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Thievery Corporation — Lebanese Blonde (w/ Pam Bricker)
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Foot
(NorCal / Wine)
Posted: Apr 22, 2013 - 19:59
 
7 > 8

unclehud
(now 50 feet above the planet in Boston)
Posted: Feb 18, 2013 - 22:17
 
 WonderLizard wrote:
Don't know where they nicked the sitar piece from—doesn't matter. How long do you think it would have taken the sitar to penetrate Western music—much less rock, without George Harrison? Those pesky Beatles again.

When I saw them at Atlanta's Fabulous Fox two years ago, they had a sitar player on stage; no nickage involved.  Along with a half-dozen guests singers rom the ATL's rap/hiphop community.  Twas a rocking time!

rdo
(DC)
Posted: Feb 18, 2013 - 17:00
 
One of life's strange coincidences I suppose, but a Thievery Corporation song features very prominently in the recent film by Steven Soderbergh Side Effects, which deals with the subject of my comment below almost as if he had read it here.

25demayo
(dreaming of an asado)
Posted: Jan 23, 2013 - 05:50
 


Saw them in concert last Friday and tend to agree. When they're good they're very good but some of their music also leaves a lot to desire.


 AndyJ wrote:
When these guys are good -They are very, very good.
When they are bad they are horrid.... Know nothing about curls on forehead.
I wish I could find some consistently good CD instead of making my own from here and there...
Oh well... Enjoy the good and ignore the bad   Solid -8- and I never saw the movie. But I do but a lot of soundtracks looking for hidden nuggets...
 



d-don
(Oregon)
Posted: Jan 18, 2013 - 14:33
 
{#Cowboy}{#Cowboy}

mostling
Posted: Jan 18, 2013 - 14:31
 
Nice transition from Chemical Brother to Thievery Corporation. Now follow up with some Massive Attack to round it out.

AndyJ
(Oregon)
Posted: Oct 16, 2012 - 13:02
 
When these guys are good -They are very, very good.
When they are bad they are horrid.... Know nothing about curls on forehead.
I wish I could find some consistently good CD instead of making my own from here and there...
Oh well... Enjoy the good and ignore the bad   Solid -8- and I never saw the movie. But I do but a lot of soundtracks looking for hidden nuggets...

buddy
Posted: Jun 23, 2012 - 02:25
 
 newwavegurly wrote:
This song always has me picturing that spin the bottle/rolling on x scene from "Garden State."
The intro to this song is just so... lush.
 
Actually, this was during the hotel visit to see Diego (Method Man)....spin the bottle was "In the Waiting Line" by Zero 7....

Rockit
(Ottawa ON)
Posted: Jun 12, 2012 - 10:54
 
 fredriley wrote:

I preferred Red Leb back in the 80s, which came from the Lebanon (and helped finance armed factions in that country, which rather embarrassed us right-on types) - smooth taste and easy to crumble and you didn't need much in your spliff to get a nice pleasant high {#Cowboy}
 

Blond or Red Leb........Yummy!

WonderLizard
(2,755.46 mi. due east of Paradise)
Posted: May 16, 2012 - 08:26
 
Don't know where they nicked the sitar piece from—doesn't matter. How long do you think it would have taken the sitar to penetrate Western music—much less rock, without George Harrison? Those pesky Beatles again.

Groogrux69
(Auburn, CA)
Posted: May 16, 2012 - 08:22
 
 brucej76 wrote:

I agree, the soundtrack is one of my fav cds...introduced me to the Shins, and other cool bands.
 
Ditto here.  great song, great album.

zoebikini
Posted: May 11, 2012 - 15:46
 
This song is SO over played! It's done, kaput, no mass...stop playing this song! There is too much music in the world for this song to be played over and over and over and over.....and over!
I love you RP, but please!

brucej76
(Toronto, Canada)
Posted: Apr 14, 2012 - 15:06
 
 Cynaera wrote:
My "9" isn't just for this song, but for the whole "Garden State" soundtrack. What a FUN set of music! I have it in my car CD player now, and every song makes me crank the (malfunctioning) volume a little more.
 
I agree, the soundtrack is one of my fav cds...introduced me to the Shins, and other cool bands.

rdo
(DC)
Posted: Feb 11, 2012 - 05:03
 
 philbertr wrote:


Depression for some people is situational and a relatively short-lived single event. For a very large number of people, however, it is a chronic, life-long condition—a neurochemical imbalance disorder—that has to be managed, much like diabetes. Modern antidepressants can do wonders for most people, but not all. And even for those who are helped by these drugs, there a days of darkenss and dispair, and even days when the thought of death to end the pain is intensly alluring. And depression tends to worsen with age, the medications become less effective. For me its not scary so much as it is relentless, grinding, a battle that I know someday I will loose. For each of us, with different backgrounds, different biochemistries, different experiences, that day comes soon or late, but it comes.

