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LHB — Coming Up For Air
Album: Tell 'Em Who We Are
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Released: 2002
Length: 4:26
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Deep underground

Somewhere beneath that green field

A very small sound

Faint but I think it's breathing

So afraid

To make that only move

Left hanging on hope

One finger to go

And slipping

You won't find me there

I walk a different way now

Treading on old ground

Gets me nowhere with you

You won't find me there

I walk a different way

I'm coming up for air

Deep underground

Somewhere beneath that green field

A very small sound

Faint but I think it's breathing

Don't ask me why

She spiraled

So far down

Wake up when you wake up when

These days are too long

To rise without good reasons

You won't find me there

I walk a different way now

Treading on old ground

Gets me nowhere with you

You won't find me there

I walk a different way

I'm coming up for air

Those ivory wings

Flow down stream

Ivory wings

Flow

Those ivory wings

Flow down stream

Ivory wings

Flow

Deep underground

Somewhere beneath that green field

A very small sound

Faint but I think it's breathing

You won't find me there

I walk a different way now

Treading on old ground

Gets me nowhere with you

You won't find me there

I walk a different way

I'm coming up for air

You won't find me there

I walk a different way now

Treading on old ground

Gets me nowhere with you

You won't find me there

I walk a different way

I'm coming up for air
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IMO!!!
I like it!
 Solanus wrote:


Reminds me of the Farley Mowat biopic Never Cry Wolf. The main character is researching the decimated caribou population that was blamed on wolves. During his research, he realized that the wolves subsist mainly on mice. To determine that they are able to survive on just that, he starts eating the vermin as well (which is good, as his camp is overrun with them). There is a great scene where he is trying the mice for the first time and as he is getting ready to eat it, he notices that all the mice in his tent are looking at him. He starts eating the food with more & more gusto, which frightens the rodents. Good movie if you're into wildlife conservation.


My Second cousin plays Mowat. His "Boris And Natasha" movie is full of inside jokes for our family.
 Clyde_Bedow wrote:
Unusual. And likeable.

FWIW, the deer eat my landscaping, I eat the deer. The sguirrels have learned to eat my tomato crop, so I am testing out squirrel recipes. Bear are welcome to wander through They might be tasty too.
 
Bear is very tasty when cooked properly.
 Clyde_Bedow wrote:
Unusual. And likeable.

FWIW, the deer eat my landscaping, I eat the deer. The sguirrels have learned to eat my tomato crop, so I am testing out squirrel recipes. Bear are welcome to wander through They might be tasty too.
 

Reminds me of the Farley Mowat biopic Never Cry Wolf. The main character is researching the decimated caribou population that was blamed on wolves. During his research, he realized that the wolves subsist mainly on mice. To determine that they are able to survive on just that, he starts eating the vermin as well (which is good, as his camp is overrun with them). There is a great scene where he is trying the mice for the first time and as he is getting ready to eat it, he notices that all the mice in his tent are looking at him. He starts eating the food with more & more gusto, which frightens the rodents. Good movie if you're into wildlife conservation.
mesmerizing...  beguiling 
..yes, almost as fat as Depeche mode ; don't say you love me   bbryan wrote:
Seriously fat synths.
 
First time I've heard this one!  Imogen grabs my attention immediately.
 Clyde_Bedow wrote:
Unusual. And likeable.

FWIW, the deer eat my landscaping, I eat the deer. The sguirrels have learned to eat my tomato crop, so I am testing out squirrel recipes. Bear are welcome to wander through They might be tasty too.
 
I bet grizzly bears are chewy.{#Laughing}
Unusual. And likeable.

FWIW, the deer eat my landscaping, I eat the deer. The sguirrels have learned to eat my tomato crop, so I am testing out squirrel recipes. Bear are welcome to wander through They might be tasty too.
Based on  the album cover, I'd expect it to be "Coming Up For Bear."
{#Bananajam}
 Dave_Mack wrote:

Yep, I like 'em.  A bit Muse-like.  But what I really like is all the Imogen Heap on this track.
 
