Their first album, Short Bus, was released in 1995. The album was commercially successful, and included the hit single "Hey Man, Nice Shot". The song was somewhat controversial, as it was seen as capitalizing on the public suicide of Budd Dwyer. Kurt Cobain's suicide was widely rumored to have inspired the song, but the band refuted this. In need of a live band to tour the album, Patrick and Liesegang recruited Geno Lenardo on guitar, Frank Cavanagh on bass, and Matt Walker on drums. They would all later be featured in the video for the album's second single, "Dose".
Between Filter's first and second albums, the band became known for their soundtrack contributions, The first of these tracks, "Thanks Bro", landed on the Songs In The Key Of X: Music From And Inspired By The X-Files album. In 1996, Filter recorded and filmed the video for the song "Jurassitol", for The Crow: City of Angels soundtrack. They also released the home video Phenomenology in 1996, which showcased some of the band's live performances and music videos, as well as an interview with Patrick and Liesegang filmed in New Mexico.
Liesegang left in 1997 shortly after recording the Filter/The Crystal Method collaboration "(Can't You) Trip Like I Do" for the Spawn movie soundtrack, due to creative differences with Patrick. In 1998, for the X-Files film soundtrack, Patrick decided to keep the Filter name and recorded a cover of Harry Nilsson's "One".
Patrick continued with 1999's Title of Record with returning members Lenardo and Cavanagh, as well as Steve Gillis on drums, filling in the gap left by Walker after he left to work with The Smashing Pumpkins. Title of Record moved away from industrial rock somewhat, and resulted in the band's biggest hit, the mellow ballad "Take a Picture", along with other lesser-heard singles "Welcome to the Fold" and "The Best Things". The song "Take a Picture" is about a dispute on an aircraft, when Richard Patrick drunkenly stripped down to his boxers, alarming the other passengers.
The song "Captain Bligh" (after Vice-Admiral William Bligh of the HMS Bounty) was written by Patrick after leaving Nine Inch Nails and was about Trent Reznor's notoriously anti-social habits. "Miss Blue" is said to have been about Smashing Pumpkins bassist D'arcy Wretzky. She can be heard on the songs "Cancer", and "Take A Picture".
2002 saw the release of The Amalgamut, featuring the singles "Where Do We Go from Here?" and "American Cliché". "The Only Way (Is the Wrong Way)" was also featured in the first wave of Hummer2 commercials that year and in the 2003 movie Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life. Alan Bailey was recruited for live guitar when they set off to tour the album; however, the tour ended abruptly in a matter of weeks when Richard Patrick voluntarily checked himself into rehab. He has since tattooed his date of sobriety, September 28, 2002, on his forearm.
Richard Patrick was part of the supergroup The Damning Well, which has only released one track on the Underworld movie soundtrack in 2003, despite an entire album's worth of recording. While nothing has directly surfaced, it is rumored that some of the material from these sessions have been an influence or has been reworked in Filter's 2008 release Anthems for the Damned and Black Light Burn's first album Cruel Melody, due to the fact that Wes Borland was the guitarist of both The Damning Well and Black Light Burns.
Army of Anyone, a second supergroup side-project with drummer Ray Luzier and Stone Temple Pilots members Robert and Dean DeLeo, released its debut album on November 14, 2006. Low album sales, coupled with Richard Patrick's desire to do more work with Filter, led the band's break-up around mid-2007.
As Army of Anyone wound down, Patrick began working on material for a new Filter album, to eventually be titled Anthems for the Damned. Released to the public in May 2008, it was more serious in tone than some expected and expressed more of his mixed emotions regarding the state of the world and the state of his life.
On March 7, 2008, it was announced that Frank Cavanagh had reunited with Filter and would play as a live member at the Operation MySpace concert in Kuwait. It was confirmed at Operation MySpace that he would not be joining Filter on the full tour as he would be shipping off to Iraq in April. The only song played live during the March 10 performance by Cavanagh, now a Sergeant and Paralegal in the U.S. Army Reserve, was the band's first mainstream hit, "Hey, Man, Nice Shot".
Patrick also announced a remix album to Anthems For the Damned on November 4, titled Remixes For the Damned. Remixes For the Damned was released on November 21, 2008 in the U.S. and Canada, and internationally on December 1, 2008. The lead-off single was "I Keep Flowers Around".
A greatest hits album entitled The Very Best Things (1995-2008) was released March 31, 2009. It featured tracks from all four previous studio albums and various movie soundtrack contributions, but no new content. There are 14 tracks total, with some tracks being radio edits.
Filter started work working on a fifth album shortly after the release of the remix and greatest hits albums, with Bob Marlette as a producer. The album, said Richard Patrick, would be a lot heavier than Anthems for the Damned and was to have a song written for The Amalgamut on it. He also stated he would be moving away from the political lyrical content present in Anthems for the Damned.
When asked about the direction of his upcoming music style in an interview with Suicide Girls on September 13, 2008, Patrick said, "Actually the stuff I’m writing right now for a record that I’m going to release sometime next year is actually way more heavy industrial, more electronic. There’s probably not going to be that many live drums on it." It's important to note that he originally saw this album releasing in 2009, while it has now obviously slipped into 2010.
