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Rusted Root — Ecstasy
Album: When I Woke
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Released: 1994
Length: 4:58
Plays (last 30 days): 3
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Take away your paper & pen
Stacks of money and your foolish grin
And go

Get me off the backwards ride
Take away your greedy way and go
See the woman standing at the door
World gone by ... Again and again
See the blisters growing on your feet
Pushed on... Pushed on
World gone by

Take away your companies
Take away your societies and go
Get me off this backwards ride
Take away your fictitious books of fact
See the woman standing in the door
World gone by ... Again and again
See the blisters growing on your feet
Pushed on ... Pushed on
World gone by

I wouldn't want to be
Living in a world of ecstasy with you

Wasted arms; wasted legs
Wrapped round this machine
Military machine

I wouldn't want to be
Living in a world of ecstasy with you

Taken' away your companies
Takin' away your societies and go.
Get me off this backwards ride,
Takin' away your ficticious books of fact.
Yeah, do mum-ba-si-be-ah
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Saw these guys in a tiny bar in the mid 90's.  Super fun!!
Posted 2 days ago by daveysprocket    [ Reply ]

Posted 3 years ago by luisaa72    [ Reply ]
Someone stuck a pin in David Byrne!!
Posted 3 years ago by Segue    [ Reply ]
Fantastic Tune!!!
8 to 9 without a doubt!!!
Posted 3 years ago by surfrider4life    [ Reply ]
 drews wrote:
Fun! I hear david byrne and talking heads in here
 
100%
Posted 3 years ago by surfrider4life    [ Reply ]
...dancing in the light...
Posted 3 years ago by Steely_D    [ Reply ]
Posted 4 years ago by sunflowerbee    [ Reply ]
No sir I do not like it
Posted 4 years ago by murr69st335    [ Reply ]
Righteous!  
Posted 4 years ago by bruceandjenna    [ Reply ]
 trailhead wrote:
Oh, so that's what he is singing {#Smile}

But seriously, the bass on this just awesome.
 

I was about to say that the bass is crazy on this.. You bet !
Posted 4 years ago by Actuel    [ Reply ]
Reminds me a little of young Luka Bloom in regards to guitar, vocals and energy...
Posted 5 years ago by boffyflow    [ Reply ]
Sister Contine was my in to Rusted Root...yet another lesser known but fun band.  
Posted 5 years ago by Floyd62    [ Reply ]
Oy, this is insufferable.
Posted 5 years ago by junebaby65    [ Reply ]
Oh, man, this is kicking!! Just found a new fave...
Posted 6 years ago by battlecat    [ Reply ]
Last year I was at a friend's in Aruba and played this from my RP Favorites playlist for a crowd of locals. It was a huge hit! As one can imagine! :-)
Posted 6 years ago by Carl    [ Reply ]
An old favorite
Posted 7 years ago by spek10    [ Reply ]
Hey!  HEY!  (Jumping up and down on the floor, my neighbors ceiling).  Will you keep it DOWN down there!!?!  Stop all the racket will ya!?  Else...invite me over right now!  {#Bananajam}

After all you've got to admit...it may be short on musical substance but it is infectious ain't it?  Just like every great party that's busy getting busy.

Highlow
American Net'Zen
Posted 7 years ago by Highlowsel    [ Reply ]
 trailhead wrote:
Oh, so that's what he is singing {#Smile}

But seriously, the bass on this just awesome.

 
The bass and drums are excellent on this tune (reminds me of Bow Wow Wow), the rest of it doesn't do as much for me however.  It certainly has a lot of energy though.
Posted 7 years ago by Proclivities    [ Reply ]
Joan Armatrading on wizz.  This is stressing me out.
Posted 7 years ago by DaidyBoy    [ Reply ]
Oh, so that's what he is singing {#Smile}

But seriously, the bass on this just awesome.
Posted 7 years ago by trailhead    [ Reply ]
Whooo boy....this one sets me back in recalling the first time I heard it.  It's a late summers night and I'm heading from NYC to the shore in my sporty car; with the windows rolled down and the sun-roof open.  {#Motor}  This tune comes on and I could....not....help...myself....the volume knob somehow got spun to +10.  Oh yeah....them's were the days....or was that daze? 

