The only thing I don't like about this song. An annoying attempt to insert a reminder that says "Hey look! We're blending hip-hop into this! Notice!"
Track 3 on the album (this one is track 12 (or 99 (or however they did it originally))) isn't a tremendously different track IMO. But it does not have the "a one-two, a one-two" and the guitar is all jangly and acoustic. I quite like it.
You have left 2 enigmatic posts for this song. The ending is straight from the CD, no edits. What was the b-day comment about? That sounded rude, without any apparent justification.
He rated the song a 7... I don't think it was meant as a negative comment... just well... probably enjoying too much of that recently legalized substance to be behind the keys. Just a thought...
Tori can write some great songs and I'm sure some of her interviews are quite interesting, but I have to wonder if she occasionally loses touch with reality. Completely loses touch.
He's a bit more eclectic than that, but if you had to pigeon-hole him, that would be a reasonable label. If yo haven't, try to see a live show. He's very diverse, and brings a proper skills based performance in this day and age of DJs who are all style and no substance.
All the comments about the lovely Beth Orton vocals, but no one mentions William Orbit collaborated on this? His production fingerprints are all over it. :)
Sorry, but this is about as far from 'real' reggae as it can be without falling over. Don't get me wrong, I like Toots and have seen him play a number of times over the years, but this is NOT reggae.
Me, I thought it was "a soda fairytale" until I looked at the song title. Nice song, nice voice. I'm going kinda sweet on Tori Amos. 8 from the smitten Nottingham jury
I saw them in Denver about 6 or 7 years ago and I ended up walking out. They had about 10 people in fuzzy animal costumes on stage dancing while they were playing and it was really weird.
Only 10? In Denver? Hard to believe. Sorry the weird puts you off, but I really like it!
How is it there's a musical breakdown right at the very exact moment where I'm thinking "this tune is actually quite nice, but it's almost annoying"? That's some resonance!
"The singer attracted controversy in 1989, during an address to students at London's Kingston University, where he was asked about the fatwa calling for the death of author Salman Rushdie. The media interpreted his response as support for the fatwa. Yusuf released a statement the following day denying that he supported vigilantism, and claiming that he had merely recounted thelegal Islamic punishment for blasphemy. In a BBC interview, he displayed a newspaper clipping from that period, which quotes from his statement. Subsequent comments made by him in 1989 on a British television programme were also seen as being in support of the fatwa. In a statement in the FAQ section of one of his Web sites, Yusuf asserted that while he regretted the comments, he was joking and that the show was improperly edited.<57> In the years since these comments, he has repeatedly denied ever calling for the death of Rushdie or supporting the fatwa."
Read the transcripts. Yusuf clearly had his head way up his own ass during that interview, and whether or not he was joking, he said things he really shouldn't have which he tried to take back.
So, yeah, he sorta did, and then he backpedalled. But who among us has never said something ridiculously stupid (in jest or not) and regretted it?
My only complaint with the man is that he sings like a supremely talented goat.
From that link "No more than 3 songs in a row by the same artist". Written in 2009, so the laws may well have changed since then, but that's digital law for ya.
"The digital won't let me go" - I can identify with that, right enough. Or am I having a 'Mondegreen moment'?
Everybody's here with me Got no camera to see Don't think I'm all in this world The camera won't let me go And the verdict doesn't love our soul The digital won't let me go
Yeah yeah yeah I'll pay (yeah yeah yeah) When tomorrow Tomorrow comes today
Stereo I want it on It's taken me far too long Don't think I'm all in this world I don't think I'll be here too long I don't think I'll be here too long
this band and this song have no place on RP. put them back on the pop station
I can't speak to the rest of their catalog, but I still thoroughly enjoy this whole album, while a lot of the other tunes I was listening to at the turn of the millennia have not held up for me at all.
I wonder if they still have a turntablist in their band. Do any pop acts still do that?
Me too. But not only that U2 suck later, Bono sold his soul to the corporate devil and is now promoting salvation of hungry Africa by bringing in GMOs and corporate food monsters like Monsanto and others
I've no love for Monsanto, but if someone can engineer a crop that can grow where nonGMOs cannot, and there are no viable crop alternatives for people who live in these regions, well, I just think we need to keep an objective, open mind about GMOs and not paint them all with the same fear-soaked brush.
If you're reading this and you think GMOs are all good or all bad, but you aren't sure why, please read this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genetically_modified_food_controversies
Please keep it to once a week, maybe twice tops. I am hearing this everywhere and it's a good song, but it's being Rolling-In-The-Deep'ed pretty bad right now. Anything becomes toxic in excessive amounts. :(
So exactly what fad are we talking about here? Or shtick? A little precision in your critique would be appreciated. Otherwise its just griping, and that gets old mighty quick.
Presumably "indie folk". Whenever there's a surge in popularity of some sub genre of music, there will always be people complaining how it "all sounds the same" or that they're tired of it or some similar anti-conformist tripe. :)
This song became sort of new for me when I watched the BBC show, "Life on Mars"...which is, really...amazing television. I think there was an American version, but, the English show was compelling in ways that are hard to describe.
I only watched the first episode of the US remake. It had a great moment, but for the most part it was too faithful to the original to keep my interest. Not like Being Human - now that's how you do a remake - keep the basic concept and turn everything else upside down! Then you have TWO good series worth watching (even though the last season of the UK Being Human might have jumped the shark)!
..what is an "efterklang" & should i be afraid of catching it..??..
You should be afraid of it catching you! The efterklang is a recently realized Danish bogeyman who comes during the night to eat the MP3s of naughty children.
I was so disappointed with that CD. This song is so brilliant, but half the songs on the album are just, well, I hesitate to say "very very bad" but they just aren't good.
You are missing my point entirely. When you hear classical music, you are not hearing Bach or Mozart perform. You are never hearing the composer perform. Does that help? You don't see Shakespeare perform his work either, though at least his work can be performed. Audio book? Bar bands? What on earth are you talking about? No one can perform Tolstoy or Proust, though there can be (woefully) inept film or stage adaptations, which in no way could be construed as performances of their genuis, which can only be experienced by reading it.
The point I was taking from your post is it doesn't matter who performs, whether it's a student who presses all the right keys on the piano or a master who takes it to the next level. That the material being performed is what you judge, and not the performance of that material. That you can discern no difference between the playing of Pablo de Sarasate and a elementary school violin teacher trying to play one of his songs. If that was not your assertion, I apologize, but can you see how absurd that seems?
You say no one can perform a book, so I assume you've never heard of an audio book or "book on tape"? They're quite popular these days.
So... There they were on SNL just now with their vests and their bow-legged toe tapping. Seriously, they bring the energy up and down like Nirvana. Nirvana.
I don't really like these guys and kinda think their songs all sound alike, but they totally killed on SNL. And that bit as the Beatles cover band "Hey Dude" was just great!
yeah! also, i agree with it does remind me of something mid-nineties, but i can't put my finger on what.
And you just don't get it you keep it copacetic And you learn to accept it you know it's so pathetic And you just don't get it you keep it copacetic And you learn to accept it you know it's so pathetic
Maybe? It's a very similar bass line in the verse.
She doesn't sound too much like Suzanne Vega to me, but she occasionally does that singing/talking thing which is not unique to Ms. Vega. It's a little reminiscent in some parts, but not so much, especially given Ms. Ternheim's discernable, Swedish accent.
I think something about this song is reminding me of Vega's Language.
Amen brother. That's one thing that just bothers me to no end. Like, this isn't Opera. Would Pavarotti singing this song sound very good? Of course not.
I'm not so sure about that. I do know I'd pay to hear that at least once though.
This song always makes me wanna hear Whistler's Delight (if you've never heard it, it's a brilliant little mashup by DJ Riko of this song and several other whistle-heavy tunes)!
Just wanted to bump this comment for all those who enjoy the mashups that BillG sometimes plays. This is one of the good ones and it opens with this song.
The voice sounds an awful lot like Liz Fraser, from the Cocteau Twins, and the electronic guitar background sounds very 4AD-ish. Is it Liz, does anyone know? It's a very nice and sweet voice, and captivating song :o). 8 from the entranced Nottingham jury.
A gorgeous song about the first day of absolutely knowing you're in love with someone who loves you right back! Is it bombastic and repetitive? Sure. But I think that fits the subject.
I take no exception to your comment but every time I scroll down and read here I think of other subjects that are available (as per Steve Goodman): mama, trains, trucks, prison, getting drunk, et al. Just in case the man runs out of things to say about love lost...
He does plenty of other songs but it would seem that (with the exception of Santa Claus is Coming to Town, feat. Stevie Nicks) only the heartbreak songs make it to the charts.
"You could have never predicted that it could see through you Kasparov, Deep Blue, 1996 Your mind's playing tricks now Show's over so take a bow And leave it in the shadows"
"I say your civilization, because as soon as we started thinking for you it really became our civilization, which is of course what this is all about. Evolution, Morpheus, evolution. Like the dinosaur. Look out that window. You've had your time. The future is our world, Morpheus. The future is our time." Agent Smith in The Matrix
http://www.radioparadise.com/rp2-c-content.php?name=songinfo&song_id=31497 dust off the hip-hop derivative, IMO.
Please?
At the risk of sounding like a broken rec-ding like a broken rec-ding like a broken rec-ding like a broken rec-ding like a broken rec-ding like a broken rec- *waurup* -ord, let's hear the remix sometime! :)
Yeats wrote, "Rhetoric is fooling others. Sentimentality is fooling yourself."
Well, that's your opinion of another recording; you needn't invoke some hundred-year-old quotes to rationalize it. However, I do greatly prefer this version to Mr. Cash's.
At first she reminded me of Lucinda Williams — but to me she is lacking Lucinda's grittiness. I like the grit - keeps it interesting. This is decent, but a little bland for me.
There's this one song (maybe another album) about being on a cruise ship with all these Europeans. They have us Americans spot on — what with our velour track suit splendor and gym shoes. Love that whole imagery (so true too).
Who is the singer? I've heard her on a few Royksopp tracks too, interesting voice. Ahh 2 sec's googling revels all; Karin Dreijer Andersson. She looks as mad as she sounds. Excellent.
Say what they want about this cover, she's a fantastic artist!
ditto: Used to like it, but now it's over-played...
dewinter wrote:
Used to like it, but now it's over-played...
I still like it, but it almost wore out its welcome with a couple of stations playing it every damn day.
Thank goodness for new terrestrial radio options that avoid that sort of overplay, and mobile internet radio when that isn't available, and gigantic iPod libraries when both of those are unavailable. Some things just keep getting better! :)
Model in a fish tank, IMO. Then again, I've worked for a guy who had a quarter scale house built to crane dunk into a lake for a photograph, so who knows.
But then again maybe the only thing damaged was a few electrons and cans of Red Bull during an all night Photoshopping binge.
Model in a fish tank, IMO. Then again, I've worked for a guy who had a quarter scale house built to crane dunk into a lake for a photograph, so who knows.
In response to the applause from the people on the rooftop after the final song, McCartney says, "Thanks Mo!" (to Ringo's wife Maureen) and Lennon quips, "I'd like to say 'thank you' on behalf of the group and ourselves, and I hope we passed the audition!"<2>
I'm listening to the CD right now. I remembered this discussion and clicked in to clear things up. The liner notes say that it's Mike Haynes on flugel horn. I guess they decided to go for a more subtle sound than a trumpet would have delivered. (Wayne Jackson plays trumpet on The Last Laugh, the preceding song on this album.) Prairie Wedding, with Gillian Welch and David Rawlings singing backup and Paul Franklin on pedal steel, just came up. It all sounds really good to me.
That's a real horn? Is Haynes some sort of robot? I guess it does sound a bit organic near the end, but the rest of the time he sounds like a Casio!
My aesthetic principle is based 99% on the composition. I read fiction mainly. Since books cannot be performed, you might have an inkling what I mean. I do not care how well someone plays an instrument, so long as they can play the song or whatever piece they are playing well enough. It is the piece that matters. I was not aware that was such a controversial opinion.
Not so much controversial as it is silly. Books are not songs. I get the analogy, but a better one would be an audio book. And even then what's "well enough" works a lot better for an orator of a medium where the message is more important than the delivery. For music this is certainly not always the case! One need only listen to any of the truly great performers, the ones who have been covered by everyone and their perfectly adequate bar band, to hear where the imitations fall flat.
So far I've only heard anyone outside of RP talking about Somebody That I Used To Know, which is disgraceful because this guy is NOT a one hit wonder. Also, reports of his death have been greatly exaggerated.
I first thought this was Peter Gabriel's rearranged cover of Listening Wind. I thought perhaps it was Apocalyptica's cover of Unforgiven. When it became clear I was listening to neither I had to look it up. Nice song!
I'm still trying to understand why the guys who work at the nursery get ten dollars an hour and I work just as hard as they do and only make $8.25 an hour...)
On the surface of that comment, that sounds illegal what they're doing.
Another example of "British people seeming to sing with an American accent": Roger pronounces Jaguar as two syllables (jag-war) vs. three (jag-yoo-ər).
It's probably all in my head, but there it is all the same.
How can American accept SCIENTOLOGY and SCIENTOLOGIST like Beck - I wonder?
Because of the works of Beck and Neil Gaiman, I could never dismiss all creative output from people who also happen to be involved in despicable cults. I hope that one day these people and their families can realize how dangerous and destructive their religion is, but until then, I intend to enjoy their brilliant endeavors :(
The original is still my favorite Gorillaz album! But I am a fanatic for anything with any combination of Dan the Automator, Kid Koala, or Del tha Funky Homosapien on it!
I'm thrilled these guys are putting out new tunes! Not sure how I feel about these tunes yet, but I'm glad they're writing new music, even if they never put out another album as good as Snivilisation or In Sides. Didn't even know this was a new Orbital tune till Bill just said something.
edit: I must not have been paying attention last time, cuz this time I pegged it as an Orbital track from the opening synths.
I was thinking that I kind of like this song. Well, you ruined if for me. I've worked for Cisco and now I just picture her running around with her hands in the air like the rest of those bitches.
jessbussert wrote:
Vienna is amazing, and a geek as well! She used to work at Cisco, if you can believe it... I'm so jealous! I'd hate her if I didn't love her so much.
I'd so love to know what the heck you're talking about, but I suspect the reality is not even slightly as amusing as the images in my head.
I don't get all the hate for this one. I mean, it's not amazing by any means, but it's not like she's singing off key, and the band pretty faithfully reproduces the original. A solid 4 by my reckoning. Nothing to see here, move along.
I never really got the Kinks and this song is nauseatingly reverential. Sorry.
I can relate. First 15 times I heard this song I despised it for the lyrics, but I have to admit, the tune itself is damn catchy if you tune the words out.
Had a friend in college (95) who claimed he had once thought that the Nirvana song (91) was a cover of a B-Side of a Tori Amos single (92). And he was annoyed to learn the proper chronology. :(
With all due respect, I wonder about people that claim to have never done drugs. Do they have limited curiosity? Were they succesfully indoctrinated about the inevitable and precipitous slide from alcohol to heroin and/or crack cocaine?
Or did they have a personal or family tragedy involving drug abuse?
If necessary, apologies to Giselle62 and those whose opinions differ from my own.
They are as varied as can be. Some of them, but certainly not all, are straight-laced dull T-totallers. But I've also known a few sober kids who were every bit as much ravers dancing all night side-by-side with kids out of their minds on pills, acid, weed, and/or speed. Some folks just don't like to lose control, and when you take an intoxicating substance, you are certainly doing that. Personally, I find it useful to let the reins go every now and then, but every individual has to decide where they draw the line.
Fox is a fine news stations. Yes, it is conservative. So what? I suppose you trust Michael Moore better, and refuse to hear the other side. Well, then really it is you who are the problem.
No, you are!
Seriously, FOX news is garbage. So is the majority of its competition. It's sensationalist, consumerist bullshit. I don't care it it's conservative, liberal, or new cool-lime™ flavored, I'm not eating it.
Shirley, or someone doing a very good PR imitation of Shirley, posts quite regularly to the Facebook page for Garbage. And she says they've got a new album out in May. Just FYI.
I have to agree with coloradojohn on this one even though this is the first time I've heard this song. The singer's high notes are not really bad, they are in key and well sung.
To my ears they almost sound pitch corrected. Hard to tell when it's done properly though.
Actually, the characters in this song, except for the singer, are all Okies. Lake Eufala is in Oklahoma, to be sure. But that's a fine point. There really isn't that much difference between the rural cultures of Texas and Oklahoma.
Roscoe's from Illinois. Bob and Mae could easily be from the south side of Texoma. Ruth Anne and Lyne are from Kansas. :p
It's kinda strange, if you dig into the lyrics, none of Slayton's kin (with the possible exception of Bob and Mae) are actually from OK, but that's where the reunion is being held cuz Slayton is getting too old to travel.
Oooohh YES! I agree whole-heartedly! I saw them in San Diego (4th & B) a few years back, I think it was July — and the A/C was not working — so damn HOT, probably even more so with all those bodies moving & grooving. Great, great experience regardless.
So when you guys saw them the bass guitar wasn't turned up so !@#$ing loud it drowned out everything else? I mean, I get it, bass is cool, but when Massive Attack took the stage next the levels were PERFECT, so I have a hard time blaming the venue.
heh, and this is only part 2 of the song. Bill skipped all of part 1!
