Dido: No Angel

Picture this: you're unwrapping a CD from 1999, and there it is, Dido's "No Angel" staring back at you. That sense of nostalgia is exactly what Tim and I serve up in today's episode, as we wander through the corridors of this timeless album. We kick off with stories woven into the fabric of songs like "Thank You," and share our personal favorite tracks that didn't hit the charts. Dido's blend of sultry vocals and authentic storytelling creates a backdrop that many of us associate with pivotal moments in our lives, making this episode a treasure trove for both die-hard fans and fresh ears alike.

As we peel back the layers of Dido's debut, you'll find yourself chuckling over our banter, which ranges from voyeuristic sleep observations to satirical political commentary. The musicality of "No Angel" gets under the microscope, revealing Dido's trip-hop influences and the raw emotion that makes her music a balm for the soul. Whether it's dissecting the memento-esque qualities of her hits or appreciating the spoken word artistry, we delve into what makes each song tick and the musicians who've played a part in shaping this seminal work.

Lastly, we tie a bow on our journey by sharing rankings and discussing those underrated gems that resonate on a deeply personal level. From the emotional tug of "My Lover's Gone" to the subtle nuance of "Honestly Okay," we explore the songs that may have slipped under the radar but have left an indelible mark on our hearts. And for a moment, we're back in the era of trance beats and achingly tender lyrics, with a nod to music legends like Paul Oakenfold. So join us as we celebrate the album that bridged the gap between decades and continues to captivate listeners around the world.

Transcript

Discussion on Dido's Debut Album

Speaker 1 0:00

And so I was just getting on with that and but definitely it was like whoa, what just happened, I mean, and I was not prepared for it in any way whatsoever and actually would never be.

Speaker 2 0:18

Alright, thank you for listening to the greatest non-hit. I'm Chris and playing I don't know. Thank you, yeah, thank you from Honestly okay.

Speaker 2 0:29

Honestly okay sorry, honestly okay from Didos debut album. No, angel is my co-host, tim, so thank you all for listening. As you always do every week, this is a. I think this is like part two of the, the female-friendly line of podcasts from the 90s decade that we're gonna be embarking upon the coming weeks. So again, thank you for listening.

Speaker 2 1:03

This is the debut studio album by Dido. It was released on June 1st of 1999 here in the US, I think February of 01 in the UK. But huge commercial success, massive Sold over 21 million copies worldwide, making it one of the best selling albums in music history. So, given the fact that it kind of feels, though, like a 2000s album, but it was actually released in 1999. So we'll, I guess, kind of to put it into perspective. We did Edie Burkelle, which was the an 89 album but felt more like it was in the 90s, and then for this week, with Dido being a 2000s thing but technically in 99, we figured we'll bookend those too. So we've got a lot in store.

Speaker 2 1:50

This album has five singles from it. There's like don't think of me. There's thank you. That was the. That was the song that she, that she used to collaborate. I think it was sampled by Eminem and his Grammy winning song Stan. So we've got that as a hit. We've got don't think of me and hear with me as singles.

Speaker 2 2:17

The song Hunter is a single. The song All you Want was a single. So there's 12 tracks in all from this album. Those five that I just mentioned I think those are the first five of the first six songs on the album. All together, I think track number four is a non hit and then the songs seven through twelve are all the non hit. So we're gonna listen to all these songs. We're gonna provide our you know, provide our thoughts as we go along, give our, give our impressions, give our you know, just kind of yuck it up along the way, got some sound clips we're gonna play, we're gonna have fun. Then at the end we're gonna rank our top three non hit. So I'm excited. I'm excited.

Speaker 2 3:02

Yeah, tim is, this is more of his, his deal. He's, he knows this album. He knows exactly what his top three are. I'm, you know, a little bit on the fence with several, but I think this is one of those albums. Also, I've listened to it all together maybe about two or three times from end to end, and it's usually like the fourth or fifth listen on an album where things start to click and I think you know, bringing you all in and listening to it with Tim. I think he's gonna. I think, you know, along the way it's gonna become more clear as to what my top three are.

Speaker 2 3:38

But what a like sultry voice it's. There's a lot of loss, there's a lot of depression, but it's the mood in that the album has strikes a chord for sure because of the. The emotion in this album, you know, is palpable and it's very authentic and it's very real but at the same time beautiful and sexy. Sultry, yeah, I think. Boom, how are from? King of the Hill had it right, you know, when. I think it was something that he sort of played and I think it left Bill Doe tree a little angry when he would bring over a girl that he liked.

Speaker 4 4:41

I got a pack of winter yeah, so anyway, actually boom.

Speaker 2 4:45

How was the creed in all that? But a do tree was was creeping as well, but nevertheless, yeah, it's gonna be a good album if we look through some of the rankings, or I guess.

Speaker 2 5:01

I think it reached number 16 in the UK no, the top adult top 40 charts. It peaked at 16, while becoming a top 10 hit on the dance charts in America. This is like in June of 2001, so it took a while after release. I think they even recorded it between 1995 in 1999. So I find it interesting that a lot of the creativity was done earlier on and then it became more popular in the subsequent decade and apparently I she wrote a lot of this with her brother Roland Rolland, rallo Rolo I don't know Rallo is typically it went ROL, I think, of Sanford, and son Tim thinks of the the candy Rolo's.

