The Furs initially used Martin Hannett as a producer, but their initial self-titled album from 1980 was eventually produced by Steve Lillywhite. The LP quickly established the band on radio and was a top 20 hit in the UK. The album also found success in Germany, Italy, France, Spain and Australia. The US version of the album was re-sequenced, but failed to have as strong a commercial impact.
The Furs found success in the U.S. market with the 1981 release, titled 'Talk Talk Talk', which made its impact on the US album charts and received critical acclaim worldwide. In the UK, the album was a solid hit which spun off two charting singles, "Dumb Waiters" and the original version of "Pretty in Pink". The latter song served as inspiration for the 1986 John Hughes film of the same name, and was re-recorded for the platinum-selling soundtrack.
In 1982, the band was reduced to a four-piece with the departures of Morris and Kilburn. (Ex-Birthday Party drummer Phill Calvert would briefly join the group around this time.) The band's remaining members moved permanently to New York, where they recorded the album Forever Now with producer Todd Rundgren. This album contained "Love My Way", a breakthrough Top 40 hit in both the US and the UK. Ely left the band after this release, though he would return for the 1988 single "All That Money Wants" and the 1989 album Book of Days.
The Furs' 1984 release Mirror Moves was produced by Keith Forsey, and featured the songs "The Ghost in You" and "Heaven". Both charted in the UK, and "Heaven" became the band's highest charting UK hit at the time -- but inexplicably, "Heaven" was never released as a single in America. Instead, Columbia Records opted for "Here Come Cowboys", despite both international success and heavy MTV airplay on "Heaven." "Here Come Cowboys" failed to chart, but "The Ghost In You" was a hit on the US pop charts. The band had become popular in Canada as well, CFNY, Toronto's new wave radio station, listed Mirror Moves as the #1 LP of 1984.
By this time, the band had become somewhat of a staple on US college and modern rock radio stations. As well, they were building mainstream success, fairly consistently placing singles in the pop charts on both sides of the Atlantic, though they would "have more impact on future musicians than they ever did in the marketplace." In 1986, the band re-recorded a version of "Pretty in Pink", which was their biggest hit to that time in the US, and their biggest-ever UK hit.
Richard Butler later claimed that the success of "Pretty in Pink" caused the band to be pressured into entering the studio to record a follow-up release before they were ready. The result was Midnight to Midnight, an album which Butler characterized as "hollow, vapid and weak". A more overtly commercial effort than the Furs had ever recorded before, the album also featured the single "Heartbreak Beat", which was their highest charting top 40 US hit.
However, the Furs were dissatisfied with their new commercial direction, and subsequently returned to a rawer sound with "All That Money Wants", a 1988 track especially recorded for a 'best-of' collection. 1989's Book of Days saw a return to the old-school style and the temporary return of Vince Ely. 1991's World Outside was similarly more of a "back to basics" approach.
From 1988 on The Furs' chart success continued with three #1 hits on the US Modern Rock chart between 1988 and 1991.
The band splintered in 1991, with the Butler brothers going on to found Love Spit Love. After spending most of the decade apart, Butler, Butler and Ashton re-formed The Psychedelic Furs in 2000, and released a live album Beautiful Chaos: Greatest Hits Live, which also featured a new studio recording, "Alive (For Once In My Lifetime)." A DVD version of the performance included live versions of "Alive" and three other previously unreleased songs: "Anodyne (Better Days)," "Cigarette" and "Wrong Train."
Since then the Furs continue to tour the world along with former Love Spit Love drummer Frank Ferrer, ex-Information Society and World Party keyboardist Amanda Kramer and saxophonist Mars Williams who returned to the band after a stint in the late 1980s.
Showing the band's significant influence as a part of the new wave and post-punk movements, their songs have been covered by numerous other artists. Examples include Annie Lennox, Buffalo Tom, Icehouse, Powderfinger, Regenerator, and Robyn Hitchcock.