Meanwhile, life is for the living. I do the best I can, lots of days are good and some days I find exquisite joy. C'est la vie et c'est bon.

OBTW, the Wall Drug Store is in Wall, South Dakota. But you probably know that already.
 
Hang in there. {#Wave} I really hope you are feeling better.  I read a good book recently, Anatomy of an Epidemic, by Robert Whitaker.   It seems these drugs work for only a few lucky people, and over the long term they tend to be more harmful than helpful.  I am not depressed, though, not now anyway, so who am I to say.   I was depressed a long time ago, having the same feelings as you,  and I was helped by an SSRI, but I was only taking it for 3 months.  I think you have to take caution and not trust the MDs too much in this field.


ddog
(Midwest USA)
Posted: Feb 06, 2012 - 13:11
 
One of Thievery Corporations better songs I'm my opinion. Has a mysterious sound and I think the sitar works well with it!

Bobert_ParkCity
(Park City Utah)
Posted: Feb 06, 2012 - 13:10
 
 ScottN wrote:
Song is quite nice.  And what a wonderful name for a band!
 
They were going to be called Halliburton but it was taken....


fredriley
(Nottingham, UK)
Posted: Jan 10, 2012 - 10:00
 
 sharkey wrote:
 lebanese blondeHigh quality hashish. The best comes from Turkey. First exported in early 1970s. So, you got some of that lebanese blonde? by Z-dawg Oct 20, 2004 share this 1 comment

 
I preferred Red Leb back in the 80s, which came from the Lebanon (and helped finance armed factions in that country, which rather embarrassed us right-on types) - smooth taste and easy to crumble and you didn't need much in your spliff to get a nice pleasant high {#Cowboy}

ScottN
(Condo in Gaza full time now. Thank TFSM I saw the divot where the landmine was placed.)
Posted: Jan 05, 2012 - 18:10
 
Song is quite nice.  And what a wonderful name for a band!

shellbella
(so california)
Posted: Dec 09, 2011 - 14:32
 
{#Clap}

mandolin
(...drifting...)
Posted: Sep 01, 2011 - 09:30
 
...radio paradise plays this song very often...

bluecshells
(EARTH)
Posted: Sep 01, 2011 - 09:28
 

Love this song - oh yeah...and that was a great film...hmmm



djblitz
(Boston, MA)
Posted: Jun 30, 2011 - 14:14
 
The most amazing band I saw this past weekend at the Dave Matthews Caravan........and just for seeing this live and the SEVEN lead singers they brought on stage, it qualifies as an automatic ten.

The special sitar one of the band members played on stage for it was stellar as well! 

newwavegurly
Posted: Apr 28, 2011 - 09:43
 
This song always has me picturing that spin the bottle/rolling on x scene from "Garden State."
The intro to this song is just so... lush.

Foot
Posted: Mar 27, 2011 - 19:19
 
This track far better than the Shins that got all the ink/juice from this soundtrack.

Cynaera
(South of Neanderthal)
Posted: Sep 19, 2010 - 15:10
 
My "9" isn't just for this song, but for the whole "Garden State" soundtrack. What a FUN set of music! I have it in my car CD player now, and every song makes me crank the (malfunctioning) volume a little more.

jim1964
(british columbia, but use to ride the IRT to work)
Posted: Mar 12, 2010 - 15:30
 
 steve_san_carlos wrote:
Holy crap. I heard this song walking through a Macy's in, of all places, Boca Raton Florida today. Holy crap.
 
...the Macy's in Town Center?

DaveInVA
(In a crumbling Queen Anne mansion in Damnville, VA)
Posted: Dec 08, 2009 - 07:03
 
This is one of the few Thievery Corps songs I actually like, wish more of their stuff was less ghetto like this song.

etcarroll
(stuck among the Amish)
Posted: Oct 06, 2009 - 08:44
 
 Mugro wrote:
Nice seque from Chemical Brothers — One Too Many Mornings !!
 

And Elvis Costello - Watching the Detectives!

Nice bass workout through the 3 songs.

hallogallo
(Raleigh, North Carolina)
Posted: Aug 04, 2009 - 09:07
 

I've always liked this song.  Heard the Mirror Conspiracy album somewhere, been a TC fan ever since.

Putting music like this into the mix is great.  I'm sure being so broad has challenges, but you make it work.  Extremely well, actually.

{#Dance}



NormaJean
Posted: Aug 04, 2009 - 08:08
 
Thank you much for playing this!  {#Roflol}

ortallcowgirl
(Globe, Arizona)
Posted: Aug 04, 2009 - 08:07
 
I am totally in love with anything Thievery.....

