Stingray wrote: 

Oh god, do you know what melody is????  WTF?????

 auburntigerrich wrote: 

..i'm just glad tigerrich allowed it, so i could glom a listen..8!..

Like it.  This reminds me of background music to the Blinx video game that came with the first version of the Xbox.  (In a good way, I miss that game!) 

Always loved this...these guys have such a cool sound...so many other good songs on this record, too!  A couple years after this came out, I was on a ski holiday in Germany and Austria, and jamming this through my early iPod while skiing through stuff like the snow-buggy scene on the cover made me feel ABSOLUTELY TRANSPORTED, and whoah, I gotta love that, and even the memories are WOW.

boring with no melody whatsoever!

Always after romeotumo, but this one sounds like Charlatans UK

Actually, Alpinestars is the name of motorcycle protective clothing rather than a motorbike manufacturer.  (Protection for car and bicycle racers, too, and Nero urban fashion chic biker wear.)

The cover art looks like the view from a heli-skier's back seat.  The horizon is skewed, but the dangling straps aren't dangling vertically with respect to the horizon ... what's that all about?

Everybody in my hotel room loves this song...
 

yaaaah !!

 romeotuma wrote: 

http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2011/jul/20/engelbert-humperdinck-i-believe-i-will-be-around-l/

Made me turn up the volume to 11

 cathenley wrote: 
Me too!
It sounds a little like it belongs on that Sucker Punch soundtrack. Maybe this is where some of those bands snatched their sounds from.

Made me stand up and walk over to my computer to see who it was! I likey...

I love this song - romeotuma's right - it has a really great groove! 

Awesome! More Alpinestars!

 fluffybum wrote: 
Ever hear of Wikipedia?

 coloradojohn wrote: 

 fluffybum wrote: Alpinestars was a electronica-rock duo based in Manchester.

The Beginnings (1995-1999)

Richard Woolgar and Glyn Thomas met each other in 1995 as a result of being in separate bands that shared the same rehearsal space. They found they had more in common with each other than with their respective bands, so they broke away to form their own ephemeral electro group, which they named "Maxim."^<1>

Although Maxim never produced anything, it brought Woolgar and Thomas to the attention of the promoter of a Manchester club called "Homoelectric." The pair was invited to create an hour-long set to perform live within a week. They finished mixing 20 minutes before they were scheduled to perform, and took the name "Alpinestars" after a mountain bike Thomas owned.^<2> The gig was successful for the pair, who were reputedly shocked at the crowd's response.^<1>

 

Like it.   Alot.  And other cuts on the album are good too.

what the shit is this???

 wenatchee wrote: 
...Depeche Mode.  Very nice mix.

Ian Brown meets Porcupine Tree that meets . . . ?

I just ordered this - thanks for the introduction, RP! 

One of the best road-trip CDs ever recorded.

Has a nice groove...and I love the other cuts on this record, too...
THANKS, RP! always and ever helpful to the musically inclined!

Alpine wrote:


And my memory...but if I'm old, my memory should be shot...but there's so much *stuff* to remember...arghhhhhhhh!

maryte wrote:

"It's you girl, you're gonna make it."

I heard it too!

You're showing your age.

My twisted brain heard the opening strains to the theme from the Mary Tyler Moore Show...