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Morphine — Radar
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Released: 1995
Length: 3:23
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Got to the driver of my car
Past the dogs past the guards
And all of my alarms supposed to be so state of the art
You penetrate my radar [x2]
You drop a bomb in my backyard
You penetrate my radar
You played me like a chess game
And now you say checkmate
While you go running freely spending money every place
And me I have to hide and I don't dare show my face
If I am guilty so are you it was March 4th 1982
Riding around forever on an empty tank of gas
And an empty pocketbook I better get it to the bank
High up in a glider high up here without a care
I got all the time in the world
I got all the time in the world to spare
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First Morphine album I've bought. And definitely not the last. In fact, I still need to complete my collection…
Posted 4 months ago by DrLex    [ Reply ]
Sums up a time in everybody's life unless you were extremely unlucky, excellent!
Posted 5 months ago by johnfiva    [ Reply ]
 linden wrote:

"I think the saxophone just felt me up."

I'm here to tell you that... 12 years later... having just seen this comment, that some things are instant classics. They never get old. So it is with this statement.



Posted 6 months ago by dkulawik64    [ Reply ]
 Ipse_Dixit wrote:

I hope Bill plays this tomorrow, March 4, 2021 (39 years after March 4, 1982).



Q: Do you know what a soldier's favorite day is?
A: March forth


Thank you for putting up with that and BTW, this song (and Morphine), IMHO are awesome!
Posted 6 months ago by Kajukenbo    [ Reply ]
 Pumpkincat wrote:


When I saw them live he was playing two at once!


David Jackson of Van der Graaf generator does that too...
Posted 9 months ago by PinkSo    [ Reply ]
 Pumpkincat wrote:


When I saw them live he was playing two at once!

Double sax action!
Posted 1 year ago by jkamm14    [ Reply ]
If I am guilty so are you, it was August 9, 1940
 
For those of us who were around in 1982, the above is how the lyrics sound to today's zoomers (the same number of days in the past).
Posted 1 year ago by timmus    [ Reply ]
One of the best songs ever! And what a brilliant analogy to being in a relationship with someone who, in hindsight, it wasn't such a great idea after all. But who may have been so beautiful we weren't thinking with the right head at the time...
Posted 1 year ago by Kajukenbo    [ Reply ]
Was such a great band. Saw them live decades ago. Dude had only two strings on his bass and it sounded like a stand-up. And the sax player used two saxophones to produce that sound. LOL
Posted 1 year ago by renegade_X    [ Reply ]
I think I have probably commented on this on another song...  However, I lucked out and went to a pool bar in Louisiana in the early 90's and was stunned to hear this loud groovy band with a bass player playing a 2 stringed bass.  The sax player was playing 2 saxes at the same time...  It blew my mind and I had to subscribe to their newsletter.  When I got home from my work trip I went out and found an album...  Amazing band live.   Too soon gone!
Posted 1 year ago by tm    [ Reply ]
Huh .. March 4, 1982 was the day I got my Iron Ring for being a graduate Engineer from the University of Waterloo. Cool .. the date's in a Morphine song!
Posted 2 years ago by talexb    [ Reply ]
As a glider guider, I love the reference... 
"High up in a glider high up here without a care
I got all the time in the world
I got all the time in the world to spare"
Posted 2 years ago by quesarah    [ Reply ]
I would almost venture a guess here...but, albeit only a guess as, from what I've seen/heard, there is a pretty good following! But, guess....MA being part of this tight-assed New England, it was probably bcuz of the "negative" connotations behind band name....too closely related with U.S. overdoses in past years....to current. Not specifically morphine but, other "heavy" meds. Shame...cuz, they kick ass! Honestly, couldn't put them up with any other genre! IMO....
Posted 3 years ago by Signwrtr61    [ Reply ]
I hope Bill plays this tomorrow, March 4, 2021 (39 years after March 4, 1982).
Posted 3 years ago by Ipse_Dixit    [ Reply ]
Everything is a chess game... especially football commentary. Blah, blah, blah.
Posted 3 years ago by hedgie    [ Reply ]
That was impressive to watch 

 Pumpkincat wrote:


When I saw them live he was playing two at once!
 