But what's surprising me is that Bill doesn't have any of the Orbital tunes that featured vocals by Alison Goldfrapp (Nothing Left parts 1 & 2, Are We Here?, or Sad But True).
Why do people keep saying that they broke up? They played the Jimmy Fallon show the day after this comment, and there's nothing on their website that indicates that they aren't continuing to play together. In fact they seem to have an album coming out next year, and appear to have a full tour schedule.
They're saying that because Mercer had fired everyone in the band. But now he's replaced them with new musicians, hence the new album, tour, etc.
Although I think slinging the abuse-label "troll" around at other commenters is a classic Internet bully tactic, practiced by delusional, self-appointed arbiters of propriety like you, Fred, I must abandon my policy on this occasion. A troll, properly defined, would be a person who deliberately spoils the discussion for others by detracting from it with repetitive, negative comments that add no value. For example, someone who hates cooking yet who frequents a cooking web-site and writes only about how much they hate cooking and how stupid everyone else is for liking cooking. We don't really have any commenter like that here at RP. People frequently post about songs or bands they don't like, but since there is no implied obligation to like every song or band, it's OK. Only if someone didn't like music altogether, or more specifically, the music played here, on this station, and then posted comments to that effect on a regular basis, would they be worthy of such opprobrium.
The only case I can think of at RP in which someone perhaps is worthy of such opprobrium is you, Fred, in relation to Radiohead. Radiohead is probably the most frequently played band here and enjoys the highest ratings of almost any. You don't like them, and you feel compelled to let the rest of us know about that over and over again. Your posts are repetitive and, strictly speaking, don't add anything of constructive value. Normally, I would defend your right to comment in that matter, if only as a matter of freedom of expression. Often, it is a good thing to go against the majority, against the mob mentality, if you will. But I think it is fair and accurate to point out the hypocrisy that exists in your case; because you are so fond of leveling the troll accusation at others.
You preside here as our bully-in-chief. I have a sneaking suspicion that the ultimate effect of your little reign of terror is that, with your impressive command of phrase and erudition, you squelch commentary. We know of course that you do it literally, that can be demonstrated, yet the more damaging consequence is that you do it preemptively. You are guilty of abusing others if they don't subscribe to your rather perverse notions about propriety and politics. You are the consummate shusher. Thus, we are left with page upon page of what amount to not much more than dry exhibitions of virtuosity, riddled with arcane vocabulary, from the Nottingham factory.So, as you have a penchant for making up the rules for the rest of us, I have a new rule that I would like to hereby espouse, following your supreme example:
Don't feed the Fred.
I'd like to borrow Fred's literal squelch button to use on a few other commenters. That sounds really nifty.
Also, while he may sound like a broken record when it comes to TY/Radiohead, he's no worse than any other user who has a negative comment in every song by a particular artist. I think you're making too much of a nothing-thing. Unless that trout slapping photo deeply offended you in a very personal way, in which case I apologize for trivializing your trauma. :(
keenan has a wicked and somewhat distorted sense of humour(and thats putting it mildly). puscifer is his play on words for Pussy Fur. kinda coincides with his "V is fo Vagina" and "C is for Cunt' discs and songs like 'country boner'
And dunno if the German boy realizes it's also a play on the Biblical name "Lucifer".
The question is - if you heard this song and knew nothing of the history, character, controversy, looks, or personality of the artist, would it appeal to you?
I know next to nothing of these things (that's her on the album cover, right? and someone said she did poorly on SNL, yeah?) and I found the song OK the first several times I heard it. Now with a few too many listenings, I find the lyrics a bit vapid and that plucked string triplet to be obnoxious (plink plink plink) in it's overuse (plink plink plink), but otherwise the song is still OK. A solid 5 by my reckoning.
After perusing some of the comments herein am I to assume that some feel Jazz Music is a "political statement"? Just wondering where that idea came from?
I think that idea must have been retrieved from a posterior holding facility.
Host: And where'd you learn to play the, you know - That's a wild *swings arm in immitation* style of playing you got there, where'd you lear to play like that? Townsend: That was bowling, bowling. Host: Yeah *Audience laughs* Host: Bowling... Yeah I can tell...
To the naysayers, I have to agree with sirdroseph on this one. Even in this little hick-town where I live, this song shows up on AM radio, Jack FM, Mix 96, and a couple of other stations that pander to the masses. Love and Rockets has a huge Pandora's Box of good music. This one isn't in that box. To each his own, though...
Don't care whether or not the radio plays it. I only care if it's good. One has nothing to do with the other.
I believe this one is good, so long as it played in moderation. I do prefer their song "All In My Mind" which Bill sometimes plays. Do they have any other good ones?
I SECOND THE MOTION! All in favour of adding "Someday That I Used to Know" to the rotation, please stand up and be counted!
(no offense intended, that's just the closest i could find to a "me too" graphic that would save me having to come up with and type out a lucid sentiment (aw, rats!))
Bill, I love you. During the previous song, "Roland the Headless Thompson Gunner", I was thinking something from this album would make a good follower due to the Patty Hearst -> Tania connection.
Unless maybe this is a repeat block and my subconscious remembered the link from before... :)
Hrm... could be.
You listen to this station enough and you'll experience the expectation of a song you like following up a song that is playing cuz you've heard that segue a few times, and then Bill will play a different song and you'll be all .
This song always makes me smile when I hear it and I don't have a clue what he's singing about, probably Australia.
Not exactly...
"Been alone since you were twenty-one/ You haven't laughed since January/ You try and make like this is so much fun/ But we know it to be quite contrary."
"You don't know how long I've been/ Watching the lantern dim/ Starved of oxygen/ So give me your hand, and let's jump out the window."
This song is one of those rare gems that can be covered by practically anyone, in any style, and still sound good. The Stones do it nicely here, not straying too far from the feel of the original. This song also shows what an incredible talent Buddy Holly really was: his songs still sound fresh, fifty-plus years on.
So, the only other choice is "EZ listening FM" radio? I don't think so, but thanks for your narrow-minded condescension towards those who may not agree with your tastes.
Helped by Apple? Probably. But having your song in a iPod commercial has got to be a mixed blessing. All the hipsters still go out and buy your record, but they do it when no one is watching and tell all their friends that your stuff is too commercial.
Wow, such judgement here. Opinions are like a**holes, everyone has one and so be it. The person who thinks he/she knows, really knows nothing. IMHO......
Not everything is subjective. If I tried to tell you that objects, when dropped, most often tended to float up into space, I would hope you would have the good sense to think that I was either lying or very, very confused.
Though I suppose my original comment could have been said a little more nicely. It's just that people calling every kind of sample-based or electronic music "techno" is a pet-peeve of mine.
hard to believe, sigh! that they have since dissolved into thin air...guess I should be grateful that Broken Bells is such a nice compensation...long live the Shins on RP, in any case!
Shins have a new album due out next next and are planning a tour to support it. :)
ugh. the wikipedia link pisses me off. i will never donate to that site. what makes any band or musician noteworthy? just how noteworthy do you have to be to take up 25kb of space on their servers?
sorry. i suppose this isn't the place for me to vent my annoyance with wikipedia's editing policies.
I never know what to post about this group, because I only speak/read English. The music is wonderful, though - very conducive to my goal of relaxing, chilling, and getting back to my roots. I hope the words aren't something Goth or death-metal - that would sorta ruin it for me.
What if you found out the words weren't even words at all. This particular song is sung in Icelandic, but a lot of their stuff is a sort of consistent gibberish.
OH MY Goodness: the fantastic bass sound, the mix of pure - raw - tribal - energy with the funk sounds and classic copper instruments! Oh, why of why don't they make music like this anymore these days!
It's not quite the same, but check out Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings.
Regarding the odd commentary about what Bob means by "stoned" - I'm sure he means it in the same sense used in this Kerouac quote "I had finished the wine...and I was proper stoned (1957).
I meanlisten to that horn! How is this not a boozing song?
What does Country Death Song have in common with Planet Claire?
The Femmes talk about throwing their unwanted children down wells and the 52s sing about purple dogs.
Those bands are nothing alike.
Well, I guess they are white people playing music There is that.
I hear a smidgen of the B-52s in the tone of the guitar in the bridge. It's sounds surfy. There could be some Ricky Wilson influence there. Maybe. *shrug* But "maybe some influence" is only as far as it goes, IMO. Probably more of a general new wave influence.
I remember waiting for love letters in the mail! We already had email then, but take my advice, a handwritten letter is an irreplaceable part of a long distance relationship. So much better than IMs and texts and emails.
Humm...interesting comment. Just kidding. I know what you mean. I certainly don't know where his focus really is but I've found that it takes spending some time (with each track/CD) to discover the full meaning of his lyrics...kinda like poetry.
I think it's more like abstract art. You can find your own meaning. But there is no "true" meaning as such in the majority of his songs.
e.g. "my time is a piece of wax fallin' on a termite who's chokin' on the splinters"
This is a nice bit of bubblegum electronica, but if you want something truly great dig back into their catalog and listen to Are We Here? or Nothing Left Parts 1 & 2 (both featuring the lovely vocals of Ms. Alison Goldfrapp). Also strongly recommended - everything from the album Insides. For their older stuff Lush, Halcyon, and Impact (and the billion remixes of each) are some of the best tunes early techno and acid house has to offer.
From Wikipedia: The theremin is an early electronic musical instrument controlled without contact from the player. It is named after its Russian inventor, Professor Léon Theremin, who patented the device in 1928. The controlling section usually consists of two metal antennasoscillator(s) for frequency with one hand, and amplitude (volume) with the other. The electric signals from the theremin are amplified and sent to a loudspeaker. Contrary to popular belief, the theremin was not used on the 1966 recording of "Good Vibrations" by The Beach Boys, which featured Paul Tanner's "box", later called the electro-theremin. However, for concert appearances, an oscillator slide-controller was designed and built for Wilson by Robert Moog. Wilson helped to popularize the instrument when he recorded Paul Tanner playing his electro-theremin — for the first time in recorded music history—on the song "I Just Wasn't Made For These Times." The song appeared on The Beach Boys' 1966 album Pet Sounds, considered one of the most influential albums in popular music history.
Not really my cup of tea either, but she does have a good voice, sings well and the tune is pretty solid. Yeah, you'll be hearing lots more of this young lady.
I love this, but I was just thinking the other day that I'd like to hear some of his more underrated songs. This guy's body of work is tremendous and yet I only ever hear like 3 of his songs.
i don't know if it's my sophomoric sense of humor or if there's something about the meter that makes me expect "fall apart" to just be one syllable, yet still rhyme with "heart".
There's more to being a band than music. Indeed, there's more to music than music. Context is important. Musically, most punk was crap - the Pistols barely managed 5 chords amongst them - but the social movement was crucial to the 70s musically, politically and socially. The Clash stood out because of their political and social commitment, and their sheer brio. They were a part of 70s and early 80s working-class culture at a time of very sharp class division brought about by the Thatcher regime. I don't know if this commitment and culture crossed The Pond ok, though I'd have thought that the US working class was suffering similarly under Reaganomics so I'd expect that it had some resonances.
Some songs by the Dead Kennedys and NOFX come to mind.
Fat chance! They've hit the mainstream big, and by this point everyone's mom and dad have heard their best songs. Unless their next album is a total flop, these guys are here to stay.
I'm a Dutchman so i know how to pronounce it, but it always makes me laugh when someone says it in English "van Go". I think it's almost impossible to pronounce when you haven't mastered the Dutch language.
Since Vincent van Gogh was born and raised in Brabant, it is quite likely that he used the "ICH"-laut pronouncing his own name. "Quite likely - in the sense of 'maybe not'" - because his parents had an "ACH"-laut origin. "Quite likely - in the sense of 'maybe yes'" - because he used in his letters "ge" and "gij" for "je" and "u" as Second Person Personal Pronouns. "Ge" and "gij" are typical for the Brabant dialect. "Je" and "u" are typical for the Holland dialect. So, it is quite likely that most Dutchmen pronounce his name incorrectly if we take his own pronunciation as a benchmark.
Great poetic use of metaphor... I like it quite a lot. I relate, and the music is interesting... giving it an 8. Would have gave a 9 if it wasn't for the weird distracting ephemerals.
Who came first R.L. or John Lee Hooker ??? sounds as if one taught the other.. but which way round I will have to check out.
Apparently John Lee Hooker made everyone wanna play the guitar!
from the wiki (emphasis mine):
"Burnside was born in Harmontown, Mississippi, in Lafayette County. He spent most of his life in North Mississippi, working as a sharecropper and a commercial fisherman, as well as playing guitar at weekend house parties. He was first inspired to pick up the guitar in his early twenties, after hearing the 1948 John Lee Hookersingle, "Boogie Chillen" (which inspired numerous other rural bluesmen, among them Buddy Guy, to start playing). He learned music largely from Mississippi Fred McDowell, who lived nearby in an adjoining county. He also cited his cousin-in-law, Muddy Waters, as an influence."
I guess I can just take this comment as your burning desire to use a ten penny word without knowing what you're talking about. Good for you. Feels good dudnit? ..this is it. No more response to the bubble gummers. You guys have the aesthetic depth and intellectual curiosity of a GAP ad.
My assertion is that from this it follows: as Dylan's changed music history, and he's got the record deal, ..and that you clearly don't, what you consider obnoxious about the work of an artist like Bob Dylan is essentially irrelevant. It's like saying ahh geesh God got it ALLL wrong. Well you're a mortal. So what you think means squat. Babble like a chimp about how unfair it is you don't have opposable thumbs but do it somewhere else cause it's just noise to people who get it.
Oh and to be clear, my comment was a response to this one.. "rescore" the song? Yea, I think I want to see this idiots gold record collection... I wouldn't mind checkin out yours too..
Patricula wrote: This got a 1 from me at the first use of that whistle. As the song progressed I was thinking that I'd re-score it higher.... but then the whistle returned. No excuse for it at all. None.
You're absurd.
I, and many others, find that whistle to be fairly obnoxious. I'd even bet Bob felt it was obnoxious. I'm pretty sure that's the point. And I'm also pretty sure that all of that is irrelevant to the opinions of other people. If you think the whistle is a lovely sound that gently caresses your ear each time you hear it, then more power to you. You're as entitled to your absurd opinions as I am to mine.
PS - "rescore" in Patricula's post plainly refers to changing the 1 rating to something higher, not rewriting the song. Someone as intellectually curious as you should not have missed that!
PPS - I would like to ask you which word that I'd used was the one you thought was a ten penny word that I did not comprehend, but I fear the answer will be much too absurd. Dare I?
Imogen Heap is the singer on this? I suppose I can hear it when I listen, but with the driving drums, furious guitar work, and frantic nature of the song I'd have thought that it would have been someone else.
Yep. She sounds mighty fine here. I didn't recognize her at all without a bunch of Frou Frou blips and bleeps for the music.
A lot of what the Beatles did was deceptively complex. I tried singing along with this and it's really, really hard to sing this song! Maybe that's why no-one else has covered it!
Paul's harmonies are relatively easy to sing. But trying to sing like John is rough!
Really? If Cobain protested, was unhappy with the homogenizing of the record, how is he a sellout? And this from some random website? A pretty weak argument indeed.
Cracked.com is a COMEDY website. Taking them seriously is a serious mistake.
These kids had everything in life handed to them on a china plate and never recognized or appreciated any of it. They inherited an world full of unearned bounty and opportunity when compared to their predecessors... yet they stormed around the room like angry spoiled asses way too often. No perspective on much of anything and way too much noise about trying to sort out their adolescent angst.
An AIDS crisis, drug addiction, splintered families, Gulf War syndrome, Reaganomics... There was plenty of opportunity for members of my generation to have legit angst.
I disagree, respectfully. Adele isn't Lady Gaga or Katy Perry, but instead a truly talented singer capable of making people feel.
I haven't heard too much Lady Gaga, but surprisingly, every song I have heard has showcased a talented singer and pianist who seems, to me, to be getting an unfair amount of flack for having David Bowie's stage show and a bizarrely uninhibited fashion sense.
Too much falsetto on this track. Or maybe not enough? Either way, it just isn't working for me here. Cuz I love that one off In Rainbows where some folks complained he sounded like the old pervert from Family Guy. This is the lowest rating I think I've given to an RH song at a 7. Merely "quite likable". Hah!
I don't think that makes it unworthy of listening. Complexity is an independent variable from likability. I've heard songs with very complex chord progressions (some on this very radio station!) that don't engage me half as much as this one.
Seriously. Pop songs aren't often known for their amazingly complex forays into musical theory.
Mellow Gold was his first. This album came after he'd played the main stage at Lollapalooza.
A better rebuttal would be that Beck has always put recorded "whatever he wanted" and that it is merely his opinion that this is more or less "slop" than his other songs.
Multiple takes on the lyrics over at songmeanings.net, but the one I liked was one saying the song is actually being sung from the Devils perspective. I doubt that's the song writer's original intent, but that's the neat thing about art - it's transformed into something wholly new each time someone stops to appreciate it.
Warren Zevon will forever be a 10 for me. I'll exclude "Werewolves of London." RIP, Mr. Zevon - thank you for the legacy of music, and for Jordan, who seems to have inherited your wicked sense of the macabre, and your comedic timing. I miss you, my friend.
Hey now, Werewolves is a great song, even tho it's been overexposed. It's a pity that commercial radio only ever played that song when playing Zevon.
