DOG DAYS ARE OVER
Florence Welch - Isabella Summers
The second single from the album Lungs. Chart: #21 (#8 Alternative). Time - 4:13.
Flip Side: "You've Got the Love". Released in U.S.A. December 1, 2008.
Recorded in London, England, 2007–2008. Produced by James Ford.
There is a star out in the galaxy called Sirius. It is also known as the "Dog Star", as it is in the constellation, Canis Major (Greater Dog). To the ancient Greeks, it marked the flooding of the Nile in Ancient Egypt. To the Polynesians, it marked winter. It also was believed to affect animals on earth. Artist Ugo Rondinone had massive text signs in various places. The one near the Waterloo Bridge in London, England said "Dog Days Are Over", refering to Sirius. Welch, riding her bike over the bridge every day, eventually turned it into a song. - Larry -
Florence Welch - lead vocals, piano, percussion |
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FLORENCE WELCH - 2012:Mojo
"It was plastered over the south Bank in London for six months and I rode past it on my bike every day. It's a reference to the dog star, Sirius: when it was closest to the Earth, all the animals would get languid and sleepy; when it moved away, they'd wake up. I've tried to get in touch with him to say thanks."
FLORENCE WELCH - CultureDeluxe
" It was just a song that I did at my friend's studio in Crystal Palace [south London]. We didn't have any instruments and we were in a studio the size of a loo."
FLORENCE WELCH - BBC Newsbeat
"(Most suonds on the song) came from a tiny Yamaha keyboard. (The percussion sound was) hands on the wall while hitting a drum underneath it at the same time and the beat was really accidental.""
YOU TUBE STUDIO TRACK OFFICIAL VIDEO YOU TUBE STUDIO TRACK OFFICIAL VIDEO 2010 YOU TUBE LYRIC VIDEO YOU TUBE LIVE Oxegen Festival, 2010 Happiness hit her like a train on a track Coming towards her stuck still no turning back She hid it 'round corners and she hid it under beds She killed it with kisses and from it she fled With every bubble she sank with her drink And washed it away down the kitchen sink The dog days are over The dog days are done The horses are coming So you better run Run fast for your mother, run fast for your father Run for your children, for your sisters and brothers Leave all your love and your longing behind You can't carry it with you if you want to survive The dog days are over The dog days are done Can you hear the horses? 'Cause here they come And I never wanted anything from you Except everything you had and what was left after that too, oh Happiness hit her like a bullet in the back Struck from a great height by someone who should know better than that The dog days are over The dog days are done Can you hear the horses? 'Cause here they come Run fast for your mother, run fast for your father Run for your children, for your sisters and brothers Leave all your love and your longing behind You can't carry it with you if you want to survive The dog days are over The dog days are done Can you hear the horses? 'Cause here they come The dog days are over The dog days are done The horses are coming So you better run