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Burning Sensations — Belly Of The Whale
Album: Belly Of The Whale
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Released: 1981
Length: 4:56
Plays (last 30 days): 1
A nice breeze blows in
whenever the big fella
cracks a grin
And when the time and the pace is right,
we sit down,
sip some bouillabaisse

Ahhh, I've gonna have me
a little fun
I've got a candle, I can get
a lot of reading done

Somewhere the sun is shining
(Shining, shining, shining)
On this world
but not for me
Two lovers' hearts a-rising
(Rising, rising, rising, rising)
Oh, how long before I'm free?

Ah, yes, I...
Feel like Jonah
in the belly of the whale
I get so lonely
in the belly of the whale

(Oh, oh, oh-oh-oh-oh)
Yeah, I feel like Jonah
in the belly of the whale
(Oh, oh, oh-oh-oh-oh)
And I say now,
if we swim faster
(we're sure to come back)


Ahhh, you didn't please everyone
Got thrown off the boat
before the trip was done
So with a smile on your face,
you disappeared
without a trace
(Whoo)

Ahhh, I've gonna have us
a little fun
(Wow, down, down, down)
I've got a candle, we can get
a lot of reading done

Somewhere the sun is shining
(Shining, shining, shining)
On this world
but not for me
Two lovers' hearts a-rising
(Rising, rising, rising, rising)
Oh, how long before I'm free?

Ah, yes, I...
Feel like Jonah
in the belly of the whale
Gotta keep my head up now
if I wanna come back
It gets so lonely
in the belly of the whale
You wanna know you belong here
but you've only got trapped
Hey!

(Oh, oh, oh-oh-oh-oh)
Don't you feel like Jonah
in the belly of the whale?
(Oh, oh, oh-oh-oh-oh)
But I say now,
if we swim faster
(we're sure to come back)

Come back, come back,
come back, come back, come back, come...



Somewhere the sun is shining
On this world
but not for me
Two lovers' hearts a-rising
(Rising, rising, rising, rising)
Oh, how long before I'm free?

Ah, yes, I...
(Yes I, yes I, yes I, yes I, yes I, yes I...)

I feel like Jonah
in the belly of the whale
Gotta keep my head up now
if I wanna come back
I get so lonely
in the belly of the whale
You wanna know you belong here
yet you've only got trapped

(Oh, oh, oh-oh-oh-oh)
Yeah, it feels like Jonah
in the belly of the whale
(Oh, oh, oh-oh-oh-oh)
Did I tell you now?
If we swim faster
(we're sure to come back)

Come back, come back, come back, come back, come back...

Uh-oh, uh-oh, uh-oh, uh-oh, uh-oh-oh
Whoooooooo-whoo
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Time to go guys...you've worn out your welcome here...
 DrLex wrote:

I came here just because I thought I had heard “bouillabaisse” and I thought: “nobody sings about bouillabaisse, this must be a mondegreen. I was wrong.



This made me crack up.  thanks!
I was 15 when this came out and XRT in Chicago was playing it and loved it.  I just turned 55 and still love it.  One of those songs that just take me back to my youth at that time.  
Edit: Everything I can find says it was released in 1983
I just found a release of this song on Qobuz - May 27 2020 - that is a better mastering than this one. Nice!
The more I hear this, the more I like it!!  Thank You RP!
Excellent!!! I never heard of them before. Thank You RP!
More Strummer plz.
I came here just because I thought I had heard “bouillabaisse” and I thought: “nobody sings about bouillabaisse, this must be a mondegreen.”
I was wrong.
listening to it before seeing the lyrics I kept hearing, "I get so lonely with a baby on the way . . ." which didn't make a lot of sense. 
 Felix_The_Cat wrote:
Strummer called. He wants his style back
 
Lol
 Felix_The_Cat wrote:
Strummer called. He wants his style back
 

I hear some old time Bahamian rhythms  but that's obscure stuff.


Strummer called. He wants his style back
 Far wrote:
Sounds a bit like Joe Strummer
 

Didn't you hear...He is ALL the way back.
I hear Dave Wakeling and the late Ranking Roger as the English Beat.
My introduction to this song is a cover of it by Fighting Gravity. 

