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Gomez — Ping One Down
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helgigermany
(Germany)
Posted: May 22, 2013 - 13:24
 
Nice set!

jules44
(Sunny North Carolina)
Posted: Jul 12, 2012 - 12:13
 
 Stefen wrote:
I don't know if it's because RP is being selective, but I like every tune I've heard from this band.
 
No...RP plays a very wide variety of Gomez songs....and they all vary so much...but I too, have not heard a single one I don't love!!!

deepwoodskev
(In a town west of Chicago)
Posted: Mar 07, 2012 - 15:20
 
 teapot wrote:
Love this album, but Ping One Down is not one of the better songs on the album.
 
WRONG.

Stingray
(JULIAN'S NWO)
Posted: Aug 30, 2011 - 15:46
 
NICE!

Cynaera
(South of Neanderthal)
Posted: Oct 19, 2010 - 13:47
 
Turning this one UP!  It's so good for getting things done, even if those "things" involve phone calls and crossword puzzles.  Love it! {#Dancingbanana}{#Dancingbanana_2}

Stefen
(West Hollywood, CA)
Posted: Apr 11, 2010 - 12:09
 
I don't know if it's because RP is being selective, but I like every tune I've heard from this band.

upgal
(in da UP, Michigan)
Posted: Apr 11, 2010 - 12:07
 
see, newer music CAN sound good! 

lmic
(Narrow Minded Couch Potato)
Posted: Apr 29, 2009 - 08:59
 
I love this song, but to me ping always evokes early UNIX network-check technology.

posworld
(Michigan)
Posted: Feb 25, 2009 - 08:05
 
 UltraNurd wrote:

Arguably, I'd say it's a valid coinage to verb the noun "passifier" to "to passify", as in "to insert a passifier into one's mouth", which has a distinct sense from "to pacify" as in "to quiet", because it implies a baby-like level of comfort.
 

Pace = Peace

oilydwarf
Posted: Feb 25, 2009 - 08:04
 
Hugely underated band, don't know why they haven't got a much higher profile here in the UK

Tana
(Lancaster, PA)
Posted: Feb 25, 2009 - 08:03
 
 teapot wrote:
Love this album, but Ping One Down is not one of the better songs on the album.
 
I think it is absolutely one of the best songs on the album. For the life of me, I cannot sit still when I hear it.


cptbuz
(home)
Posted: Feb 25, 2009 - 08:02
 
 teapot wrote:
Love this album, but Ping One Down is not one of the better songs on the album.
 

I'd have to agree, but this song live.....excellent

posworld
(Michigan)
Posted: Feb 25, 2009 - 08:01
 
Gomez, Yes, Peter Gabriel...excellent!

teapot
(in orbit)
Posted: Feb 09, 2009 - 12:04
 
Love this album, but Ping One Down is not one of the better songs on the album.

Tim_in_N_FL
(Florida)
Posted: Feb 09, 2009 - 12:02
 
 EssexTex wrote:
they sound like someone rummaging in a toolbox
 
Perhaps my least favorite Gomez tune, to date, on RP. {#Beat}

UltraNurd
(Boston, MA)
Posted: Dec 08, 2008 - 05:44
 
 annersjen wrote:

You'd probably be more comfortable if you were pacified, but I agree with your appraisal
 
Arguably, I'd say it's a valid coinage to verb the noun "passifier" to "to passify", as in "to insert a passifier into one's mouth", which has a distinct sense from "to pacify" as in "to quiet", because it implies a baby-like level of comfort.

annersjen
(in the rolling hills of New York)
Posted: Nov 06, 2008 - 16:59
 
 i4niblind wrote:
Man, I can be passified with Gomez and Elbow alllllll day
 
You'd probably be more comfortable if you were pacified, but I agree with your appraisal


i4niblind
(Vancouver, BC)
Posted: Nov 06, 2008 - 16:57
 
Man, I can be passified with Gomez and Elbow alllllll day

Frater_Kork
(Uppsala, Sweden)
Posted: Oct 22, 2008 - 00:15
 
And here i thought of the old script kiddie Ping of Death attack...

keller1
(In A Gadda Da Vida, Baby)
Posted: Sep 20, 2008 - 08:34
 
 ROSSinDETROIT wrote:
Great band, live or recorded.  Play this LOUD and see if you can sit still.  I hope they have a huge hit in them on their next album.  They would benefit from greater media exposure.
 
