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Githead — Take Off
Album: Landing
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6.9

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Total ratings: 2532









Released: 2009
Length: 5:13
Plays (last 30 days): 4
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Things are not the way they're meant to be
But if you find the key the rest will follow
In the air or drifting in the sea
But if it's meant to be don't feel the sorrow

When I float in motion silently
The words they say to me are hard to swallow
All the choices that are there for me
There is no door or key the earth is hollow

Sometimes, I see the clues, I hear the words
Maybe sometimes, I see the signs, I know the lines
And if, I come across another twist
Maybe I know, I hear the signs, I see the words
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 The_Enemy wrote:

I've been sitting at a computer too long.

I read the album as "GitHead — Loading"

'Oh cool! A band of programmers!!' 



That should be GitHub, surely?
Posted 3 months ago by kbs    [ Reply ]
The beginning sounded quite a bit like a 13th Floor Elevators song...
Posted 3 months ago by kcar    [ Reply ]
ya hosers! 
Posted 5 months ago by marysclark    [ Reply ]
 icuski2 wrote:

Taking it higher! From 7 to 8

Yeah, bumped it up to 8 too. I hear Stone Roses in there?

Posted 5 months ago by dcruzj    [ Reply ]
 roadie wrote:
Good groove.

Speak for yourself, tiger. 


Posted 8 months ago by bluecshells    [ Reply ]
 tinypriest wrote:

University FM station fetish song. We've grown up.



Speak for yourself, tiger. 
Posted 8 months ago by roadie    [ Reply ]
 tinypriest wrote:

University FM station fetish song. We've grown up.


Really?

Posted 9 months ago by kcar    [ Reply ]
Nunca escuchados. Un placer conocerlos. never heard them, Iwas missing something good
Posted 9 months ago by sergioso    [ Reply ]
oooooh

sonic youth
Posted 11 months ago by idiot_wind    [ Reply ]
University FM station fetish song. We've grown up.
Posted 11 months ago by tinypriest    [ Reply ]
A real earworm. Love it.
Posted 1 year ago by WilliDoc    [ Reply ]
 kcar wrote:


The solo guitar at the beginning always fools  me into thinking this is a 13th Floor Elevators song....


i can hear that, now. i always think it's going to be television for some reason.
Posted 1 year ago by lily34    [ Reply ]
good old superwibe tune
Posted 1 year ago by ca2brede    [ Reply ]
 kcar wrote:


The solo guitar at the beginning always fools  me into thinking this is a 13th Floor Elevators song....

weird, because the solo guitar reminds me of "Wake Up" by Everybody Else
Posted 1 year ago by hayley.barone    [ Reply ]
 maxvonevil wrote:

Dude, you're not supposed to listen to this when you're sitting in front of your computer...  Not unless said computer is embedded in the cockpit of something really fast, screaming down a runway. Get the picture? {#Music}  - It should be said that even a coach window seat and a humble MP3 player works fine too. Start the track when the pilot cranks up the engines..
 
 


i love this idea. 

song keeps growing on me. 7.
Posted 1 year ago by lily34    [ Reply ]
 The_Enemy wrote:

I've been sitting at a computer too long.

I read the album as "GitHead — Loading"

'Oh cool! A band of programmers!!' 


I glanced over and thought: Github? What?
Posted 1 year ago by BBoyes    [ Reply ]
@bill - "really into coding..." had me laughing out loud.
Posted 2 years ago by ntoll    [ Reply ]
And played right after Joy Division's song. Sounds like they copped it from "Incubation" and just added lyrics. Not that I'm complaining.
Posted 2 years ago by dcd    [ Reply ]
 jberko wrote:

One note wonders...  3 at best




And, what are YOU good at? ...eh?
Posted 3 years ago by joejennings    [ Reply ]
everytime this songs on, i find out that I've added it already to all my playlists....
Posted 3 years ago by Alaindelon    [ Reply ]
 jberko wrote:

One note wonders...  3 at best



I’ll give you 4 notes to try to do better.  
Posted 3 years ago by pikester    [ Reply ]
love the way that song just build up to wahooo 
Posted 3 years ago by worldwalker    [ Reply ]
 haljordan wrote:

As opposed to a git branch.


git commit -m "File under PSD"
Posted 3 years ago by Edweirdo    [ Reply ]
good 👍
Posted 3 years ago by mnv210385    [ Reply ]
Double plus good!!
Posted 3 years ago by bruceandjenna    [ Reply ]
 MirageRF wrote:
Everyone in my alien abduction support group is ambivalent about this song and strongly so.