Speaker 2 5:57

Apparently Ditto thinks of her brother, so I guess it's that's her. So we got some cruel intention stuff coming later. I don't really know much else I could mention. She was born on Christmas, so she's Christmas baby. She had a really long name. It had like six or seven different, you know words in it or something, I don't know, but she's from the Islington, london, islington suburb, province or borough, what have you. But anyway, she must be the pride because so a lot of albums for sure. So ninth best-selling album of the 21st century, that's in the UK, nominated for the best British album of the previous 30 years by the Brit Awards in 2010, ultimately losing to what's the story Morning Glory by Oasis she was a really big company.

Speaker 2 7:07

I think she's more popular in UK. She was in the US, but when she did her collaboration with Eminem, instant street cred and good stuff.

Speaker 2 7:19

So I think some of these things were in Roswell, something like that. I don't know like to show Roswell. It's a television series, something, thank you was released as a single number 18 December 2000. So what else can I say about this? It's a blend of pop called trip hop and folk music. I'd say it's very introspective. I'll give it that it was widely praised by critics. So I think her brother, rallo, was in the electronic group Faithless and he, I guess he was a respected producer. Just seems kind of weird that you write songs and produce an album with your brother. But you know it was really professionally well done. So hey, you can't, you can't knock it and it's selling all time. So yeah, tim's gonna wrap up and we're gonna get into the album. The album cover is a close-up shot of Dido with her eyes closed and her face partially obscured by her hand. So I did not see that coming nice. So anyway, yeah, with, without further ado, my bro James here, how you doing bud?

Speaker 3 9:06

good, my waistband is a little too tight for my Del Monica and bread that I scarfed down for dinner. But you know, let's get into this choice.

Speaker 2 9:19

Little moment for for bros or bros. With this album here we are gonna have a taste of choice moment for bros. But wait a second. Let's go back to the Del Monaco.

Speaker 3 9:29

Let's just you know, I listen to this tender tender album over a tell tender Del Monaco what was more time? To do.

Speaker 3 9:43

Well, I guess it all comes out the same way, but that's great out all right, no, but Dido is a forbidden fairy princess with using her modern-day female warrior vocal pipes as her weapon here. Just to really, she can even romance a can of hind's beans and just pop it open on the floor. So in a number of just matter of seconds, really, the beans everywhere. So get out your mop. Bean lovers. Tea drinkers, make a little Irish breakfast with our steak and eggs after a night of drinking and listen to this with us here yeah, it does kind of sound like music that you'd listen to while you're still drunk from the night before.

Speaker 3 10:36

Something like that, yes, we're just gonna verbally fart all over this album. Yeah, no, no, there sound eclipse yeah, it's an aesthetic, it's.

Speaker 2 10:44

This album is a.

Speaker 3 10:45

It's an aesthetic more than just it's an aesthetic, so yeah, that's a good way to put it. Yeah, it's an atmosphere.

Speaker 2 10:51

It's an atmosphere yeah, but still like the songs are solid on their own, so I fear that Dido is not getting enough sleep.

Speaker 3 11:00

When she's recording this, you know she's watching other people sleep. Yeah, yeah, she's, I don't know.

Speaker 4 11:13

Oh boom howard.

Speaker 3 11:15

Okay, she's getting boom.

Speaker 1 11:16

Howard that's right, whoa what just happened. I mean Okay, um, all right.

Speaker 2 11:22

Well, are we ready to go Without further ado?

Speaker 3 11:25

Yeah, what Are?

Speaker 2 11:26

we ready to get into it.

Speaker 3 11:27

Yeah.

Speaker 2 11:28

Let's start with a little here with me. This is one of the hits right.

Speaker 3 11:33

Yeah, she does what she wants. She wants to sleep, she sleeps. If she doesn't, she doesn't. She wants to breathe, she'll hold her breath. You know she's not going to hide. She might not even want to call her friends, Okay. Okay. Yeah, it's kind of a memento feel here. It does kind of Are bond bond theme bond movie. Yes, Change your memory.

Speaker 4 12:07

I can't make new memories, everything just fades.

Speaker 2 12:16

It's got a very yeah memento kind of a vibe.

Speaker 4 12:24

I can't breathe until you're resting here with me.

Speaker 2 12:32

That's a Delmarago line, yeah.

Speaker 3 12:33

Don't breathe If you don't want to just do some breath patterns before bed.

Speaker 2 12:43

Shout out to the. I don't know Heaglers. That's a shout out to the. What is it the breath? Shout out to the Lamans instructors.

Speaker 3 12:54

Yeah.

Speaker 2 12:55

Shout out to the midwives, oh yeah.

Speaker 3 12:58

If you're having a baby and you definitely need to breathe. That's a trippy dream the birth canal.

Speaker 2 13:18

I don't hear that line too much.

Speaker 3 13:23

That's left out in most areas.

Speaker 1 13:28

Whoa what just happened.

Speaker 3 13:30

I mean, she wants to cuddle okay?

Speaker 2 13:45

Yeah, I'm a little overclimbed.

Speaker 3 13:48

Talk amongst yourselves. Already we got a long album ahead here. She married At this point married? I don't think so.

Speaker 2 14:16

So she's like collaborating with her brother. Oh, wouldn't this be, wouldn't this be tender. What do you think, Rallo? Okay, no, you hang up.

Speaker 5 14:28

No okay, okay, one, two, three.

