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The Good, The Bad & The Queen — Herculean
Album: The Good, The Bad & The Queen
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Released: 2007
Length: 3:56
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Standing on the dark canal
By the gasworks
Celebrate the ghost gone by
When all love hurts

And the medicine man here 24/7
You can get it fast in Armageddon
Everyone on the way to heaven
Slowly

Call for prayer is common around here
In the morning
Wash our faces go to work
There is no warning

That it all gets better when life is straight
It's bigger than you and the Welfare State
And we'll keep singing it's not too late
For you
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 peter_james_bond wrote:
The Good, The Bad & The Albarn. {#Good-vibes}


Like to see this done as a Gorillaz tune 
Posted 1 year ago by phlattop    [ Reply ]
I got this on my computer at work when it was the iTunes Freebie Of The Week (Jan '07) and listened to it so much that I "unchecked" it to get it off my RP Favorites rotation. Meanwhile, I upped its rating on RP every time I heard it for a while, then began to decrease its rating. Such is the fate of overheard songs, I suppose; although, I have a few RP Favs that I could hear a thousand times and not tire of, I think.
Posted 11 years ago by Carl    [ Reply ]
 Randomax wrote:

video killed the radio star.......


 
THAT'S it!  The tinny voice and the immediate synths...  I'm still watching for the demise of MTV (didn't the "M" initially stand for "MUSIC"?) so we can say that radio killed the video star...

Posted 12 years ago by Cynaera    [ Reply ]
 peter_james_bond wrote:
It's unclear...it's blurry. {#Wink}
 
I think it might be a gorilla ... {#Stupid}
Posted 12 years ago by WayUpNorth    [ Reply ]
 dogpound wrote:
anything is better than Desolation Row
 
hahaha — same set today (same sentiments, too)

Posted 13 years ago by socalhol    [ Reply ]
I was grooving on the Moody Blues, and this showed up - platinum day went back to ick.  I really NEED a new MP3 player...{#Rolleyes}
Posted 13 years ago by Cynaera    [ Reply ]
Terrible, just terrible.{#No}
Posted 14 years ago by sirdroseph    [ Reply ]
anything is better than Desolation Row
Posted 14 years ago by dogpound    [ Reply ]
The Good, The Bad & The Albarn. {#Good-vibes}
Posted 14 years ago by peter_james_bond    [ Reply ]

video killed the radio star.......


Posted 14 years ago by Randomax    [ Reply ]
ooh ... I'm liking this.  A nice follow up to Moody Blues' Lovely to See You.
Posted 14 years ago by plaice3    [ Reply ]
 queenjill wrote:
I can't decide if I like this or if it's boring.  I don't even know how to interpret my indecision. 
 
It's unclear...it's blurry. {#Wink}
Posted 14 years ago by peter_james_bond    [ Reply ]
Strange....and yet interesting....fresh, progressive?
Posted 14 years ago by EssexTex    [ Reply ]
7 is kind of the minimum anything with Damon Albarn involvement deserves, isn't it?
Posted 14 years ago by le_colonel    [ Reply ]
Well done, hugo. Well said.

Liking this piece. I'm a brit pop, brit prog fan for 35 years. Started with The Nice and went from there.

 hugoallen wrote:
I highly recommend checking this album out - this isn't the best song on it by any means.  It's a great piece of work.
I've been revisiting a lot of the older Blur stuff (esp. from Modern Life Is Rubbish), having recently seen their fantastic reunion performance at Glastonbury, and have to take my hat off to Damon Albarn - I've never really warmed to the guy but he's been responsible for so many great songs in so many guises over a 20 year career.  Blur, Gorillaz, Mali Music, Good Bad & The Queen - all brilliant at times and never less than interesting.
 


