Abaji - Valse Arabe
(May 17, 2013 - 11:02) | RP is putting me right where I need to be this morning. As always, thanks! 
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Richie Havens - Freedom
(May 16, 2013 - 10:37) | I played this song for my Lyricism classes when he passed recently. The kids sat spellbound watching this performance and loved his exit. RIP, Richie.
Bill, thanks for reading Cynaera's most eloquent quote.
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The Black Ghosts - Full Moon
(May 15, 2013 - 09:08) | (former member) wrote:
Yes, technically just outside of Las Vegas... women just use me for my body... they just use me... I want to find a woman who loves me for who I am, not what I am...
this song is soooo good...
Do the women in your church use you now?
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Owiny Sigoma Band - Owiny Techno
(May 13, 2013 - 10:55) | Wow! It's early, but the first numbers do not look good! 2.4 at this time. Ouch. The first 30 seconds sounded like a serious case of hiccups.
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Delerium - Monarch (w/ Nadina)
(May 13, 2013 - 09:49) | Lazarus wrote:
This song is soooo cool...
Yes, it is. I be kickin' off my shoes to dance with you and yours.
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Neil Young - Unknown Legend
(May 08, 2013 - 14:01) | One of the first songs I presented to my Lyricism classes, with specific looks at imagery and storytelling in songwriting. Even 16 and 17 year olds liked this song.
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Neil Halstead - Seasons
(May 07, 2013 - 14:46) | Perfect song for a road trip in this Oregon sunshine, windows down, feeling good about the present moment and this great song.
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Neil Young - Natural Beauty
(May 03, 2013 - 08:07) | Nicolette Larson's backup vocals on this work so well. What a beautiful voice she had, and what a shame we lost her so early.
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Vision Thing - Barcode
(May 01, 2013 - 12:54) | Cynaera wrote:I give this one a nine. It kept me mesmerized, even as the household was undergoing a catastrophe - cats fighting, dishes breaking, the phone ringing, and sirens outside... New favorite band: Vision Thing. New favorite song: Barcode. You folks just take my breath away. 'Scuse me - gotta go watch the video again. And again, and again... (Oh, who cares if the cats fight? Someone will win, someone will lose. And broken dishes are just a reason to go to the dollar store and buy stuff that actually matches.)
I miss these posts.
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Aaron Copland - Fanfare for the Common Man
(Apr 26, 2013 - 10:47) | aelfheld wrote:
Oh how I hate the dull "I'm too cool for all of you petit bourgeois who like fanfares and brass and their country and whatnot."
Fanfares are common to all ages. That you're ignorant of that fact is . . . unsurprising. But then you're probably too 'cool' to bother actually learning anything. Like where the volume control is.
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Radiohead - Jigsaw Falling Into Place
(Apr 25, 2013 - 12:48) | oceansurf wrote: Sorry, but this music would have never seen the light of day if they didn't slap the name "Radiohead" on it. Crapola.
Nice to hear that I'm not alone.
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Natalie Merchant - Space Oddity
(Apr 25, 2013 - 10:44) | Gryn wrote: I never want to hear this whiniest version of one of the greatest songs ever made, again. Natalie Merchant would have done better to go down in flames with 10,000 maniacs while she had the chance. Everything she has done since is "sucko barfo"
 How do you really feel about it?
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Donovan - Season Of The Witch
(Apr 23, 2013 - 11:23) | Lazarus wrote:
Everybody in my church loves this song...
I'm sitting in the front pew, Laz, and I'm digging this song.
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Bahamas - Lost In The Light
(Apr 23, 2013 - 09:28) | TerryS wrote: Play the guitar line for me one more time please - I don't quite have it down yet.
This reminds me of a Dylan song, but I can't quite put my finger on it.
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The Byrds - Mr. Tambourine Man
(Apr 22, 2013 - 11:05) | I first heard this on KYES radio, Roseburg, Oregon, riding in my dad's red Pontiac station wagon. I reached over and cranked it up and the tunes flowed from the speaker on the metal dashboard. God, I loved that bass then, and I still do. Great memories with this song.
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Grateful Dead - New Speedway Boogie
(Apr 18, 2013 - 10:03) | ploba wrote: what an unimaginative, boring, annoying, stupid song
Please don't dominate the rap, Jack, if you got nothing new to say...it's obvious you know nothing about this song's origins.
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Antje Duvekot - Sleepy Sea of Indigo and Blue
(Apr 15, 2013 - 12:49) | Forgive me, but this song sounds just about right at the passing of our black lab Molly. If her soul mate Kirby, our other black lab, could pick out a song for her, I think it might be this one. I know...sappy, right? Sorry.
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Ludovico Einaudi - Primavera
(Apr 09, 2013 - 14:29) | eve_silver wrote: My cat and I were playing together when she stops and lays still to listen to this song. No kidding.
My cat used to stop in front of the stereo speakers whenever Dylan or The Dead were on. No kidding. I'm sure if he were still alive this would make him pause as well.
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Joan Osborne - What You Are
(Apr 04, 2013 - 15:10) | bokey wrote: Average rating 6.5?WTF?
One year later, still at 6.5. Tough crowd. I love this.
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Chambers Brothers - Time Has Come Today
(Apr 02, 2013 - 09:16) | Always love this. This fits nicely with a book I'm reading by Lama Surya Das, Buddha Standard Time. Excellent book about time's stranglehold on us. Highly recommended.
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Morphine - The Night
(Apr 01, 2013 - 13:38) | TerryS wrote: Hmmm, they listened to too much Leonard Cohen before writing this one.
Yeah, I had to do a double-take to see if it was His Graveliness.
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Nina Simone - I Shall Be Released
(Mar 19, 2013 - 11:56) | With my upcoming retirement, I'm turning these lyrics into something personal. Any day now, I shall be released.
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Simon & Garfunkel - Mrs. Robinson
(Mar 19, 2013 - 11:48) | jbarryc wrote: While I have been listening to RP for several years, I never felt comfortable making a comment since I was one of the 'freeloaders' who listen but didn't donate. I just rectified the donation issue so I can make a comment about this and all Simon and Garfunkel songs we hear on this station.
A little over a year ago, I was invited to London with a friend who works in show business. We had many activities scheduled but there was one meal that stood out.We were invited to a dinner at a small home in central London owned by a well known artist. Nothing fancy. My friend and I along with four other people. I recognized one of the people right away since he is a very famous TV producer here in New York.While I was saying hello to him, a short fellow with whispy hair came up to me, shook my hand and said, "Hi. I'm Paul." It was Paul Simon. I fought the collapse of my knees and the tears that automatically came to my eyes and we all sat down at the kitchen table for a simple dinner. We talked all night (I work in healthcare and he has a particular interest in the field). He was funny, charming and made me feel like what I do was the most important thing in the world. An incredibly nice man who just seems so comfortable in his skin.
I got back to my hotel and stayed up all night listening to every song he wrote that happened to be on my ipad (most of his catalog). All I wanted to do is tell him how much his music meant to me as a child and teen. How I would listen to his records over and over until they were so worn that I knew when the next pop or skip would come up. Or how many times a tear would come to my eye when I realized the meaning of what he was singing and how I was convinced he was singing to me.
I've lived an amazing life and have met many famous people. But never a hero. I've thought about that dinner almost every day since. I hope I continue to think of it every day of this life.
Beautiful! Thanks for sharing. In the words of Napoleon Dynamite, "Lucky!"
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James - Getting Away With It (Live)
(Mar 19, 2013 - 09:11) | Stingray wrote: very gay...
You could write a 500-page autobiography and we wouldn't learn anything more than we need to know than what you told us with these two words. Bravo.
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Notting Hillbillies - Your Own Sweet Way
(Mar 15, 2013 - 13:04) | 4merdj wrote: Cool and smooth ... like a breezy afternoon by the beach ... bluish-greenish waters ... pale and fluffy sands ... my dear Stella (ice-cold blond) by the side ...
I'd buy your novel, or even a collection of your short stories.
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Family Of The Year - Hero
(Mar 15, 2013 - 10:50) | Hodgie wrote: This song finds me wherever I go.
Just last week, I was under house arrest in Karachi, Pakistan...heard it my court-assigned hostel. Week before that, Chucky Cheese in Topeka, Kansas. And, finally, three days previous...I was getting a review at Clown School and it was suddenly was piped into the speakers in the room I was in.
It's too bad...'cause I like it. But I won't soon.
