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Merrie Amsterburg — Walking On The Moon
Album: Season Of Rain
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5.2

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Total ratings: 417









Released: 1996
Length: 4:46
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Giant steps are what you take
Walkin' on the moon
I hope my leg don't break
Walkin' on the moon

We could walk forever
Walkin' on the moon
We could be together
Walkin' on, walkin' on the moon

Walkin' back from your house
Walkin' on the moon
Walkin' back from your house
Walkin' on the moon

Feet they hardly touch the ground
Walkin' on the moon
My feet don't hardly make no sound
Walkin' on, walkin' on the moon

Some, may say
I'm wishin' my days away
No way
And if it's the price I pay
Some say
Tomorrow's another day
You stay
I may as well play

Giant steps are what you take
Walkin' on the moon
I hope my leg don't break
Walkin' on the moon

We could walk forever
Walkin' on the moon
We could be together
Walkin' on, walkin' on the moon

Some, may say
I'm wishin' my days away
No way
And if it's the price I pay
Some say
Tomorrow's another day
You stay
I may as well play

Keep it up
Keep it up
Keep it up
Keep it up
Comments (132)add comment
This would be good as an instrumental number.
Posted 8 years ago by skyguy    [ Reply ]
ooh, let's remake a song but make it a tedious dirge. 
Posted 8 years ago by Gazraman    [ Reply ]
call 911, there's been a murder!
Posted 8 years ago by Pike    [ Reply ]
Amsterburg sounds like a somewhat scrambled dutch name.
 
Posted 8 years ago by Kaw    [ Reply ]
Beautiful
Posted 8 years ago by onerb    [ Reply ]
I don't submit many "1/sucko-barfo" ratings.
This is one of the few.
PSD, here I go.
Posted 8 years ago by adib    [ Reply ]
 jagdriver wrote:


 

train engine crashed through 2nd floor of building from the inside
Posted 8 years ago by kcar    [ Reply ]
I'm not too fond of covers that just try to emulate the original. It's nice to hear other people's interpretations of songs, sometimes with great results. I quite like this version.
Posted 9 years ago by Stich    [ Reply ]
Ah-ha! So this *is* a good song. Cool. Sounds great when it's not taking the piss out of reggae, or calypso, or ska, or whatever they thought they were doing.
Posted 9 years ago by ppopp    [ Reply ]
AWESOME cover!  I must have it ;-)
Posted 9 years ago by snoozie    [ Reply ]
Better than the original, IMO, though that could be because Sting's voice usually gets on my tits. I love yer woman's Irish accent. 7 from the Celtophile Nottingham jury.
Posted 11 years ago by fredriley    [ Reply ]
 Rooney wrote:
Once more, I am somewhat forced to give a song a 10, that I would normally give a 7 in order to balance out the dweebs that gave this a 1.  Truthfully, I would have preferred her version to be a little more upbeat, but all in all it was not a bad interpretation.  I find purists f*cking annoying.

 

+1.
People gives a 10 to a song that they love, and a 1 when they don't love it. And there is no rating between...
Posted 11 years ago by fredoki    [ Reply ]
She sounds like she has a terrible cold. Or is holding her nose. Which would be a new thing I guess.
Posted 11 years ago by toomanyollys    [ Reply ]
 Rooney wrote:
Once more, I am somewhat forced to give a song a 10, that I would normally give a 7 in order to balance out the dweebs that gave this a 1.  Truthfully, I would have preferred her version to be a little more upbeat, but all in all it was not a bad interpretation.  I find purists f*cking annoying.

 
Calm down.
I gave it a 2 to redress the balance somewhat.

It's not a good interpretation of the song in my opinion. There we go, we all have different opinions.

I think the power of the song has just gone with this version, it sounds flat and dull when compared with the original.

 
Posted 11 years ago by bb_matt    [ Reply ]
 Rooney wrote:
Once more, I am somewhat forced to give a song a 10, that I would normally give a 7 in order to balance out the dweebs that gave this a 1.  Truthfully, I would have preferred her version to be a little more upbeat, but all in all it was not a bad interpretation.  I find purists f*cking annoying.
 
