Eno, Brian - The True Wheel Lyrics
We are the 801
We are the central shaft
And we are here to let you take advantage
Of our lack of craft
Sooner or later we'll turn yours.
We are the 801
We are the central shaft
And thus throughout two years we've crossed the ocean
In our little craft (row, row, row)
Now we're on the telephone
Making final arrangements (ding, ding)
We are the central shaft
Looking for a certain ratio
Someone must have left it underneath the carpet
Looking up and down the radio
Oh, oh, nothing there this time
Looking for a certain ratio
Someone said they saw it parking in a car lot
Looking up and down the radio
Oh, oh, nothing there this time
Going back down to the rodeo
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, here we go!
We are the table the captain's table let's get it understood
Let's get it understood
We are the losers we are the cruisers let's get it understood
Let's get it understood
We are the diners the final diners let's get it understood
Let's get it understood
Most of us are tinkers, some of us tailors
And we've got candlesticks and lots of cocktail sticks
We saw the lovers the modern lovers and they looked very good
They looked as if they could
We are the neighbours the nosy neighbours we think just like you would
We think just like you should.
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Eno, Brian The True Wheel Comments
801 = Eight. Naught. One =ENO
It puts the lotion on the skin.... (sorry Brian...lol)
fishing halibut middle of hecate stait dixon entrance late 70s dancing around the deck with peter and dave oh my brothers i love and miss you maybe see you again before too long
💎Still my favorite ENO song!💎
How can a rock and roll Hall of fame be taken seriously if Brian Eno hasn't been inducted years ago
I think he is above that trivial R&RHoF shit (ABBA and Madonna??). If they had a Greatest contributor to sound hall of fame then yea or the GCoSHoF.
Never quite understood this one, but then again I am just a country bumpkin.
I saw a gatefold lp of this in a window for $35
Was Robert Wyatt of the softs on this
Glam Rock!!
So that's where the talking heads stole their ideas from
Definitely. But Eno also produced Talking Heads albums so that was the key thing.
Still not found a certain ratio on planet terraaaaaa
I read somewhere that the line, "We are the 801, we are the central shaft" came to Eno in a dream. Also, the band "A Certain Ratio" got their name from this song.
Enos in my list of FOR MAD MEN ONLY.
EXCELLENT MUSIC !!!!!!!!
BON SANG
His catchiest record ever.
And to think that it all came from a mescalin-induced dream...... Thanks, Mescalin!
That is a way to make songs. For some perhaps a good or great way at times?
The captains's table.
genius baldy man
So wicked x
The crescendo parts in the middle...excellent...
splendide , magnifique .....album
we are the dinos
brian eno & phil manzanera.......over 40 yrs ago still fresh lets get it understood...801 entertains
masterpiece
We are the lovers, The Modern Lovers!
We 'SAW' the Lovers......he's talking about Jonathan Richman's band the Modern Lovers..."and they looked very good".....
Jesus Christ - Brian Eno was a tool of the Antichrist all along, this used to be my favourite :) 801
trip and drogues and love
you toooootally get it Bill !
it's funny I never read the lyrics to this one. mr. Brian Peter George De La Salle Eno blew me away at age 22 in Western Pennsylvania. I bought this on cassette in 1991 from special order truly because of u2 and I was lost in life and clinged heavily to alternative music. this was prior to the overground exposing Eno like now. I think trouser press magazine mostly. in my own opinion the new wave started here.
goddamn, the memories on this one...
always truths hiding well crafted in this genie of a genius' pieces de resistance
Phil Manzanera' sound here
music nerds. Just appreciate the eno and stop posting your stupid theories. As you don't have the answer. This is the best song ever written on earth. Eno. Bowie. other iconic artists accept it for what it is. No one cares what you think about it. The music stands on it's own. Let's get it understood
No Fripp on this album.
Eno said it all in the first line. We are the 801. I personally think it's about immigration.
From one planet or island to the next. Its a very confusing message at best. We are the diners, the final diners. The immigrants are superior in knowledge but are trying to assimilate with a one way ticket. Their craft is disabled. They look like us but cant conform and don't fit. They are the losers. The captain gives up. They were the central shaft. They were looking for a metaphoric ratio cog that fit the shaft and failed. The mission is scrubbed. Gregg
Ah, what? From one Enolecttual to another.
