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Oh the heads that turn
Make my back burn
Oh the heads that turn
Make my back, make my back burn
The sparkle in your eyes
Keeps me alive
And the sparkle in your eyes
Keeps me alive, keeps a man alive
And the world, and the world
And the world turns around
The world, and the world, yeah
The world drags me down
Well the heads that turn
Make my back burn
And the heads that turn
Make my back, make my back burn, yeah
Yeah-ah-ah-ah
Yeah-ah-ah-ah
The fire in your eyes
Keeps me alive
And the fire in your eyes
Keeps me alive
I'm sure in her you'll find
The sanctuary
I'm sure in her you'll find
The sanctuary
And the world
The world turns around
And the world, and the world
The world drags me down
And the world, and the world, and the world
The world turns around
And the world, and the world, and the world, and the world
The world drags me down
Hey-yeah-ah-ah
Hey-yeah-ah-ah
And the world
And the world turns around
And the world, and the world
Yeah, the world drags me down
And the world
Yeah, the world turns around
And the world, and the world
The world drags me down
Sanctuary
Sanctuary
Sanctuary
Sanctuary
| Biscobret (Vashon, WA) | Posted: May 18, 2013 - 12:45 Great song! and I usually despise The Doors... |
| birdiestobehad (sitting beside the golf course wishing I was playing) | Posted: May 16, 2013 - 08:27 catnip wrote: A good point of view, if maybe slightly flawed. Repetitious? Yes. Basic lack of harmonies and melody? If you take it that way, fine. Supergroup or whatever, well, if you want to play it that way, fine (but none of the musicians here would make my Supergroup top five, ten, or more). However if you listen at how the song has been put together, produced, even manufactured if you want, it is a work of genius. It is that song you want when you're driving too fast for too long, it's the song you want to lift your spirits when what your spirits want is the equivalent of a Golden Arches meal, it's the quick buzz, the song that brings the party off the floor, the song that does what it says on the tin. It may not be, in the long run, a great song. But it doesn't pretend anything else but sound great, and entertain. Which it does. End of story.If you want great musicianship, songwriting, whatever, go elsewhere. It's not here. Enjoy it for what it is, probably the song in which the details finally got lost, and you just got an earful of joyous, possibly senseless, noise, delivered to your ears by a band going full out and a producer who knew how to reproduce it. It is silly. It is daft. It is, I'm afraid to say, great. Welcome to rock. Daft, silly and all the rest. And down to personal opinion. Huzzah!!!! Well played old chap! |
| clickfaster | Posted: May 16, 2013 - 08:24 I'm digging the runes. |
| suesblues (Sydney, Australia) | Posted: Apr 26, 2013 - 03:56 hey Stingray, you gotta get Soul....... just stop thinking!!!!!!!!! for the duration of this song.....  justin4kick wrote: Stingray wrote: If you're an intellectual you will admit that the song is plain-dull un-, or disharmonic bull-crap!!! You just don´t get. Do you? |
| justin4kick (The Netherlands) | Posted: Apr 17, 2013 - 05:06 Stingray wrote: If you're an intellectual you will admit that the song is plain-dull un-, or disharmonic bull-crap!!! You just don´t get. Do you? |
| jools (Brighton UK) | Posted: Apr 17, 2013 - 05:02 dirtbagpook wrote: Gotta be one of the best beginnings in a rock and roll song. Turn to 11!!!  12!!!! |
| hayduke2 (Southampton, NY) | Posted: Apr 08, 2013 - 15:56 Cheers Catnip, your brilliant! love this song from the moment I first heard it (mtv in the 80's probably) and I will now bump it up to Godlike |
| catnip (mostly wearing lard) | Posted: Mar 14, 2013 - 14:49 Stingray wrote: If you're an intellectual you will admit that the song is plain-dull un-, or disharmonic bull-crap!!!
