Blinker the Star - Below Sliding Doors

[mercurirgo]

Thank you Thank you Thank you. Thought I was the only one who remembers this dreamy tune

[corkey04]

Gotta love Ken Andrews!!!!!!!!

[otherjay11]

I only ever bought his first album. Didn't realize there was so much more. Saw these guys live in... 97? They had toured into the US before coming back up through Canada.

[R5lover]

"One hit wonder?!................ Come on man!

[R5lover]

Id recognise Ken Andrews voice anywhere, its heavenly :-)

[tommybass40]

I remember my friend giving me a promotional indie CD mix way back in '99 or '00 and Below The Sliding Doors was on it. I ended up getting the whole CD a little while later and I listened to that album over and over again because the whole thing was great. Definitely underrated....should have been on the radio, but as any American knows, FM radio around the country is absolutely putrid and rotten. And if you're a Canadian band,God help you break big in this country.

[Taldeuce]

Your the man Jordan, proud your from my hometown Pembroke, Ontario.

[tvbabay]

agreed, how, why was this never a hit. its as if you had to have been listening to the radio at just the right moment in time.

[frippstar47]

ENOUGH ALREADY!....what are we going to do?... gnatshit out of pepper, maybe a little change of degrees up your ass?. i don't have to be an ego-know it all to know this is a beautiful song without having to add insult and injury. read enough crapola here on this topic of who can win the pissing contest. the more you all repeat yourself, the more you lack! so lets all grow-up and just enjoy the music!

[discoex1]

@silence418 - you really should think before you write, a law degree with a science or engineering background can be very lucrative. Think intellectual property, if you are capable of doing so.

[supersteevo1000]

I just don't fuckin' geddit...This song should've been a massive hit. Over a decade gone and it's still one of my all-time favorites. Lightyears better than Ben Folds and that over-played "Brick" song.

[MsBoogster]

Tom Jones-much

[philzyqotsa]

Why the hell hasn't he put out a new album ! I have been listening to him for 10 years love this shit he is brillant him and ken !

[flashdance63]

the first track of his first album rocks alot of balls off

[RandysCandy77]

i love the last song on this album..."star behind the star"...good weed smokin music..this band kinda reminded me of pink floyd..as in a concept band, and very soothing music n smooth vibe..Canadian talent at its best!!

[vicmal2112]

I love this song!! 90's!!!!!!

[kennelpirate7]

I wish more Blinker the Star songs were on here. I Love LOVE LOVVVVEEEE this CD. AUGUST EVERYWHERE. Wish they were still around. Are they?

[mdeboard1]

It's really a good album. This song doesn't do it justice. Yeah, he kinda seems like a tool in this video.

[kickinitonthetube]

I was looking at storm thorgerson's work and i came across the cover for August Everywhere and decided to check out the band and it was a great find

[frippstar47]

this song from day one had it's own special meaning , and special time no ?'sthere is no answer! remembering a time , when I and my wife was always listening to this, we always contemplated where our lives would go. we thought that we we're together and we had it made,, all this time to get here, and only maybe a decade to recollect time we missed together . but being so close and loving as soulmates perhaps. she has passed a year ago, and this song will bring me back to that time forever

[mdeboard1]

@frippstar47 Wow. I cannot imagine your pain. I just spent a week in DC with my lifetime babe and it brings tears to my eyes to think of it without her. Actually I am crying my eyes out right now. Damn it! I never want to feel your pain. I could never live without my soulmate.

[jsilence418]

@mdeboard1 toughen up wuss!

[jsilence418]

@frippstar47 Sorry dude that is rough.

[MrFamulaw]

@jsilence418 I can understand why you'd make that comment. You know what though, it's hard to find something in life that makes you feel so passionate as to be able to shed a tear over it. If this works for frippstar to alleviate his pain then that's awesome. If I can empathize and also shed a tear then that is good for me too. I sincerely hope you have something in life that you too would bother to shed a tear over...

[jsilence418]

@MrFamulaw firstly stupid, my comment was aimed at mdeboard1 learn to read! secondly ,I prefer to do something other than cry , passion is action! if you stop to give way to self pity then you become as you are, a person of very little accomplishment, or understanding!

[jsilence418]

@MrFamulaw You leave such a small impression, no one remembers your name. No one cares about an overemotional, undereducated and overwhelmed nobody such as you! Didn't you even know that stupid?

