The Ocean Blue - Mercury (Video)

Watch the official music video for "Mercury" by The Ocean Blue from the album "Cerulean".
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With the release of their self-titled debut, The Ocean Blue quickly achieved widespread acclaim and radio & MTV airplay with top 10 Modern Rock/College Radio hits like "Between Something and Nothing", "Drifting, Falling", and "Vanity Fair". Followed by Cerulean, Beneath the Rhythm and Sound , and See The Ocean Blue, the band's fanbase grew with each release.
The band continued to several records, including 2000's Davy Jones Locker and 2004's Waterworks. In 2013, the band released their first full length record in a decade, Ultramarine, on Korda Records. In 2015, the band worked with Sire Records to reissue their first three albums on vinyl, and toured North America and South America, where some of their most passionate fans reside.
In 2019, the band returned with the beautifully powerful Kings and Queens / Knaves and Thieves, and has continued to tour for this release and the newly re-issued vinyl of See The Ocean Blue (2022) and Davy Jones Locker (2023).

[@czarpaul01]

Cerulean is worth listening to just for the drumming. Guy’s a beast.

[@benharris5210]

Up there in quality with the likes of The Smiths, James, The La's etc, just surprisingly American. These guys should have reached the same dizzying heights, still timeless now.

[@albertoa.capunaynunez7567]

Temazo, que suertudos q vieron a la banda aqui en Lima PERÚ 🇵🇪

[@treffbennett6534]

I used to spend hours at music store listening stations, trying to find treasure I NEVER would have heard on the radio and The Ocean Blue were one of my greatest finds! Pure beauty and graceful melodies are to be found on every album they put out! Cherish them and always will!

[@lancecollins9278]

My story exactly

[@zamaz99]

It's funny how hard we had to work to find good music in the pre-digital days!

[@randomnesspersonified]

I only discovered them (purely by chance) over the weekend, on youtube - I am beyond peeved that I had not heard of them sooner! It seems incredible that in the late 80's and right through the 90's (my teens to 20's) I was always looking out for good bands and I never discovered them - gutted! Where are you? I'm in the UK - I wonder if that is why. I don't remember ever hearing them on the radio and my friend's dad paid for MTV etc, so we used to watch regularly, so I really don't understand why I've never heard them before. I used to listen to John Peel on the radio and he introduced me to some belter tunes. Then, like you say, going into independent record shops, but they didn't have a listening facility, so I used to randomly buy records from this one tiny store which was probably only 12 feet by 10 feet square, but they crammed the records in, and almost everything they had was absolutely mint. That's how I first discovered the band Curve, I liked the cover of their single and just impulse-bought it. The guy who worked there knew his stuff and if you said you liked a certain band he could point you in the right direction of other things you'd probably like. He had no problem playing stuff for you, but I used to go in my college lunch hour because I went to college in a different town, so I had limited time. My goodness I'm writing a book on your comment, sorry I'll shut up now!

[@randomnesspersonified]

PS All that said, if this was first brought out in 2005 I'd not have stood a chance of hearing it, my son was 2 years old and I was crazy busy - i lost all spare time I used to have after work and at weekends to read books, write poetry, listen to music in abundance, it was mad, all gone in a flash. Wouldn't change it though, he's a brilliant young man, with very eclectic musical tastes, just like his mother!

[@75claymont]

​@@zamaz99 not funny as we were limited to

[@TheFranc77]

Yo los vi en Barranco la primera vez que vinieron a Lima. El viejo teatro casi se viene abajo cuando tocaron esta. Fue un concierto tremendo. La nota nostalgica, al final: Dave Schelzel sacó la electroacústica y tocó Eyes without a face de Billy Idol. Casi lloro.

[@TheWhitelady79]

soy peruana, que bacán lo que viviste, definitivamente un clásico, esta obra trae muchos recuerdos.

[@Gabrielkgaray]

En qué año fue ? Se que en Barranco vienen muchas bandas muy buenas pero que pasan desapercibidas ya que no hay difusión más que escuchar doble 9 ahí si uno puede enterarse.

