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Casualties of Cool — Flight
Album: Casualties of Cool
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Released: 2014
Length: 5:18
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And so it goes
The window left open
I find myself drawn
To the evening

Oh, throw me out
I'm already leaving
Oh, float me down
To my reaping

Paint the streets red
With my decision
Feed the pigeons
With my collision

I am beyond all this
I wash my hands of it
This is my request
Wish me the best

This is my request
Wish me the best

Now I fall
Now I call
I'm colder

How much I miss you
How bad I miss you
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I volunteer at a suicide prevention hotline and this song sounds like much of what I hear…
Haunting 
Posted 17 hours ago by philbertr    [ Reply ]
Beautiful timing for a breezy morning just before the storm. 
Posted 1 month ago by bluecshells    [ Reply ]
This always makes me think.  Final moments.  The door ajar.  The window open.  Time to fly my friend.  So, fly!  And never look back.  The Universe awaits those willing to make the leap.  Go with god's speed.  And may blessings abound.  

Highlow~
Posted 1 month ago by Highlowsel    [ Reply ]
Beautiful
Posted 2 months ago by bluecshells    [ Reply ]
The Dunlop Sessions
This is a great 20 minute video of the two of them discussing the album and playing tracks, great guitar work also 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?...
Posted 2 months ago by saltz64    [ Reply ]
First song I heard on Radio Paradise, it still inspires me to keep listening in spite of all the changes.
Posted 2 months ago by johnfiva    [ Reply ]
A really interesting and eclectic album. I love the song "Daddy".
Posted 6 months ago by MJdub    [ Reply ]
 jmgarcia wrote:

Beautiful melody but, sadly over-produced. I know that's the point, I just think the simplicity of the sound gets lost with all the layering.



And you keep repeating or layering yourself every 6 months with the same comment. 
Posted 7 months ago by TC1    [ Reply ]
Beautiful melody but, sadly over-produced. I know that's the point, I just think the simplicity of the sound gets lost with all the layering.
Posted 9 months ago by jmgarcia    [ Reply ]
I really like this - particularly the modulation when the male singer comes in.  Very cool, spacy sound.
Posted 11 months ago by Edweirdo    [ Reply ]
Anybody hearing the beginning notes from Dust in the Wind?
Posted 1 year ago by nomnol    [ Reply ]
How brilliant is the vocal distortion on the word "collision." It sounds like the singer's voice is colliding with itself and self-oscillating. In my years of listening to and loving music, I lately find what separates the songs I like from those I don't are the little textural details like the one described above that really grab my attention. 
Posted 1 year ago by alexandersmcmillan    [ Reply ]
Such a beautiful tune, but so over-produced. Sometimes simple production is a better choice to keep excessive noise out.
Posted 1 year ago by jmgarcia    [ Reply ]
Are the Casualties of Cool tragically hip?
Posted 1 year ago by On_The_Beach    [ Reply ]
 wadester999 wrote:

Why does this song play every second or third song, no matter what stream I listen to. While it’s a good song, I don’t want to hear it a hundred times a day. I think something is wrong with the algorithm


Try clearing the cached data in your browser (and/or test with a different browser or app)
Posted 1 year ago by IvanTheMediocre    [ Reply ]
 wadester999 wrote:

Why does this song play every second or third song, no matter what stream I listen to. While it’s a good song, I don’t want to hear it a hundred times a day. I think something is wrong with the algorithm



Heh.... "the algorithm" -- you must be referring to William, The Master Algorithm of Radio Paradise. Hey, if he likes a tune, we're going to hear about it. That's how it works here. If you're looking for AI-cobbled-together algorithms, they're out there for you.  But here -- here we have blessed humans and their delightful foibles and qwerks running the show. Peace -- 
Posted 1 year ago by TallCreative1    [ Reply ]
Why does this song play every second or third song, no matter what stream I listen to. While it’s a good song, I don’t want to hear it a hundred times a day. I think something is wrong with the algorithm
Posted 1 year ago by wadester999    [ Reply ]
yeah this is cool
Posted 1 year ago by tm    [ Reply ]
Cool album art also.
Posted 1 year ago by bowerp64    [ Reply ]
 EdEastridge wrote:

I'd argue a 10 is way short, by a few orders of magnitude.


