Grandaddy — The Crystal Lake
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Should never have left the crystal lake.
For parties full of folks who flake,
Italian leather winter games
Retired by the duraflames.
The crystal lake it only laughs,
It knows you're just a modern man,
It's shining like a chandelier,
Shining somewhere far away from here.
I've gotta get out of here...
And find my way again.
I've lost my way again.
Should never have left the crystal lake,
For areas where trees are fake,
And dogs are dead with broken
Hearts, collapsing by the coffee carts.
The crystal lake it only laughs,
It knows you're just a modern man,
It's shining like a chandelier,
Shining somewhere far away from here.
I've gotta get out of here...
And find my way again.
I've lost my way again.
For parties full of folks who flake,
Italian leather winter games
Retired by the duraflames.
The crystal lake it only laughs,
It knows you're just a modern man,
It's shining like a chandelier,
Shining somewhere far away from here.
I've gotta get out of here...
And find my way again.
I've lost my way again.
Should never have left the crystal lake,
For areas where trees are fake,
And dogs are dead with broken
Hearts, collapsing by the coffee carts.
The crystal lake it only laughs,
It knows you're just a modern man,
It's shining like a chandelier,
Shining somewhere far away from here.
I've gotta get out of here...
And find my way again.
I've lost my way again.
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you all commenting are whiny little bitches. This band is great and this song is also great. Fuck off
Am I the only one thinking this sounds a bit like the flaming lips?
DaveInVA wrote:
Stevie Ray woo-hoooo!!! (Grandaddy not worth it)
PSD Time...
Stevie Ray woo-hoooo!!! (Grandaddy not worth it)There was a time when I enjoyed Granddaddy. That time has passed.
donnyballgame wrote:
David Bowie Discussing Pixies, Mercury Rev, Flaming Lips and Grandaddy 2002
Thought for a moment this was Wayne Coyne and Flaming Lips that I hadn't heard. Weird.
David Bowie Discussing Pixies, Mercury Rev, Flaming Lips and Grandaddy 2002
lathyris wrote:
Man, I'm digging the sound. . .except for the damn keyboard arpeggio. Totally unnecessary and not well mixed with the rest of the song IMHO.
Agreed
Man, I'm digging the sound. . .except for the damn keyboard arpeggio. Totally unnecessary and not well mixed with the rest of the song IMHO.
Agreed
dnorden wrote:
Man, I'm digging the sound. . .except for the damn keyboard arpeggio. Totally unnecessary and not well mixed with the rest of the song IMHO.
Logged in especially to comment on how sonically irritating this is.
Man, I'm digging the sound. . .except for the damn keyboard arpeggio. Totally unnecessary and not well mixed with the rest of the song IMHO.
Although some of this album is decidedly odd, it has some really interesting bits worthy of more than a single listen.
Logged in especially to comment on how sonically irritating this is.
Keith Emerson, Keyboardist for Emerson, Lake & Palmer, Dies at 71
Keith Emerson, the flamboyant, English prog-rock pioneer who rose to fame as the keyboardist for supergroup Emerson, Lake & Palmer in the ’70s, died in Santa Monica on Thursday at age 71. Although the cause of death was not revealed, an official statement was issued by bandmate Carl Palmer.
STILL ROCKS!
On_The_Beach wrote:
Very funny indeed!
Grandaddy??
So we're now officially out of band names?
So we're now officially out of band names?
Very funny indeed! DaveInVA wrote:
Oh, c'mon Dave....you and I are usually on the same (interstellar) wavelenth.
Listen to that nice grungey guitar sound. And then when it trails off into outer space, it's a nice little trip (albeit too short). The bass sounds good, too. The spacey sounds are fun, a la the Outer Limits TV show from our collective past.
Played at any volume—but especially LOUD—it rocks. Had I heard this at 3:00 AM on WABX (the station that glowed in dark) back in the day with a headful of some psychotropic (great band name, incidentally) substance, I would have been suitably launched.
PSD Time...
Oh, c'mon Dave....you and I are usually on the same (interstellar) wavelenth.
