Yes - And You And I
(Mar 06, 2013 - 12:57) | I saw YES last night in San Francisco. They had a skinny, long-haired girly-boy singing in place of Jon Anderson (looked just like a 1970 Jon Anderson) and he sounded pretty good.
The band was not in their best form, but did a pretty enjoyable show. It makes me wonder—-When you have most of the players replacing the original members, when do you go from being a band, to being a tribute band??
The set list was awesome—they played The Yes Album, Close to the Edge, and Time and a Word all the way through. Good tunes.
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Babble - Tribe
(Nov 09, 2012 - 14:52) | I heard Thompson Twins before I looked at the comments section. Pure 80's, and awesome!
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Gorillaz - Demon Days
(Oct 26, 2012 - 13:34) | I bought that CD a while back. TOTALLY creative and very unpredictable album. Kind of a mash of 8 different styles.
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Nitin Sawhney - Mausam
(Oct 19, 2012 - 14:35) | This is a great example of why I listen to RP—-yes, this is a different song, but incredibly beautiful, and not the sort I'd normally listen to on commercial radio.
Because they dare to play this (often enough for me to get used to a different sound), my ears become wider. (okay, do what you must with that one.)
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Super Furry Animals - Run! Christian, Run!
(Oct 19, 2012 - 14:04) | Guys—this is not a disco dance song. It's a slow, syrupy and sensual slow-dance song. See if you can make it all the way through without getting some serious suck-face action from these bluesy tunes.
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Jets Overhead - All The People
(Oct 15, 2012 - 09:43) | It's funny—I took a one-year break from listening to RP because my computer kept dropping the station. During that time, I stopped ordering new CD's, and was listening to one of the good local radio stations online.
This month, I started listening to RP again, and have ordered 6 new CD's in the past two weeks, adding to my collection of hundreds of CD's that would have NEVER been purchased without the existience of Radio Paradise.
Music Industry—mark my words—stations like Radio Paradise are your best hope at surviving. Treat them well.
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Greg Laswell - My Fight (For You)
(Oct 03, 2012 - 15:31) | I took my Elbow CD, my Porcupine Tree CD, my Coldplay CD, and my Portishead CD, and smashed them into a little ball. Came up with Greg Laswell.
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Uncle Tupelo - Still Be Around
(Mar 16, 2011 - 09:19) | And I went to see a doctor of philosphy
with a poster of Rasputin and a beard down to his knees....
Which came first—Uncle Tupelo or Indigo Girls?
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Apocalyptica - Farewell
(Mar 12, 2011 - 20:45) | I started just listening. Then I started rockin. Now I'm screaming. AWESOME song.
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Supertramp - If Everyone Was Listening
(Mar 12, 2011 - 19:48) | It's so easy to forget that Supertram was an incredible prog group (before they became a bubblegummy rock schtick in the 80's.) Beautiful stuff!
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Hem - Half Acre
(Mar 10, 2011 - 11:10) | The whole CD is great, my daughter's favorite. Very kind music.
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Wallflowers - One Headlight
(Feb 28, 2011 - 12:56) | I think I might like this song in another 50 years, long after the stench of popular radio has left it. So—-let's do our best NOT to play this sone for 50 years.
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Elbow - Mirrorball
(Jan 28, 2011 - 13:29) | I just decided this can't sit at a 9. It joins the rank of the great 10's. The entire CD is outstanding.
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Foo Fighters - Everlong
(Jan 18, 2011 - 08:12) | Wow—for a second there, I thought I was listening to crappy commerical radio!
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Golden Palominos - Pure
(Jan 11, 2011 - 18:01) | This is one of my favorite CD's, and definitely worth buying. There's a thoroughly disturbing monologue song about a girl being kidnapped and killed, but other than that, it's MAJOR soulfull rockin.
Oh...and the boob is just the best.
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Annie Lennox - Don't Let It Bring You Down
(Jan 01, 2011 - 09:46) | For some reason, she seems to miss on this song (beautiful song, but misses.) It's like she lost her sense of soul or timing, and sounds like Annie Lennox signing with Neil Young's brain inside.
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Led Zeppelin - Kashmir
(Oct 25, 2010 - 20:35) | Wow—nice segue. How often can you get a perfect chord match from Lorena to Led??
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Yes - Long Distance Runaround & The Fish
(Oct 19, 2010 - 14:02) | sadjester wrote:I heard Jon Anderson is not well. Missed the last tour. I would love to hear And You and I again in concert. I wonder how many more years the R&RHofF will ignore the incredible works of Jon and Yes?
Jon is acually much better, and is touring solo now (see jonanderson.com) He seems to be hurting a little bit from being snubbed by the band on their last tour (for gawd's sakes—he had lung infection and they needed to tour! Suck it up, Mr. Soprano.)
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Bettye LaVette - Love Reign O'er Me (Live)
(Oct 12, 2010 - 13:00) | FlatCat wrote: listen_n_sf wrote:The overwrought gospel style just doesn't work for everything.
"Overwrought Gospel." Perfect! It sounds completely fake to me. Trying WAY to hard.
Think about the original of this song—-Roger Daltrey is screaming his head off throughout the entire song. Overwrought white guy. No reason why the same amount of energy shouldn't go into this version.
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Tinariwen - Cler Achel
(Oct 07, 2010 - 19:40) | This band has a very worthy history worth reading.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tinariwen
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Greg Laswell - Days Go On
(Oct 02, 2010 - 11:56) | When your father is Coldplay, and your mother is Radiohead, this is what the baby sounds like.
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Porcupine Tree - Stop Swimming
(Sep 14, 2010 - 14:26) | This song is best listened to with headphones and a dark room, a la Pink Floyd. It has such subtle rythms and melodies that you really need to get your whole head around this one. Really some of PT's best work.
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Aimee Mann - Wise Up
(Sep 13, 2010 - 20:45) | I clicked onto this to make sure my rating was a 10—thar it was. What a great and haunting song.
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Thompson Twins - Lay Your Hands
(Sep 07, 2010 - 09:54) | I know it sounds awful to say, but the Thompson Twins had such an INCREDIBLE sound back in the day. It remains the best live show I've ever seen (although it was 99% digital) and their albums were creative and new.
Worthy of some Radio Paradise homage.
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Joseph Arthur - In The Sun
(Sep 02, 2010 - 16:16) | Is this still Radio Paradise?? Sounds like Radio Purgatory to me, having to endure this song. Seriously—I can hear this on any pop station.
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Spoon - The Delicate Place
(Aug 19, 2010 - 12:41) | peter_james_bond wrote:
I agree with you, I can't think of anybody that sounds like Spoon. They are an American original, and a cool one at that.
Funny—after hearing this song, I think that Spoon sounds a lot like like Kula Shaker. Which was first?
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Pixies - Where Is My Mind
(Aug 11, 2010 - 11:19) | robbeek wrote:The drunker you are, the better this sounds......0
I'm sure that's true. For the sober amoung us, this is just annoying stuff.