Highlow
American Net'Zen
Posted 7 years ago by Highlowsel    [ Reply ]
 drews wrote:
Fun! I hear david byrne and talking heads in here

 
So did I, and it gave me the creeps the very moment.
Posted 7 years ago by Bleyfusz    [ Reply ]
 Same here 
drews wrote:
Fun! I hear david byrne and talking heads in here

 


Posted 7 years ago by jasko    [ Reply ]
Michael_Dean wrote:

Yep, just as I thought, I like the music a lot more after seeing the video    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QsGIDFTURaY

 
I had the opposite reaction. Kind of like watching sausage being made. Sometimes it's just better to not know.
Posted 7 years ago by haljordan    [ Reply ]

Yep, just as I thought, I like the music a lot more after seeing the video    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QsGIDFTURaY


Posted 7 years ago by Michael_Dean    [ Reply ]
Miniature marching.
Posted 7 years ago by twoplain2sea    [ Reply ]
Is that Cher on the lead vocal there?
Posted 8 years ago by Michael_Dean    [ Reply ]
Fun! I hear david byrne and talking heads in here
Posted 8 years ago by drews    [ Reply ]
6.5?!! 😳 Amazing tune!
Posted 8 years ago by aspicer    [ Reply ]
This has to be one of the best "high energy" songs of all time!
Posted 8 years ago by leeboy    [ Reply ]
nerve people sing a nervous song 
Posted 8 years ago by ico    [ Reply ]
Builds and builds and builds, they give it their all don't they?
Posted 8 years ago by SECA_Alan    [ Reply ]
This has always been one of my favorite tunes.  I think it is the rhythm in particular.
Posted 8 years ago by jrlpking    [ Reply ]
I've raised my number on this.........it works!      {#Smile}
Posted 9 years ago by dew34    [ Reply ]

I raise my rusty tuna can to toast the Root-boys! Must see their stage show... it's  ...ecstatic!


Posted 9 years ago by misterbearbaby    [ Reply ]
 Long Island nights never a dull moment and such an awesome music scene growing up as teen and early 20's.  Thanks for an awesome youthful memory.  BUTCH

hayduke2 wrote:


Found this photo of Peppi on their website (good rats.com) that banging a garbage can with a baseball bat, and Peppi and Micky's wicked beards brought back vivid memories of the Rats in those smoke filled clubs on Sunrise Highway man!  Rusted Root doesn't sound like them to my ear, but whatever, Rock On Peppi!!! (1944 - 2013)

 


Posted 9 years ago by melzabutch    [ Reply ]
{#Drummer} How many arms has that drummer got?
Posted 9 years ago by jhorton    [ Reply ]
Welcome addition to Send me on my way.
Percussion is excellent.
Posted 9 years ago by TerryS    [ Reply ]


Found this photo of Peppi on their website (good rats.com) that banging a garbage can with a baseball bat, and Peppi and Micky's wicked beards brought back vivid memories of the Rats in those smoke filled clubs on Sunrise Highway man!  Rusted Root doesn't sound like them to my ear, but whatever, Rock On Peppi!!! (1944 - 2013)
Posted 9 years ago by hayduke2    [ Reply ]
 MissElaineious wrote:
Hey all - does Rusted Root remind anyone of The Good Rats? Does anyone remember The Good Rats or were they just a NYC regional band?

