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Natalie Merchant — This House Is On Fire
Album: Motherland
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Released: 2001
Length: 4:31
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This house is on fire
Kick off your boots, come sit a spell
Listen to me worry, come and listen well
All you better best come and lean in boys
I don't dare to raise my voice
I've been sitting here for the longest time
reading all the warning and all the danger signs
I don't have the gift of prophesy
telling everybody how it's gonna be

Soon come, soon come the day
this tinderbox is gonna blow in your face
I don't have the gift of prophesy
telling everybody how it's gonna be
You go passing wrong for right
and right for wrong
people only stand for that for just so long

It's all gonna catch like a house on fire
spark an evil blaze and burn higher
Well, I don't have the gift of prophesy
telling everybody how it's gonna be
You go passing wrong for right
and right for wrong
people only stand for that for just so long
I don't have the gift of prophesy
telling everybody how it's gonna be
There's a wild fire catching
in the whip of the wind
that could start a conflagration like there has never been
This house is on fire
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Whatever this song meant in it's time, it could be a hymn today!
Posted 2 weeks ago by Pitjes    [ Reply ]
 GingerandMe wrote:

She is just a total doll.



Meh....
Posted 3 months ago by Signwrtr61    [ Reply ]
This happens to be one of the very few NM songs I enjoy. I really liked her when she was still with 10,000 maniacs but, solo, not so much. I would guess, it's not so much her, the artist, as much as it is, the song she chooses. A couple of the other NM songs that RP plays...instant psd button! 
Posted 3 months ago by Signwrtr61    [ Reply ]
so overplayed 
Posted 6 months ago by mathieu.robert2990    [ Reply ]
This album has so many good songs on it. Never tire of her voice!
Posted 8 months ago by mediamarv    [ Reply ]
She is just a total doll.
Posted 1 year ago by GingerandMe    [ Reply ]
 kjf06 wrote:

absolute worst ever.


Indeed - one of the worst comments I've ever read.
Posted 1 year ago by Edweirdo    [ Reply ]
absolute worst ever.
Posted 1 year ago by kjf06    [ Reply ]
unusual sound for Natalie Merchant and I really like it.
Posted 1 year ago by ericaworthing61    [ Reply ]
 walkerpub wrote:

On the musical tastes of mimes: "What music do mimes listen to? Spin Doctors? Yeah, they listen to Spin Doctors, Hootie and the Blowfish. If you go to any mime's apartment there's a Natalie Merchant record. Guarantee."

Anthony Bourdain


Does anyone know what cookbooks Natalie Merchant thinks mimes will have in their kitchens?
Posted 1 year ago by Edweirdo    [ Reply ]
 walkerpub wrote:

On the musical tastes of mimes: "What music do mimes listen to? Spin Doctors? Yeah, they listen to Spin Doctors, Hootie and the Blowfish. If you go to any mime's apartment there's a Natalie Merchant record. Guarantee."

Anthony Bourdain




 oh, anthony was so awesome.
Posted 1 year ago by lily34    [ Reply ]
 fredGarvin wrote:

incredible voice



i guess. if i never hear it again it will be too soon.
Posted 1 year ago by lily34    [ Reply ]
incredible voice
Posted 1 year ago by fredGarvin    [ Reply ]
I love the Middle Eastern flavor to this song
Posted 1 year ago by smartn1    [ Reply ]
Keep hearing conversations like the one in this song more all the time.  Every day brings us one more day closer to when someone finally strikes the match.
Posted 2 years ago by flyboy    [ Reply ]
Natalie is such a great artist, anything she's involved in is invariably great. Check out her Tiny Desk gig at NPR (on YouTube),  just what music is supposed to be...
Posted 2 years ago by jimiboy    [ Reply ]
 walkerpub wrote:

On the musical tastes of mimes: "What music do mimes listen to? Spin Doctors? Yeah, they listen to Spin Doctors, Hootie and the Blowfish. If you go to any mime's apartment there's a Natalie Merchant record. Guarantee."

Anthony Bourdain

...will spend some time quietly thinking about why this would be

Posted 2 years ago by xcranky_yankee    [ Reply ]
Yrreeaahhhh
Posted 2 years ago by wanderinglevel    [ Reply ]
A consistently fine artist. One of my 'fav's'!
Posted 2 years ago by BlackBetty    [ Reply ]
On the musical tastes of mimes: "What music do mimes listen to? Spin Doctors? Yeah, they listen to Spin Doctors, Hootie and the Blowfish. If you go to any mime's apartment there's a Natalie Merchant record. Guarantee."