It's nice to hear the original, for reference.
 caazbroker wrote:
Wow almost 30 years ago when this song came out!

 I saw them at a bar in Santa Monica - that couldn't have held 75 people - but everybody was dancing like crazy to this song!
 
I was probably there.
 kcar wrote:


The beginning made me think it was Michael Lindley...
 I'm pretty sure you meant David Lindley (El Rayo-X), but yeah, I heard that too.
c.

 Far wrote:
Sounds a bit like Joe Strummer
 

The beginning made me think it was Michael Lindley...
 Jeff_Guinn wrote:

I lived in Manhattan beach at the same time, right on the edge of KNAC's range.  Norm McBride and Big Rick were two of the best DJ's ever.  I still suffer PTSD from the day KNAC went heavy metal.
 

Lived in Santa Monica listening to the same.  KNAC.  I still have some cassettes I recorded off their site when they did the "Top 105 1/2" songs of the year on New Years Eve.  
Thanks for the memories, John
 Far wrote:
Sounds a bit like Joe Strummer

 
My first thoughts too.
 Stephenater wrote:

That's awesome, Steve!

I lived in Orange County from '83 - '86.  Enjoyed this on KNAC "105.5 FM, Rock N Rhythm Radio":)

 
I lived in Manhattan beach at the same time, right on the edge of KNAC's range.  Norm McBride and Big Rick were two of the best DJ's ever.  I still suffer PTSD from the day KNAC went heavy metal.
 Steve wrote:
So cool to hear a tune I uploaded nearly 16 years ago! {#Bananajam}

Thanks Bill!

 
That's awesome, Steve!

I lived in Orange County from '83 - '86.  Enjoyed this on KNAC "105.5 FM, Rock N Rhythm Radio":)
Sounds a bit like Joe Strummer
So cool to hear a tune I uploaded nearly 16 years ago! {#Bananajam}

Thanks Bill!
I had the burning sensations back in the eighties, but penicillin took care of them. {#Dancingbanana_2}
 jarcampbell wrote:
May be one of the very best one hit wonders ever!  Every time I hear this song, I must stop and immerse myself in it.    A great combination of rocking, reflective, and comedic.  Amazing.

 
+1.  And it is musically interesting to escape the dreaded novelty song moniker...
May be one of the very best one hit wonders ever!  Every time I hear this song, I must stop and immerse myself in it.    A great combination of rocking, reflective, and comedic.  Amazing.
 1wolfy wrote:
memories— this song was released- I had an apartment on the beach (Redondo)...I taped this off of MTV on a VHS tape..
 
MTVHS!   mmm, Martha Quinn...

 ziggytrix wrote:
Roller rink song!!  {#Dance}
Yes!

Love this song. Anybody know if their other stuff is as good, or if this is their one hitand then fade to black?
memories— this song was released- I had an apartment on the beach (Redondo)...I taped this off of MTV on a VHS tape..


Roller rink song!!  {#Dance}
 rmcc wrote:
Absolutely love the Burning Sensations.  Wish I still had their EP.
 
You like having a burning sensation?!?!

Absolutely love the Burning Sensations.  Wish I still had their EP.
 northturner wrote:
I can't find this song available for download anywhere.   Can anyone help me?  I heard for the first time in 15 years and I can't get it out of my head. Thanks!  D
 
https://www.google.com/search?sourceid=navclient&ie=UTF-8&rlz=1T4ADBR_enUS293US293&q=%2b%22Burning+Sensations%22+%2b%22Belly+Of+The+Whale%22+%2bmp3+-lyrics
Wow almost 30 years ago when this song came out!

 I saw them at a bar in Santa Monica - that couldn't have held 75 people - but everybody was dancing like crazy to this song!

Some friend gave me a mixed cassette tape and I loved this song but could never figure it out.  It seems to be best played at volume 10 only.  Rock on RP!


