Safe Forever
| "Safe Forever" | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Single by Gyroscope | ||||
| from the album Sound Shattering Sound | ||||
| A-side | "Safe Forever" | |||
| B-side | "Misery (Acoustic)", "Sharp Words (Live)" | |||
| Released | 15 March 2004 | |||
| Genre | Alternative rock | |||
| Length | 3:42 | |||
| Label | Festival Mushroom Records | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Daniel Sanders, Rob Nassif, Brad Campbell, Zoran Trivic | |||
| Producer(s) | Shaun O'Callaghan | |||
| Gyroscope singles chronology | ||||
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"Safe Forever" is the first single from Australian four-piece Gyroscope's debut album Sound Shattering Sound. It was released on 15 March 2004[1] along with a music video.[2] The first B-side to the single was a fully acoustic version of "Misery", also from Sound Shattering Sound. The second B-side was a live version of "Sharp Words", from the band's 2003 EP, Midnight Express,[3] and was recorded at the Amplifier Bar in Perth, Western Australia on 19 July 2003.[4] The video was directed by Matt Weston,[5] and won a Silver Australian Cinematographers Society (ACS) Award in 2004.[6]
The song peaked at number 65 on the Australian singles charts and reached number 97 on Triple J's Hottest 100 of 2004.[7][8]
Lead vocalist Daniel Sanders describes that "this came about and was inspired pretty much on Zok's [Zoran Trivic] main lead riff. It sounded kick ass so yeah it went from there. Wrote the lyrics mainly about feeling content. Not just relationship-wise but in general. Feeling uber-lucky too. I f**king love playing this mother live."[9]
Guitarist Zoran Trivic in a subsequent interview states "With the no bullshit intro riff and the hollow verses, we were able to make that quiet/loud thing happen – that ‘thing’ we learnt from listening to too much grunge in the ‘90s." "Dan's [Daniel Sanders] and Brad's [Brad Campbell] vocals complement each other quite radly, and with some solid drum-filling and a bit of face-melting we probably created our greatest ode to one of our favourite bands (At The Drive-In), as well our very first tune on our very first album."[10]
"Safe Forever" has been described as "start(ing) off focused around a little guitar lick which slowly works its way through its verses, building into a heavier chorus with the usual driving power chords."[11]
Sanders when queried on the origins of "Misery" advised "For some reason after playing a show with a couple ska bands - I came up with this tune - at like 3am."[9] In another interview he stated that "It was written the same day Michael Jeffrey Jordan retired from the National Basketball Association."[10]
Track listing
[edit]All tracks are written by Daniel Sanders, Brad Campbell, Rob Nassif, Zoran Trivic[12]
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Safe Forever" | 3:41 |
| 2. | "Misery" (Acoustic) | 4:21 |
| 3. | "Sharp Words" (Live) | 3:57 |
References
[edit]- ^ "New Australasian Releases". ARIA. March 2004. Retrieved 24 April 2015.
- ^ "GYROSCOPE | Listen and Stream Free Music, Albums, New Releases, Photos, Videos".
- ^ "Gyroscope". Archived from the original on 2008-07-20. Retrieved 2010-02-01.
- ^ "Gyroscope - Safe Forever". SwissCharts.com. Retrieved 20 April 2010.
- ^ "Guest Programmers & Specials". rage. ABCTV. 10 June 2008. Retrieved 20 April 2010.
- ^ "Martin Smith - resume" (PDF). Clever Films. Retrieved 20 April 2010.
- ^ Ryan, Gavin (10 July 2011). "Chart Positions 51-100 Post 1989 Part 1 – Gyroscope singles". Australian Charts Portal. Hung Medien. Archived from the original on 19 October 2011. Retrieved 11 July 2011.
- ^ "Hottest 100 2004". Triple J. Retrieved 20 April 2010.
- ^ a b Canak, Danny (2004). "Sounds Like Home". The Blurb. Archived from the original on 6 August 2004. Retrieved 24 April 2015.
- ^ a b "The Innocence and Desperation of Gyroscope's 'Sound Shattering Sound'". TheMusic.com.au. 21 October 2014. Retrieved 24 April 2014.
- ^ Rule, Brett (8 March 2004). "Music : Gyroscope - Safe Forever". The Program. Australian Council of the Arts. Archived from the original on 2 September 2004. Retrieved 24 April 2015.
- ^ "'Safe Forever' at APRA search engine". Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA). Archived from the original on 17 November 2015. Retrieved 24 April 2015. Note: User may have to click on 'Search again' and provide details at 'Enter a title:', e.g. Safe Forever; or at 'Performer:' Gyroscope.
