Drink The Elixir / Salad


The ground is getting frosty Then small drops of mint on my scarf My lifespan is an unknown I’ve never strayed far from the path I’ll wrap myself in bandages And leopard skin and bandages And nobody will bother me I’ll wrap myself in bandages Till it gets ridiculous And nobody will bother me Drink the Elixir With Saturn on the stopwatch There’s hope for me yet on this Earth But Venus had an off day A century’s gone by since my birth I’ll wrap myself in bandages

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25 Responses to “Drink The Elixir / Salad”

  1. SuperPragma

    Drink the elixir.

  2. Andrew077

    I had this on a compilation tape back then, such a fantastic song, and best of all the ending – Britpop’s answer to “A Day In The Life”. I wonder where Salad are now?

  3. flasticflastic

    God dammmit this is ace! My sister had it on tape YEARS ago and OH! I stole it. Gonna look up Mall Monarchy by….. Uhhhhh…. Can’t remember their name now….. Ooee I’m not gonna get to sleep for a while…

  4. timdonderevo

    Come on iTunes! I want to buy this instead of stealing it!

  5. Fullonoobs

    @easychord1 limewire *cough*

  6. easychord1

    Where can I get this on mp3? iTunes doesn’t have it.

  7. JanisPapenburg

    Love it !!!!

  8. linksgreen

    Great song. I still find myself singing this to myself all these years later.

  9. unhygenix32

    Brought it on 12 inch single.

  10. dandydan01

    drink the elixir

  11. MoFoPower

    How could they be dead..?! They’ve drunk the elixir of life ;-)

  12. khemachat

    miss the old days already. britpop was once (mid90s-2000) attracting lots of fan here in Thailand. thumb up, especially for the sound composer of this song.

  13. enemysprout

    @papipeposchwartz They all died, it was very sad.

  14. papipeposchwartz

    Oh my god !!!! l thought these guy’s where dead!!! Where are threy now?.

  15. gosiawoodman

    Love this song…real quirky guitar sound…..

  16. dirtypaper

    I listened to Salad all the time when i was 15 and i still love it after 14 years. One of my favorite bands back then together with pavement, sonic youth, the pixies….

  17. TheScott127

    hahahaha i got it!!! here in Australia!!

  18. GasheadAli

    Great song, great album. Now whoever’s got my CD give it back!

  19. Problembeing

    I bought this when it came out. Incredible song :P

  20. MegaRapture

    is there still indie music in england it died in the 90s as everyone knows.

  21. Rumpio

    I heard this song on Match of the Day once to a goal scoring compendium and I was so PROUD for them! That’s about as mainstream as you can get!

  22. MegaRapture

    what happened to indie music in england , why did it get soooooooo shit now?

  23. mfgootcagfy

    cool, i wish i herd them on the radio

  24. thedene

    Absolutely first class. Like the lyrics a lot.

  25. JazzySimpleton

    Salad’s singer is called Marijne Van Der Vlugt. She was also a VJ on MTV Europe at the time. They had 2 official albums, “Drink Me” (which includes this track) and “Ice Cream”. Their first LP, “Singles Bar” was actually their first 3 singles combined. I’d suggest starting with “Drink Me”, a personal favorite.


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