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Oh my, are you the best again?
Is it the violence, you like?
Oh my, I feel it crawling in, gnawing at...
and the last lonely night.
I wanna know,
Cut up the sickness,
Cutting in self-defence with the apple and ice
Skylights, bloody and cancerous
Color the dead mattress with the white,
make it white.
My eyes, I feel the teeth again
Gnawing and eminent in the last lonely night.
Oh my, give me the worms again,
painted aluminium,
make it white,
make it white.
Is it the violence, you like?
Oh my, I feel it crawling in, gnawing at...
and the last lonely night.
I wanna know,
Cut up the sickness,
Cutting in self-defence with the apple and ice
Skylights, bloody and cancerous
Color the dead mattress with the white,
make it white.
My eyes, I feel the teeth again
Gnawing and eminent in the last lonely night.
Oh my, give me the worms again,
painted aluminium,
make it white,
make it white.
| rdo (DC) | Posted: Apr 19, 2013 - 05:35 Hannio wrote: This is not really true. It is actually quite benign to plants and animals, fortunately, since it is earth's most abundant metal. It may be toxic in high enough concentrations, but then what isn't? Claiming things are toxic is now the great big new marketing ploy of the 21st century...I see this happen real time all around me...all sorts of products bought just a few years ago which are perfectly good suddenly need to be replaced by new, more expensive "chemical free" or "natural" products...this is a ca$h cow boondoggle for the "green" entrepreneurs out there getting mega rich by scaring people...disgusting if you ask me... What amazes about this is how these hypocrite capitalists "green" kooks are the same ones organizing the OWS protests againts "capitalism" |
| horstman (Syracuse, New York) | Posted: Feb 10, 2013 - 16:18 bc wrote: If I had nickel for every time I was drunk on aluminum.... A contractor came up to me once (I'm a design professional) and asked a really stupid, obvious question. My buddy turned to me and said "You know what it would be worth if you put a nickel and his brains in your hand?" No? I fucking Nickel! |
| cShaggy (..inna state of being..) | Posted: Jan 17, 2013 - 05:09 Poacher wrote: . . . but he lead you into it. oldsaxon wrote: bc wrote: If I had nickel for every time I was drunk on aluminum.... ___________ takes some brass to make a pun like that. _____________ ..this line of conversation is testing the mettle of every RPer out there.. :D |
| Poacher (Brighton, UK) | Posted: Jan 10, 2013 - 08:06 oldsaxon wrote: bc wrote: If I had nickel for every time I was drunk on aluminum.... takes some brass to make a pun like that. . . . but he lead you into it. |
| Sloggydog (UK) | Posted: Sep 11, 2012 - 09:29 ScottFromWyoming wrote: I'd given it a 7 but today it just sounds rackety. 4 Funny you say that cause it came on and I sort of went the opposite and just kind of thought "mmmmmm Loud" in much the same way that Homer says "mmmmmm Donut" |
| ScottFromWyoming (Powell) | Posted: Jul 10, 2012 - 11:29 I'd given it a 7 but today it just sounds rackety. 4 |
| ploba (the other coast and hang a left) | Posted: May 03, 2012 - 04:41 can't wait to see them at Osheaga :) |
| vanmas (Leiden, Netherlands) | Posted: May 03, 2012 - 04:40 Noise!!! |
| Hannio (Austin, TX) | Posted: Apr 06, 2012 - 06:23 TerryS wrote: Also, it's considered toxic to all river inhabitants. This is not really true. It is actually quite benign to plants and animals, fortunately, since it is earth's most abundant metal. It may be toxic in high enough concentrations, but then what isn't? |
| oldsaxon (Wales via Vancouver, BC.) | Posted: Apr 06, 2012 - 06:22 bc wrote: If I had nickel for every time I was drunk on aluminum.... takes some brass to make a pun like that. |
| jkhandy (Near the ocean (in my mind)) | Posted: Mar 17, 2012 - 17:18 westslope wrote: Welcome to British Columbia. If it isn't tied down and guarded, watch out! If you are unlucky enough to have your automobile stolen, you might be lucky enough to have the towing truck company provide the information for the police report once they find it abandoned.
You make it sound as if BC is the only place stuff gets stolen. Yeah right. I'm in the good ol' USA, same shit here too. |
| Darfy | Posted: Mar 05, 2012 - 13:36 I like this so far. Play it again please? |
| westslope (BC coast) | Posted: Mar 05, 2012 - 13:34 3enny_3lanco wrote: Saw them in Pemberton at the festival. They flew straight from New Orleans or somewhere near there and apparently the had all their gear stolen from their van so they borrowed gear from fellow countrymen Sam Roberts and they rocked harder than anyone at the festival. ... Welcome to British Columbia. If it isn't tied down and guarded, watch out! If you are unlucky enough to have your automobile stolen, you might be lucky enough to have the towing truck company provide the information for the police report once they find it abandoned.
