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song: The City Consumes Us
artist: The Delgados
album: Universal Audio
released: 2004-09-20length: 4:10
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Streets like the rest of them
But I can't forget
Faces familiar and full of regret
I hated this place
And all who came from it

Far from the scenery
Far from the road
Far from the greenery
Lifted my load
We boarded the train
To come back again

I was convinced in my mind
I was not of this kind
Faced with finality
I choose calamity

See us
Watch how this city consumes us
Watch how this city destroys us
Prices I'm happy to pay

Walking on pathways
I walked with my friends
Hearing that some of them
Have met bitter ends
How can you conceive
Your friends will be grieving for you?

Running from memories
I'll only deny
Doesn't make remedies
They still survive
I hated this place
And I have come from it

I was convinced in my mind
I was not of this kind
Faced with reality
I choose frivolity

See us
Watch how this city consumes us
Watch how this city destroys us
Cost I am happy to pay

See it coming near
See you walking close to me
Fear inside my head
Fear is never far from me
Walk you in my side
Walk you in the day we met
We will disappear
We will reappear
We can disappear
We can reappear

See us
Watch how this city consumes us
Watch how this city destroys us
Prices I'm happy to pay
The Delgados

The Delgados are a Scottish indie rock band formed in Glasgow in 1994. The band is composed of Alun Woodward (vocals, guitar), Emma Pollock (vocals, guitar), Stewart Henderson (bass guitar), and Paul Savage (drums).

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Comments ( 123 )
Posted 16 years ago by rtrudeau:
greg6494 wrote:
*hacks bill's algorithm for frequency to include this track more than once every 2 months*
 
Man, it's nice to hear that instead of the usual complaint of "it's overplayed"!

BTW, I agree this is a tune I'd like to hear more often.

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Posted 14 years ago by Shimmer:
The chorus sounds very similar to Edie Brickell, specifically a song called Green


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Posted 4 years ago by rhyfelgar:
The first two notes of this put me in mind of The Beautiful South's Old Red Eyes is Back. That's a group that I've not heard on here. Is there a way to suggest that?
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Posted 4 years ago by brookap:
ick wrote:
Another Scottish band with a latin sounding name.  I am befuddled.
 
Currently touring with Paolo Nutini and Franz Ferdinand?
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Posted 7 years ago by jtherieau:
Her voice reminds me a bit of Regina Spektor's. Which is not a bad thing at all.
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Posted 8 years ago by CoYoT51:
Very Steven Wilsonesque IMHO... a good thing actually. Very good.

Now 20170726... and from 7 to 8. :)


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Posted 8 years ago by Emwolb:
joempie wrote:

I came here just to see if there was a Frente! connection. Must be something to it. Lots of comments and Frente! is/was not a very well known band...

 
....I LOVE Frente!'s cover of New Order's Bizarre Love Triangle
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Posted 11 years ago by ick:
Another Scottish band with a latin sounding name.  I am befuddled.
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Posted 19 years ago by frank-peter:
I could hear this song only deliberatively rarelye but when I must say to me, this is the truth
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Posted 1 year ago by Nuance:
Fuck this song is almost 20 years old.
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Posted 8 years ago by jab49:
joempie wrote:

I came here just to see if there was a Frente! connection. Must be something to it. Lots of comments and Frente! is/was not a very well known band...

 
Me too!
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Posted 14 years ago by Danimal174:
First time hearing these guys, and I really liked what I heard. I'll have to check out more of their stuff.
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Posted 16 years ago by Loreweaver:

funny story how I got to these guys, few years ago when I was still into Anime (please don t start a discussion about ANime) I was watching 'Gunslinger Girl' and the opening theme was really really good, liked it alot, so I got the original soundtrack for the series, and then after getting it I saw the OP theme was called 'The Light before we land', by none other than 'the delgados' !

anyway, funny coincidence, hearing them on rp, because just yesterday I was wondering if Bill knew that band, and I highly recommend that song 'the light before we land' ...

ROCK ON BILL {#Music}


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Posted 19 years ago by Steven_G:
Awww, come on now Spicy - how can you resist Emma Pollock's oh so smooth crooning?? I much prefer Brandog's outlook!
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Posted 19 years ago by mabra70:
Sounds utmost like Edi Brikell!
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Posted 1 year ago by lily34:
 pa508701 wrote:


Wow!! I absolutely loved The Beautiful South back in the 90's. I have not listened to them for quite a few years. I used to play them for my friends and can you believe this comment is the first indication that someone else in the world has heard of them. Seriously - I have never ever met anyone that knows the Beautiful South. I would love to hear them on RP.


they used to be played on our local NPR station all the time in the late 90s. i miss them. good call to get the Beautiful South on RP!
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Posted 1 year ago by Nuance:
I hated this place
And all who came from it
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Posted 1 year ago by tm:
wow - I love this… all of it. it’s weird
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Posted 3 years ago by pa508701:
 rhyfelgar wrote:

The first two notes of this put me in mind of The Beautiful South's Old Red Eyes is Back. That's a group that I've not heard on here. Is there a way to suggest that?



Wow!! I absolutely loved The Beautiful South back in the 90's. I have not listened to them for quite a few years. I used to play them for my friends and can you believe this comment is the first indication that someone else in the world has heard of them. Seriously - I have never ever met anyone that knows the Beautiful South. I would love to hear them on RP.
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Posted 5 years ago by saellig668552:
sounds like eddie brickel...
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