Alan Parsons Project, The - Stereotomy Lyrics
Diamond eyes
That burn me and turn me to stone
Crystalise
And freeze me in clear monochrome
Turn me to stone; do anything you want
Stereotomy
We can make it together
Do anything you want with me
Do anything you want
Scarlet minds
Possess me and I feel no shame
Silent knives
Dissect me and I feel no pain
Stereotomy
We can make it together
Do anything you want with me
Do anything you want
Stereotomy
We can make it forever
Do anything you want with me
Do anything you want
Starlight beams
Project me in red blue and green
Velvet dreams
Protect me when I hit the screen
Stereotomy
We can make it together
Do anything you want with me, do anything you want
Stereotomy
We can make it forever
It's always the same, it's always the same
Stereotomy, we can make it
We can make it, do anything you want
Turn me to stone
Do anything you want with me
Cover my eyes
There's nothing more they need to see
Turn me to stone
Before there's nothing left of me
Make me a rock
And not what I appear to be
Turn me to stone
Turn me to stone
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Alan Parsons Project, The Stereotomy Comments
The clip is outdated. The song is better than ever.
And to think those little kids in this video are pushing 40 now...
wonderful, i still Love thus Song and Video since i was 17 in 1986, thank you for fhis..
This is why I don't do drugs.
Drinking is bad enough!
I remember when this came out... my friends and I were shocked because this song was heavy... Doc! Hahah. And we always sang "Turn me to stone" right before a test if we hadn't studied for it.
I remember 80s MTV !
I wonder if this video was made using an Amiga. The system has built in genlocks, so I assume they did rotoscoping on the dancer and the film as a passthrough. Still cool tho.
the girl in the miniskirt at 4:01 looks like a super-model
I just wish people were wearing cooler clothes. It says something that they made a lame song unshakable and way better than anyone could.
Que buena musica la puta madre...un sonido propio sin copiar a nadie..hecha por musicos de primera...sonido tecno adelantado a su epoca, pero con guitarras que se hacian sentir...es cierto que es medio depre en algunos temas pero la contribucion que hicieron Parsons y Wolfsohn a la musica es indiscutida...
....does anybody have the alternate version?
Качовая песня
Canzone strepitosa, ma il video.. Cristo..
Can't believe this hasn't been turned into a meme yet
Never knew this single had a video.....first time seeing it all these years later
At 2:03, so this is where Michael Jackson got the idea for the Smooth Criminal video?
I'm entirely at a loss for words here,, I just can't grasp the video's concept??? and coming from a true brainiac like Alan Parsons,,that's a bitter pill to swallow. Now at 50,,I've seen this video least a 100 times on M-TV from 1986 to now. This video came out early spring of 1986,,and I just can't wrap my head around it even today. You got me on this one Alan. Anybody please enlighten me,,my attention is yours?????? thanks!! EXTIQUE - CLASS OF 1986!!!
you're smart phone has more computing power then the computer that made this video but back in the day this was cutting edge graphics.
Alan Parsons Project had officially entered the 1980's.
THERES A MIDGET
Madriga L the correct description is shrimp
Such a fun video
Brilliant track
Looks like 8mm movie film from 1985.
Wonderful song...Awful video
Aah, Mil, Novecientos, ochenta y cinco.
the soundtrack our lives... rock n roll yeah
PROGRESSIVE ROCK AWESOME
Operation Wang Chung!
Hahah precisely what I thought.
Funny how this looks exactly like Instagram stories
this song is one of my favorite app tunes. and that Chorus... oh man, so powerful
I guess this is the original video, as opposed to an alternate edit that:
a) added several backgrounds and transitions besides this
b) chroma-keyed and colored the flipping/somersaulting guy(s) on those several backgrounds
and
c) rhythmically tilted parts of the original video during the choruses!
Yes I remember it, much worse imo.
Stereotomy: The technique of cutting solids to specified forms and dimensions.
