Triggerfinger - I Follow Rivers
(Aug 14, 2012 - 06:38) | Before RP I never heard of this song, now I have heard two versions. I like them both but the other is outstanding.
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Bat For Lashes - Glass
(Jul 16, 2012 - 07:00) | jpfueler wrote:
showed a co-worker the video of this and his fisrt words were " Wow, A real drummer, not a drum machine.....and a girl too"
Again this song comes on and I am pounding away on my desk. WHAT A DRUM BEAT! Cool it is a female drumer.
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Pink Floyd - Coming Back To Life
(Jun 14, 2012 - 09:23) | SCREW "THE WALL" and screw Roger Waters. This is the best work by Pink Floyd, only the close-minded disagree. This is probably the best song ever by them.
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Bat For Lashes - Glass
(Jun 01, 2012 - 13:29) | I love her voice, but the awesome drum beats in this song overpowers everything. Great stuff
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Billy Preston - Outa Space
(May 31, 2012 - 12:17) | chebucto wrote: Keep expecting someone to jump and start singing about chocolate salty balls
LOL good call.
I am so glad that this instrument is never used anymore. It sounds ridiculous!
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Guster - Ruby Falls
(Apr 25, 2012 - 09:53) | This is the song that turned me onto Guster. Never stopped loving it. Although I like their other work, nothing else compares to this one.
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Indigo Girls - Share The Moon
(Mar 12, 2012 - 11:59) | Indigo Girls with a male vocalist? What gives? His voice sounds familiar, is he in another band that is played here in RP? Perhaps Iron and wine?
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Etta James - Welcome To The Jungle
(Feb 27, 2012 - 11:04) | Make it stop!!! I wish I woulda never heard this song, ruins my impression of her. She was one of the great ones.
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Elbow - Mirrorball
(Jan 11, 2012 - 11:02) | Thanks RP for turning me onto Elbow. I love all his work, especially this one.
Heck, he even has a song in a video game. DiRT2 :)
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Elbow - Mirrorball
(Jan 11, 2012 - 11:01) | number7 wrote: If this wasn't a wonderful song Mr. Gabriel would not have covered it.
I don't think he nailed it though.
Keep it up Elbow!
Agreed!
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Sarah Jarosz - The Tourist
(Nov 18, 2011 - 20:27) | EPIC FREAKING FAIL!!!!! Any artist attempting to cover Radiohead needs to work harder than this. The Tourist is a beautiful song, ruined by the obnoxious banjo and fiddle in this rendition. Ever wonder what the difference is between violin and fiddle? The crap in this song is not considered a violin.
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Porcupine Tree - Disappear
(Nov 11, 2011 - 12:28) | MiracleDrug wrote: THIS is what Genesis could have sounded like if Peter and Steve stuck around and they told Phil to STFU and play your drums, mate....
OMFG that is funny!
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Johnny Cash - Hurt
(Sep 12, 2011 - 13:34) | Al_Koholic wrote:
Good job man, thanks for sharing.
Thanks AL!  I heard the song here first, years ago, so it was only fiting that I shared my version here.
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Johnny Cash - Hurt
(Aug 18, 2011 - 08:18) | If not for this version, I would never have figured out how to play it on guitar. Check out me playing/ singing it on YouTube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DuqpRgAb4gw
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Adele - Rolling In The Deep
(Jun 15, 2011 - 11:39) | How could anyone hate this song? It has a pure, vintage sound with some great vocals.
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Johnny Cash - Hurt
(Mar 09, 2011 - 10:26) | I absolutly hated this song when it first came out, thinking it was an insult to the NIN song. But as the years go by i find that this is a beautiful representation of stressing the guitar work in the song. The first time I picked up my guitar to sing and play this, I realized that he did great with the translation of this song to an acoustic guitar.
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Manic Street Preachers - To Repel Ghosts
(Jun 19, 2009 - 06:56) | Bazooka wrote:Saint Michael the Archangel, Defend us in battle
Be our protection against the wickedness and snares of the Devil
May God rebuke him, we humbly pray
And do thou, O prince of the heavenly host,
By the power of God, thrust into hell Satan and all evil spirits
Who wander through the world for the ruin of souls.
Amen OR O Lord, bless us with all of the virtues of Heaven,
So that no obscene or evil spirit may have the power to annoy any person who is here.
Grant us a good Angel for our Guardian,
To protect us from evil and trouble,
That we may conduct our business in this place in all safety. In Christ name:
Amen. http://barthudson.com/ghost_hunting_102.htm
Very nice!
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Pearl Jam - Given To Fly
(Jun 03, 2009 - 12:05) | Please forgive me for rating this a 10. Was always a great tune. Not their best album, but there were a few nice tracks on there.
And to agree with the below post, the cover is funny.
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Goldfrapp - Utopia
(Jun 01, 2009 - 05:55) | peter_james_bond wrote:
No, you don't rate singers by their looks, judging from your ratings you grade them on their gender. Most of your "1" ratings are given to female artists. That makes you a giant schmuck!
I am a guy that prefers the hear female vocalists. Allot of "typical" males would label that as being a gay person. I never understood this as why would anyone male or female prefer to hear a male vocalists?
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Spoon - Don't You Evah
(May 22, 2009 - 10:33) | STOP HATIN ON THIS SONG! Bill please delete their accounts yukyuk. Seriously, dont you evah complain bout this song again!
