The Cleaners From Venus - Only a Shadow (1982) video free download


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Uploaded: 2012/01/31

Artist: The Cleaners From Venus

Song: Only a Shadow

Album: Midnight Cleaners (1982)

Lying in my room quite late one night

Something I could see made me check my sight

Something very strange made me walk outside

So I walked outside like this ??

Nothing to lose and I knew I should

Ever since she told me that I was no good

It was no good, I knew it would be..

Only a shadow, only a shadow, only a shadow

but it looks like you

Only a shadow, only a shadow, only a shadow

but she looks like you

She looks like you

It's the time of year when the flower dies

It's the kind of night when the ghost will rise

Searching for the girl with the dancing eyes

Who could stay all day but leave next night

Instinct should have told me it would worked out right

Now i'm very nervous I leave on my light

But I walk outside, I walk outside

But it's

Only a shadow, only a shadow, only a shadow

but she looks like you

Only a shadow, only a shadow, only a shadow

but she looks like you

Only a shadow, only a shadow, only a shadow

but she looks like you

Only a shadow, only a shadow, only a shadow

but she looks like you

She looks like you

Listen to her voice going 'round my head

Comes to me at night when I'm in my bed

Could be going crazy, it's what they said

And what they say is I'm no good

Told me to leave, you really think I should

Haunted by your face everywhere I look

But I walked outside, and I walked to find it's

Only a shadow, only a shadow, only a shadow

but she looks like you

Only a shadow, only a shadow, only a shadow

but she looks like you

Only a shadow, only a shadow, only a shadow

Only a shadow

Only a shadow

Only a shadow

Only a shadow

Comments

8 years ago

Skate Boards

Can we stop comparing Martin Newell to Ariel Pink? Thanks.

8 years ago

Secret Sam999

Giles Smith's book "Lost In Music" brought me here; great book, BTW

9 years ago

Thomas Barnwell

Its amazing how Cleaners From Venus forshadowed so many different bands. I hear The Cure, Ariel Pink, The Shins, Asylum Party, etc.. so ahead of its time.

9 years ago

rizkunisnator

I really love MGMT. Not just for their music or personalities, but also because they point me to awesome songs like this.

9 years ago

Rick Bronx

Oh my goodness. Thank you. I've searched for years for this sing

9 years ago

Martin Newell

The backing vocals on this were done by Celia Hirst (1953 - 2014) of Wivenhoe, Essex , who, after I recorded some early demoes for her, by way of return, sang all the choruses in unison with me. With her considerable blues contralto this lent a certain quality to them. She died end of November. Let this be part of her sonic monument.

9 years ago

The Dumpling

Doctor Jekyll and Steven Gerrard?

9 years ago

John Dover

god what an amazing riff

9 years ago

THE NIGHT PARTY

this song gets better every time

10 years ago

Jose Lorente

Hi from Spain. I´m impressed. I needed dicover a song like this

10 years ago

Adam Wawzonek

reminds me of wild nothing

10 years ago

keyboardkarlson

yeah ariel pink for sure first person i thought of when i heard this song for the first time

10 years ago

reburial

Put down the joint grandpa.

10 years ago

djinntoy

You mean the whole Captured Tracks catalogue lol..

10 years ago

brokenupbeat

I hadn't heard this since I was a teen. I remember using it as the song for my shitty little video part in our skate video. Then the other day I'm smoking weed and watching that show "Wilfred". There is this scene where Elijah Wood & this dude are at a bar & this amazing riff/song is playing. I'm like wtf is that The Cleaners from Venus?! stupid bish was like "what's that!?" i was like "shut up bish let me see your laptop" came straight here to play this song. yea i know "cool story bro".

10 years ago

Rene Wilson

A label (Captured Tracks) referes to one of their signees (Mac Demarco) as sounding somewhat reminiscent of an artist they are already involved with (Martin Newell) in an early press release... Is it true? The similarities between this and Mac are limited to the guitar tone being "similar," and that they're both lo-fi. Now what right-minded home recording from the early 80's wasn't tracked on cassettes with choruse'd guitars? People sure like to latch on tight to what's already been said.

10 years ago

Max Walker

or ariel pink?

11 years ago

seth mansell

love it !!!! great Song !

11 years ago

Duncan Kennedy

Mac Demarco meet your maker

11 years ago

Derp Trollson

great song. love it

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