Safe Forever

"Safe Forever"
Single by Gyroscope
from the album Sound Shattering Sound
A-side"Safe Forever"
B-side"Misery (Acoustic)", "Sharp Words (Live)"
Released15 March 2004
GenreAlternative rock
Length3:42
LabelFestival Mushroom Records
Songwriter(s)Daniel Sanders, Rob Nassif, Brad Campbell, Zoran Trivic
Producer(s)Shaun O'Callaghan
Gyroscope singles chronology
"Safe Forever"
(2004) 		"Take This For Granted"
(2004)

"Safe Forever" is the first single from Australian four-piece Gyroscope's debut album Sound Shattering Sound. It was released on 15 March 2004[1] along with a music video.[2] The first B-side to the single was a fully acoustic version of "Misery", also from Sound Shattering Sound. The second B-side was a live version of "Sharp Words", from the band's 2003 EP, Midnight Express,[3] and was recorded at the Amplifier Bar in Perth, Western Australia on 19 July 2003.[4] The video was directed by Matt Weston,[5] and won a Silver Australian Cinematographers Society (ACS) Award in 2004.[6]

The song peaked at number 65 on the Australian singles charts and reached number 97 on Triple J's Hottest 100 of 2004.[7][8]

Lead vocalist Daniel Sanders describes that "this came about and was inspired pretty much on Zok's [Zoran Trivic] main lead riff. It sounded kick ass so yeah it went from there. Wrote the lyrics mainly about feeling content. Not just relationship-wise but in general. Feeling uber-lucky too. I f**king love playing this mother live."[9]

Guitarist Zoran Trivic in a subsequent interview states "With the no bullshit intro riff and the hollow verses, we were able to make that quiet/loud thing happen – that ‘thing’ we learnt from listening to too much grunge in the ‘90s." "Dan's [Daniel Sanders] and Brad's [Brad Campbell] vocals complement each other quite radly, and with some solid drum-filling and a bit of face-melting we probably created our greatest ode to one of our favourite bands (At The Drive-In), as well our very first tune on our very first album."[10]

"Safe Forever" has been described as "start(ing) off focused around a little guitar lick which slowly works its way through its verses, building into a heavier chorus with the usual driving power chords."[11]

Sanders when queried on the origins of "Misery" advised "For some reason after playing a show with a couple ska bands - I came up with this tune - at like 3am."[9] In another interview he stated that "It was written the same day Michael Jeffrey Jordan retired from the National Basketball Association."[10]

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  2. ^ "GYROSCOPE | Listen and Stream Free Music, Albums, New Releases, Photos, Videos".
  3. ^ "Gyroscope". Archived from the original on 2008-07-20. Retrieved 2010-02-01.
  4. ^ "Gyroscope - Safe Forever". SwissCharts.com. Retrieved 20 April 2010.
  5. ^ "Guest Programmers & Specials". rage. ABCTV. 10 June 2008. Retrieved 20 April 2010.
  6. ^ "Martin Smith - resume" (PDF). Clever Films. Retrieved 20 April 2010.
  7. ^ Ryan, Gavin (10 July 2011). "Chart Positions 51-100 Post 1989 Part 1 – Gyroscope singles". Australian Charts Portal. Hung Medien. Archived from the original on 19 October 2011. Retrieved 11 July 2011.
  8. ^ "Hottest 100 2004". Triple J. Retrieved 20 April 2010.
  9. ^ a b Canak, Danny (2004). "Sounds Like Home". The Blurb. Archived from the original on 6 August 2004. Retrieved 24 April 2015.
  10. ^ a b "The Innocence and Desperation of Gyroscope's 'Sound Shattering Sound'". TheMusic.com.au. 21 October 2014. Retrieved 24 April 2014.
  11. ^ Rule, Brett (8 March 2004). "Music : Gyroscope - Safe Forever". The Program. Australian Council of the Arts. Archived from the original on 2 September 2004. Retrieved 24 April 2015.