Listen to that nice grungey guitar sound. And then when it trails off into outer space, it's a nice little trip (albeit too short). The bass sounds good, too. The spacey sounds are fun, a la the Outer Limits TV show from our collective past.
Played at any volume—but especially LOUD—it rocks. Had I heard this at 3:00 AM on WABX (the station that glowed in dark) back in the day with a headful of some psychotropic (great band name, incidentally) substance, I would have been suitably launched.
I, also, have gotta get outta here.
84MacGuy wrote:
I could only listen to 10 seconds so I can't pass full and final judgment, but I am just about ready to post another angry grandmama pic.
A full WTF and quite likely a sucko-barfo 1. I like weird stuff but not when it's free-form crapola that injects fear of imminent full-projectile vomiting.
As stated by others, this is one hell of an annoying song.
I could only listen to 10 seconds so I can't pass full and final judgment, but I am just about ready to post another angry grandmama pic.
A full WTF and quite likely a sucko-barfo 1. I like weird stuff but not when it's free-form crapola that injects fear of imminent full-projectile vomiting.
Grandaddy??
So we're now officially out of band names?
So we're now officially out of band names?
PSD Time...
I've always loved this song, and found the computer-y sounds (and theme) of this album to be endearing. I'm likely in the minority, but I liked how the electronic sounds meshed with the guitar and Jason's vocals. It came out at the tail end of my electronica phase (1998-2001, right between Radiohead's OK Computer and Kid A) when I began to listen to more indie rock stuff, so I've got a soft spot for this one.
mutepoint wrote:
True. Musician's prerogative and such. However, any terrestrial (or Innerwebs) radio station might give airplay a second thought as they take into account the listener's environment. Same reason that wide-appeal stations don't play anything with excessive foul language or abusive/derogatory content. (Leave that crap to the college stations that think they can get away with it in the wee hours. )
You have the option of changing the station if it doesn't meet your criteria for your listening environment. After all, there are plenty of stations out there that probably fit your requirements.
True. Musician's prerogative and such. However, any terrestrial (or Innerwebs) radio station might give airplay a second thought as they take into account the listener's environment. Same reason that wide-appeal stations don't play anything with excessive foul language or abusive/derogatory content. (Leave that crap to the college stations that think they can get away with it in the wee hours. )
You have the option of changing the station if it doesn't meet your criteria for your listening environment. After all, there are plenty of stations out there that probably fit your requirements.
Sounds like some kid playing with a signal generator in the background..
mutepoint wrote:
True. Musician's prerogative and such. However, any terrestrial (or Innerwebs) radio station might give airplay a second thought as they take into account the listener's environment. Same reason that wide-appeal stations don't play anything with excessive foul language or abusive/derogatory content. (Leave that crap to the college stations that think they can get away with it in the wee hours. )
I know what you mean; some musical sounds can be more jarring than desired, even out of a work environment.
True. Musician's prerogative and such. However, any terrestrial (or Innerwebs) radio station might give airplay a second thought as they take into account the listener's environment. Same reason that wide-appeal stations don't play anything with excessive foul language or abusive/derogatory content. (Leave that crap to the college stations that think they can get away with it in the wee hours. )
I know what you mean; some musical sounds can be more jarring than desired, even out of a work environment.
mutepoint wrote:
Those odd keyboard sounds may be understandably annoying to a lot of folks, but whether or not a song is "disruptive to a work environment" should never be of any concern to a songwriter or musician - unless they were hired to compose or play Muzak back in the 1960s and '70s.
FUCKING ANNOYING sound effects in this tune are disruptive to a work environment. Is it a phone ringing?
FFS.
FFS.
Those odd keyboard sounds may be understandably annoying to a lot of folks, but whether or not a song is "disruptive to a work environment" should never be of any concern to a songwriter or musician - unless they were hired to compose or play Muzak back in the 1960s and '70s.
Thought for a moment this was Wayne Coyne and Flaming Lips that I hadn't heard. Weird.
First comment I've ever made in years of listening. This is that bad.
As stated by others, this is one hell of an annoying song.
Pyro wrote:
Can't stand them...reminds me of an annoying 80's video game.
