 It's a Shame About Ray (1992) [ larger cover art ] |
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I've never been too good with names.
The cellar door was open, I could never stay away.
I know it's prob'ly not my place.
It's either or, I'm hoping for a simple way to say.
It's a shame about Ray.
In the stone, under the dust,
his name is still engraved.
Some things need to go away.
It's a shame about Ray.
If I make it through today,
I'll know tomorrow not to leave my feelings out on display.
I'll put the cobwebs back in place.
I've never been too good with names,
but I remember faces.
The cellar door was open, I could never stay away.
I know it's prob'ly not my place.
It's either or, I'm hoping for a simple way to say.
It's a shame about Ray.
In the stone, under the dust,
his name is still engraved.
Some things need to go away.
It's a shame about Ray.
If I make it through today,
I'll know tomorrow not to leave my feelings out on display.
I'll put the cobwebs back in place.
I've never been too good with names,
but I remember faces.
| toterola (Further) | Posted: May 04, 2013 - 16:12 I remember these guys! Great tune!  |
| ppopp (Portland, Oregon) | Posted: Dec 30, 2012 - 09:32 Good to hear this again. |
| treatment_bound (Duluth to Madison) | Posted: Oct 28, 2012 - 16:19 dwlangham wrote: Few songs take me back to 1993 like this one does.
Except this album was released in June of '92, and we pretty much heard Confetti, the title track, and the S&G cover everywhere the last half of that year. "Come On, Feel The Lemonheads" (a worthy follow-up) came out in '93. |
| tulfan (Still in SE MI) | Posted: Jul 26, 2012 - 06:49 rdo wrote: My favorite: "Into your arms, oooh, into your arms I can go..." Agreed...also love their take on Mrs. Robinson... |
| dwlangham (Nowhere to be found) | Posted: Jul 26, 2012 - 06:48 Few songs take me back to 1993 like this one does. |
| Kaisersosay (Mighty Mighty Bostown) | Posted: Mar 21, 2012 - 14:24 Saw these guys so many years ago with Buffalo Tom at great woods... Fun show. |
| Foot (NorCal / Wine) | Posted: Dec 17, 2011 - 09:30 Pretty good pop song but like many others, a 1-hit wonder. |
| Sasha2001 (I can see Zabars from my window) | Posted: Sep 13, 2011 - 13:51 This song hits me right in my (g)enerational spot. |
| unclehud (300 feet above the planet) | Posted: Jul 12, 2011 - 19:59 KurtfromLaQuinta wrote: What happened to me now? You stayed in La Quinta. ;) |
| Valley_Boy (Wisconsin: Smell our DairyAir) | Posted: May 10, 2011 - 13:33 I was thinking aout this song this morning.... Odd and cosmic. |
| LongGoneDaddy | Posted: Mar 08, 2011 - 10:27 Lemonheads used to be one of my favorite candies |
| ajb | Posted: Aug 06, 2010 - 05:08 Who is Ray anyway? Great tune |
| chamrousse1450 (French Alps) | Posted: Jul 05, 2010 - 08:14 LowPhreak wrote: I used to have this album. Whatever happened to these guys? It's a shame about Evan Dando really. At the time too mainstream to be called alternative, too alternative to go mainstream. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lemonheads Their early albums still get a lot of play on my iPod! |
| LowPhreak (United Corporate States of Neo-Feudal Amurika, Inc.) | Posted: Apr 01, 2010 - 03:41 I used to have this album. Whatever happened to these guys? |
| rdo (DC) | Posted: Feb 28, 2010 - 12:55 alevin wrote: I love how a entire generation of rp listeners perked up their ears and thought back to various early 90s memories at the same time... My favorite: "Into your arms, oooh, into your arms I can go..." |
| fimo (up in the Eifel hills, Germany) | Posted: Sep 24, 2009 - 05:51 Stefen wrote: zipper wrote: That's me on the cover. Really?True. You can tell by the shiny reflection on the chrome right behind that girl.  (Great song btw., one of my favorite Dandos!) |
| Stefen (West Hollywood, CA) | Posted: Aug 23, 2009 - 17:49 zipper wrote: That's me on the cover. Really? |
| FamilyMan (Continent's edge) | Posted: May 20, 2009 - 16:10 Everybody loved him. |
| zipper | Posted: May 20, 2009 - 14:19 That's me on the cover. |
| Kaisersosay | Posted: May 20, 2009 - 14:16 Saw these guys with Buffalo Tom years ago,, man what a fun time. What ever happened to Evan Dando? |
| joanot (Matadepera) | Posted: Mar 18, 2009 - 10:32 There is in this album a version of Mrs. Robinson - S&G song - very cool. The last song, if i´m not wrong. |
| viciousfishes | Posted: Mar 18, 2009 - 10:30 I can almost smell the high school hallways. There should be a 'nostalgia' emoticon. |
| jameyp (New York via Austin) | Posted: Mar 18, 2009 - 10:27 alevin wrote: I love how a entire generation of rp listeners perked up their ears and thought back to various early 90s memories at the same time... for real! So 90's!! haha, ran over to my computer to give it an 8, mostly for nostalgia sake :) remember Johnny Depp in the video?? |
| peter_james_bond (Lunenburg, NS) | Posted: Jan 14, 2009 - 04:22 Old_Pool_Skunk wrote: And it's a bummer about Bob. dbenwen wrote:What a drag about Steve. Bob and Steve? What happened to Hank was a crime. |
| rtb (NE corner of Work and Boredom) | Posted: Oct 11, 2008 - 09:40 alevin wrote: I love how a entire generation of rp listeners perked up their ears and thought back to various early 90s memories at the same time... I'm there right now... |
| alevin (Vancouver, BC) | Posted: Jul 08, 2008 - 14:02 I love how a entire generation of rp listeners perked up their ears and thought back to various early 90s memories at the same time... |
| aragon (Nowhere Fast) | Posted: Jul 08, 2008 - 13:59 I luuuuv this album!!  |
| mandolin (...drifting...) | Posted: May 06, 2008 - 15:14 ...almost a hint of the smithereens somewhere in there... |
| dvalfre (Córdoba, Argentina) | Posted: Mar 04, 2008 - 14:32 Rickvee wrote: Ahhhhhh. This song brings back great memories of the early 90s - a great time for music.
