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MJdub
(Bay Area, CA)
Posted: May 20, 2013 - 18:47
 
I just learned that the trumpet on this song is played by (and the brass arranged by) none other than Gerard Presencer.  
For most people I know, he'd be most easily remembered as the one who played the amazing trumpet solo (at age 18!) on US3's Cantaloop (Flip Fantasia) -- although he's done much, much more than that :)

govna
(beantown)
Posted: May 15, 2013 - 07:07
 
 powellrb wrote:
Reminds me a bit of Joni Mitchell.

 
specifically, her cover of "Woodstock."

govna
(beantown)
Posted: May 15, 2013 - 07:04
 
 unclehud wrote:
Reminds me of the woman I expect to meet any day now.

 
nice.

siriusrising
(Spain & UK)
Posted: Apr 14, 2013 - 00:29
 
cool track good use of acoustic guitars
coloradojohn
(A Mile High and then some, Cherry Creek, Denver)
Posted: Apr 06, 2013 - 20:43
 
Easily one of the most perfect songs ever.  The arrangement, the sounds...the ethereal mindscape it conjures up...and THE VOICE...
—YEAH!

unclehud
(now 50 feet above the planet in Boston)
Posted: Mar 13, 2013 - 13:49
 
Reminds me of the woman I expect to meet any day now.

HellVella
(Denver, CO)
Posted: Feb 18, 2013 - 12:45
 
Reminds me of Vanessa Daou a bit too...

drewd
Posted: Dec 17, 2012 - 20:17
 
 powellrb wrote:
Reminds me a bit of Joni Mitchell.
 



I hear a bit of Karen Carpenter in there somewhere....

ScottFromWyoming
(Powell)
Posted: Nov 16, 2012 - 11:35
 
Interesting (to me) that I've never rated this song. Because at one time I imagine it would have been an 8, certainly a 7 for years. But I'm tired of it. 4.

oldsaxon
(Wales via Vancouver, BC.)
Posted: Nov 16, 2012 - 11:30
 
I think I rather love this song...I know not why.

Pilgrim301
(Edmonton, AB)
Posted: Sep 14, 2012 - 13:57
 
The song would have been fine except for the last 5 seconds of tinnitus-replicating whine!
GET IT OUT OF MY MIND!!!!!!!!!!!{#Fire}

Proclivities
(Carrboro, NC)
Posted: Sep 14, 2012 - 13:54
 
 tphord wrote:
This has influences from or similarities to Reniassance from the late 70s I think.
I like it...
 
There are some parts which have that "English folk" sound, which Renaissance often did.  Nice tune.

powellrb
(Avondale, PA USA)
Posted: Jul 13, 2012 - 16:03
 
Reminds me a bit of Joni Mitchell.

tphord
(Up 'ere)
Posted: Jun 03, 2012 - 11:27
 
This has influences from or similarities to Reniassance from the late 70s I think.
I like it...

Byronape
("post-capitalist wreckageville")
Posted: May 02, 2012 - 17:47
 
 ziggytrix wrote:
Today those horns are reminding me of one of the songs from one of the Conan movies...

or maybe I'm just imagining it.  {#Think}
 
No, I can see where you are getting that.  Those movies had a certain dramatic use of heavy brass horns and a frequently chaotic drumming underneath it.  

I loved those movies growing up.  I watched one of them recently and was blown away.  Movies like that don't get made anymore.  It isn't so much that it was a fantastic movie (it wasn't) or the great acting (it's was really kinda mediocre), but the atmosphere and pacing of the movie built the suspense in ways that modern movies would never try to do.  It would be too slow paced for today's audience.  

In some ways, this music is the same way.  If Zero 7 was a new act and put out music like this, they would have been regulated to a small niche.  

In may ways, I feel bad for the text message, gotta-have-the-payoff-now generation.   Of course, I'm on the earliest edge of that generation at 33.

lily34
(lexvegas)
Posted: May 02, 2012 - 17:43
 
in two days, up from a 8 to a 9. i love this band all of the sudden.

Bozo
(Steeler Penguin Pirate land)
Posted: Apr 25, 2012 - 13:37
 
This has a Joni Mitchell quality to it

lily34
(lexvegas)
Posted: Apr 25, 2012 - 13:35
 
love this.

billynyc
Posted: Apr 09, 2012 - 12:15
 
awesome

fredriley
(Nottingham, UK)
Posted: Feb 22, 2012 - 03:50
 
 Poacher wrote:
Ahhhh. Back in rotation. How splendid. Smooth as a very smooth thing. 10. 
 
Smoother than mercury on glass, and that's smooth! Soothing balm for the lugholes. 9 from the chilled Nottingham jury.


Poacher
(Brighton, UK)
Posted: Jan 05, 2012 - 08:05
 
Ahhhh. Back in rotation. How splendid. Smooth as a very smooth thing. 10. 

Drunkenlilacwine
(Four selves I want to find)
Posted: Jun 21, 2011 - 12:44
 
love the voice.

ziggytrix
(Dallas, TX)
Posted: Jun 14, 2011 - 08:46
 
this song still makes my hairs stand on end!

bobringer
(Wayne, NJ)
Posted: Mar 27, 2011 - 09:21
 
This is the song that made it clear to me that Zero 7 was one of the bands I will be listening to for a long, long time.
For the rest of my post... Zero 7 geek alert...

