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/
Summer's Over
Rialto Lyrics
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fighting over chip shop takeaway remains.
When you're walking on the cliffs,
you can't help wondering how far down the sea is,
and what if it should give?
* I didn't mean to bring you down,
summer's over seaside town,
She says we shouldn't have come so far,
Empty pubs echo with sounds,
juke-box selections that keep going round and round.
Maybe rain is all we need,
to come and wash the summer rubbish off the beach,
oh lets just go to sleep.
* (repeat)
* (repeat)
In the back of the arcades,
kids borrow money to play one more final game,
while mother's wait in family cars,
I wonder why we ever chose to come so far,
but I wish you wouldn't ask,
* (repeat)
* (repeat)
This summer's over, seaside town,
this seaside town, summer's over
The lyrics to Rialto's "Summer's Over" speak to the bittersweet end of summertime, particularly in a seaside town where the season's end signals the end of tourism and the bustle of the town. The opening imagery, of seagulls fighting over chip shop leftovers, sets a somewhat bleak tone that ultimately leads to the singer feeling guilty for bringing their company to this grim place. The line "when you're walking on the cliffs, you can't help wondering how far down the sea is, and what if it should give?" adds to the ominousness of the setting; the cliffs could be seen as a metaphor for the looming end to this happy time.
The chorus, which repeats twice, is a direct expression of the sadness the singer feels. They acknowledge that they brought their companion down and express regret for coming so far to this place that is now, inevitably, a little bit sad. The idea of "empty pubs" and music playing round and round reinforces the feeling of stagnation, of time standing still now that summer is over. The final verse speaks to the relentlessness of the ending- even though summer is over, the places that thrived during the season continue on, with children desperate to extend their fun and mothers waiting patiently in the family car. The final line, "this summer's over, seaside town, this seaside town, summer's over" is an acceptance of the inevitable.
Overall, the song communicates a real sense of melancholy that many people feel at the end of the summer, and does so in a way that is both specific to a seaside town and broadly relatable.
Line by Line Meaning
Kamikaze seagull planes, fighting over chip shop takeaway remains.
Seagulls are flying aggressively over scraps of food left outside a shop, fighting over the remains like kamikaze planes.
When you're walking on the cliffs, you can't help wondering how far down the sea is, and what if it should give?
Walking on the edge of a cliff makes you wonder about the depth of the sea below, and what would happen if the cliff were to collapse.
I didn't mean to bring you down, summer's over seaside town, She says we shouldn't have come so far, this seaside town summer's over.
I apologize for dampening your mood, but summer is over in this coastal town and we shouldn't have traveled so far to experience it.
Empty pubs echo with sounds, juke-box selections that keep going round and round.
The pubs are deserted and the only sounds are the music selections on the jukebox playing repeatedly.
Maybe rain is all we need, to come and wash the summer rubbish off the beach, oh lets just go to sleep.
Perhaps all we need is a cleansing rain to remove the garbage left on the beach after summer, but for now, let's just go to bed.
In the back of the arcades, kids borrow money to play one more final game, while mother's wait in family cars, I wonder why we ever chose to come so far, but I wish you wouldn't ask.
In the back of the arcade, children borrow money to play another game while their mothers wait in their cars. I question why we ventured so far, but I don't want you to question it too.
This summer's over, seaside town, this seaside town, summer's over.
It's the end of the summer in this coastal town, it's over now.
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
Written by: LOUIS ROBERT ELIOT
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