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Active Child — Hanging On
Album: You Are All I See
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6.8

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Total ratings: 653









Released: 2011
Length: 5:15
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You know we can get away
Because I'm calling your name
Every day I feel this pain
But you just turn and walk away

I just can't keep hanging on
To you and me
I just don't know what is wrong
With you and me

Touch me and then turn away
Put your hands into the flame
Tell me if you feel this pain
'Cause I don't want to be a ball and chain

I just can't keep hanging on
To you and me
I just don't what is wrong
With you and me
With you and me

I just can't keep hanging on
To you and me
I just don't know what is wrong
I just can't keep hanging on
To you and me
I just don't know what is wrong
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 lizardking wrote:
Well then, first time I've actually  noticed this song, due to the nice bass output in my ear buds.  Rare that I notice those low tones with these little speakers...wonder what it'll sound like on my BIG system?  Oddly, like a lot of songs do, the music over-rides the lyrics, which when reading really don't seem to match the tone of the music; seems more like a spacey jam to me.  7 for now - PEACE and Long Live RP!!

 
Sounds lovely on my big tube amp.
Posted 6 years ago by oldsaxon    [ Reply ]
Well then, first time I've actually  noticed this song, due to the nice bass output in my ear buds.  Rare that I notice those low tones with these little speakers...wonder what it'll sound like on my BIG system?  Oddly, like a lot of songs do, the music over-rides the lyrics, which when reading really don't seem to match the tone of the music; seems more like a spacey jam to me.  7 for now - PEACE and Long Live RP!!
Posted 6 years ago by lizardking    [ Reply ]
Nice music... but sounds distorted. Bad rip or bad mix?
Posted 9 years ago by RoyalTS    [ Reply ]
 Sloggydog wrote:
Ah no. I think not.

 
What's wrong here, Doggy?
Posted 10 years ago by CoYoT51    [ Reply ]
Looking over the many comments, I find it funny, just how many felt emasculated by the whole thing...   No,   -  I mean really - FUNNY!!   ha ha h a!!{#Roflol}   still laughing.....

 
Posted 10 years ago by vandarbar    [ Reply ]
Ah no. I think not.
Posted 10 years ago by Sloggydog    [ Reply ]
First contact with this artist. Gave a 7.
Sounds and looks "gay" but quite interesting discover.
Posted 10 years ago by CoYoT51    [ Reply ]
Add a few horns and this could be Earth Wind and Fire.
Posted 10 years ago by WhiteWater    [ Reply ]
Thanks for playing this! I've seen them in concert twice, and they're eery and amazing. They have a new album with a lot of RP worthy material!!!
Posted 10 years ago by DearDM    [ Reply ]
Like it.  Sort of Talk Talk meets the Bee Gees.
Posted 10 years ago by old_shep    [ Reply ]
I wrote a short screenplay for this song:
https://david927.wordpress.com/2012/06/29/active-child-hanging-on 
Posted 10 years ago by david927    [ Reply ]
This is  different! If it I had to compare, obscure 10cc comes to mind...
{#Sunny} 
Posted 10 years ago by pdjpirate    [ Reply ]
Oh Boo Hoo, she left you.  Get over it.
Posted 10 years ago by LPCity    [ Reply ]
 stuart_dean wrote:

Perhaps some lost love-child borne of Bryan Ferry and Michael McDonald? 

 
And some Philip Bailey thrown in for good measure. FWIW, I rather like this.
Posted 11 years ago by WonderLizard    [ Reply ]
The past hour has been a great set of music, very new and fresh. Thanks!
Posted 11 years ago by templebeautiful    [ Reply ]
Love this!
Posted 11 years ago by metod    [ Reply ]
Never heard this before.  Kind of hope I never hear it again. 
Posted 11 years ago by Sideorder    [ Reply ]
Love this song, his voice, it's wonderful. 
Posted 11 years ago by FrankDebbieCote    [ Reply ]
What a whiney "I don't know why so let me strangle myself" kind of song. The bottle ain't deep enough.  