I pretty much know Bill's taste (not difficult after 7 years and 24.500 hours of listening) and are AMAZED, absolutely AMAZED each time this DJ - one with a real fine sense for good music, MELODY and HARMONIES - has this song on the roll. To me me this is more than stunning, since it's one of those song that is held together by nothing much but a pretended drive. As I said earlier - not for 5 Cents melody, no hook-line, no ear catcher. It reminds me of an old chap who's ma**urb**ing (my apologies to the bible-belt listeners) for an hour, but unable getting to the point! A completely senseless effort of a band that has NEVER EVER been the supposed supergroup certain magazines made out of them. Instead a gathering or rather old man in leather-jackets with limited talents. Proof is that they never made it! I even prefer the talent-free "Sister of Mercy", who had at least a half handful of signature songs! The Cult...? Common, pleeeeeeease - nooooo!!! A good point of view, if maybe slightly flawed. Repetitious? Yes. Basic lack of harmonies and melody? If you take it that way, fine. Supergroup or whatever, well, if you want to play it that way, fine (but none of the musicians here would make my Supergroup top five, ten, or more). However if you listen at how the song has been put together, produced, even manufactured if you want, it is a work of genius. It is that song you want when you're driving too fast for too long, it's the song you want to lift your spirits when what your spirits want is the equivalent of a Golden Arches meal, it's the quick buzz, the song that brings the party off the floor, the song that does what it says on the tin. It may not be, in the long run, a great song. But it doesn't pretend anything else but sound great, and entertain. Which it does. End of story.If you want great musicianship, songwriting, whatever, go elsewhere. It's not here. Enjoy it for what it is, probably the song in which the details finally got lost, and you just got an earful of joyous, possibly senseless, noise, delivered to your ears by a band going full out and a producer who knew how to reproduce it. It is silly. It is daft. It is, I'm afraid to say, great. Welcome to rock. Daft, silly and all the rest. And down to personal opinion. |
| dirtbagpook | Posted: Mar 14, 2013 - 14:36 Gotta be one of the best beginnings in a rock and roll song. Turn to 11!!! |
| unclehud (now 50 feet above the planet in Boston) | Posted: Mar 14, 2013 - 14:33 humandroid wrote: deja vu or are we listening to a huge playlist, repeating itself in time? Songs are sequenced live sometimes, pre-sequenced for playback sometimes, always juggled and masterfully woven together. Listened for a while now, and can't always tell which is which — unless the precise tracklist is repeated. Check back with me in about 4 years and let me know what you think. Got no clue when B&R take a day off. |
| Spiderwoman (Lake Chelan, North Central Washington) | Posted: Mar 14, 2013 - 14:33 Turning the volume up on this one - and RIGHT AFTER turning it up for When The Levee Breaks. How is this possible?!! |
| rdo (DC) | Posted: Mar 06, 2013 - 11:00 Stingray wrote: Where PLEEEEASE IS THE MELODY? TERRIBLE SONG - BAD BAND!  |
| jozooka (Bucks County, PA USA) | Posted: Mar 06, 2013 - 08:48 More loud = more better! |
| humandroid | Posted: Feb 11, 2013 - 05:53 Slartibartfast wrote: Led Zepp Levee followed by Cult's Sanctuary! My man cave where I work and listen to music is a dis-used sound recording studio (long story). Double walls, double doors and triple windows. Right now it is LOUD in here! deja vu or are we listening to a huge playlist, repeating itself in time? |
| atthetone | Posted: Feb 04, 2013 - 21:42 first caught it on the " With Honors" soundtrack, loved it, still do. the thing rocks.....period |
| waleed | Posted: Feb 04, 2013 - 20:37 Brings back college memories but still a bit monotonous to me. |
| Stephenater (Marin County, CA) | Posted: Jan 04, 2013 - 12:23 Wow, 4th play in 30 days! Bill must be in the mood to crank it up a notch;) Not that I'm complaining... |
| ottovonb | Posted: Jan 04, 2013 - 12:21 Epic bangin' rock-n-roll then, utterly epic bangin' rock-n-roll now. |
| neuticle (fog fog fog) | Posted: Dec 21, 2012 - 14:14 Stingray wrote: If you're an intellectual you will admit that the song is plain-dull un-, or disharmonic bull-crap!!!
I pretty much know Bill's taste (not difficult after 7 years and 24.500 hours of listening) and are AMAZED, absolutely AMAZED each time this DJ - one with a real fine sense for good music, MELODY and HARMONIES - has this song on the roll. To me me this is more than stunning, since it's one of those song that is held together by nothing much but a pretended drive. As I said earlier - not for 5 Cents melody, no hook-line, no ear catcher. It reminds me of an old chap who's ma**urb**ing (my apologies to the bible-belt listeners) for an hour, but unable getting to the point! A completely senseless effort of a band that has NEVER EVER been the supposed supergroup certain magazines made out of them. Instead a gathering or rather old man in leather-jackets with limited talents. Proof is that they never made it! I even prefer the talent-free "Sister of Mercy", who had at least a half handful of signature songs! The Cult...? Common, pleeeeeeease - nooooo!!! Wow, you are so full of yourself...you deserve to be around you ..yuck. Even if I agreed w/ your assessment/ opinion of this particular song, your sermonizing and lack of an open mind would turn me off..later |
| robh (up t'north UK) | Posted: Dec 21, 2012 - 13:45 I really hope this hasn't been mentioned and I've missed it but there's a great cover of "She sells sanctuary" by The Smoke Fairies. It's well worth a listen yours, rob *goes back to lurking* |
| Xeric (Montana) | Posted: Dec 21, 2012 - 13:43 Another song with an interesting juxtaposition of a really high average rating and wildly various comments. Generally, that's a good sign. |
| BWGunner (Midwest, always the midwest) | Posted: Dec 10, 2012 - 12:32 How, seriously HOW can a song make me feel intoxicated like this? The chorused guitar stuff just flails my mind and even without a coherent melody, lyric, or point...wow. I mean, can I haz more plz? GIMME! |
| Slartibartfast | Posted: Dec 10, 2012 - 12:29 Led Zepp Levee followed by Cult's Sanctuary! My man cave where I work and listen to music is a dis-used sound recording studio (long story). Double walls, double doors and triple windows. Right now it is LOUD in here! |
| shellbella (so california) | Posted: Dec 10, 2012 - 12:28 LOVE IT!!! |
| shanygin (Israel) | Posted: Dec 04, 2012 - 03:35 fun fun fun! i'm 16 again (: |
| Moak (Reading, PA) | Posted: Nov 11, 2012 - 07:11 Stingray wrote: If you're an intellectual you will admit that the song is plain-dull un-, or disharmonic bull-crap!!!
