Rialto and Warners
Rialto signed to EastWest Records and set about recording their debut album. However after releasing a number of singles they were dropped, without their album being released. China Records signed up the band and agreed to take on the manufacturing and promotion of their debut album. Unfortuately for the band, China was in the middle of being taken over by Warner Music, EastWest's parent company. Once this deal was completed the band found themselves back on EastWest, who quickly dropped them for the second time.
Rialto is also the name of a one man solo project from New Zealand. His music can be generalized as Cinema-Electronic-Emotion. His first release is based on the script of the famous "Brat-Pack" film The Breakfast Club, with the single called John Bender Is A Badass. http://rialto.bandcamp.com/
Quarantine
Rialto Lyrics
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And when she lights up, nobody speaks, they just adjust their clothes.
She sits on the train from five fifteen to five fifty.
It's always the same,
"The way" she says "they look at me".
From Saturday to Saturday.
Contact, unclean, lock me up in quarantine.
Contact, unclean, lock me up in quarantine.
Surfing served up dreams to the happy glow of the burger bar,
Watching the passing cars.
From Saturday to Saturday.
From Saturday to Saturday.
Quarantine, quarantine.
All our lives we've been in quarantine.
All our lives we've been in quarantine.
All our lives we've been in quarantine.
All our lives we've been in quarantine.
The song "Quarantine" by Rialto is a commentary on the disconnected nature of modern society. The singer describes a woman who takes the same train every day and is ignored by her fellow commuters as she smokes and looks out the window. She observes how people treat her differently because of the way she looks, and feels isolated from the rest of society. The repeated refrain of "contact, unclean, lock me up in quarantine" speaks to the fear of disease and social rejection that permeates our culture.
The second verse takes us to a fast food restaurant, where people gather to watch TV and dream of a perfect life. The passing cars outside represent the transience of modern life - everything is moving too fast to take in fully. Yet, despite this constant motion, the feeling of detachment and isolation remains. The song ends with the repetition of the phrase "All our lives we've been in quarantine," which speaks to the idea that we are all trapped in our own little bubbles, unable to fully connect with others or experience the world around us.
Overall, "Quarantine" is a melancholy and introspective song that reflects on the alienation and atomization of modern society.
Line by Line Meaning
In the evening rush, she takes her seat by the window.
As the day comes to a close, she sits by the window, trying to find solace amidst the chaos.
And when she lights up, nobody speaks, they just adjust their clothes.
When she lights up a cigarette, no one talks to her, but they adjust their clothes, trying to appear unaffected by her presence.
She sits on the train from five fifteen to five fifty.
For half an hour, she sits on the train, heading back home from a long day's work.
It's always the same, "The way" she says "they look at me".
Every day, she notices how people look at her with judgment and disgust, making her feel isolated and alone.
From Saturday to Saturday.
This feeling of being trapped and alone continues from one week to the next, with no respite in sight.
Contact, unclean, lock me up in quarantine.
She feels like an outcast, unclean and unwanted, and wishes to be locked away from the world in quarantine.
Bathed in the blue wash of a T.V. screen, Surfing served up dreams to the happy glow of the burger bar, Watching the passing cars.
To cope up with her isolation and loneliness, she spends her time immersed in the dreamy blue light of the TV or in a burger bar, watching the world go by.
Quarantine, quarantine.
This feeling of being isolated and unwanted is like being in quarantine, trapped and alone.
All our lives we've been in quarantine.
This feeling of isolation is not new, it has been with us all our lives, making us feel lonely and unwanted.
All our lives we've been in quarantine.
This sense of isolation and loneliness has been with us from the beginning, and continues to haunt us every day.
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
Written by: LOUIS ROBERT ELIOT
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