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Beth Orton — Central Reservation
Album: Central Reservation
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Released: 1999
Length: 3:50
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Running down a central reservation in last night's red dress,
And I can still smell you on my fingers and taste you on my breath;
Stepping through brilliant shades,
All the color you bring,
This time, this time, this time,
Is whatever I want it to mean.

If this is where memories are made,
I'm gonna like what I see,
And everything that I ever took for granted,
I'm gonna let it be.

I step through every shade,
All the color you bring,
This time, this time, this time,
Is whatever I want it to mean.

And everything and nothing is as sacred as we'd want it to be,
When it's really all,
Make it really all,
Compared to what.

It's like living in the middle of the ocean,
With no future, no past,
And everything that's good about now,
Well, might just glide right past.

I'm stepping through brilliant shades,
All the color you bring,
This time, this time, this time,
Is fine just as it is.

And everything is sacred here,
And nothing is as sacred as I want it to be,
When it's really all compared to what.
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 Johnny_Alpha wrote:

If you let Beth sing here, you have room for Mr Blunt


 GingerandMe wrote:
Mr. Blunt?  Please no, spare us all.
 
Who the heck is Mr Blunt, John Krasinski?  Didn't know he was a vocalist, though I can understand why he might be singing.
Posted 1 week ago by bluwaterschooner    [ Reply ]
 Johnny_Alpha wrote:

If you let Beth sing here, you have room for Mr Blunt



Mr. Blunt?  Please no, spare us all.
Posted 1 month ago by GingerandMe    [ Reply ]
If you let Beth sing here, you have room for Mr Blunt
Posted 3 months ago by Johnny_Alpha    [ Reply ]
 MJdub wrote:

I won't pretend to be a music/vocal expert (or even a fan of Beth Orton, for what it's worth) , so I don't know the proper terminology, but I'm pretty sure the basic technique of stretching out a syllable across multiple melodical notes dates back to at least medieval times.  As a humble American, I wouldn't presume to have such strong opinions about a standard practice that out-dates the nation I live in several fold, let alone blame it on a speech disability and make fun of it.  But I know the tendency for people to express strong opinions on things they know nothing about is innate and timeless.


It's called 'melisma'.
Posted 3 months ago by Edweirdo    [ Reply ]
Beth was my girlfriend in another lifetime.
Posted 4 months ago by IndyDoug    [ Reply ]
Glasto 99, sunny arvo, pretty sure it was the Saturday, everyone chillin, spliffs getting passed around  and Beth up on stage with her guitar 
Posted 8 months ago by Fishman    [ Reply ]
 timmus wrote:
Really unique lyrics... there's really not much in the "music literature" that covers brooding optimism.
 
Also it's from that magical time from 1999-2000 before everything went to crap... there's that distinct late-1990s sound in the beat and it really takes me back.


Never thought I'd be that old geezer saying "Take me back to the 'Good Ol' Days" - but damn it, the 90's - living as a 20-something artist in downtown Toronto -  pretty Sublime. Everything from Music fests to MTB scenes just seemed more "Real" before social media deranged the Medium and derailed the Message. 
Posted 10 months ago by pyrateparadox988    [ Reply ]
Never knew this was a remix; I happened to hear the original the other day and was wondering what was going on.
Posted 1 year ago by MJdub    [ Reply ]
Really unique lyrics... there's really not much in the "music literature" that covers brooding optimism.
 
Also it's from that magical time from 1999-2000 before everything went to crap... there's that distinct late-1990s sound in the beat and it really takes me back.
Posted 1 year ago by timmus    [ Reply ]
I see that face and ponder:  I bet she would be fun to talk with in a bar after couple of drinks 
Posted 1 year ago by idiot_wind    [ Reply ]
Thanks Bill. A much needed pick-me-up. 
Posted 1 year ago by chinaski    [ Reply ]
Beth moves you and isn't that what it is all about? :| thank  you Beth!\
Posted 1 year ago by jjbix37    [ Reply ]
What an upbeat music video! Who's having more fun, Beth or we the viewers?
Beth Orton, Central Reservation, official video
Posted 1 year ago by chinaski    [ Reply ]
 rbrise wrote:

Dammit Bill I have a you tube vid of Feist on Letterman cued up but I cannot play it without stepping away from a constantly quality playlist...give me a break...play something not great...please




Hahaha... I do this constantly.
Posted 1 year ago by ice-9    [ Reply ]
 meanderer wrote:



Stop beating about the bush fer goodness sake...

