1. Prog Rock, German band<… Read Full Bio ↴Note: There are three artists with this name.
1. Prog Rock, German band
2. 60's female pop singer.
3. Low-Fi Dublin Band
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In the spring of 1990, Kay Söhl, the two keyboarders Volker Söhl and Matthias Harder, founded the band TEMPORAL TEMPTATION. By that summer the band had already played its first gig - the first live performance of the core founding members of the band. In a way it was also Sylvan's birth. At this time the band played hard rock music and sang in German. Only a small part of their music was progressive rock.
In Autumn 1990, the band changed its name to CHAMELEON, a symbol of changeability, representing the long instrumental parts in their music. The cover artwork had a likeness to early MARILLION covers and has never been issued. In summer 1991 Marko Heisig joined Chameleon as the lead singer and bassist. Between 1992 and 1994 the band had a gloomy and aggressive tonality to them and in this they were very different from the more rocky sounds of the previous years. In 1992 the first official demo tape of Chameleon was released. With Matthias Koops as lead singer, the second official demo tape was recorded. The title was 'Slaves' and its tracklist was 'Time', 'Slaves', 'Mirror of a Lifetime' and 'Childhood Dreams'. (By the way, 'Slaves' was the old title of a version of today's song 'Deliverance' after which Sylvan's first album was named!).
In winter 1995 one of the band's dreams was fulfilled: Marco Glühmann, an old friend who played many years before with Chameleon, joined the band. Within the same year the third and last official demo tape was recorded. The tracklist was 'Beren and Luthien', 'Golden Cage' and 'Outro'. All of these songs have merged into Sylvan's first studio album in one way or another.
In 1997 the last live concert took place under the name Chameleon. Marko Heisig left the band and the bass was taken over by Patrick Münster. The band changed its name to Sylvan. Their first cd was recorded in 1998 and the second was released in 2000. (Adapted from text on the official history website). The music of the band is progressive rock with some hard rock moments, and some spacey melodic pop-rock elements, probably lingering from earlier in their career. Also there are some Art-prog elements, but really not enough to call this music Art-rock as such. Other apparent influences include psychedelic rock, a little PINK FLOYD in the spacey elements, and surely MARILLION and GENESIS.
2. 60's female pop singer. In 2006 her record "We Don't Belong" first recorded in 1965, was featured on a Rhino Records compilation set "The Hatbox collection" "Girl Groups Lost and Found" which gained two Grammy Award nominations in January 2007. Now a successful photographer living in London. www.sylvanmason.com In 1965 Sylvan became the first and only Stowaway on Radio Caroline's Mi Amigo Pirate Ship. She spent the weekend with Tony Blackburn, Roger Gale and Mike Allen promoting her record "We Don't Belong" which had recently been banned by the BBC; helping the dj's with their quiz shows and making jingles whilst the headlines in newspapers screamed "Beautiful blonde Marooned with 15 men". Unlike the new film "The Boat That Rocked" which is based on Radio Caroline, it was cold, uncomfortable and a bit smelly says Sylvan but the boys were very sweet and well behaved.
3. Irish band Sylvan are a five-piece low-fi Dublin-based group, originally formed in 2000 by band members Colin Russell-Conway (drums), Paul Clynes (vox & lead guitar), and Adam McCormack (vox & guitar). Adam left the group in 2004, to move to Denmark and is now recording & gigging with his new band, Imagine I Had Hands. At this point Kieron (Beardy) joined the band to replace Adam on vox & guitar. And Fergus Russell-Conway was also recruited to join the band on bass & backing vox. The band have released 3 full-length albums to date. Their first album "The Ugly Lemon" was recorded in Chicago with Steve Albini in 2003. They then recorded their second album My Marble Eye themselves in Dublin in January 2005. Sylvan have just released their third album "We Are Lying to you through song" in September 2007, and are currently touring this album in Ireland and Europe. http://www.myspace.com/sylvan1
Follow Me
Sylvan Lyrics
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Me tempting my melody, let us talk
Feel my force,
Taste the new philosophy, take it all
Join my house
And enjoy the amnesty, don't let me down
Try it out,
Choose my toxicity, I'd be proud
Follow me, follow me, follow me
And profit from a risk you'll never fear financially
Follow me, follow me, follow me
And you can stuff yourself with money avariciously
Follow me, follow me, follow me
Don't give a damn on fuddy-duddy, stiff morality
Follow me, follow me, follow me, follow me, follow me...
Come and find,
Want a million, one, two, three?
Come and try
Here you sign,
Why to price complexity, and good-bye
Follow me, follow me, follow me
And profit from a risk you'll never fear financially
Follow me, follow me, follow me
And you can stuff yourself with money avariciously
Follow me, follow me, follow me
Don't give a damn on fuddy-duddy, stiff morality
Follow me, follow me, follow me, follow me, follow me...
