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Deus — What We Talk About (When We Talk About Love)
Album: Pocket Revolution
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Released: 2005
Length: 4:37
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What we talk about,
When we talk about love

Talk about a shot from the hip
And the sky above
Talk about the glow on the lip
What the moon's made of
Talk about things you can't see
When you talk about me...
Do you talk about love?

What we talk about,
When we talk about love

Gimme something i can touch
Not a mystery
Gimme something i can feel
Not a fantasy
Gimme something real, baby
When you talk about love...
Do you talk about me?
(Choir) Get off that slumber
Come on down get of that train
A bend is easy to take

There's a road up ahead
And it's not that far
There's a road up ahead
And it ain't that far
Down the road you just don't know
What it is you'll find
Down the road, it's a fact babe,
You might as well be blind
It's an odyssey so please,

When you reach that road...
Don't leave me behind

(Choir) Get off...

Deep as the ocean
Wide as the sea
I'm talking about low visibility...
High as mountain
And harder to climb

It is in what you seek
Not in what you find

When you say things soft
You know they ring so true
When you say things loud
They don't sound like you

Like it when you shake that thing
With the finest touch
Like it when you talk so little
And say so much
City girls they like to get rough
But when you talk about love...
They don't hold no grudge.

(Choir) Get off...
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BIRDMAN!!!!
Posted 1 year ago by gregskrtic    [ Reply ]
Anyone hear Collective Soul influence there? 
Posted 3 years ago by ahenwood    [ Reply ]
When it started out I was thinking Lady GaGa?
Posted 4 years ago by kevrey    [ Reply ]
The Ideal Crash is their most accessible album. Try writing such cool lyrics in a second language.
Posted 4 years ago by MattRudely    [ Reply ]
thanks for playing 
Posted 5 years ago by cohifi    [ Reply ]
There is always good music from deus..should be., They called themselves the God!
Posted 5 years ago by gerigkmarkus519    [ Reply ]
 boober wrote:

I don't know what you are talking about?

 
put yer boobs back on
Posted 6 years ago by jambo    [ Reply ]
They do have this hip-Cale kind of sound with an element of mecho in the vocal line.  Interesting sound, in spite of the detractors below who clearly don't know their pop-rock history.
Posted 6 years ago by joelbb    [ Reply ]
If they had branded the "no purpose music" they would be rich by now, assuming they sold some records. 
Posted 9 years ago by Chumbawamba-1984    [ Reply ]
Well, according to John, that is the only thing Deus talks about ... LOVE {#Sunny}
Posted 9 years ago by 4merdj    [ Reply ]
 socalhol wrote:
Well I have heard this particular song on RP for years now, and it just struck me today that it sounds A LOT like JJ Cale (RIP).

Scrolling down the comments I see quite a few other RP members agree!  {#Wink}  So I am also commenting about HOW COOL it continues to be to have a large online community of listeners very much engaged with quality music.  I am still just as tickled as I was when I first found RP several years ago, to find so many like-minded people who draw similar comparisons to music, bands, singers, lyrics, etc etc. that I do.  I only have a couple friends who are into music as much as me, and they live far away now so we don't talk as much anymore.  And all my other friends just think I'm a music geek and they never "get it" when I make comments or references — totally lost on them.   

 
I don't know what you are talking about?
Posted 9 years ago by boober    [ Reply ]

"BASS"

good song opening!


Posted 9 years ago by boober    [ Reply ]
Well I have heard this particular song on RP for years now, and it just struck me today that it sounds A LOT like JJ Cale (RIP).

Scrolling down the comments I see quite a few other RP members agree!  {#Wink}  So I am also commenting about HOW COOL it continues to be to have a large online community of listeners very much engaged with quality music.  I am still just as tickled as I was when I first found RP several years ago, to find so many like-minded people who draw similar comparisons to music, bands, singers, lyrics, etc etc. that I do.  I only have a couple friends who are into music as much as me, and they live far away now so we don't talk as much anymore.  And all my other friends just think I'm a music geek and they never "get it" when I make comments or references — totally lost on them.   
Posted 10 years ago by socalhol    [ Reply ]
 sirrus wrote:
"Who ya gonna call?"

