ride/charlatans "Polar Bear"
Polar Bear
Bear" (on Nowhere and Some Friendly), both with mostly opaque lyrics. I can
only assume that "Polar Bear" must've been some bit of slang popular at the
time. Since my girlfriend and I have adopted this name for me, my interest in
finding out exactly what it means/meant is greater... so let me know if it's
insignificant, or coincidence, or if all the UK is laughing at my name.
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Polar Bear i won't be a monkey in anyone's zoo
pjm...@amherst.edu and i won't get fazed, whatever you do
pjm...@unix.amherst.edu "hit him again, he's crazy"
-ride
mcsd...@dct.ac.uk
> I noted a while back that both Ride and the Charlatans have songs titled "Polar
> Bear" (on Nowhere and Some Friendly), both with mostly opaque lyrics. I can
> only assume that "Polar Bear" must've been some bit of slang popular at the
> time. Since my girlfriend and I have adopted this name for me, my interest in
> finding out exactly what it means/meant is greater... so let me know if it's
> insignificant, or coincidence, or if all the UK is laughing at my name.
>
There's actually a connection between the source of the title. Both Ride and
The Charlatans named their songs thus because there was a picture of a polar
bear on the back of an LP by The Byrds. I don't recall the title of the album,
but I think it was one of the original 1960's Byrds records, not a reissue.
For what it's worth, I prefer Ride's "Polar Bear".
**Lucas**
Delbert ( Peter Climie )
>In article <C146A...@unix.amherst.edu>, pjm...@unix.amherst.edu (Polar Bear) writes:
>> I noted a while back that both Ride and the Charlatans have songs titled "Polar
>> Bear" (on Nowhere and Some Friendly), both with mostly opaque lyrics. I can
>> only assume that "Polar Bear" must've been some bit of slang popular at the
>> time. Since my girlfriend and I have adopted this name for me, my interest in
>> finding out exactly what it means/meant is greater... so let me know if it's
>> insignificant, or coincidence, or if all the UK is laughing at my name.
>>
>There's actually a connection between the source of the title. Both Ride and
>The Charlatans named their songs thus because there was a picture of a polar
>bear on the back of an LP by The Byrds. I don't recall the title of the album,
>but I think it was one of the original 1960's Byrds records, not a reissue.
> For what it's worth, I prefer Ride's "Polar Bear".
Actually they`re both called Polar Bear `cause a Polar Bear can play better
songs than both bands.
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Robey Pointer
>In article <C146A...@unix.amherst.edu>, pjm...@unix.amherst.edu (Polar Bear) writes:
>> I noted a while back that both Ride and the Charlatans have songs titled "Polar
>> Bear" (on Nowhere and Some Friendly), both with mostly opaque lyrics. I can
>> only assume that "Polar Bear" must've been some bit of slang popular at the
>> time. Since my girlfriend and I have adopted this name for me, my interest in
>> finding out exactly what it means/meant is greater... so let me know if it's
>> insignificant, or coincidence, or if all the UK is laughing at my name.
>>
>There's actually a connection between the source of the title. Both Ride and
>The Charlatans named their songs thus because there was a picture of a polar
>bear on the back of an LP by The Byrds. I don't recall the title of the album,
>but I think it was one of the original 1960's Byrds records, not a reissue.
> For what it's worth, I prefer Ride's "Polar Bear".
For more fun, both the Charlatans and Yes have a song called "Then".
And "Then" and "Polar Bear" by the Charlatans are on the same album!
Maybe it's a chain-conspiracy????
robey
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Keith Watson
last year and they were crap. They didn't play Polar Bear, not that that
would have made it any better. I went to see Verve, who were supposed to
be supporting but didn't turn up... arse.
Mr. Steven Barash
>
>There's actually a connection between the source of the title. Both Ride and
>The Charlatans named their songs thus because there was a picture of a polar
>bear on the back of an LP by The Byrds. I don't recall the title of the album,
>but I think it was one of the original 1960's Byrds records, not a reissue.
That would be "5th dimension" (1966). We knew the Charlatans were Byrds
fans from the line "Everyone was been burned before, everybody knows the pain"
originally in a Byrds song, quoted in "The only one I know".
There's a song by Ride that sounds extremely Byrdsian - I don't know
what it is because I just saw a brief clip of it on 120 minutes long ago -
it had a line something like "the way your hangs hangs down around your face,
[...] seems like such a waste", with almost the same melody as the *verses* of
"Starsign" by Teenage Fanclub. Anybody know this song?
(I'm not refering to "Twisterella", which has the same melody as the *choruses*
of "Starsign"!)
Steve Barash
"Relaxed and paying attention"
The Mantle Clinic
> In article <1993Jan20....@dct.ac.uk> mcsd...@dct.ac.uk writes:
> >
> >There's actually a connection between the source of the title. Both Ride and
> >The Charlatans named their songs thus because there was a picture of a polar
> >bear on the back of an LP by The Byrds. I don't recall the title of the album,
> >but I think it was one of the original 1960's Byrds records, not a reissue.
> >**Lucas**
>
> That would be "5th dimension" (1966). We knew the Charlatans were Byrds
> fans from the line "Everyone was been burned before, everybody knows the pain"
> originally in a Byrds song, quoted in "The only one I know".
> There's a song by Ride that sounds extremely Byrdsian - I don't know
> what it is because I just saw a brief clip of it on 120 minutes long ago -
> it had a line something like "the way your hangs hangs down around your face,
> [...] seems like such a waste", with almost the same melody as the *verses* of
> "Starsign" by Teenage Fanclub. Anybody know this song?
I believe the song is "Taste" but I'm not positive. It has a
definite Byrdsian jangle though.
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Christer Nilsson
I don't think so, "the way your hair hangs down, it hides away your face,
for you it's perfect but it seems like such a waste..." is from a song called
"Like A Daydream" which is from the second Ride-EP "Play".
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>
> In article <1993Jan23....@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU> ck...@faraday.clas.Virginia.EDU (The Mantle Clinic) writes:
> >bar...@umbc.edu writes:
> >> In article <1993Jan20....@dct.ac.uk> mcsd...@dct.ac.uk writes:
> >> There's a song by Ride that sounds extremely Byrdsian - I don't know
> >> what it is because I just saw a brief clip of it on 120 minutes long ago -
> >> it had a line something like "the way your hangs hangs down around your face,
> >> [...] seems like such a waste", with almost the same melody as the *verses* of
> >> "Starsign" by Teenage Fanclub. Anybody know this song?
> >
> >I believe the song is "Taste" but I'm not positive. It has a
> >definite Byrdsian jangle though.
>
> I don't think so, "the way your hair hangs down, it hides away your face,
> for you it's perfect but it seems like such a waste..." is from a song called
> "Like A Daydream" which is from the second Ride-EP "Play".
Ack! Right! I screwed that one up. Sorry about that, but
"Like A Daydream" is the one. Don't know why I even said
"Taste" since it has no Byrdsian sound at all.
Jim Van Houten
>Keith Watson (kei...@castle.ed.ac.uk) wrote:
>they were completely demolished by the very good support band ``The
>Charlottes'' who I've never seen or heard anything of since!
>
Unfortunately the Charlottes are no more. I think some of the members are
working on individual projects, while Simon, the drummer, is now part of
Slowdive.
-Jim
(I've seen Ride twice, and I thought they were great both times!)
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