Listening to The Feelies on Radio Paradise

I've never seen more guitar strings broken during a concert that at a Feelies show. It's hard to understand how fast and furious they are playing because they have sooooo much control, that is, until you see them live. I got to twice, once fully on accident.

Posted 11 months ago by SmackDaddy [ Reply ]

And they still make very good recordings!!!

Posted 6 years ago by holar [ Reply ]

This album really their apex. Excellent album, every song is superb (assuming you like this). No one ever sounded like the feelies and they never sounded like anyone else.

Though other songs are better than this one, Slipping into Something, High Road, cmon Bill, dig deeper

Posted 12 years ago by SmackDaddy [ Reply ]

Great Post, I almost forgot about these guys.
Thanks for playing.

Posted 13 years ago by Stranglersfan [ Reply ]

Awesome! One of my fave bands. The release date is wrong, though: it's 1986.

Posted 13 years ago by pomotexan [ Reply ]

The Feelies on RP?! One of my favorite bands from back in the day.... Thank you! Made my whole morning!

Posted 13 years ago by frink_1 [ Reply ]

Nice segue; Levon Helm to The Feelies

Posted 13 years ago by RipperP [ Reply ]

holborne wrote:

Oh yay, The Feelies! I wish they'd get more airplay. Not just here, but everywhere.

Posted 14 years ago by WayUpNorth [ Reply ]

All my punkish acoustic aspirations wrapped up in these guys in my 80s days, as I entered my brave new world of the 90s

Posted 14 years ago by mcYammer [ Reply ]

ThePoose wrote:

If they get pissed off easily, would they be the touchy Feelies?

Pooser :)

Posted 14 years ago by ambrebalte [ Reply ]

ThePoose wrote:

If they get pissed off easily, would they be the touchy Feelies?

HA! Well done sir.

Posted 15 years ago by peter_james_bond [ Reply ]

Hinkamp wrote:

is there supposed to be a vocal track on this? It's hard to tell, it is so faint.

Welcome to the Alternative 80s. For a lot of bands, it was considered a sign of a sellout if the vocal wasn't buried in the mix.

Posted 15 years ago by ScottFromWyoming [ Reply ]

ThePoose wrote:

If they get pissed off easily, would they be the touchy Feelies?

You win the Quote of the Year award!

This song is fantastic, but just a few minutes too short. Must check out their other stuff...

Posted 15 years ago by pyxxel [ Reply ]

Woot...nice musical stretch going on right now. (Sans David Bowie's Modern love!)

The Feelies - When Company Comes
Franz Ferdinand - Take Me Out
David Bowie - Modern Love
Muddy Waters - Got My Mojo Workin'

Posted 16 years ago by Kittee [ Reply ]

Oh yay, The Feelies! I wish they'd get more airplay. Not just here, but everywhere.

Posted 16 years ago by holborne [ Reply ]

This really sucks after about 8 bars! I should have gone to 9 bars,huh?

Posted 16 years ago by bupanishad2012 [ Reply ]

winallen wrote:

One of the great bands of the 80's. Crazy Rhythms is one of the best all time albums. I saw them at Skidmore College in Saratoga Springs in 1987 or 1988 and they did a fantastic cover of Neil Young's Sedan Delivery

When I saw them in Boston in the late 80s they did a cover of Neil Young's Barstool Blues. Great show, btw.

Posted 16 years ago by crinky [ Reply ]

If they get pissed off easily, would they be the touchy Feelies?

Posted 16 years ago by ThePoose [ Reply ]

One of the great bands of the 80's. Crazy Rhythms is one of the best all time albums. I saw them at Skidmore College in Saratoga Springs in 1987 or 1988 and they did a fantastic cover of Neil Young's Sedan Delivery

Posted 16 years ago by winallen [ Reply ]

Wow! I had forgotten about these guys! Brings back memories of a cassette a good friend gave me of theirs.

Posted 17 years ago by indypaul [ Reply ]

Back in the last century, no one could afford a designer for their album cover...

Posted 17 years ago by squidish [ Reply ]

Yeah, Love this album; my favourite feelies album (and the only one I've heard) the whole album is kinda samey but that's good. I like driving to this.

Posted 17 years ago by stubbsz [ Reply ]

My college band used to cover "The High Road" from this album. Just three chords and a bridge, but man, what fun to play! We would beat it into the ground, since we kinda sucked. I also always got a kick out the name of Feelies member Bill Million.

Posted 17 years ago by FilmSurgeon [ Reply ]

I saw the Feelies on the same tour in Boston in 1989. It was the first time I ever heard of them. I thought they were ripping off REM. However, it turns out REM was ripping of the Feelies. Love to hear some "Crazy Rythms" on Radio Paradise. suddenchad wrote:

I saw them too, at the Tower Theatre in Philly. I remember the date: March 17, 1989. I LOVED the Feelies. Always felt they were one of the great "lost" bands of the 80s, kind of a missing link between late 70s/early 80s punk/new wave and 80s alternative. Kind of a less intense version of Television. Really nice, guitar driven stuff.

