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We spotted the ocean
At the head of the trail
Where are we going
So far away
And somebody told me
This is the place
Where every thing's better
And every thing's safe
Walk on the ocean
Step on the stones
Flesh becomes water
Wood becomes bone
And half and hour later
We packed up our things
We said we'd send letters
And all those little things
They knew we were lying
They smiled just the same
And it seemed they'd already
Forgotten we'd came
Walk on the ocean
Step on the stones
Flesh becomes water
Wood becomes bone
Walk on the ocean
Step on the stones
Flesh becomes water
Wood becomes bone
Back at the homestead
Where the air makes you choke
People don't know you
And trust is a joke
Don't even have pictures
Just memories to hold
Grow sweeter each season
As we slowly grow old
| chatelainedc | Posted: Apr 05, 2013 - 21:24 So I met these guys in the late 80's, when I was attending UCSB in Santa Barbara, CA. My boyfriend's brother's band, Tao Jonz, was my connection. Years later, in 1993 when President Clinton was about to be inaugurated, Toad played the "Reunion on the Mall" Hearing that a young Chelsea Clinton was a fan, I asked her dad if it was cool that I introduced her to them. He said yes, and a few secret service issues later, I led her backstage and made that happen. Cool moment. And 20 years later, hearing Toad on here, brings it all back. It was a time, for sure. xo Radio Paradise. |
| Euskadita (MX) | Posted: Apr 05, 2013 - 21:19 That interlude simply kills me, one of the top climaxes ever! |
| Stingray | Posted: Mar 09, 2013 - 18:40 myersei wrote: great band. shame they didn't last. very underrated they were. I am the first to agree - GREAT BAND INDEED! They tour again - after years of silence and anger - and are back in the studio working on a new album to be out soon(est). CAN'T WAIT! |
| myersei (Denver, CO) | Posted: Mar 09, 2013 - 18:37 great band. shame they didn't last. very underrated they were. |
| JiffyPark | Posted: Jan 16, 2013 - 13:29 I always liked "Frog the Moist Bracket". |
| ick (...out of the primordial ooze) | Posted: Jan 16, 2013 - 13:27 lexica wrote: Have I already ranted about how rhyming "things" with "things" is cheating? Because it's totally cheating.  So what. Even Lance Armstrong cheats. |
| lexica (Oaktown, 510) | Posted: Dec 31, 2012 - 19:27 Have I already ranted about how rhyming "things" with "things" is cheating? Because it's totally cheating. |
| Jack_Jefferson (Columbus, OH) | Posted: Dec 26, 2012 - 07:33 aspicer wrote: It's SO hard to really take them seriously when they name their band THIS??!!! And, they are a very good band....I just think I'd respect and like'em even more if they could have had even just a "decent" name! Their success despite that speaks to their talent... I think the band name just doesn't fit. Everything I hear from this band has no sense of humor. With a name like 'Toad the Wet Sprocket', I usually expect a sound similar to Bare Naked Ladies or other bands with comedy in their music. |
| oldsaxon (Wales via Vancouver, BC.) | Posted: Nov 30, 2012 - 10:40 I toad them not to use that name. |
| Stingray | Posted: Oct 19, 2012 - 11:20 10! |
| ziakut (Right Here) | Posted: Sep 28, 2012 - 15:01 B L I S S M U S I C |
| EXPLORER11 | Posted: Sep 02, 2012 - 11:19 BONSOIR ! C'EST PASCAL DU PAYS BASQUE. QUEL SUPER SOUVENIR. MERCI |
| Rockit (Ottawa ON) | Posted: Aug 17, 2012 - 10:45 Dig that bass line! |
| xkolibuul (Chuckanut sandstone) | Posted: Aug 12, 2012 - 10:24 tuttle99 wrote: Nice. Best part of that entry is Eric Idle's story of hearing their name while driving down the freeway. |
| Proclivities (Carrboro, NC) | Posted: Aug 12, 2012 - 10:20 tuttle99 wrote: I thought everyone knew that. Kids these days.... |
| Stingray | Posted: Jul 23, 2012 - 11:06 Waiting for the new album! |
| tuttle99 | Posted: Jun 15, 2012 - 09:44 james_of_tucson wrote: You might facepalm if you learn the origin of their name. That was amazing! I had no idea! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toad_the_Wet_Sprocket#Name_origin |
| docuplate | Posted: May 30, 2012 - 16:44 Most excellent song. The first line always reminds me of the many roadtrips I made down from the Blue Ridge Mtns where I was in school to the Virginia shore that was my childhood home — and how, without fail, my old dog (riding shotgun in my truck) would rouse from a deep dog slumber, lift his head for a sniff, then sit up and begin to whine excitedly (and non-stop the rest of the trip) as soon as we'd hit the James River Bridge. Together we moved together out to landlocked Wyoming and he's been gone over two years now so the memory is even more important. Bill — I think sometimes you follow "Walk on the Ocean" with "Sailing Shoes" and this makes me extra thankful for your artistry. Thanks! |
