Ride - Birdman

Carnival Of Light

[Intelligence]

This album remains criminally underrated.

[RickHeffe]

Blackbird flying in the sky
Please don't look me in the eye
You are very very lucky
It's never easy to find me

The winter's coming now you've grown
The cold will numb you to the bone
It cuts you through so that you know
In pain the minutes go so slow

Your soul and mine will carry on
When this transparent world is gone
There's nothing strange in what I say
It's always meant to be this way

Power streams where love is strong
Energy converting, never gone
There's never going to be an end
A million atoms can't pretend

Until the cold ground swallows me
Me and Ide, go running free
Then we'll change, not disappear
All channels receiving loud and clear

Birdman think he owns the sky
But he can't look me in the eye
I walk on gilded mirror blades
I walk on razors feel no pain

In the heat of summertime
Rolling thunder is my sign
I understand what's going on
I'm gonna fly right to the sun

[fabiob.]

I was 13 when i first heard this song back in '94. This song was the very first influence on me to learn how to play guitar and made me love rock music, it's very special to me👍

[houmm]

At some point they'll be calling it the lost 90s album, like the Zombies and Love in the 60s. It's so great, Ride were unbelievable.

[ellechatterton]

Four years later... STILL underrated. Just fucking genius.

[juliocarloz]

Great album, THIS SONG is AMAZING, vocals. PERFECT!!!

[jameshilley]

very cool song. love all the textures in it.

[davidgutierrez]

The best song from the best band I ever seen LIVE! Finally on You Tube!

[elfranco]

Favourite song on the lp when it was released. Still is. ❤

[PabloQPR]

Thanks for posting one of my favourites from back in the day

[regfries]

i just wonder about all those awesome unknown RIDE tunes that are lost to us forever while andy was playing four strings in oasis

[threedog]

Everytime I search this song, the first result is always that rapper birdman.

[sublmation]

Last track on the Go Ape! CD you got free with Donkey Kong Country on the SNES. Absolute quality.

[Birdman]

Released 30 years ago, 18th April 1994.
Although I’ve always had a soft spot for this, the 1993 sessions version was the direction they should have taken.

[regfries]

i used to have a massive poster of this album cover. don't know where it's gone!

[coastwalker]

First track on the album that sounds like Ride.

[GIBunz]

oh my god dude the talking in the badkground is so pervasive

[jasonthefates]

POWER STREAMS WHERE LOVE IS STRONG A MILLION ATOMS CANT PRETEND

[RonnieLanefan]

Great great tune and very underrated, though abit overlong (prefer the single version with album version intro). My top ten Ride tunes: 1). Close My Eyes, 2). OX4, 3). Birdman, 4).
Seagull, 5). Chrome Waves, 6). Drive Blind, 7). Unfamiliar, 8). Sunshine/Nowhere to Run, 9). Charm Assault, 10). 1000 miles ..(the next-10: Ride the Wind, From Time to Time, Today, Nowhere, Natural Grace, Lannoy Point, Sennen, The Dawn Patrol, All I Can See, Chelsea Girl.)

[MrDodpop]

"birdman" a weird shirt I got and still wear, orange blue right lines...