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Eels — Grace Kelly Blues
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unclehud
(now 50 feet above the planet in Boston)
Posted: Jan 28, 2013 - 16:00
 
E!  How you been (you wicked crazy, ought-to-be-committed) brother?  Love your tunes, as always!

jen3005545
(Fort Worth, TX)
Posted: Feb 16, 2012 - 17:47
 

I've never heard this before.  I like very much!  {#Roflol}



newwavegurly
Posted: Apr 21, 2009 - 15:15
 
Eels and Beck always get me giving a song a closer listen because of their lyrics, no matter how many times I've heard the particular song.

SirLars
(London, ON)
Posted: Apr 21, 2009 - 15:14
 

8 - I have yet to hear something by the Eels that I don't like.  They have their own unique style that really fits in on RP.



Baum74
(Düsseldorf, Germany)
Posted: Dec 16, 2008 - 06:36
 
 danimal3114u wrote:
davyjrshort wrote:
so most eels stuff is this styling/mood?

if so I likey,

and likewise to those mentioning if it weren't for RP, there's a lot of great artists I'd never have known of, nor purchased their albums

Hooray Beer!
er...I meant, Hooray RP!

EELs are pretty eclectic, but this a good representative mood track, to be sure. The styling is harder to nail down, but I'd say this is representative of about 60% of their music. The other half of their music being made up of smaller pieces like hard rock (10%), punk (10%), solo piano pieces (5%), instrumental (5%), and other (10%). I'd suggest you pick up Daisies of the Galaxy (where this track can be found) or Blinking Lights and Other Revelations (their latest, and a double), or Electro-Shock Blues (more moody, but very powerful) as an intro. Also, any allusion to the brillaint Red Stripe ads gets a thumbs up from me
 
well analyzed!
A really really great album to begin with also is "Beautiful Freak". Although the music changed a bit in the proceeding, this
simply is a great album with very moody, melancholic songs. "Guest list", "Man child" ... so many brilliant tunes! And the
famous "Novocaine for the soul" is on it, too! Not my favorite, but many ppl do like it.


Excelsior
Posted: Sep 12, 2008 - 10:48
 
{#Puke}

DoctorHooey
(/etc)
Posted: Mar 07, 2008 - 05:31
 
Wow, great segue from Christians and Lions!!
Ahnyer_Keester
(Chicago Il)
Posted: Jan 04, 2008 - 08:29
 
This is funny. I was just looking up the lyrics for this song and came across two sites with different lyrics:

The cut-rate mime walking through the dirty streets


or

The cut great mindwalking through the dirty streets


You know, which ever is fine. :)
Ahnyer_Keester
(Chicago Il)
Posted: Jan 04, 2008 - 08:25
 
slartibart_O wrote:
How can this song be here without anyone posting a picture of the goddess that was Grace? Her voice alone in Rear Window makes me go numb.

Sigh....
Thank you. That was exactly what I was thinking.

Grace, we miss you. Can you send some of our current actresses just a bit of your class and grace? Please??
slartibart_O
(N29°57'-W97°34')
Posted: Oct 17, 2007 - 16:57
 
How can this song be here without anyone posting a picture of the goddess that was Grace? Her voice alone in Rear Window makes me go numb.

danimal3114u
(San Diego, CA)
Posted: Oct 17, 2007 - 16:32
 
Lotus_Miata wrote:
I like this song, but... Hot Dog on a Stick?

Blech! :puke:

how DARE you! how could you be from Southern CA and not love Hot Dog on a Stick? I can't believe it!
Also, which mountains are you from (referring to your location in your info)? I grew up in Lake Arrowhead.
danimal3114u
(San Diego, CA)
Posted: Oct 17, 2007 - 16:30
 
davyjrshort wrote:
so most eels stuff is this styling/mood?

if so I likey,

and likewise to those mentioning if it weren't for RP, there's a lot of great artists I'd never have known of, nor purchased their albums

Hooray Beer!
er...I meant, Hooray RP!