Thankful when this song plays while no one else is here. Perfect to stop what I'm doing and just let the sound soak in. Few songs perfectly do that. This one does it in spades.
Posted 1 year ago by eeastridge    [ Reply ]
Great. Thank you Bill. 
Posted 1 year ago by chinaski    [ Reply ]
A slow burn favorite for me
Posted 1 year ago by peterblair    [ Reply ]
This is one of those tunes I'd like played when I'm laid out before my friends and loved ones at my requiem.  And please, do so while leaving the windows open.

So it goes indeed.  

Highlow
American Net'Zen
Posted 2 years ago by Highlowsel    [ Reply ]
Gentle ... Ethereal ... Compelling  ... Devastating. 
Posted 2 years ago by ChrisinSIsters    [ Reply ]
I'm in tears
Posted 2 years ago by jimtyrrell    [ Reply ]
Paint the streets red
with my decision
Feed the pigeons
with my collision. 

Such a visual!! 
Posted 2 years ago by passsion8    [ Reply ]
 pfreet wrote:

Wow!  What is this?  Pleasant surprise, thank you RP!




I Agree! I never heard of them before.
Posted 2 years ago by eileenomurphy    [ Reply ]
This song clears the air every time. 10
Posted 2 years ago by johnfiva    [ Reply ]
Wow!  What is this?  Pleasant surprise, thank you RP!
Posted 2 years ago by pfreet    [ Reply ]
 Rockit9 wrote:


So very beautiful!


Spot on Rockit!
Posted 2 years ago by Rockit999    [ Reply ]
Still get chills all these years after first hearing. Sublime.
Posted 2 years ago by Elaine2018    [ Reply ]
 Btravelen wrote:

Wth
From his Wikipedia page:
Extreme metal
Heavy metal
Progressive metal
Alternative metal...
musta been in his youger days. Very good tune




he's still there. there are some interviews with him on YouTube. I think this is kind of a 'one off'.
Posted 2 years ago by Jelani    [ Reply ]
Yes! Play this every day/evening/night depending where you are in this world. It always sounds just right.
Posted 2 years ago by johnfiva    [ Reply ]
Good Tune!
Posted 2 years ago by eileenomurphy    [ Reply ]
Wth
From his Wikipedia page:
Extreme metal
Heavy metal
Progressive metal
Alternative metal...
musta been in his youger days. Very good tune
Posted 2 years ago by Btravelen    [ Reply ]
Incredible song & album.  Thank you RP.

D
Posted 2 years ago by DinoT    [ Reply ]
This is one of those songs I play over and over again when I'm in a heartmood full of sadness. Like a lot of This Mortal Coil, Hope Blister and Bel Canto.
Posted 2 years ago by chasech5    [ Reply ]
 cosmicjoe54 wrote:

I currently have a Z-2300 Logitech attached to my laptop. Can anyone suggest anything better?

After looking it up I see Amazon suggests Logitech Z623 THX 2.1. I guess you don't live in a flat/apartment?





Posted 2 years ago by kbs    [ Reply ]
I currently have a Z-2300 Logitech attached to my laptop. Can anyone suggest anything better?
Posted 2 years ago by cosmicjoe54    [ Reply ]
I think I´m gonna have to hear more of this...
Posted 2 years ago by MilesW    [ Reply ]
Can't give it a 10 because of "Feed the pigeons, with my collision" but what a great song, nonetheless.
Posted 2 years ago by Alastair    [ Reply ]
 Rockit9 wrote:

Almost a 10.