{#Iamwithstupid}
Posted 11 years ago by Barman    [ Reply ]
Once more, I am somewhat forced to give a song a 10, that I would normally give a 7 in order to balance out the dweebs that gave this a 1.  Truthfully, I would have preferred her version to be a little more upbeat, but all in all it was not a bad interpretation.  I find purists f*cking annoying.
Posted 11 years ago by Rooney    [ Reply ]
 jagdriver wrote:
 
{#Lol}
Posted 11 years ago by NeuroGeek    [ Reply ]
I don't hate it, but it seems to be needlessly sloppy.
Posted 11 years ago by handyrae    [ Reply ]
Love this cover !
Posted 11 years ago by fredoki    [ Reply ]
My dear God....the cover here is to cover your ears...3
Posted 11 years ago by Jazbo    [ Reply ]
Very nice. Would like to hear more of her.
Posted 11 years ago by bagpipe    [ Reply ]
such a waste!... not good really!
Posted 11 years ago by juanos    [ Reply ]
{#No}
Posted 11 years ago by jimys    [ Reply ]
A solid 1
Posted 11 years ago by bokey    [ Reply ]
yuk
Posted 11 years ago by robinvankuijk    [ Reply ]
Dear me Bill - this is a desperate piece of music. I'm shaking my head in disbelief, and after I've finished doing that I will be logging onto another station until I've calmed down - could be quite a while!! {#No}  It almost got the dreaded 1, but I gave it 2 out of possibly misplaced compassion. What a shocker. {#No} {#No}
Posted 11 years ago by hidey    [ Reply ]

Posted 11 years ago by scraig    [ Reply ]
I love this.  Totally transforms the song.
Posted 11 years ago by Baby_M    [ Reply ]
I didn't like this song in High School.  A remake hasn't made it any better.
Posted 11 years ago by JustJeff    [ Reply ]
I like this cover :)
Posted 12 years ago by Alafia    [ Reply ]
Drudgery. 
Posted 12 years ago by Grammarcop    [ Reply ]
This is beautiful. At the very least it makes you sit up and listen to a song that most of us have become numb to. 
Posted 12 years ago by hcaudill    [ Reply ]
Awesome to hear Merrie on Radio Paradise again, after a hiatus of... umm... seven years or so? And haters? {#Nyah} 

Cheers!
 
Posted 12 years ago by lbeaton    [ Reply ]
Breathes new life into a dated and two dimensional song. Thank you Merrie...no need to waste decent lyrics.
Posted 12 years ago by ziakut    [ Reply ]
I actually dig this version better than the original. I have no idea whether that is because, at certain point, I started to dislike Sting or simply because the guitar and bass work, plus the dreamy percussion, roots into my head more effectively. In any case, it might be a matter of this version being fresher...
Posted 12 years ago by tupicetti    [ Reply ]
Awesome! Great to hear a cool cover song on RP... especially one that Dylan didn't write first.
Posted 12 years ago by gvan    [ Reply ]
sonically quite nice...
Posted 12 years ago by coding_to_music    [ Reply ]

Posted 12 years ago by jagdriver    [ Reply ]
Nice cover
Posted 12 years ago by JohnyV    [ Reply ]
Filtered through Valium?!?  I dunno, I like Valium...{#Shifty}
Posted 12 years ago by laozilover    [ Reply ]
 romeotuma wrote:


I must have been on LSD or something the day I posted this...



 



I'm a huge Police fan and I actually really like this cover. Must have been some nice Haight Street Rainbow you had that day.
Posted 12 years ago by Sasha2001    [ Reply ]

 

admirable honesty, romeo. Perhaps you'd been in the hotel room too long?


romeotuma wrote:



I must have been on LSD or something the day I posted this...


 


Posted 12 years ago by apd    [ Reply ]

I'm with most of the rest of you, didn't care for the original & this is no improvement on it.

What I'm worried about is are we now going to hear a Police tune next?

Thank you for the"PSD" button.


Posted 12 years ago by number7    [ Reply ]
Wierd. The original was the first single I ever bought.
Posted 12 years ago by Purple_Turtle    [ Reply ]
Myself, I like this better than the original. But, I never liked the original all that much.
Posted 12 years ago by djengs    [ Reply ]
Everage, Edna Everage.
Posted 12 years ago by TerryS    [ Reply ]
 toomanyollys wrote:

I assume this would be playing in the Beyond section?
 
Oh the Beyond section, it's, it's...well, it's Beyond. 
Posted 12 years ago by kcar    [ Reply ]
I got this CD as a promo copy at the indie record store I worked for back in the 90s. Always liked this cover. Glad to hear it on RP.
Posted 12 years ago by Marley    [ Reply ]
 siandbeth wrote:
I feel like I'm strolling through Bed, Bath and Beyond or one of those soap and lotion shops. Not the best cover.
 