Posted 3 years ago by niseywee    [ Reply ]
 linden wrote:
I think the saxophone just felt me up.
 

When I saw them live he was playing two at once!
Posted 3 years ago by Pumpkincat    [ Reply ]
Managed to see these guys -- twice -- before Mr. Sandman sadly checked out of l'hotel earthly plain.  Hooooo baby; they was surely sumptin'.
Posted 4 years ago by moto848    [ Reply ]
strange but it does grow on you
Posted 12 years ago by arserocket    [ Reply ]
Good Music
Posted 12 years ago by saidtaybi    [ Reply ]
Most definitely far from their best work.  I would never take this tune as a benchmark of the band - a bit surprised Bill would choose this tune among their many fine ones.....
Posted 12 years ago by aspicer    [ Reply ]
Just as annoying as every other Morphine song.
Posted 12 years ago by iTuner    [ Reply ]
one of those guys who always get 7 from me, no matter what song it is - they're all have equal high quality.
Posted 12 years ago by whomhow    [ Reply ]
Great song.  And yeah, these guys definitely hit you below the belt, so to speak.  : )
Posted 12 years ago by hencini    [ Reply ]
 linden wrote:
I think the saxophone just felt me up.
 
Oh, dear lord - I hope I don't die from laughing. linden - you summed up in eight words what I was trying to formulate in a paragraph.

We need to connect later, to compare experiences. God, I love this song.

Posted 13 years ago by Cynaera    [ Reply ]
Nice Riff!!{#Clap}
Posted 13 years ago by Rockit    [ Reply ]
 Byronape wrote:
This sax makes me want to bathe myself in some nice clean mud, wear a grass skirt and mate with a woman in the trees like a gorilla before dancing around a bonfire like a savage.
 
{#Roflol} Sounds like fun to me :o)

Posted 13 years ago by fredriley    [ Reply ]

bump - this is hilarious!

 linden wrote:
I think the saxophone just felt me up.
 


Posted 13 years ago by apd    [ Reply ]
 coccyx wrote:
don't like it - it's dark and grouchy.
 
That's part of the reason I love the song.

Posted 13 years ago by Byronape    [ Reply ]
 linden wrote:
I think the saxophone just felt me up.
 
You say that like it's a bad thing.

If I am guilty, so are you.

Posted 13 years ago by Dave_Mack    [ Reply ]
I think the saxophone just felt me up.
Posted 13 years ago by linden    [ Reply ]
 Cynaera wrote:

Wow - thanks, Proclivities.  Some interesting info on the man.  Ironic that rivals drove him to bankruptcy twice by initiating litigation questioning the validity of his patents. The jerks.  That's okay, though, because his legacy lived on, whereas theirs died with them. So justice prevails in the long run, I suppose.
 
It's an interesting story - even back then people were dishonest and resentful.  I guess people always were.

Posted 13 years ago by Proclivities    [ Reply ]
This sax makes me want to bathe myself in some nice clean mud, wear a grass skirt and mate with a woman in the trees like a gorilla before dancing around a bonfire like a savage.

Hardcore digging it.

Posted 13 years ago by Byronape    [ Reply ]
 Proclivities wrote:

* Belgian-born, musical instrument designer Adolphe Sax


 
Wow - thanks, Proclivities.  Some interesting info on the man.  Ironic that rivals drove him to bankruptcy twice by initiating litigation questioning the validity of his patents. The jerks.  That's okay, though, because his legacy lived on, whereas theirs died with them. So justice prevails in the long run, I suppose.


Posted 13 years ago by Cynaera    [ Reply ]
 coccyx wrote:
don't like it - it's dark and grouchy.
 
Dark? Then you have not heared Dark!

Posted 13 years ago by helgigermany    [ Reply ]
don't like it - it's dark and grouchy.
Posted 13 years ago by coccyx    [ Reply ]
 Cynaera wrote:

Well,sh!t. Ditto - RIP Mark Sandman. Why do the geniuses always leave this earth before the total cro-magnons? It's not like we need a BALANCE or anything...