Anthony Bourdain
Posted 2 years ago by walkerpub    [ Reply ]

I'm a reluctant NM listener, but I'm totally digging this slow burn... 

8
Posted 2 years ago by vandal    [ Reply ]
Check out Natalie Merchant's song 'Motherland (live)' together with The Felice Brothers.
Posted 2 years ago by MusicMaestro    [ Reply ]
 cassanjp wrote:
Beautiful voice
I can't call it beautiful. It's distinctive. It unfortunately grates with me like Eddie Vedder's. Less so on this track (less vibrato).  Not my bag, but each to their own. I'd rather this than the run of the mill 'waily waily', breathy and/or shouty vocalisers (I can't call them singers) that are so commercially popular and difficult to distinguish t'other from which.  

Posted 2 years ago by kbs    [ Reply ]
 jimtyrrell wrote:

from 2001? the lyrics are about our sadness today




...and then as well.  The more things change...
Posted 2 years ago by h8rhater    [ Reply ]
 SquiddlyDiddly wrote:

One of the first songs I heard here at RP when I joined about (ahem) 17 years ago. . . 


I was thinking today... I first started listening around 03/04... so many artists have come into my life through the vibes of Bill & Rebecca. <3
Posted 3 years ago by crockydile    [ Reply ]
Marvellous album, start to finish.
Posted 3 years ago by Fiddlefye    [ Reply ]
As other RPer's have also noted....She seemed to be really good, in a group.....solo, some of her songs hit it....most others, they just don't. She seems to only put forth the effort, if it's a song that suits her! I guess the elite got it like that though.
Posted 3 years ago by Signwrtr61    [ Reply ]
Yeah, or the plandemic today in 2020...

 jimtyrrell wrote:
from 2001? the lyrics are about our sadness today
 

Posted 3 years ago by Darsaka    [ Reply ]
Two summers ago we were spending time in County Cork with family friends.  Hugh's sister got us tickets for a show at the Skibbereen Arts festival.  I'd never heard of Lúnasa but I learned they're "the Rolling Stones of Irish folk music."  The venue for the festival is a 500 year old church.  Lúnasa took the stage and ripped through three or four jigs and reels.  The house was rockin'.  The leader then spoke: "We're known as an instrumental band but recently we've gone over to the dark side, working with vocalists.  We've been playing with an American singer who just happens to be in Ireland and she's agreed to perform with us."  Out on stage came Natalie Merchant.  I suspect many in the audience had no idea who she was.  She acknowledged that fact and shared that until the week before she'd never heard of Skibbereen.  But she won over the crowd with a set of 8-10 songs, a mix of traditional and some new, I think, written with Lúnasa.  And there we were, right there, in the 10th pew.  

I miss live music.  

I just searched and see they toured together briefly.  Lúnasa released a CD, "CAS", which I just ordered.  It features Natalie Merchant and Mary Chapin Carpenter and other guest artists.  https://www.lunasa.ie/
Posted 4 years ago by jrozzelle    [ Reply ]
 justin4kick wrote:

Not even smoldering!
 Throws enough heat that it burned a hole in your brain.

Posted 4 years ago by itsme_bygolly    [ Reply ]
Beautiful voice
Posted 4 years ago by cassanjp    [ Reply ]
Well, I like Natalie.  So there.  
Posted 4 years ago by LizK    [ Reply ]
I bought this album after hearing some of it on RP
Posted 5 years ago by SuperWeh    [ Reply ]
 Relayer wrote:
This song is not on fire.  
 
Not even smoldering!
Posted 5 years ago by justin4kick    [ Reply ]
Gosh what a production!
Violins off the hook on this one
Posted 5 years ago by ExploitingChaos    [ Reply ]
 dangoebel wrote:
 
 
Oddly enough, the entire album was written prior to 9/11. The lyrics suggest otherwise of course.
Posted 5 years ago by ppopp    [ Reply ]
One of the many albums released that year after 9/11 that incorporated the sounds of "Persia" and Yes the lyrics are STILL relevant.  As are most songs and poems. Even Jabberwocky under the most extreme "influences"  
Posted 5 years ago by dangoebel    [ Reply ]
This song is not on fire.  
Posted 5 years ago by Relayer    [ Reply ]
 thewiseking wrote:
She says "this house is on fire" but we don't believe her
 
Who's "we", sparky?
Posted 5 years ago by dwhayslett    [ Reply ]
She says "this house is on fire" but we don't believe her
Posted 5 years ago by thewiseking    [ Reply ]
Someone get Natalie a cup of coffee.  Either that, or turn the turntable up to 45 RPM. 
Posted 5 years ago by gtfodero    [ Reply ]
One of the first songs I heard here at RP when I joined about (ahem) 17 years ago. . . 