I assume this would be playing in the Beyond section?
Posted 12 years ago by toomanyollys    [ Reply ]
I'm missing the rhythm section of the original.

Posted 12 years ago by beeblebrocks40    [ Reply ]
Radio Paradise plays some nice covers.
This isn't one of them.
Posted 12 years ago by HoneyBearKelly    [ Reply ]
No thank you. I'm not even crazy about the original, but this hits the ground at a rating of 3.
Posted 12 years ago by ScottishViking    [ Reply ]
I feel like I'm strolling through Bed, Bath and Beyond or one of those soap and lotion shops. Not the best cover.
Posted 12 years ago by siandbeth    [ Reply ]
After a few listens I quite like it, but it still sounds like she's holding her nose while singing. Perhaps that's her thing?
Posted 12 years ago by toomanyollys    [ Reply ]
Oy, can't listen to this.

Walking Out the Room 
Posted 12 years ago by deepwoodskev    [ Reply ]
 DoctorHooey wrote:

 

{#Yes}
Posted 13 years ago by MiracleDrug    [ Reply ]
I absolutely love the original but this is actually pretty good.
Posted 13 years ago by kaybee    [ Reply ]
 zogma wrote:
Definitely takes the sting out of the song.  Love it.
 
Yes, that's exactly how I felt.

Posted 13 years ago by itaish    [ Reply ]
Ug - the best part by far of the original was the understated bass line.
Posted 13 years ago by anteater    [ Reply ]
 Jamunca wrote:
Wasn't liking the verse treatment, but whoa man.... that chorus kicked in, and I said to myself, "self, this is pretty decent!"
 

Oddly, my reaction is the opposite. I like the verse treatment a whole lot, but would really like to hear it kick up a notch for the chorus; it loses the interesting pointilistic rhythm of the verse and just blands into sleep.
Posted 13 years ago by pixel-pusher    [ Reply ]
 Mita wrote:
No covers RP!
 
hahahaha. are you new here? Bill loves covers ;)
Posted 13 years ago by scraig    [ Reply ]
No covers RP!
Posted 13 years ago by Mita    [ Reply ]
Definitely takes the sting out of the song.  Love it.


Posted 13 years ago by zogma    [ Reply ]
Painful. Toss this one out the window.
Posted 13 years ago by HairFarmer67    [ Reply ]
 pcmaclean wrote:

I agree... a nice interpretation.
 
Right, nice to hear a song you have heard a thousand times in a new enjoyable form...

Posted 13 years ago by sbegf    [ Reply ]
Wasn't liking the verse treatment, but whoa man.... that chorus kicked in, and I said to myself, "self, this is pretty decent!"
Posted 13 years ago by Jamunca    [ Reply ]
Most can't pull it off...  but you did it.  Really Nice Work!
Posted 13 years ago by gjones    [ Reply ]
S'okay, but it sounds like she's putting on a silly voice...
Posted 13 years ago by toomanyollys    [ Reply ]
This is fun, and an improvement on the clichéd and overplayed original, IMO. Any song with a twanged ruler on a desk in the background is worth a listen to these ears. 7 from the tickled Nottingham jury.
Posted 13 years ago by fredriley    [ Reply ]
Wow.  A cover I like even less than the original.  I didn't think it possible.
Posted 13 years ago by QueenLucia    [ Reply ]
I'd consider myself a pretty big Police fan.  I kinda like this.

Trying to think of any other Police covers (other than Sting).
Posted 13 years ago by Queue    [ Reply ]
 endoboy wrote:
Please, oh please, tell me I'm not actually hearing this...is nothing sacred?
 
No, nothing's sacred. I can imagine a WOTM cover being good, but this is a good example of a 4. Acceptable. I gave it a 5 just because it's got me checking out song comments.

Posted 13 years ago by ScottFromWyoming    [ Reply ]
 cosmiclint wrote:
I don't mind this at all.
 
I agree... a nice interpretation.
Posted 13 years ago by pcmaclean    [ Reply ]
 endoboy wrote:
Please, oh please, tell me I'm not actually hearing this...is nothing sacred?

I'm gonna go with YES. This one made me laugh - in a good way - when I heard it.  There's a particular kind of pleasure in hearing a cover that's so different that the original song is almost, but not entirely, submerged in your brain.The original is good in it's own right, and this does its own thing. I can't agree with the low ratings on this.  I have reacted poorly to some covers (*cough* Tori Amos *cough*) so I do understand this reaction though.



