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Nik Kershaw — Wounded
Album: To Be Frank
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Total ratings: 2211









Released: 2001
Length: 4:13
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We're wounded but walking, dumbstruck but talking still
And I don't think we've made it, don't think we ever will
We're radio rental, so accidental too
And I don't think we've made it don't care if we ever do

Smashed in, crashed out
Spun around, messed about
Can't get up for falling down
Heh come and join the zoo

Shell shocked, red raw
Punch drunk, saddle sore
Forest Gump at heaven's door
Just looking for a clue

We're wounded but walking, dumbstruck but talking still
And I don't think we've made it, don't think we ever will
We're radio rental, so accidental too
And I don't think we've made it don't care if we ever do

Love bite, bee sting
Heavy heart, broken string
Never mind, cos everything
Yeah everything is alright now

We're wounded but walking, dumbstruck but talking still
And I don't think we've made it, don't think we ever will
We're radio rental, so accidental too
And I don't think we've made it don't care if we ever do.
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such a cool groove
 sajitjacob wrote:


i love this! 
Nik has a syropy sweet infectious voice that wins me over every time
 lizardking wrote:

I'm not sure if I like this track or not, although I hear "Tequilla!" (or maybe it was La Bamba) in the music.  I'll rate a 6 for now and maybe next listen I can clarify my feeling about it (i.e. a 5 or 7)


Yup.  And plenty of "Shame on You" by the Indigo Girls.  (But me likey.)
Never Heard This!  Nice!
it's fun to look up who you think you are hearing
 Lemmes wrote:



Exactly that was my thought, too. How can one not like the picture of children having fun?


They're not dancing to the beat
Wow, talk about a flashback!. Gonna go dig this CD out and play it again right now.
 Jelani wrote:

Where do four downvotes come form for this??



Exactly that was my thought, too. How can one not like the picture of children having fun?
I like it… each time a little more
Great. Nothing more to say :)
 sajitjacob wrote:


what balance
 ckcotton wrote:

Please don't....


What is interesting is that on Spoti this get 19,769 plays where the lame "Wouldn't it be good" gets 46,225,684. Yes, really. check it out.

....and while there do listen to the "No Frills" album. And please come back to RP after that. (Bill is going to kill me)
This happens to give me goose bumbs. Call me cheap.
Such a great track right before your about to start work.....day isn't looking too bad at all now...everything is alright now!
This song makes my soul smile! 
 ianmoff wrote:

If you had to to choose a track to define happiness, this would be amongst the top 3 contenders.


Have you read the lyrics? Dodging or evading a terrible thing may not be the same as a definition of happiness.        But I'm not dancing on your floor...
 rabaak wrote:

Still don't understand why we can't get other Nik Kershaw songs on the playlist. 

He has some other really good tunes.



Still love his song "Oxygen" so very much...!
Still don't understand why we can't get other Nik Kershaw songs on the playlist. 

He has some other really good tunes.
 ianmoff wrote:

If you had to to choose a track to define happiness, this would be amongst the top 3 contenders.


And the other two, for me at least, would be "Don't Stop Me Now" from Queen, and "Sing, Sing, Sing" from the Benny Goodman Orchestra.  Both tracks, and now this one from Nik, sure to put me in a happy mood.
 sajitjacob wrote:
 
Just like my wife's first grade classroom! She gets them up and going at the end of every Friday!!! 
Interesting juxtaposition of the lyrics to happy music. I like it. Live in the moment!
 sajitjacob wrote:
 
Where do four downvotes come form for this??
 ianmoff wrote:
If you had to to choose a track to define happiness, this would be amongst the top 3 contenders.
 
