"First you look so strong, then you fade away" One of my favorite opening lines, everything must pass, even the things that seem immutable, nothing is forever.
This is one of mine and my eldest son's favorite songs, probably because I played it so much. Unfortunately he passed away from cancer 3 months ago, he was only 25. This will song will forever remind me of him.
I'm really sorry for your loss... I can't imagine the pain you are feeling now. For me, the possibility of losing my daughter is a real nightmare. Be well and strong, you will meet your son again someday.
Oh buddy. I'm so very sorry. In time this so.g may bring you great memories of the best times with your beautiful son. I love this song. Takes me back... sorry for your loss. I hope you are okay. Sending love from Western Australia
for sure, i have loved this song for 30 years , and rarely do i notice the drumming in any of my shoegaze fav's, first thing i thought listening today was, damn this drummer is great .
Best drummer as far as Shoegaze classics honestly along with the Drop Nineteens. Neither are favorites for me really but I think the drummers my favorite members
I first heard Vapour Trail when I was 19. I'm now 48. Even though 29 years have passed this song has not lost an iota of meaning, brilliance, emotion or power and it can still bring me to tears.
Epic Shoegaze anthem from Oxford , England. I borrow swopped some records with some chick at College in the 1990's and she included the album Nowhere..My mind was well and truly blown by the end and this last song on the album! Loved them ever since! I adore this band till today! : )) Happy Days!
One of the most beautiful and important songs in my life. Dedicating my listen today to my twin Barbara who I lost in 2020. Rest in Riffs, Bobbi. Talk to you later.
Found this play list n leapt onto this, historically one of a handfull of songs so subtle, nuanced , delicately crafted even, that triggered a deep soulfull pause for thought n reflection and that's without carrying the weight that you attach to it , at the end we become one with all who meant so much but went before and miss with all that we treasured and enjoyed together ...
“We never have enough time to show out love.” They were kids when they wrote this…I’m 48 and it’s applicable. Andy was never confident with his vocals, but he was always my favourite “vocally”. What a band
Well, if you did not understand what it means, maybe this song is not for you. Because it means what this song means. It means missed opportunities, and all that...
This really is, without hesitation my favorite song of all time. I saw them in Boston for the reunion tour--and there weren't a ton of people there, but the people there were HUGE fans and we were going nuts and they did an amazing show. So I've maybe listened to this song like a few thousand times and here I am, about five feet back from the stage, hearing it live for the first time and damn, tears are just rolling down my face. Now I've a 46 year old man. I don't cry easily, but damn this is moving me! I cried my eyes out.
I remember blasting this song in my car during my college years. Dancing at the Goth clubs in the early 90’s. My favorite. Even better seeing Ride and Slowdive at St Andrew’s Hall in ‘92. Great times.
@@mikkeljannssen3779 the clubs.... I know what he means. You'd dance to the Cure and Ministry and wear your black eyeliner, but shoegaze would get mixed in... Those things all came together to be called "emo" in the 2000s. Oh My Goth... We'd also be dancing to the start of the rave scene It's like that Dead Milkmen song.... "You'll dance to anything By Public Image Limited You'll dance to anything By The Smiths..."
3:30 Isn't the main instrument at the end a wind instrument over the strings? Or a very bad violin. The notes are too abrupt (4:02) - sounds more like a #bombard (Britain), #shehnai (India), or some kind of #oboe.
My dad is an absolute huge fan of Ride. Im only 10 and we have the exact same style of music (mine slightly different). Once I heard Vapour Trail, it became one of my most favourite songs. I told my dad and he was so happy ❤
A very dear friend of mine passed away about a year ago. Before she did, I taught her about shoegaze and this song in particular, captured the sort of feelings we both had towards each other. I cannot listen or play this song without crying now. This song has become something of an artifact that makes me feel very close to her even after her passing.
I know exactly how you feel, mate. A friend of mine died almost 5 years ago and certain songs were 'ours'. You never stop missing them but nobody can take away the happy times you both shared. They're yours forever.
I wouldn't call this agitated drums, quite the opposite actually - feels very liberated. So much freedom, and as someone already in the comments has mentioned "random, not easy to follow". It's more like improv drums, which definitely requires you to be more open than closed or "agitated".
I just realized I'm the only 13 year old in my school who appreciate Shoegaze. Kinda sad, I want to be able to talk about this music to my friend but they're all into pop-ish Tik Tok songs which I can't stand to listen to for more than a couple minutes.