I can't find this song available for download anywhere.   Can anyone help me?  I heard for the first time in 15 years and I can't get it out of my head. Thanks!  D
I think a cover of this was on the Veggie Tales Jonah movie.
 skyguy wrote:

and then "sex on Fire"{#Smile}
 
 
 HarrO wrote:
Love the name. Burning Sensations. Maybe we could follow this one up with Frank Zappa's "Why Does It Hurt When I Pee"?

 
and then "sex on Fire"{#Smile}
worth a bump

 
Merlyn wrote:
Hello radio paradise peops
thank you for your very outstanding comments about a song and a band I played Keyboards with since it's inception and through its 3 Reincarnations 1982-1990 I just heard the Tune on Kroq Last week
My Theroy is
Whenever the weather is just right somewhere the sun is shining and the song plays
uplifting most people that line up to it
Peace and Pure fast vibrations Mb
 


Yeah, 80s summertime fluff.  I mean that as a compliment!!  {#Dancingbanana}

Now let's see, as I recall this band splintered out of the Motels. I had the vinyl back in the day and it's great to hear this cut again.
 
Wow...Bruce Springsteen's sound on acid.  I kinda like it.  6/10
Love the name. Burning Sensations. Maybe we could follow this one up with Frank Zappa's "Why Does It Hurt When I Pee"?

 heyjoe3577 wrote:
This reminds me of some cheesy 80's movie's ending credits song.
 

I could've sworn you were right. This song is so quintessentially 80's  it had to have been used in an 80's movie.

Close, but no cigar. This song wasn't used in a cheesy 80's movie, but another one of their songs was. From Wikipedia:

The group is best known for its MTV hit "Belly of the Whale", and for covering the Jonathan Richman song "Pablo Picasso", which was included in both the 1984 film and soundtrack of director Alex Cox's Repo Man starring Harry Dean Stanton and Emilio Estevez.



 lazylemming wrote:
i remember loving this music video as a kid... i guess i'm dating myself when i admit to actually watching music videos on MTV!
 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aeqCqxhxLtc
YAY!   I can't tell you how surprised I am to hear this!  I have this on an 80s mix tape I made... I still love it.
 jktravl wrote:
havent heard this in decades! I thought I was the only one who bought this back then....Ok they sold 2 copies.
 
A buddy of mine and myself actually bought tickets to see them in a club in Santa Monica around '84... and we both had the record so that puts them up to 4!


How Clash of them. . .

