Love and Rockets — No New Tale to Tell
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You cannot go against nature
Because when you do
Go against nature it's part of nature too
Our little lives get complicated
It's a simple thing
Simple as a flower and the complicated thing
No new tale to tell
No new tale to tell
No new tale to tell
My world is your world
People want to hear their names
I'm not exception
Please call my name
Call my name
Call my name
(Yeah, Oooh)
No new tale to tell
No new tale to tell
No new tale to tell
When you're down
It's a long way up
When you're up
It's a long way down
It's all the same thing
No new tale to tell
No new tale to tell
No new tale to tell
Because when you do
Go against nature it's part of nature too
Our little lives get complicated
It's a simple thing
Simple as a flower and the complicated thing
No new tale to tell
No new tale to tell
No new tale to tell
My world is your world
People want to hear their names
I'm not exception
Please call my name
Call my name
Call my name
(Yeah, Oooh)
No new tale to tell
No new tale to tell
No new tale to tell
When you're down
It's a long way up
When you're up
It's a long way down
It's all the same thing
No new tale to tell
No new tale to tell
No new tale to tell
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fantastic! haven’t heard this one in such a long time.
got to listen to some bauhaus now of course
got to listen to some bauhaus now of course
They're opening for Jane's Addiction - on tour now. Psyched to see both amazing bands this September in Chicago!
Bill… ahem, William…
I love that you play LOVE ‘n ROCKETS!
RIP to the Brit-Punk 80’s!
I love that you play LOVE ‘n ROCKETS!
RIP to the Brit-Punk 80’s!
Saw them last year and they still have it! Great show!
Yeah, baby! That summer and fall, '87, there were lots of Flying Saucers (exquisite blotter doses with little blue spaceships stamped on them), and shrooms are of course one of the four main food groups here, and THIS FINE BAND had a nice little stretch of ear-time, and thanks, RP, for all the rich and tasty memories!
wow. this takes me back. love it! saw them live way back in the day. fun times.
Dear aspicer in Chicago. STFU
yep… love and rockets…
BTW - their study of Eastern philosophy informed this song - Taoism in particular.
I've been recently digging back into their catalog - there is so much fantastic music they created.
masterhead wrote:
I once read that they didn´t hire him. The article mentioned Ash saying that was "a family affair"...whatever that means.
When did they hire Ian Anderson for the flute solo? And I disagree they don't suck..they are just "different", ok?
I once read that they didn´t hire him. The article mentioned Ash saying that was "a family affair"...whatever that means.
Poopsey wrote:
How? What does Nirvana smell like? ...eh?
SMELLS LIKE NIRVANA
How? What does Nirvana smell like? ...eh?
Great Tune!!
A simple song in many respects, but I remember being blown away by it back in high school when it came out. And 34 years later, I still think it is a great song.
And WOW, I always thought the flute solo was oddly similar to Ian Anderson,,,,,and if I ever bothered to look it up, I would have known why! Thanks Bill for pouting that fact out.
BillG wrote:
Oddly enough, yes. It is.
That's my oracle!
Oddly enough, yes. It is.
That's my oracle!
tnt_thomas wrote:
one flute solo does not a Jethro Tull song make
"This is new Jethro Tull"
one flute solo does not a Jethro Tull song make
CMax wrote:
Oddly enough, yes. It is.
Ian Anderson on the flute?!
Oddly enough, yes. It is.
"This is new Jethro Tull"
Poopsey wrote:
In what way?
SMELLS LIKE NIRVANA
In what way?
CMax wrote:
Yeah. No.
Is that Ian Anderson (Jethro Tull) on the flute!
Yeah. No.
favrood wrote:
Or a bugger in the cake.
Was that my connection or is there a booger on the record?
Or a bugger in the cake.
SMELLS LIKE NIRVANA
It's nearly Christmas so I am going to be measured...
fuggin rubbish.
fuggin rubbish.
GarageDragon wrote:
Last comment six years ago?! I haven't heard this here til now, and I say "Oh yeah! This song! I haven't heard this in years!" and I can't figure out why!
When this started I thought, "Oh yeah! This song! I haven't heard this in years!"
