Throwing Muses — Not Too Soon
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She colourblind tired eyes
Her hallway aching
She'll never move him - likes it that way
He's just a walker and he'll never stop walking away
It's not too soon he said
It's not too soon at all
You might as well be dead he said
If you're afraid to fall
I said -
I know her
She said -
Why do you stare so hard
Wrapped up like a doll in bad dreams and broken arms
Make these old bones shiver
It's not too soon he said
It's not too soon at all
You might as well be dead he said
If you're afraid to fall
I said -
I know her
The last time I saw you,
You were standing in the dark
And with a freezing face,
I watched you fall apart
It's not too soon he said
It's not too soon at all
You might as well be dead he said
If you're afraid to fall
I said,
done your time
been in your place
I couldn't look you in the face
and tell you that it turns me on
it makes my stomach turn
I know her
Her hallway aching
She'll never move him - likes it that way
He's just a walker and he'll never stop walking away
It's not too soon he said
It's not too soon at all
You might as well be dead he said
If you're afraid to fall
I said -
I know her
She said -
Why do you stare so hard
Wrapped up like a doll in bad dreams and broken arms
Make these old bones shiver
It's not too soon he said
It's not too soon at all
You might as well be dead he said
If you're afraid to fall
I said -
I know her
The last time I saw you,
You were standing in the dark
And with a freezing face,
I watched you fall apart
It's not too soon he said
It's not too soon at all
You might as well be dead he said
If you're afraid to fall
I said,
done your time
been in your place
I couldn't look you in the face
and tell you that it turns me on
it makes my stomach turn
I know her
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I hear "Meow meow meow" in places.
Steely_D wrote:
It's that's crazy drumming. There's a jazz theme somewhere in it.
OK, this is a banger. Raising my rating.
It's that's crazy drumming. There's a jazz theme somewhere in it.
About the only thing I got out of my college experience around this time ('89-"91) was exposure to incredible underground and alternative music. It has served me much better than anything I got from class.
OK, this is a banger. Raising my rating.
timmus wrote:
OH how I miss Jesus Jones!
I feel shortchanged that I didn't find these awesome bands in 1991. The radio station just kept slinging endless Jesus Jones, Divinyls, and Red Hot Chili Peppers at me, and not much else.
OH how I miss Jesus Jones!
I feel shortchanged that I didn't find these awesome bands in 1991. The radio station just kept slinging endless Jesus Jones, Divinyls, and Red Hot Chili Peppers at me, and not much else.
WAIT - this is NOT The New Pornographers ?!
We convinced (bribed) the guy at the door to let us into a Throwing Muses show at The Bottom Line when I was in college (1989). I had a music crush on Kristen Hersh, but a *crush* crush on Tanya Donnelly. Love this tune!
Amongst Tanya Donnely's best, though the cat growling reminds me of her cover of 'Josie and the Pussycats' 
Transported 30+ years instantly. Was a great time to be alive, I'm grateful.
ahhhh...muses
Polyanna
Casandra
Pandora
That's alot of trouble, ya know
Polyanna
Casandra
Pandora
That's alot of trouble, ya know
phlattop wrote:
I think this precedes Liz by a few years
it sure does.
I think this precedes Liz by a few years
it sure does.
Steely_D wrote:
I think this precedes Liz by a few years
Good, but sounds so much like Liz Phair.
I think this precedes Liz by a few years
This is a great album overall if you like this track - check it out. They have many great albums actually. I love their second album - House Tornado, and also University. These 3 albums are the place to go.
Tanya Donelly is a great songwriter.
Good, but sounds so much like Liz Phair.
still a mystery to me. I wonder where you ended up?
Was incredibly fortunate to have seen these folks a handful (I think 4 or 5) times, back in the day. The shows were just incredible -- among my all-time favorites out of 50 years of fairly avid concertgoing.
Good Tune! I never heard of this band before. Thank You RP!
Solid. Home runner hitter.
thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you
I had forgotten about The Throwing Muses, what brilliant music, I need to leave now.......
I had forgotten about The Throwing Muses, what brilliant music, I need to leave now.......
