Love this song, loved Garden State.

I can still see that plate breaking at the beginning of the video. This, of course, was back when MTV actually played videos. Yes, I know it's an old and trite statement but I actually used to like watching music videos on MTV back in the day.

When this song came out it was fresh and unlike much else on the scene.

I respect it for that. It takes me back. I was never a huge fan, but I thank it for the memories.

In a word, the song is "fun."

What a great band. Let's have some more from these Aussie rockers.

who are the 'buzzcocks'?

This guy is proof that talent runs in the family. His brother Sean is an excellent actor. I think his lyrics are direct and his music is unique and beautiful.

HOT DAMN!!!

Home
Rolling down the road
Going no where
Guitar packed in the trunk
Somewhere round mile marker 112
Papa started hummin the funk
I gotta jones in my bones before we know
We were singing this melody
Stop the car pulled out the guitar
Halfway to New Orleans

Said take me home
Take me home

Could feel the sun about to rise
When I realized we ad nothing to fear
It's just me and my daddy and a kid named Cope
Making music that nobody would hear
And then the sun let up and it split the night

Said take me home
Take me home
Said take me home
Said take me home

This greyhound is delta bound mama
Baby boy done finally found
Said this greyhound is delta bound mama
Said take me home

Hot damn you should have felt the groove
Like I was swimming in a sea of soul
The sun was rising and the day was hot
And we was all about to lose control
My daddy turned his face up towards the sky
And I knew that there was nothing to lose
I felt the crow breathe in and I closed my eyes
And we disappeared into the groove

Said take me home
Said take me home
Take me home
Said take me home

Straight from the water
Straight from the water children

You don't know nothing about this

Take me home
Said take me home

there are those who simply have a problem with peter gabriel. yes, he is, underneath it all, a white man. but i'm afraid there are very few songs that have all the elements this one does. a driving, heart-felt beat....and it's 7/4 time, kids. definitely would be in the top 50.

No way, baby. You are fresh as daisies. Daisies with good taste.

This song actually gives me a headache everytime RP plays it, which seems far too often. I'm being completely honest.

woooooooooo... baby... Elvis.... something 'bout him I love... invisible shivers running down my spine woooooooooo so cute .... I'd love to meet him!

my little fingers to blow you away ouuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu!

This song, THIS SONG, THIS. SONG. RIGHT. HERE, is too gorgeous, exquisitely crafted and narratively amazing for you to look at directly. "Back on the Chain Gang" makes me tap my feet. So does a nice, cold Icee. Go listen to that and drink one of those. Leave this song for the grown-ups.


from Babygirl614: I like this song too...does that make ME a grownup? (The horror, the horror...)

Better shape up, cuz I need a man, and my heart is set on you... you're the one that I want, oo oo oo honey.

back to the seventies!

In case you didn't recognize it, this is a Buddy Holly song...the Pride of Lubbock, Texas.

Good night-- already feeling sleepy so this song might just push me over the edge.

Goodbye love
Didn’t know what time it was the lights were low oh how
I leaned back on my radio oh oh
Some cat was layin’ down some rock ’n’ roll ’lotta soul, he said
Then the loud sound did seem to fade a ade
Came back like a slow voice on a wave of phase ha hase
That weren’t no d.j. that was hazy cosmic jive

There’s a starman waiting in the sky
He’d like to come and meet us
But he thinks he’d blow our minds
There’s a starman waiting in the sky
He’s told us not to blow it
Cause he knows it’s all worthwhile
He told me:
Let the children lose it
Let the children use it
Let all the children boogie

I had to phone someone so I picked on you ho ho
Hey, that’s far out so you heard him too! o o
Switch on the tv we may pick him up on channel two
Look out your window I can see his light a ight
If we can sparkle he may land tonight a ight
Don’t tell your poppa or he’ll get us locked up in fright

There’s a starman waiting in the sky
He’d like to come and meet us
But he thinks he’d blow our minds
There’s a starman waiting in the sky
He’s told us not to blow it
Cause he knows it’s all worthwhile
He told me:
Let the children lose it
Let the children use it
Let all the children boogie

Starman waiting in the sky
He’d like to come and meet us
But he thinks he’d blow our minds
There’s a starman waiting in the sky
He’s told us not to blow it
Cause he knows it’s all worthwhile
He told me:
Let the children lose it
Let the children use it
Let all the children boogie

Love Carbon Leaf! Love this song! Thanks RP for introducing me to this terrific band.

I'm feeling sorry for myself - I haven't had a chance to tune in here for nearly a month - and this is the first song I get - Boo! It's beyond repetitive.

Who is singing there with Eric?

Is that the 10,000 Maniacs lady singing in the background?

Maybe I just haven't burned the disk to death yet, but no matter how many times I listen to this song I don't seem to approach getting even temporarily tired of it. Just amazingly well arranged.

I like Bill's stories.

Ooh, what a treat this track is to suddenly tune in to.

Couldn't care less about religous affiliations or interpretations.

Music is it's own faith and speaks universally.

Liking this

She used to have a carefree mind of her own and a devilish look in her eye.
These days I'm afraid she's not even sure that her name is Veronica.

MY GOD what a wonderful song. I remember this getting a bit of play on MTV years ago.

Can't help but enjoy this!!
I've just given it an 8 !!

I true classic from a truly classic platter...... well, yes, the original WAS platter....a vinyl platter....do they still make those?

Sexy.

To all you Radiohead Haters out there...



you're all...



uptight...



uptight...

YEE HA!! Haven't heard this for a while. Cranked it up! WAY up.
Screw the religious and political crap! This guy gave us some awesome music. Thanks, Cat.

I think that some people just can't handle the Scottish accent.

