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Robyn Hitchcock & The Egyptians — Madonna of the Wasps
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Lazarus
(Bethany)
Posted: May 04, 2013 - 10:00
 

Everybody in my church loves this song...
 

leafmold
Posted: Jan 30, 2013 - 11:38
 
 muse_Kidd wrote:
One of the most obscure painters of earwax.
 
I think Robyn would approve of this post.

leafmold
Posted: Jan 30, 2013 - 11:37
 
Such a wonderful song. I wish RP would play more Hitchcock—maybe some of the less played tunes. But happy to hear any...

hyatsuha
(Takoma Park, MD)
Posted: Jan 30, 2013 - 11:35
 
Love this song! Thank you!

hayduke2
(Southampton, NY)
Posted: Jun 24, 2012 - 14:21
 
boppin' around the room thank you, RH's voice perks me up

(former member)
(hotel in Las Vegas)
Posted: Feb 18, 2012 - 14:20
 


Everybody in my hotel room loves this song...

 

terrapin52
(Terrapin Station, SC)
Posted: Nov 15, 2011 - 10:23
 
I like this.  She sounds like Curve.

fredriley
(Nottingham, UK)
Posted: Nov 15, 2011 - 10:17
 
That CD cover definitely dates the album. That style of public phone box went out of use a good decade or more ago, replaced by BT-style glass boxes. For that matter, public phone boxes are steadily disappearing with the advent of mobile phones...

(former member)
(hotel in Las Vegas)
Posted: Jul 12, 2011 - 14:00
 


This song is good for the ears...

 

Giselle62
(many bear, big rock, estuary California)
Posted: Jan 04, 2011 - 23:40
 
 isayhoomhom wrote:
One of my favorite albums from college. Globe of Frogs and Eye are also excellent from that period.
 
Faves also.


mandolin
(...drifting...)
Posted: Jan 04, 2011 - 13:26
 
...love the opening...

ruthless
(Midtown Memphis)
Posted: Jun 27, 2010 - 17:50
 
Saw him perform a few months ago for an Indi Film Festival.  There was a winning film that used one of his songs for the theme.  He is very gifted.


Cynaera
(South of Neanderthal)
Posted: May 26, 2010 - 21:57
 
 muse_Kidd wrote:
One of the most obscure painters of earwax.
 
Huh?


isayhoomhom
(Bethel, CT)
Posted: Mar 24, 2010 - 13:52
 
One of my favorite albums from college. Globe of Frogs and Eye are also excellent from that period.

muse_Kidd
Posted: Jun 13, 2009 - 18:43
 
One of the most obscure painters of earwax.

Rotterdam
Posted: May 13, 2009 - 00:49
 
 HarrO wrote:
For some bizarre reason this tune always reminds me of Madeline Kahn singing "I'm So Tired" in Mel Brooks' "Blazing Saddles".
 

That is a bizarre connection! But thanks for the memory and the laugh, anyway! (...They keep coming, and going and coming and going and coming, but always too fast!)

Jazbo
(Beautiful Valparaiso IN.)
Posted: Apr 11, 2009 - 10:45
 
Catch Robin live, you won't be disappointed!


HarrO
(Just Down the Hill from Paradise)
Posted: Mar 10, 2009 - 22:14
 
For some bizarre reason this tune always reminds me of Madeline Kahn singing "I'm So Tired" in Mel Brooks' "Blazing Saddles".

horstman
(Syracuse, New York)
Posted: Jan 06, 2009 - 16:54
 
 fartybreath wrote:

Looks like a lot of people like this guy, could it be that he stole his sound from a really talented Australian band called The Church?
The beginning of the song is almost identical to one of The Church tracks.
Is there no originality left?
 
Looking for the church connection - but Robyn is an original and I don't think he or the Church can be accused of that. Although the do both have similarities, at least with this song, not all by any means.


maclochness
(Pennsylvania)
Posted: Apr 29, 2008 - 07:15
 
Great song, but even better version, less produced and more solo, on Obliteration Pie
maryte
(Blinding You With Library Science!)
Posted: Jul 21, 2007 - 08:01
 
Mari wrote:
right away ... ... howzat?



I don't think the uploader can make corrections once it's been loaded into the main playlist - only Bill or Rebecca can control those listings.
MM_Prague
(Prague)
Posted: Mar 02, 2007 - 03:40
 
Mari wrote:
right away ... ... howzat?