Strong vibes of "Girl from Mars" by Ash. I think it's even in the same key if my ears are to be trusted...
ETA: whoops - this came first. Sorry! Ash's '1977' album came out in '96. I'll get my coat...
ETA: whoops - this came first. Sorry! Ash's '1977' album came out in '96. I'll get my coat...
Love this! Apropos of nothing, I picked up this cd from Cheap Thrills, a used record/cd store hole-in-the-wall in downtown Montreal before saying goodbye to my friends and family and making the move to western Canada. I recall that not many of my friends seemed to like it like I did, but when I first listened to them, it was like nothing else out there on the airwaves. Thanks RP for bringing back fond memories!
This wins "Best Angry Cat Impersonation in a Musical Composition" Award.
Fun!
Fun!
sjccroquet wrote:
Nobody's said "turn it up to 11"? Dibs!
Nobody's said "turn it up to 11"? Dibs!
haljordan wrote:
Never seem to be able to play this one loud enough, but I'm going to keep trying.
gleongelpi wrote:
1. Possibly / probably...depending
2. Yes
I had it as a 7 already - means I'm all good - right?
Two questions: Would you buy the album? And if you were on a site where you could choose what to play, would you put it in your rotation? If you wouldn't, it shouldn't be higher than a six.
1. Possibly / probably...depending
2. Yes
I had it as a 7 already - means I'm all good - right?
Two questions: Would you buy the album? And if you were on a site where you could choose what to play, would you put it in your rotation? If you wouldn't, it shouldn't be higher than a six.
The high bar for power pop.
Just noticed they have a new album out "Sun Racket" anyone heard it?!
They were just plain fierce live -- what a tremendous band.
Fun song!
LoudshirtsBand wrote:
Bill says it quite a lot, albeit mainly in English!
I hear it all the time in english, first time I heard it in my language, thought I imagined it!
Bill says it quite a lot, albeit mainly in English!
I hear it all the time in english, first time I heard it in my language, thought I imagined it!
zitherica wrote:
Bill says it quite a lot, albeit mainly in English!
Did I just hear them say: "Hvala na slušanju" before this song? 
Bill says it quite a lot, albeit mainly in English!
Did I just hear them say: "Hvala na slušanju" before this song?
Very Catchy
Haven't heard this song in years. Brings a smile to my face. Those drums, that snarl!! Man, I wish I'd paid more attention the this band!!
RadioDoc wrote:
Just a bit farther than you can toss a mime.
That's because a mime usually crashes into one of those invisible walls.
Just a bit farther than you can toss a mime.
That's because a mime usually crashes into one of those invisible walls.
Thought this was Liz Phair at first.
This comes to mind.
And just like that, big smile on my face.
Fun factoid about the actual CD itself is it looks like a 1/2 of grapefruit.
RadioDoc wrote:
Just a bit farther than you can toss a mime.
At least mimes make a lot less noise when you toss them.
Just a bit farther than you can toss a mime.
At least mimes make a lot less noise when you toss them.
Wackodd job, I like it 😊 Thx
Got to see them live in Vancouver in 1991 just as we were really digging that album. (Love when that happens - like the Cracker show in Winnipeg a few years later.) She was pregnant but still rocked! Wish I could remeber more of the concert
They were a good band! has a moment and then it went away.
great blast from the past.
Great song, great album !!!!
This is an expert blend of genres.
Superfluous:)
Influences of Poly Styrene and Cindi Lauper. About time for a Punk revival - why not?
lordy, that was weird. I was in the middle of reading an article about a plan to reintroduce tigers into the wild in Kazakhstan and this woman in the background starts morphing into a tiger.
Blondie ;) 6
Can't decide which I like better- the guitar riff or the snarling chorus? :)
Sounds like Chris Whitley. Very Nice.
I'm liking this.
Favorite Throwing Muses tune. Tanya Donelly is a goddess.
Never seem to be able to play this one loud enough, but I'm going to keep trying.
LOVE! 
chorus sounds like cat in heat fighting.
easy 7,....8?
Kaisersosay wrote:
Only MUCH better!
...this is such a great album overall.
Has a nice Juliana Hatfield quality. Mixed in with some 80's stuff...
