Can You Hear Me? Can You Hear Me Running?
Rob Newton
Can You Hear Me Running? Can You Hear Me Calling You?
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I heard that song on the radio last night, and my mind went
blank, Can anyone tell me who sings it, and if it has any
spiritual implications?
Thanks.
Out.
Rob.
Jerry B. Ray
>I heard that song on the radio last night, and my mind went
>blank, Can anyone tell me who sings it, and if it has any
>spiritual implications?
Mike and the Mechanics sing it, and it's called "Silent Running." Never
really thought about any spiritual implications, though I don't find
anything _offensive_ in it.
JRjr
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RPStephens
It's an old Mike and The Mechanics (Mike Rutherford of Genesis) tune, with
Paul Carrack singing lead. As for spiritual implications... ask Mike and
Paul. :)
Rich S
Albert Tin-Shun Wu
Jerry B. Ray <vap...@prism.gatech.edu> wrote:
>In article <3k4ath$s...@news.umbc.edu> Rob Newton <jne...@gl.umbc.edu> writes:
>
>>I heard that song on the radio last night, and my mind went
>>blank, Can anyone tell me who sings it, and if it has any
>>spiritual implications?
>
>Mike and the Mechanics sing it, and it's called "Silent Running." Never
>really thought about any spiritual implications, though I don't find
>anything _offensive_ in it.
If memory serves, there are some spiritual implications in the song.
I think are a some lines in there that say something like:
You can believe in your crazy God,
The Father and the Spirit.
Believe in me
I'm with the high command.
That's the only part that I remember with some kind of spiritual
implication/mention if I'm thinking of the correct song.
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Jerry B. Ray
>If memory serves, there are some spiritual implications in the song.
>I think are a some lines in there that say something like:
> You can believe in your crazy God,
> The Father and the Spirit.
> Believe in me
> I'm with the high command.
I didn't think that these lyrics sounded quite right, so I tracked the
lyrics down from ftp.uwp.edu. Here they are, so everybody can draw
their own conclusions...
JRjr
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@ALBUM: Mike + The Mechanics
MIKE + THE MECHANICS (1985)
@SONG: SILENT RUNNING
Take the children and yourself
And hide out in the cellar
By now the fighting will be close at hand
Don't believe the church and state
And everything they tell you
Believe in me, I'm with the high command
Can you hear me, can you hear me running?
Can you hear me running, can you hear me calling you?
Can you hear me, can you hear me running?
Can you hear me running, can you hear me calling you?
There's a gun and ammunition
Just inside the doorway
Use it only in emergency
Better you should pray to God
The Father and the Spirit
Will guide you and protect from up here
Can you hear me, can you hear me running?
Can you hear me running, can you hear me calling you?
Can you hear me, can you hear me running?
Can you hear me running, can you hear me calling you?
Swear allegiance to the flag
Whatever flag they offer
Never hint at what you really feel
Teach the children quietly
For some day sons and daughters
Will rise up and fight while we stood still
Robert Larson
: I heard that song on the radio last night, and my mind went
: blank, Can anyone tell me who sings it, and if it has any
: spiritual implications?
It's Mike & The Mechanics (Mike Rutherford of Genesis) and I forget the
actual title.
Now's the time I wish that I had my Billboard's book of Top 100 Hits.
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Douglas C Pearson
> Mike & the Mechanics could've done a remake, but I pretty much
>thought it was Phil Collins; and b/c I havn't heard it for like a decade,
>I can't recall enough of it to wonder if it's got spiritual implications.
as a former mike + the mechanics freak, i feel obligated to nip this one in the
bud. 8-) "silent running" was performed by mike + the mechanics, and never
(to the best of my knowledge, anyway) by phil collins.
ob-RMC-sort-of-but-not-really-probably: can anybody make heads or tails of ANY
mike + the mechanics song lyrics? "all i need is a miracle" and "living years"
were the only two songs of theirs that i was EVER able to figure out what they
were about...
and the apparently scripturally correct references to Jesus in "silent running"
and "seeing is believing" have perpetually made me VERY curious...
chuck
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Jerry B. Ray
> Mike & the Mechanics could've done a remake, but I pretty much
>thought it was Phil Collins; and b/c I havn't heard it for like a decade,
>I can't recall enough of it to wonder if it's got spiritual implications.
Nope, Mike + the Mechanics did the original, and to my knowledge, only
version of "Silent Running." Since Collins and Rutherford are both in
Genesis, you saw a Genesis show where they did that song with Collins
doing the vocals rather than Carrack?
JRjr
Jeff Elbel
mentioned, and the singer was Paul Carrack. He's incredible.
You might also know him fromthe Squeeze song "Tempted."
"Tempted by the fruit of another, tempted but the truth is
discovered, what's been going on..." blah blah blah.
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RPStephens
Date: Tue, 14 Mar 1995 22:38:24 -0800
Message-ID: <Pine.OSF.3.91.950314...@paul.spu.edu>
>>On 15 Mar 1995, Robert Larson wrote:
>> : Can You Hear Me Running? Can You Hear Me Calling You?
