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Cracker — The Good Life
Album: Gentleman's Blues
Avg rating:
6.9

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Total ratings: 1821









Released: 1998
Length: 3:42
Plays (last 30 days): 2
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This holy circus camp
Aladdin and his lamp
A feverish daydreams and suerte loca
My face in magazines
The lesbian James Dean
I got all I ever wanted

So I don't mind saying
This is how the good life's supposed to be
The good life for you, for me

Well I don't mind saying
This is how the good life's supposed to be
The good life for you, for me

Down miles of empty road
With acolytes in tow
You could be Persephone
A pigeon through the glass
A drunken trapeze act

Well you got all you ever wanted
So I don't mind saying
This is how the good life's supposed to be
The good life for you, for me

Well I don't mind saying
This is how the good life's supposed to be
The good life for you, for me

Well I don't mind saying
This is how the good life's supposed to be
The good life for you, for me

Well I don't mind saying
This is how the good life's supposed to be
The good life for you, for me

Well I don't mind saying
This is how the good life's supposed to be
The good life for you, for me

Well I don't mind saying
This is how the good life's supposed to be
The good life for you, for me
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 Edweirdo wrote:

This is so not my cup of tea ... and yet it's an 8, and in danger of becoming a 9.  I don't know what Cracker have got, but it's some good stuff.



Yep! I Agree.  I just bumped it up from 6 to 8. It is now on "M Favorites" list. ...it kinda grew on me!  
Posted 6 months ago by joejennings    [ Reply ]
This is so not my cup of tea ... and yet it's an 8, and in danger of becoming a 9.  I don't know what Cracker have got, but it's some good stuff.
Posted 8 months ago by Edweirdo    [ Reply ]
 nickmetalx3317 wrote:

I don't mind saying this is what a great song is supposed to be!


Almost as good as "Low"...
Posted 9 months ago by kcar    [ Reply ]
I love their song, Sidi Ifni  It's my favorite of theirs.
Posted 9 months ago by wolverine    [ Reply ]
Posted 9 months ago by TallCreative1    [ Reply ]
every good cracker needs a fine wine and this one deserves one from 1823!
Posted 1 year ago by TDS513    [ Reply ]
Moving on from the multiple slices of Cake, now we have the Sound of Silence. Starting to worry now 06/23/23
Posted 1 year ago by hellsgardener    [ Reply ]
As I've noted elsewhere (maybe down at the bottom of comments here) about Cracker, this is one of those bands I seldom or never heard before dialing in RP -- and now they're one of my favorites. Any day with some Cracker is a good day.
Posted 2 years ago by kingart    [ Reply ]
 bahalana wrote:

I'm starting to get a taste for Cracker thanks to RP. Makes me feel like "What did I miss?"


Haha, yes! Some sort of weird time/money/exposure  equation as well. 
Posted 2 years ago by reguru2112    [ Reply ]
 bahalana wrote:

I'm starting to get a taste for Cracker thanks to RP. Makes me feel like "What did I miss?"



The 80's
Posted 2 years ago by Segue    [ Reply ]
I'm starting to get a taste for Cracker thanks to RP. Makes me feel like "What did I miss?"
Posted 3 years ago by bahalana    [ Reply ]
Beer drinking music
Posted 4 years ago by milleymeister    [ Reply ]
Not a huge fan of the song, but the lyrics are killer.  
Posted 4 years ago by homerj    [ Reply ]
Never heard this - a very catchy powerpop tune.
You can definitely hear that late '90s alt-rock sound.
Posted 4 years ago by tomperth1    [ Reply ]
correct wikipedia link:


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jane%27s_Addiction
Posted 4 years ago by t0m5k1    [ Reply ]
I don't mind saying this is what a great song is supposed to be!
Posted 5 years ago by nickmetalx3317    [ Reply ]
Kind of a nice segue from Woodkid
Posted 5 years ago by jlind    [ Reply ]
7 -> 3
Posted 5 years ago by Tomasni    [ Reply ]
 coloradojohn wrote:
Killer song from an amazing, talented, focused, and downright funny group. Real genius here... So glad I saw them; what a live show!

