Anything by the rolling stones is better - conveys more soul and spirit of the times, than anything by the Beatles. These guys belong in a dusty box in a back corner with the monkeys, the box tops, and that donovan goof. That they aren't is a testament to the will and influence of corporate money changers and their ilk. Thin non-relational psychedelic induced dribble. ..sorry if it hurts, time to wake up people. ...somebody had to say it

Your lawnmower is better than Cake? Dude - your lawnmower must be awesome

Everybody in my church loves this song...

 

Whatever Kurt Dahle did, I can assure you he did it on purpose. A strong contender for best drummer in Canada. Pretty sure he would ask for another take if he screwed up.

 This reminds me of a Dylan song, but I can't quite put my finger on it.

Like the song, hate the cover...

Decent song....but why the AWFUL album cover? 

Snow Patrol — Shut Your Eyes sounds pretty much like U2...

The Beatles were playing "I wanna hold your hand" ..the Stones were singing about addiction and OD'ing..one of these things is not like the other...I vote Stones thank you ( not to diss on the Liverpool boys)

Ohhhhh Lucy

Ohhhhhh Desi

Probably the Greatest Soul voice ever to come to have come to the music scene.

Why does this sound like Lucinda Williams? Is there something I should know? I like it.

I just can't stand this album cover.

Not sure I get this... 

(former member) wrote: 

Melodious Thunk!

After RP, I never want to hear Talking Heads again as long as I live.

Elton was so good before he became "sir."

They are channelling my homie Leonard Cohen: ''They sentenced me to 20 years of boredom...''

What a sad loss the day he died.

Always used to confuse him with Mason Reese.

I don't like da reggae music, maaan

I don't like da reggae music, maaan

Levon Helm is in the last stage of cancer.

I hope he is surrounded by family and friends.

Neil

Oooee.
Ooh ooh.
What is an easy chair?

That's coz he is lead singer...

Very much agree.

I like this song and band, but geeez c'mon...what a blatant rip off from George Harrison. I have to work really hard to not hear My Sweet Lord. When I do occasionally have success, I enjoy it. It doesn't happen often.

And in order to make it up to us for that Bjork insanity... Here's some Marvin Gaye. All's forgiven.

There's something wrong with that girl.

Levon! 

Actually I think this opinion is in the majority, I know I share it.  I feel sorry for those that are not aware of the sheer genius of his output from 69-76 and only think of Elton in the terms of whatever he has become nowadays.

This was a funeral song to me from my best friend, who stole my husband, so it's definitely not a favorite for me.

Everyone should have  a squirrel massage.

I'd say not only "in on the joke", but Shatner has actually made a career of making a caricature of himself.  You gotta respect that.

Whenever Depeche Mode comes on Radio Paradise I get a feeling akin to walking in on a good friend molesting a ferret.

Everybody in my hotel room loves this song...

 

I'm not a fan of John Lee Hooker - never have been - but the first time I heard this song (on FM radio here in this little squeegee-beep town), I was floored.  Something about the resonance, as if they're playing in a cavernous room with fantastic acoustics.  It's one of the very few songs by Hooker that I can tolerate, but I tolerate it well. 

Your an idiot

Being a white boy from northern Wisconsin I grew up with the Cream version of this song. Intentionally or not, we were fairly well insulated from "real blues" music. A lot of people criticize the British invasion for ripping off american blues artists but if it wasn't for them, I may have never heard this music until much later in life.
Just my 2 cents.

Arguably Springsteen's masterpiece covered by arguably the best American band ever (from Canada) —Love this!

I can still remember Barbie and I on the dance floor, 7th grade, she did the jirk like no other....awesome memories...we all brought our 45s and LPs to the school dance and this one was mine.  It was magical especially when the strobe light kicked on..

Following this up with Elliott Smith just drives the point home how boring and repetitive this is.

Dropping to  3

That boy can play

I'll agree. If anyone but the Beatles had done this — and plenty of others have — the average rating would be down two or three points.

Not my least favourite, but my least favourite from Blonde on Blonde.

Sounds eerily like Billy Holiday.

My Sweet Lord can George sue?

DERESSION SETS IN

Bill sure digs this chick

This song reminds me a bit of VERY early Pink Floyd - Syd Barrett days.  The sound is reminiscent of songs like Arnold Layne, etc.

Everybody in my hotel room loves this song...

 

A REAL Bass Guitar would have been so good in this tune... too bad...