Do you LIKE it or NOT??



Com' on. At least a 10.
Posted 2 years ago by itsme_bygolly    [ Reply ]
 SquiddlyDiddly wrote:

10, 10, 10

Did I mention this tune is a 10? 

Really. It's like, It's like, It's like. . . a 10. 

:)




Stop beating about the bush fer goodness sake...

Do you LIKE it or NOT??
Posted 2 years ago by meanderer    [ Reply ]
Great song from her - there's an excellent remix I got introduced to many moons ago, dare I say that's even better than the original - 'Central Reservation (Spiritual Life/Ibadan remix)' - which is just great to chill to - go check! 👍
Posted 2 years ago by CCSandman    [ Reply ]
Dammit Bill I have a you tube vid of Feist on Letterman cued up but I cannot play it without stepping away from a constantly quality playlist...give me a break...play something not great...please
Posted 2 years ago by rbrise    [ Reply ]
 MrsTom wrote:

Sorry, that opening bit where she can 'still smell you on my fingers'. Eww. Just no. 




Yeah because she can ONLY be referring to fingers stuck up there and nowhere else.  Much like the stick stuck up your whatever.
Posted 2 years ago by h8rhater    [ Reply ]
 MrStatenIsle wrote:

Agree, vile and disgusting.



As are many of the smells that waft past ones nose on Staten Island, no doubt.
Posted 2 years ago by h8rhater    [ Reply ]
 MJdub wrote:

I won't pretend to be a music/vocal expert (or even a fan of Beth Orton, for what it's worth) , so I don't know the proper terminology, but I'm pretty sure the basic technique of stretching out a syllable across multiple melodical notes dates back to at least medieval times.  As a humble American, I wouldn't presume to have such strong opinions about a standard practice that out-dates the nation I live in several fold, let alone blame it on a speech disability and make fun of it.  But I know the tendency for people to express strong opinions on things they know nothing about is innate and timeless.




Here, here!
Posted 2 years ago by h8rhater    [ Reply ]
Beth Orton always sings like she is confiding with you.
Posted 2 years ago by Typesbad    [ Reply ]
 MJdub wrote:

I won't pretend to be a music/vocal expert (or even a fan of Beth Orton, for what it's worth) , so I don't know the proper terminology, but I'm pretty sure the basic technique of stretching out a syllable across multiple melodical notes dates back to at least medieval times.  As a humble American, I wouldn't presume to have such strong opinions about a standard practice that out-dates the nation I live in several fold, let alone blame it on a speech disability and make fun of it.  But I know the tendency for people to express strong opinions on things they know nothing about is innate and timeless.



It's called melisma.
Posted 2 years ago by ElCamoteLoco    [ Reply ]
Oh how I love her so!
The video is so uplifting as well. 

Thanks for playing her again and again Bill! 
Posted 3 years ago by chinaski    [ Reply ]
 DaidyBoy wrote:
Sorry, that opening bit where she can 'still smell you on my fingers'. Eww. Just no.


I haven't noticed the blokey bands getting knocked for their sexuality.  Or their misogyny, often.


Sorry, but that form of intimacy makes me want to listen to this song so much more.   
Posted 3 years ago by Kaisersosay    [ Reply ]
I had the great fortune to see Beth Orton a few years back. What a show! She's one of my favorites.
Posted 3 years ago by Ok_Sobriquet    [ Reply ]
"I can still smell you on my fingers and taste you on my breath"

This slammed me with a flood of memories of she and me.

Long-ago heavenly nights...
Posted 3 years ago by RazzCat    [ Reply ]
Songs are often full of sexual references and I can't say they bother me as a whole, unless particularly crude (maybe I'm old-fashioned). It's just not a nice way into a mellow song, whoever's fingers they are.

