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The Chameleons — Dangerous Land
Album: Why Call It Anything?
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Released: 2001
Length: 5:48
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I am the pride at the heart of a man
I am a refuge in a dangerous land
I am a wall or a line in the sand
I am a gathering
I am a stand

Hold me, hold me
Well who's going to hold me now?
Hold me, hold me
Well who's going to hold me now?
Hold me, hold me
Well who's going to hold me now?
Hold me, hold me
Well who's going to hold me now?
Not you

I am the daylight when darkness draws near
I am a signal that's heard without ears
I am the rapture and I am the tears
I am a centre regardless of years

Hold me, hold me
Well who's going to hold me now?
Hold em, hold me
Well who's going to hold me now?
Hold me, hold me
Well who's going to hold me now?
Hold me, hold me
Well who's going to hold me now?
Not you

Love is real
Love is real

Love is real
Yeah, love is real
Comments (156)add comment
 Proclivities wrote:

I agree with your assessment, but it's a strange coincidence that you mention both of those bands in the same sentence.  It made me think of The Chamaeleon Church.  That's a moody, young Chevy Chase looming in the background.
chamaeleon church


Did not see this coming:

"Before finding fame as Clark Griswald, a 24 year-old Chevy Chase was living his rock n’ roll dream as the keyboardist/drummer for Boston psychedelic band Chamaeleon Church. Their sole album appeared on the MGM label in 1968...  

Before playing with the Church, Chase jammed with school friends Walter Becker and Donald Fagan in The Leather Canaries, who of course would find fame sans Chevy as Steely Dan."
Posted 1 week ago by RazzCat    [ Reply ]
Posted 10 months ago by TallCreative1    [ Reply ]
Love the Chameleons - brings me back to discovering “alternative” music in college. Would love to hear more of their early works - Script of the Bridge, and Strange Times. May have to go off RP and listen to them again.
Posted 1 year ago by Timbo080    [ Reply ]
Great guitar, bass and drums, not so sure about the chorus... 
Posted 1 year ago by david16    [ Reply ]
In 1982 i have been unemployed for three month and used to listen to radio all night long. It was the beginning of the "free radio" in France and some of them where very amateur. "Radio éphemére" used to diffuse good music all night long but they never tell the name of the band they played. And everyday i used to hear a very great song without knowing who where singing, at the end i was totally obsessed by this song and i was waiting for. Years passed...One day, i see a big guy in the street with a ghetto blaster on his shoulder playing this famous song. I ran after him and ask him who it was? He told me "Secret skin" from the Chameleons of course". And since these guys never left me.
Posted 2 years ago by Ptijoc    [ Reply ]
 jpm9678 wrote:

yes yes yes, thought about this band all weekend



Wow, still here 15 years on, still loving the Chameleons! Saw their last NYC show about 5 years ago.
Posted 2 years ago by yroom    [ Reply ]
Great!! I never heard of them before. Thank You RP!
Posted 2 years ago by eileenomurphy    [ Reply ]
Luv it - thought it was Spinal Tap for a moment 
Posted 2 years ago by fawltypower    [ Reply ]
well..it´s not something like "script of the bridge" but still more than good.
Posted 3 years ago by nmb    [ Reply ]
Nice song! I also love the idea that the band called their album 'Why Call It Anything?', as if they were sitting around brainstorming what to call it and then someone said the phrase that became the album's name. That's meta
Posted 3 years ago by Sofa_King    [ Reply ]
Kind of liking it, but so repetitive it gets tiresome for me.
Posted 3 years ago by Dahlia_Gumbo    [ Reply ]
First I have heard of this band, how did I miss them? I do have to say that this album cover gives me the heebie jeebies.
Posted 4 years ago by cmcisaac    [ Reply ]
first time I hear this band on the radio!!! My old favorite band
Posted 4 years ago by jaha70    [ Reply ]
About 2 years ago I discovered the Chameleons and wondered how I missed these guys in the 80s. Script of the Bridge is a phenomenal LP. More of that on RP, please? Guitar soundscapes, like the Church, another favorite.
Posted 4 years ago by jimlandwehr2582    [ Reply ]
 stevesaw wrote:
Would love to see some stuff from Script of the Bridge added!
 
