New release: I DIE FOR YOU TODAY (Wave III) - Alphaville Forum

jetset · 18 May 2020, 07:42

Released today on Alphaville's YouTube channel:

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"Dear Friends,
years ago I found a record cover of Colin Bluntstone’s LP „One Year“ at the website of a vinyl record collector.
I was not easy to decifer the lines scribbeled by one of the previous owners, but then I discovered the following dark drama:
The earlier of the two notes was obviously inspired by a beginning love-affair:
"NB This LP was felt by me in the early days of 73 & now I ask with a hand in my past that maybe you can join in the ever playing of his soft power so we may fall into his slow moving voice and in a moment two bodies will turn on a smokey, a love the way we love us! xx 20th Nov '73"
The more recent text reveals the ending of this affair:
"I called out to the dark side of the room and she stood with her school books by the fading floor dust. I held a white & eaten hand up, in the smoke of the dieing mummies. She sucked it off, in memory of Mr & Mrs Maybe, who now play with dead rats and eat green snakes. The big world is a dustbin of us & them and thin cunts!"
Moreover, there were other handwritten notes referring to each track.
Next to the third song at the second side “I Can't Live Without You” there was: „True?“
What happens to us after suffering boundless lovesickness?
For the majority life goes on like it did before; but some of us are actually different.
What did this guy do after having written "True?"
Anybody can bear a gun and sing a song: on stage, on a rooftop or on a plane…
See you tomorrow
Marian Gold"

MarianGoldfan123 · 18 May 2020, 13:57

I really like this version. The alternate chorus vocal part is really nice especially. Is this a remix or was it an intended version for the album which got scrapped? I've listened to it maybe 4 times now. Really like it! The video of a city with raindrops fits it perfectly!

Anyways, I can hear the "beeps" which the demo from CROG Deluxe had in the verses. This must've been made around that time, right?

Clare · 18 May 2020, 19:02

I like it. I don't know whether it's the music or the vocals too but this is more wistful than other versions and fits better with the lyrics.

Kaz · 18 May 2020, 20:25

The change to a minor key does that. Nice version.

jetset · 19 May 2020, 08:36

This song offers so many possibilities in terms of arrangements -and speed- that it must have been tough, back then, to decide which options for the album. Very pleasant version, appeased by the strings melody.
There is a Timothy Howard Kepple credited for the lyrics, could he be The Outsider?

Kaz · 19 May 2020, 18:26

Yep. That's him.

MarianGoldfan123 · 27 May 2020, 17:41

I can't stop listening to this. It sounds so good...

Mart · 28 May 2020, 00:44

Dear Marian. The album by Colin Blunstone is named One Year. I know the album but I haven't got the Vinyl. Here is the tracklist. It is an album from from 1971, and there is a seller here https://www.discogs.com/Colin-Blunst...r/master/87140

She Loves The Way They Love Her
Misty Roses
Smoky Day
Caroline Goodbye
Though You Are Far Away
Mary Won't You Warm My Bed
Her Song
I Can't Live Without You....True

Let Me Come Closer
Say You Don't Mind

18 May 2020, 07:42	#1
jetset Dreamer Join Date: 02 Jul 2002 Location: FRANCE \ Nice Posts: 2,265	New release: I DIE FOR YOU TODAY (Wave III) Released today on Alphaville's YouTube channel: ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- "Dear Friends, years ago I found a record cover of Colin Bluntstone’s LP „One Year“ at the website of a vinyl record collector. I was not easy to decifer the lines scribbeled by one of the previous owners, but then I discovered the following dark drama: The earlier of the two notes was obviously inspired by a beginning love-affair: "NB This LP was felt by me in the early days of 73 & now I ask with a hand in my past that maybe you can join in the ever playing of his soft power so we may fall into his slow moving voice and in a moment two bodies will turn on a smokey, a love the way we love us! xx 20th Nov '73" The more recent text reveals the ending of this affair: "I called out to the dark side of the room and she stood with her school books by the fading floor dust. I held a white & eaten hand up, in the smoke of the dieing mummies. She sucked it off, in memory of Mr & Mrs Maybe, who now play with dead rats and eat green snakes. The big world is a dustbin of us & them and thin cunts!" Moreover, there were other handwritten notes referring to each track. Next to the third song at the second side “I Can't Live Without You” there was: „True?“ What happens to us after suffering boundless lovesickness? For the majority life goes on like it did before; but some of us are actually different. What did this guy do after having written "True?" Anybody can bear a gun and sing a song: on stage, on a rooftop or on a plane… See you tomorrow Marian Gold" Last edited by Krapplund; 18 May 2020 at 20:20.

18 May 2020, 13:57	#2
MarianGoldfan123 Dreamer Join Date: 28 Dec 2012 Location: Michigan (US) Posts: 424	I really like this version. The alternate chorus vocal part is really nice especially. Is this a remix or was it an intended version for the album which got scrapped? I've listened to it maybe 4 times now. Really like it! The video of a city with raindrops fits it perfectly! Anyways, I can hear the "beeps" which the demo from CROG Deluxe had in the verses. This must've been made around that time, right? Last edited by MarianGoldfan123; 18 May 2020 at 14:04.

18 May 2020, 19:02	#3
Clare Alphanut Join Date: 31 Mar 2001 Location: By a river, near Fort William in view of Ben Nevis Posts: 9,969	I like it. I don't know whether it's the music or the vocals too but this is more wistful than other versions and fits better with the lyrics. "I've had many sobering thoughts in my life.... ....it was them what drove me to drink!" [drunk] Grandad, Only Fools and Horses (UK sitcom)

18 May 2020, 20:25	#4
Kaz Her... Join Date: 22 Jan 2003 Location: Bucharest, Romania Posts: 12,459	The change to a minor key does that. Nice version. Before you judge me, make sure you're perfect.

19 May 2020, 18:26	#6
Kaz Her... Join Date: 22 Jan 2003 Location: Bucharest, Romania Posts: 12,459	Yep. That's him. Before you judge me, make sure you're perfect.

19 May 2020, 08:36	#5
jetset Dreamer Join Date: 02 Jul 2002 Location: FRANCE \ Nice Posts: 2,265	This song offers so many possibilities in terms of arrangements -and speed- that it must have been tough, back then, to decide which options for the album. Very pleasant version, appeased by the strings melody. There is a Timothy Howard Kepple credited for the lyrics, could he be The Outsider?

27 May 2020, 17:41	#7
MarianGoldfan123 Dreamer Join Date: 28 Dec 2012 Location: Michigan (US) Posts: 424	I can't stop listening to this. It sounds so good...

28 May 2020, 00:44	#8
Mart Dreamer Join Date: 13 Nov 2018 Location: Ireland Posts: 433	Dear Marian. The album by Colin Blunstone is named One Year. I know the album but I haven't got the Vinyl. Here is the tracklist. It is an album from from 1971, and there is a seller here https://www.discogs.com/Colin-Blunst...r/master/87140 She Loves The Way They Love Her Misty Roses Smoky Day Caroline Goodbye Though You Are Far Away Mary Won't You Warm My Bed Her Song I Can't Live Without You....True Let Me Come Closer Say You Don't Mind I'm gliding in the distance and watch the world go by An orbit full of questions, a perforated sky Last edited by Mart; 28 May 2020 at 00:58.