Psychedelic Furs-House

[TheMkenneth]

the remix for the columbia records sampler theodore is actually a more improved version of this song.

[djamesv]

Book of Days was and still is my favourite Furs album. 1989 feels like yesterday.

[radioclash81]

@djamesv Book of Days was a good return to form after Midnight to Midnight.

[nickbaiam]

One of the Furs greatest (but under-appreciated) songs! In any case it is one of the best on this album. Also, I saw this concert live and it was the best performance that I have ever seen. Richard played EVERYTHING from both this album and their first album!! It was at a dive in Denver , CO. Wow, time flies……………(A constant theme in Richard’s music, see Love Spit Love--for example ).

[nickbaiam]

One of the Furs greatest (but under-appreciated) songs! In any case it is one of the best on this album. Also, I saw this concert live and it was the best performance that I have ever seen. Richard played EVERYTHING from both this album and their first album!! It was at a dive in Denver , CO. Wow, time flies……………(A constant theme in Richard’s music, see Love Spit Love--for example ).

[TheAlfie66]

The Psychedelic Furs rules, yes, they rule! Great song!!!

[k2ombs]

This record has disappeared into the serious archives of Pysch Furs past. It's their most hard core recording, but it is really hot though.

[nickbaiam]

@k2ombs

I totally agree. Dead on friend!

[idavidsawyer]

Deepest Band I've ever known. Even though a lot of critics called them shallow in the 80s, this stuff went way over all their heads. Right up through the 1990s and beyond they have cranked out some of the best work I've ever heard. Both Happy & Sad at the same time, very Light & yet Very Dark sounding music and lyrics. The critics were the shallow ones all those years ago... stuck in their small world of the obvious, never reading the box they judge... and only judging by the covers.

[alezander666]

@idavidsawyer hearing THEM LIVE,IS PURE DADA BERLIN,THEY ARE ANCIENT,AND SO BEAUTIFUL,the wailing sax,the T.S.ELLIOT POETRY STYLE,real artists in the sewer of music that is ALL FOR MONEY,AND IDIOT CHILDREN,I DON'T THINK MOST PEOPLE UNDERSTOOD THEM BACK THEN,they combine so many things,AND UNIQUE,THRU AND THRU

[AlkalineSexyBeast]

Going to see them the 19th in Portugal!

[TheACGE]

this album for me is the best Furs so far.....different from other albums...the bass and drums is dominant

[mrmethbreath1]

love this song!!

[Zobinski]

I'd put House in the argument as best Furs song of all-time. Very catchy hooks and lyrics that just nail it.

[MisAnnThorpe]

Please post the entire album. It's their masterpiece; Entertain me, Mother Son, Wedding, Parade, Should God forget you, I dont mine. Need I say more?!

[acresboy40]

Thanks for posting this!

[Northcarolinian]

You are quite welcome! I may post another Psychedelic Furs song when I get less busy in the future (maybe Torch or Book of Days).

[MB11234]

I had a graveyard radio show at KUCI (UCI Irvine, California). my girlfriend would be in the main studio playing disco.....I was in studio B playing this song over and over and over....

....girls are ok. ....furs music is god.

[guyphawkes]

Understand, this album was done right after the CRITICAL MASS episode of M2M, that was so big hair, and all the leather, you would have thought they were Bon Jovi, gone sort of goth. They didnt want to repeat that album , or image for that matter, so this album was so sullen, and back to basic. It was an incredible concert, poppiest song they played was heaven, everything else was the dark stuff. This album has the template for some of the songs on World, but this one was much more sincere, real

[persphlp]

cemorceau traverse les années sans prendre une ride. Que de souvenirs...

[darkvaper2010]

I had this album 1989 at 14!! this is the song that stood out..

[dreadlegs]

I loved the furs first 3 albums, classic stuff. When Vince Ely left I thought they sold out in a big way; the next two albums were a joke. Hate it when a band sells out. Havn't heard this before, not bad, better than the commercial stuff, then again Vince was back...

[k2ombs]

I thought they sold out for a while with ttt, I thought they did just the opposite around this songs era,.nobody promoted this. I wasn't sure why they went this direction, but it certainly WASN'T commercial. They never had a record of doing what was expected. After all they came from a punk scene.being non typical of that era, they shunned punk to rise above it.a real departure of their home scene, they always did whatever they wished. This hard core effort left them "alone"....

[jcmaybe]

Not that disappointed album. Half of it is very good. Check again mate.....

[pilgrimsareillegal]

Primo Track

[randomglen]

great song to a dissapointing album.. but this song remaims GREAT

[sailorsgrl0212]

Highwire Days is one of their best! I really love Alice's House as well. I've seen them live about a dozen times over the years and Richard Butler is AMAZING!!!

[daveordiane]

now the party girls have gone

i hear the rattle of their heels

before their footsteps fade

make promises pay

shame, will shake this house

shame, will shake this house

the passing time is not my life.

i've been counted down

and shouted out.

[kevinrdonaldson]

my favorite lines in the song ...the party girls are gone, i hear the rattle of their heels before their footsteps fade...

such a shame this song and video were so overlooked. book of days was their best album next too "world outside"

[lexusppp]

In 1989 I was 16....i went to a kinda post punk disco called the Nirvana in Lima Peru, besides the main dance court, they had a small dark room...that was the first and last time i heard this song till know....ive been living with this tune in my mind for years and find it randomly trough these......this tune represents the perfect aftermath for the 80s....butler is the best lyricist ever

[pumpkinscuckoo]

The passion of this song is so strong. It made the 90s grunge seem shallow by comparison. Most of that music from that time was just all yelling and screaming with no depth. The furs in the 80s and early 90s had heartfelt power!!! Even when he was in Love Spit Love Richard Bulter had that edge that so many bands fell short of.

[Northcarolinian]

You are right about the passion in this song. The album Book of Days is often overlooked since it is a little more serious than previous albums. Sadly, none of the songs from this album made it on to their Greatest Hits compilation.

[pumpkinscuckoo]

I almost don't mind that it didn't make it onto their Greatest Hits compilation. Book of days was such a powerful and haunting CD that it was set apart from the rest. Richard Bulters haunting voice seemed to bleed out a soul full of mystery pain and wisdom in Book Of Days. It seems to be Uniquely set apart from their other work and yet still very much Psychedelic Furs sounding. It's an underrated gem. He was too far ahead of his time but I feel that people are now comming into it.

[Claudian99]

Couldnt agree more. I think Book of Days is my fave Furs LP after Talk Talk Talk. Very dark & brooding.

I find it a bit of a shame that most folk only really know them for their weaker mid 80's material (Love My Way/Heave/Pretty in Pink etc etc)

[hou442]

i finally found it thanks

[Paulluv]

THE FURS BEST TUNE!!

[modsleix6]

Cool, cool....

[modsleix6]

Nod in your direction for posting this... The Furs rule...

[Northcarolinian]

Thanks for your comments. I may add other Furs songs like Highwire Days, Midnight to Midnight or even Book of Days. They do rule, and I really like Richard Butlers voice.