This album is pop music at its finest. Oh yes.... Have to dig this record out, buried in some box in the closet.. |
| KurtfromLaQuinta (Yep. I'm still here in La Quinta.) | Posted: Jan 01, 2008 - 17:50 The_Enemy wrote: And Kurt. There were rumours about Evan and Courtney being more than Drug Buddies while he was alive..... |
| fureanbode (hungary) | Posted: Sep 29, 2007 - 13:00 One of my all-time favourite albums. |
| Zep (Behind home plate) | Posted: Apr 25, 2007 - 10:32 Holy carp, how long do they hold that one note? |
| 34bogas (México city) | Posted: Apr 25, 2007 - 08:31 ¡Qué pena por las demás canciones! |
| The_Enemy (The Sewer) | Posted: Apr 09, 2007 - 14:07 tinybubbles wrote: a pity about Paul... And Kurt. There were rumours about Evan and Courtney being more than Drug Buddies while he was alive..... |
| Rickvee (New Orleans) | Posted: Apr 09, 2007 - 13:56 Ahhhhhh. This song brings back great memories of the early 90s - a great time for music. This album is pop music at its finest. |
| tinybubbles (seattle) | Posted: Apr 09, 2007 - 13:56 dbenwen wrote: What a drag about Steve. a pity about Paul... |
| 99 (Austin, TX) | Posted: Feb 06, 2007 - 06:30 favrood wrote: I always think it's the Smithereens. Better than Ezra |
| KurtfromLaQuinta (La Quinta, CA) | Posted: Dec 09, 2006 - 23:34 Darkmatter wrote: Ahh yes, the memories... excellent pop music from the early 90's. Pity that Evan Dando ended up in bad company (ie the Gallagher brothers) and lost himself among various drugs. :( He's got a new one out with the Lemonheads again, I've heard they've picked up where they left off!  |
| RobK (Leucadia, CA) | Posted: Nov 10, 2006 - 18:31 It's the Lemonheads. |
| favrood (Somewhere between here and there) | Posted: Oct 12, 2006 - 12:26 meloman wrote: I can't help but feel the Barenaked Ladies are lurking somewhere in the background of this song.
I always think it's the Smithereens. |
| mikedill (Chicago, IL) | Posted: Oct 12, 2006 - 12:25 these guys are actually touring again. they're stopping by the double door in chicago in november. i can't believe evan dando is even still alive. |
| dbenwen (Peachtree City, Georgia) | Posted: Oct 12, 2006 - 12:25 Old_Pool_Skunk wrote: And it's a bummer about Bob.
What a drag about Steve. |
| lily34 (derby, ny) | Posted: Sep 13, 2006 - 04:41 love lemonheads. love its a shame about ray. i agree with beez. great from beginning to end. |
| horstman | Posted: Aug 29, 2006 - 13:44 meloman wrote: I can't help but feel the Barenaked Ladies are lurking somewhere in the background of this song.
I always got a "Feelies" kinda feeling from this band. Same sorta guitar chord building sound. Barenaked Ladies? I don't think so. |
| Old_Pool_Skunk (Get Out) | Posted: Jul 01, 2006 - 23:33 And it's a bummer about Bob. |
| FilmSurgeon (Los Angeles, CA) | Posted: Apr 05, 2006 - 10:12 Rickvee wrote: Great song from an absolutely classic album.
Agreed! |
| Austin2Florida (Hollywood, FL) | Posted: Apr 05, 2006 - 10:11  nice to hear. |
| fluorophore (Alexandria, VA) | Posted: Feb 20, 2006 - 06:50 meloman wrote: I can't help but feel the Barenaked Ladies are lurking somewhere in the background of this song.
Holy crap, please tell me you're kidding. |
| Rickvee (New Orleans) | Posted: Jan 21, 2006 - 22:59 Great song from an absolutely classic album. |
| meloman (Warsaw, Poland) | Posted: Jan 07, 2006 - 08:42 I can't help but feel the Barenaked Ladies are lurking somewhere in the background of this song. |