never did see the video b4 living without a TV for so many years.....looked it up on youtube and cracked up.....found out it's from 1983 instead of '79....a few years kinda ran together there for me....
i remember loving this music video as a kid... i guess i'm dating myself when i admit to actually watching music videos on MTV!
wow...what a flashback!....to the late 70's maybe..... in San fran. didn't think ANYONE else out there had this....
windhorse wrote:
Sounds like a bad imitation of David Byrne.. Talking Heads gone astray...
More like Joe Strummer--espy when he doing his growling delivery.
This was on my fave mix tape in hi skool
windhorse wrote:
Sounds like a bad imitation of David Byrne.. Talking Heads gone astray...
I definetely have to agree!
When I hear this I just picture a bunch of drunken college guys singing this on the Gong Show. Ridiculous, but what great fun.
If this is what it sounds like in the belly of the whale, it can't be half bad.
havent heard this in decades! I thought I was the only one who bought this back then....Ok they sold 2 copies.
Sounds like a bad imitation of David Byrne.. Talking Heads gone astray...
Is there a quick way to see who uploaded a particular song from the web interface?
Nuevo wavo from beyond the grave. Muy excellent!
This takes me back. I spun this a few times on the air DJing at a college station in Keene, NH. What a fun time. The station\'s tagline was \"WKNH, it\'s not sex, but it will do\". LOL.
This reminds me of some cheesy 80's movie's ending credits song. This gets a 2 from me; I didn't barf (yet) from it.
The bad thing of being eclectic is that songs like this one have its space in.
Reminds me of vintage MTV
please, please can someone tell me how i can get a cd or mp3 of this tune - i have looked and can't find? thanks!!
This is one of those few reggae based pop songs that I really like!
Thank goodness renlat's gone. Now, let's really party!
renlat wrote:
Just a word to say goodbye. I quit RP for the day. Talking Heads and this one within an hour makes me sick.
Just a word to say goodbye. I quit RP for the day. Talking Heads and this one within an hour makes me sick.
I have 4 cassette tapes (KROQ) from 1981 that is full of jems and this is one of them! Monkeysdad wrote:
Don't forget too, Kurt, that they were simulcast on AM radio too, right up until late '78. I came back from 3 months in EU and good tunes were gone in my Vega! They'd shut it down while I was off having fun.
boring hippie music
Excellent choice!
One of my all-time favorite songs -- what a rare treat to hear this obscure track on RP. -Synth80s
I'm having a burning sensation right now!
Kurt_from_La_Qui wrote:
kroq... back in the day... i'm talking waaaaayyyyyyyyy back.... '75 thats 1975! they seemed like they really didn't know what to play! they were great! they played elton john! little feat! frank zappa! the mystic nights of the onigo boingo! even electric light orchestra! dj's like ray rameriz, jimmy rabbit and the loopy frasier smith. then alas... they became big and famous. the rest is
Don't forget too, Kurt, that they were simulcast on AM radio too, right up until late '78. I came back from 3 months in EU and good tunes were gone in my Vega! They'd shut it down while I was off having fun.
...And somewhere in the RP universe, someone sends trekhead a PM about this tune...
it's peanut butter jelly time!
Such a fun song!!!!!
i'm not sure about this one. perhaps it has something to do with the fact i don't have my headphones today at work so i am forced to hear this from the crappy speakers in the computer...with the overhead music going too.
sounds over-produced and they dont even get a decent tone out of the instruments (or whatever electronica they are manipulating)
Wow! What a flashback from KROQ circa 1981.... ;-)
stubbsz wrote:
I see hear the Bowie thing too.
I totally don't, but if you do, or anyone else hears a David Bowie similarity, could you tell me which song, or era? (I have to admit, I barely know any Bowie after "Modern Love," except for some Tin Machine tunes.
Kurt_from_La_Qui wrote:
THROBBING GRISTLE! COOL!
Yeah! Genesis is the MAN! :-k
GREAT song! Thanks, Bill.
timandjuliet wrote:
I was eleven when Frasier Smith was on kroq. I hated the music but would tape his show because I thought he was so funny. Then, slowly but surely, I stopped fast-forwarding through the music.
ahh! youth matures physically and musically. Now Frasier Smith isn't so funny and the music is still great.
trekhead wrote:
Yuuuuuup! Why, I myself played with SYNTHETIC FLESH and a small run with THROBBING GRISTLE in the mid-80's... What?..... ....oh.
THROBBING GRISTLE! COOL!
:whip: :daisy.gif: :whip:
Anires wrote:
Thank you SO much for playing this. I do so love it. I don't know if anyone saw the small music video stint Disney did at one time called DTV. They used this song and patched a goofy cartoon to it (maybe som Pinnochio in there too). Reminds me of youth. Great song!
Whoah, you're trippin' me out, I totally remember that! hahaha
Kurt_from_La_Qui wrote:
kroq... back in the day! ...dj's like ray rameriz, jimmy rabbit and the loopy frasier smith. then alas... they became big and famous.
I was eleven when Frasier Smith was on kroq. I hated the music but would tape his show because I thought he was so funny. Then, slowly but surely, I stopped fast-forwarding through the music.
