Morcheeba - Blood Like Lemonade
(Dec 18, 2012 - 07:43) | This takes a while to get going. The vocals and melody are rough in the beginning. Then, flows like bloody lemonade.
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Bruce Cockburn - Night Train
(Dec 18, 2012 - 07:41) | Normally cannot tolerate his voice, but the songwriting on this album, along with the guitar and the bass are astounding. Almost all the songs on this album, if you listen and follow the craft of his mind, paint fully realized scenarios. This one and his instrumental album, aptly named Speechless, are my favs.
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Concrete Blonde - Everybody Knows
(Dec 18, 2012 - 07:12) | Oh C'mon. Almost any other song by CB is better than this. Really Bill, read the comments and change things up a bit with this stellar and underrepresented band. Give Bloodletting a spin!
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Johnny Rivers - Secret Agent Man
(Nov 08, 2012 - 11:49) | mfcrowe wrote: Swingin' on the Riviera, one day
and then layin' in the Bombay alley next day.
Oh no, you let the wrong words slip while kissing persuasive lips.
How cool of a song was this?
This song was to me the epitome of coolness for most of my young adulthood. Then, my dad took me to my first Bond movie and the die was cast. This song still brings back fond memories.
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Strawbs - Witchwood
(Oct 04, 2012 - 09:22) | Dave Cousins just sent shivers through my memory bank and brought back my amorous teenage years!
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Poe - Wild
(Oct 03, 2012 - 15:00) | Oh Poe, where did you go? (moan)
BTW - the RP link to her website goes to Edgar Allan Poe. This is the real link:
http://realpoe.ning.com/
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Simon & Garfunkel - Save the Life of My Child
(Mar 12, 2012 - 14:01) | On_The_Beach wrote:
This has never been one of my fave S&G tunes, either. I think it's something to do with the droning synth and wailing background vocals.
If I may...
When I was given this record at the age of 8, it was profound in its diversion from the pop of the time. The whole album was a portrait in words. Poetry of nuance. This song stands out mostly for its layering of vocals and efx, along with its social & period implications. Its place in the album order made sense. I played it over and over just to get that spooky vibe when the female choir chimes in. Sounded heavenly and ominous simultaneously.
Nowadays, we've all heard the sound of a record needle falling and the scratches that follow. For me, this was the record where I first heard that sound, along with the interminable wait for the song to start. It's forever imprinted on me.
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Nik Kershaw - Wounded
(Mar 02, 2012 - 08:58) | RP never ceases to amaze me. Nik Kershaw? Here? You mean I'm not the only one in the universe who's heard of him? WOW!
I prefer his older stuff - that may be too much of a stretch for playing here. But, "Wouldn't It Be Good?"
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Mocean Worker - Shooby Shooby Do Yah!
(Mar 01, 2012 - 10:10) | Sounds like something that would play at a college radio station while they recite their concert calendar.
"Tonight at O'Doul's catch the James Hancock band with special guest, Motherball..."
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Hem - Leave Me Here
(Feb 29, 2012 - 12:34) | I strongly recommend their "Identical Snowflakes" single from itunes: Here
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Patty Griffin - Rain
(Feb 08, 2012 - 14:46) | sirdroseph wrote: Patty Griffin is alright, but I really do not like this song, sounds like Taylor Swift or Faith Hill or some other pop-country tart.
If you follow her career, this resembles the Flaming Red sound a bit more. Definitely a unique voice.
How can you compare with those women with the trepidation in her tremolo?
Her soul is going along for the ride on this one.
Breathless emotion and finale.
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The Wailin' Jennys - Swing Low Sail High
(Feb 08, 2012 - 10:36) | "Oh, setting sun don’t weep for all the things you lose
Morning comes as sure as it must die
Dying is such mystery
Yet I wonder will it be?
When I’ve looked the whole thing in the eye"
Howse the rest of the album comparatively?
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Björk - Jóga
(Feb 02, 2012 - 12:57) | Cynaera wrote: Bjork is just one of those "in-your-face" people. One either loves her or hates her. Her music either resonates or it repels.
I actually fall smack in the middle. I dislike most, but simply adore this one. Play it loud...
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MGMT - Kids
(Feb 02, 2012 - 12:34) | I was going to serious pan this from the zam pop opening.
I thought this was LMFAO at first. Nope, MGMT. Now I know.
The chorus has legs and it . is . toe . tapping . Hard enough to admit.
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All India Radio - Fall
(Feb 02, 2012 - 11:51) | InSaNeLy good segue from Porcupine Tree ~ sublime.
The cat comments have me chuckling.
Has a bit of a Grey Eye Glances / October Project / Mandalay meld to it.
Could be the love song for the last Underworld movie (not that I saw it). Just sounds like it would fit.
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A Fine Frenzy - Come On, Come Out
(Jan 13, 2012 - 06:57) | brett_k wrote: Yeah i agree, this whole album is very nice.
But, it seems to play better mixed in with other similar sounding artists. It can be a bit homogenous in one straight listen.
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Adele - Someone Like You
(Nov 22, 2011 - 09:09) | Okay, it's been played to death on radio. Go here for a fresh and revised ( and I say, better ) version:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fx_wZCJ5fTg
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1 Giant Leap - The Way You Dream
(Oct 17, 2011 - 18:47) | Music is, to me, proof of the existence of God. It is so extraordinarily full of magic, and in tough times of my life I can listen to music and it makes such a difference. — Kurt Vonnegut
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Frou Frou - Must Be Dreaming
(Oct 01, 2011 - 08:05) | Amazing, outstanding talent, both in the studio & live. Wonderful, thought-provoking lyrical & aural landscapes. 10 tracks from this album in rotation here on RP.
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Talking Heads - (Nothing But) Flowers
(Oct 01, 2011 - 07:42) | I can take the repeated playings of Porcupine Tree, but Byrne blows! Please give us a year off. Thx!
my sentiment as well
I'm an old fart (well 50-something, but anyone over 30 is old, right?) but I'd rather bang my head repeatedly against a wall than listen to David Byrne - it would be less painful and with luck there'd be the blessed relief of unconsciousness.
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Poe - Control
(Apr 19, 2011 - 05:49) | They claim soon for a new set of tunes. Soon.
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Nina Simone - Feeling Good
(Feb 04, 2011 - 08:52) | Gosh, I thought this was a man singing. Clearly not Micheal Buble!
Glad to see I can still learn something about music from before today...
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Tracy Bonham - Something Beautiful
(Aug 13, 2010 - 21:24) | So, it's 11:52 here in the NY suburbs, and I've been sitting in my backyard with my iPhone headphones playing RP for over 40 minutes. I'm wondering if I should've instead gone to the Tracy Bonham show down in Manhattan this evening rather than opting to park myself in a chair, with mosquitoes circling, to search the heavens for the just past-peak Perseid meteor show. She's probably on stage right now & I have a sheet wrapped around me to stave off the feeding frenzy. It's getting cooler and damp.
Where are the shooting stars? Am I too late? Are they over? Not one? I hate second guessing my decisions. I crane my neck skyward. My arm is going numb from the awkward position needed to keep the sheet from unravelling. I am losing faith in the moment.
Suddenly, a streak of cosmic dust blasts across the sky in a long, but fading blaze of light - just as "Something Beautiful" begins playing.
I smile slowly.
Her lyrics say,
"But I wait
I’m sinking in my skin
And I wait
My heart is wearing thin
‘Cause I’m looking for
Something beautiful"
Saw one. Something beautiful. I'm done. Time for bed. Thanks Tracy. Maybe next time.
Thanks RP.
Thank God. SLAP!!
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Norah Jones - Even Though
(Jul 27, 2010 - 06:50) | yodasan_magoo wrote: Norah's songs are somewhat syrupy, but what a georgous voice.
I agree. I thought this was an obscure slow song from the Cardigans. I had given up on Norah, but glad this got my attention.
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Single Gun Theory - From a Million Miles
(Jul 16, 2010 - 07:01) | Once again, RP surprises me with an artist I hold in deep regard - not only for their eclectic nature but for their obscurity. Bravo, as always!
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Coldplay - Speed Of Sound
(May 18, 2010 - 09:06) | There's a thrust that comes in advance of a hang glider lifting off from a takeoff perch. You feel the gust get stronger and then it's powerful enough. You trust the power and GO.
This song and, for the most part, this band do that for me.
Whoooooooosh.......
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Coldplay - Talk
(May 12, 2010 - 19:08) | Wag more, bark less.
Kiss Kiss Hug Hug.
No talk. SShhhhh.
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The Frames - The Cost
(Mar 30, 2010 - 21:07) | ecyfoto wrote: You can hear Talk Talk as a possible influence. Well, at least I can. Great stuff.
Yes, something disrupting and caressing simultaneously.
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Loreena McKennitt - Kecharitomene
(Dec 12, 2009 - 18:26) | Many nego comments. However, the ratings are high. I suppose those that dislike are furiously typing whilst those who approve are passively enjoying.
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Jethro Tull - With You There to Help Me
(Dec 11, 2009 - 19:45) | keller1 wrote:
I agree. There was a run of four classic albums —- Stand Up, this one, Aqualung, and Thick as a Brick. The next one, Passion Play, was gawdawful —- still no idea what happened there —- and from then on the albums had inspired moments but were inconsistent.
Awww. Passion Play was special, too. Even War Child. But this still outrocks them all.
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Strawbs - Lay Down
(Dec 01, 2009 - 19:56) | I fondly remember "Down By The Sea" as a strong and evocative track. Mid-70's prog rock in a secret suburban basement love nest. "Lay Down" might've been a more aptly named track, though.
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The Pretenders - The Wait
(Nov 30, 2009 - 12:26) | I lived & loved Mystery Achievement for so long, I forgot about side one. Dang!
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Del Amitri - Driving With The Brakes On
(Nov 30, 2009 - 11:32) | Justin Currie's voice just does wonders for me. This album is fair...the earlier ones are superb. Every track. But then, I was younger, too. Age bias.
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Doves - Compulsion
(Nov 14, 2009 - 14:56) | Gryn wrote: Not sure how this was overlooked.. But it sounds like a copy of Blondie's "Rapture"
Listen to it.
Just logged on to make the same comment - doh!
Oddly enough, I sprained my "sacroiliac" last month ( it still hurts) and I knew that some old song had that word in the lyrics but I couldn't remember it. Hearing this track by the Doves made me think of that Blondie tune and, voila, these lyrics;
"Back to back
Sacroiliac
Spineless movement
And a wild attack"
Serendipitous.
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Porcupine Tree - Stars Die
(Aug 07, 2009 - 18:30) | gonzafr wrote: Wow.. amazing set!!
PT - Stars Dies
Peter Gabriel - A different Drum
Steely Dan - The Royal Scam
Coltrane - Naima
and so on.. ..
And it just continues on.... Porcupine Tree / Patty Griffin / Pretenders Live / The Who / Eddie Harris.
My father listened to classical music & I always respected his divine dedication to craft- without quite getting it. Sets like these from Bill re-instill the awe I feel for the craft & showmanship of music within my time.
This time, however, I get it.
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The Pretenders - Back on the Chain Gang (live)
(Aug 07, 2009 - 18:25) | jenakle wrote: this what a song sounds like after singing it 1000s of times and the original vitality and passion is nearly forgotten with the misuse still a great song LOL
I think you missed the subtlety of perfection.
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Sonny Landreth - Howlin' Moon
(Aug 06, 2009 - 16:32) | I want SO MUCH to be amazed by this song/performer, but I keep having flashbacks to many outdoor, beer-soaked, frisbee-tossing, girls-halter-wearing, mud-in-the-toes, blues concerts sponsored by the local radio station.
"Hey, do you smell that?"
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The Shins - A Comet Appears
(Aug 06, 2009 - 15:21) | "But the lonely are such delicate things,
The wind from a wasp could blow them,
Into the sea,
With stones on their feet,
Lost to the light and the loving we need..."
I was feeling a little forlorn and then this. My wife is at work late and the night is so long. Ahhhhhh
A little sadness to finish the day. Bittersweet. I think I need to up my meds.