| james_of_tucson (Tucson AZ) | Posted: May 30, 2012 - 16:34 aspicer wrote: It's SO hard to really take them seriously when they name their band THIS??!!! And, they are a very good band....I just think I'd respect and like'em even more if they could have had even just a "decent" name! Their success despite that speaks to their talent... You might facepalm if you learn the origin of their name. |
| coloradojohn (A Mile High and then some, Cherry Creek, Denver) | Posted: Apr 28, 2012 - 22:38 Sounds perfect coming after REM like that... I agree that Dulcinea broke ground maybe not before or since equaled...and would love to hear me some about now! |
| vhope1 (Sacramento, CA) | Posted: Mar 17, 2012 - 12:06 Day's not starting well when I fire up Radio Paradise and here this song. Yuck. |
| simondougherty (Edinburgh, UK) | Posted: Mar 07, 2012 - 02:50 First heard this song on Radio Paradise about 12 or so years ago! Still sounding great as is RP in general!! |
| mread (Sun Diego) | Posted: Feb 09, 2012 - 12:22 aspicer wrote: It's SO hard to really take them seriously when they name their band THIS??!!! And, they are a very good band....I just think I'd respect and like'em even more if they could have had even just a "decent" name! Their success despite that speaks to their talent... Interesting point. You can't judge a band by it's name, but you can tell a lot about what they think of and how seriously they take themselves... Anyway, the skinny from Wikipedia: Name origin Toad the Wet Sprocket took its name from a Monty Python comedy sketch called "Rock Notes" (performed by Eric Idle on Monty Python's Contractual Obligation Album), in which a journalist delivers a nonsensical music news report: Rex Stardust, lead electric triangle with Toad the Wet Sprocket, has had to have an elbow removed following their recent successful worldwide tour of Finland. Flamboyant ambidextrous Rex apparently fell off the back of a motorcycle. As their first gig approached, the band still had not chosen a name. The members facetiously adopted "Toad the Wet Sprocket" because they thought it would be "hilarious". Vocalist Glen Philips later called it "a joke that went on too long", and, according to their website, "it was probably meant to be temporary at the time". At the 1999 performance Eric Idle Sings Monty Python, Idle reflected on the name's usage: I once wrote a sketch about rock musicians and I was trying to think of a name that would be so silly nobody would ever use it, or dream it could ever be used. So I wrote the words "Toad the Wet Sprocket". And a few years later, I was driving along the freeway in L.A., and a song came on the radio, and the DJ said, "that was by Toad the Wet Sprocket", and I nearly drove off the freeway. |
| gemtag (Texas) | Posted: Feb 09, 2012 - 12:15 sirdroseph wrote: RESPECT THE TOAD DAMMIT!!!!!  heh, yeah I agree (I think) |
| Seahunt (Parent's Basement) | Posted: Feb 09, 2012 - 12:14 Ok, I know how to play this on guitar now but my singing sux. Is it possible to learn how to sing? |
| rdo (DC) | Posted: Feb 04, 2012 - 10:11 Stingray wrote: WONDERFUL SONG - SUPER BAND! "DULCINEA" a top-10 POP album of all times! By the way: - they are touring again - and a new album is planned Top 10? You're kidding, right? |
| aspicer (Chicago, IL) | Posted: Jan 20, 2012 - 10:02 It's SO hard to really take them seriously when they name their band THIS??!!! And, they are a very good band....I just think I'd respect and like'em even more if they could have had even just a "decent" name! Their success despite that speaks to their talent... |
| archrrone (Fort Collins, CO) | Posted: Jan 03, 2012 - 15:28 It's funny...this is probably my least fav track on this album (though I still like it quite a bit)... you are quite right sir/madam...I still give it an 8. fimo wrote: hearing this reminds me: i always wanted to make a list of really great albums where the so-called "Single" was the worst track, in hindsight. This is one good example... |
| PA1749 (Jim Thorpe) | Posted: Oct 17, 2011 - 09:04 Great tune. Dedicated to the one that got away.... |
| WonderLizard (2,755.46 mi. due east of Paradise) | Posted: Sep 15, 2011 - 19:31 keller1 wrote: Fred, the next time I come to the UK I am gonna track you down and buy you a beer. Me, too. |
