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Mich Gerber — By Your Side (feat. Bajka)
Album: Wanderer
Avg rating:
7.2

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Total ratings: 2683









Released: 2008
Length: 3:57
Plays (last 30 days): 3
High or low, stop or go
Heaven up and Hell below
War on terror, face the mirror
Will they ever see the mirror
Science fiction, space vacation
Faith or fear's a new creation
Faith or fear's a new creation

Disillusion, no confusion
Clear your head of mind pollution
Levitation, meditation
Faith or fear's a new creation

Guns are killing and TV's thrillin'
The mind is weak an' flesh is willin'
You buy'em work again, sell your brother
Why do we enslave each other
Armageddon is where we're headin'
If the walk the path we're treadin' on
Faith or fear's a new creation

You are my love an' I'll always be
By your side when-ev-er you need me
I'll be strong, give my best for you
Cause lovin' is what I'm born to do

You are my love an' I'll always be
By your side when-ev-er you need me
I'll be strong, give my best for you
Cause lovin' is what we're born to do

Let this sitteling of mine
Flower sows freedom
Carries our world
In a universe
Of folding we untie
Throughout space

Babylonia says come on give us up
Yes an' I lie when the moon is shinin' brights
The world can't find your peace of mind
Livin' in a man-made space of time
Nine to five, Creation is a lie
Takin' a walk within a Sunday
On city streets and city light
Never voted things to be no vote
Cause life shows weight for wise
Chair follows and thus
I use the ever-growing
Cause ever-growing is the way one must
You will see
Infinite possibilities, born within
Infinite possibilities, born within

You are my love an' I'll always be
By your side when-ev-er you need me
I'll be strong, give my best for you
Cause lovin' is what I'm born to do

You are my love an' I'll always be
By your side when-ev-er you need me
I'll be strong, give my best for you
Cause lovin' is what we're born to do

By your side when-ev-er you need me
Give my best for you,
Cause lovin' is what we're born to do
Comments (196)add comment
Excellent!!  Thanx RP!   
Bajka's voice and flow makes my heart flutter. 
Geeze, all this time I never knew this was Mitch Gerber. I always thought it was that other group (who's name escapes me at the moment) that Bajka sings with.
Whoah, thought 100% this was Morcheeba!
Such a great song. I really like this singer too. 
 idk about 7.2 for this song, the chorus and intonation gets kind of repetitive.  Bajka's performance was way better in "The Hop", now that one really grooves.
Lustrous vocal!
Wonderful Tune!
Can't believe no-one's mentioned "Uptown Top Ranking"!


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Althea_%26_Donna
 SquiddlyDiddly wrote:
I LOVE the the sound of Bajka. . . she has such a lush, sexy voice. 

If you like it too. . . check out her singing with Bonobo on this album - https://www.radioparadise.com/content.php?name=songinfo&song_id=39614


this one is even better ....
https://radioparadise.com/musi...

Cool track, although I think I prefer the Tales of the Wind album. For people who were kinda put off by Bajka's voice but liked the music, I suggest you try this one :) 
intriguing voice, great base line
very unpleasant nasal tone.
 Segue wrote:
Cat yowling before it vomits a hairball
 
No, that would be Thom Yorke from Radiohead.
nice mellow feel and sound
 Segue wrote:
Cat yowling before it vomits a hairball
 
I disagree but LOL
Cat yowling before it vomits a hairball
 rpdevotee wrote:
What!?  I could have sworn this was Amy Winehouse!

 
I did not think Amy Winehouse but I do hear any of a hundred other female singers with this affected style.

Paloma Faith for example.
What!?  I could have sworn this was Amy Winehouse!
I know why I like this song...picture of Bajka
 igwanna wrote:
Anyone else think the album cover is Eric Cartman wearing ski goggles?

