![]() Central Reservation (1999) [ larger cover art ] |
Running down a central reservation in last night's red dress,
And I can still smell you on my fingers and taste you on my breath;
Stepping through brilliant shades,
All the color you bring,
This time, this time, this time,
Is whatever I want it to mean.
If this is where memories are made,
I'm gonna like what I see,
And everything that I ever took for granted,
I'm gonna let it be.
I step through every shade,
All the color you bring,
This time, this time, this time,
Is whatever I want it to mean.
And everything and nothing is as sacred as we'd want it to be,
When it's really all,
Make it really all,
Compared to what.
It's like living in the middle of the ocean,
With no future, no past,
And everything that's good about now,
Well, might just glide right past.
I'm stepping through brilliant shades,
All the color you bring,
This time, this time, this time,
Is fine just as it is.
And everything is sacred here,
And nothing is as sacred as I want it to be,
When it's really all compared to what.
| Larry_Rosenow (Bend, OR) | Posted: Apr 04, 2013 - 12:27 I was just thinking a moment earlier it would nice to hear Beth Orton....thnx RP |
| Toke (Bournemouth UK) | Posted: Apr 04, 2013 - 12:25 lawman wrote: Shame about the speech defect. Has she always ha-had it? Ne-he-ver no-hoticed hi-it befo-hore. Thats what makes her voice so peculiar, charning and appealing.. |
| sherf (OCNY) | Posted: Apr 04, 2013 - 12:24 Dig it! Honesty in Music. Very Cool |
| trailhub (St Louis) | Posted: Dec 31, 2012 - 09:12 "smell you on my fingers and taste you on my breath" This sent my brain scrambling for lyrics from Butthole Surfers "Pepper": I can taste you on my lips And smell you in my clothes |
| Dyn0hub | Posted: Nov 14, 2012 - 10:34 Uuuugh!!! |
| lawman (Newcastle upon Tyne, UK) | Posted: Nov 14, 2012 - 10:32 Shame about the speech defect. Has she always ha-had it? Ne-he-ver no-hoticed hi-it befo-hore. |
| coding_to_music (Beantown) | Posted: Sep 28, 2012 - 04:19 Beth Orton tonight in Boston ! |
| coding_to_music (Beantown) | Posted: Aug 12, 2012 - 00:51 Henry Olsen — Bass |
| Rotterdam | Posted: Jul 27, 2012 - 06:00 TerryS wrote: This tihymen this tihymen.......wot? Yeah, I know. I love my mute button. Ms Orten annoys the heck out of me. |
| RPJunkie | Posted: Jul 11, 2012 - 14:21 I NEED a new Beth Orton record. Been too long. *edit* New record is scheduled for an Oct 2nd 2012 release. Yipee! |
| TerryS (Another SW) | Posted: Jun 25, 2012 - 19:36 This tihymen this tihymen.......wot? |
| Hannio (Austin, TX) | Posted: Apr 23, 2012 - 05:31 camatcba wrote: ![]() Ouch. |
| Euskadita (MX) | Posted: Apr 07, 2012 - 09:19 I like a bit more the Supperclub mixing of this tune, however it brilliant. |
| Poacher (Brighton, UK) | Posted: Jan 03, 2012 - 05:31 misterbearbaby wrote: Who put the methqualone in the Radio Paradise water cooler this afternoon? I did. Any problems? |
| musickat (Lake of the Ozarks) | Posted: Dec 18, 2011 - 08:16 Listen to these lyrics.....this is what living in the NOW is all about. |
| Tamster (Thousand Islands Canada) | Posted: Dec 02, 2011 - 11:20 CamLwalk wrote: For the last year or so, Beth Orton has been at the very top of my music diet. Can't get enough of this woman's voice. I wanna curl up inside her voice and stay there. So tasteful, so beautiful. Wouldn't have heard of her without RP. Totally agree, more please. I want to curl up there too. |
| michaelgmitchell (Ontario, Canada) | Posted: Dec 02, 2011 - 11:20 Sh-hee's gr-hate, h-ain't sh-hee? |
| CamLwalk (Albany NY) | Posted: Dec 02, 2011 - 11:19 For the last year or so, Beth Orton has been at the very top of my music diet. Can't get enough of this woman's voice. I wanna curl up inside her voice and stay there. So tasteful, so beautiful. Wouldn't have heard of her without RP. |
| terrapin52 (Terrapin Station, SC) | Posted: Dec 02, 2011 - 11:18 What a relief! A lady with some class. It's truly awesome! |
| misterbearbaby (Marina del Rey, California) | Posted: Nov 16, 2011 - 14:58 Who put the methqualone in the Radio Paradise water cooler this afternoon? |
| Dave_Mack (Ball of Confusion) | Posted: Nov 16, 2011 - 14:58 leathepea wrote: same thing, gets the imagination going. And "taste you on my breath". Yessssss |
| d-don (Oregon) | Posted: Nov 16, 2011 - 14:58 Great set, Monsters and Men, Isakov, now Orton. Keep 'em coming, B. |