And I personally LOVE a good saxophone (and doesn't anyone else wonder from where that name originated?*) Sorry. Thinking too much. {#Daisy}

 
* Belgian-born, musical instrument designer Adolphe Sax


Posted 13 years ago by Proclivities    [ Reply ]
 michaelc wrote:

That's like saying I don't like the peanuts in Craker Jacks.

 
More like caramel ; )

Posted 13 years ago by thekid    [ Reply ]
 buzmaggie wrote:

Love the voice, could do without the horns!


 
That's like saying I don't like the peanuts in Craker Jacks.

Posted 13 years ago by michaelc    [ Reply ]
 buzmaggie wrote:
Love the voice, could do without the horns!
 
Oh, come on!!  The horns and boogie baritone and tenor saxes are what set the atmosphere for his detached vocals.  Their steady, sure rhythmic drive establish an urgency that's offset by his flat, slightly dazed, unemotional voice.

Wow.  My music professors from years ago would be so proud.

Posted 14 years ago by unclehud    [ Reply ]
Meh and double meh
Posted 14 years ago by George_Tirebiter    [ Reply ]
Nice!
Posted 14 years ago by helgigermany    [ Reply ]

Love the voice, could do without the horns!


Posted 14 years ago by buzmaggie    [ Reply ]
 mediamon wrote:
I had no idea there were so many sax-haters until I read the comments on this song. Morphine was a terrific band and this song, although not as good as Feels Like Swimmin', ROCKS!

RIP, Mark Sandman.

Long live Sax, drugs and Rock and Roll!!!
 
 
Well,sh!t. Ditto - RIP Mark Sandman. Why do the geniuses always leave this earth before the total cro-magnons? It's not like we need a BALANCE or anything...

And I personally LOVE a good saxaphone (and doesn't anyone else wonder from where that name originated?) Sorry. Thinking too much. {#Daisy}

Posted 14 years ago by Cynaera    [ Reply ]

Works Morphine like more and more (shift up 8 > 9)

 crazyossi wrote:

Very Cool Sax !!!   {#Motor}  

 Yes, totally agree.


Posted 14 years ago by Netto    [ Reply ]
*** yawn ***
Posted 14 years ago by suebee3    [ Reply ]
I had no idea there were so many sax-haters until I read the comments on this song. Morphine was a terrific band and this song, although not as good as Feels Like Swimmin', ROCKS!

RIP, Mark Sandman.

Long live Sax, drugs and Rock and Roll!!!
 
Posted 14 years ago by mediamon    [ Reply ]
 bindi wrote:
what a dirty sounding sax!  love it. {#Motor}
 
This is one of the things I love about Morphine.  That, and the fact that they aren't timid about using dead air to make a point.

Posted 14 years ago by Cynaera    [ Reply ]
MORE Sax!
Posted 14 years ago by V12Silly    [ Reply ]
It's two, two, two sax in one. This is a rockin' set list Bill: Soundgarden, SRV, and Morphine! Keep it comin'!
Posted 14 years ago by delrosga    [ Reply ]
oscar_driver wrote:
...SAX, should be banned, although Pink Floyd barely passed using it .... but man, Sax in ROCK are like the shoulder pads from the 80's, somehow was EVERYWHERE but it was a mistake ....
Too much sax and violins on RP for you?


Posted 14 years ago by Businessgypsy    [ Reply ]
Very Cool Sax !!!   {#Motor}  

Posted 14 years ago by crazyossi    [ Reply ]
 bindi wrote:
what a dirty sounding sax!  love it. {#Motor}
 
I agree!   {#Dancingbanana}

Posted 14 years ago by ginniet    [ Reply ]
what a dirty sounding sax!  love it. {#Motor}
Posted 14 years ago by bindi    [ Reply ]
I saw Dana Colley play a tiny bar in Phoenix with Twinemen, it was a great show.  He plays 2 saxophones on one song and his head looks like it's going to explode but what a great song.  Truly an original sound.
Posted 14 years ago by ehaflett    [ Reply ]
I saw Mark Sandman's original band Treat Her Right last night doing a reunion show at the Lizard Lounge in Cambridge - they rocked! We miss Mark....
 