 

Good call!
Posted 11 years ago by justin4kick    [ Reply ]
Smooth and steady.  Like this a bunch.

(By the way, Miles Davis is good whether you like him or not.) 
Posted 11 years ago by unclehud    [ Reply ]
 Xeric wrote:

Sorry, but beg to strengthen that statement a bit.  Saying "Ray Carver is good if you like that sort of thing" is exactly equivalent to saying "Miles Davis is good if you like that sort of thing."  Carver is pretty widely (one hesitates, out of principal, to claim "universally") considered to be one of the absolute masters of the modern short story.  What We Talk About When We Talk About Love is a very good collection, though I think I like Will You Please Be Quiet, Please better.

 

Posted 12 years ago by lily34    [ Reply ]

Just to nitpick, it's dEUS, not Deus.

 

Not my favourite dEUS tune but still ok.


Posted 12 years ago by thondermonst    [ Reply ]
 Cynaera wrote:
Very infectious beat - snappy and fun. I like it!{#Dancingbanana}
 
Nice Drumming and Bass...
Posted 12 years ago by coding_to_music    [ Reply ]
Deus: Latin for God

USA Today Crossword question today
Posted 12 years ago by hippiechick    [ Reply ]
Deus good.
Posted 12 years ago by peter_james_bond    [ Reply ]
 finoufk wrote:


these are a foreigners 's song lyrics , or am I mistaking the point ? {#Stupid}
 

listen to the intro! {#Lol}
Posted 13 years ago by MiracleDrug    [ Reply ]
 MiracleDrug wrote:
You're not shy, you get around
You wanna fly, don't want your feet on the ground
You stay up, you won't come down
You wanna live, you wanna move to the sound
Got fire, in your veins, burnin' hot, but you don't feel the pain
Your desire, is insane, you can't stop, until you do it again...
WAIT-A-MINUTE...my bad,,,{#Whistle}
 

these are a foreigners 's song lyrics , or am I mistaking the point ? {#Stupid}
Posted 13 years ago by finoufk    [ Reply ]
You're not shy, you get around
You wanna fly, don't want your feet on the ground
You stay up, you won't come down
You wanna live, you wanna move to the sound
Got fire, in your veins, burnin' hot, but you don't feel the pain
Your desire, is insane, you can't stop, until you do it again...
WAIT-A-MINUTE...my bad,,,{#Whistle}
Posted 13 years ago by MiracleDrug    [ Reply ]
 4merdj wrote:
GBHehehe!
 
That is totally what I was thinking and then I scrolled down and saw this. Fell of my chair laughing!
 
Posted 13 years ago by gatorade    [ Reply ]
If you like this get the "Vantage Point" album rather than this one,  "The Architect" is the best song they ever did.
Posted 13 years ago by sajitjacob    [ Reply ]
srysly, didn't like it, but had a long history with R. Carver books and Deus songs at the same time.
Strange to see them mixed-up in a song, therefore quite a strange feeling ...

Posted 14 years ago by vinci    [ Reply ]
GBHehehe!


Posted 14 years ago by 4merdj    [ Reply ]
Very infectious beat - snappy and fun. I like it!{#Dancingbanana}
Posted 14 years ago by Cynaera    [ Reply ]
Shoot!  Can't find an mp3 download ...
Posted 14 years ago by plaice3    [ Reply ]
 AngieOrwell wrote:
GHOSTBUSTERS!       {#Bananasplit}
 
The J.J. Cale cover version of "Ghostbusters!"

Love it.  Best thing to come out of Belgium since . . . oh, hell, this is the best thing to come out of Belgium.

Posted 14 years ago by Baby_M    [ Reply ]
Pretty funny to hear Deus here on RP! Very nice!
Posted 14 years ago by Sjaaks    [ Reply ]
 sirrus wrote:
"Who ya gonna call?"
 

GHOSTBUSTERS!       {#Bananasplit}
Posted 14 years ago by AngieOrwell    [ Reply ]
 sirrus wrote:
"Who ya gonna call?"
 