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The Frames - The Cost
(Apr 28, 2009 - 07:59) | a_genuine_find wrote: Top 10 emotionally expressive guitar solos EVER
Read below, its not a guitar.
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Red Hot Chili Peppers - Slow Cheetah
(Apr 23, 2009 - 05:50) | Are you people serious? Do you have any idea how long these dudes have been around? And to keep coming with hits that sound nothing like older stuff says allot.
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Van Morrison - It's All Over Now, Baby Blue
(Apr 22, 2009 - 11:07) | grignr wrote:Nice song. I'm having a little trouble enjoying though it because my mind keeps trying to insert the lyrics to Beck's "Jack-Ass"... 
Ditto:
I've been stumbling around in the same, stale shoes. HEHE
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Van Morrison - It's All Over Now, Baby Blue
(Apr 22, 2009 - 11:05) | bobcat1963 wrote:eels? oooh no Beck? ooh no Van the Man.... 
bobcat1963, you forgot one other band that used this music in a sample:
Insane Clown Possie?
ooooohhhh nooooo
LOL
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Goldfrapp - Utopia
(Apr 22, 2009 - 10:26) | Sounds like the theme (in bits) for Dr. Who...LOL
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Gomez - How We Operate
(Apr 16, 2009 - 10:24) | Best banjo I ever heard. Cant say I ever heard minor chords coming from one.
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The Frames - The Cost
(Mar 31, 2009 - 06:03) | a_genuine_find wrote:
Believe it or not, that is a violin under distortion. Good stuff huh?
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I LOVE this song. I am having a hard time playing it on my guitar. Anyone here know wtf he is playing? I saw a video on youtube, where he is playing in an elevator, so I can get some notes, but not quite all. Can't find tabs anywhere either. =(
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INXS - Never Tear Us Apart
(Mar 22, 2009 - 13:53) | This was such an awesome album. I used to love INXS. Still enjoy hearing them, but it makes me angry when I think of Michael Hutchence. What a freakin idiot, the way he died. Has anyone heard anything from the band with their new lead singer?
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Morphine - Radar
(Mar 16, 2009 - 12:06) | This song is beginning to penetrate my radar. =)
I am digging the bass and sax
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Porcupine Tree - Sleep Together
(Mar 11, 2009 - 07:35) | ThePoose wrote: I live on 50 densely wooded acres in rural Ottawa, capital of Canada. One warm summer night as I was going to sleep listening to a score of bullfrogs croaking in the pond, I heard a loud, repetitive screech. I knew all the owl sounds, and this was not among them. It went on for many minutes, so I got a 15,000,000 candlepower lantern and went on a search for this new animal sound. The sound did not diminish as I approached the tree from which the sound arose. Finally, I saw the source of that strange sound: a humungous porcupine (female, as I was to soon find out) screeching to attract a male porky, who was hot to trot over from the next tree. They soon found each other, and the screeching began to mount—pun intended. Thereafter, that popular poplar became known as the Porcupine Tree.
Great story, it does make me wonder where the band name came from even more.
GOD I LOVE THIS SONG!!!!
And I totally disagree with the negative thoughts on the direction of the advances in technology. With an increasingly overpopulating planet I think it will be best to dwell in a virtual environment. Yes it may be a little less personal, but who cares IMHO, I am anti-social anyways. And think of it as preparation for the "Space Age". Folks lets face it, one day this planet will not be fit for humans. If the race will survive, we will be traveling in vehicles for long periods, not going to shopping malls, parks, etc. And sure this wont happen overnight.
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Rush - Subdivisions
(Mar 09, 2009 - 13:06) | jeremyleo wrote:One of my favourites by Rush tunes off of one of my favourite albums. I am a long-time Rush fan and I rellay like the production on Signals. A friend of a friend recorded a very cool solo accoustic cover of this, filmed on a rooftop in Hamilton Ontario. Check it out here.
Hey that is pretty cool.
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Stevie Wonder - Higher Ground
(Mar 03, 2009 - 09:31) | Ok, this has always bugged me. Can one of you please tell me what makes those weird noises in this song? Is it the bass guitar? 
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Collective Soul - The World I Know
(Mar 02, 2009 - 11:40) | SOOOO Depressing. I think I am prolly gonna jump off of a tall building, just like in the video. LOL
Great song though.
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Talking Heads - (Nothing But) Flowers
(Feb 25, 2009 - 13:09) | I miss the honky-tonks, Dairy Queens, and 7-11s. LOL This lifestyle wouldnt scare me at all. I might miss my computer though. So what happens in the story of this song anyway? Nuclear winter?
I have always loved this song
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The Call - I Still Believe
(Feb 25, 2009 - 10:05) | I still believe that The Lost Boys was one of the best movies ever. The soundtrack was good too.
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The Wailin' Jennys - Starlight
(Feb 09, 2009 - 10:58) | punkbot wrote:And to think, if they didn't give their seat up to Buddy Holly and Richie Valens, we'd never have this great song. 
Thats a joke right?
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Id Guinness - Rising River
(Jan 30, 2009 - 12:32) | I like tihs. Kinda sounds like Men At Work, The Police, and Pink Floyd all bundled up in one. Kinda weird I know.
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Pearl Jam - Elderly Woman Behind the Counter in a Small Town
(Jan 30, 2009 - 09:02) | DaMoGan wrote:This song has special significance to me... it was the first song I learned to play on guitar and sing along at the same time! 