At about the midpoint I remembered why.
At about the midpoint I remembered why.
Last comment six years ago?! I haven't heard this here til now, and I say "Oh yeah! This song! I haven't heard this in years!" and I can't figure out why!
When this started I thought, "Oh yeah! This song! I haven't heard this in years!"
At about the midpoint I remembered why.
At about the midpoint I remembered why.
Ian Anderson on the flute?!
fredriley wrote:
..so basically, there's no new tale to tell..i think i get it!..
..dug these guys in the 80s after they emerged out of Bauhaus and continue to..
"You cannot go against nature
Because when you do
Go against nature
It's part of nature too"
All very recursive and circular, and in the end just meaningless because by definition anything done in the natural world is by definition natural, including toxic waste dumps. It conflates two meanings of the word 'nature', one 'everyday' and one scientific. Not that you expect a philosophical treatise from song lyrics, but the banality and meaninglessness of the above grated right from the start, then the song kicked in and that was just as bad. An easy Ho-Hum from the Nottingham jury.
Because when you do
Go against nature
It's part of nature too"
All very recursive and circular, and in the end just meaningless because by definition anything done in the natural world is by definition natural, including toxic waste dumps. It conflates two meanings of the word 'nature', one 'everyday' and one scientific. Not that you expect a philosophical treatise from song lyrics, but the banality and meaninglessness of the above grated right from the start, then the song kicked in and that was just as bad. An easy Ho-Hum from the Nottingham jury.
..so basically, there's no new tale to tell..i think i get it!..
..dug these guys in the 80s after they emerged out of Bauhaus and continue to..
Word hash ≠ lyrics.
Have always liked this album, still listen to it, so glad to here this song.
arserocket wrote:
Jethro Warhols
Believe it or not! I thought about both bands, while listening,
but before reading you!
PERFECTLY TRUE COMMENT (though more Warhols than Anderson)
though the album is from '87. Mister Taylor Taylor-Taylor was still a boy-scount back then!
a very under rated band for their time...too bad so many dismiss them instead of listening. Yeah, "No New Tail to Tell" is right ..
Think I like it...
Was that my connection or is there a booger on the record?
Jethro Warhols
Not my favourite L&R song, gets a 4 from me.
fredriley wrote:
your missing the point to say the least
"You cannot go against nature
Because when you do
Go against nature
It's part of nature too"
All very recursive and circular, and in the end just meaningless because by definition anything done in the natural world is by definition natural, including toxic waste dumps. It conflates two meanings of the word 'nature', one 'everyday' and one scientific. Not that you expect a philosophical treatise from song lyrics, but the banality and meaninglessness of the above grated right from the start, then the song kicked in and that was just as bad. An easy Ho-Hum from the Nottingham jury.
Because when you do
Go against nature
It's part of nature too"
All very recursive and circular, and in the end just meaningless because by definition anything done in the natural world is by definition natural, including toxic waste dumps. It conflates two meanings of the word 'nature', one 'everyday' and one scientific. Not that you expect a philosophical treatise from song lyrics, but the banality and meaninglessness of the above grated right from the start, then the song kicked in and that was just as bad. An easy Ho-Hum from the Nottingham jury.
your missing the point to say the least
My dog thought the song was "No New Tails to Smell". 
woohoo!
A cool tune b/c it expresses their Taoist philosophy that includes Yin and Yang. So while it may seem simple and obvious to some, consider it is speaking to the chaos you think is going on is really nothing new and to be anticipated - just as much as the blissful moments you love...it's all the same thing really! Hmmm.........?! ;-)
Is that Ian Anderson (Jethro Tull) on the flute!
I think you may be 'conflating' lyrics with philosophical discourse. Different thang, Freddy.
fredriley wrote:
fredriley wrote:
"You cannot go against nature
Because when you do
Go against nature
It's part of nature too"
All very recursive and circular, and in the end just meaningless because by definition anything done in the natural world is by definition natural, including toxic waste dumps. It conflates two meanings of the word 'nature', one 'everyday' and one scientific. Not that you expect a philosophical treatise from song lyrics, but the banality and meaninglessness of the above grated right from the start, then the song kicked in and that was just as bad. An easy Ho-Hum from the Nottingham jury.
