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The High Violets — Wheel
Album: 44 Down
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Released: 2006
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Been here before,

It's no 54.
Once inside,

Find your soul.
You still look the same,

Forgot your name,
I've got plans for you tonight.
Come follow me,

My dear, follow me.
Only time I feel alright,
Higher than a satellite,
If I were you I'd move tonight.
Come follow me,

My dear, follow me.
Underneath the mirror ball,
Chasing lights across the wall,

It's not you it's alright.
Only time I feel alright,
Higher than a satellite,
If I were you I'd move tonight.
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https://youtu.be/gQaeg4t_AX0

my fave of theirs...
Posted 2 years ago by jef    [ Reply ]
 Cynaera wrote:
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And on that happy note, I'ma drop off the face of the earth for awhile.  Have fun, and play nice with the other kids. {#Sunny}

Can't help but to smile at the implication that she'll be back on the face of the earth sometime.  Pleasant thought.
Posted 2 years ago by mread    [ Reply ]
Good Tune!! I never heard of them before. Thank You RP!
Posted 2 years ago by eileenomurphy    [ Reply ]
I'm hearing Sheryl Crow's "There Goes the Neighborhood"...and still like this song a lot. 
Posted 3 years ago by jamesbowne907    [ Reply ]
 Carl wrote:

What she said ('cept wish she hadn't dropped "off the face of the earth for 'awhile'")…

Cynaera
(South of Neanderthal)
Posted: May 28, 2010 - 21:22

 
I can't pinpoint why I like this song - maybe it's the three-chord repetition, or the slippery vocals, or the spacey background synths... Okay, I give up.  Why do I like it?  {#Bounce}Dunno. Doesn't matter.  And on that happy note, I'ma drop off the face of the earth for awhile.  Have fun, and play nice with the other kids. {#Sunny}


Thanks for the update...no GOUJ free on monopoly board in real life...great opportunity to help people and learn, learn, learn! ;-) 
Posted 3 years ago by 69Grace_M    [ Reply ]
 SnapDragon66 wrote:
Initially thought this was BRMC. Similar, and almost as good.
 

Better
Posted 3 years ago by justin4kick    [ Reply ]
Initially thought this was BRMC. Similar, and almost as good.
Posted 3 years ago by SnapDragon66    [ Reply ]
I could have sworn this was Black Rebel Motorcycle Club.
Posted 4 years ago by acolt    [ Reply ]
Just a bit of the old ultraviolets.
Posted 4 years ago by Dave_Mack    [ Reply ]
Well this my new favourite old thing
Posted 4 years ago by intothehills    [ Reply ]
 Cynaera Carl wrote:
What she said ('cept wish she hadn't dropped "off the face of the earth for 'awhile'")…

Cynaera
(South of Neanderthal)
Posted: May 28, 2010 - 21:22
 
I can't pinpoint why I like this song - maybe it's the three-chord repetition, or the slippery vocals, or the spacey background synths... Okay, I give up.  Why do I like it?  {#Bounce}Dunno. Doesn't matter.  And on that happy note, I'ma drop off the face of the earth for awhile.  Have fun, and play nice with the other kids. {#Sunny}
 

Posted 4 years ago by paradisemerton    [ Reply ]
Like Belly except grungier. Thanks RP for introducing me to this great band! 
Posted 4 years ago by cmcisaac    [ Reply ]
 VH1 wrote:


Whats with this obsession to constanly compare one good band with their own sound to other bands?

Why not let every band stand alone in itself?

Dont get this.

 

Making connections between different things is one of the ways human beings increase their understanding of the world. I don't see any reason not to do it with music. I also don't think it takes anything away from one band to hear a similarity to another band.
Posted 5 years ago by GTT    [ Reply ]
 cavemanleong wrote:
Great track. I thought it was Black Rebel Motorcycle Club for a moment....or Jesus And Mary Chain. 
 

Whats with this obsession to constanly compare one good band with their own sound to other bands?

Why not let every band stand alone in itself?

Dont get this.

Posted 5 years ago by VH1    [ Reply ]
Three notes amidst a wall of fuzzy guitar and imprecise drumming.. but incredibly, still listenable.
Posted 5 years ago by Zeroman    [ Reply ]
Klasse Song, super flow,
Posted 5 years ago by ger-man    [ Reply ]
Reminds me of old Stone Roses.
Posted 5 years ago by zenhead    [ Reply ]
Great track. I thought it was Black Rebel Motorcycle Club for a moment....or Jesus And Mary Chain. 
Posted 5 years ago by cavemanleong    [ Reply ]
 Sloggydog wrote:
Is it just me or is this a shagger's delight?  The moans and breathing fit right in like instruments.
 
