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song oracle
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 Posted - 01/07/2004 : 05:18:33
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Today's random song of the day is Fazer Eyes.
What do you think of it?
lyrics
Staring on into night
Complete synapse
I switched on something I did not see
May I leave? I believe I might
This sweet collapse
Baby, I cannot get me free
When you''ve got your fazer eyes on me
Driving on into where?
I do not know
Shores that once were by the sea
I''m seeing something that is not there
It''s so fast it''s slow
And it''s playing with my memory
And you''ve got your fazer eyes on me
Accustomed to the frequency of glow, oh yeah
You won''t be frightened of the real thing after the show
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vilainde
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<
Niue
7443 Posts |
Posted - 01/07/2004 : 05:30:11
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I remember that this song was voted off the TOTY survivor quite rapidly. To me it's one of the many highlights of the album. Ole Mulholland/Fazer Eyes/I Could Stay Here Forever is definitely my favorite part of TOTY. I love the guitar solo at the end of the song, and I love the background vocals too.
What is it about by the way? I don't even know what "fazer" means.
Denis
 "I joined the cult of Cult of Frank/Turns out he's the stupidest person on Earth" |
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Adnan_le_Terrible
* Dog in the Sand *
France
1973 Posts |
Posted - 01/07/2004 : 06:27:36
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A "fazer" is a kind of a laser used in Star Trek, a sort of a small pistol that can kill or just paralyze the victim.
My ex-girlfriend had this kind of eyes, it was impossible to say which color it was. And I always tend to relate songs to my personal experience. Therefore, this song has been my fave for long time. Even now, I really enjoy listening to it.
The part "May I leave? I believe I might / This sweet collapse / Baby, I cannot get me free / When you've got your fazer eyes on me" is very similar to "Diamond Sea", one of my favourite songs from Sonic Youth.
It is a very enigmatic song. "It's so fast it's slow" is a brilliant line. I never really understood the end : "You won't be frightened of the real thing after the show". Any suggestions ?
 "I met a man/ he was a good man" |
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Adnan_le_Terrible
* Dog in the Sand *
France
1973 Posts |
Posted - 01/07/2004 : 06:30:59
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Perhaps it's FB talking to this girl from the crowd who gave him that seducing, penetrating look during a gig. "Frightened" could be replaced by "disappointed".
"I met a man/ he was a good man" |
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ramona
"FB Quote Mistress"
USA
3988 Posts |
Posted - 01/07/2004 : 07:13:57
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I always thought it was about Jean. And that she loved him OFF stage more than on, wasn't scared of the REAL him, etc. When I said that in the song meanings thread though, people thought I was wrong and said it was about aliens. Which seems too easy to me, but whatever...
Anyway, I think it's a lovely song and I like it! |
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Owen
- FB Fan -
USA
165 Posts |
Posted - 01/07/2004 : 08:17:51
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| I think of it as Places Named After Numbers II: Electric Boogaloo. This time it's his romantic escapade with a star going supernova that then turns into a black hole. |
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Adnan_le_Terrible
* Dog in the Sand *
France
1973 Posts |
Posted - 01/07/2004 : 10:27:38
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Originally posted by ramona
I always thought it was about Jean. And that she loved him OFF stage more than on, wasn't scared of the REAL him, etc. When I said that in the song meanings thread though, people thought I was wrong and said it was about aliens. Which seems too easy to me, but whatever...
Anyway, I think it's a lovely song and I like it!
I like your interpretation pretty much, actually.
"I met a man/ he was a good man" |
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ramona
"FB Quote Mistress"
USA
3988 Posts |
Posted - 01/07/2004 : 12:02:41
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Well, thank you.  |
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NimrodsSon
* Dog in the Sand *
USA
1938 Posts |
Posted - 01/07/2004 : 12:05:58
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I like this song very much
 Join the Cult Of Gunn / and you'll never need a hair stylist again" |
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Dallas
= Cult of Ray =
USA
725 Posts |
Posted - 01/07/2004 : 13:17:32
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| Not one of my faves off of TOTY, but, it fits real well on that disc and it is a pretty good little tune. |
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Frog in the Sand
-+ Le premiere frog +-
France
2715 Posts |
Posted - 01/08/2004 : 01:00:06
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I like this song, especially Lyle's job. The final solo is great.
About its meaning... Many years ago in a local music store - I was there -, a journalist asked Frank about his "UFOs obsession". Frank answered that he was actually "more fascinated than obsessed", or something like that, and he pointed out that he hadn't written "more than 5 or 6 songs" about UFOs and ETs to date. Among them were Los Angeles, Parry the Wind and Fazer Eyes. I'm pretty sure of that cuz I still remember my surprise when he mentioned this song, which I had always thought was a love song. |
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Adnan_le_Terrible
* Dog in the Sand *
France
1973 Posts |
Posted - 01/08/2004 : 01:07:38
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It can be both a love song and a song about UFOs.
I remember Frank said "they're romantic"
"I met a man/ he was a good man" |
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Frog in the Sand
-+ Le premiere frog +-
France
2715 Posts |
Posted - 01/08/2004 : 01:27:01
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| Maybe Frank was then in love with a lady from Pluto?... |
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Adnan_le_Terrible
* Dog in the Sand *
France
1973 Posts |
Posted - 01/08/2004 : 03:57:58
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maybe maybe maybe
"I met a man/ he was a good man" |
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IceCream
= Quote Accumulator =
USA
1850 Posts |
Posted - 01/11/2004 : 16:55:10
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| I don't like how this song ends. Weak fade out, imo |
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billgoodman
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<
Netherlands
6214 Posts |
Posted - 01/12/2004 : 01:49:53
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Originally posted by vilainde
To me it's one of the many highlights of the album. Ole Mulholland/Fazer Eyes/I Could Stay Here Forever is definitely my favorite part of TOTY.