EELs are pretty eclectic, but this a good representative mood track, to be sure. The styling is harder to nail down, but I'd say this is representative of about 60% of their music. The other half of their music being made up of smaller pieces like hard rock (10%), punk (10%), solo piano pieces (5%), instrumental (5%), and other (10%). I'd suggest you pick up Daisies of the Galaxy (where this track can be found) or Blinking Lights and Other Revelations (their latest, and a double), or Electro-Shock Blues (more moody, but very powerful) as an intro. Also, any allusion to the brillaint Red Stripe ads gets a thumbs up from me


Lotus_Miata
(High in the Mountains Above Southern California)
Posted: Oct 17, 2007 - 16:23
 
I like this song, but... Hot Dog on a Stick?

Blech! :puke:
Misterfixit
(Nashville)
Posted: Sep 16, 2007 - 06:10
 
Very nice! Love the Eb Tuba, the Fluegelhorn or Baritone Tuba, the Bass slide trombone. Great effects.

Also the album cover which shows the slightly older little girl telling her young demi-desciples to begin sacrifices of the puppies to the Great Engine of Destruction and Baal The Insatiable.
davyjrshort
(Land of Oz currently)
Posted: Jul 31, 2007 - 07:00
 
so most eels stuff is this styling/mood?

if so I likey,

and likewise to those mentioning if it weren't for RP, there's a lot of great artists I'd never have known of, nor purchased their albums

Hooray Beer!
er...I meant, Hooray RP!

boober
(KC,Mo)
Posted: Jul 31, 2007 - 06:59
 
RichardPrins wrote:


Tom Waits-y at times, guess it's the trombone (?)...


Tom Waits has played in this band.Check out the bibliography on Big "E".This guy is something else.What a family!
hobiejoe
(Deepest darkest watery Devon)
Posted: Jul 31, 2007 - 06:57
 
hobiejoe wrote:
Buggeration, just missed it.


Caught it this time!
bindi
(North Carolina)
Posted: Jun 29, 2007 - 17:00
 
I never,
ever,
ever,
ever would have heard of eels if it wern't for RP and I have bought 2 of their CD's.


. . . .so far

I love the cover - Dick & Janesque for sure.

. . .fo what it is worth, i think that the inspiration of many great works is the result coping with "real life" not fitting into the D&J format.


Alpine
(N39d39mW121d30m)
Posted: Jun 29, 2007 - 16:49
 
That cover looks like a Dick and Jane book.

See Spot run. Run Spot run!

See Jane bitch. Bitch Jane bitch!
membeth
(dc, but longing for austin)
Posted: Jun 29, 2007 - 16:49
 
oddly paul simon like
meydele
(By the sea)
Posted: May 29, 2007 - 09:37
 
Had never heard this guy/these guys prior to listening to RP (except their one big radio hit lo these many years ago) and I just love 'em. . . yet another terrific band I would have missed completely without you, Bill. You're the best.
hobiejoe
(Deepest darkest watery Devon)
Posted: May 13, 2007 - 13:33
 
Buggeration, just missed it.
johnironwood
(Roseville, MN)
Posted: Mar 27, 2007 - 09:08
 
Wonderful song. I like the rhythm and melody. I find the lyrics poignant; I admire the way the vignettes touch on resignation and yet encompass it by pushing to something deeper and hopeful.
mattt
(Undisclosed Location)
Posted: Mar 27, 2007 - 09:00
 
saturnine wrote:
Something that I always wanted to do: be a musician, an artist..
Somehow this song made me think of that old, forgotten dream.

It's never too late. I'm finally following my dream of being an artist about 20 years after I should have started in earnest. I'll keep my day job for a while, maybe a long while, but I'll work at the art all the same. If you think it's been too long, it's only getting longer while you wait.

Olympus_mons
(2nd star to the right)
Posted: Mar 27, 2007 - 08:57
 
Ahh, Thank you RP for introducing me to these guys. Good stuff
palad1
(Paris, France)
Posted: Mar 27, 2007 - 08:57
 
Thank you Bill.
bokey
(Filialville)
Posted: Mar 11, 2007 - 19:07
 
Finally a song by these guys I like.
sircharles
(Decatur, Georgia)
Posted: Feb 08, 2007 - 14:31
 
Cool song. Did the Salvation Army Band get a cut of the royalties?
celadonstone
(Charleston, SC (2858.50 mi East of Paradise))
Posted: Jan 10, 2007 - 08:35
 