Not to mention the words
Posted 5 years ago by dougalbumski    [ Reply ]
I am really digging this band.  Picked up 2 of their albums including this one (thanks to all my Amazon $1 digital credits I have saved up).
Posted 5 years ago by Relayer    [ Reply ]
What's not to like...rolls and rolls.
Posted 5 years ago by gmac1146    [ Reply ]
just downloaded rp few minutes ago and really enjoying it
Posted 5 years ago by tomeldz214yahoo.com    [ Reply ]
Great song, great album !!

         
Posted 5 years ago by Michael_in_Paradise    [ Reply ]
Droning rave.  *yawn*.  Set your loopers to drone.
Posted 6 years ago by George_Tirebiter    [ Reply ]
 On_The_Beach wrote:
A tornado of distorted guitars; what's not to like?  : )

 
Atmospheric!  I'd love to see this performed live.
Posted 6 years ago by LPCity    [ Reply ]
A tornado of distorted guitars; what's not to like?  : )
Posted 7 years ago by On_The_Beach    [ Reply ]
 Ms_E_Smith wrote:
Very cool song!

 
Yes, it is cool - nice groove.
{#Chillpill}
Posted 7 years ago by Proclivities    [ Reply ]
 I must say, I love that color  unclehud wrote:
An RP staple, and a good one!

Is the group a collection of women smokers, all named Violet, that live in Colorado?  

 


Posted 7 years ago by 1wolfy    [ Reply ]
An RP staple, and a good one!

Is the group a collection of women smokers, all named Violet, that live in Colorado?  
Posted 7 years ago by unclehud    [ Reply ]
Very cool song!
Posted 7 years ago by Ms_E_Smith    [ Reply ]
The guitarist really lights it up in this, especially when raging like The Edge's "The Fly..." I also think the drumming is strong and tight...
Posted 7 years ago by coloradojohn    [ Reply ]
Hey Bill,
how about "Sun Baby" from HV
 
Posted 7 years ago by zunismyst    [ Reply ]
This time, I got shades of Yo La Tengo's "Moby Octopad"...might be the gal's singing, the buzzy distortion... Good when good n stoned!
Posted 7 years ago by coloradojohn    [ Reply ]
 Carl wrote:
What she said ('cept wish she hadn't dropped "off the face of the earth for 'awhile'")…

Cynaera
(South of Neanderthal)
Posted: May 28, 2010 - 21:22
 
I can't pinpoint why I like this song - maybe it's the three-chord repetition, or the slippery vocals, or the spacey background synths... Okay, I give up.  Why do I like it?  {#Bounce}Dunno. Doesn't matter.  And on that happy note, I'ma drop off the face of the earth for awhile.  Have fun, and play nice with the other kids. {#Sunny}

 
We all miss Cynaera. Unfortunately I do not believe that she is still part of this earth. 
Posted 7 years ago by 25demayo    [ Reply ]
Always enjoyed the fact that one of the great pop songs of all times comes from a punk band.
Posted 8 years ago by fgraver    [ Reply ]
 a_conway wrote:

I thought Dandy's right away - Love this sound

 
Same here. I'm a huge Dandy's fan. Great tune.
Posted 8 years ago by nevar23    [ Reply ]
thought it was Spacemen 3  
                     {#Smile}
Posted 8 years ago by yuel    [ Reply ]
My upload still in rotation {#Bananajam}
Posted 8 years ago by Broken_Ear    [ Reply ]
 Zep wrote:
Stone Roses, BRMC, Dandys, Charlatans, yep, those and more. And still groovy.