Posted 15 years ago by edrickvb    [ Reply ]
and here I go, turning it UP. I give it a 7.
Posted 15 years ago by kulbreez    [ Reply ]
 ufamsm wrote:
This is the only song that makes me turn off RP
 
+ 1 ... everything was great untill: 
Morphine - Radar
Stevie Ray Vaughan - Couldn't Stand The Weathe

SAX, should be banned, although Pink Floyd barely passed using it .... but man, Sax in ROCK are like the shoulder pads from the 80's, somehow was EVERYWHERE but it was a mistake ....

ARGHHHH why why? 


Posted 15 years ago by oscar_driver    [ Reply ]
This is the only song that makes me turn off RP
Posted 15 years ago by ufamsm    [ Reply ]
 markoirl wrote:
I hate the saxophone.  Not just on this track, any track.  All saxophone's in existence should be melted down and turned into something useful, like door handles. 

 
LOL! Ah, c'mon - no sax, no Specials, no Madness, no ska or two-tone. Ok, Morphine do go a bit over the top with the baritone sax which you either love or hate, but it can be a nice instrument, honest. I should hate it to bits as my Dad was forever practicing on it when I was a kid (I can't be doing with the clarinet for that very reason), but I just love its cheeky anarchic ptharrrp! rasp, the way it says "I don't give a monkey's, I'm gonna give you a good time".

Posted 15 years ago by fredriley    [ Reply ]
 Olaf_Cummings wrote:
I was 12 on March 14, 1982. Whatever I did, Mark, I lacked legal capacity and cannot be held responsible for my actions.
 
But he was talking about March 4. I was 16...probably working at K-Mart. Oh, yeah, well, it was those other stock guys that started it...I got there afterword...really. {#Whistle}
Posted 15 years ago by crockydile    [ Reply ]
I was 12 on March 14, 1982. Whatever I did, Mark, I lacked legal capacity and cannot be held responsible for my actions.
Posted 15 years ago by Olaf_Cummings    [ Reply ]
 markoirl wrote:
I hate the saxophone.  Not just on this track, any track.  All saxophone's in existence should be melted down and turned into something useful, like door handles. 

 
Or saxophones.

Posted 15 years ago by SweTex    [ Reply ]
Husky, dark and moody ... love that Morphine {#Devil_pimp}
Posted 15 years ago by WayUpNorth    [ Reply ]
I hate the saxophone.  Not just on this track, any track.  All saxophone's in existence should be melted down and turned into something useful, like door handles. 

Posted 15 years ago by markoirl    [ Reply ]
BOOM BOOM HONK HONK-genius! 9 thumbs up

Posted 15 years ago by fuh2    [ Reply ]
 anchoresse wrote:
I LOVE Morphine with all my body, mind, heart, and soul...but this album has never really done much for me. I love practically every song off every one of their other albums, but this album has always sounded phoned-in to me...
 

I must say my favorite album of theirs is "The Night" but who can not love Sharks, or Honey White {#Devil_pimp}  (I'd like to see you little more fat) or the eternally sad "Gone for Good"?

This album is certainly more out there but that's probably one of the reasons I like it so much.


Posted 15 years ago by Kaylab    [ Reply ]
My God, I love the sexiphone on this one!  And that voice... that man could sing, contrary to popular opinion.  Too bad he's in the Eternal Care Unit now =(
Posted 15 years ago by nmatavka    [ Reply ]
For a second the singer sounded like Dave Gahan, been listening to Depeche Mode's latest album waay too much ....
Posted 15 years ago by Radio_Dweeb    [ Reply ]
The sax is almost in tune on this one.
Posted 15 years ago by keller1    [ Reply ]
 martindi wrote:
A real pain in the {#Ass}
 
Just what you need then, because Morphine is a pain killer. {#Lol}
Posted 15 years ago by peter_james_bond    [ Reply ]
This song is beginning to penetrate my radar.   =)

