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Dengue Fever — Oceans of Venus
Album: Venus on Earth
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Released: 2008
Length: 3:27
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Love this group.  Thanks RP for introducing me to them.
Posted 4 weeks ago by bluecshells    [ Reply ]
 mkane67 wrote:

Shpongle meets The B52’s? Why not?



I Agree! Works for me!  EXCELLENT TUNE!   Thanx RP!  
Posted 1 year ago by joejennings    [ Reply ]
Shpongle meets The B52’s? Why not?
Posted 1 year ago by mkane67    [ Reply ]
 DanO-1 wrote:

B-52's visit Cambodia



And they did.
Posted 1 year ago by DunstanBurke    [ Reply ]
 Zep wrote:

Cambodian Surf Rock!




Works for me!!  EXCELLENT TUNE!! Interesting mix of genres!!   
Posted 1 year ago by joejennings    [ Reply ]
 joejennings wrote:

Good Tune!! I never heard of them before.  Thanx RP!


Indeed!  And this song in particular (by style and title) always makes me yearn for some Man or Astro-man on RP.  

And some Cramps... and some Subsonics... and... and... 

But I love what we have here (mostly, lol!).
Posted 2 years ago by QuantumShaman    [ Reply ]
 gonzaga wrote:

t is the best radio in the world.
Brazilian music is missing.
Caetano Veloso, Gilberto Gil, João Gilberto, Elis Regina, Baden Powel, Luiz Gonzaga, Zé Ramalho, Belchior, Alceu Valença, Renato Teixeira among others.
Please consider these musicians in your repertoire.
Thank you, Luiz Gonzaga de Andrade

Yes please, and consider also Os Mutantes, Tim Maia, Tom Ze, Novos Baianos

Posted 2 years ago by lucidea333    [ Reply ]
Love this groove!
Posted 2 years ago by rklein    [ Reply ]
"Cambodian" rock?  
Posted 2 years ago by geonuine    [ Reply ]
Dick Dale rides again!
Posted 2 years ago by zenhead    [ Reply ]
I think Bill is having a nice chuckle!!!
Posted 2 years ago by PeterMcClelland    [ Reply ]
The last 5 tracks ~ blend to beauty. Find Bill or Rebecca or both and (if it’s safe to do so) give them a hug from Matt in Oz! Respect to your talents Hats 🎩 off I tips my lid Bill. Please come fir my funeral?
Posted 2 years ago by Matt_Maurer    [ Reply ]
Cambodian Surf Rock!
Posted 3 years ago by Zep    [ Reply ]
This is only the second track I've ever heard by Dengue Fever on RP.

I do not like the other track at all, but this one channels the vibes of the theme song from the 60's TV show "The Munsters" - and I can work with this.  :-)

Thanks for the introduction, Bill!
Posted 3 years ago by SpencerAR    [ Reply ]
 jtherieau wrote:
Hey Bill. Not such a good transition from The Rainbow Talk Talk to Oceans of Venus Dengue Fever. Not this time of night. We love both songs, but we were totally chilling to Talk Talk and then...WHAM...Dengue Fever. 

Ouch.

(Update: We next-tracked to a nice Sigur Ros Track 6, so maybe just move Dengue Fever to another playlist?)
 
You new around here?
Posted 3 years ago by SmackDaddy    [ Reply ]
Hey Bill. Not such a good transition from The Rainbow Talk Talk to Oceans of Venus Dengue Fever. Not this time of night. We love both songs, but we were totally chilling to Talk Talk and then...WHAM...Dengue Fever. 

Ouch.

(Update: We next-tracked to a nice Sigur Ros Track 6, so maybe just move Dengue Fever to another playlist?)
Posted 3 years ago by jtherieau    [ Reply ]
 S-curvy wrote:
Thanks Bill, I've been hankerin' for little Dengue.  It's funny how the East Coasters and Flatlanders just don't get Dengue Fever; I guess it really helps to be on the Pacific Rim to understand the whole Pacific Rim thing.
 
