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Urban Species — Blanket (featuring Imogen Heap)
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LennytheB
(beyond the 7th sun)
Posted: Oct 17, 2010 - 16:33
 
I can't find this song anywhere else (not even itunes).  Wish Bill would start playing it again.

FeydBaron
(Phoenix, AZ)
Posted: Nov 21, 2006 - 09:14
 
I hereby state that one year between playings is entirely too much for this song (everytime Autamata - Out of This plays I think of this song and have to check its last played date.)

Is the rest of the CD like this track by chance, or is it just Imogen Heap that makes this song?
honeygirl
(New England... USA)
Posted: Nov 11, 2005 - 14:01
 
I think it's mysteriously sexxxxxy... but I wouldn't care to own it.
honeygirl
(New England... USA)
Posted: Nov 11, 2005 - 14:01
 
I think it's sexxxxxy... but I wouldn't care to own it.
jah_blessed
(Netherlands)
Posted: Oct 16, 2005 - 09:58
 
Name-dropping Chuck D and Marvin Gaye does not earn you any credit. This track is a total borefest.
besca
(Indiana, USA)
Posted: Oct 13, 2005 - 08:05
 
Firstly, I love the song and the addition of Imogen is perfect here. Now as to the sexual references to music... I will say I get tired of the songs that feature sex as the entire content, but having a sensual voice isn't the same in my opinion. Content is for me at least, a large part of the music... lyrically speaking as well as instrumentally. I can understand getting sick of seeing sex selling the music (watch the video w/Beyonce & JayZ for instance), but I really can't say that I see that in this particular song or really any song on RP that I can think of.
Ruby_Scheme
(North Carolina; USA)
Posted: Oct 13, 2005 - 08:03
 
Makes me think of Jacko Junior...heh.
Pyro
(350 miles from New Orleans)
Posted: Sep 13, 2005 - 21:04
 
Cool groove, made better by Imogen.
rgj13
Posted: Sep 06, 2005 - 18:25
 
catmaven wrote:

Not everyone appreciates jabbering or semitalk. I can't stand any more of the breathy females (commenting on Kate Bush and Bird York as well). They sell their sex appeal in place of really singing, and I can't stand it.

Some commenters seem to like songs only for their erotic assistance. That is fine for them, only let's not lie and call it music. It is some sort of pandering instead.

Thankful that the Urban Species cut featuring Imogen H. is not too long! :( :headshake: :D

Bah. I think I've heard nearly every musical instrument I've ever heard played at least once in a way I'd call sexy. Or sensual, or erotic, or whatever term might help you make a meaninglessly semantic distinction. The voice is an instrument, and can be sexy or chirpy or brassy or brash, or all of them, in a single verse. Tell Kate Bush or Marvin Gaye to take the sexuality out of their voices and you may as well have told Hendrix to get by short a string.


mxdcec
Posted: Sep 02, 2005 - 02:57
 
mxdcec wrote:
Now that we have heard from the asexual contingent, whose next?


Well, most posted comments reflect at least a modicum of intelligence.

Catmaven's comments seem to favor a desexualization of music. Art is sex and I would hope it's a reciprocated relationship.

You cannot remove sexuality from music, nor any art form.
Mangoman
(Portland Metro Oregon)
Posted: Sep 02, 2005 - 02:40
 
lester wrote:
Thank you, Roverfish; I was going to disagree with catmaven, but just slightly -- being able to contradict only facets of the "sex appeal in lieu of singing" stance, while not being fully behind ekent82 on the new topical tangent. Then that "asexual" tag came in out of the blue. Where to go from there?


