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Bruce Lash — Lithium
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(former member)
(hotel in Las Vegas)
Posted: Jun 19, 2009 - 20:02
 


This song is soooo good for the ears...



cayenne
(in over my head)
Posted: Jun 19, 2009 - 19:58
 
what

keller1
(In A Gadda Da Vida, Baby)
Posted: May 27, 2009 - 18:48
 
 Frater_Kork wrote:
I'm adding my straw to the Quite likeable pile in order to balance out the Sucko Barfo crowd, note that I am not bashing the naysayers.
This is shaping up to be a most excellent rating curve, provocative music isn't for everyone, you all have your own tastes.
 

That's not a curve —- it's a left inclined distribution that says "BILL, THIS SONG (AND ALBUM) REALLY SUCK!  GIVE US ALL A BREAK AND FILE IT WITH JAMES BLUNT!!"

Frater_Kork
(Uppsala, Sweden)
Posted: May 19, 2009 - 02:17
 
I'm adding my straw to the Quite likeable pile in order to balance out the Sucko Barfo crowd, note that I am not bashing the naysayers.
This is shaping up to be a most excellent rating curve, provocative music isn't for everyone, you all have your own tastes.

Nadine
(Germany)
Posted: May 19, 2009 - 02:14
 
 Baum74 wrote:

This cover version is even sin in a biblical sense.

 

Funny.

"Sin in a biblical sense".

I mean, I absolutely LOVE Nirvana's Nevermind - still. It magically stays crisp & fresh up to this very day.

BUT,

I also like this musicians take on Lithium. Must be loads of fun to do this kind of stuff...
taking a song and robbing it of all it's aggressiveness & "rock attitude" & of course saving/keeping the lyrics...then putting it in a "girl from ipanema"-environment.

It made me smile. Imagining this getting played in a stupid-business-men-lounge for example.

And I think it's one of the pretty well done covers.



Baum74
(Düsseldorf, Germany)
Posted: May 19, 2009 - 02:02
 
 Geecheeboy wrote:
C'mon, folks.  Music is not cancer surgery. Don't take yourself so seriously.  GOSH!
 
Sometimes I wished it was.
Like now.
This cover version is even sin in a biblical sense.
Probably the most inappropriate cover version I ever heard. "Subversive"??? please ...


markoirl
(Dublin)
Posted: May 19, 2009 - 02:02
 

A really interesting take on a great song.  Thanks for playing this Bill !



crogers
(Sunny San Diego, California)
Posted: May 02, 2009 - 12:21
 
I certainly mean no disrespect to those grappling with bipolar disorder or any affliction for which lithium-based medications are typically prescribed but folks, really... LIGHTEN UP!  This guy has taken one of the most depressing songs from one of the most depressing (and depressed) artists of our time and set it to a frickin' LOUNGE GROOVE!  I mean come on; taking it serously is just, well... silly.  Instead, try shaking up an icy cold martini, slide on your comfiest slippers, slip on your smoking jacket, sit back and take a big, deep breath of CHILL.  Simply try to enjoy it for what it is... a total goof on what is, amazingly enough, pop culture.

{#Cheers}

Bleyfusz
Posted: May 02, 2009 - 12:14
 
 HarrO wrote:
Great Cover!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
 
Unorthodox, at the least.

Which is a commendation by itself.


btilrn
(Redding, CA)
Posted: May 02, 2009 - 12:08
 
Subversive, playful and kinda hip...Just what I appreciate about RP!
{#Chillpill}{#Cool}

Geecheeboy
(under a crescent moon and palmetto tree)
Posted: May 02, 2009 - 12:06
 
C'mon, folks.  Music is not cancer surgery. Don't take yourself so seriously.  GOSH!

rickhoran
(Eastern PA)
Posted: May 02, 2009 - 12:05
 
 _Bruce_ wrote:
10 seconds into this and I was so atonished by how bad this is that "what the f**k" just came bursting out of my mouth... For the sake of common decency please don't ever play this song again.
 

whats next? how come RP doesn't play muzak version of the beatle's songs? this is crap.


cvandoren
(Albany, NY)
Posted: May 02, 2009 - 12:05
 
I really hated this nice elevator music at first.  Then I thought about the cover, then I noticed teh name of the album, and got a little chuckle.  2 ->4

rdo
(DC)
Posted: May 02, 2009 - 12:04
 
 SusieQ wrote:

Agreed.  Bill is a smart one.  Despite my gripe that, overall, the music played on RP is much too sullen (really - good smart music doesn't have to be), Bill has created a medium for some of the most entertaining (intelligent and creative) musical commentary on the internet. I love the quirky pictures people post. I could spend hours reading and laughing and LEARNING (thank you fellow listeners and Bill..for sharing all your musical knowledge) for hours and hours ....  

ohh!..I'm at work... 
 