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Zero 7 - Pop Art Blue
(Jul 27, 2010 - 09:23) | Sorry to whine, but I REALLY MISS MY ZERO 7!!!!! They put out three incredible CD's, but the damn artistic-types could not be content with commerical success, so they re-invented themselves into this techno-drivel...
Bring back SIA!
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Ray LaMontagne - Beg Steal or Borrow
(Jul 23, 2010 - 10:26) | At first I thought this was Neil Young, but without the whiny, self-righteous nasal tone. Much improved.
Ray LaMontagne has been described by my friend as the very talented, tortured, long-haired artist you might run into in the subway, playing for quarters—-only this guy can also sell a good CD.
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Mason Williams - Classical Gas
(Jun 14, 2010 - 15:15) | Remember back in the early 70's, when Classical Gas was considered a major work of art? I was forced to take classical guitar lessons (instead of getting rock lessons from the stoned hippie in the trailer park), and we all had to learn Classical Gas. It was a much of a rock riff that we were allowed.
Update—I finally got rock lessons from the hippie. And weed lessons.
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Porcupine Tree - Half-Light
(Jun 14, 2010 - 14:08) | Funny—this is a new song to me, but something in my brain made me sit up and listen. Love PT.
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David Gilmour - On An Island
(Jun 14, 2010 - 13:24) | lysisphere wrote: Bill, did you just inform us that this guy is the guitarist of Pink Floyd?
I have full confidence that NO ONE who listens to this station is not aware of that. I've got $5 that says no one didn't know that. Takers?
I though he was the lead guitar for The Bangles.
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Zero 7 - Distractions
(Jun 09, 2010 - 13:08) | RIP Zero 7. Born playing the best music ever. Died recording techno-crap.
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Israel Kamakawiwo'ole - Somewhere/Wonderful
(Jun 07, 2010 - 14:07) | If you're not a big fan of Iz, jump Hawaiian Airlines to Maui, and hitch a ride to Big Beach. Walk up to the north end of the beach, climb over the rocks to Little Beach. Take off all your clothes, sit in the sand. Feel the sand on your bare ass, feel the sun all over your body, and smell the perfectly clean ocean air (tinted by a little medicinal herbs from the crowd.)
You'll...totally...get...this...song.
Mahalo
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Indigo Girls - Closer To Fine
(May 13, 2010 - 12:29) | Ahhh, indigo girls. All my early-90's lonliness, excitement, love and angst, put together by two fine musicians. Love it!
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Steven Wilson - Harmony Korine
(May 12, 2010 - 14:35) | nagsheadlocal wrote: I bow before Steven Wilson.
And I'm sure Steve loves being the living god-of-mystical-music he thinks he is.
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Porcupine Tree - Black Dahlia
(Apr 28, 2010 - 18:29) | westslope wrote:
This CD pales in comparison to other PT masterpieces.
This is a 4 at best (the whole CD is probably a 2)
Must respectfully disagree.
Ummm, naw...I kind of agree. I think Mr. Wilson is getting a little too etheral in his composition. I love PT, love Pink Floyd, but there's a limit to being lost in space...
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Elbow - Mirrorball
(Apr 19, 2010 - 13:59) | Elbow was borne of a threesome between Seal, Peter Gabrial and Sia, with Porcupine Tree playing in the background...
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Led Zeppelin - Thank You
(Apr 12, 2010 - 11:00) | If...the...sun....refused to shine....I would still be lovin you...
BEST ZEP EVER!!!
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King Crimson - Fallen Angel
(Mar 31, 2010 - 11:48) | RedGuitar wrote: The first, Lizard, and Red have been remastered by Steve Wilson of Porcupine Tree. Surround sound versions, new mixes, and outtakes are included.
Poor Steve. Try as he may, he will never BE King Crimson. Or Yes.
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John Lennon - Give Me Some Truth
(Mar 29, 2010 - 12:04) | Funny—I'm listening to this song and thought it was maybe T-Rex or something. I checked RP—JOHN LENNON! I thought I knew every song he did during his solo years. What a treat.
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Ledward Kaapana - Radio Hula
(Mar 22, 2010 - 13:11) | Wow—what a great song this is. It puts me on a United Air flight, inbound to Maui. The flight attendants are passing around a fruity drink, and we're looking forward to a week of perfect weather and good food. Hmmm.
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The Beatles - It's All Too Much (remix)
(Feb 12, 2010 - 10:37) | The last few seconds of "too-much, too-much,too-much,too-much,too-much," sounds like the karate kata from the evil island of Dr. Kwan.
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Supergrass - Sad Girl
(Feb 09, 2010 - 09:07) | This is the CD I cook to after a long day's work. I cook, and IT COOKS!
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Hem - Half Acre
(Jan 28, 2010 - 13:55) | I bought this CD, and it turned out to my (6 year old) daughter's favorite CD. Really gentle, beautiful music.
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Doves - Spellbound
(Jan 12, 2010 - 13:17) | Interesting. Seal had a threesome with Zero 7 and Porcupine Tree to create a flock of Doves.
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Zero 7 - Pop Art Blue
(Jan 09, 2010 - 12:48) | I'm the biggest Zero 7 fan ever, and saw them in San Francisco recently. THEY SUCKED! Their set was a long, long, long non-ending set of techno-crap from their new album, with only four of their traditional songs (which were awesome.) The stage was completely backlit so that you could not really see the performers (just their mystical aura...)
Methinks the billiant folks behind Zero 7 took some dope and woke up thinking they were Porcupine Tree.
WAKE UP!!! You're Zero 7, an awesome band with excellent schtupping music. Come back, please.
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The Staple Singers - I'll Take You There
(Jan 09, 2010 - 11:11) | This song was on the soundtrack of "Children of a Lesser God" for Sarah's demonstration of how deaf people can dance. Totally hooey, but sexy all the same.
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John Lennon - Remember
(Jan 09, 2010 - 10:11) | I guess you had to be there to appreciate this song. The early 70's were a difficult time where still-young people were trying to put together the shards left from 1968. Kind of like a post 9-11 era in a way.
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Zero 7 - In the Waiting Line
(Dec 16, 2009 - 11:36) | I saw Zero 7 last night in San Francisco. I LOVE this band, but unfortunately they decided to play long, annoying techno crap rather than this beautiful music we hear today. The few graceful songs that they played were excellent, but mostly it was bang-on-a-loud-synthepopper crap.
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Depeche Mode - Never Let Me Down Again
(Dec 01, 2009 - 08:30) | blotto wrote: I would rate my feelings about DM as 3 in the 80's to an 8 now. Weird how I never used to like them, but now I do
Course, in the 80's it was all about the metal, for me anyways.
But, I'm really like the DM greatest hits albums.
It's funny how our tastes change with age. There are a lot of 80's bands that I HATED back then, and love now (Guns&Roses, Bon Jovi, and definitely Depeche Mode.)