Hodgie! You got your post read out loud. Bask in your 15 minutes seconds of fame! Seriously, that's a great post and I enjoyed Bill verbalizing it. Awesome.
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U2 - In God's Country
(Mar 14, 2013 - 15:09) | Toke wrote: I have just read that Pope Benedict XVI will resign on February 28.So a replacemt will be required... any suggestions follks ???
 
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Calexico - Sirena
(Mar 13, 2013 - 13:44) | kaybee wrote:
Frankly, I think Ian Brown should sing lead on this! I like Calexico but sometimes I find the lead singer's voice is a little to soft for this type of music.
Yes, I totally agree, but the instrumentation of this one kicks a$$.
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Otis Redding - I've Been Loving You Too Long
(Mar 13, 2013 - 07:48) | Toke wrote: To all of the latest generation this is what is called ''SOUL'' Note there is no Thumping Bass/Drum ..And he is ''SINGING'' from his Soul, not mumbling/speaking a written score.
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The Audreys - Long Ride
(Mar 12, 2013 - 15:04) | TerryS wrote: Fred,
Your opinions count too. Keep 'em coming.......please.
No affiiation to Nottingham, nor Fred, just appreciate diversity of opinion and dislike trolls.
ps: my $.10c don't feed 'em by giving them a target - there's enough idiots who will register under different aliases just to get you/anybody who opposes them out.
So, Fred. You now have to weigh the positives votes against the negatives.............should balance the scales somewhat?
Are the polls closed? If not, I vote for Fred.
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Ane Brun - Oh Love
(Mar 12, 2013 - 11:53) | This seems like the kind of song Cynaera would love and offer good commentary for. I'll vote it a 10 in her honor.
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Tom Waits - Long Way Home
(Mar 12, 2013 - 11:21) | "Money's just something
to throw off the back of the train.
Got a head full of lightnin'
and a hat full of rain."
Say what you want about his vocals, I love his lyrics.
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Pink Floyd - Marooned
(Mar 07, 2013 - 13:45) | This album came out at a particularly low point of my life, so all my memories of it aren't stellar, but it, and I, endure, and that buoys me.
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The Spring Standards - Only Skin
(Mar 07, 2013 - 13:41) | Lyrically, beautiful poetry, and I like the layers of texture. First time hearing it, but I'd like some more.
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Neil Young - Out On The Weekend
(Mar 07, 2013 - 13:38) | pvg44 wrote:
I get it, you don't like Neil Young. Your comments about him aren't funny yet, but keep trying.
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XTC - Making Plans for Nigel
(Mar 07, 2013 - 12:29) | Maybe one of the worst songs I've ever heard on RP, exacerbated by the fact that the PSD button is not functioning. Mute.
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Gavin Coetzee - Your Sweet Touch
(Mar 06, 2013 - 14:54) | Thank God...something toe-tapping. We'd been in the musical-groove wasteland for quite a dry stretch, folks.
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Simon & Garfunkel - The Boxer
(Feb 27, 2013 - 15:23) | "A man hears what he wants to hear and disregards the rest." Strikes some truth in the words on music from RP listeners. What a classic. Easy 10.
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Vel Indica - Oh Wyoming
(Feb 27, 2013 - 15:17) | stubadu wrote: 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.
Sounds great! Keep cranking them out, and we'll keep listening.
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Keren Ann - My Name Is Trouble
(Feb 27, 2013 - 11:33) | Lazarus wrote:
Say hello, friend...
love this song... we be dancing...
Hello, friend...the church must be swaying.
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Rodrigo y Gabriela - Tamacun
(Feb 27, 2013 - 08:54) | It works best to ignore him and let him feed on his young.
Stingray wrote:"Hate" Spanish music!
joelbb wrote: Is this a racist thing, or what? These guys are consummate musicians.
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Savoy Brown - I'm Tired
(Feb 26, 2013 - 10:54) | Just finished teaching "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" and this song reminds me of the scene with old Pete: "I said I'm TIRED! Awful tired!" This could be Pete's theme song.
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Fotheringay - The Way I Feel
(Feb 26, 2013 - 10:46) | Poacher wrote: Compare this 'old' folk to 'nu' folk - such as The Mumfords for instance - and it makes me wonder if there is any comparison at all.
Right on!
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Other Lives - For 12
(Feb 26, 2013 - 10:43) | drsteevo wrote: Thought it was Radiohead for the first 20 seconds or so, nice song!
Commiting RP blasphemy I know by saying so, but I think they sound so much better than Radiohead.
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Tame Impala - Elephant
(Feb 26, 2013 - 08:57) | richlister wrote: What the Beatles should have sounded like.
Seriously????
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Over The Rhine - The Laugh of Recognition
(Feb 24, 2013 - 19:59) | poetista wrote: Something about the opening of this song reminded me of an old country road in Baton Rouge. As it turned off Jefferson Highway, it started off gravel and turned to dirt. At the turnoff there was a hundred-year-old oak tree. I used to drive my sister to horseback riding lessons down that road. Funny how a song can do that.
Now I'm homesick for a place that isn't there anymore.
What a great experience.
I love this post. Thanks for writing that.
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Rolling Stones - Some Girls
(Feb 22, 2013 - 15:01) | ghcollins86 wrote: Been too long . . . come on Bill!
Good Lord...this comment is nearly five years old. Are you lonesome in here, ghcollins86?
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Carbon Leaf - The War Was In Color
(Feb 21, 2013 - 10:51) | I've used this song the last two years in my Lyricism class when we talked war songs. Of all the songs used, this one seemed to have the greatest impact on my classes of high schoolers.
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Bjƶrk - Big Time Sensuality
(Feb 20, 2013 - 14:42) | d-don wrote: This is the rare song that I have to downgrade: 8 to 5. At first I felt the groove, but now it just sounds like so much horny growling. Sometimes that's a good thing, but it's wearing thin.
...and thinner, and thinner. 5 → 3
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Joan Baez - Diamonds and Rust
(Feb 19, 2013 - 13:15) | "...and I remember your eyes were bluer than robin's eggs." One of the greatest love songs ever written.
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Talking Heads - Once In A Lifetime
(Feb 15, 2013 - 14:59) | My Lyricism classes LOVE this song and the video. Some kid will just turn to another in the middle of some random class and say, "My God, what have I done???"
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Patty Larkin - The Cranes
(Feb 15, 2013 - 11:22) | I don't hear Patty on here much. She is an accomplished and underrated guitarist. Hearing more of her here would be a good thing.
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Paolo Nutini - High Hopes
(Feb 15, 2013 - 10:32) | Cynaera wrote: I still love this song, and Nutini's quirky vocals. He can hit notes most guys can't even imagine unless they twist their own balls and scream the notes. Sorry. Where's the rating thing on this forum? I'd hate for an impressionable child to read this comment.
This is why we love her.
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The Moody Blues - Question
(Feb 15, 2013 - 09:59) | I have always loved this great song. Great soundtrack for a sunny Oregon morning.
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Madrugada - Hands Up - I Love You
(Feb 13, 2013 - 15:16) | djengs wrote: I finally figured it out: the reason I do not like this guy's voice is because it is a panty-burner. You just know if this guy walks by and says "pardon me" the girl with you is gone. She is going home with him tonight. Jealousy, pure and simple.
THANK YOU, Bill for playing this again! I remembered reading this post nearly three years ago, and every day I anxiously awaited its return. This is hands down the GREATEST POST in the history of RP! It is so right on true! "Panty burner..." Gold, Jerry...GOLD!!
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Susan Enan - Skin, Bone, and Silicone
(Feb 12, 2013 - 11:16) | midreaming wrote:
ya know ..i really should thank the stars for you bubble-gummers. some days i'm better at it than others. unremarkable? blasting down the road 90 miles an hour - every bug on your windshield is unremarkable. if you were riding a bicycle, or walking.. you might notice some of those bugs are butterflies. and even as a butterfly, maybe it wasn't brilliant before it kissed your glass. but it was gentle ..and had grace
I want to read your novel. This is brilliantly written. Thanks!
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Alexi Murdoch - Some Day Soon
(Feb 08, 2013 - 12:32) | kdarwish wrote: Full of hope, simple and pure vocals and instrumentals, rare qualities these days, thanks.
Yes indeed. Like this a lot.
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Atlas Genius - Trojans
(Feb 06, 2013 - 13:24) | Rockit wrote: Trojans in my bed....Pardon!
I thought it was "Your Trojan's in my hair."
