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
Things You've Never Done
Passenger Lyrics
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Blue eyed boy wonder
Never used to ponder on what life may hide
Now you're older
The nights are so much colder
Never even told her how you feel inside
You were so proud with your head up in the white clouds
Now that you're wiser you'd never compromise her
Every day you'd realise her
But this bird has flown
And you've blown out all your candles one by one
And you curse yourself for things you never done
She would wait for you
Idolise adore you
Love and reassure you you couldn't let it be
You let it linger
Slip on through your fingers
So that September she moved across the sea
How your face dropped
How your heart stopped
Sitting at the bus stop when they told you that she'd gone
So you run to the harbour
Need to tell her that you love her
As the boat disappears you never felt so alone
'cause you've blown out all your candles one by one
And you curse yourself for things you never done
Where were you when her hour of need had come?
Now you curse yourself for things you never done
Now your grandson blonde haired blue eyed handsome
Calls you up from London and sits and asks you why
So your answer don't be scared of failure
For the only failure is never to try
In "Things You've Never Done," Passenger sings about regret and missed opportunities. The song follows a man as he grows older and reflects on the things he wishes he had done differently in his youth. When he was younger, he was a "blue-eyed boy wonder" who didn't think about the future, but as he aged, he realized he had missed out on telling a woman he loved how he felt. Despite knowing how important she was to him, he never compromised, and she eventually left. Now, as an older man, he can only curse himself for the things he never did.
The song is a poignant reminder that time moves quickly and opportunities can slip away in the blink of an eye. The singer is haunted by the knowledge that he could have made a different choice so it's a warning to the young that they should pursue their dreams with conviction and put themselves out there, rather than playing it safe or remaining indecisive.
Overall, Passenger's "Things You've Never Done" is a beautiful and heartfelt reflection on the importance of seizing opportunities and taking risks in life.
Line by Line Meaning
When you were younger
In your youth, back when you were a blue-eyed boy wonder, you didn't worry about what the future may hold.
Never used to ponder on what life may hide
You didn't even think about what was going on beneath the surface of life.
Now you're older
But now that you've aged, reality has set in.
The nights are so much colder
You feel the coldness of loneliness in the darkest hours of the night.
Never even told her how you feel inside
You never shared your true feelings with the one you loved.
You were so proud with your head up in the white clouds
You used to be so full of pride, living with your head in the clouds.
She'd call you so loud but you'd never know
She would try to get your attention, but you were so preoccupied that you never noticed.
Now that you're wiser you'd never compromise her
Now that you've gained wisdom, you know you should never have taken her for granted.
Every day you'd realise her
The depth of your love and regret gets clearer every day.
But this bird has flown
But she's gone, and you can't win her back.
And you've blown out all your candles one by one
As time goes by, you realize all the missed opportunities.
And you curse yourself for things you never done
You regret not taking action when you had the chance.
She would wait for you
She had love and patience for you.
Idolise adore you
She adored and idolized you.
Love and reassure you you couldn't let it be
She gave you love and reassurance that you couldn't let go of.
You let it linger
But instead of recognizing how much she meant to you, you let it slip away.
Slip on through your fingers
You let the love you had for her slip through your fingers.
So that September she moved across the sea
Because of your inaction, she eventually had no choice but to move away from you.
How your face dropped
Your heart sank when you found out that she left.
How your heart stopped
The news of her leaving felt like a heart attack to you.
Sitting at the bus stop when they told you that she'd gone
The news hit you suddenly and had a profound impact on you.
So you run to the harbour
In a desperate plea, you run to the harbor.
Need to tell her that you love her
You need to tell her how much she means to you.
As the boat disappears you never felt so alone
But it's too late, and as the boat disappears, you feel more alone than ever.
'cause you've blown out all your candles one by one
All the missed opportunities in your life have caused you to let go of your dreams and passions.
Where were you when her hour of need had come?
When she needed you, you weren't there.
Now you curse yourself for things you never done
You're filled with remorse for not taking action when you had the chance to.
Now your grandson blonde haired blue eyed handsome
Years later, your grandson is a spitting image of you, with blonde hair and blue eyes.
Calls you up from London and sits and asks you why
He calls you from London and asks you questions about your life.
So your answer don't be scared of failure
You respond with advice to not be afraid of failure.
For the only failure is never to try
Because not trying at all is the real failure.
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
Written by: ANDREW PHILLIPS, MICHAEL DAVID ROSENBERG
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
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"Things You've Never Done"
When you were younger
Blue-eyed boy wonder
Never used to ponder on what life may hide
Now you're older
The nights are so much colder
Never even told her how you feel inside
You were so proud with your head up in the white clouds
She'd call you so loud but you'd never know
Now that you're wiser you'd never compromise her
Every day you'd realise her
But this bird has flown
And you've blown out all your candles one by one
And you curse yourself for things you never done
She would wait for you
Idolise adore you
Love and reassure you you couldn't let it be
You let it linger
Slip on through your fingers
So that September she moved across the sea
How your face dropped
How your heart stopped
Sitting at the bus stop when they told you that she'd gone
So you run to the harbour
Need to tell her that you love her
As the boat disappears you never felt so alone
'cause you've blown out all your candles one by one
And you curse yourself for things you never done
Where were you when her hour of need had come?
Now you curse yourself for things you never done
Now your grandson blonde haired blue eyed handsome
Calls you up from London and sits and asks you why
So your answer don't be scared of failure
For the only failure is never to try
Songwriters: Andrew Phillips / Michael David Rosenberg
@turboxnerd
"Don't be scared of failure,the only failure is never to try"
These lines are so motivational.🖤
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@MsAitella
One of the most beautiful song I've ever heard. Always reminds me to make a right decisions and if I made it do not regret about it.
@williamanderson4401
Me too dear. The only failure is never to try
@oliverbarber4714
Chills. I get chills every time I hear a song I haven’t already heard from passenger. Even some I’ve already heard. He always has exactly the right things to say and the right way to say them. Every bit of music from passenger is beautiful. Thank you mike
@jesusarias276
I have to let this out even though the last time someone commented on this beautiful song was 4 months ago. I met this girl in high school, her name was Crystal, and we had a good time even though we weren't an actual relationship with labels. In fact, we only dated for only a week yet it was the best and worst week of my life. Even when she stayed quiet and faced the cars and the starry night, I couldn't help to wonder how beautiful this girl is from inside and out.
She always supported my passion to motivate others, to build my business and other things I am doing at the moment which made me fell head over heels for her. It was like the sunshine kissing my soul with its warmth yet when it got close, it will burn.
We eventually stayed friends yet every time I will look, see, or talk to her- All I could think about was holding her in my arms, explaining how much I loved her beautiful soul even though she made me feel like I existed.
Now, on the last day of graduation, I had to say goodbye to her because I couldn't go on being her friend knowing I have all these feelings for her. I told her how much I like her, I had to leave her for good so I can grow as a person and not look back.
The only thing I regret from this is I never told her those three warm words; "I love you".
It could've changed the situation, the end result yet I know I will be okay in the end. I will be okay and I will continue to love myself since she couldn't love herself as well.
This is the only thing I regret from this experience, I didn't say how much I loved her. To say "I Love You".
@ivonnesuzanne9249
How long it's been? Don't forget that lesson, surely you'll have another opportunity
@tsetenbhutia5148
That’s sweet... but at least you let her know how you felt right... don’t keep any regrets..what you said was okay... may you find someone who make you feel the same way..and may it last forever💐💐💐
@blairsantillana
Jesus Arias it’s never too late.
@jraprilnguyen
I really understand your story ❤