I know what you mean about being at work.  One can really get distracted with these song comments.  Also, it's always a little disconcerting to read screeds you may have written a year ago.  Not that I've ever done that of course. {#Angel}

_Bruce_
(Santa Barbara, Ca)
Posted: May 02, 2009 - 12:02
 
10 seconds into this and I was so atonished by how bad this is that "what the f**k" just came bursting out of my mouth... For the sake of common decency please don't ever play this song again.



HarrO
(Just Down the Hill from Paradise)
Posted: Apr 26, 2009 - 02:22
 
Great Cover!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The_Mrs
Posted: Apr 18, 2009 - 21:39
 
 Proclivities wrote:
Pretty humorless bunch of disgruntled listeners for this tune.

 
Exactly, just about the only one who gets it.


vandal
(arriving somewhere, but not here. . .)
Posted: Apr 17, 2009 - 13:54
 

I like it. . .


SusieQ
(Losama Angamalesama)
Posted: Apr 17, 2009 - 13:02
 
 sbird wrote:
I kinda like it - subversive...

Bill needs to keep playing songs like this - why? So that we get to be amused by the pithy humorous comments that everyone writes criticizing it - I've never laughed so hard reading song comments; especially "If you think of Radio Paradise as Bertie Bott's "Every Flavor Beans", this is the ear wax flavor."
 
Agreed.  Bill is a smart one.  Despite my gripe that, overall, the music played on RP is much too sullen (really - good smart music doesn't have to be), Bill has created a medium for some of the most entertaining (intelligent and creative) musical commentary on the internet. I love the quirky pictures people post. I could spend hours reading and laughing and LEARNING (thank you fellow listeners and Bill..for sharing all your musical knowledge) for hours and hours ....  

ohh!..I'm at work... 

peter_james_bond
(Lunenburg, NS)
Posted: Apr 17, 2009 - 11:30
 
 iam_overlord wrote:
This song has the lowest rating I've ever seen on RP.
 
People, unclench you jaws, take a deep breath..now another..repeat. Your fingernails are digging into you palms, slowly open up your hands..that's right.. all the way open. You are scowling, open up you eyes wide and blink a couple of times, roll your shoulders....good, now rub your neck...that's right ...keep breathing. Relax...feel that stress float away...now ...is that pain behind you eyes receding? Peace... {#Chillpill} {#Sunny}

FlatCat
(Chicago)
Posted: Apr 17, 2009 - 11:14
 
Beautiful chord changes. A bit of a disconnect with the words, of course, but so smooth. 

redstorm
(East Coast!........ Lou!)
Posted: Apr 17, 2009 - 11:12
 
 The_Mrs wrote:

Being bi-polar myself I feel I am entitled as any to reply. "Bruce-Baby" didn't write this song, you want to see mental illness at it's worst? Google the man who DID write Lithium, Kurt Cobain. I can guarantee you, no one was making fun of the drug or those who needed it while writing or performing a cover of this song. Check your facts before you blast. {#Chillpill}

Both the original and the cover of this are great, leave the songs.

 

Great Statement! You got right to the heart of the matter!

lmic
(Narrow Minded Couch Potato)
Posted: Apr 17, 2009 - 11:12
 
Unmitigated novelty fare! LOL


westslope
(BC coast)
Posted: Apr 17, 2009 - 11:11
 
Just voted with the crowd:  1.

(former member)
(hotel in Las Vegas)
Posted: Apr 17, 2009 - 11:11
 


This cover song always makes me giggle...  love it...



zipper
Posted: Apr 17, 2009 - 11:11
 
ha! awesome.

govna
(beantown)
Posted: Apr 17, 2009 - 11:10
 
 The_Mrs wrote:

Being bi-polar myself I feel I am entitled as any to reply. "Bruce-Baby" didn't write this song, you want to see mental illness at it's worst? Google the man who DID write Lithium, Kurt Cobain. I can guarantee you, no one was making fun of the drug or those who needed it while writing or performing a cover of this song. Check your facts before you blast. {#Chillpill}

Both the original and the cover of this are great, leave the songs.

 
i think all he's trying to say is that the tone doesn't seem to match up perfectly with the message.  and i can see where he's coming from.


nova_harahap
Posted: Apr 17, 2009 - 11:10
 
different... but somehow soothing ..

whtahtefcuk
(Flagstaff, AZ, USA)
Posted: Apr 17, 2009 - 11:09
 
Jokes over!

hungrywoman
Posted: Apr 17, 2009 - 11:09
 
I need Prozac now please...

The_Mrs
Posted: Apr 01, 2009 - 12:26
 
 Quixmundi wrote:
Lousy song...lousy topic. Not funny when you live with a bi-polar and have to care for her and lithium is one of the only medications that eases her misery during episodes. Come live in my shoes Bruce-Baby and see how clever singing smart ass lyrics about life saving drugs isn't. Please take this dumb music off RP!!!!
 