They could have started by releasing this as a single —- one of their high water marks, for sure.



ROSSinDETROIT
(Detroit, more or less. By teh Zoo.)
Posted: Sep 04, 2008 - 13:06
 
Great band, live or recorded.  Play this LOUD and see if you can sit still.  I hope they have a huge hit in them on their next album.  They would benefit from greater media exposure.

a_genuine_find
(Nieuw Amsterdam)
Posted: May 01, 2008 - 09:22
 
UltraNurd wrote:




Your musical distinctiveness will be added unto our own. You will live to listen to us. Your life... as it has been... is over.

:oP


11 on the Hilarity Meter
EssexTex
(Riding the range)
Posted: Feb 28, 2008 - 09:10
 
they sound like someone rummaging in a toolbox
UltraNurd
(Boston, MA)
Posted: Feb 28, 2008 - 09:07
 
Older_Gentleman wrote:


Absolutely hilarious.


Thanks :o). I had forgotten I had posted that >.>. Admittedly, borg jokes are a bit cliche, but I have good childhood memories of TNG.
Hinkamp
(Planet Utah)
Posted: Feb 12, 2008 - 17:23
 
wow, these guys have about 10 different sounds and they are all good!
Grizzly_old_man
(I'm in the state of confusion on the west coast of Illinois)
Posted: Jan 27, 2008 - 22:47
 
dang wrote:
I love Gomez and this is a great song, but this encoding sounds so flat. I know you can't be that picky when listening to a 128k stream but I was surprised at how much energy this track lost in this case.

d.


I have to wonder what you are using for speakers on your computer. I have a ancient set of Boston acoustic with subwoofer speakers on this machine and the tune has plenty of depth and energy for me.

BTW i'm running the 16k dialup speed here
Older_Gentleman
(GreenVegas, SC)
Posted: Jul 23, 2007 - 10:10
 
UltraNurd wrote:




Your musical distinctiveness will be added unto our own. You will live to listen to us. Your life... as it has been... is over.

:oP


Absolutely hilarious.
DrCyKosis
(~Galveston~)
Posted: Jul 23, 2007 - 10:08
 
I saw them in concert last weekend in Houston. They are one of those bands that are totally awesome live.

The audio was clear and loud and they have a great stage presence.
UltraNurd
(Boston, MA)
Posted: Jun 06, 2007 - 07:42
 
shay_shay wrote:
The more I hear from this band the more I don't like. Nothing original, and a constant, droning vocal.




Your musical distinctiveness will be added unto our own. You will live to listen to us. Your life... as it has been... is over.

:oP
horstman
(Syracuse, New York)
Posted: May 21, 2007 - 15:11
 
THE BEST GOMEZ ALBUM!!!
xkolibuul
(Pacific Rim, salmon, big trees)
Posted: May 05, 2007 - 22:23
 
So why can't a droning vocal be original? Neither particularly original or derivative, this song is still unquestionably GOOD. The best Gomez my ears have heard.

shay_shay wrote:
The more I hear from this band the more I don't like. Nothing original, and a constant, droning vocal.

squidish
(under the sea)
Posted: Apr 04, 2007 - 08:04
 
madtowner11 wrote:
Gomez are your friends.


Gomaz for all!
Lazy8
(The Gallatin Valley of Montana)
Posted: Mar 19, 2007 - 19:35
 
This song is a leading cause of neck strain.
shay_shay
Posted: Feb 16, 2007 - 11:00
 
The more I hear from this band the more I don't like. Nothing original, and a constant, droning vocal.
RobK
(Leucadia, CA)
Posted: Sep 08, 2006 - 11:05
 
Good to see RP delving deeply into this album. Even the first single is a really good song. They have a somewhat fresh approach.
KateD
(PHX - Its Hotter than Hades!!!)
Posted: Nov 16, 2005 - 21:03
 
Baby_M wrote:
maybe I've read too many Tom Clancy stories, but I see the phrase "ping one down" and I think it's a song about active sonar.