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Ryuichi Sakamoto - Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence
(Feb 06, 2013 - 12:50) | TerryS wrote:
As the girl in the deep red coat and long skirt bicycles along the strand under grey skies and wind-whipped seas, a man with a craggy jaw, clothed in a fisherman's knit sweater, sits repairing his nets. Meanwhile, a curtain is switched back into place in the fine house above.
Alright, I haven't seen the movie, but this is what I heard in the music. Laugh if you will.
...but that's pretty well written! Thanks!
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Bruce Cockburn - Soul of a Man
(Jan 29, 2013 - 15:17) | Cynaera wrote:I was in the middle of something else when this started, and I liked it because it was so compelling - and then I read who did it and thought, "Holy cow - THAT was Bruce Cockburn??? Well, geez..." Now I have to factor in a new dimension to his talent. This was really awesome, and I'd thought he couldn't produce more awesome. I have a LOT of listening to do.
Just bumping her to the front of the line again. Love reading her posts.
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Youngbloods - Get Together
(Jan 28, 2013 - 13:40) | Cynaera wrote: My long-lost friend loves Jesse Colin-Young, so every time I hear a Youngbloods song, I just remember him and wonder where he is and what he's doing. This song has connotations for me, far and beyond those of my link with my friend, although I still wish I knew where he was...
Just bumping this great lady's comments to the front of the line.
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Sam Phillips - Reflecting Light
(Jan 25, 2013 - 14:30) | bailey_comus wrote: I have metastatic breast cancer. I'm keeping a running list of songs I'd like to listen to as I'm dying. Seriously. I don't plan on it happening soon, but I want hopeful tunes - and nothing that will devistate my husband or family while they wait with me. This song made the list.
I hope this is how its going to be:
I've worn out the world
I'm on my knees in fascination
Looking through the night
And the moon's never seen me before
But I'm reflecting light .
Keep reflecting, my dear. We'll keep the good thoughts coming.
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Morcheeba - Part Of The Process
(Jan 25, 2013 - 13:25) | I love this song, but that low rumbling sound reminds me of the the morning after an evening at Vinnie's Veggie Burrito stand.
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Foo Fighters - Everlong
(Jan 24, 2013 - 13:10) | toterola wrote:Right on, bro. I know it's an old line, BUT: if it's too loud, you're too old. 
I'm old then.
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Junip - Line Of Fire
(Jan 24, 2013 - 12:40) | d-don wrote: Dig it on the first listen.
Diggin' it even more on the second. 9
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Creedence Clearwater Revival - Born On The Bayou
(Jan 23, 2013 - 09:46) | I still remember hearing this in my mom's 1962 Buick Skylark, KYES AM radio, Roseburg, Oregon. I kept cranking it up and she'd yell, "Turn that down!" Thanks for the memories, and I don't care how overplayed this is I still dig it.
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Keren Ann - My Name Is Trouble
(Jan 22, 2013 - 11:11) | rdo wrote:
Tybalt is gone, and Romeo banished;
Romeo that kill'd him, he is banished
Say death,
O do not say banishment!
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Counting Crows - Round Here
(Jan 18, 2013 - 13:20) | rp1125 wrote: I've always thought he should just stick his head in an oven and get it over with...and spare the rest of us
This is what I was trying to say.
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Counting Crows - Round Here
(Jan 18, 2013 - 13:18) | I never liked the CC's songs with all the extra verbiage in each line - like packing five pounds of crap in a one pound can - and the over-emoting.. That being said, this song's not that bad
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Hot Tuna - Water Song
(Jan 18, 2013 - 13:11) | Go Jorma! I've loved this song ever since hearing it when it first came out. So pure, clean, a good spirit to it.
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Grateful Dead - Franklin's Tower
(Jan 18, 2013 - 12:20) | karljonasson wrote:
I will freely admit to being a card-carrying, tie-dyed in the wool Deadhead, but I find this so damn funny! If we can't laugh at ourselves, the terrorists win.
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Goldfrapp - Strict Machine
(Jan 18, 2013 - 09:32) | d-don wrote: This is no way to begin my Friday.
And again. God Bless the good ol' PSD.
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Tom Petty - Walls
(Jan 17, 2013 - 09:53) | Love TP, but not this one. The lyrics seem so maudlin and forced.
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Grateful Dead - Uncle John's Band
(Jan 17, 2013 - 08:27) | idiot_wind wrote: Just for once drop all the silly hippie and drug references and listen to the music.
This is their best album and this may be their song.
Beautiful, happy, thoughtful, joyful.
And just like that....it's gone.
Thanks so much for this!
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Bob Dylan - Visions of Johanna
(Jan 16, 2013 - 11:23) | (former member) wrote:
Many, many people are in my hotel room, and we love this song, Carl... we also love every single song on Bob Dylan's new album called Tempest... if you want to see some groovy information about Tempest, look here...
I love this song, former member. I also love the soul that Jerry Garcia put into it in the last days of The Dead. Please give my fond regards to Romeotuma if you cross his path, and tell him to keep dancing.
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Stephen Stills - Down the Road
(Jan 11, 2013 - 14:08) | I heard this without seeing who it was, and I thought, "Dang, this sounds like what Stephen Stills will sound like at the Easy Care Rest Home when he's 92." Guess he got there a little early.
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Bob Dylan - Shelter From The Storm
(Jan 10, 2013 - 10:48) | Lazarus wrote:
Everybody in my church loves this old classic song, and Dylan's whole new album...
Every kid in my classroom is watching me sing along right now.
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Jon Redfern - I Love The Sun
(Jan 09, 2013 - 11:11) | Cynaera wrote:Same here in Nevada - gorgeous sky. I like this song quite a lot (and if I was in Oregon, I'd like it even more...) 
I never knew this lovely lady outside of the comments she left behind for us all, but I miss her. Somehow, I think she is here in Oregon with us...and also with you, wherever you are.
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Chambers Brothers - Time Has Come Today
(Jan 09, 2013 - 09:20) | d-don wrote: Give us the full version, Bill. We need to be psycho-deli-cized!!
Ok, maybe the long version is "...too sprawling." Thanks for dialing up this classic...any Chambers are better than no Chambers.
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Stevie Ray Vaughan - Tell Me
(Jan 07, 2013 - 13:39) |  Hey, you six soulless Neanderthals who rated this a 1, this dancing banana is for you. Lighten up!
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Beck - Loser
(Jan 07, 2013 - 12:52) | (former member) wrote:
There is just no pleasure in life for you other than meanness, loser...
love this song...
Former Member, you da man. If you ever see Romeo give him my best.
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Indigo Girls - Share The Moon
(Dec 12, 2012 - 12:30) | richlister wrote:Is this some kind of bot Bill should be made aware of? As all it seems to be is mindless drivel, no one gives a shit about. Hopefully, it will decide to uninstall itself from the lonely, urin stained hotel room in Vegas. We can only hope.
romeotuma wrote:
I be here! Hope you are having a marvelous time right this minute... love this song...
Lighten up, Dicklister. And while you're at it, learn to spell "urine."
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Radiohead - High and Dry
(Dec 11, 2012 - 11:47) | (former member) wrote:
Love this song... it squeezes my gizzards...
"Squeezes my gizzards..." I haven't heard that phrase in years. Thanks. While I am here, I have to say I am one of the few souls, it seems, that does not get Radiohead. My cross to bear, I guess...
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U2 - In God's Country
(Dec 10, 2012 - 12:59) | AndyJ wrote: U2 = PSD... Then Neil Young = PSD
First time ever two PSDs back-to-back... I am shocked at my actions...
My brain shrivels at the combination of U2 and Neil Young.... without pause...
I have operas on CD... I am not afraid to play them... Otherwise, carry on in the RadioParadise.com fashion we all love and enjoy...
I know where the Rossini is stored... I can lay hands on Massenet right away... and I know the secret hiding place of -both- copies of Rusalka by Dvorak... And I will play them -all- before I will sit thru 5 minutes of politically correct valium...
Let the record show, your honor, that the views of this obviously misguided soul do not reflect the views of all Oregonians.
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Patty Griffin - If I Had My Way
(Dec 07, 2012 - 15:23) | black321 wrote:
Not exactly, Dead covered it as well. It's a "traditional" tune
Reverend Gary Davis I think.
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Ray Charles - Rockhouse Parts 1 & 2
(Dec 07, 2012 - 10:37) | d-don wrote: I have a high school yearbook staff in this room, and they are swingin' and swayin', and most of them don't even know it. Oh yeah, we dig!