Agree. In fact, there's awesome stuff on all their 3 albums from the 80's :)
Posted 4 years ago by sobchak    [ Reply ]
Would love to see some stuff from Script of the Bridge added!
Posted 4 years ago by stevesaw    [ Reply ]
 Wolford wrote:
The Chameleons are another one of those great unsung (under appreciated) bands, kinda like Catherine Wheel.  Here's hoping they get their proper due down the road.
 
I LOVE LOVE LOVE Catherine Wheel

Posted 4 years ago by GoodKarm    [ Reply ]
This song has guitar that is unmistakably like Pink Floyd's Run Like Hell.  
Posted 4 years ago by Floyd62    [ Reply ]
 DaidyBoy wrote:


Blimey, Due South!  Whatever happened to that?

Great tune, by the way.  Love the vibe.

ps don't stare at that clown for too long - the face moves behind the red stripes ...
 
Agreed! I used to love that show. I always promised myself that if I ever got rich, among the various classic cars I'd buy, there would have to be a dark green '71 Buick Riviera, just like Ray's. One can dream, eh?

OMG I never even noticed that clown, haha!
Posted 4 years ago by Chewie    [ Reply ]
Love it. Magical guitar & bass.
Posted 4 years ago by maboleth    [ Reply ]
Post-punk, eh?

Frankly I have no idea what means.

Regardless, good piece.  Transy. 
Posted 5 years ago by westslope    [ Reply ]
love is real
Posted 5 years ago by nickmetalx3317    [ Reply ]
 Chewie wrote:
Is anybody else reminded of the Due South theme tune?
 

Blimey, Due South!  Whatever happened to that?

Great tune, by the way.  Love the vibe.

ps don't stare at that clown for too long - the face moves behind the red stripes ...
Posted 5 years ago by DaidyBoy    [ Reply ]
Is anybody else reminded of the Due South theme tune?
Posted 5 years ago by Chewie    [ Reply ]
a dirge
Posted 5 years ago by Gaggsy    [ Reply ]
In Shreds is by far the best song by The Chameleons 
Posted 5 years ago by paulstrangeway    [ Reply ]
The longer it goes, the more I drop the rating.
Posted 6 years ago by bentonian    [ Reply ]
Very nice 
Posted 6 years ago by jbl1975    [ Reply ]
Vaguely reminiscent of Tool.
Posted 7 years ago by On_The_Beach    [ Reply ]
Odd tune indeed.

Love is real? Is that an epiphany or the confession of every new Hateful Anonymous member?
Posted 7 years ago by SeriousLee    [ Reply ]
Nice use of the delay pedal on the guitar...
 
Posted 7 years ago by AKMacAddict    [ Reply ]
This is odd. The songs before and after are right (Lord Huron and Decemberists), but I'm hearing Peter Gabriel "I Grieve".
Posted 7 years ago by AnchorMan    [ Reply ]
 jhorton wrote:
Deliciously creepy.

{#Hungry} 

 
spot on! {#High-five}
Posted 8 years ago by ShamanManu    [ Reply ]
The Chameleons are another one of those great unsung (under appreciated) bands, kinda like Catherine Wheel.  Here's hoping they get their proper due down the road.
Posted 8 years ago by Wolford    [ Reply ]
Is the rest of this album or any of their other work like this? Love the Dick Dale sound of the guitar.
Posted 8 years ago by passsion8    [ Reply ]
 suesblues wrote:
Yeah great song, but I really dont like the album cover... all the worst of 'clowns' (I never did understand that evil clown thing'

