The Greatest Non Hits

Rusted Root: When I Woke

β€’ Chris & Tim β€’ Season 3 β€’ Episode 34

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What do you get when you mix rock, world music, and folk elements with a dash of humor and a sprinkle of nostalgia? Join us for a lively exploration of Rusted Root's eclectic sounds, where we promise you'll learn something new about their breakthrough album "When I Woke" and the infectious tune "Send Me On My Way." We chat about the band's use of acoustic instruments, diving into their diverse influences from African, Latin, and Native American music, as well as celebrating their energetic live performances. With a spotlight on band members like Mike Glabicki, Liz Berlin, and Patrick Norman, we also share Tim's quirky preparation rituals with unique beverages, providing a humorous twist to our conversation.

Reminiscing about college days and the evolving drug scene, our musical journey is peppered with nods to Seth Rogen, "Family Guy," and SNL sketches. Get ready for a wild ride through basslines, guitar unity, and the impressive work of producers like Bill Bottrell. From hippie culture critiques to shoutouts to tea drinkers, we embrace the whimsical blend of music, exercise, and humor. Join us as we riff on music styles, from barbershop to jazz, appreciating Rusted Root's unpredictable tempo changes and over-the-top happy tunes. It's all about finding joy in the beats and maybe, just maybe, working up an appetite for a good tune or two!

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Speaker 1:

I'm not gonna give you a light, I'm gonna show you the light.

Speaker 3:

Alright, thank you for listening to the Greatest, Not Hits. I'm Chris and playing well, a riff from I will call it Peter Gabriel, but this is from Rusted Root American band, from a song called Send Me On my Way, which sampled Peter Gabriel's one of Peter Gabriel's songs. And we're listening to Rusted Root today, the album when I Woke, which is their second album. This is the big song 500 million listens on Spotify. The next one is like Ecstasy, which is like 5 million listens, but this is far and away the big hit on the album. And what we'll be doing today is what we always do, which is listening to all the hits, or all the non-hits, I should say, and then ranking the top three, our favorite. Listening to all the hits or all the non-hits, I should say, and then ranking the top three, our favorite.

Speaker 3:

So for this one, well, it's hit and miss for me. I'll be honest with you. I think it is kind of for Tim as well. But I think what's interesting about this band is that they were formed in Pittsburgh in 1990, and yet they embrace an eclectic musical style. They blend rock, world music, folk elements. Their sound features a mix of acoustic instruments, percussion, a variety of musical influences, including African, there's Latin, there's also Native American music, but this is their breakthrough album. When I Woke Again is the title. It was released in 1994.

Speaker 3:

The song sent me on my way gained really significant exposure through its use in films, commercials, tv shows, and this is a band that's known for their energetic live performances. Apparently, they built a loyal fan base over the years. They're still kicking Personnel, at least from this album they had a number of people here. I'm going to look up on Wikipedia.

Speaker 2:

This is the song sent me on my way.

Speaker 3:

Let's take a look at the album. Here we're talking mike glubicki, um, lead vocals, acoustic guitar, like your guitar. There's liz berlin who does the backing vocals and percussion. A lot of percussionists, a lot of drums on this. Um, yeah, it kind of reminds me of a drum circle kind of thing. I don't know. We both are kind of nah on that whole thing. There's too much going on, people feeding off of each other, but nevertheless they're doing their best with this. There's Patrick Norman who plays bass, some electric guitar backing vocals, john by neck, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, flute, penny whistle there's a lot of that. Um, seems like they borrow from a number of different artists who've had big hits paul simon graceland.

Speaker 3:

This is kind of you know. They borrow from it a little bit. It's you know. Graceland was phenomenal. These guys are good musicians, don't get me wrong. They do what they do really well. I don't know. I'm going to listen to it again. I'll try to keep as open mind as possible when we listen to it. I haven't gotten into the deeper tracks yet. I listened to the first six or seven songs a few times. We're going to go all the way to the end. I think there's like 13 different tracks. There's some other. Jen Wertz is on this album backing vocals and percussion, and Jim DeSperito congas Did Jem be? I don't know what that is Talking drum, myriad hand percussion. I don't know what that is either, but nevertheless I think that they're still around. I think currently right now it's Glubicki and.

Speaker 3:

Patrick Norman and Liz Berlin. I think that kind of makes sense. That's sort of a core of vocals and bass and her percussion contribution. I guess they can have revolving people in the back doing bongos whatever. But nevertheless this is a change of pace for us. It's really kind of Tim's getting into it. I don't know. Let's listen to him for a while. Yeah, it's kind of funny. There's sort of like a little bit of Willy Wonka in there and they're almost to the point where I think this is where this rubs me the wrong there, you know, and they're almost to the point where I think this is where this rubs me the wrong way this album.

Speaker 2:

It's like it's almost too.

Speaker 3:

You can hear it too much. You can hear the influence almost to the point where it's like sort of copying it, like Peter Gabriel, the Leslie Brickus from Willy Wonka pure imagination, it's almost. But you know who am I right, that's just me. Anyway, yeah, we've got a bunch of sound clips. There's a song called Drum Trip that starts off with. There's another song called Ecstasy. So yeah, there's going to be tons of drug references. Of course there's going to be. It's going to get off the rails, we promise I don't know. Tim is excited because he's got a whole. He had an experience earlier today. He's going to share it with us.

