Stevie Winwood.

Nice...instantly liked this. Reminds me of a young Grace Slick...except for the language.

Kind of just trudges along, don't it? whatever...

This monkey's gone to heaven....
Something in the riff sounds like The Pixies. 

What a great tune!  Loving the female voice!  

How about Dr Wu once in awhile?

Trippy lyrics, a hint of forlorn, and great musicianship.

I had forgotten how bad the singing is on this song...

I believe that's Van on the sax.  He's pretty good.

Pretty good stuff.  Remember seeing him play on campus at Cal a very, very long time ago...
He lost his morning show radio gig last month on KFOX.  KFOX decided to try and step into the shoes that KFOG left vacant when their current PD gutted the station and changed the format to safe corporate...  RIP KFOG

Great to hear this hard on the heels of Buffalo Springfield and Broken Arrow - I like where this evening is going!!

hard to believe this excellent song (and album) is already 10 year's old.

Gawdamn but this girl's good!  She could sing the phonebook to me and I'd still get goosebumps!

I keep hearing "You don't get meat"

Heard the first electronic beat and thought it was a slow version of Goodbye Girl from Squeeze.

Wish it would have been.

II met her in a poolroom
Her name I didn't catch
She looked like something special
The kind who'd understand
The room was almost spinning
She pulled another smile
She had the grace like pleasure
She had a certain style

Why don't we hear any Squeeze on RP?

I just like the guitar layering and Mercer's backup vocals. (a lot)

Thank you for the Larger Cover Art button, Bill. ;)

 I was initially thinking Alice in Chains.

I never would have guessed this was them.

reminds me fitfully of "wade in the water"!

Oh man, Lesh on that Gibson bass.... What an astronaut.

I use that phrase when my teenage daughter crawls out of bed and wanders into the kitchen at about 11:30 on a Saturday morning. She doesn't find it as amusing as I do. 

What a great follow up from Jessie Sykes "The Dreaming Dead". Way to stack 'em Bill!

All I can picture now is that hillbilly bear - knotts berry farm? chuck e cheese?

What a beautiful song

This reminds me of Sheryl Crow's "Strong Enough"...

Paul can sing.  Not Peter.

Reminds me of an old "Knock-Knock" joke.

Knock Knock
Who's there?
Philip Glass.
Knock Knock
Who's there?
Philip Glass.
Knock Knock
Who's there?
Philip Glass.
Knock Knock
Who's there?
Philip Glass.
Knock Knock
Who's there?
Philip Glass....

The singer has a familiar sound but I can't quite put my finger on it...

Shades of Radiohead - time will tell if this singer can be as irritating as Thom Yorke. On first listening, particularly the opening ah-woo-hoo's, it'll be a close-run thing.

On second listening, 3 => 8. Spooky sound. I see zombies rising from waterside graveyards in dark Louisiana swamps. Brrr!

Guitarist is a dead ringer for Jerry. Thought the same thing.

Druids at Stonehenge.

Is this one of the most romantic songs ever or what! 

Welcome to the Hotel California

It's the bass undertones that carry it.  This song and my woofer are ready to get married.

Lennon-esque in a way, she may be speaking softly to the 1 percent

why would they censor 'making love in the green grass'?

I thought i recognized Dan Tyminsky here, he's also the frontman of Union Station, the band that often plays with Allison Kraus. Dan is one talented bluegrass musician!

This is awful. It sounds like an allready bad song playing in reverse with my half-wit uncle singing a beetles song in shower and my 5 y/o kid banging on a toy drum.

This reminds me of a sketch in the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, where the Heart of Gold is about to be destroyed and Zaphod Beeblebrox and friends decide to hold a seance to ask their ancestors for help, and one of their ancestors dismissively says "life is wasted on the living".

That was a pointless side excursion. We now return you to your usual it sucks/blows/rocks comments :o)

RIP Bob

Everyone is entitled to an opinion, regardless of how isolated it may be. It's nice that you can feel comfortable enough here to share what you think. I personally think you're maybe stuck in some bluegrass field and need to get out more, but that's just my opinion....

As for Alison's voice, I've said it before: she can sing the gas bill and I'd still give her a 10. 

Three favourite female vocalists today :Alison Krauss, Sarah Jarosz  and Neko Case....but that changes daily....order is arbitrary.

Of or pertaining to the stars.  Like a star, as in brilliance, shape, etc.  Pertaining to a preeminent performer, athlete, etc.

; ) hope this helps.

