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The promise of love is hard to ignore
You said the chance wasn't getting any better
Labour of love is ours to endure
The highest branch on the apple tree
It was my favourite place to be
I could hear them breaking free
But they could not see me
I will run for shelter
Endless summer lift the curse
It feels like nothing matters
In our private universe
I have all I want is that simple enough
There's a whole lot more I'm thinking of
Every night about six o'clock
The birds come back to the palm to talk
They talk to me, birds talk to me
If I go down on my knees
I will run for shelter
Endless summer lift the curse
It feels like nothing matters
In our private universe
And it's a pleasure that I have known
And it's a treasure that I have gained
And it's a pleasure that I have known
It's a tight squeeze but I won't let go
Love is on the table and the dinner's cold
I will run for shelter
Endless summer lift the curse
Feels like nothing matters
In our private universe
I will run for shelter, in the summer in Ithaca....
Oh no!
I hear the same thing!
It's...it's like a curse!
And I ain't ever been to Ithaca.
Neill Finn is a unheralded genius! Just so good.
Saw the latest incarnation of Crowded House in Vangroover a few weeks back. Brilliant as always. Very cool to see that his two sons are both in the band and they aren't placeholders - boys can play. See them if you can.
What's up with that 'stache Neil? Kaiser Wilhelm?
Yes, that's exactly the look he was going for.
I'd shop in a supermarket that played this.
Neil Finn is one of the greatest song writers in popular music. Nuff Said.
You might want to drink only half the bottle of cough syrup next time...
What's up with that 'stache Neil? Kaiser Wilhelm?
Hehehe
I started a novel while I was there, entitled "My Private Wilderness" which was partly based on the feeling this song gave me. Too bad my on-again-off-again girlfriend (the unfaithful one) got assigned to my location and went OUT OF HER WAY to get drunk and sleep with any/everyone she could. It was so bad that I broke my contract and left after a mostly enjoyable (outside of the grueling GF situation) month in the middle-of-nowhere Alaska where even the internet didn't venture. So much fun and yet so much misery all in 5 weeks.
The main positives of leaving early were 1) being back in Seattle for the Mariners record 116 win season, Ichiro's "rookie" year and the All-Star game at Safeco and 2) not being stuck in Anchorage after the 9/11 attacks like my friends (and that bitch) did for days.
Anyways...I'll always think of that dark period in my life, the month of no-darkness in central AK, with something short of glee when I hear this song. In many ways the time I spent there was the turning point in my life, enduring pain (physical and emotional) and experiencing things that can't be done in the lower 48.
Reading about your time spent in the middle of nowhere brought back fond memories of my own summer in Kenai: walking in streams so thick with salmon you could catch them with your bare hands; seeing the Northern Lights during a night fish; receiving a mix tape from a friend back in the lower 48 introducing me to "Jellyfish"; and my own romantic troubles. Worked out okay though as we've been married 20 years now. Thanks for sharing.
I started a novel while I was there, entitled "My Private Wilderness" which was partly based on the feeling this song gave me. Too bad my on-again-off-again girlfriend (the unfaithful one) got assigned to my location and went OUT OF HER WAY to get drunk and sleep with any/everyone she could. It was so bad that I broke my contract and left after a mostly enjoyable (outside of the grueling GF situation) month in the middle-of-nowhere Alaska where even the internet didn't venture. So much fun and yet so much misery all in 5 weeks.
The main positives of leaving early were 1) being back in Seattle for the Mariners record 116 win season, Ichiro's "rookie" year and the All-Star game at Safeco and 2) not being stuck in Anchorage after the 9/11 attacks like my friends (and that bitch) did for days.
Anyways...I'll always think of that dark period in my life, the month of no-darkness in central AK, with something short of glee when I hear this song. In many ways the time I spent there was the turning point in my life, enduring pain (physical and emotional) and experiencing things that can't be done in the lower 48.
As an ex Alaskan, oh yeah, I get it. This song reminds me of the how I was getting ready to leave some soul-sucking misery behind myself. In Central Alaska. I left a year before you arrived, Lizard King. But that wilderness, that light, that air, those mountains and rivers...
Nice post, lizardking. Glad you survived.
Mariners were so good that year, but sadly crumpled when faced with those stinkin' Yankees.
Thanks, O_T_B
What a terrible time for the Mariners to have faced the Yankees, I mean if there ever were a time when non-Yank fans would have supported them (as in EVERYONE) it had to be right after the 9/11 attacks. PEACE and Long Live RP!!