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King Crimson - Fallen Angel
(Nov 25, 2009 - 13:50) | Let's pay homage to the group that brought us that SERIOUS nerd musik I love so much. Without King Crimson and Yes, we wouldn't have Porcupine Tree, Zero 7 and all the other awesome modern prog groups here on RP.
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Enya - Orinoco Flow
(Nov 05, 2009 - 10:50) | Love this song. Heard it 500,001 times. Time to take it in the back and bury it.
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The Decemberists - Prelude -> The Queen's Approach
(Nov 05, 2009 - 10:28) | RP has great music. Period. But sometimes I get lucky enough to hear an artist that knocks my ksocks off. Zero 7. Porcupine Tree. Morcheeba, to name a few.
The Decemberists is one of those. I look forward to buying the hell out of all their CD's. Music execs—take note. Radio Paradise sells your music.
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Strawbs - Lay Down
(Oct 31, 2009 - 11:41) | It's kind of funny when you're at work, listing to RP, and a song comes on that, over time, SUCKS. This one has no excuse to be on tape.
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Radiohead - These Are My Twisted Words
(Oct 15, 2009 - 15:55) | I was sitting in my office, deeply involved in grading papers...and realized how much I was groovin' to this song. Dancing in my office chair. Yeah, it's odd music but very, very brilliant.
It...moves...me...
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Porcupine Tree - Time Flies
(Sep 23, 2009 - 16:11) | Saw Porcupine Tree last week at the Warfield in San Francsico. Really disappointing show. Steve Wilson, uber-musical genius, makes the audience sit through an hour of new material that nobody has heard, before you get to listen to the great tunes that we know and love. It's like torture. Prog rock is not music that most people love the first time they hear it. It's an acquired taste.
Play the hit singles, buddy, and let us enjoy our time with you.
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Bad Company - Seagull
(Sep 16, 2009 - 15:23) | TOTALLY cheesey song, but a song can be cheesey and great as well.
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Hem - Half Acre
(Sep 11, 2009 - 09:37) | This is my daughter's favorite CD (she's 6) and she listens to it every night when going to sleep. Very deep, calming and beautiful.
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Porcupine Tree - Shesmovedon
(Sep 09, 2009 - 12:34) | patrick_larson wrote:
Damn, now I have to go to boston. Any chance they are coming to Austin?
Check porcupinetree.com for info on their current US tour—very limited dates.
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M - Pop Muzik
(Sep 08, 2009 - 09:57) | Some songs are just an icon for the decade. In the 60's it was Revolution. 70's, Stayin' Alive. In the 80's, Pop Muzik deinitely gets my vote.
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Iron & Wine - Jezebel
(Sep 03, 2009 - 15:38) | Iron and Wine...
Their daddy was Nick Drake. Their mommy was Jewell.
But the kids turned out kind of boring. Nice at first, but boring in the long run.
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Emerson Lake & Palmer - From The Beginning
(Aug 19, 2009 - 13:34) | iscoot4peace wrote: ELP haven't aged well for my money...with this excellent song as the exception. Still smooth and silky. An 8.
I donno about that—I saw them a few (ten?) years ago in Concord. Carl Palmer displayed his ripped physique, making the drums squeal like nobody can today. Keith Emerson brough incredible energy to the show, and the three of them even included some King Crimson songs to make the crowd go nuts. Aged, definitely. With class.
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Mazzy Star - Free
(Aug 19, 2009 - 11:50) | leathepea wrote: Heroin is bad.
Very, very bad.
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God is an Astronaut - Remembrance Day
(Jul 29, 2009 - 08:09) | Deadwing wrote:I love this song and this entire CD. I really don't think it's a PT ripoff at all. They have their own sound. This one song might be slightly derivative but the work as a whole really isn't. Any band that uses expansive soundscapes could be compared to PT whether the comparisons are valid or not. *edit They have a new CD out now. I haven't heard much of it yet. I know this CD is a beaut though 
I was kind of hoping that GIAA would be more like Porcupine Tree. I got this CD and decided it was a lot more of the "playing with Moog" than the real depth of musical talent that PT presents. A good listen though, if you have something else to occupy yourself with. Like driving. Or dentistry.
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Peter Gabriel - Lovetown
(May 12, 2009 - 10:45) | I always felt this song embodied the movie Philadephia so much more that Springstien's "Streets of Philadelphia." It's much more subtle, hidden—just like the discrimination it portrayed.
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Air - All I Need
(May 07, 2009 - 13:28) | Darkmatter wrote:Ahh, this is perfect. Bands like Zero 7 would probably sell their souls in order to create songs like this, but none other than Air can pull it off. 
Yeah...umm....gonna have to disagree on that one. Air is a fine, fine band, but Zero 7 has attained Jedi Mastery of this genre.
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The Beatles - Dear Prudence
(May 06, 2009 - 11:59) | romeotuma wrote:
"Dear Prudence" is a song written by John Lennon... the song is about actress Mia Farrow's sister, Prudence, who was present when the Beatles visited Maharishi Mahesh Yogi in India... Prudence, focused on meditation, stayed in her room for the majority of their stay... Lennon, who was worried that she was depressed, wrote this song for her, inviting her to "come out to play"...
It's nice that you added this, but just for scholarship's sake, can you give Wikipedia a citation??
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Michael Hedges - Because it's There
(Apr 28, 2009 - 11:23) | fuh2 wrote: He seems to be playing directly from the heart of the Universe.
C'mon man. Look through your sock drawer and find those testicles!
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Boy On A Dolphin - Nouwe O N'Mazei
(Apr 17, 2009 - 09:17) | Oh c'mon you guys. This is a great song—just get your head into the islands, the warmth, the breeze. Can you see it?
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Colin Hay - Beautiful World
(Mar 26, 2009 - 10:06) | I bought this CD after listening to it on RP. I'm a child of the 80's and LOVED Men At Work.
In his solo career, Colin Hay is showing that his talents as a musician and storyteller go far beyond vegemite sandwiches. It's a wonderful album with thoughtful lyrics and great tunes. Definitely worth buying.
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Single Gun Theory - Surrender
(Mar 24, 2009 - 14:36) | I've become a Single Gun Theory convert, even though they only have two good CD's. Fun to listen to, easy on the ears.
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Supergrass - Tales Of Endurance
(Mar 24, 2009 - 14:33) | If you listen to this entire album, you'll think John Lennon is alive and well and working for Supergrass.
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Jeff Beck - Suspension
(Mar 09, 2009 - 16:42) | So—was I the only person to confuse Beck and Jeff Beck? I bought one of Beck's CD's a few years ago, and though, "Wow, he looks really young for having been in the Faces back in the 60's."
Just disproving the old adage, "The only stupid question is the one that is never asked."
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The Moody Blues - Evening/Twilight Time
(Mar 02, 2009 - 12:18) | Moody rocks! If you get to see them in concert, it's highly recommended. Where else can you see a bunch of 60's Dungeon & Dragons nerds rock out—in their late 60's!! Awesome experience.
