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Active Child — Hanging On
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bbryan
(Don't believe everything you think)
Posted: Mar 31, 2013 - 06:23
 
 OK, I guess - but can't shake the feeling that it just significantly lowered my testosterone levels.

helgigermany
(Germany)
Posted: Mar 28, 2013 - 22:39
 
Nice!

kwadair20
Posted: Feb 25, 2013 - 11:53
 
Nice. Very nice. Love that I've never heard of them before, way down here in New Zealand anyway.
 

ChrisH
(UK)
Posted: Jan 25, 2013 - 04:38
 
AB FAB!  What a brilliant song.  Just put into my Spotify Playlist to hear complete album.

jt1
Posted: Jan 25, 2013 - 04:36
 
 msymmes wrote:
First 60 seconds grabs me.
 
 

...me too, but then it let go a little. Might improve with a couple more listens.

jhorton
(Trailer Park on Cape Cod)
Posted: Dec 16, 2012 - 12:16
 
Noise like this makes my Klipsch's smile.

msymmes
(Toronto, CA)
Posted: Dec 16, 2012 - 12:15
 
First 60 seconds grabs me.
 

hsulej
Posted: Dec 16, 2012 - 12:15
 
They're amazing in concert! Love this!!!!

kingart
(Brooklyn NY)
Posted: Nov 23, 2012 - 12:06
 
Instrumental opening echoes a Moby cut. Earth Wind and Fire updated. 

Jacksonstat
Posted: Oct 25, 2012 - 10:41
 
One of my favorite album purchases this year. Thanks for turning me on to him, RP!!

raewah
(Somewhere where the mountains meet the plains)
Posted: Oct 25, 2012 - 10:39
 
 Poacher wrote:

Thank you for taking the time to let us know that. Most informative.  
 
HAH!!!  Thank you for the chuckle :)

david927
Posted: Oct 23, 2012 - 03:51
 
RP is amazing because I would have never heard this otherwise. Yet, before I gave it a 9, I wanted to wait to see if it had "legs" — if I would still feel it's that strong in a month or two.  So I waited.  And now I can say, this is a 9.  This is both unique and tremendously beautiful.

Giselle62
(many bear, big rock, estuary California)
Posted: Oct 14, 2012 - 18:58
 
i just like to hear something new to my ears, sometimes...i like what he's doing with the vocals.

ronniegirl
(Middle of New Jersey)
Posted: Sep 21, 2012 - 15:14
 
 stuart_dean wrote:

Perhaps some lost love-child borne of Bryan Ferry and Michael McDonald? 
 
Or the BeeGees?   eww.

1wolfy
(Mission Viejo California)
Posted: Aug 23, 2012 - 10:19
 
Has a bit of Devin Townsend sound to it..Nice

adrianblack
(Portland, OR)
Posted: Aug 23, 2012 - 10:18
 
I really like this song! My coworkers just came in and thought the same thing. Thanks RP!

Poacher
(Brighton, UK)
Posted: Aug 23, 2012 - 10:15
 
 jules44 wrote:
Hmmmmmmm.....?...........I think I like it.......not sure.....
 
Thank you for taking the time to let us know that. Most informative.  

jules44
(Sunny North Carolina)
Posted: Jul 26, 2012 - 13:18
 
Hmmmmmmm.....?...........I think I like it.......not sure.....

lily34
(lexvegas)
Posted: Jul 26, 2012 - 13:17
 
wtf. yuck.

twilightskyys
(MA)
Posted: May 24, 2012 - 06:53
 
 sajitjacob wrote:
8. This guy does have an odd voice. When he goes high he sounds like a castrato, slightly unnerving. I suspect some autotune tinkering..
 
I saw Active Child in concert and I can confidently say that there is no auto-tune going on on this song. Crazy. A truly great concert experience, I will see him again if I can.

tuttle99
Posted: May 18, 2012 - 10:23
 
I immediately thought this was Bon Iver...then I realized I could make out the lyrics....

ginger
(Connecticut)
Posted: May 01, 2012 - 09:02
 
Yep, I'm clicking through from RP to buy this on iTunes right now.

photolew
Posted: Apr 16, 2012 - 16:52
 
 polird wrote:
Very unconventional but interesting. I guess it deserves an 8.
 
Well thats a few points higher than I rated it....but hey to each his own

polird
(North Carolina)
Posted: Mar 30, 2012 - 15:54
 
Very unconventional but interesting. I guess it deserves an 8.

sajitjacob
(Christchurch NZ)
Posted: Mar 21, 2012 - 20:43
 
8. This guy does have an odd voice. When he goes high he sounds like a castrato, slightly unnerving. I suspect some autotune tinkering..

colt4x5
(scrambling.)
Posted: Mar 21, 2012 - 20:42
 
 stuart_dean wrote:

Perhaps some lost love-child borne of Bryan Ferry and Michael McDonald? 
 
Now that's funny. Or a little scary. Or maybe that's what makes it funny.

stuart_dean
Posted: Mar 18, 2012 - 08:07
 
 smackiepipe wrote:
I heard some whiffs of Bryan Ferry in this. Not a bad thing. Like some lost track from Mamouna.
 
