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My eyes have dried, my hands are tied
Nothing I can say
If you feel the need to go
I won't stand in your way
Sit and think
Drown in drink
Sing this sad, sad song
You can bring me flowers, baby
When I'm dead and gone
Fate has played his hand so cruel
There ain't nothing I can do
You say you lost your love for me
Me my love for you
Sit and cry
And say goodbye
And sing this sad, sad song
You can bring me flowers, baby
When I'm dead and gone
So when you're lying in his arms
Think of me and know
The choice you made it free and clear
It cost me a heavy toll
Sit and think
Drown in drink
And sing this sad, sad song
You can bring me flowers, baby
When I'm dead and gone
| ziakut (Slightly North of Obvlivion) | Posted: May 16, 2013 - 15:02 I like the guitar work in this...yes...I've heard this song too many times...but it is a good one nonetheless. |
| maxmox (Broome, Western Australia) | Posted: Apr 22, 2013 - 15:04 isparos9 wrote: While I do like Ray, I think he is overplayed lately on RP. There is some element of his voice that creates a feeling of displeasure, have to figure out why. A suggestion from my side, to limit a bit the number of plays. Obviously, this applies to some more artists that we hear on RP, the existing selection of songs is great enough so that we don't listen to a song more than 3 times per 30 days :) Well, I warmly recommend that you set up your own station and rotate what you please. |
| stargazer1 (Poway, CA) | Posted: Apr 22, 2013 - 15:04 Agreed. Boring to start with, too much airplay. Play something different.  |
| vesta0424 | Posted: Apr 15, 2013 - 07:38 I get so tired of this song. Take it out of the rotation or pick another one of his please. |
| isparos9 (Venice, Italy) | Posted: Mar 22, 2013 - 07:15 While I do like Ray, I think he is overplayed lately on RP. There is some element of his voice that creates a feeling of displeasure, have to figure out why. A suggestion from my side, to limit a bit the number of plays. Obviously, this applies to some more artists that we hear on RP, the existing selection of songs is great enough so that we don't listen to a song more than 3 times per 30 days :) |
| Ahnyer_Keester (Chicago Il) | Posted: Feb 28, 2013 - 09:17 Really the only Ray LaMontagne I enjoy. And it is a really good one. :) |
| mutepoint | Posted: Feb 11, 2013 - 12:11 Great trumpet work. Nicely understated. |
| Rotterdam | Posted: Jan 29, 2013 - 04:38 fredriley wrote: With that voice, the only flowers I'm bringing yer man are Triffids. I have to agree. There is something about soft, breathy tenor voices that make me nauseous. Maybe some long-forgotton childhood nasty event with someone with a similar voice? Funny that I don't have the same reaction to Joe Cocker - except that he doesn't sound icky. Oh whatever. To each his own taste... |
| xkolibuul (Chuckanut sandstone) | Posted: Jan 19, 2013 - 23:54 Music (but not vocals) reminiscent of early Jethro Tull. Especially the bass line. Like it very much. |
| nicolewe | Posted: Jan 18, 2013 - 09:55 Scrumptious. |
| jpfueler (Alvarado, Texas, (A Bit FurtherSouth o' Ft Worth)) | Posted: Dec 07, 2012 - 20:12 need to turn the RP down for some video watching but Bill keeps playing these "Turn it up LOUD" tunes |
| Shaker (Canada) | Posted: Nov 27, 2012 - 11:19 This song stirs something delicious in me! |
| ScottFromWyoming (Powell) | Posted: Oct 16, 2012 - 08:09 "I'm getting sick of this." —Johnny Rotten |
| hidey | Posted: Oct 09, 2012 - 01:26 Very good tune. Speaking of John Mayall we need more from the old master... |
| gazcon37 (Norwich , UK) | Posted: Sep 25, 2012 - 15:02 Oh come on , John Mayal was doing this years ago MUCH better |