I know. I'm still aghast over the whole thing. My word.
Mangoman
(Portland Metro Oregon)
Posted: Sep 02, 2005 - 02:36
 
Great voice, nothing to say.
lester
Posted: Aug 30, 2005 - 01:10
 
Roverfish wrote:
Speaking for yourself here? If not, you might want to consider silence as an option for shielding your ignorance.
Thank you, Roverfish; I was going to disagree with catmaven, but just slightly -- being able to contradict only facets of the "sex appeal in lieu of singing" stance, while not being fully behind ekent82 on the new topical tangent. Then that "asexual" tag came in out of the blue. Where to go from there?
Roverfish
(Tucson, AZ - Thanks for visiting, please drive through!)
Posted: Aug 29, 2005 - 23:59
 
mxdcec wrote:
Now that we have heard from the asexual contingent, whose next?

Speaking for yourself here? If not, you might want to consider silence as an option for shielding your ignorance.

Groovy...probably not something I'd choose to buy an album full of, but definitely likeable on RP.
mxdcec
Posted: Aug 22, 2005 - 21:53
 
Now that we have heard from the asexual contingent, whose next?

catmaven wrote:

Not everyone appreciates jabbering or semitalk. I can't stand any more of the breathy females (commenting on Kate Bush and Bird York as well). They sell their sex appeal in place of really singing, and I can't stand it.

Some commenters seem to like songs only for their erotic assistance. That is fine for them, only let's not lie and call it music. It is some sort of pandering instead.

Thankful that the Urban Species cut featuring Imogen H. is not too long! :( :headshake: :D

ekent82
Posted: Aug 22, 2005 - 21:40
 
catmaven wrote:
only let's not lie and call it music. It is some sort of pandering instead.


If you think there's a rule that says music can't be about sex you've got to be ignorant of the past 50 years of rock.

edit: Ok, that sounds a little more antagonistic than I actually feel, but still, I don't see how you could possibly arrive at that viewpoint while still listening to the kind of music that this radio station plays :P.
rKokon
(Colesville, MD)
Posted: Aug 18, 2005 - 06:20
 
lester wrote:
Nice voice -- the woman's is -- really nice. And then there's some other person jabbering on about something, which is, apparently, intentionally intermingled with the song on the same recording.

Not everyone appreciates jabbering or semitalk. I can't stand any more of the breathy females (commenting on Kate Bush and Bird York as well). They sell their sex appeal in place of really singing, and I can't stand it.

Some commenters seem to like songs only for their erotic assistance. That is fine for them, only let's not lie and call it music. It is some sort of pandering instead.

Thankful that the Urban Species cut featuring Imogen H. is not too long! :( :headshake: :D
lester
Posted: Aug 15, 2005 - 03:29
 
Nice voice -- the woman's is -- really nice. And then there's some other person jabbering on about something, which is, apparently, intentionally intermingled with the song on the same recording.
Roverfish
(Tucson, AZ - Thanks for visiting, please drive through!)
Posted: Aug 08, 2005 - 00:53
 
Dragonfly_Launch wrote:
Imogen could sing Bush's State of the Union speech and I would listen, you know, for the first time. But on this song, when she is not singing, I just wish she was.

Too bad Peter Gabriel can't get this voice for some new song duos.

Completely agree and good call. I'd love that pairing.

Likeable tune.
mxdcec
Posted: Aug 08, 2005 - 00:52
 
Ah, to wake up with her real-life voice singing along to the recorded track quietly as she lay in bed next to me, then never opening my eyes, and letting the recorded music take over as we make sweet love-----

(You know what I mean!)

Is there anything more puzzling than awakening because of an erection, and not being able to recall the dream? Life is cruel.
Shesdifferent
(Just visiting this planet)
Posted: Aug 08, 2005 - 00:47
 
Simple but nice groove
shakitten
Posted: Aug 03, 2005 - 10:28
 
birdiestobehad wrote:
Smoooooooth....... and hypnotic. As many others have said, just because some call it "rap" music, is no reason to outright dismiss it! This one crosses over nicely.

Besides, it's Bill's station, and this is what makes it truely eclectic. Keep it up Homey!


Just the opinion of another hipster-doofus white-boy.