It has happened again - different class, same song, same reaction. Great groove for a rainy Oregon Friday.
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Simon & Garfunkel - The Only Living Boy In New York
(Dec 06, 2012 - 09:32) | bachbeet wrote: It's a good song but 8.7? They have other songs much better than this one. And, I got tired of this album and thought it was overrated. Good, not great.
Nope. Great.
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How To Destroy Angels - Ice Age
(Dec 05, 2012 - 09:18) | Devildoc666 wrote: All of a sudden I turn around and punch my wife! "What the H....?" she says rubbing her shoulder. Dumbfounded, I turn to her and say "I don't know......... I think it was the song"
You realize, don't you, there is a delete option for your comments. Idiot.
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Bjƶrk - Big Time Sensuality
(Dec 04, 2012 - 10:54) | This is the rare song that I have to downgrade: 8 to 5. At first I felt the groove, but now it just sounds like so much horny growling. Sometimes that's a good thing, but it's wearing thin.
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Habib KoitƩ & Bamada - I Mada
(Nov 30, 2012 - 14:53) | Yet another colorful patch in this rich and varied quilt of Radio Paradise. This beautiful and different song is why I listen.
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Guster - Ruby Falls
(Nov 30, 2012 - 14:39) | Tight guitars, tighter harmonies...just what the doctor ordered on this Oregon autumn afternoon.
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Diafana Krina - Kousko
(Nov 30, 2012 - 13:24) | bluecshells wrote:Such greatness....wonderful to dance around the kitchen with.
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Cracker - Shine
(Nov 30, 2012 - 10:47) | helgigermany wrote: So low rated!? For me its a nice song!
My thought too. This is solid.
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Buddy Holly - Well All Right
(Nov 29, 2012 - 14:56) | kismet700 wrote: It took me a minute to place this song... I've heard it a hundred times on the album by Blind Faith. You mean THEY didn't invent that song? I had NO idea.
That makes two of us. I've always loved Blind Faith's version, but I love it even more knowing Buddy's was the original...and the better one, in my opinion. The Glasses live on.
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Neil Young - Words (Between The Lines Of Age)
(Nov 29, 2012 - 11:43) | If I was a junkman
selling you cars,
Washing your windows
and shining your stars,
Thinking your mind
was my own in a dream
What would you wonder
and how would it seem?
Living in castles
a bit at a time
The King started laughing
and talking in rhyme.
Singing words, words
between the lines of age.
Words, words
between the lines of age.
Love that poetry.
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Joe Bonamassa - Dust Bowl
(Nov 29, 2012 - 11:22) | slowhand wrote:
So glad we have a expert on wanking here..hope your wrist is ok after listening to this.
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J. Geils Band - Give It To Me
(Nov 28, 2012 - 13:43) | run4more wrote: Context (w/ statistics): Campground at Morro Bay. '61 Chevy (a beater with no head-liner but a brand new Craig 8-track mounted on the transmission hump). 25 watts and power to spare. 4 high-school guys with beer obtained from a ‘buyer' 90 miles inland. All 4 doors hanging ajar so that the sounds flow freely from the 8" Jensens mounted in the rear deck. 16-oz magnets? Bloodshot is brand new and it's cranked up for that organ solo. Sheet metal rattles. Singing "GIVE IT TO ME" and smoking Swisher Sweets. We have the power now. Let's get to the beach and find some women...
I want to read your novel!
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Grateful Dead - China-Rider
(Nov 27, 2012 - 14:12) | "Wish I was a headlight on a northbound train, I'd shine my light through the cool Colorado rain."
The lyrical poetry of Robert Hunter. Classic.
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Allman Brothers - One Way Out
(Nov 27, 2012 - 11:21) | kingart wrote: So smokin' it brings tears to my eyes. ... A 20?
20 sounds just right...10 for each ear.So many groovin' memories to this song and band.
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Warren Zevon - Carmelita
(Nov 27, 2012 - 10:37) | It's all about storytelling in song writing, and Zevon was one of the best. I love this song and miss that guy.
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Elephant Revival - Barefoot Friend
(Nov 26, 2012 - 09:27) | (former member) wrote:
This song puts a spring in my step this autumn night...
You know just the right words to say. Say hello to Romeo and the rest of the hotel room high kickers.
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Joan Baez - Love Is Just A Four-Letter Word
(Nov 15, 2012 - 14:23) | johnjconn wrote:
When your right, your right.
Freeking horrible.
Burn it Bill.
(ps - shit is a four letter word too)
I fully disagree, but by God, that is one funny comment
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Ibrahim Ferrer - Bruca Manigua
(Nov 07, 2012 - 10:51) | mbrailer wrote: Waiter, another round of margaritas for this table, please ... and some more chips and salsa, thanks.
This round's on me, friend.
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James Taylor - Fire And Rain
(Oct 29, 2012 - 11:20) | (former member) wrote:
It is really interesting how elemental images— fire and rain, the sun, cold wind, etc.— are juxtaposed with religious imagery...
this classic song is groovy... love it...
Miss you, Romeo.
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Phish - Waste
(Oct 25, 2012 - 08:57) | This is that rarity of Phish tunes for me that holds up lyrically.
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Mazzy Star - Fade Into You
(Oct 24, 2012 - 14:53) | (former member) wrote:Thank you again! You are welcome to my hotel room anytime... love this song... we be dancing... I'm retiring at the end of the year. First road trip is to your dance fest, my friend.
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Tame Impala - Be Above It
(Oct 24, 2012 - 10:16) | Harsh, and not in a good way. 3.8 rating says it all, and that's 2.8 higher than my vote.
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Pearl Jam - Man Of The Hour
(Oct 23, 2012 - 11:46) | lemmoth wrote:
To you maybe, my friend, but to me and many many others, this is sublime....
Peace
Thanks for writing this. We played this song at my dad's wake, and it was perfect.
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Van Morrison - Wavelength
(Oct 23, 2012 - 11:26) | GalileoCoffeeCo wrote:Ohh mama ohhh mama...šššššš
Thought he was saying, "O-Bama...O-Bama...O-Bama"
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Grateful Dead - Me & My Uncle
(Oct 17, 2012 - 09:51) | Did you catch Weir and Lesh singing the National Anthem at the Giants game Monday night? Sounded great, but Bob is looking wooly. Bob Weir-wolf.
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David Byrne & St. Vincent - Who
(Oct 16, 2012 - 09:46) | mrgus wrote: Great collaboration, but what's with the photo? I've seen St. Vincent and she doesn't normally look like she's storing cell phones for the winter.
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Iguanas - Para Donde Vas
(Oct 05, 2012 - 12:56) | What great Friday afternoon music! Come on, people...6.1??!! You gotta be kidding me.
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Bowerbirds - Tuck the Darkness In
(Oct 03, 2012 - 12:52) | oldsaxon wrote: It's OK, I suppose, but right after William Orbit....IDK....
Yes, I too agree...Orbitus interruptus...but I still find it pleasant.
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The Cinematic Orchestra - To Build A Home
(Sep 25, 2012 - 09:37) | gatorade wrote: This makes me want to run away....run away fast.
You'll be behind me, because I'm running like hell...right after hitting the PSD button.
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Les McCann & Eddie Harris - Compared To What
(Sep 21, 2012 - 13:18) | hayduke2 wrote:
Cheers to that!
This boppin piece of enlightenment goes right to the hearts and minds of the aware, a good teaching tool as well as a shake and shout masterpiece (imho).
(Mr. Kozlowski played Blue Cheer in his science class!)
Playing to my yearbook class now. They dig.
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Joan Armatrading - Baby Blue Eyes
(Sep 21, 2012 - 11:48) | Stingray wrote: WHERE WOULD JOAN BE
WERE SHE (also) BEAUTIFUL!
Please tell us, O wise one, what this comment brings to the discussion except to prove to the world your utter and complete jackassedness.
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Bob Marley - Exodus
(Sep 21, 2012 - 10:32) | Only a 7.3??!! Seriously? Solid 10 if there ever was one.
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Aaron Copland - Fanfare for the Common Man
(Sep 18, 2012 - 14:20) | lindergr55 wrote:I love this Copeland piece - it never fails to give me goosebumps. Simply magnificent.
This added to the rotation is why I listen to RP. The goosebumps are icing on the cake.
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Grateful Dead - Eyes of the World
(Sep 13, 2012 - 13:08) | buddy wrote:
Wow, hi dad, it's been a long time! Especially since you died 25 years ago. I thought you were the last of a breed, but clearly I was wrong. I'll make sure you get your Pat Boone records back from the attic. btw...having a job, shower, and haircut didn't make you any less of a major asshole. Way to stick to your guns!