Because when you do
Go against nature
It's part of nature too"
All very recursive and circular, and in the end just meaningless because by definition anything done in the natural world is by definition natural, including toxic waste dumps. It conflates two meanings of the word 'nature', one 'everyday' and one scientific. Not that you expect a philosophical treatise from song lyrics, but the banality and meaninglessness of the above grated right from the start, then the song kicked in and that was just as bad. An easy Ho-Hum from the Nottingham jury.
They sampled in Jethro Tull! I never noticed that before!
"You cannot go against nature
Because when you do
Go against nature
It's part of nature too"
All very recursive and circular, and in the end just meaningless because by definition anything done in the natural world is by definition natural, including toxic waste dumps. It conflates two meanings of the word 'nature', one 'everyday' and one scientific. Not that you expect a philosophical treatise from song lyrics, but the banality and meaninglessness of the above grated right from the start, then the song kicked in and that was just as bad. An easy Ho-Hum from the Nottingham jury.
Because when you do
Go against nature
It's part of nature too"
All very recursive and circular, and in the end just meaningless because by definition anything done in the natural world is by definition natural, including toxic waste dumps. It conflates two meanings of the word 'nature', one 'everyday' and one scientific. Not that you expect a philosophical treatise from song lyrics, but the banality and meaninglessness of the above grated right from the start, then the song kicked in and that was just as bad. An easy Ho-Hum from the Nottingham jury.
I love this tune. I woke up with it stuck in my head a while back and I was like, where the frick did that come from? I hadn't heard it in MONTHS. Brainbug notwithstanding, I love this tune.
Loved this tune! Honestly, had never heard a song of theirs other than "So Alive" that I can remember. This was a great one, though.
Their best album. Their clearest lyric. "You cannot go against Nature..." I love this one!
arissimo wrote:
This is the funniest comment I've read in weeks - right down to the "unknown.gif" part. Thanks for the laugh. And would sticking forks in your ears be considered "Brain Salad Surgery"? Just wond'rin'...
I love this song, but much better by the Tull.
yuk! ~ I wanna stick forks in my ears!!!!!!!
This is the funniest comment I've read in weeks - right down to the "unknown.gif" part. Thanks for the laugh. And would sticking forks in your ears be considered "Brain Salad Surgery"? Just wond'rin'...I love this song, but much better by the Tull.
kewfr wrote:
Kundalini Express... Great memory - always was their masterpiece.
Yes, please! Many great tunes to pick from off that record!
Kundalini Express... Great memory - always was their masterpiece.
Yes, please! Many great tunes to pick from off that record!
just awful. repetitive and annoying
The source from which all Dandy Warhols songs are copied.
Good but I prefer their earlier stuff.
A mish mosh of riffs, shamelessly done, and its fun. I keep almost hearing Pictures of Matchstick Men in there, too.
Give it a 7, for now.
Give it a 7, for now.
rockstarbro wrote:
Sure! If you are tone deaf.
Stop attacking our romeotuma. He's the benign cosmic beautific dreamer who loves all music. I wish we could all find the good in things the way he does.
I'd love to hear this by the original artists, though... Not thrilled with Love and Rockets.
Sure! If you are tone deaf.
Stop attacking our romeotuma. He's the benign cosmic beautific dreamer who loves all music. I wish we could all find the good in things the way he does.
I'd love to hear this by the original artists, though... Not thrilled with Love and Rockets.
always liked these guys... but never knew it was ian anderson on flute. then again, of course it is.
25demayo wrote:
Kundalini Express... Great memory - always was their masterpiece.
Could someone please download Kundalini Express?
Kundalini Express... Great memory - always was their masterpiece.
I'm a big L&R fan, but I put this one at the bottom of their pile. Always found it irritating.
Great song.
I like this song. I detect slight shades of Tull and Janes Addiction
Sounds slightly better than most 80's glam rock.
romeotuma wrote:
This song is good for the ears...
Sure! If you are tone deaf.
This song is good for the ears...
Sure! If you are tone deaf.
i always liked this song. stuck with me.