9,9999999999999999999999.....
Posted 2 years ago by johnfiva    [ Reply ]
Soon as I hear the first 10 seconds of this song I start to sing “ I close my eyes, only for a moment, but the moments gone”
Posted 2 years ago by Relayer    [ Reply ]
Very pleasantly surprised to hear this on RP. If you like this, give the entire album a spin, it's a masterpiece with an amazing musical arc, in my opinion.
Posted 2 years ago by teunvanson    [ Reply ]
I love this… so very much
Posted 3 years ago by tm    [ Reply ]
I love this ethereal, blissfully mellow jam... Almost Alan Parsons-like in parts. but also, Enya-like in others...such an incredible soundscape! What a nostalgic cover pic, too -- my grandmother Velma Pfister in Coffeyville, Kansas used to listen to Paul Harvey's "The Way It Is" every morning on a massive old tube-amplified radio just like that one!
Posted 3 years ago by coloradojohn    [ Reply ]
On their classification as "Country rock" yeah, that's horribly miscategorized. At the same time there are some tunes on that album (and that being their only album), there are some tunes with some definite country feel to them. It's a very, nice deep and wonderful album. Devin Townsend and Ché Aimee Doval should be much bigger names than they are, for this and their individual work.

Thank you again, Bill for introducing me to some more amazing musicians. You truly never disappoint. 
Posted 3 years ago by eeastridge    [ Reply ]
This should be played a lot more, also on the mellow mix!
Posted 3 years ago by Kbaker46    [ Reply ]
 Tim_Coletti wrote:
Devon is amazing. This song is beautiful but very sad. My brother Carl recorded several tracks with Devon and Jason Newstead way back when in at Jason's studio. Carl remarked that Devon was like a mad scientist in the studio... Layering and editing until the idea he had formed in his head was coming out of the speakers. Carl passed in 2015 at 54 of a cardiac arrest. He was loving life, loved his family and making music. He and I had never heard of Devon before the sessions that he did with him, but we became huge fans of his extensive library of crazy and amazing eclectic music.  When I hear Devon's stuff I always think of my brother living his dreams. How much, how bad I miss him. But no, he would never have been drawn to the window. He wanted his hundred (years).
 

Love this story.
Posted 3 years ago by chas2    [ Reply ]
I could listen to this over and over......
Posted 3 years ago by molson    [ Reply ]
 tkelley wrote:
So very boring.
 

So very beautiful!
Posted 3 years ago by Rockit9    [ Reply ]
So very boring.
Posted 3 years ago by tkelley    [ Reply ]
Ha! That was weird... Yes, Devon IS amazing... I live here

 Tim_Coletti wrote:
Devon is amazing. This song is beautiful but very sad. My brother Carl recorded several tracks with Devon and Jason Newstead way back when in at Jason's studio. Carl remarked that Devon was like a mad scientist in the studio... Layering and editing until the idea he had formed in his head was coming out of the speakers. Carl passed in 2015 at 54 of a cardiac arrest. He was loving life, loved his family and making music. He and I had never heard of Devon before the sessions that he did with him, but we became huge fans of his extensive library of crazy and amazing eclectic music.  When I hear Devon's stuff I always think of my brother living his dreams. How much, how bad I miss him. But no, he would never have been drawn to the window. He wanted his hundred (years).
 

Posted 3 years ago by meanderer    [ Reply ]
Produced by Devin Townsend! HUH!

8 turned to 9 before I found it out, mind you
Posted 4 years ago by ExploitingChaos    [ Reply ]
 ShamanManu wrote:


a sure 10 here 
 
I'd argue a 10 is way short, by a few orders of magnitude.
Posted 4 years ago by eeastridge    [ Reply ]
Each time I hear her sing that opening lyric, I'm waiting for it to be a cover of 'The Blower's Daughter', but then it's not.
Posted 4 years ago by MrStatenIsle    [ Reply ]
 Rockit9 wrote:
Almost a 10.
 