Speaker 3:

How's it going, man? Tell me what was on your plate today. What's going on?

Speaker 6:

Well, you know, to get ready, ready for this, I had a double shot of hydrogenated ashwagandha mushroom coffee, a little half glass of, uh, francy coppola peanut noir and, uh, I'm sipping on a little rich and robust roasted dandelion root double bagger. Uh, not backed by the fda, mind you, but neither is this album. You know, chris, that's right. Throw away the recommended steep time of three to five minutes. Oh no, we're going a solid 10 to 15 on this one. Really get the uh, the marination, the rich and robustness really needed to just detox ourselves from the struggles of life. Really dial in here with GNH in this sacred place to you know, extend and be present so.

Speaker 3:

I'm really excited, yeah, Okay well, yeah, Take it easy champ.

Speaker 7:

I mean, maybe sit the next couple plays out.

Speaker 3:

No, no, no no, no, in seriousness, I mean the mushrooms, though that's not. No, no, no, no, no, no, in seriousness, I mean the mushrooms, though that's not.

Speaker 6:

The ashwagandha is helping me not be offended, but yes, but it's not psychotropic or anything.

Speaker 3:

Right, it's just Right, it's just like a supplement, but the yeah, but the Francis Ford Coppola wine, that's.

Speaker 6:

Oh yeah, that was in there A little bit, a little, this A little uppers, a little downers, that's good, it's all right. A little wine with your meal. Lefters and writers.

Speaker 3:

Yeah, no, it sounds lovely.

Speaker 6:

Rich and robust, great, fantastic. Yeah, the drums on this and bass are superb. I mean, I think that's really what propels this forward.

Speaker 3:

I think, um I mean it's higher energy. It seems like they're trying to be positive. It's just sort of like it's trying to be.

Speaker 6:

It's a really uplifting kind of yes, exactly, I'm not sure you know what cracks the code and the mystery behind this band you know the authorities said you know best, leave it.

Speaker 3:

Let's dive right in, let's dive right in, because yeah. Well, I mean, this first song is Drum Trip, so it's like whoa, whoa, hey, whoa, hey. There we go.

Speaker 1:

I don't know what that is Technical difficulties it's technical.

Speaker 3:

But we've got this going. This is sort of coming to America kind of thing at the beginning.

Speaker 6:

Little Joshua, little Jericho, little ham and eggs.

Speaker 3:

Watch out for the griddles.

Speaker 7:

Your first drummer was John Stumpy.

Speaker 3:

Peeves John Stumpy, peeves Shout out to SmileTap.

Speaker 7:

Great Tall blonde peeps. John stumpy peeps shout out to smile. 10. Great three die. Tall blonde geek with glasses great drama great uh, good drama, great, look good drama. Yeah, this building, this building. Ah, good drama, right?

Speaker 6:

yeah, he died we're getting like kind of trippy in here. This is quite an intro of an album, don't you think? Yeah, there's like talking to that.

Speaker 3:

Quite an intro of an album, don't you think? Yeah, there's like talking to them.

Speaker 6:

What this is like some. Yeah, it's sort of like DMT stuff. He died in a bizarre gardening accident.

Speaker 3:

It's subliminal, like subliminal messages.

Speaker 6:

Oh gosh, they're giving it over to the record executives to put these in to control the masses. That's right. Yeah, it's bad.

Speaker 7:

It's really one of those things.

Speaker 3:

Best left unsolved.

Speaker 7:

You know the authorities said you know best, leave it Unsolved. You know the authorities said you know best, leave it Unsolved. And he was replaced by Stampy Joe Eric, stampy Joe. And what happened to Stampy Joe Eric, stampy Joe Child. It's not a very pleasant story, but he died. He choked on the official explanation, was he?

Speaker 1:

choked on vomit.

Speaker 3:

And you can't really dust for vomit.

Speaker 7:

You can't really dust for vomit, prove whose vomit it was.

Speaker 6:

You know, this is my number one so far. This is on your list already, yeah.

Speaker 7:

Yeah, festival, Jazz blues festival. Where was that Blues jazz? Really Blues jazz? Let's get it right, it was in the oil. I Love Lucy, yeah, I Love Lucy, and it was tragic really. He exploded on stage.

Speaker 3:

it just was like a flash of green light and that was it the I Love Lucy blues jazz festival and that was it the I Love.

Speaker 6:

Lucy Blues Jazz Festival. I love Lucy, it's true.

Speaker 7:

There's a little green globule on his drum seat, like a stain really. It was a small stain in a globule actually. You know several. You know dozens of people spontaneously combust each year.

Speaker 3:

Okay. I like how the music kind of got. It's kind of fading out right after that. All right now, this is Ecstasy. That's Peter Griffin on ecstasy.

Speaker 7:

Ah, this.

Speaker 5:

Ouch. Dude this is all the world's stuff.