If you haven't sat back with Days of Future Passed on the stereo (huge headphones, of course), take 45 mintutes of your busy life and listen to this album beginning to end. Disney-on-acid my ass. You don't even need the acid.
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Zero 7 - Home
(Feb 26, 2009 - 14:51) | If you want to fall in love with Zero 7, here's a studio clip of this song on Youtube.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wjXCMiLASR0
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Tom Waits - Downtown Train
(Feb 22, 2009 - 13:04) | I hated this song in the first 5 seconds. You never get a second chance to make a first impression...
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Golden Palominos - Pure
(Feb 14, 2009 - 13:02) | I strongly recommend this CD—it's an incredible listen, best done with a little wine or ??, with a huge pair of 70's headphones in a neutral dark room. Or with a friend.
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Sarah Harmer - Almost
(Feb 12, 2009 - 16:20) | crazy wrote: there must be other songs on this album besides the three on the list
this is ok, but........
I've purchased the CD since hearing this song. It's okay, but this song is the best on it.
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Coldplay - Violet Hill
(Feb 12, 2009 - 16:11) | There was a song I started to absolutely hate, to HATE. Didn't know the name or band, just HATED the song.
Turns out it was a Coldplay song that won "Song of the Year" on the Grammys.
So...DONE WITH COLDPLAY. Go away, now. Join Hootie and the Blowfish on the Yuba County Fair circuit.
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Doves - Firesuite
(Feb 06, 2009 - 13:36) | I could swear this song was a love child between Zero 7 and Air.
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Rick Wakeman - Tigger The Bounce
(Dec 08, 2008 - 15:34) | I LOVE yes, but always have kind of felt that Wakeman played too fast for the sake of playing fast. Piano playing is like sex—you're not supposed to do it fast just because you can...
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Turin Brakes - Other Side
(Dec 08, 2008 - 14:50) | After hearing Turin Brakes on RP, I've purchased both of their CD's. They are amoung my favorites. Great blend of folk, etheral spooky stuff and groovy sounds.
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Israel Kamakawiwo'ole - Somewhere/Wonderful
(Dec 04, 2008 - 13:39) | Iz was an incredible artist, and most people only hear his rendition of Somewhere Over the Rainbow. Try on this for a brain-changer.
Buy any of Iz's CD's.
Drive to South Maui, past Makena to Big Beach (Onelea.) Park your car and buy a chicken/pineapple taco and a bag of fresh icy pineapple from the guy on the corner. Don't squeeze his fruit. He'll lecture you about it.
Walk on over to Big Beach. Sit your fine island ass down on the sand and enjoy that taco. Don't wipe the pineapple juice off your chin—it deserves some quality time there. Maybe take a little walk over the bluff to Little Beach and enjoy a bong hit with the hundreds of naked locals sunning, dancing and swimming there.
Then—only then...can you really listen to Iz.
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Aimee Mann - Wise Up
(Nov 18, 2008 - 11:25) | ydjb wrote: Jack_Jefferson wrote: Is this the song that all the cast members started singing along to?
Also, isn't it interesting how Tom Cruise became a jerk in real life, just like the one he played in that movie?
Careful, Jack. We all come up with judgements on celebrities based on 1) roles they play 2) tabloids and various media, i.e. Oprah! 3) perceptions. Isn't it interesting that we label someone a jerk when we have never spoken to this person in our entire life, or even met them?
Jeez. What a jerk!
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Phish - Waste
(Nov 17, 2008 - 15:51) | Ahh, the memories this song brings back. Chico State, living in an overcrowded house, south of downtown. Roommates are asleep, party's over, and I'm hoping that the combination of beer and dope will allow me to fall in love with the girl seated next to me. Mmmm.
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Porcupine Tree - Sentimental
(Nov 01, 2008 - 09:55) | K-BILLY wrote:I could have sworn I heard them singing "Suddenly Bar-B-Que Steak"
I must be hungry... 
No. I believe they are saying "Suddenly BBQ Stank," which refers to the unfortunate situations in which people from previous backyard parties tend to either puke or whizz into the seemingly convenient Weber Kettle, rather than the more traditional nearby rose bushes.
After a few weeks of drying and mellowing, a fresh charcoal fire can really stink up the bbq.
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Rocky Horror Picture Show - Time Warp
(Oct 31, 2008 - 09:31) | redeyespy wrote: Well, of course. Remember when you were still allowed to throw rice during Brad & Janet's wedding?
You mean we can't do that now? Can you still take a bong hit in the theatre?
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Madeleine Peyroux - Blue Alert
(Oct 26, 2008 - 12:07) | I bought this CD a couple of years ago. It gets very, very, very old after a few playings. Cool, sexy and suggestive, but it ends up just being boring.
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Greg Laswell - Sing, Theresa Says
(Sep 22, 2008 - 18:26) | cayenne wrote: This ends up being a pretty cool song, but that fake dusty record pop stuff at the beginning is really annoying. No one's records ever sounded like that back in the day, seriously. That's just wrong.
Mine did. I was pretty violent with my vintage Speed Racer record player...
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Chroma Key - Astronaut Down
(Sep 14, 2008 - 14:10) | Imkirok wrote: Had the speakers down at the beginning, and thought this was C.W. McCall - "breaker, breaker 1-9, we got ourselves a convoy!!!"
/need more coffee
I said "Big Ben this here's a Rubber Duck, I say we ain't gonna pay no toll. So we crashed the gate goin' 98, saying LET THEM TRUCKERS ROLL, 10-4"
Ahh, the 70's was a great decade for CB music!
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Dengue Fever - Oceans of Venus
(Sep 08, 2008 - 13:17) | In ska-like music, why to musicians feel it's acceptable to solo in a completely different key from the rest of the song? Some may call it musical genius—-I call it being so damn brilliant that you can't be bothered with your listeners.
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Radiohead - Weird Fishes/Arpeggi
(Jul 14, 2008 - 18:20) | westslope wrote:
However, please explain to me how this is similar to Porcupine Tree. I don't get it.
Radiohead is similar to Porcupine Tree only in that it is rooted in prog rock (Yes, Emerson/Lake/Palmer, etc.) It's hard to get to love for most people, complex melodies, smarter than the average listener's stuff. You know...nerd music. Love it.
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Porcupine Tree - My Ashes
(Apr 27, 2008 - 16:40) | SAME HERE! The industry makes money off of the activities of RP. It will never survive in the long term off of pop artists. The money's in selling tons of "other" artists as well as the pops.
stalfnzo wrote:I never would have discovered Porcupine Tree if it hadn't been for RP. Over the last 6 months or so, I've bought everything they've recorded. (Tell THAT to the music industry idiots who are trying to overcharge internet radio stations!)
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Nena - 99 Luftballons
(Apr 22, 2008 - 13:02) | Love the episode on Scubs where JD keeps going to this video in his brain when dealing with a German patient...
