When The Time Comes...
Posted: 25 Jan 2019, 2:53am
What do we think this song is about?
I think it's about 6 or 7 minutes :) Woof!
Great question - I hope someone has some insight.
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Re: When The Time Comes...
Posted: 25 Jan 2019, 5:59pm
Re: When The Time Comes...
Posted: 26 Jan 2019, 4:30am
And another thing...
Is the lyric when the vocoder first comes in really "sweet soul sister meets John from Leicester", as widely reported on the internet?
Is the lyric when the vocoder first comes in really "sweet soul sister meets John from Leicester", as widely reported on the internet?
Re: When The Time Comes...
Posted: 26 Jan 2019, 8:03pm
I don't think it's "John from Leicester" no idea what it would be thoughMarkyJacobs wrote: ↑26 Jan 2019, 4:30amAnd another thing...
Is the lyric when the vocoder first comes in really "sweet soul sister meets John from Leicester", as widely reported on the internet?
Pretty sure this bit is wrong too:
Call out the hitmen
Mercy make him stop and realize
Sounds like:
Call out the hitmen mercenaries don't they realise
Then again, I listened to a walkman for years with the volume way to high for years and years and now have cloth ears.
Re: When The Time Comes...
Posted: 26 Jan 2019, 11:23pm
'John from Leicester' would spoil the otherwordly feel for me.
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Posted: 27 Jan 2019, 12:35am
No, you are right, Oliver. The song itself is about gentrification and the clampdown. Whenever the powers that be decide, they can and will “terrorize.” Like the British army weighing fifteen hundred tons.oliver wrote: ↑26 Jan 2019, 8:03pmI don't think it's "John from Leicester" no idea what it would be thoughMarkyJacobs wrote: ↑26 Jan 2019, 4:30amAnd another thing...
Is the lyric when the vocoder first comes in really "sweet soul sister meets John from Leicester", as widely reported on the internet?
Pretty sure this bit is wrong too:
Call out the hitmen
Mercy make him stop and realize
Sounds like:
Call out the hitmen mercenaries don't they realise
Then again, I listened to a walkman for years with the volume way to high for years and years and now have cloth ears.
Re: When The Time Comes...
Posted: 27 Jan 2019, 5:17am
Thanks, Teddy. It's obvious now I know. I feel a bit stupid for asking.
So 'John from Leicester' would work. But it's not, is it?
(Perhaps I'm just not especially fond of Leicester.)
So 'John from Leicester' would work. But it's not, is it?
(Perhaps I'm just not especially fond of Leicester.)
Re: When The Time Comes...
Posted: 27 Jan 2019, 5:28pm
Bicester would work better than Leicester. Just saying.
Re: When The Time Comes...
Posted: 28 Jan 2019, 10:40am
That's what I got out of it, via, "And the man who wants to stand for his piece of land/Is pushed aside/'Cause he don't quite fit/Tryin' to make him quit," which is one of the other lyrics that stood out for me. I always liked the extended coda, too, which reinforces the slow burn mood of this song quite well. Would have made a cracking addition to the live set at the time -- ah, well.No, you are right, Oliver. The song itself is about gentrification and the clampdown. Whenever the powers that be decide, they can and will “terrorize.” Like the British army weighing fifteen hundred tons.
Re: When The Time Comes...
Posted: 28 Jan 2019, 11:44am
They did play it sometimes. I heard them play it in Sheffield in '91. It seems, from Esmark's resource, that they played it on one of the nights at the T & C that year too. I must have gone on the other night, as I distinctly only remember them playing it once.
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Posted: 23 Apr 2022, 12:26am
I remember the first time hearing this track and how jarring that vocoder part is when it just comes out of nowhere. Very nice effect.
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Posted: 23 Apr 2022, 7:25am
I didn't appreciate this song as much as i should have when it first came out, l did like it but one i used to skip but i really love it now.
I have seen them do this live and i cant be 100% sure where but T&C did came to mind . I do remember the bomb dropping part bouncing around the place in stereo and thinking how cool that was.
I have seen them do this live and i cant be 100% sure where but T&C did came to mind . I do remember the bomb dropping part bouncing around the place in stereo and thinking how cool that was.