 
I remember them. There is a similarity, though I doubt Rusted Root ever heard of them.  As far as I remember, The Good Rats were primarily a NYC-area band.
Posted 9 years ago by Proclivities    [ Reply ]
{#Headache}
Posted 9 years ago by lily34    [ Reply ]
very talking heads-ish
Posted 9 years ago by jpfueler    [ Reply ]
 egsstaff wrote:
Still very good but I prefer 16 horsepower! Sackcloth and Ashes

 

I saw both 16 Horsepower and Rusted Root at the same HORDE Tour show in KC back in 1996, RR on the big stage, 16HP on the auxiliary stage. TBH I was more impressed with the boys from Denver, as David Eugene Edwards has a powerful presence on stage and I LOVED the accordion. Plus this was my first interaction with them.
Rusted Root was solidly good and I had decent seats, but they didn't seem to have quite the same energy and one of their female singers was unavailable or left the group, so they didn't perform a song I was really looking forward to hear.
Posted 9 years ago by Solanus    [ Reply ]
 MissElaineious wrote:
Hey all - does Rusted Root remind anyone of The Good Rats? Does anyone remember The Good Rats or were they just a NYC regional band?

 
Remember the Good Rats, don't remember them sounding like Rusted Root.  As for regional I my guess is more then likely, I was in upstate at the time there were well known.

Edit-just did a GIS on them and they are still around.
Posted 9 years ago by xtalman    [ Reply ]
Hey all - does Rusted Root remind anyone of The Good Rats? Does anyone remember The Good Rats or were they just a NYC regional band?
Posted 9 years ago by MissElaineious    [ Reply ]
 unclehud wrote:
 Does this mean you — plural — are "living in a world of ecstasy" in the raves taking place in your churches/hotel room?  {#Eek}  

(And I'm doing great at this moment, thanks.  It's a beautiful day in the Kingdom!)
 
Everybody in my homeless camps ecstatically loves this song...  we be dancing buck ass naked all over the forests, fields and lumpy tundra...

we hope life be grand for you in the Kingdom right now, unclehud...
Posted 10 years ago by Lazarus    [ Reply ]
 railroadwail wrote:
Among Pittsburgh's finest talents.  Saw them perform many times in and around the Burgh.

 
I never heard them before but i like it. Kind of a talking heads vibe
Posted 10 years ago by RJ-McReady    [ Reply ]
Among Pittsburgh's finest talents.  Saw them perform many times in and around the Burgh.
Posted 10 years ago by railroadwail    [ Reply ]
Goat boy, goat boy, goat boy.  The singer sounds like Goat Boy.

This post apparently contained an image that was dragged into the post editor. Sorry, but any text contained in the post after this point has been lost.
Posted 10 years ago by Egrey    [ Reply ]
Nice, uplifting song!! Tapping the feet and nodding the head to this!! {#Bananajam}{#Dancingbanana_2}{#Drummer} {#Boohoo}
Posted 10 years ago by mgkiwi    [ Reply ]
Adam Duritz and then this singer.  My morning isn't getting any better is it?
Posted 10 years ago by junebaby65    [ Reply ]
I'm not quite sure why but I've always liked these guys.  The vocalist could be an on-air warranty reader with his speed diction.
Posted 11 years ago by markthecarp    [ Reply ]
  Lazarus wrote:
Frantic melody; frantic guitar playing; we be dancing like bowlegged gypsy muleskinners...  love it...
  
Does this mean you -- plural -- are "living in a world of ecstasy" in the raves taking place in your churches/hotel room?  {#Eek}  

(And I'm doing great at this moment, thanks.  It's a beautiful day in the Kingdom!)
Posted 11 years ago by unclehud    [ Reply ]
I'm listening to a live recording of this song right now. I thought I'd check out Radio Paradise, and I see it was played earlier today. Very nice. Thank you RP. Glad to good to know it's being played. BTW, I saw Rusted Root do a free show at the University of Minnesota in 2007. Assembly of Dust opened for them. Check out Rusted Root's new album, The Movement.
Posted 11 years ago by dejapete    [ Reply ]
I saw these guys at warp tour when they were a little side stage show. The Allman Brothers were headlining and Dickie Betts got on stage with them.
Posted 11 years ago by PA1749    [ Reply ]
 Lazarus wrote:

Frantic melody; frantic guitar playing; we be dancing like bowlegged gypsy muleskinners...  love it...
 