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Arcade Fire - Keep The Car Running
(Apr 21, 2008 - 14:32) | kysmet wrote:
Yeah, definitely sounds like that one song of his, can't remember the name of it though.
John Cafferty and the Beaver Brown Band, "On the Dark Side." Totally ripped off.
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Porcupine Tree - Always Never
(Apr 09, 2008 - 12:15) | eskles wrote: Personal note/opinion: I liked my first listen of this band enough to buy a cd (Deadwing). What I found is that, while I like them pretty much every time I hear them on RP, I get really, really bored when I listen to more than a half an hour of them - pretty much like the old Yes lp's from the 70's.
Gasp!...
Do not blaspheme in this house!
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Porcupine Tree - Fadeaway
(Mar 18, 2008 - 10:18) | westslope wrote:
Pink Floyd? PT is better than PF. Better than Yes, better than Robert Fripp/King Crimson, broader than early Genesis. For perspective, I am extremely fond of all the forementioned bands.
Wow--that's a serious claim. I too am a PT super-fan, but one thing I have noticed is that PT is having a slow growth period. Their CD's totally rock, but in the past 13 years, how much has their music grown? Look at Yes and Pink Floyd--the end results were TOTALLY different from their early successful releases. Rockers get old, and if they don't grow, they may end up sounding like (gasp!) Peter Frampton or worse...
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Air - Alone In Kyoto
(Mar 11, 2008 - 08:53) | Nice segue from Zero 7. Radio Paradise has totally impacted my listening and CD-buying habits. Air, Porcupine Tree, Zero 7, Single Gun Theory, Marlibone--who knew there was such incredible music once you get out of the radio industry?
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Jeff Buckley - Lover, You Should've Come Over
(Mar 10, 2008 - 11:01) | Just to evoke a moment to attach this song to...
I had this on my MP3 player as my friends and I took our rafts for three weeks down the Grand Canyon. One night as the temperature barely dipped below 90, I lay out on my sleeping pad looking at the Arizona stars and listened to Jeff Buckley.
I turned on my headlamp to read, and was immediately swarmed by some kind of non-biting bug. Millions of them. Billions! I was just about to turn the light off when I saw hundreds of small bats start a blitzkreig attack on the bugs. Darting in and out of my light beam, swallowing up a buffet, the bats cleared out every last bug alive.
I was left with a completely unblocked sky, viewing stars and planets (and a few fat bats). Just me and Mr. Buckley, wailing away at the desert silence.
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The Who - The Seeker
(Mar 10, 2008 - 10:17) | Some songs just get a 10 out of cosmic default. This does.
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Loreena McKennitt - Kecharitomene
(Mar 05, 2008 - 17:55) | Lorena is one of those artists that you just love to listen to, briefly, some of the time. I bought two of her CD's and have grown to hate them passionately.
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Elbow - My Very Best
(Mar 05, 2008 - 08:38) | Interesting--I though I was listening to a new Seal song.
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Dengue Fever - Seeing Hands
(Feb 27, 2008 - 13:39) | This is another reason why RP rocks!!! I mean, where the HELL else would you find a song like this?
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Nick Lowe - When I Write The Book
(Feb 20, 2008 - 14:33) | Wow--everyone seems to love this song and this guy. This song reminds me of the luckiest guy in the musical world, Steve Miller. Catchy, but not particularly talented. Is Nick Lowe also Konocti-bound?
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Turin Brakes - Self Help
(Feb 06, 2008 - 18:06) | I have this CD now (THANKS RP!) and it's one of my favorites. Good stuff if you like Iron/Wine.
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Porcupine Tree - Dark Matter
(Jan 16, 2008 - 13:24) | This song, as the finale of the CD, builds and builds and builds until your brain starts to explode. The epitaph is even better. Get the CD!
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Swati - Blackjack
(Dec 03, 2007 - 13:40) | nate917 wrote:
Or maybe Suzanne Vega.
I was sure I was listening to a new Cheryl Crow CD...
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Blue Oyster Cult - Don't Fear The Reaper
(Nov 18, 2007 - 14:08) | Ahhhhh....
During a dance, making out in the corner of Emerson Junior High, sweaty polyster shirt stuck to the equally sweaty polyester dress of Kathy Jasselle...listening to this song...
Thanks for the memories Bill!
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David Crosby and Graham Nash - Lay Me Down
(Nov 14, 2007 - 14:04) | Back when Crosby was circling the drain, only to be revived with a liver transplant, many said that he was not worth it, and had wasted his life.
Now look at what that liver has given us in the past 15 years...
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Björk - Bachelorette
(Nov 14, 2007 - 13:39) | I can see how this would TOALLLY drive some folks crazy. It's long, annoying, whiny...
Love it!
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Phish - Sample in a Jar
(Nov 07, 2007 - 08:13) | I really enjoy Phish, but...all those melodies start sounding like the same phucking song after a while.
It does take me back to a half-drunken afternoon on the grass at Chico State, watching the youngsters try out their new band (1987.)
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Leo Kottke & Mike Gordon - Oh Well
(Nov 03, 2007 - 09:49) | arcas2000 wrote: This song is lame and is also overplayed.
This song rocks, and it's a great study with so many versions and interpretations. Look at the bright side...
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Blind Faith - Can't Find My Way Home
(Oct 29, 2007 - 10:13) | I just LOVE this song. Brings up images of some disillusioned, hungry and dirty hippie child walking around the Haight in October of 1967, wondering what to do next...
Oh crap, that was me...
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Led Zeppelin - The Rover
(Oct 29, 2007 - 09:58) | infinity wrote: One of the best LZ songs ever! 0 -> 1
Really? I'm a die-hard fan, and I think this is one of their worst...
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Neil Young - Ordinary People
(Oct 26, 2007 - 09:46) | skdenfeld wrote: Neil Young = Bad
Long Neil Young = Torture
Ordinary People--with good songwriting talent, but really bad singing skills, are set for life.
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Patsy Cline - Crazy
(Oct 25, 2007 - 13:30) | As a college counselor for students with emotional disabilities, I depend on this song (and keep it handy on my computer desktop) for those--special students.
Craaazzzzyyy....
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The Who - The Real Me
(Oct 17, 2007 - 14:57) | crankypage wrote: And my work comes to a grinding halt, thanks Bill!
No kidding. Like fine wine, this is a song that demands your compweat concentwation.
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Sinéad O'Connor - Black Boys On Mopeds
(Oct 16, 2007 - 14:28) | Sinead has recently come out that she is bi-polar, and much of the challenges in her musical career (and her brilliance) was based on her intense mood disorder. She's getting treatment now, and hopefully the brilliance will continue.
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Men At Work - Land Down Under
(Oct 08, 2007 - 09:46) | I tried a vegemite sandwich once. I had just moved to New Zealand, and our postman dropped in to welcome us. He gave us a jar of vegemite and said, "It's great, try it on toast." (This was 1977, years before this song.)