Speaker 6:

It's rejecting our society.

Speaker 3:

It's like See the blisters growing. Everything here is fantastic.

Speaker 5:

No, oh man, the air is fantastic Malabar.

Speaker 7:

You gave all these hippies permission to be here.

Speaker 2:

Hippies out of Ramy.

Speaker 1:

Society is in goal. This is how you do it. He's Angle, Now backwards ride.

Speaker 6:

That was books. He's saying books there. Take away your continuous books, again and again, again.

Speaker 5:

World went and got itself in a big damn hurry.

Speaker 6:

Bass is excellent on this Bass and drums. Yeah, the bass is excellent on this bass and drums yeah, the bass is good how you doing that. How you doing that how you doing that bass. Good, shout out to Jack's Back Room. Maybe we should go there one day. Oh, that was their place. They started playing. Yeah, they were the house band.

Speaker 3:

Like when they performed in the 1990s. You don't feel it.

Speaker 6:

I wonder if there's I don't feel a fucking thing. A lot of powders and substances going around the floor. Yeah, probably.

Speaker 2:

Fuck, no, my jaw feels really bad. Yeah, probably what jaw? Yeah, that's the drugs. Drugs love a jaw.

Speaker 6:

Drugs love a jaw. Shout out to Seth Rogen. That's right when.

Speaker 3:

I was in college. Long shot. Yeah, no, I was in college in the early 90s. They used to call it ecstasy. It was like a new thing. It'd be like that guy's crossing sticks.

Speaker 6:

You know, like that yeah.

Speaker 1:

X Crossing sticks. Yeah, he's crossing sticks.

Speaker 3:

All right, that never caught on, though, like after that. Oh, who knows, maybe we can popularize it. But what are the chances? Everybody stops saying Bali and we're called back for crossing sticks.

Speaker 6:

It's a completely different compound now. Okay, I don't think it's split with so many things, it's like just a I don't know Way down. It's way down. Yeah, it's dark.

Speaker 3:

Okay, yeah.

Speaker 6:

I mean.

Speaker 3:

I've got greater life ambitions rather than remaining Molly.

Speaker 6:

But old Molly On a military that episode of family.

Speaker 3:

He's like taking his shirt off on the couch. He's like oh, brian, look at your ears, look at that how you doing that, how you doing that, how you doing, how you doing that, how you doing that, how you doing that, how you doing that? All right, okay, so that was Ecstasy. That was track number two. We're going to the next. This is Send Me On my Way. It's a way of life.

Speaker 6:

It's a way of life.

Speaker 3:

It's a way of looking at that wave and saying, hey, bud, let's party.

Speaker 6:

Shouts to Mr Hand Aloha Mr Hand.

Speaker 5:

Shout out to Mr Hand Aloha, mr Hand, oh, mr Hand, oh, mr Hand, oh Mr Hand. Well, pick me up with golden hand, mr Hand. Oh, Mr Hand, oh Mr Hand. Hey, for no particular reason, I decided to go for a little run. Well, I would like to hold my gun.

Speaker 6:

I've heard this song a million freaking times. It's like Toto in the background, like Africa, yeah. Hey man I'm good with like Nixon hit. Yeah, you ready, you ready to do it.

Speaker 3:

You know, nothing would make me happy.

Speaker 2:

Woohoo, you had me, and then you lost me, billy.

Speaker 3:

All right, there we go. All right, this is Cruel Son.

Speaker 5:

All right, why Okay? Okay, I mean I like the way this is starting.

Speaker 3:

It's a little bit more chill, sparse flutes.

Speaker 2:

As your attorney, I advise you to take a hit out of the little brown bottle in my shaving kit. You won't need much.

Speaker 5:

Nobody makes me bleed my own blood, nobody. Oh, separation with the shit they love.

Speaker 3:

I think the bass line's kind of weird, but in a good way.

Speaker 5:

Power plays while the people die, yeah that's good. Let it reign and protect us from this cruel sun Hippies.

Speaker 3:

This is some hippie stuff.

Speaker 5:

Fear and love. Fear is in the negative spectrum and protect us from this cruel sun. Open up your eyes.

Speaker 6:

It's Billy Burn, billy Burn.

Speaker 5:

Open up your eyes, your eyes, and let the child learn. The problem is, if you see one hippie, there's probably a whole lot more. You're not seeing Hippie.

Speaker 2:

it's out of rammy.

Speaker 5:

Hipp, mammy, hippie. The problem is, if you see one hippie, there's probably a whole lot more you're not seeing.

Speaker 7:

He just was like a flash of green light. I remember asking why. I remember asking why.

Speaker 5:

You're hurt. You're hurt real fucking bad. I remember asking why. I remember asking why.

Speaker 2:

But you ain't dying.

Speaker 6:

I kind of like this. This is definitely on my list. Listen to the bass on this one and the little oh man that was that good yeah, that's, this is good why is everybody so tense? It's a party.

Speaker 1:

That was good.

Speaker 3:

SNL Ryan Gosling.

Speaker 6:

Santa Baby, that's right.