No change...still says only Robyn Hitchcock...
dbenwen
(Peachtree City, Georgia)
Posted: Feb 14, 2007 - 11:27
 
biggeorge wrote:
Loved listening to album 88 88.5 on the fm dial back in atlanta, they played all mid late 80's new wave.
I believe it was the Georgia State college station.


Correct. I spent 6 years at GSU in pursuit of a 4 yr. degree.

Go Panthers!
dbenwen
(Peachtree City, Georgia)
Posted: Feb 14, 2007 - 11:14
 
Dahnyul wrote:


Great point. I get a little hint of Guadalcanal Diary when I hear this. Funny how such a concentration of great talent in a brief time came out of a small pocket of geography.

Yes, Mr. Hitchcock doesn't come from there, but your point is well taken.


Peter Buck plays guitar on that track.
biggeorge
(Asheville, NC)
Posted: Feb 14, 2007 - 11:13
 
Loved listening to album 88 88.5 on the fm dial back in atlanta, they played all mid late 80's new wave.
I believe it was the Georgia State college station.
Dahnyul
Posted: Jan 30, 2007 - 18:27
 
plutodazed wrote:
Excellent Athens, GA sound, and I don't even know if they are from Georgia.


Great point. I get a little hint of Guadalcanal Diary when I hear this. Funny how such a concentration of great talent in a brief time came out of a small pocket of geography.

Yes, Mr. Hitchcock doesn't come from there, but your point is well taken.
Rickvee
(New Orleans)
Posted: Nov 18, 2006 - 21:49
 
Always loved this song. Remember seeing the video on MTV's 120 Minutes back in the day.
Mari
(why do all the country girls leave)
Posted: Jun 10, 2006 - 20:29
 
earthbased wrote:
Shouldn't the "Artist" read "Robyn Hitchcock and the Egyptians"?

MM_Prague wrote:


Yes it should...perhaps the uploader could correct this...?
right away ... ... howzat?
MM_Prague
(Prague)
Posted: May 27, 2006 - 06:12
 
earthbased wrote:
Shouldn't the "Artist" read "Robyn Hitchcock and the Egyptians"?


Yes it should...perhaps the uploader could correct this...?
KurtfromLaQuinta
(La Quinta, CA)
Posted: May 12, 2006 - 16:39
 
Four-Five wrote:
Madonner of the Wasps...
He's English. They add a "R" to words that end in "A" for some reason.
I love to listen to KCRW-FM, Santa Monica, California, weekday mornings for "Morning Comes Eceletic". The DJ, Nick Harcourt, who is English, always says Santa Monicar. And being English, they should know.
randomprime
(-0-)
Posted: May 12, 2006 - 16:30
 
Four-Five wrote:
Madonner of the Wasps...

Shouldn't it be W.A.S.P.s?
katalyst
(small rock somewhere in space)
Posted: Apr 26, 2006 - 21:02
 
my friend worked with guy for a year on tour
earthbased
(Milwaukee, WI USA)
Posted: Apr 12, 2006 - 07:05
 
Shouldn't the "Artist" read "Robyn Hitchcock and the Egyptians"?
MM_Prague
(Prague)
Posted: Feb 27, 2006 - 05:48
 
ryuujin23 wrote:


Actually, Robyn started in a Band called The Soft Boys in 1976 where as The Church was founded in 1980. Perhaps they formulated their sound after him...



I tried to upload some Soft Boys classics from Underwater Moonlight a while back, but they all got rejected straight off...but it's good to hear this song, I saw Robyn with the Egyptians for the first time in 1989 in Toronto, after this album came out...great concert! I also had the luck to see a Soft Boys gig on the reunion tour at the Horseshoe...about 5 years ago...
plutodazed
(Georgia, USA)
Posted: Jan 19, 2006 - 11:29
 
Excellent Athens, GA sound, and I don't even know if they are from Georgia.
ryuujin23
(The Desert just north of the purple sage)
Posted: Dec 01, 2005 - 14:15
 
fartybreath wrote:

Looks like a lot of people like this guy, could it be that he stole his sound from a really talented Australian band called The Church?
The beginning of the song is almost identical to one of The Church tracks.
Is there no originality left?