@@traxcanonch.2421 Keep listening to what you're into, whatever the genre. Music is such a powerful tool that can be called upon at any time to make you feel better.
@@traxcanonch.2421man you’re on the right track Keep being you I listened to weird shit in highschool and now I’m 32 and everyone around me is so dumbed down with todays music and I can please myself with old autechre or some shoegaze etc It’s a route not everyone takes but those who take it find the most beautiful music ever
This song illustrated by this most amazing video really encapsulates Ride at this moment in time. The song and video were perfect together. Pure genius.
As an American, I am glad to have grown up as a teenager in the 90’s, listening to British Rock music such as Oasis, The Verve, and Ride. To this day, nothing sounds and feels as special as the 90’s. The last great golden age of music, but especially rock & roll. John Lennon was right: ‘There is nothing conceptually better than rock ‘n’ roll.’
everytime I listen to this song.. I feel fly into another dimension. flying into something I can't explain. this song is magical for me... it has something that driven my soul to be free. i wish i meet someone to give this song. . and that person must be special..
Robin Bristault Yes, this song is absolutely brilliant. I like Slowdive - "Blue Skied an' Clear" too. These songs put our mind to another dimension, I love it so much.
Galaxie 500 - On Fire My Bloody Valentine - You Made Me Realise, Isn't Anything JAMC - Psychocandy Cocteau Twins - Heaven or Las Vegas (more dream-pop but an incredible and extremely influential album)
One of my fav. Songs !! Ride..Vapor Trail...it is so beautiful of a song..Composed.. guitars, drums, vocals..awwh..Love this!! My mama played constantly for me..growing up...As with Inspiral Carpets, House of Love, Catherine Wheel, The Stone Roses...Thank you for sharing!! Much Respect from New Orleans Louisiana..☆ Stephanie Opal
And all my time Is yours as much as mine We never have enough Time to show our love This has been my favorite song since I was like twelve or thirteen... I'm turning forty-five in three days ❤️💕
This is one of the songs I would sing for my daughter to sing her to sleep when she was a tiny one. Now she's 15. We never have enough time to show our love...
I had the great fortune to be at Uni with someone from Birmingham who knew the band and introduced me to them and seriously opened my mind. I got to see them in Brum in the mosh pit supported by Mercury Rev. mental night. I got my jean jacket signed by the band and kept it for years - but like a twit I got rid of it. But the music ... I’m far from my 20’s, far from the UK, but it feels good to read of other people for whom this music still holds strong emotions and memories !!
Be me: 18 in 2012 and working at a restaurant as a dishwasher…and a total shoegaze nerd. The executive chef played this song on his Bluetooth radio at the time. I was singing along to it. The executive chef told me to write down all the bands I like and we found we love all the same music. 90s emo and shoegaze. Best job I’ve ever had. Told me everything about cooking and impressing the ladies with cooking. What a legend.
Still loving this song in 2022. This was on my soundtrack when I left home to pursue my dreams. A lot has happened in the 20 years since but I havent given up on my dreams.
Being born in the 90s, music from that era (especially this song) makes me feel so nostalgic. As I listen to this, I close my eyes and can see images of my childhood pass through my mind. The innocence I once had is now gone, but songs like this remind me that those memories are real. I want this song to play at my funeral.
I feel you. I was born in '92 but didn't discover Shoegaze bands til around 2011. But there is something undeniably special about that time period of music in the early 90s
Uma das músicas mais importantes da minha vida! Realmente essa canção me emociona muito. Não me lembro de nenhuma outra que narre um momento sublime que eu passei há muitos anos atrás como essa jóia que agora está em meu coração!
my favorite song ever. dont know why but the first time I heard it I started to cry like a baby. such a beautiful song. every single second is perfect. the instrumental parts carry so many mixed emotions, it brings me a feeling of nostalgia. thank you forever, ride
I remember reading Perks of Being a Wallflower long ago. There was a list of songs in the books I don't remember the context of right now, but I do remember discovering Ride and The Smiths ("Asleep") as a result. Probably led to me exploring a genre of music I would otherwise have been oblivious to .... this song is timeless. I fell asleep to it last night.
For any of us who grew up with this song it was a special time, never to be repeated or forgotten. Since then we’ve all only been pretending to grow up anyway, we were all of us older and wiser and sadder back then than the world could ever understand. This one moment belonged perfectly to us, and these guys gave a shape to it.
