![]() Big Red Letter Day (1993) [ larger cover art ] |
Watch an eyeball
Take a free fall
At the mention of a name
In its socket
And like a rocket
Rises just the same
Could my eyelids
(could my eye)
Cover what I did
The shuttin of the door
And could these ceilings
Contain my feelings
Me down on the floor
Jerked my fountain
Ice cream mountains
I suppose I'm just too late
Form a line here
Think I'll die here
These people nauseate me
But if my patience
Were a spaceship
High up in orbit
I would rise here
Hypnotized here
Risen from where I sit
A solid angle
My legs do dangle
Off the counter's edge
Soft words spoken
Promises broken
I Close my eyes instead
But could my eyelids
Cover what I did
The shuttin' of the door
Could these ceilings
Contain my feelings
Me down on the floor
Me down on the floor
Me down on the floor
Me down on the floor
| kingart (Brooklyn NY) | Posted: Mar 06, 2013 - 13:57 Never even HEARD of these dudes before. Now this is a candidate for the pod. Donna the Buffalo. Grant Lee Buffalo. Buffalo Tom. All and only on RP, at least for me. Is there a theme to this? |
| helgigermany (Germany) | Posted: Mar 25, 2012 - 01:26 Nice! |
| kremfresch | Posted: Feb 22, 2012 - 08:54 Wow! I forgot how much I love this song and this album! I haven't listened to it in ten years and it was in HEAVY rotation when new. when this came out two weeks didn't pass without a great new album coming out. Today? not so much. |
| Byronape (Snorkeling in the River Styx) | Posted: Sep 16, 2011 - 23:30 samrex wrote: Getting old sucks, but the sound track is ok. This comment is great... Almost makes all the grey in my goatee worth it. Good thing I started shaving my head before I could see my hair getting thin. |
| Kaisersosay (Mighty Mighty Bostown) | Posted: Aug 16, 2011 - 14:30 samrex wrote: These guys still play the Paradise in Boston a couple times a year. I go and see the same crowd from twenty years ago singing along to this one. Getting old sucks, but the sound track is ok. I think I saw you there, |
| Kaisersosay (Mighty Mighty Bostown) | Posted: Aug 16, 2011 - 14:30 Ok , so now you are bringing me back to a concert years ago and another great summer. So much fun...... |
| alaken (Missoula, MT) | Posted: Jun 14, 2011 - 13:12 One of my favorite groups from the 90's, great to hear them on RP! Please play some tracks from Let Me Come Over. |
| samrex (Brookline, MA) | Posted: Apr 12, 2011 - 08:07 These guys still play the Paradise in Boston a couple times a year. I go and see the same crowd from twenty years ago singing along to this one. Getting old sucks, but the sound track is ok. |
| KurtfromLaQuinta (Yep. I'm still here in La Quinta.) | Posted: Apr 12, 2011 - 08:06 Rickvee wrote: In an alternate, i.e. better, universe, this song would have been a #1 hit. Great power pop. In alll the many years I've been listening to music, I could never figure out why I liked the songs that I did. I recently figured it out... They're all Power Pop! |
| superflyLD (Boston, MA) | Posted: Apr 12, 2011 - 08:02 Just had a show with these guys at the Paradise Rock Club in Boston last Friday. Great band. Great guys. Always a good time when they play out. |
| Cynaera (South of Neanderthal) | Posted: Nov 05, 2010 - 20:42 I've never heard this before, nor have I heard Hüsker-Du (although I've heard of them.) I really like this song! The solid beat reminds me a little of a slowed down "I Need to Know" by Tom Petty and the Homewreckers. And, how funny that it's being followed by a Tom Petty song... ![]() |
| bbryan (Don't believe everything you think) | Posted: Oct 05, 2010 - 06:34 ScottFromWyoming wrote: If only. I like this song a lot but I'd have to knock it down a few pegs if I have to put Hüsker Dü on the 1–10 scale. You beat me to it - it's a kinder, gentler Husker Du! |
| ScottFromWyoming (Powell) | Posted: Sep 03, 2010 - 06:36 ick wrote: Why is it that every time I hear the opening notes of this song I think its going to be Husker Du? If only. I like this song a lot but I'd have to knock it down a few pegs if I have to put Hüsker Dü on the 1–10 scale. |
| ick (S.E. La Jolla) | Posted: Sep 03, 2010 - 06:31 Why is it that every time I hear the opening notes of this song I think its going to be Husker Du? |
| warderblu | Posted: Aug 02, 2010 - 06:28 ![]() |
| von_Hayek (Land of the early birds) | Posted: Aug 02, 2010 - 06:27 Good old days... |
| j2e1n9 (23221) | Posted: Jul 01, 2010 - 09:19 Hahahahaha My So Called Life Soundtrack! |
| vinv | Posted: Apr 28, 2010 - 20:50 like it was said in one film, "with the emphasis on 'jerk'" ;-)) |
| santafex5 | Posted: Feb 24, 2010 - 15:45 diggin it... |
