The Lightning Seeds — Pure
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Nighttime slows
Raindrops splash rainbows
Perhaps someone you know
Could sparkle and shine
As daydreams slide
To colour from shadow
Picture the moonglow
That dazzles my eyes
And I love you
Just lying smiling in the dark
Shooting stars around your heart
Dreams come bouncing in your head
Pure and simple every time
Now you're crying in your sleep
I wish you'd never learnt to weep
Don't sell the dreams you should be keeping
Pure and simple every time
Dream of sights
Of sleigh rides in seasons
Where feelings not reasons
Can make you decide
As leaves pour down
Splash Autumn on gardens
As colder nights harden
Their moonlit delights
And I love you
Just lying smiling in the dark
Shooting stars around your heart
Dreams come bouncing in your head
Pure and simple every time
Now you're crying in your sleep
I wish you'd never learnt to weep
Don't sell the dreams you should be keeping
Pure and simple every time
Look at me with starry eyes
Push me up to starry skies
There's stardust in my head
Pure and simple every time
Fresh and deep as oceans new
Shiver at the sight of you
I'll sing a softer tune
Pure and simple over you
If love's the truth then look no lies
And let me swim around your eyes
I've found a place I'll never leave
Shut my mouth and just believe
Love is the truth I realize
Not a stream of pretty lies
To use us up
And waste our time
Lying smiling in the dark
Shooting stars around your heart
Dreams come bouncing in your head
Pure and simple every time
Now you're crying in your sleep
I wish you'd never learnt to weep
Don't sell the dreams you should be keeping
Pure and simple every time
Look at me with starry eyes
Push me up to starry skies
There's stardust in my head
Pure and simple every time
Fresh and deep as oceans new
Shiver at the sight of you
I'll sing a softer tune
Pure and simple over you
Pure and simple just for you
Raindrops splash rainbows
Perhaps someone you know
Could sparkle and shine
As daydreams slide
To colour from shadow
Picture the moonglow
That dazzles my eyes
And I love you
Just lying smiling in the dark
Shooting stars around your heart
Dreams come bouncing in your head
Pure and simple every time
Now you're crying in your sleep
I wish you'd never learnt to weep
Don't sell the dreams you should be keeping
Pure and simple every time
Dream of sights
Of sleigh rides in seasons
Where feelings not reasons
Can make you decide
As leaves pour down
Splash Autumn on gardens
As colder nights harden
Their moonlit delights
And I love you
Just lying smiling in the dark
Shooting stars around your heart
Dreams come bouncing in your head
Pure and simple every time
Now you're crying in your sleep
I wish you'd never learnt to weep
Don't sell the dreams you should be keeping
Pure and simple every time
Look at me with starry eyes
Push me up to starry skies
There's stardust in my head
Pure and simple every time
Fresh and deep as oceans new
Shiver at the sight of you
I'll sing a softer tune
Pure and simple over you
If love's the truth then look no lies
And let me swim around your eyes
I've found a place I'll never leave
Shut my mouth and just believe
Love is the truth I realize
Not a stream of pretty lies
To use us up
And waste our time
Lying smiling in the dark
Shooting stars around your heart
Dreams come bouncing in your head
Pure and simple every time
Now you're crying in your sleep
I wish you'd never learnt to weep
Don't sell the dreams you should be keeping
Pure and simple every time
Look at me with starry eyes
Push me up to starry skies
There's stardust in my head
Pure and simple every time
Fresh and deep as oceans new
Shiver at the sight of you
I'll sing a softer tune
Pure and simple over you
Pure and simple just for you
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Proper English Pop
glowworm wrote:
Throw in Stone Roses, The Wedding Present, Primal Scream, Wonderstuff, Felt, even the Pixies with the mass UK following and that was one of my favourite ever music years (helped that I was at uni and gigging most nights!)
This might divide opinion, but 1989 was also the year Nirvana's debut album Bleach was released. It's much rawer and grungier than Nevermind. I have a soft spot for it.
Throw in Stone Roses, The Wedding Present, Primal Scream, Wonderstuff, Felt, even the Pixies with the mass UK following and that was one of my favourite ever music years (helped that I was at uni and gigging most nights!)
