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Appliance — Pacifica
Album: Manual
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Released: 1996
Length: 5:12
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Sonic Youth inspired?  Sounds great.
Posted 6 months ago by dougnichols    [ Reply ]
 Jdart22 wrote:

Death cab anyone??



Echo and the Bunnymen anyone? I'm hearing strong echos from different bands in the mix and it's so good
Posted 9 months ago by drews    [ Reply ]
Geez- all the times I heard this I was thinking Sonic Youth...
Posted 9 months ago by StfuDonny    [ Reply ]
This has got serious Sonic Youth vibes. I like it.
Posted 9 months ago by cavemanleong    [ Reply ]
 lily34 wrote:

can we have the lyrics, too?




They are in the Manual!   
Posted 9 months ago by joejennings    [ Reply ]
 neotrogg wrote:

As much as I hate to say it a car company should use this song


Do you mean "abuse this song" ?

Posted 9 months ago by joejennings    [ Reply ]
As much as I hate to say it a car company should use this song
Posted 10 months ago by neotrogg    [ Reply ]
 publiceric wrote:

This is one of many songs over the decades paying homage to the iconic krautrock track "Hallogallo" by the band NEU! (the exclamation point is theirs, not mine). For other tracks inspired by this source, check out "Doors Unlocked and Open" by Death Cab for Cutie, "Rope & Summit" by Junip, and "Signify" by Porcupine Tree.




Thanks for the tips. Hallogallo is a great groove also. I'll check out the rest. Lay down a bass line and everyone sort of orbits that. 
Posted 10 months ago by igotitmade2k    [ Reply ]
can we have the lyrics, too?
Posted 10 months ago by lily34    [ Reply ]
Galaxie 500. Luna. Yo La Tengo. These are compliment comparisons.
Posted 1 year ago by dullroar    [ Reply ]
...serious "the Church" vibes... very cool.
Posted 1 year ago by Terry22310    [ Reply ]
 timmus wrote:

Sucks I never heard this even once back in the 1990s... radio stations instead decided I needed to hear Semi-Charmed Life and Under The Bridge 10 times a day.




Great Tune!  Thanx To RP, Now you get to hear it in FLAC. That is why we come here.  Thanx RP!  
Posted 1 year ago by joejennings    [ Reply ]
Sucks I never heard this even once back in the 1990s... radio stations instead decided I needed to hear Semi-Charmed Life and Under The Bridge 10 times a day.
Posted 1 year ago by timmus    [ Reply ]
sounds like the Church, if produced by Jonny Marr... great vibe!
Posted 1 year ago by Terry22310    [ Reply ]
 tm wrote:

some of you are fucking annoying… always comparing one thing to another. it’s art… be in the fucking moment




Very well stated!   ...maybe we should start comparing comments!   LOL!   
Posted 1 year ago by joejennings    [ Reply ]
Posted 1 year ago by lily34    [ Reply ]
Sounds like YO LA TENGO to me...i love it
Posted 1 year ago by touille    [ Reply ]
sounds Luke Yo la Tengo to me...i love it
Posted 1 year ago by touille    [ Reply ]
 arihenrikpistol wrote:


I would like to just enjoy this piece of music. Is that okay to you?



what is stopping you?... reading comments maybe?
Posted 1 year ago by Kilgoretrout    [ Reply ]
 tm wrote:

some of you are fucking annoying… always comparing one thing to another. it’s art… be in the fucking moment




I think a glass of wine is in order. People compare things in an effort to understand them. Understanding - give it a try.
Posted 1 year ago by itsme_bygolly    [ Reply ]
some of you are fucking annoying… always comparing one thing to another. it’s art… be in the fucking moment
Posted 1 year ago by tm    [ Reply ]
 joejennings wrote:

GREAT TUNE!  No lyrics? I guess they are in the manual!



🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Posted 1 year ago by Jeeper    [ Reply ]
 publiceric wrote:

This is one of many songs over the decades paying homage to the iconic krautrock track "Hallogallo" by the band NEU! (the exclamation point is theirs, not mine). For other tracks inspired by this source, check out "Doors Unlocked and Open" by Death Cab for Cutie, "Rope & Summit" by Junip, and "Signify" by Porcupine Tree.



I would like to just enjoy this piece of music. Is that okay to you?
Posted 1 year ago by arihenrikpistol    [ Reply ]
 StfuDonny wrote:

Yikes- looked over to the monitor expecting to see Sonic Youth but no...
And this is why I love RP; An ever expanding universe of music exposure never hurt anyone and now I have another band to explore. Love this, Bill. Thanks, buddy!



i thought so too!
Posted 1 year ago by lily34    [ Reply ]
Posted 1 year ago by kcar    [ Reply ]
I think they would have been much better off naming their band toaster oven
Posted 1 year ago by jacopo777    [ Reply ]
 joejennings wrote:

GREAT TUNE!  No lyrics? I guess they are in the manual!



Posted 1 year ago by joejennings    [ Reply ]
Random post.
Pasifika New Zealanders - Wikipedia

Posted 1 year ago by sajitjacob    [ Reply ]
cool artwork, the seismic vibe tickles me geo cockles
Posted 2 years ago by jkforde    [ Reply ]
Nice. Reminiscent of Pavement/Sonic Youth. 
Posted 2 years ago by jjbchansen159    [ Reply ]
Nice Neu! vibe at the start from the Exeter lads  
Posted 2 years ago by SpinyNorma    [ Reply ]
Death cab anyone??
Posted 2 years ago by Jdart22    [ Reply ]
And Neu!

I like this- I'm a strong believer, however, in the power of repetition. As an aside, this song does not sound like 1996 to me.
Posted 2 years ago by bialia    [ Reply ]
And a touch of Yo la Tengo.
Posted 2 years ago by dullroar    [ Reply ]
Thinking Dean Wareham. Luna. Galaxie 500. Good groove.
Posted 2 years ago by dullroar    [ Reply ]
I love the shushing water-wave sounds at the beginning and end of this; the rhythms and harmonics struck at perfect intervals throughout continue that perception of fluids in motion. Cool!
Posted 2 years ago by coloradojohn    [ Reply ]
I'm reminded of a city along the coast of North California. I was driving along highway 1 seeing some of the most gorgeous seaside cliffs, mountains, and beaches, wind surfers, seagulls and glittering waters of an endless ocean. It was one of the most gorgeous drives I've ever been on and I'm sure this song refers to a place in Europe, but the same name and the lyrics definitely speak to me of this idealic moment last year 
Posted 2 years ago by TrevorWGoodchild    [ Reply ]
Good Tune!!
Posted 2 years ago by eileenomurphy    [ Reply ]
church?
Posted 2 years ago by blackieray    [ Reply ]
groove - just oodles of groove
Posted 2 years ago by tm    [ Reply ]
An uncannily similar baseline melody as All Lined Up by Shriekback - just slowed down a bit!
Posted 2 years ago by mralimccarley    [ Reply ]
 erikvr wrote:

It's as if someone gave Phillip Glass a guitar and a mic.....

That'd be the NYC band, Polyrock...Anybody besides me remember them;
much less see them...?-)

Tony in NJ
W.A.S.T.E.

Posted 3 years ago by tonyinnj    [ Reply ]
 joejennings wrote:

GREAT TUNE!  No lyrics? I guess they are in the manual!




Too Funny!!!
Posted 3 years ago by eileenomurphy    [ Reply ]
GREAT TUNE!  No lyrics? I guess they are in the manual!
Posted 3 years ago by joejennings    [ Reply ]
1996? wow cool
Posted 3 years ago by tm    [ Reply ]
 bbgun wrote:
I think I bought my first fridge at Pacifica Appliance.  