[@TheFranc77]

@@Gabrielkgaray Fue en junio del 2006, en el ex teatro Rajatabla.

[@edwindarwinramireztenorio1359]

Que locaza tu experiencia , suerte la tuya

[@MorrisGO973]

Yo, aún conservo mi entrada de aquel conciertazo.

[@wdrauch]

This whole album Cerulean is full of beautifully crafted songs like this one. This really takes me back to college days when I used to drift off to sleep listening to this album nearly every night.

[@НиколайСеменов-ц2я]

Это точно!

[@ralphlazio505]

I just saw these guys play last year at the ECHO PLEX in LOS ANGELES. They still sound AMAZING. It was a full house. Great show!

[@progforcefield5779]

the most british sounding american band I've ever heard I think

[@The.Last.Guitar.Hero.]

Sounds straight out of the British baggy era

[@muhammadandreansyah823]

Yess!!!

[@garasham]

Spot on.

[@matissemoretti8451]

Have you heard Riverside? Search them on KZbin. You’ll enjoy them too, very British sounding and the melodies are phenomenal!

[@phoenixmoon3]

Lol totes. I love them forever.

[@Da.Onus.Burger.618]

I loved this song so much! These guys were ALWAYS “in the pocket” and had some great grooves, just smooth and flow-y!

[@CrimsonThorns]

In the 90s, I soaked my brain with the sounds of: Ocean Blue, The Sundays, and Toad The Wet Sprocket. Great times....today I still give them plenty of play 😎.

[@Porsche996driver]

Toad!

[@CrimsonThorns]

@@Porsche996driver - im a huge fan of Toad the Wet Sprocket....along with Roland Orzabal from Tears for Fears 😎

[@Retroscoop]

@@Porsche996driver Where does the band name come from, was it a comic strip or what ?

[@user-cg8hu3kl1n]

@@Retroscoop a monty python sketch i believe

[@AlderPeak]

Throw in the Charlatans UK and those were my big 4 during that time period.

[@Retroscoop]

What a sublime teamwork, the delicate accents of the keyboards, the topnotch vocals, the bumblebeeing bass, the guitar bringing a fine solo, while the drummer is keeping everything without overdoing together... They deserved far better sales figures and 27 000 thumbs up by now...

[@garonpresley]

+Benoit Vanhees You are not kidding Benoit - I couldn't have put it better myself. A criminally under-rated band. Love these guys!

[@dennishimebaugh7675]

Benoit Vanhees Well said.

[@BLUEPLANETJAZZ]

Will always love this band!

[@vanamonde2]

They were amazing. This is one of their best tunes. The short instrumental break in the middle of the song it pure genius!

[@FrankFlores-ms1le]

A esta banda lo escuche x primera ves en radio doble nueve fm lo escuche y me encanto hasta el dia d hoy 2024 tengo el cd saludos desde lima peru

[@m0rphe0-8]

cerulean?

[@edwindarwinramireztenorio1359]

Igual lo escuche 1ro en doble nueve y me compré el casete en la Villarreal (Av. Colmena), Excelente banda! Lo último que oí fue Kings and Queens,

[@oxalatto8]

Yo tengo grabado este videoclip de canal 33, del año 1991 más o menos

[@josephpep2042]

​@@oxalatto8clsro canal 33 me acuerdo pasaban videos de ocean blue,inxs, siuxie Qe buen recuerdo y de ahi bajo la conduccion de gerardo manuel jr,y sandra conducian un programa musical,qe buena epoca

[@elbettto]

Fan since 1991... Amazing band and so humble!!

[@timsmith3621]

Love that late 80's to early 90's alternative rock sound. So many underrated bands including this one.

[@juanmendez8512]

Ohhh ok oo

[@williambattista6676]

Was just thinking about that right before reading your comment. That era was gold, and we were lucky and privileged to have experienced it.

[@ruff500]

American Brit 🙂Pop

[@lucy327rss]

These guy are just so underated and great

[@norma7490]

Esta cancion me hace recordar a Yacana Bar en el centro de Lima.

