how? 1) if you look up the chorus "o mother of pearl I would have trade you for another girl" it is literally the second video 2) open Shazam while the song is playing...
Turn the lights down Way down low Turn up the music Hi as fi can go All the gang's here Everyone you know It's a crazy scene Hey there just look over your shoulder Get the picture' No no no no .......(Yes) Walk a tightrope Your life-sign-line Such a bright hope Right place, right time What's your number' Never you mind Take a powder But hang on a minute what's coming round the corner' Have you a future' No no no no .......(Yes) Well I've been up all night again Party-time wasting is too much fun Then I step back thinking Of life's inner meaning And my latest fling It's the same old story All love and glory It's a pantomime If you're looking for love In a looking glass world It's pretty hard to find Oh mother of pearl I wouldn't trade you For another girl Divine intervention Always my intention So I take my time I've been looking for something I've always wanted But was never mine But now I've seen that something Just out of reach - glowing - Very Holy grail Oh mother of pearl Lustrous lady Of a sacred world Thus: even Zarathustra Another-time-loser Could believe in you With every goddess a let down Every idol a bring down It gets you down But the search for perfection Your own predilection Goes on and on and on and on Canadian Club love A place in the Country Everyone's ideal But you are my favorita And a place in your heart dear Makes me feel more real Oh mother of pearl I wouldn't change you For the whole world You're highbrow, holy With lots of soul Melancholy shimmering Serpentine sleekness Was always my weakness Like a simple tune But no dilettante Filigree fancy Beats the plastic you Career girl cover Exposed and another Slips right into-view Oh looking for love In a looking glass world Is pretty hard for you Few throwaway kisses The boomerang misses Spin round and round Fall on featherbed quilted Faced with silk Softly stuffed eider down Take refuge in pleasure Just give me your future We'll forget your past Oh mother of pearl Submarine lover In a shrinking world Oh lonely dreamer Your choker provokes A picture cameo Oh mother of pearl So so semi-precious In your detached world Oh mother of pearl I wouldn't trade you For another girl
UltiEd I have the same. It’s one of my dads favourite bands, and my parents had their first dance to a Brian Ferry song on their wedding. It will always be a part of my memories about my dad
james lachs I agree absolutely. Personality, originality, glorious musician with a sly sense of humour and wonderful Romantic expressions worthy of Lord Byron.
I can listen to this song over and over again. The bass is so bouncy , ferry's lyrics and vocals are some of the most interesting and brilliant approaches to singing. And there's so much fun stuff with the synths and percussion in the background. Way ahead of its time
Oh, I don't know; aren't you forgetting ''Does your chewing gum lose its flavour on the bedpost overnight?'' or Joe Dolce's beautifully sensitive ''Shaddap yo face''? (!)
"Ive been looking for something I've always wanted, but was never mine. But now I've seen that something just out of reach glowing, very holy grail" damn 👐
The first Album I ever bought...not too shabby. Ferry is a genius...or was. Love this track, along with so many others, Eno or no Eno, Ferry was the brainchild behind roxy.
I first heard the harder cover by Pretty & Twisted. Beautiful song -- maybe their best! Thanks for uploading! I put both in my Concrete Blonde playlist.
The intro is missing. One should not cut a song like this. The intro is an essential part of the song's identity and very much Roxy Music. A vital part of the song is missing! People who only listen to this video and who have no idea of Roxy and BF get a wrong impression of this sublime piece of music.
High five to this version. The other version has an opening that totally throws off the vibe of the song. Also fuck all these himym references. SLC Punk brought me here
It's interesting to see that How I Met Your Mother apparently interpreted this song as a romance/love song. It's a song about cocaine addiction. Roxy Music for life.
+Charles Crumb I think you might be exaggerating a bit, no? I take that back. Running off with a one-legged plumber i've heard of, but a 'canadian plumber,' that's a new one.
+Charles Crumb I think you might be exaggerating a bit, no? I take that back. Running off with a one-legged plumber i've heard of, but a 'canadian plumber,' that's a new one.
