Wednesday, 24 June 2009
Bloc Party Mercury Lyrics
This is not the time, the time to start a new love
This is not the time, the time to sign a lease
Try not to worry about whats forgotten
Try not to worry about whats been missed
Scars on shins and scars on my knuckles
Today I woke up in a basketball court
Jonjo’s in Sydney and he aint returning
Im sitting in soho trying to stay drunk
In any bar in the world
From Silverlake to Williamsburg
You could pick another stranger
And fall in love
My mercury’s in retrograde
This is not the time, the tie to start a new love
This is not the time, the time to sign a lease
Try not to worry about whats forgotten
Try not to worry about whats been missed
Bleeding gums and veins protruding
You’re starting to hate all of your clothes
Neumayrs in LA and she aint returning
Im sleeping with people I don’t even like
My mercury’s in retrograde
When I say you last night
I wanted to say, run away with me
Away from the cynics
That this could be the start of
Something truly real…
But all that I could say was “hey”
My mercury’s in retrograde
Bloc Party Breif Introduction
The band was shaped at the 1999 Reading Festival by Okereke and Lissack. They went through a types of names before settling on Bloc Party in 2003. Moakes joined the band after answering an advert in NME magazine, while Tong was picked via an audition. Bloc Party got their break by giving BBC Radio 1 DJ Steve Lamacq and Franz Ferdinand's lead singer, Alex Kapranos, a copy of their demo "She's Hearing Voices".
Bloc Party could also be joined GLASTONBURY Festival
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Bloc Party have announced new UK Tour in 2009
Bloc Party are set to launch a new single unavailable on any arrangements previous to on August 10.
Non-album track 'One More Chance' was recorded with producer Jacknife Lee, who formed the band's latest album, 2008's 'Intimacy', alongside Paul Epworth, and was mixed by Phillipe Zdar of Cassius.
Bloc Party have fun a month of shows this autumn, when their 'Bloctober' tour kicks off.
Bloc Party will play:
Blackpool Empress Ballroom (October 2)
Edinburgh Picture House (3)
Inverness Iron Works (4)
Aberdeen Music Hall (6)
Dunfermline Alhambra (7)
Hull City Hall (8)
Sheffield Academy (10)
Leeds Academy (11)
Lincoln Engine Shed (12)
Stoke Victoria Hall (14)
Birmingham Academy (15)
Newport Centre (16)
Llandudno Arena (18)
Liverpool University (19)
Bristol Academy (20)
Truro Hall for Cornwall (22)
Plymouth Pavillion (23)
Brighton Centre (24)
Southend Cliffs Pavilion (26)
Cambridge Corn Exchange (27)
Nottingham Rock City (28)
Reading Rivermead (30)
Bournemouth Bic (31)
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Bloc Party Music videos
Year | Song | Director(s) |
2004 | "Banquet" (version 1) | Nautilus |
"Little Thoughts" | Ben Dawkins | |
"Helicopter" ( UK version) | Type2error | |
"So Here We Are" | AlexandLiane | |
2005 | "Tulips" | Charles Spano & Tim Sutton |
"Banquet" (version 2) | AlexandLiane | |
"Banquet" (version 3) | Scott Lyon | |
"Pioneers" | Minivegas | |
"Banquet" (The Streets Mix) | Adam Smith | |
"Helicopter" ( U.S. version) | Minivegas | |
"Two More Years" | Dominic Leung | |
2006 | "The Prayer" | Walter Stern |
"I Still Remember" | Aggressive | |
2007 | "Hunting for Witches" | OneInThree |
"Flux" | Ace Norton | |
2008 | "Mercury" | |
"Talons" | Minivegas | |
"One Month Off" | D.A.D.D.Y. | |
2009 | "Signs (Armand Van Helden Remix)" | Hiro Murai |
Bloc Party Extended Plays
Year | EP details |
2004 | Bloc Party (EP)
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Little Thoughts EP
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2006 | Two More Years EP
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Bloc Party Compilations Albums
Year | Album details | Peak chart positions |
2005 | Silent Alarm Remixed
| UK: 54 |
2009 | Intimacy Remixed
| UK: 79 |
Bloc Party Studio Albums
Year | Album details | Peak chart positions | UK certifications | |||||||||||||||
UK | IRL | AUS | AUT | BLF | BLW | DEN | FIN | FRA | NED | NZ | NOR | POR | SWE | SWI | U.S. | |||
2005 | Silent Alarm
| 3 | 3 | 30 | 52 | 14 | 39 | — | 18 | 14 | 51 | 36 | 20 | — | 11 | 80 | 114 | Platinum |
2007 | A Weekend in the City
| 2 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 2 | 12 | 24 | 10 | 10 | 19 | 5 | 16 | 25 | 24 | 8 | 12 | Gold |
2008 | Intimacy
| 8 | 12 | 5 | 39 | 2 | 16 | — | — | 22 | 35 | 14 | — | — | — | 37 | 18 |
Bloc Party - Biography
The group of four began playing live shows at the start of 2002 and recorded a demo under their unique name, Union. Drawing motivation from key 80s bands such as the Cure (particularly in Okereke's vocals) and Gang Of Four, the quartet began to draw rave notices for their endearingly ramshackle stage performances. They launched the three-track 7-inch vinyl single "She's Hearing Voices" on the Trash Aesthetics label in February 2004. "Banquet"/"Staying Fat" followed on the Moshi Moshi label in May. UK reviewers fell over themselves to admire the latter release, in particular, comparing the quartet's jittery pop punk sound to recent releases by media darlings Franz Ferdinand and the Rapture. The tracks from both singles were subsequently re-released on the Bloc Party EP, and shortly afterwards the quartet signed a recording contract with Wichita Records. The single "So Here We Are" broke into the UK Top 5 in January 2005, prior to the release of the quartet's much-hyped long-playing, Silent Alarm. Despite lacking a certain cohesion, the album was greeted with widespread acclaim and was a commercial success.
An album of remixes go after in August, featuring Ladytron, Four Tet and Mogwai, following which Bloc Party retreated to the studio to plan and record their second album. Released at the start of 2007, A Weekend In The City was called as a great improvement on the quartet's debut, eschewing that set's pop leanings to fashion a taut statement of post-punk intention.