John Hiatt - Crossing Muddy Waters
(Aug 05, 2012 - 17:04) | Cynaera wrote:With very few exceptions, John Hiatt is my favorite artist. Saw him at the LB Day Amphitheatre in Salem, Oregon, and he played opposite Robert Cray and the late Stevie Ray Vaughn (who did a breathtaking set - RIP, Mr. Vaughn. Hold that guitar close, because you'll want it when you come back.) No matter what people say about JH - he's in my pocket. "Slow Turning," "Your Dad Did," "Drive South," "Memphis In the Meantime"... I'm learning not to be so critical of a vocal, or a weird guitar part. If the music as a whole moves me, I'm just cuddly with joy. And John Hiatt makes me cuddly with joy. Listen to "Your Dad Did" - especially if you have children, but even if you don't, you'll laugh at the lyrics, and might even relate to them. God - good and bad, I just LOVE RadioParadise! 
 
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Sarah McLachlan - Possession
(Aug 05, 2012 - 15:53) | I love this song. I loved it before I ever heard it was inspired by a stalker. I hear it and feel it as a deeply personal love song. I love the combination of the music, the liquid mercury of her voice, and the words themselves. The total package is a 10 for me. The only radio that I usually listen to in my car is NPR so this is never overplayed for me. Thank you, Bill.
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Aimee Mann - Save Me
(Apr 02, 2010 - 17:59) | Heh.
Having said what I did below, it looks as though the live version of this played less than 10 hours ago.
It is certainly okay with me but I can see how that might bug some people.
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John Hiatt - Cry Love
(Mar 24, 2010 - 22:24) | BluEyes wrote: Cry love, Cry love
The tears of an angel
The tears of a dove
Spilling all over, your heart from above
Cry Love, Cry Love
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Leonard Cohen - Who By Fire (live)
(Mar 22, 2010 - 20:49) | peter_james_bond wrote: Who By Fire - Cohen was in Australia during the recent terrible wildfires. He donated $160,000.00 of the profits from the tour to the victims.....classy guy.
It is kind of cool to know little facts like that.
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Aimee Mann - Save Me
(Mar 22, 2010 - 20:11) | newwavegurly wrote: I never get sick of this one, no matter how many times I've heard it.
And it never fails to strike a chord with me in some way either.
Ditto.
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Sarah McLachlan - Possession
(Feb 26, 2010 - 22:24) | BluEyes wrote: I never get tired of hearing this.
It is like seeing a beloved friend for a short time: the sense of recognition and adoration at first sight/hearing, the unadulterated pleasure during the interlude, the sweet pang of regret as the end/parting nears, but the assurance that the future will bring us back together somewhere down the road.
That's my story and I'm stickin' to it.
This makes me smile.
I do not remember writing this but it surely does sum up how I feel hearing this song.
I heard it twice(on a cd mix) in the car today!
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Dave Alvin - Ashgrove
(Feb 16, 2010 - 21:28) | Thank you to RP and Sharkartist for introducing me to the grooves of Dave Alvin... 
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Fiona Apple - Criminal
(Feb 15, 2010 - 21:29) | BluEyes wrote: Just missed it again!
Missed it yet again! Darn TV!
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James McMurtry - Choctaw Bingo
(Jan 30, 2010 - 20:13) | Beanie wrote:Well, then I guess I'll have to rate it an 8, just to bust a cap in yo stereotype... 
What she said!
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B.B. King - The Thrill Is Gone
(Jan 30, 2010 - 11:53) | big_gare wrote: BB - The thrill is NOT gone from hearing this great blues tune. :-)
I was just thinking almost the exact same thing!
You beat me to posting it, though. 
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Taj Mahal - Corinna
(Jan 25, 2010 - 20:46) | This was the first Taj Mahal song that I had ever heard and I was hooked; I still am.
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Aimee Mann - Red Vines
(Jan 25, 2010 - 19:54) | Liking this song is a sort of guilty pleasure for me. I have no idea why that is.
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R.E.M. - Losing My Religion
(Jan 25, 2010 - 19:48) | romeotuma wrote:
profound... love it...
perzactly or something like that
I feel like I'm song~stalking you since I keep seeing you in all of the songs that I peek into.
Knock that off! 
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Chris Isaak - Nothing's Changed
(Jan 24, 2010 - 17:21) | That_SOB wrote: The man has a great voice and writes a lot of very good music, but some of his stuff is just so damn depressing ! 
He does seem to have quite a few songs about love gone wrong but I like him anyway.
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The Wailin' Jennys - Arlington
(Jan 11, 2010 - 07:55) | bronorb wrote: I bought this CD from hearing this song here on RP.
I was NOT disappointed.
Same here.
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Sarah McLachlan - Possession
(Dec 30, 2009 - 18:57) | I never get tired of hearing this.
It is like seeing a beloved friend for a short time: the sense of recognition and adoration at first sight/hearing, the unadulterated pleasure during the interlude, the sweet pang of regret as the end/parting nears, but the assurance that the future will bring us back together somewhere down the road.