| misterbearbaby (Marina del Rey, California) | Posted: Nov 16, 2011 - 14:56 leathepea wrote: same thing, gets the imagination going. I'm sure it was "I can make ya' pull my finger." |
| leathepea (Hickory, NC) | Posted: Sep 14, 2011 - 12:16 handyrae wrote: Almost — it's "smell you on my fingers." same thing, gets the imagination going. |
| handyrae (Zero Point Field) | Posted: May 27, 2011 - 07:11 blotto wrote: Did she say "smell my fingers"? Almost — it's "smell you on my fingers." |
| 1wolfy (Mission Viejo California) | Posted: May 11, 2011 - 11:38 Her photo on the cover looks a bit like the super sweet (Zooey Deschanel) girl in the movie 'Yes Man' with Jim Carey |
| Seahunt (Parent's Basement) | Posted: May 11, 2011 - 11:37 blotto wrote: Did she say "smell my fingers"? I just thought the same thing... |
| scrubbrush (Sea of Calm) | Posted: May 11, 2011 - 11:34 BikeCoachDave wrote: I have been listening to this track for nearly 10 years now and still get jazzed when I hear it come on. So today, from 9 to a 10. Ditto. excellent song |
| Kittee (NC- Dreaming of the Mountains) | Posted: Mar 09, 2011 - 09:00 Not today...not today. |
| DanFHiggins (Mid Maryland) | Posted: Jan 21, 2011 - 10:48 Just bumped to a 9 for me. Quite nice |
| BikeCoachDave (Columbia, Ky.) | Posted: Jan 21, 2011 - 10:47 I have been listening to this track for nearly 10 years now and still get jazzed when I hear it come on. So today, from 9 to a 10. |
| Jelani (Home of the freak, land of the vague) | Posted: Jan 21, 2011 - 10:46 Beheth Ohortohon. |
| blotto (here, at the moment) | Posted: Nov 19, 2010 - 08:01 Did she say "smell my fingers"? |
| WayUpNorth (Windswept Exile) | Posted: Nov 03, 2010 - 10:44 paulpaar wrote: her hair! Yuk! 5.5 You are sooooooooooooo deeeeeeeeeeep it's scary!!!!!! |
| Shaker (Canada) | Posted: Nov 03, 2010 - 10:43 It's like I h h h h h h h ![]() |
| musickat (Lake of the Ozarks) | Posted: Aug 31, 2010 - 19:52 nigelr wrote: Personally I find her delivery, well, outstanding! Yes she is just sooo Natural.... unpretentious, understated with a deep longing that resonates everytime. I think she is fabulous |
| camatcba (Lumberjack Software Hack Node) | Posted: Aug 31, 2010 - 19:46 ![]() |
| michaelgmitchell (Belleville, ON) | Posted: Aug 31, 2010 - 19:44 sukilau wrote: yeah - I wuhunder if sheah has a speeachah impedidimentah "This t-hime, this t-hime, this t-hime ..." I know, I can't get past it. Weird. |
| CCSandman | Posted: Jun 13, 2010 - 07:10 Brilliant song, best version is the Central Reservation (Spiritual Life/Ibaden Remix) by far :-) Hypnotically gorgeous
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| garycha (Bristol, UK) | Posted: Jun 13, 2010 - 03:25 Lazy midlands drawl. Not a bad song. Went see her in 2003 and she was quite lack lustre. Persevered with her first two LPs, not inspired to play them these days asI find them all a bit dreary. Production is very good on this track though - saves the day. |
| HazzeSwede (Vinyl Land) | Posted: May 28, 2010 - 02:41 Most of the young girls stuff Bill's been playing past couple of years is great music,IF you skip the vocals ! |
| nigelr (Coffs Harbour, Australia) | Posted: May 28, 2010 - 02:38 Personally I find her delivery, well, outstanding! |
| Bone (Divided States of Sanity) | Posted: Apr 10, 2010 - 15:24 sukilau wrote: yeah - I wuhunder if sheah has a speeachah impedidimentah She's under contract to be paid by the aspiration. |
| sukilau (cellar dweller) | Posted: Mar 25, 2010 - 19:00 yeah - I wuhunder if sheah has a speeachah impedidimentah |
| MannAudioltd (Worcester England) | Posted: Feb 22, 2010 - 05:16 what a bass line |
| michaelc (Walnut Creek, CA) | Posted: Feb 06, 2010 - 12:31 Gardenho wrote: It's like Edie Brickell with a bit of a stutter heh-heh-heaay
Edie brickell huh on what planet ? Oh well I don't hear that at all |
| colt4x5 (scrambling.) | Posted: Jan 21, 2010 - 19:19 Bridieboo wrote: I agree. I like quite a few of her songs, but on some of her songs her habit of pulling two syllables out of a one-syllable word annoys the crahap out of me. that's fuhunny. i don't agree, but it's fuhunny. |
| Gardenho (Paradise Island) | Posted: Jan 06, 2010 - 01:55 It's like Edie Brickell with a bit of a stutter heh-heh-heaay |
| Jelani (Home of the freak, land of the vague) | Posted: Dec 21, 2009 - 09:24 Ihis thehere ahanythihing mohore annoyhinng ?? |
| peter_james_bond (The Burg) | Posted: Dec 05, 2009 - 17:29 Welly wrote: Sounds a bit like Everything But The Girl. Hey, I agree! Up high! Down low! And away we go! ![]() |

Uuuugh!!!

Down low! 