Can I ride with you? Thanks for writing this. Seriously.
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Grateful Dead - Dire Wolf
(Sep 11, 2012 - 12:43) | salzburg4321 wrote:Same here.
Rooney wrote:I'm from that generation, and I still don't get them. I didn't back then, and I don't now.
I agree with the poster below — mediocrity is their calling card to music. What the
hell was all the hype about anyway? Don't get it. 
I get it.
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Xavier Rudd - Spirit Bird
(Jun 15, 2012 - 12:05) | This is one of the best songs I've heard in a long, long time. Thanks for sharing this! 10+
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George Harrison - Here Comes The Sun (Live)
(Jun 08, 2012 - 15:17) | I have a graduation ceremony to attend tonight - outside. It's been raining, intermittently hailing, with possible lightning on the way. This song can't hurt the cosmic vibe.
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Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeroes - Man On Fire
(Jun 08, 2012 - 14:22) | Baby_M wrote: I despise "Home" with the white-hot fury of a moonshiner's still fire, but at least it's musically catchy. This track is about as lively as a dead salmon in a fish market.
How do you really feel about it?
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Lyle Lovett - Friend Of The Devil
(May 10, 2012 - 14:40) | toterola wrote:One of my favorite CDs. The covers of this song, "Jack Straw", "Ship of Fools", "Cassidy", "Bertha"... I wouldn't take anything for it.
Thanks for the reminder. This is indeed a great cd...I'll have to bust it out and dust it off.
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Cracker - Loser
(May 10, 2012 - 14:35) | This version, 9. Jerry's version on "Garcia", 10.
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The Verve - Lucky Man
(May 07, 2012 - 09:56) | prickelpit96 wrote:Great song that perfectly meets my mood today.
Ditto
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BĆ©la Fleck - Shanti
(May 03, 2012 - 11:14) | rough1 wrote: please, i beg of you, stop playing this tedious kind of music
I beg to differ. This is EXACTLY why I come to RP, to hear this eclectic mix. I don't like everything either, but I LOVE the mix. Keep it coming, Bill and all others responsible.
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Ray Charles - Rockhouse Parts 1 & 2
(Apr 30, 2012 - 14:58) | I have a high school yearbook staff in this room, and they are swingin' and swayin', and most of them don't even know it. Oh yeah, we dig!
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Bob Dylan - Simple Twist Of Fate
(Apr 27, 2012 - 14:45) | A Brazilian production company is considering making a movie of the album "Blood On the Tracks". Interesting. I'd love to see what they would do with "Idiot Wind".
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Joni Mitchell - California
(Apr 27, 2012 - 10:49) | deepwoodskev wrote: Have never understood why people like her singing. It's almost laughable.
This comment is laughable.
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The Who - Won't Get Fooled Again
(Apr 25, 2012 - 14:46) | Betta wrote: Really good song, but brilliant transition from Vivaldi to this song! :-)
No doubt, Betta, NO DOUBT!!! 
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Vienna Teng - Passage
(Apr 23, 2012 - 11:23) | Beautiful in its own right, but certainly not making this Monday any brighter or easier.
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Cat Stevens - Father & Son
(Apr 17, 2012 - 09:53) | Geecheeboy wrote: When I was a teenager I thought he was singing about me and my father. Now, as a grandfather, older than my own father ever lived to be, it sounds much different. I wish I could talk to the "old man" now.
Great sentiment. I hear you all the way.
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The Beatles - It's All Too Much (remix)
(Apr 13, 2012 - 10:38) | I teach a high school English class called Lyricism, and we moved onto The Beatles this week. We talked about the evolution of their lyrics from "She Loves You" and "I Want to Hold Your Hand" to songs like this and "Within You and Without You". My God, we witnessed genius back then. We were so fortunate.
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Santana - Song Of The Wind
(Apr 13, 2012 - 10:00) | My favorite Santana album, back when the jam and the groove was the important thing.
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Journey - Wheel in The Sky
(Apr 12, 2012 - 14:58) | randyblew wrote:I agree with the previous comment. Play it again, Bill. Why? Here's why: 1 . selecting what appears to be best in various doctrines, methods, or styles 2 . composed of elements drawn from various sources; also : heterogeneous So playing Journey every day, along with a variety of other classic rock/pop hits that anyone can listen to on ANY generic, homogenized format geared to the lowest common denominator of crass, money-driven commercialization: that is NOT eclectic Playing the odd Journey song (or yes, Boston, Kansas, or ELP song - that's about as far down that rabbit-hole as I am willing to go) on an otherwise outstanding, taste and personality driven station that specializes in interesting, smart, always moving and lovely mixes of almost every style of music that humans have produced over the years? THAT is eclectic. Now, Motley Crue? THAT might be taking it too far  . Keep on jamming, y'all.
Dammit! Why didn't I say this?
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George Harrison - Here Comes The Sun (Live)
(Apr 09, 2012 - 14:44) | Cynaera wrote:This song, in all of its versions, gives me shivers and makes me happy and sad at once. I love it. Miss you, George...
These are my very emotions listening to this today.
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John Mayall - California
(Apr 09, 2012 - 10:44) | I wouldn't ask for a steady diet of this, but for a spring Monday morning in Oregon, it feels good.
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Robert Plant & Alison Krauss - Killing The Blues
(Apr 09, 2012 - 10:25) | fredriley wrote:
I'd prefer a Marcel Marceau version...
One of the funniest posts I've read in a long, long time. I personally love the song, but that is some funny $#!t.
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Dire Straits - Romeo And Juliet
(Apr 03, 2012 - 14:35) | guielmo wrote:
I swear, if i could i would burn this Goddamn hotel down! And I bet a lot of guys here would help me...
Uh, I bet you'd be on your own on that one...idiot.
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The Barr Brothers - Beggar In The Morning
(Mar 22, 2012 - 11:16) | romeotuma wrote:
Love this song... sounds like it is in the key of G, but I'm not sure... I would grab my guitar and figure it out, but I am too busy washing feet right now...
I love you, RT.
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Iggy Pop - The Passenger
(Mar 20, 2012 - 11:26) | gemtag wrote: Iggy and his music always invokes an image of a wet smelly rat.
I like the song, but I love your statement.
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Pink Floyd - Comfortably Numb
(Mar 13, 2012 - 14:46) | oilydwarf wrote: ri_shelton wrote:...remembers really 'hearing' this song while driving, after I traded my motorcycle for a mini-van, with those captain's chairs, a/c, auto trans, power steering, baby seat in the back, wife bickering about how I don't use both hands on the wheel, eyes misting up, and wondering if this would be my life.
I remember listening to this whilst driving over the yorkshire moors on a cold, misty, winters day in the late 1980's. Life at the time was pretty damned grim. Shortly afterwards I decided to leave my job working for an old industrial giant in the north of england and moved on the brighter, better things, never looked back! Not sure it was all down to Mr Waters and co but he helped!
I love these stories in the comments section. Seriously, thanks for posting. These remind me of the humanity all over, the stories we all have, and in the background these wonderful songs as soundtracks of our lives. Perfect, in an imperect world.
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Supergrass - Road To Rouen
(Mar 08, 2012 - 10:48) | Sloggydog wrote: 8>>>9 I mustn't have been baked enough the first time i rated it.
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Madrugada - The Lost Gospel
(Feb 29, 2012 - 11:05) | When they were handing out voices, this guy cut to the head of the line for the good ones. Beautiful pipes.
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Leonard Cohen - Amen
(Feb 28, 2012 - 15:13) | Bozo wrote: THIS made the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and not the Moody Blues, Chicago, Yes, Jethro Tull, etc? What's wrong with this picture?
Thank you.
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Radiohead - Reckoner
(Feb 22, 2012 - 14:59) | Poacher wrote: (deleted by admin)
Poacher, why the hate spew? Yeah, I'm one who has Romeo's back because I know a song he "be dancing" to is a solid song. I like the consistency of his comments. I always thought that music is the one thing we can all feel good around. Viewing your comments, I might have to rethink that. In the meantime, keep up the dance party, RT. I'm on my way.
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Chicago - I'm A Man
(Feb 22, 2012 - 14:28) | I remember a buddy of mine stealing this album, then calling me over to his house where we wore out the grooves to this track. Good memories. I think he's paid his karmic debt.
