Shakedown 1979
Cool kids never have the time
On a live wire right up off the street
You and I should meet
Junebug skipping like a stone
With the headlights pointed at the dawn
We were sure we'd never see an end
To it all
And I don't even care
To shake these zipper blues
And we don't know
Just where our bones will rest
To dust I guess
Forgotten and absorbed
Into the earth below
Double cross the vacant and the bored
They're not sure just what we have in store
Morphine city slippin dues
Down to see
That we don't even care
As restless as we are
And we found pull
In the land of a thousand guilts
And poured cement, lamented and assured
To the lights and towns below
Faster than the speed of sound
Faster than we thought we'd go
Beneath the sound of hope
Justine never knew the rules
Hung down with the freaks and ghouls
No apologies ever need be made
I know you better than you fake it
To see that we don't even care
To shake these zipper blues
And we don't know
Just where our bones will rest
To dust I guess
forgotten and absorbed
Into the earth below
The street heats the urgency of now
As you see there's no one around
Cool kids never have the time
On a live wire right up off the street
You and I should meet
Junebug skipping like a stone
With the headlights pointed at the dawn
We were sure we'd never see an end
To it all
And I don't even care
To shake these zipper blues
And we don't know
Just where our bones will rest
To dust I guess
Forgotten and absorbed
Into the earth below
Double cross the vacant and the bored
They're not sure just what we have in store
Morphine city slippin dues
Down to see
That we don't even care
As restless as we are
And we found pull
In the land of a thousand guilts
And poured cement, lamented and assured
To the lights and towns below
Faster than the speed of sound
Faster than we thought we'd go
Beneath the sound of hope
Justine never knew the rules
Hung down with the freaks and ghouls
No apologies ever need be made
I know you better than you fake it
To see that we don't even care
To shake these zipper blues
And we don't know
Just where our bones will rest
To dust I guess
forgotten and absorbed
Into the earth below
The street heats the urgency of now
As you see there's no one around
| cosmiclint (church in Bethany) | Posted: May 17, 2013 - 09:14 Still love to listen to, and jam along with, this one. Billy's ear for a catchy hook is almost as good as Kurt's was. |
| danoodles (Saint Louis, Mo.) | Posted: Mar 21, 2013 - 12:43 This song always takes me to another place. |
| Segue (Almost Paradise) | Posted: Mar 21, 2013 - 12:37 best. song. ever. |
| Lazarus (Bethany) | Posted: Mar 21, 2013 - 12:36 Everybody in my church loves this song... The individual has always had to struggle to keep from being overwhelmed by the tribe. If you try it, you will be lonely often, and sometimes frightened. But no price is too high to pay for the privilege of owning yourself. —Friedrich Nietzsche |
| BikeCoachDave (Columbia, Ky.) | Posted: Mar 20, 2013 - 08:28 ambrebalte wrote: 1979. Such a good year. Eighteen. Still have most of the dreams of this year. When SP released this album in 95/96 I remember thinking, gosh, such a huge amount of time already. Hello 2013, and yet time seems to endlessly stretch or concentrate itself. I love this song! Hello romeo/lazarus I remember when Prince 1999 came out. I was in high school and always thought what a far, distant future it would be, and wondered if they would play 1999 during that year, or if our hovercars would even HAVE radios or cassettes. |
| Lazarus (Bethany) | Posted: Feb 06, 2013 - 20:20 ambrebalte wrote: 1979. Such a good year. Eighteen. Still have most of the dreams of this year. When SP released this album in 95/96 I remember thinking, gosh, such a huge amount of time already. Hello 2013, and yet time seems to endlessly stretch or concentrate itself. I love this song! Hello romeo/lazarus Hello, ambrebalte! I hope you are having a great time right this minute... this song is marvelous... time flies when we're having fun... |
