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I pulled a loose thread
I gathered you in
Discovered I could
A pivot for your sun
You invited me in
As if it's nothing
We tread on old ground
As if it's nothing now
It's like I hardly see the sky some days
It's like you hardly said a word
It's like I hardly see the sky some days
And I'd do better if I turned my head
Knowing you did
I wouldn't be here
If you could have said no
I wouldn't have come here
If ever I had known
It's like I hardly see the sky some days
It's like you hardly said a word
It's like I hardly see the sky some days
And I'd do better if I turned my head
Knowing you did
Knowing you called
Knowing you held her
Knowing you kissed
Knowing you did all this
It's like I hardly see the sky some days
It's like you hardly said a word
It's like I hardly see the sky some days
And I'd do better if I turned my head
Knowing you did.
| Ichthyologist (Dallas) | Posted: Jun 17, 2005 - 10:51 Old_Pool_Skunk wrote: Stop shaking that poor singer.
Someone buy her a drink, quick! Maybe the shaking will stop.  |
| yogaboat (outer space, obviously) | Posted: Jun 17, 2005 - 10:48 lukekingland wrote: WHY is this getting such a low rating?!
because it's terrible? I'm thinking if she teamed up with Bright Eyes we'd all have nervous breakdowns in 3 minutes. |
| betterdaze (flying freely) | Posted: May 04, 2005 - 11:14 lukekingland wrote: WHY is this getting such a low rating?! I hope it's not because it is "Like Tori".
This is easily one of my favorite songs played on RP, kinda depressing to see so many people don't like it  :verysorry: Hmmm...now I fell kinda bad for giving it a 2. However, being a Dave Matthews fan, I feel your pain. |
| timandjuliet (Lidsville) | Posted: May 04, 2005 - 11:11 Her voice makes me nervous, but I like everything else about the song. |
| lukekingland (Dallas, unfortunately) | Posted: Apr 24, 2005 - 20:00 WHY is this getting such a low rating?! I hope it's not because it is "Like Tori". This is easily one of my favorite songs played on RP, kinda depressing to see so many people don't like it :verysorry: |
| Old_Pool_Skunk (Whayyy out there.) | Posted: Apr 19, 2005 - 19:35 Stop shaking that poor singer. |
| Foreverfree (ITALIA) | Posted: Mar 26, 2005 - 11:12 GOOD,BUT TORI IS BETTER!  |
| hagofthemill | Posted: Mar 11, 2005 - 17:59 jayladdin wrote: Too much like Tori for me...
Eew, yes. With a big glob of Bjork thrown in for pseudo vibrato. Domo arigato, Mr. Vibrato.  |
| spaceman (Vienna, Austria) | Posted: Mar 06, 2005 - 17:11 A litte story about this album, since I didn't see it mentioned in the comments yet: I bought this album at a flea market in Vienna, Austria. It was labeled "Portishead - Pearl", so I thought it was an obscure new Portishead album. When I listened to it, I just thought "man, that band really grows from one album to the next"... I completely fell for the hoax. Then it turned out that someone had very expertly repackaged Mandalay's "Empathy" as a Portishead album, complete with new cover, liner notes, etc. Neither band seems very amused, but all I can say is that I never regretted that I bought it (I had never heard of Mandalay before). The only thing I do regret: there was a very nice girl at the flea market who wanted to buy the same disk. I wish I had known what it was then... it would have been the perfect conversation starter :) |
| GWillacker (Lansing, MI) | Posted: Feb 05, 2005 - 04:56 Clicked in to RP this morning and this exquisite voice was the first thing I heard. I'm so sorry I missed hearing it from the beginning of the song. But please play this some more! |
| Trustocity (Boston, baby) | Posted: Jan 26, 2005 - 11:38 EleventhMan wrote: sounds like Madonna....