Speaker 1 14:36

Well, you don't hang up either. Turn everything on your face.

Speaker 3 14:44

I love that whole one ride. Nobody calls anybody anymore. Long conversations Call your friends, talk about stuff. Yeah, you'll gain interests in your life and you'll do that to them.

Speaker 2 15:19

People can't even understand these lyrics anymore. It's like I can't text, I can't emoji oh that was nice Okay.

Speaker 4 15:45

Second hit. This is Hunter.

Speaker 3 16:02

I get that. Love this, love it King.

Speaker 4 16:13

From this day forth, all the toilets in this kingdom shall be known as Sean.

Speaker 5 16:23

Howdy, where's Hunter? It's like Hunter Pride Howdy, where's Hunter? Well, here's my answer. I am here, not in my partnership with a Chinese private businessman. Oh, come on.

Speaker 3 16:59

The cat's brought in shameless.

Speaker 2 17:07

Shout out to all of us.

Speaker 4 17:10

Oh, come on.

Speaker 5 17:19

Because it did not happen.

Speaker 4 17:30

Howdy, where's Hunter?

Speaker 5 17:33

Not in my partnership with a Chinese private businessman. Howdy, where's Hunter?

Speaker 4 17:50

I'm not happy.

Speaker 3 17:58

I'm just thinking.

Speaker 2 18:07

Just playing with my laptop here.

Speaker 3 18:13

I mean, I'm a little bit mighty.

Speaker 2 18:15

So Rollo or Rollo, Rollo.

Speaker 4 18:19

Yeah, like Rollo here was, yeah.

Speaker 1 18:22

Well, is that what?

Speaker 4 18:22

that is.

Speaker 2 18:26

The one and only.

Speaker 4 18:34

The one and only in the place.

Speaker 2 18:47

That's the one, and only Howdy where's Hunter?

Speaker 5 18:59

I'm not happy.

Speaker 2 19:10

I'm just thinking.

Speaker 4 19:13

It's kind of nice to have that dramatic music behind me.

Speaker 5 19:21

It is.

Speaker 4 19:26

Shameless.

Speaker 5 19:29

Shameless.

Speaker 2 19:32

That was pretty good. That was all, tim. Okay, awesome, that was.

Speaker 3 19:38

Should we have a little Elvis? Actually, should we have an Elvis of reprieve here?

Speaker 2 19:46

Oh pal Client.

Speaker 3 19:48

Okay, a short one now Too much dynos. On with the ship, on with that ship here. Oh, wooden ship.

Speaker 2 19:58

Don't think of me. This is.

Speaker 4 20:07

You're like really pretty.

Speaker 2 20:13

She is not happy.

Speaker 3 20:15

No, this is a breakup. We're almost breakup.

Speaker 4 20:21

A cheating song I think Adorable, so fashion. Yeah she's jealous, adorable, so fetch.

Speaker 3 20:45

Don't think of me.

Speaker 2 20:47

Yeah, is that.

Speaker 3 20:48

Do you want him to think of you and not her Advocate for yourself, dido, come on.

Speaker 5 20:58

What is fetch? Oh, it looks like.

Speaker 3 21:03

She's so fetch, she's like really pretty. Oh, oh, oh. How do you feel? Yeah, wasted lives there.

Speaker 2 21:26

That was a good one.

Speaker 4 21:29

That happened sometimes.

Speaker 2 21:32

You cheat on a girl and then after that she cheats on you. So it's going to the bank and robbing a bank with somebody and then, after you have the money, the guy that you banked robbed the bank with turns the gun on you and says, okay, now give me all your money. All right, I'll sit the next couple of places. It sounded good. I mean, in my head. It sounded good and scary.

Speaker 3 21:55

All right. Shout out to Mark Bates on piano here the wool, what else? Pauline Taylor on additional background vocals. Pauly Herman on guitar. Gavin Wright on strings Strings here. All right, gavin. It's beautiful, it's good. Martin Glover, aka youth, plays on this song as well. Okay, production and bass. Geoff Dougmore plays live drums and percussion. Johnny Rockstar is programming on this. Shout out to Johnny Rockstar, johnny Rockstar, that's what it fucking says. That is apt, oh he thinks pretty highly of himself.

Speaker 2 23:05

That sounds like. Yeah, johnny Rockstar, we have everybody as attention. Still, ron, are you?

Speaker 3 23:13

paying attention? Yeah, I'm paying attention.

Speaker 5 23:18

Are you paying attention? Still, yeah, ron, are you paying attention?

Speaker 3 23:22

Nope Well this concerns all of us. Okay, ooh, some spoken word here.

Speaker 2 23:30

Shout out to Will Malone.

Speaker 3 23:36

And the string arrangement, so this song is a hit right.

Speaker 2 23:40

Oh yeah, oh man, this is a good one yeah.

Speaker 1 23:44

I feel like really pretty.

Speaker 2 23:49

I think Pauline Taylor does some background vocals on this too.

Speaker 3 23:52

Yeah.

Speaker 2 23:57

Well, Mark Bates on keyboard.

Speaker 1 24:05

Whoa what just happened yeah.

Speaker 2 24:13

Mixed by Hugo Nicholson. I just like the name there.

Speaker 3 24:16

Hugo.

Speaker 2 24:17

Shout out to Hugo Johnny Rockstar that you said this does the programming. I dig that. Okay, this one's a non hit. This is my lover's gone. It's their first non hit yeah, oh, I'm already digging it.