I am in New Hampshire (northern New England for those that do not know the USA).

I love DF.
Posted 3 years ago by sqqqrly    [ Reply ]
In the best spirit of surf guitar.
Posted 3 years ago by ciarataylor    [ Reply ]
t is the best radio in the world.
Brazilian music is missing.
Caetano Veloso, Gilberto Gil, João Gilberto, Elis Regina, Baden Powel, Luiz Gonzaga, Zé Ramalho, Belchior, Alceu Valença, Renato Teixeira among others.
Please consider these musicians in your repertoire.
Thank you, Luiz Gonzaga de Andrade
Posted 3 years ago by gonzaga    [ Reply ]
I'm starting to really love this band.  Thanks RP!  Screw you, haters!  Go listen to Radiohead!
Posted 3 years ago by jelgator    [ Reply ]
Some mistakes who make this music fine. It is not very english but this is my sentence
Posted 3 years ago by noe.architecte169    [ Reply ]
I thought I was listening at Camels
Posted 4 years ago by capooti    [ Reply ]
With a little Meat Puppets thrown in for good measure

 DanO-1 wrote:
B-52's visit Cambodia
 

Posted 4 years ago by sergeant_x    [ Reply ]
Holy 60s, Batman! I thought it was the Ventures!
Posted 4 years ago by wernermark    [ Reply ]
One of their more tolerable tunes.  Rating bumped from 5 ten years ago to 6 now.  I have no idea what that means.
Posted 4 years ago by keller1    [ Reply ]
SOOOO B-52's.  As in a complete ripoff of that with a few generic surf bands thrown in for good measure.  Even so, I like it!
Posted 4 years ago by tlbritton    [ Reply ]
LONG

LIVE

Radio Paradise

Ya fools
Posted 5 years ago by ExploitingChaos    [ Reply ]
B-52's visit Cambodia
Posted 5 years ago by DanO-1    [ Reply ]
Feels like Rock Lobster a bit :)
Posted 5 years ago by Laurieks    [ Reply ]
Wait...
A Dengue Fever song I don't immediately hit PSD on!  Cool!

Their other stuff isn't for me.  I've tried, but my brain cannot handle it.
Posted 5 years ago by Queue    [ Reply ]
Ow.
Posted 5 years ago by jtherieau    [ Reply ]
 arserocket wrote:
more Dengue Fever please

 
Less Dung Fever please
Posted 5 years ago by pinto    [ Reply ]
 stegokitty wrote:
It has potential, but something's just off on this one.
It's sort of like going into those Home Goods or TJMaxx stores, where there's all of this stuff that isn't quite good enough for real stores. 

 
What an insightful comparison...
Posted 7 years ago by tulfan    [ Reply ]
more Dengue Fever please
Posted 8 years ago by arserocket    [ Reply ]
It has potential, but something's just off on this one.
It's sort of like going into those Home Goods or TJMaxx stores, where there's all of this stuff that isn't quite good enough for real stores. 
Posted 9 years ago by stegokitty    [ Reply ]
The wiki page the link goes to discusses the disease, not the band. Given my opinion of the song, I'm not sure that's an error.
Posted 9 years ago by wpost    [ Reply ]
Dude, get a real motorcycle.  There's two things a man doesn't want to be seen in the company of.  You're riding one of them.
Posted 9 years ago by LPCity    [ Reply ]
Truly awful, even by Dengue Fever standards. This is the kind of thing you blare from PA speakers to encourage drug dealers to move on to the next street corner. 

