Felt - Sunlight Bathed The Golden Glow

[Pauleymack]

hard to believe these guys were hardcore punks at school in Birmingham.....great band

[AkanMeister1]

The Smiths and Felt are the most influential and the best jangle pop bands so st*u now and enjoy the music.

[newdawg100]

For those too young to have been there (or too lazy to do their research), Felt did arrive earlier on the indie scene before the Smiths, and Maurice Deebank preceded Johnny Marr as a key 80s guitar hero.

I love the Smiths, but Felt deserve their due credit!

[freudastaire]

The single version with women chorus is also lovely and superb. nothing more to say before i press play again

[80smoviesguy]

the vocal patterns of the verses sound a lot like "my face is on fire."

[leefact25]

There's actually 5 versions. This, the instrumental version "Sunlight Strings", thealbum version on "The Strange Idols Pattern and Other Short Stories", the Blanco Y Negro demo version (on the "Gold Mine Trash" compilation and the "Primitive Painters" reissue) and an early 1983 Deebank-less demo that only featured on French 7" test pressings of "Penelope Tree" - this demo has different lyrics)

[gotanigo]

I've loved this wonderful pop song in the 80's - thanks for uploading this fine memory :-)

[sunriseRISE]

GREATEST BAND IN THE WORLD

[beowulven]

What's a "Cure"?

[arkhangelsk]

i don't know whether i like this version or that with the strings! both are so so so lovely. glad i stumbled upon them but can't believe it took me so long to do so

[telemat]

Nobody thinks about Just Like Heaven from The Cure ?

[emile235]

@telemat no I think we all know that The Cure have got nothing on FELT

[telemat]

@emile235 You know even Cure song "High" makes me think of "The World is as Soft as Lace", especially the rhythm guitar melody (the arpeggio)...

[sharck968]

@telemat Correct, nobody thinks about The Cure when they listen to Felt. Why should they?

[telemat]

@sharck968 Actually I wondered if Robert Smith wasn't influenced by this song to compose Just Like Heaven.

[cocosweetheart]

chords?

[TheAce102]

Shows the Smiths influence of that era...Lawrence still has amazing guitar lines.

[emsctemsct]

@TheAce102 I think Felt came earlier than Smiths.

[gerry6668]

@emsctemsct you're wrong! Smiths came little early.

[emsctemsct]

@gerry6668 The Smiths came earlier than this song, but later than Felt as a band. The first Felt album was around 1981-82 and the style had been established there. The Smiths' first single was in 83.

[Maskedhaven]

Felt sounds amazing on every track of theirs I listen to.

[17205513]

years ago i use to listen to this record and just dream. this is just amazing

[fallfans]

never bettered

[9Kzaar11]

Seriously! This is the best single of 1984.

Felt are in a league of their own. Where I grew up you had to pre-order records (vinyl) from the more obscure bands and wait for a week for delivery. That was the case with all Felt releases. Back then I would read about an unheard band, figure out if I would like it or not, order the album and hold my breath. More of a challange than today´s "click to order" I would say. I was never really disappointed though. More often so now.

[theFirecat00]

One of their best. I still appreciate this song after two decades.

[punkhermit]

absolute classic, indeed!

one of my favorite songs

of all time.

[captainleg07]

great song

[stereo999]

the version with lots of strings is on the record pictured (12" single). the version we hear in this video is the version on the 'strange idols pattern' album.

[Vanligfyr]

Sounds like a lost-early-R.E.M. track.

I love it.

[kennydojo]

Yeah. My friends and I were all into this band hugely in the late '80s, a bit after their heyday. They were utterly wonderful. Dozens and dozens of fantastic songs. And that guitar? Later, the organ was great too. Anyway, congratulations on your discovery. They are very rewarding indeed.

[gigi46]

How I love this one!

[ratbones1000]

thank´s! this music remember the fast times of my life!

[hammertoebubbaloo]

from this album I rather like "Vasco da Gama"... beally a jewel - regards from Peru, Soth America!

[transonicbuoy1]

Christ, hearing this in Western Japan. UK and memories, time, shadows, all the cliches, I could cry when I hear this.

[sarpadoenpelo5]

yeah in my ipod, i love voxtrot, they are great

[budybradley]

hey.... i have this single.....i think there are like 3 or 4 versions of this song. thanks

[sarpadoenpelo5]

voxtrot's version is the best

[honeypower]

"voxtrot's version is the best "

Haha, no.

[watoowatootheband]

There's also a demo, a version with lots of strings (& no vox) &... I think that's all!

[Covox]

Love.