You do read the strangest things on this board. Complaining about repetitive lyrics in rock music?
A woman came up to me and said "I'd like to poison your mind With wrong ideas that appeal to you Though I am not unkind." She looked at me, I looked at something Written across her scalp And this is what it faintly said As I tried to call for help:
There's only one thing That I know how to do well And I've often been told that you only can do What you know how to do well And that's be you Be what you're like Be like yourself And so I'm having a wonderful time But I'd rather be whistling in the dark Whistling in the dark Whistling in the dark Whistling in the dark There's only one that that I like And that is whistling in the dark.
A man came up to me and said "I'd like to change your mind By hitting with a rock," he said, "Though I am not unkind." We laughed at his little joke and then I merrily walked away And banged my head on the wall of the jail Where the two of us live today.
There's only one thing That I know how to do well And I've often been told that you only can do What you know how to do well And that's be you Be what you're like Be like yourself And so I'm having a wonderful time But I'd rather be whistling in the dark Whistling in the dark Whistling in the dark Whistling in the dark Whistling in the dark Whistling in the dark There's only one that that I like And that is whistling in the dark.
There's only one thing That I know how to do well And I've often been told that you only can do What you know how to do well And that's be you Be what you're like Be like yourself And so I'm having a wonderful time But I'd rather be whistling in the dark Whistling in the dark Whistling in the dark Whistling in the dark Whistling in the dark Whistling in the dark Whistling, whistling Whistling in the dark.
Another Moby-like old recording of some blues singer mixed into some techno music. Maybe some day when they've sampled all the various blues songs, they'll have to resort to taking old recordings of the Carpenters or Jim Neighbors and mix that into some techno music.
Learn the difference between techno and hiphop, then come back and make an intelligent comment.
You're like the guy staring at the Pollock saying "my kid could do that!"
Bill plays this segue enough that I look forward to this song when I hear Pump It Up, but wouldn't Blister in the Sun be a more fitting follow up, ya know, thematically?
Hahahaha! I can assure you that its all played on real horns and they are a very talented bunch. Go see them play live once if you ever get the chance.
Says something about the (over) production of the studio recording that this guy thinks it's synths.
But that overproduction is also prolly what allowed this one to break top ten in the US while their less "poppy" sounding singles didn't do so well over here.
And on Dec 29,2010, grungepuppy officially turned into his parents. Mind you, this is coming from a 42 yr old who gave up on most rap a loooong time ago. I just keep reminding myself that every younger generation swings to their own thing (as did I in my day).
Or it could be that the groups he mentioned happen to just suck regardless of age. I am constantly on the cutting edge of all music better than almost anyone (I have great sources and an unusually open mind) and I can't stand the groups that he mentioned either, oh and BTW, I love Hip-Hop as long as it is not that commercial crap that gets played on the radio.
Stop me if you've heard this one: an old codger and a young hipster walk into a club...
I'm kidding. There's no accounting for taste. But if you don't like an entire style (or subgenre, if you prefer) of rock music, then it only reflects on your own personal preferences. It doesn't mean the bands suck. The aforementioned bands are all quite technically proficient, whether or not you personally dig what they're doing.
Maybe it's just the would-be music critic whose opinions suck? Do we really wanna go there?
P.S. If you go 30 minutes without hearing a turntable scratch, you aren't listening to real hip-hop. That's just a fact.
I like the sibilance and consonance of the words, but that's about it. Something about the lyrics to this band's songs when read (not heard) annoys the hell out of me.
Left brain hate and right brain love combine to make mildly annoyed ambivalence.
The brilliance of your idea to leave the whistle out would have been as irrelevant then as it is today mostly because, I believe, Dylan has the record deal, you don't.
His opinion is irrelevant because Dylan made the record.
You should get an Absurd Non Sequitur award for that logic!
The identity of the person paid to make the record has nothing to do whatsoever with certain other people describing that obnoxious whistle as, well... obnoxious.
...immediately following their debut album they dismissed their lead (female) vocalist for fear of being typecast as a just another trendy trip-hop band
Worst decision ever.
I put "Sneaker Pimps" into a Pandora seed and heard several of their later tracks.
They went from trendy trip-hop band to bland electro-pop.
Bill, can you make a twit filter feature so that we don't have to read anything by insulting and offensive posters?
It's getting worse and worse and harder to use the forums.
It's easier to just work on adding one to your brain. Helps you out in the big, bad world too.
Also, the vocal harmonies in a LOT of Grateful Dead songs are a bit off. I think it's a fair criticism. If their instrumentation wasn't so superb I wouldn't be willing to overlook it.
Most Americans love the French, in spite of what you may hear.
The only French people I've ever known were exactly like any other people I've ever known. Each one was an individual with their own personality owing very little to whatever nationality or ethnicity they came from. That is to say, a nice person is a nice person, and a jerk is a jerk, and it has NOTHING to do with ancestory.
But that doesn't make the French castle scene in Monty Python and the Holy Grail any less funny.
I am not very familiar with the WJs but I get a strong Nashville vibe from them, and even though Crooked Still has Nashville connections, their sound is anything but—they seem to be doing completely different things. I really like the direction they are going in. If 'Some Strange Country' is a taste of what to come, well, woooweeee!
I suspect s/he meant "gay". Which is far too often used to mean bad - which is not good at all.
Probably an attempt to use the word "gay" to refer neither to homosexuals nor happy folk. I've seen it spelled "ghey" in that context. And from that context, I suspect the intent is to use it as a synonym for "lame" (as in "uncool" not as in "parapalegic").
Reminds me of the South Park episode "The F Word" where the kids have no concept of "fag" being a derogatory term for a homosexual and are confused by everyone's objection of them using the term to describe "an inconsiderate douchebag".
Fag (făg) n.
1. An extremely annoying, inconsiderate person most commonly associated with Harley riders.
2. A person who owns or frequently rides a Harley.
Love the Furries! This album is really great - headhphones are a must. The lyrics to this song are fantastic and right on regarding the fundies. And they're Welsh dudes. Do they have relig-o-nuts in the UK?
They're not talking about fundies, they're talking about full-blown culties. Apparently one of the bandmembers spent a HUGE amount of time on the internet talking to and observing cult members, and the lyrics guy wrote this based on conversations they had, or something like that.
Compression is used in broadcasting so people don't get scared when quiet music suddenly gets loud.
While this is good for folks who scare easy, it's kind of a drag for musicians and producers who like to scare people, and the folks who like a good jolt now and then.
I would imagine in the context below they were referring to digital and mp3 compression, considering they were comparing CD audio vs. Radio Paradise vs. a live performance. There's this link for the wiki article, but I'm afraid it's long on specifications and short on explainations.
But I love how you break down dynamic compression for industry usage! Even though radio stations compress the hell out of advertisements so they blast your ears out while still falling within legal parameters - and that crap always startles me. :(
This song always makes me wanna hear Whistler's Delight (if you've never heard it, it's a brilliant little mashup by DJ Riko of this song and several other whistle-heavy tunes)!
I wonder if they didn't have the same teacher at BRIT School for Performing Arts & Technology (where they both (as well as Duffy - strike that, I just read that Duffy did NOT go to BRIT school) studied)?
One of the best, original female singers over the past 20 years or so. This Debut album was a delight following her Sugarcube days, of which I was a rabid fan.
And the album was absolutely brilliant and fresh. Although Post was where she really knocked my socks off. She never really made another album that moved me as much as that one.
So I'm not really sure how to rate this one. I've heard it many times now, and it's a well put together tune. Quite a bit catchy in places. But the chorus annoys the enamel right off of my teeth. It's like hearing some obnoxious lake bird honking over and over during an otherwise tranquil day.
...i was at the music store this weekend and noticed that this album has at least three different covers - the same car in the foreground of all three, but a different slice of generic mediorica behind it in each one...
Jones is a classically trained pianist, so I'd always understood—since the album was largely him and Plant—that it was a keyboard solo. SongFacts seems to agree: http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=369
"Ha ha ha ha, you dumb bastard! It's not a schooner - it's a sailboat."
In the jungle I live in, things are not so dire. Fewer and fewer people people work and pay taxes, more and more enjoy the basics (and even some services out of reach of many of the working) on the backs of those taking responsibility. It's as if slavery has returned, in a more subtle form and wearing the disguise of social engineering. The "human right" being claimed, it seems, is to force others to work so that a large segment of the population may be idle.
This tune beats the everluvin crap outta anything on Sinead's horrible reggae album! Why couldn't she have just put out a dub album and hired these guys to produce???
I looked this one up because I kind of like it in a Mack the Knife kind of way. It's a cover of a Ludes song. So, since it was originally sung by a guy I would bet the "one eye" isn't the one immediately thought of and the "girl" probably isn't a female. "Sleeping with one eye open" is a likely a pun on having to be watching out (for revenge I would assume.) I vote for homophobia related to cross-dressing as opposed to lesbian rape. Men tend to be laissez faire (or worse) on subjects of lesbian on lesbian violence, but finding out the girl you are hitting on isn't... Well, yeah. This kind of anger.
Very well could be... but I was just thinking it was exactly what it sounds like. No hidden meanings (beyond "slip her a smile" which is slang for slitting someone's throat, I believe). I think it's a tale from the perspective of some Jack the Ripper type. It doesn't entirely make sense because it's a sociopath's song.
It's good to see the Consistency Police is on the beat... the lyrics of the two songs are miles apart on the "depth" scale... that said, I don't know how "Teardrop" got tagged with an "8"... I stand corrected... that will be downgraded forthwith, perhaps to a "5"... feel better now, Tex?
My original comment on this song more than a year ago (you can see how rarely I revisit songs which - er - do not appeal to me!) was unnecessarily harsh. Every song has its enthusiasts (I see you rated the two songs "10" and "9", respectively). There is no need to step on that enthusiasm.
Sorry! When time permits, I will go through my ratings history and delete such comments in general.
In the future, I will reach for the MUTE button rather than my keyboard... although it is going to be tough to stifle myself with most jazz!
I don't give two shits what you do, Pardner. I just thought, and still do think, that liking the one and hating the other was strange. I didn't realize you were the only one entitled to opinions around here.
Why does Bill always play this song after the Cure's "Close to Me"? There has to be a reason for it. When I hear the end of "Close to Me" now, I wait for the beginning of this one. What's the connection?
I distinctly remember watching some movie with a friend when I was a little kid and this song was in the closing credits with sing-along "follow the bouncing ball" subtitles.
I remember the way that during the chorus it'd stop on the hyphen between "gonna be" and "alright" and we'd sing the word "hyphen" in between. We thought it was hilarious.
One of my favorites from the new album. On the vinyl version of this tune the piano part fades out a bit then comes back in and keeps repeating (skipping back) at the end of side 3. At first I thought the record was defective until I realized it was just a clever little effect!
Love this song. Just about everyone did a cover (Joan Baez, Judy Collins, Marianne Faithfull, Animals, Joni Mitchell, Byrds, Grateful Dead and others) of it back then but I like this one the best. It was thought that Dylan's "Baby Blue" was Joan Baez but who knows?
While not in any way defending the ramblings of Stingray, I'd just like to point out that you are listening to a station programmed by a DJ who loves Dengue Fever. lsfeder wrote:
You sir, are a complete idiot. And are in the very small minority of musically challenged people who probably love Dengue Fever.
Stingray wrote:
Everybody with the tiniest bit of feeling for good music and independend of false Hippy-feelings of a time long gone, must simply admit that this, that all Floyd, is...
nothing but ridiculous, creamy-soapy-stinky stadium-rubbish for aged-Hippies in suits (w. tattoo & weekend-earring).
I can vomit the moment the first gayish tone is sung!
I suggest that you guys who throw around insults (as they are in the States) like 'socialist' and 'communist' should read up on wtf these terms actually mean before you use them. Engage brain before typing.
You're talking about people for whom "socialist" is a simple pejorative for anyone who supports funding government programs (with the obvious exception of the military) - it needs no further definition than the bile and spittle that accompanies its utterance.
What are you talking about? In case you have difficulty with reading comprehension, I was defending this song, "The Funeral", which is not from the '70's, nor a hit.
It may not have charted, but it was a commercial success. Check out #67.
GT66, I disdain your type. You come across either as someone with a pretty limp sense of humour or as a mediocre, ignorant, chauvinistic, childish, ego-driven burger-munching mall-shopping void-of-passport-palinesque-caricature of a US American. There are 300 million inhabitants in the US, I hope at least 10% of you are different to this clown. I know my share of good folk in the States, but jeez this kind of comment is what gets you guys hated...
dyharenas, I disdain your type. You come across as the sort of person who gets all offended when he reads, yet fails to parse obvious sarcasm. I'm not sure where you're from, so I can't say whether I know anyone from your bit of the world, or whether they're as thick...
LOL! I can see "Weird Al Yankovic" singing that but of course it would have to be a food parody!
He actually did parody that song and it wasn't about food, it was about the news. It was called Headline News. The references in it are a bit dated now, though.
To cast a negative light on this - Morcheeba's lyrics always seem like they were written by a five-year old. Still, on the positive side, I catch myself rocking to the rhythm and sometimes humming to the tunes. Dang - I hate it when I'm ambiguous.
"Five-year old" is overly harsh. The lyrics are pretty simple, but they at least rate a clever teenager.
Wow! Not a Sarah Slean fan, but I have to admit: fantastic cover. Dare I say better than the original?
I think her vocals fail to convey the desperate madness of the lyrics (although the original uses an echo processor or something so that's a bit of a whine to complain about in a live song - I mean who goes out and buys a guitar pedal to run their mic thru for a cover song), but otherwise it's a very decent cover.
An actual terrestrial radio station played this??? That can't be. They are only for commercials, gangsta rap and American Idol.
KCRW (Santa Monica, CA) is one of those oddball public radio stations that plays Good Music. WFUV (New York), KXT (Dallas), and KEXP (Seattle) are also some good ones.
A sprawling, tuneless mess. And a ripoff of their own Pictures of You, besides. Why not play the original, which is so much better?
I was wondering if anyone else heard the undertones of "Pictures Of You" in this one, but it would appear you're the only other person to mention it. I had never noticed it when I heard this song before, though it was immediately recognizable to me as a tune by The Cure. I don't mind them borrowing from themselves to make this one, it has a completely different cadence and pace.
Every artist sounds like themselves if they have any sort of coherent style (not that coherent style is everything - consider Madonna or David Bowie being masters of reinvention, but I digress).
I'd agree that this song does sound a bit like a track that could have been on Disintegration, but it really does not sound like a rehash of Pictures of You unless maybe that's the only other Cure song you'd heard, in which case I could understand the confusion....
Clear Channel will end free over-the-air radio. Can't wait until I can get streaming Internet "radio" in my car . . . .
You can now if you have an iPhone or Droid and download the Radio Paradise widget. Simply connect the earphone output from the phone to your car's MP3/minijack input. Et voila! I do this with my Droid. Very cool.
Doesn't work so great on long car trips when you hit the Edge (2G) wastelands in the midwest though. I wish the Interstate highways were blanketed in 3G, but that's what podcasts and mp3s are for. :)
No drum machines, Lumpy. Amy's band uses all vintage amps and instruments. That's a large part of why it sounds sooo good! :)
And then it was heavily (and brilliantly, IMO) post produced by Marc Ronson (at least on this track). That could well be a loop of the drummer's performance for all we know?
Also, that's Sharon Jones' band, The Dap Kings, on loan to Amy Winehouse for this album.
ziggytrix wrote: Beats the time I once heard Darren DeVivo (I think) on WFUV playing 3 or 4 different covers of the same song in a row.
I don't care if it's the coolest song ever. That really beats it to death.
And two different covers of the same song spread out between several hours is still infinitely more tolerable than hearing the same exact song several times in the same day as heard on most corporate radio stations did when I still listened to that trash.
Agreed!! Bill's picks beat corporate radio trash any day. Go RP!! marc1980 wrote:
Agreed!! Bill's picks beat corporate radio trash any day. Go RP!!
I have to stop you right there, marc1980: WFUV is a public, listener-supported, college radio station, not "corporate radio trash". It's one of the best stations in the country, and one that expanded my musical horizons as much as RP does. Please don't lump all terrestrial radio in with the corporate junk.
Mea culpa - my third paragraph was a bit of a non-sequiter...
I certainly didn't mean to imply that WFUV is "corporate radio trash" and I certainly wasn't intending to trash Darren (an excellent DJ) - 99.9% of his Under-The-Covers sets are fan-freakin-tastic! It was just that one time, I think maybe, it was 3 or 4 different covers of "Tangled Up In Blue" in a row? And even as rotten an idea (IMO) as that was, is still light-years ahead of almost every ClearChannel playlist in which you could hear the exact same version of the exact same song over and over and over because it's in "heavy rotation" (gag!).
Wow, this makes the Steve Miller cover seem kinda pointless. I guess he made the song famous. But he didn't do much with it other than put his name on it, did he?
Yer man's singing in Irish Gaelic, but I can't find the Irish lyrics on a quick search. Oh, and yer woman's Sinead O'Connor. I've rated ACSS very highly as a fine 'world music' experiment kicked off by Peter Gabriel, and would love to see them live before they dissolve themselves as I believe they're intending to do this year. 9 from the Nottingham jury.
There's also some lyrics in Malinke. Equally impossible to find.
