 Book Of Days (1989) [ larger cover art ] |
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Musicbrainz DBthis day is not my life
the passing time is not my life
the thorn that's in my side
is all these scenes that we regret
the wasted words we can't forget
through the windows of my room
i hear the traffic breathing slowly
someplace miles away
make promises pay
shame, will shake this house
shame, will shake this house
your dreams are not my life
these broken words are not my life
your lies are none of my invention
your promises were not plan
now the party girls have gone
i hear the rattle of their heels
before their footsteps fade
make promises pay
shame, will shake this house
shame, will shake this house
the passing time is not my life
i've been counted down and shouted out
i had everything i wanted
nothing i can't rise above
to let it show was not my plan
headlines and frontpages
sell weddings and divorces
make promises pay
make promises pay
shame, will shake this house
shame, will shake this house
| sirdroseph (Yes) | Posted: May 10, 2013 - 07:58 I rated this a 5, why would I rate anything a 5? |
| lunatic | Posted: Nov 03, 2012 - 07:17 Proclivities wrote: Theodore was "an alternative music sampler" which was released around 1988 or '89, and featured this "long version" of this tune. Worth buying a copy of Theodore. I still have it in rotation in my tunes. |
| Sasha2001 (I can see Zabars from my window) | Posted: May 29, 2012 - 14:17 Biscobret wrote: there are WAY better Furs songs...
Sure, but we've all heard those a thousand times already. |
| The_Enemy (...is within) | Posted: Feb 24, 2012 - 10:55 Cynaera wrote: .....darn it, I'm dancing. If that's abhorrent to some people, so be it..... It only starts with the dancing. Then it leads to playing cards.... Next thing you know, it's 4 AM, you're in a Vegas hotel room ordering pizza and in the background, RomeoTuna is leading 32 people in dance. Not that there's, y'know, anything wrong with that (as long as you invite the rest of us ;) ) |
| Proclivities (Carrboro, NC) | Posted: Feb 24, 2012 - 10:47 gregorbill wrote: There is no PFurs album called Theodore. This is on the 1989 album Book of Days. Theodore was "an alternative music sampler" which was released around 1988 or '89, and featured this "long version" of this tune. |
| Cynaera (In a hammock under my own vine and fig tree.) | Posted: Oct 20, 2011 - 16:27 I don't want to analyze this or compare it to other PsychFur songs - I'm taking it at face value, and darn it, I'm dancing. If that's abhorrent to some people, so be it. Personally, I think we all need to dance more. |
| thefoodoflove (Sydney) | Posted: Jun 16, 2011 - 15:21 Bugger.....
Missed it, but how good is the album Forever Now? Any track from that would be joyful!! |
| robh (up t'north UK) | Posted: Jun 16, 2011 - 14:43 Biscobret wrote: there are WAY better Furs songs... agreed |
| Biscobret (Vashon, WA) | Posted: Jun 16, 2011 - 14:42 there are WAY better Furs songs... |
| dougmbrown (Denver) | Posted: Jun 16, 2011 - 14:41 Love it! Play it again! Better yet, play the extended version from the Theodore Sampler album. Classic! 10...10...10... |
| kysmet (Central Florida) | Posted: Apr 14, 2011 - 10:29 One of my favorite bands of all time. Saw them in concert last year and they can still rock it out! |
| photolew | Posted: Apr 14, 2011 - 10:29 juanos wrote:     EXACTLY!!!!!! |
| juanos (Somewhere between the US and Guatemala) | Posted: Mar 13, 2011 - 23:25 |
| ParkerH (Naples, FL) | Posted: Dec 09, 2010 - 17:46 I hadn't heard this in years. So good! Thank you! |
| bluedot (Long Beach, CA) | Posted: Nov 07, 2010 - 22:56 Cynaera wrote: I hadn't heard this one - LOVE IT! Hey, that's what I was gonna say! |
| Cynaera (South of Neanderthal) | Posted: Sep 05, 2010 - 10:29 I hadn't heard this one - LOVE IT! |
| Stingray (EUROPE) | Posted: Sep 05, 2010 - 10:27 Along way.... |
| the_real_mccoy (the final frontier) | Posted: Aug 04, 2010 - 10:20 The Furs, 1987, Newport (Wales) Leisure Center, smell the chlorine from the pool, feel the seat scafolding moving from the jumping masses, don't care cos they're awesome. |
| socalhol (Seattle) | Posted: Jun 01, 2010 - 17:14 Uncle_Fenester wrote: Maybe not the best Furs song, but any Furs song is a woozy pleasure. amen |
| adrianblack (West Hollywood, CA) | Posted: Jun 01, 2010 - 17:13 I have to say I like the Furs — and I like this song. |
