I can't find this song anywhere else (not even itunes).  Wish Bill would start playing it again.

I hereby state that one year between playings is entirely too much for this song (everytime Autamata - Out of This plays I think of this song and have to check its last played date.)

Is the rest of the CD like this track by chance, or is it just Imogen Heap that makes this song?

I think it's mysteriously sexxxxxy... but I wouldn't care to own it.

I think it's sexxxxxy... but I wouldn't care to own it.

Name-dropping Chuck D and Marvin Gaye does not earn you any credit. This track is a total borefest.

Firstly, I love the song and the addition of Imogen is perfect here. Now as to the sexual references to music... I will say I get tired of the songs that feature sex as the entire content, but having a sensual voice isn't the same in my opinion. Content is for me at least, a large part of the music... lyrically speaking as well as instrumentally. I can understand getting sick of seeing sex selling the music (watch the video w/Beyonce & JayZ for instance), but I really can't say that I see that in this particular song or really any song on RP that I can think of.

Makes me think of Jacko Junior...heh.

Cool groove, made better by Imogen.

catmaven wrote:
Bah. I think I've heard nearly every musical instrument I've ever heard played at least once in a way I'd call sexy. Or sensual, or erotic, or whatever term might help you make a meaninglessly semantic distinction. The voice is an instrument, and can be sexy or chirpy or brassy or brash, or all of them, in a single verse. Tell Kate Bush or Marvin Gaye to take the sexuality out of their voices and you may as well have told Hendrix to get by short a string.

mxdcec wrote:
Well, most posted comments reflect at least a modicum of intelligence.

Catmaven's comments seem to favor a desexualization of music. Art is sex and I would hope it's a reciprocated relationship.

You cannot remove sexuality from music, nor any art form.

lester wrote:

I know. I'm still aghast over the whole thing. My word.

Great voice, nothing to say.

Roverfish wrote:Thank you, Roverfish; I was going to disagree with catmaven, but just slightly -- being able to contradict only facets of the "sex appeal in lieu of singing" stance, while not being fully behind ekent82 on the new topical tangent. Then that "asexual" tag came in out of the blue. Where to go from there?

mxdcec wrote:
Speaking for yourself here? If not, you might want to consider silence as an option for shielding your ignorance.

Groovy...probably not something I'd choose to buy an album full of, but definitely likeable on RP.

Now that we have heard from the asexual contingent, whose next?

catmaven wrote:

catmaven wrote:

If you think there's a rule that says music can't be about sex you've got to be ignorant of the past 50 years of rock.

edit: Ok, that sounds a little more antagonistic than I actually feel, but still, I don't see how you could possibly arrive at that viewpoint while still listening to the kind of music that this radio station plays :P.

lester wrote:
Not everyone appreciates jabbering or semitalk. I can't stand any more of the breathy females (commenting on Kate Bush and Bird York as well). They sell their sex appeal in place of really singing, and I can't stand it.

Some commenters seem to like songs only for their erotic assistance. That is fine for them, only let's not lie and call it music. It is some sort of pandering instead.

Thankful that the Urban Species cut featuring Imogen H. is not too long! :( :headshake: :D

Nice voice -- the woman's is -- really nice. And then there's some other person jabbering on about something, which is, apparently, intentionally intermingled with the song on the same recording.

Dragonfly_Launch wrote:
Completely agree and good call. I'd love that pairing.

Likeable tune.

Ah, to wake up with her real-life voice singing along to the recorded track quietly as she lay in bed next to me, then never opening my eyes, and letting the recorded music take over as we make sweet love-----

(You know what I mean!)

Is there anything more puzzling than awakening because of an erection, and not being able to recall the dream? Life is cruel.

Simple but nice groove

birdiestobehad wrote:

I'm apparently a hipster-doofus white girl, 'coz I agree with you! I love this tune... :iamwith:

i liked it

deanofox wrote:

Exactly, and IMHO Faithless are terribly overrated

oh man - what is that echoey chord strike in the background during the parts when the guy raps?? It is a very well-known sample that I can't place the source. I'm sure it's in a number of other songs... grrr, hate when I can't figure it out

Not a bad song, but the female singer sounds like she's suffering from a terrible sinus cold.

cbonai wrote:
Allmusic uses the terms interchangeably, and Wikipedia notes that Rapping is "the distinguishing feature of hip-hop".

FWIW.

Hip Hop? Rap? It doesnt matter, at the end of the day this is trying to sound too much like Faithless.

cbonai wrote:

My apologies, I should have said hip hop instead of rap. Definitely not for me. But please go on enjoying it!

shevek wrote:

Which is fine, except this isn't rap...