Like a true believer of the most dogmatic religion, your bigoted argument is one sided and laced with the shrill and self-righteous accusations of heresy towards those who dare to doubt. No one benefits from global warming alarmism? Facts aren't cherry picked by the AGW crowd to reinforce a predetermined conclusion? Al Gore hasn't made millions from his global warming propaganda (which he has been forced to amend and correct several times)? Please.
Ad hominem much?
While alarmists like Gore do profit off of their propaganda, global warming is well established. I've yet to see anything contradicting global warming that wasn't pure psuedoscience, and before you accuse anyone else of dogmatism, perhaps you should understand the "dogma" of science. Quite unlike the dogma of religion, the only holiness is the most current evidence. And the only heresy is ignorance.
I have never heard 'balsam' being used in the context you are implying in everyday language. The only possible except I could agree to is in some very old and antiquated literature. So I guess you theoretically could be correct when directly translating from english, but 'balsam' in swedish is de-facto seldom, if ever, used as anything else than referring to hair balm. And as you pointed out, this is further confirmed by the reference to the scent of this mentioned 'balm'.
Are you are saying there is another word in Swedish for this? Considering the Latin religious chant that threads through this song like vertebrae, this is almost certainly what the songwriter was getting at.
But for your edification, Christopher Walkin is really tired of people on the internet beating that gag to death by referencing that skit and wants us to stop.
And by Christopher Walkin, I actually mean me, but I thought it might hold more weight if I attributed it to him. :(
what?? this song is a 100% ripoff of the instrumentation from that pop song from the early 90's... how come nobody is mentioning that? i dont even know the name of that song and can't remember any of the words... Collective Soul 'world i know'— that's it. i had to pause this song so i could remember the chorus—- the bass line, the guitar, the melody.. this song is totally unoriginal and ripping that song off so much i don't see how they haven't gotten sued
Was that sarcasm? If not, it's generally good form to at least check the 2nd page of comments before saying "how come nobody has mentioned X", as the similarity to World I Know has been mentioned several times.
Did he say "When I seen that butt I could not turn away."?
Congo Square Sonny Landreth, Mel Melton, Dave Ranson
might be superstition but some kind of somethin' goin' on down there it might be superstition but some kind of somethin' goin' on down there it's an old time tradition when they play their drums at night in Congo Square
you can hear 'em in the distance and the old folks up the bayou say a prayer you can hear 'em in the distance and the old folks up the bayou say a prayer that's when the voodoo people gather and they play their drums at night in Congo Square ... voodoo people < From: http://www.metrolyrics.com/congo-square-lyrics-sonny-landreth.html >
my eyes were not believin' what I seen there but I could not turn away my eyes were not believin' what I seen there but I could not turn away they had that mojo in motion and I seen 'em dance in trance with that snake ... snake dance
it might be superstition but when I hear 'em in the night I say a prayer yeah it might be superstition but when I hear 'em in the night I say a prayer because I respects tradition like the kind they carry on in Congo Square ... Congo Square
Had to dig back a couple of years to find this comment, but I'm glad I'm not the only spawn of the 80s who remembers the Classical Music Answering Machine Tape (As Seen On TV)!
Reminds me of question I always ask myself. Why is Brit pop so much better than U.S. pop...
Not at all. The US has birthed tons of great pop - you just have to sift through it a bit to find the good stuff. I'm guessing if we listened to commercial radio in the UK, we'd hear all sorts of rubbish pop that never makes it to over here.
Like the songs, just can't get past the lead singer's voice. He sounds like a 13 year old boy. I envision the sound engineer scooting a chair up so he can reach the microphone.
I'm just glad the Smashing Pumpkins got a different singer.
No, freedom of speech means you can pretty much say what you want when you want, and until Bill decides that romeotuma or anyone else is limited to so many comments per song, per day, or whatever, he can love it, dance to it, and post his dancing love as much as he wants.
That's not at all what Freedom of Speech means! But the second clause of your sentence would be true by itself. :D
Sadly, Gypsy is right. Welcome to the distracted generation that is losing it's ability to express itself with hues and depth. Attention span of gnats.
Every generation bemoans the next. Usually with as much sanctimony as the above statement.
...the guitar in a forest - hey, did you know that she did a cover of a forest on the b-side to the daniel single?..i didn't and just now learned of it...
But there's no guitar in this song is what I was getting at. Hey, that's pretty frackin cool that she's acknowledged the influence by doing a cover that gets the influencee a cut of the royalties! I wanna hear it!
for those who think neko's a poseur, you might want to read this interview.
"Yet there they are, all over the radio, jizzing saccharine all over you."
I love it.
I totally disagree with her, and I don't think her heavy-handed use of simpler effects makes her more legitimate, BUT the fact that she thinks it'd be dishonest and won't touch it, well, I can respect the position and strength of artistic conviction even if I don't agree with it.
Hey guys, if you wanna hear some music by a modern outfit who is very clearly influenced by Django, check out Caravan Palace. Been listening to their CD in my car a lot lately. Stay away if you don't like electronic music though. The guitarwork is very Django, but the beats are very electro.
I love this song, and had NO idea it was Bruce Hornsby. He should change his name to something more musical. Bruce Ivorytickle. Am I the only one who stares at his last name and laughs like a lunatic because the more you stare at it, the more nonsensical it seems to become?
Maybe. I get that way if I hyperfocus on any word though. Doesn't have to be a proper name.
But if I just glance at his name, it makes me think of cider.
A wimoweh, a-wimoweh a-wimoweh, a-wimoweh A wimoweh, a-wimoweh a-wimoweh, a-wimoweh A wimoweh, a-wimoweh a-wimoweh, a-wimoweh A wimoweh, a-wimoweh a-wimoweh, a-wimoweh
In the jungle the mighty jungle the lion sleeps tonight
ARKANSAS MOUNTAIN DAREDEVILS BULL... hate this side of American music!
This sounds nothing like bluegrass or folk to me. You ever been to Arkansas? They got some damn fine pickers. Try the Mountain View Folk Festival if you ever get over your hatred for fine Americana music.
This is like listening to Tchaikovsky's piano concerto played on broken toy pianos. Which is something I'd actually like to hear, but probably not more than once or twice, and only on just the right day.
It's amazing that you hear this sort of thing commonly. Where do you hang out? At least you mention that there are lyrics; do they make it through your shield of oversimplification and generalization?
To be fair to the OP, a lot of female musicians surely try to sound like this.
I didn't think anyone but Elizabeth Fraser could do this song justice, but when MA came to town I have to say Martina Topley-Bird impressed the hell outta me when they played this.
I can't understand what she is singing, but it rips my heart out anyway
Ohh, can't anybody see We've got a war to fight Never found our way Regardless of what they say How can it feel, this wrong From this moment How can it feel, this wrong Storm.. in the morning light I feel No more can I say Frozen to myself I got nobody on my side And surely that ain't right And surely that ain't right
this is awful. so, so predictable and plaguarises so much similar music before it
how anyone could give this shit a 9 or 10 out of 10 is beyond me
It's a gorgeous cover of a blues standard. How anyone could rate it less than a 6 (assuming they don't have a pathological hatred of blues rock) is beyond me. :)
I love that in the relaunched Doctor Who series, in the episode where they visit the first human installation on Mars, the station is named Bowie Base One.
These kinds of disclaimers always amuse me — if you've got enough spare time to post comments on RP, how's it possible that the prospect of doing a simple Google search would suddenly seem to be overwhelmingly time consuming?
Stingray, I apologize for quoting a TV show at you like this, but it just seems so appropriate. There's always one crazy person on the bus that no one wants to sit by. If you can't spot the crazy person on the bus, it's you.
is an overused, nonsensical, and trite expression. Please try harder next time.
How about ostentatious, bombastic, and overproduced, then?
Mind you, I can go for that sort of thing when the mood strikes me. This one is quite fun to sing along as loud as you can while driving down the highway.
I mean, I don't see why "pretentiousness" is even construed as a valid criticism for an artistic expression. Art is, by definition, artifice. And it's the really good art that inspires emotional response in a listener/viewer/reader who would otherwise not be feeling such emotion, right?
Encoding error in this song right before the xylophone solo... Unless Bill G is becoming a mixmaster!
a real nasty sort of "glorp" sound. sounds like what i'd imagine a microphone being dropped into an aquarium might sound like (if water didn't have that nasty tendency to short out electronics).
If I were a computer program I'm sure I'd be perfect at that. But...
Beats the time I once heard Darren DeVivo (I think) on WFUV playing 3 or 4 different covers of the same song in a row.
I don't care if it's the coolest song ever. That really beats it to death.
And two different covers of the same song spread out between several hours is still infinitely more tolerable than hearing the same exact song several times in the same day as heard on most corporate radio stations did when I still listened to that trash.
When this was new (and I was much younger) I thought the Moody Blues were great. Now I can barely stand them. I don't know if it's the music or if it's because it reminds me of a time I'd rather not think about. Music has a way of bringing the past back all too clearly. Sometimes that's great, sometimes not so much.
That really IS pretty depressing - it's a wonder more newborns don't commit suicide. So, tell your son that "as soon as you're born, you start the biggest adventure you'll ever have!" There's always a way to turn a negative into a positive.
So you might as well have a good time. That's the whole point.
She does use the vocoder (or whatever voice-enhancing device it is) a lot, probably too much, but I like her stuff anyway.
In the same way the Beatles used the guitars too much?
There's a world of difference between writing a good electronic track and autotuning a horrible rap song. Don't fall into the trap of hating everything that sounds remotely digital just because the bulk of what is on the radio is rubbish.
Flaming Lips - since 1983 Jane's Addiction - since 1985
I think you should be accusing Perry of sounding like Wayne...
Can't someone just comment that two things sound similar without accusing one of taking something from the other?
Personally, I don't hear this as sounding all that similar to Perry Farrell's vocals at all. There is a vaguely similar vocal reverb effect, but adding effects to vocals wasn't invented by either of these bands. *shrug* Maybe I'm just not thinking of the right JA song.
Love the classics. Just wondering - does this appeal to 20s and 30s as much as to someone in my age range (over 60!)? People could actually sing in those days!
I'm 33 and I've enjoyed the sounds of big band jazz and swing since my early 20s. I don't think most of my peers really go for that sort of thing, but that's their loss.
A Pedant writes: you may have Nohtre Daym university in the States, but when you're talking about the cathedral in France it's pronounced Notre Darm. Sorry, that sort of thing bugs me. A bit like the district of Theydon Bois in East London, which the Lahndahners insist on pronouncing Thaydon Boyce. Yeesh!
Darm?? Where's the R come from? Should be Dahm, shouldn't it?
If alt-country (or whatever you want to call it) isn't your bag, just don't comment. RP is for everyone. Connor Oberst is one of the best new voices in music so get used to him or find a genre-specific station to do your listening.
I love me some alt-country, but I hate Oberst's voice. It's almost like nails on a chalkboard for me.
I'm not one to play stereotypes, but there is a Jamacan flag on the album.. with a Jamacan dude on the front... and the album title has the word 'dread' in it... not to mention it just plain sounds like a raggae song and not a ska song.
At the risk of being pedantic, you do know what ska is, right? He's not talking about ska punk.
This album includes tracks redone as reggae, ska, and dub. And this track is most definitely in the vein of ska.
Bill just explained in a lengthy announcement about the "Herzsprung-Russel diagram" and that G2 was a totally ordinary bog-standard boring star. I didn't hear it all and I only ever read the comments to see what he was on about. I can't be 100% sure, but it seems that Cruithne3753 made his rather negative, but very original, comment first, which Bill then used to announce the song (after googling what the ~!@#$% it meant). Verry classy, the pair of you.
Was it negative or merely an observation? Our yellow sun is indeed a G2V.
Love this song - reminds me of Blondie, Heart of Glass
I'd agree, but I need to hear them back to back - I haven't heard the original version of Heart of Glass in much too long to know if they're as similar as I wanna think or if it's just similar enough to trigger a few dusty neurons!
And yet you like Cake songs. So you're not completely without a taste for post-punk college rock. Personally, I think the Femmes rock your socks right the F off, and they're every bit as fun and flippant as Cake.
I didn't like this particular song the first time I heard it, but it's really frackin catchy, even if the bass line sounds a bit too similar to the main riff from Blister In the Sun.
Um, and what's naan and a curry? (See? I TOLD you my food choices are limited!)
Naan is the bread cooked in a tandori stove, and is a mainstay of Indian food. Curry is a generic term for a blend of spices or a dish made with them. My favorite is mattar paneer masala which is a handmade cheese in a spicy tomato based curry with green peas! Now I'm drooling...
I wish we had an Indian restaurant in the little town where I work, but I'm glad we have a few in the city. where I live!
interesting how RP will play ersatz blues sampling by Moby and plodding Stevie Ray Vaughn ad nauseum yet ya never hear the likes of Johnny Winter out here nor do you ever hear any Elmore James etc...
RP rules but not when it comes to blues
Johnny Winters plays guitar on this song and this song. But yeah, we could prolly use some of his own work in the playlist.
I've never liked the idea of "if you like this you'll like that" - musical tastes are generally not that consistent. Personally, this lot remind me a bit of Hooverphonic (defined by some as 'trip-hop' though I've no idea wtf that is) but I wouldn't say that if you liked this you'd like Hooverphonics.
This is a fine example of the sub-genre of electronic music referred to as Downtempo. It's closely related to trip-hop, so despite not knowing wtf it is, you've shown that you recognize some elements of it! :)
Meh, they were both out of fresh ideas by this point. The Wall was their last good album (and frankly, as whole, I find it a bit overrated). I mean have you ever listened to The Final Cut? It's really, really awful. At least I can listen to a couple of songs from Momentary Lapse of Reason or Division Bell without repressing an urge to inducing vomiting.
Not to put too fine a point on it, but I don't hear these objections when the Caesars' "Jerk It Out" or Feist's "1-2-3-4" adorned iPod commercials. Arguably, it was the commercial exposure that made the Caesars' Paper Tigers a huge hit.
But I think anyone who bitches about musicians "selling out" when their work is used in an ad doesn't understand the first thing about how hard it is to make ends meet as an artist. Personally, I don't care if the song is about the virtues of Veganism and they're using it in a McDonald's commercial. Some folks may have the luxury to pick and choose their jobs, but most of us still have to pay our bills, buy groceries, pay for our own health care, etc. I know our studio is more concerned about a client's check clearing than about their politics.
Maybe if he sang it with a little emotion and feeling it would come to life but he is just phoning it in... Kinda like they were just doing a rehearsal run through on the lyrics before doing the actual vocal overdub to the recording....
How stoned were the folks who tried this the first time? And how many movies did they play before they landed on the Wizard of Oz? A boggler, for sure.
I'm certain there's got to be a way to synch up Wall-E and Orbital's Middle Of Nowhere alum. If anyone has the Wall-E DVD and a QP of midgrade and could drop by this weekend...
just seen a shotting star - not a comet - what does it matter? it 's unique so , just like this song...
you can see a comet soon - around October 20, Comet Hartley 2 is going to be close, and then the next couple of days the Orionids Meteor Shower (AKA shooting stars) should be occurring. :)
Maybe Patty's pretty voice betrayed the lyrics of the song? She's singing about someone seeking revenge, seemingly for atrocities committed against his family in wartime. Her voice really doesn't convey the hate and malice of her words, it almost sounds more sad than angry.
to the guy whining about people liking music cuz he thinks they've been told it's cool: I get the impression you don't like music if you think too many people think it's cool.
I swear I thought it sounded just like the theme to "The Guild."
It is very similar. The Guild theme is a lot simpler tho, almost like someone tried to make a MIDI version of this song's intro. But it's different enough that I'd chalk it up to synchronicity.
I heard it dozens of times. The vocals of this song just aren't resonating with that odd little bit of me that loves every other Spoon tune they've ever crooned.
Gads, were any humans required to make this music?
The drum machine from hell...
When the synths begin to program themselves, be afraid.
But seriously, pay closer attention and you can tell what is sequenced and what is being played. I hear at least two elements (not including the vocals) that are not in "perfect" (mechanical) time.
a bleeding heart is a liberal, specifically one who speaks loudly about problems with the world and professes sympathy for those wronged (the rough-rough definition).
No it isn't. A bleeding-heart is anyone who is overly sympathetic to the problems of others. To equate that with the whole of liberalism is either a little bit ignorant or a lot disingenuous.
Me. I can blame them. This is the same logic that says rape victims were "asking for it".
There's a clear distinction between "asking for it" (which no one does) and "carelessly putting oneself in a very dangerous situation". That certainly does not excuse the behavior of criminals, but if you poke a hornets' nest with a stick, don't expect tons of sympathy when you get stung.
Once, there was this kid who Took a trip to Singapore and brought along his spray paint And when he finally came back He had cane marks all over his bottom He said that it was from when The warden whacked it so hard
Mmm mmm mmm mmm, mmm mmm mmm mmm
Ahh
Once there was this girl who Swore that one day she would be a figure skating champion And when she finally made it She saw some other girl who was better And so she hired some guy to Club her in the kneecap
They got paid for their sound bites And sold their TV movie rights
And then, there was this guy who Made his wife so mad one night that she cut off his weiner And when he finally came to He found that Mr. Happy was missing He couldn't quite explain it It'd always just been there
Mmm mmm mmm mmm, mmm mmm mmm mmm Mmm mmm mmm mmm, mmm mmm mmm mmm I love Weird Al
There are plenty of modern musicians who can "play in almost any style"; they're just harder to find and perhaps discouraged from "not being consistent". I imagine that the industry could be a culprit.
