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Lyle Lovett — If I Had a Boat
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hschlossberg
(Los Angeles)
Posted: May 08, 2013 - 17:31
 
I just had to downgrade my previous score of 3 down to 2.  Personally, I'd be happy if I never had to hear it again.  But it gets a 2-3 based on its appropriateness for this station.  Still, what a stupid song.

teleskialaska
(Alaska)
Posted: Feb 03, 2013 - 18:14
 
The Super Bowl happening right now, I am not watching.  RP is better time spent. 

MirageRF
(Clemmons, NC, USA)
Posted: Jan 03, 2013 - 10:04
 
Clever tune.
If I had 3 wishes.........

"If" leaves lots to be desired, but let's dream like children once again.{#Bananajumprope} 

apd
(Toronto, On)
Posted: Nov 01, 2012 - 17:10
 
 MsJudi wrote:
The lyrics of this song are so ridiculous that it ruins for me an otherwise nice tune.
 
Makes sense if you imagine it from the point-of-view of a small boy. Also "If I were Roy Rogers, I'd sure enough be single, I couldn't bring myself to marry that ol' Dale...."

martinc
(Ottawa Canada)
Posted: Oct 02, 2012 - 08:03
 
I am heading out on my boat ... No ocean, no pony ....but I have beer.

jimbaca
(The Space-Time Continuum)
Posted: Oct 01, 2012 - 07:14
 
Great song!  He and his Large Band put on a fantastic live performance!  I saw them at the Santa Fe Opera House.


WayUpNorth
Posted: Oct 01, 2012 - 07:06
 
 michaelgmitchell wrote:
"...kiss my ass, I bought a boat, I'm going out to sea."
If only it were that simple, Lyle. If only ...
 Was just thinking the same thing this gloomy Monday morning ... 



jagdriver
(Just a nod and a wink south of Paradise)
Posted: Jul 30, 2012 - 08:06
 
...and if I had a PSD button I'd click it...

kcar
Posted: May 28, 2012 - 00:18
 
 terrapin52 wrote:
It's the dumbest song I've ever heard.
 
Let me change your mind: pick a song, any song...


meinthecorner
(Past the gravy, far beyond the golden fries)
Posted: Mar 25, 2012 - 13:29
 
Big love indeed! A 9! He truly is a great live performer.

OCDHG
(High on a mountain)
Posted: Mar 25, 2012 - 13:22
 
Anybody figure out what the heck this song means yet?  No? 

OK I'll check back again in a few more years.

Cowboyslikeus
Posted: Feb 22, 2012 - 20:51
 
Lyle Lovett much better music than this song...Love the guy's music

Andy_B
(aboard MV "Horizon," east coast Fla)
Posted: Dec 21, 2011 - 10:10
 
 michaelgmitchell wrote:
"...kiss my ass, I bought a boat, I'm going out to sea."
If only it were that simple, Lyle. If only ...
 
It is.  And I'll give it a 9 if for lyrics only.


martinc
(Ottawa Canada)
Posted: Dec 21, 2011 - 10:09
 
He is a treat is see in concert

unclehud
(300 feet above the planet)
Posted: Dec 21, 2011 - 10:09
 
First time I've heard this on RP!!!  (I think.)  An amazing album, from a guy who has a lot of gray matter under that mop of curly hair.

edit:  Thought this was the studio version, from Pontiac, released in 1987.

cc_rider
(Austin Texas. Y'all.)
Posted: Dec 21, 2011 - 10:08
 
 WonderLizard wrote:
Nagging thought: if you put Lyle Lovett, Peter Himmelman, and Jesse Winchester behind a curtain and had them each sing, would anyone, besides themselves, be able to tell the difference?

This is what you get when I try thinking on a Sunday night...{#Propeller}
 
Not sure about Peter's and Jesse's, but I could tell Lyle's voice immediately. Couldn't tell you why, except maybe I've been listening to (and enjoying) Lyle's music for ages.


