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Neil Halstead — Little Twig
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crispynz1
Posted: Apr 12, 2011 - 22:48
 
 zair99 wrote:

I found myself a bit distracted by that as well!  Especially the delayed gap-toothed whistles on the ends of a few phrases.  I wouldn't say I hate it, but it does distract from an otherwise very nice song.
 
Exactly! {#Clap}

jcjoh
Posted: Mar 12, 2011 - 10:27
 
According to other ratings, if Beatles were playing it, the song would be a 9.


fredriley
(Nottingham, UK)
Posted: Nov 30, 2010 - 05:36
 
 Sloggydog wrote:
I already liked it but when i see this geezer is from Luton (that's Lu'on to those who know) just down the road from where i live i decided he needed more credit.
 
He's from Lu'on? Well, encoulez mes vieilles bottes! So the town of the Hatters has produced yet another crap singer to follow in Paul Young's footsteps? Do Loo'n's contributions to world culture never cease?

I spent much of my childhood in that dull sh1tehole, and was never happier than when I finally escaped its turgid clutches. It's no surprise that it was voted a Crap Town of the Year. Truly a Town Called Malice full of white van men and knuckledragging racists. The best thing about Loo'n is the M1 going Northbound. Devoid of charm, culture or any distinctiveness, it's just another dormitory town for Lahndan, and  makes Milton Keynes look positively quaint and characterful.

Apologies to those outside England who may well be scratching their bonces at this. Just believe me when I say that Luton does not, and will never, have a Tourist office.


jptl
(Potomac, MD)
Posted: Jun 02, 2010 - 15:28
 
 SwampYankee wrote:
Whenever I hear this tune, I think of Pink Floyd. Anyone else?
 
I think of pink nighties.


On_The_Beach
(Vancouver BC, Bud)
Posted: Mar 20, 2010 - 20:15
 
The shoegazers are alright with me. Saw him live recently in a tiny club. It was, er, mellow.


Sloggydog
(UK)
Posted: Dec 16, 2009 - 10:18
 
I already liked it but when i see this geezer is from Luton (that's Lu'on to those who know) just down the road from where i live i decided he needed more credit.

martinc
(Ottawa Canada)
Posted: Oct 14, 2009 - 13:31
 
 WayUpNorth wrote:
Yup, and Nick Drake ... in a good way.  Don't know what he's actually referring to as Little Twig but with the sweet mood of the music it brings to mind my sons ...{#Roflol}
 
Me too but sometimes my dad called me little twirp ... close I guess

WayUpNorth
(Down on the Farm)
Posted: Aug 20, 2009 - 11:55
 
 SwampYankee wrote:
Whenever I hear this tune, I think of Pink Floyd. Anyone else?
  Yup, and Nick Drake ... in a good way.  Don't know what he's actually referring to as Little Twig but with the sweet mood of the music it brings to mind my sons ...{#Roflol}



max_redonx
(orlando, florida)
Posted: May 27, 2009 - 20:03
 
Slightly.  Ummagumma period.
 SwampYankee wrote:Whenever I hear this tune, I think of Pink Floyd. Anyone else?


Wizzuvvoz
(Land of Nod. East of Eden on Route 66.)
Posted: May 09, 2009 - 08:23
 
well, _that_ melody will be stuck in my head for a while.  Simple but quite nice
hm...   caught my ear again today (8/12).  I really like this.

Jim__Sheila
(St. Paul, MN)
Posted: Mar 28, 2009 - 17:22
 
 SwampYankee wrote:
Whenever I hear this tune, I think of Pink Floyd. Anyone else?
 
not really



lmic
(Sacramento, CA)
Posted: Mar 28, 2009 - 17:21
 
It just wrings tears from my heart! {#Cry}Love love love it...

rascal420
(Cold and snowy, CA)
Posted: Mar 25, 2009 - 15:08
 
 Sloggydog wrote:
I like it.  A bloke born just round the corner from where i'm living.  I like it.  I see he's touring with Jack Johnson in August.  He has a similar sought of sound maybe tempered with a little of the sound of willy mason.
 

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Sloggydog
(UK)
Posted: Feb 28, 2009 - 05:00
 
I like it.  A bloke born just round the corner from where i'm living.  I like it.  I see he's touring with Jack Johnson in August.  He has a similar sought of sound maybe tempered with a little of the sound of willy mason.

SuzenJueL
(Minneapolis)
Posted: Feb 26, 2009 - 17:30
 
this song always makes me stop whatever it is I'm doing and kind of 'zone' for awhile.
really raw
really beautiful

rdo
(DC)
Posted: Feb 26, 2009 - 16:50
 
I'm starting to like this song, but I'm having trouble with this damn twig concept.

zair99
(In Cognito)
Posted: Feb 14, 2009 - 21:59
 
 Bine wrote:
I hate the way the singer "whistles" the S. Just sets my teeth on edge. 
 
I found myself a bit distracted by that as well!  Especially the delayed gap-toothed whistles on the ends of a few phrases.  I wouldn't say I hate it, but it does distract from an otherwise very nice song.

curufinwe
(San Francisco, CA)
Posted: Feb 13, 2009 - 19:20
 
 von_Hayek wrote:

Yep!
 
I thought it was, until I checked.

von_Hayek
(Fr-Su Duesseldorf, Mo-Th Magdeburg)
Posted: Feb 10, 2009 - 03:41
 
 basketcase wrote:
Echoes of Nick Drake
 
Yep!


Arcee
(Across the Pond, Gothenburg, Sweden)
Posted: Feb 10, 2009 - 03:41
 
du-du-du-du-du-du du-du-du-du...tu-tu-tu du-du-du {#Sunny}

slippery
(Sweden)
Posted: Feb 05, 2009 - 11:25
 
 BillG wrote:

Fixed.  Sorry about that.
 
