The day you hear this and there is no music playing it will mean that the journey is over...

Who knew NC had such talent.  Rock on!

This is awful. Protracted live jams should not be recorded.

Given the usual crap being debated in the Forum at this very moment on this sad day, this couldn't be more relevant.

Patrick (lead singer from Vel Indica) here, Thanks for the kind words.  My good friend posted a few songs off our new album Turn Off Your Devices out here. Thanks for listening.

. . pretty dark, but good:

And my heart will be blacker than your eyes when I’m through with you

It's probably just that you don't care for the music of Eno's that you've heard; I don't think it means that you are incapable of "understanding" it on some lofty, cerebral plane.  I have always liked Eno's work - especially this album and the earlier ones - but several of my friends didn't care for it.  I didn't think it was because they were simple-minded Philistines, but I don't think enjoyment of the music is restricted to "art lovers" only.

special delivery

It was me, sorry. Just can't handle all the cute kittens you're constantly posting.

You know

Led Zeppelin - The definitive dizz buster rock combo spawing a host of imitators. Led Zeppelin was second fiddle to nobody. 

Lots of "man rock" today.

It's all a bit depressing today, I dunno why, probably post Christmas blues, 2nd day back at work, yuck. This song is really not helping. which probably means its a good song.

Sigh, wish the sun would come out. it's supposed to be summer. 

singularity 

Yea, I am ready for this band to go away. Wish em the best, just please no more.

Everybody in my hotel room loves this song...

 

Time for a bit of the ol' Ludwig Van.  Viddy well, little brothers... Viddy well.

 

No, naw, uh-uh, nay, nien, nyet, nope, nah, negatory, negative........just no 

makes me horny

Not a single (true) ROCK SONG during the past hour+!
NOT ONE!!!!

here here. I second your sentiments.

The same brain chemistry that allowed people to admire the Emperor's new "clothes" facilitates "artists" like Dylan having a fan base.  Gawd.

How far do we go back with this, Bill...KLRB, right?

Anyone who doesn't think much of Chicago (and that's understandable now) please listen to virtually anything from their first 3 or 4 LPs.
Just amazing stuff! 

1969 and this is Chicago Transit Authority. I always though everything feel off the tracks when they became Chicago and their original guitarist committed suicide

gooose bumps man...far out...I was there...it was a happening.  Hope you youngsters have a song like this to give you goosebumps when you are 59.

They just like you because your screen name is "Boober".  They are a band and bands have been known to like boobs.

there is a lot of argument for calling this "horrid", yes.
the shamelessly profanising use of classical music themes, here transformed to total kitsch, is so over-the-top you can either hate this or laugh out aloud. to call this "eclectic" is really too harmless...
otherwise, i have to admit that i really like the outcome, on an emotional level, although my "intellectual self" is saying "horrid! keep away! this is barbaric!" my feelings say "whow!" 

"groundbreaking work" can suck my balls.  This is not music.  This is scraps of music put in a blender and peed on.

This song, 1977, narrow cobblestone passages, heavy snow, smell of burning coal, Schmieds Gasthaus, Butzbach, West Germany, soldiers of the gloss, Licher bier...

Mutter mutter....zzzzzz..parp...zzzzzz..sigh

I'm considering inserting my head into a turkey's ass...as a tonic to this.

Which in my case is akin to a "smart bomb" hitting a day care center.

Go somewhere else boar

    kawasaki wrote:

Lovers of rock violins should check out Vanessa Mae.

This song takes me on a moderately short journey: hitting the mute button and waiting patiently for it to be over. . . 

@oldviolin Is that your ticket! Respectus Maximus!!! Unfortunately i was not born yet at 1977. Great sound still.
By the way: nice price - 20 Mark. That's appr. 10 Eur. For 10 Euro youll never see such a great band nowadays...

Wow, I'm thinking about signing up on Facebook as a backup.

 ....................................................     psych

ah, this is homely...  where's me rug and slippers..

we found a backdoor to the Alternate Universe. knock three times and say Walt sent ya a PM

STUPID MUSIC FOR THE (trendy) UNEDUCATED!
BLONDIE for Beginners, yes!

I like Neil Young, but do not like this song. And then I remembered why when I was reminded who was backing him up...........

It's actually a border town in your own sunny state of California.

A flounder?

Right on time, as usual...

No!

