1) Little is known ab… Read Full Bio ↴There is more than one band named The Savages:
1) Little is known about this mid-'60s group, which has variously been reported to be from Bermuda or to be a group of Americans who were based in Bermuda when their sole LP, Live 'n Wild, was recorded. That album, recorded live at the Princess Hotel in Bermuda (according to the liner notes), stands as one of the best '60s full-length garage platters. Composed almost wholly of original material, the group played top-notch tunes with heavy echoes of the Beatles, Searchers, and Byrds, with a much greater melodic sense than the typical American garage combo, though a pleasing rawness is evident throughout.
Guitarist/singer Paul Muggleton was part of a short-lived group called Omaha Sherriff (produced by Tony Visconti), who recorded one album in England (Come Hell or High Water, 1977), and also sang on four late-'70s/early-'80s albums by Judy Tzuke on Rocket and Chrysalis (the fact that they were all English releases leading one to believe that they were from Bermuda). And drummer Howie Rego may have been part of a mid-'70s progressive band called Stardrive, who recorded for Elektra and Columbia. Nothing has ever turned up concerning the group's two other members, Jimmy O'Conner and Bobby Zuill.
2) The Savages is a Rock N Roll band from Bombay (now Mumbai), formed in 1960 and the starting point in tracing the history of rock music in India was of course the musicians that they have played with and watched concerts of. Strangely enough, they kept ending up at Rock Machine/Indus Creed. Everyone story led back to, "It all began with Rock Machine..." There were passing statements along the lines of, "Of course, there were bands before that but they did covers. They played club gigs but no one remembers." Founded in 1967 by Bashir Sheikh, the Savages went beyond playing cover versions, and started writing their own material. Back in the days, there were earlier variants of the rock competitions that we see today. One of these was the Simla Beat contest, sponsored by Simla cigarettes, an ITC brand. The Savages won the 1967 edition of the Simla Beat contest. Another prestigious Bombay festival was the Sound Trophy. The Savages won the Sound Trophy for Best Composition and Best Band in 1968, and in the process snagged a recording deal with Polydor India Ltd. The most consistent and well-remembered line up of the band was stabilizing at this point of time with Bashir Sheikh (drums and vocals), Ralph Pais (bass guitar), Hemant Rao (lead guitar), and Prabhakar Mundkur (keyboards and vocals). Various line up changes happened in the years after this with Hemant Rao leaving for Dubai and replaced by Russell Perreira. However, one of the crucial line-up changes featured the inclusion of a young architecture student, originally from Goa, named Remo Fernandes. Remo played with The Savages for a year and a half during his architecture course in Bombay. Featuring some of the first few original compositions by Remo, the album sounds like a delicate blend of retro rock, folk rock, and early acid rock. After Remo left the Savages, another line-up shuffle found Joe Alvares singing for the band. Notable for his booming tenor voice, Joe sang on the next Savages album, titled Black Scorpio. Though the album itself was mostly populated by cover versions, Prabhakar Mundkur had also taken to songwriting and the Savages frequently performed 7-8 instrumental originals, and 3-4 originals with vocals in the many shows that they played during these years. Joe Alvares left the band in 1974 for personal reasons and the band briefly tried to recruit another vocalist. At about the same time, Nandu Bhende's band, The Brief Encounter, was also faced by the prospect of some members leaving. Sensing an opportunity, the two combined to form The Savage Encounter.
Band Members :
Bashir Sheik – Drums / Vocals
Ralph Pais - Bass
Hemanth Rao – Lead Guitars
Prabhakar Mundkur – Keyboards / Vocals
Remo Fernandes – Vocals / Guitars
Russel Periera – Guitars
Joe Alvares – Lead Vocals
3) The Savages are electrosoul, first generation rock and roll band from Vallejo, CA, United States. They are a 21st century sound for heathens, future see-ers and the civilized alike. Their music draws equally from the seductiveness of R 'n' B, the honesty of Soul, the explosiveness of Rock and the root of it all that ties them all together.
While growing up in their formative teenage years, each of the savages were playing in different bands with different sounds. Through mutual connections and mutual dissolution of each of their bands they decided to get together and make a new type of music and continue on as musicians and artists.
Creating and playing together for the past two years at various venues around the bay, they hope to expand their range and sound and use music as a powerful force that it is.