Yes this one is very easy to do. The ol D-G-C transition, or is it G-C-D. Cant say without my guitar in my hand
Great song too, its gotta be the longest song title in history though.
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Pink Floyd - Hey You
(Nov 13, 2008 - 10:06) | HEY YOU!!! How dare you rate this below a 10. Fix it now. 
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Ray Lamontagne - Crazy
(Nov 13, 2008 - 09:34) | Really!!!! How many more artists are gonna cover this song???? The original can never be touched, it just cant. This versions not bad however.
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Porcupine Tree - Trains
(Nov 07, 2008 - 12:44) | Yes, I hate to agree with any negative points about PT, but the opening lyrics were a bit soft. I think Mr.Wilson shoulda stopped right there and re-recorded. I still would not drop this below a ten though.
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Gotye - Heart's A Mess
(Nov 05, 2008 - 11:23) | I will never get tired of this song, or any of his others. Does anyone else think that the chorus sounds like the Police (with the back vocals and all)?
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Porcupine Tree - Sentimental
(Nov 05, 2008 - 07:20) | arserocket wrote:
Possibly, but its looking quite likely that it contributes to psychosis in individuals with a predisposition. I worked in a psychiatric hospital for 4 years and young acute males were helping to make themselves even worse by smoking as much as they could without restrictions. There seems to be evidence that it can lead to Schizophrenic behaviour. But its the individuals choice... I used to smoke as much as i could then started getting really paranoid and now am very forgetful. I don't really care what people do to themselves as long as they don't harm me or my friends/family.
Oh that is true, over consumption is not a good thing. Furthermore, I do not think it is a good idea for a teenager to use this, since they are already without the ability to think rationally (psychology 101). Me personally, I see it helps me focus, which is hard at times having ADHD. Would I use it at work, no. And as far as harming you or your family, I cant see how marijuana would do it, as opposed to alcohol. Cigerettes and alcohol kill people, marijuana just alters thoughts.
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Porcupine Tree - Sentimental
(Nov 03, 2008 - 10:59) | westslope wrote:horstman, Sorry to hear that your mother still smokes tobacco. But glad to hear that you 'matured' out of pot a few years ago. Been a good boy for a few months here and abstinence definitely helps get things done, do more physical exercise, sleep better over the long run, etc. Funny, I was around my parents on several occasions after having smoked hashish. They never suspected a thing. I showed up for my 15th birthday dinner so stoned on black Afghanie hashish I could hardly make out details on the dining room wall. No suspicion, not a word. Incidentally, I had 'smoked up' earlier that day in a friend's home next door to the prime minister's executive assistant's house. This was during the FLQ crisis—where the Front de liberation du Quebec kidnapped the British trade commissioner James Cross and the provincial minister of Labour—and the place was crawling with uniformed, gun-toting Canadian soldiers. For young adolescents, it was all very trippy. I'll bet experiences similar to yours and mine were being played out all over North America during that period. It's a good reminder that reasonably well-educated and otherwise 'liberal' folk can get just as hysterical as anybody else. BTW, did you ever watch the cult-classic film Reefer Madness? As a senior high school student, I remember (I really do!) going to a showing at Carleton University in Ottawa. The entire audience was stoned and laughing so hard, it was impossible to hear the soundtrack. Cathartic.
SCREW THAT!!!!! Gonje never HURT anyone. If there is one solid reason that it is illegal it is for the simple fact that it is (when grown naturally and not smoked) very good for the human body. Whats my point? Alcohol is very legal and very welcomed by your government for the simple reason that it kills people and makes others get killed by it (DUI, OD, etc.). If you think that governments dont want population control, then you are fooling yourself! Another note is that THC allows the average person to use parts of their minds they would not normally use. So if the masses had an open mind of perception, these suppresive government styles (such as our crappy Democratic Republic in the US), would be overthrown.
Ok I am done with the vent.
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Porcupine Tree - Sentimental
(Nov 03, 2008 - 10:48) | Darlington wrote:
It is, I believe.
Really??? That is great if so, since I used to love Public Enemy. Almost as much as I love PT.
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Porcupine Tree - Sentimental
(Nov 03, 2008 - 10:46) | Rafter101 wrote:
No. I believe they are saying "Suddenly BBQ Stank," which refers to the unfortunate situations in which people from previous backyard parties tend to either puke or whizz into the seemingly convenient Weber Kettle, rather than the more traditional nearby rose bushes.
After a few weeks of drying and mellowing, a fresh charcoal fire can really stink up the bbq.
LMFAO...Good one guys =) I always do this sort of stuff, but never yet to a PT song. =D
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Talking Heads - (Nothing But) Flowers
(Oct 22, 2008 - 05:13) | This was always my favorite song by the Heads. Tropical feel with a post modern civilization theme.
I cant wait to hear Guster's version!
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Ripley Caine - Hey Mister
(Oct 21, 2008 - 09:24) | AHHH thats who she reminds me of. CARLY SIMON!!!! I really like this song allot. Great guitar work I might add.
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Shawn Colvin - Crazy
(Oct 14, 2008 - 09:50) | Anyone else wanna do a cover on this??? Heck even Bill should consider!!
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The Frames - The Cost
(Oct 13, 2008 - 07:44) | OK this song has finally grown on me. I LOVE IT. Anyone else think this sounds like Pink Floyd? The guitars screeching sound just like David Gilmore.
