The Posies are a power pop group. The band was formed in 1987 in Bellingham, Washington by primary songwriters Jon Auer and Ken Stringfellow. They are best known for their radio hits "Golden Blunders" (from Dear 23), as well as "Dream All Day", "Solar Sister" and "Flavor of the Month" (from Frosting on the Beater). The band is currently signed to Rykodisc, and has been through a number of bassists and drummers over the years.
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Core members Jon Auer and Ken Stringfellow began writing songs together in late 1986 while Ken was in school at the University Of Washington. Auer later recalled in an interview that "we first met at a Dan Reed Network show; we were united in feeling we could do that stuff much better ourselves, the two of us". Their first public performance came as an acoustic duo that next summer while Ken was home in Bellingham. During the last part of 1987 and the first two months of 1988, Ken drove home on weekends to join Jon as they recorded twelve songs in Jon's family's home studio. Though intended as demos to attract other members and form a full band, the recordings turned out so well that they became the Posies' first self-released album, Failure. Interest in the Posies rose out of the numerous home-copied cassettes that began to spread around Seattle and Bellingham.
Mike Musberger and Rick Roberts joined soon after, allowing the band to play its first live shows in Seattle and Bellingham. The four members moved in to a house in the University District of Seattle, where they developed many of the songs that would appear on later albums. Failure was released on vinyl near the end of 1988 on local indie label PopLlama with one song dropped.
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The exceptional upbeat song 'Love Comes' is the 9th track on: Every Kind of Light , an album from the band The Posies, released June 28, 2005. The album was released in the U.S. by Rykodisc. This was the first full-length album release by The Posies since 1998's Success. The Posies had broken up after Success' release. However, starting in 2000, the band began performing numerous reunion shows while principal songwriters Ken Stringfellow and Jon Auer pursued solo recordings and tours.[1] This is the first Posies album to feature bassist/guitarist Matt Harris and drummer Darius Minwalla.[2]
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Obviously influenced by The Hollies.
Wonderful poetic lyrics. Commentary & a how-to to an extent.
Much needed encouragement for the lonely the broken & the hesistant heart.
Love Comes
Oh baby you're too pure
You're too pure for this wicked world
Your data's uncorrupted
But does something skip inside you?
That's what takes up time in your life
Add the sum of the slights and
Sooner or later
Love comes inside you, gets behind you
Takes you under it's wing
Is it some kind of function?
A reconstruction of where you've always been?
Sense memory, that's so passe
Is that what passes for vision these days?
I engineer no strangeness
I don't have that modern streak
What fills up this space in your life?
Does the sum of the slights hurt?
Sooner or later
Love comes inside you, gets behind you
Takes you under it's wing
Is it some kind of function?
A reconstruction of where you've always been?
I said: Time can't hurt you
I can't be bothered to get you alone in this world
You can do it youself, but make your ends known to your means and your lovers
Drop your guard, get over yourself
Kick your shoes to the floor and
Run from your cover, run to the other side of your head and I'll stand right by you
Love comes inside you, gets behind you
Takes you under it's wing
Is it some kind of function?
A reconstruction of where you've always been?
I said: Love, love comes inside you, gets behind you
Takes you under it's wing
Is it some, some kind of function?
A reconstruction of where you've always been?
I said: Time can't hurt you
I can't be bothered to get you alone in this world
I can't be bothered to get you alone in this world
I can't be bothered to get you alone in this world
-- song written and composed by Jon Auer, Matt Harris, Darius Minwalla and Ken Stringfellow.