I don't believe in God, but I know that if there was one, it would be John Lee Hooker.

I thought this was Phillip Glass at first.

Koy...aan...isss...scottt...sii.....

Boring album cover.  Significance of 4 copies of the same graphic?  looks like the graphic artist didn't know how to make the picture fit, so tiled the image.

The "Love" album made me realize just how awesome Harrison was. He was a great guitar player.

Following up Leonard Cohen, god of voice, with Neil Young, who sounds like miss piggy.  I mean, this song is pretty jammin' and Neil Young is a very talented musician, but the juxtaposition made me giggle.

This song reminds me of someone I don't like very much

Neil Young has a Buffalo named Springfield, he was a star in Dances with Wolves.

he loves oreos so they would hold one up just behind the camera to get those "Gonna get run over by the bison" scenes

Sir Stevie Ray, Willie Nelson, and Molly Ivins, three people that make me proud to be from Texas after 8 years of total disgrace.

Going to see her at the Orange Peel (Asheville, NC) on Thursday. Couldn't be more excited!

This might sound bizarre, but I actually spilled some of my step-father-in-laws ashes today.  I Swear to God, I would only share this with you RP listeners, since it wouldn't be appropriate with anyone else I know of...... 

This reminds me of a story about Oscar Wilde (I think - do correct me if it's someone else) on his deathbed. The priest was giving last rites and asked yer man "Do you renounce Satan and all his works?", to which Wilde replied "This is no time to be making enemies".

For God's sake! Its got BELLS! 9

I've never heard of this guy.  Nice song.

Too much Neko Case on RP... At first - a few years ago - I considered her one of the extraordinary discoveries through RP, by now though I got terribly fed up with her always the same sounding pseudo strong singing and the shrill undertone of her voice.

Janis Joplin and Ron "Pigpen" McKernan By High Steel Heels
http://www.flickr.com/photos/highsteelheels/

One of the most famous headshop posters of all time, dated 1972. I bought this at the legendary (and now defunct) Psychedelic Solution in the Village, NYC. Janis and Pigpen had a brief romantic affair. Janis died in 1970 and Pigpen followed in 1973. This was taken in the late 60s on the steps of the Grateful Dead's house in San Fran.

All rights reserved

Plodding. Sorry I don't drink the Bowie kool-aid.

My wife had me figured out in about 45 minutes, but I'm not that complex of a guy.  Plus, she's observant and had some training with her degree in interpersonal communication. 

Yeah...  that was a good idea.  Marry an emotional chick with a degree in communication.  That way, even if I do win the argument, I still lose...  Ah well, she's worth it.

I love Neil, but songs about people murdering their wives and girlfriends leave me cold. I'm not sure why people like to sing about it so often.   

Nice segway from Loreena McKennit to Led Zeppelin!

When I grow up I want to marry Jimmy Page..  

OK does anyone else hear strange sounds during this tune,or do I have gremlins in my computer?

Never been a big fan of lost heroin junkies.

who is david bowie and what is nirvana??

The guitar caught me. The vocals held me. I'd love to see a video of this. "Seven days to live my life, and seven ways to die..."

Qu'est-ce que c'est? C'est une autre chanson du chanteur mauvais avec la grande tête. Au revoir pour 5 minutes.

My woodie is so big, I have to call it Mr. Woodie in public.
My woodie is so big, it doesn't return Speilburg's calls.
My woodie is so big, it has castors.
My woodie is so big, it only does one show a night.
My woodie is so big, Stephen Hawking has a theory about it.

Cheers Syd, we will miss you, but not enough to "wish you were here" :)

I love The Talking Heads...but David Byrne solo just doesn't do it for me.

I love Cash, but this isn't his best effort.

and because by "family" i think i covered that aspect of the question

Love the song, but I better clean out the ears. I thought Bill introduced the band as "Gonads."

First to rate song AND comment it. Woot

Celtic.
She uses Celtic instruments and cultural inspiration from her Celtic background.
Up here in Canada, Celtic music and culture is a strong part of our heritage.
Many of us are descended from the Scottish and Irish.

Jim Morrison died at 27. Jimi Hendrix died at 27. Kurt Cobain died at 27. Janis Joplin died at 27. Amy Winehouse died at 27... Dammit, we still have 10 years of Justin Bieber!

I've heard this guys name an awful lot, but have never heard his music. For a minute there I thought this was Robbie Robertson.

