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Secret Machines — Nowhere Again
Album: Now Here Is Nowhere
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6.9

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Total ratings: 3257









Released: 2004
Length: 4:06
Plays (last 30 days): 3
Cellophane flowers never happened for me
Been sleeping the day off
Watching the night fall
Covering nowhere
Filling my time share

There's a woman in the mirror in a firey state
As she motions to me, I start turning away
She's lifting her dress up
Trying to keep up

Oh, you'd be surprised how we race
While our lives erased

Another alone on an everyday night
Thinking the morning looking for alright
Warming the blood flow
With poison, I dont know why

Maybe the rain stops following me
Dripping the colors
Running the daylight
Over the cloud burst
Hoping they don't burst

Right before my eyes, erased
Our lives erased

We know we're lost, we're lost, we're nowhere now
We know we're lost, we're lost, we're nowhere now
Now we know we're lost and nowhere now

Maybe the rain will stop following me
With millions of colors reflected in daylight
Right on the kickdrum
Turning the sound up

Another alone on an everyday night
I think in the morning I think I'll be alright
Watching the blood flow
No wonder I don't know why

Theres a woman in the mirror in a firey state
She motions to me I start pulling away
She's lifting her dress up
All the way up

Oh, don't look surprised, erased
Our lives erased
Our lives erased
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Their style reminds me of The Dandy Warhols.
 ThePoose wrote:

Why am I hearing Common People by William Shatner?



So at least I'm not the only one who was reminded of a kind of pattern in the verses - and I would agree: a good amount of Common People (Shatner / Pulp) in there...
 ThePoose wrote:

Why am I hearing Common People by William Shatner?


You're on drugs?

  
love the album cover art.
Why am I hearing Common People by William Shatner?
I think I had this underrated: 7 -> 8
Maybe the rain stops following me
Dripping the colors
Running the daylight
Over the cloud burst
Hoping they don't burst


A bit late for us in California ...
 Jelani wrote:

This sounds like a song that would fit well with a William Shatner spoken word overdub!



 VV wrote:

Ok, so what are theses machines?...
 
...and what makes them so secret? 




That's the secret!
This sounds like a song that would fit well with a William Shatner spoken word overdub!
I hear a bit of an Echo and the Bunnymen vibe!  Love it!
This was a great band… Then the guitar player brother Benjamin Curtis left to pursue School of the Seven Bells. Ben was diagnosed with T-cell Lymphoblastic lymphoma and died in 2013… his School of Seven Bells work with Alejandra Deheza is fantastic too.
Ok, so what are theses machines?...
 
...and what makes them so secret? 
Vocals remind me of Robin Zander! 
Another great RP discovery 
 kcar wrote:
gif of dancing duck and pigeons


Don't know why really, but I do enjoy this meme?!
I very much like the driving beat of this
I'll never be able to hear this again without the image of that crazy goose in my head. 
 eileenomurphy wrote:

Good tune! Another band I never heard of, before RP> ...Thanx RP!


Damn right never wasnt to listen to commercial radio again
Good tune! Another band I never heard of, before RP> ...Thanx RP!
Play some School of Seven Bells please BillG/Rebecca??
 tm wrote:

I saw this band out of nowhere in Chicago - after this album was released. One of the best shows!!! RIP - Benjamin…




I saw them in Portland, OR at the crystal ballroom. Great show.
The memes on RP are the best.
I saw this band out of nowhere in Chicago - after this album was released. One of the best shows!!! RIP - Benjamin…
The Placebo Killers?
A little Echo & the Bunnymen mojo happening here, and that is NOT a bad thing!  
Why does this song remind me of the days working tech support at a software company? Oh yeah... "We know we're lost, we're lost, we're nowhere now."
Traits of Placebo in this track👂
 malamucha wrote:
Segued by William Shatner's cover of Pulp's Common people! {#Bananajam}
 

That, or Airborne Toxic Event's "Sometime Around Midnight"
 bravadodon wrote:
I love Bowie!
 
Bowie was a fan of this band and helped promote them :)
  Love this song!
Hmm. I wonder what song comes after this...