| sajitjacob (Christchurch NZ) | Posted: Feb 06, 2013 - 20:19 8292... 3, that's wangernum! mrgus wrote: That's Numberwang! |
| ambrebalte (Wolxheim (France) - Dreaming about resuming my life in Beijing province) | Posted: Jan 19, 2013 - 04:51 1979. Such a good year. Eighteen. Still have most of the dreams of this year. When SP released this album in 95/96 I remember thinking, gosh, such a huge amount of time already. Hello 2013, and yet time seems to endlessly stretch or concentrate itself. I love this song! Hello romeo/lazarus |
| Lazarus (Bethany) | Posted: Jan 17, 2013 - 19:26 motobecane wrote: Former member? I have been saved... everybody in my church loves this song... |
| motobecane | Posted: Nov 04, 2012 - 17:52 (former member) wrote: This song is soooo good it puts a spring in my step this autumn evening... Former member? |
| jt1 | Posted: Oct 17, 2012 - 03:10 It gets my toe tapping too. Not an insignificant feat when work is going so badly for me today. |
| (former member) (hotel in Las Vegas) | Posted: Oct 15, 2012 - 17:06 This song is soooo good it puts a spring in my step this autumn evening... |
| mrgus | Posted: Oct 04, 2012 - 11:13 That's Numberwang! |
| smartn1 | Posted: Oct 04, 2012 - 09:38 Please tell me it's over. First time RP has made me take my headphones off. |
| ScottishWillie (The Scottish Lowlands) | Posted: Sep 14, 2012 - 04:02 romeotuma wrote: This song is soooo good my nipples get hard when I hear it... I find you strangely intriguing romeotuma. I suspect if you are not on some kind of some kind of medication you probably should be. But as my employers filters have denied me access to you profile (first time that’s ever happened) because the “Page content filters applied - score = 485”. I’m not sure what a "Score = 485" means other that my employer thinks it would be inappropriate for me to learn about you. Double intriguing! |
| (former member) (hotel in Las Vegas) | Posted: Sep 02, 2012 - 20:30 This song is soooo good it puts a spring in my step this summer night... |
| TJS (Bradley, Il) | Posted: Aug 02, 2012 - 09:45 I've always thought this song was really bland. Meh. |
| rdo (DC) | Posted: Jul 14, 2012 - 15:59 When this song came out, my carpool mate and I would try the whole hour long commute home to make that echo-y sound they are making. It was like a contest to see who could come closest. |
| kcar | Posted: Jun 13, 2012 - 01:06 kcar wrote: Actually, you can play it too much...Bill. Feeling that a little bit more these days, unfortunately. |
| (former member) (hotel in Las Vegas) | Posted: Jun 11, 2012 - 14:04 We be profoundly dancing... love it... |
| Proclivities (Carrboro, NC) | Posted: May 05, 2012 - 10:57 misterbearbaby wrote: Just before "rock" music slid into the shallow, plastic-lined money trench of the 80's there was a last gasp- here it is! Not a bad tune. Um, this song was released around 1995; this band didn't even exist until the late '80s. It seems like rock music has been in a "money-lined trench" since long before the '80s, but I guess it depends who you ask. |
| mutepoint (jumped) | Posted: Apr 26, 2012 - 14:32 Look. It's a Smashing Pumpkins tune that I don't mind. Imagine that. |
| (former member) (hotel in Las Vegas) | Posted: Apr 26, 2012 - 14:30 beautiful song... |
| (former member) (hotel in Las Vegas) | Posted: Apr 10, 2012 - 12:34 soooo brilliant... love it soooo much... |
| (former member) (hotel in Las Vegas) | Posted: Apr 03, 2012 - 18:16 ShoePuke wrote: Are you a bot? No, I be human... love this song... |