Posted 14 years ago by denbear    [ Reply ]
I highly recommend checking this album out - this isn't the best song on it by any means.  It's a great piece of work.
I've been revisiting a lot of the older Blur stuff (esp. from Modern Life Is Rubbish), having recently seen their fantastic reunion performance at Glastonbury, and have to take my hat off to Damon Albarn - I've never really warmed to the guy but he's been responsible for so many great songs in so many guises over a 20 year career.  Blur, Gorillaz, Mali Music, Good Bad & The Queen - all brilliant at times and never less than interesting.
Posted 14 years ago by hugoallen    [ Reply ]
Naw, not so much with this one for me.
Posted 14 years ago by MsJudi    [ Reply ]
I thought I heard Gorillaz.
Cool by me. 
Posted 14 years ago by Bazooka    [ Reply ]
 queenjill wrote:
I can't decide if I like this or if it's boring.  I don't even know how to interpret my indecision. 
 
That's often my first reaction to something I end up loving.

Posted 14 years ago by coldatlantic    [ Reply ]
Not that bad, not that good, just decent.
Posted 15 years ago by Radio_Dweeb    [ Reply ]
 ca1vinandhobbes wrote:
Can't help but think of Blur and Gorillaz. A bit more mature sounding, a bit less experimental.
 
same here!!

Posted 15 years ago by lalalisa25    [ Reply ]
Whatever it is. . .it sent a chemical reaction through my brain towards my right arm and into the fingers of my hands to turn it up.

Hard to interpret, but I'm not hating it. . .
Posted 15 years ago by surreal1221    [ Reply ]
I can't decide if I like this or if it's boring.  I don't even know how to interpret my indecision. 
Posted 15 years ago by queenjill    [ Reply ]
 peter75 wrote:
No, you were right first time, he did a thing with a bunch of musicians from Mali (which, for you Americans, is in West Africa), called simply "Mali Music" and it was sh*t hot.
 
huh? when did they move mali to africa?
(friggin' pompous limey.) 
Posted 15 years ago by colt4x5    [ Reply ]
peter75 wrote:
No, you were right first time, he did a thing with a bunch of musicians from Mali (which, for you Americans, is in West Africa), called simply "Mali Music" and it was sh*t hot.


Mali is Mali to this Yank (damned Yankee no less. . . Moved South and Stayed!), though sadly too many folks on any side of the pond will look blankly at you if you ask then where Mali, Senegal, Mauritania, et al are.
I though I had heard of a different project he had. . . glad to see my memory was sorta right.
I see BillG has many of the tunes here as well. Likely it was hear I saw that which I had forgotten.({edit} I see Ive rated one of the tunes{Le Relax} an "8".)


Posted 15 years ago by jpfueler    [ Reply ]
 IMGoph wrote:
i don't want to be a jerk here, but you all are obviously intelligent enough to be able to figure out how to find this site on the internet....so try googling things and you'll get your answer pretty quickly on a whole host of things. it's not that hard to look things up yourself.
 
Sorry, Mom. I'll try and do better next time. (Jeez, I hate it when she gets like that...)

Posted 15 years ago by WonderLizard    [ Reply ]
Even better than pretty good.  6->7 and destined to climb higher.


Posted 15 years ago by westslope    [ Reply ]
Hey...this is pretty good! {#Yes}
Posted 15 years ago by Kittee    [ Reply ]
 fossphur wrote:
Hmm not bad, this is the first track I have heard from this project. I think its more ambient than anything else I've heard from this guy. It's very backgroundish music.

 

This CD sort of fell under the radar when it came out. Its really good though I'd definitely recommend it, especially if you like Blur. It tends to fall more on the Blur side of things than say Gorillaz...
Posted 15 years ago by Darlington    [ Reply ]
Hmm not bad, this is the first track I have heard from this project. I think its more ambient than anything else I've heard from this guy. It's very backgroundish music.

