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Playing with fire: that's what the three space men have always done. Taking inspiration from the noise-pop of the Jesus And Mary Chain, they have coined their very own language, made of impenetrable guitar walls, floating sounds, and songs of two or three chords repeated endlessly.
Reaching mystical trance through noise: this has been their mission. "Playing With Fire" is probably their masterpiece, the album that definitively consecrated their style. The opening track "Honey", a very sweet but at the same time distorted psychedelic serenade, immediately captivates the listener into a parallel, visionary world, immersed in a dream. It continues with "Come Down Softly To My Soul", a delicate reverb-laden guitar riff accompanied by a soft whisper; "How Does It Feel" is pure trance; "I Believe It", or the light of paradise seen by a completely wasted heroin addict: a gospel in slow motion, to be clear; "Revolution", the most violent and noisy track, as the name promises: a garage rhythm leading to a final explosion; "Let Me Down Gently": here we reach total minimalism: the atmosphere is sinister, accompanied by a bored bass and a church organ, the music unfolds in a stream of consciousness leading to the final catharsis, without ever exploding. "So Hot", the shortest piece built on only two chords, brings to mind certain psychedelic folk from the 60s; "Suicide": eleven minutes of delirium, of guitar walls that bring to mind narcotized MC5, finally here noise reigns supreme, the guitar engages in a heated dialogue with a pulsating organ. It closes with the very tender prayer of "Lord Can You Hear Me?", a simple guitar riff and a stoned gospel choir invoking the Lord.
And if there were a Lord, He could not remain indifferent to such beauty.
Tracklist Lyrics Samples and Videos
01 Honey (03:01)
Honey, won’t you take me home tonight?
Honey, won’t you take me home tonight?
Honey, won’t you take me home tonight?
The night is warm and the starts are bright
Take my hand, baby
Hold me tight
Every move gonna feel so right
See the moon smiling through the night
I feel so good and my mood is right
Oh, honey, won’t you take me home tonight?
Honey, won’t you take me home tonight?
Feels so right
Feels so right
Honey, won’t you take me home tonight?
Feels so right
Feels so right
Listen to the wind whistling through
Surely ain’t nothin’ that we can’t do
Surely ain’t nothin’ that we can’t do
04 I Believe It (03:20)
Oh Lord
Ah, you know I believe it
To my soul
Ah, to my soul
To my soul
Oh Lord
Yeah, I believe it in the mornin’
Oh, so early in the mornin’
And I believe it in the evenin’
Oh, so late in the evenin’
From Friday night through to Sunday morn
When the sun comes up until the first sight of dawn
Oh, Lord
Take me higher
Oh, take me higher Lord
Take me higher
Oh, come on now Lord
Jesus died for my sins
Lord, look at the state I’m in
Look alright, but I’m fucked within
Can’t go through this all again
Lord – Jesus
Gotta help me
Find my way
Find my way
05 Revolution (05:57)
Spacemen 3 - Revolution Lyrics
Well look out
Well I’m sick
I’m so sick
Of a lot
of people
Tryin’ to tell me
What I can and can’t
do
With my life
And I’m tired
I’m so
tired
Of a lot of people
In a lot of high
places
Don’t want you and me
To enjoy
ourselves
Well I’m through with people
Who can’t
get off their arse
To help themselves change this
government
And better this society
‘Cos it’s
shit
But hold on a secondI smell burning
And I
see a changeComin’
‘round the bend
And I suggest to
you
That it takes
Just five seconds
Just five
seconds
Of decision
To realise
That the time
Is
right
To start thinkin’ about
A
little…Revolution!
07 So Hot (Wash Away All of My Tears) (02:38)
Lord it's so hot, and I ain't got a lot
I don't need much but I ain't satisfied right now
Just want the water, I just want an ocean
An endless river to wash away all of my tears
Lord it's so hot, and my heart's bleeding
I ain't been with you and it's you I'm needing right now
Just want the water, I just want an ocean
An endless river to wash away all of my tears
When your hot, and lord how it's steamin’
You gotta go back to the river babe
Just want the water, I just want an ocean
An endless river to take me back to my babe
So hot
09 Lord Can You Hear Me? (04:33)
Lord, help me out
I'd take my life but I'm in doubt
Just where my soul will lie
Deep in the earth or way up in the sky
Lord, can you hear me when I call?
Lord, can you hear me when I call?
Lord, can you hear me when I call?
Lord, can you hear me, hear me at all?
All my loves left my side
Can't get enough of life to keep me satisfied
Oh, I've lost about everything
Lord, look what state I am in!
Lord, can you hear me when I call?
Lord, can you hear me when I call?
Lord, can you hear me when I call?
Lord, can you hear me, hear me at all?
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