Me too, with Imogen Heap!
Immi!  Love it!
               Dgradeworkunit wrote:
I used to think like that... but wait until the deer wipe out your vegetable garden, run into your car and trash it, infest your yard with disease ridden ticks and you pay dearly (HA!) for doctor visits and antibiotics to prevent Lyme disease and then the neighborhood bear rips your trash cans to pieces and scatters the contents everywhere and then threatens you with bodily harm 'cause you object.  Sorry, but I just can't get all worked up about the cute fuzzy little critters anymore.  


Cynaera wrote:

Um, move?  Seriously - if you live in an area where you can plant a garden, worry about bears and deer, and then bitch about it, you need a condo in the city.  Or, plant lots of lavender and forsythia around your perimeter - deer are repelled by it. Not sure about the bears, but an airtight garbage can (and a distraction of nummies far away from your home to keep the bears away is good, too) would be a good investment. If you can't live in a peaceful co-existence with those "cute fuzzy critters," you might rethink your living conditions, rather than attempting to change the natural environment.

Just sayin'... {#Wave}

And - I really like this song! (I am so lame...)

 

The song is so-so to me, but you nailed the response!{#Clap}
 bbryan wrote:
Seriously fat synths.
 
Yep, I like 'em.  A bit Muse-like.  But what I really like is all the Imogen Heap on this track.

 Dgradeworkunit wrote:

I used to think like that... but wait until the deer wipe out your vegetable garden, run into your car and trash it, infest your yard with disease ridden ticks and you pay dearly (HA!) for doctor visits and antibiotics to prevent Lyme disease and then the neighborhood bear rips your trash cans to pieces and scatters the contents everywhere and then threatens you with bodily harm 'cause you object.  Sorry, but I just can't get all worked up about the cute fuzzy little critters anymore.  
 
Um, move?  Seriously - if you live in an area where you can plant a garden, worry about bears and deer, and then bitch about it, you need a condo in the city.  Or, plant lots of lavender and forsythia around your perimeter - deer are repelled by it. Not sure about the bears, but an airtight garbage can (and a distraction of nummies far away from your home to keep the bears away is good, too) would be a good investment. If you can't live in a peaceful co-existence with those "cute fuzzy critters," you might rethink your living conditions, rather than attempting to change the natural environment.

Just sayin'... {#Wave}

And - I really like this song! (I am so lame...)

my ass was dragg'n til i heard this...dig it.
Seriously fat synths.
 musikalia wrote:
This sounds really "top 40"ish to me.
 
If this was what the top 40 sounded like I'd spend some time listening to commercial radio. {#Biggrin}

It is Imogen Heap...
 derekd wrote:
Clearly the same girl (also from Frou Frou) guesting. Unmistakable voice.
 hahindy wrote:

...like it...sounds like Imogen Heap.  anyone know if it is?

 
 
It is Imogn Heap.
This sounds really "top 40"ish to me.
Clearly the same girl (also from Frou Frou) guesting. Unmistakable voice.
 hahindy wrote:

...like it...sounds like Imogen Heap.  anyone know if it is?


 


...like it...sounds like Imogen Heap.  anyone know if it is?


 Bosami wrote:


Dude - there is a name for what you're complaining about. It's called 'life.'

Perhaps you need to isolate yourself inside a big brick wall and stay there, safe and happy with your undisturbed vegetables and trash cans.
 
He's not complaining in my view. He's saying he agrees with the termination of other animals that become pests in extreme situations. Everyone does it. Don't tell me you've never killed a fly or a bee, or an ant - even by accident...it happens. It' happens between "lower" creatures than us.I"ve seen, first hand,  a snake kill a rat AND NOT EAT IT, simply because the rat was pestering and intruding on the snake. Killed it and left it.
So, maybe you should lighten up, and take a toke of "life". 
quite good
 Dgradeworkunit wrote:

I used to think like that... but wait until the deer wipe out your vegetable garden, run into your car and trash it, infest your yard with disease ridden ticks and you pay dearly (HA!) for doctor visits and antibiotics to prevent Lyme disease and then the neighborhood bear rips your trash cans to pieces and scatters the contents everywhere and then threatens you with bodily harm 'cause you object.  Sorry, but I just can't get all worked up about the cute fuzzy little critters anymore.  
 