| avatar71 (Sebastopol, CA) | Posted: Aug 20, 2012 - 12:23 Great on it's own but even better in the context of the whole album...the album is definitely a 10. |
| lily34 (lexvegas) | Posted: Aug 15, 2012 - 21:18 Gregorama wrote: I seem to like everything he does. Perhaps because he tries a lot of different styles. i'm with you. and   that makes me laugh. i DO like phillip phillips. but who came first, bub? |
| Gregorama (Austin, TX) | Posted: Aug 14, 2012 - 07:36 I seem to like everything he does. Perhaps because he tries a lot of different styles. |
| dingleberry | Posted: Jun 04, 2012 - 19:36 phillip phillips |
| DD rabbi_phil (beach) | Posted: May 28, 2012 - 13:11 OCDHG wrote: Am I crazy or is this the riff used in the theme music for A&E's Storage Wars?? Nope it isn't really even close. The answer is I'm crazy. Glad I got that cleared up. WHO?? in their right mind watches that junk... ? !........btw...brandi's hot.......maybe a weee bit bottom heavy,but thats ok and barry is just cool cool cool. |
| AndyJ (Oregon) | Posted: May 28, 2012 - 13:07 Nice blend of old-50's style jazz band sloghtly hoarse blues voice and a modern sparse rhythm... And he makes it seem easy... Nice album... |
| sub-arctic (63°50' N) | Posted: May 04, 2012 - 01:34 fredriley wrote: With that voice, the only flowers I'm bringing yer man are Triffids. Word. |
| skyguy (CO) | Posted: Apr 20, 2012 - 17:05 beelzebubba wrote: I was never into Tracy Chapman, but this is kind of cool....  |
| Hannio (Austin, TX) | Posted: Apr 11, 2012 - 07:19 fredriley wrote: With that voice, the only flowers I'm bringing yer man are Triffids. That will be the day. (Get it? The Day? Day of the Triffids? Nevermind.) |
| vit | Posted: Feb 27, 2012 - 15:15 OCDHG wrote: Am I crazy or is this the riff used in the theme music for A&E's Storage Wars?? Nope it isn't really even close. The answer is I'm crazy. Glad I got that cleared up. Whenever I hear the opening I think of Freddy Freeloader by Miles Davis, which I am now going to listen to so I can avoid this guy's mouth-full-of-socks voice. |
| fredriley (Nottingham, UK) | Posted: Feb 17, 2012 - 06:25 With that voice, the only flowers I'm bringing yer man are Triffids. |
| LowPhreak (United Corporate States of Neo-Feudal Amurika, Inc.) | Posted: Jan 16, 2012 - 12:35 Too bad he didn't cultivate more of his own singing style, instead of always glomming either Joe Cocker, Joni Mitchell, or Bob Dylan. This is another of his Cocker imitations. |
| OCDHG (High on a mountain) | Posted: Jan 16, 2012 - 12:33 Am I crazy or is this the riff used in the theme music for A&E's Storage Wars?? Nope it isn't really even close. The answer is I'm crazy. Glad I got that cleared up. |
| Mugro (My body is in Dubai, but my broken heart is in Red Sox Nation) | Posted: Dec 06, 2011 - 08:01 Has it really been five years already?? Jeesh. |
| chris_the_man | Posted: Nov 24, 2011 - 11:31 Wow! What. A song .thx bill |
| Ando (behind your couch) | Posted: Oct 26, 2011 - 21:29 How did I rate this only a 9? What was I thinking? Hello 10!!!!!  |
| edbollix (Royal Oak, Mi US) | Posted: Oct 13, 2011 - 13:12 Jazz Flute! |
| beelzebubba (Where the hell is Walldrug, South Dakota?) | Posted: Oct 13, 2011 - 13:10 I was never into Tracy Chapman, but this is kind of cool.... |
| Toke (Bournemouth UK) | Posted: Sep 05, 2011 - 12:53 Just love this track its Haunting and what with the pitch of his voice and the horns make a great sound ..well thought out and a harmonious mix. A resounding 9 |
| nelsonha (NOR ¤ CAL) | Posted: Aug 21, 2011 - 20:20 I like this song more each time I hear it. It certainly grows on you. The comment earlier saying this is Ray meets Miles Davis is very appropriate. |
| Boz | Posted: Aug 17, 2011 - 14:27 Ray meets Miles! |
