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Love and Rockets — So Alive
Album: Love And Rockets
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Released: 1989
Length: 4:04
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I don't know what color your eyes are, baby
But your hair is long and brown
Your legs are strong, and you're so, so long
And you don't come from this town

My head is full of magic, baby
And I can't share this with you
The feel I'm on a cross again, lately
But there's nothing to do with you

I'm alive, huh, huh, so alive
I'm alive, huh, huh so alive

Your strut makes me crazy
Makes me see you more clearly
Oh, baby, now I can see you
Wish I could stop
Switch off the clock
Make it all happen for you

I'm alive, huh, huh, so alive
I'm alive, huh, huh so alive

I don't know what color your eyes are, baby
But your hair is long and brown
Your legs are strong, and you're so, so long
And you don't come from this town

My head is full of magic, baby
And I can't share this with you
The feel I'm on top again, baby
That's got everything to do with you

I'm alive, huh, huh, so alive
I'm alive, huh, huh so alive
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Excellent!! I haven't heard this in a long time. Better now in FLAC w/ great phones, amp & DAC. Thanx RP!   
Posted 2 years ago by joejennings    [ Reply ]
Posted 4 years ago by Dj_Yonke    [ Reply ]

The song that's played at the end of the movie FX.  Great tune.

Posted 4 years ago by countyman    [ Reply ]
Love it
Posted 4 years ago by adyboy94    [ Reply ]
I'm surprised this song gets such high ratings.  Way overplayed back in the day and I still can't listen to it.
Posted 5 years ago by bking    [ Reply ]
wikipedia link https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Love_and_Rockets_(band) (currently shows disambiguation)
Posted 5 years ago by kbs    [ Reply ]
Now if I only had a convertible with a good stereo in a summer day on a twisty road
Posted 5 years ago by sgaustein    [ Reply ]
I keep hearing echoes of T Rex.
Posted 5 years ago by ThePoose    [ Reply ]
   gotta love that beat.. 
Posted 5 years ago by moodfood    [ Reply ]
 uniguide wrote:
With the way he sings, I was sure it was Kid Loco.
 
Haha so true! 
Posted 5 years ago by uniguide    [ Reply ]
 Rockit9 wrote:
drum machine works great for this song...& not many others
 

Where were you in the 80's and 90's? It's all drum machines, many of them were and still are absolutely fantastic. Much better than today's crap.
Posted 5 years ago by uniguide    [ Reply ]
With the way he sings, I was sure it was Kid Loco.
Posted 5 years ago by uniguide    [ Reply ]
Wow is all I have to say
Posted 6 years ago by jp33442    [ Reply ]
drum machine works great for this song...& not many others
Posted 6 years ago by Rockit9    [ Reply ]
Maybe someone wrote this before, but ROXETTE really want their song back. Even if it's not one of their better ones.
Posted 6 years ago by Broken_Ear    [ Reply ]
 misterbearbaby wrote:
The 90's were a vast wasteland- morally, politically, musically.

 
Yeah, it's so much better these days, right?
Posted 6 years ago by Laptopdog    [ Reply ]
This song has not aged well, for me.
Posted 6 years ago by NeilBlanchard    [ Reply ]

"Love and Rockets" -- Is the band name an homage to the Hernandez bros.' comic strip?

Posted 6 years ago by jomabu23    [ Reply ]
 whiskofclarity wrote:
Don't get this one

 
I remember them saying in some interview that they needed a hit now to keep funding their musical adventures - sort of like Peter Gabiel and Sledgehammer. So they looked at the pop hits of the time, figured out common threads, made a formula, and then swallowed their pride and went to the studio and popped this off in 2 hours. They were right - it got noticed and they sold a bunch of records. And their true fans got alienated and they were soon mostly forgotten about.

