All.those hater comments made me rate this as high as the following John Hiatt song. That's silly ,of course, but I'll keep it like this just to compensate for the hate.
I’m the biggest Depeche Mode fan I know, and the album from which this song hails, Ultra, is arguably their best.
Yes, they had recently lost a big portion of their sonic creativity with the departure of Alan Wilder, and the other band members certainly has their struggles at the time, but end to end, it has a drive and creativity that they haven’t matched since (Playing The Angel is closest).
It may sound sacrilegious, but I prefer Ultra to Violator. Highly recommended if you don’t have it.
Pretty much the contrary here, never been much of a DM fan. Have been developing a sweet spot for the early Vince Clarke records long after his leaving.
But then came Ultra and It's No Good in particular. Holy moly, what a great and timeless piece of music!
This song gets a solid 9 from me (in a personal universe where 10 is almost exclusively reserved for Beatles and Eels).
One of Canada's most famous bands ... and still I had never heard of them over here one Europe. Until now, of course! A lot to love, a lot to learn, a lot to swallow. Thank you, Bill and team, for running this station the way you do it!
Just had to change my rating from 9 to 10.
I know, that's slightly over the top, 9.3 would be appropriate. But since that's not an available option (yet) and I cannot understand the average rating of 6.8, a solid 10 will do for now.
Does anyone else hear a lot of Floyd influence here?
I rather heard Joy Divison/New Order here. If they still had creative output (and/or would still be alive) it could sound somewhat like Spoon, best case. 👍
Great pick, once again, RP!
Well, yes. The programming here does represent my personal taste. RP is not a jukebox or an all-request station. I take listener feedback into consideration, but if I pulled off everything that got complaints the station would soon start to be just as bland and inoffensive as the crap you hear on FM. In the case of Natalie Merchant, it's more a case of several very vocal anti-Natalie partisans rather than a "mandate". If you look through the songs by her in the library you'll find that the comments are hardly uniformly negative.
To this day I love Natalie so much. Thank you so much for this brilliantly curated channels, @BilllG!
I really, really like this. It neither improves upon nor detracts from the original -- it's just different.
Yes, exactly! It's nothing short of sensational how he manages to do that using an instrument that seems to be so limited.
Edit:
Just updated to 10 after reading hater comments. :)
I’m the biggest Depeche Mode fan I know, and the album from which this song hails, Ultra, is arguably their best.
Yes, they had recently lost a big portion of their sonic creativity with the departure of Alan Wilder, and the other band members certainly has their struggles at the time, but end to end, it has a drive and creativity that they haven’t matched since (Playing The Angel is closest).
It may sound sacrilegious, but I prefer Ultra to Violator. Highly recommended if you don’t have it.
Pretty much the contrary here, never been much of a DM fan. Have been developing a sweet spot for the early Vince Clarke records long after his leaving.
But then came Ultra and It's No Good in particular. Holy moly, what a great and timeless piece of music!
This song gets a solid 9 from me (in a personal universe where 10 is almost exclusively reserved for Beatles and Eels).
I love Marc Ribot's talking guitar.
Morecthan just listenable.
The more I hear this one, the more I like it.
Same here. And I'm on a 9 already ...
Two geniuses met Just the right moment in time for two albums.
Songs must be sung, why not by a great country singer? Why not in a different style? I'll give a 10 for keeping songs like this alive!
Made me jump from 7 to 10 for this exact reason.
And in memory of Trudy Anne Monk, of course.
ZZ are living legends go see them!
They had been 10 months ago ...
Legends they are, though. Dusty will be remembered as nothing less.
I know, that's slightly over the top, 9.3 would be appropriate. But since that's not an available option (yet) and I cannot understand the average rating of 6.8, a solid 10 will do for now.
Does anyone else hear a lot of Floyd influence here?
I rather heard Joy Divison/New Order here. If they still had creative output (and/or would still be alive) it could sound somewhat like Spoon, best case. 👍
Great pick, once again, RP!
To this day I love Natalie so much. Thank you so much for this brilliantly curated channels, @BilllG!
Is this the original? I only know the Midge Ure version (which is totally epic).
Funny. Back in the day I did actually notice that Midge did not write this song. But today is the first time I get to hear the original. 😄