 
DITOO!!!!!!!!!!!!! :D
I am in audio heaven. Seriously.
 Bill_Rockoff wrote:

I checked out your highest- and lowest-rated songs, and I think we should meet and become friends.  That way, I can give you all the CDs I have that I stumbled across and can't get rid of because all my other friends hate them too.  (Take this copy of 4 Non Blonz anyone?  Anyone?  PLEASE?)  And maybe somebody has given you some music you hate, and I could take that off your hands too.

And also, that way I could diversify my circle of friends, so that I could say without fibbing "Well, I have some friends that actually LIKE Dave Matthews and that adult-contemporary Eric Clapton stuff.  So no, not all my friends are 'into' music."

 
You must have been looking at someone else's ratings if they LIKED Dave Matthews {#Ask}
 ziggytrix wrote:

She sings like a French horn.  Go put more tapioca in yer ears, kid.  ;p

 

She sings like her mouth is stuffed full of tapioca. {#Roflol}
Thought this was Macy Grey until I looked at the computer. Nope, wrong again. I'm liking it though.
What a remarkable voice...
First time I hear this, and I immediately was caught by the voice: cool, wildcat-like, sexy.
The repulsion expressed by many makes me feel like we didn't listen to the same song...

I'm not big on Mich Gerber, but this works for me - obviously thanks to Bajka's contribution.

Love the 'Cartmann with ski goggles' interpretation of the cover {#Bounce}
Are these people actually dissing Bajka's voice? Oh my god. She sends tingles up and down my spine. Sexy, sexy, sexy.

And yes, the cover looks like Cartman in ski goggles.
I'm surprised at the comments. I am totally digging her voice!
 Bill_Rockoff wrote:

I checked out your highest- and lowest-rated songs, and I think we should meet and become friends.  That way, I can give you all the CDs I have that I stumbled across and can't get rid of because all my other friends hate them too.  (Take this copy of 4 Non Blonz anyone?  Anyone?  PLEASE?)  And maybe somebody has given you some music you hate, and I could take that off your hands too.

And also, that way I could diversify my circle of friends, so that I could say without fibbing "Well, I have some friends that actually LIKE Dave Matthews and that adult-contemporary Eric Clapton stuff.  So no, not all my friends are 'into' music."

 
Nice.
Anyone else think the album cover is Eric Cartman wearing ski goggles?
 GeorgeMWoods wrote:
Boring!!!!!!!!

 
coooo, tough crowd.
Boring!!!!!!!!
Thank you for this song; made my day!
 Segue wrote:
honestly sounds like a human or cat about to vomit. Hurts. First thing on a Saturday morning. LOVE YOU ANYWAY RP, need my soundtrack running ........

 
I checked out your highest- and lowest-rated songs, and I think we should meet and become friends.  That way, I can give you all the CDs I have that I stumbled across and can't get rid of because all my other friends hate them too.  (Take this copy of 4 Non Blonz anyone?  Anyone?  PLEASE?)  And maybe somebody has given you some music you hate, and I could take that off your hands too.

And also, that way I could diversify my circle of friends, so that I could say without fibbing "Well, I have some friends that actually LIKE Dave Matthews and that adult-contemporary Eric Clapton stuff.  So no, not all my friends are 'into' music."
I knew I recognised the voice. She has also appeared on a number of Bonobo tracks. Which doesn't surprise me as this couldn't get much closer to being exactly the same as his music. (Not that that's a bad thing.)
 Segue wrote:
This voice is repellant. Really awful. Sounds painful and hurts to hear. Yuk

 
She sings like a French horn.  Go put more tapioca in yer ears, kid.  ;p

it's got a groove to it! and, heck, yeah, she sings sexy!
 gypsyman wrote:

You misspelled exaggerating. Plenty big enough, though.
 

