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Love and Rockets — No New Tale to Tell
Album: Earth · Sun · Moon
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You cannot go against nature
Because when you do
Go against nature it's part of nature too
Our little lives get complicated
It's a simple thing
Simple as a flower and the complicated thing

No new tale to tell
No new tale to tell
No new tale to tell

My world is your world
People want to hear their names
I'm not exception
Please call my name
Call my name
Call my name
(Yeah, Oooh)

No new tale to tell
No new tale to tell
No new tale to tell

When you're down
It's a long way up
When you're up
It's a long way down

It's all the same thing
No new tale to tell
No new tale to tell
No new tale to tell
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 CMax wrote:

Is that Ian Anderson (Jethro Tull) on the flute!



I wondered that too, but no. It's Mel Thorpe.
Posted 1 day ago by Murray    [ Reply ]
 Relayer wrote:

A simple song in many respects, but I remember being blown away by it back in high school when it came out. And 34 years later, I still think it is a great song. And WOW, I always thought the flute solo was oddly similar to Ian Anderson,,,,,and if I ever bothered to look it up, I would have known why! Thanks Bill for pouting that fact out.




That is called musical influence. JT
Posted 4 months ago by Vaksix    [ Reply ]
If find it interesting that they took their name from some comic books that were created by the Hernandez brothers from my neck of the woods.
Posted 5 months ago by ick    [ Reply ]
 aspicer wrote:

They're opening for Jane's Addiction - on tour now. Psyched to see both amazing bands this September in Chicago!



Need I say how disappointed I am, and upset, with Mr. Farrell?!  Event was not to be. He's still an adolescent, sadly - no new tale to tell! ;) 
Posted 9 months ago by aspicer    [ Reply ]
fantastic! haven’t heard this one in such a long time. 
got to listen to some bauhaus now of course 
Posted 10 months ago by danny_t    [ Reply ]
They're opening for Jane's Addiction - on tour now. Psyched to see both amazing bands this September in Chicago!
Posted 11 months ago by aspicer    [ Reply ]
Bill… ahem, William…
I love that you play LOVE ‘n ROCKETS!
RIP to the Brit-Punk 80’s!
Posted 11 months ago by RoaringMouse    [ Reply ]
Saw them last year and they still have it! Great show!
Posted 1 year ago by david_galka    [ Reply ]
Yeah! Summer and fall of '87, there were lots of Flying Saucers; exquisite doses of blotter 'cid with little blue spaceships stamped on them, and shrooms are of course one of the four main food groups in Boulder, and THIS FINE BAND had a nice stretch of ear-time then, and thanks, RP, for the rich and tasty memories!
Posted 1 year ago by coloradojohn    [ Reply ]
wow. this takes me back. love it! saw them live way back in the day. fun times.
Posted 1 year ago by lily34    [ Reply ]
Dear aspicer in Chicago. STFU
Posted 2 years ago by tm    [ Reply ]
yep… love and rockets…
Posted 3 years ago by tm    [ Reply ]
BTW - their study of Eastern philosophy informed this song - Taoism in particular.
Posted 3 years ago by aspicer    [ Reply ]
Posted 3 years ago by lostintokyo    [ Reply ]
I've been recently digging back into their catalog - there is so much fantastic music they created. 
Posted 3 years ago by aspicer    [ Reply ]
 masterhead wrote:

When did they hire Ian Anderson for the flute solo? And I disagree they don't suck..they are just "different", ok?




I once read that they didn´t hire him. The article mentioned Ash saying that was "a family affair"...whatever that means.
Posted 3 years ago by nmb    [ Reply ]
 Poopsey wrote:

SMELLS LIKE NIRVANA




How? What does Nirvana smell like? ...eh?
Posted 3 years ago by joejennings    [ Reply ]
Great Tune!!
Posted 3 years ago by joejennings    [ Reply ]
A simple song in many respects, but I remember being blown away by it back in high school when it came out. And 34 years later, I still think it is a great song. And WOW, I always thought the flute solo was oddly similar to Ian Anderson,,,,,and if I ever bothered to look it up, I would have known why! Thanks Bill for pouting that fact out.
Posted 3 years ago by Relayer    [ Reply ]
 BillG wrote:

Oddly enough, yes. It is.


That's my oracle!
Posted 4 years ago by 69Grace_M    [ Reply ]
 tnt_thomas wrote:

"This is new Jethro Tull" 



one flute solo does not a Jethro Tull song make
Posted 4 years ago by rbrise    [ Reply ]
 CMax wrote:
Ian Anderson on the flute?!
 