One of the many, many that I would never have heard if not for this wonderful station. 

Thank you, Thank you, Thank you!
Posted 5 years ago by SquiddlyDiddly    [ Reply ]
from 2001? the lyrics are about our sadness today
Posted 6 years ago by jimtyrrell    [ Reply ]
And the PSD button isn't working. Mute does, tho...
 
Posted 6 years ago by Wilfrue    [ Reply ]
what a VOICE!!! Goood blessed
Posted 6 years ago by syren12    [ Reply ]
 TerryS wrote:
Did Nina Simone experience all this nay-saying?

 
Oh man, are you kidding? She experienced it, but she sure didn't put up with it!
Posted 7 years ago by ziggytrix    [ Reply ]
 junebaby65 wrote:
Oh, how typical of a Radio Paradise listener.  Gotta get a personal dig in there when someone rips a musical favorite of yours, eh?  that's mature. 
 
Immature, yes, typical no.
Posted 7 years ago by Ahnyer_Keester    [ Reply ]
Boy, that gets old pretty quick, don't it?
Posted 7 years ago by Ahnyer_Keester    [ Reply ]
 thewiseking wrote:

You have no ear. Neko soars way above this rubbish and way, way above you

 
Oh, how typical of a Radio Paradise listener.  Gotta get a personal dig in there when someone rips a musical favorite of yours, eh?  that's mature. 
Posted 7 years ago by junebaby65    [ Reply ]
On Fire? Nah. The place just needs refurbishing.
Posted 7 years ago by thewiseking    [ Reply ]
 Orodrigues wrote:
Natalie Merchant was cool at 10,000 Maniacs, as well as Neko Case at The New Pornographers. Alone, both are unlistenable. PSD!

 
You have no ear. Neko soars way above this rubbish and way, way above you
Posted 7 years ago by thewiseking    [ Reply ]
Nope. Leave this for the 90s Coffeeshop
Posted 7 years ago by thewiseking    [ Reply ]
 Relayer wrote:
I just can't get into her music. Awful. Wish RP would cut her out of rotation.

 
...which would deprive us Merchant fans of her music. PSD is your friend...
Posted 7 years ago by fredriley    [ Reply ]
 Orodrigues wrote:
Natalie Merchant was cool at 10,000 Maniacs, as well as Neko Case at The New Pornographers. Alone, both are unlistenable. PSD!

 
Comparing Neko to this? Deaf? Dumb? Blind?
Posted 7 years ago by thewiseking    [ Reply ]
 Orodrigues wrote:
Natalie Merchant was cool at 10,000 Maniacs, as well as Neko Case at The New Pornographers. Alone, both are unlistenable. PSD!

 
Other than their genders, the two have almost nothing in common.  For one thing, Neko Case has a range of more than one octave.
Posted 7 years ago by Proclivities    [ Reply ]
Orodrigues wrote:
Natalie Merchant was cool at 10,000 Maniacs, as well as Neko Case at The New Pornographers. Alone, both are unlistenable. PSD!
  
mostly agree.  tedious , PSD.
Posted 7 years ago by a_genuine_find    [ Reply ]
 Orodrigues wrote:
Natalie Merchant was cool at 10,000 Maniacs, as well as Neko Case at The New Pornographers. Alone, both are unlistenable. PSD!
 
I almost agree. Not necessarily unlistenable but not so easy on the ears. This one is tedious for sure. PSD.
Posted 7 years ago by Ahnyer_Keester    [ Reply ]
Natalie Merchant was cool at 10,000 Maniacs, as well as Neko Case at The New Pornographers. Alone, both are unlistenable. PSD!
Posted 8 years ago by Orodrigues    [ Reply ]
I have that feeling of brunching in a Lebanese restaurant in Kingston and listening to Natalie....