a sure 10 here 
Posted 4 years ago by ShamanManu    [ Reply ]
Absolutely  love this!!!   
what an amazing sound they have.
Posted 4 years ago by pontfarrer    [ Reply ]
Nice...
Posted 5 years ago by mrtuba9    [ Reply ]
If you like this song, check out "oceanea" by Thomas Dolby, very similar cool vibe, including taking flight.  
Posted 5 years ago by jarcampbell    [ Reply ]
Devon is amazing. This song is beautiful but very sad. My brother Carl recorded several tracks with Devon and Jason Newstead way back when in at Jason's studio. Carl remarked that Devon was like a mad scientist in the studio... Layering and editing until the idea he had formed in his head was coming out of the speakers. Carl passed in 2015 at 54 of a cardiac arrest. He was loving life, loved his family and making music. He and I had never heard of Devon before the sessions that he did with him, but we became huge fans of his extensive library of crazy and amazing eclectic music.  When I hear Devon's stuff I always think of my brother living his dreams. How much, how bad I miss him. But no, he would never have been drawn to the window. He wanted his hundred (years).
Posted 5 years ago by Tim_Coletti    [ Reply ]
 Boxie wrote:
Enya called.  She wants her style of music back.
 
It took her 5 years to call YOU on this song maybe kinda sounding like her?  huh....well I'm still at a 9 on this gem of a tune...Long Live RP!!
Posted 5 years ago by lizardking    [ Reply ]
Enya called.  She wants her style of music back.
Posted 5 years ago by Boxie    [ Reply ]
This song transports me!!!! I absolutely love it.
Posted 5 years ago by emcibulka    [ Reply ]
 peter881 wrote:
Without RP I doubt I would ever have found this album . . . . . . 
 
I agree! The funny thing is that I can introduce my friends to all the good stuff I hear here and although I always tell them how I came to know about it, some of the credit bounces back on me!
The problem is that between the songs and the comments, you'd better make sure that the work you have to do is really demanding or it just won't get done...
Posted 5 years ago by Egctheow    [ Reply ]
Without RP I doubt I would ever have found this album . . . . . . 
Posted 5 years ago by peter881    [ Reply ]
Nothing like sitting at the intersection of gorgeous writing and production and lyrics that are so beautiful in their misery and resolution. I've had moments wherein I understand the pain and the search for what seems an easy solution. I'm thankful to this point I never succumbed to those thoughts.

Again, just a gorgeous track. Pure 10 for me.
Posted 5 years ago by eeastridge    [ Reply ]
thanks for the unique atmo
Posted 5 years ago by ExploitingChaos    [ Reply ]
 Imkirok wrote:

Only if you've never actually heard Purple Rain.
 

I think he's talking about the lead guitar line that is repeating throughout this song, and the similar line in the outro of Purple Rain.  

These lyrics are crushing!  So sad.
Posted 6 years ago by Queue    [ Reply ]
Almost a 10.
Posted 6 years ago by Rockit9    [ Reply ]
I'm a big DT, DTP and SYL fan, but at first I could really not get Casualties of Cool at all, but heck this song is beautiful, if sad!
Posted 6 years ago by yurasuka    [ Reply ]
Beautiful melody, but extraordinarily sad lyrics.  I hope the author found peace.
Posted 6 years ago by Imkirok    [ Reply ]
 easmann wrote:
An ode to auto-defenestration. Odd. Nice though, despite that.
 
defenestration
Posted 6 years ago by Proclivities    [ Reply ]
 Highlowsel wrote:
This is an extraordinary tune.  So simple in its construction, but so poignant in what it pulls up in me.
 
I ask for it to be played when I'm at that final moment and starting to fly out that window into whatever it is that awaits....so it goes indeed....
 
Highlow
American Net'Zen
 
I concur. It's quite lovely and evocative. 
Posted 6 years ago by kingart    [ Reply ]
 alisathegreat wrote:
Sounds a lot like Purple Rain. 

 
Only if you've never actually heard Purple Rain.
Posted 6 years ago by Imkirok    [ Reply ]
This is an extraordinary tune.  So simple in its construction, but so poignant in what it pulls up in me.
 