I have to admit though, it is catchy.
Posted 7 years ago by paulmcnett    [ Reply ]
The 90's were a vast wasteland- morally, politically, musically.
Posted 7 years ago by misterbearbaby    [ Reply ]
 whiskofclarity wrote:
Don't get this one

 
OK. There is a young lady who comes from somewhere else. She has really nice legs and brown hair. The guy is quite smitten with her.
I think that pretty well sums it up.

This one still does it for me. Just told my office mate that I'll turn it down when the song is over!
Posted 7 years ago by Lindo525    [ Reply ]
Don't get this one
Posted 7 years ago by whiskofclarity    [ Reply ]
 BillG wrote:
The FCC has no control over Internet radio, just over-the-air broadcasters.
   kcar wrote:
Time for you to drop some F-bombs, then.   {#Whipit}

Funny, you two.  

As for this song, the boudoir/seductive version of a rock anthem, they retained the "doooot-dooo" ladies at the end!
Posted 7 years ago by unclehud    [ Reply ]
9->10

I love this song 
Posted 7 years ago by jukes1    [ Reply ]
Classic '90s cheese! Love it!
Posted 7 years ago by bentonian    [ Reply ]
Marc Bolan is alive? Don't think so... so 1! 
Posted 7 years ago by Orodrigues    [ Reply ]
Dull T.Rex version, awful. 1.
Posted 8 years ago by whomhow    [ Reply ]
 prophetzarquon wrote:
Not a T Rex clone, even if he sounds a bit bolany.

The Rex were hard edged, rocky, this is mainstream pap for teenage girls who want to look cool to their biebery friends

 
This song is over twenty-five years old -  older than Bieber.  Other than this tune, Love and Rockets were pretty far from "mainstream".  T Rex "hard-edged"?  Not really, they were fantastic, but they were a glam rock band - albeit, a very good one.
Posted 8 years ago by Proclivities    [ Reply ]
 BillG wrote:

The FCC has no control over Internet radio, just over-the-air broadcasters.

 

Time for you to drop some F-bombs, then.   {#Whipit}
Posted 8 years ago by kcar    [ Reply ]
 rdo wrote:

It is in fact a US station governed by US law and regulation (FCC). 
 
The FCC has no control over Internet radio, just over-the-air broadcasters.
Posted 8 years ago by William    [ Reply ]
 25demayo wrote:

For those that agree with Mondlak and I it has just been submitted. Please give it a thumbs up.

 
After 5 years of trying still no Kundalini Express......{#Stupid}
Posted 8 years ago by 25demayo    [ Reply ]
When the drum sequence started I was totally expecting Toad The Wet Sprocket's "All I Want".  Would be interesting to hear that one on Radio Paradise.
Posted 8 years ago by timmus    [ Reply ]
Haven't heard this in ages....
Posted 8 years ago by Flip_flops    [ Reply ]
Not a T Rex clone, even if he sounds a bit bolany.

The Rex were hard edged, rocky, this is mainstream pap for teenage girls who want to look cool to their biebery friends
Posted 8 years ago by prophetzarquon    [ Reply ]
 coccyx wrote:
Dang, I thought this was FYC with 'she drives me crazy'...

 
That's a shame. This is so much better!
Posted 8 years ago by subgyro    [ Reply ]
 modemhead wrote:
Awesome.  T-Rex is alive.  So alive.

 
Agreed.  Same vocal arrangements, same scrapy thing, just the same really.  Except no Bolan.
Posted 9 years ago by DaidyBoy    [ Reply ]
Mesmerizing....
Posted 9 years ago by jmkate    [ Reply ]
 mondlak wrote:

Kundalini Express would be a fantastic addition to RP. 
 
For those that agree with Mondlak and I it has just been submitted. Please give it a thumbs up.
Posted 9 years ago by 25demayo    [ Reply ]
The ladies chiming in gives this depth....I like! {#Bananasplit}
Posted 9 years ago by Babette55    [ Reply ]

Posted 9 years ago by melzabutch    [ Reply ]
Serious T-Rex clone. Catchy tune though.
Posted 9 years ago by bitbanger    [ Reply ]
Stands the test of time !!!
 
