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Tindersticks — Medicine
Album: The Something Rain
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7.1

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Total ratings: 2052









Released: 2012
Length: 4:52
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This medicine you want
Medicine you need
Medicine to get you on your feet
I feel weak

Cause every single day
And every single hour too
That medicine it works inside of you
In your head
In your dreams
In your dreams

You worked it so hard
You tried to make it shine
Medicine it keeps you down half mind
In your head

Cause every single day
And every single hour too
That medicine it works inside of you
In your head
In your dreams
In your dreams
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Great band,thanks for playing this track Bill
Is it just me?  Because I couldn't understand a single word he's saying 😊
lll....rrrrr
.r
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Discovered Tindersticks in the early 2000s and promptly searched out all six albums.  There are gems on each one.
Meandering and melancholy... Evocative and deep... Makes me want to hear Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds...a good thing...
Knew them only a little bit from my girlfriend at the time and to be honest, I had to get used to the singer's voice and the overall oddity (which isn't particularly a bad thing). But since she loved it so much and when I found out they played in our home town, managed to score some tickets and the concert turned out to be amazing! Excellent group of musicians who really make something special out of their live performance.
The unique "beautiful sadness" of Tindersticks is always amazing.
 GTT wrote:

Sometimes people have happy dreams about a loved one who has died, as if they were alive again, and we ask ourselves, wait a second, I thought you died.  This band is like one of those happy dreams, as if a now defunct band (Joy Division,others?) were suddenly alive and making great music again. 



Happens to me, too. And sometimes I’ll be momentarily confused upon waking up about whether the person is dead or still alive.
Shades of Vini Reilly, again...
What a song-voice!
 CaptainConnector wrote:

Like my modest self a quality Nottingham product.  Great. 



Me too......wherefore art thou Fred?
I adore Tindersticks, but RP should stop broadcasting this one and only song, while there are plenty to transmit.
By the way the last album "No treasure but hope" is a gem.
Sounds like Durutti Column gone commercial.
 chinaski wrote:
Kinda reminds me of Martha and the Muffins.
 
Really? In what way? I don't hear it.
Kinda reminds me of Martha and the Muffins.
Excellent follow-up to Althea
 JasondotG wrote:

Don't think I've ever heard a cello and thought "that cello so shouldn't be in there". 

Cellos rock.  
 
As a cellist, I concur 
Live, these guys really know how to... wait for it... ignite the crowd!
from 5 to 7 ..
 Chrislee523 wrote:


What a great observation! Never would have thought of it that way, but I feel exactly the same. For me, it's Morphine (the band, not the opiate) that comes to mind.
 
If you can find it, there is a band called Red Elephant. A little more range (both in style & not stuck so low on the bass clef), addition of a cello & guitar. They don't show up on YouTube or Pandora, saw a few used copies of a CD on Amazon.
Love Tindersticks but this is not one of my favorite songs.
 Proclivities wrote:

I think it's mostly two minor chords - Fm to Cm.

 
damn Proc...you're good at catching these....I think I meant to post this on Wilco's "Jesus, etc."

See...the hazards of listening to RP while at work....and then trying to post song comments too....

 ..for me it is Boz Scaggs  Chrislee523 wrote:


What a great observation! Never would have thought of it that way, but I feel exactly the same. For me, it's Morphine (the band, not the opiate) that comes to mind.

 

 lizardking wrote:
That chord progression "Maj, Maj, Min, Maj", while fairly simple, just gives me chicken skin every time....esp. going from BbM (my favorite key) to Cm; that sound just gets me every time.  I'm rating a 9 and not looking back!  PEACE and LONG LIVE RP!!

 
I think it's mostly two minor chords - Fm to Cm.
 planet_lizard wrote:
Do I hear Nik Kershaw's 'Human Racing' on that drum track...?

