@@Juanmariabrausen Oh, no wonder it's so great. Thanks for that! I knew the song was inspired by the story, but it's quite a while since i read it. Time to revisit.
A true classic and a landmark song from the existentialist outsider view of life. Fyodor Dostoyevsky's novel 'Notes from Underground' was called 'Notes from Under the Floorboards in the original Russian. The cover of the single was to have had the words 'to FD' on the cover but owing to an oversight by the printers it was omitted.
This song has lost none of its power in the 40 odd years since I first heard it. Those opening lyrics knocked me for six. I felt they could've been written for me personally. I knew straight away that this was the song I would have played at my funeral.
Even with all the great music coming out today, this timeless song reminds you of the great songs of the past and in particular when looking at magazines body of work, their ability to create an audiovisual experience, paint imagery in your mind. Art.
JESU! SHIT! THIS THIS THIS is a BAND! Energy, focus, and beauty. Ugliness turns into perfect beauty! Years after the first enthusiastic listenings... THIS is THE song!
Yes ! This track is awesome . In my list of my favourite tracks of all time alongside The Beatles, The Velvet Underground, Fleetwood Mac, Joy Division, Wall of Voodoo etc etc
I am angry, I am ill and I'm as ugly as sin My irritability keeps me alive and kicking I know the meaning of life, it doesn't help me a bit I know beauty and I know a good thing when I see it This is a song from under the floorboards This is a song from where the wall is cracked My force of habit, I am an insect I have to confess I'm proud as hell of that fact I know the highest and the best I accord them all due respect But the brightest jewel inside of me Glows with pleasure at my own stupidity This is a song from under the floorboards This is a song from where the wall is cracked My force of habit, I am an insect I have to confess I'm proud as hell of that fact Used to make phantoms I could later chase Images of all that could be desired Then I got tired of counting all of these blessings And then I just got tired This is a song from under the floorboards This is a song from where the wall is cracked My force of habit, I am an insect I have to confess I'm proud as hell of that fact This is a song from under the floorboards This is a song from where the wall is cracked My force of habit, I am an insect I have to confess I'm proud as hell of that fact
This is one of my favorite songs of theirs. Not only beautifully composed, but the lyrics are spot on. That last bit, "and then I just got tired," couldn't have been sung an a better fashion. The character really comes through so perfectly. I heard Morrissey's version of this and was pleasantly surprised, but I can't say I'm a big Morrissey fan otherwise (though I haven't heard much else).
Once upon a time in a land far, far away called Houston, an outlaw radio station called KPFT played this song late at night when no one was listening. Well, except me, I was listening. And I loved it.
Wow, I've heard this song loads of times (it's one of my favorites) but this live version is incredible. I wish I could have seen them. I can't believe they aren't more widely beloved.
Magazine is definitely a band from another planet... The only thing's missing is McGeoch on guitar but Robin Simon plays very good. Thanks for uploading this...
in 1980 these guys played a gig in Brisbane , great gig $16- 4 bands ,XTC , Magazine , INXS and Flowers ( later Icehouse) one of the memorable musical days .
They are probably one of the most influential and important bands to come out of the post punk era; now you know of their existence think of yourselve as a member of an exclusive club! They're still touring saw them last year at Manchester Academy...Superb.
We called it "new wave" in England . Punk and New wave existed together eg The Ruts punk, Joy Division, Magazine New wave (of rock music !) I never heard that horrible term "post punk " until years later . I think it came from the US.
Saw them at the Santa Monica Civic in the early 80's (can't remember the year cause I'm old). Only band to ever make my stomach queasy cause the bass was so loud. Incredible!
Magazine had a unique and ahead of their time sophisticated post-punk sound. I love the strange mix of Joy Division distorted barre chords, intriquite post-post funk drumming with liquidy fretless bass and best of all, a Del Shannon "Runaway" Farfisa sounding keyboard. Plus Howard Devoto looks a bit like Eno and even has similar musical sensibilities.
@@Spectrescup Really ???? Magazine had released Two albums by the time Joy Division released "Unknown Pleasures " in Summer 1979. Note I also saw Magazine live in 1978 promoting their debut album "real life " .
I am angry I am ill and I'm as ugly as sin. My irritability keeps me alive kicking. Possibly, probably, the best opening to a song ever. A brilliant thing with so many original music things kind of swirling around.
😍Tell more.. stories as i assume you have are so needed. Much more than the.. " Whos here in year so & so?" Or "so &so brought me here!". Sheesh i want a real stories and informative tidbits section. Any shares ya got will be appreciated. For example I was scrollin down hopein to findout whats the name of the guitarist and voila i found you!!
Incorrect. Not Kafka, Dostoyevski. His novella with the title usually translated as "Notes From the Underground" can be more literally read as "Notes From Under the Floorboards." Its first lines are: "I am a sick man... I am a spiteful man. I am an unpleasant man. I think my liver is diseased."
I love these, what do we call them, existential polemical openers? This and Patti Smith's "Gloria" are magnificent . What else. "This Is not A Love Song"? Recommendations welcome.
My favorite Magazine song. I didn't even know they were still playing. I wish they'd come to NY. I just bought the Magazine Peels Sessions CD at a street fair yesterday.
A dutch journalist wrote an article about similarities between the lyrics in this song and a piece of Dostojewski (not the least). This song was my introduction to magazine, one of my neighbours used to start her days with this song for a month or so.
A Masterpiece - Inspired by Dostoevsky’s 'Notes from the Underground'. Lyrics I am angry, I am ill and I'm as ugly as sin My irritability keeps me alive and kicking I know the meaning of life, it doesn't help me a bit I know beauty and I know a good thing when I see it This is a song from under the floorboards This is a song from where the wall is cracked By force of habit, I am an insect I have to confess I'm proud as hell of that fact I know the highest and the best I accord them all due respect But the brightest jewel inside of me Glows with pleasure at my own stupidity This is a song from under the floorboards This is a song from where the wall is cracked By force of habit, I am an insect I have to confess I'm proud as hell of that fact I used to make phantoms I could later chase Images of all that could be desired Then I got tired of counting all of these blessings And then I just got tired This is a song from under the floorboards This is a song from where the wall is cracked By force of habit, I am an insect I have to confess I'm proud as hell of that fact
Does anyone have any live footage of a track from 'The Correct Use Of Soap' called Philadelphia? I bought the LP (yes, vinyl!) when I heard it being played in the Brighton Virgin records shop when it was a little pokey place half way down the hill from the station. The line 'In Philadelphia I'm sure that I felt healthier' always made me smile.
I froth at the mouth to see Magazine play a final ive show in my area. I have to come to the fact, that won't happen. The I got tired of counting all these blessings. Lol.
@hubrisgoat No, it's not. It's based on 'Notes from Underground' by Dostoyevsky. The opening line "I am angry, I am ill and I'm ugly as sin" is now the unnamed narrator of 'Notes from Underground' describes himself. He also compares himself to an insect later in the novel. I've not heard 'Philadelphia' so I didn't know they had a second song based on Dostoyevsky's writing, thanks for telling me. Raskolnikov was the protagonist of 'Crime and Punishment', though.
Hi, I hope that this comment is a joke! "Floorboards" is a track from the 1980 album "The Correct Use of Soap" by the English band Magazine (Post Punk, 1977-1981). Mozza covered it (and did it very well).
With the Banshees by this time probably. Robin Simon played on the tour where the Play album was recorded, but was only temporary and replaced by Ben Mandelson for Magic, Murder and the Weather.