 

Awesome imagry! {#Bananasplit}
Posted 11 years ago by PA1749    [ Reply ]

Frantic melody; frantic guitar playing; we be dancing like bowlegged gypsy muleskinners...  love it...
 
Posted 11 years ago by Lazarus    [ Reply ]
 I always thought it was Simi and the Whale.  "Simi and myyyyy Whale!"

Aud wrote:
wtf ...at least with the other song, I'm hearing "simian way" This.... is speed talking
 


Posted 11 years ago by kilroyjoe3    [ Reply ]
man, I had to hit PSD twice to escape this song............... glad for this feature though
Posted 11 years ago by socalhol    [ Reply ]
Can't be bothered to check, but is this David Byrne?  Sure sounds like him.
Posted 11 years ago by superfido    [ Reply ]
Just what I need this morning, great guitar...
Posted 11 years ago by Emjo    [ Reply ]
First time that I listen to them and I like them a lot, but I can't avoid to think about Talking Heads

Posted 11 years ago by MaryAndrea    [ Reply ]
Still very good but I prefer 16 horsepower! Sackcloth and Ashes
Posted 11 years ago by egsstaff    [ Reply ]
Needs more Bobbodum bobbodadee.
Posted 11 years ago by TerryS    [ Reply ]
The similarity between Rusted Root and Poi Dog Pondering is something to consider.  For people who lived the 90s in Chi-town.  PDP was a local mainstay.
Posted 12 years ago by rdo    [ Reply ]
Please, Bill, tell me this is tune is just one of your head games so I can sleep better tonight.  It's actually just a bunch of your buds having a hoot at our expense, right?  Bill?
Posted 12 years ago by joelbb    [ Reply ]
wtf ...at least with the other song, I'm hearing "simian way" This.... is speed talking
Posted 12 years ago by Aud    [ Reply ]
 jhorton wrote:
I'd love to see this outfit LIVE!
 

I did.......unimpressed.they just went thru the motions
Posted 12 years ago by Bakaretsu    [ Reply ]
 lazywhinerkid wrote:
"i quit corned beef, living in a world of ecstasy, yeah yeah."  any world without corned beef could never be that ecstatic.
 

Where are those Simians!
Posted 12 years ago by Aud    [ Reply ]

Perhaps they should have named this methamphetamine, or at least caffeine, instead.


Posted 12 years ago by djengs    [ Reply ]
I'd love to see this outfit LIVE!
Posted 12 years ago by jhorton    [ Reply ]
 {#Bananapiano}TJS wrote:
such a fun song
 


Posted 12 years ago by dew34    [ Reply ]
such a fun song
Posted 12 years ago by TJS    [ Reply ]
 jredd2 wrote:
Sounds very David Byrne-ish.....
 
Nah, both music and vocals sound much, much more like Luka Bloom than like DB.

Posted 12 years ago by ce    [ Reply ]
 QueenLucia wrote:
You have to do the math:  (1 x 24) + (2 x 28) + (3 x 32) etc.  You get a total of 3744. Divide that by the total votes of 573 and you get roughly 6.5.
 

I think he is confused with the meanings of the average and the median of the distribution. 
Posted 13 years ago by Hannio    [ Reply ]
Kundalihni!
Posted 13 years ago by goldenfiddle    [ Reply ]
I love to hear their "Drum Trip" (which precedes it on the album) along with this {#Drummer}... they work so well together

Posted 13 years ago by CarpePotus    [ Reply ]
 ziakut wrote:
This is what Talking Heads hear when they listen to themselves play. I certainly don't hear this when they play. I like Rusted Root...far better!
 
I like this a lot, too, but RR's list of good songs is MUCH shorter than TH's.

(BTW, even though it looks like the rating should be more like 7.5 vs. 6.5, it's because the low ratings are further away from the "mode" than the high ratings are — in other words, it's easier to drag down a high score than it is to improve it; if there were 11s, 12s, 13s, etc. to rate, they could offset the low ratings — but there aren't.)