that was not a compliment... Sadly, Madonna says this is one of her favorite bands... I happen to think they're reminicent of Coctaeu Twins, and that's why I like 'em a whole lot. Sexy is right. |
| designerGirl | Posted: Jan 26, 2005 - 11:36 I'm in the minority here. I like it. It's sexy. |
| trekhead | Posted: Jan 21, 2005 - 11:16 "Mandalay Industries! Say Mandalay Industries!!!" |
| colt4x5 (east of eden) | Posted: Jan 11, 2005 - 17:43 Beanie wrote: And, sorry to be the spelling police, but it's "vibrato".  absolutely right! verbrado is a fried spinach pasta. :? |
| EleventhMan | Posted: Jan 11, 2005 - 17:41 sounds like Madonna.... that was not a compliment... |
| ArbiterOfGoodTaste (Seattle WA) | Posted: Jan 06, 2005 - 17:33 gntlemanartist wrote: She sounds like she's performing at high altitude and is short of breath. It's painful.
I came over to suggest perhaps she was shivering while singing. |
| diane (seacoast, nh, usa) | Posted: Dec 28, 2004 - 00:08 gntlemanartist wrote: She sounds like she's performing at high altitude and is short of breath. It's painful.
Agreed. Perhaps someone switched her oxygen tank for helium... |
| gntlemanartist (Telos) | Posted: Sep 30, 2004 - 14:00 She sounds like she's performing at high altitude and is short of breath. It's painful. |
| Dais | Posted: Sep 25, 2004 - 09:14 mig7 wrote: Madonna Amos
Yes. I was thinking the very same thing. |
| tokei (Heidelberg, Germany) | Posted: Sep 01, 2004 - 01:19 Wow! |
| RichardPrins (z³) | Posted: Aug 26, 2004 - 19:34 Sounds like Nitin Sawhney was involved too... |
| mig7 (Minneapolis, MN) | Posted: Aug 17, 2004 - 07:53 Madonna Amos |
| Atrail (Dallas, TX) | Posted: Jul 28, 2004 - 20:49 1jerry wrote: kinda interesting minimalist breathy sorta thing. I'll see how it sounds the second time.
I am proud to say I started uploading Mandalay songs along time agon when I noticed they didn't have any. Good to see some are in play now! :) |
| Beanie | Posted: Jul 01, 2004 - 07:48 Boosiewolf wrote: That is HILARIOUSLY put. I was thinking singing while riding on a bumpy road. I'm not a heavy verbrado fan. I was thinking that Tori and Stevie Nicks had conceived a love child together. And, sorry to be the spelling police, but it's "vibrato". |
| GolfRomeo (The Beach, South Carolina) | Posted: Jul 01, 2004 - 07:43 What is the rest of the disc like, good? |
| Gregorama (Austin, TX) | Posted: May 14, 2004 - 07:16 I think it is pretty, and fairly original. |
| Alexandra (Ohioville) | Posted: Apr 26, 2004 - 12:37 qbee wrote: Sounds like someone put Tori Amos in the paint mixer.
 That is HILARIOUSLY put. I was thinking singing while riding on a bumpy road. I'm not a heavy verbrado fan. |
| ChicagoVWchic77 (Chicago, IL) | Posted: Feb 24, 2004 - 20:53 Not bad... what else does Rp have of them in the upcoming lineup? I gave it a 7. |
| black321 (Centerport, NY) | Posted: Feb 03, 2004 - 12:18 soulspin wrote: I can see the Kate Bush similarity maybe, but definitely not Tori... I like it.
Sounds like Madonna |
| soulspin (Melbourne, FL) | Posted: Jan 17, 2004 - 12:08 I can see the Kate Bush similarity maybe, but definitely not Tori... I like it. |
| Hasty_Manic (Okemos, MI) | Posted: Jan 13, 2004 - 18:36 ahhhhhhhhhhh, Madonna's favorite band. She's got good taste, don't ya think? |
| ndanger666 (Lost in the Ozone Again) | Posted: Jan 07, 2004 - 06:10 qbee wrote: Sounds like someone put Tori Amos in the paint mixer.
And set it to "Mulch"  |
| plundis (Carnegie, PA) | Posted: Nov 16, 2003 - 18:53 i like this one... mellow... but i agree that pause stinks in the middle... |
| cdanthony (exit 135 New Jersey) | Posted: Nov 06, 2003 - 11:21 qbee wrote: Sounds like someone put Tori Amos in the paint mixer.
or singing through a fan. ... and that annoying tease of a pause as if the song is over. It's a tease because I wish it WERE over.  |
| rgj13 (elsewhere) | Posted: Oct 23, 2003 - 12:27 qbee wrote: Sounds like someone put Tori Amos in the paint mixer.
