 The Meaning of 8 (2007) [ larger cover art ] |
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Musicbrainz DBGot myself a new look,
Something gave me another chance to see.
Each time, each time I will try to do better.
Right now, right now is where I guess I belong.
Pulled my fist from my mouth.
I beat myself for a quarter century.
Remind, remind that it's bigger than me.
Dissolve, dissolve into evergreens.
These are things that I keep hidden in belly.
I can't see them but they control my life.
For a moment you could see right through me,
See right through me.
Help me make this right.
Look at all those skeletons running from their closets,
get them in the light!
These are things that I keep hidden in belly.
I can't see them but they control my life.
For a moment you could see right through me,
See right through me.
Help me make this right.
Look at all those skeletons running from their closets,
get them in the light!
You can take it in stride, or you can take it right between the eyes.
Suck up, suck up and take your medicine.
It's a good day, it's a good day to face the hard things.
Pulled my fist from my mouth.
I beat myself for a quarter century.
Remind, remind that it's bigger than me.
Dissolve, dissolve into evergreens.
We found beautiful babies sleeping in our ribs.
Get them in the light.
Get them in the light.
You can take it in stride, or you can take it right between the eyes.
Suck up, suck up and take your medicine.
We found beautiful babies sleeping in our ribs.
Get them in the light.
Get them in the light.
You can take it in stride, or you can take it right between the eyes.
Suck up, suck up and take your medicine.
| shemp (orange, california) | Posted: Jun 20, 2009 - 18:11 PLEASE NEVER AGAIN! |
| Carl (The Summit City) | Posted: Mar 17, 2009 - 20:42 By my rating policy (how much would I like to hear this or stuff like it, mostly), it gets a 3. The message is great but the overall effect is not what I would like to hear, mostly. On the other hand... |
| lmic (Sacramento, CA) | Posted: Mar 17, 2009 - 20:37 Gadzooks - they are just great!!! No bullsh*t spiritual guidance for grown-ups: It's a good day To face the hard things.. |
| Misterfixit (Nashville) | Posted: Feb 14, 2009 - 07:07 Just heard these guys for the first time. The Emo guy with the falsetto reminds me of myself when the doc does my yearly prostate digital exam. Oh, TMI? |
| ryuujin23 (North of the purple sage) | Posted: Jan 13, 2009 - 14:25 It's better than the Cloud Cult song Esurance has been using in their commercial. |
| 1wolfy (Mission Viejo California) | Posted: Jan 13, 2009 - 14:22 I find it delightful...kind of a young sound |
| fluffybum | Posted: Jan 13, 2009 - 14:19 cloud cult please go away with your shit music. |
| UltraNurd (Boston, MA) | Posted: Nov 11, 2008 - 10:38 Excelsior wrote: It's perfect fodder for elitist music snobs who want to pat themselves on the back for "liking" a group that everyone else hates because "they just don't get it like WE do." What if I just like quivering voices, strings, and electronica on their own merits? |
| nate917 (2,815 miles from home) | Posted: Oct 24, 2008 - 09:55 RadioDoc wrote: ....everything I hear (and see) from them screams . . . "self-important grad students lecturing the artistically unwashed". . . . I don't agree with the comment below that strings and electronica are per se pretentious, but I think RadioDoc's observation is spot on. |
| ptooey | Posted: Oct 24, 2008 - 08:48 ptooey wrote: I like it. I'll start with a 6, but it might go higher after another listen. Yeah, I was right. That's a solid 7. |
| vandal (arriving somewhere, but not here. . .) | Posted: Oct 24, 2008 - 08:42 . . . weird. . . this is growing on me, right after I said I hated it. . . |
| MJMJ | Posted: Oct 24, 2008 - 08:34 blech |
| wrangler (cliffside park, nj) | Posted: Oct 24, 2008 - 08:32 a 3 for starts. could go higher. probably lower..... guys voice is way too shins-like. yuck. |