[@anthonyurbina6384]

Norma ya abrió el yakana 😍😍😍😍

[@luiludena9228]

Radio Doble 9, la radio rock en Lima. Por ellos tengo como vosotros ese fino gusto musical por el Indie Pop y todo el movimiento New Wave sea de la Costa Este u Oeste o de los Charts Británicos..

[@Universo-fo4re]

Esto escucha la gente linda del Peru!!!

[@sinenigma]

Yo iba solo con mis cervezas acompañándome y después terminaba en Noctulus XD

[@DanielGallagher26]

Yo la escuche viendo *GRANDE PA* hay muy buenos temas en esa serie!!! 90's

[@TheRealPapaGamer]

Excellent drumming on this one. Very underrated band.

[@333DGK]

If these guys were born up the road from me in Manchester they would have been huge.

[@urwholefamilydied]

333DGK Totally. Sad that in the late 80's early 90's in america it was only hair metal dying out and grunge coming in. Then that stupid girl hippie rock. Totally obnoxious and is why many of us in america had to turn to the ROSES, happy mondays, and then finally blur and oasis. I didn't even know this band existed til the early 2000's. Fuck america is fucking stupid sometimes.

[@bastette5475]

@@urwholefamilydied What do you mean by "girl hippie rock?" I remember a lot of angry punk/grunge girl bands, but I never thought of them as hippies... very much not. Can you give some examples? I know you wrote this 5 years ago, but if you come by this way I'd like to hear more about this. Hmm. Do you mean mean singers like Sarah McLaughlin? I wouldn't call her music rock, though. Does anyone else know what this means?

[@mrhillp]

Dude I totally sported the Dave Schelzel haircut in high school, just bit longer though. I remember long trips listening to Ocean Blue back back when you needed a cassette adapter to play your CD walkman in the car.

[@andrescasas2123]

SE EXTRAÑA ESTA MÚSICA EN EL JACKANA CENTRO DE LIMA

[@PERCYALVARADO]

Quietly, almost elusively Almost invisibly, I found that I For a moment had slipped away Ripped in two, then pasted back again Then crumpled up inside, then tossed aside You know that it feels so bad Oh, Mercury Oh, Mercury Happened once and then it happened twice And then it happened thrice and now a fourth You know that? Did you know that? Ripped in two, then pasted back again Then crumpled up inside, then tossed aside You know that it feels so bad Oh, Mercury Oh, Mercury Quietly, almost elusively Almost invisibly, I found that I For a moment had slipped away Ripped in two, then pasted back again Then crumpled up inside, then tossed aside You know that it feels so bad Photos Oh, Mercury Oh, Mercury Oh, Mercury Oh, Mercury Read more: Ocean Blue - Mercury Lyrics | MetroLyrics

[@jaws8817]

Percy Alvarado C what does Mercury have to do with it? The planet or the metal? Help me understand.

[@marvalley7405]

Thanks

[@jairzinho1974]

Excelente banda, ojalá vuelvan pronto a Perú.

[@ReelX4U]

These guys take back to boyhood. Where nothing mattered, life was one adventure after another. I would do anything to return to that time....perfect days spent with friends in an endless loop of days spent a drift, wandering, exploring, laughing, and spending time with friends and family with no conflicts, no arguments, just friendships and bliss.

[@FLASHING9]

and most important it were the people around you who were much wise and smart then any retarded today...

[@intowndan]

This is my wife's wake song on her alarm!

[@garonpresley]

+Dan Burton Awesome!

[@DanielGallagher26]

Now its my ringtone !!!!

[@JHallDaBoss]

Your wife is a legend.

[@nehoc00]

I first read this as her "wake" song--lol

[@Retroscoop]

As long as she doesn't become a ballarina out of control, everything is fine and dandy in the Burton house :0)))

[@shawnk85]

I loved this band from way back! The sound they produce gives them the knack of style and charisma they deserve. They are from Camp Hill,Pa which is only 2 1/2 hrs away from me which makes it even more awesome! They are underrated and need to have more exposure.

[@jenw5056]

That explains why I saw them at one of the first WHFS-ivals... that radio station was great at showcasing fantastic bands from the mid-Atlantic.