I ask for it to be played when I'm at that final moment and starting to fly out that window into whatever it is that awaits....so it goes indeed....
 
Highlow
American Net'Zen
Posted 6 years ago by Highlowsel    [ Reply ]
This entire CD is amazing.
Posted 6 years ago by Webfoot    [ Reply ]
 easmann wrote:
An ode to auto-defenestration. Odd. Nice though, despite that.

 
That's funny...I wasn't even listening to the lyrics until I read your comment...and yes, the song does seem like it's about jumping out of a window.  ODD indeed!  Long Live RP and PEACE
Posted 7 years ago by lizardking    [ Reply ]
{#Hearteyes}
Posted 7 years ago by ShamanManu    [ Reply ]
LOVE
Posted 7 years ago by BritGirl333    [ Reply ]
Wow, that's stunning.
Posted 7 years ago by Webfoot    [ Reply ]
 Imkirok wrote:

IMO, this sounds nothing at all like Purple Rain.  Not even close.

 
I'm not talking about the song as a whole, just the guitar riff that plays under the song. That riff sounds exactly like Purple Rain.
Posted 7 years ago by alisathegreat    [ Reply ]
 alisathegreat wrote:
Sounds a lot like Purple Rain. 

 
IMO, this sounds nothing at all like Purple Rain.  Not even close.
Posted 7 years ago by Imkirok    [ Reply ]
An ode to auto-defenestration. Odd. Nice though, despite that.
Posted 7 years ago by easmann    [ Reply ]
Amen to that! I'm chomping at the bit for the full performance of Ocean Machine in London in March. 

DippingSauce wrote:
Every now and then on a calm day at our restaurant I would put RP on, then by some lucky coincidence this song played while my mate was working as well. Thank god it did, he told me this was by Devin Townsend and introduced me to his songs. It's been ages since I listened to actual metal, but he knew I was into prog so that I might still like it.

Havent been able to listen to anything else since. Amazing music, incredible performer and overall such a great person. Bless Devin Townsend.  

 


Posted 7 years ago by Aoxomoxoa    [ Reply ]
I'll echo the sentiments expressed by others here.  This is a beautifully evocative tune.  The sort of tune you'd like to listen to while driving on the highway late in the evening...all the while heading home for the holidays....

Highlow
American Net'Zen
Posted 7 years ago by Highlowsel    [ Reply ]
Sounds a lot like Purple Rain. 
Posted 8 years ago by alisathegreat    [ Reply ]
 Steely_D wrote:
I keep waiting at the beginning for "I close my eyes..." and Dust in the Wind.

 
That's unfortunate; this song is much better.  I guess that could be considered pretty faint praise since getting poked with a pointed stick is better than having to hear "Dust In The Wind" ever again.
Posted 8 years ago by Proclivities    [ Reply ]
Every now and then on a calm day at our restaurant I would put RP on, then by some lucky coincidence this song played while my mate was working as well. Thank god it did, he told me this was by Devin Townsend and introduced me to his songs. It's been ages since I listened to actual metal, but he knew I was into prog so that I might still like it.

Havent been able to listen to anything else since. Amazing music, incredible performer and overall such a great person. Bless Devin Townsend.  
Posted 8 years ago by DippingSauce    [ Reply ]
Thanks for playing this while I'm making breakfast!
Posted 8 years ago by SeriousLee    [ Reply ]
Agree with all the fine and positive comments below.
Posted 8 years ago by zedstation    [ Reply ]
7 > 8 
Lush and evocative tune.  
Posted 8 years ago by kingart    [ Reply ]
I'll give it an 8 just because I love the band name...songs pretty darn good too. 
Posted 8 years ago by Canlistener    [ Reply ]
Still no 12 available?
It totally takes me away...
Posted 8 years ago by Prius    [ Reply ]
 Ninocka wrote:
It's goodlike!