Actually, Robyn started in a Band called The Soft Boys in 1976 where as The Church was founded in 1980. Perhaps they formulated their sound after him...


RayRay
(Göttingen, Germany)
Posted: Sep 19, 2005 - 09:01
 
Quite enjoyable to hear this number... I second the request for Balloon Man.
Four-Five
Posted: Aug 20, 2005 - 13:13
 
Madonner of the Wasps...
KurtfromLaQuinta
(La Quinta, CA)
Posted: Jul 21, 2005 - 21:14
 
fartybreath wrote:

Looks like a lot of people like this guy, could it be that he stole his sound from a really talented Australian band called The Church?
The beginning of the song is almost identical to one of The Church tracks.
Is there no originality left?
actually, he's lifting from the byrds. who were way before the church. and mr. hitchcock has a very diverse cataloge. this song of his, is the only one i can think of that sounds this way. don't get me wrong, i really like the church, because they've borrowed from some pretty talented groups before them.
fartybreath
(A Kiwi in Tokyo, Japan)
Posted: Mar 11, 2005 - 16:50
 

Looks like a lot of people like this guy, could it be that he stole his sound from a really talented Australian band called The Church?
The beginning of the song is almost identical to one of The Church tracks.
Is there no originality left?
KurtfromLaQuinta
(La Quinta, CA)
Posted: Mar 11, 2005 - 16:41
 
drH wrote:


Rickenbacker, isn't it? And this may well be Pete Buck on the jangly guitar.
yes it's BYRDSY!
ninja_band
(chicago, il)
Posted: Jan 11, 2005 - 16:06
 
Is this love?

Lost Madonna of the Wasps, I wonder where we crossed
I wonder why she lost me-
Lost Madonna of the Wasps, she's lying in the frost
I wonder what she cost me-

Is this love?

Gone Madonna of the swans, she waves a magic wand
And then she settles on me
Wise Madonna of the Flies, I look into her eyes
And then she recognize me-

Is this love?

Lost Madonna of the Wasps, I wonder where we crossed
I wonder where she lost me-
Lost Madonna of the Wasps, she's dying in the frost
I wonder what she cost me-

Is this love?
cycleman
(Redding, Connecticut)
Posted: Nov 28, 2004 - 08:41
 
One can never get enough Robyn Hitchcock...one of the highlights of my interst in music was sitting in on the filming of Storefront Hitchcock.

He's a real original...channeling Syd and Lennon and others...looking forward to hearing a few things from his new album with Gillian Welch and the Nashville crowd.


drH
(Bush's Amerika)
Posted: Nov 28, 2004 - 08:34
 
Boosiewolf wrote:


I LOVED him when he first came out, and it's great to hear this particular song again--with its Byrds/REM-like guitar (a Gretch?). Do you have Balloonman too? He's definitely "eclectic-worthy."


Rickenbacker, isn't it? And this may well be Pete Buck on the jangly guitar.
Alexandra
(Ohioville)
Posted: May 27, 2004 - 10:40
 
d3 wrote:
you just don't hear enough robyn hitchcock on the radio
thanks


I LOVED him when he first came out, and it's great to hear this particular song again--with its Byrds/REM-like guitar (a Gretch?). Do you have Balloonman too? He's definitely "eclectic-worthy."
el_samo
(Victoria - BC (eh))
Posted: May 27, 2004 - 10:39
 
any relation to tim booth // james ? similar vocal sound !?!

(or I could be having more aural hallucinations)

SFS
fifismom
Posted: Apr 05, 2004 - 14:37
 
Just so yummy. I love him.
Redbud
(Greensboro, NC)
Posted: Sep 26, 2003 - 11:06
 
This is why I love rp. So many tunes from the past 10-20 yrs. that come back and bring great memories. Love Robyn. Hadn't thought to play him in years.

Keep him coming!
beelzebubba
(Palmyra, PA)
Posted: Sep 26, 2003 - 11:05
 
Wuss music.....


Joyfulchristine
(CA)
Posted: Jul 01, 2003 - 18:58
 
Originally Posted by d3:
you just don't hear enough robyn hitchcock on the radio
thanks


Maybe so, but on RadioParadise, it seems that we hear him every day! It's a pretty cool song, but oh, does it get stuck in my head! Let's give it a rest for a week or two, okay? Please?