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";s:4:"text";s:9580:"Better than a way out of this “Wavelength” is about like trying to talk to someone and sometimes you feel like you’re speaking a different language, because they have a different way of seeing things or saying things to you. Morrison also offers a winking reference to his own first solo hit record, "Brown Eyed Girl": "Won't you play that song again for me/About my lover, my lover in the grass, yeah, alright." Wavelength was Morrison's best selling album at the time of the original release. [Chorus] Guess we still gotta take it slow Was stuck inside my own atmosphere Features 'Santa Fe' a rare song … I know we can't go wrong, moving along we gotta take it slow One can not be so sure that he might be willing to make a similar proclamation more than 20 years later. Its double handclap is, I am sure, where Bob Geldof got the idea from to use them in The Boomtown Rats’ “I Don’t Like Mondays” the following year. Wanna slip under your radar, unscarred (To see you reap what you have sown) Wavelength. To see you reap what you have sown Surrounding me just like a bad view I'm tripping on your wavelength (I'm tripping on your wavelength) Like, everyone has different ways to see things, obviously, but just that concept and just not taking it lightly and feeling like everyone’s against you, but when really they’re just not speaking your language. Stuck on little things you do Bored of falling short for you Wavelength is the tenth studio album by Northern Irish singer-songwriter Van Morrison, and was released in the autumn of 1978.The album has a different musical sound from his previous albums, leaning towards a pop rock sound with prominent electric guitars and synthesizers. And you’re literally just not on their wavelength and sometimes take it really horribly when really I didn’t mean that at all. Morrison extends the metaphor another layer, perhaps singing about a woman who gets him "on (her) wavelength": "You turn me on/With your wavelength," he sings in the falsetto, gospel-like introduction, leaving the song -- the title of the 1978 LP Wavelength -- open to interpretation. To see you reap what you have sown I've never felt like this About things Wavelength, the tenth studio album by Van Morrison, was released in the spring of 1978. And that’s okay. A listener would have had to play an interactive role in tuning in the stations, and Morrison as an adult recalling the time would have been cognizant of the metaphors of the song -- in the role he played receiving the signals from Radio Luxembourg (though he references the propaganda vehicle Voice of America for the effect of the name), the idea of having one's own "antennae" out to receive "messages" and so on, as Keith Richards has often described artists, those tuned in and ready to receive inspiration from the ether of a common cultural currency. Toggle navigation. As a child tuning into the airwaves, Morrison would hear the rich American pop music that combined with his Irish heritage to form the "Belfast Cowboy" Celtic-soul for which he is known. Afraid of the thoughts that would cycle through my mind about you Morrison mines similar metaphors here, proclaiming his relationship with radio, "You never let me down, no/You never let me down." (Tripping on your) Wavelength essentially picks up where A Period of Transition left off, offering a focused, full-bodied alternative to that record's warmly fuzzy lack of direction. According to Howard A. Dewitt, this "was the song which re-established Morrison's hit making abilities". He has often acknowledged the influence in interviews (back in the days when he would suffer the interview process) and he sang about the impact of radio, serving as a direct influence itself for such songs as "Caravan" and "Wavelength," a hit single from 1978. Sweeping ugly statements [Chorus] Wavelength Lyrics: I know I've always said I'm not a saint / So I'm gonna push you to the floor / You keep selfishly just digging 'til my nervous system is sore / Yeah, chewing on peppermint gum Wavelength by Van Morrison song meaning, lyric interpretation, video and chart position. [Verse 1] This is a song about your wavelength And my wavelength, baby You turn me on When you get me on your wavelength Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah With your wavelength Oh, with your wavelength With your wavelength With your wavelength Oh mama, oh mama, oh mama, oh mama oh mama, oh mama Wavelength Wavelength You never let me down no You never let me down no When I'm down you … (Tripping on your) [Bridge] [Intro] (I'm tripping on your) I'm tripping on your wavelength You keep selfishly just digging 'til my nervous system is sore (I'm, I'm tripping on your) [Verse 2] When am I on your mind ". It gets hard for me not to rush, and I know the way that sounds, I'm trying not to be rash This is a song about your wavelength And my wavelength, baby You turn me on When you get me on your wavelength Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah With your wavelength Oh, with your wavelength With your wavelength With your wavelength Oh mama, oh mama, oh mama, oh mama oh mama, oh mama. The role of radio and, specifically, shortwave radio was instrumental to creating Van Morrison's musical consciousness. 