It tastes like wiping dog crap off your shoes with a brillo pad, and eating it. Damn that postman...
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Cyndi Lauper - She Bop (acoustic)
(Oct 01, 2007 - 10:00) | Too bad that Lauper is only known for this song. The rest of her non-Top-40 career is covered in excellent singing and creative as hell. She's really a gem, and wish she got more airplay.
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Joni Mitchell - Coyote
(Sep 30, 2007 - 12:04) | She leads her band through this song as if they all are slipping down a steep, icy hill, totally out of control, yet in perfect sync and balance.
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Neil Young - Like A Hurricane
(Sep 29, 2007 - 12:26) | I hate to admit it, but I think Neil has the most annoying voice since Bobby Dylan. Yes, both are musical gods, but fer crissakes, they weren't graced with the gift of pipes. The two of you--go sit in the corner with Steve Miller!
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Roger Waters - The Tide Is Turning
(Sep 26, 2007 - 10:11) | This is a great CD to listen to, especially if you've forgotten that awful feeling that nuclear destruction was inevitable back in the mid-80's. What a different world we live in today. Kind of.
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Porcupine Tree - Piano Lessons
(Sep 13, 2007 - 13:18) | If you listen to the slide guitar in the background through this song, you can hear the prog rock influences of Steve Howe (Yes) and the Pink Floyd harmonies.
Incredible stuff---they stand on the shoulders of giants.
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Phil Keaggy - County Down
(Aug 09, 2007 - 18:57) | I would really dig Phil Keaggy, except that my brother, during his REALLY INTO GOD phase, kept talking about how great he was. That kind of ruined it for me.
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Miho Hatori - Barracuda
(Jul 16, 2007 - 13:37) | harmaton wrote: Id rather take a crap than listen to this.
That must be a compliment. A good crap is morning extasy.
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Ramasutra - Kwaidan
(Jul 10, 2007 - 16:14) | Started hating this song, then listening closer, I started liking it. Thank god for RP.
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Porcupine Tree - Lightbulb Sun
(Jul 09, 2007 - 17:09) | Sit around, masturbate, and listen to Porcupine Tree all day. Nothing better.
superfido wrote:
Actual sex might beat your above recipe for an entertaining day.
Yeah, but it's a little hard to find female Porcupine Tree fans. Same problem with Yes. Da chicks just don' dig da Prog.
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The Cure - Love Song
(Jun 20, 2007 - 12:16) | Great song, originally. Now make it go away. It's depressing, and love songs are supposed to be at least a little uplifting, yeah?
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Sigur Rós - Olsen Olsen
(Jun 18, 2007 - 14:33) | After discovering Sigur Ros on RP, I bought this CD. AWESOME! EXCELLENT! Definitely worth buying.
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Alpinestars - Hotel Parallel
(May 23, 2007 - 14:46) | mgfitz wrote:
I disagree--I thought that this CD really sucked. But seeing other positive postings here, I guess I need to listen to it a few dozen times to get the full effect.
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The Derek Trucks Band - This Sky
(May 16, 2007 - 12:41) | pannaramma wrote: Thank you. I bought this because I heard it here. I have never spent so much on music in my life as I have since listening to RP. My ipod resembles a playlist by Bill.
NO KIDDING! Before I started to listen to RP, my collection of CD's was less than 40, and the selection was stale. After two years of RP, I buy at least 1 new CD a week, and my collection is pissing off my wife. Ipod is full, thanks.
Why don't the music companies see the market value of organizations like RP???
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Donovan - Please Don't Bend
(May 16, 2007 - 09:56) | I love it!! I grew up with Donovan as a small child with hippie parents. I had no idea he was still alive, much less recording.
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Led Zeppelin - Babe I'm Gonna Leave You
(May 03, 2007 - 16:13) | One of my all-time favorites. Sitting in my parent's den with my cheap amplifier and my cheaper Memphis guitar, hammering out these chords. Damn good memories.
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Arcade Fire - Keep The Car Running
(Apr 29, 2007 - 15:07) | This sounds like a direct copy of it--glad I'm not the only one who hears it. Anyone remember the mid 80's? Eddie and the Cruisers?
rocco1207 wrote:
I actually think this is one of their less interesting songs - kinda sounds like "The Darkside" by John Cafferty and the Beaver Brown Band
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Jackson Browne - That Girl Could Sing
(Apr 21, 2007 - 10:14) | Damn--I just transported through space and time to arrive at a hot summer's day in Sacramento, 1980. Dancing with Carrie Tuz, hot flesh and sweaty polyester. Excellent times, 'mano.
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Michael Hedges - Aerial Boundaries
(Apr 12, 2007 - 09:07) | This song was playing at my wedding reception, some 13-odd years ago. I was sitting there, wondering what the hell I had just done an hour previously, and this sone came on--long, slow, balanced and pondering. Kind of put things in perspective as to how a marriage is...over time.
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Yes - Roundabout
(Apr 09, 2007 - 08:14) | In an old interview, Yes talked about the making of this song. They couldn't get the percussion in the instrumental section just right, so they drummed on a line of Coke bottles. Created a plinking sound. Listen for it.
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Engineers - Waved On
(Mar 07, 2007 - 13:23) | This song, and the CD it's on, is well worth owning if you like a super-hypnotic experience with great melodies. Too bad they only really have one stand-alone CD.
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Kaki King - First Brain
(Mar 05, 2007 - 17:33) | Listening to this on RP, I purchased this CD. AMAZING. Hypnotic. Wonderful. Really creative, incredible piece of work!
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Michael Franti and Spearhead - Light Up Ya Lighter
(Mar 02, 2007 - 09:21) | I went to high school with Mike Franti--he was a really nice, funny guy, kind of the class clown. A solo black man in a nearly all-white school.
At some point in his life, he has become aware and enlightened, and his music and life reflects that. He has done much more than crank out good tunes--he has dedicated his existence to improving the lot of many who suffer political and economic hardship. Sort of a Bono without the cameras present.
Three cheers for any artist who is willing to stand behind the meaning of their art.
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The Moody Blues - Lovely To See You
(Feb 26, 2007 - 17:57) | This is great intro song to a great album. Make sure you hear it on scratchy vinyl. Drop a sugar cube if you're still under 70.
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Dire Straits - Brothers In Arms
(Feb 26, 2007 - 14:46) | What an AMAZING segue--Beethoven to Dire Straits.
I just finished listening to a presentation of original Tuskeegee Airmen, all in their 80's and 90's. They fought prejudice at home before going to Europe to fight the Germans. It gives this song a deeper new meaning.
A perfect 10 to be sure.
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The Beatles - Revolution 1
(Feb 22, 2007 - 15:32) | Methinks it would be safe to say that this album, this song--rates as my favorite 60's recording--in a field that was RIPE with GODLIKE recordings.
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Porcupine Tree - Halo
(Feb 02, 2007 - 12:06) | Deadwing is a great CD to buy if you are an entry-level Porcupine Tree fan, and dig a metal/prog rock mix.