Heard this song in 1991 while in grade 10 in Kelowna, Canada. I still get chills down my spine listening to it 31 years later. The emotion that it brings to the surface of my soul is unlike any song i've ever listened to. Lucky to have seen Ride live twice in the past 5 years. Lucky to still be breathing. Grateful for everything that has brought me to this second in life.
RIDE Vapour Trail First you look so strong Then you fade away The sun will blind my eyes I love you anyway First you form a smile I watch you for a while You are a vapour trail In a deep blue sky Tremble with a sigh Glitter in your eye You seem to come and go I never seem to know And all my time Is yours as much as mine We never have enough Time to show our love
Pisses me off I haven’t heard this song before. I hate mainstream playing crap instead of stuff like this. Oh well I’m 11 years late but I’m here. I’m 47 years old and dig this kind of music. Wow I’m finding out this song came out over 30 years ago???? Damn shame it’s 2021 and I’m just hearing this now.
Hey Man, I was so lucky to have run into a kid from England in the early 90s or would have missed this as well. If you dig it, look into 'shoegaze' music. Lush, Pale Saints, My Bloody Valentine, Catherine Wheel, Stone Roses, Chapterhouse, Dandy Warhols (especially their early stuff), Brian Jonestown Massacre, etc. Soul crushing good stuff, boss. Cheers.
Charts stuff is all crap!!! If you're searching for great, real good music (listen here!) in days like these you have to dig very deep, so very very deep.
Finished the book in a few hours. All I have to say... wow. Incredible. This is the perfect song for the book in my opinion. And this is comming from someone who never reads. Thank you Charlie. I feel like im a better person just by reading your letters. My life is forever changed. Thank you.
I am on the part where this is one of the songs Charlie has included in the playlist. Love this book till now. I am going through some shit but this book has helped me a lot. I hope my life changes as well.
to all the readers of "perks' let this song stand alone in it's majesty. do not attach it to another work of art, do not attach it to yourself, but feel it deeply for what it is... a masterpiece,... a vapour trail. -the saintanne
Been looking for this song since 1994. I would like to thank WOXY 97.7, the local bar where the hip wiseasses hang out and Shazam for bringing closure to this musical journey for me. That’s a long time to be haunted by that melody.
This music fills you with weird melancholy and hopeful nostalgia. It's from England but can speak for the entire human race. Human hope and condition captured in 4 minutes. ❤
I'll always be grateful to our dear friend Charlie. He changed so many lives, including mine. He gave us brighter days, he leaned on us and he left his belief. It's worthy to free time and read it again. I think there are people who would agree with me. Stay safe and loved !
great, great song! reminds me how good was discovering music especially in the early nineties! ride are still a treasure that not so many had the privilege to taste!
Was introduced to this song and it's album almost 20 years ago while peaking on some absolutely fantastic acid with a group of my best friends and bandmates. Quite a beautiful experience I will never forget and these sounds are seared on my brainpan forever. So good.
First you look so strong Then you fade away The sun will blind my eyes I love you anyway First you form a smile I watch you for a while You are a vapour trail In a deep blue sky Tremble with a sigh Glitter in your eye You seem to come and go I never seem to know And all my time Is yours as much as mine We never have enough Time to show our love
Saw Ride at Reading 1992. Loved them so much, went to see them at Brixton not long after. No one has ever come close to sounding like Ride. MORE GUITAR!!!.
"First you look so strong, then you fade away"
One of my favorite opening lines, everything must pass, even the things that seem immutable, nothing is forever.
Respect
"watching your eyes turn to red" lyrics reminds of the first time I listened to this back in the day 😂😂
This is one of mine and my eldest son's favorite songs, probably because I played it so much. Unfortunately he passed away from cancer 3 months ago, he was only 25. This will song will forever remind me of him.
I'm really sorry for your loss... I can't imagine the pain you are feeling now. For me, the possibility of losing my daughter is a real nightmare. Be well and strong, you will meet your son again someday.
The ending is just really sweet
Oh buddy. I'm so very sorry. In time this so.g may bring you great memories of the best times with your beautiful son. I love this song. Takes me back... sorry for your loss. I hope you are okay. Sending love from Western Australia
I was expecting some nostalgia from this youtube search but I was not expecting to fully burst into tears because of a comment.
All my condolences.