ColdMiser
(Out in the Cold)
Posted: Dec 21, 2011 - 10:08
 
kiss my ass i bought a boat

terrapin52
(Terrapin Station, SC)
Posted: Nov 19, 2011 - 16:24
 
It's the dumbest song I've ever heard.

lkovathana
(Chicago, Illinois)
Posted: Aug 17, 2011 - 02:31
 
I like how Bill played it out past the riotous applause.  So surreal ... who could love that song that much besides the groupies?  That DQ guy narrating the "not good enough" commercial makes more sense than the lyrics in this insipid song.

SmackDaddy
(San Diego)
Posted: Jun 15, 2011 - 01:13
 
 wonderunit wrote:
"Me upon my pony on my boat..."  Must be code for some sex or illicit-drug-consumption act, and once again I'm out of the loop.  I didn't get "Puff the Magic Dragon" either.  Of course, I was only in the fifth grade then.  I'm in like the 23rd or 24th grade now.
 

Just an Old Spice commercial

aelfheld
Posted: Mar 12, 2011 - 08:03
 
 wonderunit wrote:
"Me upon my pony on my boat..."  Must be code for some sex or illicit-drug-consumption act, and once again I'm out of the loop.  I didn't get "Puff the Magic Dragon" either.  Of course, I was only in the fifth grade then.  I'm in like the 23rd or 24th grade now.
 
Social promotion?


Cynaera
(South of Neanderthal)
Posted: Sep 03, 2010 - 18:53
 
I love this song.  Lyle Lovett is rather amazing. {#Notworthy}

wonderunit
(structure w/roof, CA)
Posted: Jul 01, 2010 - 21:52
 
"Me upon my pony on my boat..."  Must be code for some sex or illicit-drug-consumption act, and once again I'm out of the loop.  I didn't get "Puff the Magic Dragon" either.  Of course, I was only in the fifth grade then.  I'm in like the 23rd or 24th grade now.

crockydile
(Outer Spiral Arm, Milky Way)
Posted: Jul 01, 2010 - 21:44
 
 DaveInVA wrote:
GAWD I hate this song - most stupid lyrics ever...
 
{#High-five}


johnyqd
(Medford, OR)
Posted: Feb 25, 2010 - 04:05
 

Love this song, so simple and escapist, it has echos of Cat Stevens for me.



michaelgmitchell
(Belleville, ON, Canada (2 hours east of T'ranna))
Posted: Dec 24, 2009 - 07:04
 
"...kiss my ass, I bought a boat, I'm going out to sea."
If only it were that simple, Lyle. If only ...



WonderLizard
(2,755.46 mi. due east of Paradise)
Posted: Nov 22, 2009 - 21:01
 
Nagging thought: if you put Lyle Lovett, Peter Himmelman, and Jesse Winchester behind a curtain and had them each sing, would anyone, besides themselves, be able to tell the difference?

This is what you get when I try thinking on a Sunday night...{#Propeller}

h8rhater
Posted: Oct 22, 2009 - 11:32
 
 Marr wrote:

And yet 700 plus ratings and an average of 7.7. Somebody seems to enjoy this quite a lot despite the "most stupid lyrics ever"

 
Not to mention the fact that the 9s outweigh the 8s nearly 2-to-1.  Great song.


Marr
(Houston (dreaming of Austin))
Posted: Oct 22, 2009 - 11:19
 
 DaveInVA wrote:
GAWD I hate this song - most stupid lyrics ever...
 
And yet 700 plus ratings and an average of 7.7. Somebody seems to enjoy this quite a lot despite the "most stupid lyrics ever"


DaveInVA
(VA)
Posted: Aug 20, 2009 - 09:44
 
GAWD I hate this song - most stupid lyrics ever...

jyoull
(Cambridge, MA)
Posted: Aug 04, 2009 - 19:28
 
 Imkirok wrote:
One song you don't like and you go away?  Don't the the bittorrent hit you on the way out.
 
oh don't be a grouch. you missed the point.

one song that i keep hearing here, every time i don't want to hear it.

i am a huge fan of radio paradise. 

peter_james_bond
(Lunenburg, NS)
Posted: Aug 04, 2009 - 13:22
 
A pony on a boat - a ludicrous proposition, and yet he makes it sound plausible....the mark of a true artist.

parrothead
(could be anywhere in the great USA)
Posted: Aug 04, 2009 - 13:21
 
I met Lyle on a plane ride from LA to Dallas years back. He sat across from me if first class of course. He was a really nice guy. Long live Lyle Lovett..( =

Bat
(Austin)
Posted: Aug 04, 2009 - 13:21
 
Lyle Lovett has the most amazing speaking voice.