This might divide opinion, but 1989 was also the year Nirvana's debut album Bleach was released. It's much rawer and grungier than Nevermind. I have a soft spot for it.
rocklandlove wrote:
Lightning Seeds are their own outfit, not rip-off merchants. They have sold twice as many albums as New Order.
New Order much?
Lightning Seeds are their own outfit, not rip-off merchants. They have sold twice as many albums as New Order.
Perfect
I have a "Happy" playlist. This song leads it off. Pure perfect pop pleasure.
nomnol wrote:
Being an Englishman of a certain age, hearing Lightning Seeds always leads me here --> Three Lions.
It never ceases to amaze me when I see the comments from people who remember bands like this. I listen to music all day and night, every chance I get, but I've never heard of this band. This happens from time to time listening to RP. Thanks Bill for enlightening me. (This song was from the '80's though, tough times for music, imo).
Being an Englishman of a certain age, hearing Lightning Seeds always leads me here --> Three Lions.
Emesa805 wrote:
Whenever I hear the guitar riff I get a New Order thought too. Someone posted a video on https://youtu.be/MxvpvzaCWgM?si=rmwdgx27OiTlnM-X comparing it with Love Vigilantes.
I found a reply by Ian on X/Twitter by someone who asked whether it was an homage to NO and here is his reply there:
No, i actually loved Some faraway beach by Eno and when i recorded the solo I thought it sounded too like that so i adjusted the timing and a couple of notes .. much later when it was released i realised it was very close to the new order riff and a jam solo...
but now i think maybe those kinda notes were just in the zeitgeist at that time in the same way chuck berry 12 bar riffs were in the 60’s.
Is that power chord riffage sampled from New Order… or a blatant rip-off?!
I found a reply by Ian on X/Twitter by someone who asked whether it was an homage to NO and here is his reply there:
No, i actually loved Some faraway beach by Eno and when i recorded the solo I thought it sounded too like that so i adjusted the timing and a couple of notes .. much later when it was released i realised it was very close to the new order riff and a jam solo...
but now i think maybe those kinda notes were just in the zeitgeist at that time in the same way chuck berry 12 bar riffs were in the 60’s.
Is that power chord riffage sampled from New Order… or a blatant rip-off?!
The jolly arrangement belies the heartfelt love song lyric.
Pump up the volume every time. Takes me back to happy places….
Does the beginning remind anyone else of Bowie's Heroes?
Cute and happy 😃
Just jumped me straight back to being 22 and not giving a flying fck about anything, and that girl I listened to this with....sparkle and shine!
I love this song. I’m not ashamed to say it. It reminds me when I met my wife. Why can’t we have a little happiness and just frivolous joy in the world!?
Not everything has to be deep and meaningful. Just enjoy it!
AAAAHHHHH the 90s.....
sfoster66 wrote:
But it meant something to you at the time.... that is not nothing.
Sad admission of the day...first cd I ever bought. Not vinyl, 8 track or cassette...first cd...wish it had been something a bit more meaningful...
But it meant something to you at the time.... that is not nothing.
DrLex wrote:
Totally! You know, I feel the same about Bittersweet by Big Head Todd when that song plays - what that's the same year - coincidence?! (probably)
Such a tacky little ditty! I would never listen to this spontaneously, but as usual it somehow just works in Bill's mix.
Totally! You know, I feel the same about Bittersweet by Big Head Todd when that song plays - what that's the same year - coincidence?! (probably)
I love hearing this!
Thank you, Bill & Rebecca
Pure and Simple every time
Thank you, Bill & Rebecca
Pure and Simple every time
Sad admission of the day...first cd I ever bought. Not vinyl, 8 track or cassette...first cd...wish it had been something a bit more meaningful...
maboleth wrote:
Throw in Stone Roses, The Wedding Present, Primal Scream, Wonderstuff, Felt, even the Pixies with the mass UK following and that was one of my favourite ever music years (helped that I was at uni and gigging most nights!)
Somehow 1989 was great for music in England. The Cure, Peter Murphy, Inspiral Carpets... Distinctive tone of '89' guitars and atmosphere.