I'm apparently a hipster-doofus white girl, 'coz I agree with you! I love this tune... :iamwith:
mxdcec
Posted: Aug 03, 2005 - 09:44
 
i liked it
tony99
Posted: Aug 03, 2005 - 09:44
 
deanofox wrote:
Hip Hop? Rap? It doesnt matter, at the end of the day this is trying to sound too much like Faithless.


Exactly, and IMHO Faithless are terribly overrated
pdhski
(Forever)
Posted: Aug 03, 2005 - 09:43
 
oh man - what is that echoey chord strike in the background during the parts when the guy raps?? It is a very well-known sample that I can't place the source. I'm sure it's in a number of other songs... grrr, hate when I can't figure it out
Jimmy2000
Posted: Aug 03, 2005 - 09:42
 
Not a bad song, but the female singer sounds like she's suffering from a terrible sinus cold.
ScottFromWyoming
(Powell, Wyo.)
Posted: Jul 16, 2005 - 12:51
 
cbonai wrote:


Which is fine, except this isn't rap...

Allmusic uses the terms interchangeably, and Wikipedia notes that Rapping is "the distinguishing feature of hip-hop".

FWIW.
deanofox
(Hull, East Yorkshire, England)
Posted: Jul 07, 2005 - 01:02
 
Hip Hop? Rap? It doesnt matter, at the end of the day this is trying to sound too much like Faithless.
shevek
(Piscataway, NJ)
Posted: Jun 22, 2005 - 08:07
 
cbonai wrote:


Which is fine, except this isn't rap...


My apologies, I should have said hip hop instead of rap. Definitely not for me. But please go on enjoying it!
cbonai
(Vermont)
Posted: Jun 22, 2005 - 07:54
 
shevek wrote:
If all the rap music, rap artists, and rap-influenced songs like this one suddenly disappeared from the world with a flash of light, I could not care less. But I guess this fills a cultural niche, like lots of the other stuff I don't get, so I'll just wait for the next song.


Which is fine, except this isn't rap...
cbonai
(Vermont)
Posted: Jun 22, 2005 - 07:53
 
Good stuff, chill and smooth...once again proving that hip hop is truly the creative media of today!
shevek
(Piscataway, NJ)
Posted: Jun 22, 2005 - 07:52
 
If all the rap music, rap artists, and rap-influenced songs like this one suddenly disappeared from the world with a flash of light, I could not care less. But I guess this fills a cultural niche, like lots of the other stuff I don't get, so I'll just wait for the next song.
mrselfdestruct
(Edmonton, AB)
Posted: Jun 07, 2005 - 15:00
 
ndanger666 wrote:
This should be entitled "Urban Fesces"


At least spell it right. I like Imogen's voice too much to really dislike stuff involving her.
Pyro
(Northwest Louisiana)
Posted: Jun 02, 2005 - 10:00
 
I'm normally not a big hip hop fan, but Imogen really makes this cut!
radiojunkie
(stuck in the crack, NY/CT)
Posted: May 23, 2005 - 22:41
 
Nice track...very s m o o o o t h.
I wonder if Imogen Heap is related to Imogen Coca?
Platypus
(here, now)
Posted: May 21, 2005 - 20:08
 
pretty decent stuff... i had to check winamp to see which station i was tuned to, though... seemed a bit too, umm... "urban" for RP.

would be great to follow this one up with some D'Angelo or something from Herbie Hancock's Future2Future album.
amcallis
(501.5 Miles South of Paradise)
Posted: Apr 24, 2005 - 16:07
 
kokopellie wrote:
RAP SUCKS!!!


This is hip hop, not rap. Notice how he doesn't talk about his bitches or how he's rolling in his six-four.
DisplacedNorthrnr
Posted: Apr 19, 2005 - 11:46
 
I enjoyed this very much. Her voice juxtiposed on the methodical rap provided a nice contrast.
birdiestobehad
(North Carolina)
Posted: Apr 19, 2005 - 11:41
 
Smoooooooth....... and hypnotic. As many others have said, just because some call it "rap" music, is no reason to outright dismiss it! This one crosses over nicely.