Eno said he dreamed the lyrics "We are the 801, we are the central shaft" :)
No, "The Central Shaft" is some sort of reference to The Big Bang exploding out of eternal nothingness.It's a reference to when eternal nothing turns inside out and becomes limited something.When this happens at the point of The Big Bang there's a central shaft of limited something created from the eternal nothing (hyperspace) turning inside out. Also the song "The True Wheel" refers to life being cyclical,happening over and over like a wheel eternally turning. Also "The 801" is evidence that Eno is involved in some sort of occult activity (I always suspected it) because "The 801" is derived from The Kabbala and there's a central shaft in the Kabbala and if you've ever seen a diagram representing the Kabbala you'll know what I mean.
joy division borrowed this rhythm for 'A Means to an End'
Truly? [No pun intended.]
Let's get it understood....!!!??
One of the greatest songs ever recorded
Agreed. Third Uncle way ahead of its time, too.]
Truuuuueeeee
Absolutely. I have a hard time narrowing down my favorite bands, albums, etc. A REALLY hard time.
But this song is definitely in my top ten favorites of. all. time. Easily.
why about Roxy Music?,ask myself,answer rhytm.
The True Wheel
• • • • • • • • • • • • •
We are the 8-0-1
we are the central shaft
And we are here to let you take advantage of our lack of craft
certain streets have certain corners
sooner or later we'll turn yours
We are the 8-0-1
we are the central shaft
And thus throughout two years we've crossed the ocean
in our little craft (row, row, row)
Now we're on the telephone
making final arrangements (ding ding)
We are the 8-0-1
we are the central shaft
○
Looking for a certain ratio
Someone must have left it underneath the carpet
Looking up and down the radio
Uh-oh! nothing there this time
Looking for a certain ratio
Someone said they saw it parking in a car lot
Looking up and down the radio
Uh-oh! nothing there this time
Going back down to the rodeo
Oh oh oh oh, oh oh, oh oh, here we go
•
We are the table, the Captain's table
let's get it understood
let's get it understood
We are the losers, we are the cruisers
let's get it understood
let's get it understood
We are the diners, the final diners
let's get it understood
let's get it understood
Most of us tinkers, some of us tailors
and we've got candlesticks
and lots of cocktail sticks
We saw the Lovers, the Modern Lovers
and they looked very good
they looked as if they could
We are the neighbors, the nosey neighbors
we think just like you would
we think just like you should
Ohhh . . .
•
We saw the Lovers’ the Modern Lovers, and l👀Ked very g👀d
Let's get it UNDERSTOOD!
Uh, oh--nothing there this time...
ding ding ding
@marion weber row, row, row?
we are the neighbours, the nosy neighbours
we r the 801
+john sims This is a song on fire!
Looking for a certain ratio...
Just so!
we are the central shaft
we are the age of what we are the central shock
if u still care, it's other way around. google eno/bowie..... u will see that Beno infl many.... BTW "hmmmmmmm" translates as 'google it'....
correct
rien à jeter à cette époque! Eno is great !
.....and we are here to let you take advantage of our lack of craft......
טלפנתי לאינו אמרתי לו אחי, תכתוב איזה שיר לכבודי ותעשה לי הקדשה על העטיפה של התקליט,
לא עשה לי הקדשה המניאק.
great album
i listen to this when orion is visable too aid my navigation
we are the 801
There's only THREE of them!
had a dream even.....perhaps there was nothingon TV but Mothra
hwe had a dream bout tiny Chinbee wvomen singing 'we anre he 5k01, we are the cetral shaft' to this melody, hence this song; dreaming in music is quite common
@katoklzmk Eight Nought One, ENO?
Looking for a certain ratio.
jeez I see I was here 7 years ago!!! Talk about one big circle.
The origin pf the name for 801
"We are the 801..."!
@NoTeaBaggers both
It is Robert Fripp
Fripp's not on this one. Co-written by Eno and Manzanera.
Thanks for the post MoonKnight - sounds like Robert Fripp on guitar? Anybody know?
NoTeaBaggers Phil Manzera