This song is soooo good for the external auditory meatus...

 

Hah! That's nothin' - I remember valve radios. Not that they were especially portable, mind you . I also remember building very basic radio sets with transistors (usually burning them out because I didn't know how to solder properly), diodes, capacitors and tuning coils. Again, those weren't right portable, or even working...

I think folk these days, when you've millions of transistors etched on a microchip, forget just how revolutionary the transistor was in the 60s, and why the phrase 'solid state' (meaning transistor circuits) was such a strong selling point for electronic items, including high-end stereo amps. The transistor has to be up there in the top 10 of world-shaking inventions. Portable transistor radios were the 'must have' cool item in those days, particularly for music and football (soccer, to youse across the Pond) fans. Transistor radios had the same kudos then as iPods do these days. Really.

Ok, that's enough of All Our Yesterdays...

OK Bill, Now you've gone and made me want to hear "Crimson & Clover" again.

Hey! They do have other songs besides Layla! Who knew?!?!

So much more subtle and sensual than Clapton's version.

Seen any of the Nottingham Hillbillies lately?

I don't have anything against Canada.... It is America's hat!

I reckon we will hear the Bobster next. Bill always follows a Dylan cover by playing the man himself.

I've mentioned this once before but worth repeating...
Paul McCartney was asked in the mid-70's who his favorite band is.....he said quickly....Procol Harum.
I want to go to Gary Brooker's pub in England and have a pint with him and listen to him sing at the piano.

Deep, dark, brooding. . . That's how I like my angels. 

I agree that their voices sound quite alike. They differ in that Adele has talent. And the ability not to kill herself.

neko, all your songs sound very similar . . .

I especially like the bagpipe that opens this piece.

nice, cool, easy, southern sound...

My High School sweetheart, the prom queen, picked this as the official prom song, or whatever that was.  It's a great song.  It wasn't a great relationship.

jademon wrote:Surely you've heard of a balled eagle.

Funny, this song always makes me think of a Swede I once knew. Sigh.

You forgot Anne Murray. 

I'm a sucker for women singing in this style.  Perhaps it's the fictitious fantasy of a smoky cabaret with ruggedly handsome gentlemen in tuxes escorting beautiful women in evening dresses with glittering earrings, and graceful couples gliding aound on a parquet dance floor.

This kinda "Dream Team" of Rock n' Roll is not working so good as to be expected...
... Too many ego competition perhaps?

Love this song. This album is one of the best ever.

Sounds like the Black Keys

I was thinking that this was Chris Isaak...actually singing a happy song.

But no, that is not possible. 

He sounds more like Chris Isaak to me, but since Chris Isaak sounds like Roy Orbison I guess I can let it slide.

Dylan has always been a ground-breaker. He always shook the tree and kicked the anthills to see what came out. And then he used whatever came out as the nucleus of a new song.

I love the electric version of this song, probably because it ruffled so many feathers! People who were dyed-in-the-wool acoustic Dylan fans felt totally betrayed when this electric version came out, but those who were open to change embraced it, and I wonder if that was what he had intended - separating the wheat from the chaff, so to speak.

Whatever the case, Dylan will always be an icon, and I'll always love his music, even if sometimes I don't understand it.

I'm sorry. I can't stop laughing. This is the cheesiest thing I have ever heard.

I need more Joe Cocker in my life.

Boring and lethargic.

Dad was in the Navy for 4 years and I remember he was sad when he found out that the two ships he served on were scraped.  I think he figured they were but still....

The horns in the background always remind me of the Little Rascals incidental music when they were going to get in trouble.

Wore out the grooves on this album back in the day...

Mr. Havens has a distinctive style, but it can tend to make his songs sound alike. But with a style like that, I do not mind one bit. First couple notes and I think 'Ahhh, Richie Havens'. Wonderful.

The Bland

I'll never understand why Sargent Pepper is valued so much more highly than Revolver.  This album has it all: snappy pop (Good Day Sunshine, Got to Get You into My Life), love songs (And Your Bird Can Sing), and the introduction of Beatle psychedelia ... which was the introduction of psychdelia into mainstream Western culture.

Taj predates Tom W, so I hardly think one can accuse him of stealing Tom's style (but yes, they sound similar).

I have to get me some of this!

elevation
transportation
defenestration
loud exclamation

evaporation
sublimation
transpiration
precipitation

constipation
indignation
irrigation
elimination

inebriation
excitation
altercation
deprication

Wow - I'm a song writer too! 