That's my story and I'm stickin' to it.
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John Hiatt - Cry Love
(Dec 04, 2009 - 23:26) | Cry love, Cry love
The tears of an angel
The tears of a dove
Spilling all over, your heart from above
Cry Love, Cry Love
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Aimee Mann - Red Vines
(Oct 15, 2009 - 18:08) | ick wrote: For some reason when I hear this song I picture juvenile delinquents.
I do, too, but I had not realized it until I read your comment!
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John Hiatt - Crossing Muddy Waters
(Sep 27, 2009 - 11:33) | My baby's gone and I don't know why
She let out this morning
Like a rusty shot in a hollow sky
She left me without warning
Sooner than the dogs could bark
and faster than the sun rose
Down to the banks on an old mule cart
she took a flatboat across the shallowCHORUS:
Left me in my tears to drown
she left a baby daughter
Now the river's wide and deep and brown
She's crossing muddy waters Tobacco standing in the fields
be rotten come November
And a bitter heart will not reveal
a spring that love remembers
When that sweet brown girl of mine
her hair black as a raven
We broke the bread and drank the wine
from a jug that she'd been saving CHORUS Baby's crying and the daylight's gone
That big oak tree is groaning
In rush of wind and a river of song
I can hear my true love moaning
Crying for a baby child
oh crying for her husband
Crying for that river's wild
to take her from her loved ones CHORUS TWICE
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Ben E. King - Stand By Me
(Sep 23, 2009 - 19:53) | DaveInVA wrote: One of the few molden oldies I never tire of hearing.
Exactly.
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The Wailin' Jennys - Arlington
(Sep 07, 2009 - 13:04) | Playlist is running about 6 minutes ahead of the actual music but this is ALWAYS worth the wait (especially when I could stream it on the phone and then the laptop for a double play!).
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Jeff Buckley - Hallelujah
(Sep 06, 2009 - 13:18) | I am awed by the graceful finesse with which Leonard Cohen weaves iconoclastic reverence and melody in this song and there are several versions that are equally touching for me.
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The Moody Blues - Nights in White Satin
(Sep 06, 2009 - 13:09) | trekhead wrote:
Check out
THE VIRGIN SUICIDES, if you never have.
A great example of those fumbling awkward make out/.party/ high school themes, set to an awesome 70s/80s soundtrack.
Poignant and interesting.
Just saw that recently and was surprised at how many faces were familiar in that dark, bittersweet drama.
But back to my reason for being here in this place and time: I have always liked this song.
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Mark Knopfler - Coyote
(Sep 02, 2009 - 07:08) | jagdriver wrote:
The song is actually about the former CART (Championship Auto Racing Teams) series. Coyotes were the name given to those cars built and fielded by the legendary A.J. Foyt.
I had no idea about that but I have always liked this song and bought the cd after hearing it here.
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Iguanas - Para Donde Vas
(Apr 19, 2009 - 21:58) | ce wrote:
It is also on the Phenomenon soundtrack (1996 movie with John Travolta. Kyra Sedgwick, Forest Whitaker, and Robert Duvall).
I actually have the cd and listen to it fairly frequently. It also has songs by J.J. Cale, Jewel, Bryan Ferry, Peter Gabriel, Eric Clapton, Taj Mahal, Marvin Gaye, and others.
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The Wailin' Jennys - Arlington
(Apr 21, 2008 - 21:43) | Psychic Playlist must have known that I could use my mental health song about now.
Thank you, Bill.
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Joe Henry - Parker's Mood
(Apr 14, 2008 - 18:50) | I keep seeing this playing when I don't have the music on.
By the time I get it running - it is too late.
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Iguanas - 9 Volt Heart
(Mar 31, 2008 - 22:08) | arudger wrote: how many of us norcalians listened to KFRC late at night?
And Dr. Don Rose early in the morning. I remember when he broke his leg and they set up a mini-studio in his garage so he could stay on the air. I listened from Santa Rosa back in the '70's.
And I like this song but I still like Dave Alvin's version better.
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Van Morrison - Madame George
(Mar 29, 2008 - 13:00) | MCKY wrote: So good-amazing someone that young could feel so much.
Exactly so.
And yet our fast-food lifestyles leave so many people wanting the human experience to be summed up in 3 minutes or less.
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James McMurtry - Levelland (live)
(Mar 29, 2008 - 12:14) | Odyzzeuz wrote:
Try living out there for 20 years. I was born in Waylon's home town, Littlefield, Texas, and grew up in Plainview. Got a bunch of cousins in Levelland. I kinda get this.
The stark beauty of west Texas is real for some people.
This could be any one of a hundred little towns out there. I lived out in BFE between Morton and Whiteface. I watched the sunrise from the school bus window. Our "drveway" was nearly 2 miles long. I've lived in Post, Justiceburg, and Snyder. Most of my family is still back there.
This song brings back many memories. I get it.
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Cake - Arco Arena
(Mar 28, 2008 - 20:57) | rascal420 wrote: It's referred to as Echo Arena by those of us who've been there.
