The Egg play live… Read Full Bio ↴'Like New Order floating on a cloud'- The Observer
The Egg play live house, rocktronic, funk and ambient influenced dance music, using electronic and live instruments, video triggering, samples and live and vocoded vocals. Their music is inspired by artists such as Pink Floyd, Groove Armada, The Beloved, New Order, Underworld, and the shoegazing/nu-gazing scene, and can be found rocking the club scene as well as chilled out festival vibes.
The band are well known on the UK festival circuit, but fit just as comfortably into DJ-led club environments and recently enjoyed a worldwide hit with Tocadisco's electro-house remix of their Air-like 'Walking Away' (and with David Guetta's bootleg of the same track). They have played throughout Europe, Australia and Brazil, and have just completed a three week US tour of the Mid-West and East Coast, as well as 2 nights including New York city's Nokia Theater having been welcomed into the US Jam Band Scene where they play comfortably alongside the scene's largest acts.
They started life in the fertile early 90's Oxford music scene as Cornflower Concept featuring bassist Dave Gaydon and with him still in the line up became The Egg, slowing building a dedicated following with their relentlessly energetic two hour live music dance sets with vanguard conceptual video and lights. Their commercial success became indisputable around the time of Albumen (1996, featuring David Gaydon and Mark Revell as well as Ned and Maff Scott) and when they started touring internationally e.g. South Africa in the late 90's. They were a key part of the Oxford music scene when Radio 1 Sound City came to the Cowley Road in 1998. Fans were less receptive to newer material, then a line up change brought new freshness to the set.
The band's most recent album, 'Forwards', was released in the USA by Spectacle Entertainment (Neurodisc),. They are working with/have worked with/ been remixed by: Mylo, Rollo (Faithless), Next Men, Decoder(Kosheen), Fila Brazillia, Monk & Canatella, Pentatonic, Grand National, Dusty Kid Pop, Tocadisco, Ulrich Schnauss, Camille Jones, Sophie Barker (zero 7), Oliver Koletski, Atomic Hooligan, Greg Hunter and then some....
They are currently working on a new album with producers Benji Vaughan (aka Younger Brother, producer of Forwards), Greg Hunter and Bruno Ellingham (producer of New Order, Goldfrapp, Mertz, and more...).
Members: Ned Scott (vocals, keyboards), Maff Scott (drums), Ben Cullum (bass), Matt White (guitar), Shaun Hunter (live sound + co-writing)
Say You Will
The Egg Lyrics
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I wanna know
I wanna know where you've been
I wanna go
I wanna go where you've been
You can be afraid if you want to
Say you will
The opening lines of the song immediately convey a sense of longing and curiosity. The singer wants to know where the subject of the song has been and wants to go there as well. This sentiment speaks to the desire to be closer to someone and to experience the things that they have experienced. The lines also suggest a sense of urgency and a need for answers, which could indicate a strained relationship or a recent event that has created distance between the singer and the subject.
The subsequent lines present the subject with a choice - they can stay or they can be afraid. This choice could signify a decision within the relationship that needs to be made or a change that needs to occur. The repetition of "say you will" at the end of the stanza emphasizes the importance of this decision and highlights the singer's need for some kind of affirmation or commitment from the subject.
Line by Line Meaning
I wanna know
I desire to understand
I wanna know where you've been
I would like to find out the location you have visited
I wanna go
I desire to travel
I wanna go where you've been
I would like to journey to the same place that you have visited
You can stay if you want to
It is your choice whether you remain or depart
You can be afraid if you want to
It is acceptable to feel fearful if you wish to
Say you will
Please express your intention to fulfill my request
Contributed by Eva M. Suggest a correction in the comments below.
Daniel Wellz
Calming and uplifting really appropriate for these unprecedented times !
redmushroom101
I FKNG LOVE THIS BAND!!!..Every single album that this band produces gets stronger and more profound.....Never get tired of these brothers musical productions.
Anthony Bishop
A superb band. Never fails to elevate me. Entrancing stuff from song one back in ~ mid-90's til the present.
MUCHOS THANKS GUYS.
Keep refining and moving us out here, in there.
ilovegoodsax
I use to hear this on Internet radio at work. The station I would hear this on is no longer being broadcast so I lost track of this song. I wasn't sure of the name of the song, only the name of the artist which I thought was unusal. I thought about this song tonight and decided to try and find it here on YT. I listen mostly to jazz but I also have a somewhat ecletic taste in music. This falls in my eclectic category. It's good to hear this song again after a couple of years.
Bernie Longshanks
First heard and bought The Egg Travelator back in early 2000 I think, and now going back after many years to listen to what else the brothers have done...its been worth it!
Nice bit of Russian sand painting I think
brazzbazz
One of the best songs ive ever listened!
ARG Chens
siempre floto con esta canción... es simplemente hermosa! ..
J Haneseth
A very relaxing music during a transitional phase of my life.
misterodors
Thank goodness this has finally been posted. After hearing it once, I kept searching. This is a great song.
thenextphaze
love this one i have the album and when i saw them live i bought the 2cd special which changed this one to nothing which is lovely but still..