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Hooverphonic — Magenta
Album: Blue Wonder Power Milk
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Released: 1998
Length: 4:41
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Longing for winter
Longing for cold
Bikeride through the snow
Blinded by darkness
Summer flows to the cemetery slow

Pink versus black
Black versus magenta
This picture of you
Just melts in my agenda
While seasons change you know
Yes, the season change you know
With the flow

Days just shorten
Days just glow
This fire keeps us warm
While this storm will uncover
Our secret place called
The cemetary dawn

Pink versus black
Black versus magenta
This picture of you
Just melts in my agenda
While seasons change you know
Yes, season change you know
( Look left )
With the flow
( Look down )
( Look up )
( Look right )
( You're camouflaged by a wall of blue )
( And turn the world magenta ... )
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Like skywalker, I loves me some blue wonder power milk..
Posted 1 year ago by sajitjacob    [ Reply ]
 palefire wrote:


But she did find a rhyme for magenta...



Now, about orange......
Posted 1 year ago by jelgator    [ Reply ]
 Hannio wrote:

The beginning has a very Bladerunner feel to it.



It definitely evokes Vangelis. 
Posted 1 year ago by itsme_bygolly    [ Reply ]
 khardog145 wrote:

"This picture of you just melts in my agenda" is a bad rhyme.  Maybe no lyrics altogether would be better.  Otherwise, I kinda like it.



But she did find a rhyme for magenta...
Posted 1 year ago by palefire    [ Reply ]
Very Very good song 
Posted 3 years ago by SpacemanSpiff123    [ Reply ]
Every song off of this album just begs for psychedelic corroboration. And I give my nod of concurrence, even as I space out on the incredibly apt atmospherics...
Posted 3 years ago by coloradojohn    [ Reply ]
This falls in the category of (would never have heard this song if it wasn't for RP). Must say I added this to my own playlist.
Posted 3 years ago by bombaysaphire    [ Reply ]
That photo of the band kind of gives a whole new meaning to the term "Elevator Music"
Posted 4 years ago by opaceo    [ Reply ]
Love all of the album
Posted 4 years ago by noe.architecte169    [ Reply ]
"This picture of you just melts in my agenda" is a bad rhyme.  Maybe no lyrics altogether would be better.  Otherwise, I kinda like it.
Posted 6 years ago by khardog145    [ Reply ]
It's like listening to a movie playing in another room.
Posted 6 years ago by Laptopdog    [ Reply ]
 DrLex wrote:

They used to be named “Hoover” for their first album, but they changed it because they wanted to avoid a complaint from the vacuum cleaner manufacturer (and there were other bands with that name).

 
More about Hoovers than anyone probably cares to know... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hoover_sound :)
Posted 6 years ago by ziggytrix    [ Reply ]
I hope your child will be better than you to {#Lol}
 Toke wrote:
My Dyson makes a better sound ..

 Great vacuum cleaner you got there!!!{#Clap}

 


Posted 6 years ago by Noé    [ Reply ]
This has always been very, very TRIPPY and has always struck me as quite, quite Magenta, indeed! One of the trippiest groups ever...
Posted 7 years ago by coloradojohn    [ Reply ]
This is very soothing.
Posted 8 years ago by gratefulgator    [ Reply ]
 basilarnold wrote:
 Toke wrote:
My Dyson makes a better sound ..

 Great vacuum cleaner you got there!!!{#Clap}

 
They used to be named “Hoover” for their first album, but they changed it because they wanted to avoid a complaint from the vacuum cleaner manufacturer (and there were other bands with that name).
Posted 8 years ago by DrLex    [ Reply ]
I support this song, but I can not endorse it.
Posted 8 years ago by old_shep    [ Reply ]
 Toke wrote:
My Dyson makes a better sound ..

