Barracuda! ....oops wrong song

total noise = totally cool. In fact, we need more noise on this station. This is far from Lush's noisiest song.

I hope one day Bill will pull out something like Night of Frogs by Bardo Pond or something along those lines and completely freak out half his listeners!

Tell me you're kidding...please!!!

I agree.  This cut is simply not RP worthy...and as someone else mentioned...HEART ripped off the intro for their equally forgettable "Barracuda".   3>

Agreed that it is very evocative of Rush.  Had to turn it down.  I love LZ but this would not make a representative mix tape if I were doing it.

Kristen Hersh, is that you?

Kristen Hersh, is that you?

Yeah, there is one identical musical phrase! Which came first? This might've been an earlier incarnation of the tune...then they changed it up. U2 has done that here and there...

Darth Vader has this on his iPod. Likes to listen to it while he does his steps.

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.

Maybe the last place on earth that plays John Kongos...

something about this chick's voice reminds me Edie Brickell.

...one band, nine billion names...

Am I in an elevator? Sure sounds like it.

Porcupine Tree has been by far, and I mean BY FAR, the greatest discovery in listening to Radio Paradise. Simply One Of A Kind!

The Waterboys

Nice to hear some talented bands (Editors, Interpol, The Prids) reviving the Joy Division sound, but each with their own inflections.

Actually, I thought the guitar break had that "New Order" feel...

My only complaint about Led Zeppelin is I can't for the life of me ever remember the titles to their songs.

I recognize the music instantly, but the titles are just a shot in the dark for all but the obvious. Must be a chromosome deficiency or localized brain trauma.

Wow! How unexpected and deeply sickening! A questionable choice IMHO to make a sensitive, acoustic version of such a sappy pop song. Cindy . . . please . . leave these songs in history where they have their rightful place. You can't do anything of any additional value with them, other than license them for use in commercials - maybe the best use of all for this particular song! Anybody got any ideas about the right product for this song? I'm thinking Tootsie Pops, tampons, a push-up bra, a new-age duster-broom that makes you dance through the house joyfully or a woman's bouncy hair product! C'mon ya'll! Let's give Cindy a hand! She's recycling her songs, she obviously needs it! Submit your product suggestions here!

This is from a whole album of acoustic versions of her songs, a DOUBLE album at that. This isn't a one-off to poke fun at herself.

Yes, I am afraid it is as bad as it sounds.

I just watched a very bad movie last weekend called Blind Date (with Kim Basinger, Bruce Willis). I do believe Stanley Jordan was the guitar player in a brief part of that film.

Robert Smith doesn't look so good out of makeup!

Compared to Violets' Kaitlyn Ni Donovan, I think Elizabeth Frazer's vocals were spread over an extra octave or so - she was unique. Violets actually remind me most strongly of Morning Jacket, with a female vocalist.

Blech.

Way before my time. Makes me feel younger, if nothing else.

I love the eclectic mix on RP and as a rule if I cant post a positive comment I don’t post at all. But why anyone would play this as against the King Crimsons original is absolutely beyond me.

Can you spell M-E-T-A-P-H-O-R?

Nice try, but this album came out in 1967. Even more impressive when you stop to think about it. It just sounds like the 70's because of all of the "Progressive Rock" and "Art Rock" groups that came after the Moodies.

:puke: :puke: :puke: I have always hated Queen's "music" and the 1992 Rolling Stone Magazine Album Guide rates Queen's albums pretty poorly too. They only give 2 albums 3 stars,every other album is given only 2 stars,and none are given even 4 stars and for very good reasons! They say they were bombastic schlock rock!

This sounds like "House of Freaks", anybody have any info on that?

These are dangerous days...
To say what you feel
is to make your own grave.

Words true especially today in America

Brilliant, Love Sinead....I don't know why people don't understand her.

Why does scale make a difference? To the victim, every death is the same size.

I love Pinback. My only complaint is their lyrics are almost always indistinguishable. The only reason this bothers me is that I tend to like to sing along and thus end up singing their songs phonetically. However, once I read some of their lyrics and realized how cryptic/nonsensical they are, it's almost better to just enjoy it for what it is...indistinguishable lyrics and all.

The Twelve Dreams of Dr. Sardonicus is indubitably one of the best albums to come out of the era, IMHO. Spirit embodied the essence of avante garde fusion of rock, jazz and folk. All Spirit is a good Spirit, there is no such thing as an evil Spirit.

Am I hearing something of old T Rex in this? It would have fit in very comfortably in the '70's.

There's a club, if you'd like to go
You could meet somebody who really loves you
So you go, and you stand on your own
And you leave on your own
And you go home, and you cry
And you want to die

That's how I felt when I was 18.....makes me think of all the clubs that are long gone and they used to play this and music like it---The Edge, Squeez, and The Kitchen Club. I feel so old.

I love the Smiths

She's talking about the people she was in past lives.

Feed the tree=dirt nap



This song sounds different than I remember

Did Belly have a more popular live version or something?

You definitely should see it. Excellent film!

THAT IS WHAT FIRST CAME TO MIND HERE AS WELL!!

Actually, I believe that's (click here) Mockney.

And yeah, I agree, the cynicism and wit is great stuff :)

Couldn't agree more.

Anyone who is a true music lover will say this classic was done with the utmost class. The people who made the racist comments are listening to the wrong channel, Radio Paradise is for TRUE music lovers that listen to the music, not the color/religion/ethnic backgrounds of the artists that make them.

Zar

'Not doin' it for me. The shaky voice is either a) from heart-felt emotion, b) is a style I don't care for or c) is just out of control.
More importantly, though, this is the first comment ever.

LOVE this group. SICK of this song. Play any other M.O. and I'd be thrilled.

2:09 pm - Wilco - Outtasite (Outta Mind)
2:06 pm - The Jam - Town Called Malice
2:02 pm - George Harrison - What Is Life
1:59 pm - Jimmy Cliff - The Harder They Come

Nice set you got going there, Bill. The songs fit together really well.

Yeah, that's one way to look at it, and Simon took a ton of shit for it when it came out. He essentially pasted his English-major lyrics on top of some existing Mbaqanga records. But what really ended up happening was the beginning of the World Music boom and in particular an intense interest in the various musical styles of Africa that continues today. Thank you Mr. Simon. That music was obscure to the world before you tried to rescue your flagging career. One of the most worthwhile of such rescues I've ever witnessed.

By the way, it does sound incredibly better in its original form, which you can hear on an anthology called Zulu Jive. But how would you have ever heard of it without Simon's exposure? One should also remember that Mbaqanga was heavily influenced by western pop from the 50s and 60s, so there you go. The electric guitar didn't originate in Africa, now did it?! I wouldn't complain too much.

without Ian Curtis it's not the same.

You can't fight the Under Toad!

Can someone upload "Nemesis"? I haven't heard that one in almost 20 years. "Freaks and Cannibals, prehistoric animals..."

I used to get chills when I heard this song, but not anymore... it doesn't hold up well for me. That said, it's still a good song, just not as powerful as it used to be.

Best U2 album ever!

This song is repetitive, lyrically and instrumentally, including that stupid synth riff. That's much of what I hate in a song. But I really like this one. . .

Amazing song, i don't care who sang it before or who'll sing it later..... This is a beautiful song......

"Touching my body, my soul........" *whew!*

The Fixx have heaps of good songs - listen to some albums instead of just 80's hit mixes. Impeccable balance and groove. I love them. :-)

As do I! :D

I thought this was really good Coldplay!

Nice add!