All I can say is, the original video choreographer and concept artist were probably looking for work right after this aired, because even for its day ... DAMN.
Am i only the one who noticed the dwarf of Twin Peaks at 0:28?
Still a great song in 2017.
My first listen to this in 30 years. I had completely forgotten just how good this song is.
Absolutely underrated song which should be in the top five in all TAPP songs.
The
Video was pulled from mtv, said it saw to stimulating!,
This song is awesome
Great song!
80`
old boomerang style
This is what happens when a video director has *no clue* what to do with a song.
Been rockin the fuck out of this song for 32 years!
When i first heafd this song i thought it was Paul Stanley doing a guest vocal. lol imagine that
Text book figures
Parsons went off the beaten path -- and was as prolific and innovative as any "well-known" musician/engineer you could name.
The song Stereotomy charted well -- but reaching for bizarre, this video hits a new level.
Music and the visual -- no rhyme or reason.
MichaelRMcCoy But Eric Woolfson write the song
where is john Miles in the video?
Don't know if he's in it, or not. Here's what he looks like...s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/48/cd/a2/48cda2aab1eddc4358037ff48a93aed3.jpg
I guess John Miles sang with app back in the 70's,and they brought him back in 1985 to replace the departed Colin Blunstone.
COOL!!! REAL 80s fashion! Movie costume designers ought to see this for their 80s period piece flix
they were. I was around 20 then , and this was amazing then. what great memories this brings me again. I wish I could only share them with you. simple and so enjoyable times.
This was my favorite song in 1985 next to Survivor's The Search Is Over as well. Check out my music my Hit Rock song 'Night Cries Rock Version By Baran' http://www.reverbnation.com/baran9 Currently the song is #19 on the Vancouver Rock Charts in Vancouver, BC, Canada. Also, find me at http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/baranmusic2 Thanks. Baran
UNO DE SUS MEJORES ALBUMS, INDUDABLEMENTE.
Music is great, video sucks
guy in green looks like leo sayer!
one of their better songs I think !
The green man is the BOSS!
This looks like a zbigniew rybczynski video.
Darryl Gold It is.
Haven't seen this Vid in 30 years. Thanks
i love all of Alan Parsons music, and i will check out any video that is attached to his name, but will i agree this is the strangest thing i have ever watched. actually i didn't watch it. i started to and then decided to scroll and read the comments, look at the other videos on the right to see what i would watch next. i certainly will not "bookmark" this one.....weird. whew. it has ended. thank god
+Sherry Fitzgerald me too
Плюсую/i agree with you
This has got to be one of the strangest videos I have ever seen, but it's a great song!
one of my favorite
buenísimo.-
La recuerdo en el coche de mi Padre ;) ahora entiendo que tenía buen gusto vaya si lo tenía jajaja.
This has got to be the strangest music video, but the song is great.
I don't know how old you are, but I was 19 at the time, before tech became infused and dominated our lives. Back then this was magic! I truly miss those days. people interacted with people, and we had imagination. we truly lived!
@sochenzie83 There's still creative people out there, it's just since everyone has access to a computer now, it gives more dumb people a voice. At least that's my theory, I don't know.
This video is awesome!
2015. This album is absolutely fresh.
+jjclasicas And it speaks to our times. Except it's so much easier now that the Internet is involved.
+jjclasicas Now 2016!!
Muito bom.
I've... had dreams like this.
Your copyright disclaimer is wrong!! The Alan Parsons Project never recorded for RCA Records!! They recorded this song, as well as all other recordings under the Arista Records label. The only exception was the first album in 1976 "Tales of Mystery and Imagination." That one was recorded under the Phonogram label in the UK and Mercury in the US. How do I know all of this? Real simple. I used to have all of The Alan Parsons Project's albums on Cassette with the red casing that Arista used at the time and each one of them had a copyright disclaimer that said Arista Records.