I am digging the bass and sax
Posted 15 years ago by renegade_X    [ Reply ]
blasterpiece!
Posted 15 years ago by fuh2    [ Reply ]
A real pain in the {#Ass}
Posted 15 years ago by martindi    [ Reply ]
This song just doesn't do it for me. I love Morphine, but this sounds forced and tired.
Posted 15 years ago by kcar    [ Reply ]
morphine is most certainly cool.
Posted 15 years ago by fluffybum    [ Reply ]
Morphine is always cool, but there are better ones.
Especially from the Cure for pain album.
But the sax is always a pleasure! {#Dancingbanana_2}
Posted 16 years ago by Baum74    [ Reply ]
Rorty!
Posted 16 years ago by TerryS    [ Reply ]
 papaman wrote:
That saxophone needs a silencer.

as do you.
Posted 16 years ago by wrangler    [ Reply ]
That saxophone needs a silencer.
Posted 16 years ago by papaman    [ Reply ]
betsy wrote:
"I've got all the time in the world." Or not. Is no one else creeped out by that lyric?


Yup.  And strangely, it's never struck me before just now.  (I saw your comment after the creepiness hit...)

Posted 16 years ago by Dave_Mack    [ Reply ]
Alpine wrote:
This is sleazy, nasty, slutty, sticky floor, old dark smokey bar music. AND I LOVE IT!
Bingo. I'll meet you there.
Posted 16 years ago by denmom    [ Reply ]
Jim Morrison inside....
Posted 16 years ago by prickelpit96    [ Reply ]
wally42 wrote:
It's called being creative.
Nah, Sandman was just a big fan of NASA and Intelsat V.
Posted 16 years ago by js5280    [ Reply ]
Need a new drug.... Morphine is fading away fast.....
Posted 16 years ago by Chazar    [ Reply ]
laramieu wrote:
That's because you are a REAL horse.
OH, SNAP! You witty devil! (not). Turn 6 already. I'm with papaman and the horse.
Posted 16 years ago by MojoJojo    [ Reply ]
davyjrshort wrote:
Song is alright, but I find no cool, redeeming quality to stopping the instruments and just 'speaking' lyrics during a song. The musicians are so good, why interrupt them with his yammering?
It's called being creative.
Posted 16 years ago by wally42    [ Reply ]
Song is alright, but I find no cool, redeeming quality to stopping the instruments and just 'speaking' lyrics during a song. The musicians are so good, why interrupt them with his yammering?
Posted 16 years ago by davyjrshort    [ Reply ]
Is it me or is the music this afternoon aimed at the nether region below the belt and above the knees? Not that I'm complaining.
Posted 16 years ago by Mikey    [ Reply ]
This is sleazy, nasty, slutty, sticky floor, old dark smokey bar music. AND I LOVE IT!
Posted 16 years ago by Alpine    [ Reply ]
"I've got all the time in the world." Or not. Is no one else creeped out by that lyric?
Posted 16 years ago by betsy    [ Reply ]
Ye Gads NOOooooooooooo!
Posted 16 years ago by EssexTex    [ Reply ]
Ok, I'm running out of numbers here! 2 -> 1
Posted 16 years ago by papaman    [ Reply ]
I LOVE Morphine with all my body, mind, heart, and soul...but this album has never really done much for me. I love practically every song off every one of their other albums, but this album has always sounded phoned-in to me...
Posted 16 years ago by anchoresse    [ Reply ]
papaman wrote:
No Sir. I don't like it!
That's because you are a REAL horse.
Posted 16 years ago by laramieu    [ Reply ]
I'm feelin' it, Morphine.      

