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| Wileen | Posted: Sep 21, 2008 - 17:12 I listen to this song any chance I get. It takes me back a few years. My art teacher played the cd while we did our work. I went and bought the cd, had it for a year, and then it got stolen and sold. I really like this song and others by RR. |
| redeyespy (Clandestined in the bamboo thicket.) | Posted: Feb 19, 2008 - 19:14 mojoman wrote: Robbie
Give up the faux Indian thing. It's tiresome. Not one bit. Music for the Native Americans is a genuine and heartfelt effort, too. |
| Roverfish (Tucson, AZ - Thanks for visiting, please drive through!) | Posted: Aug 28, 2005 - 14:25 mojoman wrote: Robbie
Give up the faux Indian thing. It's tiresome. According to AMG: One of the premier songwriters of the rock era, Robbie Robertson was born July 5, 1943, in Toronto, Ontario. The son of a Jewish father and Mohawk mother, Jaime Robbie Robertson's first brush with live music came at the Six Nations Reservation, his mother's girlhood home...
Faux? Better rethink your position. That said, this isn't his best work, or even close to it. Still likeable, though. |
| mojoman (Rocky Mountains, Colorado) | Posted: Aug 28, 2005 - 13:51 DJac wrote: You gotta have been to/lived in the Southwest to appreciate where Robbie is coming from...
I have and do. Still don't get it. |
| mojoman (Rocky Mountains, Colorado) | Posted: Aug 28, 2005 - 13:48 Robbie Give up the faux Indian thing. It's tiresome. |
| Daveinbawlmer (Bawlmer, Merlin. Hon.) | Posted: Jul 29, 2005 - 21:27 It was cute 45 seconds ago, now its just repetitive.  |
| deanofox (Yorkshire, England) | Posted: Jul 15, 2005 - 02:43 I wish the 'sound' was fading... |
| DJac (Seattle) | Posted: Jun 30, 2005 - 11:05 You gotta have been to/lived in the Southwest to appreciate where Robbie is coming from... If you saw him play on the Salt Lake City Winter Olympics '04 opening on the tube -- that was quite a display and statement! He's into the rich, connective and estoteric culture originating in this land that has so been trounced upon by the epic wave of industrialism and concept of ownership... Huh? Yea, exactly...  |
| mezzanine (Just below the thumb) | Posted: Jun 30, 2005 - 09:40 I never thought I'd ever hear a Moby ripoff. :puke: |
| lukekingland (Dallas, unfortunately) | Posted: Jun 15, 2005 - 16:30 Sweet stuff, 8 on my ranking. |
| mojoman (Rocky Mountains, Colorado) | Posted: Jan 19, 2005 - 16:22 I wish this sound would fade. Shame on Robbie for putting such dreck on his otherwise fine album. |
| RichardPrins (earth.ca) | Posted: Dec 21, 2004 - 03:01  |
| BooKitty (My own private Idaho.) | Posted: Nov 06, 2004 - 19:22 I think yamanee is the name of a new indian casino. |
| Bodhisattva | Posted: Sep 23, 2004 - 15:26 I pity the people who cannot appreciate Robertson's sharing of native-influenced music with us. |
| Illustr8r (Between my legs, thank you) | Posted: Jul 27, 2004 - 08:58 Catch the Blues Train... places never been before... Sorry, just thinking of the RR song that I LIKE... |
| Mairy (Seattle, WA) | Posted: Jul 13, 2004 - 14:06 One of my favorites from this album. |
| masterhead (Sacramento, Ca) | Posted: Jun 16, 2004 - 17:13 My volume is fading...what a shame... |
| cataloger (Fayettnam, AR) | Posted: Jun 03, 2004 - 11:59 God...make it stop...please |
| Gregorama (Austin, TX) | Posted: Jun 03, 2004 - 11:58 Hey, Robbie! Isn't about time to release something new and equally amazing? Your stuff is great. |
| Pipes (Murray, UT) | Posted: Apr 12, 2004 - 08:00 Someone should drown this somewhere down the crazy river! |
| aslegros (Toronto) | Posted: Feb 02, 2004 - 12:34 Well, it was a pleasant surprise to hear this tune on RP! My other favourite from this album is "Unbound". |
| bluedot (Long Beach, CA) | Posted: Jan 23, 2004 - 02:54 hey bill, how about a cool obscure tune from the band? |
| qbee (San Francisco, CA) | Posted: Dec 13, 2003 - 00:09 Ross wrote: Thanks for the Hudsucker Proxy reference. The world needs more of 'em. |
| Ross (Valparaiso, IN) | Posted: Nov 01, 2003 - 18:53 randomatom wrote: I swear that octaved three tone whistle is sampled from one of those platic flexible tubes that they sold as toys when I was a kid. You held it by one end and spun it and you would get a note. Spin it faster and you could get the octave. You know, for kids... Anyone know what I'm talking about?
Thanks for the Hudsucker Proxy reference. The world needs more of 'em. |
| alanb (Vancouver) | Posted: Nov 01, 2003 - 18:49 really really cool. it's way down that crazy river, man. |
| Lupin_III (Lake Ronkonkoma, NY) | Posted: Aug 22, 2003 - 07:30 Please God No God Please God No God Please God No God Please God No God Please God No God I hear the refrain and I start having "The Naked Prey" flashbacks... |
| rKokon (Colesville, MD) | Posted: Jul 12, 2003 - 11:52 I like the Native-American-chant part. The rest makes me want some Pepto. |
| Pipes (Murray, UT) | Posted: Jun 27, 2003 - 07:23 Let's just let this one fade...into obscurity!  |
| samiyam (Campbell, CA) | Posted: Jun 06, 2003 - 21:31 Have we forgotten that RR states that his native american heritage is one of the guiding forces in his life? This is basically one of those chants you hear at the 'pow-wows' which has been twisted into a new anthem of electic blues. Good stuff if it's what you want. Samiyam |
| mksothrpeoplrich (Chicago, IL) | Posted: Apr 16, 2003 - 21:50 Originally Posted by randomatom:
I swear that octaved three tone whistle is sampled from one of those platic flexible tubes that they sold as toys when I was a kid. You held it by one end and spun it and you would get a note. Spin it faster and you could get the octave. You know, for kids... Anyone know what I'm talking about? 