 
{#Yes}{#Yes}{#Yes}{#Yes}{#Yes}{#Yes}{#Yes}
Posted 6 years ago by deepwoodskev    [ Reply ]
Killer song from an amazing, talented, focused, and downright clever group. Real genius here... So glad I saw them New Year's Eve 2012-13; what a live show!
Posted 6 years ago by coloradojohn    [ Reply ]
Although a Crumb, even if I wasn't I would tell everyone that they should have this album in their collection.  IT IS THAT GOOD.{#Bananajam}
Posted 7 years ago by Greenman    [ Reply ]
Another crispy, cool and smart pop tune.
Posted 7 years ago by ziakut    [ Reply ]
anyone else reminded of the Two Ronnies?!
Posted 7 years ago by apd    [ Reply ]
I don't mind saying, "This is how the good life's supposed to be."

In fact, I think I'll say it 7 more times to thoroughly illustrate the point. {#Roflol}
Posted 8 years ago by ziggytrix    [ Reply ]
Did you know that you can take the cracker out of the valley but you cannot take the valley out of the cracker?

 
Posted 8 years ago by westslope    [ Reply ]
CRACKER = 10!!!
Posted 12 years ago by Stingray    [ Reply ]
 Stingray wrote:

How old is old here...?
 
Yesterday!    Ya know, Cracker is one of the bands I like bout you.
Posted 12 years ago by cohifi    [ Reply ]
 Seahunt wrote:
Saw CVB and Cracker last week in DC.  It was awesome.  Just can't figure out why all these old people were there...
 
How old is old here...?
Posted 12 years ago by Stingray    [ Reply ]
8 for the song - 10 for Cracker - 10+ for Cracker/live!
Posted 12 years ago by Stingray    [ Reply ]
Cra(n)ck up!
Posted 13 years ago by helgigermany    [ Reply ]

vocal here sounds like John Reis of the Rocket From The Crypt..




Posted 13 years ago by motorichi    [ Reply ]
I haven't listened to each subsequent album in its entirety, but it seems to me that Cracker never lived up to the promise of Kerosene Hat.
Posted 13 years ago by ch83575    [ Reply ]
 Cynaera wrote:

{#Lol} I bet you forgot you wrote this, didn't you? Too funny, hippiechick.  And yeah, I hear "Human Wheels" too.  Still, I really like this song. It's good driving music!  {#Motor}
 

Human Wheels—strange album but actually pretty good...
Posted 13 years ago by kcar    [ Reply ]
They precede them of course but this sounds a lot like Cake.  Like both though...
Posted 13 years ago by Foot    [ Reply ]
 hippiechick wrote:
I always hear John Mellencamp's Human Wheels at the beginning of this song. Like Cracker alot. Especially with Leftover Salmon!
 
{#Lol} I bet you forgot you wrote this, didn't you? Too funny, hippiechick.  And yeah, I hear "Human Wheels" too.  Still, I really like this song. It's good driving music!  {#Motor}
Posted 13 years ago by Cynaera    [ Reply ]
 socalhol wrote:

I thought so too — I was hoping for a nice {#Chillpill} set....
 
Personally, I was relieved.  I slept well, and don't need a nap.
Posted 14 years ago by nerakdon    [ Reply ]
 nagsheadlocal wrote:
That was a particularly jarring segue from Hooverphonic's Club Montepulciano.
 
I thought so too — I was hoping for a nice {#Chillpill} set....


Posted 14 years ago by socalhol    [ Reply ]
I just saw Cracker last week, for the first time, at a free show at SXSW.  They were the opening act, then BoDeans and Cheap Trick (what?  they're still around?)

I think they got the order exactly reversed.  I was there to see Cracker.  They were good but not very dynamic, just played their music and got on with it.  As the first act they only got 30 minutes which was a crime.  The BoDeans played perfectly good pop music.  Cheap Trick was a bore and I left halfway through.  A couple good hooks and a great name isn't enough to sustain for 25+ years.
Posted 14 years ago by Bat    [ Reply ]
{#Hearteyes}

Posted 14 years ago by ratman    [ Reply ]
Saw CVB and Cracker last week in DC.  It was awesome.  Just can't figure out why all these old people were there...
Posted 14 years ago by Seahunt    [ Reply ]
That was a particularly jarring segue from Hooverphonic's Club Montepulciano.
Posted 15 years ago by nagsheadlocal    [ Reply ]
A feverish daydreams and suerte loca
My face in magazines
{#Drummer}
Posted 15 years ago by xviti    [ Reply ]
philbertr wrote:


With Tabasco sauce, and shots of vodka straight from the freezer: double MMMMMmmmmmmm....


Pick your poison-they are a great drinkin band live. {#Drunk}(drinking as we speak)


Posted 16 years ago by Al_Koholic    [ Reply ]
 cc_rider wrote:



Leftover Salmon on Cracker(s)... Mmm...