The audiences are as much to blame as the industry. If the consumers were not content to hear mass-produced pablum on repeat on a corporate radio format - if we'd support local and/or independent radio - if we'd support local artists - well, you know I'm preaching to the choir typing this here, but RP listeners really aren't indicative of your average music consumer, and if you doubt that, click here.
I'd rate Plastic Beach as their best... a truly stunning album, and when I say album, I mean it in the "album" sense. It is a progression from beginning to end. No good played on shuffle or skipped tracks. It's art throughout. Well done boys!
Really? I can't get behind the first several tracks on Plastic Beach. Love the rest tho.
My favorite is still the original album. But I'm a huge fan of both Del tha Funkee Homosapien and Dan the Automator, and also the album feels more cohesive to me - like I'm listening to an actual band instead of Damon Alburn and his ever-rotating roster of guest vocalists.
Sounds like the same guitar sound I remember hearing on Raising Sand, but Band of Joy has a different lineup... I wonder if T-Bone produced this one too?
Who cares about lyrics??? It's the sound, the FEEL that counts.
If that were true then every song would have the lyrics:
La la la la la la la la la la la La la la la la la la la la la la La la la la la la la la la la la La la la la la la la la la la la La la la la la la la la la la la La la la la la la la la la la la La la la la la la la la la la la
(Chorus) La la la la la la la la la la la La la la la la la la la la la la La la la la la la la la la la la
La la la la la la la la la la la La la la la la la la la la la la La la la la la la la la la la la La la la la la la la la la la la La la la la la la la la la la la La la la la la la la la la la la La la la la la la la la la la la
(Repeat chorus) La la la la la la la la la la la La la la la la la la la la la la La la la la la la la la la la la La la la la la la la la la la la La la la la la la la la la la la La la la la la la la la la la la La la la la la la la la la la la
Other recommendations... I'm sure you're familiar with Bjork. Maybe Dido is a match. Certainly Everything But the Girl - I probably should have thrown them out there first! If ya liked Imogen Heap, be sure to check out Frou Frou. Portishead has a similarly lush female vocalist, but the music is more hip-hop influenced than electronic. Most of Massive Attack and Morcheeba, but again, as much hiphop as electronic influence there. Bitter:sweet should fit the bill. A lot of Zero 7 - yeah, there's a mixtape in that I'm sure!
We love broad generalizations. I'm down with this version too. It strips it down to its essence and shows that it's a wonderful song even without fancy synth lines and shoo-bop shoo-bops...
Amusingly, both this and the Iron and Wine version were released at the same time, with I&W being the B side of the Postal Service single. So which is the cover?
Frankly, I would rather RP not play so many covers. I think the only exceptions should be covers of obscure songs or radical departures from the originals.
Why are people even talking about american idol? Clearly it is a show for musical inbreds and halfwits to watch half baked acts recycle past hits many of which stunk in the first place. I would consider acts that would get through the first round to be the ones with a problem i.e. a lack of any sort of individuality or creativity.
Then I guess I shouldn't feel I've missed anything by never watching a second of it. :)
If this tune were written these days, I wonder if it would start off with clocks ticking and bonging in order to represent time? Most clocks these days seem to be digital, with very few mechanical ones, and of those even fewer are ticking wind-up efforts. Not only does time fly, but the representation of time mutates quickly. Personally, I've always loved those massive grandfather clocks with their restful ticking and bongs that reverberate through the house like the crack of doom :o)
Last weekend my uncle tried to tell me Money For Nothing was Dire Straits' only good song.
I tired to tell him it's not even their best song! If only I'd had RP at my disposal (no internet up there), I could have just shown him this tidy list of awesome DS songs!
i hate how the beginning of this song keeps making me think of a trainspotting soundtrack song and then it turns out to be this. always a disappointment. i think this song is okay.. for some reason i rated it an 8 two days ago, but it just tricked me again so i'm annoyed with it.
what is the trainspotting song that the intro of this is ripping off completely?
(EDIT) — oh nevermind i just found it... its 'Sing' by Blur...so superior. bill should play this sometimes.
Ah that's a brilliant song! Play Blur's Sing, then jsut for kicks, follow it with Sing by The Dresden Dolls. :)
Perfect example of early Tori, but these days if we want to listen to a Kate Bush derivative we have the much more creative Joanna Newsom.
"Well, when I was about seventeen, I was playing clubs and people would come up to me and say, 'You sound like Kate Bush.' And at the time: seventeen, that was ... thirteen years ago, and I would say, 'I don't, I don't know that, but I've heard of her.' So eventually, of course, I got her record, and I didn't really think I sounded like her. But maybe there're moments—there're moments — who knows what my great-great-great-great-grandfather was doing back there, you don't know where the genes go. I, I do admit that there are moments of 'God, that's uncanny.' I mean, I guess if somebody was going to do, like, you know, 'Is it live or is it Memorex?', we could probably do each other and nobody would know, unless you really have a good ear. But, um, she smokes a little more weed than I do, so I'd have to catch up. Just a little more. — Tori; CFNY Radio Toronto, Oct 12, 1995
so "every waking hour, choosing my confessions" is also a southern expression?
I don't know, but maybe he is playing with the ambivalent meaning of that expression "loosing my religion"? Danimal174 wrote:
It's funny that the title of this song caused so much controversy, because it's not about religion at all. "Losing your religion" is a southern expression about losing your temper and doing or saying things that are "un-Christian".
That part is a play on words. This song is about not having the nerve to confess a love for someone. Losing his "religion" or temper over the frustration of it all.
But one need only look to the video to see they're playing with a more literal interpretation of some of the lyrics.
from wiki: "Starting at a meal among Roy Orbison, George Harrison and Jeff Lynne, the group came together at Bob Dylan's home studio in Malibu, California, to record an additional track as a B-side for the single release of Harrison's "This Is Love". Tom Petty's involvement came by chance as Harrison had left his guitar at Petty's house."
He steals a lot of it. I think the guitar here is sampled from the Isley Brothers.
He's a rip-off artist with extra emphasis on "artist". So rarely is the whole greater than the sum of its parts, but with Beck its actually rare when it is not!
That or he just works with really, really good producers.
Either way, his whole catalog of work is just great!
She doesn't write all her own material and is a bit of a poseur.
She has songwriting credits on every track on Hello and all but two tracks on Haunted (one of which is a remix of a song she did write) so I'm not really sure why you said that.
The begining of this sounds a bit like Moby's 'Southside'...or not.
It's swell.
While Moby certainly deserves credit for bringing electronica to a much wider audience, he can't hold a candle to William Orbit in terms of quality music production.
Um, Stub30 is male. Hannio, you should really do a little research before you post a comment that refers to gender. (I learned the hard way.) Although, it's true that a person is only as old as he/she feels, so I get the spirit of your comment. *g*
Um, I don't think you quite do. Assume for a second Hannio was well aware Stub30 is male. Think about the comment some more with this assumption in mind. If you're still at a loss, imagine him saying it in an impersonation of Groucho Marx or W.C. Fields.
I'm fairly certain you aren't so dense as to not be perfectly aware that he isn't telling us what to do inasmuch as he's calling us on the childish bickering (I say "us" as I'm also fairly certain I'm guilty of responding to your Radiohead trolling in the comments on another of their songs if not this one).
Listener supported (no mandatory subscription) RadioIo Eclectic http://radioio.com/genres/Eclectic-Specialty Many other specific genres here as well Creamy Radio http://thecreamygoodness.com/ Soma FM http://somafm.com/ (a little more specific in their category stations, but a nice selection of streams)
Many others, I'm sure
All nice efforts, but if you appreciate the lost art of building sets you're in the best spot on the planet.
They have ads on their web platform, but on my iPhone and on other mobile devices Pandora apps run ad free. Of course on Pandora Bill's job is done by HAL from 2001.
I'm sorry Dave, but I'm afraid I can't let you listen to that.
And here I always thought they had. Personality that is.
This song is shy, but friendly. It likes walks on the beach, puppies, and saltwater taffy. It can be irritable in the mornings, but is usually fun to be around. Some say it's pretentious, but really it's just very introspective.
I just watched a fantastic movie called "Moon", which is directed by David Bowie's son. I can't help but feel that this song somehow influenced the director. Or maybe Starman. Or Space Oddity.
Anyway, great movie, great song.
Directed and written by him. And it is an amazing film if you at all like classic sci-fi (Heinlein, Bradbury, etc)!
But there's somebody else that needs taking care of in Washington. Who's that? Rose Pilchitt. Rose Pilchitt? Who's that? 36-24-36. Does that answer your question?
Some of it now, like Atom Heart Mother, strikes me as absolute crap, but I no longer want or have to play stuff I don't enjoy.
- David Gilmour - November 1994 LOL I kinda liked it then and now just thought those were interesting quotes and it was a Gilmour song from what I understand
I'm guessing it's cuz he was still being pressured to play (and write) like Syd Barrett at this point. I think he's done a remarkable job of impersonating Barrett on this track. But Gilmour certainly has a very distinct and impressive guitar sound, so I can see why music from his early involvement with the band would not be his favorite.
I know that the argument between the Old Tom Waits fans and the New Tom Waits fans is something like a Ford v Chevy, Mac v PC kinda thing, so I'll skip that.
Pronounced “KONGOS” – KONGOS is spelled like this:
“K” for Cool, ”O” for Awesome, ”N” for Knowledge, ”G” for Jenius, ”O” for Artistic, ”S” for speling
There’s no “The” in KONGOS.
There is however a “the” in “THEre.”
It’s not KONGO’s, it’s not Congos, congas, kongus, kongas, or Jeff.
No relation to Cheick Kongo, the conga drum, the Kongo people of Africa, Kongos Norman, Kongos pizza, Kongos Club in Oklahoma, twitter.com/kongos, Kat Kongos, Lasse Kongos, the japanese class of battleship or Kevin Bacon.
what's the obsession with coldplay on this station? they are middle of the road and mediocre. the singer's voice is also offkey
I certainly don't love Coldplay, but they write very catchy pop ditties. They're strongly reminiscent of U2, which is another band Bill plays a lot. So, yeah... I'd say they're at least notch above mediocre, even if they aren't really to my taste.
If I were to rank every Pearl Jam song I'd ever heard in order of preference, this one would come very near the bottom. Not a bad song, as such, but to me it feels more like an Eddie + some session musicians track than a Pearl Jam track.
it says much more about the limited perspective of the listener if he/she cannot appreciate (or claims this is the case) the merits of one piece because the previous piece was longer than he/she desired
If you don't like something, complaining about excessive duration is completely legitimate, and nothing to do with a deficit of attention. I enjoy the multi-song sequences and long songs Bill picks out, but if he were to for some inexplicable reason, play a whole Eminim CD, and through equally inexplicable circumstance you were still listening, you don't think your aural palate would be a bit soured?
ya can just watch out fer the Traffic...beep beep.. there is also a babe version,,,just Cant find it at the moment...but Y the wtw der U got a CD out we should LISTEN TO??????
But I'm wasted and I can't find the Preview button...
sure, I know you just trying to be funny and ironic, and about it, that's right .....everywhere have a court-jester.... but accept advice, do not follow this road, because going on the road with no entry. And, btw, about the translator .... that's not what you need, but a good dictionary of American-English language, is very different. and, do not worry, I also have a sense of humor, and I have no pretensions to anything....or maybe yes.
Calypsus, never let anyone tell you that your command of Engrish is anything less than magnificent!
It's simple: Since some folks hate it so much, find a better place than the Godawful U.S. and go there (as jpziller has apparently done). We won't stop you. Take the parasitic Neil Young with you, too.
Funfact #713: when the forefathers of America did not like the actions of their government, they moved to Canada.
Never look behind the curtain.
Ignorance is Strength.
We've always been the good guys and we always will.
Dude, comparing anyone to Pink Floyd is pointless. I agree. I absolutely love Floyd. Radiohead shouldn't have to be compared to them. They should be compared to the bands of their era the same as Floyd is to theirs..
It's not pointless in general, but in the case of Radiohead, it is.
You want to make a relevant point, compare them to Joy Division. Compare Thom Yorke to Tim Buckley. Johnny Greenwood to Miles Davis (not as much a stretch as you might think).
But PF and RH are like apples and oranges (and I happen to enjoy both for different reasons).
Read the article, not just the status. Hendrix DID open for the Monkees. He just wasn't dropped for the reason the false rumor stated. Very cool bit of story there, and some great quotes!
Had to check who this was as I thought it might be a Petty tune I had not heard. Rest of their material like this?
No, the rest of their material is very different, in my opinion. Camper Von Beethoven, an older band which shares several members with Cracker, sounds more like this.
After a bit of though, I don't think the song is literally about a sex-doll. I think that's just a metaphor for a disposable relationship.
Could be wrong though.
And for the "Auto Tune" naysayers, you're having a knee-jerk reaction to a sound effect to which you've recently been overexposed in pop music. Unless you've already decided to disregard "electronic" music as a whole, I think you should listen a bit closer to how it's used here, as opposed to how it's used in the hip-pop (not a typo) songs.
Still, I'll add my little can of gasoline to the fire and say that post OK-Computer is the real thing for me. Now, I can actually see where the haters come from but those who candidly admit liking Bends-era Readiohead and nothing beyond??? *scratchs head* Surely there's other bands who do that sort of thing better?! As per the claims of Radiohead going "off the wall once they got famous", pfffttt, I'm running out of time here.
Bends is something you can put on and enjoy the first time you hear it. Everything after that took something of an acquired taste, but once it burrows its way into your brain, zOMG, it's amazing!
The only Radiohead album I don't care for is Amnesiac. It's prolly about time to dust it off and give it another spin, but that one has never grown on me.
I'm not comparing the MUSIC to Aimee Mann: please compare album covers
Seriously? OK, they both have black wiry structures in them. They both use cyan, white, and black. They both feature night skies.
Now the differences. Aimee Mann's also uses the color GREEN. In Anna's album art the black wiry structures are television antennas, while Aimee's are electric line towers. Anna's has a photo of herself holding hands with what appears to be A MONKEY WEARING PEOPLE CLOTHES. There is NO MONKEY in Aimee's album cover.
And she's kinda brilliant, even though her watery pop hits don't always show it. Check out Pavlov's Daughter off her first album 11:11. You might not like it, but if you're one of us weirdos who does, then I'm sure you'll really, really like it. :)
it's ain't just the lyrics... Becksy owes the Buttholes some money
Except this came out in '90 and Electriclarryland (the album Pepper is on) came out in '96... unless there's some older BS song that this sounds remarkably like? Anyway, BS weren't on a major before '91, so if Beck ripped them off, he certainly did pick an obscure band to rip off.
If you never cared for video games (or are one of the deviants who rated this less than an 8) skip it. If you grew up with an Atari or Nintendo click it. I think it's brilliantly done!
fun and energetic - love the drums and the keys! the voice is a little off-putting, but it seems to be getting more likable with repeated listening... 6 -> 7
I was amazed when I saw this great ska song and had to have a look to see what my transatlantic cousins would make of it, because it is so NOT American, and I didn't think most of you would get it. I was right - you didn't disappoint me
I recently read an article that mentioned an actual term for plausible misinterpretations of song lyrics. Does anyone know what that term is? I'll try to find the article....
It also said the Japanese have a word that refers to when lyrics in another language sound like something (totally unrelated) in Japanese. There was a very funny example of that!
Mondegreens - http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Mondegreen The article has your Japanese word in it too.
I just can't get past the screaming going out of tune during portions of this song. It sounds like Chris Cornell heard the way this guy yells during a song, and learned how to do it on key to improve upon it for Soundgarden.
The guy you're replying to never used the words "Putrid Butt-Mud." It was the person to whom he was replying that said that. Jamunca's only critique was the suggestion that this song might be "so bad for the ears". Which really was hilarious if you're at familiar with the posting habits of the person to whom he was replying (regardless of whether you enjoyed this song)! dswpro wrote:
I thought "take a sip of STFU" was right on par with "Putrid Butt-Mud". Perhaps I was strong, but I was offended by your remarks. Words carry weight far beyond ourselves. You are absolutely entitled to your opinion. I wish you had simply posted that you would rather RP play something else. Crushing someones work with words like "Putrid" has real effects. I don't like everything PG writes, but I want him to keep writing. I vote with my music purchases as much as with my ballot on election day. I fear that others will read your words, and not even give PG's latest work a listen. Peter feeds his family with his music, and I want him and his to be happy. I also want you to be happy, so I will take back everything I said about you while I was ranting. I too, love RP, and also hope to listen to it for a long time. I can't stand regular radio anymore. We are truly spoiled here. Jamunca wrote:
I'm way past tired of the "if you don't like it, STFU or change the station" crowd. For starters, I'm not turning off RP. I love RP. I'll always love RP no matter what our esteemed DJ plays. But more importantly, whatever happened to art being subjective? Folks of your ilk take it upon themselves to lash out at any criticism, particularly when said criticism strikes close to home. I'm glad you like Peter Gabriel. But believe it or not, not everyone else does. I'm not sure why I have to explain this to you, assuming you've already put in the 20 or 30 years of living, as you're telling us to do. It's pretty much common sense, even for us who haven't had kids, lost friends or struggled that "Yes, Virginia" it's ok to have different opinions and different tastes. Hell, just look at the comments on here for any of the new Basement Jaxx stuff.