Oddly enough, yes. It is.
Posted 4 years ago by William    [ Reply ]
"This is new Jethro Tull" 
Posted 4 years ago by tnt_thomas    [ Reply ]
 Poopsey wrote:
SMELLS LIKE NIRVANA
 
In what way? 
Posted 4 years ago by TLynneHenry    [ Reply ]
 CMax wrote:
Is that Ian Anderson (Jethro Tull) on the flute!
 
Yeah.  No.
Posted 5 years ago by bruceandjenna    [ Reply ]
 favrood wrote:
Was that my connection or is there a booger on the record?
 
Or a bugger in the cake.
Posted 5 years ago by bruceandjenna    [ Reply ]
SMELLS LIKE NIRVANA
Posted 5 years ago by Poopsey    [ Reply ]
It's nearly Christmas so I am going to be measured...

fuggin rubbish.
Posted 5 years ago by HectorPascal    [ Reply ]
 GarageDragon wrote:
When this started I thought, "Oh yeah!  This song!  I haven't heard this in years!"  

At about the midpoint I remembered why.
 
Last comment six years ago?! I haven't heard this here til now, and I say "Oh yeah! This song! I haven't heard this in years!" and I can't figure out why!
Posted 5 years ago by Jelani    [ Reply ]
When this started I thought, "Oh yeah!  This song!  I haven't heard this in years!"  

At about the midpoint I remembered why.
Posted 12 years ago by GarageDragon    [ Reply ]
Ian Anderson on the flute?!
Posted 12 years ago by CMax    [ Reply ]
 fredriley wrote:
"You cannot go against nature
Because when you do
Go against nature
It's part of nature too"

All very recursive and circular, and in the end just meaningless because by definition anything done in the natural world is by definition natural, including toxic waste dumps. It conflates two meanings of the word 'nature', one 'everyday' and one scientific. Not that you expect a philosophical treatise from song lyrics, but the banality and meaninglessness of the above grated right from the start, then the song kicked in and that was just as bad. An easy Ho-Hum from the Nottingham jury.
 



..so basically, there's no new tale to tell..i think i get it!..

..dug these guys in the 80s after they emerged out of Bauhaus and continue to..
Posted 12 years ago by cShaggy    [ Reply ]
Word hash ≠ lyrics.
Posted 12 years ago by joelbb    [ Reply ]
Have always liked this album, still listen to it, so glad to here  this song.
Posted 12 years ago by ddbz    [ Reply ]
 arserocket wrote:
Jethro Warhols
 

Believe it or not! I thought about both bands, while listening,

but before reading you!

 

PERFECTLY TRUE COMMENT (though more Warhols than Anderson)

though the album is from '87. Mister Taylor Taylor-Taylor was still a boy-scount back then!


Posted 12 years ago by Stingray    [ Reply ]
a very under rated band for their time...too bad so many dismiss them instead of listening. Yeah, "No New Tail to Tell"  is right ..
Posted 12 years ago by neuticle    [ Reply ]
Think I like it...
Posted 12 years ago by Stingray    [ Reply ]
Was that my connection or is there a booger on the record?
Posted 13 years ago by favrood    [ Reply ]
Jethro Warhols
Posted 13 years ago by arserocket    [ Reply ]
Not my favourite L&R song, gets a 4 from me.
Posted 13 years ago by Ag3nt0rang3    [ Reply ]
 fredriley wrote:
"You cannot go against nature
Because when you do
Go against nature
It's part of nature too"

All very recursive and circular, and in the end just meaningless because by definition anything done in the natural world is by definition natural, including toxic waste dumps. It conflates two meanings of the word 'nature', one 'everyday' and one scientific. Not that you expect a philosophical treatise from song lyrics, but the banality and meaninglessness of the above grated right from the start, then the song kicked in and that was just as bad. An easy Ho-Hum from the Nottingham jury.
 
your missing the point to say the least
Posted 13 years ago by neuticle    [ Reply ]
My dog thought the song was "No New Tails to Smell". {#Doh}
Posted 13 years ago by ubuntourist    [ Reply ]
woohoo!
Posted 13 years ago by lily34    [ Reply ]
A cool tune b/c it expresses their Taoist philosophy that includes Yin and Yang.  So while it may seem simple and obvious to some, consider it is speaking to the chaos you think is going on is really nothing new and to be anticipated - just as much as the blissful moments you love...it's all the same thing really!  Hmmm.........?!  ;-) 
Posted 13 years ago by aspicer    [ Reply ]
Is that Ian Anderson (Jethro Tull) on the flute!
Posted 13 years ago by CMax    [ Reply ]
I think you may be 'conflating' lyrics with philosophical discourse. Different thang, Freddy.


 fredriley wrote:
"You cannot go against nature
Because when you do
Go against nature
It's part of nature too"

All very recursive and circular, and in the end just meaningless because by definition anything done in the natural world is by definition natural, including toxic waste dumps. It conflates two meanings of the word 'nature', one 'everyday' and one scientific. Not that you expect a philosophical treatise from song lyrics, but the banality and meaninglessness of the above grated right from the start, then the song kicked in and that was just as bad. An easy Ho-Hum from the Nottingham jury.
 


