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| icemang (Boston & DC, mostly) | Posted: Feb 06, 2012 - 03:22 What's not to like? Sweet fluid little guitar lead I love. His voice isn't classic but it's way expressive. Give it to them. Good tune. |
| lily34 (lexvegas) | Posted: Jan 05, 2012 - 08:24 Foot wrote: Pretty good: a decade earlier (mid-to-late 1980's) this was called "Lloyd Cole & the Commotions." that's so strange a comment to me. i'm a big lloyd cole (and lloyd cole & the commotions) fan, and i see absolutely no similarity at all between these two bands. funny how something can resonate with one person and completely not resonate at all with another. makes life interesting. |
| Foot (NorCal / Wine) | Posted: May 29, 2011 - 13:23 Pretty good: a decade earlier (mid-to-late 1980's) this was called "Lloyd Cole & the Commotions." |
| gumbo73039 (Devon, England) | Posted: May 29, 2011 - 13:22 Nice mix and lush guitar tone, like it a lot. |
| SinisterDexter | Posted: Mar 27, 2011 - 09:42 fredriley wrote: I thought he was singing "don't sell her, I love her" until I looked at the track title. Actually, I listened to it near the end, and that's exactly what he's saying - I can clearly hear the "s".  |
| Jelani (Home of the freak, land of the vague) | Posted: Mar 27, 2011 - 09:41 fredriley wrote: I thought he was singing "don't sell her, I love her" until I looked at the track title. I thought the same thing until Bill G just mentioned this. Thought maybe he was singing about a slave girl or some such... |
| keenevision (Near Boston) | Posted: Mar 27, 2011 - 09:39 RedGuitar wrote: "Resignation Superman" and "Boom Boom" are great tunes from this CD.
Resignation Superman makes me go out of my mind with joy. |
| keenevision (Near Boston) | Posted: Mar 27, 2011 - 09:38 A good tune; not BHTM's best, but a good song. I've always been impressed by the sound of this three man band. |
| Racquel | Posted: Feb 23, 2011 - 22:55 fredriley wrote: I thought he was singing "don't sell her, I love her" until I looked at the track title. ha ha. |
| stevebeaver (Washington DC) | Posted: Jun 15, 2010 - 10:06 greener wrote: Thanks for playing this song again on RP. I prefer there other stuff, but anything by BHTM gets me smiling.
Agreed. Not close to my fav BHT record but gets an 8 on principle. |
| fredriley (Nottingham, UK) | Posted: Mar 12, 2010 - 06:11 I thought he was singing "don't sell her, I love her" until I looked at the track title. Todd himself is boring and monotonous (almost literally - maybe 4 notes all song?), so bring on the Monsters as they might be interesting. 3 from the Nottingham jury. |
| Akaiila (London, UK) | Posted: Jan 08, 2010 - 06:26 Bill's on a roll again today  .... and now so am I! |
| greener (Olympia, WA) | Posted: Nov 06, 2009 - 12:33 Thanks for playing this song again on RP. I prefer there other stuff, but anything by BHTM gets me smiling. |
| RedGuitar (Iowa, USA) | Posted: Nov 06, 2009 - 12:29 "Resignation Superman" and "Boom Boom" are great tunes from this CD. |
| Excelsior | Posted: Apr 23, 2008 - 20:53 bokey wrote: Bland or tepid.I just can't decide.
It's Big Head Todd... it's automatically both. |
| oldviolin | Posted: Apr 23, 2008 - 19:20 This whole record kicks. |
| tracykash | Posted: Jan 20, 2008 - 09:24 Cool, mellow, minimalistic track. Mixed down very well. |
| ri_shelton (A few clicks up the river) | Posted: Jan 20, 2008 - 09:24 You know, whenever a BHT song plays, I KNOW what it must be BHT, but I look all-the-same, as I wonder if anyone else has mastered that strum on the guitar. Wonderful, thanks. |
| godspeed (maui) | Posted: Dec 19, 2007 - 22:28 margaritas, laughter, and good music....thanks rp~ |
| nausicaa (By the door.) | Posted: Sep 16, 2007 - 17:20 This song must be about a pet; perhaps a cat in the neighborhood. |
| ProfessorFrink (10 seconds in the future) | Posted: Aug 16, 2007 - 07:18 kaleb wrote: A big *blarp* noise (from the rip) little past halfway through. Drives me nuts! (it's "Please don ts'ell her")
I honestly thought that the lyrics were these: "Please don't sell her; I love her." |
| erichb | Posted: Aug 16, 2007 - 07:18 Not my favorite BHT track, but I have always been a big fan of this particular album. |
| kaleb (Omaha, NE) | Posted: Apr 11, 2007 - 13:48 A big *blarp* noise (from the rip) little past halfway through. Drives me nuts! (it's "Please don ts'ell her") |
| okobojicat (Dreaming of the Moravian Highlands) | Posted: Apr 11, 2007 - 13:43 Very interesting. The first Big Head Todd song I've seen on RP that just gets ripped in the comments section. Probably too poppy and not enough blues like the rest of their stuff. Myself, I'll take a change up once and a while. |
| tinybubbles (seattle) | Posted: Apr 11, 2007 - 13:42 Angloray wrote: This song is the poster child for Rating #3. can it be both? |
| babyjuice | Posted: Mar 11, 2007 - 07:29 Thought he was saying please dont sell her I love her |
| Angloray (NOT in a cubicle) | Posted: Feb 23, 2007 - 15:34 bokey wrote: Bland or tepid.I just can't decide.