Wheres the minus 100 rating drop down? 
Posted 11 years ago by FourFortyEight    [ Reply ]
Mellow trance. Thumbs up from this guy.
Posted 11 years ago by ziakut    [ Reply ]
Wow. not drunk or high enough to appreciate.
But that's why I love RP! the ecclectic part :) 
Posted 11 years ago by sniemetz    [ Reply ]
Will it never end?  Changed the station. 
Posted 11 years ago by severian1    [ Reply ]
How did I think this was a 3?

1 and going down.... blaaaaaaach

 
Posted 11 years ago by ckcotton    [ Reply ]
Bought this album while listening on RP. Endless loop in my cabrio. I love it <3
Posted 11 years ago by harrysun    [ Reply ]
Like!!
Posted 11 years ago by shellbella    [ Reply ]
I love this song! I gave it a 10!
Posted 11 years ago by k1j2cat    [ Reply ]
My god,

This song is dreadful! 


Shreiking...yelping...meandering....over-produced.


When will it end?    
Posted 11 years ago by idiot_wind    [ Reply ]
Totally love the Ellie Goulding version a lot more, and without Tinie Tempah.
It's like musical drugs. 
Posted 11 years ago by nipplering    [ Reply ]
 OK, I guess - but can't shake the feeling that it just significantly lowered my testosterone levels.
Posted 11 years ago by bbryan    [ Reply ]
Nice!
Posted 11 years ago by helgigermany    [ Reply ]
Nice. Very nice. Love that I've never heard of them before, way down here in New Zealand anyway.
 
Posted 11 years ago by kwadair20    [ Reply ]
AB FAB!  What a brilliant song.  Just put into my Spotify Playlist to hear complete album.
Posted 11 years ago by ChrisH    [ Reply ]
 msymmes wrote:
First 60 seconds grabs me.
 
 

...me too, but then it let go a little. Might improve with a couple more listens.
Posted 11 years ago by jt1    [ Reply ]
Noise like this makes my Klipsch's smile.
Posted 11 years ago by jhorton    [ Reply ]
First 60 seconds grabs me.
 
Posted 11 years ago by msymmes    [ Reply ]
They're amazing in concert! Love this!!!!
Posted 11 years ago by hsulej    [ Reply ]
Instrumental opening echoes a Moby cut. Earth Wind and Fire updated. 
Posted 11 years ago by kingart    [ Reply ]
One of my favorite album purchases this year. Thanks for turning me on to him, RP!!
Posted 12 years ago by Jacksonstat    [ Reply ]
 Poacher wrote:

Thank you for taking the time to let us know that. Most informative.  
 
HAH!!!  Thank you for the chuckle :)
Posted 12 years ago by raewah    [ Reply ]
RP is amazing because I would have never heard this otherwise. Yet, before I gave it a 9, I wanted to wait to see if it had "legs" — if I would still feel it's that strong in a month or two.  So I waited.  And now I can say, this is a 9.  This is both unique and tremendously beautiful.
Posted 12 years ago by david927    [ Reply ]
i just like to hear something new to my ears, sometimes...i like what he's doing with the vocals.
Posted 12 years ago by Giselle62    [ Reply ]
 stuart_dean wrote:

Perhaps some lost love-child borne of Bryan Ferry and Michael McDonald? 
 
Or the BeeGees?   eww.
Posted 12 years ago by ronniegirl    [ Reply ]
Has a bit of Devin Townsend sound to it..Nice
Posted 12 years ago by 1wolfy    [ Reply ]
I really like this song! My coworkers just came in and thought the same thing. Thanks RP!
Posted 12 years ago by adrianblack    [ Reply ]
 jules44 wrote:
Hmmmmmmm.....?...........I think I like it.......not sure.....
 
Thank you for taking the time to let us know that. Most informative.  
Posted 12 years ago by SquiddlyDiddly    [ Reply ]
Hmmmmmmm.....?...........I think I like it.......not sure.....
Posted 12 years ago by jules44    [ Reply ]
wtf. yuck.
Posted 12 years ago by lily34    [ Reply ]
 sajitjacob wrote:
8. This guy does have an odd voice. When he goes high he sounds like a castrato, slightly unnerving. I suspect some autotune tinkering..
 