Posted 15 years ago by fossphur    [ Reply ]
Can't help but think of Blur and Gorillaz. A bit more mature sounding, a bit less experimental.
It's the same guys...
Posted 15 years ago by Deadwing    [ Reply ]
Hmm...three chord trick with repeating tuneless dirge - I thought it was Moby. It's not often that I'm tempted to post a negative comment but this gets a resounding 1.
Posted 15 years ago by daedalus    [ Reply ]
black321 wrote:
song goes nowhere
/.............video killed the radio star ,,,,, I love that song
Posted 15 years ago by cattail321    [ Reply ]
song goes nowhere
Posted 15 years ago by black321    [ Reply ]
Can't help but think of Blur and Gorillaz. A bit more mature sounding, a bit less experimental.
Posted 15 years ago by ca1vinandhobbes    [ Reply ]
This song has a tone sequence that sounds like my cell phone's ring tone. I'm constantly fooled into reaching for my phone when it plays. Arg!
Posted 15 years ago by MonkeyPod    [ Reply ]
jpfueler wrote:
I thought he had another project as well. . . /me wanders off to check allmusic /me wanders back guess I was wrong. Just TGTB&TQ, Gorillaz, and Blur
No, you were right first time, he did a thing with a bunch of musicians from Mali (which, for you Americans, is in West Africa), called simply "Mali Music" and it was sh*t hot.
Posted 16 years ago by peter75    [ Reply ]
IMGoph wrote:
i don't want to be a jerk here, but you all are obviously intelligent enough to be able to figure out how to find this site on the internet....so try googling things and you'll get your answer pretty quickly on a whole host of things. it's not that hard to look things up yourself.
Jerk.
Posted 16 years ago by chucklesalmon    [ Reply ]
kirch wrote:
Bought this album after first hearing Herculean, which I love. I've given this whole album a good number of listens, at least 15 or so, but find it to be a bit disappointing in the end. A couple good efforts, but overall not that inspiring to me.
I agree. I'm a very great fan of Damon Albarn in everything he does, but with The Good, The Bad & The Queen something is just...missing. The greatness just doesn't shine through. Sad, really.
Posted 16 years ago by esotericderek    [ Reply ]
A good tune from a pretty underwhelming album. Anybody besides me hear Hey Joe?
Posted 16 years ago by keller1    [ Reply ]
Bought this album after first hearing Herculean, which I love. I've given this whole album a good number of listens, at least 15 or so, but find it to be a bit disappointing in the end. A couple good efforts, but overall not that inspiring to me.
Posted 16 years ago by kirch    [ Reply ]
Jimi_the_Saint wrote:
Half-third step-cousins on their paternal great-grandmother's side (well, TGTB&TQ's paternal great-grandmother, Gorillaz maternal great-grandmother), twice removed. One of each band is also related to Blur, but that kinship just gets confusing.
or simply put Damon Albarn
Posted 16 years ago by More_Cowbell    [ Reply ]
Many talented people, yet doesn't work as a whole. I found the CD very disappointing.
Posted 16 years ago by chyk5    [ Reply ]
Jimi_the_Saint wrote:
Half-third step-cousins on their paternal great-grandmother's side (well, TGTB&TQ's paternal great-grandmother, Gorillaz maternal great-grandmother), twice removed. One of each band is also related to Blur, but that kinship just gets confusing.
Just brilliant!
Posted 16 years ago by prickelpit96    [ Reply ]
stephds wrote:
Are these guys any relation to the Gorillaz?
Half-third step-cousins on their paternal great-grandmother's side (well, TGTB&TQ's paternal great-grandmother, Gorillaz maternal great-grandmother), twice removed. One of each band is also related to Blur, but that kinship just gets confusing.
Posted 16 years ago by Jimi_the_Saint    [ Reply ]
Darlington wrote:
But Paul Simonon (basist for The Clash who plays on this) is no slouch either...
No WAY! WOW! What a supergroup. Now I understand why this is a different entity than Gorillaz. Cool.
Posted 16 years ago by DoctorHooey    [ Reply ]
Jamunca wrote:
I like this band for two reasons and two reasons only: Damon Albarn and Simon Tong. That is all.
But Paul Simonon (basist for The Clash who plays on this) is no slouch either...
Posted 16 years ago by Darlington    [ Reply ]
westslope wrote:
Interesting. Will need a few more spins to sort this one out.
It's certainly taken a few spins for me, but I like the album the more I listen to it.
