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The Black Keys — Gold On the Ceiling
Album: El Camino
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Released: 2011
Length: 3:47
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Down in the waves
She screams again
Roar at the door
My mind can't take much more
I could never drown

They wanna get my
They wanna get my
Gold on the ceiling
I ain't blind
Just a matter of time
Before you steal it
It's alright
Ain't no blood in my eye

Clouds covered Love's
Barbed-wired fence
Strung up, strung out
I just can't go without

I could never drown

They wanna get my
They wanna get my
Gold on the ceiling
I ain't blind
Just a matter of time
Before you steal it
It's alright
Ain't no blood in my eye

They wanna get my
They wanna get my
Gold on the ceiling
I ain't blind
Just a matter of time
Before you steal it
It's alright
Ain't no blood in my eye
Gold on the ceiling
I ain't blind
Just a matter of time
Before you steal it
It's alright
Ain't no blood in my eye
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 rdo wrote:

their 15 minutes are just about up....




Whelp, that's a looooong 15 minutes. 
10 years later they're STILL rockin' our socks off. 
Posted 9 months ago by pyrateparadox988    [ Reply ]
One of my favorite songs
Posted 1 year ago by TDS513    [ Reply ]
 folkes.tom wrote:

Reminds me a little of "Spirit in the Sky"




Posted 1 year ago by kcar    [ Reply ]
GREAT!
Posted 2 years ago by eileenomurphy    [ Reply ]
Jeez! How is this song 10 years old?! This was the last CD I ever bought. I remember reading some of these old comments when they were new!
Posted 2 years ago by drewd    [ Reply ]
EXCELLENT!!!!
Posted 2 years ago by joejennings    [ Reply ]
Unique. Pure evolving of blues and indie rock 
Posted 3 years ago by geonuine    [ Reply ]
Drums and over driven guitar.  An all male and new version of the White Stripes.  Love it
Posted 4 years ago by bpemby    [ Reply ]
 Sturff wrote:
I am sooooo tired of the keys, perhaps I listen to paradise toooooo much?
 
You could always listen to the "Mellow Mix", or "The World/ Etc Mix"!
Posted 4 years ago by eileenomurphy    [ Reply ]
 folkes.tom wrote:
Reminds me a little of "Spirit in the Sky"
 
I can see that.
Posted 4 years ago by eileenomurphy    [ Reply ]
Reminds me a little of "Spirit in the Sky"
Posted 4 years ago by folkes.tom    [ Reply ]
It's good to hear this again.  At first, I thought they were saying, "Come, Holy Spirit" ... and since then I've been trying to figure what gold on the ceiling is.
Posted 8 years ago by GTT    [ Reply ]
I am sooooo tired of the keys, perhaps I listen to paradise toooooo much?
Posted 10 years ago by Sturff    [ Reply ]
I always dig some Black Keys! Thank you so much Radio Paradise for introducing them to me! {#Dancingbanana_2}
Posted 11 years ago by Catalytic    [ Reply ]
My younger boy made a video of his school trip to Russia, and used this music for sequence where he showed images of the gold leaf ceilings in the Winter Palace.
Posted 11 years ago by Baby_M    [ Reply ]
 Jared wrote:

It's a bloody shame not being in Amsterdam period.


 
Amsterdam is meh. It is not my favourite european city by far and I visited most of them (the big ones) twice or more. Rome, Paris, Barcelona, London, Florence, Sevilla, Granada, Berlin and even an odd place like Riga are more worth a visit.
Posted 11 years ago by Kaw    [ Reply ]
The beginning of this makes me think of the keys on Space Truckin' by Deep Purple. Tired of it, though; I'd much rather hear some old DP!
Posted 11 years ago by coloradojohn    [ Reply ]
Ran here to vote this as a '1' and found I had already!  Go me.
Posted 11 years ago by pcicatar    [ Reply ]
 rdo wrote:

their 15 minutes are just about up....



 
doubt it. These guys are damn good at what they do and show some variety. This one's irresistible. I keep hearing local cover bands doing Black Keys songs.
Posted 11 years ago by phlattop    [ Reply ]
Really have to turn RP OFF when this shite comes on. Buh Bye
Posted 11 years ago by Segue    [ Reply ]

their 15 minutes are just about up....


Posted 11 years ago by rdo    [ Reply ]
my favourite on El Camino {#Dancingbanana}
Posted 11 years ago by hifi    [ Reply ]
garage/grunge/pop - not.  crunchy, like fredriley said.  me like.
Posted 11 years ago by DD gypsyman    [ Reply ]
 joelbb wrote:
These guys are solid, old school rockers with talent.  I don't have any of their recordings, but everything I hear on RP I like.

 get the first one.  it's primal blues, voodoo, good and sticky for the earhole 


Posted 11 years ago by midreaming    [ Reply ]
 justin4kick wrote:

They´re playing in Amsterdam tonight and it´s a bloody shame I am not there.