Gloria - one of my fave "garage band" tunes.  I still play it once in a while with my band - just for grins.
In the "knock upon my door" part, I do a bit where I can't hear the knock cuz I've got the stereo up too loud.
When we did it recently, the drummer kept missing his cue to do the "knock" and it was three or four times before he caught it!

David played a stolen Mattel Wing-Ding. I had my band snare. Farlow and Duck fleshed it out. We were 13. Sounded pretty good to me.
Gloria too...G L O R I A...1968

And everything after was just a lingering question.. why...

There's often a reason why obscure tracks off 'classic' albums are obscure, and this effort is a good illustration: dire and boring. Even the Beatles put out plenty of clunkers.

Yes, I know that you are not restricted to the classic rock stuff and suspect that most other RP listeners are not either.  It just seems like the majority of the negative comments for this tune came from listeners who have very few songs less than 35-years-old as their "10" through "8" ratings.  I didn't mean that as an affront to those folks either - hell, I love plenty of stuff that could be called classic rock as well - I was observing that Bat For Lashes would be more likely to sound "discordant", "noisy" or just "crappy" to those more aligned with more long-accepted forms of popular music.

Come on RP.

Well, I was quite curious about this new Uke Eddie Vedder venture, but... blah. Voice sounds uneven and sort of strained, and doesn't really go with the tune of the uke. Considering I'm a Vedder fan, really enjoyed his work on Into the Wild, as well as Pearl Jam of course, along with Temple of the Dog, and well... this song just doesn't do it for me. Especially surprising to me since I'm generally into his mellower work more than the rockin' high intensity stuff. All that being said I'll check out another track or two before giving it a total pass.

Darn show runied a great song, but it made them rich so I shouldn't bitch.

Nah..boring and a drum machine !

Mute

Just because no one understands you, doesn't make you an artist!

HARRY moves me...
that's all what counts!

No matter how simelar his songs sound!

I LIKE HIM!!!

A LOT!!

FEELINGS...!!!!

Good lord,son — where do you think Rednecks came from?  Hint: not Africa, China or Mexico.

Shitty, at best... given the identical keyboard intro, I was praying/hoping for Infesticons 'Shampoo theme' but was sorely disappointed..

RP plays the same stuff over and again. Bill, spend some time in iTunes. Buy some new music. Thanks.

No Good! There's just some stuff you shouldn't cover, unless... Check out Pearl Jam at VH1 tribute to The Who on youtube. They know how to cover The Who!

First time I've ever understood the words - literally and figuratively. I like it.

This is about a 7.3 on the dial. Need more?
 

I really like it because it's so different and IT'S NOT BOB DYLAN!!!!

Black flag
Black Heart Procession
Black Angels

 On_The_Beach wrote: 

Gotta love a song featuring R2D2 on "vocals"

 I love the smell of burning ideology in the morning. Smells like...Prophecy...

Okay - I popped off with a snarky comment back in May or so, but I've heard this a few times since then, and I really like it. It sounds vaguely similar to other groups I've heard, but it also stands on its own merits.  I don't like the fade, though - it's as if one of the band members did the throat-cut gesture because of a broken string or a bad vocal or egotistical boredom...  I really need to go away from here, because I'm thinking too hard...

Overrated beyond belief. Even HE has better songs than this. If I never hear this song again...it'll be too soon. Waiting for the next tune...anything is better.

Go ahead, then.

....but what really matters: is it a good thing?

Superman and Green Lantern. Nuff said.

Bull. The Ballad of Curtis Loew was written in tribute to the folks Ronnie and company listened to when they were kids. They were po' white trash punks, and they would go sit on front porches in the 'wrong' part of town and hang out with old black musicians. Some of 'em might've had hits that got ripped off by producers, some prolly never got any farther than the front porch. But the kids loved that music and wanted to pay some kind of tribute to those folks.

'Curtis Loew' is an amalgam of those people, not a real person: they thought it'd be funny to give a black man a 'Jewish' name, and the famous theater chain came to mind.

The 'battle' between Neil and the band was fabricated. There are a number of photos around that time with Neil wearing an LS t-shirt, likewise photos of Ronnie wearing NY shirts. It was more like a competition than a feud.

Comparing the two is pointless. As a pure musical genius, sure Neil takes the cake hands down: the members of LS would agree. But LS came out with a unique sound, based on jump blues, dipped in rock n' roll, and deep fried.