When the sophomore album has tracks like this... slightly more mature than the first but still true to what was great on that first album.  On the first album they would have let Sia blow it out during the crescendo.  I love Tina but the wall of electronics along with the organic acoustic stuff during the crescendo is perfect.  Nobody's been able to match Zero 7's ability to make all those knobs and dials sound so organic.

helgigermany
(Germany)
Posted: Mar 27, 2011 - 09:15
 
Wow, good set, Bill!

ziggytrix
(Dallas, TX)
Posted: Mar 11, 2011 - 15:15
 
Today those horns are reminding me of one of the songs from one of the Conan movies...

or maybe I'm just imagining it.  {#Think}

Cynaera
(South of Neanderthal)
Posted: Mar 11, 2011 - 15:12
 
I've always loved this song, ever since the first time I heard it. Those vocals, that spooky, minor-key shift - I can imagine a moonlit night with the fog swirling around and figures dressed in black like wraiths...

spaceman
(Vienna, Austria)
Posted: Mar 11, 2011 - 15:12
 
I don't know why, but this song makes me feel like I'm underwater.
It's so peaceful here, away from all the stressing things up there...
And she's here.


kcar
Posted: Feb 23, 2011 - 22:26
 
 Jelani wrote:
In some parts her voice has a timbre similar to Karen Carpenter.
 
Yeah—well spotted. I think the arrangement has a Carpenters feel to it as well. 

Jelani
(Home of the freak, land of the vague)
Posted: Feb 08, 2011 - 07:10
 
In some parts her voice has a timbre similar to Karen Carpenter.

leathepea
(Hickory, NC)
Posted: Dec 23, 2010 - 07:18
 
 huebdoo wrote:
Tina would be allowed to have her way with me - Just saying
 
Yup, she is a hottie!!


Jeff09
(Gainesville, Florida)
Posted: Dec 14, 2010 - 18:20
 
This CD is instant relaxation...beautiful.

huebdoo
(San Fran)
Posted: Dec 07, 2010 - 09:15
 
Tina would be allowed to have her way with me - Just saying

ziggytrix
(Dallas, TX)
Posted: Nov 05, 2010 - 16:03
 
 mirland wrote:
Tina Dicos solostuff never reaches these heights.
 
It's amazing what a difference brilliant producers make, eh?


myersei
(Denver, CO)
Posted: Oct 20, 2010 - 22:07
 
love this song, album, and band.  saw them live.  half of the show was incredible, the other half was "experimental electronic improv" and was, well....not incredible...will just leave it at that.  definitely worth seeing though.

mirland
(Denmark)
Posted: Oct 12, 2010 - 07:29
 
Tina Dicos solostuff never reaches these heights.

AZ_Bear
(Mesa, Arizona)
Posted: Sep 10, 2010 - 13:09
 
Great track, really catches my ear! Is that a Led Zep sample or just sound similar?


jagdriver
(Just a nod and a wink south of Paradise)
Posted: Sep 10, 2010 - 13:06
 
I wish this track had been around when I was still friends with Dr. Tim....

Randomax
(Wimberley, TX)
Posted: Sep 10, 2010 - 13:04
 
I know this is stupid but why does this sound so familiar....did Airplane have a version (back around the time of Tripod)???

Cynaera
(South of Neanderthal)
Posted: Jun 06, 2010 - 19:13
 
There's also an acoustic version of this song that's very good.  I love Tina Dico's voice - she does a song called "Warm Sand" that gives me chills...{#Sunny}

Edited: "Warm Sand" was rejected. Hmmm...


Dinges,_the_Dude
(under sea-level, N52°22', E4°52')
Posted: May 06, 2010 - 01:59
 
Like this song!!

yclept
(left of here, right of there)
Posted: Apr 28, 2010 - 16:01
 
 Pyro wrote:
Anyone hear k.d. lang?
 
just a wee bit..but it might just be something common to all good pipes

yclept
(left of here, right of there)
Posted: Apr 28, 2010 - 16:00
 
This is still sounds so good.

jenakle
(Tallahassee, FL)
Posted: Feb 24, 2010 - 11:12
 
Perfect :)
We just signed on a house contract yesterday!

LuvWilloughby
(Westmore,VT)
Posted: Jan 08, 2010 - 06:07
 
I second that.

 firefly6 wrote:
We need more Tina Dico around here.
 



LuvWilloughby
(Westmore,VT)
Posted: Dec 23, 2009 - 14:10
 
Catchy little number...

salide
Posted: Nov 06, 2009 - 12:07
 
She's pretty! Great clip!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pT8Wz1fa-_4


tomfchzboi
Posted: Oct 21, 2009 - 18:09
 
Really like this song!!

RadioDoc
(Chicagoland)
Posted: Sep 27, 2009 - 12:04
 
 Cachatons wrote:

Yeah, what happened Bill stopped playing her solo stuff!
 
Go over to one of her tunes here and hit the "request this song" link, and send Bill an email.  Maybe he'll toss them back in rotation.  Three years does seem a bit much of a rest considering some of the hackneyed stale classic rock stuff that gets played.


jagdriver
(Tunin' in from the aptly-named Grass Valley, CA)
Posted: Aug 19, 2009 - 16:40
 
I really like the way it builds. Would have sounded great back in the day on the X, late at night with the cans on and liitle light show going on inside my head. Not that it doesn't sound that way right now.

("Excuse me, boss... I gotta take a little trip for a few moments here...")