DaidyBoy wrote: I haven't noticed the blokey bands getting knocked for their sexuality. Or their misogyny, often.
 

MrsTom wrote:

Sorry, that opening bit where she can 'still smell you on my fingers'. Eww. Just no. 
Posted 4 years ago by MrsTom    [ Reply ]
First Morcheeba and now Beth Orton. Today's getting off to a good start. Thanks Bill.
Posted 4 years ago by funkyalfonso    [ Reply ]
I love her world !!!
Posted 4 years ago by philgontier1    [ Reply ]
Fantastic song, I love it. I've been listening to it for years, and every time it comes on I reflexively stop what I'm doing and listen.
Posted 4 years ago by nelamvr6    [ Reply ]
Pretty sure she is suffering from Ataxia, which happens to be the name of the next track.
Bill, you sneaky fellow.
Posted 4 years ago by TerryS    [ Reply ]
It's called 'melisma'!  

MJdub wrote:
I won't pretend to be a music/vocal expert (or even a fan of Beth Orton, for what it's worth) , so I don't know the proper terminology, but I'm pretty sure the basic technique of stretching out a syllable across multiple melodical notes dates back to at least medieval times.  As a humble American, I wouldn't presume to have such strong opinions about a standard practice that out-dates the nation I live in several fold, let alone blame it on a speech disability and make fun of it.  But I know the tendency for people to express strong opinions on things they know nothing about is innate and timeless.
 

Posted 5 years ago by jsjunk    [ Reply ]
Never fails to deliver the Perfect Sunday goods, this perfect song.  
Posted 5 years ago by Grayson    [ Reply ]
MrsTom wrote:

Sorry, that opening bit where she can 'still smell you on my fingers'. Eww. Just no.

 MrStatenIsle wrote:

Agree, vile and disgusting.
 
I haven't noticed the blokey bands getting knocked for their sexuality.  Or their misogyny, often.
Posted 5 years ago by DaidyBoy    [ Reply ]
 Joaparissimo wrote:

And so? She's singing with her heat even it's seem like "My name is Luca" of the pop singer who was.... Who knows the name ?  The most important that it was a beautiful song like this one. Hope your enjoy listening folk women singgers.
 

Heart!!!! Elle chante de tout son coeur et cela s'entend. Et si vous n'aimez pas, cela est votre droit, vous n'avez qu'à éteindre le volume le temps de cette chanson. Cela n'entachera pas sur le talent de cette artiste et de cette très belle chanson. Bon dimanche . Musicalement,
Joa.
Posted 5 years ago by Joaparissimo    [ Reply ]
 BCarn wrote:

Agree. That method of vocals has plateaued. Time for it to cease. But alas, many since your post continue to sing this way. More women it seems.
 
And so? She's singing with her heat even it's seem like "My name is Luca" of the pop singer who was.... Who knows the name ?  The most important that it was a beautiful song like this one. Hope your enjoy listening folk women singgers.
Posted 5 years ago by Joaparissimo    [ Reply ]
 lawman wrote:
Shame about the speech defect.  Has she always ha-had it?  Ne-he-ver no-hoticed hi-it befo-hore.
 
Agree. That method of vocals has plateaued. Time for it to cease. But alas, many since your post continue to sing this way. More women it seems.
Posted 5 years ago by BCarn    [ Reply ]
10, 10, 10

Did I mention this tune is a 10? 

Really. It's like, It's like, It's like. . . a 10. 

:)
Posted 5 years ago by SquiddlyDiddly    [ Reply ]
Bunch'a Debbie Downers in here about such an upbeat song. Sheesh.
 
Thanks as always for playing it Bill!
Posted 5 years ago by chinaski    [ Reply ]
I like when singers follow the lyrics. You might miss a good diversion otherwise.
Posted 5 years ago by hbm    [ Reply ]
 Kaisersosay wrote:
Agreed, make what you want of it. I see it as an intense fond remembrance, human. It's funny but I bet the prudes among the negative the commentators lost their sense of what intimacy involves ,,,long ago.  Sad. 
 