Dude - there is a name for what you're complaining about. It's called 'life.'

Perhaps you need to isolate yourself inside a big brick wall and stay there, safe and happy with your undisturbed vegetables and trash cans.

 slartibart_O wrote:
Oh yea. Stay out of a mega Cabella's or Bass Pro Shop then. Lot of glassy eyed stares of animals "taken" or "harvested" by so and so. Sounds much better than "shot" or "kilt". No, I'm not a bleedin heart, would just rather see them in the wild and take pictures then murder the things.
 
I used to think like that... but wait until the deer wipe out your vegetable garden, run into your car and trash it, infest your yard with disease ridden ticks and you pay dearly (HA!) for doctor visits and antibiotics to prevent Lyme disease and then the neighborhood bear rips your trash cans to pieces and scatters the contents everywhere and then threatens you with bodily harm 'cause you object.  Sorry, but I just can't get all worked up about the cute fuzzy little critters anymore.  
 jagdriver wrote:

She can be on or off. I thought was terrific on the recent Jeff Beck @ Ronnie Scott's DVD (a must watch). You can see her on YouTube from that concert performing a stupendous version of Rollin' 'N' Tumblin'.

But then I heard a track here the other day from Imogen's new CD and it was very bland. It reminded me of Sade and how she had come on so strong in the early days of MTV, only to become repetitively boring (although her band cooked!), with every song sounding just like the last.
 

Sade's band for sure cooked.  The Sade "Live" DVD features a really smokin band, with a relatively unknown drummer named Trevor Murrell who was just tremendous.

 greyfin10 wrote:
The moment she opened her mouth (even without the yodelizing) I knew who it was.  I'm currently in an Imogen phase so this is all good!

Do you know she has a V-Blog on Youtube?  She's definitely a genuine character... I think I have a natural affinity to goofs (since I'm one myself).
 
{#Good-vibes}..... ok, I can relate

 queenjill wrote:
I feel totally the opposite. Her voice is like nails on a chalkboard.
 
She can be on or off. I thought was terrific on the recent Jeff Beck @ Ronnie Scott's DVD (a must watch). You can see her on YouTube from that concert performing a stupendous version of Rollin' 'N' Tumblin'.

But then I heard a track here the other day from Imogen's new CD and it was very bland. It reminded me of Sade and how she had come on so strong in the early days of MTV, only to become repetitively boring (although her band cooked!), with every song sounding just like the last.


 Zeito wrote:
I clicked over to Amazon to see what I could get a copy of this for, over $90! Someone suggested looking on amazon.co.uk, picked it up there for $7.09 shipped...
 
 Strange that you can buy techno like Imogen-related from Amazon UK that is much cheaper including shipping than Amazon US.  Arbitrage?

i just spent some time trying to figure out if "LHB" was imogen heap's side project or something. i get it now. GUEST VOCALS. duh.
...and hello london ontario. we are probably listening from the same office tower downtown! 
 greyfin10 wrote:
The moment she opened her mouth (even without the yodelizing) I knew who it was.  I'm currently in an Imogen phase so this is all good!

Do you know she has a V-Blog on Youtube?  She's definitely a genuine character... I think I have a natural affinity to goofs (since I'm one myself).
 

hahahaaa, umm, "goofs" may not be the appropriate descriptive in this instance...if you know what I mean.

LOVE IMMI!!

Love this. Heard it ages ago on RP and then had a look for it in various places to download but failed. In some ways I'm glad. Nothing beats the feeling of unexpectedly hearing a great track you do not possess. Enjoy the moment...
So good, a SOLID 9..
what a cool song awesome
One of the most beautiful and original voices of this generation.

Damn this is sweeeeeet! 
LHB = Lovely Hot Babe?    Mmmmm..., Imo! 