But the moment you come out and essentially say "you're retarded if you don't appreciate what I aprpeciate..." well, that just won't sit well with me or anyone else who's come to grips with dealing with opposing voices. I would suggest you learn to allow those of us who don't like Peter Gabriel to be able to say so without fear of your heavy-handed response. It would look much better on you.
For anyone who was still wondering about that little joke Bill made a couple months ago, this was the opening theme for the first three seasons of Big Love.
"Despite radio play and much hype, it only reached number 30 in the UK singles chart. However, it was a hit throughout Europe (#15 in France, #16 in Ireland) and nearly broke the Stranglers in America due to radio play. Dreamtime was the only Stranglers album to chart in the USA and did so due to the success of "Always the Sun.""
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Always_the_Sun
I remember hearing this song on the radio quite a bit. According to this one site (that I won't link due to the horrendous pop-ups) it reached #30 and was on the top40 chart for 5 weeks.
Actually it is Imogen Heap... she absolutely rocks!
Lookin at the release dates, this would have been before she was very commercially successful.
from Jeff Beck's website: Beck returns to his roots with "Rollin' and Tumblin'," a swampy blues gem that has inspired previous interpretations by Muddy Waters, Cream and Canned Heat. "Rollin' and Tumblin' is something which has been lurking in my cupboard for 25 years," Beck says. "I've wanted to do a hot-rod version of that, but the drummers were never right and the singers weren't there." Beck found his ideal vocalist in Imogen Heap, a young Londoner whose scorching take on the tune was recorded in one pass.
Canned in just one take! I wonder how he found her? Just some gal
Those would be my suggestions. Or you could run down the street screaming "DO YOU HAVE FLORENCE AND THE MACHINE?" at people until you find someone who can help you. Whatever works for ya.
Love this song. Made me look up Prince's amazing amazing guitar solo performing this. After he finishes and walks off stage, you can see he knows he nailed it by the strut.
Different performance. That was George's induction to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. This performance was from George's memorial concert a couple years prior.
G-ho, that's not true or you'd hear more Black Sabbath, Beyonce, Lynard Skynard, punk, classical, and jazz. RP skews heavy toward Nico Case, The Talking Heads, Wilco, The Dead, folk, and hillbilly music. It's basically an oldies station with a folk influence with the occasional Billy Holiday and William Tell Overture thrown in to be able to say they're 'eclectic'.
You must have a really odd definition of "oldies station".
Of the following artists, who are all in fairly heavy rotation here and were all played in the past 12 hours, which would you call "oldies", "folk", "jazz" (Holliday), or "classical" (William Tell):
Fear not. The segues do change. A good one may last several years, others last a couple of months.
I've also noticed that live DJing tends to occur more often around 9A-3P PST/PDT weekdays and on musically thematic holidays. I'm probably not totally on the mark there, but I think I'm fairly close.
Now everybody sing: Istanbul I'm sure now Istanbul I don't buy, I own I saw a lady falling I'm sure now Istanbul I don't buy, I own The sun is shining, Marvin Marvin. :D/
i'm pretty sure some of that's not actually english, but both lyrics sites i looked at had that!
"Bobby Womack knew nothing about Gorillaz and was initially unsure about the collaboration, however, his daughter liked the Gorillaz and convinced him to do it.<4> Womack was told to sing whatever was on his mind during the recording of "Stylo". "I was in there for an hour going crazy about love and politics, getting it off my chest", said Womack.<5> After an hour of recording, Womack, a diabetic, started to pass out. He was sat down and given a banana, before waking up minutes later.<5>"
Can someone tell me what "Mudcrutch" means? Or is it just a fiction name? Thank you!
It was the name of their band in the early 70s, before Petty and the Heartbreakers got really famous. So if it's slang for anything, it's from before my time. *shrug*
True. These guys are a pretty obscure band so far as I know.
I had no idea. I just assumed that the last two people I told about PT were out of the loop! So when they play in Dallas this April, it might be a smallish show? That would be even better!
This sounds more than a little sketchy. This user "predatoor" registered with RP on the same day he posted this link. The link goes to a file with an .rar extension, whatever that is. Does anyone know anything about this? If not, I'd stay away from it.
RAR is an old compression format. In and of itself, a RAR file is not dangerous. But a RAR file can contain anything: viruses, worms, wide-angle pictures of dogs in funny hats, you just don't know!
This particular RAR file appears to contain MP3s of the CD single of Mooncake's Cast the Route, but I'm deleting it without playing it, so I'll never know for sure!
is Poe a permanent addition to this band? All the songs I have heard on RP feature her. I like it.
I think its more of a studio project than a band, so to answer your question: Not really.
Poe is the vocalist on several songs on both Conjure One albums. And I'd wager she'll be on their third whenever it gets made.
But as for the selection of their tracks on RP, it does seem like most of Bill's picks are the Poe tracks, but he sometimes plays a really nice track called Tears From the Moon which features vocals by Sinead O'Connor.
I like how they have evoked no less than 10 different and diverse artists (not including the clearly tongue in cheek comparisons).
That's not derivative, that's evolutionary. Unless you wanna make the case that all music is derivative of the first protohumans bangin on rocks and blowing on reeds while howling at the moon or the sun, in which case, rave on!
Hrm, so they contributed to the Ghost In The Shell Soundtrack (One Minute Warning)... now I really wanna hear that song! Thank goodness for youtube! :) here's a proper Wikipedia link, BTW
I much prefer her older recordings where shes singing like a trumpet to this pop standards fluff (for its time?), but I couldn't go lower than a 5 without feeling like a complete heel!
Why on earth did he write lyrics, then? Was someone blackmailing him into it? Was he just doing it for the paycheck? This is like a baseball player saying he doesn't like to throw a ball. It's supposed to be fun, for f*ck's sake! I've always thought that the title of this song promised something much more interesting than the song actually delivered. Now I know why. And this isn't the only New Order song I detest. Note to other bands: Please do not waste my time singing songs that you don't even enjoy yourselves.
It's silly to reply to a years old comment like this one, but it's not like writing lyrics was the only thing he did, or that he didn't enjoy singing even if writing the lyrics was a chore. It's the reason why he's remembered as a vocalist and not necessarily a poet (although there's room for debate there).
For a lot of musicians, their songs start out as a melody, often made up of nonsense words, and they then have to go back and find words to fit their song. If you cannot appreciate the merits of the melodic component of a truly good song that suffers from suboptimal lyrics, you've just thrown out most of pop music and a LOT of good tunes.
The person who got this song into that ad gets the award previously presented to the person who got "Lust for Life" into a commercial for a family cruise ship... Or maybe it reveals something darker about Macys... something to do with all the Manequins...
Or the person who got Goldfrapp's Strict Machine (a song about behavior modification via stimulating a rats pleasure center - from the rat's perspective - when they push a button) into Gameboy and mobile phone commercials!
I see it as more of an ad agency dirty trick than a ad agency failure. I love it.
For about 2 seconds I thought it was Tori Amos, but it is DEF not her. Vienna Teng is more original of course.
Really? I find this song very derivative of Amos' work. Teng pulls it off, and puts her own touch on it. But they're both treading familiar ground, IMO.
maybe I just like harmony, but this song is very entertaining to me. . .like a happy jingle. I predice it'll be used in a commercial, if it hasn't been already.
It was on an episode of How I Met Your Mother early last month, if that counts for anything.
That link has a thorough breakdown of who all has contributed. I think you could go so far as to say Junior Dan and Simon Tong are regular contributors.
What the f**k is it about Radiohead fans and their superiority complex? I mean, "Walk upright"? You're kidding, right?
What the f**k is it about you and your denigrating comments? You started in with the whole "a cat could play it" nonsense. When you put out insulting hyperbole, you really shouldn't be surprised when you get insulting hyperbole in return.
I was listening to this song when I rolled my truck. After I climbed out, I had to reach back inside and turn the ignition off.
I still like it.
You rolled your truck and were fine enough to reach in and turn the ignition off... I have to ask, was the line "Guess I'm pretty lucky" playing at the time?
I flipped my car (dodging some jerk who apparently thought he was too cool for brake lights) while listening to the beginning of Beck's Loser. So now when I'm driving and I hear that opening slide guitar loop, I get a little nervy!
This album rocked my world when I was in High School, but this is probably the only song off of it that has held up for me despite the years. Recognized it from the opening noise.
I would think any Tori Amos fan who liked this song might be interested. Thus this is an ideal place for those quotes from the artist about the song's lyrics.
Whether you or I care? Hardly relevant.
But congratulations on a passable display of internet asshattery. I hear it's even a marketable job skill these days!
He played this one at Riverfest in Little Rock last year. It'd been tryin' to rain all night, and strangely after he finished that song it stopped misting.
If there weren't so many cute-girlie-tiny-petite-speaksingy-soft-whispery-precious-baby women singer-songwriters out there nowadays, I might not be so sick of this sound.
If there weren't so many X out there nowadays, I might not be so sick of this sound. Where X = anything that's not completely unique.
I'm really bothered by the line "like a bird in a cage I broke in and demanded that somebody free it" on at least 3 different levels.
On the first level is the mental imagery. I picture some git going from PetCo to Petsmart to wherever, popping in and yelling at everyone with impotent rage then leaving in a huff.
Secondly, with that awkward placement of the simile does he mean to say that birds in cages break in and demand to be freed? Of course not!
Finally I enjoy the meter of the line, which makes it woese since I can't get past the other bits. :(
A couple of months ago, I was very excited to see her perform a solo show in a venue of less than 500 people in San Francisco. Very quickly, it became apparent that we were in for a disappointment. There was no support band or other performers, just 100% Beth, so when she didn't take the stage for 30 -45 minutes, the audience just got to wait. Then she began the show. By the end of the 3rd song, she started screwing up — she could not remember how her music went! She fumbled and fumbled for minutes on end before figuring it out amidst profuse apologies. Then she made it through the next song, only to get hung up on the next 3 songs, fumbling and apologizing like before. After the show mercifully ended, the clock had elapsed 35 minutes; another 10 minutes of audience persuasion got her to come out for 1 more song that truly ended the show. Total time from Beth Orton's entrance to her final departure: 58 minutes! She appeared to suffer not from inebriation, but from stage fright or lack of preparation. I expected much more for my $45 ticket.
I sincerely doubt it was stage fright or lack of preparation. She's been in the biz much to long for such amateurism.
Beth Orton suffers from Crohn's disease and was probably having a bad day. Maybe she should have cancelled, but ya know "the show must go on" and "keep a stiff upper lip" and all that rot....
it's actually a pretty good song, the Paul Simon one I mean, not this one. i don't especially care for this. if it weren't for having the same cadence in the verses as that Simon song it would have simply been parsed as inoffensive background noise. i don't normally bother to rate my 3's and 4's but this one leapt out and demanded it!
also think it's a triangle. the other one is a cowbell
i'm sure they're both synths. the deeper one might even be the same track instrument pitched down several octaves since it plays as the rhythm notes to the triangle fills.
sorry if that doesn't make any sense, i'm a total noob at production mixing. :P
this and Hyperballad are my favorite Björk songs... tho any given day I'm liable to hear something else by her and say "no wait, this one is my favorite"
Thanks explains a lot of things. Thanks vandal. Now fred and I can relax and go back to our mutually felt and deeply entrenched dislike of hip-hop and rap.
Cheeba? I always thought it was short for weed, err Mary Jane, err marijuana.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alternative_hip_hop
check out some of the artists mentioned in that article.
top 40 commercial hip hop sucks worse than top 40 commercial rock.
Interesting article on these guys in current SPIN mag. I never knew this but one time they released an album that had four CD's, and you had to play them all simultaneously on four different CD players. Now that is saying "FU" to your record label, gotta love it.
Zaireeka is that album.
You need at least four ____(plural noun)____ and ____(a place)____ to enjoy it properly.*
plural noun suggestions: 1. boomboxes 2. cars with loud stereos 3. club soundsystems
place suggestion: 1. a deserted level of a parking deck 2. an open field in the middle of nowhere 3. an empty warehouse
I almost feel like a heel bringing the average down with a 7 rating, but honestly I don't know whether its overexposure since it was the first Floyd album I ever bought (and played over and over and over), but I just don't feel like anything off The Wall comes close to the best stretches (hard to judge by a single song ya know) on Dark Side of the Moon or Wish You Were Here.
I've noticed too that a lot of the RP listeners (or at least those feel the necessity to post their gripes) don't think very highly of reggae. In much of the US there was not as much connection with Jamaican culture and music as the UK has had for many years. I always enjoyed reggae and ska, (as well as "dub") but I grew up in NY, where there is a sizable Jamaican-born population. Then again, maybe that's not the reason at all. I wouldn't really consider this song a "reggae" tune, though it obviously has a mixture of exotic elements.
Dub all the way!!
Not so much this watered down raggae influenced pop... it's OK I guess.
The problems with ranking a song: You might hear something that moves you, but you're unsure if the song will hold up. So you give it a high ranking. Other songs are old that you've heard a million times. You like them, but why bother giving it a high score, especially if you're giving only high scores to music you'd like to buy. It's nice being able to find your 'want-to-buy' songs all in one place. Other songs are pure drivel (Paul Simon comes to mind). You give Paul and his ilk a low score because you really want Bill to stop playing this crap. So in the end, the rankings are meaningless, except to me, and other people who think Mr. Simon is this wonderful man who wrote the most meaningful music from, what, 30 years ago, and you're stuck in the seventies and there's no room for new artists because, you know, you really like Led Zeppelin and the Talking Heads and Yes and yours was the greatest generation and all with the best music. But isn't it nice that Bill plays William Tell Overture. We're so awesomely eclectic.
Unless you put a typo in your birthdate on your profile, Talking Heads was a bookend of our generation. Their first album came out in 77 and their last in 1991.
Zeppelin and Yes are from the previous decade.
Just sayin.
As far as the meanings of the ratings? They're utterly devoid of any objective meaning. It's just a fun little way to keep notes on what you like. Other uses, like using them as a shopping list? Great! Using them as a method of communication with the station programmer? Misguided, but sure, fine! Using them as a method to criticize other listeners? I guess, whatever, who cares!
It's cold, David, and I'm so alone. The undead surround me. Have you ever talked to a corpse? It's boring! I'm lonely! Kill yourself, David, before you kill others...Beware the moon, David.
I've said this before, and I'll say it again... say what you want about this woman's politics, her religious fervor, or her mental state, she has an incredible voice that I NEVER get sick of hearing.
This song may be Prince's, but Sinead makes it her own.
I can't even think of how the original sounds while this is playing!
New age and similar music totally for a massage studio with the ubiquitous mini-fountain from Target flowing? New Age doesnt have a real good rap perhaps because its nothing in particular. Muzak usually waters down what was a real song once. There isnt much to new age to water down. I see how this tune runs close to that style and why it is similarly loathed. This one doesnt bother me, but after a few more listens, it might.
I have a similar reaction to an Asian-influence Pandora station I'm working on. Seeded with Yoshida Brothers and trained from there. It gets a lot of these generic Eastern Meditation CD tracks in the mix, which I usually thumb down, but very occasionally there's a really good song on one of those things.
I suppose my point is that while there is a metric crapton of rubbish in the genre, there are also a few real gems.
Er, you have heard of 'metaphor' haven't you? Hmm? The "frog" referred to is 'frog' as in what princesses kiss to find a prince. Listen next time before launching into an auto-rant.
Auto-rant? I only said I prefer the lyrics of his other songs. Are you taking the piss?
And speaking of metaphor, the "kiss" is almost certainly a metaphor for "saving the rainforest". You're reading too much into a single line of the song at the expense of every other line of the song, which is an unambiguous lament about deforestation and the extinction of its native species. It's painfully clear.
The Killers had the closing spot on Saturday night, on the main stage. Paul McCartney had that spot on Friday night, and The Cure had it on Sunday. The Killers were definitely not in the same class with those acts.
I'd tend to agree, as I suspect this band is an late 00's flash-in-the-pan, but time will tell.
after another five years of hyperliterate rock-opera bombast and Colin Meloy whinging about scrimshaw, organza and, I dunno, vestibules, I'm kind of done. I don't begrudge them their reasonably successful move to a major, it's just that this stuff has a shelf life...
S'trewth!
The first time I listened to Picaresque I quite enjoyed it, but the more times I listened, the more songs I'd press skip, until one time I was listening and skipped most of the album! I don't think I've queued it up since.
Even with the smallish number of good songs on RP I did hear overplayed before I gave up on hit-radio, I consider the occasional plays here a nice reminder rather than an abuse of my ears. Knowing that I won't be hearing it again in a few hours, or even a few days, keeps me from cringing and allows me to simply enjoy it.
Guess what, Sparky —- his connections are working fine. This is a dirge.
I'm going with #2
It is an awesome dirge.
dirge
Pronunciation: ˈdərj
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English dirige, the Office of the Dead, from the first word of a Late Latin antiphon, from Latin, imperative of dirigere to direct — more at dress
Date: 13th century
1: a song or hymn of grief or lamentation; especially: one intended to accompany funeral or memorial rites 2: a slow, solemn, and mournful piece of music 3: something (as a poem) that has the qualities of a dirge
Oldy-moldy, and overplayed. There's lots of much better TP to listen to.