Posted 16 years ago by smdeeg    [ Reply ]
I like this band for two reasons and two reasons only: Damon Albarn and Simon Tong. That is all.
Posted 16 years ago by Jamunca    [ Reply ]
davin wrote:
7 -> 8
If davin thinks this is neat, I'll listen. Interesting. Will need a few more spins to sort this one out.
Posted 16 years ago by westslope    [ Reply ]
IMGoph wrote:
i don't want to be a jerk here, but you all are obviously intelligent enough to be able to figure out how to find this site on the internet....so try googling things and you'll get your answer pretty quickly on a whole host of things. it's not that hard to look things up yourself.
Plus if you people would look at the top of the page you will see that RP has provided a bunch of links that take you to more information about the band.
Posted 16 years ago by ryuujin23    [ Reply ]
IMGoph wrote:
i don't want to be a jerk here, but you all are obviously intelligent enough to be able to figure out how to find this site on the internet....so try googling things and you'll get your answer pretty quickly on a whole host of things. it's not that hard to look things up yourself.
You're fun to talk to!
Posted 16 years ago by ScottFromWyoming    [ Reply ]
Great atmosphere, lousy vocals.
Posted 16 years ago by coldatlantic    [ Reply ]
the cover on this looks one and the same as the cover on the book "1634-The Baltic War" by Eric Flint and David Weber. Though the 1634 cover is s'posed to be Hamburg on fire I believe, though London get a bit worked over in the book
Posted 16 years ago by jpfueler    [ Reply ]
serendipity_blue wrote:
His name is Damon Albarn and he has a band called Blur, which came before Gorillaz.
I thought he had another project as well. . . /me wanders off to check allmusic /me wanders back guess I was wrong. Just TGTB&TQ, Gorillaz, and Blur
Posted 16 years ago by jpfueler    [ Reply ]
stephds wrote:
Are these guys any relation to the Gorillaz?
His name is Damon Albarn and he has a band called Blur, which came before Gorillaz.
Posted 16 years ago by serendipity_blue    [ Reply ]
7 -> 8
Posted 16 years ago by davin    [ Reply ]
Every time I hear this come on, I take notice and "promote" its rating. Guess I must be liking it...
Posted 16 years ago by Carl    [ Reply ]
i don't want to be a jerk here, but you all are obviously intelligent enough to be able to figure out how to find this site on the internet....so try googling things and you'll get your answer pretty quickly on a whole host of things. it's not that hard to look things up yourself. ElSupreme wrote:
If he isn't it is for sure a dead ringer.
Posted 16 years ago by IMGoph    [ Reply ]
shakitten wrote:
I was just going to ask if it was the same lead singer...I swear it is....
If he isn't it is for sure a dead ringer.
Posted 16 years ago by ElSupreme    [ Reply ]
Yes this is their new project.
Posted 16 years ago by Rocksteadybeat    [ Reply ]
stephds wrote:
Are these guys any relation to the Gorillaz?
I was just going to ask if it was the same lead singer...I swear it is....
Posted 16 years ago by shakitten    [ Reply ]
Ho hum... He should have better been sticking to his Gorillaz project instead.
Posted 16 years ago by nu-GFX    [ Reply ]
Are these guys any relation to the Gorillaz?
Posted 16 years ago by stephds    [ Reply ]
Lovin it. heard them recorded live on an NPR show.. was immediately intrigued. Liking them more and more.
Posted 16 years ago by Gambrinus    [ Reply ]
atmospheric, nerdy, yet groovy. Not bad.
Posted 16 years ago by MTL_Robbie    [ Reply ]
this is definitely growing on me....
Posted 16 years ago by Alifreckles50    [ Reply ]
thatslongformud wrote:
I can see my rating going up on this one in the future...
I don't _dislike_ it, but I'm just not digging much that I hear from this album. Maybe it'll grow on me. On Sept. 7th: still not getting into this even though my "friends at Amazon" continue to recommend it to me
Posted 16 years ago by Wizzuvvoz    [ Reply ]
me likey.
Posted 16 years ago by thewiseking    [ Reply ]
I can see my rating going up on this one in the future...
Posted 16 years ago by thatslongformud    [ Reply ]
Some sort of modern-day clockwork nursery rhyme...
Posted 16 years ago by Arianrhod    [ Reply ]
yay
Posted 16 years ago by bookishbitty    [ Reply ]
hey this is neat.
Posted 16 years ago by davin    [ Reply ]