![]() Charango (2002) [ larger cover art ] |
They wanted me here just to show you my face
But when it comes to the crunch, I just hide in disgrace
You were calling me mad but I know you're the same
'Cause you gotta be seen to be playing the game
Yes, you gotta be seen to be playing the game
Yes, we gotta be seen to be playing the game
It ain't gonna hurt now if you open up your eyes
You're making it worse now every time you criticize
I'm under your curse now, but I call it compromise
I thought that you were wise, but you were otherwise
A specimen like you I would love to obtain
I asked a tedious guy if he'd tell me your name
I'd love to impress you with a back somersault
I wanna take up your love, but it's locked in a vault
I wanna take up your love, but it's locked in a vault
It ain't gonna hurt now if you open up your eyes
You're making it worse now every time you criticize
I'm under your curse now, but I call it compromise
I thought that you were wise, but you were otherwise
When I open my mouth, I'm so brutally honest
And I can't expect that kind of love from you
When you open your mouth, your teeth are beautifully polished
And I can't extract the pain you're going through
No, I can't explain the pain you're going through
It ain't gonna hurt now if you open up your eyes
You're making it worse now every time you womanize
I'm under your curse now, but I call it compromise
I'm under your curse, oh, oh
It ain't gonna hurt now if you open up your eyes
You're making it worse now every time you criticize
I'm under your curse now, but I call it compromise
I thought that you were wise, but you were otherwise
| fredriley (Nottingham, UK) | Posted: Mar 06, 2013 - 06:19 drivingunit103 wrote: I find I either really like, or totally dislike this bands music. I can't seem to find the in between. Sadly, this falls into the latter category. I'm sort of with you, though I either really like, or am bored crapless, by Morcheeba's music. Much of it is boring lounge music about boring things, yet there are some absolutely stonking tracks, such as the opening track on Dive Deep or the title to Blood Like Lemonade, which go into my all-time top 50. I think it's because so many of their albums have guest artists which add spikiness and originality to the usual bland output. This may not be a top 50 number but it is catchy and engaging. |
| drivingunit103 (around the 4 western provinces) | Posted: Dec 02, 2012 - 05:27 I find I either really like, or totally dislike this bands music. I can't seem to find the in between. Sadly, this falls into the latter category. |
| AndyJ (Oregon) | Posted: Apr 25, 2012 - 10:47 Morcheeba, Morphine, Madrugada.... Hmmm, Is there a pattern here-? |
| LaurieinTucson (Tucson,AZ) | Posted: May 13, 2011 - 15:14 She sounds flat to me. |
| Darlington (Columbia, South Carolina) | Posted: Feb 24, 2010 - 08:28 Saw them (well what's left of them) the other night on Anthony Bourdain. He's apparently a friend of the band... |
| alux (atop the pyramid) | Posted: Dec 23, 2009 - 11:34 prickelpit96 wrote: Taken from their best album. ![]() But far from their best song. |
| rascal420 (Cold and snowy, CA) | Posted: Aug 19, 2009 - 14:05 tom wrote: I do like this song, yes. It reminds me of some other song though... maybe it's just a popular sound. Nonetheless, I find myself addicted. ( ; Sure sounds like a guitar riff from Supper's Ready. To me. |
| prickelpit96 (Hannover, Germany) | Posted: Nov 27, 2007 - 07:05 Taken from their best album. |
| aaehr (NYC) | Posted: Sep 25, 2007 - 12:18 I like the Arabic influence. Beautiful voice, too. |
| celadonstone (the Lowcountry of SC (2858.50 mi East of Paradise)) | Posted: Feb 02, 2007 - 13:14 Her voice is fine, its the words and refrain I dont like, or "despise" if you will. |
| sunnysoul03 (Huntington Beach, CA) | Posted: Feb 02, 2007 - 13:11 bobringer wrote: I think that's only California... In New Jersey we need to listen In A Gadda Da Vida... the extended version haha...looks like I'm living in the wrong state! |
| voytek (CLIFTON, NJ) | Posted: Jan 04, 2007 - 07:57 ndanger666 wrote: How about a little Lesscheeba?
So, would you like more Bon Jersey Jovi...? |
| olsaltybastard | Posted: Dec 20, 2006 - 19:36 Danny_G wrote: Sweet voice, me gusta
My thoughts exactly!! Such a sexy voice without trying to sound like a little girl. |
| Danny_G (Lima) | Posted: Sep 09, 2006 - 11:32 Sweet voice, me gusta |
| Baby_M (a 100-year old building in downtown Akron, Ohio) | Posted: Sep 23, 2005 - 07:44 drover wrote: Man oh man... Ms. Skye can just about bring me to orgasm just sitting here in a chair with my hands at my side. . . .
