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Deus — Real Sugar
Album: Pocket Revolution
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6.9

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Total ratings: 1045









Released: 2005
Length: 3:51
Plays (last 30 days): 2
Tonight
If only tonight
I need something stronger, baby
Tonight

Like the moon and the stars
I don't know what you are
I can't wait any longer
Tonight

Only love is the real sugar
Only love is the real...

Everybody's ever felt lonely snap your finger
Everybody's ever felt lonely...

They say
There is a way
If you believe in something good
It could happen today
And baby
I'm trying hard to sound vague
But can I just hold you in my arms
Promise you we'll never
Talk about the promise again

Only love is the real sugar
Only love is the real...

Tonight
If only tonight
I need something stronger, baby
Can you provide?

Like the moon and the stars
I don't know what you are
I can't wait any longer
Tonight

Cause only love is the real sugar
Only love is the real...

Everybody's ever felt lonely snap your fingers
Everybody's ever felt lonely...
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 Carl wrote:

Cover art reminds me of movie "Brazil" (ducts). Like song, too.


"Harry Tuttle; freelance heating engineer, at your service."
Strongly recommend their album The Ideal Crash.


(Some impressive lyric writing in a second language, also.)
Sounds to me like Jeff Tweedy. 
beautiful track 
I like this and I have heard it here before - it’s just clicked
For a moment, I thought this was Fran Healy....
Cool! 

Strongly J.J. Cale, except for the orchestral interludes. And yes, some Steely Dan. 

Very nice!!
 chris32 wrote:

Has a pretty strong Steely Dan influence... tasty!



Yeah, it has a real 70's sound. An ease to the groove, but a solid groove. Tasty it is.
 the_jake wrote:


This is quite good.  Does anyone know if their other music is this good?


Hey the_jake,
as a fellow-belgian I feel entitled enough to comment on this  
dEUS is in fact one of the more groundbreaking bands we've had the last couple of decades. 
Their early stuff is very good, think of a mix of more darker tones, sometimes with a heavy guitar sound (by which I mean both heavy distortion but also noise-driven) often followed by the melodic equivalent of the sky opening up after a heavy torrent. 
Sometimes experimental, but often with strokes of genius.
Their line-up has always included some of the best musicians we've had in the country and Tom Barman is a bit of an acquired taste for many, but always delivers some drama (emotion).
I'm definitely not a huge fan, but whenever I hear one of their many gems, I always have to think hard on why I'm, in fact, not 
 Carl wrote:
Cover art reminds me of movie "Brazil" (ducts). Like song, too.
 
My first impression evoked Alan Parsons , I Robot.
Has a pretty strong Steely Dan influence... tasty!
 hippiechick wrote:
Groovy tune!
 

This is quite good.  Does anyone know if their other music is this good?
I always forget how much I love this band until I hear them!
 peter_james_bond wrote:
For some reason, that album cover reminds me of this cover:

Cover

 
Brilliant!  You've outdone yourself Mr. Bond  : )
Cover art reminds me of movie "Brazil" (ducts). Like song, too.
 sullivanssusie wrote:
Anyone else hear King Crimson, "One Time"?

 
A bit perhaps, but I'm really picking up on some J.J. Cale vibe too.  Excellent tune.
Anyone else hear King Crimson, "One Time"?
 Sloggydog wrote:
Ah ScottishWillie, did I nae see ya on a windy day in Edinburgh?
 
A windy day in Edinburgh! You’ll need to narrow it down a bit?
Real Sugar: Real Sweet Musical Find I Stumbled on Today...LoveRadioParadise,Thanks for all of it.
Ah ScottishWillie, did I nae see ya on a windy day in Edinburgh?
Very reminiscent of Tommy Bolin.
{#Cheers} ... wonderful stuff  
 Lyndra_Ski wrote:
Album cover is very Blade Runner - like it.  Bill - Can we have a rating system just for cover art?
 
Now I like that idea!

Woow - did not know they are that good!

SURPRISED!


i love this song.... yesterday i was on a concert, where they play this song, now on rp :-)

I'm thinking the matte shots from the CG movie Robots. The characters were designed by a fellow graphics dog from my days indentured in Shreveport, LA, William Joyce.