Speaker 3 24:55

Some echo in the bunny man going on or something here yeah.

Speaker 2 24:59

Yeah.

Speaker 3 25:09

I just left to die, open the door for a second.

Speaker 2 25:14

Old, old wooden ship that.

Speaker 4 25:25

Yeah, was it because of the ship that he's gone?

Speaker 2 25:31

I think it may have been. It's tough. I'm a pretty kid. Now this is.

Speaker 4 25:38

This is sort of that yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

Speaker 2 25:42

Yeah, yeah, I just, I just thought of that, but it's not about death.

Speaker 3 25:49

It's just about she's not going to happen. This is some Barry Linden shit right here. When he's just trodden along in the in the in the town Meets the mother, that's like Father hasn't been back since war for a long time.

Speaker 2 26:06

Just like his boots, no longer by my door.

Speaker 3 26:10

Old old wooden ship that an old wind ship across the ocean.

Speaker 5 26:28

Ron, are you paying attention?

Speaker 2 26:37

Good percussion, isn't it?

Speaker 3 26:38

Yeah, who did we catch in the middle of the scare?

Speaker 2 26:43

Well, Jamie Cato did the production here. It's percussive Dave.

Speaker 4 26:51

Randall's doing the guitar.

Speaker 3 26:55

Very fetch.

Speaker 2 26:59

Ooh, little Aubrey. This is so walking the dog.

Speaker 3 27:03

How is this not a?

Speaker 2 27:04

hit, I know Seems like better than the other ones.

Speaker 4 27:09

Right.

Speaker 2 27:13

I guess that UK couldn't handle anything this.

Speaker 3 27:17

It's really decadent, it's dreamy, it's a vibe, you're right. Ah, I still got some albatrosses in the background. Those are flown in from Antarctica. Shout, out to the Antarctica, albatrosses, shout out to Rallo for his Rallo's idea. Was it Rallo?

Speaker 2 27:41

I think so.

Speaker 4 27:48

What an oldie in the flesh.

Speaker 2 27:56

Actually Dido herself produced this one. It's like, yeah, shout out to Errie, let's ask the question what are developmental processes.

Speaker 3 28:05

Why should the universe have a preference for order?

Speaker 2 28:09

over disorder. Alright, there's Tim getting weird again.

Speaker 3 28:13

Little Terrence McKenna.

Speaker 2 28:19

Very shaggedyling. This is shaggedyling. Wait, is this the?

Speaker 3 28:25

one where she's in a towel. No, this isn't the towel song. Yeah, we got some towel stuff coming. We got some towel stuff Very shaggedyling.

Speaker 4 28:41

It's sort of rather than later.

Speaker 2 28:44

Shout out to the towel-wares.

Speaker 4 28:47

I'm not sure what you sleep at night.

Speaker 2 28:49

The towel-wares.

Speaker 3 28:53

Again. She needs to go to sleep. Stop watching people sleep. Dido the hell, yeah, just chill.

Speaker 4 29:26

Mr Han, they hinted.

Speaker 3 29:38

It's not the side, but it's not what side.

Speaker 2 29:51

This is a hint. This is a nice four-in-seven.

Speaker 3 30:00

Yeah, you know, you still learn about the history of this. Maybe a little history for Spicoli. I left that book in my locker, mr Han.

Speaker 2 30:22

And then Come on, it was three years ago.

Speaker 4 30:33

If only you had slept alone. Ha, if I'd seen nothing so Okay, there was that one time, right I woke up this morning like this, when you would know that all you want Is right here in this room.

Speaker 3 31:02

Oh, it's a little hot in here. Oh my gosh.

Speaker 2 31:15

Just kind of got a Sarah McLaughlin kind of a quality to her.

Speaker 3 31:19

Jewel.

Speaker 2 31:20

Yeah, but better. I think she's very she's going through the door.

Speaker 4 31:29

Is that Jessica, jessica, jessica.

Speaker 3 31:49

I like the guitar in the background. Who's on that?

Speaker 2 31:55

Yeah, this is song five.

Speaker 3 32:00

John Pierce bass, Richie Stevens.

Speaker 2 32:06

Rick Knowles. He was on the acoustic on this Really good guitar on this. Yeah, john, john Fennis.

Speaker 3 32:23

Dido plays keyboards Wow.

Speaker 2 32:36

That was a nice one.

Speaker 3 32:37

Should we do a little?

Speaker 2 32:39

You want a pallet cleanser.

Speaker 3 32:40

Yeah. Okay, we're going to bring you back in from the cold here. Get your Merino wool out. Okay, now here's our. Here's the big money, here's the big winner here.

Speaker 2 32:59

One more do-tree before we open.

Speaker 5 33:01

Please don't put on Dido.

Speaker 4 33:03

Please don't put on Dido Open power. Sorry, but I got him back a winner.

Speaker 1 33:14

Whoa what just happened.

Speaker 3 33:17

I mean, there's the tea drinkers out there.

Speaker 2 33:24

No.

Speaker 4 33:29

Shout out to the M&M fans.

Speaker 3 33:32

Why you waited too long to drink it.

Speaker 4 33:44

Put your picture on my wall.

Speaker 3 33:49

It reminds me that it's not so bad. Good picture on the walk.

Speaker 2 33:57

No, you hang up.

Speaker 3 33:59

Hang that picture up.