| mandolin (...drifting...) | Posted: Mar 30, 2010 - 08:31 cranberries -> zeppelin -> furs ...where else but radio paradise would we hear someone pull off such a perfectly invigorating playlist?.. |
| mandolin (...drifting...) | Posted: Jan 26, 2010 - 07:29 ...nice!.. |
| stevo_b (Rock Ridge) | Posted: Nov 24, 2009 - 10:58 Good stuff. |
| Proclivities (Carrboro, NC) | Posted: Jul 21, 2009 - 09:25 eastcoast wrote: The Furs, the Smiths, the Cure...hard to tell them apart sometimes... Not to my ears. For one thing, the vocals of each group are entirely different from one another. |
| peter_james_bond (Lunenburg, NS) | Posted: Jul 21, 2009 - 09:24 Kristi wrote: Bill's been on a Furs kick lately! I'm lovin' it!    Thanks Bill!I thought Bill was anti-fur. Wait till PETA hears about this!  |
| Papernapkin (Mountain View, CA) | Posted: Jul 21, 2009 - 09:23 Not much of anything. Blandness. |
| gregorbill (PDX) | Posted: Jun 19, 2009 - 14:03 There is no PFurs album called Theodore. This is on the 1989 album Book of Days. |
| Rickvee (New Orleans) | Posted: Jun 19, 2009 - 14:00 Always liked The Psych Furs. Love Richard Butler's vocals. Quality tune. |
| AphidA | Posted: Jan 12, 2009 - 10:25 Thank you kindly for recovering from a horrible song like "Jungleland" with this — some premium Furs. |
| higado | Posted: Aug 07, 2008 - 11:03 HOLE IN ONE tks PR |
| dougmbrown (Denver) | Posted: Jun 05, 2008 - 08:52 Incredible - thanks!  It may be old but it's great to hear. I'll have to look through my closet to find that Sony "Theodore" sampler - it had lots of fun stuff on it. But it's great to hear this long version of the Furs' "House" again. Sing it Richard! |
| UltraNurd (Boston, MA) | Posted: Jun 05, 2008 - 08:49 Why do I keep hearing "oh, oh, here she comes" on the backing guitar? |
| rcurrier (San Juan Capistrano, CA) | Posted: Jun 05, 2008 - 08:49 curtkare wrote: I'd like to say we got together that night, that we're married, etc., but she was with someone, and although she reached out and gave my leg a nice, firm grab as she and her friend walked by, I never saw her again.
Great story. But my experience with the really cute girls is that all they ever did was pull my leg. |
| felam (City By The Bay, Ca) | Posted: Apr 03, 2008 - 10:32 Oh thank you Bill, what a wonderful tune to un-mute to!  |
| smehan55 (Beneath a Carolina blue sky) | Posted: Jan 31, 2008 - 11:42 Good gawd the Psychedelic Furs! Excellent. Great groove. And this was how long ago? Yikes. Still seems fresh to me, the years peel away ... lovin' it! :-) |
| Kristi (Athens, GA) | Posted: Jan 31, 2008 - 11:40 Bill's been on a Furs kick lately! I'm lovin' it! Thanks Bill! |
| sarahbean26 (waukegan,IL) | Posted: Jan 31, 2008 - 11:36   |
| prickelpit96 (Hannover, Germany) | Posted: Oct 29, 2007 - 05:25 curtkare wrote: September 22nd, 1984, All ages show - Psychedelic Furs with Ministry - Aragon Ballroom, Chicago
<...> Richard Butler was the show, smoking and preening all the way, but Mars, John Ashton and the others ran through their new "Mirror Moves" album with great authority and looked totally cool in the process. At least I guess they did - I spent half the show making eyes at the coolest looking girl in the whole place - and for one of those rare, beautiful times in my life, this girl was doing the same!! I'd like to say we got together that night, that we're married, etc., but she was with someone, and although she reached out and gave my leg a nice, firm grab as she and her friend walked by, I never saw her again. The evening ends with Chip's car being towed by the Lincoln Park Pirates, and his boom-box was stolen, and I don't think I'll ever remember anything as great as the way I remember that girl's beautiful face looking back at me, at that show, in those wonderful, youthful days. I guess, that's why we love music, eh? Its magic is to pull us back in our memories and to let us drift away each time we listen to a special song. Sometimes a special song fills my heart with (even painful) memories and I think that those days are gone forever....and my soul is far away for some time.... Nice story you wrote there! |
| Darkmatter (Sweden) | Posted: Oct 29, 2007 - 05:24 curtkare wrote: The evening ends with Chip's car being towed by the Lincoln Park Pirates, and his boom-box was stolen, and I don't think I'll ever remember anything as great as the way I remember that girl's beautiful face looking back at me, at that show, in those wonderful, youthful days.