Thanks for that contribution. 
Ahhh...{#Good-vibes}
I just picked up this cd. I especially like this track. And yes, she sounds like Amy.
..i think i dig this Bajka's vocal stylings..hits me like Amy Winehouse (hopefully B. avoids the horrific pitfalls, though)..8!..
Cwiation
honestly sounds like a human or cat about to vomit. Hurts. First thing on a Saturday morning. LOVE YOU ANYWAY RP, need my soundtrack running ........
INCREDIBLY GOOD!!
Red Alert! This voice sounds like someone about to vomit!!! Yuk
sexy, sexy
It's the voice, and the tekst, and the music /instruments are fitting.
 The_Enemy wrote:

Interesting because I think her voice makes the song. If it was someone else less distinctive, the song would be pretty bland. I think she gives it a silky, sexy quality.
 
Amen.
 Segue wrote:
This voice is repellant. Really awful. Sounds painful and hurts to hear. Yuk
 
Interesting because I think her voice makes the song. If it was someone else less distinctive, the song would be pretty bland. I think she gives it a silky, sexy quality.
This voice is repellant. Really awful. Sounds painful and hurts to hear. Yuk
 Byronape wrote:


Kinda sounds like a playlist decided by committee to me.  
 

I bet you are WRONG! You must be new here!

If it were true, what you suggest, most of us would not be here!


I gave it an 8 - but it is a 9!


 rdo wrote:

You make a lot of good posts.  This is not one of them.  What exactly is “commercial” music anyway?  Please do NOT answer that – it’s a rhetorical question and I have heard enough variations on the reply to make me what to inject a liter of Mogodan in my arse.    The standard, high-brow, pseudo-intellectual, drivel of a retort always brings to my mind the image of Theodor Adorno making love with a sofa.  Many songs take numerous listens before they have an impact.  Bill is a master of playing the right songs.  I don’t want a playlist decided by committee, or a random or programized shuffle.  Bloody Foh’kinell righty O.   And, as always you are EXAGERATING.

 
You misspelled exaggerating. Plenty big enough, though.
 rdo wrote:

 I don’t want a playlist decided by committee

 
Isn't that what the ratings button is for?  If we, as the RP listeners don't like a song, we rate it poorly.  Once the ratings drop below a certain point, it's not played anymore.

Kinda sounds like a playlist decided by committee to me.  

Now commercial radio on the other hand is not decided by a committee, unless that committee is the record label board room.   
 sirdroseph wrote:
Another perfectly good song ruined by too much repitition. Not good RP, you can play all the good songs you want, but if you play them more than once daily you might as well just go ahead and play Katy Perry or commercials or something. Too much repitition is a Clear channel move just as too many commercials or commercially crappy music.
 

You make a lot of good posts.  This is not one of them.  What exactly is “commercial” music anyway?  Please do NOT answer that – it’s a rhetorical question and I have heard enough variations on the reply to make me what to inject a liter of Mogodan in my arse.    The standard, high-brow, pseudo-intellectual, drivel of a retort always brings to my mind the image of Theodor Adorno making love with a sofa.  Many songs take numerous listens before they have an impact.  Bill is a master of playing the right songs.  I don’t want a playlist decided by committee, or a random or programized shuffle.  Bloody Foh’kinell righty O.   And, as always you are EXAGERATING.


 tutakea wrote:
Normally, I do really appreciate Mich Gerber´s music. But this one is totally ruined by the awful singing ...

 
One man's floor is another's ceiling.

 


Oh man, that voice gives me chills of the best kind.


The one track I don't really care for on this Mich Gerber CD I own. When it comes, I always FFWD.
Normally, I do really appreciate Mich Gerber´s music. But this one is totally ruined by the awful singing, as segue said before. I´m pretty sure there is no song on this world who would survive this kind of terrible vocals. Sounds like a visit to a sadistic dentist: sucko barfo at it´s best!
That bass sounds oh so good. Would love to hear him and Tony Levin trading licks on stage with some kind of world beat band behind them, that would be something.
 Stingray wrote:
Girls in "over-all-me's" ...?
Poacher - my aging bro,
you have not the tiniest clue,
what woman are all about!