Only MUCH better!
...this is such a great album overall. Ableragtacker wrote:
That's "Bitchin' "
Bitching 
That's "Bitchin' "
Has a nice Juliana Hatfield quality. Mixed in with some 80's stuff...
Not sure I like it (yet) but it is an interesting song.
bill-1956 wrote:
Another case of PSD, at least for me.
This is awful (to me). I can't understand at all how it gets an overall 7 rating.
However - Different music for different people I guess.
However - Different music for different people I guess.
Another case of PSD, at least for me.
This song confuses me.
I like being confused.
I like being confused.
This is awful (to me). I can't understand at all how it gets an overall 7 rating.
However - Different music for different people I guess.
However - Different music for different people I guess.
Throwing Mewses?
kcar wrote:
kcar wrote:
CAT MUSIC!
Sure didn't see this track coming- but I love the sheer randomness of it!
EdEastridge wrote:
While goofing off, I checked out his Wikipedia page and noticed this:
"In 2005 Nelson and his family hosted the first annual 'Willie Nelson & NORML Benefit Golf Tournament', leading to a cover appearance and inside interview in the January 2008 issue of High Times magazine."
Makes you wonder whether his handicap improves after lighting up...
Ok, shouldn't Willie be just right before this so we can pass around some of his favorite herbal supplements whilst staring at this gif when this song comes on? Or should we just pass around the catnip? ;)
While goofing off, I checked out his Wikipedia page and noticed this:
"In 2005 Nelson and his family hosted the first annual 'Willie Nelson & NORML Benefit Golf Tournament', leading to a cover appearance and inside interview in the January 2008 issue of High Times magazine."
Makes you wonder whether his handicap improves after lighting up...
stalfnzo wrote:
You're welcome. But Tanya gets the credit for this one.
Love Kristin! Thanks Bill
You're welcome. But Tanya gets the credit for this one.
Love Kristin! Thanks Bill
kcar wrote:
CAT MUSIC!
(one of these days I'm going to crash the RP servers with all these gifs...)
Ok, shouldn't Willie be just right before this so we can pass around some of his favorite herbal supplements whilst staring at this gif when this song comes on? Or should we just pass around the catnip? ;) (one of these days I'm going to crash the RP servers with all these gifs...)
most excellant! cool cat too
CAT MUSIC!
(one of these days I'm going to crash the RP servers with all these gifs...)
(one of these days I'm going to crash the RP servers with all these gifs...)
TJS wrote:
Hear, hear! (Or is it here, here?) Anyway, I agree completely. Love her.
Tanya Donelly, always awesome.
Hear, hear! (Or is it here, here?) Anyway, I agree completely. Love her.
smackiepipe wrote:
Thinking '84 for me, still Meh.......
Been about 20 years since I've heard that one. Thanks for that nice jolt, Bill!
Thinking '84 for me, still Meh.......
Tanya Donelly, always awesome.
Been about 20 years since I've heard that one. Thanks for that nice jolt, Bill!
revsully wrote:
me too
I love that weird noise!
me too
awesome
Hello RP-Listeners!
I wish all of you "MERRY CHRISTMAS",
wherever you are - whoever you wanna be!
Christmas is a sweet-naive tradition -
not a religious event!
I like it anyway!
Still - I hope Bill takes the chance
to rock the christmas-tree to pieces tonight!
"Happy Christmas
your "BAD SANTA",
aka STINGRAY
-from Cologne/Germany-
PS
Sermon of the day (promise: I'm serious):
The "Three Wise Men" - Melchior, Balthasar + Caspar
are buried in a golden sarcophage in"our" dome, the famous
"Cologne dome" - the third highest church-building
in the world - right in the very centre of town, next to the Rhine.
A gothic building of extra-class!
Have a look:
https://de.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Datei:Koelner_Dom_bei_Nacht_1_RB.JPG&filetimestamp=20060517174554
The "grave" for the non-believers:
https://www.koelner-dom.de/17450.html?&L=1
+
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shrine_of_the_Three_Kings
I wish all of you "MERRY CHRISTMAS",
wherever you are - whoever you wanna be!