Perhaps some lost love-child borne of Bryan Ferry and Michael McDonald? 

coding_to_music
(Beantown)
Posted: Mar 18, 2012 - 08:06
 
ya, excellent

BLADERUNNER
(Port City on the Cape Fear)
Posted: Mar 07, 2012 - 11:01
 
it was very easy for me to give this a solid 10!!

more more more, please

Tongue Out 

smackiepipe
(Western North Carolina)
Posted: Mar 07, 2012 - 10:59
 
I heard some whiffs of Bryan Ferry in this. Not a bad thing. Like some lost track from Mamouna.

jkhandy
(Near the ocean (in my mind))
Posted: Mar 07, 2012 - 10:58
 
Beautiful.

joe-1
(Düsseldorf, Germany)
Posted: Mar 07, 2012 - 10:57
 
I totally agree! Bill's playlist scheming wizardry at its best!

 kaybee wrote:
Wow, this is cool!  Great followup to "Tomorrow Never Knows".  Sort of like psychedelic soul.... with some Japanese influence... think I'll move it up to an 8.

 


Dav3thedog
Posted: Feb 28, 2012 - 00:08
 
I love this song! Why haven't I heard it before (I am a constant listener to RP)?


wiredsol
(Kaukauna, Wisconsin)
Posted: Feb 15, 2012 - 13:41
 
'First I've heard this.........I'm off to Amazon - to buy the disc


neuticle
(fog fog fog)
Posted: Feb 15, 2012 - 13:16
 
Not my thing..don't like

G_Raffa
(How far is all the way?)
Posted: Feb 15, 2012 - 13:15
 

Love it- very Metheny, methinks.



Maggle_Bish
(Chicago, IL)
Posted: Feb 15, 2012 - 13:13
 
 christopherwoods wrote:
Love LOVE LOVE this track. Could play it on repeat many times over (and have done so).

The whole album's brilliant for anyone wondering; well worth a listen if this song intrigues you (as it did me) as it's a real sonic treat for the brain. I first heard Hanging On when it was included on one of Adult Swim's compilations and my ears immediately fell in love with it. My face lit up when I heard it begin to play on RP. :-D

 
Ditto.


christopherwoods
(West Midlands, United Kingdom)
Posted: Feb 13, 2012 - 06:32
 
Love LOVE LOVE this track. Could play it on repeat many times over (and have done so).

The whole album's brilliant for anyone wondering; well worth a listen if this song intrigues you (as it did me) as it's a real sonic treat for the brain. I first heard Hanging On when it was included on one of Adult Swim's compilations and my ears immediately fell in love with it. My face lit up when I heard it begin to play on RP. :-D


Jacksonstat
Posted: Feb 13, 2012 - 06:24
 
Just picked up this album based on this song alone. Really great. Can't say I have anything in my collection like it.

kaybee
(Lost in the Wilds of Toronto)
Posted: Feb 04, 2012 - 18:10
 
Wow, this is cool!  Great followup to "Tomorrow Never Knows".  Sort of like psychedelic soul.... with some Japanese influence... think I'll move it up to an 8.


govna
(beantown)
Posted: Jan 27, 2012 - 07:27
 
it's hard to believe that this has nothing to do with Bon Iver.

DarceySuzanne
(Columbus)
Posted: Jan 18, 2012 - 08:47
 
This is a really refreshing sound. Echoes of the past, but something very alive and new, too.

ginger
(Connecticut)
Posted: Jan 18, 2012 - 08:45
 
 Sasha2001 wrote:
Let me just state for the record that I dig this tune. That said, feels like something that would be playing over the credits of a 1980s brat pack movie.
 
Ha ha! I agree with both statements.  :)  (And I'm jealous that you can see Zabar's from your window.)


Sasha2001
(I can see Zabars from my window)
Posted: Jan 12, 2012 - 12:05
 
Let me just state for the record that I dig this tune. That said, feels like something that would be playing over the credits of a 1980s brat pack movie.

cohifi
(Denver)
Posted: Jan 03, 2012 - 23:25
 
certainly 7
the other song was good too 

vaiodon
(Halfway to Paradise)
Posted: Dec 18, 2011 - 04:32
 
 jberko wrote:
OK...  I want to hear some more.
 
Me too, followed the "Artist Website" link above & found a four track soundcloud sampler on their/his website.

Hints of a Philip Bailey vocal thing, that's a plus in my book.

jberko
(Franklin, TN)
Posted: Dec 17, 2011 - 15:55
 
OK...  I want to hear some more.

cayenne
(in over my head)
Posted: Dec 17, 2011 - 15:53
 
I am so happy to be hearing Active Child here. This song is just gorgeous. I love the layers.

salzburg4321
(Salzburg, Austria)
Posted: Dec 12, 2011 - 10:47
 
This song is my frenemy, I love/hate it!

Eyesquad
Posted: Dec 03, 2011 - 05:06
 
HAve to rate this one badly. Terrible. Mish mash of mushiness.