RP = Radio Parody

Posted 3 years ago by Bleyfusz    [ Reply ]
 jberko wrote:
One note wonders...  3 at best
 
Maybe so, but it hits a groove, so I give it an 8.
Posted 3 years ago by Hey_Porter    [ Reply ]
One note wonders...  3 at best
Posted 3 years ago by jberko    [ Reply ]
First time hearing. I like this. Kind of thing I wish Bill played a bit more of.

Funny thing is without looking I couldn't tell you if it was brand new, 2 years old, or 20. (Looks) Huh, 2009 you say. Must have missed it, glad I found it.

Posted 4 years ago by horseplayer    [ Reply ]
I can't stop my foot!
Posted 4 years ago by dmiley    [ Reply ]
Woooohoooo, best solo ever!!!! 
Posted 4 years ago by Dirkson    [ Reply ]
As opposed to a git branch.
Posted 4 years ago by haljordan    [ Reply ]
 lynn01 wrote:
good beats!
 
........and yet so uncomplicated, this ain't no stadium hairdo rock - just bang bang bang drop and roll, cheers.
Posted 4 years ago by tazmondpembroke    [ Reply ]
Sounds a bit like Stereolab.
Posted 4 years ago by jjbchansen159    [ Reply ]
I'm at least one or two commits behind HEAD.
Posted 4 years ago by yobyot    [ Reply ]
good beats!
Posted 4 years ago by lynn01    [ Reply ]
Good sound and good energy 
Posted 4 years ago by noe.architecte169    [ Reply ]
 Pjesnik wrote:

Is it in binary code? 
 
There are only 10 kind of people in this world: those who know binary and those who don't....
Posted 4 years ago by mattenuttall    [ Reply ]
 szasz wrote:
11
 
Is it in binary code? 
Posted 4 years ago by Pjesnik    [ Reply ]
 maxvonevil wrote:

Dude, you're not supposed to listen to this when you're sitting in front of your computer...  Not unless said computer is embedded in the cockpit of something really fast, screaming down a runway. Get the picture? {#Music}  - It should be said that even a coach window seat and a humble MP3 player works fine too. Start the track when the pilot cranks up the engines..
 
 
 
I'm sat in front of a computer (lockdown) and when this came on I turned the volume UP!
Posted 4 years ago by jt1    [ Reply ]
 xjebediahx wrote:


Well, they commit to their music.
 

They sure pulled me in!
Posted 4 years ago by tichy    [ Reply ]
 Carl wrote:

As in …and curse Sir Walter Raleigh, he was such a stupid git!? (The Beatles, 1968, "I'm So Tired")
 
Yes!  Spot on!
Posted 4 years ago by Pedro1874    [ Reply ]
 The_Enemy wrote:
I've been sitting at a computer too long.

I read the album as "GitHead — Loading"

'Oh cool! A band of programmers!!' 
 

Well, they commit to their music.
Posted 4 years ago by xjebediahx    [ Reply ]
Great track! And apparently,,,, Wire have announced a new album, Mind Hive. Out January 24, 2020
Posted 4 years ago by szasz    [ Reply ]
However it was created, I love that driving bass. 9.
Posted 4 years ago by changodelaplaya    [ Reply ]
A lot of chatting going on here...so I just turned this up really loud!!!
Posted 4 years ago by molson    [ Reply ]
Every time...I think it's Wire. And I really like the tune.
Posted 5 years ago by aspicer    [ Reply ]
Taking it higher! From 7 to 8
Posted 5 years ago by icuski2    [ Reply ]
11
Posted 5 years ago by szasz    [ Reply ]
 markybx wrote:
{#Sleep} Doesn't seem to have a melody and doesn't go anywhere, so not for me, sorry
 
It certainly has a melody.
Posted 5 years ago by Proclivities    [ Reply ]
Man that is one boring outro
Posted 5 years ago by rhlrstn    [ Reply ]


The solo guitar at the beginning always fools  me into thinking this is a 13th Floor Elevators song....
Posted 5 years ago by kcar    [ Reply ]
 TianGongZhong wrote:

The same works with "Shout to the top" from Style Council. When you start the song in the moment the plane starts accelerating then the second part of the intro begins in the moment when the plane is taking off....the perfect soundtrack for the start of a flight.
 