Throw in Stone Roses, The Wedding Present, Primal Scream, Wonderstuff, Felt, even the Pixies with the mass UK following and that was one of my favourite ever music years (helped that I was at uni and gigging most nights!)
play it again, play it again, play it again
Love TLS but I suggest RP to play other songs, this one may be a hit but it's not so relevant in their discography.
dmcanany wrote:
They were so ahead of the times to have Harry Potter on their album cover.
This doesn't sound like it came out that long ago.
ExploitingChaos wrote:
Radio Paradise - Where music nerds get schooled daily.
Ever since I happened on this station, CKUA out if alberta, the current out of Minnesota, KEXP out of Seattle and WFMU out of jersey city i have a great education and given up on commercial music radio with their SSDD
Radio Paradise - Where music nerds get schooled daily.
Pure RP!
ExploitingChaos wrote:
Radio Paradise - Where music nerds get schooled daily.
Radio Paradise - Where music nerds get schooled daily.
They were so ahead of the times to have Harry Potter on their album cover.
Lover say, it's fantastic
I hear OMD...
Only realised recently that Ian Brodie produced a lot of early Echo & the Bunnymen
this entire album is great! happy Thursday everyone!
Such a happy tune... and hopeful lyrics.
Bump it to 11.
Bump it to 11.
DrLex wrote:
It seems aparent who is tacky here, doctor.
Such a tacky little ditty! I would never listen to this spontaneously, but as usual it somehow just works in Bill's mix.
It seems aparent who is tacky here, doctor.
play it again!, play it again!, play it again!........
Mind you (all) the genres didn't exist back then, this proves to be a marvelous piece of pop rock alternative culture beginnings 
Perfect workout song on a sunny morning.
The Lightning Seeds are where interesting and intelligent music meets Top 40 radio. Excellent.
Pet Shop Boys meets OMD.
Cute and catchy.
Cute and catchy.
nomnol wrote:
Tough times for Liverpool too, devastated by Thatcherite destruction of shipbuilding and manufacturing, hence the 'political' songs in the LS oeuvre.
It never ceases to amaze me when I see the comments from people who remember bands like this. I listen to music all day and night, every chance I get, but I've never heard of this band. This happens from time to time listening to RP. Thanks Bill for enlightening me. (This song was from the '80's though, tough times for music, imo).
Tough times for Liverpool too, devastated by Thatcherite destruction of shipbuilding and manufacturing, hence the 'political' songs in the LS oeuvre.
nomnol wrote:
My consistent music go-to from 1969 to 2009 was WBCN, 104.1 FM, Boston. So even though I would never have guessed the name of this band the ear worm stuck from 'BCN's including it in their rotation.
It never ceases to amaze me when I see the comments from people who remember bands like this. I listen to music all day and night, every chance I get, but I've never heard of this band. This happens from time to time listening to RP. Thanks Bill for enlightening me. (This song was from the '80's though, tough times for music, imo).
My consistent music go-to from 1969 to 2009 was WBCN, 104.1 FM, Boston. So even though I would never have guessed the name of this band the ear worm stuck from 'BCN's including it in their rotation.
nomnol wrote:
Radio Paradise - Where music nerds get schooled daily.
I listen to music all day and night, every chance I get, but I've never heard of this band. This happens from time to time listening to RP.
Radio Paradise - Where music nerds get schooled daily.
So love this song. Just the intro 8 bars sets my brain a 'goin....
Me frow up
eroz wrote:
10 for sheer nostalgia.
Nostalgia goin' back a ways...The album title Cloudcucooland is from
Aristophanes "The Birds".
"All modern poetry is cloudy."
Tony in NJ
W.A.S.T.E.
Nostalgia goin' back a ways...The album title Cloudcucooland is from
Aristophanes "The Birds".
"All modern poetry is cloudy."
Tony in NJ
W.A.S.T.E.
The Lighting Seeds made a bunch of beautiful songs, yet RP plays always this one, I wonder why.
God, weren't the 80s great? Sure sounds like it...
All of a sudden I have a big grin on my face.
New Order wants their guitar back.
Pop bliss. Hilariously upbeat. Love it.
Pure pop pleasure.
They're a him not a they. CHECK YOUR PRONOUNS!
this song kept my spirits up during the beginning of my battle with depression (now that I think about it) in the late 80's early 90's. I have loved them ever since.
Axeman wrote:
Both are outstanding bands. I never mind a comparison to other great artists. It's nice to be included.