Did you get a manual?
Posted 3 years ago by Jelani    [ Reply ]
Shades of Sonic Youth.
Posted 3 years ago by dougnichols    [ Reply ]
If you like this try "Spiritualized"  That's what I thought this was, some deep track I don't know, and I know them all.  but this is quite nice.
Posted 3 years ago by bdwhitepm    [ Reply ]
It's as if someone gave Phillip Glass a guitar and a mic.....
Posted 3 years ago by erikvr    [ Reply ]
I think I bought my first fridge at Pacifica Appliance.  
Posted 3 years ago by bbgun    [ Reply ]
Stellar tune. Straight 10.
Posted 3 years ago by maboleth    [ Reply ]
 Rockit9 wrote:
simple, repetitive, Groovy & Good.
 
yep.  it's just one of those songs.
Posted 3 years ago by kurtster    [ Reply ]
Yikes- looked over to the monitor expecting to see Sonic Youth but no...
And this is why I love RP; An ever expanding universe of music exposure never hurt anyone and now I have another band to explore. Love this, Bill. Thanks, buddy!
Posted 3 years ago by StfuDonny    [ Reply ]
Expect him to belt out "Lips Like Sugar!" any time...
Posted 3 years ago by tinypriest    [ Reply ]
Okay the vocal is pretty dry, but the band is hot.  What a groove. 
Posted 3 years ago by cely    [ Reply ]
great upbeat track
 
Posted 4 years ago by Toads    [ Reply ]
What the ...??

I listen to an online station originating in the US and hear, for the first time ever, bands from within 20 miles of where I live...

This is NOT the first... Ben Howard is another one and it was RP that got me to listen to Muse again.

Didn't realise the South West had so much more great music - must send RP a few more suggestions though!!
Posted 4 years ago by meanderer    [ Reply ]
 AhhtheMusic wrote:
Yay!  Every time I hear this I just start going crazy with the toe tapping and chair dancing. 
 
Read your comment while partaking in exactly that dance!
Posted 4 years ago by LeftShoe    [ Reply ]
Yawn.
Posted 4 years ago by zenhead    [ Reply ]
 publiceric wrote:
Iconic krautrock track "Hallogallo" by the band NEU! 
 
Thank you for that! Love it!
Posted 4 years ago by Kaw    [ Reply ]
 Asmith wrote:
Nice Radio Paradise gem
 

This got a lot of play on RP when I first started listening here but then it fell out of rotation. Good to hear this again. 
Posted 4 years ago by kcar    [ Reply ]
Really great tune!  Rest of the album ... not this.  
Posted 4 years ago by ktklima    [ Reply ]
another terrible band name
Posted 4 years ago by Wonderloaf    [ Reply ]
We used to call itPacsypilis Ca. In the 80s if i spelled it wrong it got me.
Posted 4 years ago by neotrogg    [ Reply ]
Hey Bill,

How about some Spacemen 3 or Spiritualized?

But this is pretty good in the meantime.

Waiting patiently.
Posted 4 years ago by ace-marc    [ Reply ]
 ziggytrix wrote:
This is one of my favorite Sonic Youth songs that Bill plays on this station! {#Roflol}
 
I wasn't paying attention and my first thought was "new Sonic Youth?" Eh, it's pretty good. 
Posted 4 years ago by Jonathon    [ Reply ]
 stubbsz wrote:
Reminds me of a band called the Feelies ( a band I knew nothing about but I had an LP of theirs that I listened to a lot.) Must try and find some of their stuff. Not bad.
Feelies! Feelies! I thought it was a Feelies song for sure. Listened to them a ton back in the day. Along with all the other bands these folks are getting compared to. But I really thought I was hearing the Feelies!
 

