God is an Astronaut — Remaining Light
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All the melodic and rhythmic complexity of chopsticks.
Krautrock? too funny! LOL! 
Boring, sleepy mix. How about livening things up about 10 notches.
Wonderful... Perfect as background music to get me through a rainy, miserable winter day in the office!
Moody...
Bad, really bad! Suckobarf
Man - when is that drum solo going to kick in?
Fantastic. Musical melatonin!
New stuff on RP from Wicklow's finest - nice to hear. For those who think this is "new age", I suspect you're not hearing the undertones of menace and dread in this and other God is an Astronaut tracks, and you surely don't know what they're about. I love their subtlety and understated emotion, the quality of the instrumentals, and of course that they come from my home county :). 8 from the Nottingham jury.
PSD time and Yeah - i got Tom Petty - Breakdown (Live)
For the gamers among us (if there are any), the first minutes remind me a lot of the soundtrack of the PlayStation 2 classic "ICO".
donna_birichina wrote:
Okay, that was weird. But I'm glad it made sense (?).
This song was playing while I explained to my almost-seven year-old daughter why she can't even joke about running away. I explained to her that she only knows nice people but there are mean people out there. People who hurt kids, and maybe even kill them. I showed her the website for the Center for Missing and Exploited kids, and did a quick google image search for "missing kids". Now we're all in tears and I hope that in some way she understands how serious this is. So in a weird way, this song made sense to have in the background.
Okay, that was weird. But I'm glad it made sense (?).
If I was getting ready to go to sleep , this would be great. It's 3:30 pm, it's not time for a nap, this is not happening ZZZZZZZZZZZZ
Good title, crappy song.
Don't think my boss appreciated the nap I just took.
Next stop 5th floor, furnishings.
dmax wrote:
Uh no.
Eno invented ambiant music.
it differs from this new age crap.
You don't need to listen in order to understand the difference.
Just accept that this is not of the same ilk as ambiant and is hardly related.
Eno invented ambient and New Age music, but has since distanced himself from it saying,
"Not enough menace."
This is exactly why something like this is boring.
"Not enough menace."
This is exactly why something like this is boring.
Uh no.
Eno invented ambiant music.
it differs from this new age crap.
You don't need to listen in order to understand the difference.
Just accept that this is not of the same ilk as ambiant and is hardly related.
Ye gods this is no bueno.
cambraca wrote:
by the time i got to the end I'd already given it a 1. It's good only in the sense that it ends...
Hahaa - real funny - and so true!
by the time i got to the end I'd already given it a 1. It's good only in the sense that it ends...
Hahaa - real funny - and so true!
Music for basements!
This song was playing while I explained to my almost-seven year-old daughter why she can't even joke about running away. I explained to her that she only knows nice people but there are mean people out there. People who hurt kids, and maybe even kill them. I showed her the website for the Center for Missing and Exploited kids, and did a quick google image search for "missing kids". Now we're all in tears and I hope that in some way she understands how serious this is. So in a weird way, this song made sense to have in the background.
whtahtefcuk wrote:
Uh, Yea!
whtahtefcuk wrote:
Funny... same thing I wrote Nov 10, 2009 - 15:22... CUZ IT IS LAME!
Funny... same thing I wrote Nov 10, 2009 - 15:22... CUZ IT IS LAME!
LAME
Make it stop.
This is the new-age yoga crap that makes me want to change the station. Its frustrating to get through when I know the next song might be something great.
It all depends what you are looking for in a song and what mood you are in. I find this music to be quite appropriate in the morning when I'm writing code.
AdyMiles wrote:
You are joking right? You must lead a very boring life
I certainly do. Still, could be worse - I could live in the Black Country ;)
Perhaps I've got a fondness for GiaA as they come from Co. Wicklow, where I grew up. God knows, they're the most interesting thing to come out of that backwater in a while.
You are joking right? You must lead a very boring life
I certainly do. Still, could be worse - I could live in the Black Country ;)
Perhaps I've got a fondness for GiaA as they come from Co. Wicklow, where I grew up. God knows, they're the most interesting thing to come out of that backwater in a while.
Music for Airports it is not.
wow .... this really Is the Song That Never Ends .......
i don't believe god is a astronaut.
I believe god is a sadist.
Why else would he torment us with this kind of crap?
I believe god is a sadist.
Why else would he torment us with this kind of crap?
Jelani wrote:
Why not take your own advice?
Why not take my own advice and not listen? Um...I don't know. Because I happen to like the song maybe?
Zoinks.
Why not take your own advice?
Why not take my own advice and not listen? Um...I don't know. Because I happen to like the song maybe?
Zoinks.
are all these comments all related to remaining light ? This light?