Old man in pullover...
ask for advice!

what sex
 
You've gone over the top, again. I don't know about you, faceache, but this "old man" (no pullover) needs no advice from some sexist arschloch on women, and I'll bet Poacher doesn't either. You're the one who needs to grow up and, who knows, you may even have a bit of success with the opposite sex if you quit treating them as tits and c*nts on legs and instead as real, living humans. You know, like what you aspire to be, but haven't yet made the grade. Scheisskopf.

If I could "Sucko Barfo" again, I would. Make it STOP! Sounds like she is sucko barfing. As bad as Natalie Merchant. Awful voice. Ick.

And NOTHING like Eartha Kitt! She could sing. This is gargling.
 Poacher wrote:

On what planet do you live? 

1. She looks pretty wonderful. I can only think you like your girls in overalls?
2. You are a sexist twat. 

Fu*k off. 
 

Girls in "over-all-me's" ...?
Poacher - my aging bro,
you have not the tiniest clue,
what woman are all about!

Old man in pullover...
ask for advice!

what sex
Bitch Gerber made a good record!
hot chocolate laced with black lace, no less.
 Boots77 wrote:
From the very first time I heard this song I was in love.  There's just something about her voice & the instrumental together that it just NEVER gets old.  I found some other works of Bajka's and they're equally as good.  Every time I listen to her is like getting the whole experience of sitting in a smoky, dimly lit jaz pub with small round tables and a nice glass of wine until the wee hours of the morning. 
 
I agree totally. Just mesmerising. She's on a couple of the Bonobo tracks - and tours live with him (and the rest). Beautiful stuff. 
 BillG wrote:

Give me a list of songs you hear more than once per day on RP.

Hint: it will be a very, very short list. The shortest of all possible lists.  
 
:-D

That'll be a 'null set' then, will it, our Bill? ;)

Essentially, a song is overplayed if a punter doesn't like it, underplayed is s/he does. The subjective is all. Maybe individual singers/bands get more than one song a day, but I don't remember the same song every being played twice in a day.

I strongly value the variety and range of songs on this station, yea even with the sucko-barfos, and I know that I'm far from the only one. Viva RP! :)

 BillG wrote:

Give me a list of songs you hear more than once per day on RP.

Hint: it will be a very, very short list. The shortest of all possible lists.  
 
Damned right Bill!
 sirdroseph wrote:
Another perfectly good song ruined by too much repitition. Not good RP, you can play all the good songs you want, but if you play them more than once daily you might as well just go ahead and play Katy Perry or commercials or something. Too much repitition is a Clear channel move just as too many commercials or commercially crappy music.
 
Give me a list of songs you hear more than once per day on RP.

Hint: it will be a very, very short list. The shortest of all possible lists.  
 fingerpin wrote:
The use of this kind of language came about when phone texting was done using a phone's numeric keypad. So the use of the letter "R" which replicates the sound of the word "are" (2 additional characters to type) actually made good sense. Those days are mostly gone but there are still folks who use it for brevity, mostly kids. Relax.
 
...and if you want to get historical about it, it was worse during the telegraph era.

Because you had to pay by the character, heavy users of the technology had all kinds of short forms and substitute words that make texting on phones look like Shakespeare.

Another perfectly good song ruined by too much repitition. Not good RP, you can play all the good songs you want, but if you play them more than once daily you might as well just go ahead and play Katy Perry or commercials or something. Too much repitition is a Clear channel move just as too many commercials or commercially crappy music.
The exhange immediately below reminds me that there are three subjects of conversation that typically lead nowhere: religion, taxes, and opinions of the opposite sex.

 Poacher wrote:

On what planet do you live? 

1. She looks pretty wonderful. I can only think you like your girls in overalls?
2. You are a sexist twat. 

Fu*k off. 
 
...(speechless)...