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Tosca - Busenfreund
(Aug 06, 2009 - 14:03) | Like flying through a sci-fi Bond movie, only different.
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Gary Jules - Mad World
(Jun 26, 2009 - 11:47) | Man, that was one fast graphic! You must've built this in a heartbeat.
scruzer wrote:Can you play the Adam Lambert version of this song? :) 
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Gary Jules - Mad World
(Jun 26, 2009 - 11:46) | Hearing covers songs often reminds me of the feeling one gets when going around a corner too fast, tilting on two wheels. You may just completely lose it and flip over, or you just might pull through and continue on....
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Mat Kearney - All I Have
(Jun 26, 2009 - 11:36) | Haven't quite caught the lyrics the first time around, but what a fresh sound. Nice structure & tone.
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The Bird and the Bee - Preparedness
(Jun 24, 2009 - 06:41) | Mr_Wilson wrote: I find their style annoying - I've yet to hear anything from them that I like at all
Sorry.
Dim the lights - inebriate thyself - and listen to "Spark". Well? Whaddyathink?
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Little Feat - Spanish Moon
(Jun 22, 2009 - 12:58) | First listen was on a non-stop drive from NY to FL in the late 70's. This tape never left our deck. Absolutely the best live album ever, with Allmans' Live at the Fillmore a close second.
Nowadays, I'm listening to Inara George (Lowell's daughter). Worlds away in style. Check her out in The Bird & The Bee.
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Zero 7 - In the Waiting Line
(Jun 15, 2009 - 06:05) | darrenwwwa wrote: I think this is a great group. I saw them in concert and was amazed. I heard them first about 15 years ago.
I am surprised that nobody I meet has heard of them.
Perhaps you are thinking of another group. Zero 7 formed just 8 years ago. They have been mixing since the early 90's but the name only appeared in 2001.
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Gerry Rafferty - Baker Street
(Apr 15, 2009 - 11:18) | Strange ..... Feelings.... odd this being here. Can't ..... place.... sentiment. Sax maniac. So out of place with music of the time. See: Al Stewart.
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Simon & Garfunkel - Scarborough Fair
(Mar 16, 2009 - 09:24) | Thistle wrote: One of the most beautiful songs ever
And the world was perfect and safe. People were kind and everything was affordable. POP! Dang, there goes my bubble. Back to reality.
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Dire Straits - On Every Street
(Mar 12, 2009 - 19:59) | rajulkabir wrote: Whatever song has the misfortune to follow this one invariably evokes that deep, sad disappointment of waking up from a perfect dream. The last minute or so is so mesmerising I just have to drop whatever I'm doing and get as close to the speakers as I possibly can.
So absolutely true, unless its "Ride Across The Water"
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Bruce Springsteen - Rosalita (Come Out Tonight)
(Mar 11, 2009 - 12:06) | The evocative lyrics, joviality and sheer momentum of this song propelled Bruce straight thru Born To Run. Unfortunately, he crashed landed after that. But momentum is hard to stop, content or not.
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Bruce Lash - Psycho Killer
(Mar 11, 2009 - 09:06) | FWIW, at least its not David Byrne.... but my money's on a Talking Heads song following this.
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English Beat - Can't Get Used to Losing You
(Feb 25, 2009 - 07:21) | exjunkie wrote: First heard this on WLIR, a fantastic radio station on Long Island. Met my wife while I was working here. Memories.
LIR was the BOMB. This was the screamer of the week when I first heard it. Donna Donna played it. Never to come again.
Now its Hispanic radio I think.
I kept saying, "Can't get loosed from using you..." when this was in rotation.
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Michelle Shocked - Secret to a Long Life
(Feb 23, 2009 - 15:14) | mwsteele79 wrote: I can't figure out if "Michelle Shocked" is supposed to be cutesy, clever, or poetic... she gets a 1/10 just for the name.
My guess is her real name is Michelle Schacht. Or not.
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Pink Floyd - Mother
(Jan 08, 2009 - 10:43) | jhorton wrote: Shocked that this rates so highly here. I'm a huge fan of pre-Wall Floyd, but this one just don't do it for me.
Gotta give ya props here. The Wall was the Fall of Floyd.
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Gary Jules - Mad World
(Jan 08, 2009 - 10:41) | Welly wrote: I like this version but the original is better. I never hear it played here.
C'mon, Bill... surprise us. Play The TFF version sometime.
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Tori Amos - A Sorta Fairytale
(Dec 18, 2008 - 15:24) | I bought her first album out of sheer impulse. Not bad, but never really sunk in. Now, with this song, she pulls me back in with the same urging. I don't agree about the rest of the album, though IMHO.
This song is stellar and stands on its own.
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The Cure - Burn
(Nov 11, 2008 - 18:23) | Stunning sneak out of Loreena McKennitt...... seamless.
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Loreena McKennitt - The Gates of Istanbul
(Nov 11, 2008 - 18:21) | Had been listening to Sarah McLachlan's first album for a few weeks when I paid a visit to a sage friend of mine. He shared some of his mushroom "tea" with me, and put "The Mask & The Mirror" on my ears with headphones. I danced with the face of God that day. Complete phase shift. Put her in a special place in my music mentors group.
This album does have its similarities. A bit more droning.
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Serge Gainsbourg - En Melody
(Nov 11, 2008 - 18:11) | Strangely enough, I hear Grand Funk Railroad in this. "Sin's A Good Man's Brother". Minus the chick.
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Porcupine Tree - Piano Lessons
(Nov 11, 2008 - 17:26) | alux wrote: Like a lot of PT tunes, this one promises a lot and delivers substantially less. Ho hum.
Nailed it with this.
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The Ditty Bops - Ooh La La
(Nov 11, 2008 - 17:00) | gekkosan wrote:
??? These gals are neither new on the scene, nor "one-hit wonders". They have several albums out, and are well known in the Folk circle. Their specialty is the flawless way they have with vocal harmonies - and a somewhat twisted sense of humor. Go look them up in Youtube. They have some good and fun stuff out there. (And some very weird stuff too!)
I took a chance and paid for the download of their album "Summer Rains". I admit, I am very pleasantly surprised both by the musicianship & the wordplay. Go try it. Flows great and well worth it.
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Autamata - Skimming Stones
(Nov 11, 2008 - 15:06) | Okay, since there are plenty of comparisons here, she sounds like the lead to "Over The Rhine", Karin Bergquist, to me.
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Poe - Hey Pretty
(Nov 11, 2008 - 15:00) | Very glad to hear this still in rotation. Such a shame she has been out of adding to it, though.
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Widespread Panic - Walkin' (For Your Love)
(Sep 12, 2008 - 10:03) | RobRyan wrote: Wanders aimlessly from plateau to plateau. One mediocre interlude after another. It's so boring I don't even especially dislike it.
After Clapton's version of the blues, I'm glad they're grouped together. Sort of like a cloudy day. Ya just know its gonna improve eventually. Blow, wind, blow.
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Roxy Music - Avalon
(Jun 22, 2008 - 15:58) | RockinBlueVoodoo wrote: When I finally succumbed to that new 'compact-disc' technology that was sweeping the nation, this was the first CD I ever purchased because it just sounded so good.
Right there with you... along with Alan Parsons - Pyramid. Go figure!
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KT Tunstall - White Bird
(Jun 21, 2008 - 10:56) | DoctorHooey wrote: This is a lovely song.
I concur. This one really stands out from an otherwise marginal album. Nice pacing and subtle foreboding.
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Sia - Academia
(May 12, 2008 - 09:00) | She fit so perfectly with Zero 7, but suffers as a solo artist.
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Ashley MacIsaac - Sleepy Maggie
(May 09, 2008 - 15:02) | gvan wrote: Be a frog, bounce a cheetah!
Be a frog, bounce a cheetah!
Thanks! The violin repetition violin repetition violin repetition violin repetition
was getting to me. Now I can laugh and be at peace.
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k.d. lang - Coming Home
(May 09, 2008 - 14:24) | Sweet, soft album. Doesn't grab me like "Ingenue". Rather, puts me to sleep. Great lyrics, just a tad dull.
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The Who - Baba O'Riley
(May 09, 2008 - 11:53) | Impeccable album - front to back. (back when there was a front and a back)
Definitely heard a skip in the violin finale.
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Spoon - I Summon You
(May 06, 2008 - 07:38) | Strong resemblance to Rockpile....Nick Lowe & Dave Edmunds.
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Deodato - Also Sprach Zarathustra
(May 01, 2008 - 15:28) | Now, follow up with some Larry Coryell & the Seventh House, a bit of Kraftwerk and wrap it up with Equinoxe from Jean Michel Jarre.
You know I'm kidding, right? (Except for the Larry part)
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Radiohead - Nude
(May 01, 2008 - 15:25) | Tolerable tune, but why is the cat being tortured?
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Prince - When Doves Cry
(Apr 29, 2008 - 07:42) | His playing at the Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame a few years back left me speechless. Stunning capabilities. A little too fey sounding most of the time, but WTF.
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Jerry Douglas - Birdland
(Apr 29, 2008 - 07:37) | Pyro wrote: I wish someone would upload "A Remark You Made" from Heavy Weather.
IMHO, the all-time BEST song ever......
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Wim Mertens - Close Cover
(Apr 28, 2008 - 11:46) | Instantly transported to my Windham Hill Sampler days of the late 80's....... Gracias.
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Dave Matthews & Tim Reynolds - Two Step (alternate version)
(Apr 14, 2008 - 19:11) | Why can't ya all just chill and let the dude have his say? I think these lyrics are brilliant in their direct simplicity of the endless persistence of the human will to get laid. And reproduce (by default!)
Decent song around it, too.
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Michael Hedges - Because it's There
(Apr 14, 2008 - 19:05) | TriskyJen wrote: I had the pleasure of seeing him perform twice in a tiny venue here in the Hudson Valley (The Towne Crier) in a room of about seventy or eight people. He was so amazing to watch. Eyes closed most of the time. He just about picked you up and took you for a ride with him.
Lucky you. I live nearby and relish the acts that thrive through the Towne Crier. Would have loved to have seen him. Sad.
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The Chieftains - Whole Heap Of Little Horses (w/Patty Griffin)
(Apr 14, 2008 - 19:02) | This woman & this track remind me of how RP is like a drive with someone else at the wheel. There's little control as to direction, but always something engaging to experience. Just chill, look out the window and be glad for once that you're not driving.
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The Moody Blues - Evening/Twilight Time
(Jan 17, 2008 - 08:28) | mandolin wrote: ...this album lives and breathes by its orchestration - i wish there were more music along these lines today...
Walked by Radio City Music Hall last fall and saw they were playing. I grew up with them in the 70's but never thought much about them since. That night, a friend said he needed to sell 2 tix to see them, so I went for it.
What a great performance. Still captivating in concert. Totally enthralled. Great female flute player.
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Zero 7 - Home
(Jan 13, 2008 - 13:14) |
Having never seen them live, I'm left wondering if the high production value carries over to the stage?
Excellent tune.
I was lucky enough to see them in NY early on in their career (this album both times) and they are dead on live. Crowd just zones and sways.
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Bruce Cockburn - The Whole Night Sky
(Jan 13, 2008 - 09:54) | ChardRemains wrote: Why do people like this guy? He drives me nuts.
I would usually agree, but this album is sublime genius. His vocal delivery is what bugs me, so I recommend his "Speechless" instrumental album. Great bass accompaniment on this album.
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Zero 7 - Crosses
(Dec 07, 2007 - 05:24) | Bought the first album, borrowed the second, don't like this one. (Too disco-y)
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U2 - Even Better Than the Real Thing
(Dec 06, 2007 - 19:59) | physicsgenius wrote: AWESOME
I'm always happy when I have a fresh opportunity to 1 rate a U2 song, but a very, very, very overplayed song really highlights the experience. Thanks!
What happened to physicsgenius? After a steady stream of posts, he vanished last January with nary a snub. If so, we have to reset the range meter for comment depths.
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Kaki King - First Brain
(Dec 06, 2007 - 17:59) | Jelani wrote: It's like hey, I'm almost on to something here, oh let's go smoke a bone - we'll finish later.
