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The Stone Roses — Fools Gold
Album: The Stone Roses
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Released: 1989
Length: 9:51
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The gold road's sure a long road
Winds on through the hills for fifteen days
The pack on my back is aching
The straps seem to cut me like a knife

The gold road's sure a long road
Winds on through the hills for fifteen days
The pack on my back is aching
The straps seem to cut me like a knife

I'm no clown I won't back down
I don't need you to tell me what's going down
Down down down down da down down down
Down down down down da down down down

I'm standing alone
I'm watching you all
I'm seeing you sinking
I'm standing alone
You're weighing the gold
I'm watching you sinking
Fool's gold

These boots were made for walking
The Marquis de Sade don't wear no boots like these
Gold's just around the corner
Breakdown's coming up round the bend

Sometimes you have to try to get along dear
I know the truth and I know what you're thinking

Down down down down da down down down

I'm standing alone
I'm watching you all
I'm seeing you sinking
I'm standing alone
You're weighing the gold
I'm watching you sinking
Fool's gold

Fool's gold

I'm standing alone
I'm watching you all
I'm seeing you sinking
I'm standing alone
You're weighing the gold
I'm watching you sinking
Fool's gold
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Keep feeling like I should get tired of this as it goes on ....
But I don't! Solid, chair-dancing 8 here.
Posted 2 years ago by IvanTheMediocre    [ Reply ]
Posted 2 years ago by avereaiii590    [ Reply ]
 Isabeau wrote:


especially THIS version. 



Groove for miles... and miles...
Posted 2 years ago by tm    [ Reply ]
 ditty wrote:

One of the best grooves of my lifetime



especially THIS version. 
Posted 2 years ago by Isabeau    [ Reply ]
 jtcedinburgh wrote:

As much as I love the groove, it's way over-long outside of a club situation IMHO.  It gets a touch indulgent and monotonous quite quickly, and although you can't deny its zeitgeisty nature, it always struck me that they didn't have enough of an idea to take it anywhere else.  I guess many will disagree with me, and that's cool, but much as a few minutes of this are a joyous thing, ten minutes makes me duck it a couple of points.  Sorry.  Honestly, I feel like I've said something sacrilegious :)


+1 to 8 for my rating, maybe it's the length that I like most about this one?  LLRP!!
Posted 2 years ago by lizardking    [ Reply ]
OMG - never heard the Zappa Hot Rats before!!! Love it!!
Posted 2 years ago by Montreal_Mort    [ Reply ]
This sounds incredibly like Birth Control‘s “Gamma Ray” - only probably not quite as good. Check out their 1972 studio album Hoodoo Man and make sure to turn the volume up.
I’ll give this a solid 7 though.

P.S. Just noticed I had written something similar 5 years ago. So it must be true. ;) 
Posted 2 years ago by hopper99    [ Reply ]
As much as I love the groove, it's way over-long outside of a club situation IMHO.  It gets a touch indulgent and monotonous quite quickly, and although you can't deny its zeitgeisty nature, it always struck me that they didn't have enough of an idea to take it anywhere else.  I guess many will disagree with me, and that's cool, but much as a few minutes of this are a joyous thing, ten minutes makes me duck it a couple of points.  Sorry.  Honestly, I feel like I've said something sacrilegious :)
Posted 2 years ago by jtcedinburgh    [ Reply ]
Fab. Reminds me of T. Rex
Posted 2 years ago by cosmiclint    [ Reply ]
If you want to know about soft power. Applications for all Manchester universities went up by 25% after the release of this album
Posted 3 years ago by Kelvinclifford    [ Reply ]
Vibe reminds me of the Happy Mondays. "Madchester!"
Posted 3 years ago by saffronphil    [ Reply ]
lf: song from 70's, probably American singer, just a snippet "tool late, feels great"
Posted 3 years ago by mogiljan_2    [ Reply ]
Fools jab. 

incredible groove from the best city in the world (or England). 
Posted 3 years ago by jimmy99s    [ Reply ]
still a 10 despite Ian Brown being a dip5h1t non-masker, covid denier
Posted 4 years ago by salice    [ Reply ]
Just the best tune of my youth.