 
It's a bloody shame not being in Amsterdam period.

Posted 11 years ago by Jared    [ Reply ]
Akron boys make good. Some others to come from there, Devo and Chrissie Hynde. Must be something in the water.
Posted 11 years ago by stevetheshoe    [ Reply ]
Thanks...
Posted 11 years ago by jmkate    [ Reply ]
Enough. No more. Please.
Posted 11 years ago by shplody    [ Reply ]
Can't help but turn the volume up on this one...{#Dancingbanana}
Posted 11 years ago by ProjectGemini07    [ Reply ]
Leon Russel vocals. A little Dr. John funk. Deep Purple toxic rock buzz. What does it all mean, oh what does it all mean?
Posted 11 years ago by DD gypsyman    [ Reply ]
borannoying
Posted 11 years ago by Segue    [ Reply ]
While I like this, it literally makes my ears buzz.  Don't like that buzzy thingamajig or the pedal the guitar's using.
Posted 11 years ago by caregiver    [ Reply ]
 jhorton wrote:
All you BK haters should see the conga line down the middle of my trailer park when this one comes on!
 
{#Roflol}I'd love to see a photo of that! Yep, I can see this as good conga line material, right enough. Crunchier than a bag of gravel. 9 from the head-banging Nottingham jury.
Posted 11 years ago by fredriley    [ Reply ]
Hot poop
Posted 11 years ago by arserocket    [ Reply ]

They´re playing in Amsterdam tonight and it´s a bloody shame I am not there.


Posted 11 years ago by justin4kick    [ Reply ]
Saw them in Lisbon just last week. Absolutely wonderful. 
 
Posted 11 years ago by ndrakos    [ Reply ]
 Sloggydog wrote:
Best modern rock band by about a million miles.  Turn it up and go nuts.

John Lee Hooker followed by the Black Keys.  If something like Cream's White Room comes on next I will know you are just trying to blow my speakers. 
 
{#Lol}
Posted 11 years ago by DD gypsyman    [ Reply ]
{#Bananajumprope}
Posted 11 years ago by bmo    [ Reply ]
These guys are solid, old school rockers with talent.  I don't have any of their recordings, but everything I hear on RP I like.
Posted 12 years ago by joelbb    [ Reply ]
The show in SB two nights ago was off the hook. My ears are still ringing.
Posted 12 years ago by scraig    [ Reply ]
Everyone of their songs sounds like an anthem... really don't care for them. Bought tickets to their Toronto show just so I could see The Shins open up then left {#Lol}
Posted 12 years ago by Canlistener    [ Reply ]
 fuzzy wrote:
.... Maybe they will rename themselves the White Keys. {#Eh}
 
...good point.....thats what i thought...anotherone from *blunderbluss*???????................{#Think}
Posted 12 years ago by rockpommel16    [ Reply ]
You can pretty much play the whole album at "11" 
Posted 12 years ago by lkovathana    [ Reply ]
I'm hearing bits of "Spirit in the Sky" ... love it! {#Dancingbanana}
Posted 12 years ago by WayUpNorth    [ Reply ]
Is "Gold on the Ceiling" a euphemism for something?
Posted 12 years ago by scraig    [ Reply ]
Guitar sounds like the stones  Sympathy for the Devil.
 
Posted 12 years ago by jberko    [ Reply ]
Party time!
Posted 12 years ago by justin4kick    [ Reply ]
All you BK haters should see the conga line down the middle of my trailer park when this one comes on!

I might have to go buy another box of wine! 
Posted 12 years ago by jhorton    [ Reply ]
Is anyone elses rating drop down list missing the 11?
Posted 12 years ago by richlister    [ Reply ]
A little less black keys in 2012 would be a great thing. Still a strong 7 but please, more of the obscure bands.
Posted 12 years ago by shplody    [ Reply ]
HEY MAN, u said if i sent in a big check u wouldn't play these guys anymore....what's the deal?...$16.83 was all i had at the time..it was big to me....plus that'll get u at least half of a shiitake pizza in ur neighborhood...c'mon dude!
Posted 12 years ago by DD rabbi_phil    [ Reply ]
My Earworm has been activated again.
Posted 12 years ago by Easyrider    [ Reply ]
 Gish05 wrote:
Ehh... I am not too fond of the Black Keys these days. Never really was, but I did enjoy Thickfreakness. I think they're pretty overrated despite the success and acclaim they've enjoyed over the past few years.
 