Secret Machines has a new release on 21 Aug: “Awake in the Brain Chamber." Sad that Benjamin has passed. 
for some reason I thought this was Blur
Right on the KICK drums...
 kcar wrote:
gif of dancing duck and pigeons
 
And yet, I wouldn't say this is for the birds.
 Peter_Paul wrote:
The Secret Machines are one of the best bands to come out of the 2000s, during a time (2004-2006) when many great bamds came onto the scene (Interpol, Doves, The White Stripes, The Killers, Bravery, Kasabian, etc.). They remind me a little of The Doors with a John Bonham beat. Unbelievable live. TSM are sorely missed.
 
Agree! Saw them live at the Park West in Chicago many years ago - fantastic show. 
Never heard of them, never heard of the track, luvvin' it...
Thank you Bill - Secret Machines is one of the best bands of 2000 to 2010 
look for their covers of the band Harmonia  (the West German krautrock group from the 7o's ) to get some insight into their influences 
my office is bouncing 
might be one-hit-wonders, but this is great 
Lola meets Mr. Brightside
Awesome tune, I just wish their other material was up to the same standard. I tried getting into them but it started to sound the same and bit contrived.
Like a delicious mash up of Pulp and Cake. Good fun.
Borrowed from the 80s, but happy to see they are more current. Fun!
Can't believe that I'd never heard of them. Did they ever tour the UK?
The Secret Machines are one of the best bands to come out of the 2000s, during a time (2004-2006) when many great bamds came onto the scene (Interpol, Doves, The White Stripes, The Killers, Bravery, Kasabian, etc.). They remind me a little of The Doors with a John Bonham beat. Unbelievable live. TSM are sorely missed.
This always makes me want to dance hard in that everything's awful but here I am dancing my arse off anyway kind of way. {#Dancingbanana_2} Love it. Also the "Common People" segue is masterful. Thanks, RP.
 bluematrix wrote:
So listening to this great song reminded me of how much I like this band and how I'd love to see them in concert some day, assuming they were still together. So I did a Google search and found this. :(

Benjamin Curtis has passed away after a year-long battle with cancer. He was 35 years old.

Curtis came up as part of the Dallas, TX band Tripping Daisy (which later morphed into the Polyphonic Spree) from 1997 – 99. In 2000, he and his brother Brandon founded the heavy psychedelic rock band Secret Machines, who released three albums between 2000 and 2008, two with major label Reprise. Curtis left Secret Machines in 2007 (prior to the release of their third and final album) to form School Of Seven Bells. SIIVB released three increasingly ambitious albums, the last of which was February 2012’s outstanding Ghostory. Almost exactly a year after the release of that album, Curtis announced he had been diagnosed with T-cell Lymphoblastic Lymphoma. In that announcement, he wrote, “It developed pretty aggressively, and the chemotherapy to treat it will be pretty aggressive, but the good news is that it’s TREATABLE.”

 

 
Sad. I didn't know about this.
 
Great tune.
Segued by William Shatner's cover of Pulp's Common people! {#Bananajam}
 VV wrote:
{#Bananajam}{#Dancingbanana_2}

 
Up to a 7 now, VV. Thanks for the upload!
diggin it
{#Bananajam}{#Dancingbanana_2}
Saw them at the Key Club in Los Angeles around 2010. They were, as you might imagine, awesome, RIP Ben and Key Club.
Imagine, if you will,
a scary door
a man searching for his keys
or maybe his cat
somewhere in the distance
a dog barks
a spaceship captain yells
KHAAAAAAAAAAN
 VV wrote:
Only a 6.9 rating for this? C'mon people let's pump this one up a bit!!!!!!

 
Yeah, what is up with that? Still 6.9, for shame RP listeners.
kick drum reference
proceed with caution 
 melzabutch wrote:
All I can hear is William Shatner who I could have swore did this cover.

 Image result for william shatner gif

 
You're probably thinking that because Bill often follows this up with Shatner doing "Common People"
 oskarziaja wrote:
cant believe you play this. One of my long lost favorites. RP you reap from my subconscious i swear it

 
The power of Poznań!

Still from YouTube video:


Hey, I googled your city and it looks quite nice! I only knew of it from a John Le Carre novel where a Cold War-era British spy grumbles on and on about having to schlep from one part of Eastern Europe to another: "...and then back to Poznań..."

Please keep mind-melding with RP!


well enunciated lyrics
All I can hear is William Shatner who I could have swore did this cover.