Denis
"I joined the cult of Cult of Frank/Turns out he's the stupidest person on Earth"
Funny, that's my less favourite part of TOTY
 "I joined the Culf of Frank/ And now I do not know what...to do" |
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apl4eris
~ Abstract Brain ~
USA
4800 Posts |
Posted - 01/12/2004 : 07:26:00
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Huh - I always thought this was about him playing a gig and the way girls can get enamored of a band member and lock eyes, but now I realize it is at least also about UFOs, and maybe also Ramona's meaning as well, I like that interpretation too. But now, looking at the lyrics again, it all snapped into place. I have seen what he is talking about - the seeing something that isn't there. Obviously, some of you may consider me a nutcase, if you don't already ;), but back in 1992 or so, in SW Kentucky while in college, I was walking with a few people from my studio on campus to another building, late at night, clear sky, lots of stars, and I was compelled to look up. The stars were bright, and something was wrong. There was a wavering over a large portion of the sky, as in, maybe 1/4 of the visible sky, in the shape of a triangle. You could see the stars, but they were as if refracted through a thick lens. We all saw it. Funny thing is, I don't think we ever talked about it again. I was completely sober.
 Swedish Chef's "Dumpling of Wisdom": Øder tis moodle in der noggin tu smacken der ouchey und vinger-slingers ur to smacken-backen und fix de morkin, yøobetcha! |
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Itchload
= Cult of Ray =
USA
891 Posts |
Posted - 01/12/2004 : 13:21:02
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| One of my favorite songs on TOTY, Frank's vocal is beautiful. Keep in mind Frank has written a handful of love songs that also have some otherworldly context to them, Letter to Memphis, Velouria, Ana, ext. |
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ivandivel
= Cult of Ray =
394 Posts |
Posted - 01/13/2004 : 01:42:38
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| Beautiful song, i really like the chord progressions of the song. |
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Onion
- FB Fan -
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Posted - 01/15/2004 : 03:18:50
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I absolutely love this song. One of my favorites of TOTY, perhaps of all FB. Powerful and sad at the same time, this song really represents (for me) what FB's music is all about.
As someone already said, my only regret is the fade out in the end. Especially during that brilliant outro solo. "Ok, so... what happens next?".
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VoVat
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<
USA
9168 Posts |
Posted - 01/16/2004 : 20:22:47
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Maybe Frank was then in love with a lady from Pluto?...
Not a girl from Venus?
This is actually one of my least favorite TOTY tracks, but it's still good. I don't think there really are any bad songs on that album.
-Nathan
And how does lemur's skin reflect the sea?
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Doryphore
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Belgium
111 Posts |
Posted - 01/22/2004 : 00:00:45
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apl4eris, that's funny, I experienced the same thing. I laid in the grass in the backyard of my father, in Holland, two years ago or something and I saw something similar. Three lights in perfect triangle formation flew over me. Not 1/4th of the sky but smaller. First I figured it was an airforce squadron or something because I could see the stars in between. But the lights kept such a constant distance from eachother that they almost had to be physically connected in some way... or maybe they were just very good pilots?
"Your friends say that I'm strange"
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Doryphore
- FB Fan -
Belgium
111 Posts |
Posted - 01/22/2004 : 00:02:42
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also, isn't a 'fazer eye' a multi-facetted eye, like insects have?
"Your friends say that I'm strange"
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Thiago
- FB Fan -
Brazil
73 Posts |
Posted - 01/25/2004 : 18:23:07
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| one of my favourites |
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Ziggy
* Dog in the Sand *
United Kingdom
2463 Posts |
Posted - 01/26/2004 : 07:23:44
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It's not one of the srongest on Teenager, but it's a quirky little song all the same...
'Took his plane to Columbia/So I could sell at my school" |
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slaveish
= Cult of Ray =
USA
269 Posts |
Posted - 01/28/2004 : 16:52:01
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| the interpretations- love song, space song, they're all accurate. good art is open to interpretation. the weaving of a love song with outerspace references. what i think of is the desert- and how ufo sightings often occur here- because it's so wide open and full of big sky. and the southwest looks lunar and miles and miles of it are vacant. the line "shores that once were by the sea" really makes me think of eastern california and arizona- areas that used to be covered by ocean and have since eroded. but it's all so metaphorical. it's a love song. no, it's a space song. a candy. a gum. |
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VoVat
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<
USA
9168 Posts |
Posted - 01/28/2004 : 17:20:41
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But does it help fight cavities if I chew it after eating?
-Nathan
And how does lemur's skin reflect the sea?
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slaveish
= Cult of Ray =
USA
269 Posts |
Posted - 01/28/2004 : 21:22:11
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| YES!!!!!!!!!!! |
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VoVat
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<
USA
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prozacrat
* Dog in the Sand *
USA
1186 Posts |
Posted - 02/01/2004 : 18:02:52
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I remember listening to this song over and over again when I got the album. In fact, I think it was the first Frank Black song that I really fell in love with. I started learning how to play guitar shortly before picking up this album and I spent countless hours learning the song, with Lyle's solo at the end. Sweet, sweet music.
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realmeanmotorscutor
* Dog in the Sand *
USA
1764 Posts |
Posted - 02/02/2004 : 10:43:05
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I think Star Trek spells it "phaser." Perhaps another meaning?
 "I joined the Cult of Popeye / The CoF required my good eye" |
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