Sending you my love and best wishes, My Friend 🙏💓💓
This song literally captures that early 90s feel. It really hits me that 30 plus years have passed.
indeed it adumbrates most of 90s pop in its various elements. incredible work
夏の終わり、自分の体ごと海に溶けていってしまいそうな不安定な浮遊感に包まれる感覚が、いつでも味わえる。そんな曲
I can't read Japanese so Google translated it. What an accurate comment
素晴らしくて詩的なコメント
@@barbanteeletrico you got that damn straight
Hajimemashite. Yoroshiku onegai shimasu.
The drumming in this song is absolutely fucking amazing!
for sure, i have loved this song for 30 years , and rarely do i notice the drumming in any of my shoegaze fav's, first thing i thought listening today was, damn this drummer is great .
the song in this song is absolutely fucking amazing..
@@herchelleonwood7463 wasn't it andy bell, who later joined oasis?
Best drummer as far as Shoegaze classics honestly along with the Drop Nineteens. Neither are favorites for me really but I think the drummers my favorite members
I first heard Vapour Trail when I was 19. I'm now 48. Even though 29 years have passed this song has not lost an iota of meaning, brilliance, emotion or power and it can still bring me to tears.
So true...
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Yep. My 9 year old hears this and says, "Hey it is Ride and Dad's favorite song."
Yup… me and my girls love song from high school (90’s)… she’s now my wife and our beautiful child loves our song…
Right there with ya!
Epic Shoegaze anthem from Oxford , England. I borrow swopped some records with some chick at College in the 1990's and she included the album Nowhere..My mind was well and truly blown by the end and this last song on the album! Loved them ever since! I adore this band till today! : )) Happy Days!
長いアウトロが私に語りかけてくる。日本から彼らに最高の敬意と愛しみを。
idiot
One of the most beautiful and important songs in my life. Dedicating my listen today to my twin Barbara who I lost in 2020. Rest in Riffs, Bobbi. Talk to you later.
Sorry for your loss, I hope you get to meet her again one day
@@JV110 Thank you very much. I find comfort in believing that I will. You are so kind. xo
Found this play list n leapt onto this, historically one of a handfull of songs so subtle, nuanced , delicately crafted even, that triggered a deep soulfull pause for thought n reflection and that's without carrying the weight that you attach to it , at the end we become one with all who meant so much but went before and miss with all that we treasured and enjoyed together ...
I'm so sorry for your loss. It seems this song holds a dear place in so many people's hearts. Sending you a big hug. I hope you're ok?
@@cjwhiterabbit1 nicely said and very profound words at the end...
Robert Smith said this has the greatest intro of all time.
I think one of The Cures songs was sort of inspired by this song
No shit?!! 🤔
“We never have enough time to show out love.” They were kids when they wrote this…I’m 48 and it’s applicable. Andy was never confident with his vocals, but he was always my favourite “vocally”. What a band
One of the greatest songs of all time.
Bret Helm's Life On This Planet Blog absolutely
+Bret Helm's Life On This Planet Blog 20+ years have gone by, but each play STILL feels like I'm hearing it for the first time
totally agreed
beaugangles
No doubt :-)
we are infinite
wrong we are 60-100 years
I was looking for this comment, it is the second song on the B side of the tape that gives Patrick
@@AdriLop that's why I'm here!!
We are nothing, we are one and we are infinite at once. But I can't prove that
We can be infinite
Dude, I'm 41 years old. This song was my formative years. Don't puss out. Live your life because it is what you have.
What does this mean
Well, if you did not understand what it means, maybe this song is not for you. Because it means what this song means. It means missed opportunities, and all that...
THanks brother / sister. THAT is dope. thats what everybody needs to hear and what it was about ^ - random 27yo
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This really is, without hesitation my favorite song of all time. I saw them in Boston for the reunion tour--and there weren't a ton of people there, but the people there were HUGE fans and we were going nuts and they did an amazing show. So I've maybe listened to this song like a few thousand times and here I am, about five feet back from the stage, hearing it live for the first time and damn, tears are just rolling down my face. Now I've a 46 year old man. I don't cry easily, but damn this is moving me! I cried my eyes out.
What an incredible experience! And yes, I'd join with you as naming this my all-time favourite song.
i am definitely jealous
I was at the Boston show
Was amazed at their sound.
Music like this has the power to make men who rarely cry start to sob. I hope I return to this song and these comments when I'm 46.
I was there with you in spirit.
It's so amazing they did that reunion tour, they weren't even speaking to each other when they recorded Tarantula
I remember blasting this song in my car during my college years. Dancing at the Goth clubs in the early 90’s. My favorite. Even better seeing Ride and Slowdive at St Andrew’s Hall in ‘92.
