I'm not sure if I like this or not.  I'll have to listen again.  It reminds me of an old 60s or 70s song but I can't think of which one.

Nice song, haunting. Her vocal style is too much of a ripoff of KT Tunstall though. Like they had the same vocal coach or something.

I want to punch this band in the face.

Does not sound like Slayer.

And that's why they one 2011 Grammy's for best album of the year. Sez a lot about Grammy's or U?

Good insight from someone whose "10" list is composed of largely of songs written before 1980.

Really? Check out "Live it Out". Their 2nd album released, 3rd album recorded, is kind of where they start hitting their stride. I get flashbacks of the glory I expected from Garbage after they put out v.2.0!
 

Mos Eisley

I'm pretty sure this is my favorite Steely Dan song. Ever. Everything is just perfect, especially Larry Carlton's guitar work. 

The f-bomb just ruins this one. She could've gotten the point across without it, and it would have made the song more univerally appealing.  I suspect it was thrown in to be "edgy" and "transgressive"—"Oooooh!  Lookit me!  I'm and independent free-thinking artiste defying bourgeoise convention!  I'm using the word FUCK in my lyrics!  Admire my artistic daring!  (Can I has NEA grant money now?)"

This is awesome - can we hear some tracks off of Flamenco a go-go?

Ok... I'll be honest.  Occasionally I will pop in here to see if anybody has posted pictures of a female vocalist just to see if she matches the image in my minds eye.  In this case I wish I hadn't.

Anyone hearing Adam Sandler in the voice?

No worries, if this were Rush the guitar would be better.  And the drums would be better.  And the bass would be better...

 Coaxial wrote: Your stuck in the 70's, its 2010, fyi

Still Emily Haines doing the vocal?

Half-listening, the past couple times I heard the intro to this song I thought it was Jack the Stripper / Fairies Wear Boots by Black Sabbath.  After a bit I realized it wasn't Ozzy singin'.

Try boxers.

Just awesome... I can't thank RP enough for introducing me to Porcupine Tree. I would (seriously) be interested to know what the person that gave this a '1' has as a constructive criticism - I just can not find a fault with this. Great singing/harmonies, interesting rhythm and chord progressions, *superb* production, superb musicianship, thoughtful and interesting lyrics... what can possibly be wrong?

Er, there aren't any lyrics - it's purely an instrumental. Or do you mean tune writing?

...blood is a fantastically great album, by far OSI's best effort to date...

...of course, i've never picked up free, mostly on account of being underwhelmed hearing this track...

Anybody have trouble getting this tune off of iTunes? A search on "The Zookeepers" returns a lot of valid but ultimately incorrect results. :(

there's already Ray Lamontagne signing like that 

Actually, those drums are live.  Listen closely and you'll hear variations not only in strokes, but in dynamics.  Besides, I've seen this performed live on YouTube.  Very impressive.

I think you mean SHE. Gabby actually plays the lead. Rodrigo plays backups & harmonies. She rips it & he keeps up Saw them live in a little theater in Alaska. Mindblowing fo sho.

Is that Auto-tune I hear?

Please...

 A&M's shareholders to make more money?

Oooooh! Dere poor wittle attention spans just can't take it! Give 'em a 2 or 3 minute track so they can stop cryin'! I ain't about the lyrics, it's about the beat. I'm gonna buy this one, load it up on the iPod, jump on the bike and go cycling like a madman! peace out, steve

I don't know why, but the violin in this song just grates on me.

Sia is much less whiney on this track than usual.  She has a great voice when she is not overly nasal.  The lyrics are much more mature than her earlier stuff too IMO.

I understand that people will dislike many of the songs on RP, my main point was that the poster in question has a disturbing tendency to give low ratings to female artists. I think this amounts to gender bias so when I saw another negative post by this individual, directed at a talented female artist, I drafted a response that exposed the lopsidedness of his ratings. People are free to rate artists anyway they want to and everybody has some degree of bias in them but I think people should strive to be fair in their ratings. Would it be acceptable to give low ratings to African American artists or Gay artists? No, so why is it all right to give poor ratings to female artists? I'm willing to give people the benefit of doubt, this individual may not have realized what he was doing, although that seems unlikely.

To say you absolutely hate 15% of the songs that RP plays is a strong statement. I dislike some of the songs but I've never given a song a "1" rating. In my opinion that's unfair to the artists, who work hard to create their tunes and who often perform in dingy dives to indifferent audiences for years before they achieve some level of success. I also don't think it's fair to the people who like the song and to Bill and Rebecca, who's opinions I respect. And, also, I'm no musical expert.

Of course in the end we are free to disagree. But I do agree with your expression of support for Radio Paradise. Viva RP!

I'd be OK with more Bird and the Bee on RP.  Polite Dance Song, perhaps?  I might have to do some submitting.

That guitar riff that starts at the bridge is 90% the opening bass riff from the theme song to Barney Miller!

You are NOT playing Sweet!  That is too funny!  Bring on the Blitz!!! 

I'm not familiar with this guy but a comment I heard about him sticks.Something like-"he plays all of the notes with none of the feeling".

Funny you should mention it.

Anime OST composer Yoko Kanno lifted this track almost in its entirety and added it to the Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex soundtrack.
Can't say the series is particularily Cheesy though. Its stuffed with great action and a complex plot.
But I am pretty disapointed that she did not present the original creators of the work.

/edit/ Funny that someone else thought of writing an almost identical response. ;)

Anyone else get the image of some cheesy Anime Character spinning in a field with wind blowing through their purple hair?

Some of the best live shows I've ever seen were Joe Jackson's.

Oh, and for a whole other "take" on this song, see Inara George's version. Available on iTunes. Very cool.

What's with the hissing in the background the whole time? Sounds like it was recorded on cheap casette tape.