I getting very sick of Frou Frou... {#Fever}
The music pulses, buzzes, chirps, and swirls and all the while Imogen sounds like she is in total control. Great stuff. {#Daisy}
That voice - I'm like a moth drawn to a flame . . .
The repeating baseline is pretty mean.
 That_SOB wrote:
Flaming Lotus wrote: "Do British girls like Texas accents??"

  I have it straight from the Big Guy upstairs that it's an abomination of the "Anglash" language.
 

Texas...it's like a whole different country!
The moment she opened her mouth (even without the yodelizing) I knew who it was.  I'm currently in an Imogen phase so this is all good!

Do you know she has a V-Blog on Youtube?  She's definitely a genuine character... I think I have a natural affinity to goofs (since I'm one myself).
 That_SOB wrote:
Flaming Lotus wrote: "Do British girls like Texas accents??"

  I have it straight from the Big Guy upstairs that it's an abomination of the "Anglash" language.

...oh, but british guys find girls with texas accents incredibly sexy...

Flaming Lotus wrote: "Do British girls like Texas accents??"

  I have it straight from the Big Guy upstairs that it's an abomination of the "Anglash" language.
 blk wrote:


That's because Imogen Heap was the guest vocalist for this song. :)

 

That's why I like it!
queenjill wrote:
I feel totally the opposite. Her voice is like nails on a chalkboard.
You're just jealous cos she's soooo sexy. Mmmm.
jjbix wrote:
can't play enough Imo as far as I am concerned.
I feel totally the opposite. Her voice is like nails on a chalkboard.
Quite marvelous soundscapes. I was into it before I realized that Imogen was on this track.
FlamingLotus wrote:
sounds like Frou Frou... :)
That's because Imogen Heap was the guest vocalist for this song. :)
sounds like Frou Frou... :) Do British girls like Texas accents??
Nice big sound and a sweet voice. I've not heard of this lot before. Anyone got a URL for the band website? The RP link points to a distinctly non-musical LHB, and a Scroogle search doesn't find anything.
slartibart_O wrote:
Oh yea. Stay out of a mega Cabella's or Bass Pro Shop then. Lot of glassy eyed stares of animals "taken" or "harvested" by so and so. Sounds much better than "shot" or "kilt". No, I'm not a bleedin heart, would just rather see them in the wild and take pictures then murder the things.
I'd rather eat 'em.
Zeito wrote:
I clicked over to Amazon to see what I could get a copy of this for, over $90! Someone suggested looking on amazon.co.uk, picked it up there for $7.09 shipped...
I used to work for a guy who did this. I'd bet money that the sales on amazon.com are drop-shipped from the UK anyway -- all the sellers are doing is proxying your request and keeping the markup.
jjbix wrote:
can't play enough Imo as far as I am concerned.
Ditto.
I clicked over to Amazon to see what I could get a copy of this for, over $90! Someone suggested looking on amazon.co.uk, picked it up there for $7.09 shipped...
slartibart_O wrote:
Oh yea. Stay out of a mega Cabella's or Bass Pro Shop then. Lot of glassy eyed stares of animals "taken" or "harvested" by so and so. Sounds much better than "shot" or "kilt". No, I'm not a bleedin heart, would just rather see them in the wild and take pictures then murder the things.
Agree 100%!
IMMMMMI!!!!!! I'd know that voice anywhere! *must learn more about LHB*
slartibart_O wrote:
Oh yea. Stay out of a mega Cabella's or Bass Pro Shop then. Lot of glassy eyed stares of animals "taken" or "harvested" by so and so. Sounds much better than "shot" or "kilt". No, I'm not a bleedin heart, would just rather see them in the wild and take pictures then murder the things.
AMEN
handyrae wrote:
When I was the age of the girl on the CD cover taxidermied animals totally freaked me out. They still do a bit.
The grocery store (Safari Market) my family shopped at growing up had them in the store. Mostly in the freezer section I believe.
handyrae wrote:
When I was the age of the girl on the CD cover taxidermied animals totally freaked me out. They still do a bit.
Oh yea. Stay out of a mega Cabella's or Bass Pro Shop then. Lot of glassy eyed stares of animals "taken" or "harvested" by so and so. Sounds much better than "shot" or "kilt". No, I'm not a bleedin heart, would just rather see them in the wild and take pictures then murder the things.