And more from his album 15 MINUTES please... to me still the best singer-songwriter stuff he has done so far!
I am getting a lot of quality canning done listening to the amazing set Bill has going this afternoon.
Nik Kershaw is criminally undervalued.  A fantastic songwriter, handy guitar player, capable of silly froth and great depth.  More NIK.
If you had to to choose a track to define happiness, this would be amongst the top 3 contenders.
 HenryT88 wrote:
La La Bamba
 
Facile and false equivalence.  Both great songs, both very different.
I never heard this song before RP, and I'm not sure I ever would have.

Thank G-D for this station!  
La La Bamba
 How can your foot not tap to this song? This is a great tune in my opinion.


ckcotton wrote:

Please don't....

 

Snap! pxd
Every time I hear this I think "Calexico." I like it and them.
I'm not sure if I like this track or not, although I hear "Tequilla!" (or maybe it was La Bamba) in the music.  I'll rate a 6 for now and maybe next listen I can clarify my feeling about it (i.e. a 5 or 7)
 rabaak wrote:

I've tried to get other  Nik songs on RP and all have been nixed.
 
Please don't....
What a jaunty nice tune. But it deserves much better lyrics. Anyone telling me we won't make it gets dumped.
 
 rabaak wrote:

I've tried to get other  Nik songs on RP and all have been nixed.

 
{#High-five}  Keep at it! We'll get there!
 planet_lizard wrote:

Yeah - more Nik!!

 
I've tried to get other  Nik songs on RP and all have been nixed.
{#Bananajam}{#Dancingbanana_2}{#Bananapiano}{#Bananajumprope}{#Dancingbanana}{#Bananasplit}Oh Bill, you've made my bananas so very happy!
 gjeeg wrote:
Finally Nik!

Guy is unparalleled!! 

Every song and note and album and melody.
Everyone take note!!

 
Yeah - more Nik!!
 Slipstream wrote:

Nope. 

This was:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ofH1pGTLNt4
 
THAT was a hit?!? that was awful. I couldn't even get past the 2 minute mark. I'll take this song over that 80's synth-barf any day
 ziakut wrote:
Too happy for me. I'm reminded of 'Walking on Sunshine'...Katrina and The Waves. No thank you.

 

oh I would so much prefer Walking On Sunshine, happy tune. This one, hmmmm, he was very popular way before this. I still can't relate this to that Nik.
Finally Nik!

Guy is unparalleled!! 

Every song and note and album and melody.
Everyone take note!!
 Buddyo wrote:
way overplayed

 
This comment is way overused.  {#Mrgreen}
 oldmanmind wrote:
a beautiful, happy tune.....picked up my day!

 
Happy tune but bummer lyrics
 Buddyo wrote:
way overplayed

 

Interesting comment. This is the first time for me and I listen fairly regularly.
a beautiful, happy tune.....picked up my day!
 scrubbrush wrote:


was this the "hit"? I love this song

 
Nope. 

This was:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ofH1pGTLNt4



wooooooohoooo for the horns!
way overplayed
Too happy for me. I'm reminded of 'Walking on Sunshine'...Katrina and The Waves. No thank you.
 rabaak wrote:
A lot of people think that Nik Kershaw was a one hit wonder. But I have several of his albums including this one and I think he is an outstanding song writer/performer

 

was this the "hit"? I love this song
Reminds me of the song playing on the radio at the beginning of the video game, Portal.
so very overplayed - - not  a bad song but still...
A lot of people think that Nik Kershaw was a one hit wonder. But I have several of his albums including this one and I think he is an outstanding song writer/performer
What a fun dance tune!
Catchy
 symthy wrote:
Grows on me every time.  Cheesy, but nice cheese.  I'm thinking a nice Emmental, slightly rubbery but very moreish none the less
 
For me: ice cold beer, tennis shoes, and Ray-Bans, if you don't mind.
I am hearing the Jayhawks in the last couple of songs
 agkagk wrote:
Love this tune!
I'm at maximum volume.
That's 2KW of peak Bryston power playing through a pair of Magnepan 3.6s plus another 1.5KW from the Paradigm Servo 15.  