:(
Posted 8 years ago by Azrica    [ Reply ]
Did Nina Simone experience all this nay-saying?
Posted 8 years ago by TerryS    [ Reply ]
I like this and don't get all the hate....!
But then again I don't get Neko Case either - she's an immediate PSD for me.., 
Posted 8 years ago by Neil66    [ Reply ]
 Relayer wrote:
I just can't get into her music. Awful. Wish RP would cut her out of rotation.

 
I find your lack of taste disturbing
Posted 8 years ago by tony_b    [ Reply ]
 Moirabbit wrote:


Thank you!  See, most people agree, that's why the rating is so low!!!

 
more than half the ratings are 7 or higher.  So "most" is objectively incorrect.
Posted 8 years ago by dwhayslett    [ Reply ]
 sweet_annie wrote:
Hey all of you music critics,...Try listening to lyrics and the underlying meaning unless your incapable of seeing past your ears.
           
           I've been sitting here for the longest time
           reading all the warning and all the danger signs
           I don't have the gift of prophesy
           telling everybody how it's gonna be
Soon come, soon come the day
this tinderbox is gonna blow in your face!!!

 
Thank you you're point is taken I will pump the score.    {#Surprised}
Posted 8 years ago by dew34    [ Reply ]
I just can't get into her music. Awful. Wish RP would cut her out of rotation.
Posted 9 years ago by Relayer    [ Reply ]
Hey all of you music critics,...Try listening to lyrics and the underlying meaning unless your incapable of seeing past your ears.
           
           I've been sitting here for the longest time
           reading all the warning and all the danger signs
           I don't have the gift of prophesy
           telling everybody how it's gonna be
Soon come, soon come the day
this tinderbox is gonna blow in your face!!!
Posted 9 years ago by sweet_annie    [ Reply ]
I like it!
Posted 9 years ago by grahamdillabough    [ Reply ]
Not bad!
Posted 9 years ago by helgigermany    [ Reply ]
 Moirabbit wrote:


Thank you!  See, most people agree, that's why the rating is so low!!!

 
She is definitely not for everyone.  Apparently BillG likes her which is good enough for me!!!

Posted 9 years ago by h8rhater    [ Reply ]
 d48m02h1918 wrote:
Sorry people - she is just awful...........{#Taped-shut}{#Frustrated}{#No}

 

Thank you!  See, most people agree, that's why the rating is so low!!!
Posted 9 years ago by Moirabbit    [ Reply ]
Sorry people - she is just awful...........{#Taped-shut}{#Frustrated}{#No}
Posted 9 years ago by d48m02h1918    [ Reply ]
 Moirabbit wrote:
Why do you play so much of this inane drone all the time on RP!

 
Sounds like you need to find another source of listening material.
Posted 9 years ago by laramieu    [ Reply ]
 Moirabbit wrote:
Why do you play so much of this inane drone all the time on RP!

 
Coming from the land of bagpipes, you have no leg to stand on with this particular criticism.
Posted 9 years ago by h8rhater    [ Reply ]
Why do you play so much of this inane drone all the time on RP!
Posted 9 years ago by Moirabbit    [ Reply ]
 GTT wrote:
I have to admit, I am a sucker for just about anything with these middle-eastern grooves.

 
I agree with you about those grooves in general and this song in particular, even though it seems to wander into reggae territory during the chorus. But Natalie's voice has a limited range of appeal for me, and it's not working here. Too bad for me. 

Highlowsel wrote:

Hey a fact of life.  You get older, you get thicker....especially 'round 'bout the middle.  Sometimes it's more attractive...sometimes it's.......

(photo of Iggy Pop with shirt off...see below in song comments)

And then you still show it...even if the audience is screaming "Put it AWAY!"   We're all blind like that, eh?  

Highlow
American Net'Zen

  
Not everyone wants to see Iggy with his shirt off, true. But the guy is cut for his age and despite all his past drug use. He has a helluva lot of energy when he performs live. 
 
Posted 9 years ago by kcar    [ Reply ]
Nice song. You should play Natalie Merchant more frequently... Greetings from Germany! Arnd 
Posted 10 years ago by Arnie    [ Reply ]
I have to admit, I am a sucker for just about anything with these middle-eastern grooves.
Posted 10 years ago by GTT    [ Reply ]
I would love to listen to RP all Night, but at least every 20 minutes there comes a nogo like this one.
Posted 10 years ago by crazyossi    [ Reply ]
 goozer321 wrote:

(lame post deleted by admin)

 
Natalie is homosexual?  What business is it of yours?  You're enraptured by her body?  You express it in ugly terms. I'm reluctant to ask what a carpet-muncher is, considering the quality of the other comments.
Posted 10 years ago by LizK    [ Reply ]
On a second listen. - Her voice doesn't bug me as much as usual in this context.  Kind of a cool tune -- and yeah her voice is stronger and fits with the style of the tune.  I usually don't like her monotone when its behind a standard pop tune.

