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Air — Space Maker
Album: Pocket Symphony
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Released: 2006
Length: 3:55
Plays (last 30 days): 2
(Instrumental)
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I haven't heard this in a decade. still rules so much
The album name is "Pocket Symphony"?

Is that like "Pocket Pool"? 

John Hiatt sings about it, in reference to the devil playing pocket pool,  waiting for the next poor fool, who forgot that it was Sunday.   


 

bliss
GREAT TUNE!  Beam me up, Scotty!  Thanx RP!   
 LameBuffalo wrote:
more instrumentals but not "new age" are welcome here.
 

Yeah, that's what I have been saying,,,
more instrumentals but not "new age" are welcome here.
 Proclivities wrote:

Are you still using that telekinetic computer keyboard that you "borrowed" from Uri Geller?

 
It's a time warp thing, ala Bill & Ted's (Most) Excellent Adventure and Mr. Peabody's Wayback Machine.
 westslope wrote

 

But smoking tobacco is not cool and last I looked, young French were not participating.



 
Agreed about the first half and good-to-know about the second half.
 fredriley wrote:
These guys are pure Gallic sang-froid, l'essence de cool. You can just imagine them hanging out on the Rive Gauche smoking Gauloises and discussing weighty intellectual matters over a glass of Pernod, if you please. Trés bon, trés chic, trés cool. Huite points.


 

Terrific song.

 

But smoking tobacco is not cool and last I looked, young French were not participating.


 shayde wrote:
Man I love Air's basslines.  Smoooooooth.

 
So true!
Very nice as almost all their songs!
More cowb...I mean woodblock!
Man I love Air's basslines.  Smoooooooth.
 ddrain wrote:

You forget the baguette, the beret and the snails in the garlic ....                              {#Ass}
                                                                                                   A typical Frenchy
 
I'll bet the types of Jean-Paul Sartre, Althusser and Camus never ate baguettes, escargots or wore berets - that would have been much too gauche. I wonder if they were fond of grenouilles with their absinthe and gauloises, though :o)
 fredriley wrote:
These guys are pure Gallic sang-froid, l'essence de cool. You can just imagine them hanging out on the Rive Gauche smoking Gauloises and discussing weighty intellectual matters over a glass of Pernod, if you please. Trés bon, trés chic, trés cool. Huite points.

 
You forget the baguette, the beret and the snails in the garlic ....                              {#Ass}
                                                                                                   A typical Frenchy
 fredriley wrote:
These guys are pure Gallic sang-froid, l'essence de cool. You can just imagine them hanging out on the Rive Gauche smoking Gauloises and discussing weighty intellectual matters over a glass of Pernod, if you please. Trés bon, trés chic, trés cool. Huite points.
 
Interesting to see that smoking Gauloises and drinking Pernod is "cool" across the channel. Still this tune rocks. Huit points également! ;-)
...oh, two can play...


These guys are pure Gallic sang-froid, l'essence de cool. You can just imagine them hanging out on the Rive Gauche smoking Gauloises and discussing weighty intellectual matters over a glass of Pernod, if you please. Trés bon, trés chic, trés cool. Huite points.

 jagdriver wrote:
jagdriver
(Tunin' in from the aptly-named Grass Valley, CA)
Posted: Nov 17, 2008 - 13:44 < Reply | Edit | Delete >


Hey! That's what I was going to write!

jagdriver
(The aptly-named Grass Valley, CA)
Posted: Oct 29, 2008 - 10:58 < Reply | Edit | Delete >

Very reminiscent of the Animals' We Love you Lil from The Twain Shall Meet release.


{#Iamwithstupid}
 
Are you still using that telekinetic computer keyboard that you "borrowed" from Uri Geller?


{#Cheers}  Very lovely.  Light and airy... let's drink some wine and chill.
jagdriver
(Tunin' in from the aptly-named Grass Valley, CA)
Posted: Nov 17, 2008 - 13:44 < Reply | Edit | Delete >

 jagdriver wrote: Very reminiscent of the Animals' We Love you Lil from The Twain Shall Meet release.
 
Hey! That's what I was going to write!

jagdriver
(The aptly-named Grass Valley, CA)
Posted: Oct 29, 2008 - 10:58 < Reply | Edit | Delete >

Very reminiscent of the Animals' We Love you Lil from The Twain Shall Meet release.


{#Iamwithstupid}
Every time I see the title, I think of my toaster oven
Right ball, left pocket.
Sounds best with headphones on {#Music}
 Alpine wrote:
Or not be scratching my balls.
 
{#Lol}

 mandolin wrote:
...i kind of hear porcupine tree...
 
me too ... so glad i've developed a porcupine tree ear, aren't you?

Was listening for a few minutes without knowing the title of the song, and had a guess this is Air.
Obviously, it is :)
A good thing: these have their style.
A bad one: maybe too repetitive.
 sirdroseph wrote:
I really like that percussion; good thing too!{#Lol}
 
Yes, great wood block {#Biggrin}
I really like that percussion; good thing too!{#Lol}
{#Roflol} MonkeyPod wrote:
Beautiful lyrics.
 


 treffdawg wrote:

Totally!  Whenever I hear the intro I expect to turn around and see a cylon. 

  Whoa, I thought the same thing!  If I start hearin' "All Along the Watch tower," I'm gonna freak!