FlatCat wrote:
Yeah this one is pretty sleepy. Possibly for a retreat or meditation? Not much for prime time RP?
Oh great. Move over Ludovico and Apocalyptica. Some new pseudo-deep blandness is on the scene.
Yeah this one is pretty sleepy. Possibly for a retreat or meditation? Not much for prime time RP?
why wont it stop!This band simply sucks. Boring. Contrived. Shit.
Bosami wrote:
Suggestion: Don't listen. Or at least do something else rather than give us your 2 cents of commentary.
Why not take your own advice?
Suggestion: Don't listen. Or at least do something else rather than give us your 2 cents of commentary.
Why not take your own advice?
AdyMiles wrote:
Not at all, this is the most boring, repetitive shit i have ever heard. Just cos they use a few nice synths and computer mixing, doesn't make it good music
Suggestion: Don't listen. Or at least do something else rather than give us your 2 cents of commentary.
Not at all, this is the most boring, repetitive shit i have ever heard. Just cos they use a few nice synths and computer mixing, doesn't make it good music
Suggestion: Don't listen. Or at least do something else rather than give us your 2 cents of commentary.
Not sure I would want to hear this too often but somehow I liked it. Wouldn't buy it though...
LAME
this song is so boring, it appears to be haunted even.
I'm falling asleep... and it's nightmarish.
Poacher wrote:
Words fail me.
What I said was spot on and why the song sucks so much, unless you have half a brain
Words fail me.
What I said was spot on and why the song sucks so much, unless you have half a brain
Hey Bill,
Just a minor quibble—God Is An Astronaut actually hail from County Wicklow, Ireland, not Britain. A friendly note from a devoted listener and sensitive Irish-American.
AdyMiles wrote:
You really are a special kind of twat. Words fail me.
this song has no more than five chords repeated over and over. boring as crap
You really are a special kind of twat. Words fail me.
AdyMiles wrote:
That's utter rubbish. There's no way you would know my ratings. My ratings vary from 2 to 9 and most are 6, 7 or 8
This one definitely sucks. A wanna be Vangelis, that doesn't cut the ice. It's too boring and repetitive to be true. The end is fairly good though
by the time i got to the end I'd already given it a 1. It's good only in the sense that it ends...
That's utter rubbish. There's no way you would know my ratings. My ratings vary from 2 to 9 and most are 6, 7 or 8
This one definitely sucks. A wanna be Vangelis, that doesn't cut the ice. It's too boring and repetitive to be true. The end is fairly good though
by the time i got to the end I'd already given it a 1. It's good only in the sense that it ends...
AdyMiles wrote:
There's no way you would know my ratings. My ratings vary from 2 to 9 and most are 6, 7 or 8
peter_james_bond wrote:
Just like your comments. Radio Paradise comment boards are not censored so anybody can comment on Radio Paradise, even those like you, who are so thoroughly mistaken.
Not at all, this is the most boring, repetitive shit i have ever heard. Just cos they use a few nice synths and computer mixing, doesn't make it good music
Just like your comments. Radio Paradise comment boards are not censored so anybody can comment on Radio Paradise, even those like you, who are so thoroughly mistaken.
Not at all, this is the most boring, repetitive shit i have ever heard. Just cos they use a few nice synths and computer mixing, doesn't make it good music
I like some of this groups stuff at first but its gotten to boring and repetitive after a few listens...
AdyMiles wrote:
"boring as crap" <- that would be your comments.
this song has no more than five chords repeated over and over. boring as crap
"boring as crap" <- that would be your comments.
I like it, and the "verily they art the bollocks of the dog" thing is a hoot.
this song has no more than five chords repeated over and over. boring as crap
AdyMiles wrote:
Anybody can check any members ratings, you just click on their name and go their ratings. You are lying through your teeth, most of your ratings are either 1, 2, or 3....absolutely pathetic.
That's utter rubbish. There's no way you would know my ratings. My ratings vary from 2 to 9 and most are 6, 7 or 8
This one definitely sucks. A wanna be Vangelis, that doesn't cut the ice. It's too boring and repetitive to be true. The end is fairly good though
This one definitely sucks. A wanna be Vangelis, that doesn't cut the ice. It's too boring and repetitive to be true. The end is fairly good though
Anybody can check any members ratings, you just click on their name and go their ratings. You are lying through your teeth, most of your ratings are either 1, 2, or 3....absolutely pathetic.
fredriley wrote:...Every time I hear a God Is An Astronaut track I get goose pimples, and this is no exception. Smooth, crisp minimalism, with underlying hints of menace and tragedy (doncha just love minor keys?). ...