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| TerryS (Another SW) | Posted: Feb 08, 2012 - 18:33 kingart wrote: I'd iPod it for the music. The lyrics and meaning — huh? The title says 'aluminum', he sings 'aluminum.' Perhaps it's a poor-spelling exra-syllable result of too many university college alumni parties, or a close encounter with a peyote-peddling aluminum siding salesman, or that the band has been experimenting with an alchemist's aluminium as some new element that can induce better song craft. England calls this stuff "aluminium". Nothing sinister there at all, but since I seem to recall it was first made in the US of NA, perhaps they err there. In England that is. |
| ziakut (Unmoon) | Posted: Feb 08, 2012 - 18:26 Sounds a bit like the band..."Other Lives". |
| Proclivities (Carrboro, NC) | Posted: Jan 16, 2012 - 09:28 DrLex wrote: Welcome to the world of 21st century recording! After decades of research and technological development, we now have 96kHz 24-bit digital audio with a theoretical dynamic range of 144dB. But for some reason, most music nowadays is mastered as if it still needs to sound OK when pressed on analogue records made from recycled chewing gum. It's possible that this is the sound they wanted. Often, Science ≠ Art (at least not automatically) |
| Ears_of_Stone (Crushed under the hooves of the herd) | Posted: Jan 16, 2012 - 09:26 drews wrote: Sounds like that home town could be Camelford in Cornwall, UK. That's where a mass experiment on the local population showed what happens when you put aluminum into their drinking water, and it sure as hell wasn't people getting drunk: http://www.independent.co.uk/environment/poisoned-the-camelford-scandal-474373.html ploba wrote: I love wintersleep - nice to hear a hometown band on RP! Well, for what it is worth Wikipedia reports that it was actually Aluminium sulfate and not the element Aluminum (Aluminium) that was dumped in the water. Not the same thing at all. |
| kingart (Brooklyn NY) | Posted: Dec 28, 2011 - 08:43 I'd iPod it for the music. The lyrics and meaning — huh? The title says 'aluminum', he sings 'aluminum.' Perhaps it's a poor-spelling exra-syllable result of too many university college alumni parties, or a close encounter with a peyote-peddling aluminum siding salesman, or that the band has been experimenting with an alchemist's aluminium as some new element that can induce better song craft. |
| bc (It's everything. Location, Location, Location.) | Posted: Dec 13, 2011 - 09:56 Rooney wrote: What the living hell is "aluminium", and why would you be drunk on it? If I had nickel for every time I was drunk on aluminum.... |
| kingart (Brooklyn NY) | Posted: Dec 13, 2011 - 09:56 Terrific song. I don't what it's about, but terrific song. I gave it a raise to an 8. And a nice seque to the Floyd! |
| Cynaera (In a hammock under my own vine and fig tree.) | Posted: Nov 26, 2011 - 15:05 bigA wrote: These guys put on a great live show, do a search on YouTube for some of their live stuff. Something I taped ;) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LKGTKUqQsRE Thanks for sharing this - WOW. They definitely concentrate on the music. I fear I might have to re-max my credit card now. Thanks, and damn you!  |
| terrapin52 (Terrapin Station, SC) | Posted: Nov 26, 2011 - 14:55 Alumineeeee um. It's the way the brits pronounce aluminum. They contend that the other elements, like titanium, barium, cadmium, etc. all end in eeee-um, so should aluminum. eee- um. ho-hum. I'm a nerd. |
| jmsmy (Music Town, Klein, Texas) | Posted: Nov 11, 2011 - 16:51 Man that was a great transition between this song and Comfortably Numb. AMAZING ! |
| TerryS (Another SW) | Posted: Oct 30, 2011 - 17:48 Byronape wrote: "aluminium" is a very small piece of aluminum. Also, it's considered toxic to all river inhabitants. |
| Byronape (Snorkeling in the River Styx) | Posted: Oct 26, 2011 - 00:22 Rooney wrote: What the living hell is "aluminium", and why would you be drunk on it? "aluminium" is a very small piece of aluminum. |
| Stingray (JULIAN'S NWO) | Posted: Sep 03, 2011 - 13:11 ...and I thought "Wintersleep" is a film! |
| cambuddyf | Posted: Aug 11, 2011 - 12:58 Good song. Weighty Ghost from the same album is a great song. |
| scrubbrush (Sea of Calm) | Posted: Aug 09, 2011 - 08:08 i immediately liked this song and then Bill played Comfortably Numb... it was such a great transition that it actually made me appreciate this song even more... i'm somewhere between 7 and 8 on this song... |
| TerryS (The other SW) | Posted: May 06, 2011 - 17:54 drews wrote: Sounds like that home town could be Camelford in Cornwall, UK. That's where a mass experiment on the local population showed what happens when you put aluminum into their drinking water, and it sure as hell wasn't people getting drunk: Nearly all draft beer comes from aluminium - kegs and cans.http://www.independent.co.uk/environment/poisoned-the-camelford-scandal-474373.html ploba wrote: I love wintersleep - nice to hear a hometown band on RP! |
| ScottFromWyoming (Powell) | Posted: Apr 07, 2011 - 06:03 jpstfx28 wrote: was at pemberton but was not enlightened enough to know of wintersleep or their presence at this event. I am dissapointed in myself as a person  |