Posted 4 years ago by quercus    [ Reply ]
Trance inducing. Great. Buddhist-like.
Posted 5 years ago by Shipp    [ Reply ]
This is one of many songs over the decades paying homage to the iconic krautrock track "Hallogallo" by the band NEU! (the exclamation point is theirs, not mine). For other tracks inspired by this source, check out "Doors Unlocked and Open" by Death Cab for Cutie, "Rope & Summit" by Junip, and "Signify" by Porcupine Tree.
Posted 5 years ago by publiceric    [ Reply ]
simple, repetitive, Groovy & Good.
Posted 5 years ago by Rockit9    [ Reply ]
 smackiepipe wrote:
Bought this CD on the strength of this song alone.

 
so how are the other songs??
Posted 5 years ago by Aud    [ Reply ]
Yay!  Every time I hear this I just start going crazy with the toe tapping and chair dancing. 
Posted 6 years ago by AhhtheMusic    [ Reply ]
 ziggytrix wrote:
This is one of my favorite Sonic Youth songs that Bill plays on this station! {#Roflol}

 
+1
Posted 6 years ago by MSKDCT    [ Reply ]
Bought this CD on the strength of this song alone.
Posted 6 years ago by smackiepipe    [ Reply ]
Slick segue from Beck's Youthless from Bill the segue king.
Posted 7 years ago by bluematrix    [ Reply ]
This is one of my favorite Sonic Youth songs that Bill plays on this station! {#Roflol}
Posted 7 years ago by ziggytrix    [ Reply ]
Echo & the Bunnymen ..  agree with older posts

Posted 7 years ago by 1wolfy    [ Reply ]
Beginning sounded like they were going to launch into that Steely Dan song...
Posted 7 years ago by kylieh    [ Reply ]
Very Yo La Tengo....really dig this tune.
Posted 8 years ago by aspicer    [ Reply ]
Very much a late 90s vibe to this tune.  Nice.
Posted 8 years ago by xkolibuul    [ Reply ]
Great tune. {#Bananajam}
Posted 8 years ago by Jota    [ Reply ]
Tedious.  I'm going to watch a video of a Michael Phelps race set to Super Mario music instead.
Posted 8 years ago by Hannio    [ Reply ]
"Like waves on a beach, your heart is mine"   Pretty lame lyrics.
Posted 8 years ago by sqqqrly    [ Reply ]
pls wake me when it finishes {#Sleep}
Posted 8 years ago by markybx    [ Reply ]
 Zeito wrote:
Jon Voight's LeBaron

 

 
Except sadly, if memory serves, it turned out to be John Voight's LeBaron.
Catchy tune, by the way!
Posted 8 years ago by On_The_Beach    [ Reply ]
I think even I can play this bassline...
Posted 9 years ago by eveliko    [ Reply ]
 ppopp wrote:
For a second there I thought it was ZZ Top.

  
        {#Roflol}
Posted 9 years ago by moodfood    [ Reply ]
{#Bananajumprope}
Posted 9 years ago by AhhtheMusic    [ Reply ]
For a second there I thought it was ZZ Top.
Posted 9 years ago by ppopp    [ Reply ]
 misterbearbaby wrote:
Does this have the exact same song structure as the Beatles "She Said She Said" that played next?...

 
No, it doesn't have "exact same song structure", but there are a few spots that sound pretty similar.
Posted 9 years ago by Proclivities    [ Reply ]
Clearly some Yo La Tengo influence....very nice.
Posted 9 years ago by aspicer    [ Reply ]
Monotonous. 
Posted 9 years ago by kingart    [ Reply ]
Does this have the exact same song structure as the Beatles "She Said She Said" that played next? (Only difference being the crappy singing and mediocre musicianship.)
Posted 9 years ago by misterbearbaby    [ Reply ]
 Find another source, dude, if you're so unhappy. Sonic Youth thing going on here is very cool. So, there.

calle01 wrote:
Gregory Alan IsWhoTheHeckTurnOff is simply boring-bad! 
Blaaaaaaa!

If only PSD didnt take 10 clicks to rifle through.. well nothing different? 
Find that PSD isnt different?
Actually it too is a broiler plate of overplayed music? 