Thanks for sharing a great story. In the words of another great 80's song, "all the money in the world could not buy back those days".  |
| curtkare (Chicago, America) | Posted: Sep 27, 2007 - 21:21 September 22nd, 1984, All ages show - Psychedelic Furs with Ministry - Aragon Ballroom, Chicago (the old pop Ministy, not the death drill Ministry - eesh) Having just been fired from my job at McDonald's, I suddenly found myself with a free evening and an opportunity to go with Chip and Cathy to see the Furs at the Aragon. New Wave had yet to reach its peak, Pretty in Pink was a twinkle in John Hughs' eye. Lots of people thought the Furs were "punk rock". With my Levi's carefully rolled up, folded over, and tucked into my white Nike high-tops, I put on my matching Levi's jacket, combed my hair up as big and fluffy as it would go, and waited for them to pick me up. Cathy and Chip looked like Alannah Curry and Joe Leeway of Thompson Twins, circa Here's to Future Days Once inside the crowded, smoky, beer-soaked venue, we worked our way upstairs in time to catch the last chorus of WORK - for Love, Ministry's "hit". Richard Butler was the show, smoking and preening all the way, but Mars, John Ashton and the others ran through their new "Mirror Moves" album with great authority and looked totally cool in the process. At least I guess they did - I spent half the show making eyes at the coolest looking girl in the whole place - and for one of those rare, beautiful times in my life, this girl was doing the same!! I'd like to say we got together that night, that we're married, etc., but she was with someone, and although she reached out and gave my leg a nice, firm grab as she and her friend walked by, I never saw her again. The evening ends with Chip's car being towed by the Lincoln Park Pirates, and his boom-box was stolen, and I don't think I'll ever remember anything as great as the way I remember that girl's beautiful face looking back at me, at that show, in those wonderful, youthful days. |
| 20times0ver | Posted: Sep 27, 2007 - 20:44 Guessing a tune from "Crowded House" is next. Betcha! No wait, can't afford it.. Living in the US you know. I'll give u 2 USD for a euro or a l00ny, help us please! |
| dougmbrown (Denver) | Posted: Aug 27, 2007 - 10:28 Outstanding to hear the long version of "House" from the ancient Sony "Theodore" sampler disk. Had me thumbing my desk and donating a fresh $10 to the cause. |
| petercroob (Houston, Texas) | Posted: Aug 27, 2007 - 10:20 dionysius wrote:  Wow I can't believe I missed the visual here. I must be having a slow morning, very funny.  |
| Kristi (Athens, GA) | Posted: Jun 25, 2007 - 12:55 dionysius wrote:  ROFL Thanks for playing the Furs, Bill!!  |
| quesarah (Minneapolis, MN) | Posted: Jun 25, 2007 - 12:41 hahaha. What I thought too. Now I wanted to hear the Massive Attack "teardrop" tune. Wrong tempo/mix though I guess. |
| dionysius (The People's Republic of Austin) | Posted: Jun 25, 2007 - 12:40 |
| eastcoast | Posted: Jun 25, 2007 - 12:39 The Furs, the Smiths, the Cure...hard to tell them apart sometimes... |
| soja (Seattle, WA) | Posted: Mar 07, 2007 - 14:34 gernick wrote: I didn't go through the whole list but this song is originally on the Furs'album Book of Days (Theodore is a sampler CD, or so amazon tells me) I actually have both the Theodore and Book of Days CDs, and IIRC, they're actually different versions on each. Both good versions, though. |
| gernick (Groningen (in the cold northern Netherlands)) | Posted: Jan 21, 2007 - 03:02 Uncle_Fenester wrote: Maybe not the best Furs song, but any Furs song is a woozy pleasure.
I didn't go through the whole list but this song is originally on the Furs'album Book of Days (Theodore is a sampler CD, or so amazon tells me) House just chills me, his voice just goes right in to me, i love this song, nothing short of godlike Thanx RP! |
| Uncle_Fenester (Helena, Montana) | Posted: Dec 08, 2006 - 09:09 Maybe not the best Furs song, but any Furs song is a woozy pleasure. |
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