![]() Riot On An Empty Street (2004) [ larger cover art ] |
If you want to be my friend
You want us to get along
Please do not expect me to
Wrap it up and keep it there
The observation I am doing could
Easily be understood
As cynical demeanor
But one of us misread
And what do you know
It happened again
A friend is not a means
You utilize to get somewhere
Somehow I didn't notice
Friendship is an end
What do you know
It happened again
How come no-one told me
All throughout history
The loneliest people
Were the ones who always spoke the truth
The ones who made a difference
By withstanding the indifference
I guess it's up to me now
Should I take that risk or just smile?
What do you know
It happened again
What do you know
You want us to get along
Please do not expect me to
Wrap it up and keep it there
The observation I am doing could
Easily be understood
As cynical demeanor
But one of us misread
And what do you know
It happened again
A friend is not a means
You utilize to get somewhere
Somehow I didn't notice
Friendship is an end
What do you know
It happened again
How come no-one told me
All throughout history
The loneliest people
Were the ones who always spoke the truth
The ones who made a difference
By withstanding the indifference
I guess it's up to me now
Should I take that risk or just smile?
What do you know
It happened again
What do you know
| hayduke2 (Southampton, NY) | Posted: Apr 19, 2013 - 10:16 Charlotte Rampling-esque temptress, in the moment of diversion he sweeps across the board, his Queen taking mine, leaving me without an active chance of check |
| Art_Carnage | Posted: Mar 18, 2013 - 23:11 Elevator music. And it's a boring elevator. |
| MuzikLover | Posted: Feb 15, 2013 - 13:53 My feet can't keep still. Starting at a solid 7 but could move up. |
| rssarma (New York) | Posted: Jan 15, 2013 - 06:29 Lovely track, enjoyed the piano....perfect way to set the tone for the morning. |
| vrd | Posted: Dec 29, 2012 - 14:04 I'm happy for listening to this song |
| helgigermany (Germany) | Posted: Dec 29, 2012 - 14:03 nice |
| DoctorHooey (/etc) | Posted: Dec 11, 2012 - 07:22 I really grew to like this song. The whole album is really nice. Good for dinner with friends, or, strangely, on a long plane flight |
| Toke (Bournemouth UK) | Posted: Nov 28, 2012 - 05:29 SH=t not often I have to reach for the off BUTTON but this is one of them sounds like the backing to all YouTube video's the must insert the annoying Ban Bang Banging of whatever their called but it certainly aint 'percussion'' as I understand it. (has it finished) ???? |
| lily34 (GTFO) | Posted: Nov 13, 2012 - 12:26 like! |
| rdo (DC) | Posted: Oct 27, 2012 - 20:32 Belongs on the soundtrack to a bad mumblecore flick... |
| helgigermany (Germany) | Posted: Sep 26, 2012 - 09:00 very nice! |
| Sloggydog (UK) | Posted: Sep 26, 2012 - 08:58 I likes it a lot |
| smackiepipe (Western North Carolina) | Posted: Jul 25, 2012 - 10:46 Byronape wrote: I really hate it when that happens. Nothing spoils an evening like an attack from the living dead. Arrgh. Curse their sudden, but inevitable deception... |
| Dog_Ear | Posted: Jul 10, 2012 - 16:17 sounds like an ad for Facebook |
| Byronape ("post-capitalist wreckageville") | Posted: May 23, 2012 - 04:18 Proclivities wrote: I really hate it when that happens. Nothing spoils an evening like an attack from the living dead. |
| Hannio (Austin, TX) | Posted: Jan 02, 2012 - 07:08 sradrew wrote: Wish I was hanging in their living room. Very good looking people. Nice music, too. Yes, it is important to me, too, that I hang out with good looking people. |
| sradrew (stuckinaclosetwithvannawhite) | Posted: Dec 29, 2011 - 17:46 Wish I was hanging in their living room. Very good looking people. Nice music, too. |
| Maenno (Muenster / Germany) | Posted: Dec 01, 2011 - 13:13 Me too. |
| Lilygirl (Fairfax, CA) | Posted: Dec 01, 2011 - 13:09 I adore this band. |
| Proclivities (Carrboro, NC) | Posted: Oct 27, 2011 - 10:11 Alpine wrote: The guy that's looking at the woman is getting his ass kicked in that chess game. The woman is the girlfriend of the guy lookin at the camera. That woman is just teasing the guy looking at her. Her boyfriend knows it. Later, the three of them are going out for drinks where they will get the other guy shit faced and set him up with that woman's friend from work. |
| MiracleDrug (Earth) | Posted: Oct 14, 2011 - 06:56 when did The Dream Academy change singers? |
| trissi (allupinya) | Posted: Oct 14, 2011 - 06:55 Such a great album. Easy listening, sing along, do a little groovin'. Badly produced though. |
| Sasha2001 (I can see Zabars from my window) | Posted: Sep 12, 2011 - 18:18 This music is like nutella spread on honey graham crackers to my ears. |
| jagdriver (Just a nod and a wink south of Paradise) | Posted: Jul 28, 2011 - 10:25 ![]() I really enjoyed hearing this on my MP3 player while recently on vacation in Hilton Head, SC. Thanks, RP! |
| teapot (in orbit) | Posted: Jun 23, 2011 - 11:16 Wow, I was just listening to this album a couple of days ago. I love it. Love Feist on it. First time I heard her voice was on this album... |