 Great vacuum cleaner you got there!!!{#Clap}


Posted 8 years ago by basilarnold    [ Reply ]
Nice    Moving
Posted 8 years ago by 1wolfy    [ Reply ]
" look up, look down, look right". It's an optician
Posted 10 years ago by MrsTom    [ Reply ]
Hooverphonic is great, i just wonder since this is a Belgium band why I never see Ozark Henry on the playlist on RP{#Grumpy}
Posted 10 years ago by fernand    [ Reply ]
This song is cool...  the dark-sounding chord (description from below) hooked me
Posted 11 years ago by V12Silly    [ Reply ]
Like all things Hoover- it sucks.
Posted 11 years ago by meauclaire    [ Reply ]
Would be better without the silly words. 
Posted 11 years ago by Callie_    [ Reply ]
front end instrumental makes me think of S. Kubrick's "Full Metal Jacket."  Frightening indeed.
Posted 11 years ago by Ballzak    [ Reply ]
I really like that dark-sounding chord throughout this.
Posted 11 years ago by Giselle62    [ Reply ]
 sub-arctic wrote:
Magenta

Not exactly my favourite colour...
 

25% of the four color process printing method.  CMYK!
Posted 11 years ago by LPCity    [ Reply ]
Bad trip.
Posted 11 years ago by old_shep    [ Reply ]
Damn, this is nice. I really need to pick up this album.
Posted 12 years ago by plaid    [ Reply ]
Volume set at 11, the horns in my Klipsh's are glowing red.

Ahhhhh............. 
Posted 12 years ago by jhorton    [ Reply ]
 sronis wrote:
This truly is a combination of a bulldog and a shitzu...
 
Oh get over it.......Its a bit of refreshing for me actually.
Posted 12 years ago by Shesdifferent    [ Reply ]
Would get a 7 if it weren't for the Enigma-sounding vocals...
Posted 12 years ago by NeuroGeek    [ Reply ]
This truly is a combination of a bulldog and a shitzu...
Posted 12 years ago by sronis    [ Reply ]
My Dyson makes a better sound ..
Posted 13 years ago by Toke    [ Reply ]
8 -> 9. Works very well while writing annoying code segments.
Posted 13 years ago by TigtheRed    [ Reply ]
that guys sounds like the spaceship in The Flight of the Navigator.
Posted 13 years ago by govna    [ Reply ]
 
Frickin newbies.


bugleboy624 wrote:
Well, apparently because he's playing the same one put about a month later. Not that it's a bad set, but it appears to be so.
 TigtheRed wrote:
Very interesting:
1:00 pmHooverphonic
Magenta		Blue Wonder Power Milk (1998)7.3
 
12:53 pmAfro Celt Sound System
The Silken Whip		Volume 3 - Further in Time (1996)6.4
 
12:49 pmFinn Brothers
Paradise (Wherever You Are)		Finn Brothers6.7
 
12:45 pmThe Beatles
Across The Universe

Are we recycling across a long period?
Pyro's comment was posted in mid 2009...
 
 


Posted 13 years ago by alux    [ Reply ]
Magenta is what happens when I close my eyes and look at the sun... I see it every day when I work too.
Posted 14 years ago by ick    [ Reply ]
Well, apparently because he's playing the same one put about a month later. Not that it's a bad set, but it appears to be so.
 TigtheRed wrote:
Very interesting:
1:00 pmHooverphonic
Magenta		Blue Wonder Power Milk (1998)7.3
 
12:53 pmAfro Celt Sound System
The Silken Whip		Volume 3 - Further in Time (1996)6.4
 
12:49 pmFinn Brothers
Paradise (Wherever You Are)		Finn Brothers6.7
 
12:45 pmThe Beatles
Across The Universe

Are we recycling across a long period?
Pyro's comment was posted in mid 2009...
 


Posted 14 years ago by bugleboy624    [ Reply ]
It's a Holiday weekend — give Bill a break! 

Besides he has added at least 2 tracks today that are new to the RP playlist.

Posted 14 years ago by socalhol    [ Reply ]
Very interesting:
1:00 pmHooverphonic
Magenta		Blue Wonder Power Milk (1998)7.3
12:53 pmAfro Celt Sound System
The Silken Whip		Volume 3 - Further in Time (1996)6.4
12:49 pmFinn Brothers
Paradise (Wherever You Are)		Finn Brothers6.7
12:45 pmThe Beatles
Across The Universe

Are we recycling across a long period?
Pyro's comment was posted in mid 2009...
 Pyro wrote:
Thank you, Bill, for making my mornings at work SO much better.  Nothing holds a candle to RP!!

