Words Covered By School Kids
Winter Olympics Ad Featuring Doves
Vancouver
As we reported early last year, Pounding is being used in the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympic games With Glowing Hearts advertisement campaign.
Tunes Of The Decade: #28 Pounding
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Back to the song itself and âPoundingâ is a track so good it is embarrassing. Yes itâs simplistic in its chord progression and arrangement, but itâs effective. Yes, itâs deliberately anthemic and hook-filled, but it really does make the hairs on the back of your neck stand up and you canât help but sing along. Yes, it owes more than a little of its origin to erstwhile Mancunian sing-along-an-anthem âI Am The Resurrectionâ in the strict, unerring 4/4 drum beat and euphoric chorus that provides the sonic and emotional pinnacle for the melody, but âDovesâ takes this previous musical generationâs masterpiece and use it in a forward-facing, progressive way. The emotion is not âoh, remember this tune from the good old daysâ itâs âright, letâs take this musical heritage weâre so blessed with and use it to create something new â something thatâs ours.â This rallying cry is expressed overtly in the lyrics as Goodwin almost pleads with the countryâs aspiring musicians:
We so down, but itâs now or never baby
We donât mind, If this donât last forever
See the light, But it wonât last forever
Seize the time, Cause itâs now or never baby.
To read the full, rather long winded at times article, click here.
Coming soon will be a poll soon you can vote for your favourite doves songs from the entire back catalog, that will run through til the greatest hits album is put out.
Jez Writes About The Last Broadcast At Q The Music.com
Continuing Doves’ guest editorship of Q
Caught By The River happened so quickly it was ridiculous. We decided to go to a rehearsal room in Stockport called The Green Room. Jimi, Andy and I just started to play these three chords. Jimi started to sing this great top line melody and there it was… very natural and easy. Andy started to write these very poignant lyrics about a friend of ours; everything started to click like at the start of the recording. That was the last piece of the jigsaw for the album.
To read the full essay, visit the site, here.
LONDON FORUM
With the band now back into the grove playing live. Thoughts will now turn to promoting Kingdom Of Rust, as the release date draws near. Live sessions are scheduled for several BBC radio shows towards the end of next week. I will post more on those over the coming days.
The Kingdom Of Rust single is now available for pre-order. The best deal I have found so far is at Record Store. Both formats for ÂŁ3.50.
Edinburgh, Corn Exchange 2002
Edinburgh Corn Exchange, August 22nd 2002 “T On The Fringe”.
Support:
Notes I wrote in my gig book at the time:
Heard the band soundcheck The Sulphur Man before the gig.
Peter Kay introduced the band saying “You do know your all missing out on tonight’s episode of Phoenix Nights” to which the crowd responded with massive cheer! Massive gig, crowd were well up for it. After the amazing shows at the Glasgow Barras & Manc Academy back in May.. Doves have landed! Now onto the Winter tour starting in Newcastle November 18th.
Setlist
Pounding
There Goes The Fear
Sea Song
Words
Rise
The Sulphur Man
Friday’s Dust
New York
Satellites
Caught By The River
The Man Who Told Everything
Catch The Sun
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Here It Comes
The Cedar Room