| unclelonghair | Posted: Aug 17, 2011 - 14:27 Man this guy could make reading the phone book sound awesome. What a voice. |
| kaybee (Lost in the Wilds of Toronto) | Posted: Jun 30, 2011 - 18:03 This piece is very quietly intense. It's really grown on me. |
| SuzG (at my desk) | Posted: May 02, 2011 - 13:44 Cynaera wrote: GOOD for you! (No, I'm not being snarky.) I just can't seem to get into Eminem and rap in general. I hope it doesn't make people label me a bigot. It took me quite some time to get into country (I still don't understand why my parents hated country music, unless it had to do with abuse and denial...) Maybe in the future, I'll be able to listen to rap - I know a lot of the lyrics are spontaneous, and there's no way I'd ever be able to do that with the skill and (rather amazing) natural ability that some rap artists have. I envy them. I'm doing good to rhyme at all, much less form cohesive sentences using rhymes. I hope I didn't offend you. Rap isn't my thing - perhaps because it seems like every other word is profanity, based on what I've heard. And yes - I'm generalizing. If there are some good rap artists who don't capitalize on sex, rape, profanity, and gangsta, bring 'em on. I'd love to give this genré another chance. I better shut up now. Don't be too hard on yourself. It took over 30 years to work through my blinding hate of the Smiths and Smiths-like music. I'm right there with you on rap in general. |
| Cynaera (South of Neanderthal) | Posted: Apr 17, 2011 - 15:26 coyotexxx2 wrote: Love RP and love Eminem. Slim Shady makes some great music (certainly isn't p.c. music). Refuse to be stereotyped! GOOD for you! (No, I'm not being snarky.) I just can't seem to get into Eminem and rap in general. I hope it doesn't make people label me a bigot. It took me quite some time to get into country (I still don't understand why my parents hated country music, unless it had to do with abuse and denial...) Maybe in the future, I'll be able to listen to rap - I know a lot of the lyrics are spontaneous, and there's no way I'd ever be able to do that with the skill and (rather amazing) natural ability that some rap artists have. I envy them. I'm doing good to rhyme at all, much less form cohesive sentences using rhymes. I hope I didn't offend you. Rap isn't my thing - perhaps because it seems like every other word is profanity, based on what I've heard. And yes - I'm generalizing. If there are some good rap artists who don't capitalize on sex, rape, profanity, and gangsta, bring 'em on. I'd love to give this genré another chance. I better shut up now. |
| coyotexxx2 (Enjoying Paradise) | Posted: Apr 07, 2011 - 09:30 Cynaera wrote: Well, yeah. I have TV. I even have a computer!!!!! I wasn't near either on the night the Grammys were aired. (I was in a cave. No, wait - I was on top of a mountain. Nawww - I was duct-taped to a furnace in the basement of an abandoned building.)Sorry - muse took over for a second. But I really wasn't near a TV when the Grammys were on. I love it that so many wonderful artists and musicians were mentioned. And yes - I ADORE Justin Bieber. Not. EMINEM! Fail. I love RP - it's the only innovative, intelligent, progressive music station in my life. Um - what was your question again?  Love RP and love Eminem. Slim Shady makes some great music (certainly isn't p.c. music). Refuse to be stereotyped! |