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Indigo Girls - Share The Moon
(Feb 21, 2012 - 15:30) | Stingray wrote: During the past 2 hours I have not heard
a single song, that takes off my socking sucks!
NOT ONE!!!
Time for a change, Bill!
Then hit the road. Your vitriolic comments won't be missed. And take your sweaty socks with you.
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Bob Dylan - Desolation Row
(Feb 21, 2012 - 15:02) | romeotuma wrote:
Everybody in my hotel room loves this song...
Everybody in this room loves it too, RT.
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Led Zeppelin - That's The Way
(Feb 21, 2012 - 10:41) | Bobert_ParkCity wrote: Killer, just killer. Chops, emotion, atmosphere. Has it all....
Perfectly stated.
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Crosby Stills Nash & Young - Country Girl
(Feb 16, 2012 - 10:39) | franta wrote: fredriley wrote:
...shame about the delivery. Neil Young's voice makes me reach for the mute button at some speed, it's so painful to listen to. Positively Pavlovian...
agree entirely, even worse when harmonising with CSN. If I did not know any better, I would not believe that people listen to this thing for pleasure. Funny how people react differently, it causes me almost physical pain.
Disagree with you both, but obviously it's personal preference. For me, it's like that vintage old VW van; maybe dented and a little rusty now, but you love it even more with its imperfections.
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Jerry Garcia - Bird Song
(Feb 14, 2012 - 10:49) | bachbeet wrote: I liked this more when it came out. Hasn't held up well.
Respectfully disagree.
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Keren Ann - My Name Is Trouble
(Feb 10, 2012 - 10:31) | Bruce_AK wrote: Hearing this makes me miss having Internet access at home! One of these days I'll once again be able to listen to my favorite Internet radio someplace other than the Ranger Station!
I spent my youth chasing around your back yard of Tokatee and the North Umpqua. Beautiful, beautiful country.I need to get back there.
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English Beat - Save It for Later
(Feb 09, 2012 - 14:46) | romeotuma wrote:
Everybody in my hotel room just started dancing... love this song...
Everybody in my classroom is dancing too!
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David Crosby - Laughing
(Feb 08, 2012 - 11:46) | This album is a Who's-Who of Rock and Roll in the San Francisco scene. Love that Garcia pedal steel. Thanks for rolling this one again.
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Githead - Drop
(Feb 08, 2012 - 08:54) | hippiechick wrote:I'd rather givehead 
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Strawbs - Witchwood
(Feb 08, 2012 - 08:05) | I'm an old dog, and I've never heard this before. Thanks for the introduction. Good stuff. 
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Bob Dylan - Desolation Row
(Feb 02, 2012 - 13:36) | I'm fortunate this year to be teaching a high school class in Lyricism, and we're now into the folk movement. I plan on giving my students this song just to hear their take on what it all means. Even if we can't figure out a meaning, it's fun just to consider the imagery in this one. A classic, classic song. A 10 for no other reason than pure poetry.
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Donovan - Season Of The Witch
(Feb 01, 2012 - 15:10) | kurtster wrote: 9 to 10. Shouda always been a 10.
Such a mezmorizing song. Still love it.
Only been listening to it for 45 or so years ...
Been right there with ya.
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Neil Young - Sugar Mountain
(Jan 31, 2012 - 11:38) | Cynaera wrote:
I'd like to hear YOU sing. Once. We always expect so much from those who have success - as if we could do better.
Yeah, I can sing the hell out of "Needle and the Damage Done," and even play the guitar. Doesn't mean I should.
Thank you!
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Jack Johnson - I Shall Be Released
(Jan 31, 2012 - 11:08) | A nice Dylan theme here: "Heart of Mine"; "Watching the River Flow"; and now "I Shall Be Released." I've noticed that Bob's songs take a beating of sorts here on RP. I love them, but I think other artists performing them shows that they stand the test of time, and are sometimes better than the original.
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Neil Young - Harvest Moon
(Jan 26, 2012 - 11:39) | coy wrote: i played this song for my mom when she was old and infirm in a nursing home
i don't know what she thought but it brought me to tears
The power of music. The imagery in your post brought tears to my eyes as well.
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Mazzy Star - Fade Into You
(Jan 26, 2012 - 11:31) | neuticle wrote:
we get it..you love to dance in your hotel room..we get it
Take it easy on RT...if RT's dancing, I know it's a good song. Power to the folks in the hotel room - we should all be so lucky to be there.
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Neil Young - Old Man
(Jan 24, 2012 - 08:59) | unclehud wrote:When I first heard this, Neil was singing to some old man. Today, he's singing to me.
You and me both, brother.
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Grateful Dead - Touch of Grey
(Jan 23, 2012 - 15:02) | WonderLizard wrote: Another Dead song, another feeding frenzy for the haters, another altar for the faithful, another day.
I, too, have followed them from the beginning—in fact from the time they were The Warlocks, and regardless of what you think of its place in the greater canon of their work, this is a pretty cool song. Garcia's solo could serve as an object lesson to beginning guitarists on how to build your solo around the song's melody.
I miss Jerry as a creative force. No matter where he was, no matter the genre, he made things happen.
As one of the faithful, I thank you for your words.
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Iron & Wine - Love and Some Verses
(Jan 19, 2012 - 15:02) | kingart wrote: I like Iron & Wine, good song writing. This one has a lovely sound but it's maybe a bit wistful, or lugubrious, like a guy on a gray, rainy day who expects his girlfriend lover to dump him.
You have a novel in you.
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DetektivbyrƄn - E18
(Jan 19, 2012 - 14:25) | suesblues wrote:sorry this is horrible, anything with a hurdy gurdy makes my skin crawl 
Gotta agree. Brutal.
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Bjƶrk - Big Time Sensuality
(Jan 19, 2012 - 10:46) | michaelgmitchell wrote:
Yes. I wish my wife would learn to growl like that, when, you know ...
Yeah, I know...
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Ludovico Einaudi - Primavera
(Jan 18, 2012 - 10:54) | What amazes me about this beautiful piece is the hatred that spews forth every time it's played. I don't get that. If you don't like it, just turn it down for five minutes or so, then come on back. Sheeeeesh.
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Cult with No Name - You Know Me Better Than I Know Myself
(Jan 03, 2012 - 11:05) | bailey_comus wrote: I'm metastatic and one of the things I amuse myself with at work is creating a soundtrack to my death. When my mom was in hospice, no one told us the signs of impending death and instead of hearing calm, she heard us freaking out. I'm thinking that her last thought was that my sister and I had to stop being such ninnies - that being a favorite comment made to us and especially to me.
This song is on the top of my list. I don't want sad b/c I when the time comes, I don't want to delay my passage by thinking about sad things - I want music that feels calm and 'pretty' and which might be reassuring to my husband, sister and cousin.
I don't mean this to be morbid. I have a concurrent list called 'Things to play during Remission Periods'. Lots of dance tracks on that one!
This is not morbid at all. In fact, this is a tremendous post and an idea I will borrow for my passage as well. When my mother-in-law passed, the hospital had a harpist summoned who played through her last breath and kept playing for some time after. We like to think that it helped her, but we know that it helped us. Thanks for sharing this idea.
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Levon Helm - The Weight (live)
(Dec 14, 2011 - 10:27) | nagsheadlocal wrote: Levon has a voice like Ray Charles' - just hearing it makes me think of dirt roads through a forest leading to open pastureland, and a clear sky overhead.
What a great description this is! Thanks!
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Mumford & Sons - Awake My Soul
(Dec 13, 2011 - 11:05) | hippiechick wrote: I dunno, these guys don't do it for me.
I know what you mean. I wanted to like them, but there's something there that doesn't quite grab me.
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Vienna Teng - Harbor
(Dec 12, 2011 - 15:12) | t00lur wrote:i hate vienna tang, i rated 1 all her fucking songs hahahah!
Comments like this prove conclusively that there will always be more horses asses in the world than horses.
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BoDeans - Fadeaway
(Dec 12, 2011 - 11:24) | daveesh wrote:
One of the greatest posts of all time.
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The Byrds - Eight Miles High
(Dec 12, 2011 - 11:14) | God, what a great song! Perfect for today! Bluebird, almost-winter skies in Oregon. I'm eight miles high...
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The Byrds - Mr. Spaceman
(Dec 09, 2011 - 15:12) | I always think of Bill "The Spaceman" Lee, that wacky pitcher of the 60s, when I hear this song.