Band Members:Minnie-Vocals Joshua-Guitars/Vox Robie Regan-Bass Jaycedaface-Drums
Shut up
The Savages Lyrics
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Too many to hire
And nothing you ever own
The world's a dead sorry hole
And I'm cold, and I'm cold
And I'm cold, and I'm stubborn
I'm sick to keep it open wide
And speaking words to the blind
Speaking words, to the blind
Speaking words, to the blind
And the soul of the pure
And the eyes of the lover
And the one who truly saw your soul
And the one who truly saw your soul
I'm the one, who truly saw your soul
I'm the one, who truly saw your soul
And if you tell me to shut up
And if you tell me to shut it
Did you tell me to shut up
Oh if you tell me to shut it
I'll shut it now
Young, just born
Fragile and trembling soul
You hold it to the light
That pours down the moon at night
You kept on holding it
You kept on holding it
It was a dangerous thing to do
But you did it when no one knew
When the eyes were closed
And the people asleep
Not an animal
Not a human
Not a soul
Not a soul
And if you tell me to shut up
And if you tell me to shut it
Did you tell me to shut up
Oh if you tell me to shut it
I shut it now
I am a breaker of ocean
Leaden like a bullet to the sun
I am a breaker of ocean
Leaden like a bullet to the sun, to the sun, to the sun
The opening lines of The Savages's song Shut Up focus on the difficulty of convincing or hiring people. The lyrics suggest that there are too many obstacles to overcome and that nothing in the world ever truly belongs to you. The world is described as a "dead sorry hole," and the singer is portrayed as being cold and stubborn. The line "And speaking words to the blind" appears twice in the song and highlights the frustration the singer has with trying to communicate with people who are not listening or understanding.
The song then takes a turn as the singer talks about those who truly see others for who they are. The lines "And the soul of the pure / And the eyes of the lover" indicate that it is possible to connect with people on a deeper level. The repetition of the lines "I'm the one, who truly saw your soul" emphasizes the importance of having a sincere connection with someone. However, the singer is also aware that shutting up and not speaking can sometimes be necessary. The closing lines describe the singer as a "breaker of the ocean," someone heavy like a bullet flying towards the sun.
Line by Line Meaning
Too many to convince
There are too many people to convince me of anything
Too many to hire
There are too many people to hire
And nothing you ever own
You can't ever truly own anything in this world
The world's a dead sorry hole
The world is a depressing and sorry place to be
And I'm cold, and I'm cold
I am feeling cold both physically and emotionally
And I'm cold, and I'm stubborn
Even though I am feeling cold and indifferent, I still refuse to change my beliefs
I'm sick to keep it open wide
I am tired of keeping an open mind and constantly being disappointed with the world
And speaking words to the blind
I am wasting my time speaking to people who cannot see the truth
And the soul of the pure
The soul of someone who is pure-hearted
And the eyes of the lover
The eyes of someone who loves deeply
And the one who truly saw your soul
The one who saw your true self
I'm the one, who truly saw your soul
I am the one who saw your true self
Young, just born
A new and vulnerable life
Fragile and trembling soul
A soul that is fragile and fearful
You hold it to the light
You hold it up to the light to see it clearly
That pours down the moon at night
The moonlight that shines down on it at night
You kept on holding it
You continue to hold it
It was a dangerous thing to do
It was risky to do so
But you did it when no one knew
You did it when no one was watching
When the eyes were closed
When everyone was blind to it
And the people asleep
When everyone else was asleep
Not an animal
Not a mere animal
Not a human
Not just a human being
Not a soul
Not even a soul
And if you tell me to shut up
If you ask me to stop talking
And if you tell me to shut it
If you ask me to stop speaking my mind
Did you tell me to shut up
Did you really mean it that I should stop talking?
Oh if you tell me to shut it
If you really want me to stop speaking up
I'll shut it now
I will stop talking now
I am a breaker of ocean
I am a force that can break through the toughest obstacles
Leaden like a bullet to the sun
Heavy and determined enough to pierce through any barrier to reach my goals
I am a breaker of ocean
I am a force that can break through the toughest obstacles
Leaden like a bullet to the sun, to the sun, to the sun
Heavy and determined enough to pierce through any barrier to reach my goals, no matter how distant or unreachable they may seem
Speaking words, to the blind
Speaking words to those who cannot or will not see the truth
Speaking words, to the blind
Speaking words to those who cannot or will not see the truth
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
Written by: CATHAL JOSEPH SMYTH, CHRISTOPHER FOREMAN, CHRISTOPHER JOHN FOREMAN, DANIEL MARK WOODGATE, GRAHAM MCPHERSON, LEE JAY THOMPSON, MARK WILLIAM BEDFORD, MICHAEL BARSON
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