Why can't the guy have just been wearing Axe?  Doesn't that stuff linger?
Posted 5 years ago by mread    [ Reply ]
 MrStatenIsle wrote:

Agree, vile and disgusting.
 
Why?
Posted 5 years ago by Webfoot    [ Reply ]
Her music video version with a latin beat added in is rather fun to hear and view: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Th3gkE_sP9k
Posted 5 years ago by chinaski    [ Reply ]
Cool song.  This would be a late-night drive-song, to somewhere special, or home from that place.
Posted 5 years ago by jelgator    [ Reply ]
 ziggytrix wrote:

I can't tell if y'all are prudes who are offended way too easily or perverts reading too much into the lyric.
 

Agreed, make what you want of it. I see it as an intense fond remembrance, human. It's funny but I bet the prudes among the negative the commentators lost their sense of what intimacy involves ,,,long ago.  Sad. 
Posted 5 years ago by Kaisersosay    [ Reply ]
this sucks, I don't know what you people are talking about. this woman sings through her nose and drones out the notes. if she is saying something meaningful I don't know because I can't get past her singing.
Posted 5 years ago by FrankDebbieCote    [ Reply ]
 MJdub wrote:
I won't pretend to be a music/vocal expert (or even a fan of Beth Orton, for what it's worth) , so I don't know the proper terminology, but I'm pretty sure the basic technique of stretching out a syllable across multiple melodical notes dates back to at least medieval times.  As a humble American, I wouldn't presume to have such strong opinions about a standard practice that out-dates the nation I live in several fold, let alone blame it on a speech disability and make fun of it.  But I know the tendency for people to express strong opinions on things they know nothing about is innate and timeless.
 

What an excellent post Mjdub!

Posted 5 years ago by ScottishWillie    [ Reply ]
This album is a fresh flash back. I remember having an extended crush on this tall lanky woman with that voice. 
Posted 6 years ago by Dragonfly_Launch    [ Reply ]
I just love this song so. Makes me so happy and hopeful. Please play it 2X a day, Mr. Bill. Twice a week is not enough. {#Smile}
Posted 6 years ago by Grayson    [ Reply ]
 MrStatenIsle wrote:

Agree, vile and disgusting.
 
I can't tell if y'all are prudes who are offended way too easily or perverts reading too much into the lyric.
Posted 6 years ago by ziggytrix    [ Reply ]
Exceedingly fine and distinctive voice.  And when I heard Orton's "Stars All Seem to Weep" here on RP I wondered how I hadn't heard of her before, and I went to iTunes and bought it.  NICE!  Also, a friend posted on Facebook about wondering himself about her.  So I teasingly told him that she was MINE and to lay off.  (My friend is maybe in his late 30's to early 40's, whereas I am now 70 - Ha.)
Posted 6 years ago by CrookedSticks    [ Reply ]
 MrsTom wrote:
Sorry, that opening bit where she can 'still smell you on my fingers'. Eww. Just no. 
 
Agree, vile and disgusting.
Posted 6 years ago by MrStatenIsle    [ Reply ]
Please-whats the mater-this is a bad song
Posted 6 years ago by peter.gerzner    [ Reply ]
They are playing some good   Ishnit this morning.   This is off of a good album.
Posted 6 years ago by Michaeljcovel    [ Reply ]
 MJdub wrote:
I won't pretend to be a music/vocal expert (or even a fan of Beth Orton, for what it's worth) , so I don't know the proper terminology, but I'm pretty sure the basic technique of stretching out a syllable across multiple melodical notes dates back to at least medieval times.
 
So it's your contention that ma-hany si-hingers do-ho thi-his sa-hame thi-hing?  (I'd also point out that many of the comments are about the degree to which this particular 'technique' is taken.)

But I know the tendency for people to express strong opinions on things they know nothing about is innate and timeless.

  
You don't say.
Posted 7 years ago by dwhayslett    [ Reply ]
 ziggytrix wrote:


Melisma ?

