 Beautiful Freak (1996) [ larger cover art ] |
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There's a spider crawling
On the bathroom mirror
Right on top of my right eye
And I can't stop staring back
How did I get this way?
Take a big look at a living lie
Rags to rags and rust to rust
How do you stand when you've been crushed?
So rags to riches was a bust
Sometimes I dream about it
What it's like back home
The railroad tracks and the pussy willow
But I had to leave it
And I go back
Whenever my tired head hits the pillow
Rags to rags and rust to rust
How do you stand when you've been crushed
So rags to riches was a bust
Busted once again
But I'll show them one day
That I can buy and sell the world
And one day I'll come through
My American dream
But it won't mean a fuckin' thing
Rags to rags and rust to rust
How do you stand when you've been crushed?
So rags to rags and rust to rust
Don't let me go
Rags to rags and rust to rust
Don't let me go
Rags to rags and rust to rust
Don't let me go
| 1wolfy (Mission Viejo California) | Posted: Apr 02, 2013 - 10:51 Sounds R eel good |
| rabaak | Posted: Jul 25, 2012 - 04:42 I concur, this is a great CD. |
| neuticle (fog fog fog) | Posted: Jun 13, 2012 - 11:01 dig it |
| IrieTom (Plattsburgh , NY) | Posted: Feb 17, 2012 - 18:15 For the first couple of seconds, this sounds like Fleetwood Mac. After that, not so much... |
| (former member) (hotel in Las Vegas) | Posted: Nov 14, 2011 - 14:43 I have this CD, and it is excellent... this song rocks... volume is wayyyy up... |
| Cynaera (Kenneth's Frequency) | Posted: Sep 12, 2011 - 12:39 GT66 wrote: The censored version? Really? Bill and Rebecca work with what they receive (no censorship on their part, from what I understand.) If someone has an uncensored version, submit it for consideration! I'm always up for having a profanity used so often that it loses its shock-value... |
| estprophet22 (neit hertHereNor here) | Posted: May 09, 2011 - 12:40 I'm ashamed I haven't heard this before now. Good stuff. |
| (former member) (hotel in Las Vegas) | Posted: May 09, 2011 - 12:40 We be dancing... love it... |
| jpdribbler (Northern Germany) | Posted: Mar 07, 2011 - 10:04 and one day i'll come through my american dream but it won't mean a f-ing thing Every time RP plays this I miss the profanity. It just adds to the song. |
| Poacher (Brighton, UK) | Posted: Mar 07, 2011 - 10:01 GT66 wrote: The censored version? Really? Maybe it is because of the fucking swear words? |
| GT66 | Posted: Mar 07, 2011 - 10:01 The censored version? Really? |
| Carl (The Summit City) | Posted: Sep 30, 2010 - 21:02 Like this one but the album cover shot is a tad off-putting. |
| rabaak | Posted: Jun 27, 2010 - 00:05 One of my all-time favorite tunes. |
| a_genuine_find (not me, Radio P) (3rd stone, sol, orion belt, milkyway) | Posted: Mar 23, 2010 - 20:07 7  8 |
| (former member) (hotel in Las Vegas) | Posted: Jan 08, 2010 - 18:38 archipunk wrote: I was just thinking the same thing...great set too!! Yeah, this was a great 90's tune... |
| CamLwalk (Albany NY) | Posted: Dec 19, 2009 - 10:18 Eels Eels Eels Eels Eels Eels Eels up inside ya Finding an entrance where they can Eels Eels Eels Eels Eels Eels  |
| (former member) (hotel in Las Vegas) | Posted: Dec 19, 2009 - 10:18 cool song... love it... |
| sirdroseph (Outer Mongolia) | Posted: Dec 19, 2009 - 10:18 One of the Eels better tunes.  |
| leathepea (Hickory, NC) | Posted: Oct 06, 2009 - 11:38 Love the Eels!!!! Not to bad for sushi as well. |
| (former member) (hotel in Las Vegas) | Posted: Aug 15, 2009 - 11:47 It is a shame you have to trim the words... |
| coolpeople_rule (Winter wonder land) | Posted: Jul 14, 2009 - 20:36 I think it's great that his dad is a genius...and so is he in his own way! |
| (former member) (hotel in Las Vegas) | Posted: Apr 10, 2009 - 17:19 This is a great song... love it... (edit— I just realized some of the lyrics are edited out... that is not good... glad I have the original CD...) |
| Danimal174 (Upstate South Carolina) | Posted: Dec 05, 2008 - 09:10 Excelsior wrote: I've discovered better groups in the $1 bargain bin at used CD stores. So, I guess that the fact that you've given a 1 to almost 25% of the songs you rate on RP means that you're not a "glass half full" kinda guy, huh? |
| MonkeysInaBucket (Grand Rapids, MI) | Posted: Nov 03, 2008 - 20:26 I dislike when these types of comments always appear, but I think the vocalist sounds like the vocalist from Murder By Death. Interesting... |
| Excelsior | Posted: Sep 22, 2008 - 04:38 I've discovered better groups in the $1 bargain bin at used CD stores. |
