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You accuse me of fancy talk
When i'm just trying to find my words
You've got a funny way of saying my name
Like i just ripped it off
These whiskey tango ghosts
Won't leave us alone
But you are too polite to complain
Of the art of speaking plain
I haven't gathered a thing
While I know we're dug in deep here
Why can't we live high with the wind
You're just a freckle away from changing everything
I'll make this easy
By calling on my gypsy pedigree
These whiskey tango ghosts
Won't leave us alone
Of the art of speaking plain
I haven't gathered a thing
While i know we're dug in deep here
Why can't we live high with the wind
Can't we live
Of the art of making waves
I had my lesson in spades
And these ghosts they make it plain
They're never going away
And my ghost she makes it plain
I haven't gathered a thing
Though I know we're dug in deep here
Why can't we live high with the wind
Can't we live
| Rooney (Near Paradise) | Posted: Jun 22, 2012 - 07:58 Look, she is very pretty and all that. Yeah, yeah. Nice voice too. Except — the little girl voice has run its course with me. I'm not kidding, it gets old, Bill, very old to hear the breathy phrasings of women trying to be demure, when they'd basically love to scratch the eyes out of that dude. Ya know? Just sayin...'  |
| Snoopy2 (A Snoopy Sanctuary) | Posted: Oct 12, 2011 - 09:49 Snoopy2 wrote: Nice song She is very pretty |
| Snoopy2 (A Snoopy Sanctuary) | Posted: Oct 12, 2011 - 09:48 Nice song |
| katherinenz (The (other) far south...) | Posted: Oct 19, 2010 - 15:27 I'm glad people are calling out BS on this post, us child-like speakers have enough crap to put up with when everyone that calls your house asks you if your mum is home. I'm not a victim of child sexual abuse, I just sound like I'm f*ing 12. Enough of that, I love the song and Tanya rKokon wrote: It's not rich, it's poor. Very poor. Mostly whispering and sounds like a child of 6 trying to sound still younger and more vulnerable than that. I wish to affiliate myself with the men who do not like this kind of thing. On a late-night radio show, I learned that women with childlike speaking voices are usually if not always victims of C.S.A., and I do not mean the Confederate States of America either. That is sad, but it makes my flesh creep all the more, knowing that, when I hear this kind of female singer. In a book recently, I read that female voices that are lower are heard better by people with hearing impairments. Will come back and edit this to add the title if I locate the book. Teenage girls with low voices, check out this URL: http://www.shakespearemag.com/winter02/higgins.asp |
| calypsus_1 | Posted: Jun 14, 2010 - 18:22  Tanya Donelly by Jared Leeds http://www.flickr.com/photos/jaredleeds/ ARLINGTON, MA - 1001: Former Belly lead singer and guitarist Tanya Donelly in her home in Arlington, MA. Donelly, also formerly of the bands The Breeders and the Throwing Muses and now a mother of two, is studying to be a post-pardem doula. (Photo © Jared Leeds 2010, All Rights Reserved.) |
| Crawlmeister (NYC) | Posted: May 24, 2010 - 13:02 ziggytrix wrote: Lima Oscar Lima! Sierra Hotel |
| ziggytrix (Dallas, TX) | Posted: May 13, 2010 - 08:11 randomprime wrote: Whiskey Tango Foxtrot? Lima Oscar Lima! |
| cohifi (Denver) | Posted: Apr 22, 2010 - 19:43 Sloggydog wrote: Here was me thinking how much i liked this and then i see who it is and i'm not really surprised. I'm a fan of belly and throwing muses and didn't know Tanya Donelly had a solo album or i'd already of listened to it. Bonus there's lots of albums and they're on spotify...thats todays listening sorted then. thatswhatimtalkinbout |
| Sloggydog (UK) | Posted: Mar 10, 2010 - 22:51 Here was me thinking how much i liked this and then i see who it is and i'm not really surprised. I'm a fan of belly and throwing muses and didn't know Tanya Donelly had a solo album or i'd already of listened to it. Bonus there's lots of albums and they're on spotify...thats todays listening sorted then. |