Upgrade from 2 to 6
Posted 10 years ago by lemmoth    [ Reply ]

Anyhow.

It is a beautiful song. Love it.


Posted 10 years ago by oneyet    [ Reply ]
 goozer321 wrote:

(lame post deleted by admin)

 
Hey a fact of life.  You get older, you get thicker....especially 'round 'bout the middle.  Sometimes it's more attractive...sometimes it's.......


And then you still show it...even if the audience is screaming "Put it AWAY!"   We're all blind like that, eh? 

Highlow
American Net'Zen
Posted 11 years ago by Highlowsel    [ Reply ]
In love with that voice. Natalie Merchant is awesome.
Posted 11 years ago by ccjemmett    [ Reply ]
 goozer321 wrote:

(lame post deleted by admin)

 

Without sounding like the Thought Police, how about keeping homophobic contributions to yourself?
Posted 11 years ago by Rafter101    [ Reply ]
too true...{#Fire}
Posted 11 years ago by oldfart48    [ Reply ]
please god just make it stop


{#Frustrated} 
Posted 11 years ago by gjr    [ Reply ]
 Kimbolini wrote:
I really like this, voice and orchestration!

 
I really like it, too. Don't understand why it's getting so much slagging. 
Posted 11 years ago by onelittlemoose    [ Reply ]
 What a sexism comment, just for N.M. Such notes should RP not allow! {#No}

beeblebrocks40 wrote:
you know I dont remember her having this "figure" in the 10K Maniacs videos. Me thinks she is keeping those apples in something other than that basket.
 


Posted 11 years ago by mamyam    [ Reply ]
Always nice to see...er, hear Natalie.
Posted 11 years ago by d-don    [ Reply ]
{#No}   {#Razz}   {#Frustrated}   {#Moon}   {#Stop}
Posted 11 years ago by asilbuch    [ Reply ]
What would Romeotuma say about a song he liked..."This song is so good for the ears."

Yes, the opposite of that.
Posted 11 years ago by Sasha2001    [ Reply ]
Sorry, no.  Got this questionable offering by PSD
Posted 11 years ago by ScottN    [ Reply ]
Great song, instrumental bits go on a bit too long but Natalie is perfect
Posted 11 years ago by davidg109    [ Reply ]
The album cover has my pants on fire, but the song itself is terrible.  I somehow can't imagine Natalie marching to Zion.  {#Confused}
Posted 12 years ago by pcicatar    [ Reply ]
the house may be on fire, but the tempo is not. Just too slow, IMHO.
Posted 12 years ago by djengs    [ Reply ]
 Stingray wrote:
"10" (music + lyrics!)

This US-house is on fire - Natalie understood early on!

How the Arabic orchestration gently moves into a peaceful Reggae..., awesome!

This tinderbox will soon blow into all our faces - certainly, Natalie!

5.6 points is an incredible insult for such a lovely song!

 
God bless its politics. 

But the execution of the song is just not so good.
Posted 12 years ago by lemmoth    [ Reply ]
I miss her young voice
Posted 12 years ago by SheRidesABeemer    [ Reply ]

I normally like and can listen to Natalie Merchant...but this song is unlistenable. I am guessing she was experimenting a bit...but failed with this.


Posted 12 years ago by eroz    [ Reply ]
 TJS wrote:
What happened to Natalie Merchant's voice?  :(
 

I think it went to her boobies.
Posted 12 years ago by sirdroseph    [ Reply ]
 soulcollision wrote:
i def think Bill has a crush on Natalie. at least two or three from her each day...
 
Yes!  I've thought that a few times myself. 
Posted 12 years ago by pcicatar    [ Reply ]
What happened to Natalie Merchant's voice?  :(
Posted 12 years ago by TJS    [ Reply ]
I really like this, voice and orchestration!
Posted 12 years ago by Kimbolini    [ Reply ]
Mute button!
Posted 12 years ago by salzburg4321    [ Reply ]
 perryandcaro wrote:
Natalie MUTE ant.