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Radiohead - Separator
(Dec 09, 2011 - 14:57) | Stratocaster wrote: It's "just alright" for me. Don't understand the cult following these guys have. Haha, funny that this song was preceded in the set by The Cults. Unintentional? I think maybe not.....
Yeah, I don't get all the hubbub either, but I do like this one.
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David Gilmour - Fat Old Sun
(Dec 08, 2011 - 14:26) | bobringer wrote: How in the world are there that many "1" ratings for this song? How is that possible anywhere in this universe?
Seconded. 10+
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Radiohead - Lotus Flower
(Dec 02, 2011 - 10:58) | salzburg4321 wrote: Am I the only one who struggles to really like this group?
Nope.
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Richard Thompson - Sibella
(Dec 02, 2011 - 10:53) | gprinc wrote: Bill...Play Gethsemane from the Old kit bag.
I second the motion. One of RT's greatest songs.
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Ray LaMontagne - Empty
(Dec 01, 2011 - 15:15) | scrubbrush wrote: Poetry. Pure poetry.
Yes, indeed. Beautiful imagery backed up by beautiful music. 9 → 10
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Grateful Dead - Dire Wolf
(Dec 01, 2011 - 11:45) | Rooney wrote:I'm from that generation, and I still don't get them. I didn't back then, and I don't now.
I agree with the poster below — mediocrity is their calling card to music. What the
hell was all the hype about anyway? Don't get it.
It's ok if you didn't get them, but it's also ok for those millions of us who did.
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Emory Joseph - Brown Eyed Women
(Dec 01, 2011 - 11:32) | Like the Dead or not, you have to acknowledge the poetic storytelling in Hunter's songs. One of America's greatest and vastly underrated poets.
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Yes - Long Distance Runaround & The Fish
(Dec 01, 2011 - 11:18) | romeotuma wrote:
This song is orgasmic in its pure pleasure... love it... (and the album is seminal...)
I sometimes need a cigarette after reading your posts, Romeo.
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Fleetwood Mac - Bare Trees
(Dec 01, 2011 - 10:13) | romeotuma wrote:
Everybody in my hotel room loves this song...
Maybe my favorite Mac tune. Dancing here too. 10
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Midnight Oil - Beds Are Burning
(Nov 30, 2011 - 14:11) | jeremyleo wrote:Almost every time we make bacon at home, the heat and initial smoke, after the first few strips hit the pan, sets off my smoke/heat detector. This always prompts signing "How can we sleep while the bacon's burning".
My wife laughs. My teenagers look at me sideways, especially when they have friends over...
Makin' bacon?
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Anna Ternheim - Black Sunday Afternoon
(Nov 29, 2011 - 15:29) | gosvimmink wrote:
Well RP plays it nearly every day, so
Whoa, G! Sorry I missed it before on "nearly every day". Must have been distracted by, oh, I don't know, work, or life. I'll listen more attentively next time. My bad.
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Louis Armstrong - Savoy Blues
(Nov 29, 2011 - 12:07) | januismer wrote: Enjoy it a lot! Waiting for Moe, Larry and Curly to show up.
Nyuk, nyuk, nyuk!!!
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Crosby Stills & Nash - Suite- Judy Blue Eyes
(Nov 29, 2011 - 11:20) | Mugro wrote: I look at the album cover and I listen to the music and I wonder: "was it ever this simple and ever this good?" Probably not, but I wish it were.
A magical time. It seemed so much simpler, and freer, then. Not sure it really was, but I'm glad I experienced it. This song is a classic.
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Paul Simon - I Know What I Know
(Nov 29, 2011 - 10:23) | romeotuma wrote:
Everybody in my hotel room be dancing...
Dancing with you and the hotel room people, RT.
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Mark Knopfler - What It Is
(Nov 28, 2011 - 14:14) | leechi wrote:
very true. please have mercy with us.
Couldn't disagree more. Keep it coming, Bill.
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Nick Drake - Which Will
(Nov 28, 2011 - 14:05) | So sad that I discovered Nick Drake so late in my life. Love this song.
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The Cars - Blue Tip
(Nov 28, 2011 - 10:00) | Bags are packed. I'm heading to Vegas for hotel room dancing with Romeo.
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David Bowie - Heroes (single mix)
(Nov 21, 2011 - 12:06) | bluecshells wrote: This is my favorite Bowie song ever. I also recently heard him sing it in German and WOW!
My favorite too. Great song! 10
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Spirit - Animal Zoo
(Nov 18, 2011 - 14:35) | Dillinquent wrote: ...much too fat and a little too long...
that's what she said.
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Traffic - John Barleycorn
(Nov 17, 2011 - 15:21) | I love it when this song plays just to reread the comments. Easily some of the best in the RP archive! You people are damn funny.
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Talking Heads - Once In A Lifetime
(Nov 17, 2011 - 11:08) | Stingray wrote:
Admit it, Romeo!
You are a lone dreamer - in some out-of-time trailer,
somewhere in the green natural desert of Montana!
Nevertheless - I like your repetitive posts,
would like to see your photo.
Ditto
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Elbow - Mirrorball
(Nov 16, 2011 - 15:28) | I was all set to leave work, then you played this, and now I must stay to this song's completion. Please play something crappy so I can go home and feed my dog.
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Gregory Alan Isakov - Light Year
(Nov 16, 2011 - 14:54) | I have yet to hear a bad song from this man. Love it, even the imperfect struggle to reach the high note.
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XTC - Dear God
(Nov 14, 2011 - 15:08) | Dear God,
Please don't play this again.
Amen
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Pink Floyd - On The Turning Away
(Nov 14, 2011 - 14:44) | Hodgie wrote: People who listen to RP have a greater appreciation for music than your average citizen.
Many of us have very strong associations and memories with specific songs that get played on RP.
On The Turning Away.
It's January of 1988 and my father passes away. I fly down to the Florida Panhandle from UMass. In the days preceding and post his funeral, I spend a lot of time in cars, driving from place to place. Everywhere I go, I hear this song. Even at two separate taverns, this song finds me. Must have heard it 8 times in 5 days.
My father was a very flawed man with a huge heart and a wonderful sense of humor. I admittingly don't think that much about him any more, 22 years after his passing. When this song plays however, it feels like I lost him yesterday.
Could not live without music.....
This is beautiful, eloquent stuff. You have captured the essence of what music means, and reading this with "On the Turning Away" as its soundtrack makes it that much more meaningful. Thanks for writing this - your father would be proud.
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Tori Amos - Shattering Sea
(Nov 09, 2011 - 15:20) | romeotuma wrote:
This song is soooo good for the ears... this album must be incredibly fresh and original... I want it...
Even on the songs I don't care for, I love reading Romeo's comments. Keep 'em coming! Hope room service is keeping you sated in your hotel room.
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Johnny Cash - Hurt
(Nov 09, 2011 - 10:48) | pepsiparanoia wrote: Every time this song gives me goosebumps. Very few songs can do that.
Just noticed the goosebumps in my legs seconds before I read your comment. Yes indeed...
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Beck - Dark Star
(Nov 08, 2011 - 14:58) | This song has one deep groove, and my office chair is rollin'.
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Nada Surf - Always Love
(Nov 04, 2011 - 10:21) | Wow! What a setlist. Youngbloods, "Get Together"; E. Costello, "Peace, Love, and Understanding"; N. Young, "Throw Your Hatred Down"; and now "Always Love". Consider the world hugged. 
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U2 - Bad
(Nov 03, 2011 - 15:26) | Nice segue from "Sheep" to "Baaaaaad". That sophomoric sentiment stated, I love this song.
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Annie Lennox - Waiting In Vain
(Nov 03, 2011 - 14:14) | zurcronium wrote: My sister gave me this CD, I returned it to her.
We listen to RP in my classroom most days, and we look for standout comments. You'll be happy to know that yours is #1 today.
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Great Lake Swimmers - Passenger Song
(Nov 02, 2011 - 14:34) | Giselle62 wrote: i love when RP plays a "weird folk" set or whatever you wanna call: Fotheringay, 16 Horsepower, and Great lake swimmers.
My thoughts exactly. Love this.
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KGB - Call It A Night
(Nov 02, 2011 - 10:44) | Yet one more song I had to purchase. Thanks, RP, for forcing me into a night time pizza delivery gig to support my habit.
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Phish - Heavy Things
(Oct 31, 2011 - 10:36) | Always loved Anastasio's guitar playing, but for me their lyrics got in the way of some good songs.
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Eddie Vedder - Without You
(Oct 26, 2011 - 14:38) | sirdroseph wrote:A sheep is still a sheep even when bleated alongside a ukelele. 