I tried this with a video of a takeoff.  Good call!  Made me wish I was really on a flight.
Posted 5 years ago by nate917    [ Reply ]
 sktillman wrote:
Nice rhythm guitar and melody, but gave this a 9 just for the bass line.

 
I am with you on that! 
Posted 5 years ago by zurcronium    [ Reply ]
 maxvonevil wrote:

Dude, you're not supposed to listen to this when you're sitting in front of your computer...  Not unless said computer is embedded in the cockpit of something really fast, screaming down a runway. Get the picture? {#Music}  - It should be said that even a coach window seat and a humble MP3 player works fine too. Start the track when the pilot cranks up the engines..
 
 
 
The same works with "Shout to the top" from Style Council. When you start the song in the moment the plane starts accelerating then the second part of the intro begins in the moment when the plane is taking off....the perfect soundtrack for the start of a flight.
Posted 6 years ago by TianGongZhong    [ Reply ]
EVERY time I think (and hope) it's Wire....but alas.  It is still a good tune!
Posted 6 years ago by aspicer    [ Reply ]
 RedTopFireBelow wrote:
Wow...   I'm designing here at home and this song made me stop in the middle of a project to turn the volume down.   Sorry, but this song sucks.   It's actually my ears.   lol...

{#Stop}

 
Dude, you're not supposed to listen to this when you're sitting in front of your computer...  Not unless said computer is embedded in the cockpit of something really fast, screaming down a runway. Get the picture? {#Music}  - It should be said that even a coach window seat and a humble MP3 player works fine too. Start the track when the pilot cranks up the engines..
 
 
Posted 6 years ago by maxvonevil    [ Reply ]
Re: the name ... maybe these guys are open-source software types.

They could be Git-heads.
Posted 6 years ago by mread    [ Reply ]
Nununununnunununununu... nunununununununu... nununununununuuuuhhhh
Posted 7 years ago by Broken_Ear    [ Reply ]
Wow...   I'm designing here at home and this song made me stop in the middle of a project to turn the volume down.   Sorry, but this song sucks.   It's actually my ears.   lol...

{#Stop}


Posted 7 years ago by RedTopFireBelow    [ Reply ]
 Baby_M wrote:
"Take Off" is an appropriate title: this thing just gets up and goes.

 
Beauty, eh?
Posted 7 years ago by dwhayslett    [ Reply ]
 Baby_M wrote:
"Take Off" is an appropriate title: this thing just gets up and goes.

 
But Githead has to be one of the worst names for an artist I've heard in quite some time.
Posted 7 years ago by pinto    [ Reply ]
Nice shoes.  I like this a lot today.  Firm 7 at least from dreary Bristol this morning.  Might get higher.
Posted 7 years ago by DaidyBoy    [ Reply ]
 Carnwaj wrote:
Good song. But a rip off of Joy Division "Incubation"

 
"Rip-off"?  It's annoying how often people in these comment threads are eager to throw around that term.  Other than this song having a different tempo and entirely different chord progression, there is a resemblance in the production sound to that song and several dozen others.  There were a lot of recording artists inspired by Joy Division though.
Posted 7 years ago by Proclivities    [ Reply ]
"Take Off" is an appropriate title: this thing just gets up and goes.
Posted 7 years ago by Baby_M    [ Reply ]
I instantly and immediatly heard the WIRE signature. Still one of my favorite bands of the 70's and 80's.
With '154' as their signature album, this is a good reminder of that great period.
Like it a lot! 
Posted 8 years ago by Ikharry    [ Reply ]
{#Sleep} Doesn't seem to have a melody and doesn't go anywhere, so not for me, sorry
Posted 8 years ago by markybx    [ Reply ]
 dragon1952 wrote:
Kind of Appliance-like.

 
In a relentless and broken way. 
Posted 8 years ago by zedstation    [ Reply ]
Kind of Appliance-like.
Posted 8 years ago by dragon1952    [ Reply ]
 easmann wrote:

Bill and 'Becca generally cherry-pick just the gems, I find.

