The World Could Show Nothing to Me
Researchers, have I got a job for you! The mission is yours if you choose to accept it.
#1. During some routine iTunes organization, hidden in my collection of 8,213 tunes, I found a tune which I, at some point, labeled “The Party’s Over” by a band called “Softkore.” I have long suspected that after acquiring the tune a couple of years ago, I mislabeled it. My hunch seems to have been correct; I cannot seem to find any record of a band called “Softkore” having recorded a song of this title. So, I am imploring you, devout music fan, to take a listen and let me know if you have any idea which band recorded this song and if its actual title is indeed “The Party’s Over.”
Note: See THIS site for the song in question’s lyrics. The person who runs that site attributes the tune to a band called TV Eyes, but subsequent Google searches have not provided any confirmation of this.
Another note: The fantastic band Talk Talk released an album with this title in the 1980s, but the song in question is certainly not by Talk Talk; it’s by a newer, hipster-y band.
#2. I am trying to remember the name of a director and film which includes this very memorable scene: A long shot of a car with a young male passenger, who has a look of terror frozen on his face. As the camera moves closer, the car door opens, water gushes out, and the drowned man collapses on the ground. All I can remember is the film is from the 1960s or 1970s.
Your input is much appreciated, as I am slowly spiraling into lunacy trying to solve the two aforementioned mysteries.
February 8th, 2006 at 12:37 pm
Hi Jenny,
Okay, you challenge me and I must respond:
From what I’m gathering, this Jason Falkner guy (owner of the site where you found the lyrics) is the ex lead of a band called Jellyfish. He’s done a bunch of collaborations with more famous people, e.g. Paul McCartney, Air, etc. He’s put out at least 3 solo albums, which are supposed to be quite good.
In 2003(?) he put together a band called TV Eyes. They played maybe 2 shows, and recorded an album. I can’t find anywhere that says the album was actually released, but there is evidence that an advance copy with the song you’re looking for got out on the internets.
Theres an album called Eloquence by Jason Falkner that has a 4:19 long song titled partys over:
http://www.3sheep.com/~ack/mp3/7e512777.html
and the song you posted is 4:22. Looks like the same.
also, people on last.FM have TV Eyes recorded, party’s over is the 4th most popular song of theirs.
http://www.last.fm/music/TV+Eyes
I can’t say conclusively that it is the same song, but its pretty likely. I’ll check further when I get home and am not behind a work firewall.
cheers,
–jim (you know, the one emily is dating)
February 9th, 2006 at 11:18 am
you’re right, it’s by tv eyes. i recognized jason falkner’s voice immediately. the album was recorded but never released. they put out a 12″ about 3 years ago with two songs on emperor norton and sine then emperor norton apparently has dried up. if you’d like to hear the whole album, let me know…
February 10th, 2006 at 3:30 am
Ned, you’re awesome! I never imagined I would learn so much info about this mystery song. I’d love to hear more TV Eyes stuff - I’ll contact you. Thnx!
February 12th, 2006 at 7:41 pm
Jim, sorry it took me a couple of days to see your comment! Wordpress was holding it for moderation and I didn’t realize until just now.
You’re so on the ball! Last FM should have been the first place I looked.
I’m so glad this mystery is solved. I’m usually such a perfectionist about labeling songs properly, but somehow this one slipped through the cracks. Thanks for your help!