| dead_flowers (Providence) | Posted: Apr 24, 2011 - 19:27 this whole album is a masterpiece... whenever I need some calm in my life, I put this one, especially when driving. Btw, I should mention that I found about these guys through RP 3-4 years ago. |
| eruwenolorien (SC) | Posted: Apr 21, 2011 - 05:52 Reminds me of Oren Lavie. I like this. |
| spacemoose | Posted: Apr 08, 2011 - 03:08 "The loneliest people are the ones who always speak the truth" — a song for Richard M. Stallman. |
| Alpine (N39d39mW121d30m) | Posted: Mar 07, 2011 - 15:34 peter_james_bond wrote: The album cover portrays quite a tale of woe. One guy is very interested in playing chess but his playing partner has been distracted by a woman in the room, who is giving him a 'come-hither' look. The chess enthusiast displays his distress as he looks into the camera. I'd be willing to bet that the woman in the room is the chess enthusiast's sister. The guy that's looking at the woman is getting his ass kicked in that chess game. The woman is the girlfriend of the guy lookin at the camera. That woman is just teasing the guy looking at her. Her boyfriend knows it. Later, the three of them are going out for drinks where they will get the other guy shit faced and set him up with that womans friend from work. |
| linden (Santa Cruz, CA) | Posted: Mar 07, 2011 - 15:22 I could hear this song playing over the opening credits of a movie from the 1970s, while Mike and the 'bots heckle it. |
| That_SOB (The Dark Side of the Tune) | Posted: Feb 17, 2011 - 08:48 And beautiful lady sez: " Your playing for WHAT !?!?!? " |
| Byronape (Purgatory) | Posted: Jan 20, 2011 - 13:21 peter_james_bond wrote: The album cover portrays quite a tale of woe. One guy is very interested in playing chess but his playing partner has been distracted by a woman in the room, who is giving him a 'come-hither' look. The chess enthusiast displays his distress as he looks into the camera. I'd be willing to bet that the woman in the room is the chess enthusiast's sister. This amuses me... I am both a chess enthusiast and a woman enthusiast so I get both viewpoints... |
| peter_james_bond (West Of The Burg) | Posted: Dec 03, 2010 - 10:00 The album cover portrays quite a tale of woe. One guy is very interested in playing chess but his playing partner has been distracted by a woman in the room, who is giving him a 'come-hither' look. The chess enthusiast displays his distress as he looks into the camera. I'd be willing to bet that the woman in the room is the chess enthusiast's sister. |
| helgigermany (Germany) | Posted: Sep 12, 2010 - 12:36 Would like to hear more of them here on RP!! One of my favorite bands! |
| Poacher (Brighton, UK) | Posted: Sep 12, 2010 - 12:35 choiceimage wrote: Retro is where it's at. Is that retro is where it was? . . . confused. . . |
| helgigermany (Germany) | Posted: Jun 27, 2010 - 05:20 For me, one of the best bands in Europe i heared the last years! Very nice! Check " Quite is the new loud" from KoC! |
| ziakut (Chicago, IL) | Posted: May 26, 2010 - 09:24 Style is a slight bit reminiscent of Antonio Carlos Jobim. It's nice...like it a lot. |
| teapot (in orbit) | Posted: Apr 24, 2010 - 16:18 Love these guys. This album is one of my favorites. Thanks for playing KoC! |
| choiceimage (I may not look stupid) | Posted: Apr 24, 2010 - 16:17 rickhoran wrote: nice song. i really like the art work, its got a 60's album cover look. Retro is where it's at. |
| cohifi (Denver) | Posted: Mar 05, 2010 - 16:46 This production is quite impressive! |
| SinisterDexter | Posted: Feb 02, 2010 - 04:56 Thought this was Nick Drake before checking the playlist. |
| rickhoran (Eastern PA) | Posted: Feb 02, 2010 - 04:55 nice song. i really like the art work, its got a 60's album cover look. |
| jools (Brighton UK) | Posted: Feb 02, 2010 - 04:54 Nice - never heard this before.. |
| On_The_Beach (Vancouver BC, Bud) | Posted: Jan 20, 2010 - 01:28 Tana wrote: Sounds so '60s, which is not a bad thing, just a little anachronistic. Oh sure, any chance to use the word "anachronistic". ; ) |
| Tana (Lancaster, PA) | Posted: Dec 01, 2009 - 09:35 Sounds so '60s, which is not a bad thing, just a little anachronistic. |
| Brooky (Upstate NY, where at all nothing makes sense) | Posted: Dec 01, 2009 - 09:34 Awesome...lunchtime goodness |
| Frater_Kork (Uppsala, Sweden) | Posted: Sep 16, 2009 - 05:06 auburntigerrich wrote: Strummin' goodness. I may need to look into this era of Kings more closely. Dude on the left is getting "the look" from book girl... yowza! While the other guy is getting a grump on after spending a week getting that hunky beard going and still getting beat by the gangly guy in glasses. |
| RadioDoc (Chicagoland) | Posted: May 12, 2009 - 12:26 Throwaway Starbucks background music, but harmless enough. 6 |
| Proclivities (Carrboro, NC) | Posted: Apr 10, 2009 - 22:39 auburntigerrich wrote: Dude on the left is getting "the look" from book girl... yowza! Yeah, really. To hell with that damn chess match, buddy. |
| jagdriver (Tunin' in from the aptly-named Grass Valley, CA) | Posted: Mar 23, 2009 - 14:43 Mandible wrote: ![]() Yeah, what is that look all about? Methinks she's quite obviously wanting to do the nasty... |