It's pretty hard for The Keys to be "overrated" when they've pretty much been banging away doing their thing in relative obscurity for almost a decade before the mainstream rock press and programmers caught on. All I can say is congratulations to the boys for breaking through big time on their terms. It's still refreshing to see "non-manufactured" rock stars in 2012.
Posted 12 years ago by treatment_bound    [ Reply ]
Best modern rock band by about a million miles.  Turn it up and go nuts.

John Lee Hooker followed by the Black Keys.  If something like Cream's White Room comes on next I will know you are just trying to blow my speakers. 
Posted 12 years ago by Sloggydog    [ Reply ]
Ehh... I am not too fond of the Black Keys these days. Never really was, but I did enjoy Thickfreakness. I think they're pretty overrated despite the success and acclaim they've enjoyed over the past few years.
Posted 12 years ago by Gish05    [ Reply ]
 Troutnskibum wrote:
This is about as crunchy as you can get.
 
"Crunchy" is the best adjective I've seen so far for the Black Keys. Absolutely spot on. And this feckin' ROCKS! As do the other songs from this album, which to my shame I still haven't pulled my finger out to buy. 9 from the blown away Nottingham jury.
Posted 12 years ago by fredriley    [ Reply ]
Love this band but this song creates 'Earworm'.
Posted 12 years ago by Easyrider    [ Reply ]
 rtrudeau wrote:
My only complaint about this song is the way it gets stuck in my head.
 



Yeah,chewing gum for the brain box .
Posted 12 years ago by Easyrider    [ Reply ]
My only complaint about this song is the way it gets stuck in my head.
Posted 12 years ago by rtrudeau    [ Reply ]
This is about as crunchy as you can get.
Posted 12 years ago by Troutnskibum    [ Reply ]

Incendiary !


Posted 12 years ago by musman    [ Reply ]
I'm shakin ma big ass to this
Posted 12 years ago by arserocket    [ Reply ]

Enter bananas!

{#Dancingbanana}{#Bananajam}{#Dancingbanana_2}{#Drummer}{#Bananasplit}
Posted 12 years ago by Barman    [ Reply ]
That throbbing bassline makes me feel ootzy all over
Posted 12 years ago by davidg109    [ Reply ]
Best song of the year so far. 9.
Posted 12 years ago by scraig    [ Reply ]
Love this band... I hope this has staying power. Cause it does have power.
Posted 12 years ago by Blastcat900    [ Reply ]
Watched this Duo live in Australia at the East Coast Blues and Roots Festival. Sensational !The Listener that said ' Tripe ' must have some in his ears or simply has bad taste and should find another music stream. I'd bet that Nashville is his thing !
Posted 12 years ago by Jackson_Feelgood    [ Reply ]
 ckcotton wrote:
MUCH better then the first track played here (Lonely Boys)...

Rockin!

 
 
Agreed!  I was having doubts about this album when I first heard "Lonely Boys"....  Liking these other tracks better.  Still not as good as the Brothers album though, IMHO.  They set the bar high with that one!  {#Wink}
Posted 12 years ago by socalhol    [ Reply ]
10!
Posted 12 years ago by Stingray    [ Reply ]
 dcoy wrote:


Oh yeah, bring on the tripe!
 
Only decent use of tripe is for sausage casings.
The Keys though are pretty good
Posted 12 years ago by jpfueler    [ Reply ]
 dcoy wrote:


Oh yeah, bring on the tripe!
 
Here here! To the tripe, the jam, the riff, the hook, the tune that makes me smile and my body shimmy and shake!
Posted 12 years ago by Magikal1act    [ Reply ]
 Propayne wrote:
If this is pop tripe then I dig pop tripe.
 

Oh yeah, bring on the tripe!
Posted 12 years ago by dcoy    [ Reply ]
If this is pop tripe then I dig pop tripe.
Posted 12 years ago by Propayne    [ Reply ]
 Proclivities wrote:
Good tune, but that's obviously not an El Camino on that cover.  I guess the album title refers to a literal translation of the phrase.  {#Doh}
 
This may have been covered on another song page. "El Camino" of course is the highway—or the road on which all bands tour eventually. The Plymouth Voyager van on the cover is their old touring van. Neat if not clever. Great tune, BTW.

Posted 12 years ago by WonderLizard    [ Reply ]
I like it! This one always wakes me up and gets me moving. {#Dancingbanana}
Posted 12 years ago by LifeIsMusic    [ Reply ]
 meinthecorner wrote:

 Sounds like POP TRIPE to me!
 