I don't push my system that hard very often. 100dB is not good for the ears, and I want to listen to RP until Bill and I are very old men.

However, this song begs me to crank it every time.    
 
Wow!  Awesome sound system!!!!
It's not often I love happy songs...but I Iove this one!   {#Bananapiano}
Like it.  Horn section is strutting, and enough percussion to smartly carry the big band sound.
a well crafted song.
 
This just sounds so happy

{#Bananapiano}
"Bee's wax... biscuit tin... tarmac... mobile phone... keyboard... 3 piece suite... carrot sticks... how long have we gotta make this track?... salad spinner... yard brush... steering wheel..."
A blazing horn section always cheers me up . . . 
After thinking him just anither 80's has been, I worked on gig with him and found him engaging, articulate and intelligent, a great songwriter and perfomer. A thoroughly good egg. Bump up that score ! ^

Para bailar La Bamba 
se necesita ...
un grupo Mexicano ...
and you ain't it {#Dance}

Muy buena versión ... {#Cheers} 
Grows on me every time.  Cheesy, but nice cheese.  I'm thinking a nice Emmental, slightly rubbery but very moreish none the less
My ears perk up whenever this rolls around.
Stuff of my youth.
This multi-instrumentalist has made some other fun songs too...
Maybe some other time on RP?
Joy!
Nik Kershaw has a lot of good music on his older CD's 
Not only is it good to hear this, but the Progression of Beats in the last hour or so has been PHENOMENAL and YOU DA MAN, BILL, and your team merits mighty high praise!  Keep it coming, thanks!


passsion8 wrote:

RP never ceases to amaze me. Nik Kershaw? Here? You mean I'm not the only one in the universe who's heard of him? WOW!


I prefer his older stuff -  that may be too much of a stretch for playing here. But, "Wouldn't It Be Good?"

 
yes, I would have to agree, always impressed by Bill's selections...good to hear an 80's name that can produce a song that still sounds good today!
 agkagk wrote:

I guess you're not British (neither am I). He was massively popular there, so lots of people in the universe have heard of him. You don't have to wish for "Wouldn't It Be Good".  It's on the playlist here. Last played May, 2011.
 
Any brit (sufficiently old) will remember Nick Kershaw for "Wouldn't it be good", but its nice to hear something else (anything else) from him. Perhaps we've been a little harsh over here in seeing him as a one-hit wonder from the distant past.
 passsion8 wrote:

RP never ceases to amaze me. Nik Kershaw? Here? You mean I'm not the only one in the universe who's heard of him? WOW!


I prefer his older stuff -  that may be too much of a stretch for playing here. But, "Wouldn't It Be Good?"

 
I guess you're not British (neither am I). He was massively popular there, so lots of people in the universe have heard of him. You don't have to wish for "Wouldn't It Be Good".  It's on the playlist here. Last played May, 2011.
Love this tune!
I'm at maximum volume.
That's 2KW of peak Bryston power playing through a pair of Magnepan 3.6s plus another 1.5KW from the Paradigm Servo 15.  

I don't push my system that hard very often. 100dB is not good for the ears, and I want to listen to RP until Bill and I are very old men.

However, this song begs me to crank it every time.    
 passsion8 wrote:

RP never ceases to amaze me. Nik Kershaw? Here? You mean I'm not the only one in the universe who's heard of him? WOW!


I prefer his older stuff -  that may be too much of a stretch for playing here. But, "Wouldn't It Be Good?"

 
You mean the "Wouldn't It Be Good" where Kershaw's cadence and tone makes Nick Cave seem like Joey Ramone in comparison?

This is nice, but let's let some of that stuff stay buried. Sealed

RP never ceases to amaze me. Nik Kershaw? Here? You mean I'm not the only one in the universe who's heard of him? WOW!