I just drove by it twice this week and I have yet to go inside.
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Crowded House - Transit Lounge
(Mar 24, 2008 - 13:05) | Gribnif wrote: I'm not sure how I feel about the song, overall, yet. But I must say that it is definitely a departure from the usual Crowded House/Finn Brothers sound.
That's about where I am, too.
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Amy Winehouse - Back To Black
(Mar 18, 2008 - 19:43) | cafortier wrote: Should play more of her music. Even though she is a train-wreck, she's a talented one.
She certainly has her moments.
And then there are those other times.
Bitter (not better) living through chemistry?
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Harry Manx - Only Then Will Your House Be Blessed
(Mar 18, 2008 - 18:55) | Joyfulchristine wrote: Fantastic lyrics...meaningful and true, but not sappy. I like it.
Can anyone tell me what the rest of the cd is like?
Road Ragas is my favorite but anything Harry is heavenly.
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Mark Knopfler - Coyote
(Mar 16, 2008 - 20:44) | I was never a big fan of Dire Straits but hearing this song at RP led me to buy this cd and now I am a huge Knopfler fan.
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Greg Brown - Downtown
(Mar 08, 2008 - 17:28) | He was just here in town last night.
I'm sad that I missed him. 
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Alice Cooper - The Song That Didn't Rhyme
(Mar 05, 2008 - 21:00) | zipper wrote:
I like her, too. But see right now? Syesha still belts it out when she's singing soft and easy. Brooke's voice is weak. I agree with Yibbyl cuz she ain't no idol.
One has the good voice and the other one has the good ear or whatever it takes to tweak the original into something kind of new.
Carly sang the car commercial!
They are recapping them all now.
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Alice Cooper - The Song That Didn't Rhyme
(Mar 05, 2008 - 20:54) | zipper wrote:
I wish she would! Get it outta there.
Brooke is good, but she's weak, you know?
Yeah, we are commenting on that frequently. I still like her but I can't really explain why. Yibbyl thinks that every week she's still there is a gift. 
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Alice Cooper - The Song That Didn't Rhyme
(Mar 05, 2008 - 20:53) | zipper wrote: Paula is so fried tonight. Got her meds mixed up again, I guess. Or she's preparing taxes on the side and can barely put two words together.
She is totally incomprehensible!
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Alice Cooper - The Song That Didn't Rhyme
(Mar 05, 2008 - 20:45) | zipper wrote:
uh-oh. I liked Ramiele last week, but I think she took her Britney pill today.
I still like Amanda. Z suggests that she do Melissa Etheridge.
hiya! 
Someone, either earlier or it was Yibbyl, said that she (Amanda) is a one trick pony.
Ramiele did absolutely nothing for me tonight.
I wonder what Brooke will sing...
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Alice Cooper - The Song That Didn't Rhyme
(Mar 05, 2008 - 20:42) | zipper wrote:k. :blink: :little girl sway: :open mouthed grin:
if she and kady are back next week... pluh.
I love bluesy voices but I am ready for Nurse Wretched to go home.
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Alice Cooper - The Song That Didn't Rhyme
(Mar 05, 2008 - 20:38) | zipper wrote: What in the HELL? Kady so slaughtered the Queen song that I was flinching and Z insisted it wasn't Queen.
I didn't know her song.
Amanda sounds exactly the same every week.
This is the one that Yibbyl likes - Ramiele, I think.
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Alice Cooper - The Song That Didn't Rhyme
(Mar 05, 2008 - 17:27) | n4ku wrote:
I didn't see the typo.
I didn't think she was a man. But I do still have my doubts about Danny Noriega being one.
Seriously!
That freaky little pelvic thrust he did last night was most unpleasant.
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Alice Cooper - The Song That Didn't Rhyme
(Mar 04, 2008 - 17:49) | AugieK wrote:My daughter just said "I think I'm gonna have nightmares about the lady judge. She scares me!"
Drugs make people stupid!
Smart daughter ya got there...
w t!!
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Chris Rea - Road to Hell
(Mar 01, 2008 - 21:58) | Hmmm...
Leonard Cohen on anti-depressants?
I actually the raspy voices like this.
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Buck Owens - Act Naturally
(Feb 15, 2008 - 17:51) | ptooey wrote: Guess I'm in the minority of the commenters, but I really liked hearing this on RP. Nice tune.
Brought back memories of my mom's 8 track tapes!
And it made me smile.
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Julie Miller - All My Tears
(Jan 23, 2008 - 21:56) | painterdude wrote: Yes! There is so much good music out there and you only hurt yourself when you place arbitrary boundaries and limits and what you will or won't listen to. One of the greatest gifts the Grateful Dead gave me was an appreciation for the roots music of rock--country, folk, blues, jazz, bluegrass. Don't forget that CBGB stands for "country, bluegrass, blues". There is amazing music in many non "rock" genres--and a lot of it still rocks. Don't tell me that just because an artist has a twang in his/her voice that they don't rock. Todd Snider rocks, James McMurtry rocks, Buddy and Julie Miller rock. Some of best guitar players are in Nashville and Austin. Open your mind and ears and some terrific stuff will pour in.
