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Ralph Myerz and the Jack Herren Band — Nikita
Album: A Special Album
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Released: 2003
Length: 4:55
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Extraornidary stuff for the patient mind 
Posted 1 year ago by Gonzoo    [ Reply ]
 alanthecowboy wrote:

The repetition, relieved by chord changes about three minutes after you decide it's never going change, is what makes the song work for me.  Especially since I know it's coming, eventually. 

 
I envy you - had to mute it because I ran out of patience. I know it's coming, but in the end is it worth waiting for? Would probably rate higher than a 2 if I could stand the monotony long enough. My loss?


Posted 13 years ago by nmcvaugh    [ Reply ]
 Baum74 wrote:

Reduce the annoying repetition of the sound elements, and this song would win a lot!

 
The repetition, relieved by chord changes about three minutes after you decide it's never going change, is what makes the song work for me.  Especially since I know it's coming, eventually. 

Posted 13 years ago by alanthecowboy    [ Reply ]
LOVE this song!  Still great after all these years.  I know it from the compilation Wall of Sound Presents: Telle

Heard it on KEXP radio 9 years ago and picked up the disc back then.  Fun compilation.
Posted 13 years ago by socalhol    [ Reply ]
 ShakeyNeil wrote:
Mad Men
 
No. Lacks the falling, falling, falling mood.

Posted 13 years ago by Art_Carnage    [ Reply ]
 Jelani wrote:
Somebody, put a penny on the tone arm!!!
 
{#Lol}

Posted 14 years ago by crockydile    [ Reply ]
 joanie wrote:
very Thievery Corporation
 
agreed
Posted 14 years ago by ttaha    [ Reply ]
 vit wrote:


People say that about a lot of bands from outside the US. It seems to me the opposite might be true though. Perhaps Thievery Corporation borrows from a lot of different bands.

The clue is in the name.... 


Posted 14 years ago by Dillinquent    [ Reply ]
Okay, getting very repetitive...you can wrap this up any time now.
Posted 14 years ago by redtex    [ Reply ]
joanie wrote:
very Thievery Corporation


People say that about a lot of bands from outside the US. It seems to me the opposite might be true though. Perhaps Thievery Corporation borrows from a lot of different bands.

Posted 14 years ago by vit    [ Reply ]


Posted 14 years ago by bchartier    [ Reply ]
very Thievery Corporation
Posted 14 years ago by joanie    [ Reply ]
Mad Men
Posted 14 years ago by ShakeyNeil    [ Reply ]

The drum beat is a 10 on the primal scale.


Posted 14 years ago by fuh2    [ Reply ]
Long live Ray, Aretha, Rev Al, Mr. James B.  !!!{#Naughty}
 billbangert wrote:
This run of songs is a good example of why I listen to RP despite Bill's occasional forays into oldies and Motown: 11:15 am - Ralph Myerz & The Jack Herren - Nikita
11:11 am - Radiohead - No Surprises
11:05 am - Azam Ali - Endless Reverie
11:01 am - Dire Straits - The Man's Too Strong
10:58 am - The Greenhornes - There is an End (w/ Holly Golightly)
10:53 am - Dengue Fever - Et Hanopium
10:49 am - Tom Waits - Ol'55
10:44 am - Chet Baker - Tangerine
10:41 am - Carla Bruni - Quelqu'un m'a dit
10:39 am - Josh Ritter - You Don't Make It Easy Babe
10:35 am - Big Head Todd & The Monsters - It's Alright
10:31 am - The High Violets - Love Is Blinding
10:28 am - Black Rebel Motorcycle Club - Not What You Wanted
10:24 am - Spoon - Don't You Evah
10:19 am - Doves - Caught By The River
10:14 am - I Am Kloot - Loch
10:10 am - Vast - Thrown Away
10:05 am - Banco de Gaia - Harvey and the Old Ones (Single Mix)
10:02 am - Nouvelle Vague - Blue Monday
9:59 am - The New Pornographers - Three or Four
9:54 am - The Jesus and Mary Chain - Darklands
9:49 am - Crowded House - Into Temptation
9:45 am - Annie Lennox - Into The West Great great stuff you don't hear anywhere else!
 


Posted 14 years ago by kilroyjoe3    [ Reply ]
sweet rhythm!  Syncopated in places?
Posted 14 years ago by kilroyjoe3    [ Reply ]
Theme for a Quentin Tarantino Sci-fi movie.

Posted 15 years ago by Art_Carnage    [ Reply ]
hurrah wrote:
Maybe it is just me, but it sounds like a score from a soft xxx movie...


That would be the worst porno ever. That said, I kind of like this.
Posted 15 years ago by Stave    [ Reply ]
The percussion reminds me of RJD2's "A Beautiful Mine", played in the opening credits of AMC's "Mad Men".

