 In Our Gun (2002) [ larger cover art ] |
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The first words that came could've been more inspired
You must be hungry or tired or frozen
So put up your feet, throw some coal on the fire
And weave us a tale of delight
So we sit in our gun and we wait for our turn
We'll be waiting all of the night
So we sit in our gun and we wait for our turn
We'll be waiting all of our lives
We're all to blame
We hide away
Let's take the sand from this bottomless pit
It's hell to pay
So run away
Destroy on command all who came and then quit
It's been carefully planned by the ones you won't see
Send out the monkeys, they come out of the bushes
To piss in the punch and then smash up the decks
It's your party, we're all obliged
So we sit in our gun and we wait for our turn
I think you hurt him, there's blood on the floor
So we sit in our gun, can I ask what you're on?
If you made it there's hope for us all
We're all to blame
We hide away
Let's take the sand from this bottomless pit
There's hell to pay
So run away
Destroy on command all who came and then quit
You're all the same
So hide away
Let's steal the sand from this bottomless pit
| jpdribbler (Berlin) | Posted: Jul 03, 2011 - 04:24 Nice enough - but the noisy ending just sounds put on to me. |
| BerkeleyAlice (Salinas CA) | Posted: Jun 01, 2011 - 13:10 In theory, I like this cut, but in practice, I found it kind of annoying as background office music. |
| teapot (in orbit) | Posted: Nov 09, 2009 - 09:48 imille wrote: Totally agree - 100%. Those 3 albums ROCK.....the others, not so much. Got too commercial after Grey's Anantomy started playing them. However, the live shows are amazing.  I concur. I love the first three albums and the Shopping Trolley EP. After that I've lost a bit of interest in their albums. I still see them live because they are great live.. |
| imille (Lone Star State) | Posted: Nov 09, 2009 - 09:29 i4niblind wrote: Do yourself a favour and buy "Bring It On" "Liquid Skin" and "In Our Gun" .. after that it was pretty much hit and miss with this band.. but they still put off one of the best shows in the business if you ever get a chance to go to one. Totally agree - 100%. Those 3 albums ROCK.....the others, not so much. Got too commercial after Grey's Anantomy started playing them. However, the live shows are amazing. |
| Pyro | Posted: Nov 09, 2009 - 09:28 This song made me pause at work to crank it up. Interesting spatial placement of sounds. I like it! |
| rdo (DC) | Posted: Aug 06, 2009 - 19:53 Angloray wrote: why is Gomez either amazing or terrible? That's a good question. It's not always the same lead vocalist, though two of them sound a lot alike (there are 3) . Not only that, they blend many musical styles. |
| isayhoomhom (Bethel, CT) | Posted: Jun 04, 2009 - 08:40 OldFrenchie wrote: ...Even the part at the end where Blue Man group takes over. LMAO! That is so accurate! Ack! |
| mandolin (...drifting...) | Posted: Jun 04, 2009 - 08:40 ...wow - this song suddenly bumped up two points out of nowhere... |
| OldFrenchie (Frozen wastes of Winnipeg, Manitoba Canada) | Posted: Sep 24, 2008 - 14:09 Pretty good song. Even the part at the end where Blue Man group takes over. |
| baltimorelovejoy (Philadelphia, PA) | Posted: Sep 24, 2008 - 14:09 That's what I'm talkin about...some Ratchet & Clank Music! |
| i4niblind (Vancouver, BC) | Posted: Sep 24, 2008 - 14:06 xkolibuul wrote: Every Gomez tune I hear on RP is groovin'. Is Bill just infallibly picking the best of their work, or should I be buying entire albums rather than singles? Do yourself a favour and buy "Bring It On" "Liquid Skin" and "In Our Gun" .. after that it was pretty much hit and miss with this band.. but they still put off one of the best shows in the business if you ever get a chance to go to one. |
| cirruss (Curacao, Netherlands Antilles) | Posted: Sep 24, 2008 - 14:06 Never mind albums.. see them live! Their shows are equally grooving and guaranteed to make you bounce. Tana wrote: Buy entire albums for sure. CD quality is better and the songs flow one into the next. Liquid Skin doesn't have a dud in the bunch but In Our Gun and others are quality, cohesive albums too. I compiled a Gomez sampler and the songs are all great but it's just not an album. |
| Tana (Lancaster, PA) | Posted: Jul 23, 2008 - 08:53 xkolibuul wrote: Every Gomez tune I hear on RP is groovin'. Is Bill just infallibly picking the best of their work, or should I be buying entire albums rather than singles?
