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Kasabian — Thick As Thieves
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csnyder
(Grand Rapids, MI)
Posted: Mar 27, 2013 - 07:22
 
 vandal wrote:

Is he really singing, "fick as feeves" ??? 

 
That's actually a fairly common choral singing technique - though usually it's on the ends of words (such as "truf"), and with a microphone in your face you don't need to compensate for acoustics to make sure your diction is clear.

TerryS
(Another SW)
Posted: Feb 23, 2013 - 20:32
 
 vandal wrote:

Is he really singing, "fick as feeves" ??? 

 

Yes, but only in the vernacular.

kingart
(Brooklyn NY)
Posted: Jan 23, 2013 - 13:01
 
The Cowsills? 

le_colonel
Posted: Jan 03, 2013 - 07:51
 
6->7

Not bad at all. 

dew34
(Wisconsin-quite woodsy)
Posted: Jun 28, 2012 - 19:28
 
 kcar wrote:

Or a cross between the Turtles "Eleanor" and The Kinks' "Sunny Afternoon." 
 
And the Ventures surf guitar tunes from the 60's 

GrooVy
(Planet Earth, Mainly...)
Posted: Jan 10, 2012 - 17:36
 
...all the little people want to be free!

Try it, it's fun! =)

jt1
Posted: Nov 08, 2011 - 06:20
 
 vandal wrote:

Is he really singing, "fick as feeves" ??? 

 
That was my first thought, or would that be 'first fought'?
...not a bad song though.


socalhol
(Seattle)
Posted: Oct 07, 2011 - 18:13
 
I really like this one — and it's one of MANY songs I only hear here on RP!  thanks

Byronape
(Snorkeling in the River Styx)
Posted: Jun 03, 2011 - 22:19
 
After many listens, a few ear worm attacks, and some debating...  I bumped this from a 6 to a 7. 

That's a lot of work to only like a song a little more. 

floydginger
Posted: May 03, 2011 - 08:39
 
Nice

vandal
(arriving somewhere, but not here. . .)
Posted: Mar 01, 2011 - 06:51
 

Is he really singing, "fick as feeves" ??? 


kcar
Posted: Dec 07, 2010 - 23:57
 
 leathepea wrote:
Sounds a little like "House of Freaks"
 
Or a cross between the Turtles "Eleanor" and The Kinks' "Sunny Afternoon." 

HazzeSwede
(Vinyl Land)
Posted: Oct 26, 2010 - 07:16
 
 nrosedraws wrote:
I think I hate slow waltz rock songs...
ate917 wrote:
This isn't a waltz; it's a two-step shuffle (as distinct from a march).

  {#Yes}
I love a good two step shuffle ! {#Smile}

helgigermany
(Germany)
Posted: Oct 26, 2010 - 07:15
 
First song of Kasabian i really like!!

leathepea
(Hickory, NC)
Posted: Oct 26, 2010 - 07:13
 
Sounds a little like "House of Freaks"

Proclivities
(Carrboro, NC)
Posted: Sep 24, 2010 - 15:14
 
 velocette wrote:

And derivative. Does anyone else hear (cough!) the Turtles?
 
It is derivative in that it's a pretty standard, minor-key, "cabaret"-style song structure.  That music form was invented well before the 1960's - just ask Kurt Weill*.   What do you have against The Turtles?

*Pointed out several pages back.



motorichi
(formerly known as Owensmouth)
Posted: Sep 24, 2010 - 14:59
 
 WonderLizard wrote:

You're clairvoyant. I just logged in to say the same thing...this whole album seems to have absorbed vintage Kinks through its pores. Great get!

 
!!!


surfergirlsc
Posted: Jul 30, 2010 - 11:26
 
Couldn't agree more.

 MojoJojo wrote:
The Beatles are enough Beatles for me. 
 



ziggytrix
(Dallas, TX)
Posted: Jul 22, 2010 - 15:29
 
fick as fieves

MojoJojo
(Indianapolis, IN USA)
Posted: Apr 29, 2010 - 06:53
 
The Beatles are enough Beatles for me. 

vandal
(arriving somewhere, but not here. . .)
Posted: Apr 09, 2010 - 07:26
 
8

Walrus_Gumbo
Posted: Apr 05, 2010 - 00:07
 
{#Dance}nate917 wrote:

This isn't a waltz; it's a two-step shuffle (as distinct from a march).


Yup! You just need a straw hat and a cane. And with Don Martin, Mad magazine's famous artist providing the sound effects..."Shipaditty, shipaditty, shipaditty, SHAP!"{#Dance}



nate917
(2,815 miles from home)
Posted: Apr 02, 2010 - 06:14
 
 rosedraws wrote:
I think I hate slow waltz rock songs...
 
This isn't a waltz; it's a two-step shuffle (as distinct from a march).


RadioDoc
(Chicagoland)
Posted: Mar 28, 2010 - 15:37
 
This sort of thing was boring when James did it in the 1990s.  Hasn't gotten any better.

Someone mentioned the Turtles below.  If only.  Kaylan and Volman were at least fun.

jessiecez
Posted: Mar 25, 2010 - 10:50
 
LOVE Kasabian! Keep 'em comin'!

EssexTex
(Gitche Gumee)
Posted: Mar 25, 2010 - 10:50
 
Late night in the studio...the blow's gone to their heads, the red wine's out....

Felix_The_Cat
(Buenos Aires, Argentina)
Posted: Mar 25, 2010 - 10:49
 
I like this band. not much this song, but I think they are a very original band.

rosedraws
(close to the edge)
Posted: Mar 19, 2010 - 09:42
 
I think I hate slow waltz rock songs...