Posted 10 years ago by msymmes    [ Reply ]
 ScottishWillie wrote:
 sirdroseph wrote:
Again, Ok song, but this is not the right venue for Top 40 radio tunes that you can hear in any elevator, mall or on a K-tel best of the 80's 3 a.m. mix Cd commercial.{#Rolleyes}
This is an in an international station with (depending on the time of day) a very large percentage of the listeners not based in the USA. What Americans hear on AM & FM is not necessarily what we hear. I for one hope that international listeners will not be denied good music, simply because some want to veto anything that appears on American mainstream radio. 

In the words of Ziggytrix "Don't care whether or not the radio plays it.  I only care if it's good."

 
It is in fact a US station governed by US law and regulation (FCC). 
Posted 10 years ago by rdo    [ Reply ]
when i was in high school, a girl called a radio station and dedicated this song to me..

i didn't understand.
Posted 10 years ago by jasonv    [ Reply ]
 DanFHiggins wrote:
Very Nice

Honey like texture dripping off this song working into my mind

 

the groove is good
Posted 11 years ago by Aud    [ Reply ]
Very Nice

Honey like texture dripping off this song working into my mind
Posted 11 years ago by DanFHiggins    [ Reply ]
 25demayo wrote:
Bill, how about adding Kundalini Express to the repertoire? I'm alive, so alive  and that's a good thing.....{#Meditate}

 
Kundalini Express would be a fantastic addition to RP. 
Posted 11 years ago by mondlak    [ Reply ]
Bill, how about adding Kundalini Express to the repertoire? I'm alive, so alive  and that's a good thing.....{#Meditate}
Posted 11 years ago by 25demayo    [ Reply ]
Dang, I thought this was FYC with 'she drives me crazy'...
Posted 11 years ago by coccyx    [ Reply ]
eh..ok. I love me some L&R's but this one was not one of their better offerings..more of them would be nice tho
Posted 12 years ago by neuticle    [ Reply ]
Not played on mainsteam radio in the UK
these guys used to be Bauhaus its the same line up without the lead singer
loved it back in the day and saw them on tour
Posted 12 years ago by captaincosmic    [ Reply ]
 sirdroseph wrote:
Again, Ok song, but this is not the right venue for Top 40 radio tunes that you can hear in any elevator, mall or on a K-tel best of the 80's 3 a.m. mix Cd commercial.{#Rolleyes}
This is an in an international station with (depending on the time of day) a very large percentage of the listeners not based in the USA. What Americans hear on AM & FM is not necessarily what we hear. I for one hope that international listeners will not be denied good music, simply because some want to veto anything that appears on American mainstream radio. 

In the words of Ziggytrix "Don't care whether or not the radio plays it.  I only care if it's good."
Posted 12 years ago by ScottishWillie    [ Reply ]
 Cynaera wrote:

To the naysayers, I have to agree with sirdroseph on this one.  Even in this little hick-town where I live, this song shows up on AM radio, Jack FM, Mix 96, and a couple of other stations that pander to the masses. Love and Rockets has a huge Pandora's Box of good music.  This one isn't in that box.  To each his own, though...
 
Don't care whether or not the radio plays it.  I only care if it's good.  One has nothing to do with the other.

I believe this one is good, so long as it played in moderation.  I do prefer their song "All In My Mind" which Bill sometimes plays.  Do they have any other good ones?

Posted 12 years ago by ziggytrix    [ Reply ]

 Cynaera wrote:

To the naysayers, I have to agree with sirdroseph on this one.  Even in this little hick-town where I live, this song shows up on AM radio, Jack FM, Mix 96, and a couple of other stations that pander to the masses. Love and Rockets has a huge Pandora's Box of good music.  This one isn't in that box.  To each his own, though...