 
yep
clowns are just boring, no need to get all freaked out about them
the album cover is ugly, maybe that was their aim
Posted 8 years ago by Skydog    [ Reply ]
I like!
Posted 9 years ago by LowPhreak    [ Reply ]
I can hear influences from "Set the controls for the heart of the sun" from Pink Floyd in this song so that must be a good thing. I think I like the Chameleons...
Posted 9 years ago by Stephen_Phillips    [ Reply ]
Wow haven't heard these guys for ages.  Used to really be into "What Does Anything Mean Basically?" in college - great album!
Posted 9 years ago by aspicer    [ Reply ]
awoke to foreign feeling surroundings and suspect I got lost deep into something surreal..
Posted 10 years ago by moodfood    [ Reply ]
Something right out of the 60's  {#Cool}
Posted 10 years ago by 1wolfy    [ Reply ]
Yeah great song, but I really dont like the album cover... all the worst of 'clowns' (I never did understand that evil clown thing'
Posted 10 years ago by suesblues    [ Reply ]
A little too... well, not enough, you know...
Posted 10 years ago by driceav    [ Reply ]
Deliciously creepy.

{#Hungry} 
Posted 10 years ago by jhorton    [ Reply ]
Forgot this station - somehow, can't imagine how now.  Last week I received an email out of the blue from RP and I immediately went there & started listening, was like so happy all the end of last week.  Think for some crazy reason I had switched to LastFM..not sure why but am back & Bill is the best DJ en todo el mundo!  I learn & experience so much here that would otherwise never happen.....all day everyday - like so much on here but for instance never heard of Chameleons, just one artist/group of many though. 
Posted 10 years ago by GeminiGirl    [ Reply ]
Too great to hear the "Chameleons" on RP! One of my favorite band, unfortunately almost unknown here in France. Thank's RP and more Chameleons!
Posted 10 years ago by Ptijoc    [ Reply ]
Sounds to me very REMish. That's good!
Posted 10 years ago by bh1    [ Reply ]
GREAT-GREAT-GREAT!!!

HEAVY STUFF - VERY TRIPPY - VERY SPECIAL!

DIRTY ROCK HOW IT SHOULD BE!

IMPRESSIVE!

 

= 9


Posted 11 years ago by Stingray    [ Reply ]
Awfully interesting stuff! Well-done, with appropriate notions of psychedelia and pop...and some fragrant hints of Stone Roses at the end...
Posted 11 years ago by coloradojohn    [ Reply ]
Wow, first time hearing this. Really grabs me. Love this brooding, slightly melancholy, yet suspenseful feeling. I can see this as a soundtrack to a video where a heroine is searching for the missing piece to a mystery.
Posted 11 years ago by BBoyes    [ Reply ]
 mnmrosen wrote:
This is a good one but I'm surprised he's never played "Tears" from Strange Times. Great song that actually got this band a little airplay at the time.

 
He avoids singles and hits.  Radio Paradise is an attempt at 'album-track' radio...
Posted 11 years ago by thrdmnkrcrds    [ Reply ]
 Proclivities wrote:

I agree with your assessment, but it's strange that you mention both of those bands in the same sentence.  It made me think of The Chamaeleon Church.  That's a moody, young Chevy Chase looming in the background.
chamaeleon church
 



That's pretty cool.

Posted 11 years ago by bronorb    [ Reply ]
This is a good one but I'm surprised he's never played "Tears" from Strange Times. Great song that actually got this band a little airplay at the time.
Posted 11 years ago by mnmrosen    [ Reply ]
 1wolfy wrote:
This is good...C'mon Romeo sound off !
 

Everybody in my church thinks this song is groovy...
 
Posted 11 years ago by Lazarus    [ Reply ]
cool and interesting track, have not listened to these guys since the 80's.
Posted 11 years ago by Stranglersfan    [ Reply ]
 Synth80s wrote:
A great band with their own identifiable sound. The Chameleons and The Church make some of the most interesting guitar-based soundscapes.
 