 


Posted 9 years ago by FrankMc    [ Reply ]
 Jelani wrote:
Reminiscent of Alpine Stars...

 

Reminds me of Televison and Tom Verlaine.
Posted 10 years ago by Aud    [ Reply ]
Way too derivative. I'd rather listen to the original (Echo & the Bunnymen).
Posted 10 years ago by zoopmama    [ Reply ]

My Puch Pacifica Bicycle, circa 1982.


Posted 10 years ago by LPCity    [ Reply ]
Jon Voight's LeBaron

 

KurtfromLaQuinta wrote:


Our Pacifica that was Gerald Ford's before.

 


Posted 10 years ago by Zeito    [ Reply ]
 KurtfromLaQuinta wrote:


Our Pacifica that was Gerald Ford's before.

 
You can't believe everything a used car salesman tells you. I mean, "He only drove it around the White House." Really?


Posted 10 years ago by djengs    [ Reply ]
 Giselle62 wrote:
this iis good    ----i dig repeition       

 
In this case, I do, too. I do, too. I do, too. I do, too. I do, too. I do, too. I do, too....
Posted 10 years ago by djengs    [ Reply ]
Reminiscent of Alpine Stars...
Posted 10 years ago by Jelani    [ Reply ]
This has captured my attention.{#Dancingbanana}
Posted 10 years ago by gatorade    [ Reply ]
 Byronape wrote:

So wait...  you bought this Pacifica from Gerald Ford?  

 

Yeah, Gerald Ford the dentist.  Who'd you think he meant?
Posted 10 years ago by Hannio    [ Reply ]
when does this end
Posted 10 years ago by Kaisersosay    [ Reply ]
 You nailed it. And then 'Ocean Drive' rather echoes the Bunnymen album title 'Ocean Rain'...

canadapaul wrote:
Lips Like Sugar...echos of the bunnymen...or is it just me? not a bad thing either

 


Posted 11 years ago by zoopmama    [ Reply ]
Sounds like Stereolab to me.
Posted 11 years ago by chamrousse1450    [ Reply ]
for all the positive comments why then is this great song still only rated at 6.4..? come on, bump..! {#Chillpill}
Posted 11 years ago by Mari    [ Reply ]
Great God Almighty!  Bill comes up with some real corkers, doesn't he?  Seventeen years old, yet still very tasty.
Posted 11 years ago by unclehud    [ Reply ]
this iis good    ----i dig repeition       
Posted 11 years ago by Giselle62    [ Reply ]
Good tune, regardless of who others may think it sounds like.
Posted 11 years ago by Proclivities    [ Reply ]
May be derivative. This is still MOST EXCELLENT!
Posted 11 years ago by Segue    [ Reply ]
Totally awesome intro.{#Notworthy}
Pretty good song{#Music}
Posted 11 years ago by megaadam    [ Reply ]
 motorichi wrote:

Bunnymen of the world - unite!

  
And once more. . .Bunnymen of the world - unite!

Sounds like an Echo in here. . .  
Posted 11 years ago by SquiddlyDiddly    [ Reply ]
Undeniable RP classic.  {#Good-vibes}
Posted 12 years ago by rdo    [ Reply ]
Love this Song!!
Posted 12 years ago by timn    [ Reply ]
 KurtfromLaQuinta wrote:


Our Pacifica that was Gerald Ford's before.
 
So wait...  you bought this Pacifica from Gerald Ford?  
Posted 12 years ago by Byronape    [ Reply ]
New Hampshire
Posted 12 years ago by oldsaxon    [ Reply ]


Our Pacifica that was Gerald Ford's before.
Posted 12 years ago by KurtfromLaQuinta    [ Reply ]
 d-don wrote:
Nice textures and layers to this. 8
 
think i'll plug in the vacuum cleaner and churrrrn some
Posted 12 years ago by maxmox    [ Reply ]
Opening sounded like Summer In The City-little Beatlesqe too-OK
Posted 12 years ago by dew34    [ Reply ]