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Richard Thompson - 1985
(Oct 10, 2008 - 12:46) | LMAO JIVE!!!! We posted the same comment at the same time. Thats too much !
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Fontaine - Running on Empty
(Oct 07, 2008 - 10:31) | ROSSinDETROIT wrote: This sounds a bit Cowboy Junkies-ish, in a good way. I could hear Neko Case singing this as well, only spookier.
WOW I was just thinkig the same. Is she from that band? Whos the hottie below??
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Neko Case - Star Witness
(Oct 07, 2008 - 05:25) | I really love this song. Her voice, the hollow-body electric guitar, and the sad lyrics.
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Muse - Supermassive Black Hole
(Oct 03, 2008 - 10:34) | Not the best work by MUSE but it is okay. I highly recommend all of you picking up their album "Absolution". When it first came out, I heard the reviews of this from some top UK magazine, "Earth shattering and life saving" I was thinking it was an exaggeration, but it was not. The last track is lame because they let the bassist sing. LOL Other than that it is fantastic!
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Porcupine Tree - My Ashes
(Oct 02, 2008 - 09:11) | Excelsior wrote:Me too, I thought PF was coming up but I'll take PT just as well. 
Wow a positive post from Ecelsior! Makes me all warm and fuzzy inside.
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Violent Femmes - Crazy
(Sep 29, 2008 - 09:56) | saltysanford wrote:
This is the last one...and then I'm done with you. You are a whiny, complaining little bitch. Get to work, you can't possibly have this much free time at a job to do nothing but post negative comments about songs. Good God man, I absolutely hate all those emo bands (i.e. The Cure, Depeche Mode, etc.) but all I do is take my headphones off for the tune and get back to RP afterwards. While you on the other hand feel compelled to post negative crap about the same song over and over and over and over and over and over and over.
Bleh. Now I'm done with you.
Hey someone else noticed! hehe
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Gnarls Barkley - Crazy
(Sep 26, 2008 - 11:05) | Fun song. You all will think I am "crazy" when I say that I thought this was Aritha Franklin when I first heard it. LOL
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R.E.M. - World Leader Pretend
(Sep 26, 2008 - 07:33) | I agree. If you look at music historically in interpretation, you will see that eventually everything is repeated over time. Artist cannot totally change their style, inspirations etc. There are only so many chords, pitch, ranges, and octaves at an artist's disposal.
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Soundgarden - Fell On Black Days
(Sep 24, 2008 - 08:36) | AHHHH YES I love Soundgarden. I listened to the CD soooo many times when it was new and years following, that when that song ended I was listening for the next song on the album.
Soundgarden and Rage Against the Machine should regroup as their own bands again!!!
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Violent Femmes - Crazy
(Sep 19, 2008 - 11:22) | gandalfbmg wrote: I like this a lot more than I do Gnarls Barkley's cover of the Femmes...
Oh yeah I forgot bout that. Perhaps this is why the cover was presented.
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Violent Femmes - Crazy
(Sep 19, 2008 - 11:20) | I think the Femmes are Crazy for doing this. Kinda funny though, I thought it was Richard Cheese at first.
The original cannot be touched, because Gnarles just has a humourous touch in his voice. Don't know how to explain it, but it has a happy feel to it.
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Pink Floyd - Shine On You Crazy Diamond
(Sep 17, 2008 - 10:19) | jagdriver wrote:
It means Rick can finally explain to Kay Seeburg, the Jukebox Queen, the meaning behind the title, A Saucerful of Secrets.
Thanks, now the chills in my spine have multiplied.
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Pink Floyd - Shine On You Crazy Diamond
(Sep 17, 2008 - 10:14) | jagdriver wrote:I miss Rick!
Just listen to the close of A Saucerful of Secrets from the album by the same name. No Rick, no "Pink Floyd Sound."
Whats it mean jagdriver?
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Nitin Sawhney - Mausam
(Sep 16, 2008 - 13:28) | Walli1000 wrote:Yeah shake them hips!
Yes, please, and post it on youtube!
I cant understand a word, but that Reena Bhardwaj has a very sexy voice.
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Porcupine Tree - Trains
(Sep 12, 2008 - 11:10) | YAY it has an overall rating of 10 now. Bout time. Maybe the shortened version is why????
It finally dawned on me what the opening line means-"train set"=a toy train set. Still have no idea what match spied is though. Anyone wanna elaborate?
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Bonobo - Nitelight
(Sep 11, 2008 - 10:16) | Agreed. Sounds like something from the Peanuts in the beginning.
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Remy Zero - Gramarye
(Sep 11, 2008 - 05:12) | Wow I forgot about this song. I always loved it. Great band. And it does sound like Kent
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The Cure - Burn
(Sep 09, 2008 - 13:26) | Also found on The Crow soundtrack. Anyone wanna agree with me that this soundtrack was the best ever???
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Cracker - Euro-Trash Girl
(Sep 09, 2008 - 12:18) | Get serious peeps. This song is very funny and has a nice sound.
Cracker's best IMO and the funny thing is that it was a hidden track. AHHH the 90's and the hidden tracks.
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Neko Case - Deep Red Bells
(Sep 09, 2008 - 07:49) | GRRRRRREAT SONG!!!! I love her lyrics. Not your typical country style. I guess she gets shoved into the "Country" music genre because there are steal guitars and stand-up bass?
