JacksRevenge Escribi�:

@Slipvin : Are u kiddin me man? Surrender's a brilliant track! But then I never find any Chems songs weak. But honestly Surrender and Got Glint are two of the most beautiful tracks on that disc full of gems!

Um, no. I really can't get into that track. I'd rather listen to The Sunshine Underground, which is a proper psychedelic trip.

Woohoow this is weird.

Okay so i never knew about this Racing the Tide track.

I put in Surrender in my computer as i wanted to give it a spin while reading this topic - and my WMP says " Racing The Tide " . Weird - i never heard that title before and suddenly its even on my WMP. And Under the Influence is called "Influenced".



So anyway i am listening to the song Surrender now - offcourse i knew it by heart but i like to listen to the song i talk about - and i think it's actually one of the best songs of the album. I think the name Surrender fits really well. Its kind off like Whirly described - this song is the moment between being partying all night and going to bed.

I think it really is the perfect transition between HBHG madness and Dream on. This cd is SUCH a concept album for me. Not even a concept album - but this cd is a party night / a random persons night out / not nescesarily MY night out altho the highs and lows described are something i wrote down from my own perspective .



First it starts with 3 massive party songs - u know those early stages in the night where you have energy and you dance and dance and dance! Than , as you get more drunk or wasted or high or whatever you are , you get a bit sleezy. Thats where Orange Wedge comes in. You start to check out the boys or girls at the party and you make some eye contact / some of us might even go for some action. While youre chatting with a cute boy or snogging a hot girl , suddenly you hear let forever be , and you run off with an excuse `Sorry but this tuuuuuune! � and you leave youre catch of the evening standing there while you sing along with youre mates ` HOW DOES IT FEEL LIKE TO LET FOREVER BE! � and you dance !! Than as it all gets a bit too much and you loose energy its time too calm down a bit and get comfy with youre mates and maybe have a good conversation. Thats where the Sunshine Underground and Asleep from Day come in. That warm , fuzzy tingly feeling of being with youre mates , being all as one , and you might decide to drop one more or have some more wodka�s or , for the sober people amongst us , have a rest so u can dance the last hours away. At this stage you feel so comfortable with youre mates , and even with people you never met before , and everything makes sense.

But than suddenly..............!!! You hear Wop wop wop wop WOP! ( Glint! ) And you think �Ah yeah!� and you pull up youre mates from the couch , you all head to the dancefloor to give yourself that last energy , that last rush , and as HBHG comes in you are on top of the world again , and you dance and everything is rock and roll WHOOHOO! All youre mates and all the other people at the party scream `HERE WE GO!` and your body is so tired but youre mind still wants to go! Than comes Surrender ....... This song is the drive home with the sun coming up. This song is Orbitals "Belfast" in Human Traffic. This song is the comedown kicking in soon but still afterglowing from that wicked party , still rushing a little bit , but knowing that its all over and tomorrow you'll feel like shit. The song sounds as if it says "You've survived the night , you became one with everybody , now listen to me and calm down " . Thats really what it sounds like to me. ( So yes its kind off like Whirly described. )

And than....it�s time to go to bed. To Dream On about that amazing night you had / and about hopefully many night that will follow.



This , my friends , is Surrender.

Jeanie Escribi�:

This song is Orbitals "Belfast" in Human Traffic.

Blasphemy!

Slipvin Escribi�:

Jeanie Escribi�:

This song is Orbitals "Belfast" in Human Traffic.

Blasphemy!

What is?

Orbital rock, Belfast rocks, and Human Traffic rocks - where's the blasphemy??

chemicalfan Escribi�:

Slipvin Escribi�:

Jeanie Escribi�:

This song is Orbitals "Belfast" in Human Traffic.

Blasphemy!

What is?

Orbital rock, Belfast rocks, and Human Traffic rocks - where's the blasphemy??

Comparing 'this' song to Belfast.

Now Slipvin ... if you would read the context that was in...

I never comparted the SONG Belfast to Surrender. I said , the song Belfast in the movie Human Traffic - the moment that they use this song , the feeling it gives me ( i take it you have not seen the film ?! ) is a feeling i also get when i listen to Surrender.

Jeanie Escribi�:

Now Slipvin ... if you would read the context that was in...

I never comparted the SONG Belfast to Surrender. I said , the song Belfast in the movie Human Traffic - the moment that they use this song , the feeling it gives me ( i take it you have not seen the film ?! ) is a feeling i also get when i listen to Surrender.

ok

hahaha, Jeanie's monster Surrender post reads how many of our conversations go when we're talking about the songs on the album!!



I see what you mean about Surrender being the drive-home-as-the-sun's coming-up song, but for me it's that last rush you have knowing you've completely given yourself to the events of the evening, and the final cry that the night's about to wind down.



*edit( Dream On) is the drive-home-as-the-sun's-coming-up song for me. It's a fitting come-down. Go out all night and listen to this as you're on your way home, the highway is deserted and the darkness begins to fade from the sky, and your body's aching and your head is swimming. It's just great... It's not a bangin' Chems track but it works so well in context and I think it's sort of underrated... it's been slammed over the years... which... well, everyone's opinion is their own. To me it's the lullaby that tells you after the long journey (whatever journey that may have been), a warm comfortable bed and the sweet mercy of sleep will be there to meet you at the end of the line.

i love the end of 'dream on' after it goes all quiet and those strings finish it off... used to just change cd's after the track died but now i always stick around for that last minute or so... used to think it was like a 'hidden track' but now i see it as the true ending of 'dream on' and the song just isn't complete without it.



meanwhile in that gap of silence my friends are all like what the hell theres nothing happening but im all like hey shutup i wouldn't expect you to understand...



my fav ending to a chems album closely followed by s2a!

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Jeanie Escribi�:

Than as it all gets a bit too much and you loose energy its time too calm down a bit and get comfy with youre mates and maybe have a good conversation. Thats where the Sunshine Underground and Asleep from Day come in.

Everything suddenly just imprints on you, yes, but the energy has not been lost by Sunshine Underground! That song rears and tears off, hauling you in your half-lit state. once you have been settled into this song, every jostle of that racing is felt! everything is amorphous but is punctured by the rhythm and you must move, adjusting to and aware of all around you.



you've seen it live, no? after that massive build-up those beats wipe out your chest they're so deep.