I really liked the intro, but the rest of the song didn't seem to live up to it. still, i do like Imogen and this song.
When I was the age of the girl on the CD cover taxidermied animals totally freaked me out. They still do a bit.
Nothing particularly interesting about this song. Only when the beat gets deep is it half-way enjoyable.
YES Wizzuvv_oz wrote:
Song jams a little too.
Zamoeba wrote:
Hmm...I would say "no". You might be reacting to the unusual tonal structures of the melody, or the lots and lots of processing on the voices? My $.02
I see your 2 cents and raise you 2 more. Having heard Imogen sing a capella, I can attest that her pitch is most excellent (as is this tune). Just a technique employed for an effect, with the delay, which strikes the ear odd at times.
I'm always up for Imogen, but the synth-stuff overpowers the mid-range to the point that the song sounds like an overly compressed MP3. Seems as though it could have been produced better. No, not by me...
aka Brittany
Interesting song, I like it!
can't play enough Imo as far as I am concerned.
Imogen twice in one day, in two different bands! Now we just need a solo piece.
natural_tools wrote:
I like this overall, but isn't she way off-key?
I concur - knowing the greater body of her work - if this is "off-key" it is intentionally so.
Wizzuvv_oz wrote:
Song jams a little too.
An excellent point.
Good song but is a bit of anti-climatic let down after the awesome intro.
meydele wrote:
I really like Imogen's voice . . . I can listen to practically any incarnation of hers and like it.
Song jams a little too.
Song jams a little too.
I really like Imogen's voice . . . I can listen to practically any incarnation of hers and like it.
natural_tools wrote:
I like this overall, but isn't she way off-key?
Hmm...I would say "no". You might be reacting to the unusual tonal structures of the melody, or the lots and lots of processing on the voices? My $.02
This is a new one on me but it's pretty good. I like.
I like this overall, but isn't she way off-key?
Reminds me a little of Curve.
Hey, I thought it was The Charlatans (We're So Pretty) with that far-out synth intro...gotta love that, methinks; her voice is SO NICE, too!
Whoa wicked find RP.
splooge wrote:
Sure sounds like it. I now own her "Speak For Yourself" album thanks to Bill.
hehehe I have it because of Billy from ZZTop! He made me listen to one of her songs, he is a huge fan of Imogen's! Small world, and an odd one as well! ;-)
Yep! This song was Composed By Barton, Giles/Imogen Heap/Wilson-Wolfe, Lee Tynan ;-)
iMacomania wrote:
Is there Imogen Heap singin?
Sure sounds like it. I now own her "Speak For Yourself" album thanks to Bill.
I had a difficult time finding a copy of this album. Even though it's highly thought of, it's been out of print for a while. No copies at Amazon or Amazon UK. Finally found a copy at Shock Records (click here) in Australia (gotta love the Internet). Price ended up around $28 USD which includes shipping.
I saw Imogen a couple of months ago. She started her set with an a capella piece that was mind blowing.
she needs to retitle the band, "GHB" liking this a lot. . .
iMacomania wrote:
Is there Imogen Heap singin?
Thanks to RP I can now answer that question :)
Coppertop wrote:
I'd recognise her amazing voice anywhere.
I recognized it also :) Amazing voice indeed - "The moment I said it" is the best IMHO.
the more i hear her voice, the more i like it.
iMacomania wrote:
Is there Imogen Heap singin?
I'd recognise her amazing voice anywhere.
Is there Imogen Heap singin?
I wish I could go through life without sleeping... How DOES she do it??
Steven_G wrote:
Too funny! I do agree though. And I really do like this music too. Ah well, to each their own, I guess.
I must say...a lot of people bashing Kohldaddy for not liking this song and accusing him of disloyalty to RP. May I suggest: 1). To some people (including me) this song is reminescent of a bad stretch of music (the 80s) and that this track does in fact blow (IMHO) 2). Even though we like RP, it feels very good to bash a song now and again. Please allow us this catharsis!
cggarb wrote:
Sorry, I don't like it either. Personally, I don't dig this lastest superset of Euro-techno, as someone called it.