I agree, but I LIKE it. Wow, is RR a LONG way from The Band, or what?! you have to appreciate the longevity and the effort regardless of a personal aesthetic response.  |
| mr.selfdestruct (Edmonton) | Posted: Apr 01, 2003 - 13:24 Originally Posted by randomatom:
I swear that octaved three tone whistle is sampled from one of those platic flexible tubes that they sold as toys when I was a kid. You held it by one end and spun it and you would get a note. Spin it faster and you could get the octave. You know, for kids... Anyone know what I'm talking about? There's this great band from Winnipeg called "The Weakerthans" that uses a tube like that in one of their songs. They're awesome and you should check them out; very RP style. Album title is "Left and Leaving". The title track is one of the saddest songs of all time - awesome. |
| Spliff (Mountain Home, AR) | Posted: Apr 01, 2003 - 13:02 Come on everybody ... Sing along! |
| great_one (Secret Hideaway (USA)) | Posted: Apr 01, 2003 - 13:01 Redundant. Boring. Ugly vocals. That about sums it up.  |
| camarkim (So Cal, CA) | Posted: Mar 27, 2003 - 11:28 Another person who is not necessarily a RR fan, but I do like this. |
| wonderunit (Sacramento, CA) | Posted: Feb 19, 2003 - 18:17 While I've never been a fan of RR, I confess that this tune has grown on me. I find the stately tempo & track layering much more listenable than, say, Dead Can Dance, whose attempts to incorporate Native American music came across as artificial & sycophantic. |
| rgj13 (San Francisco (170 mi. SSW of Paradise)) | Posted: Feb 19, 2003 - 18:16 Originally Posted by randomatom:
I swear that octaved three tone whistle is sampled from one of those platic flexible tubes that they sold as toys when I was a kid. You held it by one end and spun it and you would get a note. Spin it faster and you could get the octave. You know, for kids... Anyone know what I'm talking about? Hey, I had one of those! Much fun when all my whistle-wielding friends and self would tear around the neighborhood annoying the hell out of everyone. That and my capgun--'member those?--were the emblems of being 7 to me. :D |
| randomatom (Cambridge, MA) | Posted: Feb 19, 2003 - 18:13 I swear that octaved three tone whistle is sampled from one of those platic flexible tubes that they sold as toys when I was a kid. You held it by one end and spun it and you would get a note. Spin it faster and you could get the octave. You know, for kids... Anyone know what I'm talking about? |
| tbase (Riverview, FL) | Posted: Jan 30, 2003 - 07:38 Originally Posted by pkeys:
best song I've ever heard from him. LOL- Is that a good thing? |
| tbase (Riverview, FL) | Posted: Jan 30, 2003 - 07:35 Originally Posted by Railee^!^:
I think Robbie is a musical person that gives us a real look at sound. WHAT? Well, if that's true, I don't like what I see - but then, I always hated Robbie Robertson, except as a member of The Band. I think Levon Helm should go kick his a**  |
| ndanger666 (Lost in the Ozone Again) | Posted: Dec 20, 2002 - 12:45 The Sound Is Fading..................but not fast enough. |
| rgrace (Berkeley, CA) | Posted: Dec 20, 2002 - 12:40 Ah c'mon you guys, lighten up. You can't expect to like EVERYTHING Bill plays. :p :p |
| Platypus (here, now) | Posted: Dec 10, 2002 - 07:29 seriously though... this is the exact same formula that hack Moby uses on EVERY single one of his hit songs - it is driving me mad. mad, I tell you, MAD!!!  |
| superfido (Portland, OR) | Posted: Dec 05, 2002 - 04:43 TURN IT OFF! ESPECIALLY THE REFRAIN |
| Railee^!^ (On the lake.., WA) | Posted: Aug 24, 2002 - 23:15 I just knew someone from my era did this music. I was right. I think Robbie is a musical person that gives us a real look at sound. |
| pkeys (Santa Clara, CA) | Posted: Jun 19, 2002 - 15:01 best song I've ever heard from him. |
| Leslie (Antioch (155 mi. south of RP), CA) | Posted: May 19, 2002 - 23:12 Originally Posted by Platypus:
Moby Robertson? Nice observation Platy. Robbie is so hard to categorize, his music can be all over the place.  |
| percolator (toronto, on) | Posted: Apr 24, 2002 - 07:01 Once again, you made me look... had to surf over to see who this was. What a great surprise, too. I like it a lot, although a couple of parts are a bit intense over that first cup of coffee this morning... Keep it coming. |
| CoolbeaN (Liberty, MO) | Posted: Apr 03, 2002 - 15:00 It is a decent song.. But I think it is being played too much lately. |
| Johray63 (Meppel) | Posted: Mar 19, 2002 - 01:10 though it's (very) different compared to his more 'rootsy' work, I still recognize it as a Robertson song. |
| Platypus (Baltimore, MD) | Posted: Feb 10, 2002 - 13:22 Moby Robertson? (not a compliment) |