Speaker 4 34:02

My head just feels in pain. I miss the person. They'll be held today. I'm late for work again, and deep on it. From there, they'll all imply that I might not last the day. And then you call me. And it's not so bad, I'm late for work again so tender Delmonico tender.

Speaker 1 34:41

They're really pretty.

Speaker 2 34:46

There's some songs that are more tender Than the Delmonico, and then less. There's some New York strippers.

Speaker 3 34:55

Catch a New York strip on a strip that's more tender than a Delmonico. It has a steak Fillets. Okay, this is more tender than a fillet.

Speaker 4 35:10

Push the door. I'm holding a test and I'm soaking through and through, and then you handed me a towel. Don't forget to bring a towel While I see it's you. Even if my house falls down, I wouldn't have a clue, because you're near me and I want to thank you. When you get out of the water, you need to dry off right away To avoid catching a cold and all just to be with you.

Speaker 3 35:49

Okay, Thanks, tally, okay Thanks.

Speaker 4 36:05

Tally.

Speaker 3 36:09

She's in a towel Just to be with you. It's getting out of the shower.

Speaker 2 36:20

Thank you, thank you very much. Oh, alright, now we're just getting off the rails. Thanks.

Speaker 3 36:31

Tally oh that's uh.

Speaker 1 36:34

no, no, you hang up, you, you.

Speaker 2 36:39

Okay, Honestly okay. So this is not hit number two.

Speaker 3 36:46

Yeah.

Speaker 2 36:54

No, this one's a little more artsy.

Speaker 3 36:56

Oh yeah.

Speaker 2 36:56

Very, very talented Shagged deli baby. Yeah, Got like a cordium Old, old wooden ship that just help.

Speaker 3 37:06

Yeah that there's a ship, They'll tell it off. Oh yeah, yeah.

Speaker 2 37:29

You know, it makes me feel safe in my own skin. A nice towel, it's true.

Speaker 4 37:36

What? When you get out of the water, you need to dry off right away to avoid catching a cold.

Speaker 2 37:40

I don't know what that was all about. Adorable.

Speaker 4 37:51

So fat Shit. I just want to feel safe in my own skin, deeper and deeper Way down. I just want to be happy again. I just want to feel Deep in my sleep.

Speaker 3 38:21

Honestly, I think I did okay covering this song.

Speaker 2 38:25

I think you did yeah, but I'm so lonely.

Speaker 3 38:26

It's a little noodling. I know I regret mapping a 20 something young lady in the 2000s.

Speaker 2 38:39

It just wasn't a cards for me. That's funny. I think it would have been my drunk on my time. I think it would have been my drunk on my bed, just sort of like taking these lyrics in.

Speaker 3 38:51

Oh, hell yeah. Internalizing them oh yeah, double effects by Nick Manas, rafael and the programming for this song, bruce Eisner on keys Getting trippy Shout out. Okay, shameless, whoa what just happened, I mean.

Speaker 1 39:34

Because it did not happen.

Speaker 5 39:41

And during a little portal here.

Speaker 3 39:47

This is the trip hop element. That is yeah, this is the trip hop, yeah, yeah, and I'm like I'm going to be happy, I'm going to be happy, I'm going to be happy, I'm going to be happy, I'm going to be happy.

Speaker 4 40:00

Yeah, this is the trip.

Speaker 3 40:02

This is amazing. I mean this rivals Portis head or Sneaker pimps.

Speaker 2 40:11

Yeah. I mean Our forefathers of trip trip pop. I mean this is the two heavyweights right there.

Speaker 3 40:20

Well, it is this song alone, like Just me to be like yeah, yeah.

Speaker 2 40:46

Yeah, the sound effects are the star of this show.

Speaker 3 40:49

Yeah, yeah, definitely.

Speaker 2 40:53

We're on track for six. Is this all Rallo doing all? This or no all right, they all. Hide Smith is doing this.

Speaker 3 41:03

He's just doing. He's the lyrics.

Speaker 4 41:06

This is.

Speaker 2 41:08

I think this is Paulie. Herman doing the guitar Okay yeah. But yeah, that thing right there, that was sick, what was that?

Speaker 3 41:21

That was awesome.

Speaker 2 41:22

Yeah.

Speaker 3 41:26

Wow, the more I listen to that song, I like it a lot.

Speaker 2 41:33

Yeah, I'm with you. Alright, this is a slide.

Speaker 4 41:45

Okay.

Speaker 3 41:59

Elotic Again, a lot of trip hopness going on.

Speaker 2 42:07

A little percussion in the back, bongo.

Speaker 3 42:22

Pauline Taylor's on this one, pauli Herman on guitar.

Speaker 2 42:33

Nick Manasseh, raphael Dubb Effect's and additional programming track 7. Listen on Wikipedia. Nice this is it. It's track number 7, right.

Speaker 3 42:47

It's almost fairy dust on this album. Yeah, this is track 8.

Speaker 4 42:54

Yeah, yes.

Speaker 2 43:09

I'm sorry, you're right, yeah.

Speaker 3 43:11

Slide it up there. It's alright, mistakes Only human.

Speaker 2 43:22

Yeah, Akila Background vocals Ooh.

Speaker 3 43:36

Sorry, what was that? What happened?

Speaker 2 43:40

Well, you got the googoo that was telling us why don't you slide?