Speaker 2:

Cuisinart this is beautiful.

Speaker 3:

This is called like my love pump.

Speaker 6:

Babusha Braga, oh oh.

Speaker 5:

Oh.

Speaker 6:

Drop it down, drop it down, oh Bass and guitar in unity here, yeah.

Speaker 5:

Say blah, say blah.

Speaker 6:

Say blah.

Speaker 3:

You know, what I want to give a shout out to is the producer. Yeah, the producer did a good job.

Speaker 6:

This is definitely worth re-listening to again. Yeah, bill Bottrell, I like the second one.

Speaker 3:

Bottrell Batro. Okay, cruel silence. This is easy deeper and deeper way down. They're doing a pretty good job going down, coming back up, yeah. They're doing a pretty good job going down, come back up, yeah.

Speaker 5:

Yeah, why I Does one Care only the small man. Why I Does one Care only the small man? Think we're no, yes, we're no. Think we're no, no, no. What the fuck is he talking about?

Speaker 6:

I can't hear what he's saying. Yeah me either.

Speaker 3:

Open up your eyes and let the child learn, so you have like really big eyes.

Speaker 6:

Open up your eyes, your eyes, and let the child run.

Speaker 2:

I'm not gonna give you the light. I'm gonna show you the light.

Speaker 5:

Take rise and shine campers. Let it rain. Western Pennsylvania, let it rain the western Pennsylvania Ain't that gross tech dogs From this cruel sun, I'm gonna teach you.

Speaker 1:

I'm gonna teach you, and I bet you might teach me a little something also. Let it rain. The western Pennsylvania.

Speaker 5:

Ain't that gross tech dogs From this cruel?

Speaker 6:

sun. This is great. Yeah, this is that steep time I'm talking about. Yeah, shout out to the tea drinkers. Yeah, shout out to the tea drinkers, let that dandelion root just get to you. Okay, this is kind of Eddie Vedder, pearl Jam-esque, almost. It's like Pearl Jam mixed with. It's like cold Pearl Jam. Yeah, cold Pearl Jam. Protect us from this cruel storm.

Speaker 1:

Attention campers. Lunch has been cancelled today due to lack of hustle.

Speaker 3:

Deal with it. Alright, that was Cruel Son, Alright so next one coming up Cat Turned Blue. Alright. What do we do?

Speaker 2:

Meow, I kind of look a little silly and my feelings are hurt.

Speaker 6:

Well, thank you, saul, I like this. This is good. Yeah, catcher in Blue, the bongos for me.

Speaker 5:

What is that? You say you got a whistle in the wind. Yeah, go down, go down, go down, way down. Feel for me, darling, feel for you.

Speaker 6:

Feel your feelings okay. Yeah, Feel your feelings okay. These guys are good. You know they're playing in sync, they're playing together, it's decent, it's tolerable.

Speaker 3:

Playing in sync, playing together. It's decent.

Speaker 6:

It's tolerable. So apparently a lot of people think this is about an overdose. But Michael Golbicki thinks it's ambiguous and he lets people infer into the meaning.

Speaker 3:

Yeah, it's very general. The words are not specific, he doesn't feel the need to make it make literal sense yeah, it's something that you internalize, you just take like the general idea applies to you in your specific situation. Right it Right, you're supposed to connect with it in that way.

Speaker 6:

Just take it whatever direction you want Way down, way down.

Speaker 3:

Way down Blue down. One thing I do appreciate about these songs is that they're not too long.

Speaker 5:

They're only like a report Right.

Speaker 2:

Yes, yes, all the whole. Oh no, yes, the whole railway. And I was holding my cat and we were going up and the whole. Oh no, yes, the whole railway. And I was holding my cat and we were going up and the whole. Oh my God, the whole goddamn thing went into a flip out and it flipped and bent the whole railing and it must have gotten caught on the carpet on the stairs.

Speaker 6:

Thank you, saul. Thanks for calling in, that's good. You got to wish the little witch again yeah, take it easy, champ, Take it easy, champ, take it easy.

Speaker 7:

Your cat Maybe sit. The next couple plays out.

Speaker 3:

Didn't George, like the Seinfeld, get in a fight over, like when the girl that he dated said that he owed her a cat or something. Oh yeah, it's like she was going to die anyway. I mean, if you just got her, I mean, yeah, okay, spring for a new cat.

Speaker 2:

You is. Take this fine cassava melon over to him, show him what you got, but don't let him have it. Yeah.

Speaker 6:

George and Foghorn would get along, I think, I think so.

Speaker 3:

That would be a weird combination actually. Yeah, Guy from Manhattan in the 90s with a cartoon rooster from like I don't know when. Do you think Foghorn Leghorn's from Like North Carolina, alabama, alabama.

Speaker 5:

All right, he's from.

Speaker 3:

Alabama Chicken from Alabama.

Speaker 1:

I think it's on George. George is the answer. George is the answer, george is the answer.

Speaker 6:

What movie is this? Fat Camp, fat Camp.

Speaker 1:

Yeah, western Pennsylvania. What movie is this? Fat Camp, fat Camp. Yeah, I'm going to teach you.