I agree with your assessment, but it's a strange coincidence that you mention both of those bands in the same sentence.  It made me think of The Chamaeleon Church.  That's a moody, young Chevy Chase looming in the background.
chamaeleon church
Posted 11 years ago by Proclivities    [ Reply ]
Love the album art.....FREAKY!! {#Devil_pimp}
Posted 12 years ago by d48m02h1918    [ Reply ]
it is QUITE good
Posted 12 years ago by 1wolfy    [ Reply ]
Finally picked up this album. It's quite good, but I think this is the best track.
Posted 12 years ago by Synth80s    [ Reply ]
c'mon Bill
get with the program {#Stop} 
more Chameleons!!!
...please? 
Posted 12 years ago by Glencoe_JC    [ Reply ]
this is working well for me today...I wonder if it will work as well when I'm in a different mood?
Posted 12 years ago by jt1    [ Reply ]
A great band with their own identifiable sound. The Chameleons and The Church make some of the most interesting guitar-based soundscapes.
Posted 12 years ago by Synth80s    [ Reply ]
Great band from back in the day
Posted 12 years ago by neuticle    [ Reply ]
Great song off a great album. Yes, that Clown on the cover is pretty creepy!
Posted 13 years ago by tunemanz    [ Reply ]
This is a very compelling song - I like it a lot!  (That clown gives me the creeps, though...) {#Eek}
Posted 13 years ago by Cynaera    [ Reply ]
Why do I always think of Spinal Tap when this song starts?

Not that that's a bad thing...


Posted 13 years ago by Nuque    [ Reply ]

I am the pride at the heart of a man
I am a refuge in a dangerous land
I am a wall or a line in the sand
I am a gathering
I am a stand


Posted 14 years ago by vandal    [ Reply ]
3 -> 8!!!

WTF?? Bill, you have apparently shifted my taste in music at a cellular level!
Posted 14 years ago by lmic    [ Reply ]
yes, but great orthodontics  4merdj wrote:
Nice track ... pretty freaking darn scary clown!! {#Eek}
 


Posted 14 years ago by 1wolfy    [ Reply ]
Nice track ... pretty freaking darn scary clown!! {#Eek}
Posted 14 years ago by 4merdj    [ Reply ]
LOVE the jangly guitar outro.
Posted 14 years ago by Jamunca    [ Reply ]
So moody — love it!
Posted 14 years ago by WayUpNorth    [ Reply ]
Superb
Posted 14 years ago by higado    [ Reply ]
but the bass line is sort of Fools in Love by JJ— no?
Posted 14 years ago by Skorokoro    [ Reply ]
to be listened at full volume
Posted 14 years ago by Skorokoro    [ Reply ]
me like.....{#Yes}
Posted 14 years ago by jkhandy    [ Reply ]
reminds me of goth talk from SNL.

Posted 14 years ago by marca17    [ Reply ]
Always loved this one.....
Posted 15 years ago by Shesdifferent    [ Reply ]
This is good...C'mon Romeo sound off !
Posted 15 years ago by 1wolfy    [ Reply ]
very cool

Posted 15 years ago by Wizzuvvoz    [ Reply ]
Nice groove.


Posted 15 years ago by Zep    [ Reply ]
finally Chameleons, so happy, how about up the down escalator?
Posted 15 years ago by jpm9678    [ Reply ]
We must have sent about simultaneously with our notes on April 4 regarding the R Plant sound.

 inmanart wrote:
This song reminds me of Robert Plant in his Big Log, early 80's era
 

Posted 15 years ago by FrankMc    [ Reply ]
Hardcore fans of alternative music consider this one of the most influential and underrated bands of the 1980s. Some of their other songs are AMAZING. Either way, glad to see such an obscure pick from RP.
Posted 15 years ago by derekd    [ Reply ]
Sounded a bit Robert Plant-like. Nice.
Posted 15 years ago by FrankMc    [ Reply ]
This song reminds me of Robert Plant in his Big Log, early 80's era
Posted 15 years ago by inmanart    [ Reply ]
Fantastic! Thanks RP!
Posted 15 years ago by Curley24    [ Reply ]
blasterpiece-guitar is ................ahhhaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhahahahahaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhh
Posted 15 years ago by fuh2    [ Reply ]
And after?...maybe something of INTERPOL {#Stupid}
Posted 15 years ago by fantomas    [ Reply ]
I hung a "9" on this one... very interesting.... moody and groovy...  let's hear more !
Posted 15 years ago by asocash    [ Reply ]
have to check these folk out more - good tune!
Posted 15 years ago by ejsamuel    [ Reply ]
 Photo-John wrote:
Love the Chameleons! One of my favorite bands ever. They definitely have an eighties sound. But it doesn't sound dated. It sounds just as sincere and pure now as it did then.
 