[@jenw5056]

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HFStival

[@stacydalebarendse3978]

Great music. Maybe Warner Bros can pull their head out of their ass.

[@blackbird5634]

some of the most forgettable elevator music ever written.

[@govnor1495]

Madchester, but American. No one else was doing this at the time.

[@progforcefield5779]

madchester?? this is pure english 80's indie sound

[@softlightsymphonyband]

Raul Ekhi this band has absolutely nothing in common with Slowdive. Both are great bands btw.

[@shawnkeene3370]

man I can't believe I've never heard of this band. really good !

[@potatohead01]

Quietly, almost elusively Almost invisibly, I found that I for a moment Had slipped away.

[@blackbird5634]

quite, illusive, invisible, that's this band for sure.

[@drillsgtvee]

A sheer masterpiece. The vocal and guitar harmonies found in this song are classic signatures of this timeless band. Truly, they were singularly one-of-a-kind, and completely unmatched in their style, sound, and tone. Magnificent...

[@julioangelmaguinacaycho3391]

si bien soy ochentero , me la pasé muy bien a inicios de los noventa con esta banda , tiene ese clásico encanto inglés de las cosas. felizmente los vi en el Perú hace tres años suenan igual.

[@zweiosterei]

julio angel maguiña caycho Me parece que son estadounidenses.

[@omarflores5415]

yo descubri este tema cuando la oi en HieloBar, y la busque y realmente me encanto pero no sabia que fue al peru. saludos

[@miltonC23]

wow!!!!!! muy buena canción!!! Me gusta.

[@samuelplacensia753]

1991 was one of the most amazing years for alternative music.

[@Longenecker1776]

Beautiful song, amazing Amish Bowl cut circa 1990’s.

[@mcxandio]

I just found this band by mistake, and I'm glad I did!

[@selinabegum4418]

mcxandio me too! When they covered the smiths there is a light that never goes out

[@bazalarmar]

El 2020, contra toda pandemia o desastre mundial, seguimos escuchando hermosas melodías como estas para fortalecer nuestro espíritu.

[@troyhonda71]

such a great song and video!

[@nugrahamohamad4026]

music is a real time machine.. it take u back to the time when u used to heard it many long time ago..

[@ThenVersusNow_]

+nugraha mohamad It really is man! Music is a gift.

[@kurtay1130]

yes

[@govnor1495]

This is one of my favorite songs of all time. Thank you.

[@garonpresley]

+Lance Haynes Mine too - great vibe!

[@meshica7]

I was in a hard rock..semi metal band and we covered Drifting Falling..I have a recording of it somewhere.I have been into The Ocean BLue since their 1st release.They are releasing a new album soon! SWEET!

[@barbaralucena3577]

👋👋👋

[@lifecruisin]

Your dad's basslines inspired me to grab my bass after a few months of not playing. So calm, yet powerful and goose bump inducing.

[@Saintelyk]

They rule!!! This lead singed David looks so fucking hot nowadays...2018 way hotter than in the 90s...check him out...yummy.

[@customerjon]

@11Aesthete See what happened before the internet? When I was a teeny bopper getting all worked up over all things English I was told they where from England by the record store guy and since I didn't have a way to double check I just took his word for it. Now 20 years later bad info bites me in the ass. Don't give a shit. Love the sound and it sounds all English to me. Back to my little world of fantasy.

[@Sektor9999]

Reminds me the song "Here's where the story ends" from The Sundays.

[@manumercado1127]

medio peru conocio esta cancion con la señal de prueba del canal 33 a mediados de los noventas, entre videos de autos mitsubishi aparecieron joyas como esta y otras como cafe tacuba.

[@MrLouis2865]

simply beautiful. they were robbed. .....cuz rap music has such depth. when i isten to ocean blue....I feel so wonderfully at peace. Like everthing is right with the world. thnx dudes.

[@TimeForTimer]

New full length album comes Jan 2013. First full album in 10 years. Shows in MN and Chicago with more to come.

[@customerjon]

Why should England rule the world? The music.