Buy entire albums for sure. CD quality is better and the songs flow one into the next. Liquid Skin doesn't have a dud in the bunch but In Our Gun and others are quality, cohesive albums too. I compiled a Gomez sampler and the songs are all great but it's just not an album. |
| robco1 (Chicago, IL) | Posted: May 21, 2008 - 09:48 Roverfish wrote: In the minority am I as well, yoda. Most excellent tune from a well-overplayed (and going strong) album. |
| Roverfish (Tucson, AZ - Thanks for visiting...now go home!) | Posted: Apr 19, 2008 - 22:14 _yoda wrote: I'm very much in the minority, but this is my favourite Gomez album.
In the minority am I as well, yoda. Most excellent tune from a well-overplayed (and going strong) album. |
| xkolibuul (Chuckanut sandstone) | Posted: Mar 19, 2008 - 10:13 Every Gomez tune I hear on RP is groovin'. Is Bill just infallibly picking the best of their work, or should I be buying entire albums rather than singles? |
| tompoll (Seattle WA USA) | Posted: Jan 16, 2008 - 10:58 This is giving me a headache... |
| QueenLucia (Corner of the USA) | Posted: Nov 14, 2007 - 15:43 Jamunca wrote: Admit it, you've been browsing all of my RP comments and enjoying my smarmy ways. Oh how I love being smarmy. /smarm Smarm away. I'll admit I'm entertained.  |
| Taraincognito (Mountainous rugged terrain.) | Posted: Nov 14, 2007 - 15:43 My Mom was raving about Gomez, and gave me a CD the other day to listen to. So far they remind me of a cross between T-rex and Radiohead is that good? |
| Jamunca (Asheville, NC) | Posted: Aug 24, 2007 - 13:42 QueenLucia wrote: Talk to yourself much?  Admit it, you've been browsing all of my RP comments and enjoying my smarmy ways. Oh how I love being smarmy. /smarm |
| auburntigerrich (Mesa, AZ) | Posted: Aug 24, 2007 - 13:37 Whoa -- nifty sound. Heavy and driving. I'm pretty sure the rest of the album is not instrumental, though, right? |
| QueenLucia (Corner of the USA) | Posted: Aug 24, 2007 - 13:35 Jamunca wrote: Anyone else from the Mid-Atlantic states think this sounds a lot like the band, "Jolene"? No? Just me?
Talk to yourself much? |
| Jamunca (Asheville, NC) | Posted: Aug 24, 2007 - 13:33 Anyone else from the Mid-Atlantic states think this sounds a lot like the band, "Jolene"? No? Just me? |
| szym (Boston/Pittsburgh/other) | Posted: Jun 22, 2007 - 16:04 the whole thing is kinda  |
| robco1 (Chicago, IL) | Posted: Jun 22, 2007 - 16:03 _yoda wrote: I'm very much in the minority, but this is my favourite Gomez album.
And I like them all - to varying extents. I'm with you on that.  |
| _yoda | Posted: May 22, 2007 - 06:46 I'm very much in the minority, but this is my favourite Gomez album. And I like them all - to varying extents. |
| MojoJojo (Indianapolis, IN USA) | Posted: May 22, 2007 - 06:43 Alifreckles50 wrote: pretty cool. is that an automobile or a submarine on the album cover?
Looks like a Huey (chopper) to me.  |
| artmarcia (Derby, KS) | Posted: Apr 20, 2007 - 18:46 This has been a pretty funky set to say the least--but isn't that why we love RP? |
| Alifreckles50 (Frederick, MD) | Posted: Apr 20, 2007 - 18:44 pretty cool. is that a automobile or a submarine on the album cover? |
| TimeWaster | Posted: Mar 20, 2007 - 10:16 The first Gomez song I've heard that doesn't annoy me; I actually like this one. |
| Angloray (NOT in a cubicle) | Posted: Mar 20, 2007 - 10:10 why is Gomez either amazing or terrible? |
| horstman (Syracuse, New York) | Posted: Jan 28, 2007 - 17:03 Still my favorite Gomez album. The last two are pretty much a disappointment compared to this (but then you've all heard me bitch about "How We Operate"). |
| kazuma (Austin, TX) | Posted: Dec 30, 2006 - 12:53 NeilBlanchard wrote: I have yet to hear a Gomez song that was remotely appealing. Sorry.