What he said! 
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The Wailin' Jennys - Arlington
(Nov 14, 2007 - 20:25) | Just missed it! Dang!
Good thing that I bought the cd thanks to RP. 
This is my mental health song. Exquisite.
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Soggy Bottom Boys - I Am A Man Of Constant Sorrow
(Jun 23, 2006 - 18:52) | physicsgenius wrote: This song is OK in context but it doesn't stand up well on it's own.
Also, the movie was over-rated. I liked it, but the music really pulled its ass from the fire. Clooney was uncharacteristically off. Everyone else ranged from OK to great. But the real problem was the story, by which I mean the lack of same. The Odyssey, my ass.
Anal-retention an issue? 
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Jim White - Static On the Radio
(Apr 11, 2006 - 11:32) | BluEyes wrote:I love, love, love this song.
You can play it as often as you want to, Bill!
Oh, yeah!!
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The Wailin' Jennys - Take it Down
(Mar 15, 2006 - 17:56) | BluEyes wrote: By far, the best cd I've bought this year!
Why, yes, it was and continues to be a favorite.
"My love is 50 feet tall"
How can you not love a line like that?
And at 192kbps no less!
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Bobby Bare Jr. - The Monk At The Disco
(Oct 03, 2005 - 17:40) | phineas wrote:
I've missed you, G!
Life has been a crazy rollercoaster lately but I truly can't complain about any of it. How've you been?
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Bobby Bare Jr. - The Monk At The Disco
(Oct 03, 2005 - 17:28) | phineas wrote:
Happy Rosh Hashanah, Arnie!
I don't think we're in Kansas anymore, Toto!
There's no place like home...
There's no place like home...
There's no place like home...
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Hem - Half Acre
(Aug 16, 2005 - 12:06) | shakitten wrote: (sigh) Quite lovely, actually...
Ditto. *sigh*
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Afro Celt Sound System - Colossus
(Aug 08, 2005 - 13:13) | While it does kind of remind of Riverdance (on crack) I have come to the conclusion that it serves a higher purpose for me.
I aprreciate the stuff that I really DO like much more after listening to some stuff that I may not be so crazy about.
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Jesse Cook - Virtue
(Aug 08, 2005 - 12:27) | This is the difference between music that you hear and music that you feel.
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Lindsey Buckingham - Go Insane
(Aug 08, 2005 - 12:23) | zipper wrote:
Nah, hotski. Michael Bolton is pained and painful to hear. This, on the other hand, is passionate.
I'm with zipper on this one.
Lower, slower, and deeper.
What's not to like about that?!
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Over The Rhine - Born
(Jul 13, 2005 - 05:25) | born
i was born to laugh
i learned to laugh
through my tears
i was born to love
i'm gonna learn to love
without fear
pour me a glass of wine
talk deep into the night
who knows
what we'll find
intuition
deja vu
the holy ghost
haunting you
whatever you got
i don't mind
put your elbows on the table
i'll listen long as i am able
there's nowhere i'd rather be
secret fears
*the supernatural
thank god
for this new laughter
thank god
the jokes on me
we've seen the landfill rainbow
we've seen the junkyard of love
baby it's no place for you and me
pour me a glass of wine
talk deep into the night
who knows
what we'll find
put your elbows on the table
i'll listen long as i'm able
whatever you got
i don't mind
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Ben Harper - Jah Work
(Jun 28, 2005 - 20:13) | oh my!
I thought he was saying "shower" over and over until I looked up at the title.
I love Ben Harper but I was sure ready to hose him there for a minute if he didn't take the dang shower!
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Coldplay - Warning Sign
(May 15, 2005 - 16:38) | A warning sign
I missed the good part, then I realised
I started looking and the bubble burst
I started looking for excuses
Come on in
I've gotta tell you what a state I'm in
I've gotta tell you in my loudest tones
That I started looking for a warning sign
When the truth is, I miss you
Yeah the truth is, that I miss you so
A warning sign
It came back to haunt me, and I realised
That you were an island and I passed you by
And you were an island to discover
Come on in
I've gotta tell you what a state I'm in
I've gotta tell you in my loudest tones
That I started looking for a warning sign
When the truth is, I miss you
Yeah the truth is, that I miss you so
And I'm tired, I should not have let you go
Oooooooo
So I crawl back into your open arms
Yes I crawl back into your open arms
And I crawl back into your open arms
Yes I crawl back into your open arms.
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Julee Cruise - Falling (Twin Peaks Theme)
(Apr 15, 2005 - 19:44) | g-rod wrote:
I mean, get Kyle in there for just 30 seconds. There was lots of audience overlap for those two shows, and you KNOW those two guys knew each other at the bureau! They really missed a chance there...
Perfect!
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Junkhouse - Shine
(Apr 13, 2005 - 19:39) | It's just a matter of time ...
Before we get to shine ...
I like it. Period.
.