From the very first time I heard this song I was in love.  There's just something about her voice & the instrumental together that it just NEVER gets old.  I found some other works of Bajka's and they're equally as good.  Every time I listen to her is like getting the whole experience of sitting in a smoky, dimly lit jaz pub with small round tables and a nice glass of wine until the wee hours of the morning. 
Anuuunh.....ReAlly aGin
 
kysmet wrote:

 



Funky tune, eh wot?
 treehugger wrote:
Ali G listens to Radio Paradise?
 
Indeed.


This is good, but IMHO Ziggurat was better.
 Stingray wrote:
Dress is ridiculous!
Ti*s (seem to) look great!
 
On what planet do you live? 

1. She looks pretty wonderful. I can only think you like your girls in overalls?
2. You are a sexist twat. 

Fu*k off. 
yuk
Anything Bajka touches seems like gold, to me. I just love her.
niiiiiiiiiiice
Macy Gray wishes she could sound like this.
 shutter wrote:
I like Bajka but I can't get the subtle vocal similarity to Ertha Kitt outta my mind
 
And Macy Gray.

I like Bajka but I can't get the subtle vocal similarity to Ertha Kitt outta my mind
Fantastic.  Quite simply loved this track on this my first listen.
 Bazooka wrote:
Bajka
                                   Bajka
 

Dress is ridiculous!
Ti*s (seem to) look great!
Sounds sooo much better!
 yclept wrote:
There's nothing intelligent about using the letter R as a word.   
 
The use of this kind of language came about when phone texting was done using a phone's numeric keypad. So the use of the letter "R" which replicates the sound of the word "are" (2 additional characters to type) actually made good sense. Those days are mostly gone but there are still folks who use it for brevity, mostly kids. Relax.
Skeets wrote:
Okay - This is really nice stuff. Gerber is fresh to tired ears. As far a Bajka goes - I love it. Some of you remorse about affectation...

...RP is great!
Skeets, the posts on language refer to an earlier post in dufousdialect, not Bajka's beautiful and emotive vocals - which we hear because RP is, indeed, great!

 handsomened wrote:

Sadly, Gypsy is right.  Welcome to the distracted generation that is losing it's ability to express itself with hues and depth.  Attention span of gnats. 

 
Every generation bemoans the next.  Usually with as much sanctimony as the above statement.

I say to you: get off of my lawn, you hooligan! {#Yell}
Okay - This is really nice stuff.  Gerber is fresh to tired ears.  As far a Bajka goes - I love it.  Some of you remorse about affectation.  Okay - Listen to Jim Nabors then.  Everyone sings with some degree of affectation, whether they know it or not.  Mick Jagger, Nancy Giffith, .......etc.  In some cases it can be overdone perhaps but it remains music and can still be good for the ears.  John Fogerty is an American Classic and there are quite a few songs where I have no clue as to what the heck he is saying.  My ears love it nonetheless.  I haven't even begun to speak of music in other languages that people who only speak one langauge listen to anyway.

RP is great!
I like everything she sings on—whether this, Bonobo or Citizen Kane. Very distinctive voice.
 Businessgypsy wrote:
You're comparing the glacial change in English language over the last seven hundred years with this pompous, elitist, juvenile affectation? Chaucer and Shakespeare would've told B4real to knock off the idiotspeak (unless in character as a village idiot). Wise up to the dumb down.

Nice production values on this song, by the way.


 
Sadly, Gypsy is right.  Welcome to the distracted generation that is losing it's ability to express itself with hues and depth.  Attention span of gnats. 

handyrae wrote:

I must disagree. The purpose of language is to communicate. I understood B4real's message and thus he/she communicated it effectively — and in human if you put it that way, as I'm a human and I'm assuming B4real is too. Language is fluid and changes. Try reading Chaucer or even Shakespeare and I'll bet you have a much easier time figuring out what B4real is saying. I'm not talking about the quality of the thoughts conveyed, but the actual conveyance thereof.
You're comparing the glacial change in English language over the last seven hundred years with this pompous, elitist, juvenile affectation? Chaucer and Shakespeare would've told B4real to knock off the idiotspeak (unless in character as a village idiot). Wise up to the dumb down.