[@SlowmotionSomatics]

...Except these lads are from Hershey, Pennsylvania.

[@bendover9663]

@@SlowmotionSomatics they sound and look very English though

[@littlejohnnyturtle8770]

Bit more research required me thinks.

[@playasperu]

this song has a perfect intro, the base, the texture of the guitar, the drum cutting the first part ... AWSOME ! these guys have an incredible sense of sound

[@11Aesthete]

@customerjon These guys are from Hershey, PA. They just sound English

[@drpal-ug1xc]

A friend of mine told me about this group now im hooked on them great vocals and music

[@vladimirsba]

Fly with this song

[@MrLouis2865]

this band has been robbed. they play crap on the radio.....then when real music like this comes out they turn a deaf ear. too sad. oh well... its here for us, and thats good enuff. Its on my Hit list.

[@TheGabito93]

Este 12 de Junio por segunda vez en Lima .Perú the ocean blue con lo mejor de su repertorio ...discoteca Gotica de Larco Mar ..Yeahh

[@visualbasicman]

They got screwed on the label and exposure. This country $ux so much at music scouting. America truly 'followers' NOT leaders in music.

[@rodsapyta7059]

GREAT WORK.. GREAT, I 've been looking for you, for many years. FIRST CLASS, all the way.

[@kevlarshanahan1087]

And to think...they're from Pencil-vania

[@irisandrade5735]

got there cd...so lucky i am

[@josephbr80]

Rock Ingles

[@bricology]

I just love how unpretentious and devoid of irony they and their music are. They sincerely set out to make heartfelt, almost innocent pop beauty, and they succeeded. This music is the antidote to hipster music.

[@robertgomez7414]

bricology... hipsters don’t listen to just one type of music. Ridiculous last sentence but the rest is spot on.

[@norbertodaluz8914]

Sophie, When i was 19, I saw your dad & TOB at a club called the Bayou in Georgetown. I wanted an autograph, so i snuck past the guards so i could meet the band. I dont remember what your dad was doing at the time, but i remember David was eating some Cheetos, his girlfriend was sitting on a couch, and they asked if I wanted some. Nobody seem phased that i was NOT supposed to be in the room or that i snuck in. Let him know that he & TOB made an impression on the lives of many people.

[@MontoyaMatrix]

We like the musician who can express themselves thru their "image," but thru their MUSIC.

[@Michael3089]

Who in October 2020

[@cattynellyariasgonzales1283]

Me encanta escuchar sus temas me trasladan a mis quince...los amo...ahora los veré en setiembre aquí...volvieron xa verlos

[@jobimdream]

cerulean never gets old every time i play it i don't want it to end. great for painting, chores round the house, woodworking. love workin to this album

[@LEPERCOLONY1]

Underrated, amazing band ...sigh...wish more people knew... I will keep spreading the word...

[@robertcordero2414]

.This song is well put together and is one of my favorate's. If your an Ocean Blue fan I would check these guys out Hidden Shadows.

[@johnguzman1964]

Very boyish voice, very boyish haircuts, my top ten favorite band of the 80s! Long Live!

[@RedGhoul_373]

Quietly, almost elusively Almost invisibly, I found that I for a moment Had slipped away. Ripped in two, then pasted back again, Then crumpled up inside, Then tossed aside you know that It feels so bad. oh Mercury oh Mercury Happened once, then it happened twice, Then it happened thrice, And now a fourth? You know that? Quietly, almost elusively Almost invisibly, I found that I for a moment Had slipped away. oh Mercury

[@littlejohnnyturtle8770]

Should have got more airplay here in the UK, they gave a nod to the British sound and deserved a nod in return.

[@italiaholic]

If you love The Ocean Blue. Check out a new Swedish band called "Bye Bye Bicycle."

[@visualbasicman]

Sophia, I met your dad and the band at South Paws in Bklyn some years back I was thrilled! Former bass bass player here and I 'respect' your dad. Long live TOB. (-:

[@raulcastilla9018]

temassoo,,,,,,

[@luiscamarena4128]

I love The Ocean Blue! :) humble musicians who don't know how beautiful their songs are!