Speaker 3:

I think you're going to teach me too.

Speaker 1:

And I bet you might teach me something also.

Speaker 5:

Oh, beautiful people, Rest you on down there, rest you on down there, do it, do it, daddy what.

Speaker 3:

There are a lot of songs about daddies that are not hits Like. I think it was like oh daddy, I'm not Sleep with me. It was like oh daddy.

Speaker 5:

Fleetwood Mac. What is going on? Here, Maybe Peter.

Speaker 6:

Griffin can harmonize with them.

Speaker 5:

I'm talking about addiction, shame.

Speaker 1:

Shame.

Speaker 5:

This is like about suicide Leave a note and tell me. Leave a note and tell me why let's sing about suicide? Leave a note and tell me. Leave a note and tell me why, why, why.

Speaker 3:

Why, oh beautiful people, Nancy yeah, it's not against the law to have no class like us, Nancy yeah it's not against the law To have no class like us, nancy.

Speaker 6:

Talk amongst yourselves, oh god.

Speaker 3:

I wonder if Nancy Kerrigan is a fan of.

Speaker 6:

Rusted Roots. I think she would like Oxidize St. Okay yeah, they're another 90s band that. Oh yeah, that's right. Oxidized stem. It's a good one.

Speaker 5:

Your home, go home you're too good Fear is in the negative energy spectrum and love is in the positive energy spectrum.

Speaker 6:

Thank you, Mrs Farmer. Oh, oh I can't tell if I like this one or not. That much.

Speaker 3:

I wonder if that's Jen Wertz or.

Speaker 6:

Liz Berlin both of them and Mike.

Speaker 3:

I wonder if a stripper's ever done a routine with a song. You know, like, how they play with a song? Okay, that was team with the song. You know, like, how they play it with the song? Okay, that was yeah. I don't know how I feel about that. Let's put a pin in that one. This is Martyr. These are all non-hits, except the big one that we just skipped over.

Speaker 2:

Everything here is fantastic.

Speaker 6:

It is. I think you know we're back. We're back here. All right, here's happy days are here again. This one Happy days.

Speaker 3:

I like this one.

Speaker 6:

Yeah, this is fine. Hippies are talking about horizons again. Yeah, there's a lot of crawling references as well. Yeah, I wonder what that's all about.

Speaker 3:

It's a metaphor for something.

Speaker 6:

Air river Are we seeing a theme here? Horizons, I guess.

Speaker 5:

Yeah, it's a way of life, a hobby, it's a way of looking at that wave and saying, hey, bud, let's party.

Speaker 3:

This should be happy, but something about it seems kind of manic. Oh, okay.

Speaker 6:

Interesting.

Speaker 3:

It doesn't feel authentic.

Speaker 5:

All right, could have used a little more cowbell.

Speaker 3:

Yeah, maybe that's what it was.

Speaker 6:

It wasn't a cowbell Air. He's talking about air now.

Speaker 5:

It's tolerable. Thank you, Kramer. Kramer thinks it's tolerable. Thank you, Kramer.

Speaker 6:

Kramer thinks it's tolerable. I could see him like being on tour with Rusted Root. Kramer loves Rusted Root, he thinks he is. Oh yeah.

Speaker 2:

I like the music. Call the fire department. This was out of control.

Speaker 6:

They're going over the top on this one. Yeah, what are they saying? How long should we play the martyr? How long should we play the martyr?

Speaker 1:

How long should we play the martyr. How long should we play the martyr?

Speaker 6:

I don't know. Why does he have to say it like that? I'm sorry, yeah, no, yeah, I don't think Brian Ferry would like Rustin Root. I don't know. There's some people that this might not be for everybody. Whoa, we got a peeping Tom situation.

Speaker 3:

Well, you can do like a lot of dancing and this kind of thing, like it's more interactive.

Speaker 5:

Hey Rise and.

Speaker 7:

Shine campers. Good drama, great look, good drama yeah.

Speaker 3:

This is like the third most played song Really On this album. Yeah, next to Send Me On the Way and Next to See Me. Hippies out around me, hip mammy hippies. This song's called Rain.

Speaker 7:

Oh yeah, it just was like a flash of green light.

Speaker 3:

This might be.

Speaker 6:

This is John Bynum, oh yeah, oh, he plays the flute and penny whistle. Shout out to John Bynum, bynac Bynum, yeah.

Speaker 3:

Banjo with harmonicas. It's all over this.

Speaker 6:

In the bottom, joe banjo harmonicas. It's all over this, joe, all drama, joe, sleepy joe.

Speaker 3:

Joe, our drummer, joe Sleepy, joe, scott Yards, you can't really dust for Bob.

Speaker 5:

Hey, hey, you're gonna blow my horn. Hey, hey, you're gonna blow down your head. Hey, hey, you're gonna blow my horn.

Speaker 2:

Reckless, we're back.

Speaker 7:

Could've used a little more cowbell.

Speaker 3:

This is getting better. I'm not gonna give you a light. I'm not going to give you a light.

Speaker 2:

I'm going to show you the light. Yeehaw.

