Initially, Garbage was an informal jam session between the three producers held in Marker's basement. Steve Marker saw the music video of "Suffocate Me" by Angelfish on MTV, recorded it and showcased it to his band mates. They invited the Scottish vocalist Shirley Manson to join Garbage, she accepted, and soon Angelfish disbanded. According to Vig, Garbage was named before Manson joined the band, after the percussionist Pauli Ryan walked in while Vig was working on a remix for Nine Inch Nails and said it sounded like "garbage".
In August 1995, the group released their debut album Garbage, preceded by their first single "Vow" in March 1995. This album was an unexpected smash, selling over 5 million copies and reaching double platinum status in the UK (#6), USA (#20), Australia. Also it received great reviews from critics and featured on the book "1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die." They released five singles from this album: "Vow", "Only Happy When It Rains", "Queer", "Stupid Girl", and "Milk". A non-album single entitled "Subhuman" was issued on 7 August 1995.
In 1996, the band released a short-form VHS and Video CD entitled "Garbage Video" (also known as "Home Video"), that included all of Garbage's promotional music videos filmed up until that point.
In 1997, Garbage were nominated at Grammy Awards for Best New Artist, Best Rock Performance By a Duo or Group With Vocal for "Stupid Girl", Best Rock Song for "Stupid Girl". In the same year, the remixed version of "#1 Crush" (original version released in 1996) was included on the multi-platinum movie soundtrack William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet. Also it was nominated for Best Song From a Movie at the 1997 MTV Movie Awards.
They spent over an year working on their follow-up album Version 2.0, which was released on May 1998 and hit #1 in the UK and #13 in the US. It was supported by six singles: "Push It", "I Think I'm Paranoid", "Special", "When I Grow Up", "The Trick Is to Keep Breathing" and "You Look So Fine". The music video of "Push It" featured state of the art effects and it costs over $400,000 to make. Version 2.0 sold over 5 million copies, almost the same as their debut.
In 1999, they performed the theme song to the James Bond movie The World Is Not Enough. That year, they also contributed the song "When I Grow Up" to the Adam Sandler movie Big Daddy. Version 2.0 was nominated at Grammy Awards for Album of the Year and Best Rock Album, and "Special" was nominated for Best Rock Performance By a Duo or Group With Vocal and Best Rock Song.
In October 2001, Garbage issued their third and most pop album beautifulgarbage, preceded by the single "Androgyny" in September 2001. All four singles released ("Androgyny", "Cherry Lips (Go Baby Go!)", "Breaking Up the Girl" and "Shut Your Mouth") were moderately successful. This album got 6th place at Rolling Stone's Top 10 Albums of The Year. The world tour from October 2001 to November 2002 was affected by Butch's health problems.
The band struggled to remain together and almost split in 2003, before returning with the fourth studio album Bleed Like Me in April 2005, peaking at a career-high #4 in USA. Four singles promoted the album: "Why Do You Love Me", "Sex Is Not the Enemy", "Bleed Like Me", and "Run Baby Run". Garbage cut short their 2005 world tour, and announced an indefinite hiatus, but emphasized it was not a break-up.
In July 2007 the group released a greatest hits album and a DVD entitled Absolute Garbage. The compilation featured a selection of their singles, a new single "Tell Me Where It Hurts" (#50 UK), and a remixed version of "It's All Over But the Crying" (the limited edition had also a remixes disc). The DVD included most of their music videos and a documentary related to the band.
In 2008 a new track called "Witness to Your Love" was issued on a charity compilation in the USA. Shirley Manson recorded a solo album but her label refused to release it considering it to be "too noir". In the same year she started to play a regular role on US TV show Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles.
According to a post from Shirley's Facebook profile, the band returned back to studio in 2010. On 14 May 2012, Garbage released their fifth studio album, Not Your Kind of People. The album was supported by the singles "Blood For Poppies", "Battle in Me", "Automatic Systematic Habit" and "Big Bright World".
On June 10th 2016, Garbage released their 6th album "Strange Little Birds".