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Zero 7 - Futures
(Feb 02, 2007 - 09:30) | They have three CD's out, and all are fantastic. Take your pick.
radiomao wrote:I always forget how much I like this band. Somebody please tell me which album to buy first.
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Mike Doughty - Looks
(Jan 29, 2007 - 16:57) | stratrjb wrote:
love it!!!
....nice ref, one of my favs..."jewels cleaving skin between breasts"
I think that's "jewels...cleaving skin...between...breessstttssss..."
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Zero 7 - Futures
(Jan 24, 2007 - 13:30) | I really love Zero 7--bought all their CD's including this one. This is their latest, and has a wonderful sound to it. Not really jazz, not really blues or new age, but has a piece of all of that in there. Great music if you are a prog rock/Yes/Procupine Tree lover.
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Johnny Cash - Hurt
(Jan 10, 2007 - 09:49) | It's called the blues, kids.
ziggytrix wrote:THORNS THORNS THORNS THORNS THORNS THORNS THORNS THORNS THORNS THORNS THORNS THORNS THORNS THORNS !!?!
Might as well have sang "Wishin I was HOME" for ABC.
Turns a 10 into a 6 with one word. :(
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Porcupine Tree - Lightbulb Sun
(Dec 21, 2006 - 15:46) | Let's be honest--the best possible place for a nerd-girl to get a date (instantly) is at your friendly Yes, Porcupine Tree or King Crimson concert. Only us true nerd-boys listen to this good stuff.
jadedragon wrote:
What? You think only guys like prog rock? Admittedly the women at the PT show I saw last month were outnumbered at least 5 to 1....
I have my husband to thank for introducing them to me!
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The Beatles - I'm So Tired
(Oct 24, 2006 - 12:44) | pinto wrote:
But while we're on the subject, after hearing the word all these years, just what is the actual meaning of the word "dipshit"?
Git:
rotter, dirty dog, rat, skunk, stinker, stinkpot, bum, puke, crumb, lowlife, scum bag, so-and-so...
Git: a person who is deemed to be despicable or contemptible; "only a rotter would do that"; "kill the rat"; "throw the bum out"; "you cowardly little pukes!"; "the British call a contemptible person a `git'"
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Porcupine Tree - Mellotron Scratch
(Oct 17, 2006 - 16:32) | Faithful_Fool wrote: Brought me out of the woodwork.
Saw them Friday night at the Fillmore.
Phenominal show indeed.
So tight and pure to even the studio recordings.
Gavin Harrison on Drums 10!
Steven Wilson on Guitar & Vocals 10!
Outstanding show!! I'm still woozy from the contact high. 8-)
I actually walked out of the show--by 11:00 p.m., I was too tired to stand through a set of new, never released songs. The Alanis Morrisette accoustical cover sent me over the edge...
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Porcupine Tree - Start of Something Beautiful
(Oct 16, 2006 - 13:47) | I saw Porcupine Tree last Friday at the Fillmore in San Francisco. It was probably the worst concert I ever attended (can't say for sure--we left after a few songs.)
The format for this concert was that the band would play a bunch of never-release songs, then do a set of "the oldies." For progressive rock, you need to hear the songs a few times to develop a taste for the stuff. I love PT, have all their CD's, but it's crazy to ask your audience to join you for a 2-hour trip of unknown and disjointed tunes. We buy their CD's, we buy their concert tickets, with the expectation that they will share the experience with us. Instead, they used their audience as a focus group to float new ideas. Bad idea.
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Jen Trynin - Getaway (February)
(Oct 03, 2006 - 10:41) | I bought this CD and found that the only worthwhile sone on the entire CD was this one. Very dissapointing.
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Colin Hay - Overkill (acoustic)
(Oct 01, 2006 - 16:18) | He played a guy busking. (Busking?)
Busking is the practice of doing live performances in public places to entertain people, usually to solicit donations and tips. --Wikipedia
Ohhh, busking.
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Stevie Ray Vaughan - Riviera Paradise
(Oct 01, 2006 - 14:41) | I remember sitting on the bus going to Butte College way back when. Over the radio, the DJ announced that there was a helicopter crash, and it was likely that Eric Clapton's bird had crashed, killing all aboard.
I remember a sign of relief when they later announced that it was in fact not Clapton's helicopter, but that Stevie Ray Vaughan had died. Who? Oh, the guy with the good riffs.
Now the loss seems so much heavier, listening to this wonderful tune.
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The Blasters - I'm Shakin'
(Sep 26, 2006 - 20:22) | He's mister Heatmiser, he's mister sun...
He's mister Heatmiser, he's mister hundred-an-one.
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Dire Straits - Ride Across The River
(Sep 14, 2006 - 17:16) | MM13 wrote: In it's time this was an important and innovative album, but I don't think it stands the test of time very well. To me it sounds outdated and boring now.
Funny--I felt like this album got better over time--mellowed like a fine wine...
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Jeff Buckley - Lilac Wine
(Aug 30, 2006 - 15:33) | Ye naysayers--
Remember that Buckley died (oops--should we wear a life jacket when swimming in swift rivers??) while making this recording. His mother insisted that the CD be made without engineering, so what you hear is Buckley's raw voice--good and bad. This is one of the rare "real" recordings you will hear of a musician.
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Air - La Femme D'Argent
(Aug 29, 2006 - 10:52) | This is an excellent CD if you want some cool, mellow French jazz for your listening pleasure, this is a worthy choice.
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Porcupine Tree - Lightbulb Sun
(Jul 13, 2006 - 18:13) | I agree with all the below--Porcupine Tree is one of the most amazing bands I have ever heard. It seems like Radio Paradise is the only media outlet that recognizes this. Odd. What a talented group, and fantastic music!
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The Clash - This is Radio Clash
(Jul 10, 2006 - 08:40) | Even Mozart had some sucky songs. Most of the Clash's stuff, while brilliant and groundbreaking, just ain't that nice to listen to.
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Telepopmusik - Breathe
(May 25, 2006 - 09:44) | canadianbug wrote: sounds like the moby chickie.. hmm..
Way true on that. Kind of a slightly subdued, gentle and smack-infected voice...
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Nena - 99 Luftballons
(Apr 21, 2006 - 14:16) | Ahhh--this song brings back images of big hair, tight pants and dancing with my sweaty junior-high school girlfriend.
If you close your eyes and concentrate, you can almost smell the faint air of "Love is Baby Soft" purfume...
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Golden Palominos - Pure
(Apr 19, 2006 - 17:24) | This CD is both disturbing and dreamy, and definitely worth having. The first track is a monologue of a kidnapping/killing of a young woman. Pretty much the most disturbing thing I've ever heard. Incredibly artistic CD overall.
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Porcupine Tree - Dark Matter
(Apr 04, 2006 - 15:06) | I just purchased this CD--what an incredible collection of music! Extremely diverse, creative, soft, hard. All good things.