GHOSTBUSTERS!
Posted 14 years ago by AngieOrwell    [ Reply ]
{#No}
Posted 14 years ago by HazzeSwede    [ Reply ]
Not heard this before, but like it. Ooooh I like it when that happens.
Posted 15 years ago by RedAdmiral    [ Reply ]
 sirrus wrote:
"Who ya gonna call?"
 

HAha...
Posted 15 years ago by dewinter    [ Reply ]
catchy!
Posted 15 years ago by Skorokoro    [ Reply ]
"Who ya gonna call?"
Posted 15 years ago by sirrus    [ Reply ]
 ktnsb wrote:

Yeah, he's a good writer. His stories are short, powerful, multi-leveled, dark and depressing. I think Thom Jones is better-check The Pugilist at Rest-but Ray Carver is good if you like that sort of thing.

 
Sorry, but beg to strengthen that statement a bit.  Saying "Ray Carver is good if you like that sort of thing" is exactly equivalent to saying "Miles Davis is good if you like that sort of thing."  Carver is pretty widely (one hesitates, out of principal, to claim "universally") considered to be one of the absolute masters of the modern short story.  What We Talk About When We Talk About Love is a very good collection, though I think I like Will You Please Be Quiet, Please better.

Posted 15 years ago by Xeric    [ Reply ]
I didn't remember that I was listening to RP and thought this was going to be Konichiwa Bitches. I guess it's just me. {#Cool}

Posted 15 years ago by cayenne    [ Reply ]
 froggy wrote:


I assume you mean J.J. and not John.
 

Yowza! JJ Cale, naturally.

Posted 15 years ago by ThePoose    [ Reply ]
 

Head on over to Amazon and get the entire CD.

And thanks Bill for correcting the way I pronounce it.  I assume you're right!
Posted 15 years ago by midigitguy    [ Reply ]
Groovy Baby
Posted 15 years ago by tripleearth    [ Reply ]
This is new to me, has me {#Dancingbanana}
Posted 15 years ago by Radio_Dweeb    [ Reply ]
9 thumbs up!
Posted 15 years ago by fuh2    [ Reply ]
boring ... I'll give it a 3
Posted 15 years ago by JoBo    [ Reply ]

7 {#Arrow} 8

Posted 15 years ago by vandal    [ Reply ]
 ThePoose wrote:
Echoes of Mr. Cale.
 
I agree.  This sounds like JJ Cale joined a band.

Posted 15 years ago by CruzanBits    [ Reply ]
a big outstanding album !!!
Posted 16 years ago by loversclub    [ Reply ]
 KahunaMatata wrote:
From Patty Griffin's "Change" to Galactic's "Paint" to Deus ... This set is why I LOVE LOVE LOVE RP!!! 
 

ditto the big kahuna
Posted 16 years ago by nab3arch    [ Reply ]
From Patty Griffin's "Change" to Galactic's "Paint" to Deus ... This set is why I LOVE LOVE LOVE RP!!! 
Posted 16 years ago by KahunaMatata    [ Reply ]
Another great Belgian band!
Posted 16 years ago by pedrock77    [ Reply ]
maybe it's just the coffee, but...i'm dancin in the chair.
Posted 16 years ago by govna    [ Reply ]
why this fuzz...? Rather avarage band!
Posted 16 years ago by Stingray    [ Reply ]
MJMJ wrote:
Darn, at first I thought this was going to be Foreigner. heh

"Urgent" ?



Posted 16 years ago by Zep    [ Reply ]
mefrombrazil wrote:

loversclub wrote:
die ganze cd ist der hammer !


i think i need translation.....


hmmm...

The gonzo CD is the hammer?

Posted 16 years ago by esotericderek    [ Reply ]
This song reminds me of the Three's Company theme song, for some strange reason.

