* The spacey beginning (album version) sounds like something out of a Star Wars movie.
* The stuff that is said in the beginning of the Hanis Num Radio Mix (or something to that effect) is "Head down this direction".
* It's Daniel that does the countdown in this song.
* Even though the song mentions a 'she', the song is actually based on a MALE friend D&D had.
I Want You
* Darren does all the voices in this song...even the part the girl was supposed to be singing in the International vid.
* That mumbly bit is "softly as the animals fall so far ahead". (At least that's what MTV says!)
* This song has the same vocal rhythm as Roxette's "The Look" and Janet Jackson's "If".
Truly Madly Deeply
* In the International version you hear Darren whispering "I love you". Yet in the Australian version there's only a synthesizer hum.
* Darren's actually singing "you know that I adore you yeah" at the end of the song.
* The Dub Mix of this song is actually the album version (International) minus lead vocals. So you can actually sing karaoke to this! :)
* The intro to Everclear's Wonderful sounds incredibly alike to the intro of this song.
Break Me Shake Me
* The last time Darren sings the chorus, it sounds like "Break me shake me hate me BREAK me over".
Santa Monica
* The telephone operator is saying "Thank you for calling Disneyland." Now I wonder where they got permission to use that bit... :)
All Around Me
* It's Darren who does the rap in this song...as well as that "posh midget" bit at the end.
Memories Are Beginning To Fade
* There's a lot of moaning going on in this song...
Promises
* You can hear Darren breathe in this song.
Affirmation
* Some parts of the song has Darren 'echoing' the lyrics.
* Darren's breathing is back!
Crash And Burn
* There's a radio station in Singapore named Power 98...their musical background for their hourly 3-minute news sounds a lot like the intro for this song.
* Darren does some 'ooos' in the ending.
* The beginning of this song sound likes Billie Myers' Kiss The Rain. (thanks Siti!)
* There has been rumours in cyberspace that the chorus of this song played backwards sounds like a satanic chant. Well, I have checked it out, and it is NOT TRUE. It sounds like an Arabic chant.
Chained To You
* Darren whispers something between "And I think about you all the time" and "Yeah I think about it all the time"...some people hear "I've been missing you, now my love is true", some hear "affirmation" in it, someone even heard "Kirsten Dunst I love you"...any ideas?
* At the ending Darren sings "wannabe gottabe wannabe gottabe" a few times.
Gunning Down Romance
* At some points in the song, you can hear electricity buzzing.
The Lover After Me
* Part of the background music for this song sounds similar to the background of Crash And Burn.
Savage Garden Songs In General
* Most of the Savage Garden songs played on Malaysian radio are of the album version.
* The album version for To The Moon And Back, Truly Madly Deeply, The Animal Song, I Knew I Loved You, Hold Me and Crash And Burn are longer than the single version by a verse. Affirmation is longer by the musical intro.
* The cassette versions of the albums Savage Garden and Affirmation have Carry On Dancing and The Animal Song (respectively) as the first song on Side B. Both songs start off with a loud drumbeat.
* What do the following have in common - besides being Savage Garden songs?
To The Moon & Back I Want You Truly Madly Deeply Carry On Dancing Violet This Side Of Me I'll Bet He Was Cool Hold Me Crash And Burn Chained To You The Animal Song The Lover After Me Two Beds And A Coffee Machine Gunning Down Romance I Don't Care Affirmation Fire Inside The Man Love Can Move You Break Me Shake Me I Knew I Loved You
A part of the song (besides the chorus) is repeated in the song! Don't believe me? Look here...
(ok, ok, it might sound like the MAJORITY of SG songs, which it is...but there are some songs that are NOT in the list! Look carefully!)
[-] To The Moon & Back : "Mamma never loved her much, and Daddy never keeps in touch, that's why she shies away from human affection but somewhere in a private place, she packs her bag for outer space, and now she's waiting for the right kind of pilot to come...and she'll say to him...she's saying"
[-] I Want You : "Anytime I need to see your face I just close my eyes and I'm taken to a place where your crystal mind and magenta feelings take up a chapter in the base of my spine sweet like a chica-cherry cola...I don't need to try and explain, I just hold on tight and if it happens again I may move so slightly to the arms and lips and the face of the human cannonball that I need you I want you" *whew!* AND "Come stand a little bit closer, breathe in a get a bit higher, you'll never know what hit you when I get to you" (not considered as part of the chorus)
[-] Truly Madly Deeply : "I'll be your dream, I'll be your wish, I'll be your fantasy...I'll be your hope, I'll be your love, be everything that you need...I love you more with every breath Truly Madly Deeply do..."
[-] Carry On Dancing : "Stars and planets taking shape, a stolen kiss has come too late"
[-] Violet : "If there's a way that you could be anything that you want to be, would you complain that it came too easy?" AND "In a way we're the same 2 people looking out to see, for a wave that'll carry all our fantasies"
[-] This Side Of Me : "I want to move in time with you, and I want to breathe in rhyme with you"
[-] I'll Bet He Was Cool : "You know every once in a while I shoot the breeze I spend my time I talk about silly things" and a lot of "I bet"s
[-] Hold Me : "Hey" *hee hee* AND "If we can't find a way out of these problems, then maybe we don't meed this, standing face to face, enemies at war we build defences and secret hiding places"
[-] Crash And Burn : "When you feel all alone" AND "And the world has turned its back on you, give me a moment please to tame your wild wild heart"
[-] Chained To You : "We were standing all alone, you were leaning in to speak to me, acting like a mover shaker dancing to Madonna then you kissed me AND "I feel the magic building around you" AND "Tell me it's madness I barely know you"
The Animal Song : "When superstars and cannonballs are running through your head, television freak show cops and robbers everywhere" AND [-] "Animals and children tell the truth they never lie, which one is more human that's for you to decide" AND "Compassion in the jungle, compassion in your hands, yeah...would you like to make a run for it, would you like to take my hand, yeah yeah"
[-] The Lover After Me : "Here I go again I promised myself I wouldn't think of you today"
[-] Two Beds And A Coffee Machine : "Another bruise to try and hide, another alibi to write and there's a lot of "Another"s
[-] Gunning Down Romance : "Love don't leave me"
[-] I Don't Care : "I ride this train"
[-] Affirmation : "I believe"
[-] Fire Inside The Man : "Whenever I feel like just giving up, whenever my dreams just fade away, I just return to my heart coz I know that I'll find you there, yes I will"
[-] Love Can Move You : "Don't you want to feel amazing? Baby you know I do...you get back 10 times what you give freely, like my mamma told me"
[-] Break Me Shake Me : "You've [something] me in a way that I've never known"
[-] I Knew I Loved You : "I know that it might sound more than a little crazy but I believe"
* For your convenience, here are the songs which did not make the list above: Universe, Tears Of Pearls, A Thousand Words, Promises, Santa Monica, The Best Thing, You Can Still Be Free, I Don't Know You Anymore, Mine (And You Could Be), All Around Me, Memories Are Designed To Fade. Now that's a lot, isn't it?
* Savage Garden sure are namedroppers. In their songs they have mentioned Norman Mailer, Madonna, Jesus Christ, Quentin Tarantino, Cartier, Armani, TAG, Gucci, Versace, Calvin Klien, Obsession (CK perfume), Tommy Hilfiger, Urban Outfitted, Gaultier, Star Wars, Oprah, Piccadilly Circus, Times Square, Christies and Elvis Presley.