 
I thought Dandy's right away - Love this sound
Posted 8 years ago by a_conway    [ Reply ]
Stone Roses, BRMC, Dandys, Charlatans, yep, those and more. And still groovy.
Posted 8 years ago by Zep    [ Reply ]
What she said ('cept wish she hadn't dropped "off the face of the earth for 'awhile'")…

Cynaera
(South of Neanderthal)
Posted: May 28, 2010 - 21:22
 
I can't pinpoint why I like this song - maybe it's the three-chord repetition, or the slippery vocals, or the spacey background synths... Okay, I give up.  Why do I like it?  {#Bounce}Dunno. Doesn't matter.  And on that happy note, I'ma drop off the face of the earth for awhile.  Have fun, and play nice with the other kids. {#Sunny}
Posted 8 years ago by Carl    [ Reply ]
Fooled me again. Dandy Warhols, I thought.
Posted 8 years ago by Anax    [ Reply ]
Really harkens back to My Bloody Valentine or Slow Dive. Love the shoe gazer sound. Really good album over all as well.
Posted 8 years ago by olendorf    [ Reply ]
I love how this song flows.
Posted 8 years ago by ppopp    [ Reply ]
Awesome album, get it! 
Posted 9 years ago by yougivememosi    [ Reply ]
Sounds like a less gritty dandy Warhols.    Still, a likable song
 
Posted 9 years ago by drumnhum    [ Reply ]
 aspicer wrote:

More like L&R if High Violets had more coffee!  {#Cheesygrin}

 
Actually, High Violets could use a coupla shots of espresso...But I love this song and the band in general. A bit like L&R, yeah, but a bit dreamier-spookier. 
Posted 9 years ago by kcar    [ Reply ]

GIFSoup
Posted 9 years ago by Hannio    [ Reply ]
 jmkate wrote:
This reminds me of Love and Rockets, but I might also just need more coffee.

 
More like L&R if High Violets had more coffee!  {#Cheesygrin}
Posted 9 years ago by aspicer    [ Reply ]
This reminds me of Love and Rockets, but I might also just need more coffee.
Posted 9 years ago by jmkate    [ Reply ]
I dig it madly when the really buzzing guitar comes zooming in; love the whole thing, the shimmer and hum of it, the zing of the strings~
Posted 9 years ago by coloradojohn    [ Reply ]
Sounds a bit like "I can see for miles and miles"
Posted 9 years ago by MusiqueMusique    [ Reply ]
Intro reminds me of U2. Then the song gets cool and better as it goes. I like their vibe.
Posted 10 years ago by Mar-tay    [ Reply ]
Went out to Amazon and bought the two CDs from The High Violets that I could find. They have the same "feeling" throughout, which is a good thing, IMO. I played both CDs through twice, a few months back. While they didn't make my top 10 list yet, I put a few of the songs on my car stereo for those fast drives down the interstate, and have them on a local set list for those late night programming sessions.Every time I listen I find new things in their music. Good stuff! I think they are from Portland. I had several good years out there and would move back in a heartbeat if I could. Pardon the seque...
Posted 10 years ago by pi31415    [ Reply ]
Super groovey. Can I still say that?
Posted 10 years ago by ottovonb    [ Reply ]
Was just thinking how good the wah-wah sounds at the end of this song, only to hear opening bars of Strange Brew. Apparently Bill is into that wah-wah sound, too.
Posted 10 years ago by GTT    [ Reply ]
 IndyDoug wrote:
Loved the Shoegaze scene in the mid-90s. It went away too quickly and I added twenty years to my own life. Life goes fast.
 
Ha ha! Ditto. And how true.
Posted 10 years ago by Carl    [ Reply ]
Loved the Shoegaze scene in the mid-90s. It went away too quickly and I added twenty years to my own life. Life goes fast.
Posted 10 years ago by IndyDoug    [ Reply ]
Sounds like Black Rebel Motorcycle Club
Posted 10 years ago by xnavy    [ Reply ]
Jesus And Mary Chain.
Posted 10 years ago by Xstar    [ Reply ]
 max_p wrote:

yes made me look
 

 
I thought it was BRMC too
Posted 10 years ago by WannabeBanned    [ Reply ]
{#Bananajam}Dig that guitar tone
Posted 10 years ago by illinimax    [ Reply ]
Wonderful!
Posted 10 years ago by oneyet    [ Reply ]
Ya, had to come see who this was.
Continued thanks for discoveries. 
Posted 10 years ago by ccjemmett    [ Reply ]
 dkwalika wrote:
Thought this was Black Rebel Motorcycle Club.

 
yes made me look
 
Posted 10 years ago by max_p    [ Reply ]
Hypnotic guitars, wall of sound end of the world type stuff. It don't get better!
Posted 10 years ago by Sweet_Virginia    [ Reply ]
.. meh
Posted 10 years ago by danucita    [ Reply ]
Pretty standard Shoegazing going on here.  That's not a bad thing.
Posted 11 years ago by Tippster    [ Reply ]
 volnomad wrote:
Yes, lots of Hawkwind in this. Back in the day...
 