I usually like Tull very much and I like a lot of what Love and Rockets have done. But I would be very happy never to hear this piece again! 
Could someone please download Kundalini Express?
Classic! Shoulda been a much bigger hit. Jethro Tull influence unexpected back then.
okelle wrote:
Hokaaaaayyyyyy.... I thought that was him in there
Actually, it's Love & Rockets with Ian Anderson sitting in on the flute.
Hokaaaaayyyyyy.... I thought that was him in there
lizardman_tcs wrote:
I don't know why, but I'm getting this weird image of Ian Anderson performing Pour Some Sugar On Me
snakefinger likes!
yuk! ~ I wanna stick forks in my ears!!!!!!!
i was never wild about this band, but this song is a 10 to me. Overall I must say the songwriting and production on this piece is magnificent.
I loved this song in high school...and it still makes me smile and sing along!
It's got strumming. I'll give it that.
A combination of Jethro Tull and Alice Cooper School's Out vibe.
But in the end, not good.
A combination of Jethro Tull and Alice Cooper School's Out vibe.
But in the end, not good.
Absolute crap.
Reckon this is towards the front of the Show Of Hands record collection...and I mean that in an extremely good way.
Damn, thought i heard Annie Lennox go Woohoho in the beginning.
Got to calibrate my head again x_x.
Wow. Haven't heard this in YEARS. Went to see them in concert during college, roughly 1989-1990. Okay concert, hardly in my top 20, but okay.
...yay love and rockets!..
Actually, it's Love & Rockets with Ian Anderson sitting in on the flute.
...it's a little tiny monkey sitting with a panflute in the video...
Actually, it's Love & Rockets with Ian Anderson sitting in on the flute.
E_A_D_G wrote:
Jethro retro rocket. Ain't half bad.
One of the classics from the 80s. If only all of Love & Rockets' repertoire were this good.
Thanks Bill.
Aaaaaahhhhhhhhhh. 
lizardman_tcs wrote:
I don't know why, but I'm getting this weird image of Ian Anderson performing Pour Some Sugar On Me
Jethro retro rocket. Ain't half bad.
yeaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah baby!
moshevelvul wrote:
yeah - these guys are a bit of a guilty pleasure of mine - but they really took the lyrics to pretension land - here you go:
Yes is to mushrooms as L&R is to quaaludes!
Cheers
Texas!!! Still sucks!!!
verzonni wrote:
My sentiments exactly, except the music isn't downbeat, just the lyrics. Which, you know, like, emphasizes the juxtaposition of the conflict between the mundane and the enlightened thinking. Sort of like "Lick My Love Pump."
11.
Is that song in Dm? It's the saddest of all keys, really.
I don't know why, but I'm getting this weird image of Ian Anderson performing Pour Some Sugar On Me
moshevelvul wrote:
yeah - these guys are a bit of a guilty pleasure of mine - but they really took the lyrics to pretension land - here you go:
Yes is to mushrooms as L&R is to quaaludes!
Cheers
Pretension? I was thinking more along the lines of Bombastic.
Ignore the band, and read the books. You'll have a much better time.
verzonni wrote:
My sentiments exactly, except the music isn't downbeat, just the lyrics. Which, you know, like, emphasizes the juxtaposition of the conflict between the mundane and the enlightened thinking. Sort of like "Lick My Love Pump."
11.
yeah - these guys are a bit of a guilty pleasure of mine - but they really took the lyrics to pretension land - here you go:
Yes is to mushrooms as L&R is to quaaludes!
Cheers
moshevelvul wrote:
awww c'mon - just good low down druggy downbeat music. Relax. Good stuff RP
My sentiments exactly, except the music isn't downbeat, just the lyrics. Which, you know, like, emphasizes the juxtaposition of the conflict between the mundane and the enlightened thinking. Sort of like "Lick My Love Pump."
11.
Illustr8r wrote:
GOD, these people sucked.
awww c'mon - just good low down druggy downbeat music. Relax. Good stuff RP
haven't heard this song in a long time. thanks rp.
I think this song's title and repetitive chorus sum up Love and Rockets as a whole pretty well:
"No New Tale To Tell"
So when it comes to Love and Rockets, I think I'll take Peter Murphy anyday. It was easy to see who the creativity went after Bauhaus split up.