Saw the Roses many times back in the day. I've always remembered the spectacular lightshow and fireworks at Spike Island - then last year I watched a bootleg of the gig - no great lightshow, no fireworks. Only inside my chemically enhanced brain.....
Posted 4 years ago by intothehills    [ Reply ]
The full-fat version?  Don't mind if I do!

(Exits stage left to get my baggy freak on )
Posted 4 years ago by SpinyNorma    [ Reply ]
Such. A. Jam. 
Posted 4 years ago by roadie    [ Reply ]
Posted 4 years ago by bruceandjenna    [ Reply ]
oh yeah...
Posted 4 years ago by newbolddrive    [ Reply ]
Perfect song for lock down 
To lift th mood
Posted 4 years ago by jonita    [ Reply ]
Just makes me want to 
Posted 4 years ago by cob427uk1    [ Reply ]
 dxnerd86 wrote:
A good song to put on if you're a DJ and wish to use the amenities.
 
OOH that's better !!!
Posted 4 years ago by penn07    [ Reply ]
No matter how many hundreds of times I hear this song, it stops me in my tracks every time and lightens the mood. 
Posted 4 years ago by misfitz    [ Reply ]
Love it!! Great tune for the gym!!
Posted 4 years ago by keenevision    [ Reply ]
It only seems as if it lasts a week.
Posted 4 years ago by Red_Dragon    [ Reply ]
We B gett'n Hi...Drink'n Rye...Being Fly....Wett'n our Dry...Gett'n Bye...with some guy...that's no lie...My o' My...I want some Pie...Tie one ON....Why?   CUZ!
Posted 4 years ago by Rockit9    [ Reply ]
Cranking it way up. (Sorry, neighbors)
Posted 5 years ago by Shipp    [ Reply ]
Just bought this album on vinyl on a whim, then realised I got an older version without this track. 
Posted 5 years ago by Punkysoup    [ Reply ]
Bill is apparently on steroids for the past hours.  Outstanding program, even exceeding previous outputs.  {#Cool} 
Posted 5 years ago by Chumbawamba-1984    [ Reply ]
Stays crunchy even in milk.
Posted 5 years ago by memoryboxer    [ Reply ]
Need more Stone Roses.
Posted 5 years ago by t0m5k1    [ Reply ]
Rolling Stones, followed by the Stone Roses. Both in the key of A, both similar tempos. Easy to miss where one begins and another ends. This is why I keep coming back to RP. Thanks Bill.
Posted 5 years ago by theirongiant    [ Reply ]
Long Live                                                                                                                                     Radio Paradise 
Rating to me:                                                                                                                  8 - Most Excellent
Posted 5 years ago by Tomasni    [ Reply ]
SON, I LIKE THE CUT OF YOUR JIB; SAIL ON!

 Lazarus wrote:

Everybody in my mushrooming multitude of churches be dancing buck ass naked all across the world like bowlegged gypsy muleskinners...  we love this song, and this entire album...  love sex, drugs, and rock 'n roll...


 
addendum - I am from the clan of knock-kneed  pirate ditchdiggers, but we too shake the booty.
Posted 6 years ago by Ihatethissong    [ Reply ]
I like this song, but it's about 5 minutes too long
Posted 6 years ago by ooloncoluphid    [ Reply ]
{#Devil_pimp}zesty groove !
Posted 6 years ago by primm    [ Reply ]
A good song to put on if you're a DJ and wish to use the amenities.
Posted 6 years ago by dxnerd86    [ Reply ]
Madchesters finest!!
Posted 6 years ago by Chrispy_one    [ Reply ]
this is a good example of a band's name living up to its music or the other way. most excellent for me too. 
Posted 6 years ago by jambo    [ Reply ]
{#Dancingbanana_2} all day with this excellent song. 
Posted 6 years ago by cavemanleong    [ Reply ]
Dancing....
Posted 6 years ago by jmkate    [ Reply ]
Love Stone Roses! 
Posted 6 years ago by niseywee    [ Reply ]
2  Would not take to a desert island.
Posted 7 years ago by ciarataylor    [ Reply ]
A Gooood Record
Posted 7 years ago by Rockit9    [ Reply ]
just so, so, great.. bouncing in my seat!