Love the electronic arpeggios....although it is ridiculously easy to do with electronic keyboards....
Can't stand them...reminds me of an annoying 80's video game.
thermion7 wrote:
Reminds me of ELO, so I gave it a 3.
Reminds me of ELO. But I gave it a 7 anyway.
Reminds me of ELO, so I gave it a 3.
Resurrection!
This song is annoying as hell....
Just saw Grandaddy last month at the first reunion show in years. At the Independent in SF. It was awesome, and they played this song.
Rumor is they might put out a new record. In the meantime Jason Lytle's new album is about to drop, and can be heard for free on NPR as of today.
Rumor is they might put out a new record. In the meantime Jason Lytle's new album is about to drop, and can be heard for free on NPR as of today.
...so next we should hear some unkle and younger brother?..
I think I'm a bit late coming to the table on this one. In fact late in coming to the musical table in gereral as I've had the blinkers on for many years (i'm refering to ELO blikers so relevant to this thread i guess).
Very good friends of mine bought me this album last year in the attempt of trying to broaden my musical horizons (successfully). In fact they are truly encyclopedic. I was instantly impressed and immediately and noticed the ELO resemblance (i'm refering to the elctronic 'twidly' sounds so not the actual songwriting itself). In fact Grandaddy did a cover of ELO's Shangri-La I believe on their last album (as a bonus track).
Anyway.. I was listening to the album again last night. I can't remember in between which songs, but there is a spoken line also taken from ELO's Face The Music album (Fire on High track). ELO were always accused (or cited) as using subliminal messages hidden in their music which actually amounted to just reversing some words so that they could only be heard by playing the record backwards (great fun on turntables). On Fire On High, there is a line which says (in reverse) "music is reversible, but time is not". Grandaddy have done the same. Only funnily (I think I'm right), they've only spoken the words as they sound in reverse rather than actually reversing the correct lyric (if that makes sense).
Not sure is anyone spotted this before. I guess it would only be ELO fans listening to Grandaddy who would. Oh no, I just revealed my musical past. Oops!
Very good friends of mine bought me this album last year in the attempt of trying to broaden my musical horizons (successfully). In fact they are truly encyclopedic. I was instantly impressed and immediately and noticed the ELO resemblance (i'm refering to the elctronic 'twidly' sounds so not the actual songwriting itself). In fact Grandaddy did a cover of ELO's Shangri-La I believe on their last album (as a bonus track).
Anyway.. I was listening to the album again last night. I can't remember in between which songs, but there is a spoken line also taken from ELO's Face The Music album (Fire on High track). ELO were always accused (or cited) as using subliminal messages hidden in their music which actually amounted to just reversing some words so that they could only be heard by playing the record backwards (great fun on turntables). On Fire On High, there is a line which says (in reverse) "music is reversible, but time is not". Grandaddy have done the same. Only funnily (I think I'm right), they've only spoken the words as they sound in reverse rather than actually reversing the correct lyric (if that makes sense).
Not sure is anyone spotted this before. I guess it would only be ELO fans listening to Grandaddy who would. Oh no, I just revealed my musical past. Oops!
ploafmaster wrote:
Ya know, I'm sure some people hate it and some love it, but I'm in the latter category when it comes to the nifty synth arpeggio in the background. ...
:( I'm firmly in the former. They took a neat, glittery sound effect and pile drove it right into the ground.
Ya know, I'm sure some people hate it and some love it, but I'm in the latter category when it comes to the nifty synth arpeggio in the background.
I like this!
Oh, nice joke, Bill. In this mix, anyway, Grandaddy is following immediately after It's A Beautiful Day -- which elicited an outpouring of abuse from all the "youngsters" out there in our audience, as Ed Sullivan would have said; everything from "f**ing hippie sh*t!" to "how long does it take you to chew your soup?" 
Well, gettin' a vibe off the gr-amps.
Well, gettin' a vibe off the gr-amps.Not sure why, but I have since overcome my objection to the arpeggios and bumped my rating up from a 5 to a 7. At first I was ambivalent about Grandaddy but I recently listened to Sophtware Slump and bought an mp3 of almost every song on the track including this one.