Hooverphonic - Magenta
Afro Celt Sound System - The Silken Whip
Finn Brothers - Paradise (Wherever You Are)
The Beatles - Across The Universe

*edit* OMG, and now "I Believe" by Stevie Wonder.  DAYUM, Bill, you are da man.

 

Posted 14 years ago by TigtheRed    [ Reply ]
Such a good album.  Sorry to see Geike will be leaving. 
Posted 14 years ago by shutter    [ Reply ]
 kurtster wrote:

Fear not. The segues do change.  A good one may last several years, others last a couple of months.

 
I've also noticed that live DJing tends to occur more often around 9A-3P PST/PDT weekdays and on musically thematic holidays.  I'm probably not totally on the mark there, but I think I'm fairly close.

Posted 14 years ago by ziggytrix    [ Reply ]
 sub-arctic wrote:
Magenta

Not exactly my favourite colour...
 
My grandmother had clothes this color.  I think here hair matched at one time.

Posted 14 years ago by Alpine    [ Reply ]
The beginning has a very Bladerunner feel to it.
Posted 14 years ago by Hannio    [ Reply ]
Not bad at all, gotta check this band out.
Posted 15 years ago by SweTex    [ Reply ]

Calling all decibels!



Posted 15 years ago by fuh2    [ Reply ]
 kurtster wrote:

Fear not. The segues do change.  A good one may last several years, others last a couple of months.  This place is about the segue first, content second.
 
Whoa, the segues are always nice, and the content is always consistent IMO and flows through different genres and emotions throughout the day, which is most appreciated by this listener. And with such a large library and the constant addition of new music (which we all benefit from) I think we can forgive the DJ if we hear some repeat sets from time to time. The one thing we can all be sure of is that no one is clicking the "Genius" button in Paradise.


Posted 15 years ago by Vandy005    [ Reply ]
Thank you, Bill, for making my mornings at work SO much better.  Nothing holds a candle to RP!!

Hooverphonic - Magenta
Afro Celt Sound System - The Silken Whip
Finn Brothers - Paradise (Wherever You Are)
The Beatles - Across The Universe

*edit* OMG, and now "I Believe" by Stevie Wonder.  DAYUM, Bill, you are da man.

Posted 15 years ago by Pyro    [ Reply ]
 kurtster wrote:

Fear not. The segues do change.  A good one may last several years, others last a couple of months.  This place is about the segue first, content second.
 

"Segue first, content second"?  So the quality of the song doesn't matter as long as it blends into the following song?  Methinks you have it backward.
Posted 15 years ago by F1    [ Reply ]
 ShakeyNeil wrote:
Now that was a smmmooooooth transition from Afro Celt's The Silken Whip to this. (May 12 2009)

——————-

So the music repeats on a very large loop. I suppose it is OK since I have never noticed before.
Oh and a very atmospheric track this is too.
 
Fear not. The segues do change.  A good one may last several years, others last a couple of months.  This place is about the segue first, content second.


Posted 15 years ago by kurtster    [ Reply ]
Now that was a smmmooooooth transition from Afro Celt's The Silken Whip to this. (May 12 2009)

——————-

So the music repeats on a very large loop. I suppose it is OK since I have never noticed before.
Oh and a very atmospheric track this is too.
Posted 15 years ago by ShakeyNeil    [ Reply ]
 sub-arctic wrote:
Magenta

Not exactly my favourite colour...
 
It depends where you use it.  It's not my absolute favorite color either, but I paint with it very frequently, (I mean on paper and canvas, etc. - not walls).   I goes well with several different palettes.  
Oh, and I do like this song.
Posted 15 years ago by Proclivities    [ Reply ]
 meydele wrote:
Now that was a smmmooooooth transition from Afro Celt's The Silken Whip to this.
 
{#Yes}

Posted 15 years ago by gumby    [ Reply ]
trip hop
Posted 15 years ago by snakefinger    [ Reply ]
The beginning of this song always scares me.
Posted 15 years ago by hippiechick    [ Reply ]
 sub-arctic wrote:
Magenta

Not exactly my favourite colour...
 