Who cares about stupid sitcoms ? I've been far too busy ... looking through an old picture frame, Just waiting for the perfect view ... Another fine edition of you.
Great song. Probably one of the best by Roxy Music, but what happened with the first 1 minute and 26 seconds of this song? Sorry to say but the opening of this song (the 1.26 Missing) is an essential part of this song.
It's totally part of the song. The first two minutes are a 'crazy, party night' feeling and then he starts singing about the morning after. You're wrong. If I was in Roxy Music I'd be pissed off at you for bastardizing my hard work.
I had no idea this was on HIMYM. Rad song choice. And to anyone who reads this, make sure to check out the rest of Roxy's catalog (Self Titled, For Your Pleasure, the rest of Stranded, Country Life, Avalon). They were a brilliant band that are often overlooked.
Sorry HIMYM lovers.That programme reminds me of being very,very ill.Just staring at the screen and moving images..... I'm enjoying this after someone very dear to me shared it with me. Gives the brilliant lyrics far more meaning....For me anyway.
Well since this song was written in 1973 and the slang "Mother of Pearl" for cocaine started in the early 80's, I am pretty sure you are wrong. Plus Mother of Pearl is Cockney slang for wife or girl. seeing as Bryan Ferry is from England and most of his songs are about love, lost love, women, then I would say that this song is about loving a woman.
If it weren't for tv they would definitely be 'lost' classics. Anyone under 30 heard this on the radio they would be like wtf is this garbage and change the frequency without giving it a chance. Add the tv medium and a vibe to glom the song onto and BAM, now you get it. It's 'mood' music. That is all.
Because there are a lot of better movies and series to watch and SLC punk is one of this :) However mine was only an exuberant way to say that this song remember me that movie instead of that serie... relax!
No, one should definitely not cut a song like this. The intro is an essential part of the song's identity and very much Roxy Music. A vital part of the song is missing! People who only listen to this video and who have no idea of Roxy and BF get a wrong impression of this sublime piece of music.
+MyZiip its more poetic in its entirety. If you listen to the lyrics, the first part of the song is supposed to mimic partying and cheap thrills. The party ends in the 2nd part and he becomes contemplative.
she slid over the couch in her white panties with serpentine sleekness, I loved her, she loved me, then hwe husband came home. i still think of her,, shw was so beautiful
Love it
...
Best song in slc punk, took me a minute to find it...
"I don't want perfect. I want Robin"
Im here from HIMYM also lol
Again this year. lol
Yes, it keeps coming back to me aswell.
i dont get the reference
Hi Eddie, in an episode of the tv show 'How I Met Your Mother', part of this song is playing. I think it's season 1 episode 21.
FINALLY I FOUND YOU DAMN SONG!! LOVE HIMYM
hipersonicc I saw like 100 videos to found this
✋🏻
how?
1) if you look up the chorus "o mother of pearl I would have trade you for another girl" it is literally the second video
2) open Shazam while the song is playing...