Nonsense, this album is some of Petty's finest, and this song was selected as a single from it because it was an anthem. If you've let ClearChannel ruin this song for you, well then I just feel bad for you. :(
You know, I totally support everyone having different tastes, likes & dislikes—that's what gives us such a wide variety of great music. But I'm sorry, anybody who can "hardly tell the difference" between SsP and PT should just give up and listen to talk radio. Or do a double van Gogh.
anybody who can "hardly tell the difference" between SsP and PT really isn't even trying.
Snagged it from a used bin way back when. Got if for the Fatboy mix, but I was pretty keen on the Oakie too. Couldn't say whether it was his best - I was never the biggest trance fan.
Namecalling belongs in a schoolyard or on Fox News, not on the RP listener comments pages.
Since I'm here, though: Radiohead are a bunch of fakes. Thom Yorke couldn't sing his way out of wet paper bag (although most paper bags would probably cave if he would just shut the f**k up), the musicianship is adequate at best, and they wouldn't know a good groove or melody if one jumped up and bit them on the ass. And this particular tune may be the worst thing they've inflicted on us since Creep.
Reread what you wrote. That wasn't criticism, it was name-calling.
One would expect someone who appreciates Waits, Byrne, Cash, Newman, and other unique voices to avoid the "can't sing" complaint.
Most have a love/hate thing going with Bruce same as with Dylan, Neil etc.. Personally I am not much of a fan but I suspect even his fans would say this is one of his weaker efforts.
Eh, it's good for what it is. If you like fists-pumping in the air, sing-along Springsteen, it's probably a perfect 10.
If Beth Orton sang lead vocal for Pink Floyd on Meddle, and whoever produces Delerium produced the album . . . yeah, you could get this. Not a bad combination, BTW.
Anybody putting Phil Selway on the same level as Gavin Harrison doesn't understand drumming, though.
I see three possibilities. You have a very narrow understanding of music, you've not heard enough of Selway's work to make a fair judgement, or you have a hero-worship fixation on Harrison.
The latter I find totally understandable. I personally think no drummer I've ever heard has even comes close to the work of Danny Carey. But if it's one of the other two, you need to experience more, because you're missing out. :)
I love the Raconteurs more than the White Stripes. Anyone else with me? Especially this song.
It is my belief that the White Stripes were pretty good for a garage band turned sensation, but the Raconteurs are pros. They're something of an indie "supergroup" right?
Okay, I don't play the keyboard so I can't speak to the level of expertise needed but this sounds like the simplist of rifts to me. Is it really that great? The song sounds sophomoric to me - not very musically interesting.
It sounds like a sequencer to me. And I spent about half the 90s listening to tracker music, so I certainly don't intend that as a pejorative comparison. Simple does not mean sophomoric. I guess if you loathe everything that's ever been called minimalist, then I can understand why you might say that. I wonder if I still have my Gravis somewhere...
I quite like this song - an '8' for me. We'll see about the whistling over time - didn't bother me this time (first listen). The rest of the song is insistent and driving in a sneaky kind of way - which I am partial, too. Actually, I like things that strike me as sinewy and driving whether they are 'sneaky' or not.
In that case you'll likely be whistling along during future listens - even before you've quite realized what's playing.
yeah sanctimoniousevnironmentalistanthemlyrics suck..... environmentalists suck...... why should we care anyway... the ozone is fine and wtf drill the friggin parks we need oil so we can go the the jersey shore every weekend....can't actually go in the water, but wft... sanctimoniousevironmentalist go home.
woah, i wasn't thinking about the frog's feelings when i said that!
Autotuned vocals, fluffy electronica synths, and the thinnest drum beats imaginable?!? This is terrible! post-edit: all you folks comparing this to Gibbard's work must be hearing something entirely different than what I do when I listen to DCFC or the Postal Service. To me that's like comparing chopped steak to prime rib.
I was going to make some purely disparaging remark, but then there was that lovely bit at the end that almost made up for the twaddle that preceded it.
Ironically, now that Paul Simon has opened my mind to these rhythms, I would way rather hear the originals than Graceland. (Thanks and also sorry, Paul :)
i wonder how many westerners would have any idea who these guys were without the Graceland album?
agree with your sentiment too. LBMs work seems a lot more timeless to me.
Sorry, I have to disagree with you there, for two reasons. (1) There are a lot of very cool tracks appearing in ads. Why should Bill limit his playlist, and our enjoyment, simply because some advertising art director also has good taste in music? (2) If you are so bothered by this, perhaps you're listening to or watching too much commerical media. I for one had never heard this track anywhere but RP. Perhaps getting a TiVo and skipping through commercials, would help you as it has me.
I'm pretty sure that the actual sample in this song is from a song called Ocean Beach by the Black Mighty Orchestra, which in turn sampled the original Henry Mancini orchestration.
Just like your comment. As it happens, the line is Dead angels speak to me sometimes..., and is likely to be that strange linguistic creature used so often by songwriters, but with which you're plainly unfamiliar, known as a metaphor. Look it up, kid.
An instrumental version would be nice. And now that I'm listening more carefully....duh!..... I think I am the one who missed the point. (Excuse me while I take a bathing towel and wipe the egg of my face.)
Click the "Affiliates" tab above, then click the RP Amazon referral link, then type "Teardrop Massive Attack" into the search bar. :)
The second result I got doing that looks like what you want.
I particularly like the rambling introduction he gives for Been Caught Stealing (which I noticed gets panned heavily here at RP when I clicked to see if any other tracks from this album were in the Library).
And I firmly agree with the previous posters who felt that the steelpans add liveliness beyond that of the original studio cut. Good times!
"9:22, Personal note: When I was a little kid my mother told me not to stare into the sun, so once when I was six, I did. At first the brightness was overwhelming, but I had seen that before. I kept looking, forcing myself not to blink, and then the brightness began to dissolve. My pupils shrunk to pinholes and everything came into focus and for a moment I understood."
There's not much to the hook of the chorus I'll give ya that, and the cheesy Prodigy-light synth is pretty disposable, but the melodies of the stanzas are both intricate and meticulously executed on the shamisen. I think there's a lot more to this duo than many of you credit. Much more talent than just some foreign instrument novelty act.
Quite - good point. All the stranger, then, that after righteously putting the boot into Catholicism she suddenly gets religion herself and becomes a nun. As they say in Yorkshire, "there's nowt as queer as folk"
hm... I did not know that. Fascinating (seriously). Cool song I think.
This song would not have gone over too well in my late 60's Catholic elementary school. I can almost picture a nun whacking David Byrne on the hand with a ruler right now...
Maybe not in elementary school, but I can see it sparking some interesting debate at a Seminary.
In the context of Eternity, how can any one thing happen?
My theory is that he does all the whistling because he "struggles" with lyrics (trying to be diplomatic). Don't get me wrong. I have this album and dig it _a lot_, with respect to the music. Quite amazing tunes, really. I listen to it often. I gave this song an 8.
But those are some questionable lyrics (as near as I can tell). I think "cryptic" doesn't do it justice. I mean seriously, there's a fine line between clever and....stupid. Same with his first album. I generally don't listen much to lyrics, but hearing "sociopaths" over and over (and over) prompted me to investigate and then ask myself "WTF?". Don't even get me started on "Nomenclature". One might argue that the words are only there because he likes the sound of them. Michael Stipe, David Byrne and (many) others have taken that approach successfully (IMO). But the wacky words that AB uses (and invents) are just grating to me. I used to dislike the whistling but I am rethinking that position. Just my opinion.
It's a song about (according to the songwriter) how we, as adults, do not express our feelings, don't let people see us cry, or see us be afraid. The lyrics aren't completely meaningless, but you are right in that they were chosen as much if not more for textural reasons than for literal meaning. But there is some meaning in there, even if it isn't clear.
Anita Miller: It's unfair that we can't listen to our music! Elaine Miller: That's because it's music about drugs and promiscuous sex. Anita Miller: Simon and Garfunkel is poetry! Elaine Miller: Yes it's poetry. It's poetry of drugs and promiscuous sex. Honey, they're on pot.
"When Water Comes to Life" song enclosed in album called "Feel Good Ghosts (Tea-Partying Through Tornadoes)" (2008); it was carried through in 2008; well, i liked; this band falls me well; however, the chords of the instrumental-introduction make to remember me another music, some years behind, of well distinct author and well distant musical area, i am not certain but i go to review this substance and i will come back to give the news
** 6 / 7 *
Therefore that it goes how? You've left us who really catch. The artist who made this song remember was who it grasped? Making song of the bird of andrew those remember in the beginning which you thought someone of another forum.
Grant-Lee is like a good scotch...an aquired taste. Your not gonna like it the first time but continued use will being infinite pleasure!!!!
Two years later, and I'm definitely much more appreciative of Mr. Phillips' work. Wouldn't use the phrase "infinite pleasure," but I no longer pine for the originals when a cut from this album is played.
Where does one start with Massive Attack? What's the first CD?
Chronologically? Blue Lines. It's excellent.
They've also got a 'best of' double-disc called Collected which at a glance seems to have about every song that ever backed a commercial or opened or closed a television show. :D
One other comment...there are quite a few comments below about Iron & Wine's "cover" of this song...he (Sam Beam, force behind Iron & Wine) wrote this song, then The Postal Service covered it, so his version isn't a cover...it's the original.
Sorry, just being nitpicky.
Nitpicky and misinformed. Not a great combo.
Check the album credits. Copied and pasted directly from DCFC's website.
The Postal Service are Jimmy Tamborello and Benjamin Gibbard. All songs written by Jimmy Tamborello and Benjamin Gibbard / Dying Songs (BMI) / Fake Songs (BMI). Songs 1 & 2 recorded and produced by the Postal Service at Dying Songs (L.A.) and Computerworld (Seattle). Guitars on Song 2 recorded by Chris Walla at the Hall of Justice, Spring 2002. Song 3 recorded and produced by James Mercer 12/2002 (Portland, Oregon). Song 4 recorded and produced by Sam Beam 11/2002 (Miami, Florida).
Song 1 from the forthcoming album "Give Up" (sp595).
You listeners DO know, of course, what that female singer is saying sotto voice, right?
Not sure what you're hearing but the lyrics are:
And you start swimming and swimming And swimming and swimming And you never stop swimming until you reach the ocean And you're swimming into the sunset without me
And I find myself suddenly waking up And there are four young girls Giving me water from a vine leaf Just dropping it onto my tongue
Nothing more You surround me Break on through Release me
Nothing more You surround me Break on through Release me
Nothing more You surround me Break on through Release me
Break on through Release me Break on through Release me Break on through Release me
Tracy Thorn is the vocalist from Everything But the Girl.
And I strongly disagree with the notion that Beth Orton is an inferior vocalist. While their styles are markedly different, I find them both sublimely excellent.
Curiously enough, the Everything But the Girl mix CD "Back to Mine" features a Beth Orton song. So they clearly think well of Beth's voice.
We all have our opinions and mine is not "nonsense" any more than yours is. When she sings the chorus, she still sounds very much like Madonna to me. AND this song style is also reminiscent of Madonna. IMHO.
Oh, and this is so not ROCK. Sounds quite poppy to me (and likeable).
10? No way.
They're both "rock" singers. Rock and pop are not exclusive.
As for sounding like Madonna - you just need more exposure. The similarities pretty much end at pop-rock with female vocals.
If I told you it was my opinion that mold was delicious and strawberries tasted like poison, you'd rightly assume something was wrong with my tongue.
I'm Australian myself and I object to the stereotype of the 'dinky-di Aussie', we can speak properly! but i am happy that there's some Australian music being played on rp! you guys should listen to some of Youth Group's songs, they would rly suit this station!
"It looks Photoshopped. Yeah, the reflections are all wrong. Definitely Photoshopped."
Um... I think you're both missing the point here. I would be *honored* to have the likes of Neko Case beautify just by being there... any vehicle I have ever owned, or will own one day.
iPhone > XM! Between Pandora, Public Radio, and RP apps which seem to work decently even on Edge-only signals. If there's absolutely no signal, that's what podcasts are for. I'll happily trade bitrate for playlist quality any day. lophrequa wrote:
i'm a longtime RP listener and new XM-in-the-car-customer and i agree - i spend most of my time dodging around channels trying to find something good, endangering myself and those around me whilst driving ... can we get RP in the car please?
Yeah, and I was kinda concerned about what effect her knee and foot were having on the hood o' that beautiful Merc'ry unless she's just kinda superimposed there! But no it looks like she's really on it! Ouch!
"It looks Photoshopped. Yeah, the reflections are all wrong. Definitely Photoshopped."
this reminds me of an NES theme song. i think zelda 2.
...that was definitely worth posting.
funny how a synth instrument can create such a strong association based solely on it's tone and texture, completely independent of melody or tempo, eh?
Is there a band on RP that polarizes the listeners more than U2? I'm just glad Bill ignores the vocal haters and continues to play this band on a regular basis.
And if I put my fingers here, and if I say "I love you, dear" And if I play the same three chords, Will you just yawn and say It's all been done before
In response to some of the previous posters, I must say that the change of singer, from Kelli Dayton to Chris Corner, was to the better. So if any of you are put off from exploring SP's later work by those comments, don't be.
I don't much care for his vocals. I've heard one where he has backing/accompanying female vocals on the cut, and it's a decent tune (forget the name, and I didn't bother to "thumbs up" it in Pandora (or any other SP song off an album other than their debut for that matter)).
If a song has charted and made it into heavy rotation on terrestrial radio, people will gripe when they hear it on RP, because they are radio snobs.
I figure if it doesn't get played more than once a month I don't care - even if it's something I heard a million times before I gave up my ClearChannel habit.
I really should have gone to see them when Jacquelyn said this band (that I'd never heard of) were playing at the local punk venue all those years ago. :(
The wife and I saw him at the Kennedy Center in '73 (I think). There was this young cat playin' tambourine in the audience. They dragged him onstage where he played the rest of the show.
decent cover if you don't think about the lyrics or the original and the strange gender flip he's done with the song and if you like the old drunken blues sound. :)
that was some of the worst scratching i have ever heard. hahaha
eh, it wasn't that bad.
not that it was good either.
just very blah.
but certainly not the sort of awful scratching where one feels compelled to yell "for ***** sake, go back to your bedroom and practice 60 hours before you ever do that in public again!" at the DJ.
Why does everyone keep covering this song???? The original wasn't even very good. It's not that great of a song. I just don't get it. Sigh...I like Shawn Colvin and all, but I can do without this.
distinctions of the original (lifted from Wikipedia):
- first single to top the UK charts on download sales alone - first song in over a decade to remain at number one in the UK Singles Chart for nine weeks - UK's best selling single of 2006 - 2007 Grammy Award for Best Urban/Alternative Performance - album was nominated as Record of the Year - 2006 MTV Europe Music Award for Best Song - best song of 2006 by Rolling Stone and by the Village Voice's annual Pazz & Jop critics poll you think it's an average or poor song, and you're entitled to your opinion. but now I'm sharing my opinion, which is that you are absolutely mistaken. ;-)
You know, I hear this snark about Coldplay a lot: "they're just corporate pop" or words to that effect. Have you actually listened to corporate radio lately? Sorry, not even close. They may not be innovators or the most "chops-heavy" musicians on earth, but come on folks! Nickleback they are not either. Personally, I think that they are pretty good for a mainstream pop act, especially on a day when I hear that Backstreet boys are doing a reunion tour ().
The last time I listened to a ClearChannel Modern Rock station I heard Coldplay X&Y cuts every hour on the hour. Is that "lately" enough?
And my complaint was more to their "formulaism" (if that's even a real word) than it was to their "corporatism" (which I don't think literally means the same thing as the idea I'm hoping to convey).
I do always think this is Inertia Creeps when it starts up. Very similar drums, middle eastern instrument (samples?). However, I don't think this is a Massive Attack rip-off. Robert Del Naja did not invent middle eastern sounds nor did he invent breakbeats.
That said; Inertia Creeps is the better song of the two in my opinion.
Frank Black wrote deep, insightful lyrics, and anyone who disagrees is a tool??? Lyrics like "Before I died, I took my Honda And packed it up, up, up to Arizona (honey)
and
"all i'm saying pretty baby la la love you don't mean maybe"???
I saw these guys play live in Austin right around the time this song was on the airwaves. He told us that this song was meant to have the refrain, and I quote, "Fuckinshitty, fuckinshitty" but they thought that wouldn't float with the radio stations. So they replaced the chorus with the Mmmmm's.
Today I seem to be on a roll of commenting on album cover art. Somehow they're just striking me today. Anyway, I really like the picture on this one. Seems to capture the mood of her songs.
odd the cover here doesn't look exactly like the cover of the cd we have, which looks like this:
1:41 pm - Tom Petty - Feel A Whole Lot Better (when you're gone)
1:37 pm - Jakob Dylan - Evil Is Alive And Well
1:33 pm - R.E.M. - World Leader Pretend
1:29 pm - Dar Williams - Empire (of the Son)
I dunno about "idiot" but something must not be right in your head if you can't appreciate this song (not necessarily this particular cover, but the song itself). :(
I really like the Viscounts version sometimes played on this station.