A whale bone. Looks like a sea plant on her cheek.
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Paul Simon - One Man's Ceiling is Another Man's Floor
(Dec 03, 2007 - 15:24) | I was "house sitting" a 4th floor apartment in NYC in the mid-90's just having broken up from a 10 year relationship that could go no further. I was living out of a packpack and was wallowing in self-pity and doubt. The owner had this huge cache of records & a tape deck, so I set forth creating a mix tape to douse my doldrums. I had never heard this track before. This song ended up in the middle and became the title of the tape.
It still brings back memories of the worst/best year of my life.
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Beth Orton - Thinking About Tomorrow
(Dec 02, 2007 - 09:55) | abstruse, complex, deep, hypothetical, ideal, indefinite, intellectual, nonconcrete, philosophical, recondite, theoretical, transcendent, transcendental, unreal
thanks dictionary.com
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The Audreys - You & Steve McQueen
(Dec 02, 2007 - 08:55) | These last 4 songs - like them or leave them - have flowed seamlessly into each other. Nice work Bill - as always!
The Audreys - You & Steve McQueen
Yoshida Bothers - Overland Blues
Lost at Last - Ocean of Mercy
Hevia - Son Del Busgosu
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Lost at Last - Ocean of Mercy
(Dec 02, 2007 - 08:46) |
If they left out the dance beat, this WOULD be likeable music!
True, but a nice segue from Hevia - also too beat riddled.
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Anna Ternheim - No Subtle Men
(Dec 01, 2007 - 12:00) | Why doesn't the cover art link to the amazon album - and where is the album anyway? Can't find it anywhere???!!
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U2 - Red Hill Mining Town
(Nov 29, 2007 - 13:12) | Jesh! I just like the way the strings sound when Edge changes frets. Ziiiippp!
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Energy 52 - Cafe del Mar
(Nov 15, 2007 - 20:17) | I'm screening a DVD of Blue Velvet with this in the background and the 2 soundtracks are zoning me out into a stupor!
Play "One of These Days" by Floyd and I'll be peaking soon.
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Muse - Endlessly
(Nov 15, 2007 - 18:42) | keller1 wrote: This is one that made me just dive for the "1" key. Awful.
Take aim and shoot. Mercy killing.
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Talking Heads - Once In A Lifetime
(Nov 15, 2007 - 18:27) | Kerly wrote: Talking Heads is the MOST popular band here - it is played everyday!
...much to the chagrin of loyal listeners...UUrrGghh!!!
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Jackson Browne - Late For The Sky
(Nov 07, 2007 - 18:55) | kazuma wrote: I loved this song as a teenager before I even had the life experience to know what it really meant.
Right there with you all the way.........Just tugs at you.
There's another track on this album (The Late Show) with these lyrics that did resonate:
Everyone Ive ever known has wished me well
Anyway thats how it seems, its hard to tell
Maybe people only ask you how youre doing
cause thats easier than letting on how little they could care
But when you know that youve got a real friend somewhere
Suddenly all the others are so much easier to bear.....
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Bruce Cockburn - Soul of a Man
(Nov 07, 2007 - 18:46) | Glad I know & like him already (with a grain of salt), because this one does nothing to sell me on the guy.
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The Beatles - Hey Bulldog
(Nov 04, 2007 - 18:31) | Played this track to DEATH while visiting Germany when I was 12 years old visiting non-English speaking relatives. On their Gramaphone of course!
WoOf wOoF !
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The Chameleons - Dangerous Land
(Oct 16, 2007 - 13:06) | kazuma wrote:Jeez louise, that was great. I wanna hear it again right now! 
Follow you on that one. I just logged onto Apple and finally signed up for an iTunes acct. I am officially part of the system now and this was my first purchase. Sounds good twice.
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The Beatles - Let It Be
(Oct 16, 2007 - 11:07) | roscoe wrote: .... I don't believe it belongs here. Let it begone.
Cheers, mate.
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Pink Floyd - Hey You
(Oct 16, 2007 - 10:41) | Arianrhod wrote: I HATE PINK FLOYD.
Okay, now I feel better.
Enjoy, I'm going to hide til it's done.
Don't hate Floyd...just this Floyd. Meddle, DSOTM, WYWH & Animals compensate for this depressing compilation. Sweet guitar tho.
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Rolling Stones - Paint It Black
(Oct 14, 2007 - 18:05) | Amazing how this is the first spin....ahhhh...just those first few notes makes one sit up and take notice...."The Stones?"......YEAH!
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Jude Cole - Speed of Life
(Oct 14, 2007 - 13:58) | madaxeman wrote: I've never heard of this guy.I find this song strangely hypnotic.Nice.
Follow the urge to learn more....well worth it!
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R.E.M. - Everybody Hurts
(Oct 14, 2007 - 13:43) | Wizzuvv_oz wrote: I'm sorry, but from the first note and throughout the song all I hear is a sapfest. Maybe I'm too cynical.
Aarf! Aarff!
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KT Tunstall - Hold On
(Oct 09, 2007 - 10:31) | I'm hearing some Finley Quaye in her vocalizings. Wo-o-o-o-oh.
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Poe - Walk The Walk
(Sep 17, 2007 - 15:06) | johnironwood wrote: This is the sort of music that causes me to turn the volume down. My personal impression is that it's unpleasantly discordant and irritating. As always, I'm open to hearing stuff I don't normally listen to--which is what I like about Bill's range. Anyway, I don't mean to simply diss music I don't care for, just want to put out my honest impression, both thumbs up and down. Thumbs down on this selection.
Taken out of context of the whole album this song does indeed grate if you're not familiar with it. Perhaps there is an assumption that Poe has been experienced sufficiently by all to appreciate this track. If one has heard it in its entirety, then IMHO, you would truly "get" this selection. Brilliant.
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Over The Rhine - The World Can Wait
(Sep 17, 2007 - 06:10) | jubilantme wrote: nice...i have one of their cds somewhere in the rubble of my music collection...
Unfortunately, this band keeps coming in & out of mine as well. I always expect to "find" them again, but alas, they return to the rubble.
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The Pretenders - The Wait
(Sep 10, 2007 - 20:31) | iTuner wrote: Love the Pretenders, what a great seldom heard song.
I have this album on vinyl, cassette & CD...how do I not know this song? Duh?
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Hem - Stupid Mouth Shut
(Sep 10, 2007 - 18:01) | First I loved them with "Half Acre", so I bought this album. Then I found them a bit pasty, so I sold it. Now, every listen draws me back in deeper & deeper and I will be buying it again.
Probably should have copied it!
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David Bowie - Always Crashing in the Same Car
(Sep 03, 2007 - 16:53) | halfgazo wrote: I song many of us can relate to.
But heres an interesting fact...
There are two verses to the piece, however, three were planned. In the studio, Bowie sang a third verse in a Bob Dylan style, however, given Bob Dylan's recent motorcycling accident and the song's subject matter, the band soon considered such a move to be too crass, and Bowie calmly asked for Tony Visconti to delete the verse from the recording.
And this is the only one I'd suggest gets booted from this stellar album. Off-kilter IMO.
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Eagle-Eye Cherry - Desireless
(Sep 03, 2007 - 16:35) | ZedLeppelin wrote: So does Eagle-Eye Cherry usually sound like this, or Save Tonight? I'm new to them - love this, but Save Tonight is pretty bland.
This is the gem from that album for sure.
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Dishwalla - Give
(Sep 03, 2007 - 16:09) | out_to_lunch wrote: ....I thought it was Chris Cornell for a minute...
Mixed with later years Burton Cummings of the Guess Who.
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Jehro - Everything
(Aug 26, 2007 - 14:09) | Bought this album after hearing it here. Wanted the song Dirty Laundy - Bitter:Sweet, but found this track to be the best. About 5 really good tracks and the rest are not bad either.
What you want? Ev-ry-thin?
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RJD2 - Ring Finger
(Aug 03, 2007 - 15:04) | tony620d wrote: Geeezz.. wonder whats next??
Where's the next button?
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The White Stripes - You Don't Know What Love Is
(Aug 03, 2007 - 14:35) | deepwoodskev wrote: I simply don't understand the public interest in this band. All of their songs sound the same to me, which use the same, basic drum beat and crashing cymbal.
Boring.
This set makes it easy to go to the porcelain throne for a bit and miss nothing...
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Jethro Tull - A New Day Yesterday
(Jul 27, 2007 - 19:09) | Shesdifferent wrote: Thank You, Thank You for pulling me out of that last set!!!
I second that emotion.... Hello there!
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Strawbs - Lay Down
(Jul 23, 2007 - 19:22) | Better song choices from this album....Down by the Sea to name one.
Just saw them locally (electric). Still can crank and swoon.
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Toni Price - Comes Love
(Jul 14, 2007 - 18:22) | MissAmy wrote:
Well, I used to go see her all the time with my friends. The last time I went, though, she was so drunk she couldn't hold a tune, and sat down the entire time. It was really, really bad. She won't be a "darling" for much longer if she keeps that up. I left at the break, and haven't been back.
Should have ventured out back where the ongoing 420 party filled the street and the air. Police drive by just to see the happy faces and wave. You're right about her being snookered and sitting. Tough to see her in such a small venue.
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Martha & the Muffins - Echo Beach
(May 17, 2007 - 18:27) | ChardRemains wrote: This song has not survived the years well.
Correct me if i am wrong, but didn't they do "I know what boys like"??? Now, that would be okay with me!
You are being corrected - this is fine Canadiapop. The other group you're referring to are The Waitresses who also did the chestnut "Christmas Wrapping". Now THAT would be something to hear!
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Meat Puppets - Shine
(May 15, 2007 - 19:32) | pedro wrote: awww come on. this needs more good votes. really surprised this isn't above a 7.
Could it be the resemblence to Bruce Cockburn, albeit more soprano?
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David Byrne - The Cowboy Mambo (Hey Lookit Me Now)
(May 15, 2007 - 18:59) | I have a good friend that is almost my double. There is only one thing that separates us in all our tastes. One musician. Its enough of a disparity that it has actually threatened that friendship on several occasions. That's how I feel about RP when I hear Byrne. Same musician.
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The Beatles - Let It Be
(May 12, 2007 - 08:54) | themotion wrote:
I want to know who rated this like a '5'. . . "ah . . . this one's 'alright' . . . i'll give it a 5 . . ."
either you really hate the beatles and go with a '1' or you're sane and give it a '10'.
no in between.
I give it a 5 also. It's had its day & it's say. Love the Beatles. This is middling.
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Stevie Ray Vaughan - Pride and Joy
(Apr 25, 2007 - 06:47) | Well, if I had to blow my desktop speakers on any song, I'm glad it was this one! Off to replace them as soon as the last chord is chunked out...
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Jethro Tull - We Used To Know
(Apr 12, 2007 - 18:41) | felix_the_man wrote: My favorite Tull song from my favorite Tull album. Thanks RP!!
Never take this out of circulation here!
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Paul Simon - One Man's Ceiling is Another Man's Floor
(Apr 11, 2007 - 17:34) | For about a year I lived on various couches in Manhattan, taking care of apartments while the owners vacationed. I made tapes of tracks from albums that I found at each place. This worked nicely in the middle of one of my best.
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Patty Griffin - Blue Sky
(Apr 11, 2007 - 11:29) | ChicoCyclist wrote:
So far I'd have to say that this album is Patty's best effort. I hope she returns to this style and leaves the current path as a failed experiment.
Agree, agree.....
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Alanis Morissette - Baba
(Apr 06, 2007 - 11:02) | Conviction does not necessarily mean listenable. Give me Tracy Bonham, Ani DeFranco - even Garbage. But this....X X X
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Del Amitri - Tell Her This
(Apr 01, 2007 - 12:08) | Great song. Much like their earlier albums. The rest of this album doesn't hold up except for a tune or 2, IMHO.
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Loreena McKennitt - Kecharitomene
(Mar 22, 2007 - 12:31) | SO wanted this new album to expand and depart from the stunning "Mask & The Mirror" album. Doesn't sweep me up in the caravan.