Interestingly, the harmonies are like a mish-mash of Pink Floyd and Phish. Phink Phloyd?
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Tasmin Archer - Sleeping Satellite
(Mar 22, 2006 - 18:45) | Just bought this CD. As much as Sleeping Satellite is a great song, the rest of the CD is pretty much a bummer. One-hit wonder? I wonder.
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Philip Glass - Anthem Part 1
(Mar 14, 2006 - 16:00) | Trying ridiculously to remember another movie where I heard this---
Crocodile Dundee II, at the end, where he has been chasing the bad guys in the outback, and finally gets himself shot by his buddy. They play this song. Then a bad guy dies. Very memorable.
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Robyn Hitchcock - Sinister But She Was Happy
(Mar 13, 2006 - 11:07) | crowhog2000 wrote:
Excellent! Suck + Suck = Suck squared! It beats sucking solo, eh?  
C'mon, what's with the math? Suck x Suck = Suck Squared. Suck + Suck only equals 2Suck.
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John Lennon - (Just Like) Starting Over
(Dec 08, 2005 - 11:52) | Thank you for playing this song today.
It puts me right back 25 years, watching Monday Night Football and hearing Howard Cosell announcing John Lennon's death. Bad day, but good memories.
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Zero 7 - Home
(Nov 28, 2005 - 11:47) | Both Zero-7 CD's are OUTSTANDING. I can listen to them a hundred times and still get their funky, soft but deep sound. Highly recommended.
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Cry Cry Cry - Cold Missouri Waters
(Nov 21, 2005 - 12:32) | First time I heard this song I thought "hmmm, what a wonderful, thoughtful song about a horrible tragedy."
After the 30th time, I think, "What a horrible song..."
Thanks for the (hurl) reference to the Edmund Fitzgerald...
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Jen Trynin - Getaway (February)
(Nov 15, 2005 - 15:59) | I bought this CD after hearing this song. Unfortunately, the ENTIRE rest of the CD falls far short of this one. Bummer.
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Argent - Hold Your Head Up
(Nov 14, 2005 - 09:07) | Oh, C'mon you old fuddies. This song still rocks and you know it. Just close your eyes, envision yourself finishing off your last Coors in the back of your Chevy Nova, and tune into this song on K-ZAP. Are we there? Don't spill that beer on your "I'm With Stupid" t-shirt...
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Yes - And You And I
(Sep 23, 2005 - 14:00) | Having seen every Yes show in California for the past 15 years, I'd say that the band has hit a point that they no longer are able to offer new magic with their past few CD's (along with a shameful re-issue of Greatest Hits varieties every year or so.)
That being said, they STILL ROCK at their live concerts, every time. Last year they toured with a 58-piece symphony, and the magic was re-invented. They're not fat, tired or completely brain damaged like most of the acts that bless the Konocti Harbor Home for the Rock&Roll Deceased.
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Porcupine Tree - Stop Swimming
(Sep 19, 2005 - 10:51) | ToddBradley wrote: The music sounds so much like Seal that I thought Trevor Horn must be producing.
That's the first thing that went to my mind, and I immediately checked the comments to see if anyone else heard that...
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Pink Floyd - Shine On You Crazy Diamond
(May 15, 2005 - 17:36) | black321 wrote: What is a "steel breeze"?
A sharp wind, cold, ominous, that cuts through you like a knife. Okay, I made that up. But that's the way the song sounds.
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Small Faces - Wicked Messenger
(Apr 29, 2005 - 15:05) | When I saw the ratings on this song, it seemed like the slime on the bottom of the Titanic. This song ROCKS! It pulled me out of a lull in my office work and reminded me that it's FRIDAY, and time to take off my pants!
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Air - Cherry Blossom Girl
(Apr 13, 2005 - 12:35) | There's a strange harmony that reminds me of a Beatle's song from Beatle's VI--? "Do what you want to do, go where you're going to, think for yourself cuz I will be there for you..." It seems like the vocal harmonies are a direct copy.
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Marianne Faithfull - Crazy Love
(Jan 25, 2005 - 13:15) | Listening to this song, I looked up in interest. After really listening to it, I decided that this must be the work of someone who REALLY wants to be a musician, but will never make it out of birthdays and weddings. Oh well.
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Elliott Smith - Tomorrow Tomorrow
(Jan 18, 2005 - 12:38) | Some of the intro riffs to this song sound mysteriously like Topographical Oceans, and old Yes album. Nice song though.
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Sigur Rós - Untitled Track 8
(Dec 14, 2004 - 13:37) | This is one of those songs that you hear on RP, and end up buying the album and discovering a wonderful new genre.
Magnifico!
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The Beeps - Paterson
(Dec 13, 2004 - 11:17) | I was busy at work, only partially listening to RP. This song made me put down my pencil and dream...
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Lemon Jelly - Homage To Patagonia
(Dec 06, 2004 - 15:35) | redeyespy wrote:
Well, I'm hearing it too. The bassline in particular keeps threatening to turn into "Tusk." Without the marching band, of course.
I totally hear Tusk in this song. In a good way...
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Allman Brothers - Dreams
(Nov 30, 2004 - 11:21) | cdemon wrote: Anyone know what happened to Scooter the rodie Greg " toot and tell" Allman ratted out?" Great musician, real asshole.
In 1977, the Marshall Tucker and Charlie Daniels bands headlined a benefit concert for Scooter Herring, an ex-roadie for the Allman Brothers Band. Herring was facing a cocaine trafficking conviction based, in part, on testimony from Greg Allman. It was Allman's move to give evidence that caused the breakup of the Allman Brothers. Herring, meanwhile, was sentenced to 75 years in prison.
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Seal - Human Beings
(Nov 04, 2004 - 13:48) | See Seal live if you ever get the opportunity. He is a truly humble, incredibly gifted individual. When playing live, his songs slow down to a heartbeat level, allowing the audience to drink slowly and savor carefully. Well worth the reasonable ticket price.
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Air - Alone In Kyoto
(Oct 08, 2004 - 09:28) | Air grows on you, like a comfortable sweater. If you look too deep, you'll see that it's just two bucks worth of cotton, but it feels good.
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Air - Venus
(Sep 28, 2004 - 14:11) | I purchased Walkie Talkie after hearing this song on RP. The CD is quite excellent, save for a couple songs that don't translate well from the French ("Surfing on a Rocket" or something like that.)
Highly recommended.
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Sheila Chandra - Ever So Lonely / Ocean
(Sep 17, 2004 - 12:52) | Illustr8r wrote: Has the comparison been made yet between this song and that one Beatles song... what was it? "Unplug your mind", was it called?
For No One.
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Timbuk 3 - National Holiday
(Sep 16, 2004 - 12:54) | Timbuk 3 still brings back those "Gotta Wear Shades" memories of being a student at Chico State, floating down the Sacramento River in an inner-tube, drinking toxic levels of home-made wine coolers. Mmmmm.
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