I like it too, but . . . I'm just glad I don't work in the cubicle next to yours. |
| dead_flowers (brown university, providence, ri) | Posted: Sep 23, 2005 - 07:42 one of those songs that i've heard multiple times, liked it, but never new the name. great song! |
| Fat_Man_Flo (Whitehorse) | Posted: Aug 09, 2005 - 19:52 nicely produced |
| bluedot (Long Beach, CA) | Posted: Feb 19, 2005 - 22:35 bobringer wrote: I think that's only California... In New Jersey we need to listen In A Gadda Da Vida... the extended version and the really HARDCORE californians listen to "from the cradle to the grave" and "a plague of lighthouse keepers." (very long, intense stuff from the 70's by the subhumans and van der graaf generator) hey bill, how about some subhumans? how about some van der graaf generator or some peter hammill? |
| bobringer (Wayne, NJ) | Posted: Jan 21, 2005 - 11:07 Leslie wrote: I thought 4 minutes was a pretty long time for a man. :p I think that's only California... In New Jersey we need to listen In A Gadda Da Vida... the extended version |
| RichardPrins (earth.ca) | Posted: Nov 23, 2004 - 08:26 :-({|= |
| deathlark (Germany) | Posted: May 06, 2003 - 17:56 loooooooove this song, reminds me of my ex-boyfriend though......whine |
| AliGator (West Coast of France) | Posted: Apr 26, 2003 - 13:54 Love it. The voice, the rhythm, everything. |
| tuningin (Boone, NC) | Posted: Apr 16, 2003 - 09:10 Morcheeba is cooool. |
| Leslie (under a rock in Antioch, CA (155 mi. south of RP)) | Posted: Mar 16, 2003 - 17:13 Originally Posted by mike1g:
I guess you better not listen to it during any love making sessions then drover. It's only about a 4 minute song. :) I thought 4 minutes was a pretty long time for a man. :p |
| wr150 (riga) | Posted: Jan 29, 2003 - 19:14 very cool voice and the song is great! ![]() |
| trancefussion (Chicago, IL) | Posted: Jan 29, 2003 - 19:14 Fortunately I found Morcheeba right when they released their Who Can You Trust? title back in 96'. Which I believe is by far their best work to date. Anywho, I have been hooked ever since. I can't imagine my life without a little Skye. |
| tom (Clifton Park, NY) | Posted: Jan 29, 2003 - 19:12 I do like this song, yes. It reminds me of some other song though... maybe it's just a popular sound. Nonetheless, I find myself addicted. ( ; |
| Asphalt (Lanham, MD) | Posted: Jan 09, 2003 - 10:13 Excellent. very cool, very chill. |
| BRYNBRYN (Bellbrook, OH) | Posted: Dec 12, 2002 - 13:24 SHE HAS A GREAT SOUND, EASY TO LISTEN TO :) |
| ndanger666 (Hackensack, NJ) | Posted: Dec 02, 2002 - 08:51 How about a little Lesscheeba? |
| Mistress_M (Winter Springs, FL) | Posted: Nov 19, 2002 - 09:18 Really like everything I've heard from Morcheeba. Recalls Supreme Beings of Leisure. Thanks RP, for the turn-on. |
| mike1g (Austin, TX) | Posted: Oct 14, 2002 - 14:04 Originally Posted by drover:
Man oh man... Ms. Skye can just about bring me to orgasm just sitting here in a chair with my hands at my side. Damn, my speakers never sounded so sexy. I guess you better not listen to it during any love making sessions then drover. It's only about a 4 minute song. :) Just kiddin, I totally hear ya. I just wish they would do something similar to Who Can You Trust or Big Calm again. Charango is allot closer than Fragments was. Much more adventerous. It just seems like Skye has kind of taken over the creative element which I think was best left to the Godfrey brothers. |
| AlanCE (Des Moines, IA) | Posted: Oct 14, 2002 - 13:43 wow, new to me, on my list |
| drover (Chicago, IL) | Posted: Oct 04, 2002 - 08:42 Man oh man... Ms. Skye can just about bring me to orgasm just sitting here in a chair with my hands at my side. Damn, my speakers never sounded so sexy. |


