HALF DAY CLOSING
From the album 'Portishead'
[3:49]
LYRICS:
In the days, the golden
days
When everybody knew what they wanted
It ain't here today
Through the times of lasting love
When parents talked of things tried and
tested
It don't feel the same
Dreams and belief have gone
Time, life itself goes on
Far beyond the shrinking skies
Where money talks and leaves us hypnotised
It don't pave the way
Underneath the fading sun
The silent sum of a businessman
Has left us choking
Dreams and belief have gone
Time, life itself goes on
In the days, the golden days
When everybody know what they wanted
It ain't here today
Dreams and belief have gone
Time, life itself goes on
[In the background there is a barely
recognisable male voice counting from 1 to 40
throughout the song.]
CREDITS:
Written by
G Barrow/B Gibbons/A Utley
Musicians
G Barrow : Drums
A Utley : Guitar, moog & bass
S Cooper : Violin
COMMENTS:
The first track without
any samples. Geoff
Sonically, my favourite. Dave
Live at last. Adrian
I think it's us experimenting in a new
area, really. Adrian
It took us two years to make this album
because we got into a really bad hole after
our first album and tour. We were miserable
and blocked about what we were doing. I feel
that "Half Day Closing" got us out
of that. We thought, 'Let's just do this;
let's just finish something.' It was a
departure for us, really, because there are
no samples on it - it's Geoff and me playing
live. It was inspired by an album by the
United States of America, from 1967 or '69.
It's a psychedelic band that people tell us
is quite obscure. We tracked up loads of
weird Moog stuff over the top - weird noises
and odd melodies. And we put Beth's vocals
through a rotating organ cabinet called a
Leslie. We just sort of tripped out, really. Adrian
It wasn't even going to be on the
album it was just something to do to really
be inspired by music again and feel like
you're doing it for the enjoyment rather than
you're doing it because of a business. And
that's pretty much how it came together and
it ended up on the album and its one of my
favourite tracks. Geoff