| Cynaera (South of Neanderthal) | Posted: Mar 12, 2011 - 21:02 Carl wrote: Cynaera, do you have TV where you are? If so, the Grammy show tonight mentioned Ray and featured Mumford & Sons, The Avett Brothers, Bob Dylan, and a couple other RP favs. Of course, you have to endure the likes of Justin Bieber and Eminem to see them — alas, Grammy participants and RP playlists are poorly correlated, typically. So, let's consider ourselves blessed to have RP (Bill & Rebecca) and our fellow enthusiasts. Well, yeah. I have TV. I even have a computer!!!!! I wasn't near either on the night the Grammys were aired. (I was in a cave. No, wait - I was on top of a mountain. Nawww - I was duct-taped to a furnace in the basement of an abandoned building.)Sorry - muse took over for a second. But I really wasn't near a TV when the Grammys were on. I love it that so many wonderful artists and musicians were mentioned. And yes - I ADORE Justin Bieber. Not. EMINEM! Fail. I love RP - it's the only innovative, intelligent, progressive music station in my life. Um - what was your question again? |
| Carl (The Summit City) | Posted: Feb 13, 2011 - 19:41 Cynaera wrote: Hi, hippiechick!  Only reason I know about him is because I have an audiophile freak who sends me music, and she sent me this CD and a couple of others. I do love his stuff, though. Lately, I love his work with Pariah Dogs - I keep wanting to pair it with Bernie Taupin's Farm Dogs stuff... BTW - As you know, I live in a place where radio is considered "the future" so what we get is generic stuff. The only place I hear Ray LaMontagne is on RP. I wish we had even half the playlist RP has. Dunno where you are, but I envy you because you're actually hearing LaMontagne's stuff on the radio and on TV. You must live in a civilized area.  Cynaera, do you have TV where you are? If so, the Grammy show tonight mentioned Ray and featured Mumford & Sons, The Avett Brothers, Bob Dylan, and a couple other RP favs. Of course, you have to endure the likes of Justin Bieber and Eminem to see them — alas, Grammy participants and RP playlists are poorly correlated, typically. So, let's consider ourselves blessed to have RP (Bill & Rebecca) and our fellow enthusiasts. |
| Cynaera (South of Neanderthal) | Posted: Feb 03, 2011 - 14:34 hippiechick wrote: This guy sure gets a lot of airplay, on radio and tv, everywhere I go I hear him. He must have a great publicist. Hi, hippiechick! Only reason I know about him is because I have an audiophile freak who sends me music, and she sent me this CD and a couple of others. I do love his stuff, though. Lately, I love his work with Pariah Dogs - I keep wanting to pair it with Bernie Taupin's Farm Dogs stuff... BTW - As you know, I live in a place where radio is considered "the future" so what we get is generic stuff. The only place I hear Ray LaMontagne is on RP. I wish we had even half the playlist RP has. Dunno where you are, but I envy you because you're actually hearing LaMontagne's stuff on the radio and on TV. You must live in a civilized area. |
| ncollingridge (Knebworth, UK) | Posted: Jan 28, 2011 - 04:16 hippiechick wrote: This guy sure gets a lot of airplay, on radio and tv, everywhere I go I hear him. He must have a great publicist. Maybe. Or it might be because he produces music that is interesting, enjoyable and highly original. Particularly at a time when a lot (not all!) of current music is somewhat mundane and not very unique. |
| hippiechick (topsy turvy land) | Posted: Jan 09, 2011 - 06:13 This guy sure gets a lot of airplay, on radio and tv, everywhere I go I hear him. He must have a great publicist. |
| birdlandbill | Posted: Dec 27, 2010 - 20:05 Quietly Cocker and nicely lyrical. Works for me. |
| nalle (Malmo, Sweden) | Posted: Oct 25, 2010 - 11:21 Love this one, 10 and up! |
| shakylegs (Montreal) | Posted: Oct 06, 2010 - 08:32 When the flute comes in, I can't help but think of that scene from "Anchorman." |
| Mandible | Posted: Oct 06, 2010 - 08:21 I can't believe you haven't played Repo Man yet! |