Is this the extended 12'??

(Oasis .. you can only dream about making original tunes like these) 
 
Posted 7 years ago by Richard_Gold    [ Reply ]
 jagdriver wrote:
Anybody else hear a little (Isley Bros.) For the Love of Money?

And, yes, this track does run too long. Bill, how about a truncated version, e.g., the AM versions of Inagaddadavida and Light My Fire?
 
"For The Love of Money" was by The O'Jays.
Posted 7 years ago by Proclivities    [ Reply ]
Honky Funk . Their own unique genre. Never would have thought singing with so little soul or emotion would work with such a groove. It does.
Posted 7 years ago by hitjazz    [ Reply ]
 Businessgypsy wrote:
 WayUpNorth wrote:
I hear the funk, but it has no SOUL ... {#Snooty}
Spot on. Growing up in the Deep South, I was weaned on the actual article. Never heard of this band before I encountered RP, but they seem to be a plastic injection mold of something real and vital. Leatherette, no matter how well made, just won't do it for me.

 
Fair enough, but SR could lay a track that had me moving for a long while...and they cut in some sounds that wake it up every now and again.  It's not classic funk, but the Stone Roses have their own groove place in the Universe!
Posted 7 years ago by dc_zee    [ Reply ]
Reminds me a lot of Birth Control: Gamma Ray. 

Almost to the point where I believe they've nicked the piece. Then again, who's ever heard of Birth Control...?
Posted 7 years ago by hopper99    [ Reply ]
One of the best grooves of my lifetime
Posted 7 years ago by ditty    [ Reply ]
{#Dance}
Posted 7 years ago by sunflowerbee    [ Reply ]
Such a magical groove....Outstanding!  {#Bananajam}{#Guitarist}{#Drummer}
Posted 7 years ago by aspicer    [ Reply ]
Nothing evokes a lazy laid back mood like this. Such cool groove.
Posted 8 years ago by jessesteinen    [ Reply ]
ah the memories. Bray Head. Cold winters. Rain coming off the sea. Dancing to this...
{#Umbrella} 
Posted 8 years ago by Lemonhead    [ Reply ]
 maboleth wrote:
Does this have an end? Man...

 
Wish it didn't! Thanks for playing the long one for Christmas. 
Posted 8 years ago by tiare    [ Reply ]
Does this have an end? Man...
Posted 8 years ago by maboleth    [ Reply ]
 flodinos wrote:
On a day like this, the colours of the French flag catches my eye

 
It's more like a Dutch flag ;) About the colours you are right.
Posted 8 years ago by Kaw    [ Reply ]
On a day like this, the colours of the French flag catches my eye
Posted 8 years ago by flodinos    [ Reply ]
Masterful! Their Opus tune. 9
Posted 9 years ago by aspicer    [ Reply ]
Late convert to the Stone Roses, mainly through the good office of this station! Keep it going and play plenty more.  Great bass slapping and riff
Posted 9 years ago by DavidS_UK    [ Reply ]
Snore.
Posted 9 years ago by miahfost    [ Reply ]
 WayUpNorth wrote:
I hear the funk, but it has no SOUL ... {#Snooty}

  

PERFECTLY SAID!
I agree a 100%!!
You boys not listening: go low, go way low, there's soul down below...
Posted 9 years ago by Bobert_ParkCity    [ Reply ]
Some epic bass slapping going on here. My subwoofer is happy.  Great vibe.
Posted 9 years ago by Bobert_ParkCity    [ Reply ]
 ScottishWillie wrote:

Something tells me your not a member of the Church of Scotland Lazarus.  
 
{#Roflol}
Posted 9 years ago by fredriley    [ Reply ]
Stone Roses are epic!!!
 