Same here. They're not awful or anything, but I haven't heard anything yet that I really want to hear more than once either. |
| okobojicat (Dreaming of the Moravian Highlands) | Posted: Dec 01, 2006 - 10:21 rowdydaisy wrote: They are playing games in my headphones. Freaky. Listen w/headphones.
 That is quite nuts. Thanks for the advice. |
| djinnthespazz (S/E Michigan) | Posted: Oct 18, 2006 - 13:39 lotus_65 wrote: Well, don't stop with Gomez. I am sure that the major markets like Detroit only get spoon-fed by Cap/Cities and other conglomerates like where I am. The smaller markets can actually play cool music. Makes you want to move to the sticks, eh? Huh. Right now, Detroit has a great station to borrow from Windsor - The River. And being in the sticks? Sucks rotten eggs. Hence my frequent listening here. |
| NeilBlanchard (Greater Boston area, Massachusetts) | Posted: Sep 19, 2006 - 05:45 Hello, I lowered it from a 4 to a 3 after I heard the non sequitur noises at the end...what was the point of that? I only liked the beginning. Full disclosure: I have yet to hear a Gomez song that was remotely appealing. Sorry. Neil |
| rowdydaisy (Chicago, IL) | Posted: Jun 23, 2006 - 08:53 They are playing games in my headphones. Freaky. Listen w/headphones. |
| sarah_mae (Cambridge, UK) | Posted: Jun 23, 2006 - 08:52 cool lyrics. and amazing music at the end of the song. huh, I didn't think I liked Gomez. |
| ndg (Madrid Spain) | Posted: May 10, 2006 - 14:48 Beautiful song  |
| Xeric (Various Strata) | Posted: Mar 27, 2006 - 19:08 JayA1969 wrote: This band can do no wrong and this song live is incredible! Viva La Gomez! Just did. |
| Mari (goolarabooloo) | Posted: Mar 27, 2006 - 19:05 Govi wrote: Way cool! More like this from Gomez, pleezez?
... Way Far Out Plutonic Cool and ChillHot's'Venus...  ...
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| Govi (Left Coast) | Posted: Oct 17, 2005 - 21:17 Way cool! More like this from Gomez, pleezez? |
| Fat_Man_Flo (Whitehorse) | Posted: Aug 19, 2005 - 17:26 probably one of the first songs I ever heard on Radio Pardise. I remember I started writing down artists/songs I enjoyed, until it seemed that nearly every song was enjoyable, and thus have just started printing off the playlists :) |
| JayA1969 (Santa Monica, CA) | Posted: May 08, 2005 - 14:19 This band can do no wrong and this song live is incredible! Viva La Gomez! |
| llazare (Ann Arbor, MI) | Posted: Feb 09, 2005 - 08:36 *Love* the double bass at the beginning. Reminds me of the brilliant Danny Thompson (plays with John Martyn, Richard Thompson, Pentangle etc). |
| RichardPrins (earth.ca) | Posted: Nov 27, 2004 - 12:39
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| lotus_65 (here, in somebody else's paradise...) | Posted: Oct 29, 2004 - 00:28 porcupinemeat wrote: Never heard Gomez anywhere but here (until I bought the cd). I would relish a broadcast radio station that plays this kinda stuff. Well, don't stop with Gomez. I am sure that the major markets like Detroit only get spoon-fed by Cap/Cities and other conglomerates like where I am. The smaller markets can actually play cool music. Makes you want to move to the sticks, eh? |
| Gaby | Posted: May 26, 2004 - 16:29 Was good till the 'We're all to blame...' part. |
| phineas (lotusland) | Posted: May 13, 2004 - 11:43 Jill wrote: Too much Gomez. What is this, FM radio?
 "Sorry but that user does not exist." <--- that sounds about right! |
| masterhead | Posted: May 13, 2004 - 11:43 naughteragain wrote: Scott, I'm with you honey. l would move to any corner of the planet where there's "too much" Gomez. Momma! Gomex is boring..yes why don't you guys move far away... taking Gomez with you...forever... |