 
Fair enough, perhaps I'm just a stihickler for dihiction.
Posted 7 years ago by TerryS    [ Reply ]
 MJdub wrote:
I won't pretend to be a music/vocal expert (or even a fan of Beth Orton, for what it's worth) , so I don't know the proper terminology, but I'm pretty sure the basic technique of stretching out a syllable across multiple melodical notes dates back to at least medieval times.  As a humble American, I wouldn't presume to have such strong opinions about a standard practice that out-dates the nation I live in several fold, let alone blame it on a speech disability and make fun of it.  But I know the tendency for people to express strong opinions on things they know nothing about is innate and timeless.

 

Melisma ?
Posted 7 years ago by ziggytrix    [ Reply ]
 MJdub wrote:
I won't pretend to be a music/vocal expert (or even a fan of Beth Orton, for what it's worth) , so I don't know the proper terminology, but I'm pretty sure the basic technique of stretching out a syllable across multiple melodical notes dates back to at least medieval times.  As a humble American, I wouldn't presume to have such strong opinions about a standard practice that out-dates the nation I live in several fold, let alone blame it on a speech disability and make fun of it.  But I know the tendency for people to express strong opinions on things they know nothing about is innate and timeless.
 
{#Cheers}
Posted 7 years ago by Proclivities    [ Reply ]
Saw her with Beck at Radio City in the late 90's. Fantastic times..
Posted 8 years ago by kicking    [ Reply ]
Hi behee gone.
Posted 8 years ago by TerryS    [ Reply ]
 eveliko wrote:

This is where being a non-native English speaker makes the reading of this forum so interesting. Being totally absorbed by the music and the way her voice melts so smoothly into the music, I would never have noticed that speech defect. But now that you did, it just laughs the hell out of me {#Smile}  Still like the song though, good 7.

 
Not the first singer to build in a defining affectation -doesn't sound like she'd speak like that when not singing. Speaking of speech defects, check out the amazing Megan Washington. Struggles with a speech impediment in normal speech, but completely error free when singing. 
Posted 8 years ago by jab49    [ Reply ]
Tihihime for PSD
Posted 8 years ago by TerryS    [ Reply ]
"...I can still smell you on my fingers..."

Might want to see a doctor about that. {#Eyes} {#Fever} {#Ass}
Posted 8 years ago by floydoftherocks    [ Reply ]
Very Nice.

It's music - go with it - or not.

It's your choice. 
Posted 8 years ago by DanFHiggins    [ Reply ]
I won't pretend to be a music/vocal expert (or even a fan of Beth Orton, for what it's worth) , so I don't know the proper terminology, but I'm pretty sure the basic technique of stretching out a syllable across multiple melodical notes dates back to at least medieval times.  As a humble American, I wouldn't presume to have such strong opinions about a standard practice that out-dates the nation I live in several fold, let alone blame it on a speech disability and make fun of it.  But I know the tendency for people to express strong opinions on things they know nothing about is innate and timeless.
Posted 8 years ago by MJdub    [ Reply ]
 lawman wrote:
Shame about the speech defect.  Has she always ha-had it?  Ne-he-ver no-hoticed hi-it befo-hore.

 
This is where being a non-native English speaker makes the reading of this forum so interesting. Being totally absorbed by the music and the way her voice melts so smoothly into the music, I would never have noticed that speech defect. But now that you did, it just laughs the hell out of me {#Smile}  Still like the song though, good 7.
Posted 9 years ago by eveliko    [ Reply ]
 Peter_Bradshaw wrote:

... wrong on both counts as it is OUTSTANDING
 
The opposite of a sit-in.
Posted 9 years ago by CaffeineSam    [ Reply ]
Sorry, that opening bit where she can 'still smell you on my fingers'. Eww. Just no. 
Posted 9 years ago by MrsTom    [ Reply ]

Posted 9 years ago by mrtuba9    [ Reply ]
Beth Orton is Heaven....
 
Posted 9 years ago by hempmandan    [ Reply ]
Probably difficult to sing with two or threeheee tones only. Atonal singing, a new art?

Posted 10 years ago by Burg    [ Reply ]
 Rotterdam wrote:
Ghiaap wrote:

Yes, it's ve-he-ry ano-hoying! > shall we start a commitee 'Stop the Beth Orton Whining'?

  

leafmold wrote:

I wo-houd jo-oyn!