[@skrap5461]

I am sure they do.

[@ronsmith9251]

How this band does not have a stronger following, I have no idea.

[@DanielGallagher26]

La escuche viendo *GRANDE PA* Hay muy buenos temas en esa serie de los 80's y 90's

[@extraniceness]

Perfect song just like many of their other ones... thanks Brown University Radio 95.5 WBRU "Your Alternative"

[@666govnor]

This is one of my top ten favorite songs of all time. What does that say about me since it only has 87,000 views, lol. These guys were part of the madchester movement but got robbed since they were Americans. It's still great.

[@dinkledankle]

You asking what is says about you since it only has 87,000(at the time) and is your favorite song is your answer. Pretentious.

[@only1gord]

Came across this after a comment about Death Cab for Cutie sounding like The Ocean Blue. Loving it. Need to get the album Now! Are they still going?Can't believe I missed them in the 90's

[@santodeathena21]

a este video le hacen falta reproducciones

[@govinda102000]

They were fantastic in NYC late 80s with their headliner The Nightly Lemon Drops.

[@martinangelavilaporcel306]

buena música ...pegajosa y digerible

[@noonetime8478]

those were the years when music can be very good and clean. minimalism is the best

[@tearsforfears9407]

La voz del vocalista me hace recordar a la banda Tears For Fears.

[@TheEman440]

can listen to the Ocean blue every day~

[@carpiland]

great song from a great band

[@jeffreyvargasbravo5912]

La tocaron en Arequipa, Perú. Que recuerdo para más genial y fui con mi esposa, un recuerdo aún más preciado. Thank you The Ocean Blue.

[@haydenloewen8381]

Catherine Wheel brought me here and god damn this band is awesome as well.

[@unperegrino70]

Ojalá a alguien se le ocurra traducirla al castellano, tiene una bella melodía... era lo que yo buscaba :/

[@juanrojasvillanueva]

Quietly, almost elusively Almost invisibly, I found that I for a moment Had slipped away. Ripped in two, then pasted back again, Then crumpled up inside, Then tossed aside you know that It feels so bad. oh Mercury oh Mercury Happened once, then it happened twice, Then it happened thrice, And now a fourth? You know that? Quietly, almost elusively Almost invisibly, I found that I for a moment Had slipped away. oh Mercury

[@Ozzychingas]

+Juan Rojas Gracias ...I listening to these guys since this came out like 1991

[@Ozzychingas]

Been*+Ozzy Chingas

[@PadgetCowan]

148 smart ones.. 1 person not so smart. I remember these guys from my radio station days. We got these guys to play at the Old Post Office. Great night that night. I wish they were still recording.

[@leitmotif333]

I feel like singing "You gotta be crazy, you gotta have a real need... "

[@calmster]

This is a great song, but it ain't no DOGS !!!

[@markwallacemaguire1598]

Thanks for posting WRV.

[@edas1315]

2024 and This guys never cease to amaze me with their stunning quality... this, ballerina out of control, and peace of mind should be humanity musical treasures! They never got the recognition that they deserved

[@druwydown9302]

Man I had totally forgotten about all of their seeming, brilliant, one hit wonder songs, it would seem, from their brilliant, ingenious, air waves shaking, new wave sounding, first album!!!!!@@@

[@deeray41]

My favorite off of this album is 'I've Sung One Too Many Songs (For A Crowd That Didn't Want to Hear).' Glad I still have the cd!

[@antmanv05]

i grew up in the next county from these guys. the same area where the great band LIVE germinated. and by germinated I mean, the ground was fertile for music. it still is. i love this music to this day. it never gets old. i do, but it doesn't.

[@classic73]

good stuff.

[@DSCH4]

This is quite a beautiful video. I don't like the change in approach they took with the ones from the following album. It's seems they wanted to make them into a Duran Duran or Wham! for the 90's with those. Lots of ridiculous posing instead of them playing their instruments. Sorry if I sound like a broken record (ha!) but please post the video for "Between Something and Nothing", Warner!