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The Wailin' Jennys - Arlington
(Apr 11, 2005 - 21:50) | I have a special ed class (all high school students) and this has become known as "Michelle's Mental Health song." The kids will even ask for it when we've had a rough day.
It soothes the soul.
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Joe Satriani - Sleep Walk
(Mar 25, 2005 - 11:26) | Strange and beautiful music, indeed.
This version is slow and ethereal; it wasn't meant to be passionate.
It's dreamy and evocative of languid, sensual movements.
Both of those moods have their time and place .
I appreciate them both.
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Sarah McLachlan - Possession
(Mar 25, 2005 - 07:26) | *ahem*
Perspective is everything.
It is in the writing, the reading, the listening, the interpreting, and in the feelings generated. Hence, no absolute right or wrong. My perspective matters more to me than it does to you even though I would listen to yours and, perhaps, even adjust mine accordingly with the new input of information/experience.
But, in the end, it is MY perspective that puts my "10" on the chart. :D
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Hem - Leave Me Here
(Mar 22, 2005 - 19:21) | The very first notes always make my heart catch.
They make me think of Forever by Stratovarius
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Azure Ray - Look To Me
(Mar 22, 2005 - 17:58) | Lay your head in my lap
Let the sound of my laugh comfort you now here in the cold
Your face gets wet as the drink slips from my hand
The faster i drive the harder i cry don't worry i'll get us there
And i look down at you
You look up at me
We're a real fucked up family
We make it home this place is a mess
The smell of cologne mixed with all that we own
Not much i must confess
I hold your hand as you slip from me
As i watch your breath i say to myself one day this will all end
And i look at you
You look at me
We're a real fucked up family
All night i feel it inside
But i know you're right as i begin to pack
Without raising your eyes i hear you sigh oh you'll be back
Because i look to you and you look to me
We're a real fucked up family
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Harry Manx - Crazy Love
(Mar 15, 2005 - 16:05) | BluEyes wrote:Okay, I love Van Morrison. He seems to sing to my heart at times. He can take me from carefree to wanting to cry in a heartbeat.
But, that being said, Harry Manx sings to something else entirely. I can't say it is exactly my libido but I can't say it isn't either. He touches me.
And Crying isn't what he makes me want... 
What the hell was I thinking?
I can't believe I wrote that!
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Van Morrison - And It Stoned Me
(Mar 13, 2005 - 00:33) | Half a mile from the county fair
And the rain keep pourinÂ’ down
Me and billy standinÂ’ there
With a silver half a crown
Hands are full of a fishinÂ’ rod
And the tackle on our backs
We just stood there gettinÂ’ wet
With our backs against the fence
Oh, the water
Oh, the water
Oh, the water
Hope it donÂ’t rain all day
Chorus:
And it stoned me to my soul
Stoned me just like jelly roll
And it stoned me
And it stoned me to my soul
Stoned me just like goinÂ’ home
And it stoned me
Then the rain let up and the sun came up
And we were gettinÂ’ dry
Almost let a pick-up truck nearly pass us by
So we jumped right in and the driver grinned
And he dropped us up the road
We looked at the swim and we jumped right in
Not to mention fishing poles
Oh, the water
Oh, the water
Oh, the water
Let it run all over me
Chorus
On the way back home we sang a song
But our throats were getting dry
Then we saw the man from across the road
With the sunshine in his eyes
Well he lived all alone in his own little home
With a great big gallon jar
There were bottles too, one for me and you
And he said hey! there you are
Oh, the water
Oh, the water
Oh, the water
Get it myself from the mountain stream
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Venus Hum - Hummingbirds
(Mar 12, 2005 - 23:56) |
Some of my favourite colours in the world
Beat against my eyelids with the blues of green hummingbirds
Some of my favourite colours in the world
Beat against my eyelids with the reds of pink hummingbirds
Blue Moon
So white
So scared
To come out tonight
It's too dark
For him
He's just a boy
With a man's grin
Crane and the swan-Wingspan across
Lake's silver light-The ivory night
Some of my favourite colours in the world
Beat against my eyelids with the blues of green hummingbirds
Some of my favourite colours in the world
Beat against my eyelids with the reds of pink hummingbirds
Godiva Girl
Swimming in chocolate
Winged foil heart cardinals
Oh but February stopped it
Red Bird
Scared white
She's just a girl
With a woman's smile
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Chris Isaak - Solitary Man
(Mar 04, 2005 - 18:15) | Don't know if I will
But until I can find me
A girl who will stay
And won't play games behind me
I am what I am
Solitary man.
:groove:
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Sarah Harmer - Almost
(Mar 02, 2005 - 19:07) | And if I am a sailor,
then you are the warm gulf wind,
and you've blown into this little port
and roused my dreams again.
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Air - Run
(Mar 01, 2005 - 18:46) | Umm....
This should only be served with the proper medication!
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Jim White - Static On the Radio
(Feb 27, 2005 - 18:54) | I like it.
Nice blending of male/female vocals.