@Robbie Stewart " I know that you probably don't understand this but booking recording studio time cost a lot of money, not to mention having to also book a session with a mastering studio to have your recording mastered to proper EQ standards before being sent to a record label's replication plant where millions of copies are then pressed and sold to the general public. It's the record labels and some producers who mostly fund all of these costs.".
How is it that you think I don't understand? Production is my job. My hobby is the occasional roadie fun for some of my bands. They have full credit for their art always. I am in this for the love of the art and am a musician myself. Not sure why you want to put me down. All I did was point out that this is APPs channel which results in royalties for the band. I came to the page to listen to this song as my albums are 7000 miles away at the moment.
@Umihime
OK that's great. If production is your job, then you know what I'm saying then. And I'm not trying to put you down. It's just there was some history here on APP's recording deals with the labels that you all were not obviously not aware of and I was, which was why I started commenting on here in the first place. WOW. From what you say, it sounds like you haven't yet transferred your albums to your computer yet, which surprises me since you're in music production. I transferred my whole 700 cassette tape and vinyl collections many years ago and maintain it between several hard drives. Much easier then having to haul it around.
@Robbie Stewart
Even I've done that and I'm not that techy but that was so important it was like one of my bigger priorities. Now it is starting to annoy me because the it keeps shutting off. Plus I can't use the awesome camera on the phone when the spotify/bluetooth is running.
I think maybe a generic iPod with bluetooth may be my next purchase. That was a big priority -- get back to my music collection. Some days it keeps me sane!
@BikingMNViking
My prior comment wasn't aimed at you. I was replying to @Umihime's message. I did get your e-mail reply and I'll send you the NCH software link sometime tomorrow. Mom gave me a shopping list, so I had to go to the store for her and also answer a service call.
I did find it again and it seems to be stable. (photoexplosion blew up my 'puter and required a restart and that came with the kodak camera! )
In fact, I got some 4k videos on it now but have t learn about editing tommorrow as I am just dead tired. But it looks like a very promising program. Lots of options to learn and even the font/skin/colors are so much better than youtube movie maker. Tahnk you very much!
This is already more progress than I have made with days of the other programs. Very cool!
Funny, you could create this video these days in 30 minutes, but in '85, it was a major accomplishment.
Actually with proper video editing machine it wasn`t a huge problem in 1985.
@margus kiis
They had video-editing machines in 1985?
CSX Productions Of course they had and very good ones. Someway better than nowadays PC-based ones.
@CSX Productions Also, Quantel was making computer graphics workstation back in the early 1980s. Many 1980s music videos used them. Yes' 1984 music video for "Leave It" and the music video for DIre Straits "Money For Nothing", for example.
@CSX Productions Yes. The most popular ones were the Commodore Amiga and Quantel.
Pure 80s sound!!!
This video is like a series of animated gifs.
JAJAJAJAJAJ
Oh Please perform at Harrahs this year!
Thanks for posting! This song has been in my head off & on for years but didn't remember the name or who sang it.
One of my wife's favorites! She did some choreography on this vid and danced in it. She still looks amazing and can be seen at 3:22 black hair w/ white streaks, grey leopard vest & black torn leggings.
@SPacy sam aku holT ... her recollection is the name of the episode was "Meet Your New Family". S No lines but she skated around in a black leather jacket lookin' all badass : )
I can't see her.
@June B Lisa is on the right at 0:41 long black hair, leopard vest and black torn pants. She crashes with another dancer. Also at 1:40 and 3:40
@June B ... 3:22 not 3:40 oops ✌
Steve Allsopp Very 😎.
best music video ever! .. lol
I am so very happy to finally see the full version of this superb video. I love the Alan Parsons Project and their videos have all been well made, diverse and interesting. John Miles sounded fantastic on this track and the album was extraordinary. Thank you for sharing this one!!!
This Is My Favorite Song By The Alan Parsons Project.
APP... timeless!