1) A German progressi… Read Full Bio ↴At least four bands have been called Superior:
1) A German progressive metal band existing from 1992 - 2007
2) An American Progressive Hardcore Band
3) British artist Su Goodacre
4) Dutch Hardcore band
1) German progressive metal band:
Founded in 1992, Superior is one of the few bands over ten years old that still has the same line-up. A mere eight months after Superior was founded, they released their demo "Timeshift". This demo contained an early version of the song "Tomorrow's Eve", which was to be included on their first album "Behind". "Timeshift" is a documentary of the changes that Superior underwent, who are, to this day, open to all kinds of musical influences. Until the middle of 1994 the band toured mainly in southwestern Germany and the more they toured the more they were convinced that it was due time for them to release their first self-produced CD. It took them a year to work on the compositions, arrangement and the concept of the album. In 1995 they recorded "Behind" in the Roko Soundstudios, close to Frankfurt/Main. The album consists of 10 songs that are progressive heavy rock. The lyrics are about the bigotry of society, the media, politics and reflections of personal everyday-life experiences of the individual members of Superior. Due to the themes the sound is heavy and aggressive, including epic and very melodic passages. The most important elements are heavy, driving guitars, complex piano and string arrangements and the powerful voice of Michael Tangermann. When the album was completed the band signed a contract with Hamburg label L.M.P., which got in touch with various record companies. In the fall of 1996 Superior signed a contract with Modern Music/Noise, which has the rights for the entire world, excluding France, where ARCADE/C.N.R. Music takes care of the band's interests. Shortly after signing with Noise Records, Superior toured Germany supporting Virgin Steele and Angra in such well-known venues as Hamburger Markthalle, Zeche Bochum and various others. Unfortunately after the fifth show, keyboardist Jan-Marco Becker hurt his hand severely and even had to be operated on during the tour. Angra's frontman Andre Matos spontaneously offered to rehearse some of the keyboard parts and Superior was able to continue touring, even though somewhat handicapped. After the tour Superior was forced to take a prolonged break, waiting on their keyboardist to recover. They couldn't join several tours offered to them by their record company and just didn't have the chance to promote their newly released album properly. In the middle of 1997, when their keyboardist had recovered, they began touring again, starting of with a short tour through France, where they also did some unplugged sessions, once again proving their diversity of musical styles. Following this, they did several shows in Germany, while already working on the material for their new album. In the midst of getting ready to record they did a tour through France with Vanden Plas and then got ready for the pre-production of "Younique". Finally, from the middle of March through the middle of May 1998 they recorded, mixed and mastered "Younique", once again in the Roko Soundstudios. The new album was neither a duplicate of "Behind" nor was it entirely different. It was the further development of their musical style; heavy riffing, typical for SUPERIOR, diverse keyboard arrangements and sounds, very complex and individual instrumentation, acoustic guitars, sitar-sounds, brass arrangements and saxaphone solos, everything that makes rock interesting. Very diverse musical influences, ranging from Latin, Funk and Classical music all the way to Jazz were arranged in the extremely heavy and powerful sound. To sum it up, "Younique" was an album that kept on going where "behind" ended. Although most important magazines worldwide celebrated “Younique” as a milestone in progressive music, the album divided fans into two camps, one being fascinated and the other one shocked. Immediately after the album´s release Superior started to perform live again. In 1999 several great shows followed in Germany, France, Netherlands and in Belgium. Definite highlights were the concert with Angra and Stratovarius at the Parisian “Zenith”, celebrated by 5.000 fans, and their liveshow at Progpower festival in the Netherlands. Another great event `99 has been the acoustic tour through France, where Superior once again proved their receptiveness to various musical influences. In the following months Superior and Noise records agreed that the style of the band´s music just didn´t match together with the company´s politics and their strict adherence to true metal style. At the same time the musicians and their French label NTS records decided to cooperate for a further SUPERIOR-album, which turned out to be a concept album about religious fanatisism with all its consequences down to terrorism. At the time the guys didn´t know how close they would come to truth. From January 2000 until May 2001 Superior worked on lyrics and music for “ULTIMA RATIO”. The recordings at the ROKO soundstudios took the following six months. They`ve been only interrupted by the ProgPower Festivals in the Netherlands and the USA, where the band presented some of their brandnew songs, which have been welcomed enthusiastically by the audience. “ULTIMA RATIO” is less experimental than “Younique”. The arrangements are clearly structured, and the dominating characteristics are the extremely heavy guitars, beautiful piano playing combined with the great melodies coming from Michaels powerful and emotional voice. But most of all the band’s members fulfilled a dream they shared since Superior was founded: to bring a soundtrack to reality, to create a movie for the ears by composing and arranging a concept album transformable into a cinematographic thriller. “ULTIMA RATIO” is the exposure of crime, complex images, agitation and suppression as cloaked by welfare and graze.
2) An American progressive Hardcore band
Formed in Omaha, Nebraska
3) British artist Su Goodacre signed to Virgin Records in 1997
This Superior consisted of Su 'Superior' and Lee Knott (ex It bites) and released 3 singles Coma (known for its Karl Bartos (ex kraftwerk) remix), Faster Than You and Being You. An album Germ Free was recorded but remains unrelased. Their song Polaroid Millenium was featured on the The Saint soundtrack.