Businessgypsy
(Deepest, Darkest Florida)
Posted: Mar 08, 2010 - 16:49
 
crockydile wrote:
Kasabian is an anagram for: A Ban Ask I Coincidence?{#Ask}

Smart, wicked, A+! (I do like the song, however)


Jack_Jefferson
(Columbus, OH)
Posted: Mar 08, 2010 - 16:44
 
People are strange when you're a stranger...

AliGator
(The Bluegrass)
Posted: Jan 31, 2010 - 21:14
 
It's a far cry from "Ovary Stripe."

Saliby_Br
(Outer space)
Posted: Jan 29, 2010 - 03:57
 
Love this..............

velocette
(Puget Sound, beneath the volcanoes)
Posted: Jan 22, 2010 - 23:30
 
 jagdriver wrote:
Obnoxious.
 
And derivative. Does anyone else hear (cough!) the Turtles?

jagdriver
(Just a nod and a wink south of Paradise)
Posted: Jan 21, 2010 - 10:58
 
Obnoxious.

meltingptofTrees
Posted: Jan 19, 2010 - 20:23
 
unfortunately this is the only remotely interesting song on the whole album to me.  such a far cry from their debut album.  they seem to have not only lost their edge but all inspiration, somehow.

WonderLizard
(2,755.46 mi. due east of Paradise)
Posted: Dec 07, 2009 - 09:07
 
 michaelgmitchell wrote:

 I wish I were as cool as these guys so I could be let in on the "cool" name of the album. But it's too stupid-cool for me to understand. Bleh.
  
 Frater_Kork wrote:

I know, it's so dreadfully uncool to check wikipedia for stuff I dont get so I'd rather stay ignorant. ;)
 
I hope Frater_Kork is kidding. What is so uncool about research? That's how you learn, fercryinoutloud! {#Think}

From Wiki:

West Riding Pauper Lunatic Asylum was a mental institution built in Stanley, near Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England in the 1800s. The hospital is often mistaken with High Royds Hospital in Leeds.<4> Sergio Pizzorno further explained the choice of album title: "The album isn't about the place, I just first heard about it on a TV documentary, and the words just struck me. I love the way it looked and the feeling it evokes. Apparently, it was one of the first loony bins for the poor, before that it was mainly rich people who got treatment."



nate917
(2,815 miles from home)
Posted: Dec 07, 2009 - 08:47
 
 DDB61 wrote:
Tryin to think who this reminds me of - maybe early Kinks?
 
Yes — specifically, "Sunny Afternoon."

WonderLizard
(2,755.46 mi. due east of Paradise)
Posted: Dec 07, 2009 - 08:46
 
 DDB61 wrote:
Tryin to think who this reminds me of - maybe early Kinks?
 
You're clairvoyant. I just logged in to say the same thing...this whole album seems to have absorbed vintage Kinks through its pores. Great get!


DDB61
(A cornfield in Southern Indiana)
Posted: Nov 27, 2009 - 08:00
 
Tryin to think who this reminds me of - maybe early Kinks?

conglif
Posted: Nov 24, 2009 - 09:13
 
 jagdriver wrote:
This song sucks.
 
ALL songs suck (something).

Its just that this particular song sucks something that you personally would rather leave un-sucked!


jkhandy
(O'vale,CA)
Posted: Nov 24, 2009 - 09:09
 
 jagdriver wrote:
This song sucks.
 
tell us how you really feel....{#Chillpill}

jagdriver
(Just a tad south of Paradise)
Posted: Nov 13, 2009 - 13:50
 
This song sucks.

Stingray
(Cologne)
Posted: Nov 13, 2009 - 13:49
 
GREAT ALBUM - 7 good songs (from 12?).
Rare one gets that much for the money!

LIVE a relative disappointment, though!
(Two!!!!!!!!!!! support musicians on guitar and organ)

Stingray
(Cologne)
Posted: Nov 09, 2009 - 15:59
 
 Frater_Kork wrote:

I know, it's so dreadfully uncool to check wikipedia for stuff I dont get so I'd rather stay ignorant. ;)
 

It's nothing but the real-true name of an English "mad-house" from the past!


Stingray
(Cologne)
Posted: Nov 09, 2009 - 15:57
 
 crockydile wrote:
Kasabian is an anagram for: A Ban Ask I    Coincidence?{#Ask}
 

Nothing but a reference to the HELTER SKELTER girl...!
KASABIAN is IRANIAN and means something like "SLAUGHTER".
Great irony - don't you think?


thediceareloaded
(Berlin, Germany)
Posted: Nov 05, 2009 - 23:28
 
7 —> 8

crockydile
(I miss Excelsior!)
Posted: Oct 22, 2009 - 09:06
 
Kasabian is an anagram for: A Ban Ask I    Coincidence?{#Ask}

Frater_Kork
(Uppsala, Sweden)
Posted: Oct 19, 2009 - 04:11
 
 michaelgmitchell wrote:
I wish I were as cool as these guys so I could be let in on the "cool" name of the album. But it's too stupid-cool for me to understand. Bleh.
 
I know, it's so dreadfully uncool to check wikipedia for stuff I dont get so I'd rather stay ignorant. ;)

HombreDeMezcal
(NY)
Posted: Oct 17, 2009 - 13:33
 
 Felix_The_Cat wrote:
People are strange + lemon tree = ?

 
{#Lol}


michaelgmitchell
(ON, Canada)
Posted: Oct 17, 2009 - 13:30
 
I wish I were as cool as these guys so I could be let in on the "cool" name of the album. But it's too stupid-cool for me to understand. Bleh.