This song is the poster child for Rating #3. |
| bokey (Filialville) | Posted: Feb 08, 2007 - 03:18 Bland or tepid.I just can't decide. |
| queenjill (CA) | Posted: Jan 24, 2007 - 12:00 infinity wrote: I will swear up and down that he's saying "please don't SELL her" That is a MUCH more interesting lyric.  |
| celadonstone (the Lowcountry of SC (2858.50 mi East of Paradise)) | Posted: Jan 24, 2007 - 11:59 It sure does sound like "sell"... I always leave her waiting I always leave her down if she should come my way I always turn around Please don't tell her I love her I always keep her out I never let her in If she should come my way weeping I greet her with a grin Please don't tell her I love her if she should discover the colors of my love she will fly, fly away Now you can try tenderness You can try to hang around Oh, but I'm sure she'll love you less I'm sure she'll bring you down Please don't tell her I love her |
| Lazaerus (Valley of the Giants - Oregon) | Posted: Jan 24, 2007 - 11:59 Why? what makes it "bad"? rexi wrote: this is as bad as jack johnson... |
| japanmoran (Colorado Springs, CO) | Posted: Jan 24, 2007 - 11:57 Please Don't Cellar |
| islander (Seattle) | Posted: Jan 09, 2007 - 21:20 slartibart_O wrote: Fine. Donate and then stop listening.  |
| meydele (By the sea) | Posted: Nov 27, 2006 - 05:31 rexi wrote: this is as bad as jack johnson...
I agree that this is quite bad, but Jack Johnson is quite good. It's apples to oranges. |
| rexi (far out) | Posted: Oct 14, 2006 - 09:04 this is as bad as jack johnson... |
| slartibart_O (nw corner in austin) | Posted: Aug 31, 2006 - 09:43 aron wrote: I will donate $50 to never again heard Big Head Todd on RP.
Fine. Donate and then stop listening. |
| infinity | Posted: Aug 31, 2006 - 09:42 aron wrote: I will donate $50 to never again heard Big Head Todd on RP.
Hahaha... Big Head Todd reminds me of my ex-girlfriend. She loved them and Toad the Wet Sprocket. So I kinda detest them already! I'm not sure i'd waste $50 on the memory. ;-) Also my 2 cents on the lyrics: I will swear up and down that he's saying "please don't SELL her" I have a very nice pair of headphones and I cranked up the volume... no matter how closely I listen, each time he is definitely saying SELL, despite the title and the not-making-sense part. :) If he is indeed singing 'sell', that definitely pops the song back into the eclectic category, rather than the pop category where it belongs! |
| aron (Toronto) | Posted: Aug 31, 2006 - 09:37 I will donate $50 to never again heard Big Head Todd on RP. |
| ndfan75 (Texas) | Posted: Aug 02, 2006 - 03:35 riffster wrote: A great Sunday-afternoon-sitting-on-the-porch-drinking-tea-with-your-eyes-closed song.
- Riff I'm feelin it |
| pregister (Minneapolis) | Posted: Jun 04, 2006 - 12:10 Really looking forward to seeing them for the first time this year at 10KLF (click here) |
| alp (San Diego, CA) | Posted: Mar 23, 2006 - 12:13 like it |
| GChevy410 (Seattle, WA) | Posted: Mar 08, 2006 - 17:19 good big head todd |
| riffster (looking for fast transport) | Posted: Feb 07, 2006 - 08:30 A great Sunday-afternoon-sitting-on-the-porch-drinking-tea-with-your-eyes-closed song.
- Riff |
| SCprof (South Carolina) | Posted: Feb 07, 2006 - 08:27 Thank you thank you thank you for playing Big Head Todd!! I saw them this past Friday night -- what an amazing show! I've seen them many many times, but they had Hazel Miller with them as a nice treat. If you ever get the chance to see them live, please do yourself the favor of going. You will not regret it!  |
| chinchita (in the middle of the Pacific) | Posted: Jan 23, 2006 - 16:15 diane wrote: I I was working hard away, totally engrossed, or so I thought, when those words suddenly sank through. I'm thinking about why someone has to plead for someone not to be sold... Bizarre... . Ortenza - May I have Bittersweet? I always thought it was "please don't TELL her"?  |
| Govi (Left Coast) | Posted: Oct 28, 2005 - 05:45 best song on the album. On Radio Alice or KFOG, I heard a live version that's even better, though. Such a warm voice, with a sweet raspiness, and the reggae rhythm, slowed and mellowed. |
| diane (seacoast, nh, usa) | Posted: May 18, 2005 - 23:53 YecatsRoo wrote: It sounds like "please don't SELL her...I love her...." LOL. Still love the song though.
I I was working hard away, totally engrossed, or so I thought, when those words suddenly sank through. I'm thinking about why someone has to plead for someone not to be sold... Bizarre... . Ortenza - May I have Bittersweet? |
| ortenzia (san francisco, ca) | Posted: May 04, 2005 - 08:32 I bought "live monsters" on a whim. This and "Bittersweet" turned out to be the only 2 tracks that I listened to more than once. Everything else turned into a large mush of generic, In-a-Pier-1-Store rock that slowly became more and more irritating. Don't want to insult the Big Head Todd fans out there but wow, one of the lesser purchases I've made. Anyone want the album? ; ) |
| betterdaze (flying freely) | Posted: May 04, 2005 - 08:30 spieler wrote: Big head Todd - what a name!
I saw them under the St. Louis arch this last summer. Great show. They have a bumper sticker: I (heart) BIG HEAD I might have gotten it if I wasn't a teacher. And if my sons wouldn't have been mortified....... |
| Roverfish (Tucson, AZ - Thanks for visiting, please drive through!) | Posted: Feb 19, 2005 - 20:14 colt4x5 wrote: what huey lewis would sound like ... if he could.
Aw, you're just jealous you didn't score an 800 in math on the SAT and go to Cornell for engineering. ;-) Hey, for the time they were alright. I don't mind BHT, but I don't find their songs distinctive, either. This one's pretty good. |