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
King Porn
Sylvan Lyrics
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The show has begun, this you know
Now you rub your hands, high-def flashing
Visual stimulants, blunted smile
Sights that I'd like to show you
Come join me in my ride, psych,
I would love to know you!
Suck in frequencies, stripped and naked
Take all-you-can-eat, you need more
Quick perversity, then you swallow
No virginity, zoom it in
Sights that I'd like to show you
Come join me in my ride, psych,
I would love to know you!
Who are you? Just call me King Porn!
King Porn,
Won't you just call me King Porn...
Won't you just call me King Porn...
Won't you just call me King Porn...
Won't you just call me...
Join us, come with us and take a seat on this ride
You won't believe it, so come on, come on...
Bloody blow-out with raw flesh on your left-hand side
Seasoned with pin-ups so come on, so come on...
Join us, come with us and take a seat on this ride
Don't want to leave it, so hold on, so hold on...
Violence well-done, so please turn your head to the right
Wrapped up in pop-ups so come on, so come on...
Sights that I'd like to show you
Come join me in my ride, psych,
I would love to know you!
Who are you? Just call me King Porn!
The lyrics to Sylvan's song "King Porn" are an exploration of the dark impact of pornography on individuals and society. The opening lines of the song invite the listener to "turn your TV on" and "take it in" - a clear reference to the ubiquitous nature of pornography in modern society. The singer goes on to describe the "high-def flashing" and "visual stimulants" that are present in pornography, painting a picture of a world that is both enticing and dangerous.
As the song progresses, the singer becomes more insistent, urging the listener to "join me in my ride" and "come with us and take a seat on this ride". The language here is suggestive of the addictive nature of pornography and the way in which it can pull individuals deeper and deeper into a world of fantasy and pleasure.
The repeated refrain of "Who are you? Just call me King Porn!" is a chilling reminder of the power that pornography can wield over individuals, reducing them to a series of anonymous clicks and views. Overall, the lyrics to "King Porn" are a powerful commentary on the impact of technology and the internet on the way we consume media and understand sexuality, and a call to be vigilant in our consumption of these materials.
Line by Line Meaning
Turn your TV on, take it in you
Start watching pornography on TV.
The show has begun, this you know
The pornography show has started and the viewer is aware of it.
Now you rub your hands, high-def flashing
The viewer is getting excited and rubbing their hands watching vivid pornography on high-definition screen.
Visual stimulants, blunted smile
The viewer is getting immense pleasure from the graphic content on screen.
Sights that I'd like to show you
The singer wants the listener to join in and indulge in the pornography.
Come join me in my ride, psych
Join the singer in experiencing the ride with the pornography shown on the screen.
I would love to know you!
The singer wants to know more about the viewer's interests in pornography.
Who are you? Just call me King Porn!
The singer is proud to be known as King Porn and wants the viewer to address him as such.
Suck in frequencies, stripped and naked
The viewer is taking in the explicit content on screen.
Take all-you-can-eat, you need more
The viewer is indulging in the pornography and desires more.
Quick perversity, then you swallow
The viewer is quickly indulging in perverse acts shown on the screen and enjoys it.
No virginity, zoom it in
The viewer is watching pornography that is not just about virginity, but zooms in on explicit content.
King Porn, Won't you just call me King Porn...
The singer again insists to be called by the name King Porn.
Join us, come with us and take a seat on this ride
The singer wants the listener to join in and experience the ride of watching pornography with him.
You won't believe it, so come on, come on...
The singer believes the explicit content is worth watching and encourages the listener to join in.
Bloody blow-out with raw flesh on your left-hand side
The content on screen is so explicit that it's compared to a bloody blow-out of raw flesh on the left-hand side of the screen.
Seasoned with pin-ups so come on, so come on...
The explicit content is accompanied by other seductive content on screen, which further entices the viewer.
Don't want to leave it, so hold on, so hold on...
The viewer does not want to stop watching the pornography and is holding on to continue watching.
Violence well-done, so please turn your head to the right
The explicit content is violent and graphic and the viewer is encouraged to turn their head to the right to watch it fully.
Wrapped up in pop-ups so come on, so come on...
The explicit content is accompanied by pop-ups on screen, which further entices the viewer to continue watching.
Contributed by Madelyn E. Suggest a correction in the comments below.