 Image result for william shatner gif
sounds good, feels good

so sad to read this.  this album was in heavy rotation for me in the early 00's.  an absolute rocker.

RIP 

 

bluematrix wrote:

So listening to this great song reminded me of how much I like this band and how I'd love to see them in concert some day, assuming they were still together. So I did a Google search and found this. :(

Benjamin Curtis has passed away after a year-long battle with cancer. He was 35 years old.

Curtis came up as part of the Dallas, TX band Tripping Daisy (which later morphed into the Polyphonic Spree) from 1997 – 99. In 2000, he and his brother Brandon founded the heavy psychedelic rock band Secret Machines, who released three albums between 2000 and 2008, two with major label Reprise. Curtis left Secret Machines in 2007 (prior to the release of their third and final album) to form School Of Seven Bells. SIIVB released three increasingly ambitious albums, the last of which was February 2012’s outstanding Ghostory. Almost exactly a year after the release of that album, Curtis announced he had been diagnosed with T-cell Lymphoblastic Lymphoma. In that announcement, he wrote, “It developed pretty aggressively, and the chemotherapy to treat it will be pretty aggressive, but the good news is that it’s TREATABLE.”

 

 


I'm the biggest cheerleader for this one! Probably because the reason it ever got added was that I uploaded it to be reviewed way back when. This song writes the book on epic endings!
I'm an old fart and been really enjoying the recent songs, and this is GREAT, high energy
At first I thought this was The Tragically Hip.  The voice is very much Gordon-like.  
 bluematrix wrote:
So listening to this great song reminded me of how much I like this band and how I'd love to see them in concert some day, assuming they were still together. So I did a Google search and found this. :(

Benjamin Curtis has passed away after a year-long battle with cancer. He was 35 years old.

Curtis came up as part of the Dallas, TX band Tripping Daisy (which later morphed into the Polyphonic Spree) from 1997 – 99. In 2000, he and his brother Brandon founded the heavy psychedelic rock band Secret Machines, who released three albums between 2000 and 2008, two with major label Reprise. Curtis left Secret Machines in 2007 (prior to the release of their third and final album) to form School Of Seven Bells. SIIVB released three increasingly ambitious albums, the last of which was February 2012’s outstanding Ghostory. Almost exactly a year after the release of that album, Curtis announced he had been diagnosed with T-cell Lymphoblastic Lymphoma. In that announcement, he wrote, “It developed pretty aggressively, and the chemotherapy to treat it will be pretty aggressive, but the good news is that it’s TREATABLE.”

 

 
Woah! that's heavy. 
Only a 6.9 rating for this? C'mon people let's pump this one up a bit!!!!!!
OUTSTANDING night jams, too HayDuke!  Digging this song — many trippy gems emerged highly polished from the Secret Machines!
outstanding morning music thank you
I hear WIRE from a distance in their 154 period.
Great song!
So listening to this great song reminded me of how much I like this band and how I'd love to see them in concert some day, assuming they were still together. So I did a Google search and found this. :(

Benjamin Curtis has passed away after a year-long battle with cancer. He was 35 years old.

Curtis came up as part of the Dallas, TX band Tripping Daisy (which later morphed into the Polyphonic Spree) from 1997 – 99. In 2000, he and his brother Brandon founded the heavy psychedelic rock band Secret Machines, who released three albums between 2000 and 2008, two with major label Reprise. Curtis left Secret Machines in 2007 (prior to the release of their third and final album) to form School Of Seven Bells. SIIVB released three increasingly ambitious albums, the last of which was February 2012’s outstanding Ghostory. Almost exactly a year after the release of that album, Curtis announced he had been diagnosed with T-cell Lymphoblastic Lymphoma. In that announcement, he wrote, “It developed pretty aggressively, and the chemotherapy to treat it will be pretty aggressive, but the good news is that it’s TREATABLE.”

 
 VV wrote:
Testosterone squared!

 

really?
This track is like an appetizer to the delicious and hearty meal that is "Now Here is Nowhere", the title track, which weighs in at almost 9-minutes.  It was on LRC for a while, apparently never made it to the regular rotation.  Tragedy.
I love Bowie!
Love the energy here, and that cover art, too!
Waste of bits
 Aud wrote:
This would go great with William Shatner's Ordinary People song..