Let's hear it for regional accents!

Bonham's playing in this song is a lesson for ANY aspiring rock drummer.

Dancing in my seat!

I've always loved this track. Pretenders did some great stuff, but never another whole album as consistently razor sharp as their first one.

This makes me want to hear some Dr. Professor Longhair. That'd be cool. He really plays that piano

Nice to hear them returning to what got them there.

It hardly gets any better than this....

This should get an 8 just for the title alone.

Never heard this version before... and I love it! One of all time favorite tunes.

what is that goddamned beeping?

My FAVORITE Neville Brothers tune!

I have always longed to go to the New Orleans Jazzfest. I have heard about it for years and have talked about going with some friends for a couple of years now.

When, if ever, will the Jazzfest be back? I hear that the fairgrounds where this was held was underwater with the rest of the city. How sad.

The Nevilles are great! :D

The way he pronounces "sun" tells me he's from the north of England. Does anyone know for sure?

Brilliant!

When I first heard this I thought it was Mick Jagger, I doubt it could be done better by Mick either.

I like this song, and ELP in general - but sometimes their lyrics showed "slave to the rhyme scheme" syndrome.

"Someone get me a ladder" - WTF?

This is one of the most reliable sets on RP - As soon as "Banks of the Ohio" comes on, I know what's coming.

Pretty Good. '1994' Unplugged version of Nirvana much better though..

Yeah, my upload. Another gem, this one from Eldee Young on bass and Issac Holt on drums, the rhythm section behind the Ramsey Lewis Trio. This is pretty much in the Ramsey Lewis school of jazzy soul, though it is actually "Am I The Same Girl," by Barbara Acklin, with Acklin's vocal removed and replaced by some Lewis-style piano by Ken Chaney. As the Young-Holt Trio they had had a hit with the more r&b-flavored "Wack Wack"--here they get smoother and more uptown, anticipating the stylings of Philly soul. What a classic!

No Sarah Harmer comparisons? Certainly reminds me of "Lodestar", which is a very good thing indeed.

There is no day so bad that a little Vince Guaraldi music cannot make you smile just a little.

This song's just oozing out of my speakers like some kind of soulful honey.

This powerful song by Elliot Smith, written (seemingly) from the point of view of a full blown enabler, who may be getting sucked inexorably into their own addiction, practically begs to be drenched in melancholy, heartache, and resignation. Smith's cryptic version, emotions almost robotically held in check, is powerful and moving, but I think Madeleine's version really brings the emotion of the song home. I guess those who prefer Smith's version like the contrast of the emotions of the song with the understated way it is sung. I think if you're going for the melancholy, you gotta go all the way.

How about some "Bell Bottom Blues?"

Never heard this before! Like it. The Finn's come up with such good melodies.

Scores a 10 with ease...the greatest poet ever to grace popular music, and this is one of his best tunes.

More power pop!

I can remember the early 80's and nothing like this had been heard before in Canada... I remember having brave new waves on and hearing this for the first time it must have been around 80 or 81

Ska was such a great thing to see... it was really the first time I saw White and Black boys playing music together and all grooving to it

Not like the black guy trying to fit into the white peg or vice versa.

The ska movement was the best... great drinking and jumping around music...

Monkey Man is still one of my favourites to this day... my little girls think I am insaine when I jump around the kitchen making breakfast to it.

They are so square

MORE JOE JACKSON!

Beck to Cream to Drake...

Real nice vibes going on here, real nice...

this is the original version, not the soundtrack cut with additional overdubs. Kinda neat & raw.

Messed that one up a couple of times!

Alright ... Its driving me nuts WHO DID the origional?

I love this version but its making me try to figure out who did it initially

This song would probably have a much wider audience if the lyrics were "ever had sex with someone you shouldn't have had sex with".

Yes, I definitely like Calexico's version better. In fact, it's what introduced me to Calexico as a band...this is just..ok...

I'm awfully fond of the Lovin' Spoonful's original rendition, and this certainly can't replace it, but I give Cocker credit for bringing his own unique signature to this, and to any tune he sings.

By the way, what's the second-to-last line of the chorus?


My guess has been that it's "since I toddled" and I can almost make sense of that, but I don't know.

Original would be a 7 or an 8.

This one's merely a 4.

8O ....the shins?!?!? Well frell, I thought this was Wilco, go figure

I'll second the 'great song' comment, but where do they mention the Faulklands?

...Y me gusta esta canción, pero quiero más "Bongo Bong!"

Lincoln and Flood, too close to call for me.

"When I was driving once I saw this painted on a bridge..I don't want the world, I just want your half."

the 80s werent so bad after all.

Just play the whole damn album, why don't cha!

No, seriously, I'd like to hear the whole album.

Haven't heard this in a long time . . . forgot how good it was.

smashing, burning, exploding...all the ingredients of a good love song!

I can't help it, but I love this song. I think it's fun and catchy pop and there's nothing wrong with that. And as for the "idiotic" repetition regarding the soul, soldier bit, why is it that so often on these boards, I see people complain about stuff like that? Why must every song contain pulitzer-worthy sonnets set in perfect iambic pentameter?

I can interpret those lines and imagine a particular meaning behind them. They may be simple, but sometimes there's just an easy joy in that. And I think that being easy is refreshing sometimes.

Not so sure I would allow that but to be honest with you, the lyrics remind me of a song that Prince wrote from Sign O' the Times called "If I Was Your Girlfriend" where he talks about would the girl let him wash her hair, amongst other things.

Beautiful, sad, clever.

:mute:

what it is , is soooouuulllll baby!

Overall I prefer the original by The Postal Service. There are moments of folkiness that I began to enjoy but it just wasn't satisfying enough.