Psychedelic Furs and Echo and the Bunnymen turned into the Wiggles.
Both are outstanding bands. I never mind a comparison to other great artists. It's nice to be included.
Axeman wrote:
Broudie did produce an album or 2 for The Bunnymen so you are not far off
Psychedelic Furs and Echo and the Bunnymen turned into the Wiggles.
Broudie did produce an album or 2 for The Bunnymen so you are not far off
Psychedelic Furs and Echo and the Bunnymen turned into the Wiggles.
I missed this at the time. Listened mostly to jazz. Glad I've been able to enjoy it on RP!
Instant mood lifter.
Thanks for this song; I haven't heard them in awhile and such sweetness it evokes! 'pure and simple every time!'
Listening to this in the house. Going out to my workshop I connected to RP on my phone, so as not to miss a beat. The phone started the track from the beginning, and by some strange quirk of fate, the syncopation (whilst not the track) was in sync! Double toe-tappin' IMHO!
ppopp wrote:
I'd say apples & oranges - but we only have bananas.
Excellent. So much better than Cake.
I'd say apples & oranges - but we only have bananas.
Akazungu wrote:
Hmmm. Not hearing OMD here. To each ears their own eh?
I've spent my life thinking this was OMD. Very surprised it's not.
Hmmm. Not hearing OMD here. To each ears their own eh?
Excellent. So much better than Cake.
Brestois wrote:
Having a crap week, friends dying of cancer, work is hell.... and this song comes on as I'm having a 'moment'. Big smile on face, ear buds go in and volume goes up.
As Brestois said "This song has always made me happy."
Got goosebumps when it started. For some reason this song has always made me happy.
Having a crap week, friends dying of cancer, work is hell.... and this song comes on as I'm having a 'moment'. Big smile on face, ear buds go in and volume goes up.
As Brestois said "This song has always made me happy."
For some reason, I thought this was Pet Shop Boys. Thanks to RP for setting my record straight.
AhhtheMusic wrote:
No, read the sign, it's The Lightning Seeds.
No, it is Death Cab for Cutie meets The Shins; throw in a little The Smiths and mix it up real well and you get all of their great sounds; then just sit back and chill.
No, read the sign, it's The Lightning Seeds.
rocklandlove wrote:
Not much.
New Order much?
Not much.
This is so unashamedly pop-y, but I LOVE it!
Akazungu wrote:
Ha ha, me too. Learned something new yet again thanks to RP. Getting to be a pretty long list of stuff I learned because of RP.
I've spent my life thinking this was OMD. Very surprised it's not.
Ha ha, me too. Learned something new yet again thanks to RP. Getting to be a pretty long list of stuff I learned because of RP.
Somehow 1989 was great for music in England. The Cure, Peter Murphy, Inspiral Carpets... Distinctive tone of '89' guitars and atmosphere.
I"m thinking that this sounds a lot like Psychedelic Furs. Try to imagine this with that singers voice.
Why so much Cake? Come on. Getting kickbacks from this? Absolutely no musicality at all. None Play something musical.
Alpha Ya Ya Diallo was suggested and rejected. Perhaps he is too musical for this station.
I don't sponsor this station based on these listening choices. Approaching zero musicality.
Disappointing tunes.
Alpha Ya Ya Diallo was suggested and rejected. Perhaps he is too musical for this station.
I don't sponsor this station based on these listening choices. Approaching zero musicality.
Disappointing tunes.
New Order much?
I've spent my life thinking this was OMD. Very surprised it's not.
AhhtheMusic wrote:
You forgot to throw in the exact riff from New Order: Love Vigilantes...shake it ...stir it...serve it.
No, it is Death Cab for Cutie meets The Shins; throw in a little The Smiths and mix it up real well and you get all of their great sounds; then just sit back and chill.
You forgot to throw in the exact riff from New Order: Love Vigilantes...shake it ...stir it...serve it.
DrLex wrote:
You're so right! So many ordinary songs sound so much better when part of a Radio Paradise mix. I'm about to cancel my Sirius XM subscription and just listen to RP on Bluetooth in my car. (And make sure I make a donation to RP every year... that's only fair.)