| window (Richmond, VA) | Posted: Oct 06, 2008 - 10:50 These guys remind me of Polyphonic Spree. |
| Kittee (NC- Dreaming of the Mountains) | Posted: Oct 06, 2008 - 07:10 Don't understand all the negative comments. I rather like this song. |
| RadioDoc (Chicagoland) | Posted: Sep 22, 2008 - 17:00 BillG wrote: This is one of the rare instances where something that I think is really, really good gets a less-than-positive response from you fiolks. Try listening carefully to what he's saying in this song & see if you don't find some of the same power in it that I do. I'm sorry, Bill. I have really tried to give this band a fair listen but everything I hear (and see) from them screams "gimmick" and "self-important grad students lecturing the artistically unwashed" or "bet I can get people to buy this dreck". I don't usually feel this negative about any music (even corporate rap and other auditory effluvia), and maybe my visceral reaction is a testament to their artistic power. Or maybe it's just bad music.Maybe they could publish poetry and leave the music to musicians. The violinists are good though. Too bad they're saddled with the rest of the "band". |
| colt4x5 (east of eden) | Posted: Sep 19, 2008 - 18:08 Photo-John wrote: ... Even the cover art sucks. for me that was the high point ... |
| gringoconsabor | Posted: Sep 13, 2008 - 11:06 good beat = popular song dont overanalyse it dont feel guilty me likey |
| ptooey | Posted: Sep 13, 2008 - 11:02 I like it. I'll start with a 6, but it might go higher after another listen. |
| moonajohannes (Bonn/Germany) | Posted: Sep 13, 2008 - 10:57 We all need medicine somehow - best is Love!!!! |
| Excelsior | Posted: Sep 13, 2008 - 10:57  |
| Excelsior | Posted: Sep 09, 2008 - 05:45 This truly sucks. |
| Frater_Kork (Uppsala, Sweden) | Posted: Sep 09, 2008 - 05:31 I dig it, so there! Am I a Snob now? |
| aquadonia (Green Bay, WI) | Posted: Sep 04, 2008 - 17:30 I love it when I'm doing something in another window and a song I never heard before starts and I think (sometimes out loud) "Ooooh! What's this???" This song is quite interesting. I can feel a grower coming on. Starting at a 7 for sure.  (Though I must say that the album cover perplexes me... and somewhat disturbs me for some reason...) |
| Excelsior | Posted: Aug 26, 2008 - 13:10 baltimorelovejoy wrote: Just rubs the wrong way. Quivering voices AND pretentious strings AND electronic elements? 2. It's perfect fodder for elitist music snobs who want to pat themselves on the back for "liking" a group that everyone else hates because "they just don't get it like WE do." |
| doriso (Hempstead, NY) | Posted: Aug 26, 2008 - 13:02 There is just something about Cloud Cult that makes me feel like I should like them more than I do.... oh well.... |
| baltimorelovejoy (Philadelphia, PA) | Posted: Aug 26, 2008 - 12:57 Just rubs the wrong way. Quivering voices AND pretentious strings AND electronic elements? 2. |
| NoEnzLefttoSplit (Bouvet Island Liberation Front) | Posted: Aug 20, 2008 - 14:04 oldman wrote: Try submitting something to the LRC   FWIW it made me sit up and listen too. I like it. |
| rtrudeau (Bay Area, California) | Posted: Aug 20, 2008 - 14:04 I just can't figure out this band. Sometimes I hate their songs. other times I love them. When this tune came on, I thought, "ooo, that's pretty cool, wonder what it is." I was shocked (shocked, I tell you  ) I'll keep listening to Cloud Cult and see if I can figure this out. |
| michaeleconomy (San Francisco) | Posted: Aug 20, 2008 - 14:03 i like it! |
| mandolin (...drifting...) | Posted: Aug 20, 2008 - 14:03 ...this is cool, i think!.. |
