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And I don't think we've made it, don't think we ever will
We're radio rental, so accidental too
And I don't think we've made it don't care if we ever do
Smashed in, crashed out
Spun around, messed about
Can't get up for falling down
Heh come and join the zoo
Shell shocked, red raw
Punch drunk, saddle sore
Forest Gump at heaven's door
Just looking for a clue
We're wounded but walking, dumbstruck but talking still
And I don't think we've made it, don't think we ever will
We're radio rental, so accidental too
And I don't think we've made it don't care if we ever do
Love bite, bee sting
Heavy heart, broken string
Never mind, cos everything
Yeah everything is alright now
We're wounded but walking, dumbstruck but talking still
And I don't think we've made it, don't think we ever will
We're radio rental, so accidental too
And I don't think we've made it don't care if we ever do.
i love this!
I'm not sure if I like this track or not, although I hear "Tequilla!" (or maybe it was La Bamba) in the music. I'll rate a 6 for now and maybe next listen I can clarify my feeling about it (i.e. a 5 or 7)
Yup. And plenty of "Shame on You" by the Indigo Girls. (But me likey.)
it's fun to look up who you think you are hearing
Exactly that was my thought, too. How can one not like the picture of children having fun?
They're not dancing to the beat
Where do four downvotes come form for this??
Exactly that was my thought, too. How can one not like the picture of children having fun?
what balance
Please don't....
What is interesting is that on Spoti this get 19,769 plays where the lame "Wouldn't it be good" gets 46,225,684. Yes, really. check it out.
....and while there do listen to the "No Frills" album. And please come back to RP after that. (Bill is going to kill me)
If you had to to choose a track to define happiness, this would be amongst the top 3 contenders.
Have you read the lyrics? Dodging or evading a terrible thing may not be the same as a definition of happiness. But I'm not dancing on your floor...
Still don't understand why we can't get other Nik Kershaw songs on the playlist.
He has some other really good tunes.
Still love his song "Oxygen" so very much...!
He has some other really good tunes.
If you had to to choose a track to define happiness, this would be amongst the top 3 contenders.
And the other two, for me at least, would be "Don't Stop Me Now" from Queen, and "Sing, Sing, Sing" from the Benny Goodman Orchestra. Both tracks, and now this one from Nik, sure to put me in a happy mood.
Just like my wife's first grade classroom! She gets them up and going at the end of every Friday!!!
Where do four downvotes come from for this??
And more from his album 15 MINUTES please... to me still the best singer-songwriter stuff he has done so far!
Facile and false equivalence. Both great songs, both very different.
Thank G-D for this station!
ckcotton wrote:
Please don't....
I've tried to get other Nik songs on RP and all have been nixed.
Please don't....
I've tried to get other Nik songs on RP and all have been nixed.
Keep at it! We'll get there!
Yeah - more Nik!!
I've tried to get other Nik songs on RP and all have been nixed.
Guy is unparalleled!!
Every song and note and album and melody.
Everyone take note!!
Yeah - more Nik!!
Nope.
This was:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ofH1pGTLNt4
THAT was a hit?!? that was awful. I couldn't even get past the 2 minute mark. I'll take this song over that 80's synth-barf any day
oh I would so much prefer Walking On Sunshine, happy tune. This one, hmmmm, he was very popular way before this. I still can't relate this to that Nik.
Guy is unparalleled!!
Every song and note and album and melody.
Everyone take note!!
This comment is way overused.
Happy tune but bummer lyrics
Interesting comment. This is the first time for me and I listen fairly regularly.
was this the "hit"? I love this song
Nope.
This was:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ofH1pGTLNt4
was this the "hit"? I love this song
For me: ice cold beer, tennis shoes, and Ray-Bans, if you don't mind.
I'm at maximum volume.
That's 2KW of peak Bryston power playing through a pair of Magnepan 3.6s plus another 1.5KW from the Paradigm Servo 15.
I don't push my system that hard very often. 100dB is not good for the ears, and I want to listen to RP until Bill and I are very old men.
However, this song begs me to crank it every time.
Wow! Awesome sound system!!!!
se necesita ...
un grupo Mexicano ...
and you ain't it
Muy buena versión ...
This multi-instrumentalist has made some other fun songs too...
Maybe some other time on RP?
passsion8 wrote:
RP never ceases to amaze me. Nik Kershaw? Here? You mean I'm not the only one in the universe who's heard of him? WOW!
I prefer his older stuff - that may be too much of a stretch for playing here. But, "Wouldn't It Be Good?"
yes, I would have to agree, always impressed by Bill's selections...good to hear an 80's name that can produce a song that still sounds good today!
I guess you're not British (neither am I). He was massively popular there, so lots of people in the universe have heard of him. You don't have to wish for "Wouldn't It Be Good". It's on the playlist here. Last played May, 2011.