"Yankee search, Jonsey!"
"Aye, Cap'n!"
The Red October's bow-mounted sonar lashed the ocean with a wall of sound. As the echoes came back, computers plotted the location of the Akula-class sub and fed the coordinates to the four 533mm torpedoes waiting patiently in the forward tubes. . . .



Oh My Gosh!!! You just took me to a place way in my past!!!! Thanks for the giggle!!! You are too funny!
RichardPrins
(Oceania)
Posted: Nov 16, 2005 - 21:02
 

KateD
(PHX - Its Hotter than Hades!!!)
Posted: Nov 16, 2005 - 21:01
 
Ok Still dancing!!! Don't know this one but I like it! ;-)
jah_blessed
(Netherlands)
Posted: Nov 02, 2005 - 05:44
 
Love the bass on this track.
Baby_M
(a 100-year old building in downtown Akron, Ohio)
Posted: Nov 02, 2005 - 05:33
 
maybe I've read too many Tom Clancy stories, but I see the phrase "ping one down" and I think it's a song about active sonar.

"Yankee search, Jonsey!"
"Aye, Cap'n!"
The Red October's bow-mounted sonar lashed the ocean with a wall of sound. As the echoes came back, computers plotted the location of the Akula-class sub and fed the coordinates to the four 533mm torpedoes waiting patiently in the forward tubes. . . .


Dianyla
(Portland, OR)
Posted: Aug 05, 2005 - 14:49
 
rulebritannia wrote:
I find the name of the band kinda unfortunate for a UK band.

I keep trying to see how you could have meant this statement in a non-racist way.
rulebritannia
(England - Where God does not run for public office...)
Posted: Apr 24, 2005 - 17:20
 
GGendeman wrote:
All three are very good. There are great songs on each, but the best overall, and most consistent is "In Our Gun". You won't be unhappy.
This is an excellent disk. I find this song just OK. There are some great tunes on the disk. I find the name of the band kinda unfortunate for a UK band.
madtowner11
Posted: Jan 26, 2005 - 08:52
 
Gomez are your friends.
phineas
(lotusland)
Posted: Oct 15, 2004 - 00:58
 
JokesandJokesandJokes wrote:


No, but you will be after I stab you with my pointy stick!!

You need a new nickname, like TriesTooFrigginHard. Ya, that'd fit.
JokesandJokesandJokes
Posted: Aug 08, 2004 - 20:25
 
phineas wrote:

....am I gushing?


No, but you will be after I stab you with my pointy stick!!
lotus_65
(here, in somebody else's paradise...)
Posted: Jul 06, 2004 - 06:05
 
phineas wrote:


....am I gushing?

@ the Fine Line Music Cafe in Mpls, one of the top 5 shows I've seen recently. Catch them if you can...
jagdriver
Posted: May 27, 2004 - 09:24
 
The opening vocals of this track are very reminiscent of Chris Rea. In fact, that's who i thought it was until I looked. If you like this track, check out "On the Beach" by Chris.
phineas
(lotusland)
Posted: Feb 11, 2004 - 21:32
 
I was thrilled to see these guys last week at "The Fabulous Commodore Ballroom" here in Vancouver ---- great show in a perfect venue, and they didn't even play this gem. I don't go to a ton of concerts these days, but I'd see them tomorrow given the chance. Wonderful to see/hear all their great music created live.

....am I gushing?
coyotexxx2
(Helena, MT)
Posted: Dec 29, 2003 - 08:53
 
pdhski wrote:
This song was pretty cool the first time I heard it...but it seems to be getting overexposed. Familiarity breeds contempt, and I am getting a bit contemptuous. (Keep in mind I am only on this stream one week, and I know I've heard it at least 5 times...) :-k



Five times in seven days does not seem that often to me.
pdhski
(NY Metro)
Posted: Dec 08, 2003 - 18:59
 
This song was pretty cool the first time I heard it...but it seems to be getting overexposed. Familiarity breeds contempt, and I am getting a bit contemptuous. (Keep in mind I am only on this stream one week, and I know I've heard it at least 5 times...) :-k