The band’s key member is guitarist/singer/composer Kevin Shields, a reclusive perfectionist and radically inventive guitarist/engineer. The band’s other original member is drummer/studio maven Colm Ó Cíosóig; during their heyday MBV also included singer-guitarist Bilinda Butcher and bassist Debbie Googe. Their band shares its name with a low-budget Canadian slasher film.
MBV influences include The Velvet Underground, Sonic Youth, Cocteau Twins, late-1970s Wire, The Jesus and Mary Chain, and independent artists such as The Pastels. Kevin Shields has also named The Beach Boys and The Ramones as a personal influence.
After leaving Creation Records in 1992 and signing with Island Records, the band fell into a creative black hole. Rumors spread among their fans of albums being recorded and then shelved. Debbie Googe left the band to form Snowpony; she had not played bass on their recordings since You Made Me Realise. Colm Ó Cíosóig eventually left and formed a band with Hope Sandoval, formerly of Mazzy Star, called Hope Sandoval & The Warm Inventions. Kevin Shields sporadically collaborated with other artists, most notably Experimental Audio Research, Curve, and Primal Scream. He revealed in a fall 2003 National Public Radio interview that Island Records quit financing his My Bloody Valentine endeavors after he spent half a million pounds of their money.
As of 2006, many rumors mentioned the possible reformation of MBV for a new studio album, but none of these were true. On November 15 2007, My Bloody Valentine announced three upcoming live gigs in the UK for 2008. On June 13 and 14, the band played in public for the first time in thirteen years, offering a pair of "Live Rehearsal" presentations at the ICA in London and officially starting their series of comeback performances. The band went on to play a slew of festivals in Summer and Fall of 2008. Following their appearance at the 2008 All Tomorrow's Parties festival, the New York Times reported that Shields was planning to complete the unfinished album.
On 2 February 2013 they self-released the self-titled album m b v as a download with both vinyl and CD copies shipping on 22nd Feb 2013. The Huffington Post reported that it caused such a public stir that the official MBV website crashed when fans attempted to access the site to purchase a copy.
You Made Me Realize
my bloody valentine Lyrics
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Then come, come, come, get the hell inside
You can close your eyes
Well you might as well commit suicide
Wait for me because I waited for you
No that's not what you should do
Don't hate me 'cause I don't hate you
You made me realize
Something in you died
Well no, no, no, no fault of mine
Something in you died
Well no, no, no, no fault of mine
Make the (hell) out of what you can see
Maybe then you'll not hang beside me
Don't ask me 'cause I cannot see
Insane eyes
You made me realize
What did (you say you'd) find
Then come, come, come, get the hell inside
You can close your eyes
Well you might as well commit suicide
Wait for me because I waited for you
No that's not what you should do
Don't hate me 'cause I don't know you
Insane eyes
You made me realize
The lyrics to My Bloody Valentine's song "You Made Me Realize" are enigmatic and open to interpretation. They seem to revolve around a relationship that has gone wrong, with lines like "Something in you died/Well no, no, no, no fault of mine" and "Wait for me because I waited for you/No that's not what you should do/Don't hate me 'cause I don't hate you." There is a sense of confusion and despair throughout the song, with the singer seemingly trying to understand what went wrong and how to move forward.
However, the lyrics take a dark turn with the lines "You can close your eyes/Well you might as well commit suicide" and "Make the (hell) out of what you can see/Maybe then you'll not hang beside me." It is unclear whether these lines are directed at the singer or the other person in the relationship, or if they are a larger commentary on the human condition. The repeated use of "insane eyes" adds to the unsettling feeling of the song.
Overall, the lyrics to "You Made Me Realize" are cryptic and open to interpretation, evoking a sense of confusion, despair, and darkness.
Line by Line Meaning
What did (you say you'd) find
What did you promise to look for?
Then come, come, come, get the hell inside
Come inside quickly
You can close your eyes
You can choose to not see
Well you might as well commit suicide
Referring to the consequences of not seeing
Wait for me because I waited for you
I waited for you, you should wait for me as well
No that's not what you should do
Referring to the previous line
Don't hate me 'cause I don't hate you
There's no need for us to hate each other
Insane eyes
Referring to the other person's eyes
You made me realize
You made me see things differently
Something in you died
Something has changed in you
Well no, no, no, no fault of mine
I am not responsible for your change
Make the (hell) out of what you can see
Make the most of what you have
Maybe then you'll not hang beside me
Maybe then you won't feel the same way as me
Don't ask me 'cause I cannot see
I don't have the answers
Insane eyes
Referring to the other person's eyes
You made me realize
You made me see things differently
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
Written by: KEVIN SHIELDS
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Doug Smith
Do you remember the first time that you ever heard this song? I'm old and I played in bands (that recorded and toured) from age 14 (1979) through approx 2012. I still play and, occasionally record for kicks but, no touring. Touring is probably the absolute best way that I have ever been introduced to exciting and incredible bands and performers whom I would've probably never heard/seen/met/befriended! Back in the "old days" (hahaha) you would meet great people playing in freakin amazing bands that you would vibe with and you would exchange mixed cassettes that you had been listening to on high rotation in the van as you moved from gig to gig and did the hard miles. Sometimes you would hear something you had never heard and, it hit you super hard and, deeply. Most of the time you would have a hand written cardboard insert with the cassette and, the epic, mindblowing new song/artist would be readily available instantly and you would seek out more of their music. BUUUUUUT, there were many times when you had a cassette with no insert or, anything! Not even a barely legible sticky label thingy on the actual cassette and, you were kinda screwed and, it would drive you insane because it could be a HUGE band...but, it could also be a super obscure or, up n coming band from...who knows where!