Posted 9 years ago by hempmandan    [ Reply ]
I love U guys! I haven't heard this song for ages. Reminds me of my favorite discotheque, dancing barefoot... OMG
Posted 10 years ago by hschottm    [ Reply ]
I love other Stone Roses cuts. This one is monotonous. Spinning its wheels. Rock lounge lizard lite.  
Posted 10 years ago by kingart    [ Reply ]
 WayUpNorth wrote:
I hear the funk, but it has no SOUL ... {#Snooty}
Spot on. Growing up in the Deep South, I was weaned on the actual article. Never heard of this band before I encountered RP, but they seem to be a plastic injection mold of something real and vital. Leatherette, no matter how well made, just won't do it for me.
Posted 10 years ago by Businessgypsy    [ Reply ]
okay I like the Stone Roses, but as it caught my ear while working it sounded like a 70's porn track.

Not that I would really know anything about that. 
Posted 10 years ago by xtalman    [ Reply ]
{#Heartkiss}{#Bananapiano}{#Bananapiano}{#Heartkiss}   .......... it is  G O D L I K E
Posted 10 years ago by Peter_Bradshaw    [ Reply ]
 Lazarus wrote:

Everybody in my mushrooming multitude of churches be dancing buck ass naked all across the world like bowlegged gypsy muleskinners...  we love this song, and this entire album...  love sex, drugs, and rock 'n roll...
 
Something tells me your not a member of the Curch of Scotland Lazarus.
Posted 10 years ago by ScottishWillie    [ Reply ]
This track like most of the bands stuff relies of finding a cool grove and milking it. I mean this as a compliment as I love this track and this album
Posted 10 years ago by ScottishWillie    [ Reply ]
 kentbigdog wrote:


 
Wow Cool kentbigdog!  I'll look up Klingon for Righteous!
Posted 10 years ago by hayduke2    [ Reply ]

Everybody in my mushrooming multitude of churches be dancing buck ass naked all across the world like bowlegged gypsy muleskinners...  we love this song, and this entire album...  love sex, drugs, and rock 'n roll...


Posted 11 years ago by Lazarus    [ Reply ]
this one sounds so unbelievably good and colorful, i cant just get enough of song  
Posted 12 years ago by t00lur    [ Reply ]

Ahhhh, clubbing on Honolulu in the late 80's. . . officially released in '89, this was a staple at The Wave and a couple of other trendy hot spots.  The servers knew us so well that they would bring us ice cold Stoli shots while we shook it on the floor.  

. . . good times, good times. . .
 
Posted 13 years ago by vandal    [ Reply ]
 WayUpNorth wrote:
I hear the funk, but it has no SOUL ... {#Snooty}

 

PERFECTLY SAID!
I agree a 100%!!
Posted 13 years ago by Stingray    [ Reply ]
Roses (Not Roses)
Posted 13 years ago by Stingray    [ Reply ]

Posted 13 years ago by kentbigdog    [ Reply ]
it always makes me dance—-i feel like I probably look like Bob Fossil, the zoomanager from "the Mighty Boosh" chubby but kinda cool-looking. I wish I could see him dance to this.

Posted 14 years ago by Giselle62    [ Reply ]
 piefection wrote:
You should rename the station: Ian Stone's Paradise. Never has he had so much airplay.
 

I don't think a name change is necessary, however if you where going place a name change on RP based on  frequent artist air play I believe "Talking Heads" paradise should be near the top of the list.
Posted 14 years ago by parrothead    [ Reply ]
 jagdriver wrote:
Anybody else hear a little (Isley Bros.) For the Love of Money? 
I hear the funk, but it has no SOUL ... {#Snooty}
Posted 14 years ago by WayUpNorth    [ Reply ]
 SantaFeGrace wrote:
The Stone Roses - Fools Gold
Björk - Big Time Sensuality

Nice segue!   {#Clap}
 
Looks like the same playlist! Ah well don't really care still brilliant!
Posted 14 years ago by JonnyBase    [ Reply ]
 cherjr wrote:

Unfortunately, this is the only song of that particular style I ever listened... For example, rest of the same Stone Roses album is not even close... Any suggestions?
 

 

Check out some Primal Scream, Happy Mondays and you'll be happy.

And try to find the Sampler 'Rave On' (published in 1990).