Posted 13 years ago by Nerubo    [ Reply ]
I don't mind this at all.
Posted 13 years ago by cosmiclint    [ Reply ]

Posted 13 years ago by DoctorHooey    [ Reply ]

Bill is pulling some long ago spun tunes out.

Stones was good, this meh.


Posted 13 years ago by xtalman    [ Reply ]
No.
Posted 13 years ago by audiophelia    [ Reply ]
Please, oh please, tell me I'm not actually hearing this...is nothing sacred?
Posted 13 years ago by endoboy    [ Reply ]
obzidian wrote:
No...no...NO! NO!!!...
you are so negative NO!
Posted 20 years ago by JokesandJokesandJokes    [ Reply ]
I HAVE this album and didn't even know this song was on it...Must've overlooked for a reason, 'cause I just adore the rest of it. But this version of WOTM is quite dreary and drab. Please forgo future replays. Segue into Yes - And You & I ? Now, that's why I support RP.....
Posted 20 years ago by passsion8    [ Reply ]
No...no...NO! NO!!!...
Posted 20 years ago by obzidian    [ Reply ]
This is an absolutely dreadful cover!
Posted 20 years ago by drife    [ Reply ]
I like it. I don't normally like remakes but I like this. She's got a lovely voice.
Posted 20 years ago by ZeNeece    [ Reply ]
Lighten up people it's not that bad. I think it's an interesting interpretation of the original Police song.
Posted 20 years ago by Leslie    [ Reply ]
I got this cd as a promo while working in a local record store. I still have it-I play it alot to this day.The music just makes me happy. I met her at an in-store performance once-very nice and gracious! Never thought I'd hear this song outside of my cd collection. Thanks RP!!!!
Posted 20 years ago by Marley    [ Reply ]
i see this name and always think Morrie Amsterdam from the Dick Van Dyke show.
Posted 20 years ago by lily34    [ Reply ]
Rockabobbie wrote:
Can't believe the LOW rating (4.6 as of now) on this cover. Inspired, original, well-executed. Bravo. My two cents: if you can't make it your own, don't play someone else's stuff unless you are just trying to make a buck playing Rock Star at the local beer bar.
Ditto. My "9" didn't make a dent. I'm burned out on the Police version. This is the kind of cover that's fun to hear and refreshes the original too.
Posted 20 years ago by rulebritannia    [ Reply ]
Can't believe the LOW rating (4.6 as of now) on this cover. Inspired, original, well-executed. Bravo. My two cents: if you can't make it your own, don't play someone else's stuff unless you are just trying to make a buck playing Rock Star at the local beer bar.
Posted 20 years ago by Rockabobbie    [ Reply ]
Oh my God. I feel like screaming like Howard Dean. This isn't that chick who was yippy-yo-ing thru that "Games Without Frontiers" cover, is it?
Posted 20 years ago by Illustr8r    [ Reply ]
I love the original to death and it's awsome to hear such an unusual rendition of this song. Merri is Rockin'! :D
Posted 20 years ago by foxfur    [ Reply ]
Doing a remake of a top 40 hit is hardly fair play. Try digging something worthy but largely ignored out of the archives instead like anything by Klaatu, Lewis Furey, Jane Sibbery or Men Without Hats.
Posted 20 years ago by RobGraham    [ Reply ]
Interesting and well worth the listen!
Posted 20 years ago by Pipes    [ Reply ]
Oh come now, this isn't so bad! I like this one a good bit better than the original Police version. :goodvibes.gif:
Posted 20 years ago by bryceharrington    [ Reply ]
Jeez folks.....in the generation of remakes this isn't that bad....
Posted 21 years ago by ladyj    [ Reply ]
Schmackdown wrote:
So you cover a song with one of the greatest bass lines in existence and... take out the bass line? Sweet one.
If all you're going to do is reproduce the original, why bother with a cover at all? If it's the bassline you want to hear, it's on Regatta de Blanc. I could mail you my copy if you like. Ten bucks plus international shipping, since I'm in Canada. More to the point, this is the tune that convinced me to support Radio Paradise. Well done, RP.
Posted 21 years ago by lbeaton    [ Reply ]
I think that listening to this song is actually slowing down my metabolism.
Posted 21 years ago by phineas    [ Reply ]
Leave this one to The Police. This version is a little slower than the original. Original much better.
Posted 21 years ago by sstrangee    [ Reply ]
Oh my God - NO!!!!! #-o Please send donations to fix her deviated septum!!
Posted 21 years ago by Greenman    [ Reply ]
Schmackdown wrote:
