Tag: Chelsea Girl

I just found this band a while back when I heard Twisterella, a great power pop song.

This song is one of the early tracks by the British shoegaze band Ride, from their debut EP titled Ride, which was released in January 1990. It reached #71 on the UK singles chart. The song helped establish Ride as a pioneer in the shoegaze genre, which combines elements of power pop, post-punk, and rock. The band consists of Mark Gardener (vocals, guitar), Andy Bell (vocals, guitar), Steve Queralt (bass), and Loz Colbert (drums).

Ride was formed in 1988 in Oxford by school friends Andy Bell and Mark Gardener, before recruiting drummer Loz Colbert at the Oxfordshire School of Art & Design and local bassist Steve Queralt.

They broke up in 1996 because of differences between Andy Bell and Mark Gardener. Gardener wanted to go forward in a more dance style of music…Bell didn’t but both wanted to go more contemporary style. Bassist Steve Queralt said: The band had two future directions open to them, and they chose the wrong option.

They reunited in 2014 and released their first album in 21 years in 2017.

Chelsea Girl

Take me for a ride
Away from places we had known
If I stay around, I’ll just remember I’m alone
There’s someone in my memory making me move on
What was grey and hazy, is black and white, now I have gone

Drive me up to London
Now it’s got too dark to see
My waiting is over, there’s no visitor for me
Never let me talk to you
Destroy the frozen past
It’s a different time, now things are moving much too fast

Float by today, now it’s turning to grey
Raining my doubts
Let my thoughts slip away
You must have something and
What it is, I don’t know
You must have something ’cause I can’t let you go

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