beelzebubba wrote:
Wow....and to think the only place I ever heard these guys before was the Repo Man soundtrack. Awsome.
I don't see it on that soundtrack, but this is a great song and that is a great movie ;-)
A friend of mine had a burning sensation once. Then he took some anibiotics and it cleared up.
Thank you SO much for playing this. I do so love it. I don't know if anyone saw the small music video stint Disney did at one time called DTV. They used this song and patched a goofy cartoon to it (maybe som Pinnochio in there too). Reminds me of youth. Great song!
Wow....and to think the only place I ever heard these guys before was the Repo Man soundtrack. Awsome.
Kurt_from_La_Qui wrote:
wow! a famous person listens to paradise! well... then again aren't we all a little famous for being part of this menagerie.
Yuuuuuup! Why, I myself played with SYNTHETIC FLESH and a small run with THROBBING GRISTLE in the mid-80's... What?..... ....oh.
A guilty pleasure.
Great 80's flashback.
JokesandJokesandJokes wrote:
Less Ska Please!! More Molly Hatchet!
you are too funny jokes! i think i finally figured you out... you are the female andy kaufman! if indeed you are female.
islander wrote:
RIght on, what a great blast from the past - I had this on a mix cassette that I played to death back when mtv played music! More Ska please!!
Less Ska Please!! More Molly Hatchet!
RIght on, what a great blast from the past - I had this on a mix cassette that I played to death back when mtv played music! More Ska please!!
The set vears wildly toward the better! This is cool!
Merlyn wrote:
Hello radio paradise peops thank you for your very outstanding comments about a song and a band I played Keyboards with since it's inception and through its 3 Reincarnations 1982-1990 I just heard the Tune on Kroq Last week My Theroy is Whenever the weather is just right somewhere the sun is shining and the song plays uplifting most people that line up to it Peace and Pure fast vibrations Mb
wow! a famous person listens to paradise! well... then again aren't we all a little famous for being part of this menagerie.
ScopArch wrote:
Woooh! RP goes KROQ! That's okay, every now and then
kroq... back in the day... i'm talking waaaaayyyyyyyyy back.... '75 thats 1975! they seemed like they really didn't know what to play! they were great! they played elton john! little feat! frank zappa! the mystic nights of the onigo boingo! even electric light orchestra! dj's like ray rameriz, jimmy rabbit and the loopy frasier smith. then alas... they became big and famous. the rest is
Woooh! RP goes KROQ! That's okay, every now and then
This is my favorite band name.
Always have enjoyed this! Used to bop around the living room when this played on MTV.
Loving it :sunny.gif:
DBCinCA wrote:
You're kidding, right? Please tell me you're kidding, or you mean someone other than *David* Bowie. I can't think of a Bowie song you could compare to this tune, and the voices are pretty different. Cool tune though! One-hit wonder (as far as I know), but definitely one of the catchy tunes and fun videos from my high school days. Remember when MTV's main purpose was showing music videos?
I see hear the Bowie thing too.
What a flashback: I first heard this on the Alexis Korner show on BBC Radio 1, in the '80's, and from the rest of the post's I'm assuming it's the same version. Never thought I'd hear this again...
Roverfish wrote:
I thought this was Bowie! Decent tune.
You're kidding, right? Please tell me you're kidding, or you mean someone other than *David* Bowie. I can't think of a Bowie song you could compare to this tune, and the voices are pretty different. Cool tune though! One-hit wonder (as far as I know), but definitely one of the catchy tunes and fun videos from my high school days. Remember when MTV's main purpose was showing music videos?
Such a fun little song... yay! --d
I thought this was Bowie! Decent tune.
Originally Posted by ScottFromWyoming: They became the Bonedaddys, more or less. Don't miss the Sensations' cover of Pablo Picasso (Jonathan Richman) on the Repo Man soundtrack.
Fun movie with a great soundtrack - but the best rendition of 'Pablo Picasso' remains John Cale's. - Riff P.S. I always have liked 'Belly of the Whale' - a great Friday song. Another song that gets me pressing the gas pedal down a bit!
Eh. This don\'t do much for me. But their \"Pablo Picasso Was Never Called An Asshole\" on Repo Man kicked some serious Eldorado butt.... (pimp)
Hello radio paradise peops thank you for your very outstanding comments about a song and a band I played Keyboards with since it\'s inception and through its 3 Reincarnations 1982-1990 I just heard the Tune on Kroq Last week My Theroy is Whenever the weather is just right somewhere the sun is shining and the song plays uplifting most people that line up to it Peace and Pure fast vibrations Mb
Not really my cup of tea, but this is definitely part of what I like about RP.....variety. Heck, I\'ve gotten to the point now I rarely listen to commercial radio anymore.
Originally Posted by seymourheine: what ever did happen to the BoneDaddy's? Saw them live in a small basement-bar whith about 200 hoppin folks - they kicked ass.
I dunno what happened to 'em. I saw 'em a few times in San Francisco and they did have a great bar band thing. At the time, I wasn't aware of the Burning Sensations connection.