I thought the record was stuck near the end and it kept repeating "the gay boy" ;)

Or his mom: "Wakey wakey The Edge, it's time for breakfast!"

$250,000 won't buy you a house where I live.

that is one nice album cover.

I like how he looks so serious on his album cover, yet his lyrics are so ridiculous

Then turn off RP and put on your Mariah Carey and Robbie Williams CDs.

and timeless country like patsy or hank has a way of sounding incredible even when it is barely audible drifting across a dusty porch out of the tiny speaker of an old bakelite radio through an open kitchen window, or from the dashboard of an old rusty pickup or multiplied by a hundred post mounted speakers at a drive in movie on a hot summer night between double features....sorry to wax nostalgiac. It's a pity but people who write off all country as just so much "hick crap" will never experience memories that fill those great songs with so much meaning for certain generations. glad to see that patsy mostly gets the rating she deserves regardless of the genre.

They released Under a Blood Red Sky in 1984 and that's about it. This was on a B-Side and any other live stuff had been on DVDs and b-sides.
So they have one official live album in 30 years.....

Suggestion for the playlist. Follow this with Cracker - Low. Its a GREAT effect.

"Sell-Out Patrol" is more like it. I heard them described somewhere as "Britpop-by-the-numbers." Couldn't agree more. And as if we needed more proof, their new single was recently used on Grey's Anatomy. Say good-bye to the days of ever being taken seriously, hope it was worth it.

Listen to the words. War sucks!

great song from a horrible movie

Ah, so you're the expert on what is or isn't "good"? Wonderful. Now I don't have to worry about having my own opinions, I can merely call you up and ask you yours.

What a relief! And here I thought I had to be an individual with my own tastes and preferences while all along I could have just asked YOU what I should like and saved myself all that effort of being, you know, a person.

(and in case you missed it, that was SARCASM you pathetic little joke)

Certainly begs the question, "Does she use jelly?" And if so, what does she use it for?

I have ALWAYS loved this version of "Hero's." The German adds to and complememts the angst...

Nothing special. Can we have a melody, please?

Side note....Mars will be as close to earth as possible Aug 27 2006 at 11:00pm pacific standard time. This has not happened in 60 million years and will not come this close again for another 60 million years. This is a once in a lifetime event.

In '68 the Moody Blues invented a time machine, and travelled to 1988. They dug "Devil Inside" and when they returned to '68 they ripped off the riff.

Maybe Elvis's in utero twins will be born on Christmas Day--just like God's son!

Does this remind anyone else of the Ren & Stimpy theme?

Forgive me, but good music and rude animated shows make my top ten of favs.

The ultimate video version:

Yanni - lead performer
Enya, David Hasselhof & John Tesh - harmony vocals
Keith Jarrett - piano
Jean Michel Jarre - arrangement
Gil Duldulao - choreographer

Saw her last summer and the most memorable part of the show was when some drunk guy yelled, "FREEBIRD" after she finished this song. "PLAY FREE BIRD!" She ripped into him for five minutes, basically embarassing him and the people he was with and, instead of shrugging it off, she came off like an 'atiste.'

P.S. To all you folks giving this a "3" rating, could I challenge you to give it three more listens? A typical Bruce Cockburn song takes about four listens to appreciate fully, I've found :)

Ghostbusters!

I hear it, too. I think there's another song on this album that's very similar. Evidently not enough originality to fill an entire CD. Or maybe it's another CD of theirs. Who knows? Who cares? Another band that'll be forgotten in ten years.

Arrrr, That be beautiful, as is Donnie Darko film
I really cant see that anyone could see it any other way which is not so much arrogance of my point of view as wonderment at dissenters!

Lahaaame-O.

Cover art looks like your typical royality free art image for $59.99, with a little photoshop bevel of their name. Then again at the time, photoshop was just pure magic.

Much better than the Kenny Loggins track with the same name.

Unfortunately, that's a load of bullshit. Music cannot be constrained along racial lines. Do you want to be the one to tell Kathleen Battle that she may not sing Opera?

This one is the same as Comfortably Numb.

But don't let me sound like I'm putting down the Edge. He's absolutely carved a niche into guitar god status with a recognizable, gutsy sound. If it weren't for Bono's self-inflated hyperego, The Edge would've gotten somewhere...

NO MORE BEATLES! thank you.

How about more German rock music? Perhaps some Can...Possibly Tago Mago?????

Ani DiFranco is chick music totally.. for the kind of chicks who think they're tough but cry at the drop of a dime.

Any guy who says he likes her music is just trying to get in touch with his feminine side... or trying to get some from a girl who probably only likes other girls.

We did but RP has a potty mouth sometimes. And some people aren't that comfortable with eclectic

sounds close to CSNY if i wasnt paying attention...

GREAT track. i want this to be my and my boyfriend's anthem.

The cover art would be the quintessential parody of a 90s band's cover art, if it weren't actually the real thing.

Really? Sounds like Chuck Prophet to me -- especially in the beginning.

Agreed.

Not a fan of this style of music, per se...but this is really good. 9/10

I LOVE MORPHINE!!!! KEEP THEM COMING!!! MORE PLEASE!!!

Hey Ben Folds!, Burt Baccharach is on the phone. He wants his sound back.

What kinda car do you think Petty is referencing?

I'll bet you he is one of those poor saps that still turns on the FM radio. For that, I can understand his frustrations.

Overplayed to the point of being regarded with a "Geez, not again!" 2 from me

oh well, I always hear "i wanna be a door"...

Is the 'Youth getting less noisy and more melodical with age, or is it just me appreciating it more when getting older?