| archipunk (Land of Entrapment NM) | Posted: Aug 21, 2008 - 16:16 romeotuma wrote: Lotsa good 90's tunes today... I was just thinking the same thing...great set too!! |
| lophrequa (the very edge of the land) | Posted: Aug 21, 2008 - 15:56 jesus and his lawyer are coming back |
| (former member) (hotel in Las Vegas) | Posted: Aug 21, 2008 - 15:52 Lotsa good 90's tunes today... |
| Excelsior | Posted: Aug 21, 2008 - 15:51  |
| Danimal174 (Upstate South Carolina) | Posted: Jun 19, 2008 - 11:23 hobiejoe wrote: Absolutely. Though I'd rather the silence than be Bowdlerised to become '...a freakin thing'. I've said it before - if you're going to swear then bloody well do it properly. Amen to that! |
| Ag3nt0rang3 (4,609 km from Paradise) | Posted: Jun 19, 2008 - 11:06 Chinju wrote: I don't know why it irks me so, but I'd really like to see this replaced with a non-censored version ("but it don't mean... a fucking thing")
Then it's time for you or someone else with a decent uncensored copy to upload it. |
| Chinju | Posted: Jun 19, 2008 - 11:01 I don't know why it irks me so, but I'd really like to see this replaced with a non-censored version ("but it don't mean... a fucking thing") |
| out_to_lunch (Philly by way of CT) | Posted: Apr 28, 2008 - 13:19 heh - he said  |
| ulibcn (Barcelona Spain) | Posted: Apr 17, 2008 - 13:07 Great stuff! The album as a whole is a bit depressive, but very beautiful 9 |
| tricolour77 (wigan) | Posted: Feb 14, 2008 - 13:40 superfido wrote: Misunderstanding that is, sorry I'm an alien
beautiful freak, what a sublime tune, LOVE IT! |
| superfido (Sweden) | Posted: Feb 14, 2008 - 13:38 Misunderstanding that is, sorry I'm an alien |
| superfido (Sweden) | Posted: Feb 14, 2008 - 13:37 Ye! This is very much an missunderstanding of like the Jellyfish...90 ths |
| FluorideFreeMN (Central Minnesota) | Posted: Dec 13, 2007 - 16:51 bcorcoran wrote: They edited out an important line in this song.
After they say "And it won't mean (pause)" "A f***in' thing." Not cool! Let the music play..... Did RP censor John Lennon's "Working Class Hero" too? |
| daodot (Munich, Germany) | Posted: Nov 12, 2007 - 07:10 bcorcoran wrote: They edited out an important line in this song.
After they say "And it won't mean (pause)" "A f***in' thing." Ha! I missed that line too! Is this a special radio(paradise)-version? |
| velvetglove (Alexandria, VA) | Posted: Nov 03, 2007 - 09:36 Dopefinger wrote: This album gets better as the years go by. A blissful melancholic coma of sound, perfect for the rainy days of your life.
I second that. Although admittedly quite dark, it's difficult for me to imagine burning out on this album (unlike much of what I listened to in the 90's...) |
| Roverfish (Tucson, AZ - Thanks for visiting...now go home!) | Posted: Oct 11, 2007 - 21:12 vladbad wrote: Bellissima canzone, come tutto l'album del resto.
V. You like calzones? Me too! 
Been an e fan since the beginning...love me the eels as well. Quite likeable, esp. with that fuzzy guitar. |
| Marr (Houston (dreaming of Austin)) | Posted: Sep 21, 2007 - 12:04 djinnthespazz wrote: Anybody else hear 'Tusk' at the beginning of this song?
Damn straight until the guitar starts. |
| bcorcoran (Alexandria, VA) | Posted: Jul 20, 2007 - 14:25 They edited out an important line in this song. After they say "And it won't mean (pause)" "A f***in' thing." |
| MissAmy (Austin, TX) | Posted: Jul 20, 2007 - 14:22 Ah, college memories. Just happens that today in Austin is rainy and gray - perfect for this album. |
| buckskin (eclectopia) | Posted: Apr 06, 2007 - 04:30 djinnthespazz wrote: Anybody else hear 'Tusk' at the beginning of this song?
um-wow! NOPE!!! Given the opening lines, might be interesting to follow w/BORIS THE SPIDER; just 'cause it ha spider in the lyrics |
| CatInTheHat | Posted: Jan 04, 2007 - 23:53 djinnthespazz wrote: Anybody else hear 'Tusk' at the beginning of this song?
When the guitar riff kicks in, it sounds more like Midnight Oil |
| ploafmaster (Richmond, VA) | Posted: Dec 21, 2006 - 11:36 djinnthespazz wrote: Anybody else hear 'Tusk' at the beginning of this song?
Absolutely. |
| djinnthespazz (S/E Michigan) | Posted: Dec 21, 2006 - 11:35 Anybody else hear 'Tusk' at the beginning of this song? |
| Dopefinger (Sydney Australia) | Posted: Nov 07, 2006 - 17:30 This album gets better as the years go by. A blissful melancholic coma of sound, perfect for the rainy days of your life. |
| hobiejoe (Deepest darkest watery Devon) | Posted: Oct 09, 2006 - 10:46 DrLex wrote: Aaahhh... censored lyrics... sudden vacuum in the music... my ears, it hurts!
 Absolutely. Though I'd rather the silence than be Bowdlerised to become '...a freakin thing'. I've said it before - if you're going to swear then bloody well do it properly. |