Christmas is a sweet-naive tradition -
not a religious event!
I like it anyway!
Still - I hope Bill takes the chance
to rock the christmas-tree to pieces tonight!
"Happy Christmas
your "BAD SANTA",
aka STINGRAY
-from Cologne/Germany-
PS
Sermon of the day (promise: I'm serious):
The "Three Wise Men" - Melchior, Balthasar + Caspar
are buried in a golden sarcophage in"our" dome, the famous
"Cologne dome" - the third highest church-building
in the world - right in the very centre of town, next to the Rhine.
A gothic building of extra-class!
Have a look:
https://de.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Datei:Koelner_Dom_bei_Nacht_1_RB.JPG&filetimestamp=20060517174554
The "grave" for the non-believers:
https://www.koelner-dom.de/17450.html?&L=1
+
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shrine_of_the_Three_Kings
I love that weird noise!
This is one of Tanya Donelly's songs! :-)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tanya_Donelly
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tanya_Donelly
...twenty years apart and yet this sits so nicely up against arcade fire's half light, nearly contemporaneous...
sounds like a Go-Go's rip off.... lame
RadioDoc wrote:
Just a bit farther than you can toss a mime.
I prefer to use a catapult for mimes — that way you don't have to grab around those invisible boxes that they protect themselves with.
Good tune - Tanya Donnely and Kristin Hersh.
Just a bit farther than you can toss a mime.
I prefer to use a catapult for mimes — that way you don't have to grab around those invisible boxes that they protect themselves with.
Good tune - Tanya Donnely and Kristin Hersh.
...way way way way catchy!..
lmic wrote:
I was convinced it was Liz Phair til I checked the playlist.
Like Liz Phair fronting for the Bangles.
I was convinced it was Liz Phair til I checked the playlist.
DaveInVA wrote:
Just a bit farther than you can toss a mime.
Just how far can you throw a Muse anyways? I like it...
Just a bit farther than you can toss a mime.
Just how far can you throw a Muse anyways? I like it...
Nice one! I heard this song years ago, really liked it but could never remember who it was. Thanks RP!
This album remains one of my favorites. One gem after another all the way through.
Gorsh! What a pleasant surprise. Put "Two Step (from the same album)" into circulation, and you will have truly moved beyond anything I could hope to hear on Ye Olde FM wireless radio contraption.
This song goes from good to great when she repeats the synth sound with her voice. That part makes the song.
I agree with the Liz Phair/Bangles analogy, but... Heart?? wft??
trempel wrote:
I thought this was heart for a bit. Still, it's pretty cool
lmic wrote:
Like Liz Phair fronting for the Bangles.
At least one of us doesn't know what you're talking about.
kaupmees wrote:
My ass is on fire and I'm dancing around in reckless abandon again. 
"Rectum? Damn near killed him!"
Quite likeable tune from the Muses.
...heh, thought this was belly at first - love tanya donelly's voice...
Like Liz Phair fronting for the Bangles.
oh my.
you people know nothing!!!!
Oh yea! Rawks!I thought this was heart for a bit. Still, it's pretty cool
enidualc wrote:
it's good, but no one compares to my liz
ooooookay
What's wrong with the Go-Go's?
I have a hard time listening to RP at work any more, I listen too closely and don't get any work done! I need to find that smooth jazz channel zzzzzzzzzzzz
Go-go's revisited.
'nuff said.
(but I kinda like it too)
This one incorporates some of the Sixties all-girl bands (singers only) with grit and cool.
davin wrote:
Yep this sounds like Liz PHair, or the other way around. She sounds, um, like someone's holding her down and she's trying to get away. Peculiar.
it's good, but no one compares to my liz
Yep this sounds like Liz PHair, or the other way around. She sounds, um, like someone's holding her down and she's trying to get away. Peculiar.
wow its been a long time!
best of the Throwing Muses
I feel shortchanged that I didn't find these awesome bands in 1991. The radio station just kept slinging endless Jesus Jones, Divinyls, and Red Hot Chili Peppers at me, and not much else.
Right?! So much great talent that was somehow overlooked.
Sure glad to have been aquainted with much of it here on RP.