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Vance Joy — Riptide
Album: God Loves You When You're Dancing
Avg rating:
6.9

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Total ratings: 874









Released: 2013
Length: 3:18
Plays (last 30 days): 0
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I was scared of dentists and the dark
I was scared of pretty girls and starting conversations
Oh, all my friends are turning green
You're the magician's assistant in their dreams

Oh, and they come unstuck

Lady, running down to the riptide
Taken away to the dark side
I wanna be your left hand man
I love you when you're singing that song and
I got a lump in my throat cause
You're gonna sing the words wrong

There's this movie that I think you'll like
This guy decides to quit his job and heads to New York City
This cowboy's running from himself
And she's been living on the highest shelf

Oh, and they come unstuck

Lady, running down to the riptide
Taken away to the dark side
I wanna be your left hand man
I love you when you're singing that song and
I got a lump in my throat cause
You're gonna sing the words wrong

I just wanna, I just wanna know
If you're gonna, if you're gonna stay
I just gotta, I just gotta know
I can't have it, I can't have it any other way
I swear she's destined for the screen
Closest thing to Michelle Pfeiffer that you've ever seen, oh

Lady, running down to the riptide
Taken away to the dark side
I wanna be your left hand man
I love you when you're singing that song and
I got a lump in my throat cause
You're gonna sing the words wrong

Oh lady, running down to the riptide
Taken away to the dark side
I wanna be your left hand man
I love you when you're singing that song and
I got a lump in my throat cause
You're gonna sing the words wrong

Oh lady, running down to the riptide
Taken away to the dark side
I wanna be your left hand man
I love you when you're singing that song and
I got a lump in my throat cause
You're gonna sing the words wrong
Yet, I got a lump in my throat cause you're gonna sing the words wrong
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 bking wrote:

Giving it a 3.  Don't know if its because I don't like the song or if its because I can't turn on the radio without hearing it.  This is the Toyota Camry of songs.




I drive a Toyota Riptide. Im not sure what that says about me.
Posted 1 year ago by naturalman    [ Reply ]
 ppopp wrote:

Beardy, suspendery, trilby-wearing, NE Portlandy, bicycle-ey, coffee shop revolutionary, cheap cartridge on a turntabley hipstery excrement.



Do you categorise all music according to attributes that have absolutely nothing to do with the actual, you know, music?  Quite apart from anything else, the published picture shows no beard, suspenders or trilby.
Posted 3 years ago by Edweirdo    [ Reply ]
 apparatuspdx wrote:
It's always a bit jarring when RP plays this kind of overplayed muggle radio stuff. 
 
do you  generally mean cheesy indie folk trash?
Posted 3 years ago by ace-marc    [ Reply ]
FUCK!
this shit hurts my ears.
Posted 4 years ago by Jelani    [ Reply ]
It's always a bit jarring when RP plays this kind of overplayed muggle radio stuff. 
Posted 4 years ago by apparatuspdx    [ Reply ]
Beardy, suspendery, trilby-wearing, NE Portlandy, bicycle-ey, coffee shop revolutionary, cheap cartridge on a turntabley hipstery excrement.
Posted 4 years ago by ppopp    [ Reply ]
I like the cover the kid did on The Voice South Africa.
Posted 6 years ago by jpfueler    [ Reply ]
Giving it a 3.  Don't know if its because I don't like the song or if its because I can't turn on the radio without hearing it.  This is the Toyota Camry of songs.
Posted 7 years ago by bking    [ Reply ]
 Kyle10 wrote:
A decent enough song decimated utterly by heavy rotation. Loathe this form of corporate torture.
 
To me it has been bad since first hearing... RP doesn't play it very often but I still don't like the song, the "wolf-like"  "awwwooo" gets on my nerves. 
Posted 7 years ago by ChrisVIII    [ Reply ]
Am I the only one who is hearing a resemblance to Supertramp's Lady?
Posted 7 years ago by justin4kick    [ Reply ]
 No, Robert Plant's godson.
treatment_bound wrote:
Is this Tiny Tim's grandson?

 


Posted 8 years ago by ThePoose    [ Reply ]
I love the video for this. Is it my imagination or is it a spoof?  

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uJ_1HMAGb4k
Posted 8 years ago by onelittlemoose    [ Reply ]
Someone tune those ukuleles!
Posted 8 years ago by MJdub    [ Reply ]
Monotonous 5 note song.
Posted 8 years ago by dragon1952    [ Reply ]
 treatment_bound wrote:
Is this Tiny Tim's grandson?

 
It's always the image I have in my head when this plays.
Posted 8 years ago by seageek    [ Reply ]
Is this Tiny Tim's grandson?
Posted 9 years ago by treatment_bound    [ Reply ]
 Kyle10 wrote:
A decent enough song decimated utterly by heavy rotation. Loathe this form of corporate torture.
 
Easy solution. . . don't visit, watch or read any commercial radio or tv. . . or magazines. . . or newspapers. Ignore all street advertising. Avoid chain stores. 

The result will be a much happier you. 
Posted 9 years ago by SquiddlyDiddly    [ Reply ]
hmm, a Michelle Pfeiffer mention here. And then Bruno Mars mentions her in his 2014 hit that shall remain unnamed.
Any other mentions of her in other songs?

agree on the Xavier Rudd comp.
Posted 9 years ago by phlattop    [ Reply ]
A little Adam Sandlerish.
Posted 9 years ago by Geecheeboy    [ Reply ]
Sounds like everybody in 2015 has to play ukulele to be hip, but it sounds cool on this guy.
Posted 9 years ago by eveliko    [ Reply ]
 wgsu_1978 wrote:
Thought it was Xavier Rudd. Got the location right, anyway.

 
Not a bad guess.
Posted 9 years ago by TerryS    [ Reply ]
Thought it was Xavier Rudd. Got the location right, anyway.
Posted 9 years ago by wgsu_1978    [ Reply ]
He's actually got a decent catalog... many better songs than this one. Mediocre and bland at best... 5
Posted 9 years ago by OceanBlue    [ Reply ]
 Kyle10 wrote:
A decent enough song decimated utterly by heavy rotation. Loathe this form of corporate torture.


Massive, almost constant rotation on the two stations I like where I live.  Good song though. 8 


Posted 9 years ago by rdo    [ Reply ]
A decent enough song decimated utterly by heavy rotation. Loathe this form of corporate torture.
Posted 9 years ago by Kyle10    [ Reply ]
I got caught in a riptide once.  Those things are no joke.
Posted 10 years ago by LPCity    [ Reply ]

Posted 10 years ago by scraig    [ Reply ]
Hey. Another band that sounds like Mumford and Sons. *yawn*
Posted 10 years ago by n4ku    [ Reply ]
 a nice sound from a local guy - go Vance Joy   {#Yell}
Posted 10 years ago by Jannne    [ Reply ]
Hey is this getting annoying or what?
It's not often that i find myself downgrading songs...
Posted 10 years ago by gigikent    [ Reply ]
Sounds slightly like Arcade Fire except for the the chorus part.
Posted 10 years ago by ziakut    [ Reply ]
First time I heard it - I like it so far.
Posted 10 years ago by JaeRae    [ Reply ]
Seriously?  Every day?
Posted 10 years ago by ch83575    [ Reply ]
Again? Already?
Posted 10 years ago by ch83575    [ Reply ]
This one is on the radio a lot right now where I live... not that it is inherently bad. I like the michelle pfeiffer line.
Posted 10 years ago by ch83575    [ Reply ]