Their music has featured on numerous film and TV soundtracks. The song "Dry the Rain" from their 1997 debut EP, Champion Versions, later to be released on the 3 EP's album, was possibly their most popular track and was famously featured in the John Cusack film, High Fidelity. The song "Smiling" from the self titled album "The Beta Band" is the background music to the UK's Soccer AM, Cross-Bar challenge. "Needles in My Eyes" was featured on a fourth season episode of House MD.
Well known fans include John Cusack, Mani, from Primal Scream and Stone Roses and Noel Gallagher.
Their live performances were legendary, often ending with the whole band playing percussion. Their dancing and energy got the whole audience moving, often in the same style as their idols on stage. Their "Best of" CD contains a CD of them playing live at the Shepherds Bush Empire in one of their final gigs and manages to capture some of this energy. It has been suggested, sometimes by the band themselves, that they were better live than recorded.
Steve has now released an album under his own name after his post-Beta Band projects Black Affair and King Biscuit Time, John, Robin and Gordon Anderson aka Lone Pigeon have formed The Aliens (www.myspace.com/thealiens1) and Rich is The General & Duchess Collins.
Gone
The Beta Band Lyrics
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I been along time comin down the mountainside
You see I fell from a spaceship I was taken for a little ride
And I'd very much like to fall in love with you
If you would if you would I'd like to know
will you think of me when I'm gone?
Sister live a long time I don't want to fight with you
And when I wake in the morning and I look through my window
I see sun skies sand sea would you fill your heart with me
If you would, I'd like to know
will you think of me when I'm gone?
The lyrics of The Beta Band's song "Gone" revolve around a man who fell from a spaceship and is now uncertain about his identity. He longs for the companionship of his sister and seeks her blessing to "fall in love" with her. The lines "Hey now sister won't you come and bless my soul" and "Sister live a long time I don't want to fight with you" reflect this desire for familial love and unity.
The singer is grappling with the fear of being forgotten and wants to know if his sister would think of him when he's gone. The lyrics "If you would if you would I'd like to know, will you think of me when I'm gone?" reveal his insecurities about being remembered and are a desperate plea to be remembered even after death.
The song's themes of identity, love, and the desire to be remembered are relatable and can evoke strong emotions in listeners. The interweaving of space references in the song's lyrics further adds to its mystique and emphasizes the sense of disorientation experienced by the singer.
Line by Line Meaning
Hey now sister won't you come and bless my soul
The singer is requesting the sister to bless their soul.
I been along time comin down the mountainside
The singer has had a long journey coming down the mountainside.
You see I fell from a spaceship I was taken for a little ride
The singer feels like they were taken for a ride after falling from a spaceship.
And I'd very much like to fall in love with you
The artist desires to fall in love with the sister.
If you would if you would I'd like to know
The artist is asking the sister if she is willing to consider the idea.
will you think of me when I'm gone?
The singer wants to know if the sister will remember them when they are no longer around.
Sister live a long time I don't want to fight with you
The singer wants the sister to live a long life and not have any conflicts with them.
See my head's in a vice and I don't know who I am anymore
The artist feels like their thoughts are trapped and they have lost their sense of identity.
And when I wake in the morning and I look through my window
The artist describes their morning routine.
I see sun skies sand sea would you fill your heart with me
The artist wants the sister to share their feelings and emotions.
If you would, I'd like to know
The singer is asking the sister to respond to their emotional plea.
will you think of me when I'm gone?
The artist wants to know if the sister will remember them when they are no longer around.
Lyrics © DOMINO PUBLISHING COMPANY
Written by: Stephen Paul Mason, Gordon Anderson, John McLean, Robin Jones, Richard Anthony Greentree
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@harrybhoy3935
Criminally underrated
@marcohannesian4624
Chill out song for me after a bad day. You can feel your blood pressure lowering. Great song
@aut0mat0r
Just on the edge of madness is despair...dancing with depression and nothingness.
@clownnookie
Hot Shots Deux is a fuggin' excellent album!
@l4dyg0ul63
Naman please come back. I can't stop crying and thinking about you. It's actually hurting my heart. Please come back.
Jayla your friend.
@sheilahelm2871
Thanks for this,beautiful album.
@strangefacekid
I haven't listened to this for many years. It's been in my head every day for weeks, couldn't be any more poignant or mean as much to me as it does right now..T-T
@maranathamediamusic9797
Does anybody know the chords to this?
@graagraes
I'm also interested
@matthewdavis1950
Am A5 D