Be friendly to your enemies, and they will be friendly back...only if you have the pistol pointed at their heads, and they know you are willing to use it.
A solid 1. And yes, I was born prior to the 1970s. Does this mean that my musical tastes were formed before extremely crappy music became normalized? Probably.
Considering the number of your contemporaries who don't detest everything done since 1980, it's much more probable that you're just cenophobic.
As much as this is Bowie's song Queen deserves an awful lot of credit. This doesn't exactly sound like something Bowie would have written. It's much more theatrical like Queen.
I always thought this was Queen with Bowie on guest vocals, not Bowie with Queen as the guest band... I learn something every day at this station!
I like it, too; in fact, I like everything I've ever heard from this band. I'd just point out that Dengue Fever is truly an American creation: musically a fusion of Cambodian pop (which is a Cambodian take on the music Armed Forces Radio played during the Vietnam war) and Ethiopian jazz (jazz being about as American as it gets, and Ethiopian being, well, Ethiopian), founded by a pair of white guys from LA who came back from a vacation in Cambodia determined to play the music they heard over there--even though neither one of them spoke a word of Khemer! Add a Cambodian immigrant lead vocalist, and there you have it: a fusion of cultures and ideas that probably could only happen here.
Cool, huh?
Some folks will read all that and think it all very contrived.
i was just imagining Waits singing this tune (OK, replace "imagining" with "singing along in a laying-it-on-thick-Waits imitation voice"... but i digress) and Bill follows it up with a Little Drop of Poison! yay, i love this station!
Nora and Anoushka are half sisters, fathered by sitar guru Ravi Shankar. I saw the two sitar players in a performance that was pure church, check them out!!!!!!
yeah, I looked her up since, and Anoushka's a Londoner as I recall.
best song i've heard off this album. "shake, break, bounce" and "push the button" don't come anywhere close to this goodness! i'd buy this one as a 12 inch single in a heartbeat. :)
to me, it's too much mix of the american and the ethnic....with the ethnic losing. sell out, truly.
i'm not sure about shankar's bio, but kale and jones are both mixes of american and ethnic with the american being the dominant influence (IMO), so your comment, while drawing a very silly conclusion (again IMO), is based on a solid observation.
why are Rastafarians always asking Zsa Zsa to protect them? i mean, she's over 90 years old fer cryin' out loud! she needs someone to protect her! unless they need someone to slap a cop? i dunno, man...
I listened to it, and it seemed incredibly strange and wrong to me to hear that voice with my song. I thought, "Here's this thing that I wrote in my bedroom in a moment of frailty, and now Johnny Cash is singing it." It kind of freaked me out.
...
It instantly became his song after that.
...
I haven't listened to my version since then. I've been so proud of what they've done with it that I haven't thought that much about it.
i starting to like these guys. i also like that you don't just keep playing the Tarantula song over and over, so that i really know i like these guys and not just that one song!
and just think, if this were a ClearChannel format you'd have to wait at least 5 months before you could hear anything other than one heavy-rotation song!
Somebody help me. I'd swear I just heard David sing something like, "I only watch TV when I'm stoned..." I thought that was a pretty cool line and I looked up the lyrics online but I can't find anything in the listed lyrics
there's a "clean" version of the song where the line from the album version "I never watch TV except when I'm stoned" is replaced with "We eat off our plates and we kiss with our tongues"
I'm not a coward, I've just never been tested.
I like to think that if I was I would pass.
Look at the tested, think that "There but for the grace, go I"
Might be a coward, I'm afraid of what I might find out.
This song has me trying to remember something my dad told me about either requesting, or being next to a table where someone was requesting Foreigner's Dirty White Boy of a pair of Mariachi guitar players in a restaurant....
Un jour que j'étais dans mon antre
Où l'on entre sans frapper
Quelqu'un a pris l'escalier
Sur une petite idée de colimaçon
Il était maçon, il avait les mains tendres
Et de qu'elle façon, il m'a bien fait comprendre
Que de tout l'immeuble, j'étais
La voisine qu'il avait le plus envie d'aimer
Alors, j'ai dit: "Merci...
Merci beaucoup, mais voyez-vous
Je viens d'emménager dans cet appartement
Où je vie seule, tout simplement!"
{Refrain:}
Mais au même moment, j'ai pensé
J'ai pensé, j'ai pensé, j'ai pensé...
L'amour a frappé à ma porte
J'ai ouvert, que le diable m'emporte
Tout mon squelette est ravi
Et ça, je l'emporte au paradis...
Mais Senor, il faut que je m'agace
Pour l'heure, il faut que je ramasse
Tous mes sentiments égarés,
Mes pôles oubliés
Mon ressort abimé
Mais Senor, il faut que je m'agace
Pour l'heure, il faut que je ressasse
Tout mon squelette en entier
Mes plaies non suturées
En mon coeur isolé
Votre amour tombe à pic
Mais moi, je vais tomber de très haut
Si vous n'me laissez pas le temps tactique
De me remettre en selle au galop
{Refrain:}
Mais au même moment, j'ai pensé
J'ai pensé, j'ai pensé, j'ai pensé...
L'amour a frappé à ma porte
J'ai ouvert, que le diable m'emporte
Tout mon squelette est ravi
Et ça, je l'emporte au paradis...
BABELFISHED!
One day that I was in my cave Where one enters without striking Somebody took the staircase On a small snail idea It was a mason, it had the tender hands And of it way, he made me well understand That of all the building, I was the neighbor whom it had more desire for liking Then, I said: "Thank you... Thank you very much, but you see I have just moved in in this apartment Where I life alone, quite simply!" {Refrain:} But of the same moment, I thought I thought, I thought, I thought... The love struck with my door I opened, that the devil carries me All my skeleton is charmed And that, I carry it with the paradise... But Senor, one needs that I aggravate myself For the hour, one needs that I collect All my mislaid feelings, My forgotten poles My abimé spring But Senor, it is necessary that I aggravate myself For the hour, it is necessary that I re-sift All my skeleton in entirety My wounds not sutured In my isolated heart Your love falls à.pic But me, I will fall from very high If you do not leave me tactical time give me in saddle au.galop {Refrain:} But of the same moment, I thought I thought, I thought, I thought... The love struck with my door I opened, that the devil carries me All my skeleton is charmed And that, I carry it with the paradise...
Talking Heads is the MOST popular band here - it is played everyday!
Beatles songs are played as often here. Or Rolling Stones. Or Radiohead. Or Beck. Or Mark Knopfler/Dire Straits. Or Bob Dylan. Or Pearl Jam/Eddie Vedder. Or Elvis Costello. Or Peter Gabriel. Or Pink Floyd. Or Tom Petty. Or The Clash. Or The Who. Or REM. Or Coldplay. Or CCR. Or Elton John. Or Porcupine Tree. Or Suzanne Vega. Or Björk. Or The Cure. Or Calexico. Or Paul Simon. I could go on, but I hope you can see what I mean.
Try not to fixate on the one you don't especially like. :P
Just so you know, Istanbul (not Constantinople) was performed by They Might be Giants, not written by them. The original melody for that song actually comes from Putting on the Ritz by Irving Berlin.
"Istanbul (Not Constantinople)" is a swing-style song, with lyrics by Jimmy Kennedy and music by Nat Simon. The tune is similar to and possibly based on the music for "Puttin' on the Ritz", written by Irving Berlin in 1929. <1>
It was originally recorded by The Four Lads on August 12, 1953. This recording was released by Columbia Records as catalog number 40082. It first reached the Billboard magazine charts on October 24, 1953, and it peaked at #10. <2>
The lyrics humorously remind the listener of the change of the name of the city Constantinople to the Turkish name of Istanbul, professing uncertainty about how and why the names of cities change. (It doesn't mention the city's first name change, from the Greek name of Byzantium although this event is included on the 'Track Related Timeline' included with the 2005 compilation 'A Users Guide To TMBG'.) The song also mentions, for the sake of comparison, the fact that New York City was originally named New Amsterdam.
This is the Chemical Brothers??? What the hell happened?
This sucks.
long way from Block Rockin Beats, innit? i wouldn't go so far as to call it sucky, but it certainly isn't the crunchy goodness i'd expect from the pioneers of Big Beat.
I like when Teri Gross interviewed him on Fresh Air and asked him some question about "perfect pitch" and he said something like he didn't "have any idea what that is" !
Just a question: if you weren't listening to those bands in the 80s, what _were_ you listening to? I'm just curious. And I'd like to know if anyone remembers because I don't
Hrm, 1984, right? I would have been 7 years old, so...
whatever was playing on my dad's stereo (usually the "classic" rock radio station).
Stuff like this tune is what "the big kids" would listen to, if they weren't into glam rock, rap, or country.
Also bumpin this one to a 10, since those kids were the cool ones.
Ah yes, a catchy beat with a jumble of words thrown together that are utterly devoid of meaning and depth.
I dunno. At first parse, it certainly seems that way, but stroll on over to the songmeanings.net link and see what the peanut gallery has to say. Normally, I scoff at the folks who see religious meanings in pop songs, but I think they're right on the mark with this one.
the "got soul but not a soldier" line makes me think of the old Sunday school song.
I'm in the Lord's army.
I'm in the Lord's army.
I may never march in the infantry,
Ride in the cavalry,
Shoot the artilery.
I may never fly o'er the enemy,
but I'm in the Lord's army.
Anyway, it's not deep. It's not even very meaningful, but "utterly devoid of meaning" goes too far.
i am unfamiliar with the "original" version. this is the only version i've ever heard - the same version that was on the Best of 120 Minutes Vol 1 compilation, I think.
Sorry, there is quite a bit of fodder for even soft core curmudgeons not to like with the voice, nationality, wardrobe, personality, etc., etc. Not me - I like most everything she does; but then I'm a total weirdo.
(emphasis mine) i know, right? normally i get pretty uptight about icelandics, but bjork is my one exception...
yeah, it's talent if you consider moving your mouse around, clicking here, clicking & dragging there, stealing this soundbite from here and pasting it there. It's all computer manipulation of sound bites.
I've never heard this version. The original is vastly superior.
sounds like the original Meddle b-side to me. i think there must be two songs in the catalog both linking to this comment entry, based on the previous postings.
I'm preferring to look at it as Radiohead said, "Would anyone like some music, you don't have to pay if you don't want to." And some people said, "Why yes, thank you," while others said, "Oh that's so kind of you, but I sure would like to give you something for it."
If the band gave "Free" as an option, then it's not surprising to see some people didn't pay. I've considered downloading the tracks just to see if I want to buy the (higher quality) album.
She sells sea shells by the sea shore.
The shells she sells are surely seashells.
So if she sells shells on the seashore,
I'm sure she sells seashore shells.
As for this song... meh. IG and Ani are much better.
Jill Sobule is much better than this song.
They played songs from her last album a lot on WFUV (NY folk/americana station) and every time the DJs said "Jill Sobule" after a song I'd do a double take, cuz all I ever knew were this song and Supermodel, and her other songs that I've heard are so much better than either of those tunes.
Methinks that you have some sort of issue with the word pretentious. . . this is like the 21st post on the 6th separate topic where you have locked up on that one word.
This time I'm with PG, this is pretentious bullshit and I'm giving it a 1.
I'm with the other guy. "Pretentious" implies they were trying to write something important, when you know absolutely nothing about the songwriters. Perhaps they were simply trying to write something "pretty". Either that, or you are trying to say the song itself thinks it is important, and that's just pathetic (pun intended).
Overblown, melodramatic, and grandiose would all be more apt adjectives for a song written by someone who is clearly doing some sort of interpretation of Vangelis.
10:15 am - King Crimson - Epitaph
10:10 am - Blackfield - End of the World
10:07 am - Smashing Pumpkins - Disarm
10:00 am - Jefferson Airplane - Wooden Ships
9:56 am - Big Head Todd & The Monsters - Drought of 2013
9:51 am - Talking Heads - (Nothing But) Flowers
downer tune at the end of the apocalypse set (minus the SP tune). i'd rather have gone out with the post-apocalypse tune that started it. :(
I was thinking "gee, haven't I heard this song in a commercial for something" (obviously the commercial failed). Not being able to remember this sort of thing tends to drive me to distraction.
But I think, no problem, the "OMG a commercial ruined this song" posters will not fail me.
Anyway, for my money, I'd much rather see Orbital live than the writer of the theme of The Equalizer. Ever heard "The Girl With The Sun In Her Head"? Amazing.
Writing the theme song for The Equalizer is far from Mr. Copeland's most notable achievement.
But if I had the choice I'd rather see the Orbital reunite than go to The Police reunion tour.
Like em or not these guys rocked hard on their first two albums. That's one thing you really can't say about Radiohead.
have you even listened to Pablo Honey?
Rolling Stone review
Flashing a song called "Creep" as a musical ID takes cheek, but then, everything about these Brits is unabashed. On their debut, the swagger affected by every arch-Anglo since the Kinks is already in full effect. Three guitars (and bass) and a singer whose narcissistic angst rivals Morrissey's ("I will not control myself!" Thom e. Yorke screams on "Vegetable," and on "Prove Yourself" he mourns, "I'm better off dead"), these five Oxford lads come on extreme. What elevates them to fab charm is not only the feedback and strumming fury of their guitarwork Ð and the dynamism of their whisper-to-a-scream song structures Ð which recall the Who by way of the early Jam, but the way their solid melodies and sing-along choruses resonate pop appeal. On "Blow Out" they savage a bossa-nova intro with sheer noise; "Thinking About You" is bitter folk with acoustic guitars soundly pummeled; and the rest of "Pablo Honey" is equally surprising. If they don't implode from attitude overload, Radiohead warrant watching.(RS 672/73)
For all of you who don't like her, maybe it's bacause you've never seen her perform live. Both times I've seen her, she's surpassed my every expectation. Even the most hardened boyfriends learned to like her after seeing her live.
quite the contrary - i liked her better before i saw her live.
Great album but I still long for the huge wall of guitar feedback mastery that was "The Bends". Please put down the drum machine then pick up the guitar and put your AC30 on 11!
so right. but this album seems at least a step back in that direction to me.
Do you know the origin of it? One of the right-wing TV evangalists (Jimmy Swaggart, I believe) said that rock music was the new pornography. So they named themselves the New Pornographers.
Carl Newman says he didn't know the Swaggart quote when he came up with the band name (i read it on the internets!). Must've been a collective subconscious thing.
BTW, this is an up-tempo remix of their song Numb from their album Dummy if you're interested in what she sounds like when her voice hasn't been 'pitched up'.
anyone know if EMI sanctioned this before or after he made it?
this is one of my favorite mashups! for everyone who hates mashups on principle, just mute it, cuz clearly Bill likes them and is going to keep playing them. which is good, cuz some of them (like this one) are absolutely brilliant!
I love the lie and lie the love
A-Hangin' on, with push and shove
Possession is the motivation
that is hangin' up the God-damn nation
Looks like we always end up in a rut (everybody now!)
Tryin' to make it real � compared to what? C'mon baby!
Slaughterhouse is killin' hogs
Twisted children killin' frogs
Poor dumb rednecks rollin' logs
Tired old lady kissin' dogs
I hate the human love of that stinking mutt (I can't use it!)
Try to make it real � compared to what? C'mon baby now!
The President, he's got his war
Folks don't know just what it's for
Nobody gives us rhyme or reason
Have one doubt, they call it treason
We're chicken-feathers, all without one nut. God damn it!
Tryin' to make it real � compared to what? (Sock it to me)
Church on Sunday, sleep and nod
Tryin' to duck the wrath of God
Preacher's fillin' us with fright
They all tryin' to teach us what they think is right
They really got to be some kind of nut (I can't use it!)
Tryin' to make it real � compared to what?
Where's that bee and where's that honey?
Where's my God and where's my money?
Unreal values, crass distortion
Unwed mothers need abortion
Kind of brings to mind ol' young King Tut (He did it now)
Tried to make it real � compared to what?!
"Look, I don't know anything about any !@#$ing set-up, you can torture me all you want."
"Torture you, that's good, that's a good idea, I like that one."
Pardon me for not being on the cusp of culture in middle school, but how long has it been since Billy Corrigan had that hair???
his hair was shorter than that when I saw them during the Siamese Dream tour, and shaved bald not too many years after that. I'd have to say that photo is at least 15 years old now.
I like this song in the Pablo Honey LP version, not this version.
hmm, to my recollection this version doesn't sound that different... maybe just a bit more polished/produced - and that synth keyboard sounding bit at the end seems out of place, but otherwise the same.
"A Film" specifically being the 1996 William Shakespear's Romeo & Juliet. This song was written specifically for the closing credits. It's just perfect in that context, and it holds up quite well on it's own.
How is it there's a musical breakdown right at the very exact moment where I'm thinking "this tune is actually quite nice, but it's almost annoying"? That's some resonance!
it does remind me of something mid-nineties, but i can't put my finger on what.
)
"
(no offense intended, that's just the closest i could find to a "me too" graphic that would save me having to come up with and type out a lucid sentiment (aw, rats!)) 
.
Björk Björk Björk!
Just kidding. 
I know what you mean. I certainly don't know where his focus really is but I've found that it takes spending some time (with each track/CD) to discover the full meaning of his lyrics...kinda like poetry.
I must agree with much of what you say Rooney.
5
FIDDLES! 
Isn't this the above ground music from Diablo? 
9
| 
) 
Remind me to never go South o' Ft Worth.