You are joking right? You must lead a very boring life
RadioDoc wrote:
Geez, another one. 67% of your song ratings are 3 or less. Why are you here?
That's utter rubbish. There's no way you would know my ratings. My ratings vary from 2 to 9 and most are 6, 7 or 8
This one definitely sucks. A wanna be Vangelis, that doesn't cut the ice. It's too boring and repetitive to be true. The end is fairly good though
Geez, another one. 67% of your song ratings are 3 or less. Why are you here?
That's utter rubbish. There's no way you would know my ratings. My ratings vary from 2 to 9 and most are 6, 7 or 8
This one definitely sucks. A wanna be Vangelis, that doesn't cut the ice. It's too boring and repetitive to be true. The end is fairly good though
Decent, but we need to get some Explosions in the Sky or This Will Destroy You up in this mother. It's never not time for some good ambient post-rock.
Oh great. Move over Ludovico and Apocalyptica. Some new pseudo-deep blandness is on the scene.
AdyMiles wrote:
Geez, another one. 67% of your song ratings are 3 or less. Why are you here?
boring and predictable
Geez, another one. 67% of your song ratings are 3 or less. Why are you here?
fredriley wrote:
That's precisely what I came here to say. Great find, Bill.
I really like both of the songs, too. Worthy of stopping to listen to.
Seamless segue from Vienna Teng's Watershed - smoother than mercury on glass, and that's smooth...
That's precisely what I came here to say. Great find, Bill.
I really like both of the songs, too. Worthy of stopping to listen to.
fredriley wrote:
for verily they art the bollocks of the dog. 8
Before I came to see the RP-light, I only knew Mogwai, and was craving for more music like that. RP brought me God is an Anstronaut and Mooncake... Tank you very much Bill. And yes, if I buy music, I always use the RP-Itunes link....
fredriley wrote:
Yes, indeedy!!!
...Every time I hear a God Is An Astronaut track I get goose pimples, and this is no exception. Smooth, crisp minimalism, with underlying hints of menace and tragedy (doncha just love minor keys?). ...
Yes, indeedy!!!
AdyMiles wrote:
Just like your comments. Radio Paradise comment boards are not censored so anybody can comment on Radio Paradise, even those like you, who are so thoroughly mistaken.
boring and predictable
Just like your comments. Radio Paradise comment boards are not censored so anybody can comment on Radio Paradise, even those like you, who are so thoroughly mistaken.
rdo wrote:
It definitely is ambient... not so sure about the rock part... it's still very cool.
More Ambient Rock! 
It definitely is ambient... not so sure about the rock part... it's still very cool.
What I didn't realise, until I looked on last.fm for their works, is that this band hail from Wicklow:
"God Is an Astronaut are an instrumental three piece hailing from the Glen of the Downs, Co. Wicklow, Ireland. They formed in 2002 and released their debut album The End of the Beginning the same year on their own Revive Records label. Their two music videos for PlayThe End of the Beginning and PlayFrom Dust to the Beyond, received airplay on MTV UK and on other MTV European networks."
Just down the road from where I was brought up, in Bray. Who'd have thought something so interesting would come out of somewhere so mundane as Wicklow :o)
GiaA are really quite astonishing, and I've yet to hear a duff track from them. Many are disturbing and frightenting in a quiet, minimalist way.
"God Is an Astronaut are an instrumental three piece hailing from the Glen of the Downs, Co. Wicklow, Ireland. They formed in 2002 and released their debut album The End of the Beginning the same year on their own Revive Records label. Their two music videos for PlayThe End of the Beginning and PlayFrom Dust to the Beyond, received airplay on MTV UK and on other MTV European networks."
Just down the road from where I was brought up, in Bray. Who'd have thought something so interesting would come out of somewhere so mundane as Wicklow :o)
GiaA are really quite astonishing, and I've yet to hear a duff track from them. Many are disturbing and frightenting in a quiet, minimalist way.
Yay, RP piano tunes. I always dig it! Doesn't Bill play a song called "God is an Astronaut" too, by another band?boring and predictable
excellento!
Seamless segue from Vienna Teng's Watershed - smoother than mercury on glass, and that's smooth. Every time I hear a God Is An Astronaut track I get goose pimples, and this is no exception. Smooth, crisp minimalism, with underlying hints of menace and tragedy (doncha just love minor keys?). I really, really must get one of their CDs, for verily they art the bollocks of the dog. 8 from the Nottingham jury.
Wonderful segue from Vienna Teng's Watershed.
And it's nice to hear something other than "Remembrance Day" from them. It is nice, in a film score sort of way.
And it's nice to hear something other than "Remembrance Day" from them. It is nice, in a film score sort of way.
More Ambient Rock!
And, that is a bad thing? ...eh?