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Luna — Sideshow By the Seashore
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floydoftherocks
(Frisco)
Posted: Dec 22, 2009 - 16:52
 
AMAZING song..

my understanding of the song is that it is a parody of a gig on coney island the band played when they were trying to tune a theremin....

see-
http://www.fuzzywuzzy.com/docs/music/penthouse.htm
...the wailing guitar is a parody of the untuned theremin.

acc to rolling stone luna was the best band from the 90s you never heard of.


michaelc
(Walnut Creek, CA)
Posted: Dec 22, 2009 - 13:22
 
 gumbo73039 wrote:
So not happy with that guitar wervin noise, 'tain't natural.
 
Agree has a warped record sound to it.
 


gumbo73039
(Devon, England)
Posted: Nov 21, 2009 - 03:11
 
So not happy with that guitar wervin noise, 'tain't natural.

peter_james_bond
(Lunenburg, NS)
Posted: Oct 20, 2009 - 17:58
 
 contractor07 wrote:
all things Luna are good {#Tongue-out}
 
I guess it's fair to say that you are a Lunatic. {#Roflol} In this case that's a good thing!



contractor07
(Ann Arbor Michigan)
Posted: Oct 20, 2009 - 16:58
 
all things Luna are good {#Tongue-out}

KurtfromLaQuinta
(Yep. I'm still here in La Quinta.)
Posted: Aug 18, 2009 - 15:34
 
 Wizzuvv_oz wrote:
don't understand the hate
I think this guitar is very cool.
 
Me too.


hallogallo
(Raleigh, North Carolina)
Posted: Jun 16, 2009 - 05:00
 

Love Luna.  Anything from Penthouse or Bewitched is fine by me.



fredriley
(Nottingham, UK)
Posted: May 15, 2009 - 10:27
 
 AphidA wrote:
Perhaps RP's popularity has pulled in all sorts of "mainstreamers" who are dragging down the ratings on great music like this.
 
Perhaps people just have different tastes. There's no objective definition of "great music", and one person's masterpiece is another's sucko-barfo. Stating the bleeding obvious I know, but plainly some arbiters of taste need the obvious restating.

Unfortunately, the warped guitar lick just distracts my ears from what's otherwise not a bad song. 4 -> 2

Edit: the album title and pic reminds me uncomfortably of Heaven 17's Penthouse and Pavement, a memory I thought firmly exorcised until seeing this cover :(



greg6494
(St. Louis)
Posted: May 15, 2009 - 10:25
 
frankly, half the tracks on this album belong on the main playlist

wenatchee
(Duvall, WA)
Posted: May 15, 2009 - 10:24
 
 zaknafein wrote:
That weird pitch bending is getting on my nerves...
 

And the vocalist . . . . ugh

thewiseking
(New York, New York)
Posted: Jun 04, 2008 - 12:23
 
AphidA wrote:
Perhaps RP's popularity has pulled in all sorts of "mainstreamers" who are dragging down the ratings on great music like this.

Maybe we need to hear that crappy new Bruce Springsteen song again.



yes, and the shit magnet is Pink Floyd
byerh
(North Carolina)
Posted: Apr 29, 2008 - 06:42
 
Ditto!

AphidA wrote:
Perhaps RP's popularity has pulled in all sorts of "mainstreamers" who are dragging down the ratings on great music like this.

Maybe we need to hear that crappy new Bruce Springsteen song again.


thewiseking
(New York, New York)
Posted: Apr 29, 2008 - 06:39
 
ah yes, the Sideshow by the Seashore, where I had the dubious distinction of observing one of the last on stage performances by Koko, the Crackhead Clown.
tiggers
Posted: Feb 26, 2008 - 06:26
 
AphidA wrote:
Perhaps RP's popularity has pulled in all sorts of "mainstreamers" who are dragging down the ratings on great music like this.

Maybe we need to hear that crappy new Bruce Springsteen song again.