I prefer his older stuff -  that may be too much of a stretch for playing here. But, "Wouldn't It Be Good?"


this is just one those same old same old
 PA1749 wrote:
I know where you are coming from. Whenever I listen to "Another brick in the wall" I'm pretty sure that at one point Waters proclaims, "All in all you're just another prick in the hole." I guess that's pretty much how we all get our start.

 
gmichaelt wrote:

This has me wondering whether or not, at least once in the song—e.g. around the 70-second mark—he substitutes the word "cunt-struck" for the expected "dumb-struck". I'm pretty sure I'm not reading into the song's lyrics (hearing what I want to hear, or what hasn't been sung), as I'd never heard the word before it spun my ear around. If the word is present—even once—then that's pretty brassy.

 
 
We now know where your minds are.  {#Yes}
...great song, but the album cover totally doesn't suit it...
This one gets allot of airplay on RP. I enjoy it each time I hear it!
I know where you are coming from. Whenever I listen to "Another brick in the wall" I'm pretty sure that at one point Waters proclaims, "All in all you're just another prick in the hole." I guess that's pretty much how we all get our start.

 
gmichaelt wrote:

This has me wondering whether or not, at least once in the song—e.g. around the 70-second mark—he substitutes the word "cunt-struck" for the expected "dumb-struck". I'm pretty sure I'm not reading into the song's lyrics (hearing what I want to hear, or what hasn't been sung), as I'd never heard the word before it spun my ear around. If the word is present—even once—then that's pretty brassy.

 


I wouldn't have picked this out of a Nik Kershaw lineup. Poppy. Fun. Irrelevant.

As Nik famously sang in Wouldn't It Be Good: "Don't wanna be here no more..." 
yaaaaaawwwwwwnnnnnn

boring
 
 katjazuu wrote:
Happy happy!{#Dancingbanana_2}{#Dancingbanana_2}{#Dancingbanana}{#Bananajam}{#Dancingbanana}
 

{#Jump} Especially on a Monday morning!!! {#Dance}
This is one of those songs I'd crank up loud on my CD player and get all the sub-woofer-rap-lovers honked off at me as a result. Hey, it's a small town - I have to kick my anthills where I can...
 katjazuu wrote:
Happy happy!{#Dancingbanana_2}{#Dancingbanana_2}{#Dancingbanana}{#Bananajam}{#Dancingbanana}
 
What she said

Happy happy!{#Dancingbanana_2}{#Dancingbanana_2}{#Dancingbanana}{#Bananajam}{#Dancingbanana}

Whoa! Great segue from Fiesta los Negritos to this!!! {#Clap}


Never rated Nik Kershaw at all and this was played on RP t'other night
Today this song has been in my head all day and I'm really starting to enjoy it...lots!

{#Dancingbanana}
This has to be one of Bill's favorite songs.  One of mine too.  Never fails to put a smile on my face.
 gmichaelt wrote:

This has me wondering whether or not, at least once in the song—e.g. around the 70-second mark—he substitutes the word "cunt-struck" for the expected "dumb-struck". I'm pretty sure I'm not reading into the song's lyrics (hearing what I want to hear, or what hasn't been sung), as I'd never heard the word before it spun my ear around. If the word is present—even once—then that's pretty brassy.

 
Here are the lyrics:
We're wounded but walking, dumbstruck but talking still
And I don't think we've made it, don't think we ever will
We're radio rental, so accidental too
And I don't think we've made it don't care if we ever do

Smashed in, crashed out
Spun around, messed about
Can't get up for falling down
Heh come and join the zoo

Shell shocked, red raw
Punch drunk, saddle sore
Forest Gump at heaven's door
Just looking for a clue

We're wounded but walking, dumbstruck but talking still
And I don't think we've made it, don't think we ever will
We're radio rental, so accidental too
And I don't think we've made it don't care if we ever do

Love bite, bee sting
Heavy heart, broken string
Never mind, cos everything
Yeah everything is alright now

We're wounded but walking, dumbstruck but talking still
And I don't think we've made it, don't think we ever will
We're radio rental, so accidental too
And I don't think we've made it don't care if we ever do



 mandolin wrote:
...i don't think we've mated; don't think we ever will...

