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At the head of the trail
Where are we going
So far away
And somebody told me
This is the place
Where every thing's better
And every thing's safe
Walk on the ocean
Step on the stones
Flesh becomes water
Wood becomes bone
And half and hour later
We packed up our things
We said we'd send letters
And all those little things
They knew we were lying
They smiled just the same
And it seemed they'd already
Forgotten we'd came
Walk on the ocean
Step on the stones
Flesh becomes water
Wood becomes bone
Walk on the ocean
Step on the stones
Flesh becomes water
Wood becomes bone
Back at the homestead
Where the air makes you choke
People don't know you
And trust is a joke
Don't even have pictures
Just memories to hold
Grow sweeter each season
As we slowly grow old
That interlude simply kills me, one of the top climaxes ever!
Are we still talking about music here?
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I can still sing this album from beginning to end. It holds up amazingly well.
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please don't play this one here
A somewhat tuneless trend here alas with Goldfish followed by a somewhat 'squeezed' Toad. Being blessed with a perfect pitch ear is unfortunately a curse at times, making anything with baroque tuning unpleasant as well...
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Re-reading my original post I'd now put 'a challenge' instead of 'unpleasant'.
They sounded at home on the radio, but they really did rise above the dross.
Hey, c'mon guys, surely you can't be comparing this to Triad The Weird Bucket's performance of 'Wink at the Asian'?!
The subtle 17-tone scales, the imperceptible shifts between sub-harmony and accelerated retro-blues chords alone make it worthy of listing as an all-time post-Freudian crypto-classic, certainly among the Masonic and Jehovah's Witness community?
And that's got to be better than Coldplay, or even Turin Brakes. Hasn't it?
I've no idea what "all-time post-Freudian crypto-classic" music is, but you sure make it sound good!
Maybe you need to listen to some bands like Slade, Mud, Darts, Sweet, Bay City Rollers, Wizzard, ELO to find out just how wrong you are.
You had me until ELO. Mr. Blue Sky is a masterpiece.
Neil Young must also be a challenge for you.
He is for me. And I like this song!
Quite possibly the worst song ever composed. Just terrible.
Maybe you need to listen to some bands like Slade, Mud, Darts, Sweet, Bay City Rollers, Wizzard, ELO to find out just how wrong you are.
I see what you did there, Bill.
A somewhat tuneless trend here alas with Goldfish followed by a somewhat 'squeezed' Toad. Being blessed with a perfect pitch ear is unfortunately a curse at times, making anything with baroque tuning unpleasant as well...
Neil Young must also be a challenge for you.
These guys remind me of Crowded House
I was thinking the same thing.
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Toad the Wet Sprocket took its name from a Monty Python comedy sketch called "Rock Notes" in which a journalist delivers a nonsensical music news report:
Rex Stardust, lead electric triangle with Toad the Wet Sprocket, has had to have an elbow removed following their recent successful worldwide tour of Finland. Flamboyant ambidextrous Rex apparently fell off the back of a motorcycle. "Fell off the back of a motorcyclist, most likely," quipped ace drummer Jumbo McClooney upon hearing of the accident. Plans are now afoot for a major tour of Iceland.
As their first gig approached, the band still had not chosen a name. The members facetiously adopted "Toad the Wet Sprocket" because they thought it would be "hilarious". Vocalist Glen Phillips later called it "a joke that went on too long", and, according to their website, "it was probably meant to be temporary at the time".
Eric Idle, the sketch's original performer, reflected on the band's name in a 1999 performance:
I once wrote a sketch about rock musicians and I was trying to think of a name that would be so silly nobody would ever use it, or dream it could ever be used. So I wrote the words "Toad the Wet Sprocket". And a few years later, I was driving along the freeway in L.A., and a song came on the radio, and the DJ said, "that was by Toad the Wet Sprocket", and I nearly drove off the freeway.
One of the Many reasons I like RP, facts like this ...
I think you may want to thank Jimmy Wales for facts like these.
A somewhat tuneless trend here alas with Goldfish followed by a somewhat 'squeezed' Toad. Being blessed with a perfect pitch ear is unfortunately a curse at times, making anything with baroque tuning unpleasant as well...
It's amazing you've survived this long. Stay strong.
Why hasn't this ever been worked into a movie?
You mean you missed "Toad the Wet Sprocket vs. Godzilla"...?-)
Tony in NJ
W.A.S.T.E.
yeah, not very good.
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The same here... :)
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Yes, just yes. Especially the new stuff and Glen's solo work. I'm really surprised more isn't on here. The entirety of Acoustic Dance Party should be on here...
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Nope, sounds nothing like Garbage to me.