Show Me
Garbage Lyrics
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You could walk
You could run long before you could sing
You could talk
Think about all the things you never say
And spit them out
And show me
Show me
Show me how
Show me
Show me who you are
Show me
Show me now
It's not as easy as it seems
The world is big
The sea is deep
There is no rope
There is no line
We're specks of dust up in the sky
There is no space
There is no time
There's only you and what we leave behind
And show me
Show me how
Show me
Show me how
Show me
Show me who you are
Show me
Show me now
And what we leave behind
And what we leave behind
And show me
Show me how
Show me
Show me how
Show me
Show me what we leave behind
And what we leave behind
What we leave behind
Show me
What we leave behind
Show me
What we leave behind
Show me
What we leave behind
Show me
What we leave behind
Show me
What we leave behind
The song "Show Me" by Garbage is a reflective but encouraging track that starts with a description of a person's early accomplishments. To have achieved feats such as walking and running before the ability to sing and talk is meant to demonstrate that we have an innate capacity to succeed that we often underestimate. The song encourages us to examine the things we never vocalize and to express them, to show the world what we are made of.
The second stanza speaks about the vastness of the world and the sky, and how despite our individual smallness and insignificance, what we leave behind is what matters. The chorus is repeated several times, urging us to show the world how to live and how to create, a call to action to be vulnerable and creative with whatever we choose to leave behind.
Overall, "Show Me" is a song that challenges us to recognize our potential and to be authentic about our desires and ambitions. It urges us to seize the moment and to leave something meaningful behind so that we may make a difference in the world.
Line by Line Meaning
You could hear long before you could dream
Even before you could imagine, your ears were receiving sounds from the world around you
You could walk
You learned how to move one step at a time
You could run long before you could sing
You were physically active before you learned to express yourself through music
You could talk
You learned to communicate through language
Think about all the things you never say
Consider the thoughts and feelings you keep hidden within you
And spit them out
Express those thoughts and feelings
And show me
Demonstrate to me
Show me how
Display the process of expressing yourself
Show me who you are
Reveal your inner self
Show me now
Do it without delay
It's not as easy as it seems
Expressing yourself can be difficult
The world is big
The universe is vast
The sea is deep
The ocean is profound
There is no rope
There is no clear direction or guide
There is no line
There is no defined path
We're specks of dust up in the sky
We are small and insignificant in comparison to the universe
There is no space
Space has no boundaries
There is no time
Time is infinite
There's only you and what we leave behind
All that matters is who you are and what you leave behind
And what we leave behind
The legacy we create
Show me what we leave behind
Reveal the impact you desire to make
What we leave behind
Our lasting impression on the world
Lyrics © O/B/O APRA AMCOS
Written by: Bryan David Vig, Douglas Elwin Erickson, Shirley Ann Manson, Steve W Marker
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@sophiahawkins9083
You could hear long before you could dream
You could walk...
You could run long before you could sing
You could talk...
Think about all the things you never say and spit them out...
[Chorus]
Show me
Show me how...
Show me
Show me who you are...
Show me
Show me now...
Heartgasm
It’s not as easy as it seems
The world is big
The sea is deep...
There is no rope
There is no line
We’re specs of dust up in the sky...
There is no space
There is no time
There’s only you and what we leave behind...
[Chorus]
And what we leave behind
And what we leave behind
Show me what we leave behind
[Chorusgasm]
@blade4flame
The most underrated single they have ever released - and it still kicks ass.
@sophiahawkins9083
You could hear long before you could dream
You could walk...
You could run long before you could sing
You could talk...
Think about all the things you never say and spit them out...
[Chorus]
Show me
Show me how...
Show me
Show me who you are...
Show me
Show me now...
Heartgasm
It’s not as easy as it seems
The world is big
The sea is deep...
There is no rope
There is no line
We’re specs of dust up in the sky...
There is no space
There is no time
There’s only you and what we leave behind...
[Chorus]
And what we leave behind
And what we leave behind
Show me what we leave behind
[Chorusgasm]
@salamander9763
I’m surprised this didn’t get made to a vid niether As heaven is wide
@brucehellebuyck1282
rock my world garbage. love ya guys and chick
@staciebuckley3368
All Children Matter we can change the world in one generation
@staciebuckley3368
What a humble lady. I met her back stage at the fox theater.
@staciebuckley3368
I love the band ❣️
@staciebuckley3368
One of my favorite memories
@coreydonaldson3303
Show Me is a very cool Garbage song that I would like to hear in an awesome film or tv show !
@GrooveBadger
totally needs to be in a movie! Let's recommend this to everyone in Hollywood.