Billy-G - you the man! 

SuzenJueL
(Minneapolis)
Posted: Feb 04, 2009 - 05:46
 
The vocals, lyrics, guitar...all perfectly put together, one of my fave's~

peter_james_bond
(Lunenburg, NS)
Posted: Feb 03, 2009 - 16:45
 
He sounds a little like Nick Drake and that is definitely a good thing. With it's soft and breezy sound Neil lulls you into a false sense of security until the end when he drops the bomb...and you ask yourself what did he just sing? What happened to Little Twig?? {#Cry}


BillG
(Paradise, CA)
Posted: Jan 31, 2009 - 15:22
 
 slippery wrote:
Is it just me or is bills copy of this song jagged?
Everytime I hear it his voice is being cut and the rythm jump a beat at the same spot.
 
Fixed.  Sorry about that.


slippery
(Sweden)
Posted: Jan 31, 2009 - 15:00
 
Is it just me or is bills copy of this song jagged?
Everytime I hear it his voice is being cut and the rythm jump a beat at the same spot.

SwampYankee
(Berkley, MA)
Posted: Jan 30, 2009 - 05:51
 
Whenever I hear this tune, I think of Pink Floyd. Anyone else?

jptl
(Potomac, MD)
Posted: Jan 30, 2009 - 05:51
 
Please make it stop{#Frustrated}

lmic
(Sacramento, CA)
Posted: Jan 27, 2009 - 15:05
 
I am mystified by the low rating! I love this tune.

Someone (on RP? songmeanings.net?) has written about how difficult it is to write songs relevantly about the joys of having children... I guess I'm easily moved by the parental-love theme.

fredriley
(Nottingham, UK)
Posted: Jan 26, 2009 - 02:55
 
The one word which comes immediately to mind on hearing this song is: twee. Cute if you're in the mood for tweeness, but sadly the Nottingham jury isn't in that sort of mood at work, so it's a nailed on Ho-Hum.

Bine
(Duesseldorf, Germany)
Posted: Jan 22, 2009 - 06:09
 
I hate the way the singer "whistles" the S. Just sets my teeth on edge. I tend to imagine the skip makes the song shorter - which I think is a good thing...

jptl
(Potomac, MD)
Posted: Jan 22, 2009 - 06:09
 
 MojoJojo wrote:


 
Excruciatingly gentle.


MojoJojo
(Indianapolis, IN USA)
Posted: Jan 09, 2009 - 11:56
 



SeaKat
Posted: Jan 09, 2009 - 11:54
 
 basketcase wrote:
Echoes of Nick Drake
 

I had the same thought. Pretty song, pretty voice.

jagdriver
(Tunin' in from the aptly-named Grass Valley, CA)
Posted: Jan 09, 2009 - 11:52
 
 jagdriver wrote:
1 <== 2
 

Yep... a good time for a potty break after that rockin' last set.

Snow Patrol - The Lightning Strike
The Airborne Toxic Event - Sometime Around Midnight
Nico Stai - Dead Pony

jagdriver
(Tunin' in from the aptly-named Grass Valley, CA)
Posted: Jan 06, 2009 - 10:19
 
1 <== 2

horstman
(Syracuse, New York)
Posted: Jan 03, 2009 - 14:10
 
 basketcase wrote:
Echoes of Nick Drake
 

In voice only. Nick's guitar work stands alone as superb, unique, definitive.

Still this is quite likeable and a real smooth transition from Elliot Smith. Good work Bill Goldsmith.

jagdriver
(Tunin' in from the aptly-named Grass Valley, CA)
Posted: Dec 29, 2008 - 14:44
 
 robco1 wrote:
I like his whistling tooth . . .
 
That makes one of us.........

And what's up with the skip??????



Chinju
Posted: Dec 20, 2008 - 22:45
 
 GawgaBoy wrote:
Was there a "skip" in there or just s network glitch on my stream?
 
I heard it as well. But I kinda liked the effect...


More_Cowbell
(North of Chicago, IL, USA)
Posted: Dec 15, 2008 - 14:46
 
he is whistling or is he singing?

basketcase
Posted: Dec 15, 2008 - 14:46
 
Echoes of Nick Drake

nagsheadlocal
(North Carolina, the new New Jersey)
Posted: Dec 12, 2008 - 12:02
 
 GawgaBoy wrote:
Was there a "skip" in there or just s network glitch on my stream?
 
I heard it too - startling to say the least.

Made me wonder if my brother was throwing his baseball against our shared wall again just to make my old Silvertone stereo skip and make me yell at him.


GawgaBoy
(State of Confusion)
Posted: Dec 02, 2008 - 11:15
 
Was there a "skip" in there or just s network glitch on my stream?

peyotecoyote
(Home of Sir Frederick Banting)
Posted: Nov 07, 2008 - 08:40
 
This is great, quite unique and yet still has a very familiar folky quality.


robco1
(Chicago, IL)
Posted: Oct 28, 2008 - 19:53
 
I like his whistling tooth . . .

(former member)
(hotel in Las Vegas)
Posted: Oct 28, 2008 - 19:49
 


I like it...



le_colonel
Posted: Oct 13, 2008 - 11:39
 
 ArbiterOfGoodTaste wrote:
Is this a new album from Neil?
Edit: Looks like it came out in July, will have to check it out!

 
I have read very positive reviews of it but so far haven't checked it out myself. Should give it a listen; I like this song a lot.


ArbiterOfGoodTaste
(Seattle, WA)
Posted: Oct 13, 2008 - 09:46
 
Is this a new album from Neil?
Edit: Looks like it came out in July, will have to check it out!