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- "Stay Together" is a non-album single by Suede, released on February 14, 1994 on Nude Records. It is the last single released while guitarist Bernard Butler was in the band, though subsequent singles from Dog Man Star feature his music. Oddly enough, although lead singer Brett Anderson considers the single and the video that accompanies it, the worst the band has released. It is tied with "Trash" as the highest charting single the band has released at number three. Following the death of Butler's father, relations within the band started to deteriorate. Butler kept himself to himself on the following tour of the USA, while the other band members 'indulged in probably the worst excesses of their career'. Butler travelled to concerts by himself or on The Cranberries tour bus, rather than travel with his fellow band members. This influence became prevalent as Butler later stated, "Whatever I did on Stay Together was the A to Z of the emotions I was experiencing... defiance, loss, a final sigh. " What was intended as a couple of days recording stretched out to two weeks. It was later revealed that the song had almost 50 tracks of recorded material on it. According to an entry in Simon Gilbert's diary, Butler objected to the lyrics in Stay Together: "16 tears, obviously paedophilic!", while the lyrics for The Living Dead were also criticised by Butler, "I've written this really beautiful piece of music and it's a squalid song about junkies". The promotional video for the song was filmed at Riverside Studios in London. The band's view of the video, directed by Jon Klein, is that it features too much empty symbolism. They feel that parts featuring Butler hanging upside down, playing his guitar, as well as Anderson gagged, are particularly misplaced considering the song's tone. During the video there are small clips of two people about to fall from tall buildings, followed by an image of the World Trade Center in New York, which is evocative of jumpers on 9/11. The band has distanced themselves from the song, perhaps because it reminded them of the inter-band problems at the time. On the single Anderson says, "I don't think the fuss about Stay Together was justified, I think that was just hype," He shrugs. "I just find it a bit bombastic. I don't think the lyrics are that good either. It's okay, you know, it's okay. I think the b-sides are much better". However publicist Phill Savage suggests that Anderson "can't believe he wrote it about that girl, Anick" (Brett's girlfriend at the time), which is why he has no feelings for it.. Anderson has described "Stay Together" as one of the few points in the band's career where hype dictated success. This was the last song ever played live with Butler, at the Queens Hall in Edinburgh, on February 12, 1994, although he and Anderson performed the B-sides, "The Living Dead" and "My Dark Star" on MTV's Most Wanted the following month, which was his last tv appearance. During the commentary of the 'Lost In TV' dvd, Anderson can be seen walking out in disgust as Stay Together starts to play, emphasising his hard feelings towards the song. Kate Jackson of The Long Blondes calls it Suede's best song. "It encapsulates everything Suede were: escapist romantics with great guitars."
- Stay Together este cel de-al cincilea single al trupei Suede, lansat pe 14 februarie 1994. A atins locul 3 în topul britanic (o performanţă pe care formaţia avea să o mai realizeze doar cu single-ul „Trash”), şi asta în ciuda faptului că Brett Anderson consideră single-ul drept cele mai prost pe care l-a lansat trupa în toată cariera, renegând şi videoclipul pe motiv că ar fi prea plin de simbolistică fără conţinut. Brett a declarat referitor la melodie: „Nu cred că toată agitaţia din jurul piesei 'Stay Together' a fost justificată, cred că a fost doar o exagerare... Cred că a fost un pic bombastic. Şi nu mi se pare că versurile ar fi chiar aşa de grozave. Sunt satisfăcătoare şi-atât. Cred că B-side-urile sunt mult mai bune”. B-side-urile au fost incluse pe compilaţia lansată în anul 1997, Sci-Fi Lullabies. Cu toate acestea, cântecul este considerat drept unul dintre cele mai bune cântece ale formaţiei: pe site-ul Rate Your Music Best, la secţiunea single-urilor lansate în anul 1994, el s-a menţinut în top 5, iar în ianuarie 2009 a urcat pe locul întâi. Mai mult, cântecul este privit şi drept unul din cele mai bune cântece ale decadei, după cum se poate observa pe acelaşi site, la secţiunea celor mai bune single-uri din anii '90. „Stay Together” nu a fost inclus pe albumul Dog Man Star, şi este ultimul single pe care trupa l-a lansat alături de chitaristul Bernard Butler. Conform unei note din jurnalul lui Simon Gilbert, Butler a obiectat în privinţa versurilor piesei „Stay Together”, găsind că au o tentă pedofilă, şi a criticat şi versurile piesei „The Living Dead”, spunând „Am compus piesa asta atât de frumoasă şi e un cântec mizerabil despre drogaţi. ” La acea perioadă, Butler se distanţase deja de colegii de trupă, ca urmare a morţii tatălui său, preferând să călătorească în turneu ori de unul singur, ori în autobuzul formaţiei The Cranberries.
- Stay Together är en EP/singel av den brittiska gruppen Suede, utgiven den 14 februari 1994. Låten Stay Together nådde den brittiska singellistans tredjeplacering.
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- "Stay Together" is a non-album single by Suede, released on February 14, 1994 on Nude Records. It is the last single released while guitarist Bernard Butler was in the band, though subsequent singles from Dog Man Star feature his music. Oddly enough, although lead singer Brett Anderson considers the single and the video that accompanies it, the worst the band has released. It is tied with "Trash" as the highest charting single the band has released at number three.
- Stay Together este cel de-al cincilea single al trupei Suede, lansat pe 14 februarie 1994. A atins locul 3 în topul britanic (o performanţă pe care formaţia avea să o mai realizeze doar cu single-ul „Trash”), şi asta în ciuda faptului că Brett Anderson consideră single-ul drept cele mai prost pe care l-a lansat trupa în toată cariera, renegând şi videoclipul pe motiv că ar fi prea plin de simbolistică fără conţinut.
- Stay Together är en EP/singel av den brittiska gruppen Suede, utgiven den 14 februari 1994. Låten Stay Together nådde den brittiska singellistans tredjeplacering.
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