 
   Uh guys, he plays Hendrix and the Beatles.etc...last I heard they were played on commercial radio once in a while..chill out

Posted 13 years ago by neuticle    [ Reply ]
Like the driven yet clean drumming that sets this song up and runs it well through...................................{#Bounce}
Posted 13 years ago by maxmox    [ Reply ]
Chico State, The Bear...1989.. Oh yeah...

Posted 13 years ago by sieversfam    [ Reply ]
 sirdroseph wrote:
Again, Ok song, but this is not the right venue for Top 40 radio tunes that you can hear in any elevator, mall or on a K-tel best of the 80's 3 a.m. mix Cd commercial.{#Rolleyes}
 
To the naysayers, I have to agree with sirdroseph on this one.  Even in this little hick-town where I live, this song shows up on AM radio, Jack FM, Mix 96, and a couple of other stations that pander to the masses. Love and Rockets has a huge Pandora's Box of good music.  This one isn't in that box.  To each his own, though...

Posted 13 years ago by Cynaera    [ Reply ]
I forgot how damn good this song was!  it's been years!  I'm alive!
Posted 13 years ago by Celticlove    [ Reply ]
I feel I'm on top again, baby, that's got everything to do with you.

Thank you, RP!
Posted 13 years ago by Podkayne    [ Reply ]
This is on R.P.? Really?
Whats next, 'Sunglasses at Night' by Cory Hart?
Posted 13 years ago by BikeCoachDave    [ Reply ]
Ah yes, I remember (the legs in) this video.


Posted 13 years ago by Businessgypsy    [ Reply ]
LOVE THIS!!  {#Bounce}
Posted 13 years ago by socalhol    [ Reply ]
oh boy does this one take me back in time. nice to hear it again.
Posted 14 years ago by lily34    [ Reply ]
 sirdroseph wrote:
Again, Ok song, but this is not the right venue for Top 40 radio tunes that you can hear in any elevator, mall or on a K-tel best of the 80's 3 a.m. mix Cd commercial.{#Rolleyes}
 
Umm, wrong.  Get the stick out of your butt and relax a little{#Dance}


Posted 14 years ago by handsomened    [ Reply ]
this song always makes me imagine bud bundy wearing sunglasses partying with early 90s hairspray queens
and getting chased by a large rather homely and incredibly strong woman
Posted 14 years ago by nattyboombatty    [ Reply ]
 ICHawk wrote:

Love it! I haven't heard this for years..thanks for playing it.


 

X2
Posted 14 years ago by blotto    [ Reply ]
Lady Gaga Bordello

Posted 14 years ago by ThePoose    [ Reply ]
Need to play a L&R song that has guitars in it. Otherwise what's the point?

7.

Posted 14 years ago by ScottFromWyoming    [ Reply ]

Love it! I haven't heard this for years..thanks for playing it.


Posted 14 years ago by ICHawk    [ Reply ]
This song is perfect for this venue as is ACDC. As long as its a cool song and good, it has every right to be played here.........
Posted 14 years ago by No_Where_Man    [ Reply ]
Awesome.  T-Rex is alive.  So alive.
Posted 14 years ago by modemhead    [ Reply ]
Again, Ok song, but this is not the right venue for Top 40 radio tunes that you can hear in any elevator, mall or on a K-tel best of the 80's 3 a.m. mix Cd commercial.{#Rolleyes}
Posted 14 years ago by sirdroseph    [ Reply ]
 Jim__Sheila wrote:
 rtkmusic wrote:


years ago I put this on a mix tape with a few other tunes (like "you can leave your hat on") that was reserved for playtime with the wife...
 

"the" wife?

 

yup, you get her next week. then she heads to ogallala.


Posted 14 years ago by zipper    [ Reply ]
When the drum beat started at the beginning I thought it was going to be Janet Jackson's Miss You Much, then Cameo's Word Up... but now I remember this tune. What a throwback!
Posted 14 years ago by ArbiterOfGoodTaste    [ Reply ]
 rtkmusic wrote:


years ago I put this on a mix tape with a few other tunes (like "you can leave your hat on") that was reserved for playtime with the wife...
 