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Beck - Jack-Ass
(Sep 05, 2008 - 10:58) | The sample was also used by Insane Clown Posse. Not sure which song, but I remember it was funny as hell
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Bob Dylan - Positively 4th Street
(Sep 04, 2008 - 12:20) | toterola wrote:
That comment is,on its face, inane. Bob Dylan was in the Top Ten, and so were the Byrds (singing his songs). The charts were full of socially vocal artists. Hell, Nixon wanted to have The Jefferson Airplane arrested for their album "Volunteers".
Sure kids watched "Bandstand". They also watched the draft lottery on t.v. . The difference today is: there is no draft. Yet.
That is the dirty little secret of the McCain campaign. He wants to start the draft again.
Better wake up folks. Just because it all happened once doesn't mean it can't happen again.
McCain is just a JACK-ASS! If anyone thinks this country is in bad shape now, just vote for that moron and watch this country plunder.
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Guster - Ruby Falls
(Sep 04, 2008 - 11:58) | phlattop wrote: Nice tune!! Much, much better than "Satellite". hard to believe it's the same band.
Love the sax at the end.
Its a sax? I thought it was a muted trumpet.
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Madrugada - Hands Up - I Love You
(Sep 04, 2008 - 08:57) | SHIT!!!! I just looked into the guitarist to find that he died last year. That is truly sad. Kinda neat that he was buried with his guitar though. He was found dead with his guitar in hand, when I go I want to have my last moments playing as well just as he. RIP.
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Porcupine Tree - My Ashes
(Sep 02, 2008 - 11:48) | 1wolfy wrote: No 1/4 never comes to mind....sorry...it is quite a stretch..
The first two notes are identical..thats about it. The keyboard is surely programmed with similar sound.
Deadwing wrote: Well I'm sure "Anchoresse" would make a good anchor at the bottom of the sea somewhere.
LOL There goes Deadwing standing up for one of the greatest bands ever. =)
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Porcupine Tree - My Ashes
(Sep 02, 2008 - 11:46) | sdn wrote:
Here's my take:
All the things that I needed
I wasted my chances
I have found myself wanting
He's looking back on his life.
When a mother and father
Gave me their problems
I accepted them all
Nothing ever expected
I was rejected
But I came back for more
He grew up with abusive or negligent parents.
And my ashes fall over all the things we've said
On a box of photographs under the bed
...
And my ashes find a way beyond the fog
And return to save the child that I forgot
And my ashes fade among the things unseen
And a dream plays in reverse on piano keys
Then he dies (commits suicide?). Then his spirit (his ashes), falling over the world, reviewing his memories, finds a way to go back in time, and rescue the child that he was.
Maybe it's a literal time-travel and rescue; or maybe it's just a reconciliation with himself after death.
EXCELLANT INTREPTATION!!! I thought something very similar.
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Elbow - Grounds For Divorce
(Aug 29, 2008 - 10:49) | I am slowly becoming an Elbow fan. I think peeps judge music by Artist title simular to a reader judging a book by its cover or title.
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Cardigans - My Favourite Game
(Aug 29, 2008 - 10:45) | LMAO I was about the comment the same. Sounds just like Charlie Brown's teacher.
Funny how I never noticed the song Favorite game and album title Gran Turismo. Very cool.
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Santana - Put Your Lights On (feat Everlast)
(Aug 29, 2008 - 08:29) | rcurrier wrote:
Plus he has a popular line of boxing accessories.
LMAO. I always liked him and wished he had a more original name. I hate rap nowadays, but I still proubly admit that I used to love House of Pain.
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Porcupine Tree - Trains
(Aug 27, 2008 - 12:02) | westslope wrote:I remember placing pennies on the track near my parent's first house in Nepean township west of Ottawa. We would also press our ears close to the tracks and listen for the next train. The area was surrounded by woods and fields; it is probably just another suburb at this point.
LOL I used to do the same. Good thing a train never got derailed or there may have been "scars in the country". hehe I also used to pick blackberries that grew wild by those tracks. I guess trains can also spark childhood memories for anyone.
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Neil Young - Like a Hurricane
(Aug 26, 2008 - 11:08) | Love this one.
Bill, the hurricane (tropical storm at the time) has already passed by here in FLA, so you waited too long to add this to the playlist.  The next one should be here next week.
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Pearl Jam - Nothing As It Seems
(Aug 21, 2008 - 08:23) | See there, PJ still has some stuff left in the tank. They require a new drummer per album thats all.
Classic line here, "Whisper through a megaphone". <- hehe
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Love and Rockets - So Alive
(Aug 19, 2008 - 12:49) | bugleboy624 wrote: Decent song. A bit over-played on the classic rock stations around here, but decent.
CLASSIC ROCK!!!!???? LMAO
1wolfy wrote: I like the back-up vocals best...sing it ladies
The backups always reminded me of Pink Floyd
Still a decent tune, Artist name inspired by Stalin
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John Hiatt - Crossing Muddy Waters
(Aug 18, 2008 - 13:55) | stevetheshoe wrote:
I went thru your song rankings and it's obvious that you don't like anything recorded after you were born.
LMAO
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Pink Floyd - Marooned
(Aug 18, 2008 - 12:45) | p2h2d2 wrote:
I think it had to do with Wierd Scenes from Inside the Gold Mine...no wait...that was Jim...
HEHE. I had a good idea of what the album's story was, but since then I have forgot. Need a refresher.