Great times.
Seeing Slowdive in 92 must have really been something! Im jealous
This isn't goth
@@mikkeljannssen3779 no shit.
@@mikkeljannssen3779 the clubs....
I know what he means. You'd dance to the Cure and Ministry and wear your black eyeliner, but shoegaze would get mixed in...
Those things all came together to be called "emo" in the 2000s.
Oh My Goth...
We'd also be dancing to the start of the rave scene
It's like that Dead Milkmen song....
"You'll dance to anything By Public Image Limited
You'll dance to anything
By The Smiths..."
@@mikkeljannssen3779 many original shoegazer fans and bands came from a Goth background
The slow change into the strings at the end is incredibly beautiful
3:30 Isn't the main instrument at the end a wind instrument over the strings? Or a very bad violin. The notes are too abrupt (4:02) - sounds more like a #bombard (Britain), #shehnai (India), or some kind of #oboe.
@@goatlps viola I reckon
I thought it was a Cello and perhaps a violin. ??? Easy to find out these days.
My dad is an absolute huge fan of Ride. Im only 10 and we have the exact same style of music (mine slightly different). Once I heard Vapour Trail, it became one of my most favourite songs. I told my dad and he was so happy ❤
You’re the coolest kid out there.
@@jb8280 Thank you ^_^ 🫶
Dood go go go and do not look back.
Anyone else here like Loz Colbert's drumming as much as I do? Loz Colbert is such an underrated drummer, IMO.
Leave Them All Behind ! Remarkable drumming.
Plus the drum sound on this album is stellar!
A very dear friend of mine passed away about a year ago. Before she did, I taught her about shoegaze and this song in particular, captured the sort of feelings we both had towards each other. I cannot listen or play this song without crying now. This song has become something of an artifact that makes me feel very close to her even after her passing.
I saw Ride play this live in Sydney in September, Jon. The care they put in for this song, they know how important it is.
It's a beautiful song . Sorry for your loss . X
I know exactly how you feel, mate. A friend of mine died almost 5 years ago and certain songs were 'ours'. You never stop missing them but nobody can take away the happy times you both shared. They're yours forever.
Music is unique to everyone. Look at me :, I want aphex twin playing at my wake!! 🤔
Desperate 'made in a shed' music. You end up wanting a stiff drink after listening to this stuff. All clashing guitars and moaning vocals.
If you never daydreamed to this, never looked up into the clouds and got lost, never had a thoughtless, breezy day, then you've never lived.
Couldn't have said it better myself :)
I've been fully aware of this, and I've been waiting for it.
blipblip88: ☆ then I so so lived
blipblip88 ❤️💖
@The Blissful Zombie You're kinda grumpy, yeah? Oh well!! Hugs!!!!🌈💗😋
2:06 to the final is amazing: the combination of distorted guitar, agitated drums and calm and beautiful cello is unbelievably stunning ...
Indeed
Idiot question...what is “agitated drums”...?
@@Oh_I_Will my guess is drums that are a bit random, syncopated (?) not easy to follow. I personally love 'em. Good ol' Loz, great drummer 😊
Beautifully said...
I wouldn't call this agitated drums, quite the opposite actually - feels very liberated. So much freedom, and as someone already in the comments has mentioned "random, not easy to follow". It's more like improv drums, which definitely requires you to be more open than closed or "agitated".
For me, this the best song I have ever heard. I still think of seeing them live in Germany in the early 90s. Mind-blowing beauty of songcraft.
Agreed. As Roger Waters says if it doesn't move you its not worthy.
Ride was such an underrated band. Their music has aged so well.
Still one of my favorite bands. Their music is so iconic
Like fine wine. Funny thing is, they are now trying to imitate them and nobody comes close.
not that underated in UK, they were on 'Top of the pops' twice!!
Bought the cd in 1993. Still listening in 2023. Beatiful song. Epic.
So beautiful it hurts
This song brings back so many painful and awesome memories of my 20's. it's so captivating. Today's kids are missing out on quality music big time!
In my 20’s right now loving this stuff. It’s amazing.
Although I cannot go to concert I still enjoy the music. We are all lucky because music is timeless and what is written will be here forever :)
I just realized I'm the only 13 year old in my school who appreciate Shoegaze. Kinda sad, I want to be able to talk about this music to my friend but they're all into pop-ish Tik Tok songs which I can't stand to listen to for more than a couple minutes.