Nice production values on this song, by the way.


Bajka
                                   Bajka
 ad_hoc wrote:
She sounds amazingly like Amy Winehouse to me.

(that's a good thing btw)
 
No Way!

This lass can sing!  {#Bounce}

Winehouse is over-rated rubbish.

 nerakdon wrote:
Now that's what I call soul.
 
{#High-five} 
She sounds amazingly like Amy Winehouse to me.

(that's a good thing btw)
 Businessgypsy wrote:
B4real wrote:
listen with your heart,Bajkas lyrix r intelligent.listen 2 all her tracks,theyre very diverse,by your side = not on my toplist but Bajkas trax with Bonobo&Radio Citizen r gr8!

Please learn to communicate in human - you make me hurt in an unsoothable area.


 
I must disagree. The purpose of language is to communicate. I understood B4real's message and thus he/she communicated it effectively — and in human if you put it that way, as I'm a human and I'm assuming B4real is too. Language is fluid and changes. Try reading Chaucer or even Shakespeare and I'll bet you have a much easier time figuring out what B4real is saying. I'm not talking about the quality of the thoughts conveyed, but the actual conveyance thereof.

I do not find this song anywhere. {#Cry}
 ortallcowgirl wrote:

Strings make me melt!!!!!

 
Yep. . . the whole track is sublime. . . her voice does it for me. . . such a distinctive sound. 

Strings make me melt!!!!!


 azdcryan wrote:

i don't mind it...

...but it does sound a bit like



 
Ha! I wish you hadn't. Now I can't stop thinking of her singing this.
{#Devil_pimp}


 B4real wrote:
RESPECK! 
GR8 LYRIX!LOVELY voice*
 
 
Ali G listens to Radio Paradise? 
Bajka's voice has reminded me of Ertha Kitt, but a bit more melodic, I guess.
Now that's what I call soul.
Love the Billy Holiday inflections ... {#Whisper}
Sorry Mich, instead it was Joe Walsh playing Rocky Mountain Way.
Love this song — and was sooooo happy to hear it played on the 2 hour "mid-season premiere" of Flash Forward a couple weeks ago.  They deserve to get lots of air-play.
 Businessgypsy wrote:
B4real wrote:
listen with your heart,Bajkas lyrix r intelligent.listen 2 all her tracks,theyre very diverse,by your side = not on my toplist but Bajkas trax with Bonobo&Radio Citizen r gr8!

Please learn to communicate in human - you make me hurt in an unsoothable area.


 
I concur.  Something about Newspeak comes to mind.  Then I see red.

B4real wrote:
listen with your heart,Bajkas lyrix r intelligent.listen 2 all her tracks,theyre very diverse,by your side = not on my toplist but Bajkas trax with Bonobo&Radio Citizen r gr8!

Please learn to communicate in human - you make me hurt in an unsoothable area.


There's nothing intelligent about using the letter R as a word.   
RESPECT! 
GR8 LYRIX!LOVELY voice*
 

GIVE BAJKA THE RESPECT SHE DESERVES,WORD UP!
{#Dance}.......................{#Daisy}.........................{#Dance}
 


listen 2 Bajkas lyrix : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Doy3-A4Vric tru words!
 azdcryan wrote:

i don't mind it...

...but it does sound a bit like



 


u have no idea blondie,get yourself a pair of ears b4 u listen 2 music with a good message
listen with your heart,Bajkas lyrix r intelligent.listen 2 all her tracks,theyre very diverse,by your side = not on my toplist but Bajkas trax with Bonobo&Radio Citizen r gr8!
listen with your heart ,Bajkas choice of lyrix r intelligent!