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Porcupine Tree - Start of Something Beautiful
(Aug 13, 2008 - 06:48) | palad1 wrote: Always in my thoughts you are...
Like it how when I think about RP, I always have this song in my mind :)
So true! This line also sounds like something Yoda would say. yuk yuk
The start of something beautiful was when I was first turned onto RP and heard this band.
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Low - California
(Aug 13, 2008 - 06:46) | Another song bout Cali??????? Cmon artists!
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Guster - Ruby Falls
(Aug 13, 2008 - 05:44) | I wonder if they know or meant to sound like The Beach Boys? Id rate this an 11 if I could, eventhough i HATE The Beach Boys
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Red Guitar - California
(Aug 11, 2008 - 13:38) | Don't care too much for California. I live in Florida and don't care for this place either. Great song however
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The Raconteurs - You Don't Understand Me
(Aug 07, 2008 - 06:09) | stewliscious wrote:
Third time I have asked now...seriously.... what is a "Supertramp"?
LOL stew, it is a band from the 70's. They sound similar in this song.
Mr. White found a great project in this band. Love the COld War Kids too.
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David Gilmour - On An Island
(Aug 07, 2008 - 05:50) | Gilmour is the greatest ever. Did he really need to go solo though? It cracks me up that he is still not too old to throw psychedelic bits in songs, like the LA-LA-LA-LA part in this one.
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Pink Floyd - Marooned
(Aug 06, 2008 - 09:31) | I do not care what anyone says, Division Bell was Pink Floyd's best work!!!!!!!!! Roger Waters would have only dragged this one down. This song is great as are all the tracks on this Album. The album art and songs go hand in hand to tell a story. Anyone here know what that is?
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Porcupine Tree - Arriving Somewhere (But Not Here)
(Aug 06, 2008 - 08:33) | I think this is my favorite PT song, but not sure. I am sure that it rocks and they cant be placed in the same sentence as Metallica. Metallica was good, but not to thier level.
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Fontaine - Running on Empty
(Aug 05, 2008 - 05:08) | Oh thank goodness. I have had this song stuck in my head all morning for some reason. Good timing
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Michael Franti and Spearhead - Time to Go Home
(Aug 01, 2008 - 10:12) | AWESOME SONG. Michael is fantastic for his insight.
To those of you posting below, take anything you hear from our government with a grain of salt. This WAS once a great country.
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Yoav - Club Thing
(Jul 31, 2008 - 12:19) | Very groovy tune. Some weird stuff going on with the guitars.
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Pearl Jam - Inside Job
(Jul 31, 2008 - 08:53) | One of PJs best IMO. I do wonder is that a guitar in the beginning being used with a bow like a violin?
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Derek and the Dominoes - Layla
(Jul 18, 2008 - 10:49) | BCarderMA wrote: That commercial is my BlackBerry ring tone believe it or not. It's very popular at my work, haha.
OMG, CLASSIC. Whered you get it?
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Joe Strummer & The Mescaleros - Global A Go-Go
(Jul 18, 2008 - 10:46) | westslope wrote: Heroin? Gimme a break!
I think I hear some tobacco and/or too much weed... but then the smoke-augmented voice could apply to hundreds of contemporary performers.
This hums along quite nicely.
I never tried it and wont, but Herion makes peeps drool and have slurred speech. I am saying nothing bad about the dood. May he rest peacfully.
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Porcupine Tree - Trains
(Jul 18, 2008 - 10:44) | No crash?
I think allot of Steven's songs were based on his childhood. I love it cause it also takes me back to mine when listening.
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Men At Work - Land Down Under
(Jul 17, 2008 - 12:39) | YAY!!!!!! When I was a kid and first heard these guys I bought the cassette and the record since I loved it so much.
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Ray LaMontagne - Empty
(Jul 17, 2008 - 10:52) | What a great song. Why did I always think that this was Supergrass?
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Neko Case - Fox Confessor Brings The Flood
(Jul 16, 2008 - 11:13) | jadewahoo wrote: The segue from hank Williams' Ramblin' Man to this Neko Case is superb!
Thats odd. The same just happened right now.
I LOVE NEKO, her voice is great (sounds like Linda Rhondstadt, Lyretta Lynn, and more). The guitars are great too!
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Hank Williams - Ramblin Man
(Jul 16, 2008 - 11:10) | My co-worker just looked over the cubicle at me saying, "WHAT ARE YOU LISTENING TO?". I simply replied I am NOT listening.
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Tom Waits - Downtown Train
(Jul 16, 2008 - 10:41) | peterata wrote:
Tongue-in-cheek, I hope.
Unfortunately not.
ca1vinandhobbes wrote:For some reason I always think about Cookie Monster when I hear Tom sing...that makes me smile.
Now THAT is funny!
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Guster - Ruby Falls
(Jul 16, 2008 - 10:31) | I LOVE this song. When I first heard it, I bought the single and played it over...and over...and over. The guitars are great, his voice is smooth and the melodies are perfect. Is this about Ruby Falls, Michigan?
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Tom Waits - Downtown Train
(Jul 16, 2008 - 10:28) | I cant handle this..AT ALL. I am not a Rod Stewart fan by any stretch, but his version was supreme compared to this original.
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Koop - Koop Island Blues (w/ Ane Brun)
(Jul 16, 2008 - 09:42) | Such a nice sound. The brushed snare drum gives it such a jazzy feel, the xylophone gives off classic Latin music (I think), and the accordion takes me to Italy. And her soft voice is pleasing.