* Some things just fit like a hand in a glove. (3/06/05) :D
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The Shins - Those to Come
(Feb 26, 2005 - 18:24) | These are the songs that make me love RP.
Songs from the heart and soul that make you feel...
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The Wailin' Jennys - Arlington
(Feb 26, 2005 - 17:57) | Where do you go little bird
When it snows, when it snows
When the world turns to sleep
Do you know, do you know
Is there something in the wind
Breathes a chill in your heart and life in your wings
Does it whisper 'start again'
Start again
Where is the sun in the night
Is it cold, is it cold
Does it feel left behind
All alone, all alone
Does it wander through the dark
Does it wait for the dawn, wish on a star
Does it stray very far
Very far
Where is your home restless wind
Is it there, is it here
Do you search for a place to belong
Search in vain, search in fear
Or is your spirit everywhere
Is your voice every tree
Your soul of the air
If there's no home is there no death
Is there no death
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Harry Manx - The Great Unknown
(Feb 26, 2005 - 14:54) | Maybe the owner/operators get to play a lot of what they like!
And I, for one, applaud their tastes!
I love Harry Manx.
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Jeb Loy Nichols - As The Rain
(Feb 19, 2005 - 22:08) | rah wrote:
do yourself a favor and get the Good Will Hunting soundtrack instead (it's got this as well as a lot of other fantastic tracks, including Elliott Smith, the Waterboys, and Lucious Jackson)
Sweet advice! Thank you! :D
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Iguanas - 9 Volt Heart
(Feb 19, 2005 - 10:49) | zevon wrote: Just listened to Dave's version on the way to work this morning, this is good but I like Dave's vocals better.
:nodhead: Dave rocks!
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Iguanas - Para Donde Vas
(Feb 18, 2005 - 22:49) | triviagal wrote: I liked this when I heard it on the Phenomenon soundtrack.
Oh, yeah... :nodhead:
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Aimee Mann - Save Me
(Feb 18, 2005 - 22:28) | Sweetly sad or is that sadly sweet?
She could have crawled right out my head with this one.
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Grant-Lee Phillips - See America
(Feb 18, 2005 - 19:38) | What a slender thread I've been clinging to
All these cracks for me to slip into
So pefectly fitting for my mood.
More, please?
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Crowded House - Into Temptation
(Feb 14, 2005 - 21:06) | preacher wrote: This is really nice on a Saturday morning...goes well with a hot cup of coffee.
Equally lovely on a quiet Valentine~less evening.
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Harry Manx - Crazy Love
(Feb 06, 2005 - 19:31) | Okay, I love Van Morrison. He seems to sing to my heart at times. He can take me from carefree to wanting to cry in a heartbeat.
But, that being said, Harry Manx sings to something else entirely. I can't say it is exactly my libido but I can't say it isn't either. He touches me.
And Crying isn't what he makes me want...
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Johnny Cash - Hurt
(Feb 06, 2005 - 17:32) | I don't think that anyone will ever capture the raw emotions of this the way that Johnny does.
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Iguanas - 9 Volt Heart
(Feb 04, 2005 - 16:45) | I'd heard this by Dave Alvin and loved it but I have to admit that this one is nice, too. Their voices are nothing alike yet they both infuse feeling and mood into the words and music.
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The Band - The Weight (With The Staples)
(Feb 01, 2005 - 20:29) | Xeric wrote:
By which you know you mean The Band's The Last Waltz, right? Currently showing Beatles and Christmas . . . uh . . . stuff at the top of the page. . . .
Currently showing Bob Seger & Beatles 
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Jesse Cook - Fall at Your Feet (w/ Danny Wilde)
(Jan 30, 2005 - 19:28) | anthom wrote: Of course it's a good song - it's kinda hard to foul up one of Neil's classics.
I don't know about that flamenco-style noodling in the background, though. It kinda makes the song sound like background music for the "multicultural" store at the mall that sells rain sticks and Zen rock gardens.
Exactly!
I heard this in a cool cultural shop in Old Sacramento and asked to see the cd cover. I recognized the vocals immediately but nothing else. I love Crowded House and this was certainly putting an original twist on a favorite song.
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Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Nature Boy
(Jan 30, 2005 - 15:59) | Boosiewolf wrote:
Yeah, wouldn't it be awesome to hear someone say/think that about ya? Pure poetry!
And she moves something deep inside of me...
:nodhead:
I was just listening to this off the harddrive when it came on RP!
Psychic Playlist! 8-<
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Cream - White Room
(Jan 30, 2005 - 11:07) | Silver horses ran down moonbeams....
I have always loved this song.
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Beck - Beautiful Way
(Jan 23, 2005 - 21:32) | Xeric wrote: Okay, okay, so I've come up to a 2. 2+, maybe even. Not quite a three, yet. Could happen, though. He's on an upward trend. . . .
Careful, Scott, it may grow on ya! :D
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Crowded House - Four Seasons In One Day
(Jan 19, 2005 - 06:39) | Darlington wrote:
May be thinking about the song, "Into Temptation," which has pretty much the same subject matter (temptation/adultery). Just a guess.....
