Some songs just bring back a rush of positive memories from the soundtrack of your life. This is one for me.

All I can think of is John Cuasck in Grosse Point Blank.

Cool flick.

What HE said!!!

...and equally it has warmed this Canadian heart for many years and many many live concerts in my Country and yours. Forever a fan!

It was likely the Jennifer Warnes cover.

Songs do not get more beautifully simple than this one. No matter what climate you live in.

If you ever saw him do this live in the late 70's you know this song is as good as it gets...some day we'll look back on this and it will all seem funny....indeed.

F--- I haven't heard this song in ages. Who else got into the puppets from listening to them on Nirvana's unplugged?

Right on! More, More, More!!!

BOOYAAAA!!

My Lord this is a great song. Beautiful.

Haven't you heard this song enough times already?

Words fail me. If you knew me, dear reader, you would know that that is a rare event. Yet my mind boggles, my brain reels, my heart sinks to abysmal lows, my anus does the "Tighten Up" as if commanded by Archie Bell and the Drells, when this the very worst of the many bad Led Zeppelin "songs" enters my earspace. Now, I have nothing but (conditional) love for the early Zep and their numbingly loud electric blooze, even if often they did steal from many for-real blues artists and left them uncredited--SORRY, Muddy Waters, Memphis Minnie and Blind Willie Johnson; you shall all get your whole lotta love when the levee breaks (nobody's fault but...WHOSE?). Yet when this well of inspiration ran dry for Page & Plant et al. in the mid-to-late-1970's, shit like this was the best they could come up with. For shame, ten times shame. Good thing they broke up after this wretched hit single and the dreadful album wot spawned it. In eternal heavy rotation on Hell's Top 40. Let it never be heard on earth again.

My mom started to sing this tune recently and I said oh you like TMBG? She then told me this was a hit back when she was young.

I've been a fan of Wallinger's since the Waterboys' Pagan Place and This is the Sea. Not much Pagan funk goin, brought on a fairy godfather who can still move it kind of affection. The World Party number I always found most infectious though was "Put the Message in the Box" , a most RP worthy number.

This entire album is highly recommended - it's much different from their older stuff (which is more indie and garage sounding)

Ya gotta love that jangling Rickenbacker sound.

Whatever happened to "cheek bone" guy?

Van's voice and playing is like a sweet cup of coffee with heavy cream. Smooth and satisfying. Enriching my day with it's velvet like goodness, with just enough spice to make it interesting.

The political-blather forums are ====> that way, folks.

both are ripoffs of "Femme Fatale", as is this, but more blatantly so

Wanted to share an e-mail I hust sent to Bill and Rebecca:

Bill and Rebecca:

Just wanted to thank you for creating this space out there in the ether.

I occasionally post comments on songs, and one in particular initiated a reconnection that I was grateful for at this time in my life.

The song was Toad the Wet Sprocket's "Walk on the Ocean." I wrote, 'Danielle Betkey, if you're out there, every time I hear this, I think of you, I think of our summers together...'

Well, she was out there, and 6 months after posting this comment, she found me. (she was bored at work, Googling her name.) Danielle was, I guess you could say, my first love. Our grandparents both had summer homes in Ocean City, Maryland, and every summer we would be boyfriend and girlfriend once again, usually after I spent a few days hiding and running away from her, finally speaking in person after a series of notes passed between her, her brother or sister, and me.

So, I just wanted to share that with you, and reinforce the importance of places like Radio Paradise - the music we all share and comment on, the personal connections we make, etc. It's true that music brings people together, and it certainly helps me remember a time when things were innocent and almost pure. It reminds me that there are things to look forward to in this life; it's just that the older you get, the fewer and farther between they seem to be. But I also know we should refrain from trying too hard to look. Posting a simple comment on a website/internet radio station ended up being a mini blessing.

Thank you.

Doug

This and "Talking In Your Sleep" must be the only two songs on the album.

I heard a brief mention on the radio that they might be getting back together. Who knows?

Yep, I tried uploading Sugar's "If I Can't Change Your Mind" and got rejected. Maybe if he scores well on this tune, I'll re-submit.

Nice to hear Bob here, or anywhere for that matter.

Love the chiming Rickenbacker.

Thank gawd Tom Cruise only killed Berlin for me...

One of the most powerful live performances that I have ever seen. Political messages with a good beat and pop sound.

Where are the political bands today?

I had Billy Bragg, The Jam, Specials, Clash, Sex Pistols, Midnight Oil, Public Enemy, Paris, Disposible Heros, Black Flag, Henry Rollins

What political information do teens listen to When they are not emulating a Pimp or Gangster or a White Rapper who wants to be a Pimp or Gangster?