That's probably because this song is from their 2001 reunion album "Why Call It Anything?". {#Wink}

The Chameleons are probably my favourite band of all time; I'd love to hear more of their music on RP.

Posted 16 years ago by le_colonel    [ Reply ]
Great song. I'm not too familiar with this band.
Posted 16 years ago by blotto    [ Reply ]
GOOD!
Posted 16 years ago by Stingray    [ Reply ]
MaG580 wrote:
what a great set!
This is RP- great sets are the norm.
Posted 16 years ago by twcarlin    [ Reply ]
cool song.
Posted 16 years ago by strange_brew00    [ Reply ]
This song is great!
Posted 16 years ago by hiorgos    [ Reply ]
what a great set!
Posted 16 years ago by MaG580    [ Reply ]
coffee and the chameleons, what a way to start the new year
Posted 16 years ago by jpm9678    [ Reply ]
Singularity
Posted 17 years ago by oldviolin    [ Reply ]
Stinky! Sounds like The Smiths in a good mood. The Smiths are never in a good mood. That is what is cool about The Smiths and bad about this song.
Posted 17 years ago by rockstarbro    [ Reply ]
hcaudill wrote:
Sounds like: Led Zeppelin
Stop. You'll ruin it for me.
Posted 17 years ago by Photo-John    [ Reply ]
Love the Chameleons! One of my favorite bands ever. They definitely have an eighties sound. But it doesn't sound dated. It sounds just as sincere and pure now as it did then.
Posted 17 years ago by Photo-John    [ Reply ]
Reminds me of a riff from ''Every Breath You Take'' by the Police.
Posted 17 years ago by Odyzzeuz    [ Reply ]
Very cool sound, nice guitar effects (not overdone).
Posted 17 years ago by krich58    [ Reply ]
kazuma wrote:
Jeez louise, that was great. I wanna hear it again right now!
Follow you on that one. I just logged onto Apple and finally signed up for an iTunes acct. I am officially part of the system now and this was my first purchase. Sounds good twice.
Posted 17 years ago by passsion8    [ Reply ]
stevesaw wrote:
Try "Script of the Bridge" - has two of my all time favorites, 'Monkeyland' and 'Second Skin'. 'Second Skin' really should be on the playlist....hmm - may have to upload.
"Don't Fall" is also a winner from that album.
Posted 17 years ago by ajstone    [ Reply ]
Wow, this reminds me a lot of Puressence - especially the guitar work. Maybe I should try to upload something by them again.
Posted 17 years ago by Verpeiler    [ Reply ]
Nice! I really like this. But then, I always did like Love.
Posted 17 years ago by jadewahoo    [ Reply ]
yeah!
Posted 17 years ago by jpm9678    [ Reply ]
here i am again... more chameleons
Posted 17 years ago by jpm9678    [ Reply ]
thumbs and toes up!
Posted 17 years ago by fuh2    [ Reply ]
Was that a skip I just heard?!?!?! Is this vinyl??
Posted 17 years ago by daveturnley    [ Reply ]
nice. I likey
Posted 17 years ago by harmaton    [ Reply ]
I dig I dig
Posted 17 years ago by sixxstrings    [ Reply ]
webslinger48 wrote:
Astonishing...I have to hear more from this band!
Try "Script of the Bridge" - has two of my all time favorites, 'Monkeyland' and 'Second Skin'. 'Second Skin' really should be on the playlist....hmm - may have to upload.
Posted 17 years ago by stevesaw    [ Reply ]
up the down staircase
Posted 17 years ago by jpm9678    [ Reply ]
yes yes yes, thought about this band all weekend
Posted 17 years ago by jpm9678    [ Reply ]
Nice - this grows on you as it goes along, unlike the previous Coral number which grows on you like fungus. Well worth a 7.
Posted 18 years ago by fredriley    [ Reply ]
yawn
Posted 18 years ago by MTlady    [ Reply ]