1. A Swedish alternative metal band including members of In
Flames. Now filed under Passenger (SWE).
2. A Brighton (UK) based alternative folk band.
3. A San José, Costa Rica hardcore/screamo band.
4. A Mesa, Arizona based acoustic rock band.
5. A rap artist from Texas.
6. An old alias of DJ Tiësto.
7. A Chicago-based instrumental rock band.
8. A psytrance project of MFG's Guy Zukrel.
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Passenger was formed in 1995 by Sten and Engelin. Both members wanted to do something that was not Thrash metal or Melodic death metal unlike the bands they played in. At its early stages the band was originally called "Cliff". Under the name Cliff they recorded two demos in Studio Fredman that were never released. After a break in the band and after Engelin was hired as a session guitarist for In Flames' Whoracle tour, Anders Fridén, the vocalist of In Flames showed interest in Passenger and joined the band.
In the year 2000 the band came back from its break and went on to record a demo. In 2001 the band recorded another demo in which early versions of the songs "Used", "In My Head", "Circus" and "Drowning City" were recorded. After a third demo the band finally recorded and released their debut album entitled Passenger. A video for "In Reverse" was also released.
Sten noted in February 2004 on their official website that they were in the process of recording their second album. However, since then, Fridén, lead vocalist of both Passenger and In Flames has been noted saying that he has very little time for the project, due to other commitments, and the group is currently on hold. In an interview with Fridén he stated that as soon as he gets a break from In Flames, he wants to get all the group together to record a second album for early 2010. This did however not happen as Anders continued touring with In Flames until October 2010 when they entered their studio to record their next album.
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The brainchild of 26-year-old Brighton born singer/songwriter Mike Rosenberg, Passenger is redefining the troubadour for the 21st century. Formerly a five-piece band, Passenger has now pared back to basics, quite literally bringing music to the streets on a series of lengthy busking journeys across Australia, America and the United Kingdom. A classic journeyman musician, cut from the same mould as Van Morrison, Neil Young and John Prine, Passenger has the unique ability to move from the humorous to heartbreaking with every song.
After a year spent crisscrossing the UK and US with his debut album Wicked Man’s Rest, Passenger’s markedly stripped down and soulful second album Wide Eyes Blind Love was brought to the public as it was created: on the road. Setting up on street corners across the UK and Australia, Passenger halted passers by in their hundreds; all connecting to the mellifluous tones and powerfully hewn lyrics emanating from this lone figure and his guitar. This is music as Passenger means it to be, unvarnished and honest, just pure talent and powerful tunes that tap straight into the heart of the crowd.
Struck by the dynamic freedom of the troubadour life, Passenger developed the grass roots method of Wide Eyes Blind Love into the germ of a new album. Impressively and entirely self funded through busking income, Passenger set about recording a series of collaborations with musical friends met along the way. Flight Of The Crow is the remarkable result of Passenger’s intrepid journey, with Australian artists Lior, Josh Pyke, Katie Noonan, Boy & Bear, Kate Miller Heidke, Philadelphia Grand Jury, Brian Campeau and Elana Stone, Matt Corby, Jess Chalker and Dead Letter Chorus all lending their voices to this serendipitous creative venture. Flight Of The Crow was recorded in Sydney’s famous BJB studios over February and March of 2010, and co-produced by Berkfinger (AKA Simon Berkleman from Philadelphia Grand Jury).
As a second album born of the road, Flight Of The Crow speaks to the compelling quality of Passenger’s music and the striking sincerity of his lyrics, both of which are matched by his dedication to this grass roots style of craftsmanship and collaboration. How utterly remarkable that a lone musician can travel the globe, and literally from the street, connect with some of Australia’s finest musical talents to produce a self-funded album. This is the stuff of legend, with Passenger clearly evoking the humble, hardworking creativity of the troubadours of old.
www.myspace.com/passengerofficial
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Passenger or PSNGR is an active hardcore/screamo band formed in San José, Costa Rica born in 2004. Their EP "Get OFF the Rails!" (tentative title) will be out in 20/01/09. Band members: Alejandro Pacheco (vocals & guitar), Grego Rojas (guitar), Andres Moraga (bass), Jose Vargas (drums). www.myspace.com/passenger
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Passenger the acoustic rock band was formed in late 2000. They have a large archive of both original music and cover songs. They released their first pressed album, entitled "Four Letter Word", in September 2004 on indie label Crop Circle Records.