Until She Comes
The Psychedelic Furs Lyrics
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I can hear the things she said
I feel no thoughts to move my head
Until she comes again
And with her step
I move my feet
And with her hand
I feel my skin
I find I'm saved
And with her dreams
I'm laid
Until she comes again
The sun goes out and night comes in
The time goes round and day grows dim
Until she comes again
And with her step
I move my feet
And with her hand
I feel my skin
And with her need
I find I'm saved
And with her dreams
I'm laid
Until she comes again
With all my savings and my sins
There's no good reason to begin
Until she comes again
And with her step
I move my feet
And with her hand
I feel my skin
And with her need
I find I'm saved
And with her dreams
I'm laid
Until she comes again
With all her dreams tied in her hand
There is no way to understand
Until she comes again
Until she comes again
The sun goes out and night comes in
The time goes round and day grows dim
Until she comes again
The Psychedelic Furs' song "Until She Comes" is a poetic expression of the singer's longing for a woman who has left him. The song's central theme is the idea that the singer's entire world revolves around this woman, and that without her, he is lost and without purpose. The opening lines of the song, "Until she comes again / I can hear the things she said / I feel no thoughts to move my head," establish the singer's complete preoccupation with the woman, to the point where he is unable to think or function properly without her.
The repeated refrain, "And with her step I move my feet / And with her hand I feel my skin / And with her need I find I'm saved / And with her dreams I'm laid," emphasizes the singer's dependence on the woman for his physical and emotional wellbeing. The imagery of the woman's hand on his skin and her dreams laying him down also reinforces the idea that he is completely under her control.
Line by Line Meaning
Until she comes again
The singer will wait in anticipation for the return of the person they long for
I can hear the things she said
The singer cannot get the words of the person they long for out of their head
I feel no thoughts to move my head
The thoughts of the singer remain consumed by the person they long for
And with her step
I move my feet
The presence of the person they long for gives the artist the energy to move forward in their own life
And with her hand
I feel my skin
The touch of the person they long for ignites the senses of the artist
And with her need
I find I'm saved
The presence and necessity of the person they long for saves the singer from their own emotional turmoil
And with her dreams
I'm laid
The dreams and ambition of the person they long for also inspire the singer to pursue their own aspirations
The sun goes out and night comes in
The time goes round and day grows dim
The passing of time is noticed and mourned by the artist while they wait for the return of the person they long for
With all my savings and my sins
There's no good reason to begin
The artist feels they have nothing left to lose or gain without the person they long for, so they refuse to start anew
With all her dreams tied in her hand
There is no way to understand
The artist cannot comprehend the motivations or dreams of the person they long for
Lyrics © Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
Written by: JOHN ASHTON, RICHARD LOFTHOUSE BUTLER, TIMOTHY BUTLER
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@Miblive
I am not a singer or a song writer so I have not idea what it takes to write a song like this but all I know is that in today's music you cannot find lyrics and melodys like this anymore. When I hear today's music I feel very lucky to had the opportunity to enjoy bands like The Furs, Cure, Depeche Mode, Sundays, Joy Division, The Smiths and many others.
@skywatcher1972
Yes, yes and yes. Inspiration is the missing ingredient, I think, as well as Real Creative writing, which can only be achieved when you think and compose and write in isolation -- ISOLATION -- something the internet does not give us. The brilliant years that gave us these songs are gone, but we can someday get them back again.
@markeddeckmusic7202
There’s lots of bands but being ignored
@hjillumi880
@@markeddeckmusic7202 but not as good
@markeddeckmusic7202
@@hjillumi880some are tho , some not so Just ignored by the corporate crap music industry
@helmutsecke3529
But maybe you're a songwriter?
@t.beierle7685
People born in the late 60s through the early 70s grew up with 80s music and we're the most fortunate for it. ♥
@redskies4530
Hi I recommend an Indie song called 'Looking Into The Mirror' By Robert Nix
@Noname-xi7xi
@T.Beierle
Yes, you are absolutely correct, I was born in 1967 and grew up through the 70s and the 80s, incredible years full of creativity, especialy the 80s with incredible songs and films....
@dvdfrnzwbr
"Until She Comes" is a 1991 song