By the way, I am hearing shades of Steve Miller Band in this number

I was staring at the album cover just now trying to figure out for the millionth time what those symbols are supposed to MEAN, when I finally saw that they're faces. Three decades slow on the uptake...

Not trying to get into a meat is bad/good debate, but to me this song doesn't say anything about not eating animals? (Not screwing up the planet, yes).

Good tune tho. Now please excuse me, my manatee sausages are getting cold. 

Sorry folks but these lyrics are pretty silly.  What's it supposed to be? A suicide pact?
No thanks. 

dayum. 

One of my friends, now deceased, was a, uh, 'medicine-man' back in the day. Once he went to a downtown hotel to make a delivery, and walked in on John Lee Hooker. In bed, with two barely-legal blondes. Mr. Hooker acted as though it was just another afternoon, which, for him, apparently it was.

I don't hate him, but I typically turn the station off when a JW song comes on. 
He does nothing for me. 
Borderline annoying.
Maybe it's that out of date goth thing he's got going on.

Reminds me of the old Knock-Knock joke:

Knock Knock. Who's There? Phillip Glass.

Knock Knock. Who's There? Phillip Glass.

Knock Knock. Who's There? Phillip Glass.

Knock Knock. Who's There? Phillip Glass.

Knock Knock. Who's There? Phillip Glass.

Knock Knock. Who's There? Phillip Glass.

Oops, sorry, I posted the comment to the wrong song board - it should have gone on an Anna Ternheim song. D'OH!

no, they just wrote it like that.

Only a fool would say that. 

Jorma sang lead on at least one song every album.

Never heard of them before this moment - I like it!

Crap, this is the Clear Channel-edited version.

I don't think they've ever reached this level of energy again.  Unfortunate.

This is much much like "It's Alright Ma, (I'm Only Bleeding) Bob Dylan. That's okay.

 
But if you wake up with the sunrise and all your dreams are still as new and happiness is what you need so bad, well, the answer lies with you, right?

Wow!  First comment!

and you know exactly which line in the song this is about....  reeeoowwr!

same thing, gets the imagination going. 

Definitely goes all the way to 11. But that isn't far, since I think in binary.

I've posted a more vitriolic rant about this before, but if somebody says it sounds like AC/DC, then it does. This point is not arguable. Music is so subjective, how can you know what elements of a certain song are reaching any individual's brain? You can't. Maybe that one chord on the rhythm guitar right *there!* reminds *that* listener of something they were doing in 1978 and in 1978 they listened to AC/DC a lot so this song sounds like AC/DC to them. You cannot say "sounds nothing like AC/DC."

Maybe a more appropriate response would be "their use of harmony is similar but beyond that, I think their sounds diverge..." or "I'm not hearing that." 

A few years ago when Ringo was recording Ringorama, he invited Gilmour over to play lead on one song. Gilmour listened a few times and laid down a lead. Then he laid down three more. As Gilmour was leaving, Ringo said, "They're all so good, I don't know which one to use." Gilmour responded, "Why don't you use 'em all?" He'd laid down a lead in perfect four-part harmony, which is what you hear on the album. Amazing.

Anyone else hear Cities In Dust / Siouxsie And The Banshees?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_hMagNuhLkk&feature=player_detailpage

 

Never noticed the Edge-like guitar riff at the opening before.

I got the drum chair, k? 

"Leave our cubicles in little burning piles"

I love that image.

So..what can be seen on that cover,,any one ?

nice but boring after a while.

..weren't that many before this one..

Very Tangerine Dream-y arrangement there.

Song gets a 7 in my book just for the band name. If you've ever read any original Winnie the Pooh to your children, you'd understand my fondness.

this sounds like a song made for Imogen.  she sounds a little like her but not quite.

Tame Impala?

More like Lame Impala, amiright?

Patty Griffin is credited with backing vocals, but it sounds a lot like Buddy Miller's wife Julie to my ear.

FFS. I've never seen that abbreviation, but I like it.

Seeing them live in 1971, Auditorium Theater Chicago wasn't bad either.

It's pretty clear from this song that Silversun Pickups listen to a lot of Sonic Youth...

The kind of song that makes me stop, open RadioParadise site and check the name of the artist. Cool :-)

Best use of a homophone in music in my opinion. I don't know the actually lyric but "alone" and "a loan" both work. Heck, they work together for that matter - He left them in debt without anyone to help.

So '80s, yet so good.

Not sure, but I think I hear at least 4 languages: German, French, some English, and I think even some Dutch/Flemish. :-)
It's a fun and positive song, so I like it!