 
I totally agree.
Posted 8 years ago by Prius    [ Reply ]
It's goodlike!
Posted 8 years ago by Ninocka    [ Reply ]
Beatiful song.
thanks 
Posted 8 years ago by Carloscountry    [ Reply ]
They make me fly... incredibly beautiful song
Posted 8 years ago by Prius    [ Reply ]
Just lovely.
Posted 8 years ago by AhhtheMusic    [ Reply ]
I keep waiting at the beginning for "I close my eyes..." and Dust in the Wind.
Posted 8 years ago by Steely_D    [ Reply ]
{#Daisy}
Posted 8 years ago by OHMish    [ Reply ]
Does this title pick up on the "Paint the streets red" lyric from Flight?

Woman fell or was pushed out of an 11th floor Hong Kong balcony last Friday and survived with only a broken arm and cracked ribs. Apparently numerous washing lines slowed her fall and she landed on a tin roof. Police are questioning the flat owner.
True story. 
Posted 8 years ago by TerryS    [ Reply ]
This carms I right down after the Chilies.  Thanks all

ps.  I just read the lyrics.  Oh dear ...
Posted 8 years ago by DaidyBoy    [ Reply ]
 GetBakedTonight wrote:
Ah, yes. The Casualties of Cool. Then there's the Tragically Hip. So sad.

 
Thankfully the cringe of the title isn't reflected in the music itself.
Posted 8 years ago by nwrs    [ Reply ]
Good ambiance music while reading or sumthin.  Until you actually listen to the lyrics.

7 for the melody ... 
Posted 8 years ago by kurtster    [ Reply ]
7 -> 8
Posted 8 years ago by Kayloric    [ Reply ]
Love this whole project - wish he would make it more than a one-off{#Stupid}
Posted 8 years ago by lowelltr    [ Reply ]
Ah, yes. The Casualties of Cool. Then there's the Tragically Hip. So sad.
Posted 8 years ago by GetBakedTonight    [ Reply ]
 winterpower wrote:
Very ingenious!

Kind regards,
Winterpower

 
So I made the translation.
Posted 9 years ago by Kaw    [ Reply ]
Ok...finally checked out the lyrics. Ouch!
Posted 9 years ago by leafmold    [ Reply ]
Hey this is GREAT! More from this album!!!
Posted 9 years ago by raga    [ Reply ]
Is that... a cat on his shoulder? 

On_The_Beach wrote:
Interestingly, this mellow band is fronted by ex-metalhead Devin Townshend:

https://gunshyassassin.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/hdevy1.jpg

 


Posted 9 years ago by andrewmi    [ Reply ]
Just went up to a 9.
Posted 9 years ago by PurplePrincess    [ Reply ]
 winterpower wrote:
Schwer genial, many greating winterpower

 
I was going to post that, but you beat me to it.
Posted 9 years ago by dwhayslett    [ Reply ]
Meant to say I love this song but I pressed the wrong PSD button, and now it's gone. {#Frown}
Posted 9 years ago by frolic4rp    [ Reply ]
HAPPY 62nd BIRTHDAY, BILL!!  Everybody in my mushrooming multitude of alien space crafts loves this song...  thanks for all the great music, Bill...
Posted 9 years ago by Lazarus    [ Reply ]
Did she say "feed the pigeons with my religion?"
Posted 9 years ago by leafmold    [ Reply ]
At first I thought this was some new or obscure Dar Williams song I had never heard. But about half way through it takes off in a different direction.
Posted 9 years ago by Art_Carnage    [ Reply ]
Undoubtedly one of the most pleasant and agreeable songs I've heard in a long time.   Great album also....what a pleasing contrast to some of his other work.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m1vOGSG4Og0
Posted 9 years ago by rubenbeagle    [ Reply ]
 DaidyBoy wrote:
Mellow niceness for my afternoon.  Thanks, mad metal bloke.

 
What a fantastic album! IMO, most of it absolutely beautiful. Thanks, thanks, oh thanks, RP. {#Notworthy}

And thanks to you too, O mad metal bloke.
Posted 9 years ago by luiso    [ Reply ]