Think
Superior Lyrics
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Polished blank and clean
Now you can forget the one you've been
Be the first example
For perfect surgery
The brain-controlled messiah that we need
Your stainless world
The mind-remote-control is your best friend
Switching off emotions
You're acting pretty cool
Powered by the calm-reaction-tool
24-Bit Love-protection
Coolness guaranteed
Shyness is the least that you will need
Television useless
Guess what you will get!
Now you can receive the pictures
inside your head
Thoughtomatic
Silicon magic
Download your dreams to the fool-check-link
Brain-Dump arises
Scanning your crises
Are you able to think?
Nightmare turns to lightmare
Sleepless nights are gone
Nothing will disturb you having fun
Contact to your best friends?
No problem anymore
That's what the phone device is for
Solar plates deliver
All the energy you need
Just a little chip you have to feed
Scientists are working on
The only bug it's got
They've got to keep you cold inside ‘cause
This chip gets hot!
The song "Think" by Superior talks about a robotic, emotionless world where the singer is offered a new life that is "polished blank and clean". The idea is to forget one's past and become a "brain-controlled messiah" who is always calm and rational. The lyrics highlight the benefits of having a mind-remote-control and how it can help one achieve "24-Bit Love-protection" and "coolness guaranteed". The song also mentions the drawbacks of this kind of existence, like the need to switch off one's emotions and the threat of the chip getting too hot.
The overall message of the song seems to be a critique of a society that values efficiency over emotions and reduces human beings to machines. The lyrics encourage the listener to think about the consequences of such a world and ask questions like "Are you able to think?".
Overall, "Think" is a thought-provoking song that challenges the listener to consider the pros and cons of a world dominated by technology.
Line by Line Meaning
I present your new life
The singer is introducing a new, different life to the listener.
Polished blank and clean
This new life is smooth and unblemished.
Now you can forget the one you've been
The listener can leave behind their old life and embrace this new one.
Be the first example
The listener should be an example for others to follow.
For perfect surgery
This new life is meant to be surgically precise in its execution.
The brain-controlled messiah that we need
This new life is controlled by the brain and will be the savior that society needs.
No more rusty dreams inside
There will no longer be any unfulfilled dreams or desires.
Your stainless world
The artist is describing this new world as clean and pure.
The mind-remote-control is your best friend
The remote control for the mind is a trusted companion in this new life.
Switching off emotions
The artist is advocating for the listener to suppress their emotions.
You're acting pretty cool
The singer expects the listener to remain composed.
Powered by the calm-reaction-tool
The calm reaction tool provides the power to remain level-headed.
24-Bit Love-protection
Love is quantified and provided with certain protections, limited to 24 bits.
Coolness guaranteed
This new life guarantees coolness or detachment, likely from emotions.
Shyness is the least that you will need
Shyness will no longer be a factor in this new life.
Television useless
Television provides no benefit in this new world.
Guess what you will get!
The artist is teasing the listener with a surprise.
Now you can receive the pictures
Some sort of mind-reading technology now allows the listener to receive visual information directly to their thoughts.
inside your head
This is where the listener is receiving the aforementioned visual information.
Thoughtomatic
The listener's thoughts are now automatic.
Silicon magic
The technology behind this new way of life is advanced and almost magical.
Download your dreams to the fool-check-link
The listener can now download their dreams to a device that will check them for suitability.
Brain-Dump arises
This new way of life involves dumping or unloading excess thoughts from the brain.
Scanning your crises
Crises can be identified and looked at through this new technology.
Are you able to think?
This new reliance on technology causes the singer to question the listener's ability to think without it.
Nightmare turns to lightmare
Bad dreams will now be less severe, or even illuminated in some way.
Sleepless nights are gone
The listener will not be experiencing any more sleepless nights.
Nothing will disturb you having fun
There will be no hindrance to the listener's ability to have fun.
Contact to your best friends?
The artist is teasing another new way to contact one's friends.
No problem anymore
This new life eliminates the previous issues in contacting friends.
That's what the phone device is for
The listener can now contact their friends through some sort of phone device.
Solar plates deliver
Solar power is used to power this new life.
All the energy you need
There will be enough energy for the listener in this new life.
Just a little chip you have to feed
The listener will only need to feed a small chip to receive this energy.
Scientists are working on
The technology in this new life is constantly improving.
The only bug it's got
The artist acknowledges a flaw in this new technology.
They've got to keep you cold inside 'cause
The flaw causes the listener to feel cold on the inside.
This chip gets hot!
The technology in this chip gets hot and causes the aforementioned flaw.
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Arth 7
The most underrated band ever... Greetings from Armenia.
not samoht
does someone has a good recording from this album? it deserves a good quality youtube upload
Mαναριτζίς1967
BEST GERMAN BAND! GREETINGS FROM GREEK ROCKER!
Mez Hossain
admit it, this was your first dream theater album ;)
aseem poudyal
not the first hahah
chassegardée
I've been looking for this song for more than 15years ahah