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Passenger is an Austin, Texas based MC. Born in Massachusetts, he spent most of his younger days growing up in New York and Houston, Tx eventually moving to Austin, Tx in 1996 attending college to try his hand as a sound engineer. During these years, his musical versatility had him playing bass in an alternative rock band, singing in another side project, DJing house, jungle and hip hop music at various venues in Austin. Eventually he became a full time DJ for the reggae/ska/hiphop/punk band, Indofin, which he was a member for years touring the country. His love for hip hop provoked him to purchase an MPC and has been making beats and rhyming ever since. "The Brick In A Glass House", his debut album, contains production from Nozebleed, Lazerbeak (Doomtree), amongst others as well as his own and has guests from Austin's own Emcee, Justin Cook, Weezel, as well as a few others. Currently, you can find him playing shows around the Austin area and will begin to venturing out to other Texas cities. He is also working on putting together a live band to back him at shows and working on new material.
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Passenger is also an old alias of DJ Tiësto. Tiësto only produced 2 tracks under his old Passenger-alias: "Blackspin" and "F.A.H.", both appearing on a record released on Momentum Records in 1996.
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Passenger began winter of 2002 when guitarist dustin covert and bassist/vocalist david mata collaborated on the bands first full length "alive" an 8 song full length about a disoriented and dark but intriguing view of love and romance. the album explored dissonant melodies and agonizingly slow chord progressions with the use of mark sampson on drums and sam billen on piano. in 2003 passenger progressed to a four person line up with michael oberlin on drums and james demis on keyboards and sound and began to play various rock venues in chicago, illinois and used silent film to accompany their live performance. numerous line-up changes took effect during the next year and a half, but in 2005 the concrete line-up of Dustin Covert and David D'Antonio on guitars, David Mata on Bass and Samuel Vincent on drums was achieved. In winter of 2005 Passenger recorded "The Owls are Restless", a 2 hour and 40 minute concept record about an ancient war between owls and rabbits and was recorded and engineered by Steve Whitney in a warehouse in Aurora, Illinois. Shortly after the recording drummer Samuel Vincent tragically passed away. Without his talent and with the grief of losing a dear, dear friend the band decided it was impossible to continue performing the material or anything that involved Passenger. These unfortunate events occurred before "The Owls are Restless" was able to achieve any sort of record label attention, and when it finally did it was too late. The remaining musicians have continued creating in their band White Devil, named after the vintage moog synth/organ that Sam would play in collaboration with his drums in Passenger.
myspace.com/whitedevilchicago
Divers & Submarines
Passenger Lyrics
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Like cat hair clings to a woollen shirt
You needed me, like a wedding dress needs dirt
The more that I wanted, the harder I squeezed
The harder I squeezed, the less you could breathe
And we sunk down to the bottom
Yeah, we sunk down to the bottom of the sea
Yeah, we sunk down to the bottom of the sea
And I cried for you,
Like a widow cries at her lover’s grave
You haunted me through my stinging nights,
And aching days
The more that you struggled, the tighter the knots,
The tighter the knots, the lower we got
And we sunk down to the bottom
Yeah, we sunk down to the bottom of the sea
Yeah, we sunk down to the bottom of the sea
Yeah, we sunk down to the bottom of the sea
Oh no,
‘Cause I saw divers and submarines
And I saw divers and submarines
Oh, I saw divers and submarines
These lyrics describe a toxic relationship the singer clung to, even though it was suffocating them. The comparison of their clinginess to cat hair on a woollen shirt and the neediness of their partner to dirt on a wedding dress is bleak and despondent. As the singer tries to hold on tighter, their partner struggles more and the knots get tighter, also pulling them both down further into the depths of their problems. The simile of crying like a widow at a lover’s grave is particularly potent, emphasizing the finality and mournfulness of the situation. The haunting presence of their ex-lover continues to plague them even after they’ve gone their separate ways. The chorus, “we sunk down to the bottom of the sea” is an apt metaphor for how their relationship failed to stay afloat, ultimately drowning them both in their own misery. The final line, “I saw divers and submarines,” suggests a deeper exploration into the events that led to the relationship’s downfall, revealing hidden truths that may have been previously obscured.
