I agree. I wonder if it inspired Billy Bragg and Wilco for the melody of their song California Stars from their Mermaid Avenue album in 1998. The songs are very similar!
1992, doing homework and listening to a college radio station late at night, one song after another playing in the background, And by 2:04 I had to stop and pay attention...and I sat motionless until it finished. Damn. What a song.
Reminds me of standing on my balcony with my best mate who is no longer here, listening to this on a walkman one earphone each, looking over Veronicas strip in Tenerife getting homesick...been working there for 2 months and we were flying home the next day* 1992....
I think Ride were the Television of the nineties. Television must have been a huge influence on them. And they made their own thing out of that. I think Ride is a better band than My Bloody Valentine. Whereas "Loveless" often counts as THE shoegaze album, I find Rides debut and this one is better. Maybe it's because it's more rock and less ambient than MBV. The ringing guitars, the brilliant melodies, beautiful voices. This song is one of the best album closers ever. Oh, and rest in piece Tom Verlaine
I bought this CD from Cash Converters in George Street in Aberdeen in February 2007 for £2 The intro just makes me think about how your life and time just slips away no matter what you do
I've been listening to music for 40 years,all different sorts of music, and this track has to be in my top 3 of all time....without a shadow of a doubt!
This song was the most emotional for me off of "Going Blank Again." for a period of time. It was 2014 and that was about the time of missing the 90's hit me like a ton of bricks for the first time ever. Beautiful tracks like this has a way of breaking an emotional dam that's been clogged for years you had no idea was there. Anyway I love Ride with all my heart, Hope to see them live one day, those dudes really made incredible music.
This album and it's predecessor 1991's "NOWHERE" are masterpieces. What I find strange is that the very first 2 EPs were printed as one album in between these two, and called "SMILE" = the quality is terrible in comparison.
Never been so far away I don't think I want to stay in this room anymore If I crawl across the floor Then I'd be closer to that door, it's too far Never been so far away Just lost the last thought in my head, what happens now? Some fantasy you've been Pick up the pieces in my mind, I'm going I'm going home... Fantastic.
Amy Joy I can't agree more. I never thought when I heard them in the early 90s that they would be with me for life. I live in the US, so I literally had to read NME to find out about them. Gotta see them live this year!
Amy Joy First time hearing this, and it's wonderful! At first I thought 'hmm interesting instrumental band' and then it kicks into full gear. Thank you for posting!
Definitely The end to me has always been a feeling of letting go, Relieved and knowing its the right thing but with regret and a desperate sadness realising you won't ever know if it could have been different.
I wish everyone could feel this incredible music, the way we both do! Best song from the album, though by now, us early insiders must think it's cliche.
This song isn't beautiful, this song isn't nice, this song isn't animated, this song isn't great, this song isn't groovy, this song isn't perfect, this song is everything I've said before.
ha man I follow your bjm facebook.....but yea this was me at 15 dreaming about the girl I was crushing on in front of the classroom but was 2 bashful 2 talk 2
ha....hey man I follow your bjm facebook.....but yea this song was me at 15 home crushing on the girl in front of the class who I never had the courage to talk 2 lol
Get this song loud especially when your about to take off to another planet. When intro winds up goodness me you are in a *,***** ROCKET 🚀 HEADING FOR JUPITER. AMAZING SONG THANK YOU RIDE. GENIUS
Fucing great, innit? 25 years on and still fresh as a daisy. So, so many weird and wonderful events lodged in my memory with this tune/album as a backdrop. Or sometimes as the focal point. Wonderful, wonderful band.
Brings me into emotional turmoil & makes me cry & so does Today because the lyrics make you think of the past & brings back memories of a brilliant youth & the lows as well but by the time the end of those two tracks your in a daydream & just completely drifted away with the lyrics and that beautiful guitar and drum sounds😊 Love you RIDE ❤
Just herd this again for the first time in years…… n oh wow it took me to a place n time n my youth…happy and emotional, life was simple just getting stoned n had the best friends ever and was sooo happy
Mbv used to be one of my fav bands when i was younger, but this song compleltly blows them out of the water in my opinion. Fuckin grovyest thing that ever came out of the 90's
Is this song about the bands origins in Oxford, and the effects certain substances had on them? The words to the song suggest so. It’s a fantastic tune, one of Rides best.
Never been so far away I don't think I want to stay in this room anymore If I crawl across the floor Then I'd be closer to that door, but it's too far Never been so far away Just lost the last thought in my head, what happens now? Some fantasy you've been Pick up the pieces in my mind, I'm going I'm going home...
I got depressed while being at school hated my town I would sit for hours listening to this track while studying late it is magical poetry glad I can listen to it online and Rob I know it's you who has my ride records which I will replace onemail day had to leave uni in hurry
Ride have always been perceived as the underdogs of the big 4 of Shoegaze (Slowdive, MBV, Ride and Lush). But they have their moments that out do all of them. This is one of them
Has to be the best ride song by a country mile, amazing from start to finish. just bought the 20th anniversary edition with the live dvd, well worth a purchase !!!
bought it on my 18th birthday. In cloudy grey boring factory town of Marinha Grande. Some months later I would be riding to Lisbon, life has just begun.
They sort of ripped it off the screamadelica album but out standing, wish I smocked ridiculous amounts of hash like I did when I first listened to this
Un morceau touché par la grâce , dont on ne peut (si on y est sensible) se lasser.Du pur bonheur , 26 ans après les frissons et les larmes viennent encore.
This is good work!!!Excellent.Reminds me of "Sun,Flowers,Colors and A Girl"-with colors,-Colorful everything colorful,so colorful so full of colors corolitical :D