Love and Rockets. Great comic. Crappy band.
To be fair, David J did have a later acoustic solo lp that was OK, I guess.
I'm trying to be more positive, so I have some praise for this song: It is somewhat less tedious and repetitive than most football chants.
artistdirect says the flute player is someone named "Mel Thorpe." Apparently it is not Ian Andersen of Jethro Tull.
other various interweb rumors say that L&R was paying homage, tipping their hat, giving a nod, stealing... whatever u want to call it.
This rocks
Nice, let's get some Bahaus now ...
When did they hire Ian Anderson for the flute solo?
And I disagree they don't suck..they are just "different", ok?
stubbsz wrote:
You have to drink a shot whenever you use this phrase on RP
Similar to the "Hi Bob!" drinking game on the Bob Newhart Show. I like it. Let's do it.
GOD, these people sucked.
rah wrote:
WOW. talk about a blast from the past!!
Hard to imagine this is only a 5.7. I thought this was among the better stabs at good music to come out of the 80s.
rah wrote:
WOW. talk about a blast from the past!!
Hard to imagine this is only a 5.7. I thought this was amonog the better stabs at good music to come out of the 80s.
drH wrote:
There are far better songs by this band.
You have to drink a shot whenever you use this phrase on RP
Ah...the first song I learned to play on the guitar...nostalgia...
the title describes the song perfectly...what monotony
WOW. talk about a blast from the past!!
Is this a Jethro Tull parody?
There are far better songs by this band.
DavidCarrico wrote:
Holy 7th Grade batman!
Remember the monkey playing the flute solo? hee hee...
awwwyeah wrote:
Damn, you are a pretentious wanker!!
I think you misspelled "articulate."
Bleck indeed, to all the bickering comments before this.
A good song that takes me back to Highschool memoryland.
Thank you for playing it.
Holy 7th Grade batman!
Bleck.
Damn, you are a pretentious wanker!!
ScottFromWyoming wrote:
Upload it, please. Start with Jazz Butcher, if you don't mind.
I've uploaded a couple dozen songs, and a few have been accepted. Most of the ones Bill rejects are no big deal, but some are a disappointment. Some I upload not because they're my favorite songs ever, but just because Bill doesn't seem to have 'em and they seem to be his style. Again, some he takes and some no. So? So we know that like anything else in this world, RP is a product. It's manufactured to suit a purpose. That purpose is to hover somewhere near the definition of "eclectic intelligent rock." Sure, L&R fits that. So does a lot of music you'll never hear here. If every last song that I liked was in the playlist, and every song you like, and that guy over there, then we'd all complain because our favorite songs only get played like once a year. Somebody's gotta make choices, my friend, and as your compulsion to buy everything the Bauhaus kids ever put out demonstrates, Bill is better about making choices than you.
Ah, love that flute!
Originally Posted by Ian:
I have everything these guys have put out from Bauhaus to Tones on Tail, The Jazz Butcher to Love and Rockets, including their solo releases.
Upload it, please. Start with Jazz Butcher, if you don't mind.
I've uploaded a couple dozen songs, and a few have been accepted. Most of the ones Bill rejects are no big deal, but some are a disappointment. Some I upload not because they're my favorite songs ever, but just because Bill doesn't seem to have 'em and they seem to be his style. Again, some he takes and some no. So? So we know that like anything else in this world, RP is a product. It's manufactured to suit a purpose. That purpose is to hover somewhere near the definition of "eclectic intelligent rock." Sure, L&R fits that. So does a lot of music you'll never hear here. If every last song that I liked was in the playlist, and every song you like, and that guy over there, then we'd all complain because our favorite songs only get played like once a year. Somebody's gotta make choices, my friend, and as your compulsion to buy everything the Bauhaus kids ever put out demonstrates, Bill is better about making choices than you.
They're opening for Jane's Addiction - on tour now. Psyched to see both amazing bands this September in Chicago!
Need I say how disappointed I am, and upset, with Mr. Farrell?! Event was not to be. He's still an adolescent, sadly - no new tale to tell! ;)