Speaker 6:

Riding rope bonkos.

Speaker 3:

It's still a little bit eerie.

Speaker 5:

Rain, rain, rain, rain, rain, rain, rain, rain, rain, rain, rain, rain, rain, rain, rain, rain, rain, rain, rain, rain, rain, rain, rain, rain, rain, rain, rain rain rain, rain, rain, rain.

Speaker 3:

I'm happy to talk to you. That's good.

Speaker 7:

We'll hide her. Prove who's from the good words A festival, jazz, blues festival, blues jazz really, blues jazz festival, jazz blues festival, blues jazz really Blues jazz festival.

Speaker 6:

Alright, okay, it's going up a notch here.

Speaker 5:

For no particular reason, I decided to go for the little runner there.

Speaker 6:

Shout out to the runners.

Speaker 3:

Shout out to the walkers too. If you're out there walking, you're moving at least right.

Speaker 6:

Shout out to the movers and shakers Get on that treadmill, Break out the old shake weight.

Speaker 3:

That is true. Shout out to the shake waiters. Alright. Next one food and creative love. I think we liked this one earlier yeah, this is good. I think one of the females sings on this one Liz or Jen Walton, I don't know get some food, get some cassava melon, get some cassava melon, get some.

Speaker 1:

Leap from those wounds, okay, oh, yeah, I, I wanna hear, yeah, yeah yeah, leap from the wounds.

Speaker 5:

Leap from the wounds, leap from the wounds of your friends Up here in the ear, here, here. Leap from the wounds, leap from the wounds of your fears. Fear, leap from the wounds. Leap from the wounds. Leap from the wounds of your fears.

Speaker 1:

Fear. It's tolerable Ah.

Speaker 2:

Look at the meatloaf.

Speaker 3:

That is creative. I could use a little more cowbell. They're going up-tempo now.

Speaker 5:

Let's cut it to blue. Let me again. Here he comes again.

Speaker 3:

Ah, oh yeah, it's too bad. Actually, it's like the cocaine is kicking in for them.

Speaker 5:

I want to hear you. We get some meatloaf. All I want is food. All I want is food. All I want is food. All I want is food. All I want is food. All I want is food. All I want is food. All I want is food and creative love. All I want is food. All I want is food. All I want is food and creative love. Attention campers All I want is food and creative love. All I want is food and creative love. All I want is food and creative love. All I want is food and creative love. All I want is food and creative love. Lunch has been cancelled today.

Speaker 1:

Today do the Latin hustle. Deal with it.

Speaker 2:

Hey Rise and Shine campers. I.

Speaker 3:

Hold your hand. There's no lack of hustle in this song.

Speaker 5:

Call the fire department. What is going on right now? I do look away, hit the ground, but I'm starting to blow but I'm starting to blow what is going on right now.

Speaker 3:

I, I, I want to hear you.

Speaker 2:

I think he's saying all I want is food. I want to hear you.

Speaker 5:

As your attorney.

Speaker 2:

Lift off the walls.

Speaker 5:

Lift off the walls, lift off, hit out of the little brown bottle in my shaving kit. Love. All I want is food and creative love. All I want is food and creative love.

Speaker 2:

All I want is food and creative love, oh fuck okay, all right boo-hoo, you had me and then you lost me, billy.

Speaker 3:

Shout out to Phil Hartman this is Lost in a Crowd.

Speaker 6:

Okay, I like this one so far. Very poppy, poppy world.

Speaker 5:

The bass is popping here and there a little bit it's going up and down.

Speaker 3:

I like that Some good barbershop. Kind of like playing with the tempo. I like that yeah.

Speaker 6:

You need to change it up a little bit bend the rules. Yeah, I think they can even slow it down even more, but I don't think the drummer's going to let them. Yeah, they're like, you know what I mean. Sometimes the band needs to slow down and the drummer's always freaking out. Well, so he's yeah, drive freaking out well.

Speaker 3:

The timekeeping mechanism of the band had a flip out.

Speaker 2:

Yeah, they had a flippin out.

Speaker 6:

It's just like take it easy, jim. Yeah, maybe sit the next couple plays out A little less drumming. Yeah, oh, they've got like seven drummers over here, so it's like what are you going to do? Good, little bend there. Yeah, let's get guitar player. I would like to see more. He plays like almost of a rhythm solo here Instead of an outright Van.

Speaker 2:

Halen Acoustic yeah like a.

Speaker 6:

Well, it's acoustic here, right.

Speaker 5:

I really like the bass.

Speaker 3:

Patrick Norm. I think he's still with the band. I think it's Patrick Norman and Liz Brunetti Glubicki are still in the three.

Speaker 6:

They're in for the long haul here. Oh nice this is cool.

Speaker 3:

Yes, I do like this. It's been at the Jazz Blues Festival, the I Love Lucy Blues Jazz Festival.

Speaker 5:

A festival, a jazz blues festival. Oh, it's that, it's that Blues jazz really. It's a jazz festival. Oh yeah, Yesterday. I was lost, oh yeah. And you kicked me Some food.