Weird little song, but likeable. The tubas are "maxwell's silver hammer" esque. Or God Save the Queen.
h2o
(Cincinnati Ohio)
Posted: Jan 10, 2007 - 08:32
 
johnny_h wrote:
when I heard that band intro, urge to rate below 3 was very, very high!

then the song began... And reminded me of why I listen to RP to begin with! :)


What is wrong with the horns?
johnny_h
(NW MT)
Posted: Dec 26, 2006 - 20:02
 
when I heard that band intro, urge to rate below 3 was very, very high!

then the song began... And reminded me of why I listen to RP to begin with! :)
frednic
(Santee, CA)
Posted: Nov 27, 2006 - 16:57
 
I have the Shootenanny! album. Maybe I should get this one too.I like shivers down my spine. I learned about these guys right here.
Shesdifferent
(Just visiting this planet)
Posted: Oct 14, 2006 - 20:02
 
Eels are like nails on a chalkboard to me "shiver"
MrE
(In a black hole)
Posted: Aug 31, 2006 - 20:48
 
It's rare to find good use of the steel guitar in a song... Even rarer to have it coupled with horns so well. Love it!

8
DrGonzo
Posted: Aug 02, 2006 - 14:42
 
i've been meaning to pick up an Eels cd for literally years... i think i shall do that on the way home from work today!
master_betty
(Buena Park, CA)
Posted: Apr 07, 2006 - 16:52
 
Cover is so gay. Love the song though.
ArmchairMusician
(Rochester, NY)
Posted: Mar 24, 2006 - 00:42
 
MsfStl wrote:
By far my favorite EELS CD! A must have for any CD collection. I now own six EELS cds and had never heard of them prior to listening to Radio Paradise. Thanks Bill!


Darn.. Hide my wallet!
SchoepTone
(Albuquerque, NM)
Posted: Feb 22, 2006 - 14:36
 
Excellent . . . like most of the eels catalog!
topherg87
(Austin, TX)
Posted: Feb 22, 2006 - 14:33
 
this song is bittersweet...it makes me happy and sad at the same time. Quite often, songs like that end up being my favorite.
benos
(san clemente, ca)
Posted: Jan 09, 2006 - 15:28
 
the eels have become one of my favorite recently-discovered-groups-that-have-been-around-awhile!
MsfStl
(Clayton (2028 miles east of Paradise), MO)
Posted: Nov 12, 2005 - 08:45
 
By far my favorite EELS CD! A must have for any CD collection. I now own six EELS cds and had never heard of them prior to listening to Radio Paradise. Thanks Bill!

absolutemotion
(Central Florida)
Posted: Oct 28, 2005 - 18:47
 
Can never get enough of the Eels.. and this song is just so damn good.
Paco3000
Posted: Sep 29, 2005 - 09:57
 
Damn I love this song.
saturnine
(Turku, Finland)
Posted: Jul 02, 2005 - 14:59
 
Something that I always wanted to do: be a musician, an artist..
Somehow this song made me think of that old, forgotten dream.

Hm.

That's actually a bad thing, 'cos it makes me sad. :) But the song's good! A 7.
physicsgenius
Posted: Jan 07, 2005 - 04:43
 
The high-school marching band opening prepared me to hate this, but it's actually great. 9!
ArbiterOfGoodTaste
(Seattle WA)
Posted: Dec 08, 2004 - 14:41
 
When I hear "Hot Dog on a Stick" in a song, I turn it up to hear the lyrics better.
stevebeaver
(Fairfax, VA)
Posted: Oct 25, 2004 - 06:48
 
Such a great record. If you like this song, then you'll love the rest of the album.
RichardPrins
(Ω­­³)
Posted: Oct 10, 2004 - 11:39
 


Tom Waits-y at times, guess it's the trombone (?)...
blkstd
(Champaign, IL)
Posted: Aug 12, 2004 - 14:25
 
released on my birthday...what a wonderful present.
henrico
(Arnhem - Netherlands)
Posted: Jul 15, 2004 - 11:06
 
O yes! I liked that album so much and this is still one of the best Eels songs...I have to play this album again! thanks bill... :)