...than Goldfrapp's Felt Mountain?! i know this really isn't next wave, but it seems to fit in here better than anywhere else. "Pilots" just came on this morning and continues to blow me away almost 5 years after it's release. Alison Goldfrapp's lyrics are like a vision of a pseudo-utopian future seen through the eyes of a post-war futurist ala an old Wim Wenders or Volker Schlorndorf movie or something (yes, I'm a name-dropping terd [8D]). Take Pilots' lyrics for example:
[i]Armoured cars sail the sky
They're pink at dawn
If I lived [odd pause] forever you [odder but fantastic pause] just wouldn't be
so beautiful
as the sun
when it shines
all over the world.
We're pilots watching the stars
The world pre-occupied
We're pilots watching the stars
Who do we think we are?
[then amazing instrumental interlude with James Bond-like flugel horn!]
Ice and clouds
shimmer outside [then a moan...a freakin crazy sexy moan for godsakes!]
Rain just falls
at magic hour
It's just the sound
of you and me
time twitching
Murmurs of our
friendly machine
[chorus][/i]
Jeez this stuff is otherworldy! It only gets better on "Utopia" where her post-modern visions are even more pronounced, not just by the title but with the crazy chorus...
[i]Fascist baby,
Utopia, utopia[/i]
Of course, lots of ethereal lyrics here too...
[i]It's a strange day
No colors or shapes
No sound in my head
I forget who I am
when I'm with you
There's no reason
There's no sense
I'm not supposed to feel
I forget who I am
I forget...[/i]
She's so sexy, even the crazy nonsensical stuff just makes me grin and stare with my hands cupping my chin..
[i]My dog needs new ears
Make his eyes see forever
Make him live like me
Again and again
I'm wired to the world
That's how I know everything
I'm superbrain [freakin LOL!]
That's how they made me[/i]
Is anybody else grokking Goldfrapp on this sorta wavelength?! [:p]