| Bow | Posted: Mar 25, 2012 - 21:33 Before the lyrics start, someone sings a word or a phrase. What on earth are they saying? "Television" or "Tell it to me". I've always wondered. |
| ShoePuke | Posted: Mar 25, 2012 - 21:23 Are you a bot? romeotuma wrote: This song is soooo good it puts a spring in my step this spring night... |
| (former member) (hotel in Las Vegas) | Posted: Mar 25, 2012 - 21:17 This song is soooo good it puts a spring in my step this spring night... |
| (former member) (hotel in Las Vegas) | Posted: Mar 20, 2012 - 08:17 absolutely marvelous... love this song... |
| (former member) (hotel in Las Vegas) | Posted: Mar 09, 2012 - 20:20 Everybody in my hotel room be dancing to this wonderful classic... love it... |
| (former member) (hotel in Las Vegas) | Posted: Mar 08, 2012 - 09:20 This song is soooo good it puts a spring in my step this winter morning... |
| jt1 | Posted: Feb 23, 2012 - 04:45 shakitten wrote: Not their best. ...then I really need to hear some more of their music because this song is really growing on me. |
| misterbearbaby (Marina del Rey, California) | Posted: Jan 31, 2012 - 11:11 Just before "rock" music slid into the shallow, plastic-lined money trench of the 80's there was a last gasp- here it is! Not a bad tune. |
| hencini | Posted: Jan 22, 2012 - 11:53 This takes me back to summer 1995, 120 Minutes, Matt Pinfield. Lots of great modern rock to choose from in the mainstream at that time. My rock 'n' roll cover band used to play this when it was current. Not well, but we played it. |
| (former member) (hotel in Las Vegas) | Posted: Jan 22, 2012 - 11:43 This song is soooo good my nipples get hard when I hear it... |
| xtalman (What dimension?) | Posted: Jan 06, 2012 - 08:27 ziakut wrote: A nice, solid 5 at best! |
| (former member) (hotel in Las Vegas) | Posted: Jan 06, 2012 - 08:26 always wonderful to hear this cool song... love it... |
| (former member) (hotel in Las Vegas) | Posted: Jan 04, 2012 - 21:46 magnificent... love it... |
| shakitten | Posted: Nov 28, 2011 - 21:05 Not their best. |
| sronis | Posted: Nov 20, 2011 - 00:29 I was born in 1980, and when this song came out I was at my grunge/rock era (actually, still am...) and it completely blew my mind. This song, to me, symbolizes the feelings of a teenager (and my feelings then, of course) - to perfection. It has this vibe and urgency in the music and the lyrics that I connected with immediately when I heard it first, and still today it reminds me of that time. One of the best songs ever. If I ever grow tired of it, it would mean I forgot my youth. I hope that never happens. |
| cohifi (Denver) | Posted: Nov 03, 2011 - 22:14 Okay, I'll go with it........I did NOT hear this inn 1979: but I should have. HEM......... madebytim wrote:Meeeeeehhhhhh |
| (former member) (hotel in Las Vegas) | Posted: Nov 03, 2011 - 22:14 Time flies when we're having fun... love this song... |
| madebytim (Denmark) | Posted: Nov 02, 2011 - 12:37 Meeeeeehhhhhh |
| (former member) (hotel in Las Vegas) | Posted: Nov 02, 2011 - 12:36 Everybody in my hotel room loves this song... |
| (former member) (hotel in Las Vegas) | Posted: Oct 01, 2011 - 23:04 Everybody in my hotel room be dancing! Love this song! |
| (former member) (hotel in Las Vegas) | Posted: Sep 26, 2011 - 14:04 I'll dance to this... |
| kcar | Posted: Sep 01, 2011 - 23:09 gosvimmink wrote: good forever Actually, you can play it too much...Bill. |
| MiracleDrug (Earth) | Posted: Sep 01, 2011 - 05:00 Stingray wrote: What is the miracle drug you took, Miracle Drug? I find the song to be rather WEAK! |
| Stingray (JULIAN'S NWO) | Posted: Aug 31, 2011 - 13:41 MiracleDrug wrote: the BEST Pumpkin song... What is the miracle drug you took, Miracle Drug? I find the song to be rather WEAK! |
| MiracleDrug (Earth) | Posted: Aug 31, 2011 - 13:36 the BEST Pumpkin song... |


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