'Cause darling I don't know I know I've always said I'm not a saint Both songs evoke the old soul-revue and R&B songs that Morrison tuned into as a youth, but "Wavelength" makes some nods to its era (1978), most notably and obviously via the use of fat 1970s synthesizers -- played by Peter Bardens -- which play spacy loops that mimic the interference and bubbling feedback one gets when dialing up shortwave radio stations. Wavelength essentially picks up where A Period of Transition left off, offering a focused, full-bodied alternative to that record's warmly fuzzy lack of direction. [Outro] Spinning, seeing monochrome (I'm, I'm tripping on your) When I was growing up in Belfast, I used to listen to Radio Luxembourg and the Voice of America, which broadcast from Germany. (I'm tripping on your) (I'm, I'm tripping) Wavelength Lyrics: This is a song about your wavelength / And my wavelength, baby / You turn me on / When you get me on your wavelength / Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah / With your wavelength / Oh Stuck on stupid things I've done [Chorus] He would not have realized how close it actually was. Like that album, it's hardly a major entry in his catalog, but there are signs that Van Morrison is finding his footing for his latter-day voice. I'm just killing all my feelings, I'm done So I'm gonna push you to the floor (Floor, floor, floor) Wavelength by Van Morrison song meaning, lyric interpretation, video and chart position. Like that earlier song, "Wavelength" bounces along effervescently and has a sing-along chorus. 'Cause darling I don't know Like that album, it's hardly a major entry in his catalog, but there are signs that Van Morrison is finding his footing for his latter-day voice. They say that line a lot in songs, but I like the way it sounds Guess we Wanna slip under your radar, unscarred (On your wavelength, on your wavelength) Yeah, chewing on peppermint gum It is a little bit of cleverness, as Morrison elicits the same feelings on his own recording that he no doubt had discovering his favorite new music that must have sounded so far away. I've always said I'm not a saint Don't know which way to go from here So I'm gonna push you to the floor Better than a way out of this Better than a way out of this He has said that the lines "I heard the voice of America/Calling on my wavelength/Singing, 'come back baby/Come back come back'" were a bit of a switcheroo, the latter lines actually an inspiration for his travels back to the U.K. and Europe, noting in a 1978 Rolling Stone interview, "it's got several meanings. (Tripping on your wavelength) Better than a way out of this Got a little sense of vertigo (I'm, I'm tripping on your) Won't hide your broken teeth, black tongue This is a song about your wavelength And my wavelength, baby You turn me on When you get me on your wavelength Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah With your wavelength Oh, with your wavelength With your wavelength With your wavelength Oh mama, oh mama, oh mama, oh mama oh mama, oh mama Wavelength Wavelength You never let me down no You never let me down no When I'm down you … Released as a single in 1978, it climbed to number forty two in the US charts, and stayed in the Hot 100 for eleven weeks. According to Howard A. Dewitt, this "was the song which re-established Morrison's hit making abilities". [Verse 2] To see you reap what you have sown They say that line a lot in songs but I like the way it sounds I know we can't go wrong, moving along we gotta take it slow And oh, I don't know if I've learned yet, what it means to love someone in this way, but I think I might be starting to Guess we've, still gotta take it slow [Bridge] Wanna slip under your radar, unscarred I'm tripping on your wavelength I'm trying to stop, you tell me that it's ok all the time (I'm tripping on your). The album has a different musical sound than his previous albums. Like that earlier song, "Wavelength" bounces along effervescently and has a sing-along chorus. Hey ah ah. I hope that I'm on your mind, sometimes I can't sleep 'cause I get caught up thinking bout this Two previously unreleased bonus tracks are 'Kingdom Hall' and 'Wavelength' (Live at the Roxy Theatre, L.A., Nov 26, 1978) This album was recorded at the Manor in Oxfordshire, the first album Morrison had recorded in the UK since Them. 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