We're not real sure what this means, but we like the quote enough we have it on our board in our classroom. Thanks.
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U2 - Red Hill Mining Town
(Oct 20, 2011 - 14:16) | romeotuma wrote:The Joshua tree is a plant in the southwestern United States, with sword-shaped leaves and greenish-white flowers grouped in large panicles...a group of Mormon settlers who crossed the Mojave Desert in the mid-19th century named the plant the Joshua tree, after Joshua of the Old Testament— the forks of the tree reminded them of Joshua's hand raised as he prayed, and also the shape of the leaves reminded them of Joshua's spear... the name of U2's album, The Joshua Tree, is complicated... first, the entire album has a religious theme... second, the title is a tribute to the global power of the United States... third, the album also shows U2's fascination with American culture, politics, and forms of music...
this is a cool song...
Thanks for providing this, Romeotuma. This is what I dig about the RP community. 
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Afel Bocum - Alasidi
(Sep 29, 2011 - 12:08) | kaybee wrote: This is wonderful! I can't understand the low ratings for African music here.
Agreed. I love this.
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Leonard Cohen - Everybody Knows
(Sep 28, 2011 - 15:12) | Stingray wrote: THIS GUY IS MY
ULTIMATE NIGHTMARE!
I HATE HIM AND THE "EXISISTANTIALISM"
(if this an English word,....too)
he try and failes to represent!
When I hear "Suzanne"...,
I mute the radio!
REALLY!!!
How do you really feel about it? That said, not a big fan either.
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Chris Smither - The Devil's Real
(Sep 28, 2011 - 11:42) | I saw him in Portland a few years ago in a small club. The show was awesome and he was very gracious afterward spending time mingling with the crowd and talking to everyone. Great guitarist, great guy.
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Neko Case - Star Witness
(Sep 23, 2011 - 11:39) | romeotuma wrote:
I'll dance to this...
I seriously love it that you dance to so many of these songs. I dig!
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Amy Winehouse - Back To Black
(Sep 22, 2011 - 14:47) | Thanks, Bill, for pointing out the idiots and their "...tasteless Amy Winehouse" jokes. Losers.
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Jeff Beck - Freeway Jam
(Sep 21, 2011 - 10:30) | My earlier 9 just went to 10 this morning. All those people hatin' on Fats Domino two songs ago who switched stations - I rest my case.
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Fats Domino - Whole Lotta Lovin'
(Sep 21, 2011 - 10:27) | donpdonp wrote:
seconded. i switched stations because of this song. unusual but i had to make it stop somehow!
Switched stations because of a 1 minute, 50 second song? Seems harsh with the eclecticism of RP. I don't like everything that's dialed up here either, but I know that something golden is about to come my way. I don't get the hate.
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Patty Griffin - Goodbye
(Sep 20, 2011 - 14:34) | misterimpatient wrote: Sends a chill every time I hear it.
Couldn't have said it better.
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James McMurtry - Off And Running
(Sep 09, 2011 - 11:58) | I like McMurtrey's storytelling quality to his songwriting. The lyrics are loaded with Americana and I like that in my music.
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U2 - Bad (Live)
(Jun 02, 2011 - 10:19) | First time hearing this live version. I dig.
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Morcheeba - Blood Like Lemonade
(Jun 02, 2011 - 08:32) | bellhog wrote: Misheard the title line as "Bud Lite Lemonade". Not sure if that would be better or worse.
I heard it too 
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Gomez - How We Operate
(May 31, 2011 - 10:34) | Love the song, but I better clean out the ears. I thought Bill introduced the band as "Gonads."
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Deep Purple - Hush
(May 20, 2011 - 13:28) | Sweet follow up..."I can't eat, y'all, I can't sleep!"
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Chambers Brothers - Time Has Come Today
(May 20, 2011 - 08:48) | Oh, Bill...you short-changed us! We need the 18 minute, extended, "Psychodelicized" version! But thanks for the trip, Chambers Brothers style. So many great memories from that one.  I'd give this one a 20 if possible.
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Neil Young - Old Man
(May 16, 2011 - 15:29) | jpwright wrote: True story. I am a photographer who shoots live rock n roll and jazz. It's 1985 and I'm driving a convertible with my fiance down the PCH 1 from San Francisco to have dinner with her friends. It's before Map Quest so we are following unmarked dirt roads. Off the majestic Pacific, we come to a simple hut with a pole across the road serving as a road block. Out steps a smiling elderly lady who asks us who we've come to see. We tell her and she says to take a right at the fork while raising the pole and waving us on.
While having drinks before dinner I say to our hosts that I feel like I've seen this terrain before. They said their neighbor is Neil Young and that he invites them to a hoe down every summer. So I'm thinking of images of the farm and the barn on Harvest and Ol' Ways. It is called Broken Arrow Ranch and it I believe the same name for his recording company.
The "Live at Carnegie Hall" bootleg (1971 approx) , Young talks about this song, "Old Man" he recently wrote about this old man who works on his farm. I can't help but think that the old woman who greeted us that day was his wife.
Great story. Thanks for sharing that.
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Bryan Ferry - I Thought
(May 16, 2011 - 09:38) | Great textures and layers to this song, and the harmonica at the end is nice. Cool song.
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Beck - Golden Age
(May 16, 2011 - 09:09) | A very nice way to start this Monday. Thanks, Bill.
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Broken Social Scene - World Sick
(May 13, 2011 - 08:22) | RussNelson wrote: Perhaps it was good once, but I've heard it too many times. This is the first time I had to turn RP off. ... Wish there was a Fast Forward button to skip this tune.
Hate, hate, hate, hate.
I hear ya, brother.
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The Be Good Tanyas - Ootischenia
(May 12, 2011 - 13:01) | Hannio wrote: I have to admire this woman's bravery. I don't know the extent of her disabilities, but she obviously had a dream, and wouldn't let her heart-rending speech impediment deny her day in the sun.
Still a ridiculously cruel comment.
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Leo Kottke - World Turning
(May 12, 2011 - 08:58) | rkhammer wrote:
Wasn't that what he said himself in the notes for his second or so album? Leo always gets high points!
Yeah, I think it was on one of his early albums, but I didn't know it was a self-quote. I saw him about 10 years ago...amazing.
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Leo Kottke - World Turning
(May 12, 2011 - 08:47) | A review once said Leo's voice was like "...a Canadian goose breaking wind." With guitar like that, it just doesn't matter. A strong 9.
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Rolling Stones - Sympathy for the Devil
(May 12, 2011 - 08:27) | Groogrux69 wrote: Keith Richards (2002): "Sympathy is quite an uplifting song. It's just a matter of looking the Devil in the face. He's there all the time. I've had very close contact with Lucifer - I've met him several times. Evil - people tend to bury it and hope it sorts itself out and doesn't rear its ugly head. Sympathy for the Devil is just as appropriate now, with 9/11. There it is again, big time. When that song was written, it was a time of turmoil. It was the first sort of international chaos since World War II. And confusion is not the ally of peace and love. You want to think the world is perfect. Everybody gets sucked into that. And as America has found out to its dismay, you can't hide. You might as well accept the fact that evil is there and deal with it any way you can. Sympathy for the Devil is a song that says, Don't forget him. If you confront him, then he's out of a job."
Thanks for posting this. Reading insider info on the nature of songs adds so much to the listening.
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Allman Brothers - Blue Sky
(May 04, 2011 - 13:25) | So many beautiful memories associated with this song, and a beautiful Oregon blue sky at the moment. Perfect.
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Mark Knopfler - Get Lucky
(May 04, 2011 - 09:05) | The thing I really like about Knopfler is as he ages he seems to embrace his Scottish heritage even more, putting his magical touch on the traditional folksongs. I can't wait for his new album.
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Paolo Nutini - Candy
(May 04, 2011 - 08:43) | LMAO on the Adam Sandler comment! I'll never hear this song the same way now. Thanks!
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Neil Young - Like a Hurricane
(May 03, 2011 - 09:21) | "You are just a dreamer, and I am just a dream. You could have been anyone to me." Thanks, Bill, for playing. Gryn - you have to be kidding me!
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Jefferson Airplane - Good Shepherd
(May 02, 2011 - 14:31) | Could not agree more. That cover of White Rabbit needs to follow OBL to the bottom of the Arabian Sea. oldsinger wrote: Nice to hear the real thing (Airplane) after a pretty weak imitation on a cover of White Rabbit.
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