 
It sounds pretty much like a standard, electronic "bossa nova" beat, which has been on all sorts of drum/rhythm machines for over 30 years.  Kershaw may have used a similar beat.
> nice unassuming sounds

korg mini pops 7 :)
yes nice unassuming sounds, the album art looks like same size paintings by a delicate landscape (skyscape) artist who gazed out a small ceiling portal, capturing cloud banks and an occasional moon
I enjoy this band..quite unique 
 pcc wrote:
Very nice.....
 
Twice!?
Very nice.....
Do I hear Nik Kershaw's 'Human Racing' on that drum track...?
 Jörg_Asmussen wrote:
Wow ... just realized that this is the only Tindersticks song on RP. They are just so much RP. More please.

 
There are a few others.  Nice tune, good groove.
 GTT wrote:
Sometimes people have happy dreams about a loved one who has died, as if they were alive again, and we ask ourselves, wait a second, I thought you died.  This band is like one of those happy dreams, as if a now defunct band (Joy Division,others?) were suddenly alive and making great music again. 

 

What a great observation! Never would have thought of it that way, but I feel exactly the same. For me, it's Morphine (the band, not the opiate) that comes to mind.
Sometimes people have happy dreams about a loved one who has died, as if they were alive again, and we ask ourselves, wait a second, I thought you died.  This band is like one of those happy dreams, as if a now defunct band (Joy Division,others?) were suddenly alive and making great music again. 
Like my modest self a quality Nottingham product.  Great. 
She walked around in marketplace in Athen, and purchased something.
 JasondotG wrote:

Don't think I've ever heard a cello and thought "that cello so shouldn't be in there". 

Cellos rock.  

 
Good comment. Very true. {#Clap}
 Jörg_Asmussen wrote:
Wow ... just realized that this is the only Tindersticks song on RP. They are just so much RP. More please.

 
Yup
i need some serious medicine to get through this song  {#Cowboy}{#Drunk}{#Frustrated}
the cello's nice though 
 fitmartin wrote:
interesting song, the cello is a nice touch! Bravo RP!

{#Heartkiss}

 
Don't think I've ever heard a cello and thought "that cello so shouldn't be in there". 

Cellos rock.  
interesting song, the cello is a nice touch! Bravo RP!

{#Heartkiss}
Wow ... just realized that this is the only Tindersticks song on RP. They are just so much RP. More please.
This beatbox sounds like the Eminent organ of Jean-Michel Jarre's Equinoxe 4, half tempo. And half interesting, too.
The picture of app slideshow is hart to the song  #medicin {#Tongue-out}
 fredriley wrote:
Thanks for the Notting-ham mention, Bill - I'd not realised that this bunch were from my neck of the woods, so that's worth a couple of extra points from the Nottingham jury. As the song's a bit on the dull side, though, that still only adds up to 6, but it might grow on me. I'll see if they're doing any gigs locally and try to get along.

 
As a start you could stream this from a small ´gig´ they performed at Paris:
https://concert.arte.tv/fr/tindersticks-la-philharmonie-de-paris
Medicine is song number 3 in their concert.
I saw them a few times and I want to go again....
I just wish that Bill would see this concert and decide to play some more Tindersticks........
Thanks for the Notting-ham mention, Bill - I'd not realised that this bunch were from my neck of the woods, so that's worth a couple of extra points from the Nottingham jury. As the song's a bit on the dull side, though, that still only adds up to 6, but it might grow on me. I'll see if they're doing any gigs locally and try to get along.
While I like this, it sounds identical to King Crimson, "One Time"... actually, enough to bring a copyright infringement. 
Nice one.  Fred's local boys doing well.

How interesting that you don't like the voice of Thom Yorke, but, why put this message on this Tindersticks thread? They don't compare well.


This band has been brilliant for 2 decades. So glad to hear them here. To me, they way outrank Radiohead. Plus, Stuart Staples' voice is way less annoying than Mr. Yorke's. More please!
Still the best from UK these days....
{#Daisy} 
Saw Tindersticks in concert 3 times now and want to go again....soon please!
Nice!
Interesting and thoroughly satisfying.  Am going to dig into this album again.
second! Was more than time...Hope to hear more!
don't dislike this at all.

ps first again.  Thanks.