I saw Active Child in concert and I can confidently say that there is no auto-tune going on on this song. Crazy. A truly great concert experience, I will see him again if I can.
Posted 12 years ago by twilightskyys    [ Reply ]
I immediately thought this was Bon Iver...then I realized I could make out the lyrics....
Posted 12 years ago by tuttle99    [ Reply ]
Yep, I'm clicking through from RP to buy this on iTunes right now.
Posted 12 years ago by ginger    [ Reply ]
 polird wrote:
Very unconventional but interesting. I guess it deserves an 8.
 
Well thats a few points higher than I rated it....but hey to each his own
Posted 12 years ago by photolew    [ Reply ]
Very unconventional but interesting. I guess it deserves an 8.
Posted 12 years ago by polird    [ Reply ]
8. This guy does have an odd voice. When he goes high he sounds like a castrato, slightly unnerving. I suspect some autotune tinkering..
Posted 12 years ago by sajitjacob    [ Reply ]
 stuart_dean wrote:

Perhaps some lost love-child borne of Bryan Ferry and Michael McDonald? 
 
Now that's funny. Or a little scary. Or maybe that's what makes it funny.
Posted 12 years ago by colt4x5    [ Reply ]
 smackiepipe wrote:
I heard some whiffs of Bryan Ferry in this. Not a bad thing. Like some lost track from Mamouna.
 
Perhaps some lost love-child borne of Bryan Ferry and Michael McDonald? 
Posted 12 years ago by stuart_dean    [ Reply ]
ya, excellent
Posted 12 years ago by coding_to_music    [ Reply ]
it was very easy for me to give this a solid 10!!

more more more, please

Tongue Out 
Posted 12 years ago by BLADERUNNER    [ Reply ]
I heard some whiffs of Bryan Ferry in this. Not a bad thing. Like some lost track from Mamouna.
Posted 12 years ago by smackiepipe    [ Reply ]
Beautiful.
Posted 12 years ago by jkhandy    [ Reply ]
I totally agree! Bill's playlist scheming wizardry at its best!

 kaybee wrote:
Wow, this is cool!  Great followup to "Tomorrow Never Knows".  Sort of like psychedelic soul.... with some Japanese influence... think I'll move it up to an 8.

 

Posted 12 years ago by joe-1    [ Reply ]
I love this song! Why haven't I heard it before (I am a constant listener to RP)?

Posted 12 years ago by Dav3thedog    [ Reply ]
'First I've heard this.........I'm off to Amazon - to buy the disc

Posted 12 years ago by wiredsol    [ Reply ]
Not my thing..don't like
Posted 12 years ago by neuticle    [ Reply ]

Love it- very Metheny, methinks.


Posted 12 years ago by G_Raffa    [ Reply ]
 christopherwoods wrote:
Love LOVE LOVE this track. Could play it on repeat many times over (and have done so).

The whole album's brilliant for anyone wondering; well worth a listen if this song intrigues you (as it did me) as it's a real sonic treat for the brain. I first heard Hanging On when it was included on one of Adult Swim's compilations and my ears immediately fell in love with it. My face lit up when I heard it begin to play on RP. :-D

 
Ditto.

Posted 12 years ago by Maggle_Bish    [ Reply ]
Love LOVE LOVE this track. Could play it on repeat many times over (and have done so).

The whole album's brilliant for anyone wondering; well worth a listen if this song intrigues you (as it did me) as it's a real sonic treat for the brain. I first heard Hanging On when it was included on one of Adult Swim's compilations and my ears immediately fell in love with it. My face lit up when I heard it begin to play on RP. :-D

Posted 12 years ago by christopherwoods    [ Reply ]
Just picked up this album based on this song alone. Really great. Can't say I have anything in my collection like it.
Posted 12 years ago by Jacksonstat    [ Reply ]
Wow, this is cool!  Great followup to "Tomorrow Never Knows".  Sort of like psychedelic soul.... with some Japanese influence... think I'll move it up to an 8.

Posted 12 years ago by kaybee    [ Reply ]
it's hard to believe that this has nothing to do with Bon Iver.
Posted 12 years ago by govna    [ Reply ]
This is a really refreshing sound. Echoes of the past, but something very alive and new, too.
Posted 12 years ago by DarceySuzanne    [ Reply ]
 Sasha2001 wrote:
Let me just state for the record that I dig this tune. That said, feels like something that would be playing over the credits of a 1980s brat pack movie.
 
