

No, I'm not still in love with you
I want to make it clear, I don't have feelings for you in that way anymore

Lyrics © A SIDE MUSIC LLC D/B/A MODERN WORKS MUSIC PUBLISHING, Universal Music Publishing Group, Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
Written by: DAVID LEWIS GEDGE, SIMON CHRISTOPHER CLEAVE

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