Meanwhile, dissers of ELO should try to forgive them for "Don't Bring Me Down" and give the recent album Zoom a listen.
Ityllux wrote:
I believe this song would be more likeable with better singing and without the digital arpeggios....
Whoops! One person's trash is another's treasure!
Love the electronic arpeggios....although it is ridiculously easy to do with electronic keyboards....
i have a sample of the "i gotta get outta here" lyric set as my windows shut-down sound. 8)
This band has been pigeonholed as slacker rock. Maybe true as they are VERY laid back.
The Sophtware Slump must be listened to in one sitting to hear the genius writing and arranging at it's best.
The band must have grown up listening to ELO and decided to ditch the string section. The feel is there though.
awesome. thanks for playing this song. these guys are great in concert. highly recommended. their video content behind the stage is truly top notch. I have been to hundreds of concerts and this one was top ten. If they come to your town, look for them to be BBQ'ing at a local skate park...
:nodhead: 
too bad there aren't emoticons with beards
:nodhead:
too bad there aren't emoticons with beardsReminds me of ELO. But I gave it a 7 anyway.
Peyote wrote:
Grandaddy's Chemical Brothers got Flaming Lips!!!
Its a joke!!
While listening to ELO...
This are some of the most amusing comments I have read for a while..I think Grandaddy would be proud.
moheybee wrote:
Wow, I havvn't heard this song for so long.
It brings back good memories.
:-s You must be really young!
Grandaddy's Chemical Brothers got Flaming Lips!!!
Its a joke!!
Ityllux wrote:
I believe this song would be more likeable with better singing and without the digital arpeggios....
Those are constructive sugestions. No need to stop there. There are the leaden drums, the clumsy transitions. Hey, let's just pull the plug altogether! (Actually, the guitar isn't that bad...let's call it a "5!")
This is not very good. In fact, it's downright bad. BORING.
bearable after ELO... that's the best that can be said
sure they kind of sound like a flaming lips tribute band, but this album still rocks
What a unique band; frankly I'd be a little creeped out if I woke up one day and everyone in the world suddenly loved Grandaddy. Fascinating song, very lovely.
yes... i agree!!!!
Wow, I havvn't heard this song for so long.
It brings back good memories.
Originally Posted by Dr._Johnson_Burn:
Ahhh. Make it stop.....This song sounds like a cheap soundtrack to an Atari game....
sorry, I am not an afficianado of video game soundtracks. who is making the "good" video game music these days?
:p Originally Posted by TreborG2:
Reminds me of some of the best of ELO ... I mean.. some of their best sounds, the movement of the music, etc. Very nice.. want to hear more!!
I agree with you. And on ELO, you make a nice fine point. They did have some excellent moments - most of them were not the songs that became the "hits". I am thinking of their first couple of albums especially. Side One of ELDORADO is still a fave. From their latter period, "Mr. Blue Sky" is getting play again - and sounding good. It was not that successful in its time though, marking the beginning of the end of their commercial success. "Diary of Horace Wimp" was also a mid-charter, but a pretty good song.
Anyway, this Grandaddy really sounds good. I'm am interested in hearing more from them.I believe this song would be more likeable with better singing and without the digital arpeggios....
Originally Posted by BobbyBunny:
As if Radioparadise wasn't wonderful enough... now we get to hear Grandaddy! What a unique band; certainly lots of you listeners don't care for them, but frankly I'd be a little creeped out if I woke up one day and everyone in the world suddenly loved Grandaddy. Fascinating song, very lovely.
Love your comments.
As if Radioparadise wasn\'t wonderful enough... now we get to hear Grandaddy! What a unique band; certainly lots of you listeners don\'t care for them, but frankly I\'d be a little creeped out if I woke up one day and everyone in the world suddenly loved Grandaddy. Fascinating song, very lovely.
Reminds me of some of the best of ELO ... I mean.. some of their best sounds, the movement of the music, etc. Very nice.. want to hear more!!
The constant oscillating is profoundly annoying.
Nice idea to use the sound of a skipping cd. After sampling vinyl cracks, it\'s a logical next step.
I like this. More :)