 
Yes I find that too. Several times I hear a song from a new band to me and I go to YouTube to hear more from the same album and sure enough Bill and Rebecca played the best track.  Either that or I just happen to like what R & B like.
Posted 8 years ago by Stephen_Phillips    [ Reply ]
 nszasz wrote:
Well I bought it and, yup, all pretty good. But this is still the fav track.
 
Bill and 'Becca generally cherry-pick just the gems, I find.
Posted 8 years ago by easmann    [ Reply ]
Nice rhythm guitar and melody, but gave this a 9 just for the bass line.
Posted 8 years ago by sktillman    [ Reply ]
 ottovonb wrote:

I agree and the wall-of-sound groove kind of reminds me of Ride as well, especially "Vapour Trail."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pVhNi5cU8mo

 
Another great call!
Posted 8 years ago by Foot    [ Reply ]
Good song. But a rip off of Joy Division "Incubation"
Posted 8 years ago by Carnwaj    [ Reply ]
I really like this song.  It took me a while, but I finally realized what the guitar reminds me of — She Sells Sanctuary by The Cult
Posted 8 years ago by MJdub    [ Reply ]
I think if my boys said they were thinking of calling their new band "Githead" I would probably say try something else.  I suppose it is better than something like The Butt Hole Surfers!
Posted 9 years ago by Stephen_Phillips    [ Reply ]
 Alexandra wrote:
I love the driving beat in this song.

 
I came here to say the same thing.
Posted 9 years ago by cayenne    [ Reply ]
I love the driving beat in this song.
Posted 9 years ago by Alexandra    [ Reply ]
Haven't heard them before, but quite like it. Will look out for more.
Posted 9 years ago by sid1950    [ Reply ]
I love BRMC, even when it is Githead...
Posted 9 years ago by Orodrigues    [ Reply ]
{#Bananajam}Turn it up!
Posted 9 years ago by Chrisjea    [ Reply ]
 Hans_Heintz wrote:
Oops, Wire member on board so predates them all 😳

 
Huh. Thanks for the tip; I never thought to look.
Posted 9 years ago by ScottFromWyoming    [ Reply ]
OMG this song drives me insane! Too repetitive. The first gajillion times I heard it I really thought it was ok, now I hit mute every time I hear you play it.

I think it's the only song you play that I don't like! Seriously, I love you guys and the music you play. Just not this song. :)
Posted 9 years ago by Artemis_Crow    [ Reply ]
 szasz wrote:
Thinking about buying this,,, is the rest of the CD like this? As good?
Thanks 

 
Well I bought it and, yup, all pretty good. But this is still the fav track.
Posted 9 years ago by nszasz    [ Reply ]
I heard they have a new album out in 2014 - not heard anything from it on RP...thoughts anyone?  Bill?
Posted 9 years ago by aspicer    [ Reply ]
Fantastic track.. 
Posted 9 years ago by whyamihere    [ Reply ]
Perfect - just like a great song should sound!

9 
Posted 10 years ago by Stingray    [ Reply ]
Well cool tune this - infact, damn good album. Thanks for the inter RP {#Jump}
Posted 10 years ago by mgkiwi    [ Reply ]
Preceded by Joan Armatrading - so this is rather a let down. 
Posted 10 years ago by MrsTom    [ Reply ]
Thinking about buying this,,, is the rest of the CD like this? As good?
Thanks 
Posted 10 years ago by szasz    [ Reply ]
Very cool tune and definitely has a strong Wire influence, in fact I thought at first it was a Wire song I somehow missed. {#Bananajam}
Posted 10 years ago by aspicer    [ Reply ]
 Hans_Heintz wrote:
Oops, Wire member on board so predates them all 😳

 
Good call on Wire, and toss in a little Dandy Warhols as well.
Posted 10 years ago by Foot    [ Reply ]
 ashmj000 wrote:

The Stone Roses/The Cult... catchy, none the less.