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Drive-By Truckers - Sink Hole
(Mar 22, 2007 - 10:07) | Listening to this after Springsteen's "The River" puts them strangely in the same frame of mind. Just raw-er.
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Jefferson Airplane - Embryonic Journey
(Mar 21, 2007 - 19:37) | Raoule wrote: Man, I KNOW I left that hash pipe around here somewhere! Its a Beautiful Day and classic Jorma. I'll die a happy freaque......
MMmmmnnnn....H A S H. Fond memories. Or wait..hunh? What was I saying??? Gorsh, I'm staaaarrrrvin'.
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Pink Floyd - Sheep
(Mar 21, 2007 - 19:05) | The throbbing bass echoes their album "Echoes".... One of these days I'm gonna cut you up into little pieces.... da dunna da dunna.
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Björk - All Is Full Of Love
(Mar 21, 2007 - 16:46) | Darkmatter wrote:
The production execution is like nothing we will ever see again with today's limited video budgets. Pulchritudinous?
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Poco - A Good Feelin' to Know
(Mar 21, 2007 - 16:13) | I say its worth a one time flashback, and then...she's different wrote: No, No. No. No NO! ...thereafter
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Peter Murphy - Cuts You Up
(Mar 21, 2007 - 15:24) | chthonic wrote:
Sublime. It always gives me goosebumps.
lily34 wrote:
me too.
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The Shins - Spilt Needles
(Mar 20, 2007 - 13:08) | woozurdaddy wrote: This entire CD rocks, IMHO.
That's it...time to buy. Off to Amazon.
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Del Amitri - Nothing Ever Happens
(Mar 17, 2007 - 14:28) | The repetoire of this group could easily get massive rotation here if I could only upload a dozen songs or so ...
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J. Geils Band - Give It To Me
(Mar 17, 2007 - 14:11) | Zep wrote: First 3 minutes are ok.
Remaining 5 minutes drag.
I see you and reverse you. The ends just "Stanks." That means good Crank it!
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Entrain - Dancin' in the Light (live)
(Mar 16, 2007 - 12:54) | I need to be buzzed from 6 or more sticky margueritas served in plastic glasses at a street fair to get into this one. Bump me again. Bump me again. Splash!!
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Telepopmusik - Breathe
(Mar 15, 2007 - 20:27) | Just a general accolade.
No matter who plays music for me, invariably their musical footprint comes thru and I get a glimpse into what they like and don't like.
Not so with Bill here at RP. Still befuddles me. To go from Telepopmusik to Julie Miller in 3 songs completely upsets my detective sense. Is he real?
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Guster - Airport Song
(Mar 15, 2007 - 20:06) | C57BL6 wrote: the last set of treetop flyer/midnight flyer/burning up/airport song.... hmmm.. any ideas? i have some macabre ones...
Okay, add "such great heights"...Is bill Osama Bin Layen dormant waitin' to strike again?
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B-Tribe - Overture (Concierto de Aranjuez)
(Mar 15, 2007 - 17:41) | This album is best when one succumbs to its entirety. Allow for total immersion. Then play Jonathan Elias' Prayer Cycle and wait for the peyote-esque buzz to wear off.....
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Concrete Blonde - Little Conversations
(Mar 10, 2007 - 19:32) | jadewahoo wrote: I absolutely love the unique carriage of Johnette Napolitano's voice... deep, sultry, powerful, passionate.
I've followed them for years and love her voice and delivery. This particular song gives the impression of an added strain of some sort.
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Grand National - Talk Amongst Yourselves
(Mar 10, 2007 - 15:16) | Sounds similar to:
I'm alone
sitting with my empty glass
my four walls
follow me through my past
I was on a Paris train
I emerged in London rain
and you were waiting there
swimming through apologies
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Cocteau Twins - Summerhead
(Mar 08, 2007 - 07:10) | Unlike anything else ever recorded....sweeps one up by the first chords and twirls them like a rapid rising updraft. Evanescent.
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Traffic - Glad
(Feb 08, 2007 - 18:41) | I can see how this would annoy newer listeners who didn't have date association-thing going on...
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Morphine - Buena
(Feb 08, 2007 - 18:32) | Wahta lineup...
6:33 pm - Traffic - Glad
6:30 pm - Morphine - Buena (love the break!!!)
6:26 pm - Roxy Music - While My Heart is Still Beating (Live)
6:22 pm - Sniff 'n The Tears - Driver's Seat
6:18 pm - Garbage - Parade
6:14 pm - Tracy Bonham - Something Beautiful
6:10 pm - Concrete Blonde - 100 Games of Solitaire
6:06 pm - Rolling Stones - Sweet Virginia (acoustic)
Can ya dig?/>* it?:
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Rachid Taha - Medina
(Feb 08, 2007 - 15:39) | In the right place, like during my dance/ death scene, this may be good. Might.
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Zero 7 - Crosses
(Jan 17, 2007 - 19:21) | Why is it that the first album by zero 7 blew my doors off and this one gets me to locking them? Same thing happened with Goldfrapp.
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Namaste - Jam
(Jan 15, 2007 - 15:57) | closemindedmoron wrote: How come there is no singing in this? You have to sing in your song for it to be REAL MUSIC. I give it a 1. Would be in the negitive ratings if I could.
It appears physicsgenius has a competitor...
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Elvis Costello - Tear Off Your Own Head
(Jan 12, 2007 - 14:40) | Marr wrote:
Dear imabubblygirl,
If, after 143 ratings this EC song still has an average of 7, it must be that there are a significant number of us who actually like it. Instead of constantly complaining about EC being overplayed, why not just mute or ignore it until the next song comes on. That's what I do when songs come on that I am less than impressed by. I find it makes life far more pleasant.
It also keeps it from appearing that I'm trying to tell everybody else what they should or should not listen to.
Who are you to be the arbiter of posting decorum? Let her complain away. Elvis never evolved after his breakthough LP. What's 143 ratings, anyway? The one's that dislike him don't bother to vote.
Get it off your chest, b'girl.
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Johnny Rivers - Secret Agent Man
(Jan 11, 2007 - 12:13) | When I was a kid, I associated this song with Sean Connery as James Bond & thought it was just the coolest sounding thing out there. Still pretty darned cool now, too. Even if it is hopelessly dated.
Me too.
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Imogen Heap - Glittering Cloud
(Jan 11, 2007 - 10:39) | Ah....a song about locusts given the inimitable Heap treatment.
Just wish the bass had more "Oomph".
Edit: Just downloaded from itunes - significant audio improvement. Still weak bass, but cool effects.
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Zero 7 - Futures
(Jan 08, 2007 - 12:04) | Where will we be after the fall?
Alone again...naturally.
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Deb Talan - Unraveling
(Dec 22, 2006 - 14:23) | Leslie wrote: Her vocal register is similar to Shawn Colvin's but the resemblance ends there. She doesn't sound that much like Shawn Colvin to me.
I go with Dar Williams
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Dire Straits - Brothers In Arms
(Dec 22, 2006 - 13:14) | SteveT wrote: Dire Straits at their absolute best. And given how many absogodfrigginlutely great songs they've had, that's saying something. Beautiful and chilling. Powerful yet restrained.....
Agreed. And I just noticed that the intro was just long enough to plug in & put on headphones, and turn it ever so loud.
00-"
My attempt at a guitar emoticon.
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Jeff Beck - Going Down
(Dec 21, 2006 - 06:14) | eman wrote:Kick...ASS...!!! Take out yer false teeth mama...I wanna suck on yer gums...Yee Hoo...!
Oh yeah, gimme some J. Geils NOW
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The Weepies - Painting by Chagall
(Dec 20, 2006 - 17:54) | The Weepies - Painting by Chagall
The Ocean Blue - Cerulean
The Verve - Lucky Man
The Sundays - Here's Where The Story Ends
Four Bands in a row that begin with "The". Kozmic.
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Minnie Driver - Wire
(Dec 12, 2006 - 20:02) | Really never connected with her acting and on screen persona, but this cd is actually worth a listen or more. I have a copy from the library and its gone 'round 3 or 4 times so far. Pretty darn catchy.
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Led Zeppelin - Dazed and Confused
(Dec 12, 2006 - 20:00) | Was tossing a fribee near an outdoor skating rink on Sunday, and after a Michael McDonald song finished, this came blaring out of the speakers. Was quite entertaining watching folks trying to get down, and stay up, while skating with their kids. Bizarre...
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Porcupine Tree - Halo
(Dec 12, 2006 - 13:41) | There's a store near me that was playing early Doobie Bros. during a visit a few months ago. "Now there's a group you hardly hear anymore", I thought (other than a classic rock station). Upon a return visit, they were playing another track from them. I asked about the musical choice and they stated that it seemed to be a favorite of the music programming subscription they had.
I put Porcupine Tree in the same category here on RP - apparently a favorite of the musical programming director that you never hear anywhere else. No comment on the band, just an anomaly due to their frequency here.
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Telepopmusik - Breathe
(Dec 01, 2006 - 15:26) | Any1 no how the rest of the album iz? This iz awl I no from them....
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Ozomatli - Timido
(Dec 01, 2006 - 15:03) | Play ONLY this next time you're tempted to play Bavid Byrne's bastardization.
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Imogen Heap - Clear The Area
(Dec 01, 2006 - 14:49) | Sneaker Pimps, Massive Attack, Imogen Heap....
Ahmmmmmnnn.....
I'm in RP Heaven. Nice grouping, Bill.
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Bruce Cockburn - Burden of the Angel-Beast
(Nov 29, 2006 - 08:18) | Zweiblumen wrote: Man, I hate this guy's music....their songs are too damn long.
LOVE his music...tolerate his writing....do not care for his voice.
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Elton John - Can I Put You On
(Nov 14, 2006 - 18:06) | At first I thought, "New Elton? It sounds like...'Take Me ToThe Pilot'...pretty good how he can still tinkle the keys like that..."
Then I heard the high notes and had to check. Never heard this one before, & I used to listen to him in the early days.
Groovin'.
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Joan Osborne - What You Are
(Oct 27, 2006 - 17:47) | edrickvb wrote: Nice to hear Joan cover a Patty Griffin tune - good choice!
Had it on low in the background and thought, " Sounds like a variation on Patty Griffin's stylings". To my surprise.....
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Lucinda Williams - I Lost It
(Oct 27, 2006 - 17:36) | Just to keep the balance.....
"AAAAGGggggghhhhhh."
Jimmie Dale Gilmore & Lucinda & Steve Earle in a rocket to the nether-regions beyond Pluto - BLISS.
volume WAY down
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Depeche Mode - Precious
(Oct 27, 2006 - 17:21) | Their sound transcends decades and they don't skip a beat with this one. Check out "When The Body Speaks" for equal poignancy.
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Blue Oyster Cult - Then Came The Last Days Of May
(Oct 04, 2006 - 15:54) | handyrae wrote: This may be the first time I've knowingly lisented to Blue Oyster Cult. Their symbol was all over my New Jersey high school and I've always thought they'd be much more metal than this. Or perhaps this song isn't representative.
Not half bad.
Exactly the same from just a little more East & North - Westchester NY. Only know "...the Reaper" from AOR over-exposure on WNEW-FM.
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The Beatles - Come Together
(Oct 01, 2006 - 18:49) | stephq123 wrote: I think this is my favorite Beatles song. ....and mine the least. Hate the voices. Song's okay.
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Howling Bells - I'm Not Afraid
(Sep 14, 2006 - 17:09) | ideola wrote: Vocals remind me of Karen Bergquist of Over the Rhine. I like this.
...and me of Neko Case. (Oops..already been mentioned)
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Tori Amos - A Sorta Fairytale
(Sep 14, 2006 - 16:57) | I keep thinking of Jeff Goldblum in the Big Chill:
"I know there's sex going on around here...."
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Talking Heads - Stay Hungry
(Sep 14, 2006 - 16:44) | Atrail wrote: What is it with Radio Paradise and Talking Heads. I have to disconnect every time this band comes on cause it is just painful to listen t; which is way too often cause you play them way too much. This is my only complaint against the station as a long time listener, but it is a big one!