Nope. I know the difference and the lyrics are a dead giveaway.
I must have just received it from someone labeled with the wrong artist.
I like it no matter who sings it.
And I love Crowded House even if they don't sing it! :D
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Leonard Cohen - The Future
(Jan 17, 2005 - 15:54) | He just has THE voice.
He IS the voice.
I never saw that movie but, trust me, he could be doing the soundtrack to my life sometimes.
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Joan Osborne - Make You Feel My Love
(Jan 17, 2005 - 15:31) | I don't think that this is even close to as good as Trisha Yearwood does it.
Wasn't this in the movie Hope Floats?
I love the song and it's okay here.
But you can feel it right down to your toes with Trisha.
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Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Nature Boy
(Jan 09, 2005 - 12:38) | And she moves among the flowers
And she floats upon the smoke
She moves among the shadows
She moves me with just one little look
*sigh*
Wonderful!
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Iron & Wine - Love and Some Verses
(Jan 09, 2005 - 09:05) | Platypus wrote: not bad, but i just don't think it lives up to all the hype.
Having heard no hype at all - I am, happily, not disappointed in the least.
I like how easy it fits into my mellow Sunday morning.
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Neil Young - Helpless
(Jan 08, 2005 - 23:07) | When life is raw - it is fitting that the voice match.
Neil can sing to me anytime.
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Yat-Kha - Come Along
(Jan 08, 2005 - 19:26) | mojoman wrote: I'm too sexy for my shirt ... Oops, wrong deep-throated singing.
Anyway, very cool song.
I just said that to someone else!
Too funny!
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John Hiatt - Lift Up Every Stone
(Jan 08, 2005 - 17:30) | The really good southern gospel had such soul and movement in it that you could NOT sit still.
This is a perfect example of that toe-tapping, hip-checking, amen'ing beat!  
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Travis - Re-Offender
(Jan 08, 2005 - 10:19) | I like this more and more every time I hear it.
Are the other songs on the cd like this?
*Poised to purchase...*
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Train - Mississippi
(Jan 07, 2005 - 18:31) | Hmmm...It even sounds a good bit like Meet Virginia.
Good song if you're already in or looking for a mellow mood.
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Van Morrison - Moondance
(Jan 06, 2005 - 17:49) | drH wrote: pseudo- quasi- semi- fake-ass jazz by one of the most over-rated "artists" on Earth.
There, I said it.
And I could say that the moon is made of cheese - but that would not make it so.
I like it.
There, I said it.
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Tom Hall - Paris Rain
(Jan 05, 2005 - 06:19) | Hmm....one more than hears the Clapton similarities.
Really kickin' beat....and the lyrics are telling a story!
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Crowded House - Four Seasons In One Day
(Jan 02, 2005 - 18:05) | Darkmatter wrote:
Huh? Tempted by the fruit of another? I did not know Crowded House had recorded a Squeeze cover. Or have they? Now I am royally confused. :-s
It's on my computer but maybe it is labeled wrong! I have been know to be wrong (lots)....I did look up their offical discography and did not see it there. That now makes 2 songs that are both Crowded House that I have that are not on their list.....but they both sound J U S T like them.
Hmmm.....
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Flunk - Miss World
(Jan 02, 2005 - 13:36) | I miss the chemistry of your kiss...
I think I got it... :D
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William Shatner - Common People
(Jan 02, 2005 - 10:16) | Pilgrim301 wrote: a friend told me this is actually a cover -- but of what band?
PULP...??
Heh - yeah, Bill just said it was!
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Harry Nilsson - Coconut
(Jan 01, 2005 - 13:04) | Patrick wrote: Instructions for use:
1. Play three times.
2. Hum endlessly for the next three weeks, can't get it out of your stinkin' head!
DOH! #-o
The ONLY way to cure an ear-worm song...
...is to play another one!
It's a small world after all.....
It's a small world after all....
It's a small, small world....
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Kate Wolf - The Redtail Hawk
(Dec 29, 2004 - 11:25) | jpfueler wrote: I love watching redtails soaring.....as well as red shoulders, kites, and falcons
As a side note....the red tail is the most succesful of the pirds of prey.
A true pleasure to watch here in northern California.
That alone makes this song lovely for me...that I like it musically as well is just icing on the cake.
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Neil Young - Harvest Moon
(Dec 29, 2004 - 06:10) | Life is imperfect and it is often that which is most flawed that is most beautiful.
No, Neil does not have a classical voice - but he speaks to me.
And I hear what he's saying.
Anyone not understanding that will never *get* his appeal and that is their loss not mine.
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Chris Isaak - Wicked Game
(Dec 28, 2004 - 23:34) | tom4513 wrote:
This song is perfection. Pure, beautiful, haunting, perfection.
What Tom said!
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Creedence Clearwater Revival - I Put A Spell On You
(Dec 28, 2004 - 23:11) | I can follow the sequence in the names (playing this right after John Lee hooker's Spellbound) but I can't help but think that musically there would have been better CCR songs to choose from.
imho, of course....