I spent part of the summer of 2001 in Alaska (see full post below) . . .
Nice post, lizardking. Glad you survived.
Mariners were so good that year, but sadly crumpled when faced with those stinkin' Yankees.
I spent part of the summer of 2001 in Alaska, where I had hoped to be able to cleanse myself of all my bad habits (drinking, smoking and smoking) and boy was I naïve! Let's see....stuck in the middle of nowhere with a bunch of other 21ish year olds working 6 days/week minimum and heavily encouraged to work that 7th day...and never seeing darkness...yeah....I drank like a fish, smoked like a chimney and smoked like Cheech AND Chong.
I started a novel while I was there, entitled "My Private Wilderness" which was partly based on the feeling this song gave me. Too bad my on-again-off-again girlfriend (the unfaithful one) got assigned to my location and went OUT OF HER WAY to get drunk and sleep with any/everyone she could. It was so bad that I broke my contract and left after a mostly enjoyable (outside of the grueling GF situation) month in the middle-of-nowhere Alaska where even the internet didn't venture. So much fun and yet so much misery all in 5 weeks.
The main positives of leaving early were 1) being back in Seattle for the Mariners record 116 win season, Ichiro's "rookie" year and the All-Star game at Safeco and 2) not being stuck in Anchorage after the 9/11 attacks like my friends (and that bitch) did for days.
Anyways...I'll always think of that dark period in my life, the month of no-darkness in central AK, with something short of glee when I hear this song. In many ways the time I spent there was the turning point in my life, enduring pain (physical and emotional) and experiencing things that can't be done in the lower 48.
Ditto, and I appreciate their whole catalog. The songs and production continue to impress after all these years.
Sydney Opera House forecourt after Crowded House was inducted into the Aria Hall of Fame. November 2016
Nice one, Bill. I see you played this same date 2 years back. Love RP
24 Search Results for "Crowded House" on Radio Paradise:
In addition to those tunes there are at least another 20 songs by Neil Finn on the playlist.
I assume that RP has to pay each time it is played not just once and then they can play it again (and again)
I also assume that I could be wrong
What say ye Bill?
kiwi music from Canada while in nz :-). Thanks
You can listen the Mike Oldfield's Ommadawn final track, called On Horseback, and you can enjoy an amazing horse ride.
The artwork for most (all?) of the albums is done by bassist Nick Seymour.
I agree
yes yes it is
You mean Split Enz - split ends is something to do with bad hair. Split Enz is good hear!
I agree
yes Yes YES ...... all time fav thank you Bill for playing this one
Crowded House are sensational
It does appear on the Recurring Dream compilation, which is where the artwork is from. You're correct that it's originally from Together Alone.
RP has also previously played the alternate "acoustic mix" version, which appears on Afterglow (as I discovered when I originally went to iTunes to purchase the track ) and which is also excellent — even more haunting, if that's possible.
Does it speak Klingon?
Does it look like E bovvers?
And the King is named "Priva".
yes its true, Tuna are the highest life form downunder
And I believe "Together Alone" was a reference to the Finn Brothers' classic inability to get along.
Wow.....love your post...
Or is it just that the hook hooks me?
It has that minor key thing, like Don't Fear the Reaper, or Break on Through to the Other Side.
Woooow - feels like drivin' with you!
(I'm coming only, if you stop playing this damn FLOYD tape!)
Can't oblige you there my friend.... Floyd is ALWAYS part of the journey....
Awsome surround sound...yes it is...try the 320 stream on a 5.1 system !
Real audio snobs prefer stereo.
So well put and so true.
Awsome surround sound...yes it is...try the 320 stream on a 5.1 system !
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Just wanted to write that I am proud that no
RP-voter gave this magnificent song a 1.
Then I saw it....!
You might want to drink only half the bottle of cough syrup next time...
More new stuff please!
or they're too hungry to think straight!
awsome you mean
Best you tune to another radio station!
you from NZ by any chance?
I'd shop in a supermarket that played this.
Papernapkin wrote:
ANOTHER 10!
Go you good thing!
reminds me of driving in the convertible in San Diego... top down...... sun shining.... smell of the Pacific in the air......
Woooow - feels like drivin' with you!
(I'm coming only, if you stop playing this damn FLOYD tape!)
reminds me of driving in the convertible in San Diego... top down...... sun shining.... smell of the Pacific in the air......
10, I say!
You might want to drink only half the bottle of cough syrup next time...