Posted 15 years ago by bseib    [ Reply ]
Like it
Posted 15 years ago by arserocket    [ Reply ]
{#Eyes}

Ahhhhh! Get out of my head......
Posted 15 years ago by shawshank    [ Reply ]
Jelani wrote:
Somebody, put a penny on the tone arm!!!

exactly my thought ...
Reduce the annoying repetition of the sound elements, and this song would win a lot!

Posted 15 years ago by Baum74    [ Reply ]
 Jelani wrote:
Somebody, put a penny on the tone arm!!!

 

Heh. How about skipping it right across?
Posted 15 years ago by rtrudeau    [ Reply ]
Somebody, put a penny on the tone arm!!!
Posted 15 years ago by Jelani    [ Reply ]
hurrah wrote:
Maybe it is just me, but it sounds like a score from a soft xxx movie...
Agreed!
Posted 15 years ago by Ericac    [ Reply ]
Maybe it is just me, but it sounds like a score from a soft xxx movie...
Posted 16 years ago by hurrah    [ Reply ]
This run of songs is a good example of why I listen to RP despite Bill's occasional forays into oldies and Motown: 11:15 am - Ralph Myerz & The Jack Herren - Nikita 11:11 am - Radiohead - No Surprises 11:05 am - Azam Ali - Endless Reverie 11:01 am - Dire Straits - The Man's Too Strong 10:58 am - The Greenhornes - There is an End (w/ Holly Golightly) 10:53 am - Dengue Fever - Et Hanopium 10:49 am - Tom Waits - Ol'55 10:44 am - Chet Baker - Tangerine 10:41 am - Carla Bruni - Quelqu'un m'a dit 10:39 am - Josh Ritter - You Don't Make It Easy Babe 10:35 am - Big Head Todd & The Monsters - It's Alright 10:31 am - The High Violets - Love Is Blinding 10:28 am - Black Rebel Motorcycle Club - Not What You Wanted 10:24 am - Spoon - Don't You Evah 10:19 am - Doves - Caught By The River 10:14 am - I Am Kloot - Loch 10:10 am - Vast - Thrown Away 10:05 am - Banco de Gaia - Harvey and the Old Ones (Single Mix) 10:02 am - Nouvelle Vague - Blue Monday 9:59 am - The New Pornographers - Three or Four 9:54 am - The Jesus and Mary Chain - Darklands 9:49 am - Crowded House - Into Temptation 9:45 am - Annie Lennox - Into The West Great great stuff you don't hear anywhere else!
Posted 16 years ago by billbangert    [ Reply ]
Good music to do Oxygen to? I feel like I left my body for a second there.
Posted 16 years ago by dctrpunda    [ Reply ]
what a GREAT transition! seamless..nice bill
Posted 16 years ago by bwdulken    [ Reply ]
MojoJojo wrote:
A Tubby Jam!! Brilliant; Love it.
Posted 16 years ago by tripleearth    [ Reply ]
Not their best song in my opinion but great live.Seen them twice now but they play a lot in their home country (Norway) and seem to tour here in the Summer. I'l give this one a 6 but the album is an 8.
Posted 16 years ago by geordiezimmerman    [ Reply ]
This is a fun song, but every time I hear it I can't help but think of that Simpsons episode where Homer takes the kids to the horror movie that terrorizes them - I think it's called "The Bloodening". With the kids with blue eyes. I guess I should get out more.
Posted 16 years ago by DoctorHooey    [ Reply ]
At first I thought it was repetitive and mildly annoying and was going to give it a "2". But I liked it better when it changed up some with the drums.
Posted 16 years ago by KermitDfrog    [ Reply ]
Hey, I LIKE this.
Posted 16 years ago by 2Hawks    [ Reply ]
I hate it when she's singing. The rest is OK. I was going to come and give it a 2, but then she stopped, so maybe it isn't so bad. How about 4? Well, no. The rest isn't that special. 3.
Posted 16 years ago by Dave_Mack    [ Reply ]
Posted 16 years ago by MojoJojo    [ Reply ]
Mindscrape wrote:
I think if this were a little shorter I wouldn't mind the repetitiveness.
agreed
Posted 16 years ago by jenakle    [ Reply ]
cool transition
Posted 16 years ago by Rachoh    [ Reply ]
Just annoying.
Posted 16 years ago by Shesdifferent    [ Reply ]
we are children of the corn....
Posted 16 years ago by joanster    [ Reply ]
Another ultra-smooth segue, from 1 Giant Leap - The Way You Dream to this. Lovely.
Posted 16 years ago by Chinju    [ Reply ]
squidish wrote:
Why am I thinking, "James Bond?"
My thoughts exactly.
Posted 16 years ago by jkschmidt    [ Reply ]
boom-boomalicious
Posted 17 years ago by fuh2    [ Reply ]