So you cover a song with one of the greatest bass lines in existence and... take out the bass line? Sweet one.
I was going to say the same thing. What a travesty.
Posted 21 years ago by Hannio    [ Reply ]
Yee-ess! :D I don't care what the rest of you naysayers think, Merrie rocks my world. I heard this very version played on the radio during a space-themed set on January 1, 2001, and immediately had to find out everything I could about this singer with the amazingly pure voice, a lot more pleasant than, say, Victoria Williams' (whom I also kinda like). Don't judge by a single cover, which was probably the record company's idea. Turns out she can write songs, too. Her website is: www.qdivision.com/merrie Way to go, RP!
Posted 21 years ago by lbeaton    [ Reply ]
Well, I uploaded it so it goes without saying that I like it. I like the sort of 'underwater' quality. Definitely a quirky cover. I have two of her CD's and this is the oddest of the collection of songs. All in all I like her sensibility and thought it would work here. I dunno - of the three uploaded one was added. Tasting on my naked ear is penciled in for next time I hear it.
Posted 21 years ago by gstark33    [ Reply ]
It\'s horrible! Sounds like pap!!!
Posted 21 years ago by BeniciaRose    [ Reply ]
She\'s no Sting. I love this song, but I am not too thrilled with this cover. It has no energy.
Posted 21 years ago by cpn    [ Reply ]
Originally Posted by pimpbot5000: Wow, this song is getting hammered. Not great, but also not terrible. I've certainly heard worse songs on RP.
Yes, but since Eak A Mouse is on the playlist, the baseline is really, really low.
Posted 21 years ago by Art_Carnage    [ Reply ]
blech!! this is just awful!!
Posted 21 years ago by lily34    [ Reply ]
Squeaky voice is how you sing, walking on the moon.
Posted 21 years ago by Art_Carnage    [ Reply ]
So you cover a song with one of the greatest bass lines in existence and... take out the bass line? Sweet one.
Posted 21 years ago by Schmackdown    [ Reply ]
I like this song by the police but I also like the tempo on this. Every once in a while a slowed down tempo works. Even I do that with my favorite songs when it gets stuck in my brain. :D
Posted 21 years ago by ladyj    [ Reply ]
Hearing this was kind of a shock to my system. I\'m not sure I like this or not. I think not. Her refrain is really soppy. The rest hold water. But then I love the Police, so maybe I\'m biased....
Posted 21 years ago by AliGator    [ Reply ]
I like odd covers, but I really don't like this song or the police...and I fear that some police is bound to follow this...
I like odd covers, so I really like this song just as I like the police...and I hope that some police is going to follow this... ;)
Posted 21 years ago by Koan    [ Reply ]
The irony is that I love to hear The Police do this song. This woman... I don\'t know. She sounds like she\'s being forced to do it, under medication. She sounds like she\'d rather be doing anything else. Is the rest of her album like this?
Posted 21 years ago by FeatFanMike    [ Reply ]
Wow, this song is getting hammered. Not great, but also not terrible. I\'ve certainly heard worse songs on RP.
Posted 21 years ago by pimpbot5000    [ Reply ]
Tolerable. Barely. I, too, don\'t like putting the vocals so far out front of the music, and that whales\' mating calls sound pinging in the background does nothing for me. Then again, I\'m not a whale.
Posted 21 years ago by rgj13    [ Reply ]
I didn\'t much care for the original. Maybe my least fav from the Police. Why would you cover this song. I don\'t know it\'s just such a bizarre thing to do.
Posted 21 years ago by stubbsz    [ Reply ]
I kind of like this cover. I\'ve no idea why the reception is so harsh. I like hearing something other than the back-to-back Calexico played here on Calexicoparadise.
Posted 21 years ago by lordcruloze    [ Reply ]
nope nope nope. not pleasant. not good.
Posted 21 years ago by bev    [ Reply ]
Originally Posted by Hannio: You taste with your ear?
Posted 21 years ago by rgj13    [ Reply ]
I like odd covers, but I really don\'t like this song or the police...and I fear that some police is bound to follow this...
Posted 21 years ago by Zweiblumen    [ Reply ]
Originally Posted by mucre: i wonder if heterosexual women can hear the sensuality in this woman's voice. i can physically taste her breath in my naked right ear.
You taste with your ear?
Posted 21 years ago by Hannio    [ Reply ]