Posted 16 years ago by Inamorato    [ Reply ]
? What is march 4th 1982?
Posted 16 years ago by sonofpick    [ Reply ]
Gimme dem Bari horns, Dog!
Posted 16 years ago by xc_para_puravida    [ Reply ]
I love the sexiphone
Posted 16 years ago by kindermanltd    [ Reply ]
That's some serious metalfittin' honkin', right enough. 7 from the Nottingham jury. So what happened "March 4th, 1982"? There was the Falklands/Malvinas war, but I doubt yer man's referring to that...
Posted 16 years ago by fredriley    [ Reply ]
No Sir. I don't like it!
Posted 17 years ago by papaman    [ Reply ]
NOBODY does intros like the Morphine. Brilliant!
Posted 17 years ago by fuh2    [ Reply ]
You're right. There are some imitators, but Morphine was the original. Mark Sandman is missed. RIPaaehr wrote:
Never heard Morphine till RP. Now a big fan. Most groups that are similar sound like some kinda wannabees. These guys are good.
Posted 17 years ago by chyk5    [ Reply ]
Never heard Morphine till RP. Now a big fan. Most groups that are similar sound like some kinda wannabees. These guys are good.
Posted 17 years ago by aaehr    [ Reply ]
crushedvelvet wrote:
Great lyrics. Thanks RP. Anyone else hearing The Cruel Sea, "This Is Not the Way Home"?
Here, here, heeeeere....
Posted 17 years ago by prickelpit96    [ Reply ]
brewmonkey wrote:
Saw them in Portland and he wears 2 sax's. In the top five I have seen live. LOVE THE MORPHINE!
Can you say 'Gimmick'
Posted 17 years ago by papaman    [ Reply ]
tentoria wrote:
I call this a "hurdle" song. That means when it comes on I must hurdle any objects in my way as I run as fast as I can to stop it from playing. It sounds like "Big Head Todd ..." and I don't care for any of that either.
This sounds NOTHING like Big Head Todd.
Posted 17 years ago by volnomad    [ Reply ]
Great lyrics. Thanks RP. Anyone else hearing The Cruel Sea, "This Is Not the Way Home"?
Posted 17 years ago by crushedvelvet    [ Reply ]
Saw them in Portland and he wears 2 sax's. In the top five I have seen live. LOVE THE MORPHINE!
Posted 17 years ago by brewmonkey    [ Reply ]
It was March 4th 1982
Posted 17 years ago by Alpine    [ Reply ]
Posted 17 years ago by chiggins    [ Reply ]
buckskin wrote:
The gnarly-snarly sax alone is worth a 9
Funny, I was thinking the gnarly-snarly sax was worth about 8 less than that. Different strokes for different folks, I guess.
Posted 17 years ago by MojoJojo    [ Reply ]
I\'m guilty. More Morphine!
Posted 17 years ago by coffee-eyes    [ Reply ]
I love a horn section that sounds like charging elephants!
Posted 17 years ago by jagdriver    [ Reply ]
buckskin wrote:
The gnarly-snarly sax alone is worth a 9
Agree. But this is also the second Morphine song that I have heard... and I just gotta get me an album. I am really digging them...and that sax!
Posted 17 years ago by Kristi    [ Reply ]
Typesbad wrote:
Still looking for that rythm guitar, no rhythm guitar either, or any guitar for that matter. And just two parts really snarly saxaphone. You must have better headphones.
He only has two strings on his base too. That's a pretty lean sound. I LOVE Morphine.
Posted 17 years ago by Wizzuvvoz    [ Reply ]
buckskin wrote:
The gnarly-snarly sax alone is worth a 9
yeah, it's nasty and I love it.
Posted 17 years ago by pannaramma    [ Reply ]
Its' ironic that I need morphine to deaden the pain this creates.
Posted 17 years ago by papaman    [ Reply ]
I call this a "hurdle" song. That means when it comes on I must hurdle any objects in my way as I run as fast as I can to stop it from playing. It sounds like "Big Head Todd ..." and I don't care for any of that either.
Posted 17 years ago by tentoria    [ Reply ]
papaman wrote:
Morphine song formula: 1 part drums 1 part bass guitar 1 part rythm guitar 1 part baritone voice 43 parts saxaphone
All it needs is a little more cowbell and it's there. (Insert mental cowbell pic of Wil Ferrel here)
Posted 17 years ago by bokey    [ Reply ]