Right along side ya there , pardner!! :puke:
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Led Zeppelin - Kashmir
(Aug 30, 2006 - 11:33) | 11:31 am - Led Zeppelin - Kashmir
11:24 am - The Smiths - How Soon Is Now
11:19 am - Thievery Corporation - Indra
11:13 am - Beth Orton - Thinking About Tomorrow
11:09 am - Sarah McLachlan - Sweet Surrender
WHAT A LINEUP...MAKES WORKING A BLAST!!
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Peter Gabriel - The Rhythm of the Heat
(Aug 26, 2006 - 12:10) | cattgirl813 wrote: I remember buying this on cassette because I was a young high school pup expecting a tape full of "Shock the Monkey" sound-alikes. After I heard this tape completely, I was blown away. I've been in love with PG ever since.
True.....true
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Rolling Stones - Monkey Man
(Aug 17, 2006 - 20:02) | upinya wrote: I love the break, very Derek and the Dominoes, smooth piano.
Ah, yes....the inimitable Nicky Hopkins!
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Jude Cole - Speed of Life
(Aug 14, 2006 - 09:31) | Trix606 wrote: Jude is great and definitely not cookie-cutter. If he was he would certainly get more mainstream airplay. It's clear he's put some thought into his music, not just on this track but on the rest of the album as well.
Jude was an odd discovery for me. One of those artists that defy any attempt at mainstream commercial success. (Del Amitri, Martin Sexton, Ivan Neville, Eagle Eye Cherry) Too bad, but then again, not. I have several of his albums and his talents are undeniable. Just a jewel kept between those who know of him.
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Chorus of Tribes - Into Morocco
(Aug 14, 2006 - 07:55) | NewFee wrote: Started off pretty cool. Rolled along nicely. Then it got the hiccups, and I couldn't wait for it to go away.
Bill, please don't do that again.
I second that emotion. Harold Faltermeyer shouldn't be allowed in here.
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Badfinger - No Matter What
(Aug 08, 2006 - 15:11) | tg3k wrote:Any time I hear Badfinger, I'm reminded of a show where my band opened for them in Albuquerque (early 1980's, after they had risen and falled off the charts).
Ah...Badfinger...brings back the memories. 
What was the name of your band?
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Emerson Lake & Palmer - Stones Of Years
(Jul 31, 2006 - 20:21) | noelbarnes wrote: This album completely messed up my head, aged 10. Thanks to my brother...
This album completely messed up my head, aged 15, thanks to inhalants.
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The Beatles - Hey Bulldog
(Jul 21, 2006 - 04:12) | dairyman wrote:
Yes, one of Lennon's better songs from that period...Ringo's drumming is especially great on that, and George's playing is quite tasty, too. Never received the airplay it deserved when it came out on the soundtrack album in early '69. Never was in the movie, either...strange...wonder why.
Was on a trip to Germany when I was 10 (around when this album / movie came out) and was so bored during a rainy week, that my German aunt bought me this album (all with German cover language) and I listened to it at least 30 times. This one track stood out for its unique sound & lyrics. Absolutely loved the talking to the dog part. It probably was one of the greatest catalysts to my current appreciation of music in all its diversities.
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Zero 7 - Home
(Jul 17, 2006 - 14:21) | Just bought Tina Dico - In The Red.
Hope its as delicious as this......
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Porcupine Tree - Start of Something Beautiful
(Jul 17, 2006 - 14:06) | AphidA wrote: I like Porcupine Tree, but how many times a day are they played on RP? Anybody know? At least once, but sometimes two or three times I would guess.
Floyd broke up, as did Yes & Rush, so PT gets the wide open arena to themselves
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A Man Called Adam - Yachts
(Jul 17, 2006 - 11:05) | My friends all think I extracted this from my Dad's 50's jazz / lounge collection.
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Joni Mitchell - Coyote
(Jul 17, 2006 - 10:32) | ...."He picks up my scent on his fingers
While he's watching the waitresses' legs"....
Discuss amongst yourselves
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Porno for Pyros - Pets
(Jul 12, 2006 - 10:58) | That initial bass line is similar to Pink Floyd's "One Of These Days"
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Talking Heads - I Zimbra
(Jul 11, 2006 - 12:47) | marcgvky wrote: I appreciate most of their music.... but this tune is nothing but jabber. Nothing valuable here in this tune, everyobody just move along.
I feel exactly opposite. Loathe most of their tunes, with their nervous twitchy lead singer, but this one actually grooves me. Probably becuz David Byrne isn't foremost.
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It's A Beautiful Day - Hot Summer Day
(Jul 11, 2006 - 12:39) | RParadise wrote:
Great catch! Same album cover artist? Who can dig up that information?
Did a little digging and found:
"One thing worth noting is the album cover is by George Hunter (a member of the Charlatans, and worked for the Globe Propaganda artwork team), who also did the cover to It's a Beautiful Day's 1969 debut. If you look carefully, you'll see the lady from It's a Beautiful Day once again, wearing the same dress and bonnet, this time waving goodbye to (presumably) her husband riding on horseback."
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Psychedelic Furs - Heartbreak Beat
(Jul 11, 2006 - 09:54) | jackvh wrote:
Low point of American culture, including music, IMO
This decade beats anything and everything ever spewed from the 90's and beyond.....IMHO
Just look at the quotes below. What can make those memories now?
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Pink Floyd - Shine On You Crazy Diamond
(Jul 11, 2006 - 09:27) | Farquwaar wrote: We do all know that Syd had nothing to do with this album right?
Except for being the subject of this song and album title.
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Lovin' Spoonful - Summer In The City
(Jul 10, 2006 - 13:18) | kame wrote: Beautiful driving tune, easy to sing along to, easy on the ears, and keeps the toes tapping. A solid 8 song.
You get RP in your car????
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Jason Collett - Hangover Days
(Jul 10, 2006 - 11:37) | canz wrote: Who's the female artist on this? Is it wass'er name from Catatonia? ... Cerys Matthews?
Emily Haines, lead singer of the canadian band "Metric"
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Poe - Terrible Thought
(Jun 30, 2006 - 13:31) | I absolutely ADORE this album. But, hearing theses songs here out of the flow of the album just seem awkward and disconnected. Grating, even. Hmmmn, weird.
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Chemical Brothers - Let Forever Be
(Jun 30, 2006 - 13:26) | ObsidianInfinity wrote: this sounds like that Beatles song .. u know the one im talking about .. what is it?
"Tomorrow Never Knows"
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Mark Knopfler and Emmylou Harris - Beachcombing
(Jun 30, 2006 - 13:20) | hippiechick wrote: Not that crazy about MK, but love Emmylou, so I am going to buy this.
Not that crazy about Emmylou, but love MK, so I am NOT going to buy this. Will wait for the rental.
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Nikkfurie - The a la Menthe
(Jun 30, 2006 - 12:53) | The song is purely fodder for the forums...... Love it ....Hate it ....Love ....Hate......ad infinitum.
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Sarah McLachlan - Possession
(Jun 30, 2006 - 12:44) | pianocomposer wrote:
It's true that this song was written as a catharsis for Sarah b/c a stalker had written her a letter and threatened physical violence, among other things. This is her way of dealing with it. Across the great divide refers to the United States, where the obsessed fan happened to live.
I find this one of the finest songs ever written, certainly from an emotional and relationship viewpoint. It's so lyrical and possessive (thus the title). People who are madly in love feel this way, and I'm sure the stalker (who eventually killed himself during a lawsuit with Sarah) felt exactly this way. She puts it in better words, of course.
Man...this is just a great great song.
Adds fuel to the fire
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Yes - And You And I
(Jun 28, 2006 - 12:21) | bluematrix wrote: ahhhhhh. this is radio paradise.
in an overgrown jungle of 3 chord corporate rock, surrounded by a sea of garagebandlike mindless dance loops, bill provides a 24/7 oasis, bubbling up not only timeless, brilliant gems like this, but a consistent sparkling fountain of segues that entertain, enlighten, and enliven our days.
now if i could just get it in my car...
True....true. Saints be praised.
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Sufjan Stevens - Concerning the UFO Sighting near Highland, Illinois
(Jun 28, 2006 - 11:18) | jah_blessed wrote: Physicsgenius is just the resident court jester. Don't take everything he says literally. I actually enjoy reading some of his comments and the follow-ups they generate. One needs a sardonic sense of humour to appreciate them, though.
Sardonic = mocking.
We've all known people like this who, just when you've revealed some personal preference or feeling, mock you, or what you hold precious, in front of other people and act like they didn't do anything.
It's mean spirited and done as a means of garnering attention without accountability and spurring reaction. This faceless forum allows those with that propensity to attack and remain blissfully unrepentant.
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KT Tunstall - Other Side of the World
(Jun 27, 2006 - 16:51) | TeddiB wrote: they play this to death on the Starbucks channel on XM
Please, for your own good, stay away from that nonsense.
We love you here. Don't drift. You will recover.
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Aphex Twin - Flim
(Jun 27, 2006 - 16:29) | "....I'm John Di Liberte, and you're listening to Echoes on PRI..."
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Shannon McNally - Pale Moon
(Jun 27, 2006 - 13:48) | I wish I could enjoy that "wry" sound in her voice. Worked on the first album, but isn't doing it here.
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Habib Koité & Bamada - Kumbin
(Jun 27, 2006 - 13:45) | Just unplugged the headphones here at work. Everyone in my office area is groovin' to this and at the same time, they don't even notice that its playing. That's what I call soothing and rhythmic at the same time.
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Jack Johnson - Upside Down
(Jun 27, 2006 - 08:02) | ChicoCyclist wrote:
Wow, it sounds like every other Jack Johnson song...
I guess the same could be said for Cat Stevens and Jeff Buckley and Rufus Wainwright, etc. So? Nice to have consistency.
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Skalpel - Sculpture
(Jun 22, 2006 - 11:55) | Shesdifferent wrote:Where do you find this stuff? 
Good question.....
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Jethro Tull - Skating Away (on the Thin Ice of the New Day)
(Jun 21, 2006 - 12:42) | I was walking back to my car in Tarrytown NY last summer with a bag of mexican takeout, when I passed the Tarrytown Music Hall. I could barely hear a flute being played coming from within. I paused and recognised this tune. Out of sheer curiousity why anyone would be playing this, I ventured in. The doors were unlocked as it was around 5:30 in the afternoon and no one was around to query my entry.
As I enterred the darkened hall, I noticed a beret wearing man on stage moving a mic stand and tugging on some wires. There was an overstuffed couch behind him and a few oriental rugs on the floor. Thinking I heard a bootleg copy of Tull on the PA, I was about to leave when I noticed the man on stage had a flute in his hands. I paused quietly and watched as he once again played a quick rendition of "Skating Away" and then some bizarre riff to end with. A,"That's good" came over the PA, confirming what I imagined to be the sound man accepting the volume level. I stated quite assuredly,"No, that's timeless." Ian shielded his eyes to see me and replied,"Cheers, mate", or something similar and then followed with,"Did I pass the audition?"
To my dismay, the concert that evening was sold out, but I got a 14 second private mini show to stoke the fires of memory lane. My wife still thinks I dreamt it.
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Sam Roberts - Brother Down
(Jun 20, 2006 - 09:52) | Zep wrote: I'm sure there is an MP3 borf at the very opening of this file. I've heard lots of these little swishy noises and this sounds like one of them. It's in the very opening of the song.
Me, too. And, the song's in Mono!
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Tom Waits - Get Behind The Mule
(Jun 19, 2006 - 13:33) | brn wrote:For countless years I've been trying to dislike Tom. As hard as I try, I can't do it. This is pretty cool.
I concur..... just want to break up and end it all.....but I keep comin' back for another listen
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Subdudes - All The Time In The World
(Jun 19, 2006 - 10:38) | I was the art director for the NBC Olympics in '96. They were working me to death & I was doing 14 hour shifts, missing time for friends & exercise & home-cooked meals. Taking naps under consoles to stay awake.
One day (July 6th, actually), I walked in and they had replaced all the chairs with crates since the furniture had to be sent ahead to Atlanta to be set up. I asked how long we were expected to sit on crates and they said about a month. And they said no more days off for the remainder of the job. (3 months!) That did it. I quit.