How  we got  from Bob Marley to single malt Islay Scotch in this discussion is beyond me but I favor lots more of both.  The Lagavulin, Caol Ila, Port Ellen are among my favorites. As for highland malts, Highland Park really hits the spot.  Now shall we discuss which cigars should go with which Scotch.

robbie kreiger is underrated in my humble opinion

Consistently GAWD - AWFUL. Lower than a 1.      

Yeah, why not?   It was, after all, intended as a compliment.  You're seeing a slight when none was intended.

Dude... it was a compliment to their musicanship, and not a dig on music of Canadian artists.  I would say the same thing if they were from Vermont, Washington, Russia, Japan or whatever. Take a .

that is a wicked banjo. . .

Buckingham is such a quirky, underrated guitarist. Love his stuff.

Who says music has to "get out of first gear" ?
And their songs are certainly not morose! Have you actually listened to any CJ?
Their music is beautiful, dreamy, thoughtful. 
 

Yeah she's one of those that makes me turn off the RP. :(

Canada apologizes, again.

This picture looks like it was taken somewhere in Iceland.  I lived there and it looks vaguely familiar.

I thought this was David Byrne when I first heard him sing.

No, its Combat Rock! C'mon la Poose, you know better! 

I'd give it a 1 but I reserve the 1's for Janis Joplin and Bob Dylan, so this one gets a 2

the ORIGINAL beatle  

Plodding and insipid.

Bill is putting the ''fun'' back into ''funky.''

Subtle segue that, Bill. Hooverphonic - We All Float (from) Sonny Chillingworth - Moe 'Uhane (Dream 

Like the Hooverphonic, including the name, never heard before. Wish we lived in a world where folks weren't so sexist and supercritical of women because they are women.

You're helping educate and even out the experience by playing as many female artists as you do. Thanks again. 

musicology wrote:   von_Hayek wrote: 
         And I always thought Neil Young was Canadian ...

creeps me out for some reason

As I remember it, All Things Must Pass was a triple album when it was first released.  I remember being blown away by how much music George must have been storing up, either on paper or in his head, before he finally got the chance to get it all down in a studio.  A tremendous outpouring that, infortunately, he never equaled again.  But we can all be grateful for this truly Magnum Opus.

Damn but I like this song!!

Margo wouldn't know up-tempo if it bit her on her cute little tush. SCREAM a little, Margo! Even if it's only on one song. Dump the ''lonesome whippoorwill'' motif.

A quick google around reveals that Mia (and not her sister Prudence) was the lady behind the controversy ... except that nothing much really happened:
One day the Maharishi invited her to meditate with him, alone in his cave-like meditation room in the basement of his
bungalow. When they finished, and were standing up in the darkness, he wrapped his "hairy arms" around her in an embrace.
The whole episode was blown up by a chap called Alex Mardis who wanted to drive a wedge between the Beatles and the Maharishi. Enjoy your googling to fill in the details.

django is cool. how many fingers was he missing?

really annoying, predictable old-fashioned music

Dangerous ONLY to aggressors.

Show me a man who doesn't want his woman to have a gun, and I'll show you a potential abuser!

 ScottFromWyoming wrote: 

We're not interested in your lousy sex life.

Is this woman gay or does it just seem like it?

Mitch Mitchell never got the recognition he deserved.

Good to hear. She's positively narcoleptic on this number

I think this would be Fiona's last album.

Are those wasabi peas in the cover? I bet those are organic!

I think I'm one of the few people that like this song and most of the songs off of this album. Of course, I'm a big Fiona fan. Yes, it's the lips!

Twice is enough for me. Mute. This guy's voice simply sucks. It's like Leon Redbone doing a drag show.

it must be tough for paul and ringo looking back at photos like this

Just don't like her last name.

it's been said here before but Bob Marley is God! there are many more incredible songs by this man/god but any of his songs will make your day better.

praise be to bob almighty

That voice! ...and the photos on her first album. Make me think impure thoughts.

BNL fail to deliver the excitement promised in their name. 

Yeah and what a fukkin sellout The Who is too eh?

I'm hearing Thomas Dolby.  Maybe a bit more relaxed.

The intro reminds me of the Rolling Stones.

Delbert Grady: ''Mr. Torrance, you should correct Danny the way I corrected my girls: in the harshest possible way.''