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Derek and the Dominoes - Layla
(Jul 16, 2008 - 05:45) | BCarderMA wrote:Hey man is that freedom rock?
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LMFAO. I am glad I am not the only one that remembers that commercial!
The ending of this song I always loved. I wish they could have made a seperate song out of it.
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Arcade Fire - Rebellion (Lies)
(Jul 15, 2008 - 13:29) | ThePoose wrote: I'm hearing Yoko Ono. Oh no.
HAHA your right.
tclodes wrote:Always nice to see guitarists using Music Man amps.
Great live band.
Do you mean no distortion???
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Rodrigo y Gabriela - Stairway to Heaven
(Jul 15, 2008 - 13:26) | ThePoose wrote:
Why just in the elevator? Why not just about anywhere and everywhere?
Because you are likely to hear this in an elevator. hehe
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Guster - Lightning Rod
(Jul 15, 2008 - 12:53) | bigB_3 wrote:
Ummm. Well, you gave The Bangles - Walk Like An Egyptian a 10....  Nuff said.
LMFAO CALLED OUT! Someone did some investigating.
I also loved Ruby Falls. I love these guys, eventhouigh they have the Beach Boys' sound.
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Emiliana Torrini - Fingertips
(Jul 15, 2008 - 08:05) | superfido wrote: Is she the singer from sneakerpimps (anyone know)???
No not the same, sounds very similar though. WHAT A SEXY VOICE!!!!!!!!
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Ashley MacIsaac - Sleepy Maggie
(Jul 11, 2008 - 13:28) | You mean this is in english??????? I like it either way.
davin wrote:
The song is 13 years old and does not feature LM.
This song is that old?
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St. Etienne - Nothing Can Stop Us
(Jul 11, 2008 - 13:19) | Supremes exactly! With the vintage sounds I really thought it was a 60's hit. Good stuff. The flutes make me think of one of the Christmas clamation classics. Not sure which one or why. Sorry I am just weird.
JohnBauer wrote:IMHO, women just don't get more gorgeous than Sarah Cracknell.
Wow, I strongly agree. I didnt think the face would be as nice as the voice.
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The Decemberists - Summersong
(Jul 11, 2008 - 12:08) | Sounds like someone needs a hug.
BTW how do you all get those smileys? I have no opotions, so i have to copy and paste.
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Frank Black - (Do What You Want) Gyaneshwar
(Jul 11, 2008 - 11:58) | Excelsior wrote:
The term for such a song is called an "earworm" (lovely imagery, huh?) and you're right, this song is incredibly annoying. A -2 from me as well.
earworm eh? I like it. Nice to have terminology for this. Thanks.
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Scissor Sisters - Take Your Mama Out
(Jul 11, 2008 - 06:54) | Groovy tune, even if it does sound like Ms. Elton John.
More_Cowbell wrote:Why would I take my Mom out all night??
funny
Hollywood2112 wrote:Did Elton have any kids we didn't know about?
Modern science still has not discovered a way for two dudes to produce offspring. THANK GOODNESS!
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Porcupine Tree - Trains
(Jul 11, 2008 - 05:06) | What??!! No banjo? Why is that part cut out. I always hated the banjo until I heard the Gomez song How We Operate.
realsleep wrote:I don't know, once you start saying, "Scars in the country...." it is hard not to think political, at least a little bit.
Elaborate, you have my attention,
MrStatenIsle wrote:Interesting thought on what the lyrics mean, I'd be curious to know for sure. For me, I recall listening to this when I heard on the radio that the shuttle Columbia had crashed. The "60-ton angel falls to the Earth" and "radiant blur" lyrics just seemed too perfect. All in all the song seems a somber reflection of a memory of a love at a certain time and place specific to him.
What I like most about SW's song writing here is his ability to be slightly familiar/slightly vague while painting this wonderful imagery with words, and evoking an emotion regardless of understanding where he's coming from. And of course the music is just brilliant.
Agreed with the wonderful imagery. My favorite style of writing is one that has the listener thinking. SW is truly great.
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The Magic Numbers - Forever Lost
(Jul 09, 2008 - 13:35) | Great tune with a sexy voice in the melody. Quite fitting that the dudes look like primates and sound like The Monkies.
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Kent - Musik Non Stop
(Jul 09, 2008 - 13:29) | Any Deftones fans out there???? If Chino Moreno spoke the language this is what he would sound like.
I have no clue what they are saying, but THIS...ROCKS!
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Kula Shaker - Tattva
(Jul 09, 2008 - 13:13) | lemmoth wrote: I shouldn't have ate a ate a taco?????
LOL I guess this statement is no less fitting than anything else in this thread. Great tune, eventhough I havent a clue of what he is saying.
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Porcupine Tree - Sentimental
(Jul 01, 2008 - 12:46) | Deadwing wrote:
The last time PT played Cincinnati they ate at a restaurant very close to the club called The Holy Grail. This tour we decided to go there for dinner and hope for the best, and about 20 minutes after we got there Wes came in to eat dinner with some local friends. We chatted with him for a few minutes and took a couple of pics and then left him in peace to enjoy his dinner 
He's an amazingly friendly, gracious, warm guy.