What band sends political information to teens now?

Anyone?

Amazing how many 'HFS junkies turn up in the unlikliest of places. Just after the Epsteins sold 'HFS and Weasel and Bob the Drive Time Guy (afternoon--the guy who played the Dead all the time; never did know his last name) had left, the new management started sticking it to Damien, who has a disability due to an auto accident. You know, can't live up to his obligations, etc. The real reason was that he was one of the Epstein's sons, and they just wanted to get rid of him.

Well, Bonnie Raitt comes to Wolf Trap (Nick of Time or Luck of the Draw tour--forget which) and after her opening number sez, "I think what they're doing to Damien at 'HFS is bullshit!" How popular was 'HFS? The place goes nuts and wouldn't stop until Bonnie calmed 'em down so her show could continue.

Damien struggled on gamely until the Epsteins bought another station (WRNR in Annapolis--referred to below), and he went home to family. Ugly business, radio. Vital, but ugly.

I uploaded it... didn't make the cut.

Punk was supposed to be the grand escape from the baroque grandiosity that rock had turned into in the mid 70s. But I was behind the curve, glued to the virtuosity and imaginations of Yes, ELP, Pink Floyd and all for a few more years.

When it was my time to break free from the build up of pretensions and get back to the raw basics, It was Thorogood that was my ride out. And only after that ride did I understand and appreciate "punk" and all that came out of it. It also led me to the true blues artists George was trying to channel. He may not have been the real thing, but he was a gateway. And he may only have one trick in his bag, but it is a good one, and one I will always be grateful for.

The song is about his grandmother, her worsening senility, and the memory of her past. It got airplay because it was well written.

My favorite Talking Heads album. The production,material,and general grooves were ahead of their time and still sound fresh today. This record really changed the way I look at music. A classic.

Hip detectives Seamus Crockett and Ritchie O'Tubbs patrol the mean streets of Ireland's principal city in a kelly-green Ferarri with right-hand drive, busting crooks and drinking Guiness with buxom red-haired girls named Colleen. Music by Mark Knopfler, Clannad, the Chieftains, the Corrs, and the occasional Enya ballad thrown in for variety.



Like the song, though.

one song and it's a "xtian rock station"?

simmah down now

The 8-track got worn out from leaving it in...It was the summer of 79...The Audiovox cranked through the Jensens on the rear deck of the '70 Cutlass S Coupe...the smoke curled upward...the Frisbee flew...many beers were tilted...The Cars were THE DEAL and those were the days...
Thanks for keeping them alive in digital!

Great song !! I think "I want you back" would fit nicely on RP.

I love this song... but it suddenly reminds me of some weird combo of Devo, my ancient Big Bamboo album, and Chuck Berry's hair gel thrown in a really slow blender with ice and just a drop too much rum...

Never mind... it's just me.

One of the best albums of all time....

Speaks to me. I guess that's the thing about Bruce. The lyrics of his songs either speak to you or they do not. I find it amazing when he is criticized for being trite, insincere, pompous, whatever. I can understand not liking his music, but the man simply exudes integrity. And for those of us with similar life experiences, his stories resonate. He sings about dreams of the common man (or woman), and he sings about redemption. I like those themes.

Can someone upload "Nemesis"? I haven't heard that one in almost 20 years. "Freaks and Cannibals, prehistoric animals..."

Closer to the Heart...a much better tune.

Jeez - Ludwig Van to AC/DC. Who else but RP would,could,dare offer you that??

I'm in the minority here. I like 10K Maniacs version better, although I have never heard Springsteen do it.

I hated it then...I hate it now.

I really like the Indigo Girls - and this song is brilliant - the lyrics are marvelous and the harmonies in here are lovely.

A great confluence of angry young men in the late 70's: Graham Parker, Elvis Costello, Joe Jackson, plus the somewhat less angry Nick Lowe and others...yet all anybody remembers about that time is disco!

my name is morrissey
and I want to die
I'm so so depressed
please kill me now
before I undress
'cause I never have sex
'cause I am so so depressed

kill me kill me kill me

NOW!!!

Bill, were we ALL distjointilated youths late at night up in our rooms listening to this with the huge set of headphones on while our parents were asleep... or WHAT?!

Seems like you got quite a following here... geez, the memories... that album cover!

the Doors make my brain squirm like a toad.

great song to know how to play at a party...

childhood captured in a song. Completely untainted.

I always thought that Billy Corgan doesn't sing so much as blow words out his nose.