Fuck off normie
@@MultiBiggie007 That was exactly the way I found it. It's not that hard ;)
Turn the lights down
Way down low
Turn up the music
Hi as fi can go
All the gang's here
Everyone you know
It's a crazy scene
Hey there just look over your shoulder
Get the picture'
No no no no .......(Yes)
Walk a tightrope
Your life-sign-line
Such a bright hope
Right place, right time
What's your number'
Never you mind
Take a powder
But hang on a minute what's coming round the corner'
Have you a future'
No no no no .......(Yes)
Well I've been up all night again
Party-time wasting is too much fun
Then I step back thinking
Of life's inner meaning
And my latest fling
It's the same old story
All love and glory
It's a pantomime
If you're looking for love
In a looking glass world
It's pretty hard to find
Oh mother of pearl
I wouldn't trade you
For another girl
Divine intervention
Always my intention
So I take my time
I've been looking for something
I've always wanted
But was never mine
But now I've seen that something
Just out of reach - glowing -
Very Holy grail
Oh mother of pearl
Lustrous lady
Of a sacred world
Thus: even Zarathustra
Another-time-loser
Could believe in you
With every goddess a let down
Every idol a bring down
It gets you down
But the search for perfection
Your own predilection
Goes on and on and on and on
Canadian Club love
A place in the Country
Everyone's ideal
But you are my favorita
And a place in your heart dear
Makes me feel more real
Oh mother of pearl
I wouldn't change you
For the whole world
You're highbrow, holy
With lots of soul
Melancholy shimmering
Serpentine sleekness
Was always my weakness
Like a simple tune
But no dilettante
Filigree fancy
Beats the plastic you
Career girl cover
Exposed and another
Slips right into-view
Oh looking for love
In a looking glass world
Is pretty hard for you
Few throwaway kisses
The boomerang misses
Spin round and round
Fall on featherbed quilted
Faced with silk
Softly stuffed eider down
Take refuge in pleasure
Just give me your future
We'll forget your past
Oh mother of pearl
Submarine lover
In a shrinking world
Oh lonely dreamer
Your choker provokes
A picture cameo
Oh mother of pearl
So so semi-precious
In your detached world
Oh mother of pearl
I wouldn't trade you
For another girl
I found this song and Roxy Music through my dad. Few bands have touched my heart like this band has.
UltiEd
I have the same. It’s one of my dads favourite bands, and my parents had their first dance to a Brian Ferry song on their wedding. It will always be a part of my memories about my dad
"ONLY POSERS DIE!!!!!" R.I.P. Bob!!!!
#SLCpunk
+Wendell Tso "I guess in the end, I was just a god damned trendy ass poser!!!"
But u r my Favoita and a place in my heart makes me feel mor reel
only poseurs die*
Oops, thanks for the check
you're welcome :) that part always gets me
Bryan Ferry is an amazing musician and even better song-writer. The lyrics in this song are about as good as it gets.
james lachs I agree absolutely. Personality, originality, glorious musician with a sly sense of humour and wonderful Romantic expressions worthy of Lord Byron.
I love you mom. RIP 1976-2021
I can listen to this song over and over again. The bass is so bouncy , ferry's lyrics and vocals are some of the most interesting and brilliant approaches to singing. And there's so much fun stuff with the synths and percussion in the background. Way ahead of its time
What a sound, what a damn sound.
This bassist in this song is a genius.
yupp and the drummer and the singer ETC was ROXY s masterpeice and the peak of ferrys creativitivityIMHO
"if your looking for love in a looking glass world its pretty hard to find"
This song still ranks very highly for me. And I love him.
" I don't want perfect, I want Robin " HIMYM :-)
... just give me your future you'll forget your past ... the whole song is so beautiful and poetic ...
Truly unique. Love it since I've heard it in HIMYM.
me too.
Sad, in a way, that decades later this song is still way ahead of 2 many.
TED MOSBY!
Do you have the United badge tattooed on your leg, mate?
yeah bro! :) picture is totally real ^^
LSD brought me here
Partially disordered
Thanks to Annie (old girlfriend from college),…for introducing Roxy Music 🥸👍💟💞❣️💕🩷💖❤️🔥🔈🎶🎶🎶
most beautiful song ever recorded. no contest.
Oh, I don't know; aren't you forgetting ''Does your chewing gum lose its flavour on the bedpost overnight?'' or Joe Dolce's beautifully sensitive ''Shaddap yo face''? (!)
Ted chooses Robin
This song will always one of the greats. ❤
"Ive been looking for something I've always wanted, but was never mine. But now I've seen that something just out of reach glowing, very holy grail" damn 👐
Roxy Music is what you call Classy Rock.....Mother of Pearl is one of the first songs that grabed me.....................
I forgot how much I used to listen to this song , and I still love it now
everyone found this song in himym apparently....I find it in slc punk.
