I seen the demons
But they didn't make a sound
They tried to reach me
But I lay upon the ground
I seen the people
But they didn't make a sound
They tried to reach me
But I gave the runaround
I reached for feelings
But they didn't make a sound
They tried to reach me
But I lay upon the ground
Saw miles and miles of squares
Where's the feeling there?
Still nobody cares
For miles and miles of squares
Daydream
I fell asleep amid the flowers
Daydream
I fell asleep amid the flowers
I seen the demons
But they didn't make a sound
They tried to reach me
But I lay upon the ground
I seen the people
But they didn't make a sound
They tried to reach me
But I gave the runaround
Daydream
I fell asleep amid the flowers
Daydream
I fell asleep amid the flowers
Saw miles and miles of squares
Where's the feeling there?
Still nobody cares
For miles and miles of squares
Daydream
I fell asleep amid the flowers
Daydream
I fell asleep amid the flowers
Daydream
I fell asleep amid the flowers
Daydream
I fell asleep amid the flowers
But they didn't make a sound
They tried to reach me
But I lay upon the ground
I seen the people
But they didn't make a sound
They tried to reach me
But I gave the runaround
I reached for feelings
But they didn't make a sound
They tried to reach me
But I lay upon the ground
Saw miles and miles of squares
Where's the feeling there?
Still nobody cares
For miles and miles of squares
Daydream
I fell asleep amid the flowers
Daydream
I fell asleep amid the flowers
I seen the demons
But they didn't make a sound
They tried to reach me
But I lay upon the ground
I seen the people
But they didn't make a sound
They tried to reach me
But I gave the runaround
Daydream
I fell asleep amid the flowers
Daydream
I fell asleep amid the flowers
Saw miles and miles of squares
Where's the feeling there?
Still nobody cares
For miles and miles of squares
Daydream
I fell asleep amid the flowers
Daydream
I fell asleep amid the flowers
Daydream
I fell asleep amid the flowers
Daydream
I fell asleep amid the flowers
The Beta Band
The Beta Band were a Scottish musical group formed in 1996. Their style was described as being "folktronica", although it was mainly a blend of folk, psychedelia, electronica, experimental rock and trip hop, often involving stylistic experimentation. Despite inner conflict and the eventual decline of the group, they became critically acclaimed after releasing their first few recordings and achieved a cult following as they began releasing studio albums, before disbanding in 2004. They were praised by members of both Radiohead and Oasis, the former of which chose them to open for their concerts in 2001.
The band's music has been featured in multiple films, including High Fidelity and It's All Gone Pete Tong.
Comments ( 32 )
Posted 18 years ago by claresville:
Jacksonstat wrote:
Anyone have a recommendation for a Beta Band CD? Would like to add them to my collection, not sure where to start...
Try 'The Three EPS' as it's a distillation of their first 3 releases, so an obvious choice.
Posted 18 years ago by gram:
hm, "I Monster - Daydream" song remake? nice one, groovy :)
Posted 18 years ago by Jacksonstat:
Anyone have a recommendation for a Beta Band CD? Would like to add them to my collection, not sure where to start...
Posted 18 years ago by RoryBK2311:
More BETA BAND!!!
Posted 18 years ago by siloco:
very cool song.
Posted 18 years ago by Restless:
yes !!!
Posted 18 years ago by jakeinprogress:
liser wrote:
Everything has been done before.
What a lazy comment. When? At what point did the world (maybe you're only talking about music) become exhausted of...everything? Really, anytime I hear this, I just want to pin the person making the claim down as to when the threshold was crossed.
Posted 18 years ago by DrGonzo:
quite possibly my favorite band... an unfortunate break-up! we could all use a little bit more of the Beta Band... it'd be a much more 'relaxed' world, eh? anyway... Steve Mason (singer) has a project called King Biscuit Time.. haven't heard it yet, anybody checked it out?
thanks for the song RP!! starts off the friday morning on an excellent foot!
Posted 18 years ago by Mari:
hippiechick wrote:
........... 88.8! ( for the comment!) 90 for the song! 
I think you guys take your music way to serious. Mayber we ought to start an American Bandstand type of rating. "I give it an 83 because it's got a good tune and I an sing along to it."
........... 88.8! ( for the comment!) 90 for the song!
Posted 18 years ago by hippiechick:
I think you guys take your music way to serious. Mayber we ought to start an American Bandstand type of rating. "I give it an 83 because it's got a good tune and I an sing along to it."
Posted 18 years ago by liser:
DrLex wrote:
This song is heavily based on "Daydream", a song by The Wallace Collection from 1969. IMHO this places it in the same category as much of the hit chart drivel which recycles old hits because it pretty much guarantees success. It has been done before.
Everything has been done before.
Posted 18 years ago by rgrace:
I always keep getting them mixed up with Blue Man Group. Nice funky tune in its own right, though.
Posted 18 years ago by jmwspg:
Crunchy.
Posted 19 years ago by DrLex:
Johnny_Truant wrote:
I would love to hear some more "stuff like this". I've been around for the last fifteen or twenty years and I haven't heard anything that compares. Perhaps you care to enlighten us.
This song is heavily based on "Daydream", a song by The Wallace Collection from 1969. IMHO this places it in the same category as much of the hit chart drivel which recycles old hits because it pretty much guarantees success. It has been done before.
The reason why most of you don't recognize the original song -- aside from its age -- is probably because TWC was a Belgian band and the success of the song was mostly restricted to parts of Europe.
Posted 19 years ago by SFBiscottiBabe:
I got the Six Feet Under CD and first season from the library a while ago. It all started with a Zero7 song. I've heard the intro enough to just skip it. I do like this song and several others on it, too. We loved the first season and will be checking out the second season soon. I heard Bill saying that he'd just finished watching the 5th (final) season and really enjoyed it. Thank you, Bill, for not being an 'ending-spoiler'.
Posted 19 years ago by Johnny_Truant:
king_monkey wrote:
To call it groundbreaking is going a bit OTT, theres quite a bit of stuff like this around has been for the last 15-20 years or so. Good tune tho.
I would love to hear some more "stuff like this". I've been around for the last fifteen or twenty years and I haven't heard anything that compares. Perhaps you care to enlighten us.
Posted 19 years ago by king_monkey:
To call it groundbreaking is going a bit OTT, theres quite a bit of stuff like this around has been for the last 15-20 years or so. Good tune tho.
Posted 19 years ago by DrLex:
Not too bad, but as with most covers/remixes, mostly just makes me want to hear the original.
Posted 19 years ago by tammaye:
big fat zooming heart-eyes to the uploader Posted 19 years ago by Johnny_Truant:
kerouvian wrote:
Is anybody else hearing Air in here?
When I tell people I like the Beta Band, a lot of them recommend Air. I've listened to Air, but from what I can tell, the similarities are limited to slow melodic rhythms, minor key tonality, and electronic influences. That's OK, but it's not what makes the Beta Band great. So far, Beta Band seems better at creating rich layers of structure--both rhythm and sound. Their buildups are slow and pregnant. Their breakdowns are kick-ass ("Squares" is a bad example of this, but check out "Inner Meet Me"). In contrast, a lot of Air's songs are just repetitive and flat. It's either "La Femme d'Argent" or "All I Need" that ends up sounding like somebody's just fiddling with the filter cutoff and resonance knobs on a single sawtooth-ish note. Come on. Get creative.
listen:
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