 

With Tabasco sauce, and shots of vodka straight from the freezer:  double MMMMMmmmmmmm....

Posted 16 years ago by philbertr    [ Reply ]
never did see Cracker live, but did see Camper Von Beethoven open for R.E.M. in 1986 and they kicked ass!
Posted 16 years ago by massimo    [ Reply ]
The LAST great Cracker album. Sigh.
Posted 16 years ago by horstman    [ Reply ]
hippiechick wrote:
Like Cracker alot. Especially with Leftover Salmon!
Leftover Salmon on Cracker(s)... Mmm...
Posted 17 years ago by cc_rider    [ Reply ]
This song comes across to me as very plastic. I really wish it would just go away...
Posted 17 years ago by dharmanavy    [ Reply ]
Posted 17 years ago by nalle    [ Reply ]
Al_Koholic wrote:
One of my favorite Cracker songs! Thanks, love these guys. They are great live.
Agreed! I've seen both Cracker and Camper Van Beethoven (before the reunion and Cracker). Both great bands in different ways.
Posted 17 years ago by The_Enemy    [ Reply ]
srbarry wrote:
Sometimes I feel like the whole span of modern music is being recycled. This time around though it's being performed by cover bands.
I hate to say it, but yeah, I feel that way a lot, too. It's not always a bad thing, but there seems to be a certain hollowness to it a lot of the time.
Posted 18 years ago by kazuma    [ Reply ]
One of my favorite Cracker songs! Thanks, love these guys. They are great live.
Posted 18 years ago by Al_Koholic    [ Reply ]
good call, totally agree.
Posted 18 years ago by jeffersonpump    [ Reply ]
hippiechick wrote:
I always hear John Mellencamp's Human Wheels at the beginning of this song.
Agreed! And that's a bad thing. It's a good thing that this song gets much better as it progresses, though.
Posted 18 years ago by Gribnif    [ Reply ]
I always hear John Mellencamp's Human Wheels at the beginning of this song. Like Cracker alot. Especially with Leftover Salmon!
Posted 18 years ago by hippiechick    [ Reply ]
I dig it.
Posted 18 years ago by fluorophore    [ Reply ]
we like 'em here! it's funny i have to listen to internet radio to hear a local band
Posted 18 years ago by bdfinally    [ Reply ]
srbarry wrote:
Sometimes I feel like the whole span of modern music is being recycled. This time around though it's being performed by cover bands. This is OK, but there's something vauguely missing.
that's right
Posted 18 years ago by majomojo    [ Reply ]
deepwoodskev wrote:
Great song from an otherwise blah album from one of my favorite bands.
Awww, man, how could you insult this album on my birthday?? This one's great! Many Crackerheads consider this their best (I might also, if I could settle on just one best of Cracker, but I can't, I need three.) Go to crackersoul.com or the StrangelyCompelled or CrackerForever Yahoo groups and seek guidance. If this band truly is a favorite of yours, and you like this song, then you've got to pull the CD back out and play this song, then in this order: Seven Days, The World Is Mine, and Been Around the World for some of the best lead guitar you'll ever hear. May the force be with you, my son.
Posted 18 years ago by rjs    [ Reply ]
skooney wrote:
Yes, me too
Sometimes I feel like the whole span of modern music is being recycled. This time around though it's being performed by cover bands. This is OK, but there's something vauguely missing.
Posted 18 years ago by srbarry    [ Reply ]
Great song from an otherwise blah album from one of my favorite bands.
Posted 19 years ago by deepwoodskev    [ Reply ]
Toad the Ol' Blue Cracker. That's what I love about RP. \:D/
Posted 19 years ago by brighthue    [ Reply ]
skooney wrote:
Yes, me too
Yes,me too..pleasant!
Posted 19 years ago by Foreverfree    [ Reply ]
Wow, 2 of all-time greats, Prine & Sinatra, followed by 2 of my favs of the 90's, TWS & Cracker. Where else but RP?!! Thankyou RP <-o<
Posted 19 years ago by cmrump    [ Reply ]
Antigone wrote:
Funny, I heard John Mellancamp's Human Wheels.
Yes, me too
Posted 19 years ago by skooney    [ Reply ]
So in the latest CamperVan Beethoven tour, Cracker opens and it's all the same guys pretty much. Dave changes his shirt for the "second set" which is CVB. I think I am getting this right. I don't care as long as they keep making music.