[jsilence418]

@MrFamulaw third year law student, undergrad in physics lol picking out what you consider to be difficult subjects, spell it loser lol you come off as a grade3 drop out !tell us the name of your school so we can avoid it! it has done a bad job with you, stupid lol!

[TheGoategg1]

@jsilence418 Law school with an undergrad in PHYSICS? Way to go! You make terrible decisions.

[jsilence418]

@TheGoategg1 ??? you really should read the comments, the idiot known as famulaw made that call , he has no experience of university, no doubt he can't spell it either!

[mdeboard1]

And, YES, this has Ken Andrews all over it. Especially All Dreamed Out

[mdeboard1]

Totally dig the reference to "a shallow walk in the ocean" - can you say "ROLLING"?

[afriendcalled5]

I 'discovered' this band at the library. I love them. This song takes my breath away. And I can see the Jim Kerr resemblance- very cute

[arturazoo]

Please, anyone could post "My dog"? a song of this band. I cannot find it

[sweetttina666]

Man, this is one of those songs that grab me, pets me, and THERE IS NO WAY IN THE WORLD one cannot like this song!

[Outlawstar615]

It has a sixties kinda trippy feel....I'm liking it!

[cliffordchesney]

you can hear ken andrews all over this amazing tune. failure and bts...good times.

[whigfarm]

got thier first album out of a dollar bin. It rocks.

[xwnordique]

Technically it's Below *the* Sliding Doors.

[shymenH]

mediagod, why exactly is jim kerr a knob?

[JIVETURKAH]

Forget when this came out. Much music played it hear in Canada. This is like a modern doors.

[theairyaquarius]

This song is so beautiful! I fell in love with it the first day I heard it. Nothing sounds close to it. :)

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[hunterjinx]

xxlesslikeitsmathxx. yes. This is one of those records that I constantly love to pay forward to people :)

[barrett39]

I have this album but haven't listened to it in forever.

[xxlesslikeitsmathxx]

Anyone have this album to share? I can't find it ANYWHERE.

[pkd46]

gran cancion de finales de los 90s me trae muchos recuerdos de esa epoca que feeling Dios mio!

[2009venjix]

It sounds like Incubus & Hoobastank.

[fetisov02]

mediagod=KNOB

[ottvalley]

The singer is Jordan Zaderodny,I was his baseball coach for a year in the late 80's.

[vicmal2112]

@ottvalley and?.......

[cebran6]

i have this cd it is kind of one of those cds where you get a surprise at really how good they are. hey they toured with neil young. not just anybody tours with him. besides when was the last time you heard a set of drums as the front instrument? and these guys pulled it off .

[macmo7]

you"re an ass... this is a great band

[tattypatty]

What a pretentious piece of shit band.  They sound like a shitty Bob Welch record....

[xxlesslikeitsmathxx]

As much as I love their earlier, edgier stuff, this song really makes me feel good. Why weren't these guys HUGE, dammit?

[cavstarr313]

smooth the edges with an iron tongue

[viketaker]

like "i am a fraction" too

[alettoasis]

I love their previous album more than this one...Do you mean this one is their 'one hit'?

[sbadolian]

is that Ken Andrews in the background??

[Kotiya]

It sure is! Hey wait... Don't I know you...?

[sbadolian]

Heh, Thanks Stalker!

[mdeboard1]

Is that Ken playing the keyboard? Anyway, yes this song is good but in NO WAY defines this band. "These pills never twice the same, a shallow walk in the ocean..."

[HugoStop]

this song's incredible -- never heard it until tonight. definitely getting their album right now.

[manic486]

oh wow i haven't heard this in ages.

i gotta find "hunting at the zoo" and "my dog" because those are two awesome songs along with this tune.

fuck this band was awesome and for about 3 months 4 years ago i was really into them.

[habz4l]

I saw these guys open up for Our Lady Peace back in I think 99 they were pretty good, but this was their standout

[vicmal2112]

THis is a great song and a great album!!!

[Jacksonwizard13]

That introductory description in the search is incredibly unfair. The whole album is as strong as this song. All killer no thriller.

[mediagod]

While that may be true, I don't believe I ever heard another single get radio play.

[SirFing]

Pretty Pictures got lots of play. I still hear it sometimes.

[ANoDYNUSjosh]

@mediagod Because the "radio" played a lot of bullshit when this came out. The year this came out, the most popular crap was Britney Spears and Eminem.

[metjohnVideo]

@mediagod It never did. The album is too musically complex for today's labotomized tastes.

[dennisgiguere]

@mediagod Uhhh, ever heard of September Already, you know, the album's title? Yeah, it plays all the time here anyways...