>> : I heard that song on the radio last night, and my mind went
>> : blank, Can anyone tell me who sings it, and if it has any
>> : spiritual implications?
Then, Jennifer-Rae Common <je...@paul.spu.edu> wrote:
>Mike & the Mechanics could've done a remake, but I pretty much
>thought it was Phil Collins; and b/c I havn't heard it for like a decade,
>I can't recall enough of it to wonder if it's got spiritual implications.
Sorry, no...the original and only _is_ Mike & The Mechanics, and it's Paul
Carrack singing the lead.
Chris Laxson
Mike and the Mechanics.
I'm not sure if its directly meant, but there seems to be a correlation
to the tribulation. I'm not sure though.
In his grace,
Chris
p.s. They also sing,'All I need is a miracle. All I need is you.'
Sr Coyote
through in the mid '80's put forth from the British perspective. In that
context there are some strong spiritual implications especially vocalized
in the "Don't believe the church and state, and everything they tell you"
followed later in the song by "better you pray to god, the father, and the
spirit."
Leana J. Laxson
Don't believe all the churches saints,
don't believe all they say
Trust in me,
I'm with the high command
They also say:
Trust in God The Father and the spirit to guide your way.
Jerry B. Ray
> Actually the lyrics say
> Don't believe all the churches saints,
> don't believe all they say
> Trust in me,
> I'm with the high command
>They also say:
> Trust in God The Father and the spirit to guide your way.
These lyrics still aren't quite right. I posted the real lyrics in
an earlier post in this thread, in their entirity.
Jeff Elbel
>The Father and the Spirit.
>Believe in me
>I'm with the high command.
there's no way Carrack could have sang
all those syllables you have listed.
i don't have all the lyrics to this song
memorized in order (didn't someone post them
from the ftp site already anyhow?), but it's
something like:
there's a gun and ammunition
just behind the doorway
use them only in emergency
better you should pray to God
the Father and the Spirit
something something something
and protect us from blah blah blah
Matthew Laswell
> --------------------------------------------------------
> Thanks.
> Out.
> Rob.
Silent Running from Mike and the Mechanics from their first album.
As for spiritual implications, you can see what you want to in
this one...
- Matt
mat...@comm.mot.com
"Probably not Motorola's opinion"
Douglas C Pearson
hum. what mania are you speaking of, specifically? what particularly was
going on in 1984? am i missing something here...?
Jerry B. Ray
>>I believe the song "Silent Running" is a product of the 1984 mania we went
>>through in the mid '80's put forth from the British perspective.
>hum. what mania are you speaking of, specifically? what particularly was
>going on in 1984? am i missing something here...?
I believe he's talking about _1984_ mania, as in the novel by George
Orwell and not the year, per se.
stum...@host.yab.com
: In article <Pine.SGI.3.91.950315...@lonestar.jpl.utsa.edu> "Leana J. Laxson" <lla...@lonestar.jpl.utsa.edu> writes:
: > Actually the lyrics say
: > Don't believe all the churches saints,
: > don't believe all they say
: > Trust in me,
: > I'm with the high command
: These lyrics still aren't quite right. I posted the real lyrics in
: an earlier post in this thread, in their entirity.
I think this rendering of the lyrics was being posted from the
best-selling book, "Rock Music Unmasked: Satan, Geffen, and the New World
Record Company" by Gayle Riplinger (Distributed by Chick Publications).
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best-selling book, "Rock Music Unmasked: Satan, Geffen, and the
New World Record Company" by Gayle Riplinger (Distributed by
Chick Publications).>>
And a GREAT translation at that :/ Say, why isnt Jeff Godwin
carrying the torch for them anymore??? I wrote a paper on
Christian Rock music in college and used his material as the
opponents point of view.
Michael
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clarkcr
: You can believe in your crazy God,
: The Father and the Spirit.
: Believe in me
: I'm with the high command.
I think you're mixing up your lines here. The line was "better you
should pray to God, the Father and the Spirit, to guide you and protect
you from the (something I don't remember)." If I'm not mistaken, this was
after the "Swear allegiance to the flag, whatever flag they offer-- never
hint at what you really feel" line. The "high command" line was in a
completely different verse.
peace,
Cat
James Townsley
I guess whether or not it has spiritual implications depends on whether
or not YOU find it spiritual. Personally, I find it to be so, but I don't
know if everyone else would. It's a great song though.
Later,
James Townsley
jam...@wchat.on.ca
Rhonda Fairman
cl> Albert Tin-Shun Wu (al...@uclink.berkeley.edu) wrote:
cl> : You can believe in your crazy God,
cl> : The Father and the Spirit.
cl> : Believe in me
cl> : I'm with the high command.
cl> I think you're mixing up your lines here. The line was "better you
cl> should pray to God, the Father and the Spirit, to guide you and protect
cl> you from the (something I don't
cl> remember)." If I'm not mistaken, this was
cl> after the "Swear allegiance to the flag, whatever flag they offer-- never
cl> hint at what you really feel" line. The "high command" line was in a
cl> completely different verse.
cl> peace,
cl> Cat
It just goes to show, you hear what you want to hear.
Rhonda