{#Naughty}
 
This has me wondering whether or not, at least once in the song—e.g. around the 70-second mark—he substitutes the word "cunt-struck" for the expected "dumb-struck". I'm pretty sure I'm not reading into the song's lyrics (hearing what I want to hear, or what hasn't been sung), as I'd never heard the word before it spun my ear around. If the word is present—even once—then that's pretty brassy.

If memory serves, Nik had a song in the 80's call "Wouldn't It Be Good". That was a good tune.
Siente el ritmo latino, ya'll ... and shake that thang! {#Devil_pimp}

coolness. . . 2x this week. . . 
 smokingpikachu wrote:
I always get excited thinking this is La Bamba . . . then get very disappointed after several seconds.
 
I'm just the opposite: dreading it because it might be La Bamba and then delighted to discover that instead its Nik Kershaw! 
 
Reminds me of BT's "Runaround"
{#Dancingbanana_2}{#Dancingbanana_2}{#Dancingbanana_2}{#Dancingbanana_2}{#Dancingbanana_2}{#Dancingbanana_2}{#Dancingbanana_2}{#Dancingbanana_2}{#Dancingbanana_2}  beyond words!  

Very nice segue from the byrds (So you want to be a rock n roll star)
I always get excited thinking this is La Bamba . . . then get very disappointed after several seconds.
time for new speakers? ({#Curtain} thought this was Calexico)
I love Nik Kershaw. I have two of his albums and can't figure out why he is not more popular in the U. S. I can't think of a bad song on either album.

 
planet_lizard wrote:
Bill - can't believe you just described Nik Kershaw as a one-hit wonder!! Maybe in the US, but back here in the UK he had a string of hits from his first two albums!
 


Oh, dang - dancing... Love this. I'm not so critical of content and artistic integrity these days. If it makes me smile, or dance, or feel less pessimistic about life, I just embrace it.  And Nik Kershaw?  Total no-brainer. I love his music.
 Hungerdunger wrote:

It's actually "Radio Rental" (singular) and is cockney rhyming slang for "mental" (crazy).

 
Well, f*ck my old boots! I'd never heard that term before and I lived in the East End for a couple of years. Would you Adam & Eve it, eh? ;)

1->1
 sailorgirl wrote:
Sorry.  2 -> 1.  Not into this.  sappy and boppy. :(
 

Starting to like this more, myself.
Sorry.  2 -> 1.  Not into this.  sappy and boppy. :(
I like the feel of this...only wish it had more dynamic.
{#Dance}
disappointing -1 = 2.  Sorry.

Yee haw!!!!! Crank it up! Let's dance!


disappointing. 3.
The opening is all Edward Bear..... "down in Mexico, .feeling free as the air" etc
Bill, you just mentioned the one-hit wonder that was "Wouldn't It Be Good," and said that Nik Kershaw has been putting out music since then. I know you love this song, and I do too, but can you play any of his other post one-hit wonder music? Please? I'd love to hear it.
 fredriley wrote:
I never could understand why yer man's singing about Radio Rentals (for those below a 'certain age' or not UK-resident, RR was the major TV rental agency in the days when you could rent TVs, and indeed most households had to do so because the things were too expensive for ordinary folk).
 
It's actually "Radio Rental" (singular) and is cockney rhyming slang for "mental" (crazy).

I was puzzled too the first few times I heard it, but it makes sense if you have a look at the complete lyrics here: https://www.nikkershaw.net/to-be-frank/wounded

Visit his website!  He has his discography, with lyrics to all his songs. It's an adventure and a revelation. Dang, I can't keep up with all the good music I'm hearing for the first time - RP has become my home. I wish I could afford to pay the electric bill...