| jpstfx28 | Posted: Mar 25, 2011 - 06:25 3enny_3lanco wrote: Saw them in Pemberton at the festival. They flew straight from New Orleans or somewhere near there and apparently the had all their gear stolen from their van so they borrowed gear from fellow countrymen Sam Roberts and they rocked harder than anyone at the festival. The sound guys must have it dialed in 'cause I've never heard such loud guitar riffs and I was front row for Nirvana at the Forum back in the day... Pemberton was also the 1st time I saw a Radio Paradise T-shirt... I thought it was cool and showed my girlfriend but she didn't care much :v) Seen Wintersleep 3 more times live since. Great to hear on R.P. **High Five!  was at pemberton but was not enlightened enough to know of wintersleep or their presence at this event. I am dissapointed in myself as a person |
| Proclivities (Carrboro, NC) | Posted: Feb 01, 2011 - 06:57 alanthecowboy wrote: glen1n1m wrote: Good song, but as I often complain, poorly recorded. Each drum hit, clearly hitting the distortion ceiling. These days, any kid with a computer and a $100.00 sound card can record clean tracks. Any distortion that shows up on a recording like this is intentional, whether it works for you or not. Check out Primus' Brown album; the drums are completely creamed, way beyond the clipped drums in this song. I love it, even if it doesn't sound 'real'. So far, this song is working for me as well. Good point. |
| boober (KC,Mo) | Posted: Jan 20, 2011 - 08:37 TheBorgBuilder wrote: Al = one of my favorite elements. I'm a copper man myself....especially at $4.40/lb |
| pauleywalnuts (Ontario) | Posted: Jan 17, 2011 - 20:36 They were on Letterman on Friday night and did a great job! |
| drews (London, Blighty) | Posted: Jan 03, 2011 - 03:42 Sounds like that home town could be Camelford in Cornwall, UK. That's where a mass experiment on the local population showed what happens when you put aluminum into their drinking water, and it sure as hell wasn't people getting drunk: http://www.independent.co.uk/environment/poisoned-the-camelford-scandal-474373.html ploba wrote: I love wintersleep - nice to hear a hometown band on RP! |
| Jelani (Home of the freak, land of the vague) | Posted: Dec 29, 2010 - 04:46 Businessgypsy wrote:  |
| Rooney (Near Paradise) | Posted: Dec 22, 2010 - 06:20 What the living hell is "aluminium", and why would you be drunk on it? |
| pauleywalnuts (Ontario) | Posted: Dec 15, 2010 - 05:47 Great band  |
| ploba (the other coast and hang a left) | Posted: Nov 18, 2010 - 05:22 I love wintersleep - nice to hear a hometown band on RP! |
| Businessgypsy (Deepest, Darkest Florida) | Posted: Nov 13, 2010 - 11:18 |
| bigA (Vancouver, Canada) | Posted: Oct 26, 2010 - 20:09 These guys put on a great live show, do a search on YouTube for some of their live stuff. Something I taped ;) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LKGTKUqQsRE |
| cohifi (Denver) | Posted: Oct 26, 2010 - 20:05  |
| alanthecowboy (Lakefield) | Posted: Oct 17, 2010 - 13:23 glen1n1m wrote: Good song, but as I often complain, poorly recorded. Each drum hit, clearly hitting the distortion ceiling. These days, any kid with a computer and a $100.00 sound card can record clean tracks. Any distortion that shows up on a recording like this is intentional, whether it works for you or not. Check out Primus' Brown album; the drums are completely creamed, way beyond the clipped drums in this song. I love it, even if it doesn't sound 'real'. So far, this song is working for me as well. |
| siskinbob (United Kingdom) | Posted: Sep 28, 2010 - 00:21 And I thought it was because my ears were still asleep.... I've only just gotten out of my pit here in the UK DrLex wrote: Welcome to the world of 21st century recording! After decades of research and technological development, we now have 96kHz 24-bit digital audio with a theoretical dynamic range of 144dB. But for some reason, most music nowadays is mastered as if it still needs to sound OK when pressed on analogue records made from recycled chewing gum. |
| DrLex (Belgium) | Posted: Jul 28, 2010 - 05:52 glen1n1m wrote: Good song, but as I often complain, poorly recorded. Each drum hit, clearly hitting the distortion ceiling. Welcome to the world of 21st century recording! After decades of research and technological development, we now have 96kHz 24-bit digital audio with a theoretical dynamic range of 144dB. But for some reason, most music nowadays is mastered as if it still needs to sound OK when pressed on analogue records made from recycled chewing gum. |
| nerakdon (Colorado) | Posted: Jun 26, 2010 - 08:36 Very nasty — love it. Shame about the sound quality. |
| helgigermany (Germany) | Posted: Jun 14, 2010 - 08:00 Not bad! |
| glen1n1m | Posted: Jun 09, 2010 - 11:47 Good song, but as I often complain, poorly recorded. Each drum hit, clearly hitting the distortion ceiling. |
| TheBorgBuilder (Atlanta, Georgia, USA Baby!) | Posted: Jun 09, 2010 - 11:47 Al = one of my favorite elements. |
| NoEnzLefttoSplit | Posted: Jun 09, 2010 - 11:46 good first impression.. let's see how it grows. |