H ha! Indeed. And now, for my listening pleasure on the 5th November not far from where I live - https://www.theoldmarket.com/ai1ec_event/hawkwind/?instance_id=
Posted 11 years ago by SquiddlyDiddly    [ Reply ]
Love this. 
 
Posted 11 years ago by djengs    [ Reply ]
yes, The Stone Roses, that is the one!

thanks, that was bugging me. 
Posted 11 years ago by MediaGrrl    [ Reply ]
yeah, right, both The dandies as Well as The motorcycle. Nice 🍊
Posted 11 years ago by torsim    [ Reply ]
The have a touch of the Dandy Warhols about them (before the high female vocalist chimed in)..... therefore, I like them :-)
Posted 11 years ago by suesblues    [ Reply ]
Thought it was The Stone Roses
Posted 11 years ago by justin4kick    [ Reply ]
Nice groove fits my mood right now... sometime three chords is more than enough...!
Posted 11 years ago by BBoyes    [ Reply ]
Thought this was the Dandy Warhols.
Posted 11 years ago by unclehud    [ Reply ]
Thought this was Black Rebel Motorcycle Club.
Posted 11 years ago by dkwalika    [ Reply ]
Really starting to love this song now...
Posted 11 years ago by Dav3thedog    [ Reply ]
 DD rabbi_phil wrote:
my 3 sons like the misfits black flag and tool...me i like buffalo springfield zappa and sublime.......this album is our common ground...very coool.

 
What about Neko, or is she your Secret Obsession? 
Posted 11 years ago by kcar    [ Reply ]
Morphine and High Violets is rapid succession.  RP is my "wheel" house...{#Confused}
Posted 11 years ago by perikleshokie    [ Reply ]
Love the Edge-End-of-the-World guitars on this :)
Posted 11 years ago by cosmiclint    [ Reply ]
 JaeRae wrote:

Stone Roses
High Violets

Get it?

 

I thought I saw you under the Space Needle on 12/06!!  ;)  {#Cowboy}

Posted 11 years ago by LongGoneDaddy    [ Reply ]
Roberta  Flack
Posted 12 years ago by blueridgesurplus    [ Reply ]
 drsteevo wrote:
Last 45 minutes or so has been great!
 
Admit it, Bill!!
Posted 12 years ago by Stingray    [ Reply ]
 rabbi_phil wrote:
my 3 sons like the misfits black flag and tool...me i like buffalo springfield zappa and sublime.......this album is our common ground...very coool.
 
Sweet how you talk about yourself and your three sons...!!!
Posted 12 years ago by Stingray    [ Reply ]
my 3 sons like the misfits black flag and tool...me i like buffalo springfield zappa and sublime.......this album is our common ground...very coool.
Posted 12 years ago by DD rabbi_phil    [ Reply ]
Yes, lots of Hawkwind in this. Back in the day...
Posted 12 years ago by volnomad    [ Reply ]
And the wheel keeps on turning and turning and turning...
Posted 12 years ago by rdo    [ Reply ]
Always liked this (remember it from my very early days at RP), but 5 plays in the last month is starting to make it sound a bit tired...
Posted 12 years ago by toomanyollys    [ Reply ]
Catherine wheel, ...........now this,.......Bill is on a roll.  A big fat happy roll for all of us.  :D
Posted 12 years ago by GlassMan!    [ Reply ]
Last 45 minutes or so has been great!
Posted 12 years ago by drsteevo    [ Reply ]
This is a really great album overall - highly recommended if you dig this track.
Posted 12 years ago by aspicer    [ Reply ]
You are a master at mixing and segues Bill.....
Posted 12 years ago by Shesdifferent    [ Reply ]
 rdo wrote:
{#Arrowd}  {#No}
 
{#Arrowu} {#Yes}

edit: wow - I just had a flashback of seeing Hawkwind at the Roundhouse in the 70s.
Posted 12 years ago by SquiddlyDiddly    [ Reply ]
Aw c'mon Bill!  I wanted to hit the sack early tonight for a change!
Posted 12 years ago by kaybee    [ Reply ]
{#Arrowd}  {#No}
Posted 12 years ago by rdo    [ Reply ]

Posted 12 years ago by jagdriver    [ Reply ]
All the old guys at our shop be hobblin' to this
Posted 12 years ago by neuticle    [ Reply ]
 JaeRae wrote:

Stone Roses
High Violets

Get it?