 
I felt the Cult as well...
Posted 10 years ago by Hogtownmike    [ Reply ]
Oops, Wire member on board so predates them all 😳
Posted 10 years ago by Hans_Heintz    [ Reply ]
Roots: Loop (gilded eternity) and Joy Division from there, or just JD i would say
Posted 10 years ago by Hans_Heintz    [ Reply ]
 mortrates wrote:
The bass - it makes my furniture & other stuff shake. Me likes.{#Guitarist}
 
lol ... I can feel it in my chest. 
Posted 10 years ago by Zep    [ Reply ]
The bass - it makes my furniture & other stuff shake. Me likes.{#Guitarist}
Posted 10 years ago by mortrates    [ Reply ]
 vaiodon wrote:
Git being a common term, in the British Isles, for an unsavoury male rather than, say, the software world's  source code repository.
 
As in …and curse Sir Walter Raleigh, he was such a stupid git!? (The Beatles, 1968, "I'm So Tired")
Posted 10 years ago by Carl    [ Reply ]
The music I like, that repetitive foundation is good. The name I'm not so sure about, it reminds of a child-like derogatory insult, like, 'you poo-head'. (Git being a common term, in the British Isles, for an unsavoury male rather than, say, the software world's  source code repository).
Posted 10 years ago by vaiodon    [ Reply ]
Is it better to give or to git?
Posted 11 years ago by On_The_Beach    [ Reply ]
 ashmj000 wrote:

The Stone Roses/The Cult... catchy, none the less.



 

Take off eh (bob & doug)
Posted 11 years ago by ShaunJ    [ Reply ]

The Stone Roses/The Cult... catchy, none the less.


Posted 11 years ago by ashmj000    [ Reply ]
I love the monotonous beat. 8,
Posted 11 years ago by Huey    [ Reply ]
 MirageRF wrote:
Everyone in my alien abduction support group is ambivalent about this song and strongly so.

 
{#Lol}
Posted 11 years ago by Krispian    [ Reply ]
 Foot wrote:

Love the Lush mention, maybe RP can mine that vein in the future.

 
I agree and the wall-of-sound groove kind of reminds me of Ride as well, especially "Vapour Trail."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pVhNi5cU8mo


Posted 11 years ago by ottovonb    [ Reply ]
 coloradojohn wrote:
Whoah, what a groove!  Like the best of Ivy, Lush, Pinback, Silversun Pickups and Secret Machines all rolled into one...
I've Taken Off! 

 
Love the Lush mention, maybe RP can mine that vein in the future.
Posted 11 years ago by Foot    [ Reply ]
Not bad but have 1-hit wonder written all over 'em.
Posted 11 years ago by Foot    [ Reply ]
 MirageRF wrote:
Everyone in my alien abduction support group is ambivalent about this song and strongly so.
 

I simultaneously demur and concur...
 
Posted 11 years ago by Lazarus    [ Reply ]
Everyone in my alien abduction support group is ambivalent about this song and strongly so.
Posted 11 years ago by MirageRF    [ Reply ]
I've been sitting at a computer too long.

I read the album as "GitHead — Loading"

'Oh cool! A band of programmers!!' 
Posted 11 years ago by The_Enemy    [ Reply ]
Not bad!
Posted 11 years ago by helgigermany    [ Reply ]
 aspicer wrote:
Diggin' it - cool groove.  It has several ingredients blended in that I really like.
 
Yup.
Posted 11 years ago by westslope    [ Reply ]
malca shpiegel yoyo & her dear husbent  collin newman 
respect!!!
wish rp played some minimal compact{#Notworthy} 
Posted 11 years ago by kobkob    [ Reply ]
Shoe-gaze meets UNKLE? Very hypnotic melodies. 
Posted 12 years ago by IndyDoug    [ Reply ]
Dig it!
Posted 12 years ago by d-don    [ Reply ]
Whoah, what a groove!  Like the best of Ivy, Lush, Pinback, Silversun Pickups and Secret Machines all rolled into one...
I've Taken Off! 
Posted 12 years ago by coloradojohn    [ Reply ]
Awesome Shoegaze!
Posted 12 years ago by vandal    [ Reply ]
GREAT SONG!
Posted 12 years ago by Stingray    [ Reply ]
'Githead' - great name {#Roflol}
Posted 12 years ago by planet_lizard    [ Reply ]
N-ICE-House somebody...?
Posted 12 years ago by Stingray    [ Reply ]