@@traxcanonch.2421 Keep listening to what you're into, whatever the genre. Music is such a powerful tool that can be called upon at any time to make you feel better.
@@traxcanonch.2421man you’re on the right track
Keep being you
I listened to weird shit in highschool and now I’m 32 and everyone around me is so dumbed down with todays music and I can please myself with old autechre or some shoegaze etc
It’s a route not everyone takes but those who take it find the most beautiful music ever
This song gives me goosepimples. Every. Single. Time.
That last minute is so beautiful. It’s hard not smile or appreciate life listening to it.
One of my favorite songs of all time and one that inspired me in many bands and in my songwriting. Blissful.
90's feeling pure, i will go back to this great time, music and people. Who is with me?
Yea, take me with man
Favorite…穏やかなある日の澄みきった空を思い出す。刻むギター、そしてラストのコーダ、ストリングスが余韻を残す。アルバム中、一番好きな曲。
This song illustrated by this most amazing video really encapsulates Ride at this moment in time. The song and video were perfect together. Pure genius.
As an American, I am glad to have grown up as a teenager in the 90’s, listening to British Rock music such as Oasis, The Verve, and Ride. To this day, nothing sounds and feels as special as the 90’s. The last great golden age of music, but especially rock & roll.
John Lennon was right: ‘There is nothing conceptually better than rock ‘n’ roll.’
everything in Ride's music is the product of genius but damn the drums are sheer perfection - out of this world
1:03 love the way his voice sounds starting this verse
thanks Charlie :-)
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who's charlie?
everytime I listen to this song.. I feel fly into another dimension. flying into something I can't explain. this song is magical for me... it has something that driven my soul to be free. i wish i meet someone to give this song. . and that person must be special..
+Netta Sinaga Very beautiful song, the cello really adds a graceful poetic quality.
uuuuuuuuuuu
ikr, that's the incredible power of dreampop/shoegaze/chillwave/vaporwave/glo-fi songs
Coisas da Lolinha the best genre 😍
a long time ago i did met someone, and played this song on the stereo for her, we did not last but we were good, and sad in the way this song is.
Ride - Nowhere,
My Bloody Valentine - Loveless,
Slowdive - Souvlaki.
Agreed. The best shoegazing albums ever. The Verve's A Storm in Heaven slightly falls short, otherwise it's also a great record.
try eyedazzler from Alison's halo, especially "Leech". just underrated
Robin Bristault
Yes, this song is absolutely brilliant. I like Slowdive - "Blue Skied an' Clear" too. These songs put our mind to another dimension, I love it so much.
French Films - White Orchid
Galaxie 500 - On Fire
My Bloody Valentine - You Made Me Realise, Isn't Anything
JAMC - Psychocandy
Cocteau Twins - Heaven or Las Vegas (more dream-pop but an incredible and extremely influential album)
One of my fav. Songs !! Ride..Vapor Trail...it is so beautiful of a song..Composed.. guitars, drums, vocals..awwh..Love this!! My mama played constantly for me..growing up...As with Inspiral Carpets, House of Love, Catherine Wheel, The Stone Roses...Thank you for sharing!! Much Respect from New Orleans Louisiana..☆ Stephanie Opal
And all my time
Is yours as much as mine
We never have enough
Time to show our love
This has been my favorite song since I was like twelve or thirteen...
I'm turning forty-five in three days ❤️💕
I'm turning 46 leo ♌🦁
This is one of the songs I would sing for my daughter to sing her to sleep when she was a tiny one. Now she's 15. We never have enough time to show our love...
You are a good man, and have a great music taste.
I still have the album I bought when it came out... My adolescence.... Ned's atomic dustbin, etc...
The violin at the end of the song draws my heartstrings.
Definitivamente la música, es un estado de conciencia, un estado de animo, una pincelada del alma, que unos pocos podemos apreciar.
Thanks for your beautiful words.
I agree.
You write with feelings
First you look so strong,
Then you fade away.
The sun will blind my eyes;
I love you anyway.
My 20's are getting far away but god I still love this song
One of my favourite songs, reminds me of years past, with sadness, also elation.
I had the great fortune to be at Uni with someone from Birmingham who knew the band and introduced me to them and seriously opened my mind. I got to see them in Brum in the mosh pit supported by Mercury Rev. mental night.
I got my jean jacket signed by the band and kept it for years - but like a twit I got rid of it.