Posted 20 years ago by ChardRemains    [ Reply ]
To the naysayers in this thread: If you haven't seen David and the boys in person, you are out of line. I defy you to go to a Cracker show and not end up a convert. Happy times. Pound for pound, the coolest band in the land, IMO.
I couldn't agree more. One of the best American bands out there today. Do yourself a favor and get some Crackersoul today!
Posted 20 years ago by deepwoodskev    [ Reply ]
Could some fan of Cracker explain: "My face in magazines That lesbian James Dean'' Checked AMG. Don't seem likely that Lowrey is goofing on himself here. Hickman ?
Posted 20 years ago by philarktos    [ Reply ]
Antigone wrote:
Funny, I heard John Mellancamp's Human Wheels.
That's what I came here to post and then I saw that you and Platypus and NWG already noted the similarity.
Posted 20 years ago by Leslie    [ Reply ]
To the naysayers in this thread: If you haven't seen David and the boys in person, you are out of line. I defy you to go to a Cracker show and not end up a convert. Happy times. Pound for pound, the coolest band in the land, IMO.
Posted 20 years ago by GolfRomeo    [ Reply ]
Platypus wrote:
i always think that i'm about to hear Mellencamp's "Human Wheels" when this one starts.
I was thinking the same thing.
Posted 20 years ago by newwavegurly    [ Reply ]
drH wrote:
ummmm, good cracker!
as always, i am a polly for a good cracker!
Posted 20 years ago by mem_313    [ Reply ]
i always think that i'm about to hear Mellencamp's "Human Wheels" when this one starts.
Posted 20 years ago by Platypus    [ Reply ]
Groovy piece of music - I like it! \:D/
Posted 20 years ago by MacMeadow    [ Reply ]
ummmm, good cracker!
Posted 20 years ago by drH    [ Reply ]
camden_hampden wrote:
David Lowery hasn't written/performed anything that qualifies as listenable, creative or interesting since Jonathan Segel left CVB (kinda like Morrisey w/o Johnny Marr). Proof that one guy who sings a lot (and writes some) does not a band make.
Says you.
Posted 20 years ago by veegez    [ Reply ]
GreAT set! from Warren Zevon to Cracker, it's a beautiful happysad thing. Thanks Mr. DJ.
Posted 20 years ago by qbee    [ Reply ]
Lupin_III wrote:
The first couple of notes of this song make me think Peter Murphy's "Cuts You Up" is gonna come on... .. and time and again I'm disappointed.
Funny, I heard John Mellancamp's Human Wheels.
Posted 21 years ago by Antigone    [ Reply ]
mo cracka pleez! :nodhead:
Posted 21 years ago by littlebluedog    [ Reply ]
Tech question. My ping rate for RP averages (as of 5 mins ago) 148ms. I wouldn\'t normally think that\'s that bad, but often I appear to be an entire song behind the rest of the board. Anyone else experiencing this level of delay on a regular basis?
Posted 21 years ago by otter    [ Reply ]
*yawn*
Posted 21 years ago by deadline    [ Reply ]
Hey! Real-life, energetic, driving actual rock music for the first time this afternoon! Thanks! And I too can understand at least many of the lyrics! Sorry this had to be my first positive of the afternoon, but it was worth waiting for.
Posted 21 years ago by rKokon    [ Reply ]
David Lowery hasn\'t written/performed anything that qualifies as listenable, creative or interesting since Jonathan Segel left CVB (kinda like Morrisey w/o Johnny Marr). Proof that one guy who sings a lot (and writes some) does not a band make.
Posted 21 years ago by camden_hampden    [ Reply ]
This song is so great, it was played at Buffy and company\'s senior prom.
Posted 21 years ago by gandalfbmg    [ Reply ]
Camper is Back!! They have played in NYC a couple times recently, and quite excellent shows.
Posted 21 years ago by JohnMac    [ Reply ]
Intro was very reminiscent of the Camper Van Beethoven days. Only thing that was missing was a bit of violin. IMO Cracker never picked up where CVB left off. :(
Posted 22 years ago by drover    [ Reply ]
Ahhhhh Cracker! like a fine wine.... strained through a gas station rag! I love \'em for their \'rough edges\'... always an interesting sound; EuroTrash Girl anyone?
Posted 22 years ago by keenevision    [ Reply ]
Nice tune good band.
Posted 22 years ago by rmurray248    [ Reply ]
To each his own - you ABBA, me Cracker
Posted 22 years ago by rjs    [ Reply ]