Speaker 6:

Food again. Yeah, talking about food. You know To be here with you oh nice.

Speaker 2:

Oh, my gosh Skid piece here the bar goes.

Speaker 7:

It's a little green Globule on his drum seat. It was a small Globule actually. Dozens of people spontaneously Get busted each year.

Speaker 6:

You almost spontaneously combusted on that song A little globule. So it's called laugh as the sun okay no, anyway okay jeez, that's, that's chong right, that is chong, okay, this is good, chong in. Okay, this is good, you're like reaffirming yourself.

Speaker 1:

No, I do.

Speaker 6:

I like this.

Speaker 3:

I'm trying to see the pause.

Speaker 6:

I like their edge. No, I like their edge in some of these songs. Sometimes it gets over the top a little too happy.

Speaker 3:

Yeah, there's something like inauthentic about it. I don't know what it is?

Speaker 6:

I feel like they're. Have you ever heard of who? Is it A Beats Antique? You ever heard of Beats Antique? You ever heard of Beats Antique? No, they've got a lot of this kind of stuff going on Like a world music yes, world, but they jam more. They take it to these sort of more world instruments even.

Speaker 5:

Never did run, never did hide when you see your bright light shine, but when you're still, the moment comes for life as the sun, bright and loud, ha ha ha. Yes, for life as the sun Life, as the snow Life, as the sun Life, as the snow Life, as the sun Life, as the snow Life, as the sun Life as the snow, oh yeah, a lot of good percussion going on.

Speaker 3:

Oh thanks, it always happens at the end of the album I start to like this stuff. You know, like right after a while it's sort of once you get deeper and deeper. Yeah, it gets deeper and deeper.

Speaker 6:

This also sounds like um, but I laughed at what's up in the bright morning spangle. It's an english dj that kind of plays these kind of world DMT jam like training club yeah, usually a club setting People are out there. Man, okay, everybody's wearing flowy tie-dye clothes. There's dancers and fire dancers oh yeah, I can just see it. Yeah, there's dancers and fire dancers. Oh yeah, I can just see it. Yeah, shout out to the fire dancers out there. Yeah, the fire dancers with the big eyes.

Speaker 5:

So you have like really big eyes, and that freaks me out sometimes. Thank you.

Speaker 3:

That's true. People get all buggy-eyed, don't they?

Speaker 6:

At these shows.

Speaker 3:

yes, yeah now I've got to go see these guys. Whoa, I could see this to be.

Speaker 2:

I see how they have a following America, don't you? The food is great, but the public service is terrible.

Speaker 5:

I get so nervous when the spirit Thank you, George Carlin. I can't wait till that bright light shines in. It's the light.

Speaker 6:

Go towards the light. I can't wait to see your bright light shine light, go towards the light.

Speaker 5:

Yes, life as a silver bone, life as a silver bone, life as a silver bone, life as a silver bone Life as a silver bone.

Speaker 2:

I want you to hold on to God's unchanging hand, cause it helped Joshua fight the battle of Jericho. Yes, it helped Daniel get out of the lion's den.

Speaker 6:

This is tense.

Speaker 5:

Yeah. Why is everybody so tense? Life by the sun.

Speaker 2:

Life by the sun yes well, life by the sun, life by the sun, Life by the sun. Hey hell, get off the island. Oh, Daniel, get out the lines. Then, Mac, let's go back. Help your code.

Speaker 3:

Sorry, who was that? Daniel, get out the lines then Get off the island.

Speaker 2:

It's a party, Daniel. Get out the lion's den.

Speaker 3:

Oh, this is like a sitar.

Speaker 6:

Oh, let it steep here. Oh yes, yeah, that's a good ending. I like that. It's all weird.

Speaker 2:

He'll kill again. Get off the island, okay.

Speaker 3:

All right, so now this is called Infinite Tambura. This is this. Oh, I kind of like this. This is the least downloaded song on the album, but it's only a minute 53.

Speaker 2:

It's that palate cleanser in there. Ah, that feels. That feels better.

Speaker 6:

Focus on your breath. Focus on your breath.

Speaker 3:

Gradually let the horseshit of the external world fade from your awareness. Let's play a little more of that. I want to hear a little Peter Good.

Speaker 5:

Ah, these clothes.

Speaker 3:

Way down. That's kind of cool.

Speaker 2:

How you doing that. How you doing that.

Speaker 3:

Okay, this song this is the last one it's called Back to the Earth. This has the fourth highest downloads.

Speaker 1:

Okay, okay.

Speaker 5:

I'm feeling this Back to the earth. I scream now no one listens to me. Back to the earth. I live now For love. Like I'm a commercial, my word, my word. Like I'm a commercial, my word, my word.

Speaker 6:

See my word, my word. I really get the throat chakras on this one. Sing along at home if you're aware of who you are.

Speaker 5:

If you're too good for your home, then you might be somewhere else, that's true.

Speaker 6:

Wow, I like that little whimper.

Speaker 3:

Yeah, okay, changing it up now. I was hoping it wasn't going to be Come See my World for Five Minutes.