Millions upfront... follow me now
Options and bonds... follow me now, follow me now
Swaptions and floors... follow me now
Caplets and more... follow me now, follow me now, follow me now
ABCP... follow me now
King SVP... follow me now, follow me now
Enquity shares... follow me now
CDO squares... follow me now... up and downs...
Hear my call,
Give a damn on bankruptcy, huge and not small
Crash and fall
With a bonus guaranteed, get it all
Follow me, follow me, follow me
And profit from a risk you'll never fear financially
Follow me, follow me, follow me
And you can stuff yourself with money avariciously
Follow me, follow me, follow me
Don't give a damn on fuddy-duddy, stiff morality
Follow me, follow me, follow me, follow me, follow me
The lyrics of Sylvan's song "Follow Me" describe a persuasive and charismatic leader inviting his followers to join him in new and unconventional ways of thinking and living. The leader offers his philosophy as a tempting new melody, calling for his followers to taste his force and choose his toxicity. He promises amnesty and wealth, urging his followers to follow him and profit from a risk that they will never fear financially. He dismisses traditional morality and calls for his followers to give a damn only on their own enrichment.
The song seems to be a critique of the culture of financial speculation and greed that dominated in the years leading up to the global financial crisis of 2008. The leader's invitation to "stuff yourself with money avariciously" and profit from complex financial instruments such as "options and bonds...swaptions and floors...CDO squares," reflects the reckless and short-sighted behavior of many investors in the pre-crisis period. The leader's promise of a "bonus guaranteed" and his dismissal of bankruptcy as "huge and not small" foreshadow the devastating consequences of over-leverage and speculation that would eventually bring down some of the biggest banks and investors in the world.
Line by Line Meaning
Hear my call,
Listen to me and pay attention to what I am saying
Me tempting my melody, let us talk
I am using my attractive and enticing music to persuade you to have a conversation with me
Feel my force,
Experience the power and impact of my ideas
Taste the new philosophy, take it all
Try out my new way of thinking and embrace it completely
Join my house
Become a part of my group or organization
And enjoy the amnesty, don't let me down
Experience the freedom from punishment or consequences that I am offering, and don't disappoint me
Try it out,
Take a chance and experiment with my approach
Choose my toxicity, I'd be proud
Select my harmful or damaging ideas or methods, and I will feel a sense of accomplishment
Follow me, follow me, follow me
Follow my lead and adopt my way of thinking
And profit from a risk you'll never fear financially
Make money by taking a financial risk that you will never be afraid of
And you can stuff yourself with money avariciously
You can greedily accumulate large amounts of money
Don't give a damn on fuddy-duddy, stiff morality
Don't care about outdated or traditional values and principles
Come and find,
Come and discover
Want a million, one, two, three?
Do you want to make a million dollars quickly and easily?
Come and try
Come and attempt to achieve financial success using my methods
Here you sign,
Sign here to agree to my terms and conditions
Why to price complexity, and good-bye
Why bother with understanding complex financial concepts when you can simply say goodbye to them?
Millions upfront... follow me now
I am promising you millions of dollars upfront if you follow me now
Options and bonds... follow me now, follow me now
Invest in options and bonds by following my lead
Swaptions and floors... follow me now
Invest in swaptions and floors by following my lead
Caplets and more... follow me now, follow me now, follow me now
Invest in caplets and other financial instruments by following my lead
ABCP... follow me now
Invest in asset-backed commercial paper by following my lead
King SVP... follow me now, follow me now
Invest in King SVP by following my lead
Enquity shares... follow me now
Invest in equity shares by following my lead
CDO squares... follow me now... up and downs...
Invest in CDO squares by following my lead, despite the potential risks and fluctuations in value
Give a damn on bankruptcy, huge and not small
Don't be concerned about the possibility of financial failure, no matter how significant it may be
Crash and fall
Experience a financial crash or failure
With a bonus guaranteed, get it all
Despite the potential for financial disaster, I am guaranteeing a large bonus if you invest with me and succeed
Contributed by Luke K. Suggest a correction in the comments below.
Fibonacci09
Just discovered you guys recently, and I must say... Why does it always take me so long to find good music? Excellent work, keep it up!
Guillaume212121
Great song ! but I must admit that "Force of Gravity" was a big disappointment for me...I love all the previous albums , especially "Posthumous Silence" and "X-Rayed".But I definitely understand the need to try something new ! so I'll just wait for a new concept album ^^ Best regards
gaspode8
Great short-mix of »Follow Me«. A possible single!?
Erotomanic Ghoul
@murders2012 I agree, although i think it's followed very closely by 'turn of the tide' and 'follow me'
Erotomanic Ghoul
can anyone help me fin the lyrics? THX
CareyPortnoyBeauford
is that a crab...... lol