Speaker 3 43:48

And then don't slide. Yeah, this one sliding is bad, bad sliding. That's hence the dot dot dot before it. This song is thinking about it sliding.

Speaker 4 44:12

Yeah, okay, alright. Good message Very forgiving.

Speaker 2 44:21

She's generous to the downtrodden.

Speaker 3 44:25

She does admit that she's not the best with lovers, or something like that.

Speaker 2 44:29

Yeah.

Speaker 3 44:30

In an interview.

Speaker 2 44:31

She's always make the right decisions.

Speaker 3 44:34

Yeah.

Speaker 4 44:38

Very shaggy, Derek.

Speaker 2 44:45

I like the strings. Nice place for it.

Speaker 3 44:57

Oh, high time.

Speaker 4 45:04

Don't forget to bring a child.

Speaker 2 45:07

That was a timp. That was a timp placement In a good way.

Speaker 4 45:22

Slide.

Speaker 5 45:25

Do none of my partners get to the Chinese private business bid?

Speaker 4 45:46

I can't make any memories, everything just fades.

Speaker 2 45:57

You know what would be funny on South Park, like Hunter Biden getting high with Tau Lee or something like that. I'm surprised they haven't done that yet.

Speaker 3 46:08

I know.

Speaker 2 46:12

I'll put that. I'm going to put that idea in there.

Speaker 3 46:14

You should. I can't make any memories, everything just fades All right Slide is good, it's just a little bit.

Speaker 2 46:25

Yeah.

Speaker 3 46:26

It's trip hop, braga.

Speaker 2 46:28

Yeah, it is a lot of braga, it's like barbershop it's trip hop, barbershop it's trip braga Trip hop barbershop. That's going to be a new genre that we're going to invent trip braga, Apparently. Ditos now invented it.

Speaker 4 46:52

Oh, boom hour.

Speaker 3 47:00

Boom water. Yeah, this is called Isobel, isobel. Why does?

Speaker 2 47:07

she have to spell like that. Why can't she spell Isobel? I have no idea.

Speaker 3 47:12

Put the O on there, put the dam O on there, it's not how you spell Isobel. Maybe it's a different way. Well, she's from Islington. Why Ennis? Is there a tree?

Speaker 2 47:26

in Ennis. Yeah, and then there's Ennis. Is that Ireland?

Speaker 3 47:31

Ennis, texas, we're going to take a couple weeks off and we're going to find this tree.

Speaker 2 47:34

Yeah, what is this?

Speaker 3 47:35

tree Ennis when they used to hang around. They used to just spin along. You don't hear from us. We're looking for a tree in Ennis.

Speaker 4 47:46

And long will it last? When it's last day leaving, I'm helping it pass by loving.

Speaker 3 47:58

This is Rolo for sure.

Speaker 2 48:01

Oh yeah, yeah, this song has Rolo production all over it.

Speaker 4 48:06

And who he would become, all the things he's done.

Speaker 5 48:11

The fact of the matter is there is someone I love.

Speaker 4 48:14

Ready to love you? Not that you don't. Would he be stronger Than his father? Don't punish yourself. Leave it well alone. It is a plan. I hope you will, but what you've done is right. Oh, it's been such hell I wish you will.

Discussion of Songs and Rankings

Speaker 3 48:44

I hope you'll stay. This is Didos Jolene here. Is it yes.

Speaker 2 48:53

No, but Except not.

Speaker 4 48:55

You don't even compare to her. I'm leaving, I'm helping it pass by loving you More.

Speaker 3 49:20

Cool solo here.

Speaker 2 49:26

Yeah, if your mama didn't call you a dido or Rolo, why should we Exactly Roland Armstrong? Yeah, he doesn't want to be Roland Armstrong. But then there's the concertino, mali Armstrong, this family we've got like seven or eight games each. It's like I kind of get both sides.

Speaker 3 49:54

We got Marty McCurry on electric guitar here. Somebody was on a harmonica, oh yeah, oh, polly Herman. Right, polly Herman here.

Speaker 2 50:11

Good catch there, jessica. Okay, this one has some weird effects too, doesn't it? This is called I'm no Angel. I don't know how to make this any clearer to you.

Speaker 3 50:29

Okay, this is yeah, I'm no angel, no angel. I'm no angel If you gave me just a coin for every time we say we're swaying here, we're swaying a little bit, we're moving. Tap in her toes Right, left, right, right.

Speaker 4 50:59

I know I'm not perfect, but I can smile and I hope that you see this flower that I'm not tired of.

Speaker 2 51:18

If you tell me that I can't Fill in again the space. Nicely, I will try all night.

Speaker 3 51:25

Yeah, this is very Suzanne Vega-ish a little bit yeah.

Speaker 2 51:33

My name is Luca. Yeah, I'm on the second floor and whatnot.

Speaker 4 51:52

I'm not tired of eyes, cause I'm no angel yeah.

Speaker 2 52:03

This is written along like aside from like the arms drawn. There's Slatham and Gabriel.

Speaker 4 52:10

If does that mean that I can't live my life?

Speaker 2 52:16

I'm no angel. I'm no angel. Please don't think that I can't cry. I'm no angel.

Speaker 5 52:29

If, does that mean that I won't fly? I can look at them, but do not touch them.

Speaker 3 52:38

Don't touch them, the angels.

Speaker 2 52:40

Not the hands.

Speaker 3 52:42

Not anything but the hands.