Ashtyn Kelley I don't even remember it on himym..love SLC punk
first time I heard it , it was in SLC punk :)
Me too
Same
Roxy Music.
Unique legacy.
One of my favorite songs (THE definition of sublime) - yet it's missing the first part!
and finally he choose Robin :)
Carlo Danish when he was old
The first Album I ever bought...not too shabby. Ferry is a genius...or was. Love this track, along with so many others, Eno or no Eno, Ferry was the brainchild behind roxy.
of all his stuff-- this is the favorite for yours truly!
dayum!! 1973 ! WOW.
well, here bcoz of HIMYM!
Lily did you get the milk ?
RIP Barney and Robin
Rip robins hair in the van aswell....
lars Olofsson 🐯🐯
I heard this in Cincinnati, driving north to Rochester. Trying to listento college radio stations along the road trip.
"I don't want perfect, I want Robin" -Ted Mosby
This song is amazing!!!
Well shit I thought I had my robin but turns out life doesn't work like that
SLC punk!!!
💚
I first heard the harder cover by Pretty & Twisted. Beautiful song -- maybe their best! Thanks for uploading! I put both in my Concrete Blonde playlist.
Thank you himym.
It was always Robin
Great song! Thanks! :)
i love this song so much
The intro is missing.
One should not cut a song like this. The intro is an essential part of the song's identity and very much Roxy Music. A vital part of the song is missing! People who only listen to this video and who have no idea of Roxy and BF get a wrong impression of this sublime piece of music.
High five to this version. The other version has an opening that totally throws off the vibe of the song. Also fuck all these himym references. SLC Punk brought me here
its the best ever......before our time..............
go ted!
It's interesting to see that How I Met Your Mother apparently interpreted this song as a romance/love song. It's a song about cocaine addiction. Roxy Music for life.
i miss the first part..still love it tho ..thanks!
AWESOME !!! GIGGLES !!! AND RUBS AND HUGS AND SOFT KISSESS....
this song is awesome
chills
best rock song ever
+Charles Crumb I think you might be exaggerating a bit, no? I take that back. Running off with a one-legged plumber i've heard of, but a 'canadian plumber,' that's a new one.
+Charles Crumb I think you might be exaggerating a bit, no? I take that back. Running off with a one-legged plumber i've heard of, but a 'canadian plumber,' that's a new one.
+pike606 it's ''canadian club love'', I think. equally senseless though.
must be, hadn't heard of the whiskey.
Best song!!!
Who cares about stupid sitcoms ?
I've been far too busy ... looking through an old picture frame,
Just waiting for the perfect view ...
Another fine edition of you.
Well, I've been up all night (Again?)
Esther0393 We've all had them nights.
I love the part at the end where the the brass instrument comes in
Great song. Probably one of the best by Roxy Music, but what happened with the first 1 minute and 26 seconds of this song?
Sorry to say but the opening of this song (the 1.26 Missing) is an essential part of this song.
I am missing the intro too ... it is an important contrast of that what follows ...
but.. it's garbage
Good thing it's cut out in this version.
busby delaney
This nightmare of an intro is the only reason I don't like the song.
get the picture??
No, no, no, noooo
The original’s intro is annoying noise pollution IMHO. Why start such a mellow song out with a bunch of cacophonous nonsense?
slc punk!!! 2015
R.I.P BOB
why cut off the beginning to this song?
That wedding scene was really sad. He really do not want perfect? But Robin is! :)
Forever song of HIMYM :)
How I met your aunt Robin
yay n then some,,great stuff
This song is incomplete. The first 2 minutes are cut out! You owe it to yourself to hear it properly
It's totally part of the song. The first two minutes are a 'crazy, party night' feeling and then he starts singing about the morning after. You're wrong. If I was in Roxy Music I'd be pissed off at you for bastardizing my hard work.
Here fucking here!
I had no idea this was on HIMYM. Rad song choice. And to anyone who reads this, make sure to check out the rest of Roxy's catalog (Self Titled, For Your Pleasure, the rest of Stranded, Country Life, Avalon). They were a brilliant band that are often overlooked.