| bindi (North Carolina) | Posted: Nov 22, 2009 - 08:34 Reminds me (and obviously others) of some great bands! I hear a little Bodeans in there too. |
| lmic (Narrow Minded Couch Potato) | Posted: Aug 19, 2009 - 21:17 Harmonies and jangly guitar right out of early R.E.M. Most Excellent. |
| keller1 (In A Gadda Da Vida, Baby) | Posted: Mar 30, 2009 - 07:21 Wow, this really sounds like 1993. |
| etcarroll (stuck among the Amish) | Posted: Feb 26, 2009 - 18:59 qSounds a little Joe Jackson-ish. |
| not-a-fish (lentopia) | Posted: Feb 26, 2009 - 18:59 Soooooooooooooooooooooooo...many good memories! Including My So-Called Life! |
| coffee-eyes (Bawstin, Massa2shits) | Posted: Jan 10, 2009 - 08:00 Yay! It's been a while since I heard this one. |
| MCKY (PEI, Great White North) | Posted: Nov 08, 2008 - 04:26 good to hear the very underrated BT on RP. A hard workig, solid band with a good catalog |
| dave_porter | Posted: Oct 23, 2008 - 11:07 Reminds me somewhat of the English band XTC (Making plans for Nigel, Senses working overtime etc). Not half bad. |
| copymonkey (in the northeast, but not near anywhere cool) | Posted: Oct 23, 2008 - 11:04 Holy college drunkeness!! EDIT: I guess I was out of college by the time this came out—but I still acted like I was in college for quite a while after. |
| speakerman (everywhere, yet nowhere) | Posted: Oct 07, 2008 - 14:01 THANK YOU!!! |
| ask (New Haven) | Posted: Oct 07, 2008 - 14:00 7->8 ![]() |
| cattail321 | Posted: Jul 04, 2008 - 19:00 laramieu wrote: That album cover is just TOO freaky!
HONEY...YOU DON'T KNOW fREAKY!!!!! TRUST ME! |
| Rickvee (New Orleans) | Posted: Apr 01, 2008 - 12:04 In an alternate, i.e. better, universe, this song would have been a #1 hit. Great power pop. |
| laramieu (Kansas) | Posted: Apr 01, 2008 - 08:42 That album cover is just TOO freaky! |
| KurtfromLaQuinta (Yep. I'm still here in La Quinta.) | Posted: Mar 16, 2008 - 15:45 out_to_lunch wrote: High school song....been a while :) Kids. |
| garthwb | Posted: Feb 14, 2008 - 04:22 Great album, great memories! |
| superflyLD (Boston, MA) | Posted: Jan 29, 2008 - 09:51 RP should add 'Rachael' by Buffalo Tom to the playlist! First time I ever saw these guys MORPHINE with Mark Sandman was the opening band. |
| out_to_lunch (Philly by way of CT) | Posted: Jan 29, 2008 - 09:50 High school song....been a while :) |
| Hodgie (Dover, NH) | Posted: Nov 27, 2007 - 14:28 Wicked pissah album as we say back East. Not the best song on the record, but I'll take it. Great band that was never going to be loved by the mainstream music buying public. I guess that's why RP will always have a home for them. |
| Phlegmaticman (270 miles south of Paradise, CA) | Posted: Nov 27, 2007 - 14:27 I know this track from the My So Called Life soundtrack CD, which is quite good. |
| mnmrosen (Wisconsin) | Posted: Nov 27, 2007 - 14:27 Haven't heard this one in years. Good song. |
| SPACEDOG (Exciting and New) | Posted: Nov 27, 2007 - 14:25 rtkmusic wrote: I hear those opening chords and start to smile...what a surprising way to kick off the morning!
Can't get enough of this one... I never seem to get tired of this song, even after repeated plays. |
| a_genuine_find (3rd stone from the sun) | Posted: Oct 11, 2007 - 11:57 |
| buzmaggie (AZ, US) | Posted: Jul 24, 2007 - 22:24 it works. Kinda like it. can get the house cleaned up! |
| FilmSurgeon (Los Angeles, CA) | Posted: Mar 05, 2007 - 13:17 qosforever wrote: New album? I thought they were retired I guess you could say on hiatus, but the word is the new album is done & will be released this year(2007). Hoping for a tour to follow. |
| MCKY (PEI, Great White North) | Posted: Mar 05, 2007 - 13:15 nice to hear some Buffalo Tom on RP. Don't know anything about them, but discoverd them on emusic, and have enjoyd their work. |
| qosforever (Madrid) | Posted: Jan 19, 2007 - 05:29 FilmSurgeon wrote: Still hoping for that new album in the (next) new year.... New album? I thought they were retired |
| FilmSurgeon (Los Angeles, CA) | Posted: Dec 08, 2006 - 10:21 FilmSurgeon wrote: Great album from a great band. Hoping for a new album in the new year!
Still hoping for that new album in the (next) new year.... |
| mnuisance (Half Moon Bay, CA) | Posted: Dec 06, 2006 - 13:21 Now THAT's more like it! Buffalo Tom--underrated, underplayed, but muy talented. Love 'em. Let's hear "Birdbrain"... |
| rtkmusic (SoCal) | Posted: Nov 07, 2006 - 08:34 I hear those opening chords and start to smile...what a surprising way to kick off the morning! Can't get enough of this one... |
| Smitix (Calgary, Alberta, Canada) | Posted: Sep 24, 2006 - 10:03 Nah, it doesn't do it for me. I just seems to be grating on my eardrums... |