| Rotterdam | Posted: Nov 05, 2009 - 05:51 coolpeople_rule wrote: Nice and simple, just the way women should be. J/K Yep, and men should be big and stupid!  |
| HazzeSwede (Vinyl Land) | Posted: Jul 13, 2009 - 05:49 I am thinking that I am hearing the same girlie all the time on RP but when checking there's always a new name !  |
| Otomi (La orilla de la civilización) | Posted: Dec 03, 2008 - 19:17 coolpeople_rule wrote: Nice and simple, just the way women should be. J/K There ain't no such thing. |
| inindian (Sea of joy) | Posted: Jun 28, 2008 - 23:14 coolpeople_rule wrote: Nice and simple, just the way women should be. J/K
So sayeth the 107 year-old genderless person. The song, so-so. The latter I disagree. Simple is OK and so is intellectual, complex and complicated! |
| TobyRush (Greeley, Colorado) | Posted: Jun 17, 2008 - 15:53 randomprime wrote: Whiskey Tango Foxtrot?  |
| Kdubba | Posted: May 28, 2008 - 12:24 spunkyboy62 wrote: I may have to report you to the WWCSVADL (Women With Childlike Speaking Voices Anti-Defamation League).
That is funny.... |
| randomprime | Posted: May 28, 2008 - 12:22 WonderLizard wrote: Whiskey Tango: coded response to Yankee Hotel Foxtrot.
Whiskey Tango Foxtrot? |
| WonderLizard (2,755.46 mi. due east of Paradise) | Posted: Mar 26, 2008 - 12:35 Whiskey Tango: coded response to Yankee Hotel Foxtrot.  |
| keyholder (Wiesbaden, Germany) | Posted: Mar 26, 2008 - 12:34 what's that? it's a 10. |
| coolpeople_rule | Posted: Feb 24, 2008 - 00:38 Nice and simple, just the way women should be. J/K |
| Krow_Pie (Venice, California) | Posted: Jan 23, 2008 - 14:43 rKokon wrote: It's not rich, it's poor. Very poor. Mostly whispering and sounds like a child of 6 trying to sound still younger and more vulnerable than that. I wish to affiliate myself with the men who do not like this kind of thing.
On a late-night radio show, I learned that women with childlike speaking voices are usually if not always victims of C.S.A., and I do not mean the Confederate States of America either. That is sad, but it makes my flesh creep all the more, knowing that, when I hear this kind of female singer. In a book recently, I read that female voices that are lower are heard better by people with hearing impairments. Will come back and edit this to add the title if I locate the book. Teenage girls with low voices, check out this URL: http://www.shakespearemag.com/winter02/higgins.asp rKoKon is a mOrOn |
| CafeRacer (Still Waiting To Wake Up, Indiana) | Posted: Jan 23, 2008 - 14:43 Reading throught the past comments.... Jeezus! I thought Rush Limbaugh was the only reason people tuned to AM radio! It's a whole new enemy, the reactionists! |
| KurtfromLaQuinta (Yep. I'm still here in La Quinta.) | Posted: Nov 10, 2007 - 11:50 rKokon wrote: It's not rich, it's poor. Very poor. Mostly whispering and sounds like a child of 6 trying to sound still younger and more vulnerable than that. I wish to affiliate myself with the men who do not like this kind of thing.
Somebody has way to much time on their hands.On a late-night radio show, I learned that women with childlike speaking voices are usually if not always victims of C.S.A., and I do not mean the Confederate States of America either. That is sad, but it makes my flesh creep all the more, knowing that, when I hear this kind of female singer. In a book recently, I read that female voices that are lower are heard better by people with hearing impairments. Will come back and edit this to add the title if I locate the book. Teenage girls with low voices, check out this URL: http://www.shakespearemag.com/winter02/higgins.asp |
| inindian (West of the long white cloud) | Posted: Sep 04, 2007 - 09:23 rKokon wrote: ...