| oldman (Lost in Northern Virginia) | Posted: Aug 20, 2008 - 14:03 BillG wrote: This is one of the rare instances where something that I think is really, really good gets a less-than-positive response from you fiolks. Try listening carefully to what he's saying in this song & see if you don't find some of the same power in it that I do. Try submitting something to the LRC I never liked Gentle Giant either.......... |
| baltimorelovejoy (Philadelphia, PA) | Posted: Aug 20, 2008 - 14:02 "8"? Try 3. |
| UltraNurd (Boston, MA) | Posted: Aug 20, 2008 - 14:01 Very much enjoying the current Cloud Cult kick, Bill - I'll have to pick up a CD or iTunes purchases, I think. |
| jstrait | Posted: Aug 12, 2008 - 20:22 Bill! I DEFINITELY agree with you. I find this to be an 'EXCELLENT' tune. Mainly because they say 'suck up and take your medicine'  ! Any song that has that as a main riff has me at hello...:) J |
| ROSSinDETROIT (Detroit, more or less. By teh Zoo.) | Posted: Aug 12, 2008 - 20:21 Okay, definitely above average song writing but I'm having trouble getting past the substandard vocal performance. But that's just me. |
| BillG (Paradise, CA) | Posted: Aug 12, 2008 - 10:29 This is one of the rare instances where something that I think is really, really good gets a less-than-positive response from you fiolks. Try listening carefully to what he's saying in this song & see if you don't find some of the same power in it that I do. Bought myself a new look Something gave me another chance to see Each time, each time, I will try to do better By now, by now, is where I guess I belong Pull my fist from my mouth I beat myself for a quarter century Remind, remind That it's bigger than me Dissolve, dissolve Into evergreens These are things that I keep hidden in belly I can't see them but they control my life For a moment you could see right through me See right through me Help me make this right Look at all those skeletons running from their closets Get them in the light These are things that I keep hidden in belly I can't see them but they control my life For a moment you could see right through me See right through me Help me make this right Look at all those skeletons running from their closets Get them in the light Get them in the light You can take it in stride Or you can take it right between the eyes Suck up, suck up And take your medicine It's a good day, it's a good day To face the hard things Pull my fist from my mouth I beat myself for a quarter century Remind, remind That it's bigger than me Dissolve, dissolve Into evergreens We found Beautiful babies Sleeping in our ribs Get them in the light Get them in the light |
| lmic (Sacramento, CA) | Posted: Aug 08, 2008 - 14:23 Excelsior wrote: What have we done to deserve so much Cloud Cult lately?
 Whatever it is, we repent!Whereas I feel I must have done something right! I love these guys, in all their romantic, gothic glory! (7 for this one) |
| Photo-John (Nor Cal to SLC) | Posted: Aug 08, 2008 - 14:18 LQB wrote: Oh wow, a lot of hate for this song. Any particular reason?
It's pretty visceral. I hate it because I hate it. |
| linden (Santa Cruz, CA) | Posted: Aug 08, 2008 - 14:18 Hey, that's where my toy lamb with the windup music box inside it went! I haven't seen it since I was a baby. Rock on, lamb! |
| LQB (NJ) | Posted: Aug 08, 2008 - 14:17 Oh wow, a lot of hate for this song. Any particular reason? |
| Photo-John (Nor Cal to SLC) | Posted: Aug 08, 2008 - 14:17 I am cutting my own throat with a pair of rusty scissors. Even the cover art sucks. |
| AliGator (Lex Vegas) | Posted: Aug 06, 2008 - 16:13 That was pretty crappy. |
| Excelsior | Posted: Aug 06, 2008 - 16:12 What have we done to deserve so much Cloud Cult lately? Whatever it is, we repent! |
| RadioDoc (Chicagoland) | Posted: Aug 06, 2008 - 16:12 Oh god, another one. 2 |
| Shesdifferent (Just visiting this planet waiting for the ticket home) | Posted: Aug 06, 2008 - 16:10 Hate the voices,....song? well lagging a bit just behind. Marginal at best. |
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