But the music ... I’m far from my 20’s, far from the UK, but it feels good to read of other people for whom this music still holds strong emotions and memories !!
Be me: 18 in 2012 and working at a restaurant as a dishwasher…and a total shoegaze nerd. The executive chef played this song on his Bluetooth radio at the time. I was singing along to it. The executive chef told me to write down all the bands I like and we found we love all the same music. 90s emo and shoegaze. Best job I’ve ever had. Told me everything about cooking and impressing the ladies with cooking. What a legend.
Aww that's such a wholesome story
thats beautiful
@@rickdlt amen brother.
Shoegaze?
@@taraiarusso9625Shoegaze is the genre of Ride and their contemporaries, although this song is on the brighter side of it.
On my top 10 fav. songs of all time there are two Ride's songs, this is one of them.
Leave Them All Behind- is that the other?
@@lozu8947 "Today" is the other one
Twisterella !!! Can I get you top 15 indie songs think we are on same page
Still loving this song in 2022. This was on my soundtrack when I left home to pursue my dreams. A lot has happened in the 20 years since but I havent given up on my dreams.
not just the song but the video; amazing! I feel lucky, what a piece of beauty
Very Stone Roses feel. 1990 was prob the best year of my life. This def captures that sound for me.
Half beats on the drums like Reni is why its got that vibe
Being born in the 90s, music from that era (especially this song) makes me feel so nostalgic. As I listen to this, I close my eyes and can see images of my childhood pass through my mind. The innocence I once had is now gone, but songs like this remind me that those memories are real. I want this song to play at my funeral.
I feel you. I was born in '92 but didn't discover Shoegaze bands til around 2011. But there is something undeniably special about that time period of music in the early 90s
Ride, every single time...This song one of the most beautiful ever made, perfect vid. Lord how I've loved this band
I bought it on vinyl when it came out, still sounds fantastic.
This song doesn't feel old at all when I hear it now. One of their best songs.
Uma das músicas mais importantes da minha vida! Realmente essa canção me emociona muito. Não me lembro de nenhuma outra que narre um momento sublime que eu passei há muitos anos atrás como essa jóia que agora está em meu coração!
incrivelmente incrível!
Probably the best song I've never heard till now....
agree
This is and always be my favorite song. There's something about it that never gets boring. The mark of great music....
my favorite song ever. dont know why but the first time I heard it I started to cry like a baby. such a beautiful song. every single second is perfect. the instrumental parts carry so many mixed emotions, it brings me a feeling of nostalgia. thank you forever, ride
i just did now
same
I wish i could hear it for the 1st time again :)
It's getting on for 30 years since I first heard this tune and it still send shivers up my spine. Ethereal
This song is everything. Timeless
This is such an amazing song night drive with this will feel so good, that ending with the cello always gets me
I come back here often. This song is EVERYTHING.
I never get sick of this beautiful creation.
Masterpiece.
I remember reading Perks of Being a Wallflower long ago. There was a list of songs in the books I don't remember the context of right now, but I do remember discovering Ride and The Smiths ("Asleep") as a result. Probably led to me exploring a genre of music I would otherwise have been oblivious to .... this song is timeless. I fell asleep to it last night.
Discovered 30 years later. How did I miss this in 1991?
How they combine guitar and drums into strings is a work of art on its own..❤
This song makes me feel like I can be young forever
For any of us who grew up with this song it was a special time, never to be repeated or forgotten. Since then we’ve all only been pretending to grow up anyway, we were all of us older and wiser and sadder back then than the world could ever understand. This one moment belonged perfectly to us, and these guys gave a shape to it.
Heard this song in 1991 while in grade 10 in Kelowna, Canada. I still get chills down my spine listening to it 31 years later. The emotion that it brings to the surface of my soul is unlike any song i've ever listened to. Lucky to have seen Ride live twice in the past 5 years. Lucky to still be breathing. Grateful for everything that has brought me to this second in life.
RIDE Vapour Trail
First you look so strong
Then you fade away
The sun will blind my eyes
I love you anyway
First you form a smile
I watch you for a while
You are a vapour trail
In a deep blue sky
Tremble with a sigh
Glitter in your eye
You seem to come and go
I never seem to know
And all my time
Is yours as much as mine
We never have enough
Time to show our love
It's "thristy for your smile"
One of the most beautiful songs ever
One of the bestest, bestest songs ever, when them drums come in, oh my god, the tingles xxxx
Pisses me off I haven’t heard this song before. I hate mainstream playing crap instead of stuff like this. Oh well I’m 11 years late but I’m here. I’m 47 years old and dig this kind of music.