Posted 17 years ago by scritz [ Reply ]

joek wrote:

I saw that same tour...I honestly thought that the Feelies were better than Lou was...and that's saying something as I'm a HUGE Lou Reed fan. Ahh, well...different strokes. I love this Feelies album. They're other two, Only Life and Time For A Witness are really, really amazing too....totally underrated band.

I saw them too, at the Tower Theatre in Philly. I remember the date: March 17, 1989. I LOVED the Feelies. Always felt they were one of the great "lost" bands of the 80s, kind of a missing link between late 70s/early 80s punk/new wave and 80s alternative. Kind of a less intense version of Television. Really nice, guitar driven stuff.

Posted 18 years ago by suddenchad [ Reply ]

is there supposed to be a vocal track on this? It's hard to tell, it is so faint.

Posted 18 years ago by Hinkamp [ Reply ]

I saw that same tour...I honestly thought that the Feelies were better than Lou was...and that's saying something as I'm a HUGE Lou Reed fan. Ahh, well...different strokes. I love this Feelies album. They're other two, Only Life and Time For A Witness are really, really amazing too....totally underrated band. horstman wrote:

I saw the Feelies as the warm up band for Lou Reed during his "New York" tour. They were very good. They have a great sound. I have the "Only Life" album which is a good listen, wasn't aware of others. Thanks Bill for again opening my eyes (and ears). Lou, on the other hand, totally kicked ass! He played every song from the New York album in the order that they were cut from the CD. That way, we would remember the show as we sat in our cars or living rooms listening to the album later. The guy is a genius. Another band that sounds very similar to the Feelies are the "Lemonheads", especially their album "Car, Button, Cloth". Worth a listen. Another RP band.

Posted 18 years ago by joek [ Reply ]

Pretty good tune.

Posted 18 years ago by Roverfish [ Reply ]

Please play more. One of the great acts of the 80's.

Posted 18 years ago by boblaker [ Reply ]

Saw the Feelies twice in concert. They were fantastic both times. What's hard to appreciate is how fast they are playing even though it isn't loud and distorted. They would hit every note. In one show the lead guitarist must have broke 10 strings. Never seen that before.

Posted 18 years ago by SmackDaddy [ Reply ]

I saw the Feelies as the warm up band for Lou Reed during his "New York" tour. They were very good. They have a great sound. I have the "Only Life" album which is a good listen, wasn't aware of others. Thanks Bill for again opening my eyes (and ears). Lou, on the other hand, totally kicked ass! He played every song from the New York album in the order that they were cut from the CD. That way, we would remember the show as we sat in our cars or living rooms listening to the album later. The guy is a genius. Another band that sounds very similar to the Feelies are the "Lemonheads", especially their album "Car, Button, Cloth". Worth a listen. Another RP band.

Posted 18 years ago by horstman [ Reply ]

Cool - now let's have some stuff from Crazy Rhythms!

Posted 18 years ago by SCJoniguy [ Reply ]

I LIKE it! edit: started out strong then got kind of boring - to my ears at this moment.

Posted 18 years ago by Bizzarefall [ Reply ]

I dig it. Nice take on accoustic guitar and such.

Posted 18 years ago by SaintAwesome [ Reply ]

Not to be confused with the Weepies... not bad. 7 rounded up from 6.5.

Posted 18 years ago by Chunnamark [ Reply ]

Gotta love the Feelies! We used to play this song at very high volume in my college dorm after a long night of partying. Absolutely amazing. The vocals are way down intentionally. That is the Feelies! One of the most underrated bands of all time.

Posted 19 years ago by scritz [ Reply ]

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Posted 19 years ago by Daveinbawlmer [ Reply ]

? I think I like this song, but it sounds to me like the vocal track has been turned way down--I can't hear it very well and I know it's not my computer because the songs before and after are fine. Is that the way it's supposed to sound?

Posted 19 years ago by annanyc [ Reply ]

Way too short!!! Play it again, Sam!

Posted 19 years ago by pyxxel [ Reply ]

MORE FEELIES!!!!

Posted 19 years ago by WharfRatz [ Reply ]

I WANT MORE!

Posted 19 years ago by the_reptile [ Reply ]

We NEED more Feelies on RP The Good Earth is one of the classic alternative rock albums of the 80's. Please give our ears a treat.

Posted 19 years ago by galileotx [ Reply ]

RichardPrins wrote:

8)

What he said.

Posted 19 years ago by Skeletor [ Reply ]

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Posted 19 years ago by R_P [ Reply ]

Yes - and I would suggest RP add a few more to the repetoire. A fantastic and much under appreciated band.

Posted 20 years ago by deuxglas [ Reply ]

Yeah! Finally some Feelies!

Posted 20 years ago by redeyespy [ Reply ]