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Beck - Golden Age
(Dec 28, 2004 - 21:47) | Just gets better and better everytime I hear it....
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Crowded House - Four Seasons In One Day
(Dec 27, 2004 - 18:39) | stevebeaver wrote: Been hearing alot of Crowded House. This is good. How about "World Where You Live" or "Weather With You"?
:nodhead:
Fall at Your Feet
Tempted By the Fruit of Another
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Norah Jones - The Long Way Home
(Dec 12, 2004 - 09:46) | Funny how people either love her or hate her.
It isn't AWESOME but it also isn't TERRIBLE.
Just a nice flow for a slow moving Sunday morning coming down.
So sue me. I like this.
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Beck - Beautiful Way
(Dec 11, 2004 - 20:01) | I like the mellow smoothness of this.
Pain and beauty are not mutually exclusive.
Such a beautiful way to break my heart...
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Coldplay - Warning Sign
(Dec 09, 2004 - 21:43) | Time, place, and circumstances can add dimensions to music that take a song from being merely good to suddenly becoming heartbreakingly poignant.
Such is the case with this one.
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Nina Simone - Feeling Good
(Nov 29, 2004 - 05:58) | rgj13 wrote:
And good right through it, right? Right?
Ohhh, yeah. This kinda soul must be swallowed whole.
*gulp*
Exactly. :nodhead:
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Ben Harper - Gold To Me
(Nov 29, 2004 - 05:30) | One of my favorites!
I've made mistakes in the past
But now I know the difference
from gold and brass...
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Taj Mahal - Corinna
(Nov 11, 2004 - 13:52) | I really like voices with character.
Like this...
JJ Cale
Van Morrison
Joe Cocker
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Finn Brothers - Won't Give In
(Oct 31, 2004 - 16:06) | I like some other songs much better than this particular one.
But, having said that, I could listen to Neil sing about anything and be content.
Not everything can be the best....
There couldn't even be a best without the rest.
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K.D. Lang - The Air That I Breathe
(Oct 31, 2004 - 10:29) | I think that this song does exactly what it is intended to do.
It conveys a message of absolute peace and contentment with life.
When you are with the right person and in the right moment...
There is a languid quality that comes after making love that this speaks to pefectly, for me.
And if that wasn't a TMI, then I don't know what is...
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The Highwaymen - Highwayman
(Oct 24, 2004 - 19:52) | Okay...the irony here is slaying me!
Loreena McKennitt just played before this...
And I said that it wasn't one of my favorite song of hers...but that The Highwayman is...
And here this is....totally different but....same name.
I love this place...and you are quite clever, Bill!
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Mark Knopfler - Coyote
(Oct 24, 2004 - 18:42) | I will listen to my share of this....and anyone else's, too.
Edit: 11/18/04 - I like it more each time I hear it!
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Jeb Loy Nichols - As The Rain
(Oct 24, 2004 - 18:27) | BluEyes wrote: Not sure if it is just the mood of the morning or the blend of tempo and voice...
But I like this very much.
Well, here it is again...and I like it even better.
May have to buy this now.
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Waifs - Flesh and Blood
(Oct 24, 2004 - 16:25) | I like it.
It is nice to hear songs that do not have to crowd every moment with vocals.
And she does remind me of Fiona, too...with some maturity behind it.
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Jeb Loy Nichols - As The Rain
(Sep 25, 2004 - 08:37) | Not sure if it is just the mood of the morning or the blend of tempo and voice...
But I like this very much.
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Neil Young - Helpless
(Sep 12, 2004 - 20:44) | I don't think that Neil has a particularly good voice but he definitely has his own style.
I find that he strikes a chord when I am feeling blue and his appeal is more than his voice, it is, perhaps, that you can believe he has traveled the road, waded in the pain bog, and lived to tell the tale...
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Leonard Cohen - Famous Blue Raincoat
(Sep 09, 2004 - 22:07) | This is very much a *sit in the dark, drink, and sob* kind of song.
Not that there aren't times when that is exactly what hits the Spot.
The desolation spot, that is.
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Sarah McLachlan - Fallen
(Aug 20, 2004 - 08:59) | I love listening to Sarah.
My favorite song of hers is Possession but I like this one, too.
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Annie Lennox - Into The West
(Aug 20, 2004 - 08:35) | I love this song and her voice singing it.
It just seems to reach right in and touch your soul.
Perhaps, having had death close to home, I am overly-sensitive.
I can live with that.
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Apocalyptica - Drive
(Aug 03, 2004 - 11:13) | Leslie wrote:wow. Great seque from Dave Matthews' - Too High.
You can't tell where one song ends and the other begins. Way to go Bill
Also agreeing - it was seamless...
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Crowded House - Private Universe
(Aug 02, 2004 - 12:43) | I was in the other room but recognized something that made me come look.
I can always listen to Crowded House.
A friend in Malta sent me Recurring Dream and I was hooked.
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Asia always sounds phlegmy. ALWAYS.
Beez!
Still waiting for the peace....