Posted 16 years ago by esotericderek    [ Reply ]
Whats you talking about Willis?
Posted 16 years ago by boober    [ Reply ]
a must for lovers of special albums !!!
Posted 16 years ago by loversclub    [ Reply ]
Darn, at first I thought this was going to be Foreigner. heh
Posted 16 years ago by MJMJ    [ Reply ]
MojoJojo wrote:
Escher meets Futurama?
what did you say?
Posted 16 years ago by mefrombrazil    [ Reply ]
mefrombrazil wrote:
good artwork.
Escher meets Futurama?
Posted 16 years ago by MojoJojo    [ Reply ]
timc wrote:
Do you think these guys hang out with The Dandy Warhols? I can hear some similarities.
They hang out with angels on clouds, what do you think?
Posted 16 years ago by prickelpit96    [ Reply ]
Do you think these guys hang out with The Dandy Warhols? I can hear some similarities.
Posted 16 years ago by timc    [ Reply ]
loversclub wrote:
die ganze cd ist der hammer !
i think i need translation.....
Posted 16 years ago by mefrombrazil    [ Reply ]
die ganze cd ist der hammer !
Posted 16 years ago by loversclub    [ Reply ]
amoiralove wrote:
this song is so different. It caught my ear and I had to know more about this group's music. Love it. Amoira
so why do you rate it with a 5 ????
Posted 16 years ago by Delboy77    [ Reply ]
good artwork.
Posted 16 years ago by mefrombrazil    [ Reply ]
ThePoose wrote:
Echoes of Mr. Cale.
I assume you mean J.J. and not John.
Posted 17 years ago by froggy    [ Reply ]
ThePoose wrote:
Echoes of Mr. Cale.
ditto
Posted 17 years ago by Roach    [ Reply ]
i know i am going to catch crap for this. but this would be a good companion for a certain toby keith song.
Posted 17 years ago by ndad47    [ Reply ]
this song is so different. It caught my ear and I had to know more about this group's music. Love it. Amoira
Posted 17 years ago by amoiralove    [ Reply ]
davin wrote:
No sir, I don't like it.
Nipple
Posted 17 years ago by MojoJojo    [ Reply ]
No sir, I don't like it.
Posted 17 years ago by davin    [ Reply ]
out_to_lunch wrote:
it's so urgent, urgent, urgency urgent, urgent - emergency! its urgent urgent urgent...
Cha Ching!
Posted 17 years ago by stevo_b    [ Reply ]
Alpine wrote:
Urgent, Urgent, Emergency............ A direct pinch from Foreigner. How Lame.
Damn You! I said that!.....too late Damn.
Posted 17 years ago by out_to_lunch    [ Reply ]
Posted 17 years ago by Dahlia_Gumbo    [ Reply ]
it's so urgent, urgent, urgency urgent, urgent - emergency! its urgent urgent urgent...
Posted 17 years ago by out_to_lunch    [ Reply ]
i want this... be right back...
Posted 17 years ago by ellenaut    [ Reply ]
Good Album . . Highly Recommend.
Posted 17 years ago by horstman    [ Reply ]
horseplayer wrote:
Good read, anyone?">(click here)
Yeah, he's a good writer. His stories are short, powerful, multi-leveled, dark and depressing. I think Thom Jones is better-check The Pugilist at Rest-but Ray Carver is good if you like that sort of thing.
Posted 17 years ago by ktnsb    [ Reply ]
Alpine wrote:
Urgent, Urgent, Emergency............ A direct pinch from Foreigner. How Lame.
That direct makes it a tribute.
Posted 17 years ago by maxmox    [ Reply ]
Echoes of Mr. Cale.
Posted 17 years ago by ThePoose    [ Reply ]
Good read, anyone?
Posted 17 years ago by horseplayer    [ Reply ]
back to crap...
Posted 17 years ago by No-thing    [ Reply ]
TKTuttle wrote:
This is one of the most awesome songs I have ever heard. I've downloaded it and have played it repeatedly on Sunday and today in the car on the way home from work tonight... and again when I had to run out to a client's. My wife wanted to know what song I sat in the garage to finish listening to when I got home; she could feel the bass through the floor. Love that funky, groovin' beat that sounds like it's out of the '70s. And the lead singer has the sexiest, purring growl of a voice since Michael Hutchence. I checked out some of dEUS' other tracks on iTunes and I'm afraid this has ruined me for everything else they've done... nothing else compares. Shame on RP for making this the first dEUS song I heard!