Went out to Central Park in NYC and played Frisbee for hours on a sunny day. Loved it. This song was playing on a boom box nearby. REALLY loved it then.
I had all the time in the world......
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Brandi Carlile - Follow
(Jun 19, 2006 - 09:30) | I have this album & I love this track.....but why do I hear strains of The Hollies - "The Air That I Breathe"?
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U2 - Where the Streets Have No Name
(Jun 13, 2006 - 14:03) | mysteryplane wrote:
The eleven worst songs of 2004.
Narrowing down the worst songs of 2004 to a mere eleven was possibly the hardest thing I've ever done. .......... Piss off.
Watch out physicsgenius, this guy's got a bead on you....
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The Verve - Lucky Man
(Jun 13, 2006 - 13:27) | Someone please upload "Catching The Butterfly" from this album. Charging...
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Loreena McKennitt - Night Ride Across The Caucasus [Live]
(Jun 12, 2006 - 12:29) | ladybinnath wrote:Ahh Loreena...a voice that just takes me places. I understand and respect her decision to stay away from the music business for a few years after her fiance passed, but I've missed her. Fortunately, I am now hearing that a new album is in the works! 
What more can you share about this unfortunate revelation?
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Zero 7 - Give It Away
(May 09, 2006 - 18:16) | ....And I return to add ... lest we forget ... with an even greater margin of error:
Olive
Portishead
Esthero
Sneaker Pimps
Dirty Vegas
Ultra Lounge
Faithless
Telepopmusik
Cafe del Mar
Urban Species
Gotan Project
Tosca
DJ Shadow
and I'm sure many others......
Steven_G wrote:tammaye wrote:
good recommendations! also try some Groove Armada, some Lemon Jelly, some Land of the Loops, some Future Sound of London...
any compilation CDs with the word in the title are usually worth picking up for new finds
drover wrote:
I would also recommend Fila Brazillia, Ryskopp, Bonobo, Kruder & Dorfmeister, Hooverphonic, Supreme Beings of Leisure, Sofa Surfers, Beanfield, Fantastic Plastic Machine, Air, Aim, Massive Attack -- with the same caveat that these recommendations fall within a "margin of error"
passsion8 wrote:
Within a margin of error, try these groups:
Thievery Corporation - Morcheeba - Koop - Dzihan & Kamien - Nicola Conte - some Goldfrapp - some Emiliana Torrini - Dusty Trails - some St Germain - some Soulstice - some Buddha Bar - some Hotel Costas - some Thunderball
I, too, have been on a quest to gather similar sounds. Venture forth!!!
steveinmaine wrote:
Zero 7 is a joy to listen to, though I'll have to admit I enjoy music from Simple Things a bit more than their new album, When It Falls.
Strange that it seems it has taken a few years for this band to catch on in the U.S.
This music made me search out other current electronic music. Unfortunately I'm having a difficult time finding anything approaching the quality of Zero 7. Any ideas?
This is a good breakdown of eletronica for fellow RP sojourners.
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Jem - Falling For You
(Mar 29, 2006 - 13:37) | How 'bout this for obscure?
The first notes reminded me of "Down by the Sea" by the Strawbs.
Who?
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John Hiatt - Drive South
(Mar 29, 2006 - 11:06) | I have a personally favorite cover of this one by Suzy Bogguss. Give it a try!! Great energy & fabulous voice.
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Bryan Ferry - I Thought
(Mar 20, 2006 - 11:48) | iMacomania wrote:There are much better songs from him! Why do you play this? 
Much much better. Time is precious. volume down
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Warren Zevon - Werewolves Of London
(Mar 20, 2006 - 11:47) | rah wrote: i completely and irrationally hate this song. i don't know why -- i know intellectually that it's not bad enough to merit the energy i expend disliking it -- but wow. makes my skin crawl every time i hear the intro.
Right there with you. Also can't explain it, but I detest it.
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Tracy Bonham - I Was Born Without You
(Mar 17, 2006 - 11:40) | OH MAN!!!!
Wouldn't ya just know it that I turned down the volume for the FIRST TIME here because of the Mushtaq Rap song and this one I requested comes up when I'm not listening. MERD!
Oh well...I have this amazing CD at home.
How often have we (collectively) missed out on the perfect mate or subtle wink or whatever because we weren't paying atention for an instant?
Or in this case a song's length
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KT Tunstall - Other Side of the World
(Mar 17, 2006 - 10:28) | tiddalick wrote: Rubbish. Just a large dose of same old same old, no tunes, no hooks, and really nothing to separate it from anything one hears when shopping/in a lift/at a slightly disappointing dinner party. Think Dido, think Katie Melua, think zzz... Bleuch.
I'm curious....how much of this comment is affected by the fact that the writer & the artist playing are both from Scotland? Hmmmmn.
Well, she's no Eddi Reader, but the vocals are soothing and soaring, so a 7 from me. Nice tune.
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Badmarsh & Shri - Into the Sunset
(Mar 15, 2006 - 11:22) | Milk5Cents wrote: According to the Hed Kandi website and the CD I have, this song is called Into The Sunset. However when you look to purchase thru RP, the title of the song is different so it doesnt appear in the track listings. But I promise its there. Serve Chilled Volume 3. If you like this groove- get the CD. My productivity increases 248% if I listen to this CD while I work. It's so so cool..
Can't find Serve Chilled Volume 3 on Amazon. Please provide link to album.
Thanks
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Oingo Boingo - Dead Man's Party
(Mar 15, 2006 - 10:49) | SiniLMan wrote: I love Oingo Boingo. I just wish radio stations would realize there are more than the two songs always overplayed on the "80's Flashback" shows (Dead Man's Party and Weird Science). I would much rather hear "Only A Lad", "Private Life", or how about "Little Girls"?
Let's not forget "Stay". My all-time fave.
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Luscious Jackson - Naked Eye
(Mar 14, 2006 - 11:28) | rah wrote: what ever happened to these ladies?
Check out a "group" called Dusty Trails....mellower, but similar vocal sounds.
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The Police - Spirits In The Material World
(Mar 09, 2006 - 14:00) | fureanbode wrote: Christ, this is a great song!
I have just truly appreciated this song for the first time right now, despite having heard it umpteen times over the years. Who knows why...
One thing's for sure: The Police were a damn good band.
Works for me, too, all of a sudden. I think I really heard the lyrics over the beat for once and it all connected....schweeeeeet!
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The Cure - All Cats Are Grey
(Feb 27, 2006 - 15:06) | On my ipod shuffle there comes a time when I'll get a few clunkers in a row
That's whats happening with the last few songs here - UGH
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Elvis Costello - When I Was Cruel No. 2
(Feb 27, 2006 - 14:58) | Shesdifferent wrote: RP your really being cruel with this one....what an awful song...and the girl in the background makes it even worse :puke:
Abso - friggin - lutely! :puke: :puke:
I was just about to leave work & now I'll have to stay for a few more songs to get this mess out of my mental audio banks....when will it end??? AAAAAggghhhhhh
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Portishead - Glory Box
(Feb 27, 2006 - 12:30) | What's the story with the cover photo? Looks like a cross between the interogation room from an In Like Flint movie & Sharon Stone in Basic Instinct......
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Quicksilver Messenger Service - Who Do You Love
(Feb 09, 2006 - 11:22) | When I was in 9th grade back in the 70's, I was put up to showing how"cool" I was by some upperclassmen. I went in to the local hardware store, that also doubled as our town's music store, and stuffed 5 albums up under my sweater. Didn't even look who they were. They ended up being:
Bloodrock
Steeleye Span - Below the Salt
Gentle Giant
Amazing Blondel
& Quicksilver Messenger Service - Happy Trails
All (minus the Bloodrock) proved to influence me in immeasurable ways, including veering away from top 40 pop, especially the latter. I think it didn't leave my turntable for weeks - stunning CalRock from that era. I just bought the CD last month.
FYI: As for the upperclassmen, 2 ended up spending 2 years in prison for theft and one died in a cocaine rubout in Florida. I got the cool tunes, one of the guys girlfriends, and turned my back on crime.
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Jethro Tull - Up To Me
(Feb 03, 2006 - 13:42) | 4999thnewuser wrote: Well I'm a common working man
with half a bitter -- bread and jam
and if it pleases me I'll put one on you man
when the copper fades away."
A Definitive translation from a Home Counties boy: I'll hit you when the policeman has left.
I always thought it meant that he'll leave a tip when his money gets low....??
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Paul Simon - Born at the Right Time
(Feb 03, 2006 - 12:59) | "...the planet groans every time it registers another birth..."
Just watch the fungus grow. Too much of a good thing.
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Porno for Pyros - Pets
(Feb 01, 2006 - 09:09) | veegez wrote:
Songs/Artists/Genres PG likes = 0
Songs/Artists/Genres PG merely tolerates = 0
Songs/Artists/Genres PG hates with the white hot intensity of 1000 suns = All
There's got to be an internet site like "Gravity Rules" - a listener supported Physics radio station where they solve physics related problems together, maybe have a Forum and/or a message board to post on. Of course, PG would write stuff like "Hydrogen is sooooo overrated" or "Another annoying Descartes algebraic theory" etc.....
Purely by referencing PhysicsGenius, we feed his delerium and encourage more quips...but you nailed him your comment!! (PG is a him, right?
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Sinéad O'Connor - Throw Down Your Arms
(Jan 31, 2006 - 10:13) | Bocephus wrote: this comes across to me like Perry Como trying to cover a James Brown song...make it stop!
Ab--so--lute--ly........
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The Who - Baba O'Riley
(Jan 27, 2006 - 14:50) | Always wondered where in the world that desolate looking monolith on the cover was located.........as a kid with this record it took me almost a year before one day I noticed that the band had just pissed on it! Don't know how I missed it.
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Iggy Pop - Lust for Life
(Jan 27, 2006 - 14:38) | Okay.....that's it !!!!!!!
I am a full-time RP listener and I've heard this cut one too many times in the last several months. More than I ever heard it in all the years before I discovered RP. Auto rotation leaves something to be desired.
It's time for retirement. Or, at least a long break. REAL long. Even with a stomping good beat such as this one.
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Tim Buckley - Pleasant Street
(Jan 27, 2006 - 10:18) | Such a definative guitar sound of the era - reminds me of Quicksilver Messenger Service's John Cippolina & Big Brother and The Holding Co.
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Elton John - Sixty Years On
(Jan 27, 2006 - 10:09) | Ubaldo wrote:This is from his first album. I remember giving it to my girlfriend as a Christmas present in '69.
And this is one of the best cuts.
How about a Gulliver / HayChewed from the REAL first album - Empty Sky? C'mon Bill......
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The Temptations - Just My Imagination (Running Away with Me)
(Jan 27, 2006 - 09:34) | stuartgibson wrote: Uh-oh. The last couple days made me realize that this amazing station will eventually get pulled down by the lowest commmon denominator..............you know, people who still think this is a song worth hearing more than once a decade.
Oh well, I'll enjoy it while it lasts.
So, I guess you're annoyed if you have to stop to let a little old lady cross the street, too? Too much time out of your pre-determined schedule?
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The Temptations - Just My Imagination (Running Away with Me)
(Jan 27, 2006 - 09:30) | tammaye wrote: what i really don't get is modern R&B. how did otis redding and marvin gaye beget r. kelly and mariah carey? someone please splain it to me.
Do ya think this music could ever make it in today's world? I mean forget the nostalgic connotations...would it break out or get relegated to soft rock channels?
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Coldplay - Shiver
(Jan 25, 2006 - 14:01) | Is it my headphones, or is the charging guitar part in the beginning coming through VERY distorted?
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Peter Gabriel - Mercy Street
(Jan 25, 2006 - 13:59) | Trustocity wrote: Today, reinhabiting the boy I was, my heart swells like a sponge cake in my chest to remember how happy and at peace I was. We all knew the words by heart... and the unfiltered sadness we experienced from the beginning to the end of that song made us feel magnificently alive and vulnerable, and connected to each other.
I think you just about summed up every pang I ever had about songs that helped form me and delineated the era of my youth. Your post was profound and sublime all at once.
