i rescind any & all comments i may previously have made on this song (guess i must have been thinking about "here come the warm jets" and been led astray - and realityripple, if you ever read this, eno definitely did say in an interview once that urophilia was "certainly a reference" as far as that title is concerned: http://music.hyperreal.org/artists/brian_eno/interviews/nmetxt.html - interesting item anyway)
instead I offer this little factlet on the title of this song: I've heard "golden hours" used in photography, to refer to the hour just after dawn and just before sunrise, referring to the beautiful colour that light takes on at those times. Seems like a candidate for where Eno got the phrase from, even if it doesn't mean anything special.
While I'm here, I might as well also recommend Ida's beautiful cover of this song.
Brian Eno is often not about the simple explanations. The more contextual layers he can pile on, the better; so yes, the title is a "golden showers" reference, it's also a photography reference to the hour before sunset when shadows are long and provide contrast and the light passing through more atmosphere filters out more of the blue end of the spectrum and you end up with the yellow to red golden hues.
Brian Eno is often not about the simple explanations. The more contextual layers he can pile on, the better; so yes, the title is a "golden showers" reference, it's also a photography reference to the hour before sunset when shadows are long and provide contrast and the light passing through more atmosphere filters out more of the blue end of the spectrum and you end up with the yellow to red golden hues.
The song is also about how time can appear to slow down, and strangely contrasting our inability to control time's passing.
The song is also about how time can appear to slow down, and strangely contrasting our inability to control time's passing.
i rescind any & all comments i may previously have made on this song (guess i must have been thinking about "here come the warm jets" and been led astray - and realityripple, if you ever read this, eno definitely did say in an interview once that urophilia was "certainly a reference" as far as that title is concerned: http://music.hyperreal.org/artists/brian_eno/interviews/nmetxt.html - interesting item anyway)
instead I offer this little factlet on the title of this song: I've heard "golden hours" used in photography, to refer to the hour just after dawn and just before sunrise, referring to the beautiful colour that light takes on at those times. Seems like a candidate for where Eno got the phrase from, even if it doesn't mean anything special.
While I'm here, I might as well also recommend Ida's beautiful cover of this song.
Brian Eno is often not about the simple explanations. The more contextual layers he can pile on, the better; so yes, the title is a "golden showers" reference, it's also a photography reference to the hour before sunset when shadows are long and provide contrast and the light passing through more atmosphere filters out more of the blue end of the spectrum and you end up with the yellow to red golden hues.
Brian Eno is often not about the simple explanations. The more contextual layers he can pile on, the better; so yes, the title is a "golden showers" reference, it's also a photography reference to the hour before sunset when shadows are long and provide contrast and the light passing through more atmosphere filters out more of the blue end of the spectrum and you end up with the yellow to red golden hues.
The song is also about how time can appear to slow down, and strangely contrasting our inability to control time's passing.
The song is also about how time can appear to slow down, and strangely contrasting our inability to control time's passing.