Yeah I really like what's been coming out of the box this last little trippy stretch...GO RP!
Posted 17 years ago by coloradojohn    [ Reply ]
I think if this were a little shorter I wouldn't mind the repetitiveness.
Posted 17 years ago by Mindscrape    [ Reply ]
fuh2 wrote:
The percussions particularly interesting and exciting!
I heard that right, some grooving drum line happening there, snap snap, haha
Posted 17 years ago by davyjrshort    [ Reply ]
Groovin' Man
Posted 17 years ago by eastcoast    [ Reply ]
Kerly wrote:
Who could have ever thought that this fantastic song is on RP! Love it! Amazing.
I thought it was quite likeable. Sort of a warm flowing summer current.
Posted 17 years ago by theridgeweb    [ Reply ]
Who could have ever thought that this fantastic song is on RP! Love it! Amazing.
Posted 17 years ago by Kerly    [ Reply ]
I'm trying to do some work here. But for the last 30 minutes Bill has been tormenting me, playing stuff which intrigues me to the extent I have to go and look it up on Amazon. And then buy it. I've already loaded up my cart with Porcupine Tree, 1 Giant Leap, Nick Cave and some guy called "Ralph Myerz". And now "Zero 7"! When will it end?! Give us self-employed guys a break, Bill - play some easily ignorable rubbish ... ;-)
Posted 17 years ago by minimole    [ Reply ]
Another classic RP seamless segue. I have no idea when the previous song ended and this one began. I love it when that happens.
Posted 17 years ago by kazuma    [ Reply ]
The percussions particularly interesting and exciting!
Posted 17 years ago by fuh2    [ Reply ]
Posted 17 years ago by coding_to_music    [ Reply ]
Sounds like it should be a James Bond Movie Theme
Posted 17 years ago by K-BILLY    [ Reply ]
Started out very nicely. But then it, slowly, didn't go anywhere. At least not until it got back to the opening theme.
Posted 17 years ago by Detlaps    [ Reply ]
I keep imagining the ghostly children with knives from Silent Hill coming after me...
Posted 17 years ago by evilmonkey    [ Reply ]
Hey look, it's trance with Alan Parsons Project themes.. where's my bottle of rumple..brb
Posted 17 years ago by ndfan75    [ Reply ]
this song is making my blood pressure rise.
Posted 17 years ago by shay_shay    [ Reply ]
yea baby, feed me new music! 8
Posted 17 years ago by maninblack    [ Reply ]
although this song is very cool, that little "voice" creeps me out for some reason.
Posted 18 years ago by trollboy    [ Reply ]
kill bill?
Posted 18 years ago by TobalMoreno    [ Reply ]
..reminds me of the 10 seater bar at the Parus Hotel in Khabarovsk...
Posted 18 years ago by RedPR    [ Reply ]
Why am I thinking, "James Bond?"
Posted 18 years ago by squidish    [ Reply ]
good call on this one. :)
Posted 18 years ago by PattonFever    [ Reply ]
The drumbeat calls me back to the beginning. Primal bliss.
Posted 18 years ago by fuh2    [ Reply ]
This is the theme song to a recent TV show...the 4400? help me!! I'm driving myself crazy. Good to hear the whole thing, RP!! cool...
Posted 18 years ago by crink51    [ Reply ]
Very relaxing yet very upbeat. I love it.
Posted 18 years ago by Seandq    [ Reply ]
GaryG wrote:
Nice. Is this what they call Acid Jazz? Trance? Trip-Hop?
none of the above. ambient chillout. or break-beat. or downtempo. definitely not acid jazz :D
Posted 18 years ago by rah    [ Reply ]
Started nice, but La da da da da..da..da.da..repetitive...repititive.
Posted 18 years ago by NiceGuy2005    [ Reply ]
:nodhead:
Posted 18 years ago by lukekingland    [ Reply ]
Nice. Is this what they call Acid Jazz? Trance? Trip-Hop? :sunny.gif:
Posted 18 years ago by GaryG    [ Reply ]
Nice
Posted 18 years ago by Zweiblumen    [ Reply ]
Nuckin' Futz! Man I DIG it!
Posted 19 years ago by mister_blubs    [ Reply ]
Smooth...
Posted 19 years ago by R_P    [ Reply ]
coding_to_music wrote:
yay, my upload!
Well..ok.I still like the tubes!
Posted 19 years ago by katzendogs    [ Reply ]
yay, my upload!
Posted 19 years ago by coding_to_music    [ Reply ]
i wasn't sure at first, but i bought into its groovalicious funkadelia.
Posted 19 years ago by lotus_65    [ Reply ]
This song has a pretty nice groove. I think I like it.
Posted 19 years ago by Drummer4soul    [ Reply ]