Happy recent birthday, BTW!
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Goran Bregovic - Wedding Cocek
(Jan 25, 2006 - 13:33) | Thorp wrote: Please, don´t play this again!
It really set me off from the usual "RP"-harmony!
Coming off of Underworld, I'd have to agree...yikes!
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U2 - Running to Stand Still
(Jan 23, 2006 - 11:39) | This album strikes me as my preferred U2 compilation precisely due to the soothing tone this song profers. So much better than when they try bombast as a means of storytelling. (Then, again, I do love She Moves In Mysterious Ways)
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Talking Heads - Stay Hungry
(Jan 23, 2006 - 09:57) | I went to art school in NYC during this group's heyday, and their odd sound fit the environment of creative exploration & pseudo punk bizareness that was everywhere. It still makes me feel uncomfortable and weird like an awkward propositon from a bisexual looking to try someone different just cuz.
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Tanita Tikaram - Twist In My Sobriety
(Jan 23, 2006 - 08:26) | jadewahoo wrote: I was out the door to go to a movie... this song came on... I'm now late for my movie. This song grabs me, holds me, dances my Soul into Bliss.
jadewahoo wrote:Jeez, I love this! Her voice, the haunting and rythmic lyrics. Yeah!
Ahhhh.........so now we know how to hold you under a spell while we have our way with you......HAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHa!!!!!!! (evil laugh)
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Andreas Vollenweider - Passage To Promise (w/ Ladysmith Black Mambazo)
(Jan 20, 2006 - 12:36) | drife wrote: Andreas Vollenmweider, now that's someone you won't hear on FM radio!
Love his sound. Although it has been 10 or 15 years since I last heard
him, I immediately recognized his style.
Loved his "Down to the Moon" CD.
Another amazing example of why it is absolutely impossible to listen to commercial radio ever again!!! (Aside from an occasional foray in listener sponsored radio).......Oh wait.....this is listener sponsored.
Time to make a contribution.  HINT HINT
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Lucinda Williams - Car Wheels on a Gravel Road
(Jan 13, 2006 - 11:16) | jnhashmi wrote: This song is lodged firmly in the "please make it stop!" category. Annoying. I almost clicked off RP. But I made it through.
No way I can stomach anything this voice puts out...curious lyrics or not.
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Shannon McNally - Pale Moon
(Jan 13, 2006 - 10:57) | Tireux_De_Roche wrote: Sounds a lot like many things but nothing in particular.
Meh.
Agreed....her first album had a bit more of an impact in the "Whose voice is that?" category.
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Chroma Key - Colorblind
(Jan 13, 2006 - 10:39) | I'm at work with the headphones on and I look over to see who this is and notice the name "Chroma Key". Well DANG if I'm not adjusting the chroma key on my desktop composite at that very minute! COSMIC..........
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Count Basie - Jumpin' at the Woodside
(Jan 13, 2006 - 09:27) | I was introduced to this style of music purely by accident. Back in the 70's I went to see John Lee Hooker at (of all places) a Beefsteak Charlie's Restaurant. The opening act was a band called Asleep at the Wheel who, (with their 13 piece band), simply tore up the place with this tune. I was sure it was their composition by simple naivete and by their mastery of it. I followed them loyally for years, tracking all their songs back to their sources and discovered innumerable artists that had come before and deserved serious listening in their own right. A marvelous time of musical enlightenment.
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October Project - Sunday Morning Yellow Sky
(Jan 13, 2006 - 08:33) | Is it me, or is the sound of this group the music one hates to love? I light up every time I hear them played, yet there are only a few trusted friends I would turn on to this due the heavy syrup factor.
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Elvis Costello - Watching The Detectives
(Dec 20, 2005 - 12:48) | gntlemanartist wrote: I don't know why but this song annoys the bleeding heck out of me.
Funny how that happens with some songs. My good buddy also deplores EC. That happens to me with Jimmie Dale Gilmore & Lucinda Williams -
I, however, like 90% of his tuneage. This one is timeless. And I adore the line in this song," She's filing her nails while they're dragging the lake..." Visions of film noir dance in my head.
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Goldfrapp - Strict Machine
(Dec 20, 2005 - 12:30) | Cynaera wrote: Okay, yeah. Donna Summer meets Norman Greenbaum. I like this song a lot, but gotta go. Iggy Pop's singing "Lust for Life," and never mind that it's a darned commercial now - I can still see him jumping around onstage, shaking that oh-so-skinny butt, beating his bare chest, sweating rivers, and swan-diving into the crowd like a trusting little kid...
Gotta love it.
'
What is this....Groundhog Day (the movie) ? Same song references from Sept & April. Is Bill a COMPUTER??????? I repeat. repeat repeat
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Porcupine Tree - Even Less
(Dec 20, 2005 - 12:25) | Is this band really big out West there? Seems I hear a lot of them here on RP and not many places else. And the commenters are all sounding very familiar with their work.
What up?
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Yes - And You And I
(Dec 20, 2005 - 10:59) | steeler wrote: The effect of this album on a impressionable teenage mind upon its release in the early 1970s was mind-blowing. Close to the edge, yes indeed. Without going over.
I second that emoticon 
This was the group - along with ELP - that burst the 3 minute single out from my limited consciousness...aided by some inhaled inebriant...and made my room come alive.
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Bird York - Had A Dream
(Dec 19, 2005 - 14:28) | She sounds a bit like Rosie Vela....anyone remember her? A model with a great voice and similar vocal stylings
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Eagle-Eye Cherry - Desireless
(Dec 14, 2005 - 15:12) | ANNE_MARIE wrote: organic and full to the brim sound! once again, thanks for the great turn-on RP!!!
GREAT album, great track....though this track is the only instrumental one on it. The others are really great ( I repeat ) but nothing like this track. I've separated this one onto many a mix CD.
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Jimi Hendrix - Highway Chile
(Dec 14, 2005 - 14:20) | physicsgenius wrote: I don't want to overstate my case, so let me say this in the most restrained, non-hyperbolic way I can. Jimi Hendrix. Is worse than. Hitler.
You remind me of Howard Stern....you show up in way too many places, make comments that are meant to cause an emotional reaction just for the pure sicko factor and you can't be removed because you fly just below the, "Let's get him off this post forum" radar.
Insert smart-ass reply HERE:
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Apocalyptica - Farewell
(Dec 06, 2005 - 19:52) | Dis hear iz za zound uff ANGST in ull itz pee-yur-ist furms. Ya.
Zat'll be two hondread dulluhs, pleez.
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J. Geils Band - Give It To Me
(Dec 02, 2005 - 16:11) | meghan89 wrote: If J. Geils gets strapped for cash this would be a song for a Viagra commercial
Due to the lyrics or due to the fact that its impossible to keep it down when Magic Dick is on the radio? Chuga Chuga 
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Jude Cole - First Your Money (Then Your Clothes)
(Dec 02, 2005 - 10:32) | WiredColin wrote: Jude Cole is perhaps the most underappreciated artist of the late 80's early 90's. A critics darling it was the by in large the big evil record labels he was under who, if you weren't hair metal, then grunge, then a boy band, helped to make sure his career went know where. Jude never fit any mold for most of his music is relatively timeless. He is a perfect artist for the likes of RP and it's listeners, I wish he got more plays and had more songs in the ever great rotation.
This is the absolute truth.....the 2nd, 3rd & 4th abums by him are outstanding ( in the truest sense of the word ). Give the rest of this album a chance and you'll see his uniqueness.
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Rolling Stones - Back of My Hand
(Dec 01, 2005 - 15:04) | GuidoNM wrote: I like the guitar. Sounds like the early Stones.
All that's old is new again...together again for the first time
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Robin Trower - Day of The Eagle
(Dec 01, 2005 - 13:46) | michaelc wrote: Wow that takes me back . . .
but I am in reality now
it was better then without reality
Getting rapid fire "hair -on-end" waves of THC embedded flashbacks.......COUGH.....Woahhhhhh 
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Echo - Can't Walk Away
(Nov 30, 2005 - 14:44) | RabbitEars wrote: I've seen this band in little clubs in NYC - it's Joy Askew and a guy who's name I can't remember (he's Asian). I'm not sure who Gerson is. The guy does all the samply stuff and plays the horn. Joy Askew sings & plays keyboards. They do some interesting covers of standards too (like "Under My Skin"). She has some great solo stuff, worth checking out. She did BGvox for part of Gabriel's '92 tour.
Takuya Nakamura
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Echo - Can't Walk Away
(Nov 30, 2005 - 14:42) | The info above is wrong - slightly. First, the cover art is wrong. Not Ruth Gerson at all.
This song is by Joy Askew whilst she was a duo called ECHO.
This album on Amazon is found here:
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00006BTAR/qid=1050068057/sr=1-160/ref=sr_1_160/102-0816362-9887357?v=glance&s=music
Joy Askew's web site:
http://www.joyaskew.com/
Its quite funny that the link to the artist page above takes one to Echo leaf blowers. 
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Patty Griffin - Tony
(Nov 30, 2005 - 09:16) | Gregorama wrote: One of the best singer songwriters alive. I haven't heard anything of hers that I didn't think was great.
I guess some folks just don't care for her, but I think she is consistently terrific.
True...true....but why haven't her following albums had the same solid tunes as this one did (aside from a couple of tracks off of Mil Besos)? This album stands out as superb - and a real rocker in some cases - minus the first track IMHO.
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Emerson Lake & Palmer - Stones Of Years
(Nov 10, 2005 - 14:40) | Onatopa wrote:My ears perk'd right-up when I heard this...yo, BILL great call...this is just wonderful Internet Radio! 
~ona
Exactamundo! My mind raced all over on the first notes and then an audible, "I can't believe they're playing Tarkus!" Most appreciated.....
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World Party - She's the One
(Nov 10, 2005 - 08:38) | Really the only decent song off this album.....please play almost anything off the "Bang!" CD....SO much better
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Marc Broussard - Home
(Nov 07, 2005 - 11:52) | The picture took a while to load and dang if I didn't 'spect to see an older and more weathered Black gentleman. Another blow to my knee jerk stereotyping. Not that I'm the least prejudiced (as I am black/white myself), but I can always use a good swift reminder not to pass any assumptions.
BTW....This smokes in the vein of Anders Osborne & Storyville.
 Shout it Out!!
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Cranberries - Linger
(Oct 12, 2005 - 18:19) | Mikey wrote: After the mexican burrito this morning, it's all I can do to not sing along:
"...would you like to, would you like to...
...pull my finger."
/Sorry for being juvenile. I'll go hide under my desk. On second thought, maybe not a good idea.
I always preferred "....and you have to...have to...smell my finger..."
Is it me or is the fidelty on this cut very low and oddly mixed?
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Poe - Wild
(Oct 06, 2005 - 12:59) | A note to the web programmer....the above link to Poe's website is wrong. The correct link is :
http://www.realpoe.com/index.htm
Just cuz it matters
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The Cure - Purple Haze
(Sep 07, 2005 - 07:59) | auralfixation wrote: 'scuse me while I like this song! To capture the feel of the original without losing your own style in the process. Awesome. Won't ever give up Jimi's but what fun to have this one too.
Just needed to bring this sentiment back to the forefront of the forum.
Great Interpretation. Listen for the Star Trek doors opening and closing in time. Lighten up and embrace diversity........Cheers!
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Elton John - Amoreena
(Sep 07, 2005 - 07:52) | blackpebble wrote: Gotta be one of the most lusty lines in popular music:
The fruit juice running slowly, slowly, slowly down the front of her body ...
Rrrrowr!
True...so true...however the lyrics are as follows:
The fruit juice flowing slowly, slowly, slowly
Down the bronze of your body
Just a detail stickler.......Cheers!
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The Verve - This Time
(Jul 07, 2005 - 09:14) | This is one of the weaker songs on the album. (Not bad, just weak)
Try listening to Catching the Butterfly with speakers on high!!
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Steely Dan - Aja
(Jun 28, 2005 - 08:15) | Angloray wrote: total elevator music in my book. ugh.