The other songs you mention, well, they DO speak of what we think of NOW as jaded stereotypes. But those kinds of people did exist, there's no reason to sweep them under the rug. Besides, was 'Mr. Bojangles' or 'Leroy Brown' really black? I don't have the lyrics in front of me, but I don't recall any references to ethnicity. Maybe YOUR stereotypes are showing...

Peace,

c.

Now Bill, that's not true...is it?

Lyrical Drivel. Seems to drag a bit,too, I think.

Interesting, that was the next song!
 

thirty.  years.  old.

yowza. seamless segue from Kula Shaker - Tattva.

Of all the tunes sung by cartoon characters this has to be my favorite.

Anyone use this album cover to roll one?

Indeed.

Great groove and a classic Dylan flavor– love the backing vocals and vamping organ. And for you haters, not choosing is a choice.

my god, I went away for a spell, and this crap is still on. Avocado appliances were hip once also...na no mo.

Anyone hear Paul Rodgers?

Not a bad number.  That album cover is fantastic.

They're not all ridiculous. 

...that harp - just, wow!..

Joe Walsh is to rock what Kenny G is to jazz.

MUTE! Not only can I not stand this song, but it gets stuck in my head too.

It's on both, just different wording. I'm sure it's probably on a bunch of others, too - I seem to recall something similar on a Mountain album.

And the James Gang's first album had the instruction: Made Loud To Be Played Loud

Something I think we can all get behind . . .

One of the best liner notes ever is on Disintegration:

"This album was mixed to be played loud so turn it up".

Amen Robert. 

No, if they dismiss Hendrix but only know those hits, this will not help.
 
I don't mind a lot of Hendrix' material when he's really working it out but this is unlistenable. If you like this I think that would be probable cause for a DEA search of your house.

Paul only writes ditties.

I must admit, this was a flawless segue from Pink Floyd's "Summer 68" - even if I don't care all that much for the song. But I respect the talent of the DJ.

When I hear this, I know why I like the Stones!

chill bumps

every.single.time

repetitious to some, sublime to me

This is one of those rare instances where the remake so completely eclipses the original it's not even close. Just brilliant!

flex

Yeah, Portishead could never carry off Arthurian-themed concerts on ice, and it takes a very special kind of entertainer to don capes with such panache.

I love the smell of hippys in the morning. It smells like..Victory

If there is such a thing as a favorite Dylan song amongst a life catalogue of great songs, songwriting and pure poetry that he has created, this may be it, for me.

An entire career made from one lugubrious tempo, one dreary mood. 

"the night is as black as ink"

So original. 

How much of RP's playlist would you say is Classic Rock?

Love them horns.

Yes, yes, yes and "seconds out" is my absolut favorite album. God bless Peter Gabriel!

Bill...

Horrific

Sentimental and sweet. Very nice.

do you think so?

When I was 16, this song and other Supertramp biggies felt like they were important and profound. Now 25 years later they sound overblown and pompous with lyrics that mean everything and nothing.

Call me ign'ant, but till now "Don't Fear the Reaper" is the only Blue Oyster Cult song I've heard. After listening to this song, that is something I tend to rectify.

Cymbal/String/Snare/Arrangement/Killer/Tambourine/Thing

Time for a trip to the eye doc.  For a bit there it looked to me like the song title was "The Barracudas of Heaven", which would be a completely different vibe...
The song is an 8 regardless of the title.

Deaf dumb and blind boy. He's in a quiet vibration land.

 jagdriver wrote: 

...the only person on the scene missing, was the Jack of Hearts.

Kills me everytime, that line.

I love radio paradise, and have never commented before.
This song was so bad I that I logged in, registered just to give it a zero rating and complain about it. 

yes

Never liked the "Christian" Dylan.  Never liked this song.  Got news for you Bob, I don't have to serve somebody.

Destiny is a cuppa joe.

I still hear it.

And again.

Close minded opinions regarding musical selections don't belong on the message board.  Start your own station and play whatever you want.

 

We lie to ourselves daily in desperate attempts to prove this song wrong....

Sweet! Another one of my uploads makes the cut. I'm always happy to give a little more exposure to my all-time favorite band.

perfection

I really like the song. And I assume the cover was meant to be ironic.
But for some reason, irony appears to be wasted on a lot of folks around here.

What's not to love about this song, this album, this band......he says, setting himself up for the haters.....

Dismal.  Dreary.  Depressing.  I mean that in a not-good way.

Punk rock on RP?

Amazing album. How many times have I listened to it? Cant remember.