 
Bill must have heard you - Common People followed this on April Fool's Day, 2015
I'm all over this...in a very good way..{#Cheesygrin}
Testosterone squared!
cant believe you play this. One of my long lost favorites. RP you reap from my subconscious i swear it
Sounds like Paul Banks from Interpol singing, no?
gif of dancing duck and pigeons
Love this one!  We can thank Bowie for getting behind them.
This song BURNS!
And oh god that chord change!
It looks like Bill took your advice, Aud!
This would go great with William Shatner's Ordinary People song..
This is a just killer CD
 VV wrote:
This song has got the most epic ending.

 
Heck yea, lots of tension and peaks in that ending.  Loving it.
followed by Bowie's "Panic in Deetroit"     awesome
8 -> 9 

{#Bananajam}
Really nice...until the last 15 seconds.  Like it lots, however.  Clever lyrics.
Is it just me or do this track sound like LCD Soundsystem?
Air drum solo!
This song has got the most epic ending.
Turn it UUUUUUUPPPPPPPPPPPPPP!!!!!!
Thanks Bill. Just a plain fun track.
 mrgus wrote:
Anybody else hearing the Kink's "Lola" in this song or is it just me?

 
Not very much; it's possibly just you.
Sad to hear that the guitarist for secret machines, Benjamin Curtis, has died at the age of 35. I really enjoyed their music as  companion to the prog music of Porcupine Tree. They were a great band.
 subgyro wrote:
Can't say I've heard of these guys before, but that was damn fun! Could tell it needed to be loud on good speakers, not the tinny little plastic no-names plugged in to this office 'puter... I'm starting at 7.

And I think Pulp's Common People might be a little better after than the Shat's. Just sayin'.

 
The Shat's is fun and it has Joe Jackson so it's bound to be good but I agree, I prefer, and always love to hear, the Pulp version.
Lifting her dress up, all the way up, don't look surprised.



/chair dancing!
 mostling wrote:
Kind of a Cracker meets Sonic Yourh thing going on there.
 
With a dash of Pulp and Iggy Pop for flavor.
Kind of a Cracker meets Sonic Yourh thing going on there.
Everyone in my head loves this song
Can't say I've heard of these guys before, but that was damn fun! Could tell it needed to be loud on good speakers, not the tinny little plastic no-names plugged in to this office 'puter... I'm starting at 7.

And I think Pulp's Common People might be a little better after than the Shat's. Just sayin'.
 Hannio wrote:


Exactly.  And Bill does, this time!
 
But not today..  :-(
 gypsyman wrote:
segue into william shatner common people

 

Exactly.  And Bill does, this time!
 cohifi wrote:

now that would be good.  Except i might have heard it earlier; would that mean i wouldn't like it.  No
 
Looks like Bill listened...exactly what he played 2/4/2013!
 gypsyman wrote:
segue into william shatner common people

 
now that would be good.  Except i might have heard it earlier; would that mean i wouldn't like it.  No
segue into william shatner common people

I like this.
the stars are really aligning in Paradise tonight. epic sets. thanks for all you do.
Alllllright Everyone destroy your instruments!!!!!
Bill... wow I was just thinking I hadn't heard this song in ages!!! Thanks for playing it. It flat out JAMS!!!!!!!!!
Anybody else hearing the Kink's "Lola" in this song or is it just me?
 Jelani wrote:
Somehow this is reminding me of Shatner/Jackson's "Common People".
Could we hear that next please?
 
 
Apparently your request has been granted. 

I love this song.  The original is great, but I actually prefer this one.  There's so much more irony in it, even a contempt that I enjoy. 

Was on a plane and overheard a couple of roadies talk about the tour they were on (they were working with Elton John) and they talked about this awesome band Secret Machines. That's how I first heard about these guys. Go figure.
Somehow this is reminding me of Shatner/Jackson's "Common People".
Could we hear that next please?
 
Really jamming, never fails to get the toes a tapping...  Daddy's In the Doldrums (Ten Silver Drops) jams well, too, but in a different way...  Go, RP, you're on a tear!
 amoreena wrote:
Love that kick drum.....turning the sound up.......lifting my dress up.....oh wait, I'm working.
 
Where do you work again?? ;-)