Out of This World

Band Quotes:

"That was another one where we didn't overdo it in the rehearsal room. I think we did it once actually, and then Nigel announced that was it, we shouldn't do it again! It was the most studio one of all of them." - Dave Parsons

"It creates a nice dynamic for the record, a good dreamy song." -Robin Goodridge

"That was the only one I wrote in LA. I looked out of the window, and I'd rented this space in a weird mansion where we ended up doing some photos for the album. I went there to write but I never ended up writing that much, but that was one of the songs that was there. It started out with a kind of Fugazi guitar line. It was meant to be this dreamy orchestral guitar line. It was just meant to be a floating guitar line. It's just a good bit of atmosphere for the record, and it suits the record really nicely because it breaks it up from being straight ahead rock." - Gavin Rossdale

"out of this world was written in la, overlooking the city from high up -- which i was !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"- Gavin Rossdale

"Eventually the cooperation proved to be very good and we produced a strong rock-album. Of course there had to be a cooldown too, a moment at which the listener can take a deep breath and therefore we have selected "Out of this world". That's really the only song that I wrote in L.A. A song which is a little mysterious and maybe tripped out. It deals with the fact that when we die we only live on in the thoughts of the ones who loved us. No new life, no after-life. Just a memory for others. "When we die we go into the arms of those that remember us". A beautiful sentence if I may say so." - Gavin Rossdale

"...There's a tiny bit of programming on 'Out of This World' [courtesy of Nitzer Ebb's Bon Harris, who also surfaces on 'Head Full of Ghosts' and 'Speed Kills'], but we wanted to make a band record."- Gavin Rossdale

"real chilled-out' [Rossdale] had a little guitar part and a vocal on it, and had no idea what that was going to be. I don't think we even demo'ed that one. He played it for [the band], and everybody just started playing it naturally. It was all about getting the right vibe of the moment, not necessarily overproducing it."- Dave Sardy

from an interview:

interviewer: I've read that 'Out of This World' is your favorite track from GS. Why is that?

Rossdale: Because I like the kind of dreamscape, atmospheric tracks the best---to write. They're the most liquid and the most natural and I just happen to really love that song, 'when we die, we go into the arms of those that remember us.' It's poignant now, and strong. I love the beats on it and the sounds and the way I play guitar, and Dave's bass. It's kind of got everything I like in there.

"The only one that I was actually allowed to experiment on. It's really trippy and out there - you write songs from the subconscious and that's definitely one that flowed out. I wrote it looking out over the whole of LA from a space I rented there. It originally began as a Fugazi-style constant guitar, and when we played it as a band I wanted it to be orchestral and weird - like a wave of sound. It's probably my favourite track on the album."- Gavin Rossdale

interviewer: One of the best new songs is "Out of This World." Could you talk about it?

Rossdale: Now, that's a cerebral one. I wrote that while I was in L.A., and it is an incredibly appropriate song for these times. Listen to the opening line: "When we die, we go into the arms of those who remember us."

"out of this world is probably one of my favourite songs i ever wrote.superman too."- Gavin Rossdale