Such a tacky little ditty! I would never listen to this spontaneously, but as usual it somehow just works in Bill's mix.
You're so right! So many ordinary songs sound so much better when part of a Radio Paradise mix. I'm about to cancel my Sirius XM subscription and just listen to RP on Bluetooth in my car. (And make sure I make a donation to RP every year... that's only fair.)
Oh this is good. The Clientele "My face inside the trees" is clearly inspired by this song. By the way, i don't remember hearing them here.
Awwww. I try not to be a sentimental person. But this one. How always lovely and perfect and evocative of... something else we once had.
Does any human ever "learn" to weep?
No, it is Death Cab for Cutie meets The Shins; throw in a little The Smiths and mix it up real well and you get all of their great sounds; then just sit back and chill.
Yeah, this is different. I was in the forums a few hours ago and it didn't look like this yet.
LaurieinTucson wrote:
LaurieinTucson wrote:
who moved my cheese??
who moved my cheese??
kooky tune...
looks like young Ted Raimi in those clouds ehh? (can't wait for NEW Season of Ash vs Evil Dead : )
looks like young Ted Raimi in those clouds ehh? (can't wait for NEW Season of Ash vs Evil Dead : )
lakesurfer wrote:
I was thinking Al Stewart meets Herb Alpert
Sounds a lot like Poi Dog Pondering to me
I was thinking Al Stewart meets Herb Alpert
Earworm alert.
Anyone know what this guy is up to these days?
Sounds a lot like Poi Dog Pondering to me
did New Order sue?
LOVE, LOVE this song! It came out just after I graduated high school. This song reminds me of that wonderful time!
kingart wrote:
... "We"?
We need more lyrics, Lightning Seeds! This track has a paucity of them.
... "We"?
kingart wrote:
C'mon, King, aren't 350 words enough?
We need more lyrics, Lightning Seeds! This track has a paucity of them.
C'mon, King, aren't 350 words enough?
nomnol wrote:
Rp has a way of doing that, eh :)
<snip>. I listen to music all day and night, every chance I get, but I've never heard of this band. This happens from time to time listening to RP. Thanks Bill for enlightening me. <snip>
Rp has a way of doing that, eh :)
KurtfromLaQuinta wrote:
It's a flavorite...
So many hooks in one song!
I love the Pop of it!
I love the Pop of it!
It's a flavorite...
Got goosebumps when it started. For some reason this song has always made me happy.
We need more lyrics, Lightning Seeds! This track has a paucity of them.
love it!
Who stole the hook, New Order or these blokes? Methinks it belonged to New Order.
It never ceases to amaze me when I see the comments from people who remember bands like this. I listen to music all day and night, every chance I get, but I've never heard of this band. This happens from time to time listening to RP. Thanks Bill for enlightening me. (This song was from the '80's though, tough times for music, imo).
KurtfromLaQuinta wrote:
It's old, some may say it's passe but I have to agree. Still gets my toe a tappin'.
So many hooks in one song!
I love the Pop of it!
I love the Pop of it!
It's old, some may say it's passe but I have to agree. Still gets my toe a tappin'.
This sure brings back memories of another time. I haven't listened to this album in a very long time - thanks!
Marvelous!
So many hooks in one song!
I love the Pop of it!
I love the Pop of it!
2020sk wrote:
Oooh yes, I'd forgotten that riff, it was on the radio quite a lot back when this song was new. It's a riff off New Order's Low Life, if I remember well, but the title of the song escapes me. The words go something like "my wife and child, waiting for me, got to go home," but now senility is setting in....
Love Vigilantes, indeed. Would be a great two-fer for the powers that be at RP.
Oooh yes, I'd forgotten that riff, it was on the radio quite a lot back when this song was new. It's a riff off New Order's Low Life, if I remember well, but the title of the song escapes me. The words go something like "my wife and child, waiting for me, got to go home," but now senility is setting in....
Love Vigilantes, indeed. Would be a great two-fer for the powers that be at RP.
Very long time since I've heard this one. A 7.
tutakea wrote:
Agreed. Let's hope people keep her alive in this forum. Her comments were/are indispensable.
cynaera wrote:
"Fire bad. Tree pretty. I love this song. I'm pretty sure some folks think it's vapid, unimaginative, and juvenile. And it probably is. But it makes me feel good, and in these critical times, I'll take "feel good" over "heavy, dark, ponderous, political, responsible..."