 
VERY nice highlight - had not put that together - why thank yee!  Do love this tune, and it is an album worth buying BTW....
Posted 12 years ago by aspicer    [ Reply ]

Stone Roses
High Violets

Get it?


Posted 12 years ago by JaeRae    [ Reply ]
cementfloor wrote:

What he said.
 
Totally agree


Posted 12 years ago by Stranglersfan    [ Reply ]
 velho wrote:
Stone Roses-like

 


What he said.
Posted 13 years ago by cementfloor    [ Reply ]
 rdo wrote:
The are a handful of songs by not so illustrious bands that are the meat and potatoes of the RP playlist and this is one of them.  I think Nik Kershaw's Wounded, and Siouxsie and the Banshee's Kiss Them For Me also fall in that category.

 
I think of this and many other songs similarly—I'll always recognized them for having heard them here more than a few times, but won't necessarily buy them (tho' I did get "Wounded"). This is much like today hearing Syndicate of Sound's "Little Girl" or The American Breed's "Bend Me, Shape Me," both of which I loved as a teen but never bothered to buy.

Posted 13 years ago by WonderLizard    [ Reply ]
Shoegaze rock! Sounds great!
Posted 13 years ago by IndyDoug    [ Reply ]
 rdo wrote:
The are a handful of songs by not so illustrious bands that are the meat and potatoes of the RP playlist and this is one of them.  I think Nik Kershaw's Wounded, and Siouxsie and the Banshee's Kiss Them For Me also fall in that category.

 



Agreed! And while I can still enjoy those other songs - this one? Not so much.
Posted 13 years ago by Sasha2001    [ Reply ]
 stillness wrote:
This reminds me of the Small Faces - the Ogdens' Nut Gone Flake era. (I'm obviously grandpa aged.)
 
Holy crap, you're right! Well, at least the title track of that album—a lot of the rest of it sounds like a mix of "Itchycoo Park" goofiness and British dance hall music; next door neighbors to the Dave Clark Five.

Posted 13 years ago by kcar    [ Reply ]
This reminds me of the Small Faces - the Ogdens' Nut Gone Flake era. (I'm obviously grandpa aged.)
Posted 13 years ago by stillness    [ Reply ]
The are a handful of songs by not so illustrious bands that are the meat and potatoes of the RP playlist and this is one of them.  I think Nik Kershaw's Wounded, and Siouxsie and the Banshee's Kiss Them For Me also fall in that category.

Posted 13 years ago by rdo    [ Reply ]
Stone Roses-like

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

Drugs.  Well that explains a lot.

 
Sobriety. Kinda boring sometimes.

Posted 13 years ago by LowPhreak    [ Reply ]
 Stingray wrote:
Spacey - trippy - druggy!

GREAT!!!
 
Drugs.  Well that explains a lot.

Posted 13 years ago by Byronape    [ Reply ]
 Detlaps wrote:
Was meinte "jibbet" (jibben?)?{#Ask}
 
Colloquial for "gibt es". Can't say where in Germany this comes from, though. My guess would be Ruhrpott.

Posted 13 years ago by wossName    [ Reply ]
Turning my headphones up so loud, the people four offices over will complain.  

A solid 10 for me.  

 
Posted 13 years ago by Nerubo    [ Reply ]
I thought it was the start of a Johnny Marr song...
Posted 13 years ago by Cuse    [ Reply ]
narcoleptic nightmare - Me , One - like the xt song better - from the shins I mean : sealegs....! phu yeah :-)) they are missing...
Posted 13 years ago by Det    [ Reply ]
 Stingray wrote:
 prickelpit96 wrote:

YES! Ich will diese Platte!


JIBBET NICH MEHR!
MAN HÖRT JETZT DIESE KLEINEN SILBERSCHEIBEN!
Oder sind die auch schon durch...?
 
Was meinte "jibbet" (jibben?)?{#Ask}
Posted 13 years ago by Detlaps    [ Reply ]
I think it's the way they open and close the guitar distortion. That, along with a steady beat and really cooool vocals, makes this song a hit with me.
Posted 13 years ago by ri_shelton    [ Reply ]
I'm pretty sure from the same town (Portland OR), just a poor man's Dandy Warhols, and that ain't bad.
Posted 13 years ago by Foot    [ Reply ]
A nice version of sedation   ;-)
Posted 13 years ago by wenatchee    [ Reply ]
44 Down was released in 2002, not 2006.
Posted 13 years ago by SinisterDexter    [ Reply ]