Or maybe it's just you are in a minority and this track is actually not that great. Just a thought.
pope183
(Vinyamar)
Posted: Feb 26, 2008 - 06:24
 
wonderful part of a nice set

6:23 am - Mosquitos - Xixizinho No Oceano
6:20 am - Luna - Sideshow By the Seashore
6:17 am - Frank Black - Selkie Bride
6:12 am - The Tragically Hip - New Orleans Is Sinking
6:05 am - Led Zeppelin - When The Levee Breaks


AphidA
Posted: Nov 08, 2007 - 11:49
 
Perhaps RP's popularity has pulled in all sorts of "mainstreamers" who are dragging down the ratings on great music like this.

Maybe we need to hear that crappy new Bruce Springsteen song again.


musikalia
(Somewhere (over the rainbow))
Posted: Nov 08, 2007 - 11:49
 
zaknafein wrote:
That weird pitch bending is getting on my nerves...


AAAAARRRRHGHGHRRHGHRSAAERFGHFHHHGGGRRRR!!
It reminds me of, back in the 80s, when my walkman's batteries would be running out and the tape would sound all warped.

...otherwise this is a pretty good song.
Wizzuvvoz
(Land of Nod. East of Eden on Route 66.)
Posted: Nov 08, 2007 - 11:48
 
don't understand the hate
I think this guitar is very cool.
Jacksonstat
(Columbus OH)
Posted: Oct 23, 2007 - 14:13
 
sqqqrly wrote:

Lowest rated ever a 7? Mule fritters!

1 - The Dandy Warhols - Hells Bells
1 - REM - Strange Currencies
1 - Fun Lovin' Criminals - Crazy Train
1 - Natalie Merchant - Sympathy for the Devil
1 - Frida Snell - Bullet With Butterfly Wings
1 - Patty Griffin - Little God
.....


I think he means his lowest rated Luna song.
sqqqrly
(Baboosic Lake, NH)
Posted: Oct 23, 2007 - 14:03
 
GChevy410 wrote:
I think I like Luna, this is the lowest rated song I have rated, and it's still a 7. Which CD should I get after first?

Lowest rated ever a 7? Mule fritters!

1 - The Dandy Warhols - Hells Bells
1 - REM - Strange Currencies
1 - Fun Lovin' Criminals - Crazy Train
1 - Natalie Merchant - Sympathy for the Devil
1 - Frida Snell - Bullet With Butterfly Wings
1 - Patty Griffin - Little God
.....
rtkmusic
(SoCal)
Posted: Oct 23, 2007 - 14:01
 
wow - total dream syndicate groove...
GChevy410
(Seattle, WA)
Posted: Sep 06, 2007 - 15:31
 
I think I like Luna, this is the lowest rated song I have rated, and it's still a 7. Which CD should I get after first?
zaknafein
(Kansas City, MO)
Posted: Sep 06, 2007 - 15:30
 
That weird pitch bending is getting on my nerves...
ce
(The Netherlands)
Posted: Aug 06, 2007 - 05:15
 
musikalia wrote:

Not sick but annoyed.
Not digging the warped sounds of this.

It's quite annoying, yes.
KurtfromLaQuinta
(La Quinta, CA)
Posted: Jun 04, 2007 - 08:50
 
greg6494 wrote:
even better version on the Live album. thumbs way up on this upload!
Why thank you!
Good and quirky!
musikalia
(Somewhere (over the rainbow))
Posted: May 03, 2007 - 23:16
 
lixy wrote:
Am I the only one to get all dizzy and sick by these slides?


Not sick but annoyed.
Not digging the warped sounds of this.
Otherwsie a semi-decent song.
lixy
(Sverige)
Posted: Apr 02, 2007 - 08:04
 
Am I the only one to get all dizzy and sick by these slides?

Love the song though.
driver8
(ina gadda da vida)
Posted: Feb 14, 2007 - 10:41
 

davin
(Victoria, British Columbia)
Posted: Feb 14, 2007 - 10:38
 
Somebody should tell them that the penthouse is actually the floors above the one with the lights on.
leonredcollar
(Normal)
Posted: Feb 14, 2007 - 10:37
 
I reminded of the Velvet Underground.
omniphiliac
Posted: Feb 14, 2007 - 10:35
 
I like the opening.
greg6494
(St. Louis)
Posted: Dec 08, 2006 - 10:02
 
even better version on the Live album. thumbs way up on this upload!