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.
who sees you
my bloody valentine Lyrics
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Who sees you
Rain these lanes far away on my way
I would rain on the
How could it be I could love under such low
That your nightmares
Rain your bikes to the moon until
Till we'll wait and I'll stay
Over here
Who will you chose
Say goodbye to this world
And I'll come
Look at you so I come to you
To see
Hold me down when I do
How does it feel
Don't turn back on you
The lyrics to My Bloody Valentine's "Who Sees You" are somewhat enigmatic, but they seem to be about an intense desire to be close to someone and to be seen by them. The opening lines suggest a longing to be carried to someone who can really see them, perhaps in a metaphorical sense of being truly understood. The idea of "rain these lanes far away on my way" is a little harder to unpack, but it could be interpreted as a desire to leave behind familiar surroundings and travel to a place where the singer can feel more alive and authentic.
The idea that the singer could love "under such low / that your nightmares" is a powerful image, suggesting that they could withstand even the darkest and most difficult aspects of the person they love. The lines "rain your bikes to the moon until / you hear me here" are intriguing and mysterious, but they might suggest a sense of longing that is both futile and unrelenting. The final lines, "don't turn back on you," seem to be a plea to the person being addressed not to retreat or turn away from the singer.
Overall, "Who Sees You" is a song that expresses a raw and intense longing for connection and understanding. Its abstract and poetic lyrics give the impression of someone who is struggling to communicate the depth of their emotions, but who is nevertheless reaching out in a desperate attempt to be seen.
Line by Line Meaning
One day someone can carry me to the one
Someday someone may carry the singer to the person they love
Who sees you
The person the singer loves, who is seen by others
Rain these lanes far away on my way
Travel far and wide down unfamiliar paths
I would rain on the
The singer would like to shower their love upon
How could it be I could love under such low
The singer wonders how they could love someone feeling so down
That your nightmares
The person the singer loves is haunted by bad dreams
Rain your bikes to the moon until
Ride bikes off into the distance, even to the moon
You hear me here
The person the singer loves will hear them calling from afar
Till we'll wait and I'll stay
The singer will wait for the person they love and remain faithful
Over here
Indication of where the singer is
Who will you chose
The singer asks who the person they love will choose to be with
Say goodbye to this world
The person the singer loves should leave everything behind to be together
And I'll come
The singer will be there for the person they love
Look at you so I come to you
The person the singer loves draws them in with their gaze
To see
The singer wants to see the person they love
Hold me down when I do
The singer wants the person they love to control them
How does it feel
The singer asks the person they love how they feel about them
Don't turn back on you
The singer tells the person they love not to forget about themselves
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Lyrics
[Verse 1]
Wonder sun
Carry weight to the one who sees you
Make me stay on my way
On my way
How could it be that your love under stars
Know that your nightmares ended
[Verse 2]
Bring your eyes to the night
Onto and in you
She'll be awake
And I'll stay over here
[Verse 3]
Who do you choose
Say goodbye
Will this world be through
And I'm coming in too
[Instrumental Bridge]
[Verse 4]
Look and you saw my cause
What you'll do too soon
Call me dumb
What I do for you
[Verse 5]
How does it feel?
Don't turn back
And I love what you do
But we're coming home
Sam
Imagine meeting someone who likes mbv as much as you do and listening to this song with them; lying down next to each other in complete darkness, neither person saying a single thing, just absorbing the music together. That would be peak happiness for me
Tiffany Melendez
That... Sounds so Fucking great
MegaThefuture
I played New You for my ex girlfriend and she didn't like it... To some it might be dumb but it really hurt me.. I wish that one day we'll all have someone to share this album with
Julia Hinchley
@MegaThefuture She was never the one, sorry dude.
Start with Sometimes if you want to get someone into shoe gaze. It's an accessible song. Starting Over by LSD and the Search for God, and Let the Sun by Marigold are also great starter songs to get their ears acclimated to this type of music - all 3 of these songs are easy to keep up with due to the beat and have little discord. This song has great discord which people aren't used to.... since most songs that are popular are played in the key of G, which is harmonic and pleasing to the ear.
I tend to think unromantic people don't like this type of music, was she imaginative and romantic? or more of an uptight critical person?
Venom Nik0
@Julia Hinchley I always thought starting with Loveless was a great starter. Especially Only Shallow
Stargazer V
@Venom Nik0 when and where
William Spellmann
I love that this album is blue, it really reflects the sound of this one. Just as pink/red did loveless, great addition and I can't wait to spend the rest of my life listening to these songs over and over just like before.
uhpoopyfunny
yea literally, like isn't anything is like a dreamy yellow ish, loveless is pink, m b v is blue. definitely wanna know what the next album's color is gonna be. maybe purple or green😳
GuillemAlexandre AmengualCañellas
@uhpoopyfunny i Think one Will be White and the other kind of Rainbow maybe ? Sinestesya time !
Aster Crain
@uhpoopyfunny that’s if there’s even gonna be another album 😭