Indeed.  Please don't turn the world magenta.  That would suck.

Posted 15 years ago by Dave_Mack    [ Reply ]
Hooverphonic can do no wrong!

Thanks again RP, for my ever expanding library.
Posted 15 years ago by DigitalJer    [ Reply ]
 fredriley wrote:
Brilliant segue from the Afro-Celt Sound System - I honestly couldn't hear the join until the singer started up. I'm a big, big fan of this bunch, of whom I'd never have heard if not for RP. Undoubtedly the second best thing to come out of Belgium (the best is the beer, of course :*)). I don't yet have this album, but that omission will very soon be rectified. An immediate 8 from the Nottingham jury.
 


Posted 15 years ago by jagdriver    [ Reply ]
Magenta

Not exactly my favourite colour...


Posted 16 years ago by sub-arctic    [ Reply ]
Brilliant segue from the Afro-Celt Sound System - I honestly couldn't hear the join until the singer started up. I'm a big, big fan of this bunch, of whom I'd never have heard if not for RP. Undoubtedly the second best thing to come out of Belgium (the best is the beer, of course :*)). I don't yet have this album, but that omission will very soon be rectified. An immediate 8 from the Nottingham jury.
Posted 16 years ago by fredriley    [ Reply ]
I really like this band. Now if only my life were as uphoric as the song.
Posted 16 years ago by Shesdifferent    [ Reply ]
Gorgeous music. Reminds me of Enigma.
Posted 16 years ago by rbigelo    [ Reply ]
Longing for winter Longing for cold Bikeride through the snow Blinded by darkness Summer flows to the cemetery slow Is she singing about my home town? We're heading straight into the long, dark, cold months of winter here...
Posted 17 years ago by sub-arctic    [ Reply ]
excellent song. the more i hear and buy of hooverphonic the more i like.
Posted 17 years ago by rickhoran    [ Reply ]
Beautiful.
Posted 17 years ago by tkorte    [ Reply ]
fuh2 wrote:
DANG GOOD!
Exactly! Rated 9.
Posted 17 years ago by Nabla    [ Reply ]
DANG GOOD!
Posted 17 years ago by fuh2    [ Reply ]
Note to self: why NOT to laugh at your own jokes, exhibit A. brighthue wrote:
Very interesting band -- I like anything I hear from them. I wonder about the name, though... Hooverphonic = sucking sound?
Posted 17 years ago by alux    [ Reply ]
I like burgundy better
Posted 17 years ago by sukilau    [ Reply ]
Belgian coolness. Smoooooth.
Posted 17 years ago by ranwulf    [ Reply ]
Very groovy. Had not heard this but I like it.
Posted 17 years ago by Wizzuvvoz    [ Reply ]
Now that was a smmmooooooth transition from Afro Celt's The Silken Whip to this.
Posted 17 years ago by meydele    [ Reply ]
Very interesting band -- I like anything I hear from them. I wonder about the name, though... Hooverphonic = sucking sound?
Posted 20 years ago by brighthue    [ Reply ]
Thanks for playing this lesser known track. I think this is Hooverphonic at their best.
Posted 20 years ago by cpn    [ Reply ]
...cinematic.....
Posted 20 years ago by redeyespy    [ Reply ]
Mmmm...mmmm... good. This is great stuff...
Posted 21 years ago by Heathen    [ Reply ]
Spectacular. Thanks for introducing me to this group! :D
Posted 21 years ago by indigo_xia    [ Reply ]
tremendous. i personally think that all of the tracks on their first two albums should be in rotation here. (pimp)
Posted 21 years ago by Platypus    [ Reply ]
hooverphonic just happened to be guests on my boss\'s radio show Friday, and now I hear them here \"on my other inet radio\"
Posted 21 years ago by mmauller    [ Reply ]
pure symphonic bliss — raging keyboard hues are hard hitting with a delicate sensuality taking over the entire theme of the album----at least according to AMG anyway
Posted 21 years ago by MsfStl    [ Reply ]