That voice has my finger springing for the mute button like Usain Bolt responds to the gun.
Sorry folks, I just don't get her. No matter what she tries to sing. Believe me, I've tried.
 

'spose you're jumping the gun too?
Posted 12 years ago by TerryS    [ Reply ]

Posted 12 years ago by bokey    [ Reply ]
"10" (music + lyrics!)

This US-house is on fire - Natalie understood early on!

How the Arabic orchestration gently moves into a peaceful Reggae..., awesome!

This tinderbox will soon blow into all our faces - certainly, Natalie!

5.6 points is an incredible insult for such a lovely song!

Posted 13 years ago by Stingray    [ Reply ]
Natalie MUTE ant.

That voice has my finger springing for the mute button like Usain Bolt responds to the gun.
Sorry folks, I just don't get her. No matter what she tries to sing. Believe me, I've tried.
Posted 13 years ago by perryandcaro    [ Reply ]
This is just GORGEOUS!
Posted 13 years ago by MrKite    [ Reply ]
In the words of Kamahl - Why are people so unkind?
Posted 13 years ago by Sloggydog    [ Reply ]
 soulcollision wrote:
i def think Bill has a crush on Natalie. at least two or three from her each day...
 
Really? I'd not noticed that and I listen to RP regularly, nay religiously, weekday daytimes at work. Maybe the other Merchant plays take place outside those hours. Personally I'd love to hear more of her, and could quite see myself developing a crush on her as she has a really strong and moving voice. 9 from the soon-to-be-smitten Nottingham jury {#Hearteyes}
Posted 13 years ago by fredriley    [ Reply ]


That is one hideous Wall of Sound
Posted 13 years ago by scraig    [ Reply ]
Natalie Merchant
Posted 13 years ago by Netto    [ Reply ]
 alanthecowboy wrote:

No, really.  It only takes one person to like a song for it to be good, even if everyone else hates it.  One person being moved by a song won't pave your way to retirement, of course, but I don't think that's a problem for Natalie.  So, your buddy and I, and thousands and thousands of other people can prove that the song is great.  All you can do, really, is say you don't like it.

 

****sigh**** I know. ****sigh*****{#Rolleyes}
Posted 14 years ago by sirdroseph    [ Reply ]
Next.
Posted 14 years ago by George_Tirebiter    [ Reply ]
 a_genuine_find wrote:
spock
 
hahahaha!!!!!
Posted 14 years ago by Jelani    [ Reply ]
I am digging the roundness of her ... lyrics {#Devil_pimp} Jamaica meets the middle east ...

Posted 14 years ago by 4merdj    [ Reply ]

Natalie Merchant à Bruxelles by trou2000
https://www.flickr.com/photos/34242081@N00/

Ancienne Belgique, le 10 mai 2010. 

Posted 14 years ago by calypsus_1    [ Reply ]
i def think Bill has a crush on Natalie. at least two or three from her each day...
Posted 14 years ago by soulcollision    [ Reply ]
 shutter wrote:

Uhhhh, nahhhhh. Not really.

 
Uhhhh, yahhhhh, Seriously.

Posted 14 years ago by h8rhater    [ Reply ]
 Dillinquent wrote:
 Proclivities wrote:

I've noticed too that a lot of the RP listeners (or at least those feel the necessity to post their gripes) don't think very highly of reggae.  In much of the US there was not as much connection with Jamaican culture and music as the UK has had for many years.  I always enjoyed reggae and ska, (as well as "dub") but I grew up in NY, where there is a sizable Jamaican-born population.  Then again, maybe that's not the reason at all.  I wouldn't really consider this song a "reggae" tune, though it obviously has a mixture of exotic elements.
Respect to  Natalie Merchant and RP for trying to educate the Yanks about Jamaican Music.
You can lead a horse to water....
 
Love Reggae!  I don't think Bill likes it much.  I've sent him several emails asking him to play Reggae artist Lucky Dube - I've never heard any of his songs once - the guy was the top selling Reggae artist for something like 10 years world wide.  Was murdered in a car jacking about 2 years ago after dropping off his kids at school in South Africa - his home country.  Saw him in SF 2 weeks before he was killed - was the best concert I've ever been to.  Bill play some Lucky Dube!!!!!

Posted 14 years ago by Guyeeno    [ Reply ]