Speaker 6:

Oh, this is like a vocal jam. They probably do a vocal jam on this one.

Speaker 3:

Well, it sounds like it's going in that direction, doesn't it?

Speaker 5:

Back to the earth. I feel it. Back to the earth, I'm hoping. Back to the earth. I'm falling Back to the earth. I'm feeling.

Speaker 6:

Back to the earth. I'm falling Back to the earth.

Speaker 3:

Okay, Back to the earth. I'm falling. Is that high? Is that space? Maybe Are you seeing something.

Speaker 6:

What the fuck is he talking about?

Speaker 3:

That was me. I didn't know what the fuck I was talking about. I don't know what he's talking about either. What?

Speaker 6:

I don't know, I kind of love his Whoa wait Alright, kind of love is Whoa wait.

Speaker 1:

All right, it's tolerable. Yes.

Speaker 6:

So he was talking about daddy earlier. Now he's talking about mama. Many divisions of me.

Speaker 3:

Right my way, right my way. Come see my world. They're just like repeating different mattresses.

Speaker 6:

Right, this one's making me a little nauseous. Yeah, we're starting to get a drum circle and you can't dust for a bomb.

Speaker 3:

You want to ride it out? We got another minute.

Speaker 6:

Okay, let's ride it out, let's see if it does anything.

Speaker 3:

Yeah, no, it's doing the same thing. Yeah, it's like an Eddie Vedder world music.

Speaker 6:

A little call and response maybe going on here. It's very technical, it's technical, it's around and round Going around.

Speaker 3:

Oh yeah, All right, we got through it. Oh. Okay, All right. So what are you thinking, man?

Speaker 6:

Okay, who's going?

Speaker 3:

number three what's yours?

Speaker 6:

I was just levitating nauseously. But now, okay, I have to choose here. I'm going to go Laugh at the Sun.

Speaker 3:

Number three Laugh as the sun. Laugh as the sun. Yes.

Speaker 6:

Honorable mention to martyryr and food and creative love. Yeah, I think. Well, that's my number three. I was gonna.

Speaker 3:

I'm going food and creative love For my number three. Okay, yeah, cause I liked Her voice and it just took a different direction. It was a completely different Female singer.

Speaker 6:

Yeah pace.

Speaker 3:

You know. I mean Relative to the rest of the album. Okay, so, it was a standout to me, so that's my number three.

Speaker 6:

Yeah, um, I like the uh it's x. Ecstasy is a hit right. Ecstasy and send me on my way how do you think it is? I was gonna say, I've heard ecstTC on the radio.

Speaker 3:

I have too.

Speaker 6:

That is a hit yeah, let's let's nix that yeah, those two just out of, because that probably would be my number one if it wasn't a hit, but I'm going to go. Number two Cat Turned Blue it's kind of dark and, like you know, it does a little flip out. No, it's good, it's a good song. It is a good song For what they do. Cat Turned Blue.

Speaker 3:

Okay, Shout out to my number two is going to be Drum Trip.

Speaker 2:

Oh what.

Speaker 6:

No way.

Speaker 3:

Despite the fact that we've been ragging on drum circles this whole time. I think they did it pretty well and I kind of like it was kind of weird and it had sort of like this ominous kind of a.

Speaker 6:

The record label. It was like driving. Yeah, I either. Like Satanic messages in the background yeah, maybe.

Speaker 3:

I'm brainwashed. Yeah, they're messing with my head. They're making me think that it's a good song.

Speaker 6:

It really is, we're just going to glaze over that Cruel Son is my number one.

Speaker 3:

Oh, okay.

Speaker 6:

That's just. It's great. I mean it's top of the album, it's on the first side, it's high energy. It's got good r album. It's on the first side, it's high energy. It's got good riffs, good bass line, okay, yeah, I really like the structure of this album in general. I think they did a good job putting it together, the producers and all the world instruments?

Speaker 6:

Yeah, it was well done. In that regard, I will say yeah, if you're listening to this band, maybe find some similar bands and put some of their non-hits on a playlist with other non-hits of other sort of world music. To round it out, Put some Ravi Shankar in there something like that.

Speaker 3:

Yeah, I was going to do a. What the fuck is he talking about?

Speaker 4:

But yeah, I you brought back the rabbit thing and he saved it, so that's good all right. Can I get my number one?

Speaker 3:

yeah, yes, yes uh, yeah, no, so uh, well, yeah, okay, you know I'm, I think I'm gonna go cruel, son as well yes, all right put that, yeah, I was gonna, maybe I was. Cat turned blue was a great song. Lost in a crowd was good. I don't think either of us picked that one. Oh and Laugh as the Sun is a really good song too.

Speaker 6:

Those two as blocks, I think Okay, yeah.

Speaker 3:

They felt like blocks, because one leads into the other. But, yeah, cruel Son was a standout, so I'm going to say that's my number one as well.

Speaker 6:

Nice, all right. Oxidized stem is coming up next, oh is it Okay?

Speaker 3:

Yeah, let's do it, man. Another one, keep tuning in, check us out. Thanks everybody for listening. Like us All right, take care Bye.

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