Posted 14 years ago by tnt_thomas    [ Reply ]
They sampled in Jethro Tull! I never noticed that before!
Posted 14 years ago by audiophelia    [ Reply ]
"You cannot go against nature
Because when you do
Go against nature
It's part of nature too"

All very recursive and circular, and in the end just meaningless because by definition anything done in the natural world is by definition natural, including toxic waste dumps. It conflates two meanings of the word 'nature', one 'everyday' and one scientific. Not that you expect a philosophical treatise from song lyrics, but the banality and meaninglessness of the above grated right from the start, then the song kicked in and that was just as bad. An easy Ho-Hum from the Nottingham jury.
Posted 14 years ago by fredriley    [ Reply ]
I love this tune. I woke up with it stuck in my head a while back and I was like, where the frick did that come from? I hadn't heard it in MONTHS. Brainbug notwithstanding, I love this tune.
Posted 14 years ago by forge    [ Reply ]
Loved this tune!  Honestly, had never heard a song of theirs other than "So Alive" that I can remember.  This was a great one, though.
Posted 14 years ago by pinnyrat    [ Reply ]
Their best album. Their clearest lyric. "You cannot go against Nature..." I love this one!
Posted 14 years ago by ParkerH    [ Reply ]
 arissimo wrote:
yuk!  ~  I wanna stick forks in my ears!!!!!!!     please..... make it stop!!!!!!!
 
{#Lol} This is the funniest comment I've read in weeks - right down to the "unknown.gif" part.  Thanks for the laugh. And would sticking forks in your ears be considered "Brain Salad Surgery"?  Just wond'rin'...

I love this song, but much better by the Tull. {#Sunny}
Posted 14 years ago by Cynaera    [ Reply ]
Puke
Posted 14 years ago by t00lur    [ Reply ]
 kewfr wrote:

Kundalini Express... Great memory - always was their masterpiece.
 
Yes, please! Many great tunes to pick from off that record!

Posted 14 years ago by htowncoog    [ Reply ]
{#Dancingbanana}
Posted 14 years ago by rachlan    [ Reply ]
just awful. repetitive and annoying
 
Posted 14 years ago by ckcotton    [ Reply ]
The source from which all Dandy Warhols songs are copied.
Posted 14 years ago by snowcat    [ Reply ]
Good but I prefer their earlier stuff.
Posted 14 years ago by IndyDoug    [ Reply ]
A mish mosh of riffs, shamelessly done, and its fun.  I keep almost hearing Pictures of Matchstick Men in there, too.

Give it a 7, for now.
Posted 15 years ago by kurtster    [ Reply ]
 rockstarbro wrote:

Sure!  If you are tone deaf.  {#Meditate}
 
Stop attacking our romeotuma. He's the benign cosmic beautific dreamer who loves all music. I wish we could all find the good in things the way he does.

I'd love to hear this by the original artists, though... Not thrilled with Love and Rockets.

Posted 15 years ago by Cynaera    [ Reply ]
always liked these guys... but never knew it was ian anderson on flute. then again, of course it is.
Posted 15 years ago by daveesh    [ Reply ]
 25demayo wrote:
Could someone please download Kundalini Express?
 


Kundalini Express... Great memory - always was their masterpiece.
Posted 15 years ago by kewfr    [ Reply ]
I'm a big L&R fan, but I put this one at the bottom of their pile. Always found it irritating.
Posted 15 years ago by SmackDaddy    [ Reply ]
Great song.
Posted 15 years ago by Hannio    [ Reply ]
I like this song. I detect slight shades of Tull and Janes Addiction
Posted 15 years ago by DaveInSaoMiguel    [ Reply ]
Sounds slightly better than most 80's glam rock.
Posted 15 years ago by ra990    [ Reply ]
 romeotuma wrote:


This song is good for the ears...
 
