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Who are Travis? Is it that band that in its most famous video clip (Sing) turned a peaceful English dinner into a pie fight war? Many will stop there, but Travis are also the ones who in 1997 released one of the most interesting albums of the British rock scene. Yes, indeed, this "Good Feeling" is a rock album, and for those who (like me) got to know them from their latest "12 Memories," it will sound a bit "strange." Premises: it is not as deep and intense as the subsequent "The Man Who," which remains their best work, nor is it semi-acoustic like "The Invisible Band," which is their worst work, but it sounds a bit like early Radiohead (and no offense to the fans of the "radio head honchos"). Here, frontman Fran Healy doesn't talk about war, violence, etc., but about girls, music, love, in short, things already written about.
However, just listen to tracks like "U16 Girls" or "Midnight Summer Dreamin'" to understand what kind of music we are talking about: rock! Everything begins (not coincidentally) with "All I Want To Do Is Rock" which starts off tired and ends with a bang with a good dose of distortion. "U16 Girls" is an excellent track with a chorus and a refrain that hooks into your ears and won't let go. "Look at me, I'm so disgusting..." sings in "The Line Is Fine," a good pop-rock song. In "Good Day To Die," singer Fran gives us a taste of where his voice can reach; here's "Good Feeling" starting with bass and drums, then a piano enters with just a few touches and finally a guitar joins in with the inevitable "Laaa la laaa laaa la la"; after a charged bridge, the piano emerges with an excellent solo. "Midnight Summer Dreamin'" is the most rock: the drums pound, the sound is reminiscent of early Oasis (the end of the intermission resembles the riff of "Cigarettes & Alcohol"); the terribly noisy ending with those screams is utterly unnecessary. "Tied Of The 90's" is a carefree song that plays on the words "tied" and "tired" to talk about the '90s; it's one of those songs to sing drunk, with friends joining you with a curt "EH!" after every line. With "I Love You Anyways," you can already hear the Travis of "The Man Who"; after the negligible "Happy," here we are at the intense closing trio: those who have listened to Starsailor's latest album, "Silence Is Easy," will immediately notice the similarity in sound in "More Than Us"; "Falling Down" is a thrilling piano song that a certain Chris Martin would now write with his eyes closed; while "Funny Thing" may seem like an acoustic song, an electric guitar in feedback appears, and at first listen, it makes me think of a song by REM or U2.
This concludes a remarkably good debut album to listen to on any occasion, which, however, went unnoticed and deserved more attention than "The Invisible Band," which introduced the band to the general public despite not being anything exceptional.
Tracklist Lyrics Samples and Videos
01 All I Want to Do Is Rock (03:53)
Hey
I would really like to talk with you
Girl
Do you have the time to stop?
Say
All I wanna do is rock
If this was any other day
I'd turn and walk the other way
But today
I'll stay
Not walk away
Hey
I'm a foot without a sock without you
Love
You seem to work around the clock
Say
All I wanna do is rock
If this was any other day
I'd turn and walk the other way
But today
I'll stay
Not walk
Just rock
Hey!
Love!
Say
All I wanna do is rock
If this was any other day
I'd turn and walk the other way
But today
I'll stay
OK
02 U16 Girls (04:00)
I met a girl in LA
The million dollar kind
She was all for all or nothing
She was open all the time
But when I called her number
Her mother's on the line sayin'
You've no business as God's my witness
With a child as young as mine
So make sure that she's old enough
Before you blow your mind
She may look like she knows enough
But look her in the eye
And if so
Let her go
You'll let her down in style
I met a girl in Paris
She talked like Vera Lynn
And her eyes were filled with dewdrop
The moment I walked in
She was awfully nice
The kind that likes to win
But if I'd been wiser, a whole lot wiser
Then I might have thought again
So make sure that she's old enough
Before you blow your mind
She may look like she knows enough
But look her in the eye
And if so
Let her go
You'll let her down in style
03 The Line Is Fine (04:04)
Look at me I'm so disgusting
I will never find another
Quite like you
You make me blue
With the things you do
Look at you you're so familiar
We could be so cool together
All the time
Could all be fine
We're on the line
The line is fine
Open up ma window
The line is fine
Standing on the ledge
Well I don't look down
Looking at the people
Well they all look fine
It's not just life or death
Yesterday we talked together
But tonight it's just the weather
Chillin' me
What's the point in silly talking
We could get there quicker walking
Down the line
Could all be fine
But we're on the line
The line is fine
"chorus"
But staring at the faces
Standing in a row
Thinking of all the places
That they have yet to go/they don't know
Song written and composed by f.healy
05 Good Feeling (03:24)
I've got a good feeling
Like I know how I'm feeling
Scraping me off the ceiling
Back to that good feeling
Now I find it hard living
Wasting our time giving
When will we all give in
Into that good feeling
Now I got a good feelin'
Like I know how I'm feelin'
Scrapin' me off the ceiling
Back to that good feeling
You picked a time, a very fine time
To look at me, you'd see that I was fine
You're happy too, just towing on your line
But you're afraid of what you'll find behind
In twenty years from now I'll be the same
And you'll be changing all the letters
In your maiden name
Ah you're thinkin' that we're one
But we'll never be the same
'Cause I got a good feeling
That I know I'm not missing
Anything you're giving
Isn't worth this good feeling
07 Tied to the 90's (03:08)
We're tied to the 90's
In the middle
I'm terribly frightened
I'm takin' it fast
Takin' it slow
There's thunder and lightning
It's terribly frightening
Lord knows
Where it goes
But I know
That if so
Well I want to tell you
We're tired of the 90's
We're tired of the 90's
But we're tied to the 90's
Tied to the 90's
Remember the 80's?
