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a_r_schulz Group: Members Posts: 425 Joined: Sep. 2001 Posted: Jan. 30 2003, 03:34 ...at least that's what that shouting you hear in those more 'catchy' orchestral parts sounds to me - any other opinion ? Any interpretation - maybe another reference to R.B. ? Back to top

raven4x4x Group: Members Posts: 1535 Joined: Jan. 2002 Posted: Jan. 30 2003, 22:37 Actually, it's probably "F-You!", and most definately a reference to Richard Branson -------------- Thank-you for helping us help you help us all. Back to top

Ugo Group: Members Posts: 5495 Joined: April 2000 Posted: Jan. 31 2003, 18:51 ... and at the very end of it someone says 'F*ck off!', most probably referring to the very same person. -------------- Ugo C. - a devoted Amarokian Back to top

maria Group: Members Posts: 928 Joined: July 2002 Posted: Feb. 01 2003, 08:11 what i understand there is 'big field' and since 'mftb' could be a piece of music describing in some way a jungle or a wood (there are voices which sound like the sound of birds) it made some sense to me but u may be right... imho there are at least references to r.b. in one of the songs: 'mister shame', maybe also in 'make make' so, it's possible... but i would have never thought it's 'f-you' what it's said in mftb -------------- ...morning and evening i'm flying, i'm dreaming... Back to top

Korgscrew Group: Super Admins Posts: 3511 Joined: Dec. 1999 Posted: Feb. 03 2003, 12:39 It might be 'breakfast', a reference to 'breakfast in bed', Richard Branson's suggested title for Tubular Bells, for which he had artwork featuring a boiled egg with blood instead of yolk pouring out. This picture, in altered form, is on the Heaven's Open cover... Back to top

Korgscrew Group: Super Admins Posts: 3511 Joined: Dec. 1999 Posted: Jan. 08 2006, 01:52 Listening two years on, in a moment of quiet concentration, the words leapt out: big fish. The -sh is quite clear on some occasions. Who knows why it's 'big fish'. I suspect we're not meant to ask... Back to top

TubularBelle Group: Members Posts: 1487 Joined: April 2004 Posted: Jan. 08 2006, 05:59 Actually Korg it is 3 years since your previous post. -------------- I hate getting up early. I didn't even realise there were two 6 o'clocks in one day! Back to top

Korgscrew Group: Super Admins Posts: 3511 Joined: Dec. 1999 Posted: Jan. 08 2006, 08:15 Not until February it isn't Just wanted to check that someone was reading, you know... Back to top

hiawatha Group: Members Posts: 2391 Joined: Mar. 2004 Posted: Jan. 08 2006, 12:13 "Big Fish" sounds like a good guess. At times, I have thought it was: "Batsh*t" "Sassy" (it IS the Sassy Choir, I think?) "Batfish" -------------- "In the land of the Dacotahs, Where the Falls of Minnehaha Flash and gleam among the oak-trees, Laugh and leap into the valley." - Song of Hiawatha Back to top

hergest fridge Group: Members Posts: 307 Joined: Aug. 2005 Posted: Jan. 09 2006, 14:46 I always thought it was "big fish" too. Back to top

EeToN Group: Members Posts: 845 Joined: Sep. 2001 Posted: Jan. 10 2006, 10:29 I mentioned my idea in the Platinum topic that the word is "Backflash!" as the album seems to be a backflash to Virgin. -------------- If I were music, I would be Enigmatism. Back to top

Bill Bobaggins Group: Members Posts: 477 Joined: June 2005 Posted: Jan. 10 2006, 17:51 Okay I always ask stupid questions.  What is MFTB? -------------- Speak friend and enter. Back to top

CuNimb Group: Members Posts: 222 Joined: July 2003 Posted: Jan. 11 2006, 04:56 Hello Bill, MFTB is Music From The Balcony - Heavens Open.   -------------- Happy? ha ha ha.... Back to top

The Bell(end) Group: Members Posts: 1051 Joined: July 2005 Posted: Jan. 11 2006, 12:03 I never hear anything, just 'no' in one part, and monkeys   I will try and find it   -------------- When the night's on fi-ya, do you need love's arms to hold yew? :D Back to top

Bill Bobaggins Group: Members Posts: 477 Joined: June 2005 Posted: Jan. 11 2006, 16:20 Gosh, I haven't listened to this album in years.  So I just got it out and put it on.  Am listening to MFTB right now, waiting to hear the Big Fish lyrics.  Right now all I have is monkeys.  I don't actually recall hearing this song before.  I guess I never made it this far into the album. -------------- Speak friend and enter. Back to top

The Bell(end) Group: Members Posts: 1051 Joined: July 2005 Posted: Jan. 11 2006, 16:44 In fact, MFTB is one of my favourites! I also need help here, in my quest for curses -------------- When the night's on fi-ya, do you need love's arms to hold yew? :D Back to top

Duggeh Group: Members Posts: 125 Joined: Oct. 2004 Posted: Aug. 15 2006, 19:37 I think its "I'm finished!" -------------- http://www.thismanwillkillyou.com http://www.last.fm/user/Dougmac21 Back to top

hiawatha Group: Members Posts: 2391 Joined: Mar. 2004 Posted: Aug. 15 2006, 20:58 Or "I'm Finnish" -------------- "In the land of the Dacotahs, Where the Falls of Minnehaha Flash and gleam among the oak-trees, Laugh and leap into the valley." - Song of Hiawatha Back to top

Piltdownboy on horseback 22 Group: Members Posts: 1548 Joined: Sep. 2005 Posted: Aug. 16 2006, 06:45 I'm 100% sure it's 'Damn I love my new keyboard folks' Listen carefully and you'll hear it -------------- "And now we're going to play Platinum!" Back to top

Sweetpea Group: Members Posts: 1476 Joined: April 2007 Posted: Jan. 16 2009, 02:23 Quote (Korgscrew @ Jan. 08 2006, 01:52) I suspect we're not meant to ask... While giving this another try, today, I was highly confused by those mysterious words. But you're probably right. And, considering my ongoing struggle with "Music From The Balcony", it's really the least of my concerns. -------------- "I'm no physicist, but technically couldn't Mike both be with the horse and be flying through space at the same time? (On account of the earth's orbit around the Sun and all that). So it seems he never had to make the choice after all. I bet he's kicking himself now." - clotty Back to top

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