Besides, it's Bill's station, and this is what makes it truely eclectic. Keep it up Homey!


Just the opinion of another hipster-doofus white-boy.
ndanger666
(Lost in the Ozone Again)
Posted: Apr 12, 2005 - 11:17
 
This should be entitled "Urban Fesces"
Trustocity
(Boston, baby)
Posted: Mar 11, 2005 - 14:07
 
Oh come on, when will we hear some tasty tunes from Imogen's first album, I Megaphone? It can't be that you've banned older albums -- I just heard Nat King Cole, for god's sake.
Kappy
Posted: Mar 06, 2005 - 15:57
 
skooney wrote:
I'm a strong disliker of rap, and I do think it permeates society too much, ie: MTV and the like. Most of it seems silly and juvenile. But! Interesting "good music" is interesting "good music" and it should have no bearing what genre it is. I think this is interesting and good. Nice sound.


For those who say they don't like "Rap", it is a genre complete with songs that are silly and juvenile (unfortunately these get the airtime on MTV, etc.) as well as more sophisticated, well composed music like this. I thought most people were here to expose themselves to new styles of music. Just becuase the most stupid music permeates he TV and radio airwaves, don't charactertize an entire genre. If you like this you'd find there's much more "rap" out there like this to like...unfortunately it just doesn't get exposure in the mainstream. ...which is why we have Radio Paradise.

More of this style of R&B and rap reaches the mainstream in Europe. It's primarily in America that products of the "bling bling" hip hop culture dominate the airwaves to the detriment of good music. Listen, enjoy, appreciate....and keep an open mind.
Larswede
Posted: Mar 06, 2005 - 08:52
 
So sweet.
lazywhinerkid
(London)
Posted: Mar 06, 2005 - 08:51
 
Such a nuanced view. Thanks for your insight!

kokopellie wrote:
RAP SUCKS!!!

steeler
(somewhere outside of Barstow)
Posted: Feb 28, 2005 - 16:11
 
Pyro wrote:
I like this more every time I hear it. Even the "rap" part!


:nodhead: Interesting juxtaposition of lyrics and vocals.
kokopellie
(Winchester, va)
Posted: Feb 27, 2005 - 06:25
 
RAP SUCKS!!!
Dragonfly_Launch
(Conway, Ar)
Posted: Feb 19, 2005 - 14:43
 
Imogen could sing Bush's State of the Union speech and I would listen, you know, for the first time. But on this song, when she is not singing, I just wish she was.

Too bad Peter Gabriel can't get this voice for some new song duos.
tg3k
(The Jungle - 459.62 miles south of Paradise, CA)
Posted: Feb 12, 2005 - 12:44
 
skooney wrote:
I'm a strong disliker of rap, and I do think it permeates society too much, ie: MTV and the like. Most of it seems silly and juvenile. But! Interesting "good music" is interesting "good music" and it should have no bearing what genre it is. I think this is interesting and good. Nice sound.

I was gonna say almost the exact same thing, but I figured skooney did all the typing for me.

Not only does this sound like interesting "good music", but it's got Imogen Heap, which kicks up my rating regardless of the genre. (Imogen could sing the Barney song and I'd probably like it.)
Tux
(The Netherlands)
Posted: Feb 10, 2005 - 01:18
 
I only see what I wanna see
I only hear what I wanna hear
I want to hear this! It's blanket of music covers me. I thorroughly enjoy this.

Xeric
(From a cold steel rail?)
Posted: Feb 04, 2005 - 22:01
 
Pyro wrote:
I like this more every time I hear it. Even the "rap" part!


I cannot believe I agree with this. The rating creeps up a little further. . . .