Speaker 4 53:01

What is this?

Speaker 3 53:03

I think you're right.

Speaker 2 53:06

Where is she going? This must have been before.

Speaker 4 53:09

COVID Sure.

Speaker 2 53:10

Can't bring that in the house.

Speaker 4 53:14

Cause I'm no angel. Please don't think that I won't try and try. I'm no angel. If does that mean that I can't live my life?

Speaker 2 53:33

I'm no angel. This is good Barbershop.

Speaker 3 53:38

You're not taking it. I don't know. It just blends with the other songs. For me it's not. I do like the harmonica, I do like the trip hop-hoppiness.

Speaker 2 53:50

No, it's leaving a lot to be desired.

Speaker 3 53:52

I want a little more risks on this song, you know?

Speaker 2 53:56

No, I'm just talking about the harmony, like in the sparse harmony within the song, but you have a song itself. This is flat compared to. Makes me want to scream a little bit, ah. Ah A little trail off. Oh, a lead in here. Yeah, I think we're at the finish line here. Right, this is my life.

Speaker 3 54:21

We've got to buckle up. We've got more songs here. Take my hand and worthless.

Speaker 4 54:59

The piano.

Speaker 2 55:05

I like that, but it's. You know what this kind of reminds you of. This is like a poor man's carpenters. You know what's interesting? This is a brother, a sister and brother duo, the same way that the carpenters were. You know the carpenters, right? Yeah, from the 7th. Is that the drummer?

Speaker 3 55:22

Girl.

Speaker 2 55:24

Karen Carpenter died of anorexia in 18.

Speaker 3 55:27

Oh really.

Speaker 2 55:28

But she was in a group of carpenters, she played drums and her brother played the piano. It was this, but better in my opinion, but this is good too.

Speaker 4 55:40

I can't believe, I just said this poor man's carpenters. Kind of.

Speaker 2 55:44

Carpenters are 2000s but edgier.

Speaker 3 55:47

Yeah, everything's just a recycled ship, old wooden ship, that's true.

Speaker 2 55:58

I mean this song in particular can't remember what it was. We've only just begun.

Speaker 4 56:08

I like it.

Speaker 2 56:18

No, I do too.

Speaker 4 56:20

At first, you first listened to it. Yeah, first listen.

Speaker 3 56:24

I was just like can this song be over immediately? But you know.

Speaker 2 56:40

I love you. That's the question. What are developmental?

Speaker 3 56:46

processes, development processes in your life. All right, just wedge some order out of the chaos here.

Speaker 2 57:02

I like that little, this little organ at the end.

Speaker 3 57:05

Oh yeah, it's like a wave on a ship. Sure, why not? Okay, all right, I'm too much fun over here.

Speaker 2 57:20

Take my hand, here's another one.

Speaker 4 57:24

I'm not sure where we're going.

Speaker 1 57:28

Lie down next to me.

Speaker 4 57:32

Looking to my eyes and tell me oh, tell me what you're seeing.

Speaker 5 57:41

Smooth creamy. They're hands.

Speaker 4 57:51

What you feel is what I feel for you. Take my hand if I'm lying to you.

Speaker 3 58:05

Mr Hand.

Speaker 5 58:13

Let's be alone with a man Smooth creamy, delicate, yet masculine, they're hands. Now I have the unique pleasure of squaring our attention. Tonight, you and I are going to talk in great detail Kidding Knuckles or a lot of proportion.

Speaker 1 58:42

You got hair over there. Where did you get off comparing your hands?

Speaker 4 58:49

to my hands.

Speaker 3 58:53

Okay, what? This song is almost seven minutes.

Speaker 2 58:56

Awesome, I like it.

Speaker 3 59:00

I've covered anything like this before. This is some groundbreaking shit for this podcast, do you hear?

Speaker 2 59:17

I'm hearing a little just kind of like trance.

Speaker 3 59:21

Oh yeah, Creamer loves to trance.

Speaker 4 59:26

Smooth.

Speaker 2 59:33

Shout out to Paul Oakenfold. Shout out to Marcus Schultz oh, my gosh Mirror wass Disco.

Speaker 3 59:43

Science is a good one.

Speaker 2 59:44

Yeah.

Speaker 4 59:47

Creamer, I had a bit of a mind to you, delegate, yet I'd always be alone.

Speaker 5 59:55

If I'm lying to you, take your time bit of mind to you? Ask him.

Speaker 4 1:00:09

I know you're violent.

Speaker 5 1:00:15

They're hands.

Speaker 2 1:00:18

Shout out to Paul Van Dyke. Sounds like Paul Van Dyke.

Speaker 3 1:00:26

Oh my god.

Speaker 5 1:00:28

I woke up this morning Like this it's me, ah.

Speaker 4 1:00:42

Jessica, I'm in here.

Speaker 3 1:00:53

Shout out to the hot chicks out there Rob Schneider, yeah.

Speaker 2 1:00:58

Great movie, by the way.

Speaker 4 1:01:09

You stay away from me. I.

Speaker 3 1:01:21

I know a tongue? Oh it's.

Speaker 2 1:01:40

You stay away from me. I have pepper spray on my key chain.

Speaker 4 1:01:47

Take your time, jessica. Ah, jessica yeah.

Speaker 1 1:02:10

Kidding.

Speaker 5 1:02:11

Knuckles or oil out of proportion.