Sure!  If you are tone deaf.  {#Meditate}
Posted 15 years ago by rockstarbro    [ Reply ]
i always liked this song.  stuck with me.
Posted 15 years ago by rachlan    [ Reply ]
I usually like Tull very much and I like a lot of what Love and Rockets have done.  But I would be very happy never to hear this piece again!  {#Headache}
Posted 16 years ago by kaybee    [ Reply ]
Could someone please download Kundalini Express?
Posted 16 years ago by 25demayo    [ Reply ]
Classic! Shoulda been a much bigger hit. Jethro Tull influence unexpected back then.
Posted 16 years ago by JohnnySockhead    [ Reply ]
 okelle wrote:
Actually, it's Love & Rockets with Ian Anderson sitting in on the flute.
 

Hokaaaaayyyyyy.... I thought that was him in there
Posted 16 years ago by Limpopoking    [ Reply ]
 lizardman_tcs wrote:
I don't know why, but I'm getting this weird image of Ian Anderson performing Pour Some Sugar On Me
 

{#Lol}
Posted 16 years ago by fingerpin    [ Reply ]
snakefinger likes!
Posted 16 years ago by snakefinger    [ Reply ]
yuk!  ~  I wanna stick forks in my ears!!!!!!!     please..... make it stop!!!!!!!
Posted 16 years ago by arissimo    [ Reply ]
 i was never wild about this band, but this song is a 10 to me.  Overall I must say the songwriting and production on this piece is magnificent. 
Posted 16 years ago by Relayer    [ Reply ]
I loved this song in high school...and it still makes me smile and sing along!
Posted 16 years ago by scraig    [ Reply ]
It's got strumming. I'll give it that.
A combination of Jethro Tull and Alice Cooper School's Out vibe.
But in the end, not good.
 
Posted 16 years ago by Papernapkin    [ Reply ]
Absolute crap.
Posted 16 years ago by Excelsior    [ Reply ]

Reckon this is towards the front of the Show Of Hands record collection...and I mean that in an extremely good way.