GOTS TO GETS OUT A DAT CUBICLE and stay away from elevators on the way out da door
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Michelle Shocked - When I Grow Up
(Jun 28, 2005 - 08:05) | Posted: Thu Mar 17, 2005 5:05 pm
ArbiterOfGoodTaste wrote:Damn, Bill, you sure do have a good ear for songs that go well together. This string just feels right together:
2:01 pm - Michelle Shocked - When I Grow Up
1:59 pm - Neko Case - Stinging Velvet
1:55 pm - Be Good Tanyas - Rain and Snow
1:52 pm - Hank Williams - Ramblin Man
Great work!
Why are we listening to so much recycled music ? (Note Dates)
Hit the random / shuffle button....
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Tegan & Sara - Walking with a Ghost
(Jun 27, 2005 - 14:32) | tinkerbelly wrote: now that's an awesome little almost-80's-esque song.
Who does this sound like from the 80's? Walking in LA? Missing Persons?
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Jimi Hendrix - Little Wing
(Jun 27, 2005 - 14:29) | prairieskye wrote: How could you interrupt that song!!!
Playlist repeated on June 27, 2005. Therefore, same comment!!!
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John Lennon - Working Class Hero
(Jun 27, 2005 - 14:23) | The only uninspiring part of the RP novelty of playlists, is that they must be repeating themselves. So many of the posters here make comments about previous songs sequences that were played today and the dates reveal they were played in the same order several times before and before that. You mean Bill isn't spinning these 24/ 7 / 365 all by himself strapped to a chair?
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Arcade Fire - Rebellion (Lies)
(Jun 27, 2005 - 13:06) | Ah yes, the Floyd to the rescue....but no title update on top
From the great Meddle album - Echoes
This was the soundtrack to my first inhalation induced trip w/ headphones in '73
Hear the crows in the background?
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Arcade Fire - Rebellion (Lies)
(Jun 27, 2005 - 13:01) | bluesdragon wrote: anyone else having issues with their player not playing this song? its coming through with nothing on the station at all.
Yep....same here in NY.....Is California still on the map? GULP
OOOOOHHHHHH Pink Floyd from the nether- regions YAAAAA
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Kruder & Dorfmeister - Sha
(Jun 27, 2005 - 12:45) | Soundtrack for the service technician who cleans out the dilitheum crystal contaminants from the thrust capacitor resistor on the "Back to the Future" Delorean. HIC
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Robin Trower - Bridge Of Sighs
(Jun 27, 2005 - 09:41) | Where in the world - right now - can one hear this song playing on any broadcast format?
Stunning 
Ride on Radio Paradise
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Zero 7 - Give It Away
(Jun 24, 2005 - 07:39) | mezzanine wrote:
Pick up some Tosca then. I enjoy it more than Zero 7. Good stuff.
Took your advice....More ambient, bass & drums driven. A few more spacey effects, but the songs never go anywhere. No real melody, just driving rhythm. Good for 2am chill downs.
Zero 7 still does it for me. Thanks, though. No slam.
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PJ Harvey - The Letter
(Jun 23, 2005 - 14:34) | "This blows." & "PJ Harvey is incredible! One of the all-time great artists."
All in 2 consecutive posts. What an amazing free domain we are listening in.
I agree with the first post especially......Poop
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Fleetwood Mac - Tell Me All The Things You Do
(Jun 21, 2005 - 08:22) | I have every FM album from the next one after this up to the first one with the Buckingham / Nicks addition. Truly phenomenal collection of work. For some reason I skipped this one.... off to Amazon link for a pick up :D
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Kate Price - The Isle of Dreaming
(Jun 20, 2005 - 13:30) | Shesdifferent wrote:I found her after delving into Loreena....Nice.....gotta check this cd out, and go dig up my old one of hers! 
I heard this tune on RP and bought this CD as I have her first one already. SADLY....I wasn't impressed. This song stands out each time I hear it here, but the album left me neutral - neither great nor horrendous. I gave the CD to a friend. SIGH.... :|
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Kate Price - The Isle of Dreaming
(Mar 24, 2005 - 12:48) | Love her earlier album...in the genre of Loreena McKennitt, but unique enough and a bit less adventurous, focusing more on the instrument technique. Very definitive vocal stamp. (SEE LISTING ABOVE on Jun 20, 2005)
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Chorus of Tribes - Into Morocco
(Feb 10, 2005 - 09:21) | katzendogs wrote: Like the barking puppy!
Stop mentioning that!!!!! I can't hear this tune anymore without the AARP! AARP! getting in the way. Let this song rest for a decade or two, please.
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Zero 7 - Give It Away
(Jan 27, 2005 - 12:55) | steveinmaine wrote: Zero 7 is a joy to listen to, though I'll have to admit I enjoy music from Simple Things a bit more than their new album, When It Falls.
Strange that it seems it has taken a few years for this band to catch on in the U.S.
This music made me search out other current electronic music. Unfortunately I'm having a difficult time finding anything approaching the quality of Zero 7. Any ideas?
Within a margin of error, try these groups:
Thievery Corporation - Morcheeba - Koop - Dzihan & Kamien - Nicola Conte - early Goldfrapp - some Emiliana Torrini - Dusty Trails - some St Germain - some Soulstice - some Buddha Bar - some Hotel Costas - some Thunderball
I, too, have been on a quest to gather similar sounds. Venture forth!!!
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Black Sabbath - Planet Caravan
(Dec 22, 2004 - 10:13) | Johray63 wrote: I thought I knew the Paranoid album pretty well, but it appears I probably skipped this particular song at the time. Probably due to lack of patience, which doesn't surprise me, being about 14 yrs of age.
It had to wait for another 25 years (my goodness!) to get the attention it deserves.
Same for my flashback. Can almost smell the hemp...
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Hank Williams - Jambalaya (On The Bayou)
(Dec 22, 2004 - 06:44) | Iyz be a NEW yawker n I married me a Lusianan girl in '99. Dis here wuz our weddn dance & sho nuff be true....we has sum fun down on da Bayo
Thanks for the mem'ries (and no offense mint wit da spllenig.)
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Hem - Leave Me Here
(Dec 19, 2004 - 07:51) | Cagey wrote: What's with the nagative posts here? Are you guys deaf? lol :-D Now if it was marley, then there'd be cause for complaint, this track however is, well.........sigh :-)
I bought this album on the strength of "Half Acre" & this song. These two are surely the cream of the album. But, the trinkly "George Winston" piano coupled with sweet vocals only coddles on these 2 songs. The rest of the album doesn't have legs, unfortunately IMHO. Sold it on Ebay.
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Mythos - November
(Dec 09, 2004 - 08:56) | I love this genre, but I just can't get my heart wrapped around this one.
I agree with review below....
Mythos album has a few good instrumentals, though.
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Gorillaz - Clint Eastwood
(Dec 08, 2004 - 09:03) | This may have been discussed already but, is there a reference to Clint Eastwood IN the song or what? Why the title?
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Pete Townshend - And I Moved
(Dec 02, 2004 - 15:30) | JokesandJokesandJokes wrote:
The song is about getting caught for kiddie porn
Nope....it's about trying out for the other team. Seems he was recruited and accepted the offer. And he moved.
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Fleetwood Mac - Hypnotized
(Dec 02, 2004 - 09:24) | jadewahoo wrote:
Myth is the reality of the Soul, just as history is the reality of the day-to-day world. Music, as well as poetry, dance, art, theatre and ceremony... the very expressions of a soulful and spiritual life... are a celebration of the intangible, numinous and ineffable realms of our nature.
You have, Art_Carnage, in one fell statement, dismissed the very essence of what makes life rich, rewarding and authentic.
'Nuff said?
dmax wrote:God, I love this song. What a beautiful mood.
You know it's a meaningless question to ask if those stories are right, caus what matters most is the feeling you get when you're hypnotized....
Two postings that seem to settle this.....
Awesome selection!!! :D :D :D
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Toni Price - Comes Love
(Nov 08, 2004 - 10:18) | Once again I am reminded how a song can transport one to their "Happy Place". Just got word of additional cutbacks here at work and was stewing in "What now?" paranoia. From the first notes, I was transported tp the motorcycle trip I was on passing thru Austin where I was turned on to Toni. It may not change the present condition, but good music can always soften the edges. Toni has the power and the staying power. Play on...
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Single Gun Theory - From a Million Miles
(Oct 18, 2004 - 12:22) | Goodness Gracious!! My head snapped to the computer upon the first notes....
RP is gleaning more & more from the audio netherworlds of forgotten gems and providing an aural SNAP to times past with tunes recovered and re-presented.
Verbose, I know, but heartfelt. MORE, yet still, more, please.
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Merrie Amsterburg - Walking On The Moon
(Aug 21, 2004 - 14:21) | I HAVE this album and didn't even know this song was on it...Must've overlooked for a reason, 'cause I just adore the rest of it.
But this version of WOTM is quite dreary and drab. Please forgo future replays.
Segue into Yes - And You & I ? Now, that's why I support RP.....
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Eddi Reader - Bell, Book and Candle
(Aug 13, 2004 - 07:40) | Carissa wrote: Can anybody tell me more about this lovely artist?
This Scottish woman is one of the most fabulously talented & inspiring singers in the lesser known music world. She was the lead singer for Fairground Attraction and has had several solo albums since. Check out Mirmama, Angels & Electricity, & the self-titled Eddi Reader if you liked this song. Truly blissful. I follow music that moves me when it happens to come 'round NYC, but rarely venture a few miles farther than that. Eddi had me travelling to MA & PA to see her engrossing shows, and well worth it. But, I fawn.....
Last tidbit--- she sang the lead on that song by the 80's group Gang of Four that went," I love a man in a uniform..."
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David Bowie - Station To Station
(Aug 05, 2004 - 10:25) | Flowave wrote: The second section is great, wow... are there more Bowie songs like that???
Must check out David Bowie Live at the Tower Philadelphia & Earl Slick's solo albums. Also, if I'm not mistaken, that solo is by Carlos Alomar. Truly moving...
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Derek and the Dominoes - Keep On Growing
(Jun 24, 2004 - 10:04) | tonyp2 wrote: This whole album was a peak for Clapton IMHO. As overplayed as Layla is, it still burns w/ real passion. This tune, too.
What does IMHO stand for?
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Emiliana Torrini - Fingertips
(Jun 22, 2004 - 11:11) | ------------------------------------------------------------------------
Okay okay !! I LOVE this song... but, how do I say this nicely? Diversify?
I've been listening to RP since around Feb and I've heard this song at least 4 times. According to the posts, it gets played every three or four weeks. Can the playlist be so limited? Or is this part of the archived playlist that is on remote while Bill is out?
No complaints since I've heard more new tuneage here in that time than ANY other music source. But Emilliana has a couple of other winners, too.
Just my two & 1/2 cents.
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Louis Armstrong - Skokiaan (South African Song)
(Jun 22, 2004 - 10:09) | Okay okay !! I LOVE this song... but, how do I say this nicely? Diversify?
I've been listening to RP since around Feb and I've heard this song at least 4 times. According to the posts, it gets played every three weeks. Can the playlist be so limited? Or is this part of the archived playlist that is on remote while Bill is out?
No complaints since I've heard more new tuneage here in that time than ANY other music source. But Satchmo has a couple of other winners, too.
Just my two & 1/2 cents.
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Martha and the Muffins - Swimming
(Jun 03, 2004 - 10:11) | Thank you, Thank you & again, Thank you !!!! As obscure as I can imagine. Recognized it from the first car crash notes. All my co-workers are going,"Martha & the Who???" I am once again simultaneously displaying my vast musical heritage and my age. This is THE place for tuneage on the web. Keep up the diversity!!
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Fleetwood Mac - Child of Mine
(May 12, 2004 - 12:09) | : Outta the clear blue sky!!!! : Always amazing the tracks that get played on this here website.... What an awesome flashback. I can take or leave most of the tracks on this album, but this one (& sentimental lady) are killer. This was truly a phenomenal time for ol' Fleetwood; this and the next following albums (Penguin, Mystery To Me) are of special fondness to me. Thanks tons for the time travel!
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God this is horrible!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