Speaker 3 1:02:27

Ah, ah, ah.

Speaker 5 1:02:30

Kidding Knuckles or oil out of proportion.

Speaker 2 1:02:36

I think it's pretty daring that they created a 6 minute and 42 seconds song, like for a pop album. Yes, it is. It's like Prague pop.

Speaker 3 1:02:47

No, you can't compare it to anything.

Speaker 1 1:02:49

You got hair over there. Where do you get off comparing your hands to my hands?

Speaker 3 1:02:56

I know your fire that you're breathing. Oh, oh, oh, my gosh Daito keeps us guessing here at the end.

Speaker 4 1:03:16

Daito.

Speaker 2 1:03:23

Daito. It's a beautiful song, independent of all the nonsense that we're throwing in here. It's pretty good.

Speaker 3 1:03:32

Yeah, I like this one. This is Way better than you give it first credit for.

Speaker 2 1:03:46

Oh, this is the reason why I sold so many copies. Wow, now it makes sense to me.

Speaker 5 1:03:52

Oh, it's so fetch. What is fetch? Oh, it's like slang In country.

Speaker 2 1:03:58

All right, so we made it through, we're. We're at the end, man. We got to go top three. What are you thinking?

Speaker 3 1:04:06

This always happens. I feel like the last song.

Speaker 2 1:04:09

I know it sort of skews everything, but just go back to your notes All right, all right the roots there.

Speaker 3 1:04:18

Lover's gone. Number three yeah, good choice. Tender moments had a really cool interlude there.

Speaker 2 1:04:26

Yeah, sandwich between two powerhouses Don't think of me and all you want and, but yeah, my lover's Hunter.

Speaker 3 1:04:33

Yeah, oh yeah, I think we elevated this song a little bit with the whole.

Speaker 2 1:04:36

Hunter Biden clips.

Speaker 1 1:04:38

So, but yeah, Hunter's.

Speaker 2 1:04:40

So yeah, that's your threes. My lover's gone, my three, I'm going to go slide. I thought it was like a nice. I mean it was a nice aesthetic and good harmonizing, so I'll go with that in my number three.

Speaker 3 1:04:57

Okay.

Speaker 2 1:04:59

What are you going for? Number two Geez, can you take your time? Yeah, these are tough. You know, take my hand was a bonus track, but we'll still go. Is it still had something there's? I mean like honestly, okay, I mean I'm not sure I mean I'm not sure.

Speaker 3 1:05:12

I mean I'm not sure, I mean I'm not sure.

Speaker 2 1:05:16

I mean I'm not sure. I mean I'm not sure, I mean like honestly, okay, was you know, right?

Speaker 3 1:05:21

before slide.

Speaker 2 1:05:21

There was Isabel.

Speaker 3 1:05:24

Honestly okay, I really I'll go Take my hand to Okay yeah, because it's it does have something to offer in the end of the song. That's new exciting.

Speaker 2 1:05:42

Oh yeah, it was great. Yeah, I'm going to go with that. I'm going to take my number two as well. Okay, let's take my hand. It was all those weird sound effects and the, the length. I liked all the music and they put a lot of effort into it. Oh, you can clearly tell, yeah, and so it's got to be up there somewhere. So I'm going to take that as my number two.

Speaker 3 1:06:03

All right, honestly okay For my number one. I like the trippy introduction field. The thievery corporation ish Sort of like Indra air Better cuta sound the alarm kind of listen to those songs by the very corporation, you'll get it.

Speaker 2 1:06:20

But yeah.

Speaker 3 1:06:22

I just love that Like deep lo-fi, like house trip hop stuff Okay.

Speaker 2 1:06:30

You're still talking about your number two, or is this new number one?

Speaker 3 1:06:32

That's my number one, Honestly okay.

Speaker 2 1:06:34

Oh, honestly okay yeah.

Speaker 3 1:06:37

It's a song title that goes under the radar. Yeah, and it doesn't bode well for being like it's. It's not. This song is great is the title. It's just titled honestly Okay, but it is great, it's great song.

Speaker 2 1:06:53

Nice, Okay, yeah, Well, I would have that there, but I'm just, I'm with my number one. I'm going to go my lover's gone Nice, Because it was. It was moving, compelling and honest and it felt sincere and I can see if I were a 20 year old female in the 2000s and it's sort of like a hard night of drinking. I can just see myself just listening to that.

Speaker 3 1:07:20

I mean like yeah, oh yeah, Kind of yeah You're and it's ambiguous.

Speaker 2 1:07:25

I don't know how my eyes go.

Speaker 3 1:07:27

Your bar crush walks the other way and you were just like good night you cheated on me and all that stuff.

Speaker 2 1:07:31

Yeah, yeah, so hard hitting so good stuff.

Speaker 3 1:07:35

I've never mentioned my life. Yes, that was a good one.

Speaker 2 1:07:40

Yeah, I don't know what to mention for honestly, okay for me.

Speaker 3 1:07:42

Thank you is a great song and and it did, but it gets its due.

Speaker 2 1:07:47

That's the whole thing.

Speaker 3 1:07:48

It does. It's the only one, all of us really know, you still, you still kind of hear it all the time, which is great. Well, what's your number four? Your number four.

Speaker 2 1:07:59

Yeah, I'll go with four. Bye.

Speaker 3 1:08:02

Yeah, all right, good night, good night.