Ha ha! I agree with both statements.  :)  (And I'm jealous that you can see Zabar's from your window.)

Posted 12 years ago by ginger    [ Reply ]
Let me just state for the record that I dig this tune. That said, feels like something that would be playing over the credits of a 1980s brat pack movie.
Posted 12 years ago by Sasha2001    [ Reply ]
certainly 7
the other song was good too 
Posted 12 years ago by cohifi    [ Reply ]
 jberko wrote:
OK...  I want to hear some more.
 
Me too, followed the "Artist Website" link above & found a four track soundcloud sampler on their/his website.

Hints of a Philip Bailey vocal thing, that's a plus in my book.
Posted 12 years ago by vaiodon    [ Reply ]
OK...  I want to hear some more.
Posted 12 years ago by jberko    [ Reply ]
I am so happy to be hearing Active Child here. This song is just gorgeous. I love the layers.
Posted 12 years ago by cayenne    [ Reply ]
This song is my frenemy, I love/hate it!
Posted 12 years ago by salzburg4321    [ Reply ]
HAve to rate this one badly. Terrible. Mish mash of mushiness.
Posted 12 years ago by Eyesquad    [ Reply ]
boy band gif
Posted 12 years ago by a_genuine_find    [ Reply ]
eh, just play Bronski Beat.
Posted 13 years ago by ScottFromWyoming    [ Reply ]
 scraig wrote:
I'm on to you Rick Astley.
 
No, no, when the DJ wants to rick-roll, he pulls out Googol Bordello.  
 
Posted 13 years ago by Nerubo    [ Reply ]
I'm on to you Rick Astley.
Posted 13 years ago by scraig    [ Reply ]
allmusic.com says. . . 

Active Child is the electronic-meets-choral project of musician Pat Grossi. Growing up in New Jersey, Grossi sang with the Philadelphia Boys Choir and was influenced by the rhythms of ‘80s alternative dance bands like New Order. Combining these elements with his otherworldly falsetto, live harp, and evocative lyrics, Active Childwas born. The project debuted in 2010 with an EP, Curtis Lane, for Merok Records. These soaring soundscapes caught the ears of bliss popsters School of Seven Bells, who later toured alongside Active Child; they remixed each other’s songs for a split 7”. Active Child's first full-length recording, You Are All I See, followed in summer 2011 on the Vagrant label, taking listeners on an intimate journey of the highs and lows of relationships and identity. 

I say. . . a great addition to RP. Hat tip to whoever loaded this one up. 
Posted 13 years ago by SquiddlyDiddly    [ Reply ]
 mandolin wrote:
...this is pretty cool; very ear-catching sound...
 
Agreed. An interesting and complex mèlange of sounds - very RP :). I'd have really tripped to this in the days I smoked blow {#Cowboy} but it's pretty good straight with a good beer by the computer. 8 from the intrigued and chilled-out Nottingham jury.

Posted 13 years ago by fredriley    [ Reply ]
...this is pretty cool; very ear-catching sound...
Posted 13 years ago by mandolin    [ Reply ]
 0047 wrote:

Could it be a remaster from the 1985 album?
 
2011 is correct.
Posted 13 years ago by William    [ Reply ]
 pinnyrat wrote:
Released 2011?? Are you sure you don't mean released 1985?
 


Could it be a remaster from the 1985 album?
Posted 13 years ago by 0047    [ Reply ]
Released 2011?? Are you sure you don't mean released 1985?
Posted 13 years ago by pinnyrat    [ Reply ]
More harp on RP! 

Posted 13 years ago by Inamorato    [ Reply ]
Like all of us at one time or another, the inevitable repetition of RP's playlists give me a vague almost indefinable itch...then something like this comes on. Wow. I want to meet whoever charted the vocals on this gem.
Posted 13 years ago by WonderLizard    [ Reply ]
Never heard this before. Never heard of them. I like it rather a lot. And I'm motivated to go find out more....

Okay, I'm back. Not really my thing in general. But this song, Hanging On, still merits the 8 I gave it, IMO.

Posted 13 years ago by FooledAgain    [ Reply ]