 

Co-hount me i-hin!

 
Me-he to-hoooooo
Posted 10 years ago by The_Walrus    [ Reply ]
This isn't the version from the album, I think. Some sort of remix?
Posted 10 years ago by Shimmer    [ Reply ]
 BobLoblaw wrote:
I can't decide if this is bland or generic.

 
... wrong on both counts as it is OUTSTANDING
Posted 10 years ago by Peter_Bradshaw    [ Reply ]
I can't decide if this is bland or generic.
Posted 10 years ago by BobLoblaw    [ Reply ]
No apologies from me.  I like this song and I think her voice is very pretty.
Posted 10 years ago by casey1024    [ Reply ]
Ghiaap wrote:

Yes, it's ve-he-ry ano-hoying! > shall we start a commitee 'Stop the Beth Orton Whining'?

  

leafmold wrote:

I wo-houd jo-oyn!

 

Co-hount me i-hin!
Posted 10 years ago by Rotterdam    [ Reply ]
 Ghiaap wrote:

Yes, it's ve-he-ry ano-hoying! > shall we start a commitee 'Stop the Beth Orton Whining'?

 
I wo-houd jo-oyn!
Posted 10 years ago by leafmold    [ Reply ]
P ha S ha D ha
Posted 10 years ago by TerryS    [ Reply ]
 hayduke2 wrote:
I care way more about the words she's singing and the early morning half-sleep remembrances of a particular lover, the smells and tastes and wishing it wouldn't end joy     a work of art is what this song has become for me (so I'm a sap, who cares)

 
Caught my attention, too.
Posted 11 years ago by mrtuba9    [ Reply ]
I care way more about the words she's singing and the early morning half-sleep remembrances of a particular lover, the smells and tastes and wishing it wouldn't end joy     a work of art is what this song has become for me (so I'm a sap, who cares)
Posted 11 years ago by hayduke2    [ Reply ]
 lawman wrote:
Shame about the speech defect.  Has she always ha-had it?  Ne-he-ver no-hoticed hi-it befo-hore.

 
Yes, it's ve-he-ry ano-hoying! > shall we start a commitee 'Stop the Beth Orton Whining'?
Posted 11 years ago by Ghiaap    [ Reply ]
Not into magic mushrooms but this tune might go well with them. {#Whipit}
Posted 11 years ago by msymmes    [ Reply ]
I was just thinking a moment earlier it would nice to hear Beth Orton....thnx RP
Posted 11 years ago by Larry_Rosenow    [ Reply ]
 lawman wrote:
Shame about the speech defect.  Has she always ha-had it?  Ne-he-ver no-hoticed hi-it befo-hore.
 

Thats what makes her voice so peculiar, charning and appealing..
Posted 11 years ago by Toke    [ Reply ]
Dig it! Honesty in Music. Very Cool
Posted 11 years ago by sherf    [ Reply ]
"smell you on my fingers and taste you on my breath"

This sent my brain scrambling for lyrics from Butthole Surfers "Pepper":

I can taste you on my lips
And smell you in my clothes
Posted 11 years ago by trailhub    [ Reply ]
{#Beat}  {#Wall}Uuuugh!!!
Posted 12 years ago by Dyn0hub    [ Reply ]
Shame about the speech defect.  Has she always ha-had it?  Ne-he-ver no-hoticed hi-it befo-hore.
Posted 12 years ago by lawman    [ Reply ]
Beth Orton tonight in Boston !
Posted 12 years ago by coding_to_music    [ Reply ]
Henry Olsen — Bass
Posted 12 years ago by coding_to_music    [ Reply ]
 TerryS wrote:
This tihymen this tihymen.......wot?
 
Yeah, I know. I love my mute button. Ms Orten annoys the heck out of me. 
Posted 12 years ago by Rotterdam    [ Reply ]
I NEED a new Beth Orton record.

Been too long.