Geez, such a spoilsport.
Posted 12 years ago by dcoy    [ Reply ]
This song rocks! In fact the entire album does. They seem to have left the Bluesrock, but it proves to me that they are evoluting...
Posted 12 years ago by PeeBee    [ Reply ]
 hubcapsally wrote:
 WonderLizard wrote:
Right now they can do nothing wrong.

  I'm on that page too!{#Clap}
 
Oh yes, they can, and this song is proving that to me. Sounds like POP TRIPE to me!


Posted 12 years ago by meinthecorner    [ Reply ]
 WonderLizard wrote:
Right now they can do nothing wrong.

  I'm on that page too!{#Clap}
Posted 12 years ago by hubcapsally    [ Reply ]
This group continues to impress me. Great stuff!{#Bananasplit}
Posted 12 years ago by katjazuu    [ Reply ]
Right now they can do nothing wrong.
Posted 12 years ago by WonderLizard    [ Reply ]
I like these guys but a lot of what I've heard on this album all sounds very similar.
Posted 12 years ago by deepwoodskev    [ Reply ]
{#Dancingbanana}BananajamBananasplitBananapiano
Posted 12 years ago by Antigone    [ Reply ]
 2cats wrote:
Got my CD from Amazon yesterday.  On the wrapper is a silver sticker that says, "Play Loud."
 
I carefully removed that sticker and affixed it to the CD cover after removing the wrapper. And I follow the directive happily.

Posted 12 years ago by cosmiclint    [ Reply ]
Such a belting album!
Posted 12 years ago by robh    [ Reply ]
Heir apparent to ZZ Top!  An 8 out of the gate for me.
Posted 12 years ago by Stratocaster    [ Reply ]
 ferwoman wrote:
First listen, it's a solid 7 right out of the box. So far every tune you've played from this album has been GOOD; I think this is one to buy now!
 
Yup

Posted 12 years ago by DanO-1    [ Reply ]
It's good - I like it!

Still - I wonder if their sound lasts for another album in that style!
I doubt it.
Posted 12 years ago by Stingray    [ Reply ]
First listen, it's a solid 7 right out of the box. So far every tune you've played from this album has been GOOD; I think this is one to buy now!
Posted 12 years ago by ferwoman    [ Reply ]
MUCH better then the first track played here (Lonely Boys)...

Rockin!

 
Posted 12 years ago by ckcotton    [ Reply ]
By Jove - this is good. I need this in my collection. 

Posted 12 years ago by SquiddlyDiddly    [ Reply ]
 Proclivities wrote:
Good tune, but that's obviously not an El Camino on that cover.  I guess the album title refers to a literal translation of the phrase.  {#Doh}

 
Reckon so, either 'the path' or 'the way'. Another new track from this album, another reason to flash the cash and add to my burgeoning CD collection, most of which has been acquired on the basis of hearing new artists on RP (thanks, Bill & Becky!).

Posted 12 years ago by fredriley    [ Reply ]
 2cats wrote:
Got my CD from Amazon yesterday.  On the wrapper is a silver sticker that says, "Play Loud."
 
I ordered as well, coming tomorrow I hope!!!! :)

Posted 12 years ago by Huey    [ Reply ]
Got my CD from Amazon yesterday.  On the wrapper is a silver sticker that says, "Play Loud."
Posted 12 years ago by 2cats    [ Reply ]
First time I've heard it. A solid 7. It'll grow on me, when I hear it again, it's an 8. 
Posted 12 years ago by kingart    [ Reply ]

Sounds good,  Lonely Boy is good too on this CD


Posted 12 years ago by Baketown    [ Reply ]
Great song Bill! Thanks a bunch!!!
Posted 12 years ago by marcoshs    [ Reply ]
Another great addition Bill!  8+
Posted 12 years ago by Foot    [ Reply ]
Good tune, but that's obviously not an El Camino on that cover.  I guess the album title refers to a literal translation of the phrase.  {#Doh}


Posted 12 years ago by Proclivities    [ Reply ]
First time hearing for me...lovin' it. :)  8.
Posted 12 years ago by Huey    [ Reply ]
The Black Keys have swayed me with this one... literally... I am swaying right now!
Posted 12 years ago by ick    [ Reply ]
Had me rockin in my seat. 
Posted 12 years ago by gemtag    [ Reply ]
Yea Bill!  Tear up the new albumn!
Posted 12 years ago by Seahunt    [ Reply ]
I've just GOT to buy this album....thanks, Bill!!!

{#Bananajumprope}
Posted 12 years ago by Slipstream    [ Reply ]
I love, love, LOVE this album! {#Dancingbanana_2}This track is one of my favs, but there's really not a bad song on the whole album.

Posted 12 years ago by nevar23    [ Reply ]