Is that the new math? 3>7? Man, I'm so screwed.

I'm likin' these guys. Another 8. Is that less than 2?

You have to excuse optimus prime . . . he's from the future and only knows the transformers theme song by heart.

Yes, the CD has them "assembled like this"! They don't come any other way. This is the one and only arrangement of these tunes. You think they fit together like this by accident!?

God, I hope you're joking. This suite of songs forms nearly the entire B-side of the original vinyl LP. So, yes, it's on the CD.

After listening to this on RP, I had to go buy the cd. I rarely buy anything old, but this is such a classic. Really, the apex of the Beatles, IMO.

Why can't Pearl Jam pull a J.D. Salinger and go into hiding for a couple of decades. I realize that they've got a big fan base, but with the exception of Yellow Ledbetter it's automatic for me to switch to another station. This one gets a 2 from me

No, I just tend to have a "problem" with telling me that what I like or don't like.

If you hated the movie, say "I really hated that movie". Don't be so pretentious as to say "If you like that movie you're delusional".

Just in case you can't figure out the difference, the first is your (presumably informed) opinion on the movie, the second is an ignorant opinion of people you have never met.

Love you, Bill - only here would Billie Holiday follow Tom Waits...

We also have RP on the office speaker system. Some of us are luckier than others, I guess

Garden State, anyone seen it? thumbs up or down?

Ah, so you're the expert on what is or isn't "good"? Wonderful. Now I don't have to worry about having my own opinions, I can merely call you up and ask you yours.

What a relief! And here I thought I had to be an individual with my own tastes and preferences while all along I could have just asked YOU what I should like and saved myself all that effort of being, you know, a person.

(and in case you missed it, that was SARCASM you pathetic little joke)

We seem to be in movie soundtrack land.

I feel like I'm sitting alone in the theatre after everyone has left, watching the last of the credits roll by.

Maybe I'll stay for the next feature.

They need to change their name to the banana peppers.

Tori being backed by 311?

I think it's impossible to get this song.

I've searched everywhere. Anybody have a clue?

Bono's voice is a little old and certainly well used. This guy couldn't hold a candle to the wind with Bono's voice during his (Bono's) heyday. Bono had a great set of pipes!

better quit eating vegetables and using mayonnaise, then, dumbass

Is this spam? That website is crap.

I've heard this a couple of times here at RP, and like it more each time. I may need to bump this up to an 8 or 9 sometime in the future

Then this must be the only guitarist you have ever heard...

"Yeah, actually I think Walsh is one of the most underrated guitarists ever. His kind of goofy persona in later years helped to overshadow his virtuosity and strong songwriting too."

His out-of-this-world (literally) appearance on Jeopardy! didn't help his persona much, either...(;

Good voice, song of no value, face undiscribable

The vocal sections have a little pull, and curious lyrics, but the instrumental wave that surfs into and out of the central portion is a monster of snowballing, accelerating momentum.

Steven Patrick Morrissey never received the recognition that he deserves in the United States. You won't hear The Smiths played on most local stations. It's great to be living (virtually) in Paradise.

Nice, except the intro reminds me of my old neighbors who had about a hundred windchimes on their patio...a little bit goes a long way on those things.

Check, duuuude! Tracks > 3 minutes like, require more firing of neurons of the listener than that of a clueless, attention-span deprived individual, er, I mean, stoner, can muster. Or not. Right?

fiona apple is an effing moron.

remember this brilliant moment??


"I didn't prepare a speech and I'm sorry, but I'm glad that I didn't, because I'm not going to do this like everybody else does it. You see, Maya Angelou said that we, we as human beings at our best can only create opportunities and I'm going to use this opportunity the way that I wanna use it. So what I wanna say is, everybody out there that's watching, everybody that's watching this world, this world is bullshit and you shouldn't model your life - wait a second! - You shouldn't model your life about what you think we think is cool and what we're wearing and what we're saying and everything. Go with yourself. And it's just stupid that I'm in this world, but you're all very cool to me."


everytime i hear this girl i always think of maya angelou, somewhere in winston salem, shaking her head thinking... "damn, white girl, why'd you have to quote ME??? what a moron!"

Those bands aren't around anymore, because they totally sucked. Had they been original they may have lasted, but you can only ride on the coatails of Nirvana for so long.

When are these guys going to stop being such sissies and start touring again? Anybody know?

This group is Australian, if you guys want to hear some fantastic music get into the Aussie music scene, its so honest and respresents the way music used to be. You wont be dissapointed!

Both this song and "Franklin's Tower" by the Grateful Dead scored a 7.3 ????

Serious, that's like me telling you my 1971 Lamborghini Miura is just as nice & fantastic as your 1995 Nissan Pathfinder.

I know art is subjective, but there's gotta be some limits.

You can tell by this album cover (and many others) that Plant really loves his hair.

Love the whistle. I don't know any song before this that used it, and I can't think of once since then that has.

It's what you call being original.

annoying pop drivel, with incredbly stupid lyrics, and a wa wa pedal instead of a good guitar player...

When WWIII Started****1979

This is not very long, but very informative...

Dreadfully overused words on the Radio Paradise website:

#1 Cheesy
#2 Drivel

Feel free to add to the list! :)

OK! (Though admittedly I've overused a few of these myself):

#3 Derivative
#4 Pretentious
#5 Clear Channel
#6 bitrate
#7 physics

#8 irritating
#9 boring

I lived in Hawaii for many years, and a close friend of mine is the engineer who recorded this track. I love the story of how it came to be. You can read it here.

I like her voice. But... does'nt reach for a 7. 6

And it's back, BOOYA!