I pretty much know Bill's taste (not difficult after 7 years and 24.500 hours of listening) and are AMAZED, absolutely AMAZED each time this DJ - one with a real fine sense for good music, MELODY and HARMONIES - has this song on the roll. To me me this is more than stunning, since it's one of those song that is held together by nothing much but a pretended drive. As I said earlier - not for 5 Cents melody, no hook-line, no ear catcher. It reminds me of an old chap who's ma**urb**ing (my apologies to the bible-belt listeners) for an hour, but unable getting to the point! A completely senseless effort of a band that has NEVER EVER been the supposed supergroup certain magazines made out of them. Instead a gathering or rather old man in leather-jackets with limited talents. Proof is that they never made it! I even prefer the talent-free "Sister of Mercy", who had at least a half handful of signature songs! The Cult...? Common, pleeeeeeease - nooooo!!! Shut up. That's as much intellect as I can generate for the likes of this  pompous bullshit. |
| Paul_Skybreakers (Amsterdam, the Netherlands) | Posted: Nov 09, 2012 - 04:05 Stingray wrote: Where PLEEEEASE IS THE MELODY? TERRIBLE SONG - BAD BAND! Ok, we know you don't like this band and you hate this song already. You've told us about 48 times over the last few years. Thanks for your input, now move on with your life. |
| Poacher (Brighton, UK) | Posted: Nov 09, 2012 - 03:59 Stingray wrote: Where PLEEEEASE IS THE MELODY? TERRIBLE SONG - BAD BAND! Melody? Who needs melody. This, my friend, is rock and roll. Listen and learn. |
| gypsyman (just passing through....) | Posted: Nov 02, 2012 - 19:26 Stingray wrote: If you're an intellectual you will admit that the song is plain-dull un-, or disharmonic bull-crap!!!
I pretty much know Bill's taste (not difficult after 7 years and 24.500 hours of listening) and are AMAZED, absolutely AMAZED each time this DJ - one with a real fine sense for good music, MELODY and HARMONIES - has this song on the roll. To me me this is more than stunning, since it's one of those song that is held together by nothing much but a pretended drive. As I said earlier - not for 5 Cents melody, no hook-line, no ear catcher. It reminds me of an old chap who's ma**urb**ing (my apologies to the bible-belt listeners) for an hour, but unable getting to the point! A completely senseless effort of a band that has NEVER EVER been the supposed supergroup certain magazines made out of them. Instead a gathering or rather old man in leather-jackets with limited talents. Proof is that they never made it! I even prefer the talent-free "Sister of Mercy", who had at least a half handful of signature songs! The Cult...? Common, pleeeeeeease - nooooo!!! If I were an intellectual, I might surmise that you think you are. |
| zigzag | Posted: Oct 19, 2012 - 20:22 Stingray wrote: If you're an intellectual you will admit that the song is plain-dull un-, or disharmonic bull-crap!!!