Life hasn't been good to people lately. Any whimsy is more than welcome in my world. "
nobody could put this in better words. thanks cynaera. you´re still with us in a way through your comments!
"Fire bad. Tree pretty. I love this song. I'm pretty sure some folks think it's vapid, unimaginative, and juvenile. And it probably is. But it makes me feel good, and in these critical times, I'll take "feel good" over "heavy, dark, ponderous, political, responsible..."
Life hasn't been good to people lately. Any whimsy is more than welcome in my world. "
nobody could put this in better words. thanks cynaera. you´re still with us in a way through your comments!
Agreed. Let's hope people keep her alive in this forum. Her comments were/are indispensable.
10 for sheer nostalgia.
Such a tacky little ditty! I would never listen to this spontaneously, but as usual it somehow just works in Bill's mix.
Amen!
tutakea wrote:
tutakea wrote:
cynaera wrote:
"Fire bad. Tree pretty. I love this song. I'm pretty sure some folks think it's vapid, unimaginative, and juvenile. And it probably is. But it makes me feel good, and in these critical times, I'll take "feel good" over "heavy, dark, ponderous, political, responsible..."
Life hasn't been good to people lately. Any whimsy is more than welcome in my world. "
nobody could put this in better words. thanks cynaera. you´re still with us in a way through your comments!
"Fire bad. Tree pretty. I love this song. I'm pretty sure some folks think it's vapid, unimaginative, and juvenile. And it probably is. But it makes me feel good, and in these critical times, I'll take "feel good" over "heavy, dark, ponderous, political, responsible..."
Life hasn't been good to people lately. Any whimsy is more than welcome in my world. "
nobody could put this in better words. thanks cynaera. you´re still with us in a way through your comments!
For some reason, this song always makes me feel happy. 
phlattop wrote:
Nope, that's definitely a New Order riff.
Oooh yes, I'd forgotten that riff, it was on the radio quite a lot back when this song was new. It's a riff off New Order's Low Life, if I remember well, but the title of the song escapes me. The words go something like "my wife and child, waiting for me, got to go home," but now senility is setting in....
Nope, that's definitely a New Order riff.
Oooh yes, I'd forgotten that riff, it was on the radio quite a lot back when this song was new. It's a riff off New Order's Low Life, if I remember well, but the title of the song escapes me. The words go something like "my wife and child, waiting for me, got to go home," but now senility is setting in....
ddbz wrote:
Very!
FANTASTIC, how happy does this make you feel...
Very!
richlister wrote:
Don't be daft, Robin. Sounds nowt like em. To the Bat-mobile, we're off to HMV to educate you! Don't forget the bat-seatbelt, boy wonder.
Nope, that's definitely a New Order riff.
Don't be daft, Robin. Sounds nowt like em. To the Bat-mobile, we're off to HMV to educate you! Don't forget the bat-seatbelt, boy wonder.
Nope, that's definitely a New Order riff.
To those who are unfamiliar with the Hillsborough Disaster, google works. It was a full-on Police cover-up, so more power to a band who put their efforts into forcing a review.
Hmm. There was an age when the Lightning Seeds were ubiquitous in the pop charts, but hearing them in 2015 their music does sound rather dated. I've always had a soft spot for them for their support of, and solidarity with, the Liverpool dockers who were locked out by their employers in the late 90s, and their active support for the Justice for Hillsborough campaign - unlike other pop bands, they did make an effort to sing about and connect with the wider world. The music was catchy enough, but without much heft or weight, going in one ear and out of the other leaving little lasting trace.
What's happened to them in recent years, anyone know?
What's happened to them in recent years, anyone know?
Good lyrics, nice tune... Just what a soothing song should be to ease the soul ... Nice set mr & mrs goldstein!!!
FANTASTIC, how happy does this make you feel...
coloradojohn wrote:
Couldn't agree more!
Reminds me of times that were Pure And Simple, Everytime... Priceless memories from an adventurous time in a lifetime of Adventure.
Couldn't agree more!
This still makes me so happy every time! And not even for any nostalgic reasons - I didn't even know the song before 2005 or so...