What kind of band name is Ariborne Toxic Event? I'll answer my own question and say ridiculous.

The name sucks, the song sucks, the band sucks.
minus1

...this song.

I've just never been a Dylan fan.

Sorry I'm late!

This sucks.

The Goldsmith's should have a listen in to "for the MASSES". A fabulent album with DM covers.

 aquinas wrote: 

SNL called and they want their joke back.

 

Can't get enough of Stevie. And having seen Jimi live, I can tell you I am a fan of the Experience. But I'm also into Robin Trower. So, yeah, Jimi led the way (after picking up tricks from several others, including Buddy Guy), but SRV has his own spot in the limelight. In a recently video I watched, Double Trouble stated that they never had a "set list," that they just had to interpolate wherever Stevie was going and follow along. After watching his performance, I gotta tell you that that's somethin'!

Everyone has a responsibility to not only tolerate another person's point of view, but also to accept it eagerly as a challenge to your own understanding. And express those challenges in terms of serving other people.

Arlo Guthrie

Indeed

Absolutely Fundamental

:: mind blown ::

I have never heard this song nor would I have recognized that photo as a pic of Bob!
I been daydreamin' too long?

Grandissimo MORRICONE

Do you dance to this song in mysterious ways?

Did you know that Bridge of Sighs is what they used to call the path from the train to where the pigs got led to the slaughterhouse in Chicago's Back of the Yards?

Hate to be a nitpicking speller. It's spelled "awesome"

And again.

The voice is too whiney.

From the first few notes, I always think of The Office theme song. Then I realize it's this song, and I turn the volume down until I see that the song's changed.

This is soooooooooo boring. What man would want to lift weights to this crap.

What a great hook:

I was so much older then,
I'm younger than that now.

normally I'd say not as good as the original but quite franky anything that makes me think about Once Upon A Time In The West is a good thing

This is the harmonica riff from the movie "Once Upon A Time in the West". Charles Bronson played this riff as he hunted down the men(Henry Fonda) that killed his dad.

Clint needs to ride in here on his burro and blow some muthafuckas away

Just reminds me of Bobby McFarrin at his most slaphappy.

Yeah. This sucks pretty bad. The scatting baloney is just painful.

Well, he would have actually been 27 (the album was released in Sept 69) but it sounds better to say he would have been 28. If he hadn't died, of course, which he did. Apparently.

And, yes, I should have written it "28 IF." Thanks, oldviolin.

Sublime...again.

Summer.
Summer has died.
Now is the Autumn of our hopes.
The Finnish kings in their finery
and feather'd helms march high
above to the Alpine resting place
of their memories
to wait for Spring to return.

I have to agree. In fact, the more Dylan is covered, the more we all are...

'Black Cadillac' is some of Rosanne's best work. She's growing into a 'harder' sound, more bluesy and raw. It ain't Lightin' or Muddy, but it's got more edge than her earlier work. I still love 'Tennessee Flat Top Box' though...

c.

Oh, KICK IT!

You played this song yesterday.

My upload !

'these' being Ferry and Buckley? If so, couldn't agree more!

Musically interesting—lyrically stupid.

I love Iron & Wine, but I don't think it works within the Radio Paradise format. Beam's songs are like tiny paintings full of incredible detail. But the canvases are almost always small, and that just doesn't come across in a "radio" format.

The original album that this song comes from, Street Legal, is an overlooked masterpiece as well. It was dissed by the press/public but I think perhaps it was misunderstood. The recordings are sloppy, on the surface nothing seems to be clicking, but I think that helps rather than hinders the music.

yes, it's time to get goin...

Good Gawd, Y'all

Darn, someone beat me to it!!

how can someone i've never met break my heart? that's art.

sadly a brilliant jazz musician and innovator known for this sappy little bit of minstrelsy.

oh...............and this movie sucked too.

Can someone tell me why anyone likes blues?? I really don't understand what's so great about this style of music.

If man is fixin all the problems, why do I feel like I'm living in a landslide? I really want to know about this.

I'm responsible for uploading this song.

Thank yew, thank yew berry much!

Enjoy!

The more I listen to JC, the less I like him.

I cant stand when people jingle the loose change in their pockets.

Again!
What's that you say!

I've always thought the strings are bombastic.

If there is one serious flaw in the Radio Paradise formula, it is Bill's weakness for cheesy cover tunes.

Goddammit!

Tommy James sure knew how to write a pop hook. This song transports me back to the summers of my youth.