Posted 13 years ago by Carl    [ Reply ]
Bassline was lifted from Paul Simon's "Late In The Evening"
Posted 14 years ago by adroc    [ Reply ]
This is what Talking Heads hear when they listen to themselves play. I certainly don't hear this when they play. I like Rusted Root...far better!
Posted 14 years ago by ziakut    [ Reply ]
"Do I hear some David Bryne influence here?"

It does sound sorta salty.  :)
Posted 14 years ago by bachbeet    [ Reply ]
 gatorade wrote:
Do I hear some David Bryne influence here? I like this.

 
Yup, this is like Talking Heads, but not 100th as irritating. Nice percussion work. 7 from the Nottingham jury.

Posted 14 years ago by fredriley    [ Reply ]
Always liked this one!
Posted 14 years ago by FluorideFreeMN    [ Reply ]
"i quit corned beef, living in a world of ecstasy, yeah yeah."  any world without corned beef could never be that ecstatic.
Posted 14 years ago by lazywhinerkid    [ Reply ]
So easy to listen to....very smooth.
Posted 14 years ago by mrmagoo    [ Reply ]
yeah, for sure... I never would have thought of it

 gatorade wrote:
Do I hear some David Bryne influence here? I like this.

 


Posted 14 years ago by musickat    [ Reply ]
Do I hear some David Bryne influence here? I like this.

Posted 14 years ago by gatorade    [ Reply ]
 dedawson wrote:
Hey Bill,

Just did a quick look at the votes for this:
1  =  24
2  =  28
3  =  32
4  =  22
5  =  37
6  =  66
7  =  128
8  =  142
9  =  73
10 = 21

Giving 209 1-6 votes and 364 7—10 votes. Or, in other words, 64% of the votes are 7 or above, while 36% are 6 or less.

So how in the world is the average vote 6.5?  Do we need a Minnesota recount or two?  {#Naughty}

Yea, you got it, I'm bored  {#Confused}

 
 



Posted 15 years ago by themotion    [ Reply ]
Mina_the_Boo wrote:
Must be 4:20 somewhere…

It's always 4:20 here.


Posted 15 years ago by Al_Koholic    [ Reply ]
His root doesn't sound very rusty to me. {#Wink} I don't even know what that means.

Posted 15 years ago by peter_james_bond    [ Reply ]
Cue the Dancing Bananas!!

{#Dancingbanana}
Posted 15 years ago by Mugro    [ Reply ]
 dedawson wrote:
Hey Bill,

Just did a quick look at the votes for this:
1  =  24
2  =  28
3  =  32
4  =  22
5  =  37
6  =  66
7  =  128
8  =  142
9  =  73
10 = 21

Giving 209 1-6 votes and 364 7—10 votes. Or, in other words, 64% of the votes are 7 or above, while 36% are 6 or less.

So how in the world is the average vote 6.5?  Do we need a Minnesota recount or two?  {#Naughty}

Yea, you got it, I'm bored  {#Confused}

 
  You have to do the math:  (1 x 24) + (2 x 28) + (3 x 32) etc.  You get a total of 3744. Divide that by the total votes of 573 and you get roughly 6.5.


Posted 15 years ago by QueenLucia    [ Reply ]
Hey Bill,

Just did a quick look at the votes for this:
1  =  24
2  =  28
3  =  32
4  =  22
5  =  37
6  =  66
7  =  128
8  =  142
9  =  73
10 = 21

Giving 209 1-6 votes and 364 7—10 votes. Or, in other words, 64% of the votes are 7 or above, while 36% are 6 or less.