 
Couldn't have said it better. |
| LEFTY6 (DOWN WELL TRODDEN CORRIDOR INTO THE VALLEY OF STEEL) | Posted: Oct 13, 2003 - 06:37 Sounds like she is stumbling over the beat of the music. Unfortunately the beat of the music is going nowhere. |
| qbee (San Francisco, CA) | Posted: Oct 06, 2003 - 17:09 Sounds like someone put Tori Amos in the paint mixer. |
| jayladdin (New York City) | Posted: Sep 26, 2003 - 12:15 Too much like Tori for me... |
| Drunkenlilacwine (Brampton, ON) | Posted: Sep 22, 2003 - 19:19 her voice can get annoying at times. too vibrating but her voice suits the songs and the lyrics to the song. well done mandalay!!!! |
| Platypus (here, now) | Posted: Sep 16, 2003 - 07:41 very cool. nice and mellow. |
| Alexandra (Ohioville) | Posted: Sep 16, 2003 - 07:39 Dave_Mack wrote: Can't handle that tremble in her voice.
Exactly. Sounds like she's singing in a car going down a bumpy road! |
| deadline (Our house.....in the middle of our street) | Posted: Aug 27, 2003 - 16:39 What a bad Portishead rip-off and the singer's voice is so annoying. |
| TheLongshot (Burke, VA) | Posted: Aug 27, 2003 - 13:21 Definitly sounds a lot like Kate Bush... :D Jason |
| Dave_Mack (Saratoga, CA) | Posted: Aug 06, 2003 - 13:18 Can't handle that tremble in her voice. |
| anonymous (Isle of Man - UK) | Posted: Aug 06, 2003 - 13:18 Yes, insensible is exactly what this is. :-s |
| brighthue (MetroWest, MA) | Posted: Jul 27, 2003 - 08:25 Originally Posted by philarktos:
And what do I find,somewhat less than helpfully, but a lot of so-and-so as a so-and-so "Wannabe" which is charge that I would like to see dropped from the statutes of pop culture.  For musicians, I guess there's a fine line between incorporating influences into one's sound and borrowing a bit too heavily from them. I'd say, this singer is influenced by Kate Bush and expresses that influence well. This singer (don't know her name, sorry) still has her own voice. If all the singers who were influenced by Billie Holiday were shot down for "being wannabes," we would never have heard of several, possibly many great singers (Janis Joplin comes to mind in the context of RP). |
| Koan (urban gypsy in canada) | Posted: Jul 17, 2003 - 17:57 This zen girl orig. from Vancouver is in absolute agreement with the Buddhist Bear of the same fair city. 
Originally Posted by philarktos:
And what do I find,somewhat less than helpfully, but a lot of so-and-so as a so-and-so "Wannabe" which is charge that I would like to see dropped from the statutes of pop culture. When I note a similarity, I just DON"T WANT TO GO THERE, thank you very much. I just find it very distastefully pretentious to dis someone's creativity solely based on my own perceptions and assumptions. |
| serene23 (Los Angeles, CA) | Posted: Jul 17, 2003 - 17:37 Originally Posted by eric:
So true :) I guess she's a wannabe Kate Bush by the transitive property of wannabeity. Kate is amazing, Tori is borderline amazing and this is bliss as well. Thumbs up. CWH |
| philarktos (Vancouver) | Posted: Jul 07, 2003 - 12:01 Originally Posted by Johray63:
Hypnotic. I like the transparent production very much. Everything is very clear and all those little, mystical noises coming through, really soothing. Exactly. Forgot what I had got on about last comment but today "hypnotic" was the word in mind. Also love the subtle catches in the singer's voice. |
| ajudd (Seattle, WA) | Posted: Jul 07, 2003 - 11:57 Hmm, ok .. shoot me, but the intro sounded totally late-era Madonna..(and I would rather hear that). |