Johnny-smooth
(On my bicycle)
Posted: Mar 30, 2009 - 12:59
 
Not Thievery's best, at least IMHO.
The new album is amazing, saw them in Boston last month, 3+hr set, two encores, 8 vocalists, the place was rockin! 


sharkey
(Hogtown)
Posted: Jan 26, 2009 - 10:35
 
 lebanese blondeHigh quality hashish. The best comes from Turkey. First exported in early 1970s. So, you got some of that lebanese blonde? by Z-dawg Oct 20, 2004 share this 1 comment


sharkey
(Hogtown)
Posted: Jan 26, 2009 - 10:29
 
 philbertr wrote:


Depression for some people is situational and a relatively short-lived single event. For a very large number of people, however, it is a chronic, life-long condition—a neurochemical imbalance disorder—that has to be managed, much like diabetes. Modern antidepressants can do wonders for most people, but not all. And even for those who are helped by these drugs, there a days of darkenss and dispair, and even days when the thought of death to end the pain is intensly alluring. And depression tends to worsen with age, the medications become less effective. For me its not scary so much as it is relentless, grinding, a battle that I know someday I will loose. For each of us, with different backgrounds, different biochemistries, different experiences, that day comes soon or late, but it comes.

Meanwhile, life is for the living. I do the best I can, lots of days are good and some days I find exquisite joy. C'est la vie et c'est bon.

OBTW, the Wall Drug Store is in Wall, South Dakota. But you probably know that already.
 

Well said! Thank you.

sharkey
(Hogtown)
Posted: Jan 26, 2009 - 10:25
 
 steve_san_carlos wrote:
Holy crap. I heard this song walking through a Macy's in, of all places, Boca Raton Florida today. Holy crap.
 
They had RP on, of course.


dunno
(somewhere between here and over there)
Posted: Oct 23, 2008 - 16:33
 
 Egrey wrote:
I believe this song is on the regular "background" music playlist of hotels on at least 4 continents.
 
yep. Heard it in a hotel in zagreb (croatia) a few months ago (or was it "Liberation Front" ?). A great song, anyway. And this global playlist also seems to feature kraftwerk; heard a kraftwerk song in the hotel lobby a few days later.



HokieRider
Posted: Oct 23, 2008 - 16:26
 
Very good soundtrack.  Good song, but not the best. 

casey1024
(Connecticut)
Posted: Aug 21, 2008 - 12:04
 
This makes me think of School of Fish - Three Strange

Danimal174
(Upstate South Carolina)
Posted: Aug 21, 2008 - 12:00
 
An average song off what is overall a very good soundtrack, IMO.



steve_san_carlos
(Ummm...San Carlos, California!)
Posted: Jul 25, 2008 - 21:10
 
Holy crap. I heard this song walking through a Macy's in, of all places, Boca Raton Florida today. Holy crap.

Manu31
(Lanta / France)
Posted: Jun 03, 2008 - 12:26
 
Nice music, very cool, i love it, give shine under this wet weather we got in france.
cheers
kaosmonkey
(West Coast)
Posted: Jun 03, 2008 - 12:24
 
jenakle wrote:
my 8 year old loves and requests this by calling it 'that riki tiki tavi song'



a_genuine_find
(Nieuw Amsterdam)
Posted: Jun 03, 2008 - 12:23
 

jenakle
(Tallahassee, FL)
Posted: Apr 17, 2008 - 09:18
 
Inamorato wrote:

He must be a very cool kid. This is a great song, especially with Pam Bricker.


sometimes he is :)
his current fixation is the 'heartbeat song'
(Massive Attack's Teardrop)
smehan55
(Beneath a Carolina blue sky)
Posted: Apr 17, 2008 - 09:07
 
Nice repetitive muzak to mindlessly scan slides by. Thanks.
Inamorato
(Twin Cities)
Posted: Apr 01, 2008 - 14:32
 
jenakle wrote:
my 8 year old loves and requests this by calling it 'that riki tiki tavi song'
yes dear, they both use the sitar!

he has pretty awesome taste ;)

He must be a very cool kid. This is a great song, especially with Pam Bricker.
rtb
(NE corner of Work and Boredom)
Posted: Apr 01, 2008 - 14:31
 
thewiseking wrote:


i'm not so sure about that. this is pretty bland muzak


Huh?
thewiseking
(New York, New York)
Posted: Apr 01, 2008 - 14:28
 
jenakle wrote:
my 8 year old loves and requests this by calling it 'that riki tiki tavi song'
yes dear, they both use the sitar!

he has pretty awesome taste ;)


i'm not so sure about that. this is pretty bland muzak
nigelr
(Coffs Harbour, Australia)
Posted: Mar 01, 2008 - 01:39
 
More interesting than the substance........
kila
(Dublin, Ireland)
Posted: Feb 14, 2008 - 09:44
 
BRILLIANT