Wow I’m finding out this song came out over 30 years ago???? Damn shame it’s 2021 and I’m just hearing this now.
Hey Man, I was so lucky to have run into a kid from England in the early 90s or would have missed this as well. If you dig it, look into 'shoegaze' music. Lush, Pale Saints, My Bloody Valentine, Catherine Wheel, Stone Roses, Chapterhouse, Dandy Warhols (especially their early stuff), Brian Jonestown Massacre, etc. Soul crushing good stuff, boss. Cheers.
Charts stuff is all crap!!! If you're searching for great, real good music (listen here!) in days like these you have to dig very deep, so very very deep.
Now go straight to Leave Them All Behind
One of my all-time favourite songs and bands! 😻
I first heard it in the early nineties and fell in love with the first chords. I have the same feeling today
This song is ageless.
The music and vocal really give the vibe of nostalgic nuances. It feels like getting back to younger years.. ;-)
Finished the book in a few hours. All I have to say... wow. Incredible. This is the perfect song for the book in my opinion. And this is comming from someone who never reads. Thank you Charlie. I feel like im a better person just by reading your letters. My life is forever changed. Thank you.
I am on the part where this is one of the songs Charlie has included in the playlist. Love this book till now. I am going through some shit but this book has helped me a lot. I hope my life changes as well.
@@amaykataria8004 it will. the shit will shape you and turn you into an even more amazingly beautiful human.
What is the book?
Which book?
What book was it?
I'm 43. I remember buying this album when I was in High School (in Rhode Island). This song is still amazing and beautiful.
to all the readers of "perks' let this song stand alone in it's majesty. do not attach it to another work of art, do not attach it to yourself, but feel it deeply for what it is... a masterpiece,... a vapour trail.
-the saintanne
I love perks of being a wallflower but I didn’t know this song was mentioned in the book nor movie
Watching and hearing this particular tune from the past just gives me goosebumps and mini-flashbacks.
I just ran across this song through someone's Spotify playlist...never heard it before but I love it! So dreamy...takes me away!
Been looking for this song since 1994. I would like to thank WOXY 97.7, the local bar where the hip wiseasses hang out and Shazam for bringing closure to this musical journey for me. That’s a long time to be haunted by that melody.
Also, try ‘Dreams Burn Down’. Off the same album. And the shoe gaze masterpiece ‘Leave them All Behind’ off of their album Going Blank Again
My buttons are pressed well with this song. Love RIDE!
The perfect song | film clip combo ever. Beautiful song. I love the shot of Mark Gardener at 3.40. This song will last forever.
This music fills you with weird melancholy and hopeful nostalgia. It's from England but can speak for the entire human race. Human hope and condition captured in 4 minutes. ❤
A brilliant work of musical art that will stand the test of time. Magnificent.
I'll always be grateful to our dear friend Charlie. He changed so many lives, including mine. He gave us brighter days, he leaned on us and he left his belief. It's worthy to free time and read it again. I think there are people who would agree with me. Stay safe and loved !
great, great song! reminds me how good was discovering music especially in the early nineties! ride are still a treasure that not so many had the privilege to taste!
Man...I just LOVE this song. The strings are the perfect ending to it.
Been listening to this since I was a teenager...still my favourite outro of any song. Tune.
just got done reading the perks of being a wallflower and looking up all the songs Charlie mentioned :) so far loving them
This song still makes me teary but they are happy tears :-).
Was introduced to this song and it's album almost 20 years ago while peaking on some absolutely fantastic acid with a group of my best friends and bandmates. Quite a beautiful experience I will never forget and these sounds are seared on my brainpan forever. So good.
First you look so strong
Then you fade away
The sun will blind my eyes
I love you anyway
First you form a smile
I watch you for a while
You are a vapour trail
In a deep blue sky
Tremble with a sigh
Glitter in your eye
You seem to come and go
I never seem to know
And all my time
Is yours as much as mine
We never have enough
Time to show our love
Brenda Luna Poetic.
Thank you so much
So Poetic
thanks, tho i think it says "thirsty for your smile, i watch you for a while"
Saw Ride at Reading 1992. Loved them so much, went to see them at Brixton not long after. No one has ever come close to sounding like Ride. MORE GUITAR!!!.