And the show that night was to die for 
All the guys in PT are very friendly and normally they hang around outside the tourbus to chat with fans after every show unless one of them is sick or something  Steven Wilson is a very sweet, charismatic guy that seems genuinely perplexed but extremely happy that people love his music so much. Kind of the absent minded professor type 
Gavin tends to be a little more shy 
Amazing, just amazing. I somehow have become even more fond of these guys. Didn't think it was possible.
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Spoon - Rhythm & Soul
(Jul 01, 2008 - 12:44) | horstman wrote:
I love Spoon but unfortunately I died last
last....... Is that a complete sentence, or were you cut off?
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Porcupine Tree - Four Chords That Made a Million
(Jul 01, 2008 - 12:30) | Bosonator wrote: G, D, C, and E minor.
And I had this at "1 - Sucko barfo".... Hmmm... I guess I just wasn't in the mood when I first heard it. I'm bumping up to a 6.
I always thought of the over usage of G-D-C as a guitarist. But what about the fourth? A (major) I am thinking. When you break music down there is only so many directions that you can go. Non standard tuning was the only escape, but in the past two decades, the drop D tuning has become the same with over using.
BTW. Porcupine Tree is one of the best all time bands. Mr. Wilson has given me new life as a guitarist.
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Peter Schilling - Major Tom (Völlig Losgelöst)
(Jul 01, 2008 - 09:30) | By the way, let me apologize to all Germans and foreigners here at RP and explain that Texas is not really part of the U.S. Texas actually invaded the U.S. in 2000, and ever since we Americans have been living under the Texan occupation as well as we can. Sorry about that.
Thats funny.
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Porcupine Tree - Lips Of Ashes
(Jun 27, 2008 - 07:48) | EssexTex wrote: Very interesting band, I hear so many others in here...Floyd, Rush, Yes,...kind of modern "prog rock"
Speaking of Rush, the drummer reminds me of Neil Pert too
Excellent observation there. I also thought of Gavin's style to be similar to Neil Peart.
This is such a relaxing song. What the heck could Lips of Ashes mean? Is it necrophilia?
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Tom Petty - Feel A Whole Lot Better
(Jun 26, 2008 - 13:30) | I would "Feel A Whole Lot Better" if ol' Tom would go ahead and retire. Since this song was released a long time ago, he has gotten pretty dull.
At least he sounds less like Bob Dylan these days. The only problem now is he is sounding more like Bullwinkle! yuk-yuk "Hey Rocky, watch me pull a song out of my hat".
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Bush - Letting The Cables Sleep
(Jun 26, 2008 - 11:36) | My all time favorite Bush song. Sadly, it got very little airplay when it was released. Could this be why it is so good? :hehe:
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Paloalto - Breathe In
(Jun 26, 2008 - 11:07) | Good call. Sounds much like Petty, Radiohead, and Bono. I first heard this on streaming audio when it the song was new. I think it was Spinner. Great song!
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Porcupine Tree - Sentimental
(Jun 26, 2008 - 09:02) | Deadwing wrote: 
Speaking of John Wesley- here is a pic of Wes and my daughter from before the Cincinnati Porcupine Tree concert last October
COOL DEADWING! How did that happen? Backstage passes? When they tour in the U.S. again, I am going!!! Screw gas prices-I am there.
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Porcupine Tree - Sentimental
(Jun 26, 2008 - 09:00) | How can so many dislike this band. Their music is TIMELESS. Not allot of bands could have this said about them....at all.
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Spoon - Rhythm & Soul
(Jun 25, 2008 - 13:52) | ANYONE THAT DOES NOT LIKE SPOON, DOES NOT HAVE A PULSE!!! no apologies for the caps either :)
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Porcupine Tree - Halo
(Jun 25, 2008 - 13:46) | Due to many video game referneces in PT songs and in "Lightbulb Sun" there is "XBOX is a god to me", I conclude that this song was inspired by the game Halo. This was actually the first song that I heard by these rock gods. I was very fond of Halo PC for many years, so this caught my attention.
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Porcupine Tree - Trains
(Jun 25, 2008 - 06:55) | I dont think that this song is political at all. I interpret this as a train that crashes (Scars in the country=remnents of the wreck); and the train nearly hit the (first person) of the story (When I hear the engine pass, im kissing you wide, the hissing subsides, Im in luck). Anyone else get the same?
This song rocks, especially with the unique riff of A7-Am-C-C7. What a talented song writer Mr. Wilson is. A very fun song to play and sing too. =)
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Coldplay - Viva la Vida
(Jun 23, 2008 - 12:47) | lazylemming wrote:
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I am not a Coldplay fan... but this isn't bad. The background vocals are reminiscent of cheesy 80's pop (anyone recall Baltimora's "Tarzan Boy"?). Sadly, this will be overplayed & I will tire of it soon enough (and the Mac ad won't help)...
LMAO...Tarzan Boy. Good call. I actually forgot about that song. Now thanks to you it will probably take over and get stuck in my head for a decade or so. But, I like the backing vocals. I saw them perform at the music awards and I thought to myself, "Dude, please don't dance and get back behind that piano and stay".
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Elbow - My Very Best
(Jun 23, 2008 - 10:04) | Rafter101 wrote: Interesting--I though I was listening to a new Seal song.
I totally thought the same thing. Also heard hints of Gabriel in the voice.
Great (sad) song.
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The Who - Happy Jack
(Jun 20, 2008 - 13:01) | Okay peeps in here usually read my mind, but not this time. Who else thinks of Mystery Science Theater 3000 when they hear this song???
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4 due to repetition.
hehehe