You can't really go wrong there. I'm partial to Fear, next Dulcinea, but Coil and even the Rarities cd have good stuff on them.

"Women never really faint and that villains always blink their eyes. And that children are the only ones who blush, and that life is just to die" gives me chills...

Call this a guilty pleasure but I quite like this song, even after hearing it a lot on RP. 7

OK, OK, they aren't the greatest band in the history of history, but this is pretty decent, no? If you are at all listening to the song, you'll notice the guitar work. It's quite clean. And, it sounds even better when played LOUD. I will quite confidently say that there is very little ass sucking associated with this tune.

The House Martins were a better band. But you can't go wrong with tbs.

I eat whole wheat, voted for Kerry and don't live in Chicago. I also think there's too much reggae on RP. Just a datapoint.

My dad used to play in a band - he played clarinet, but never really bragged about it. We kids were raised in a household where Benny Goodman, Artie Shaw, Tommy and Jimmy Dorsey, and Glenn Miller were mainstays, as were Nat King Cole, the Andrews Sisters, and Arthur Fiedler and the Boston Pops Orchestra. We loved that stuff! Dad died in January of 2003, so whenever I hear big band music, I think of him, miss him, and am very grateful for my musical background.

I bought Dad a three CD set of Glenn Miller music, and he was listening to it the night he passed away...

Actually, HFS is now a Spanish-language station. Go figure!

This song is God-Like. Therefore opinion matters not.

Ok folks, this is one of my absolute favorites. Back in the days (1977-78) I lived in D.C. (Vienna, actually) and we had a station..HFS "Home Grown" station...and no one was playing Elvis Costello, but they were. Still just one of those I want to turn up the volume on.

Solo Westerberg please! 'First Glimmer' or 'Sadly Beautiful' would go well here.

They're on Prairie Home Companion this weekend. Worth a listen if you can handle the filler in between.

I can't recall a bad cut off of the CD Labour of Lust where this is from. Great to hear it again.

God, I love this song!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I've gotta agree.

there isn't enough power pop played anywhere and it's about time it's played here on paradise. thanks bill. now how about some "shoes", "db's", early "nick lowe","20/20", "the posies", "the records", "dwight twilley band", lots more "big star", "cheap trick", "badfinger", "urge overkill" and the ever popular and more. (all which i sent to bill months ago... come on bill! whats up?).

You are right! MORE POGUES!!!

beautiful tune

I'd take 5 of these over 1 Talk Talk. Great cut.

A great song by one of the greatest bands ever. I actually heard some lame DJ speak of Green Day and the CLASH in the same sentence the other day. What a joke. Green Day's OK, but The Clash was awesome!

I appreciate the homage, but I just don't like this version. The song needs to be sung with urgency in the voice. You can't just ho-hum your way through "Last night I met this guy and I'm gonna do a little favor for him." (Which I just noticed has been altered in this version.)

Incredible. Can't be beat. So textured. So many things going on at once. So syncopated. So damn amazing.

Praise God that's where the similarity ends. Jackson is five times the songwriter Costello ever was. Jackson's also five times the introverted, anti-commercial nut who hasn't written anything catchy in years, but that's splitting hairs.

Oh brother! I made the same mistake. We're too old now to be disgusted. Now let's try to be amused!

Love Siouxsie. Wish RP would play more, but this works.

Cool to stumble into a discussion of WHFS, one of my 80's influences here in DC. It's really bad now and in my car anyway it's been demoted off of the presets. I'd rather listen to 24x7 Xmas carols on WASH-FM.

Now the Phoenix, out of Boston, I heard that one a few times. Wonder if they have an Internet feed?

No need to be sorry. You are spot-on. :highfive:

BillG: "Billy Bragg: The king of Maoist folk-rock."

Not even CLOSE to my favorite Nick Lowe song...but ANY Nick is better than no Nick. Thanks!!!

No but at a minimum you'll be brained.

Anyone else remember when that stupid awful dreadful Soho tune "Hippie Chick" hit the airwaves? I can't count the number of times they started that on some radio or pub jukebox and I thought to myself, "cool -- How Soon Is Now!" only to be treated to that insufferable assdreck song.

Puurfect Pop ...

THE ONE, THE ONLY, THE GREAT ONE!! THE ONLY SADNESS IS THAT HE WAS TAKEN FROM US WAY TOO SOON. A GENIUS, A POET, A MOVER AND A SHAKER.
SIMPLY THE BEST
REST IN PEACE, BROTHER

Totally agree. I was bummed that they didn't have any more. Quick trivia question, how many times does the word "belly" appear in the lyrics of both albums?