Any brit (sufficiently old) will remember Nick Kershaw for "Wouldn't it be good", but its nice to hear something else (anything else) from him. Perhaps we've been a little harsh over here in seeing him as a one-hit wonder from the distant past.
RP never ceases to amaze me. Nik Kershaw? Here? You mean I'm not the only one in the universe who's heard of him? WOW!
I prefer his older stuff - that may be too much of a stretch for playing here. But, "Wouldn't It Be Good?"
I guess you're not British (neither am I). He was massively popular there, so lots of people in the universe have heard of him. You don't have to wish for "Wouldn't It Be Good". It's on the playlist here. Last played May, 2011.
I'm at maximum volume.
That's 2KW of peak Bryston power playing through a pair of Magnepan 3.6s plus another 1.5KW from the Paradigm Servo 15.
I don't push my system that hard very often. 100dB is not good for the ears, and I want to listen to RP until Bill and I are very old men.
However, this song begs me to crank it every time.
RP never ceases to amaze me. Nik Kershaw? Here? You mean I'm not the only one in the universe who's heard of him? WOW!
I prefer his older stuff - that may be too much of a stretch for playing here. But, "Wouldn't It Be Good?"
You mean the "Wouldn't It Be Good" where Kershaw's cadence and tone makes Nick Cave seem like Joey Ramone in comparison?
This is nice, but let's let some of that stuff stay buried.
RP never ceases to amaze me. Nik Kershaw? Here? You mean I'm not the only one in the universe who's heard of him? WOW!
I prefer his older stuff - that may be too much of a stretch for playing here. But, "Wouldn't It Be Good?"
gmichaelt wrote:
This has me wondering whether or not, at least once in the song—e.g. around the 70-second mark—he substitutes the word "cunt-struck" for the expected "dumb-struck". I'm pretty sure I'm not reading into the song's lyrics (hearing what I want to hear, or what hasn't been sung), as I'd never heard the word before it spun my ear around. If the word is present—even once—then that's pretty brassy.
We now know where your minds are.
gmichaelt wrote:
This has me wondering whether or not, at least once in the song—e.g. around the 70-second mark—he substitutes the word "cunt-struck" for the expected "dumb-struck". I'm pretty sure I'm not reading into the song's lyrics (hearing what I want to hear, or what hasn't been sung), as I'd never heard the word before it spun my ear around. If the word is present—even once—then that's pretty brassy.
As Nik famously sang in Wouldn't It Be Good: "Don't wanna be here no more..."
boring
Especially on a Monday morning!!!
What she said
Whoa! Great segue from Fiesta los Negritos to this!!!
Today this song has been in my head all day and I'm really starting to enjoy it...lots!
This has me wondering whether or not, at least once in the song—e.g. around the 70-second mark—he substitutes the word "cunt-struck" for the expected "dumb-struck". I'm pretty sure I'm not reading into the song's lyrics (hearing what I want to hear, or what hasn't been sung), as I'd never heard the word before it spun my ear around. If the word is present—even once—then that's pretty brassy.
Here are the lyrics:
We're wounded but walking, dumbstruck but talking still
And I don't think we've made it, don't think we ever will
We're radio rental, so accidental too
And I don't think we've made it don't care if we ever do
Smashed in, crashed out
Spun around, messed about
Can't get up for falling down
Heh come and join the zoo
Shell shocked, red raw
Punch drunk, saddle sore
Forest Gump at heaven's door
Just looking for a clue
We're wounded but walking, dumbstruck but talking still
And I don't think we've made it, don't think we ever will
We're radio rental, so accidental too
And I don't think we've made it don't care if we ever do
Love bite, bee sting
Heavy heart, broken string
Never mind, cos everything
Yeah everything is alright now
We're wounded but walking, dumbstruck but talking still
And I don't think we've made it, don't think we ever will
We're radio rental, so accidental too
And I don't think we've made it don't care if we ever do
This has me wondering whether or not, at least once in the song—e.g. around the 70-second mark—he substitutes the word "cunt-struck" for the expected "dumb-struck". I'm pretty sure I'm not reading into the song's lyrics (hearing what I want to hear, or what hasn't been sung), as I'd never heard the word before it spun my ear around. If the word is present—even once—then that's pretty brassy.
I'm just the opposite: dreading it because it might be La Bamba and then delighted to discover that instead its Nik Kershaw!
planet_lizard wrote:
It's actually "Radio Rental" (singular) and is cockney rhyming slang for "mental" (crazy).
Well, f*ck my old boots! I'd never heard that term before and I lived in the East End for a couple of years. Would you Adam & Eve it, eh? ;)
Starting to like this more, myself.
Yee haw!!!!! Crank it up! Let's dance!