On a late-night radio show, I learned that women with childlike speaking voices are usually if not always victims of C.S.A., and I do not mean the Confederate States of America either. That is sad, but it makes my flesh creep all the more, knowing that, when I hear this kind of female singer. Hate to sound rude but f it, I will. What an absolute load of crap! |
| robco1 (Chicago, IL) | Posted: Aug 28, 2007 - 08:55 ranwulf wrote: WTF is C.S.A.? I think rKokon means Child Sexual Abuse. I also think rKokon is reading way too much into this. Stay away from yak-yak shows and pop-psycologists, pal! |
| spunkyboy62 (Grand Rapids, MI) | Posted: Aug 28, 2007 - 08:54 rKokon wrote: It's not rich, it's poor. Very poor. Mostly whispering and sounds like a child of 6 trying to sound still younger and more vulnerable than that. I wish to affiliate myself with the men who do not like this kind of thing.
I may have to report you to the WWCSVADL (Women With Childlike Speaking Voices Anti-Defamation League).On a late-night radio show, I learned that women with childlike speaking voices are usually if not always victims of C.S.A., and I do not mean the Confederate States of America either. That is sad, but it makes my flesh creep all the more, knowing that, when I hear this kind of female singer. In a book recently, I read that female voices that are lower are heard better by people with hearing impairments. Will come back and edit this to add the title if I locate the book. Teenage girls with low voices, check out this URL: http://www.shakespearemag.com/winter02/higgins.asp |
| punkbot | Posted: Aug 28, 2007 - 08:51 I just f'n love her. Simple. |
| ranwulf (Richmond, Vee Aye) | Posted: Jul 07, 2007 - 16:45 rKokon wrote: It's not rich, it's poor. Very poor. Mostly whispering and sounds like a child of 6 trying to sound still younger and more vulnerable than that. I wish to affiliate myself with the men who do not like this kind of thing.
On a late-night radio show, I learned that women with childlike speaking voices are usually if not always victims of C.S.A., and I do not mean the Confederate States of America either. That is sad, but it makes my flesh creep all the more, knowing that, when I hear this kind of female singer. In a book recently, I read that female voices that are lower are heard better by people with hearing impairments. Will come back and edit this to add the title if I locate the book. Teenage girls with low voices, check out this URL: http://www.shakespearemag.com/winter02/higgins.asp WTF is C.S.A.? |
| rKokon (MD) | Posted: Jun 06, 2007 - 08:46 betterdaze wrote: I like the sound of her voice. Too rich to be annoying. It's not rich, it's poor. Very poor. Mostly whispering and sounds like a child of 6 trying to sound still younger and more vulnerable than that. I wish to affiliate myself with the men who do not like this kind of thing.
On a late-night radio show, I learned that women with childlike speaking voices are usually if not always victims of C.S.A., and I do not mean the Confederate States of America either. That is sad, but it makes my flesh creep all the more, knowing that, when I hear this kind of female singer. In a book recently, I read that female voices that are lower are heard better by people with hearing impairments. Will come back and edit this to add the title if I locate the book. Teenage girls with low voices, check out this URL: http://www.shakespearemag.com/winter02/higgins.asp |
| Marina1 (Edmonton, Alberta) | Posted: Apr 24, 2007 - 15:01 What is that thing on the cover? |
| Zep (Behind home plate) | Posted: Apr 04, 2007 - 09:08 diane wrote: Hmmm... What is she - 12? 13??
