Mercury Rev is an American rock music group, that formed in 1989 in Buffal… Read Full Bio ↴Mercury Rev is an American rock music group, that formed in 1989 in Buffalo, New York. Original personnel were David Baker (vocals), Jonathan Donahue (vocals, guitars), Sean "Grasshopper" Mackowiak (guitars, clarinet), Suzanne Thorpe (flute), Dave Fridmann (bass) and Jimy Chambers (drums).
With their debut, Yerself Is Steam, the band gained an underground following, particularly in the UK. 1993's Boces was critically acclaimed for its alternative sound, and the band's next album, See You on the Other Side, begins a shift away from the extremes of sonic experimentalism towards the elaborately-orchestrated classic rock blueprint of their later work.
With their early records, Mercury Rev offered experimental, psychedelic rock, which gradually shifted to a melodic, ornate sound. Mercury Rev is often compared to The Flaming Lips, and in fact share close ties: soon after the band's formation, Donahue also joined the Flaming Lips as second guitarist and appeared on two of their albums; and since the 1990 album In a Priest Driven Ambulance, Dave Fridmann has co-produced every Flaming Lips studio album to date except 1993's Transmissions from the Satellite Heart.
Despite considerable critical acclaim, their early releases never gave Mercury Rev more than cult popularity, though they appeared on the smaller second stage at some 1993 Lollapalooza stops. Baker left after their second record, Boces (1993), citing musical and personal disputes; he later recorded an album as Shady. With his departure, the darker, more experimental and less accessible features of their music began to disappear.
The band's first post-Baker album, See You on the Other Side (1995), found them in transition, and the 1998 release of the acclaimed Deserter's Songs (which featured appearances by Garth Hudson and Levon Helm of The Band) made Mercury Rev unexpected pop stars. In the UK, NME Magazine made Deserter's Songs their Album of the Year. Donahue's earnest, high-pitched vocals and concentration on relatively concise, melodic songs gave the band's material an entirely new feel and much increased popularity (Deserter's Songs spawned three UK top 40 singles).
All Is Dream was issued in 2001. It managed a UK top 20 single, "The Dark is Rising," which reached #16 in the UK Top 40.
Mercury Rev's much-anticipated The Secret Migration was released on January 24, 2005. This was followed up in 2006 by a compilation album called The Essential Mercury Rev: Stillness Breathes 1991-2006 and the film soundtrack album Hello Blackbird. More recently, the band released a pair of albums on September 29, 2008: Snowflake Midnight, and a free MP3 album of instrumentals, Strange Attractor.
In 2011 the band performed Deserter's Songs in it's complete form live at several festivals in the UK.
With their debut, Yerself Is Steam, the band gained an underground following, particularly in the UK. 1993's Boces was critically acclaimed for its alternative sound, and the band's next album, See You on the Other Side, begins a shift away from the extremes of sonic experimentalism towards the elaborately-orchestrated classic rock blueprint of their later work.
With their early records, Mercury Rev offered experimental, psychedelic rock, which gradually shifted to a melodic, ornate sound. Mercury Rev is often compared to The Flaming Lips, and in fact share close ties: soon after the band's formation, Donahue also joined the Flaming Lips as second guitarist and appeared on two of their albums; and since the 1990 album In a Priest Driven Ambulance, Dave Fridmann has co-produced every Flaming Lips studio album to date except 1993's Transmissions from the Satellite Heart.
Despite considerable critical acclaim, their early releases never gave Mercury Rev more than cult popularity, though they appeared on the smaller second stage at some 1993 Lollapalooza stops. Baker left after their second record, Boces (1993), citing musical and personal disputes; he later recorded an album as Shady. With his departure, the darker, more experimental and less accessible features of their music began to disappear.
The band's first post-Baker album, See You on the Other Side (1995), found them in transition, and the 1998 release of the acclaimed Deserter's Songs (which featured appearances by Garth Hudson and Levon Helm of The Band) made Mercury Rev unexpected pop stars. In the UK, NME Magazine made Deserter's Songs their Album of the Year. Donahue's earnest, high-pitched vocals and concentration on relatively concise, melodic songs gave the band's material an entirely new feel and much increased popularity (Deserter's Songs spawned three UK top 40 singles).
All Is Dream was issued in 2001. It managed a UK top 20 single, "The Dark is Rising," which reached #16 in the UK Top 40.
Mercury Rev's much-anticipated The Secret Migration was released on January 24, 2005. This was followed up in 2006 by a compilation album called The Essential Mercury Rev: Stillness Breathes 1991-2006 and the film soundtrack album Hello Blackbird. More recently, the band released a pair of albums on September 29, 2008: Snowflake Midnight, and a free MP3 album of instrumentals, Strange Attractor.
