"Brilliant Mind"
Bank of Montreal Tower - Looking from Spadina Avenue & Oxley Street, Toronto
"Furniture was a British pop band, active from 1979 to 1991 and best known for their 1986 Top 30 hit 'Brilliant Mind'.
Since its break-up, the band has retained a certain cult appeal - partly due to the high quality of the songwriting and partly due to the band's career (noted for the bad luck and practical frustration that prevented them from making a long term-breakthrough). Several ex-members are notable for (variously) going on to form Transglobal Underground, becoming high-profile British music journalists, or contributing to the writing of several underground dance hits.
In 1983, Furniture released a mini-album entitled When the Boom Was On, on the Premonition imprint of the Ealing-based Survival record label.
Switching to the main label in spring 1984, they released their first single, 'Dancing the Hard Bargain', produced by former Blue Zoo member, Tim Parry. This was followed in December by 'Love Your Shoes', produced by Troy Tate (former guitarist for The Teardrop Explodes). A self-produced EP - 'I Can't Crack' - followed in the summer of 1985. Much of the material on these releases was collected on a 1986 LP on Survival, called The Lovemongers.
In 1986 the band switched to Stiff Records and released the single 'Brilliant Mind', which peaked at number 21 in the UK Singles Chart. 'Brilliant Mind' is the band’s most popular song. It has since featured on many 1980s compilation albums, and as TV incidental music (eg 'World Shut Your Mouth' for the character with the cymbals). It is still played regularly on British radio and is a staple of BBC 6 Radio. Singer Boy George has named 'Brilliant Mind' his favourite record of the '80s. A re-recorded version of 'Brilliant Mind' featured in the John Hughes film, Some Kind of Wonderful." en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Furniture_(band)
I'm at the stage
Where everything I thought meant something
Seems so unappealing
I'm ready for the real thing
But nobody's selling
Except you and yours
Saying open up your eyes and ears
And let me in
You must be out of your brilliant mind
You're at the stage
You want your empty words heard
And everybody's ready
They want to know your secret
But you are not telling
You're just gesturing saying open up your arms and hearts
And let me in
You must be out of your brilliant mind
I'm at the stage
Where I want my words heard
When no one wants to listen
Because everybody's yelling
About you and yours
And how I'd have the answer if I'd only open up, up, up
And let you in
They must be out of their brilliant minds
I said shame
Shame on you
Shame
Shame on you
Shame
Shame on you
You must be out of your brilliant mind
And they must be out of their brilliant minds
Everyone out of their brilliant minds
I'm must be out of my brilliant mind
My brilliant mind
"Brilliant Mind"
Bank of Montreal Tower - Looking from Spadina Avenue & Oxley Street, Toronto
"Furniture was a British pop band, active from 1979 to 1991 and best known for their 1986 Top 30 hit 'Brilliant Mind'.
Since its break-up, the band has retained a certain cult appeal - partly due to the high quality of the songwriting and partly due to the band's career (noted for the bad luck and practical frustration that prevented them from making a long term-breakthrough). Several ex-members are notable for (variously) going on to form Transglobal Underground, becoming high-profile British music journalists, or contributing to the writing of several underground dance hits.
In 1983, Furniture released a mini-album entitled When the Boom Was On, on the Premonition imprint of the Ealing-based Survival record label.
Switching to the main label in spring 1984, they released their first single, 'Dancing the Hard Bargain', produced by former Blue Zoo member, Tim Parry. This was followed in December by 'Love Your Shoes', produced by Troy Tate (former guitarist for The Teardrop Explodes). A self-produced EP - 'I Can't Crack' - followed in the summer of 1985. Much of the material on these releases was collected on a 1986 LP on Survival, called The Lovemongers.
In 1986 the band switched to Stiff Records and released the single 'Brilliant Mind', which peaked at number 21 in the UK Singles Chart. 'Brilliant Mind' is the band’s most popular song. It has since featured on many 1980s compilation albums, and as TV incidental music (eg 'World Shut Your Mouth' for the character with the cymbals). It is still played regularly on British radio and is a staple of BBC 6 Radio. Singer Boy George has named 'Brilliant Mind' his favourite record of the '80s. A re-recorded version of 'Brilliant Mind' featured in the John Hughes film, Some Kind of Wonderful." en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Furniture_(band)
I'm at the stage
Where everything I thought meant something
Seems so unappealing
I'm ready for the real thing
But nobody's selling
Except you and yours
Saying open up your eyes and ears
And let me in
You must be out of your brilliant mind
You're at the stage
You want your empty words heard
And everybody's ready
They want to know your secret
But you are not telling
You're just gesturing saying open up your arms and hearts
And let me in
You must be out of your brilliant mind
I'm at the stage
Where I want my words heard
When no one wants to listen
Because everybody's yelling
About you and yours
And how I'd have the answer if I'd only open up, up, up
And let you in
They must be out of their brilliant minds
I said shame
Shame on you
Shame
Shame on you
Shame
Shame on you
You must be out of your brilliant mind
And they must be out of their brilliant minds
Everyone out of their brilliant minds
I'm must be out of my brilliant mind
My brilliant mind