Posted 16 years ago by hobiejoe    [ Reply ]
Posted 17 years ago by redeyespy    [ Reply ]
Damn, thought i heard Annie Lennox go Woohoho in the beginning. Got to calibrate my head again x_x.
Posted 17 years ago by Frater_Kork    [ Reply ]
Wow. Haven't heard this in YEARS. Went to see them in concert during college, roughly 1989-1990. Okay concert, hardly in my top 20, but okay.
Posted 17 years ago by manleywoman    [ Reply ]
...yay love and rockets!..
Actually, it's Love & Rockets with Ian Anderson sitting in on the flute.
...it's a little tiny monkey sitting with a panflute in the video...
Posted 17 years ago by mandolin    [ Reply ]
Actually, it's Love & Rockets with Ian Anderson sitting in on the flute. E_A_D_G wrote:
Jethro retro rocket. Ain't half bad.
Posted 17 years ago by okelle    [ Reply ]
One of the classics from the 80s. If only all of Love & Rockets' repertoire were this good.
Posted 17 years ago by okelle    [ Reply ]
Thanks Bill. Aaaaaahhhhhhhhhh.
Posted 18 years ago by crockydile    [ Reply ]
lizardman_tcs wrote:
I don't know why, but I'm getting this weird image of Ian Anderson performing Pour Some Sugar On Me
Posted 18 years ago by themotion    [ Reply ]
Jethro retro rocket. Ain't half bad.
Posted 18 years ago by E_A_D_G    [ Reply ]
yeaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah baby!
Posted 18 years ago by thewiseking    [ Reply ]
moshevelvul wrote:
yeah - these guys are a bit of a guilty pleasure of mine - but they really took the lyrics to pretension land - here you go: Yes is to mushrooms as L&R is to quaaludes! Cheers
Texas!!! Still sucks!!!
Posted 20 years ago by masterhead    [ Reply ]
verzonni wrote:
My sentiments exactly, except the music isn't downbeat, just the lyrics. Which, you know, like, emphasizes the juxtaposition of the conflict between the mundane and the enlightened thinking. Sort of like "Lick My Love Pump." 11.
Is that song in Dm? It's the saddest of all keys, really.
Posted 20 years ago by psycholynx    [ Reply ]
I don't know why, but I'm getting this weird image of Ian Anderson performing Pour Some Sugar On Me
Posted 20 years ago by lizardman_tcs    [ Reply ]
moshevelvul wrote:
yeah - these guys are a bit of a guilty pleasure of mine - but they really took the lyrics to pretension land - here you go: Yes is to mushrooms as L&R is to quaaludes! Cheers
Pretension? I was thinking more along the lines of Bombastic. Ignore the band, and read the books. You'll have a much better time.
Posted 20 years ago by Art_Carnage    [ Reply ]
verzonni wrote:
My sentiments exactly, except the music isn't downbeat, just the lyrics. Which, you know, like, emphasizes the juxtaposition of the conflict between the mundane and the enlightened thinking. Sort of like "Lick My Love Pump." 11.
yeah - these guys are a bit of a guilty pleasure of mine - but they really took the lyrics to pretension land - here you go: Yes is to mushrooms as L&R is to quaaludes! Cheers
Posted 20 years ago by moshevelvul    [ Reply ]
moshevelvul wrote:
awww c'mon - just good low down druggy downbeat music. Relax. Good stuff RP
My sentiments exactly, except the music isn't downbeat, just the lyrics. Which, you know, like, emphasizes the juxtaposition of the conflict between the mundane and the enlightened thinking. Sort of like "Lick My Love Pump." 11.
Posted 20 years ago by verzonni    [ Reply ]
Illustr8r wrote:
GOD, these people sucked.
awww c'mon - just good low down druggy downbeat music. Relax. Good stuff RP
Posted 20 years ago by moshevelvul    [ Reply ]
haven't heard this song in a long time. thanks rp.
Posted 20 years ago by MisterVErb    [ Reply ]
I think this song's title and repetitive chorus sum up Love and Rockets as a whole pretty well: "No New Tale To Tell" So when it comes to Love and Rockets, I think I'll take Peter Murphy anyday. It was easy to see who the creativity went after Bauhaus split up. Love and Rockets. Great comic. Crappy band. To be fair, David J did have a later acoustic solo lp that was OK, I guess.
Posted 20 years ago by chasech5    [ Reply ]
I'm trying to be more positive, so I have some praise for this song: It is somewhat less tedious and repetitive than most football chants.
Posted 20 years ago by physicsgenius    [ Reply ]
artistdirect says the flute player is someone named "Mel Thorpe." Apparently it is not Ian Andersen of Jethro Tull. other various interweb rumors say that L&R was paying homage, tipping their hat, giving a nod, stealing... whatever u want to call it.
Posted 20 years ago by poprocker1    [ Reply ]
This rocks
Posted 20 years ago by rklein    [ Reply ]
Loved their first album at the time
Posted 20 years ago by R_P    [ Reply ]
Nice, let's get some Bahaus now ...
Posted 20 years ago by silentmark    [ Reply ]
When did they hire Ian Anderson for the flute solo? And I disagree they don't suck..they are just "different", ok?
Posted 20 years ago by masterhead    [ Reply ]
stubbsz wrote:
You have to drink a shot whenever you use this phrase on RP
Similar to the "Hi Bob!" drinking game on the Bob Newhart Show. I like it. Let's do it.
Posted 20 years ago by veegez    [ Reply ]
GOD, these people sucked.
Posted 21 years ago by Illustr8r    [ Reply ]
rah wrote:
WOW. talk about a blast from the past!!
Hard to imagine this is only a 5.7. I thought this was among the better stabs at good music to come out of the 80s.
Posted 21 years ago by rulebritannia    [ Reply ]
rah wrote:
WOW. talk about a blast from the past!!
Hard to imagine this is only a 5.7. I thought this was amonog the better stabs at good music to come out of the 80s.
Posted 21 years ago by rulebritannia    [ Reply ]
drH wrote:
There are far better songs by this band.
You have to drink a shot whenever you use this phrase on RP
Posted 21 years ago by stubbsz    [ Reply ]
Ah...the first song I learned to play on the guitar...nostalgia...
Posted 21 years ago by dsrtfalcon    [ Reply ]
the title describes the song perfectly...what monotony
Posted 21 years ago by Red_Dragon    [ Reply ]
WOW. talk about a blast from the past!!
Posted 21 years ago by rah    [ Reply ]
Is this a Jethro Tull parody?
Posted 21 years ago by Vicey    [ Reply ]
There are far better songs by this band.
Posted 21 years ago by drH    [ Reply ]
DavidCarrico wrote:
Holy 7th Grade batman!
Remember the monkey playing the flute solo? hee hee...
Posted 21 years ago by snarf    [ Reply ]
awwwyeah wrote:
Damn, you are a pretentious wanker!!
I think you misspelled "articulate."
Posted 21 years ago by rgj13    [ Reply ]
Bleck indeed, to all the bickering comments before this. A good song that takes me back to Highschool memoryland. Thank you for playing it.
Posted 21 years ago by cashoe    [ Reply ]
Holy 7th Grade batman!
Posted 21 years ago by DavidCarrico    [ Reply ]
Bleck.
Posted 21 years ago by MsJudi    [ Reply ]