Less cowbell.
I could not imagine a better playlist than what you have going on...thank you B&R~ love,love,love
 mcj2a wrote:
Has anyone else noticed that the opening rhythm seems to be pretty much the same as the rhythm used in many parts of the Battlestar Galactica score?
 
Totally!  Whenever I hear the intro I expect to turn around and see a cylon. 

 jagdriver wrote:
Very reminiscent of the Animals' We Love you Lil from The Twain Shall Meet release.
 
Hey! That's what I was going to write!

Very reminiscent of the Animals' We Love you Lil from The Twain Shall Meet release.
Very nice buildup and pacing.
CoYoT51 wrote:
They think they are genuises. I think they are not.
Sharpen up on that english!
Oh please stop that tapping.
redeyespy wrote:
Aw come on, now. Really. He's probably just fishing for some gum or something.
John Prine: "Got my hand in my pocket Just thinkin bout you I ain't a-hurtin nobody I ain't a-hurtin no one"
Man has this been a weird day at RP or what? The music's been unusually unusual. A lot of stuff I've never heard. Some good, but a lot just nervy. But oh well at least listening to what I don't like makes me understand what I do like. ZEN MOMENTS. This stuff Air is nice, very nice.
...i kind of hear porcupine tree...
Well, I like it.
IT'S THE POCKET POOL ALBUM!
Has anyone else noticed that the opening rhythm seems to be pretty much the same as the rhythm used in many parts of the Battlestar Galactica score?
CoYoT51 wrote:
They think they are genuises. I think they are not.
Are you a mindreader?
More than catchy.
deep pop, bravo!!
Alpine wrote:
Or not be scratching my balls.
Aw come on, now. Really. He's probably just fishing for some gum or something.
nate917 wrote:
I think if I were going to be immortalized as a hologram on an album cover, I might want to slouch less.
Or not be scratching my balls.
Beautiful lyrics.
nate917 wrote:
I think if I were going to be immortalized as a hologram on an album cover, I might want to slouch less.
humor!!!
They think they are genuises. I think they are not.
AIR is a good thing . . .
I think if I were going to be immortalized as a hologram on an album cover, I might want to slouch less.
Definitely not my favorite genre of music. I was totally prepared not to like, but there is something about this song that makes that impossible. Thanks Bill and Rebecca once again for expanding my horizons.
Pyro wrote:
IMHO, this work is stronger than the previous CD. Or maybe it's because Bill burned me out on "Cherry Blossom Girl" and "Alone in Kyoto"....
Personally I prefer Talkie Walkie with its lush arrangements and solid lyrics.
Lonestar wrote:
I see dead people ...
Hey, look out for Bruce Willis.
elokin2141 wrote:
now i know who Tool coppied off of for the beginning of that one song on Aenima, i don't remember the name, .
Right ... You are probably referring to Eulogy ... which, by the way, was recorded over ten years before this.
This album is great to work to... nice to hear in the RP mix :)
Fantastic band and track!
now i know who Tool coppied off of for the beginning of that one song on Aenima, i don't remember the name, .
play bill,play it again. 5 stars !
slugore wrote:
Great track. Funny though when it first started the percussion sound made me think that it was Did you Steal my Sunshine by Len.... I was certainly glad to be wrong!
If you had been right, at least something fun and energetic would've played.
Houston, we have a problem...
IMHO, this work is stronger than the previous CD. Or maybe it's because Bill burned me out on "Cherry Blossom Girl" and "Alone in Kyoto"....
Great track. Funny though when it first started the percussion sound made me think that it was Did you Steal my Sunshine by Len.... I was certainly glad to be wrong!
A m a z i n g ...!! Floating, drifting, colours, spaces, space-time... That's music for brain, body and soul... - only much too short!
I keep liking what I hear from this album.
Excellent follow up to Hooverphonic's No More Sweet Music....I'm in sensory overload! And that's a good thing
Excellent opening track from a surprisingly solid album - I find it very hard to pick out any individual tracks, everything flows in unity from one song to another. I find it very pleasant.
skdenfeld wrote:
Good sonic environment. Oh, to get RP through my Paradigms!
Do what I did, get an Airport Express. Works like a champ. :) This is a cool track, wouldn't have guessed it was Air.
Good sonic environment.
thank you
I see dead people ...
Picked up the CD on the weekend, well worth the price. Brilliant work again!
Had to figure this new CD from Air would start getting heavy rotation on RP- I grabbed it as soon as it came in- and it is still playing on my car's CD player- it is a gem...
weak floydy less than pink references everywhere!
Sadly mediocre.
I was waiting so bad for this new work... and I have to tell you that maybe is not as good as talkie walkie.... there are some good songs, but I think only the half of this record is a good job. They're anyway f...ing good musicians!!!!
supergroverx wrote:
Oh thank you I've been waitin' to hear cuts from this disc sooooooooo bad! We'll go with 8 so far, with growth potential.
Yup, me too love air!
That was a remarkably fitting follow-up to Pink Floyd - Welcome To The Machine...
Love it!
Thank you so much for playing this.
wickedawesome
Funny how "Air" can be a very cool band name, yet "Air Supply" is so very very very bad.
Blown away! This might be the first non-local band's CD that i've actually paid for in years!
Oh thank you I've been waitin' to hear cuts from this disc sooooooooo bad! We'll go with 8 so far, with growth potential.