This is Garbage for example: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ypr18UmxOas
Ditto
The subtle 17-tone scales, the imperceptible shifts between sub-harmony and accelerated retro-blues chords alone make it worthy of listing as an all-time post-Freudian crypto-classic, certainly among the Masonic and Jehovah's Witness community?
And that's got to be better than Coldplay, or even Turin Brakes. Hasn't it?
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That was a bad insult. Or more accurately a poor one.
I'm mostly dissatisfied with the segue to this song.
You went from Beatles-The End to this and it just highlights how mediocre TTWS was.
blech. buzz completely harshed.
Ouch. Just stay tuned. What B&R do is surely art.
what the?
Yea, what's up with that? There are some great songs on that album.
I'm mostly dissatisfied with the segue to this song.
You went from Beatles-The End to this and it just highlights how mediocre TTWS was.
blech. buzz completely harshed.
Yes, because there should be a committee put together that decides what songs are dared to be book-ended against a Beatle's song.
That way the song, nor anyone else is offended..........
Completely disagree. I also think their new album is some of their best work.
One of the many reasons I listen to RP....facts like this.
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Toad the Wet Sprocket took its name from a Monty Python comedy sketch called "Rock Notes" in which a journalist delivers a nonsensical music news report:
Rex Stardust, lead electric triangle with Toad the Wet Sprocket, has had to have an elbow removed following their recent successful worldwide tour of Finland. Flamboyant ambidextrous Rex apparently fell off the back of a motorcycle. "Fell off the back of a motorcyclist, most likely," quipped ace drummer Jumbo McClooney upon hearing of the accident. Plans are now afoot for a major tour of Iceland.
As their first gig approached, the band still had not chosen a name. The members facetiously adopted "Toad the Wet Sprocket" because they thought it would be "hilarious". Vocalist Glen Phillips later called it "a joke that went on too long", and, according to their website, "it was probably meant to be temporary at the time".
Eric Idle, the sketch's original performer, reflected on the band's name in a 1999 performance:
I once wrote a sketch about rock musicians and I was trying to think of a name that would be so silly nobody would ever use it, or dream it could ever be used. So I wrote the words "Toad the Wet Sprocket". And a few years later, I was driving along the freeway in L.A., and a song came on the radio, and the DJ said, "that was by Toad the Wet Sprocket", and I nearly drove off the freeway.
One of the many reasons I listen to RP....facts like this.
I'm mostly dissatisfied with the segue to this song.
You went from Beatles-The End to this and it just highlights how mediocre TTWS was.
blech. buzz completely harshed.
Half-Glimpsed Paradise...
So true. It's hard to forget our personal baggage and find peace of mind moment to moment.
I agree with bam23. Happy my taste isn't the same as your's pumpkins3
I play it out for friends.
They love it.
Tender ending.
the beauty of this can still pull me across the room..thanks, RP.
There's something slightly off, musically, with this song… Somehow the harmonies on the one hand, and the melody on the other hand, don't quite fit together. Anybody with good, musical ears around here hear this as well?
You seem to have a lot of agreement, so I'll be the dissenting voice. I'm not going to claim to have "good, musical ears"--and I've spent a lot of my life trying to figure out just what they are for who those who claim to have them--but I can tell a dissonant harmony from one that is appropriate. IMHO they nailed this one. Toad can be a troublesome band to be sure, but not on this song.
There's something slightly off, musically, with this song… Somehow the harmonies on the one hand, and the melody on the other hand, don't quite fit together. Anybody with good, musical ears around here hear this as well?
Toad the Wet Sprocket took its name from a Monty Python comedy sketch called "Rock Notes" in which a journalist delivers a nonsensical music news report:
Rex Stardust, lead electric triangle with Toad the Wet Sprocket, has had to have an elbow removed following their recent successful worldwide tour of Finland. Flamboyant ambidextrous Rex apparently fell off the back of a motorcycle. "Fell off the back of a motorcyclist, most likely," quipped ace drummer Jumbo McClooney upon hearing of the accident. Plans are now afoot for a major tour of Iceland.
As their first gig approached, the band still had not chosen a name. The members facetiously adopted "Toad the Wet Sprocket" because they thought it would be "hilarious". Vocalist Glen Phillips later called it "a joke that went on too long", and, according to their website, "it was probably meant to be temporary at the time".
Eric Idle, the sketch's original performer, reflected on the band's name in a 1999 performance:
I once wrote a sketch about rock musicians and I was trying to think of a name that would be so silly nobody would ever use it, or dream it could ever be used. So I wrote the words "Toad the Wet Sprocket". And a few years later, I was driving along the freeway in L.A., and a song came on the radio, and the DJ said, "that was by Toad the Wet Sprocket", and I nearly drove off the freeway.
very funny, thanks for sharing
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more
TOAD
Toad the Wet Sprocket took its name from a Monty Python comedy sketch called "Rock Notes" in which a journalist delivers a nonsensical music news report:
Rex Stardust, lead electric triangle with Toad the Wet Sprocket, has had to have an elbow removed following their recent successful worldwide tour of Finland. Flamboyant ambidextrous Rex apparently fell off the back of a motorcycle. "Fell off the back of a motorcyclist, most likely," quipped ace drummer Jumbo McClooney upon hearing of the accident. Plans are now afoot for a major tour of Iceland.