'cuz they've been baaa  baaa  baaaad.   (I'm sorry about that, I really am).

Yes..... coming to the land of great opportunity and then being very disappointed in what it's really like (the scam).  Just read the book "Reelin in the Years" which explains this somewhat.

I'll sing....our bass player has problems with this one.

When are you guys coming to Vancouver?

Mainly, it's the narsty, cutesy vocalisation.

Fred, show us your shed(s)!

Now this is how sweet jane should be played.

Bill, help us out. Surely YOU know.  What is the 60's song at the end of this?

I can't stand his voice but love his guitar playing so this I really like!

LAAAAAAAAAME?  You think this song is LAAAAAAAME?

Great follow up to REM's "Nightswimming".  Great work, Bill!

I think the saxophone just felt me up.

Love this song...  we be dancing...

 

Saw 'em in Cleveland last month. Terrific show and no line for the women's restroom. :)

Bill, you should pair this song with Queen's Seaside Rendezvous from A Night At The Opera.

I know a guy who did that once.  There was a polar bear involved.

I like this

??????????????nice try?????????????????????better luck next time????????????????????
(it's o.k.  i understand. you didn't get the post, thats allright, maybe next time)  was that snarky? its was wasn't it. almost sorry about that, but not quite.

now there's some freaking cowbell. . . 
 

Try Bargain, Love Reign O'er Me, You Better You Bet to name just a few.

Who says no one eats parsley.    WHAAAAAT!!!!????     you weren't thinking it?

  .....  Like he said, the solo simply soars !

I think I just figured out why I can't decide whether I like this song or not, and why I keep oscillating between "give it a 2!" and "give it a 7!"

Catchy tune. Good beat (you could dance to it...)

But it reminds me of Adam Sandler.

I love the R2D2....the spunky little guy....but where's C3PO?

Lame!

Woah, I thought this was Turin Brakes at first- freaky.

Oh, my yes.

That whole song cycle that this is part of is so incredibly brilliant. It's more than a single pop song. Much more.

Nice transition from a mediocre tune 'Sir Duke' to the real thing! Woo hoo!!

7/4 time? 

cheerful, LOL

My college theme song

I'm feeling like having some pre-wrapped bacon...

I think the Japanese term is Mimi Unagi, and there is a band by that name, sort of a punk rock Japanese street performer kind of thing.  Musical style quite a bit different than Monsters of Folk...

that's how I got here, after KPIG started the must have the audio plug in I moved on

greg is allways good. 
  sort of amazed to hear him here.

 but then again why not
  who wudda thunk it 

Nice to hear him raise his voice above a whisper for once.

I like the use of delay on the guitar...and the reverb on the lead vocal makes the presence of this song sound rather outer worldly. Nice feel with a very consistent bassline. Nice tune all around. 

Has aged well.

I once had a far-fetched interpretation of this song, but have forgotten it.  Anyone want to forward a story to match the lyrics?
 
In the meantime, I'll go dig out the vinyl, hope my cartridge and needle are still functional, pour a Scotch, and try to remember.  I think it started with reggae musicians hitting NYC.  "In their coats of many colors, from the City of St. John?"  Reasonable so far?

I had no idea that this was a Neil Young song...from the late 60s (hanging head in shame). I prefer the Bowie version, but Neil's ability to write such spare songs with lasting power amazes me. 

for those who think neko's a poseur, you might want to read this interview. 

Has a String Cheese Incident/Widespread Panic kinda vibe. I like it.

It is also worth listening to Satie in a jazz arrangement, as performed by the Jacques Loussier ensemble. I stumbled upon that version recently, really good.

Was enjoying this new Rufus Wainright song until I noticed it was actually by an Oklahoma band called Other Lives.

this one breaks my heart and makes me smile at the same time.
ah, memories...
 

Just saw Immi in concert at the Mountain Winery, Saratoga.  She is truly one of the most talented musicians of our generation.  She's an amazing singer, pianist, songwriter, and performer... and just a wonderful human being.  She had a contest in each city, inviting the winners up on stage to sing "Earth" A Capella, and it was just incredible.
Her songs get better with every listen.  Every song, every album.  They're all good.

I highly recommend the special 2 CD version of her new album (Ellipse) that you can order from her site, where the 2nd CD is the same as the first, sans vocals.  The instrumental versions of some of her songs really show the depth of her songwriting and recording skills... layer upon layer of cool melodies. 

I heard BDI when he first said the name.  I wonder if that's what you're sposed to hear.  Maybe we can think of a good meaning for that — Bananas Don't Intimidate.  That's probably what they were thinking of.

