Sky Blue

Last update: 12th September 2005

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Notes

The Virgin press release states that this track "is about losing the way in life and love, and in the vastness of nature finding a way to deal with being alone."

Features "atmospheric guitar" from Daniel Lanois.

Peter's Comments

"Its actually something I started on the last album and I've re-recorded it in another key this time. I'm glad its finished because its been a favourite for me for a number of years - probably in part because when I was a kid at school some of my first exposure to live music was blues bands and some of the British blues bands and so I think there's some of that washing back in me."

"When we did the soundtrack for the film Rabbit Proof Fence...the end section of this song gets used as the end of the film and goes, in that situation, from these aboriginal voices to these fantastic gospel voices of the Blind Boys Of Alabama...who we were very lucky to work with at RealWorld. So in a way this is probably this most rootsy song on the record and goes from this more expressionistic, ethereal blues into a very grounded vocal but, for me, very moving chant - a chorus chant that the Blind Boys pick up."

"The oldest track on the record. The original riff is probably 15 years old but it was something that I always liked and felt had good emotion in it. As a teenager I was very influenced by soul and blues and it was my starting point for a lot of music. I think this was definitely an influence on that track."