Being bi-polar myself I feel I am entitled as any to reply. "Bruce-Baby" didn't write this song, you want to see mental illness at it's worst? Google the man who DID write Lithium, Kurt Cobain. I can guarantee you, no one was making fun of the drug or those who needed it while writing or performing a cover of this song. Check your facts before you blast. {#Chillpill}

Both the original and the cover of this are great, leave the songs.


Quixmundi
(on the banks of Eagle Creek, Indiana)
Posted: Mar 31, 2009 - 23:14
 
Lousy song...lousy topic. Not funny when you live with a bi-polar and have to care for her and lithium is one of the only medications that eases her misery during episodes. Come live in my shoes Bruce-Baby and see how clever singing smart ass lyrics about life saving drugs isn't. Please take this dumb music off RP!!!!

alezz_ua
(Ukraine, Kyiv)
Posted: Mar 25, 2009 - 15:01
 
Great tune! And you all are Sucko-barfo slaves {#Whipit}
Easy 10 from me with no regrades

Bill, please more chill on PR! {#Chillpill} {#Chillpill} {#Chillpill} {#Chillpill}

kellis
Posted: Mar 25, 2009 - 13:49
 
Meh. I'm a huge fan of the original, one of my favourite Nirvana songs so it would be tough to come close. Not sure if I can really say he's really added anything with this version, first time I heard it and it seemed to blend into the background.

Oh wait a minute - he did clarify one of the words in the song  - "I'm not gonna crack" vs "quit"...so many that counts for something (I'm reaching here....)

AliGator
(Lex Vegas)
Posted: Mar 25, 2009 - 13:48
 
 iam_overlord wrote:
This song has the lowest rating I've ever seen on RP.
 
You haven't seen heard Sarah McLachlan's version of Solsbury Hill.



sbird
(Dorchestah, MA)
Posted: Mar 25, 2009 - 13:48
 
I kinda like it - subversive...

Bill needs to keep playing songs like this - why? So that we get to be amused by the pithy humorous comments that everyone writes criticizing it - I've never laughed so hard reading song comments; especially "If you think of Radio Paradise as Bertie Bott's "Every Flavor Beans", this is the ear wax flavor."


Proclivities
(Carrboro, NC)
Posted: Mar 25, 2009 - 13:47
 
Pretty humorless bunch of disgruntled listeners for this tune.


iam_overlord
(Allston)
Posted: Mar 25, 2009 - 13:44
 
This song has the lowest rating I've ever seen on RP.

tputkey
(Burnaby, BC)
Posted: Mar 25, 2009 - 13:44
 
that was fun.

peter_james_bond
(Lunenburg, NS)
Posted: Mar 25, 2009 - 13:43
 
This is really pretty good. Yes, of course, at first it is a shock to hear a cover like this but it's actually a tribute to the original. Listen to it and you will see this does work. {#Music}

cosmiclint
(Vancouver BC)
Posted: Mar 25, 2009 - 13:42
 
 Aegean wrote:

Right!  So, by that logic, you'll appreciate a cow patty in place of your burger when you order a Big Mac now and then, right? 
 
If you would accept a Big Mac in place of a burger, you're not doing much for your case against this song.


keller1
(In A Gadda Da Vida, Baby)
Posted: Mar 25, 2009 - 13:42
 

I didn't like the original.

This really blows, though.



redstorm
(East Coast!........ Lou!)
Posted: Mar 25, 2009 - 13:42
 

It is really fun to hear this...you can still play the original as a second track, played just a beat behind the cover, and i really like it!  {#Devil_pimp} we've gotta listen to music on many levels


Shimmer
(Bethesda, MD)
Posted: Mar 25, 2009 - 13:42
 
If you think of Radio Paradise as Bertie Bott’s "Every Flavor Beans", this is the ear wax flavor.



d00kie
(In Cubicle Hell!)
Posted: Mar 25, 2009 - 13:41
 
BRUCE!!! ummm yah..RICHARD CHEESE called and he wants his act back!

jhorton
Posted: Mar 25, 2009 - 13:41
 
You know, I've always been a strong opponent of the death penalty.

This, " Artist," has forced me to rethink my entire position on that...... 

LastChance
Posted: Mar 25, 2009 - 13:40
 
This ought not be allowed.

I'd sooner trim my toenails with a Cuisinart than listen to this song/album.

appst89
(North Wilkesboro, NC)
Posted: Mar 25, 2009 - 13:40
 
Better than the original.

n4ku
(Lex Vegas)
Posted: Mar 25, 2009 - 13:40
 
This guy shouldn't insult the dead like this.

tnt_thomas
(In awkuous enough)
Posted: Mar 16, 2009 - 22:48
 
 supremo wrote:
Despite the low ratings this song gets, I hope Bill keeps playing stuff like this.  It's exactly what I come to RP for.  Variety, originality.  This doesn't happen on very many stations.  It almost adds a little wit to the programming, like a little inside joke or something.  Brought a smile to my face, I guess is all I'm saying, and I hope it doesn't stop.
 
Go, Supremo, Go! Uh huh! Uh huh! {#Bananasplit}