I love pretty much everything Leo Kottke does - this is such a jaunty, happy tune, and deceptively difficult to play!  (Think octopus-fingers.) He's an astonishing guitarist....

6/4... interesting.

Great song and Magnolia is one of my favorite movies.

It's a pleasant enough song but I'm having such a hard time getting past that god-awful album cover ...

Thank you B and R. This is hitting home right now. And hitting the spot.

I'm partial to the Lou Reed cover, myself.

As to acoustic guitarists, I love Jerry Douglas, Leo Kottke, Bruce Cockburn, and for that matter Al DiMeola, but I've never been able to get behind MH. Can't quite figure that.

What an AWESOME segué! "Driver 8" into this song - so sly and effortless, it could be one long song.  Bill, you're rather a genius.

Ooooh, I wanna play in it.

I love this song...I think this is one of his best, actually. Fun story - Jimi lived with my mom for about 2 months back in the 60's in Greenwich Village. She was a waitress for the famous Cafe Wha for a couple years when she lived there. She says she still remembers him standing in front of the bathroom mirror putting his hair up in these little curlers to get that look he had...

If anyone fits the definition of Major Dude, it is our captain; Mr Bill G.

Seriously fat synths.

Does every Little Feat song have a line about a hotel in it?

He sounds like the singer from Looking Glass.  Wasn't that the band that did "Brandy" long ago?

The horns!  The horns!

This is pretty close to the perfect song.

Well said.  I'm liking Arcade Fire more and more.

One of the best efforts from the Buckingham-Nicks incarnation of FM. Love that acoustic guitar.

It was Greg Laswell's version, I think.

Yes, in fact it inspired me to go find this.

Of course, YouTube wasn't even around when you posted that question in 2003.

I'm confused.  Can he dance?

Go Greg Rollie Go! Woooooo!

This good band gets a lot of air play on Radio Paradise. Could it be because RP is a real Shindig?

New strokes doesn't sound like old strokes. Must be different strokes...

Mandible wrote: anyone seen her live? I just got tix.
  
 Dave_Mack wrote: 
Update: She ROCKED live!!!!!!!!! So much fun!

 Why isn't this band HUGE?

RikiTikiTavi on ecstasy, or a bunch of drunk ferrets with a keyboard?

NEVER heard this before.   Amazing.  Not bad either. 

I think you will find that Gomez took a chicken and trained it to sound like a guitar.

My college roommates and I were totally obsessed with this LP as evidenced by this homage.  Nothing beats the first CSN album!

Fire bad.  Tree pretty.  I love John Prine's music.

love this song.....oh that lust of the flesh 

I already have it and enjoy it...too bad you're not liking it. I've bought a few CDs that I didn't like much, but later returned to them and liked them. Huey wrote: 

Really enjoyed watching/hearing Derek Trucks with the ABB earlier this week live from the Beacon on MSG network, extremely talented picker.

Hate those cow orkers!

I always thought he sings "Red Alert"

Great song, but man this just may be the most played song in the history of the world?? Can someone look into that?

i always felt that Little Feat took this song and turned it into their 'style'...

A Go Go's upload that got accepted! Now another goal to be accomplished... Bill playing it.

Neil has the best worst voice there is. 

I really love imperfect voices - it really reaches the human part of my psyche.

The Tubes did a good version of this!

absolutely the worst REM song IMHO....I just can't take the off key monotone!!!!!!!!! 

Woof
/fans herself

This is hot

The bass gets me every time. Sublime.

I love all versions of this very funny song! 8 -> 9!

Great!  Now how about playing Rock Steady?

So let me get this straight; what you're trying to say is that you can see for miles and miles and miles and miles and miles and miles and miles and miles? It's not very clear in your lyrics; just wanted to be sure.

The lead singer wins the award for most feminine male voice of all times! They are ok I guess.

A lot of Costello these days on RP... not too sure what I think about that.

I'm on the Elbow fanlist and get updates all the time....
they e-mailed me personally and wished me a happy birthday....
That's right me... and Elbow are "tight"

The background vocals bring to mind Shelley Fabares' Johnny Angel.

Maybe George is plucking his guitar strings.  Don't know.  While I like Vince's trademark sound a LOT, this is best done by the James Gang.  Guess you had to be there.

"the only thing I'll ever ask of you
you've got to promise not to stop when I say when"

-That's my kinda girl-

The album cover has a very strong Charlie Brown Christmas feel to it.

I always liked it that the only guy in the band without a beard was Frank Beard. Very cool, that.