Richard Patrick has stated on the Filter website that he has been recording songs for movies recently. Filter covered the song "Happy Together" by The Turtles for the soundtrack to the movie The Stepfather (2009). The song features ambient sound with alternative metal.
Filter also contributed a new song "Fades Like a Photograph" for the soundtrack of the movie 2012 (2009). The song has a similar lyrical mood to "Take a Picture" and saw Patrick reuniting with former Filter co-conspirator, Brian Liesegang, who co-produced the track.
Through the end of 2009 and into 2010, Filter released a series of fourteen studio updates chronicling the progress made on the album. Each update touched on a certain part of the album process, such as "recording guitar parts" or "mixing the album". The last studio updates confirmed that the album recording had been completed. In their last studio video update, Richard Patrick showcased two clips from final mixed songs on iTunes that listed track listing and track lengths. While the video was legitimate, it was not the actual final track list, it was only a collection of new Filter songs on a playlist.
The album has been recorded, mixed and mastered, and band is currently signed with the label Rocket Science Ventures. Filter released a new single, "The Inevitable Relapse", as their first single on May 26th. The song is available on the band's official website as a free digital download. The Trouble with Angels will be released in August 17, 2010, with touring starting in the summer. The second track on the album, titled "Drug Boy," was released on the band's website on August 3rd.
Happy Together
Filter Lyrics
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I think about you day and night
It's only right
To think about the girl you love
And hold her tight
So happy together
If I should call you up, invest a dime
And ease my mind
Imagine how the world could be
So very fine
So happy together
I can't see me lovin' nobody but you
For all my life
When you're with me baby the skies'll be blue
For all my life
You and me!
(I can't see me lovin' nobody but you)
Me and you!
You and me!
(I can't see me lovin' nobody but you)
Me and you!
Me and you, and you and me
No matter how they toss the dice
It has to be
The only one for me is you
And you for me
So happy together
I can't see me lovin' nobody but you
For all my life
When you're with me baby the skies'll be blue
For all my life
You and me!
Me and you!
You and me!
Me and you!
You and me!
Me and you!
You and me!
Me and you!
The song "Happy Together" by Filter is a cover of The Turtles' classic hit from 1967. The lyrics describe a feeling of love and devotion towards someone, as the singer imagines being with this person day and night, thinking about them constantly and wanting to hold them tight. The chorus expresses a desire for the person to belong to the singer, and the idea that being together would make the world a happier place. The singer only sees themselves loving this person for the rest of their life and being happy together, no matter what happens.
The song captures the essence of the mid-60s, with its upbeat and cheerful sound. The lyrics can be seen as a reflection of the optimism and hope that was prevalent at the time, as people looked towards a bright future and a new era of love and peace. The song's catchy melody and memorable chorus have made it a popular choice for commercials, movies, and TV shows over the years.
Line by Line Meaning
Imagine me and you, I do
I often imagine myself with you
I think about you day and night
You constantly cross my mind
It's only right
It feels appropriate
To think about the girl you love
To have thoughts about the person you hold dear
And hold her tight
To embrace her affectionately
So happy together
So content in each other's loving company
If I should call you up, invest a dime
If I called you up and spent some money
And you say you belong to me
And if you claim me as yours
And ease my mind
And alleviate my worries
Imagine how the world could be
Consider a future where we are together
So very fine
It would be extremely pleasant
So happy together
So content in each other's loving company
I can't see me lovin' nobody but you
I cannot picture myself loving anyone but you
For all my life
For the entirety of my life
When you're with me baby the skies'll be blue
Things seem better when you're around
You and me!
Just the two of us!
(I can't see me lovin' nobody but you)
(I can't see myself loving anyone else)
Me and you!
The two of us together!
You and me!
Just the two of us!
(I can't see me lovin' nobody but you)
(I can't see myself loving anyone else)
Me and you!
The two of us together!
Me and you, and you and me
The two of us, with no one else in between
No matter how they toss the dice
No matter what fate decides
It has to be
It must be that
The only one for me is you
You are the only one I want
And you for me
And I for you
So happy together
So content in each other's loving company
Me and you!
The two of us together!
You and me!
Just the two of us!
Me and you!
The two of us together!
You and me!
Just the two of us!
Me and you!
The two of us together!
You and me!
Just the two of us!
Me and you!
The two of us together!
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
Written by: Alan Gordon, Garry Bonner
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
Brian Younger
This has got to be one of the best cover songs of all time. I love Filter.
Keyser Soze
Filter only does awesome covers, putting their great, unique spin on the originals.
Die Nemesis
Their cover of One by 3 dog night from the X Files soundtrack is by far my favorite.
KM1980 Music
"Stand By Me" by Ki:Theory is a great one too!
Francisco Heredia
I just discover this band and i love it🤩
Анна Назарьева
Эта песня запала в душу. Текст, музыка, вокал... 💔 спасибо!
npu
Finally! This is the "dark" version I was looking for! This song has so much potential to be deliciously creepy, and yet it was hard to find a version that takes this road
JustAnotherPaddy
Hell, The Carpenters original is creepy af if you consider the lyrics, but yes…this is how ya do the thing.
Olivia Chamberlain
Also, Slothrust has a great cover of this song.
Walter Phillips
@Olivia Chamberlain I'm stuck on Strange Astrology.