If you're looking for love in a looking glass world, it's pretty hard to find.
favorite roxy
he do the singing in one takeCan you imagine ?.incredible bryan
I have always been looking for some thiing Ii could never find,,,,,
stevesapyro "I've been looking for something that was never mine" Geeeez.
In a mood and listening to this song always gets me out of it. There is one me. Cant copy an original. Like I said in a mood. F
Ted has a vision of Robin at his wedding and realizes he loves her : "I don't want perfect, I want Robin"
goosebumps feeling
Listen to this song and remember the end of HIMYM, made me cry
Sorry HIMYM lovers.That programme reminds me of being very,very ill.Just staring at
the screen and moving images.....
I'm enjoying this after someone very dear to me shared it with me.
Gives the brilliant lyrics far more meaning....For me anyway.
Euston station..cross the road, knock the door, is she will she? Mum and Dad in? Don't mind, they're cool. Summers Town blues.
I wish Bowie had covered this, he would absolutely smash it.
Found this song from SLCP2
Well since this song was written in 1973 and the slang "Mother of Pearl" for cocaine started in the early 80's, I am pretty sure you are wrong. Plus Mother of Pearl is Cockney slang for wife or girl. seeing as Bryan Ferry is from England and most of his songs are about love, lost love, women, then I would say that this song is about loving a woman.
I enjoy this without the intro.
Me too it's tedious. I always skip it.
NICE
40 years ago. Damn.
If it weren't for tv they would definitely be 'lost' classics. Anyone under 30 heard this on the radio they would be like wtf is this garbage and change the frequency without giving it a chance. Add the tv medium and a vibe to glom the song onto and BAM, now you get it. It's 'mood' music. That is all.
Guess you're right
Funeral song
And a little castanet when he says "my favorita". Clever.
I’ve been up all night
Referencing famous NYC queens, Nietzsche, sea creatures and Canadian whiskey for the win!!!
How I Met Your Mother Season 1 Episode 1 "Pilot"
I thought it was from later on in season 1 when robin dropped off Ted in the van at maclarens
I found it from tunefind so i am not sure
Nah, later episode
+bibs87654 I'm pretty sure it's later on
+Deniz Kaçan episode 21 "Milk" took me forever to find the scene where he was daydreaming about getting married. Yeah, I know this is a late comment.
I am the only person who comes here because he has heard the song in '''How I met your Mother''??
David Makario i did too, lol.
JWES UNLIMITED me too me too!
NO ME TOO!!!! 'Cept I'm a chick, so hold the "he".
David Makario SLC Punk, for me.
+JWes Unlimited Me too :)
Love you cp
Because there are a lot of better movies and series to watch and SLC punk is one of this :)
However mine was only an exuberant way to say that this song remember me that movie instead of that serie... relax!
Everyone talk about HIMYM needs to go watch SLC Punk where I heard this song for the first time
adoro
I've got to buy a legit copy of this song....
Just give me your future
We'll forget your past
The song is not complet - there is missing the beginning ... one should not do this ...
*****
I do not think so :-)
No, one should definitely not cut a song like this. The intro is an essential part of the song's identity and very much Roxy Music. A vital part of the song is missing! People who only listen to this video and who have no idea of Roxy and BF get a wrong impression of this sublime piece of music.
Well, it's a matter of opinion, of course. But I think if you upload a song you should upload all of it. Or at least write "Mother of Pearl Part 2" :)
+MyZiip its more poetic in its entirety. If you listen to the lyrics, the first part of the song is supposed to mimic partying and cheap thrills. The party ends in the 2nd part and he becomes contemplative.
she slid over the couch in her white panties with serpentine sleekness, I loved her, she loved me, then hwe husband came home. i still think of her,, shw was so beautiful
I listen to this song because of SLC punk
SLC punk brought me here.
I don't want perfect. I want Robin