Line by Line Meaning
Well I clung to you,
I held onto you with desperation,
Like cat hair clings to a woollen shirt
Like how closely and persistently cat hair clings to wool clothes,
You needed me, like a wedding dress needs dirt
You relied on me despite how little I could give you, like how a wedding dress needs dirt to have a connection to the earth,
The more that I wanted, the harder I squeezed
The more I desired you, the more I held onto you tightly,
The harder I squeezed, the less you could breathe
The tighter I held onto you, the more suffocated you felt,
And we sunk down to the bottom
Our relationship slowly and inevitably fell apart,
Yeah, we sunk down to the bottom of the sea
We hit rock bottom,
And I cried for you,
I mourned for our lost relationship,
Like a widow cries at her lover’s grave
Like how deeply and painfully a widow mourns the loss of her lover,
You haunted me through my stinging nights,
You troubled my mind and emotions, making me feel pain and distress,
And aching days
And causing me sorrow during my waking hours,
The more that you struggled, the tighter the knots,
The more you tried to break free, the more entangled we became,
The tighter the knots, the lower we got
The more tied up in our relationship we were, the worse it became,
Oh no,
Expressing a sense of deep concern,
‘Cause I saw divers and submarines
Because I became aware of other relationships that functioned better,
And I saw divers and submarines
And I became aware of relationships that had the potential to work,
Contributed by Hunter Y. Suggest a correction in the comments below.
Masrur Amin Noor
2019 still not too many people know what gem that is! Lets share 💜
Chiedza Mutizwa
The imagery he paints is beautiful, he says i clung onto you like cat hair clings onto a woolen shirt. There is a reluctance there from the woolen shirt and when he sung, you needed me like a wedding dress needs dirt , that just hit me and confirmed the reluctance. A wedding dress is supposed to be perfection and pristine. Dirt and it are on opposite ends of the spectrum. There is an element of unrequited love, maybe at one point she was willing but he overpowered her and destroyed the relationship. The relationship could not float it was too heavy, from all his doing. He was too invested. She resisted and his attachment grew and he couldn't see the effects of what he was doing.. All he saw was that she was receding and he thought he had to fight for them both which is impractical you can't love yourself on behalf of the other person in a relationship. He couldn't do anything but hang on because he loved her.
Sonia Moreno
Un temazooo!!! Amo este tema, está hecho con una suave melodía, solo dejarse llevar por ella
Sonia Moreno
Que tema maravilloso! Solamente sintonizando en sentimiento , aún sin saber su traducción al español sé que cuando lo sepa me sorprenderá más aún, eso me sucede siempre con tu música
chems pulmonology
It's been years but I still strongly relate to this song it reminds of times of suffering it's hard to realize that you're unworthy to be loved all you can do is enjoy the scenery ...divers and submarines
Tori PrivacyLover
3 paragraphs below... Yeah, it's a bit long, but I had a lot to say! :P
I love that he gives his song's subjects strengths, flaws, beauty, and little details. It makes it feel so real. Like in this song, the singer was clearly genuinely loved her (strength), yet was too attached to her (flaw). The imagery of sinking to the bottom of the sea gave a melancholy beauty, especially when coupled with the music and video. And the bit about wedding dresses and cat hairs gave us little details about objects they probably see regularly. Personally, I love weaving the details and metaphors together into a clearer picture of their story. (Example below)
For example, why might he have thought of a wedding dress first? Perhaps they were engaged? Or he had been thinking about marriage prior to their breakup? "Cat hair clings to a woolen shirt". They could own a cat, or work with cats. Also, with the woolen shirt, it could be cold at the time, so it could be wintertime in a temperate climate, or they might live in a cold country.
(End Example)
It's equally possible that I'm wrong, and he never thought of marriage, hates cats, and that it takes place in the summertime. But, when listening to a song, you can let your imagination fill in some blanks if you want. He utilizes this facet masterfully. After over a year listening to this song, I'm still forming theories about the diving imagery! I think this is an extremely well-crafted and beautiful song. :)
Sonia Moreno
Son temas que te elevan o te sumergen y que finalmente hacen que tu alma vuele suavemente dejándote llevar por tu dulce voz
Praise Frank
Even in 2021... sounds amazing.
Cocktaish
Still little views,but I kinda don't mind it.
It just means he is still just OURS! <3
ehsomq
At least this album is, I don’t know about him