I pretty much know Bill's taste (not difficult after 7 years and 24.500 hours of listening) and are AMAZED, absolutely AMAZED each time this DJ - one with a real fine sense for good music, MELODY and HARMONIES - has this song on the roll. To me me this is more than stunning, since it's one of those song that is held together by nothing much but a pretended drive. As I said earlier - not for 5 Cents melody, no hook-line, no ear catcher. It reminds me of an old chap who's ma**urb**ing (my apologies to the bible-belt listeners) for an hour, but unable getting to the point! A completely senseless effort of a band that has NEVER EVER been the supposed supergroup certain magazines made out of them. Instead a gathering or rather old man in leather-jackets with limited talents. Proof is that they never made it! I even prefer the talent-free "Sister of Mercy", who had at least a half handful of signature songs! The Cult...? Common, pleeeeeeease - nooooo!!! If there was any way to agree with you more than I do...I would. Not to mention THAT VOICE!!!! ...blech. Weak. |
| linz_bobinz (the city of the newly wed & the nearly dead) | Posted: Oct 19, 2012 - 20:18  |
| Stingray | Posted: Oct 08, 2012 - 19:15 kylieh wrote: This song always brings me back to University of Waterloo's Fed Hall in the eighties. If you're an intellectual you will admit that the song is plain-dull un-, or disharmonic bull-crap!!!
I pretty much know Bill's taste (not difficult after 7 years and 24.500 hours of listening) and are AMAZED, absolutely AMAZED each time this DJ - one with a real fine sense for good music, MELODY and HARMONIES - has this song on the roll. To me me this is more than stunning, since it's one of those song that is held together by nothing much but a pretended drive. As I said earlier - not for 5 Cents melody, no hook-line, no ear catcher. It reminds me of an old chap who's ma**urb**ing (my apologies to the bible-belt listeners) for an hour, but unable getting to the point! A completely senseless effort of a band that has NEVER EVER been the supposed supergroup certain magazines made out of them. Instead a gathering or rather old man in leather-jackets with limited talents. Proof is that they never made it! I even prefer the talent-free "Sister of Mercy", who had at least a half handful of signature songs! The Cult...? Common, pleeeeeeease - nooooo!!! |
| Stingray | Posted: Oct 08, 2012 - 19:00 kcar wrote: Had no idea you could butcher English in hot pink. Now only if you could make that "word" blink and glitter. Good you discussed that! |
| Stingray | Posted: Oct 08, 2012 - 18:59 Where PLEEEEASE IS THE MELODY? TERRIBLE SONG - BAD BAND! |
| whtahtefcuk (Flagstaff, AZ, USA) | Posted: Oct 02, 2012 - 09:37 The Cult rock it! |
| shellbella (so california) | Posted: Oct 02, 2012 - 09:33 Thank you !!  |
| vnoyce (Tucson, AZ) | Posted: Sep 09, 2012 - 08:55 Great memories and a fantastic jam! Bring back the Cult... |
| LongGoneDaddy | Posted: Sep 07, 2012 - 05:38 far out cool shit, man |
| kcar | Posted: Aug 30, 2012 - 00:29 Stingray wrote: The disharmonicers! Had no idea you could butcher English in hot pink. Now only if you could make that "word" blink and glitter. |
| Matyx (Texas) | Posted: Aug 17, 2012 - 20:04 Matyx wrote: I've got to say I Love this set!!! whom ever iz behind the wheel..? Great set! |
| Matyx (Texas) | Posted: Aug 17, 2012 - 20:03 I've got to say I Love this set!!! |
| ajlept (Athens, GA) | Posted: Aug 08, 2012 - 21:47 Celtic Heavy Metal |
| rommi (Berkeley, CA) | Posted: Aug 06, 2012 - 18:00 tHE More I listen this song... the higher I rate it! PS! would be cool to check how people change their ratings, like a histogram or something :) |
| ottovonb | Posted: Aug 06, 2012 - 17:56 Still smokin hot. The Cult was a godsend for American youth seeking deliverance from the Adam Ant Cyndi Lauper Air Supplyish musical infestation of the 80s. |
| Jaeger (Cozumel, Mexico) | Posted: Jul 31, 2012 - 10:50 Love that bright 12-string...  |
| meauclaire (AZ....the land of misfits) | Posted: Jul 31, 2012 - 10:46 LOVE THIS !! |
| Elroweho (Cheesehead in Paradise) | Posted: Jul 17, 2012 - 09:39 Yes this has '80's written all over it which is the point I give it an 8 for the nostalgia! |
| yuel (Taka-Tuka-Land) | Posted: Jul 17, 2012 - 09:38 the fire in your eyes keeps me alive! a perfect 10. btw: the new album ROCKS. |
| rdo (DC) | Posted: Jul 08, 2012 - 11:21 Stingray wrote: EXTREMELY TERRIBLE - no melody, not even for 5 Cents!
SUCKO!!!! Now you have really crossed the line. This deserves a well-earned:  HOW DARE YOU!!! |
| Stingray | Posted: Jul 08, 2012 - 11:18 kingart wrote: Amazing the range of comments on this site about this tune and many others — from SUCKO to wondrous. Some of the comments are more entertaining than the tunes. Thanks for the compliment.
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