Imkirok
(The Arctic Hinter Land)
Posted: Aug 04, 2009 - 13:21
 
One song you don't like and you go away?  Don't the the bittorrent hit you on the way out.


jyoull
(Cambridge, MA)
Posted: Aug 04, 2009 - 13:19
 
friend: Jim, why are you crying?
me: I just turned on Radio Paradise for the first time in like two months, i was so looking forward to it.
friend: and you're crying from happiness?
me: < wailing >
friend: what??
me: Bill's playing that #$()Q($Q Pony Boat Song. First thing i heard. Now i gotta go away again.
friend: < shrug > Bittorrent?
 

lophrequa
(the very edge of the land)
Posted: Jul 19, 2009 - 19:02
 
nothing but big love for this one 

farleymj3
(The Mitten State)
Posted: May 01, 2009 - 08:06
 
I feel like these last two songs were played just for me. This is my all-time favorite Lyle song, and Annie Lennox's Waiting in Vain is a 10 in my book. What a nice little two-fer.

Marr
(Houston (dreaming of Austin))
Posted: May 01, 2009 - 08:06
 
 Shimmer wrote:
These lyrics work much better if you imagine them sung by They Might Be Giants.
 

Knowing Lovett's body of work I think this is perfectly in character for him. Lots of his songs have an element of the silly in them. That said I do like the idea of TMBG singing a cover of this.

Pyro
Posted: May 01, 2009 - 08:05
 
 jktravl wrote:
One of my favorite Lyle Lovett songs of all times. Thanks Bill for an excellent choice
 
ditto!  {#High-five}

"If I were Roy Rogers, I'd sure enough be single, I couldn't bring myself to marry that ol' Dale...."

LOVE that line.

jktravl
(Virginia)
Posted: Feb 27, 2009 - 06:36
 
One of my favorite Lyle Lovett songs of all times. Thanks Bill for an excellent choice

Shimmer
(Bethesda, MD)
Posted: Feb 27, 2009 - 06:33
 
These lyrics work much better if you imagine them sung by They Might Be Giants.

Chi_Guy
(Chicago)
Posted: Feb 27, 2009 - 06:33
 
{#Clap} Love this guy! Only thing he ever did wrong was that "Roberts" woman thing.

paraclete
(Citrus Heights, CA)
Posted: Feb 11, 2009 - 12:43
 
 natalita wrote:

no... they are just lame. its not that complex. come on now.

 
Perhaps you should look at a lot of the lyrics for the songs played here.  Music is supposed to get an emotional reaction.  If you want great writing, then read a book.    I bet if we looked up the lyrics for songs that you gave a 8, 9 and 10 rating to, we would find some of those lyrics would be just as 'lame' as the words to this song.  But I love the emotional pull of this song.  Great song to relax to.



dbenwen
(Peachtree City, Georgia)
Posted: Feb 11, 2009 - 12:27
 
Lyle Lovett should be in the Stuff White People Like list, so they can say they like some country music.

natalita
(Philadelphia, PA)
Posted: Feb 11, 2009 - 12:26
 
 copymonkey wrote:
 

It's sung in character—that of a young boy I would assume. Apparently that one got past you. 
 
no... they are just lame. its not that complex. come on now.


jim1964
(british columbia, but use to ride the IRT to work)
Posted: Nov 24, 2008 - 12:09
 
 p2h2d2 wrote:
Saw this tour, consumate performer....Even if you're not from Texas, Texas loves you anyway!
 
I agree, I saw him this past summer and it was great, makes me want to visit Texas again.

p2h2d2
(On the Lake)
Posted: Nov 24, 2008 - 11:42
 
Saw this tour, consumate performer....Even if you're not from Texas, Texas loves you anyway!


islander
(Seattle)
Posted: Nov 24, 2008 - 11:41
 
Always makes me think of the Jimmy Buffet books. Ah to be Tully Mars.

holborne
(New York)
Posted: Nov 24, 2008 - 11:41
 
Love Lyle. I wish we would hear more of him on RP.