"the" wife?

Posted 15 years ago by Jim__Sheila    [ Reply ]
 eclectek wrote:
This song is great, though I wasn't alive to hear it in new release on the airwaves. *wishing I was born 10 years earlier*
 
Now I've heard it all.

Posted 15 years ago by Xeric    [ Reply ]

X {#Rolleyes}


Posted 15 years ago by Bazooka    [ Reply ]
Shiney...isnt it.
Posted 15 years ago by Bazooka    [ Reply ]
Iggy..........
Posted 15 years ago by nigelr    [ Reply ]
 bronorb wrote:

(snip)the whole thing is trying too hard to sound cool and "moody".
 
Hah!  Trying hard to be moody?!?  This actually one of their most upbeat and poppy songs.


Posted 15 years ago by smdeeg    [ Reply ]
 TravelRat wrote:
This is not the best Love & Rockets song by a long shot. {#Neutral}
 

Yeah I hope not
Posted 15 years ago by superfido    [ Reply ]
This is not the best Love & Rockets song by a long shot. {#Neutral}
Posted 15 years ago by TravelRat    [ Reply ]
 1wolfy wrote:
I like the back-up vocals best...sing it ladies

 

me as well 

is a minor second ?
Posted 15 years ago by pope183    [ Reply ]
1wolfy wrote:
I like the back-up vocals best...sing it ladies


Personally, I like the bass line at the end best. 

Posted 16 years ago by bpkengor    [ Reply ]
DrLex wrote:

But don't you agree it could use more cowbell?

Name a song that could not use more cowbell!

Posted 16 years ago by bpkengor    [ Reply ]
 bugleboy624 wrote:
Decent song. A bit over-played on the classic rock stations around here, but decent.
 

CLASSIC ROCK!!!!??  LMAO

 1wolfy wrote: I like the back-up vocals best...sing it ladies

  The backups always reminded me of Pink Floyd

Still a decent tune, Artist name inspired by Stalin

Posted 16 years ago by renegade_X    [ Reply ]
Decent song. A bit over-played on the classic rock stations around here, but decent.
Posted 16 years ago by bugleboy624    [ Reply ]
 1wolfy wrote:
I like the back-up vocals best...
 

Doo Dooo
Doo-Doo
doo dooo
doo-doo 
Posted 16 years ago by topherg87    [ Reply ]
I like the back-up vocals best...sing it ladies