[unlearn]

@mediagod -- Pretty poor response considering they were considered an "indie" band, which typically doesn't get much mainstream fanfare. This entire album was fantastic, top to bottom. The band had an unfortunate end and those of us who know of them are fortunate in that itself.

[jsilence418]

@Jacksonwizard13 Yeah at the time it came out I listened to it constantly, but where are they now?

[Utubernatural]

@Jacksonwizard13

I second that!

[DannyE5]

i definitely hear ken in some of the vocals. This is an awesome song, never heard them before.

[thefaithyouprove]

Is Jim Kerr a "knob"? Sheesh. Anyway, I love this song (as well as many from Simple Minds and Jim Kerr).

[stonetempleriot]

Oh , and I don't care how you label them - I think these guys are great !

[stonetempleriot]

I would so like to hear more from these guys

[strutterrrrr]

get thier album still in rome really rocks

[rodarid]

You have to have lived a bit and gone through some shit to feel this song! You are the Sun! Brillant!

[vicmal2112]

Yep, I remember breaking up with a lady back '98 and this was on heavy rotation at the time.

[3x1min1]

Thx for posting this song

[kamuiian]

Ken Andrews <3

Jordan Zadorozny <3

Kellii Scott <3

[ANoDYNUSjosh]

Ok, good job on posting the video but however if the singer is a "knob" then why are you posting the video?

[p0ndu5]

I used to play bass in BTS....Jordon is a genius and it was a thrill to get a chance to play and work with him. Nice video, had already left the band by the, than goodness...what an invasion of privacy!

[3strangedays]

Not emo, just an emotive piece with space, ala Queen and Extreme and extremely well done at that. Check out the following album "Still in Rome" to crosscheck if this is just junior high yearbook signing music... I think you'll be swayed to the truth.

[viketaker]

emo

[kate1675]

This song got me hooked when I first heard it several years ago. The melody is sort of haunting.

[kittypanhead]

thank you for posting this song i heard it on the radio about 2 times about 9 years ago and fell in love with it. it kinda reminds me a little bit of the alan parsons project song in the early 80's and i cannot remember the name of that song hopefully this one will help trigger my memory sorry for any type 0

[razorblade42069]

I liked Deaf Angel Ears quite a bit. Oh how I miss the good old days of napster at my college 8 or so years ago, coming home with a zip loaded with 500 songs every night.

[ClearEyed]

actually, not really a band, Blinker The Star is a project created by Jordon Zadorozny, instead of putting his name on his debut album, he came up with the BTS moniker. he has used a different band on each of his albums. the first album he played all of the instruments himself. as he is ding with his new Blinker The Star album, set for a early 2008 release. he's also producing a lot of bands now, and writing songs for other artists

[resumedsr]

what ever happened to these guys?

[Stanzmastertron4000]

I was kind of let down with Still in Rome, but I also reject the notion that they are a one hit wonder. For one thing, this song was barely a hit at all. Secondly, they have many songs that reach the sonic glory of Sliding Doors. Pretty Pictures and I Am a Fraction are right up there.

[3strangedays]

One hit wonder? You must check out "Still in Rome"- plenty of unmined gems.

[probos1]

Great song and an even great album. "August Everywhere" is a pop rock masterpiece. Thanks for posting this.

[Stanzmastertron7000]

Thanks for uploading this. I remember how much this blew me away in 1999. It was like hearing a new Beach Boys song with a 90s spin.

[Scoliosis]

Haha, I only ever heard this song because of Ken Andrews production on the album.

[jisatsulol]

lol same here...only reason I ever heard of this band

[Stanzmastertron7000]

Hey, I only ever heard of Failure because of their association with Blinker.

[Dorepoll]

Yeah, same here. But man, I'm glad I have heard them.

[mdeboard1]

I only found BTS because of Failure. Ken produced this album and plays the keyboard (and probably other stuff) on several songs. This band, like Failure, never found the true fame and recognition they deserved. Failure = most underrecognized band of the 1990's.

[pakkala888]

That is a great call! I love Failure!

[mdeboard1]

I, too, found BTS through Ken Andrews and Failure. Failure was awesome. Ken plays keyboard and sings backup on this entire BTS album (besides, of course, producing it). Unrecognized genius...

[joemc83]

Great track!

[SychoRAT]

holy crap somebody found it!!!

[mediagod]

Meh I've had it on one of my computers for ages. I just keep browsing through what I have and post what isn't already up here.