Check out "hotel lounge", "suds'n'soda", "Little Artihmetics", "serpentine", "theme from turnpike"... Their first album, worst case scenario isn't bad at all. When it came out in Belgium, I was a student in Ghent, remembers me of some real good times!
Posted 17 years ago by wim06    [ Reply ]
Im picking up Kubb here, anyone else hear that? Or am I tuned to the wrong station? >_>
Posted 17 years ago by Frater_Kork    [ Reply ]
treehugz wrote:
this groovy tune kinda grows on ya. me likey.
No doubt. My finger's waggin....
Posted 17 years ago by skidoo    [ Reply ]
this groovy tune kinda grows on ya. me likey.
Posted 17 years ago by treehugz    [ Reply ]
Is Isaac Hayes making a cameo in the chorus?
Posted 17 years ago by Greenman    [ Reply ]
The lead singer - Tom Barman - is a huge fan of JJ Cale. I think you can really hear that in this Song. edit: ah, i see now that other people have noticed it as well
Posted 17 years ago by themarty    [ Reply ]
Catchy!
Posted 18 years ago by hippiechick    [ Reply ]
Fun tune. The title is from a collection of short stories by Raymond Carver.
Posted 18 years ago by ktnsb    [ Reply ]
What tedious music! Nice cover art though.
Posted 18 years ago by Govi    [ Reply ]
Bill just played this for me by request for my birthday. Thanks, Bill!
Posted 18 years ago by TKTuttle    [ Reply ]
Great band from Belgium. They make excellent CD's!
Posted 18 years ago by PeeBee    [ Reply ]
Urgent, Urgent, Emergency............ A direct pinch from Foreigner. How Lame.
Posted 18 years ago by Alpine    [ Reply ]
Darkmatter wrote:
This song is groovy in a sassy kind of way. Makes me wanna, uh you know...
Me too!
Posted 18 years ago by hippiechick    [ Reply ]
Another cool new band. Thanks RP!
Posted 18 years ago by Krispian    [ Reply ]
This song is groovy in a sassy kind of way. Makes me wanna, uh you know...
Posted 18 years ago by Darkmatter    [ Reply ]
Spot1100 wrote:
Well well... so this is what J.J. Cale would sound like with a synth....
You beat me to it!!
Posted 18 years ago by algrif    [ Reply ]
This is one of the most awesome songs I have ever heard. I've downloaded it and have played it repeatedly on Sunday and today in the car on the way home from work tonight... and again when I had to run out to a client's. My wife wanted to know what song I sat in the garage to finish listening to when I got home; she could feel the bass through the floor. Love that funky, groovin' beat that sounds like it's out of the '70s. And the lead singer has the sexiest, purring growl of a voice since Michael Hutchence. I checked out some of dEUS' other tracks on iTunes and I'm afraid this has ruined me for everything else they've done... nothing else compares. Shame on RP for making this the first dEUS song I heard!
Posted 18 years ago by TKTuttle    [ Reply ]
Spot1100 wrote:
Well well... so this is what J.J. Cale would sound like with a synth....
Ha! My first thought on hearing this was, "Now what has J.J. Cale gone and done now!?"
Posted 18 years ago by mojoman    [ Reply ]
Posted 18 years ago by R_P    [ Reply ]
First exposure to Deus, and my toes are tapping. Not too bad.
Posted 18 years ago by voodoodaddy    [ Reply ]
City girls they like to get rough But when you talk about love... They don't hold no grudge. damn city girls thats what they exactly are
Posted 18 years ago by tnfo1    [ Reply ]
They're back!
Posted 18 years ago by noelbarnes    [ Reply ]
Posted 18 years ago by hurrah    [ Reply ]
Well well... so this is what J.J. Cale would sound like with a synth....
Posted 18 years ago by Spot1100    [ Reply ]