Ditto!
Sorry, I don't like it either. Personally, I don't dig this lastest superset of Euro-techno, as someone called it.
Boy Imogen gets around. Love it!
7to10 wrote:
KohlDaddy: I am paypal'ing you a quarter so you can afford some musical taste and sending you a link to shoutcast so you can listen to something in your genre (rock and roll) and ask you to leave your blind opinionated crap for whatever kwick shop you hang out in while drinking your faux cappuccino.
Ditto Ditto Ditto, and Bravo to you for telling him so perfectly!!
7to10 wrote:
KohlDaddy wrote:
Though it is a nice album cover and I have a soft spot for Frou Frou... This blows. I mean really. Awful. Enough of the electro-euro-crap. It's all like that nightmarish 1980s synethesizer "music." But on steriods. And more obnoxious. Play some rock and roll. Play something with soul. Please!
KohlDaddy, I am paypal'ing you a quarter so you can afford some musical taste and sending you a link to shoutcast so you can listen to something in your genre (rock and roll) and ask you to leave your blind opinionated crap for whatever kwick shop you hang out in while drinking your faux cappuccino.
Too funny! I do agree though. And I really do like this music too. Ah well, to each their own, I guess.
KohlDaddy: I am paypal'ing you a quarter so you can afford some musical taste and sending you a link to shoutcast so you can listen to something in your genre (rock and roll) and ask you to leave your blind opinionated crap for whatever kwick shop you hang out in while drinking your faux cappuccino.
Screature wrote:
Some people seem to have forgotten the meaning of the word "eclectic". That's what RP is all about! ...
Well, perhaps you've forgotten the point of these forums. Which is to allow all of us to express our opinions of the music, of RP, or each other for that matter. So KohlDaddy (or you) is perfectly welcome to dump on this song if he wants. And you're welcome to dump on KohlDaddy - or me! Fortunately the "eclectic" concept applies as much to the listeners as the music. And that is part of why I really like RP.
KohlDaddy wrote:
Though it is a nice album cover and I have a soft spot for Frou Frou... This blows. I mean really. Awful. Enough of the electro-euro-crap. It's all like that nightmarish 1980s synethesizer "music." But on steriods. And more obnoxious. Play some rock and roll. Play something with soul. Please!
Some people seem to have forgotten the meaning of the word "eclectic". That's what RP is all about! You may not like every genre of music that Bill spins, but you know what, he does a pretty darned good job at playing very good takes of all the types of music that he puts out. I live in an area where on the conventional radio waves it is almost impossible to hear anything other than conventional "rock and roll". Might I suggest that if that is what you are interested in just tune your radio into your local WKRAP and leave your RP bashing at home.
The melody's isn't particularly good, but the track does have a neat "drive". More style than substance, but enjoyable to listen to nevertheless.
I like the beat of this song.
This sounds akin to "Soul Sloshing" by Venus Hum
Though it is a nice album cover and I have a soft spot for Frou Frou... This blows. I mean really. Awful. Enough of the electro-euro-crap. It's all like that nightmarish 1980s synethesizer "music." But on steriods. And more obnoxious. :headache.gif: Play some rock and roll. Play something with soul. Please!
Nice song - LOVE that cover!
Yeah, I thought it was Imogen before I read the other posts. Hearing so much Frou Frou on RP caused me to go by their album yesterday! And it totally rocks! Her voice is a big help in that regard; not that it's particularly masterful...just particularly artful.
PhysicsGenius chart buster #7 - physicsgenius wrote:
Electronica with an oddly-voiced woman singing in what sounds like an empty warehouse. How innovative!
If Imogen was here... I wouldn't be coming up for air anytime soon.
ColdBear wrote:
As soon as a sweet female voice sings, I'm mesmerized... 9
Joplin and Jones are the only ones I can listen to )
ArbiterOfGoodTaste wrote:
Whoops! That was an abrupt mid-song change!
It was!!!
Whoops! That was an abrupt mid-song change!