Blasphemy is cool. Jazz knows blasphemy.

just don't mention kenny g.... now that is blasphemy.

ze woonde bij ons in de buurt, in Nijmegen, dat was wel cool om haar bij de supermarkt tegen te komen ;-)

I like this more every time I hear it, and I love the album cover.

You are correct, sir.

I actually downloaded the Poco tune, and it's obvious that the Stones and especially Loggins and Messina were influenced by it.

Might be one of those things where brevity counts —- at 18.24, the Poco tune might be suffering from too much of a good thing.

Isn't this what was playing on Hannibal Lector's little tape deck before he wasted those guards?

 a_genuine_find wrote: 

Hee hee, oh, I get it, cantaloupes, hee hee! 

 (Ohhhh!  He said "cantaloupes!")

 Zep wrote:
If my cruise ship goes down, I'm sticking with her.

Does silicone float??

Wonder what it's like being Bob Dylan's son?

I don't believe in Zimmerman,
I don't believe in Elvis,
I don't believe in Beatles...

I just believe in me, Yoko and me, (that's reality),
what can I say, The dream is over...
Yesterday I was the walrus,
and now, I'm John.
And so, dear friends,
you'll just have to carry on,
The dream is over.

Mine is Nighthawks at the Diner

tom waits your so damn good...

This song is good for the ears...

This song celebrates the joys of simultaneous orgasm...  love it...

Very well put! Elvis has collaborated with everyone from George Jones to Burt Bacharach. He is universally regarded as a great writer, and his talents seem to be boundless (now he has a hit T.V. show!)

I agree with another commenter: I find it strange when someone tells me that they don't like anything by Elvis. He's just has such a range, how can you not like something he's done?

Music is the space between the notes.

    — Claude Debussy

They all would be blown off stage by Screamin' Jay Hawkins:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=orNpH6iyokI

I like this. His voice reminds me of Leonard Cohen.

noodling guitar masturbation at its worst. . .

Dude... it was a compliment to their musicanship, and not a dig on music of Canadian artists.  I would say the same thing if they were from Vermont, Washington, Russia, Japan or whatever. Take a .

It always surprises me when Bill G pronounces his last name, effortlessly.

This may be the sauciest song ever written about Ohio. 

This is a fantastic song...  this Canadian band was actually using the image as a syndecdoche for the USA...

Toss up as to the better masturbation song, this or 'Turning Japanese'.

I really like Blondie's music, but I have to mention that Debbie had the lead role in many a fanstasy when I was 15 years old..GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR

I hate sand      and vaseline

"I'm like a one eyed cat, peepin' in a seafood store..."

You gotta be kidding.

Sounds like someone needs a hug!

except Reevolver was about a tenfold jump in their "experimentation phase' , which led everybody else to break out of the radio-friendly format of 4 minute singles

This is the Mick Taylor influenced Stones. He was a great addition

9 -> 8

It is a great song and I think a good chunk of its greatness is for sentimental reasons.

mute

BTW: it's funny how musicians who want to seem sensitive and intellectual ALWAYS appear barefoot on the cover

Diggin' the bass.....

Much as I love my GF, I can't agree with the words of this song. At least on my own in the bed I don't have to suffer 'duvet creep' and her colonisation of bed space such that I end up in a tiny strip of bed precariously perched above an ignominious drop. And in her own bed she doesn't have to suffer my snoring and farts...

Can we take a bit of a break from the Talking Heads?? It's getting a bit tiresome ... between the band and Byrne's solo work, it seems like it's played all the time.

Yeah. This is good. Isaak, not so much. But Bill, can we go uptempo now? I'm dragging!

What in the hell is this song really about? I've wondered my entire life.

Great guitar solo and wonderful arrangement. Peter Tosh is the man!

Steveland put the ''fun'' in funky.

I liked her music better when she wasn't happy and in love.

Lmao it was a album cover when released and Mick isn't a very pretty woman

really? more byrne? I love RP but the talking heads and byrne make me want to scream.

Pleasant enough but not one of my favorite Bowie songs.

Factoid: Elvis Presley, shortly before he died, expressed interest in covering this tune.

still touring... came through Baltimore this week

I think Bill has the hots for Goldfrapp. Not that that's a bad thing...

My daughter once told me that this song reminded her of a video she had as a child: The Tale of Pigling Bland. It's a Beatrix Potter story. Indeed, I can hear it. So here's a wistful smile for my daughter's childhood, before strife and divorce and hurt set in.