In 2011 the band performed Deserter's Songs in it's complete form live at several festivals in the UK.
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Monica FL
Time, all the long red lines, that take control
Of all the smoke-like streams that flow into your dreams
That big blue open sea, that can't be crossed
That can't be climbed, just born between
Oh, the two white lines, distant Gods an' faded signs
Of all those blinking lights, you had to pick the one tonight
Holes, dug by little moles, angry jealous spies
Got telephones for eyes, come to you as friends
All those endless ends, that can't be tied
Oh, they make me laugh, and always make me cry
Till they drop like flies, and sink like polished stones
Of all the stones I throw, how does that old song go?
How does that old song go?
Bands, those funny little plans, that never work quite right
Ra No
Lyrics
Time
All the long red lines
That take control
Of all the smoke like streams
That flow into your dreams
That big blue open sea
That can't be crossed
That can't be climbed
Just born between
Oh, the two white lines
Distant gods and faded signs
Of all those blinking lights
You had to pick the one tonight
Holes
Dug by little moles
Angry jealous spies
Got telephones for eyes
Come to you as friends
All those endless ends
That can't be tied
Oh, they make me laugh
And always make me cry
'Til they drop like flies
And sink like polished stones
Of all the stones I throw
How does that old song go?
How does that old song go?
Bands
Those funny little plans
That never work quite right
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Patricio Martinotti
Esta película me hizo llorar cuando la vi por primera vez en 2004. La canción, como todo el álbum, me acompaña desde la navidad del año 2000, cuando se lo pedí a mi tío de regalo. Mi vieja estaba casada con un periodista amante de los Beatles, un gran tipo Marcelo y cultor de buen pop rock. ¡Pero como me discutía esta banda! Y todas las novedades de aquella época, mi descubrimiento de bandas nuevas. ¡Qué hermoso es cuando descubrimos el choque generacional, y qué importante es cuando viene de la mano del arte!
Es muy especial este álbum, esta manera de cantar decididamente "mala", canto de garganta que en vivo nota la falta de técnica. Pero bueno, de eso se trata el rock. Jonathan Donahue me ha llevado a lugares únicos con este álbum. Debo confesar que apenas escuché los demás... les debo mi tiempo (los escuché muy por encima). Mercury Rev vienen a mi país en noviembre a tocar este disco completo (supe en 2011 que lo estaban tocando, creo que a partir del The Wall de Roger Waters en vivo varias bandas se habían prendido a eso de hacer shows de discos enteros). Pero este año cumple veinte.
Los invito a escuchar mi álbum Konklins con un plesiosaurio en la tapa. Quisimos hacer algo memorable, creo que lo logramos. Hay musicazos en el álbum, my lo digo más allá de mi participación...
Marcelo me decía que "Endlessly" calcaba a Noche de Paz... jaja! ¡claro que lo hacen! con el tiempo escuché la melodía, siempre creía que él me señalaba alguna melodía de Jonathan, no me precisaba que era una parte instrumental. Lo cierto es que todas las bandas toman prestadas cosas... desde Led Zeppelin, los Beatles, ¡todas!
Deserter's Songs es un álbum fuera de tiempo, totalmente alado y robusto. Un disco que me lleva a otras épocas, de la misma manera que lo hace la banda de sonido de Jonathan Livingston Seagull por Neil Diamond, el primer disco que escuché en mi vida, a los tres años de edad, cuando le pedía a mi abuela que lo ponga en su viejo combinado.
Meowies
Saw this at Sing 2. I heard it and it sounded so nostalgic so I searched and searched and here I am.
This song and the scene were great together!
Sai-Vonna J.
Me tooooooo !!!!!!
#00FFFFFF
This is one of those songs that I heard in my formative years and haunted me for its omission until now. Thank you sing 2 lol.
Rhomulo brito
@Caden Batten yes
Macster 58
@Caden Batten I sure did!🤗
Caden Batten
Let’s be honest we all came from sing 2 straight here
Justin Malone
Such a beautiful song. What a treat to hear it when I took my kids to see Sing 2. Sounds just as great as when I heard it back in high school!
god son
Time moves so fast! High school now you a dad👍
jimmiemclovin
I always loved this song. Now that I see it with this video, it kind of gets to me in a different way. My mom died after battling poor health for a long time. At her funeral, I had bought some balloons to let go at her service. They had been in my car for awhile and when I let em' go, they all sank, except the one I got with a smiley face. I watched the balloon til it was so high I couldn't see it anymore. And the smiley face never turned away. Beautiful song.
Macster 58
@ jimmiemclovin your comment made me cry as I thought about my mom's passing in 2005... beautiful story ❤