Posted 16 years ago by 1wolfy    [ Reply ]
Would like more/different Love & Rockets, please. For example: It's All In My Mind, Rainbird, Yin and Yang the Flower Pot Man, Love Me, A Private Future.
Posted 16 years ago by mmoyer    [ Reply ]
Good example of popular music in the mid-80's. It's great to get sampling from all modern music eraes. That's what makes RP so good.
Posted 16 years ago by Ericac    [ Reply ]
Oh, Man! I am so back at Crazy Mama's in Columbus watching the Mirror People dancing!
Posted 16 years ago by grimid    [ Reply ]
More_Cowbell wrote:
This was big back when I was a crazy youngster! Still good Now!
But don't you agree it could use more cowbell?
Posted 16 years ago by DrLex    [ Reply ]
Ha. Fun reminds me of Rules of Attraction
Posted 16 years ago by topherg87    [ Reply ]
gandalfbmg wrote:
Ouch. When did people get so mean around here?
Sorry. Don't mean to sound mean but this song blows. I remember when it came out and I thought the same thing back then. The lyrics are contrived and the whole thing is trying too hard to sound cool and "moody". Makes me cringe.
Posted 16 years ago by bronorb    [ Reply ]
bronorb wrote:
Take this song with you.
Ouch. When did people get so mean around here?
Posted 16 years ago by gandalfbmg    [ Reply ]
There's only one thing wrong with this vocalist - "He's Alive!" :-) Never liked this tune...
Posted 16 years ago by big_gare    [ Reply ]
gandalfbmg wrote:
Growing up the 80's ruled... this one takes me back...
Take this song with you.
Posted 16 years ago by bronorb    [ Reply ]
Growing up the 80's ruled... this one takes me back...
Posted 16 years ago by gandalfbmg    [ Reply ]
This was big back when I was a crazy youngster! Still good Now!
Posted 16 years ago by More_Cowbell    [ Reply ]
Ewwww! Why Bill, why?
Posted 16 years ago by big_gare    [ Reply ]
eclectek wrote:
*wishing I was born 10 years earlier*
Don't worry. You'll make it up on the back end.
Posted 16 years ago by sqqqrly    [ Reply ]
Meh. Another ironically-named song; this thing sounds so dead next to Bauhaus or even the first couple of L&R albums.
Posted 16 years ago by dionysius    [ Reply ]
taeha wrote:
This song is sex on a stick.
years ago I put this on a mix tape with a few other tunes (like "you can leave your hat on") that was reserved for playtime with the wife...
Posted 17 years ago by rtkmusic    [ Reply ]
eclectek wrote:
This song is great, though I wasn't alive to hear it in new release on the airwaves. *wishing I was born 10 years earlier*
This song is directly from my prime. Awesome!
Posted 17 years ago by skdenfeld    [ Reply ]
WOW! Takes me back, way way way back!! To when I actually WAS alive and full of sap - instead of just generally distracted and disheveled!!! Thanks for the little shout out to my youth!
Posted 17 years ago by djeneba    [ Reply ]
Never liked this band. Still don't.
Posted 17 years ago by MiketheKnife    [ Reply ]
I could watch the models in this song just walking forEVER
Posted 17 years ago by Wilmshurst    [ Reply ]
This song is great, though I wasn't alive to hear it in new release on the airwaves. *wishing I was born 10 years earlier*
Posted 17 years ago by eclectek    [ Reply ]
davin wrote:
If this represents everything that was wrong in the 80's about pop music, consider where we are now with pop music and how much better this song is than that which we are stuck with now. Sweet sounds of the eights snare!
amen. I'm biased though because this stuff brings back childhood.
Posted 17 years ago by gandalfbmg    [ Reply ]
I'm not so sure about that last segue...Marley's Stir It Up to this...kind of jarring.
Posted 17 years ago by omniphiliac    [ Reply ]
25demayo wrote:
I agree. Would be nice if someone could download Kundalini Express
YES!!!Exactly what I was thinking!
Posted 17 years ago by leonredcollar    [ Reply ]
leonredcollar wrote:
Most Excellent song. However, by no means representative of this bands abilities. They so rocked!
I agree. Would be nice if someone could download Kundalini Express
Posted 17 years ago by 25demayo    [ Reply ]
Most Excellent song. However, by no means representative of this bands abilities. They so rocked!
Posted 17 years ago by leonredcollar    [ Reply ]
This is what was GREAT about music in the 80's! I loved this song then, and I quite like it now. OK, back then this may mostly have been because I had a crush on Daniel Ash, but I think it holds up quite nicely.
Posted 17 years ago by meydele    [ Reply ]
If this represents everything that was wrong in the 80's about pop music, consider where we are now with pop music and how much better this song is than that which we are stuck with now. Sweet sounds of the eights snare!
Posted 17 years ago by davin    [ Reply ]
Phew... this song epitomizes everything that was wrong with popular music in the late 80's, and is why I listened to The Doors and Pink Floyd in high school.
Posted 18 years ago by -relayer-    [ Reply ]
Love it! Reminds me of days cruising to the Deleware shore with the top down. Ahhh, the memories.
Posted 18 years ago by Imkirok    [ Reply ]
Gregorama wrote:
Had forgotten all about this little joy. Thanks to whomever uploaded it.
Yeah I had completely forgotten this little gem!
Posted 18 years ago by daine    [ Reply ]
Had forgotten all about this little joy. Thanks to whomever uploaded it.
Posted 18 years ago by Gregorama    [ Reply ]