Posted 14 years ago by prickelpit96    [ Reply ]
 Bridieboo wrote:

This is one of the grooviest songs I know.  Love the Manchester sound! {#Good-vibes}

 
Unfortunately, this is the only song of that particular style I ever listened... For example, rest of the same Stone Roses album is not even close... Any suggestions?
Posted 14 years ago by cherjr    [ Reply ]
 SantaFeGrace wrote:
The Stone Roses - Fools Gold
Björk - Big Time Sensuality

Nice segue!   {#Clap}
 
That's Bill's specialty. {#Notworthy}
Posted 14 years ago by peter_james_bond    [ Reply ]
The wimpy vocals really suck.  Take the same tune and add a good funk singer  - we'd have something.


Posted 14 years ago by spigolli    [ Reply ]
great version, I didn't know it
Posted 15 years ago by diegotz    [ Reply ]
Is there an end to this song or do I have to throw my computer out the window! {#Yell}
Posted 15 years ago by sarahbean26    [ Reply ]
Great for walking around town to.
Posted 15 years ago by EssexTex    [ Reply ]
 heliosweb wrote:
Oooooh! Dere poor wittle attention spans just can't take it! Give 'em a 2 or 3 minute track so they can stop cryin'! I ain't about the lyrics, it's about the beat. I'm gonna buy this one, load it up on the iPod, jump on the bike and go cycling like a madman! peace out, steve
 
The "beat" is the problem. I'm OK with everything else here, but that lifeless drum loop really makes this drag.

Posted 15 years ago by neckbone    [ Reply ]
Mancs can get pretty funky.
Posted 15 years ago by Rick_V    [ Reply ]
Love that Wah-wah!{#Guitarist}
Posted 15 years ago by bronorb    [ Reply ]
 Shesdifferent wrote:
Actually, the short version of this song is much better. Ya see, I am currently not in a club or a rave so the effect is not the same....
 
Long version works real well as background music while I'm working and in great need of amusement.


Posted 15 years ago by Tana    [ Reply ]
Actually, the short version of this song is much better. Ya see, I am currently not in a club or a rave so the effect is not the same....
Posted 15 years ago by Shesdifferent    [ Reply ]
 AaronOfMackenzie wrote:
It's also good while on a moonlit cross-country ski.
 
Now that sounds 'kin cool. I must go to Canada one day. Either that or Finland for the moonlight skiing, though it's pee-freezingly cold over there in winter.

Posted 15 years ago by fredriley    [ Reply ]
 Bridieboo wrote:

This is one of the grooviest songs I know.  Love the Manchester sound! {#Good-vibes}

 
{#High-five} Got my dancing shoes on! {#Dancingbanana}
Posted 15 years ago by peter_james_bond    [ Reply ]
It's never going to end, is it? {#Frustrated}
Posted 15 years ago by Stave    [ Reply ]
The Stone Roses - Fools Gold
Björk - Big Time Sensuality

Nice segue!   {#Clap}
Posted 15 years ago by SantaFeGrace    [ Reply ]
turned up......
Posted 15 years ago by Wizzuvvoz    [ Reply ]
Anybody else hear a little (Isley Bros.) For the Love of Money?

And, yes, this track does run too long. Bill, how about a truncated version, e.g., the AM versions of Inagaddadavida and Light My Fire?

Posted 15 years ago by jagdriver    [ Reply ]
Because even Internet Radio DJs need to take a dump sometime...
Posted 15 years ago by Dianyla    [ Reply ]
Long and boring.....


Posted 15 years ago by Zweiblumen    [ Reply ]
DancingbananaDancingbanana_2BananajamDrummerGuitarist
Posted 15 years ago by shawshank    [ Reply ]
This is what I love about RP guess I got stoned and missed it but never heard this track and really like it, lol course I have been livin' in the country for loooong time


Posted 15 years ago by stkman    [ Reply ]
 huebdoo wrote:
How funky these stoners from Manchester are ... what ever happend to these guys?

 

Broke up, in the mid-90's.

Here's what Wikipedia says they've done since -

<edit> Post-Roses

Ian Brown (lead singer) and John Squire (guitarist) have both had successful solo careers since the Roses' break up. Squire formed The Seahorses, who released one album before breaking up, and released two solo albums. In 2007, Squire told a reporter from the Manchester Evening News that he was giving up music for good to focus on his career as a painter.<3> Brown has released 5 solo albums, all but one of which have charted within the UK top 10. A large amount of these albums featured Aziz Ibrahim on guitar.