*edit*

New record is scheduled for an Oct 2nd 2012 release. Yipee!
Posted 12 years ago by RPJunkie    [ Reply ]
This tihymen this tihymen.......wot?
Posted 12 years ago by TerryS    [ Reply ]
 camatcba wrote:
 

Ouch.
Posted 12 years ago by Hannio    [ Reply ]
I like a bit more the Supperclub mixing of this tune, however it brilliant.
Posted 12 years ago by Euskadita    [ Reply ]
 misterbearbaby wrote:
Who put the methqualone in the Radio Paradise water cooler this afternoon?
 
I did. Any problems?
Posted 12 years ago by SquiddlyDiddly    [ Reply ]
Listen to these lyrics.....this is what living in the NOW is all about.
Posted 12 years ago by musickat    [ Reply ]
 CamLwalk wrote:
For the last year or so, Beth Orton has been at the very top of my music diet.  Can't get enough of this woman's voice.  I wanna curl up inside her voice and stay there.  So tasteful, so beautiful.  Wouldn't have heard of her without RP.
 
Totally agree, more please. I want to curl up there too.
Posted 12 years ago by Tamster    [ Reply ]
Sh-hee's gr-hate, h-ain't sh-hee?
Posted 12 years ago by michaelgmitchell    [ Reply ]
For the last year or so, Beth Orton has been at the very top of my music diet.  Can't get enough of this woman's voice.  I wanna curl up inside her voice and stay there.  So tasteful, so beautiful.  Wouldn't have heard of her without RP.
Posted 12 years ago by CamLwalk    [ Reply ]
What a relief!  A lady with some class.  It's truly awesome!
Posted 12 years ago by terrapin52    [ Reply ]
Who put the methqualone in the Radio Paradise water cooler this afternoon?
Posted 12 years ago by misterbearbaby    [ Reply ]
 leathepea wrote:

same thing, gets the imagination going. 
 
And "taste you on my breath".  Yessssss

Posted 12 years ago by Dave_Mack    [ Reply ]
Great set, Monsters and Men, Isakov, now Orton. Keep 'em coming, B.
Posted 12 years ago by d-don    [ Reply ]
 leathepea wrote:

same thing, gets the imagination going. 
 

I'm sure it was "I can make ya' pull my finger."
Posted 12 years ago by misterbearbaby    [ Reply ]
 handyrae wrote:

Almost — it's "smell you on my fingers."
 
same thing, gets the imagination going. 
Posted 13 years ago by leathepea    [ Reply ]
 blotto wrote:
Did she say "smell my fingers"?
 
Almost — it's "smell you on my fingers."
Posted 13 years ago by handyrae    [ Reply ]
Her photo on the cover looks a bit like the super sweet (Zooey Deschanel) girl in the movie 'Yes Man' with Jim Carey

Posted 13 years ago by 1wolfy    [ Reply ]
 blotto wrote:
Did she say "smell my fingers"?
 

I just thought the same thing...
Posted 13 years ago by Seahunt    [ Reply ]
 BikeCoachDave wrote:
I have been listening to this track for nearly 10 years now and still get jazzed when I hear it come on. So today, from 9 to a 10.
 

Ditto. excellent song
Posted 13 years ago by scrubbrush    [ Reply ]
Not today...not today.
Posted 13 years ago by Kittee    [ Reply ]
Just bumped to a 9 for me.
Quite nice
Posted 13 years ago by DanFHiggins    [ Reply ]
I have been listening to this track for nearly 10 years now and still get jazzed when I hear it come on. So today, from 9 to a 10.
Posted 13 years ago by BikeCoachDave    [ Reply ]
Beheth Ohortohon.
Posted 13 years ago by Jelani    [ Reply ]
Did she say "smell my fingers"?
Posted 13 years ago by blotto    [ Reply ]
 paulpaar wrote:
her hair! Yuk! 5.5
 
You are sooooooooooooo deeeeeeeeeeep it's scary!!!!!!

Posted 14 years ago by WayUpNorth    [ Reply ]
It's like I h h h h h h h{#Bananajumprope}
Posted 14 years ago by Shaker    [ Reply ]
 nigelr wrote:
Personally I find her delivery, well, outstanding!
 
Yes she is just sooo Natural.... unpretentious, understated with a deep longing that resonates everytime.  I think she is fabulous {#Notworthy}

Posted 14 years ago by musickat    [ Reply ]