Another voice that's just too precious that men seem to get all wet over. I'm sorry, I can't hear you with all the water dripping in my ears. |
| Zep (Behind home plate) | Posted: Apr 04, 2007 - 09:03 ... Foxtrot? |
| daveesh (birthplace of the american revolution) | Posted: Apr 04, 2007 - 09:01 i just found that ms. donelly lives in the next town over from me. |
| maxmox (Broome, Western Australia) | Posted: Mar 24, 2007 - 05:12 meloman wrote: Who's Beyonce? Touche! viva la viva. Am listening to Taj Mahal (truly the better of the best) and confirm we don't dig beyond beyonce, very much, so don't bother oz with your lame stuff. |
| element1 (boulder, co) | Posted: Mar 08, 2007 - 13:58 I like how the 7 votes outnumber all next closest competitor by more than double. Maybe that means this song is a 7. |
| mrmojorisin (Salt Lake City, Utah) | Posted: Feb 27, 2007 - 21:17 I loved Belly's music. This is disappointing compared to that. |
| meloman (Warsaw, Poland) | Posted: Feb 12, 2007 - 06:54 fretman wrote: What a lame comment. It barely rates rebuttal. Some men actually like voices that can sing in tune. You know, like Marianne Faithfull or Beyonce.
Who's Beyonce? |
| tiggers | Posted: Feb 05, 2007 - 14:05 fretman wrote: What a lame comment. It barely rates rebuttal. Some men actually like voices that can sing in tune. You know, like Marianne Faithfull or Beyonce.
You were doing brilliantly until you mentioned the talentless Beyonce! |
| celadonstone (the Lowcountry of SC (2858.50 mi East of Paradise)) | Posted: Feb 01, 2007 - 13:38 Squirrel wrote: . . . Foxtrot.
hahahahahaha! I was waiting for someone to say that!!!  |
| fretman | Posted: Jan 28, 2007 - 15:46 What a lame comment. It barely rates rebuttal. Some men actually like voices that can sing in tune. You know, like Marianne Faithfull or Beyonce. diane wrote: Hmmm... What is she - 12? 13??
Another voice that's just too precious that men seem to get all wet over. |
| Mari (île de lesvos) | Posted: Jan 14, 2007 - 01:23 Simply Beautiful Tanya  |
| leonredcollar (Normal) | Posted: Dec 05, 2006 - 06:52 I've been listening to her for 15 - 16 years. From the Throwing Muses to Belly to her own solo music, Tanya Donelly is talented beyond belief. |
| lmic (Uniondale, NY) | Posted: Nov 20, 2006 - 16:35 All I can say is, you *go* girls! 4:29 pm - Tanya Donelly - Whiskey Tango 4:27 pm - Neko Case - Hold On, Hold On 4:23 pm - Snow Patrol w/ Martha Wainright - Set The Fire To The Third Bar 4:19 pm - Joan Osborne - Brokedown Palace |
| betterdaze (In the now.) | Posted: Nov 16, 2006 - 18:23 I like the sound of her voice. Too rich to be annoying. |
| Chumbawamba-1984 | Posted: Nov 10, 2006 - 02:11 daveesh wrote: i like her voice...
What voice ? |
| Shimmer (Bethesda, MD) | Posted: Sep 12, 2006 - 12:46 diane wrote: Hmmm... What is she - 12? 13??
Another voice that's just too precious that men seem to get all wet over. Not often you see a sexist comment from a woman, but here's one. She's got to be about 40 because she's been releasing great music since the mid-80s. Where have you been? |
| daveesh (birthplace of the american revolution) | Posted: Aug 10, 2006 - 06:08 diane wrote: Hmmm... What is she - 12? 13??
Another voice that's just too precious that men seem to get all wet over. have you seen what she looks like? i don't think it's her voice! |
| sacarmic (Bloomington, IN) | Posted: Aug 06, 2006 - 07:47 is it me or does her voice sound a lot like Lisa Loeb? |
| diane (seacoast, nh, usa) | Posted: Jul 22, 2006 - 15:31 Hmmm... What is she - 12? 13?? Another voice that's just too precious that men seem to get all wet over. |
| mccormry (Philadelphia, PA) | Posted: Jul 22, 2006 - 15:30 glad to see the founder of Belly still going strong. pretty song. |
| daveesh (birthplace of the american revolution) | Posted: May 18, 2006 - 12:27 i like her voice... |