(They were something)
Were worse than the 90's
We're stuck in a path
Where fashion is fast
And nothin' is lasting
Its all ghetto blasting
And Lord knows
Where it goes
But I know
That if so well I want to tell you
We're tired of the 90's
We're tired of the 90's
But we're tied to the 90's
Tied to the 90's
Ah oh no
It's nothing to go on
The hi-fi five alive
That's it I'm stayin' in bed
'til my hair falls out
Everything's over
That said I like my wig
And I hate myself
I know its all in my head
We're tired of the 90's
We're tired of the 90's
We're tired of the 90's
But we're tied to the 90's
Oh we're tied to the 90's
We're tied to the 90's
We're tied to the nines
Tied to the nines
Tied to the 90's
09 Happy (04:15)
It starts in the morning
When you're lying next to me
I'm rolling, I'm rolling
I'm rolling so quickly
Now I'm not a doctor
And I'm not a lawyer
I get a prescription and set it on fire
Blow me a kiss, I'll be happy for the rest of my life
And I'm so happy 'cause you're so happy
I'm so happy 'cause you're so happy
I'm so happy 'cause you're so happy
And I'm so happy 'cause you're so happy
Oh, oh, aw
And I'm so happy
And I really shouldn't like it
But I love it
When I say I'm not excited
You're invited
And I think I'm getting older
There's this weight across ma shoulder
Its a shame we're the same
Such a shame I'm to blame all the time
But early this evening
I wanted to be with you
I got on the blower
The next thing I know you're speaking
Now I'm gonna tell you what I've been thinking
And I've got a hunch that you're thinking the same thing and with some luck
We'll be lying together tonight
And I'm so happy 'cause you're so happy
I'm so happy 'cause you're so happy
I'm so happy 'cause you're so happy
And I'm so happy 'cause you're so happy
Oh, oh, aw
And I'm so happy
Oh, oh, ah
Oh, oh, ah
Oh, oh, ah
And I'm so happy
10 More Than Us (03:56)
More than us
And we are them
But they don't know
What's in their hands
It's more than you
And it's more than I
But it's more
And everybody calls it love
But I'm not really sure if it's love
At all
No, not anymore
More than he
More than she
They all sleep
But we just dream
More or less
Means more for us
But it's more
And everybody wants a hand
But I'm too busy holding up the world
To carry on
Oh, not anymore
I wish that I
Could fly, fly, fly away
And if I should fall
And you hear me call
Would you stay
More than us
And we are them
But they don't know
What's in their heads
It's more than you
And it's more than I
But it's more
And everybody calls it love
But I'm not really sure if this is love
At all
No, not anymore, oh
Anymore
Anymore
Anymore
12 Funny Thing (05:19)
A funny thing to do
Is everyone like you?
'Cause people seldom change
They all just stay the same
A funny thing to say
Suppose you're just that way
Although you're sure you're sure
There really is no cure
A funny kind of way
A funny kind of day
You're funny all the time
Do you want a piece of mine?
Well I've seen it all before
When you're closing all the doors
It's not funny any more
A funny thing to do
Because the sky was blue
You ran away for good
'Cause no one understood
The funny things you said
Because the sky was red
It all went to your head
Because the sky was red
A funny kind of way
A funny kind of day
You're funny all the time
Do you want a piece of mine?
'Cause I've seen it all before
When you're closing all the doors
It's not funny any more
A funny kind of way
A funny kind of day
You're funny all the time
Do you want a piece of mine?
Well I've seen it all before
When you're closing all the doors
It's not funny any more
A funny thing to do
Is everyone like you?
'Cause people seldom change
They all just stay the same
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