| cohifi (Denver) | Posted: Jul 15, 2011 - 01:48 Businessgypsy wrote: Byronape wrote: I wonder what ever happened to Rachel... we said we'd send letters and all those little things and they knew we were lying but they smiled just the same it seemed they'd already forgotten we'd came Whew....I only gave it 8 before. I can safley give it a 9 now. I love this stuff. |
| Businessgypsy (Deepest, Darkest Florida) | Posted: Jun 13, 2011 - 09:45 Byronape wrote: I wonder what ever happened to Rachel... we said we'd send letters and all those little things and they knew we were lying but they smiled just the same it seemed they'd already forgotten we'd came |
| Byronape (Purgatory) | Posted: May 06, 2011 - 12:21 I can't listen to this album without thinking back to high school. Sitting in one of the classrooms with some friends and the older sister of my best friend Reuben that I had a crush on. I wonder what ever happened to Rachel... |
| sirdroseph (Yes) | Posted: May 06, 2011 - 12:19 RESPECT THE TOAD DAMMIT!!!!! |
| elgreenie1 (SE of US of A) | Posted: Apr 15, 2011 - 17:04 ziakut wrote: Every time I hear this I have the desire to stop what I'm doing and just sing along. This song is powerful in so many different ways. I love all of those ways too! I'm a sucker for 6/8 time signature anyway.  Thank you for putting into words my feelings about this song. And the said part is I barely know the words other than the title refrain and yet I'm singing right along!  >>>>>>>>>  |
| ziakut (A place with air, water and chocolate.) | Posted: Apr 15, 2011 - 12:14 Every time I hear this I have the desire to stop what I'm doing and just sing along. This song is powerful in so many different ways. I love all of those ways too! I'm a sucker for 6/8 time signature anyway. |
| RobMartin (CA) | Posted: Mar 25, 2011 - 13:21 JiffyPark wrote: Why? Why must I sing along to this? Because... just because... it makes me happy and I can't help but sing along with you!  |
| Randomax (Wimberley, TX) | Posted: Mar 25, 2011 - 13:20 Next play Billy Ocean!! ha Dare ya! |
| fimo (up in the Eifel hills, Germany) | Posted: Mar 10, 2011 - 16:19 hearing this reminds me: i always wanted to make a list of really great albums where the so-called "Single" was the worst track, in hindsight. This is one good example... |
| JiffyPark | Posted: Mar 04, 2011 - 09:24 Why? Why must I sing along to this? |
| keller1 (In A Gadda Da Vida, Baby) | Posted: Feb 11, 2011 - 19:47 fredriley wrote: Maybe you should allow posters to post their comments freely, rather than telling them to f*ck off elsewhere. This isn't your station, and I suspect RPs owners will be less than chuffed to see possibly paying punters being chased off. Fred, the next time I come to the UK I am gonna track you down and buy you a beer. |
| bunos (Calgary) | Posted: Feb 11, 2011 - 16:35 Always great to hear Toad. |
| bindi (North Carolina) | Posted: Feb 07, 2011 - 08:12 Such a great band! |
| fredriley (Nottingham, UK) | Posted: Feb 07, 2011 - 08:09 WonderLizard wrote: Maybe you should go find another station that suits you better. We won't miss you, and you'll feel better about life. Maybe you should allow posters to post their comments freely, rather than telling them to f*ck off elsewhere. This isn't your station, and I suspect RPs owners will be less than chuffed to see possibly paying punters being chased off. |
| Sjaaks (Horst, Netherlands) | Posted: Feb 01, 2011 - 01:51 New Album? Oh my, that's some great news!! |
| ziakut (A place with air, water and chocolate.) | Posted: Dec 21, 2010 - 11:11 Stingray wrote: WONDERFUL SONG - SUPER BAND! "DULCINEA" a top-10 POP album of all times! By the way: - they are touring again - and a new album is planned Well put Stingray...couldn't agree more! |
| Jeff09 (Gainesville, Florida) | Posted: Nov 19, 2010 - 17:35 Bill, I have the feeling that really good music programmers and djs are sort of just naturally stoned, music-wise. |
| Jelani (Home of the freak, land of the vague) | Posted: Oct 29, 2010 - 10:46 wrangler wrote: john mayer sucks donkey ballz Right on!!! |
| dkwalika (Upper Midwest) | Posted: Oct 29, 2010 - 10:46 Nice follow-up to Midnight Oil. An era vibe going. coolpeople_rule wrote: I like it when you say positive things Stingray!! (And I "Toadally" agree by the way!) |
| coolpeople_rule (Winter wonder land) | Posted: Oct 08, 2010 - 13:32 Stingray wrote: Why this great-great-great band never really made it...? One of America's finest - without doubt! I like it when you say positive things Stingray!! (And I "Toadally" agree by the way!) |