Holy tangent Batman! Ok...do you remember the VERY FIRST TIME you heard this song? I'm NOT checking anybody's "cool cards" here...if NOW is the 1st time that you have ever heard this song...that's OUTSTANDING! You have listened to an epic musical GAMECHANGER.
The first time that I ever heard this song was on one of those band swapping tour van mixed cassette swaps!
No cardboard insert or labels. I traded it for a mix of Canadian and US West Coast jangly pop and noisy but melodic types of bands. I traded with The Jazz Butcher (Pat Fish) who was in North America touring the Fishcotheque album that was released by Creation Records in the UK. "You Made Me Realize" was on the cassette he had swapped with me and I was literally gobsmacked by THIS song...this AMAZING unknown song...it took me around a month to make an identification of the song/artist and, eventually I would come to learn that the cassette that Pat Fish had traded to me was a "private Creation mixtape" for the various artists on Creation and select music insiders only. And, it never even had labels because the label was not wanting unreleased music to be pirated.
Completely anonymous first listen...GAMECHANGER.
And, I was JUST reminiscing about the cassette trade yesterday when I first heard the news about the passing of the wonderful and extremely talented Pat Fish aka The Jazz Butcher 💖🔥
ramkagbe
What did (you say you'd) find
Then come, come, come, get the hell inside
You can close your eyes
Well you might as well commit suicide
Wait for me because I waited for you
No that's not what you should do
Don't hate me 'cause I don't hate you
Insane eyes
You made me realize
Something in you died
Well no, no, no, no fault of mine
Something in you died
Well no, no, no, no fault of mine
Make the (hell) out of what you can see
Maybe then you'll not hang beside me
Don't ask me 'cause I cannot see
Insane eyes
You made me realize
What did (you say you'd) find
Then come, come, come, get the hell inside
You can close your eyes
Well you might as well commit suicide
Wait for me because I waited for you
No that's not what you should do
Don't hate me 'cause I don't know you
Insane eyes
You made me realize
sinbad the sailor
Lyrics:
What did (you say you'd) find
Then come, come, come, get the hell inside
You can close your eyes
Well you might as well commit suicide
Wait for me because I waited for you
No that's not what you should do
Don't hate me 'cause I don't hate you
Insane eyes
You made me realize
Something in you died
Well no, no, no, no fault of mine
Something in you died
Well no, no, no, no fault of mine
Make the (hell) out of what you can see
Maybe then you'll not hang beside me
Don't ask me 'cause I cannot see
Insane eyes
You made me realize
What did (you say you'd) find
Then come, come, come, get the hell inside
You can close your eyes
Well you might as well commit suicide
Wait for me because I waited for you
No that's not what you should do
Don't hate me 'cause I don't know you
Insane eyes
You made me realize
meesalikeu
What did you say you'd find
Then come, come, come, get the hell inside
You can close your eyes
Well, you might as well commit suicide
Wait for me 'cause I waited for you
No, that's not what you should do
Don't hate me 'cause I don't hate you
Insane eyes
You made me realise
Something in you died
Well, no, no, no, no fault of mine
Something in you died
Well, no, no, no, no fault of mine
Make the hell out of what you can see
Maybe then you'll not hang beside me
Don't ask me 'cause I cannot see
Insane eyes
You made me realise
What did you say you'd find
Then come, come, come, get the hell inside
You can close your eyes
Well, you might as well commit suicide
Wait for me 'cause I waited for you
No, that's not what you should do
Don't hate me 'cause I don't know you
Insane eyes
You made me realise
ignoradio
What did (you say you'd) find
Then come, come, come, get the hell inside
You can close your eyes
Well you might as well commit suicide
Wait for me because I waited for you
No that's not what you should do
Don't hate me 'cause I don't hate you
Insane eyes
You made me realize
Something in you died
Well no, no, no, no fault of mine
Something in you died
Well no, no, no, no fault of mine
Make the (hell) out of what you can see
Maybe then you'll not hang beside me
Don't ask me 'cause I cannot see
Insane eyes
You made me realize
What did (you say you'd) find
Then come, come, come, get the hell inside
You can close your eyes
Well you might as well commit suicide
Wait for me because I waited for you
No that's not what you should do
Don't hate me 'cause I don't know you
Insane eyes
You made me realize
King Of The Bees
will never forget when this song blew my eardrums at a live show
António Teixeira
I remember almost blowing my eardrums at their live show and still yelling LOUDER in the meantime. Everyone around me was yelling the same thing. It was never loud enough.
GBR080R
Saw them in the 90's and my hearing hasn't been the same since.
Andrew Huggins
Indeed!
beneathpavement1
@Andrew Huggins well. well, well, fancy seeing you here...
Shenequa Neckface
Saw these guys in Austin back in 2013. Greatest show I’ve been too by far.
Love when they started playing this song cause I knew they ended it by blasting the crowd with unimaginable noise.
During the show I was like “this isnt that loud” and then I walked out with my sister and she tried telling me something and I couldn’t hear her
꧁cypke꧂
@George Moody that hurts to just read lmao
George Moody
they do a holocaust version, where it just gets louder and louder for 20 mins straight before the drop part, it feels like you are being punched by the end of it and emptied nearly the entire venue lmao
Javier Morales
Now imagine having to hear every time they have a concert ._____.
dangelowallace
actual definition of "ahead of their time"