I see pipes pipes and more pipes, ala 'ammonia avenue' by alan parsons


 
peter_james_bond wrote:
For some reason, that album cover reminds me of this cover:

Cover
 

 kaybee wrote:
This song would be a perfect vehicle for John Martyn!
 
. . . nice observation, it would have indeed. Just the thought of it ran a chill down my spine but sadly he is no longer with us. 

 gumbo73039 wrote:
I'm getting JJ Cale in here, quite like it.
 
Agreed.

Oh, meu deus! I like this song {#Sunny}
 peter_james_bond wrote:
For some reason, that album cover reminds me of this cover:

Cover
 
NICE!

Title makes me think of Mexican Coke!
real sugar coke label


For some reason, that album cover reminds me of this cover:

Cover
jj cale minus the subversiveness
Has a Josh Rouse feel to it. Anyone else hear that?

good call! Some very interesting guitar work, too


 
gumbo73039 wrote:
I'm getting JJ Cale in here, quite like it.
 

I'm getting JJ Cale in here, quite like it.
Never heared this before, but, this is very nice!!
dEUS are outstanding ^^
architect rulez
Seen them a dozen times. Really really good.
Album cover is very Blade Runner - like it.  Bill - Can we have a rating system just for cover art?
This song would be a perfect vehicle for John Martyn!

I thought this was Josh Rouse too - its cool I like it.
the kind of song that keeps me coming back for more
Roverfish wrote:
Same thoughts here...this could just as easily be Gerry Rafferty/Stealers Wheel or Seals & Crofts. Most excellent. I'm assuming these guys were influenced by Captain Beefheart...anyone?
yep - i searched comments to see if anyone else was reminded of gerry rafferty .. not bad ..
Reminds me of Josh Rouse.. excellent!
Great album!
Daniel_Pittenger wrote:
Stingray, I love how you end your posts with "Stingray!" I bet you are a fun person. Now to the sunject at hand...this song. I give it a five. I bet with better speakers or headphones it's better.
Funny - I was just thinking the same thing about Stingray. The song - not much better with better headphones. I gave it a 5 too.
Stingray, I love how you end your posts with "Stingray!" I bet you are a fun person. Now to the sunject at hand...this song. I give it a five. I bet with better speakers or headphones it's better.
Depending on mood and situatin, I assume I could like it. Stingray!
hcaudill wrote:
Sounds just like Josh Rouse - same 70s light-rock groove.
I was just about to write this
Thought it was new Josh Rouse...
DrLex wrote:
Bill, for the record: it's pronounced day-us, not 'deuce'
The U is actually pronounced like the double oo in foot, cuz it's latin. That's why their name is written dEUS, cuz in latin you would write Deus with a capital D (the exact opposite) shame on you for being belgian and not knowing this! djblitz wrote:
where do you find this stuff?
Probably here: https://www.radioparadise.com/content.php?name=review
Bought this album from iTunes and it is FABULOUS. One of my favourite new (to me) bands.
One on the best bands there is ( or is that because i am from belgium), why aren't there more songs of them here on radio paradise.
Sounds somewhat like Michael Franks?
What a beautifully atonal segue: Jeff Beck - Freeway Jam Deus - Real Sugar RP: I love the way you've introduced me to a wonderful array of music.
This blows....
Zamoeba wrote:
Nice and groovy and mysterious...
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Roverfish wrote:
I'm assuming these guys were influenced by Captain Beefheart...anyone?
see here
Groovy tune!
Sounds just like Josh Rouse - same 70s light-rock groove.
djblitz wrote:
This track sounds timeless, I can't tell if it was produced in 1976 or 2006.
Same thoughts here...this could just as easily be Gerry Rafferty/Stealers Wheel or Seals & Crofts. Most excellent. I'm assuming these guys were influenced by Captain Beefheart...anyone?
djblitz wrote:
Another obscure track I would have heard no other place than RP, where do you find this stuff? This track sounds timeless, I can't tell if it was produced in 1976 or 2006. 7/10
I was just about to write the same thing! I like it.
Another obscure track I would have heard no other place than RP, where do you find this stuff? This track sounds timeless, I can't tell if it was produced in 1976 or 2006. 7/10
mesmerizingly sexy voice... music ebbs & flows... he mentions the moon & the stars...
This song is dedicated to Mark Sandman.
Bill, for the record: it's pronounced day-us, not 'deuce'
Nice and groovy and mysterious...
please! tune that guitar!