Neither Mani (bassist) nor Reni (drummer) have pursued solo careers. Mani joined Indie/Dance act Primal Scream as their bassist in 1996, and has remained in the band consistently since. Reni has remained inactive for the most part since the Roses' breakup. He started a new band called The Rub in 1999, and played several gigs. Nothing has been heard of The Rub since that tour. In a rare interview in 2005, Reni said that he was writing new songs that he would perform with Mani.<4>

Despite mulitiple rumours that the Roses would reform, Squire and Brown have both repeatedly denied any possibility of a reunion. Past tensions haven't subsided, and the pair have not spoken since Squire resigned.<5> Squire was interviewed in May 2007 by Dave Haslam on XFM Manchester radio and further lowered the likeliness of a reunion, claiming that even if Ian Brown phoned him and asked if he would be up for gig, he would turn the offer down.<6> The only partial reunion since the breakup took place on 30 March 2007 at former Smiths' bassist Andy Rourke's charity concert in aid of Manchester Versus Cancer. Ian Brown performed a solo set and was joined by Mani and unofficial fifth member Cressa, along with Andy Rourke, Maka Simato and Steve White to perform "I Am the Resurrection". Reni was supposedly lined up to play drums, but for unknown reasons, did not turn up. The following year's show was reported by The Sun to have Mani, Andy Rourke and Peter Hook's group Freebass on the lineup, to be joined by Brown and Oasis singer Liam Gallagher. Brown denied the claim on his website and myspace later that day.


Posted 15 years ago by Danimal174    [ Reply ]
Rock rave {#Sunny}
Posted 15 years ago by OHMish    [ Reply ]
Please Uncle Jesus- make them stop.
Gads- drugs make people think that playing longer is always better.
Posted 15 years ago by MiketheKnife    [ Reply ]
 Wittgenstein wrote:
Superlative track that defined an era.
 

So true! I give it a clean 10. Never got tired of it.
Posted 15 years ago by mirland    [ Reply ]
 heliosweb wrote:


Oooooh! Dere poor wittle attention spans just can't take it! Give 'em a 2 or 3 minute track so they can stop cryin'!



I ain't about the lyrics, it's about the beat. I'm gonna buy this one, load it up on the iPod, jump on the bike and go cycling like a madman!

peace out,

steve
 

Oh Yeah!

It's also good while on a moonlit cross-country ski.
Posted 16 years ago by AaronOfMackenzie    [ Reply ]
Superlative track that defined an era.
Posted 16 years ago by Wittgenstein    [ Reply ]
How funky these stoners from Manchester are ... what ever happend to these guys?

Posted 16 years ago by huebdoo    [ Reply ]

This is one of the grooviest songs I know.  Love the Manchester sound! {#Good-vibes}



Posted 16 years ago by Bridieboo    [ Reply ]
got here just in time to drown out the voice of John McCain on the TV in the airport bar {#Music}
Posted 16 years ago by lophrequa    [ Reply ]
piefection wrote:
You should rename the station: Ian Stone's Paradise. Never has he had so much airplay.

Ian Stone?....who's he then?....the lead singer with the Brown Roses?


Posted 16 years ago by EssexTex    [ Reply ]
You should rename the station: Ian Stone's Paradise. Never has he had so much airplay.
Posted 16 years ago by piefection    [ Reply ]
legendary! should be twice a long
Posted 16 years ago by Skorokoro    [ Reply ]
Not too long! I like tappin' my toes for 9+ minutes. Thanks Bill for playing the non-shortened version!
Posted 16 years ago by queenjill    [ Reply ]
WonderLizard wrote:
Way too long. Way too over the top. Way too self indulgent
Normally I might agree with you but after listening to Steely Dan's Aja, this sounds great. These boys at least have a pulse.
Posted 16 years ago by The_Enemy    [ Reply ]
I hear this song EVERY day! This and glory box. Enough already. I used to like this song...
Posted 16 years ago by piefection    [ Reply ]