As their first gig approached, the band still had not chosen a name. The members facetiously adopted "Toad the Wet Sprocket" because they thought it would be "hilarious". Vocalist Glen Phillips later called it "a joke that went on too long", and, according to their website, "it was probably meant to be temporary at the time".
Eric Idle, the sketch's original performer, reflected on the band's name in a 1999 performance:
I once wrote a sketch about rock musicians and I was trying to think of a name that would be so silly nobody would ever use it, or dream it could ever be used. So I wrote the words "Toad the Wet Sprocket". And a few years later, I was driving along the freeway in L.A., and a song came on the radio, and the DJ said, "that was by Toad the Wet Sprocket", and I nearly drove off the freeway.
There's something slightly off, musically, with this song… Somehow the harmonies on the one hand, and the melody on the other hand, don't quite fit together. Anybody with good, musical ears around here hear this as well?
That mono has obvious drawbacks as you have discovered. Or use both ear buds..:-)
There's something slightly off, musically, with this song… Somehow the harmonies on the one hand, and the melody on the other hand, don't quite fit together. Anybody with good, musical ears around here hear this as well?
I find it quite sublime -- one of relatively few songs I'm above the mean on. I'm sure there's a musical reason for what you're noticing, but maybe someone with more music theory can voice what it is.
There's something slightly off, musically, with this song… Somehow the harmonies on the one hand, and the melody on the other hand, don't quite fit together. Anybody with good, musical ears around here hear this as well?
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It's not so much "cheating" as it is "poor form" - but perhaps it was deliberate. It's not so distracting for me in this tune, though - certainly not as bad as this line from a Top 40 hit from 1978: "You don't have to read my mind, to know what I have in mind".
Always loved this one.
I play it out live, solo, and people love me for it.
Special.
Poignant final lines.
I too was at UCSB during that time. Tao Jonz and TTWS were staples of the day in that area! Haven't thought about them in years...
thanks for posting and reminding me of those carefree days in paradise.
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I am the first to agree - GREAT BAND INDEED!
They tour again - after years of silence and anger - and are back in the studio working on a new album to be out soon(est).
CAN'T WAIT!
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So what. Even Lance Armstrong cheats.
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I think the band name just doesn't fit. Everything I hear from this band has no sense of humor. With a name like 'Toad the Wet Sprocket', I usually expect a sound similar to Bare Naked Ladies or other bands with comedy in their music.
Nice. Best part of that entry is Eric Idle's story of hearing their name while driving down the freeway.
I thought everyone knew that. Kids these days....
You might facepalm if you learn the origin of their name.
That was amazing! I had no idea!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toad_the_Wet_Sprocket#Name_origin
You might facepalm if you learn the origin of their name.
I agree that Dulcinea broke ground maybe not before or since equaled...and would love to hear me some about now!
Interesting point. You can't judge a band by it's name, but you can tell a lot about what they think of and how seriously they take themselves... Anyway, the skinny from Wikipedia:
Name origin
Toad the Wet Sprocket took its name from a Monty Python comedy sketch called "Rock Notes" (performed by Eric Idle on Monty Python's Contractual Obligation Album), in which a journalist delivers a nonsensical music news report:
Rex Stardust, lead electric triangle with Toad the Wet Sprocket, has had to have an elbow removed following their recent successful worldwide tour of Finland. Flamboyant ambidextrous Rex apparently fell off the back of a motorcycle.
As their first gig approached, the band still had not chosen a name. The members facetiously adopted "Toad the Wet Sprocket" because they thought it would be "hilarious". Vocalist Glen Philips later called it "a joke that went on too long", and, according to their website, "it was probably meant to be temporary at the time".
At the 1999 performance Eric Idle Sings Monty Python, Idle reflected on the name's usage:
I once wrote a sketch about rock musicians and I was trying to think of a name that would be so silly nobody would ever use it, or dream it could ever be used. So I wrote the words "Toad the Wet Sprocket". And a few years later, I was driving along the freeway in L.A., and a song came on the radio, and the DJ said, "that was by Toad the Wet Sprocket", and I nearly drove off the freeway.
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heh, yeah I agree (I think)
"DULCINEA" a top-10 POP album of all times!
By the way:
- they are touring again
- and a new album is planned
Top 10? You're kidding, right?