So how in the world is the average vote 6.5?  Do we need a Minnesota recount or two?  {#Naughty}

Yea, you got it, I'm bored  {#Confused}

 


Posted 15 years ago by dedawson    [ Reply ]
I'm on vacation in Aruba right now and this really rocks here! Yes!
Posted 15 years ago by Carl    [ Reply ]
 rollo_tomasi wrote:

concur :  4
 


Posted 16 years ago by zip    [ Reply ]
I get a kick that this band, with the sole exception of the bass guitar, is otherwise acoustic. Some feat. Amazing energy.
Posted 16 years ago by WonderLizard    [ Reply ]
I do love this CD!

Posted 16 years ago by rvontha    [ Reply ]
jredd2 wrote:
Sounds very David Byrne-ish.....


concur :  3


Posted 16 years ago by rollo_tomasi    [ Reply ]
I remember seeing these guys open for the Allman Bros at red rocks years ago... Not expecting a thing (especially after seeing the spin doctors flop the year before). Anyway, rusted root came out and floored everyone. They didnt do much since then but I will always love them for that set.
Posted 16 years ago by Dr-ice    [ Reply ]
jredd2 wrote:
Sounds very David Byrne-ish.....
Which, depending on your viewpoint, can be a good OR a bad thing.
Posted 16 years ago by Pyro    [ Reply ]
Just what I needed... An after lunch pick me up! Jammin'
Posted 16 years ago by Gergonomic    [ Reply ]
This is refreshing...especially after Spearhead
Posted 16 years ago by eastcoast    [ Reply ]
Sounds very David Byrne-ish.....
Posted 16 years ago by jredd2    [ Reply ]
Lead Singer = Goat Boy
Posted 16 years ago by Egrey    [ Reply ]
Must be 4:20 somewhere…
Posted 16 years ago by Mina_the_Boo    [ Reply ]
make it stop
Posted 16 years ago by pannaramma    [ Reply ]
Spearhead? Rusted Root? I am in ecstasy...
Posted 16 years ago by xc_para_puravida    [ Reply ]
Trey wrote:
While the other Rusted Root song in rotation induces painful ear cramps, this one is pretty good. No detectable patchouli stank.
Interesting assessment. I love Rusted Root and am wearing patchouli. True story.
Posted 17 years ago by fingerpin    [ Reply ]
go stillers
Posted 17 years ago by andersonbd1    [ Reply ]
milehighYinzer wrote:
I give this band a higher rating for being a bunch of fellow yinzers.
Posted 17 years ago by AliGator    [ Reply ]
Trey wrote:
While the other Rusted Root song in rotation induces painful ear cramps, this one is pretty good. No detectable patchouli stank.
i hate this song and this band, but i love this comment.
Posted 17 years ago by lily34    [ Reply ]
I remember driving down Pikes Peak listening to this song. Brake check... head rush....
Posted 17 years ago by jennifernewport    [ Reply ]
I like pretending I can sing along to this one. *flips tongue all around* Yeah, I nailed it. K, honestly? How can you NOT dance?
Posted 17 years ago by kelly652    [ Reply ]
MORE COWBELL!!! :D
Posted 17 years ago by Atombender    [ Reply ]
This is a great album; their best, imo. Great for chair dancing!
Posted 17 years ago by hippiechick    [ Reply ]
Reminds me of a Richard Cheese song, but I can't think which one. Anybody?
Posted 17 years ago by liser    [ Reply ]
nance wrote:
why is everyone so negative.........it's getting so I don't like to read comments
ahh, don't listen to 'em. over a quarter of the people who rated this song gave it an '8' or higher, myself included. It kicks polyrhythmic butt!
Posted 17 years ago by ktnsb    [ Reply ]
While the other Rusted Root song in rotation induces painful ear cramps, this one is pretty good. No detectable patchouli stank.
Posted 17 years ago by Trey    [ Reply ]
why is everyone so negative.........it's getting so I don't like to read comments
Posted 17 years ago by nance    [ Reply ]
Both the singer and the staccato/heavy accoustic guitar sound a LOT like Luka Bloom, in his more up-tempo songs. BTW that's good.
Posted 17 years ago by ce    [ Reply ]