Ekin, you are just too damned fond of that graphic.  
Posted 9 years ago by kcar    [ Reply ]
make it stop. please.
Posted 10 years ago by Red_Dragon    [ Reply ]
really bad song, really bad sound. 
Posted 10 years ago by ekin    [ Reply ]
A lot like the Raybeats from the early '80's...which is a good thing!
Posted 10 years ago by ckevin63    [ Reply ]
 S-curvy wrote:
Thanks Bill, I've been hankerin' for little Dengue.  It's funny how the East Coasters and Flatlanders just don't get Dengue Fever; I guess it really helps to be on the Pacific Rim to understand the whole Pacific Rim thing.
 
So, like, Kim Jong-un likes the Dengue Fever?  I like 'em and I'm a redneck from the Southern USA who was a Pacific Rimmer only for the week the submarine parked in San Diego in early 1981.

If you're going to stereotype, try to be witty next time and less condescending, please
 
(Whew!! I'm in a curmudgeonly mood and almost said, "Pacific Rim THIS!"  Glad I showed a little restraint.)
Posted 10 years ago by unclehud    [ Reply ]
 S-curvy wrote:
Thanks Bill, I've been hankerin' for little Dengue.  It's funny how the East Coasters and Flatlanders just don't get Dengue Fever; I guess it really helps to be on the Pacific Rim to understand the whole Pacific Rim thing.
 
Some of us flatlanders have a hankerin for lots of left coast things, not the least of which is lanky blonde hair...or just some time on the beach with my lovely red headed misses {#Angel}
Posted 11 years ago by mrtuba9    [ Reply ]
 bytejunkie55 wrote:
The Ventures  - Telestar
 
EXACTLY what I came here to post! Reminds me of being at the skating rink around 1970.


Posted 11 years ago by smackiepipe    [ Reply ]
 S-curvy wrote:
Thanks Bill, I've been hankerin' for little Dengue.  It's funny how the East Coasters and Flatlanders just don't get Dengue Fever; I guess it really helps to be on the Pacific Rim to understand the whole Pacific Rim thing.
  

 

I don't know if living on the western side of Manhattan qualifies as "West Coast" but I do like this band mucho.


Posted 12 years ago by bitbanger    [ Reply ]
Love Khmer.
Posted 12 years ago by nalle    [ Reply ]
 S-curvy wrote:
Thanks Bill, I've been hankerin' for little Dengue.  It's funny how the East Coasters and Flatlanders just don't get Dengue Fever; I guess it really helps to be on the Pacific Rim to understand the whole Pacific Rim thing.
 
Gee, you're lumping together about 200 million Americans; I've told you a million times not to exaggerate.{#Wink}
Good song, by the way - I believe I "get it" - residence has absolutely nothing to do with it.  By the way, your clocks are three hours slow.
Posted 12 years ago by Proclivities    [ Reply ]
What a great song to slip into the mix at your next cocktail party. Pass the car keys bowl!
Posted 12 years ago by Sasha2001    [ Reply ]
The Ventures  - Telestar
Posted 13 years ago by bytejunkie55    [ Reply ]
 Geecheeboy wrote:
I'm with Oldman from Virginia below.  I "get them," I just don't LIKE them.  This one is tolerable, though.

 
Right there with you.

Posted 13 years ago by Byronape    [ Reply ]
I'm with Oldman from Virginia below.  I "get them," I just don't LIKE them.  This one is tolerable, though.

Posted 13 years ago by Geecheeboy    [ Reply ]
 xy wrote:
Reminiscent of the B-52's............
 

I think you're right, and that's one reason I like it.
Posted 13 years ago by Hannio    [ Reply ]
 johnjconn wrote:
Very Eddy Munster like
 
I know, right?!  I always think The Munsters when this comes on...  Kinda 60's Surf music too.

Posted 13 years ago by socalhol    [ Reply ]
 q4Fry wrote:

At which point you have 4 options:
  1. Bad hemorrhagic fever
  2. Worse hemorrhagic fever and all your hair falls out
  3. "Breakbone Fever" (permanent arthritis)
  4. Hell fever (I had this strain. 108 degrees. They left me in a bucket of ice for a couple days to keep my brain from cooking.)
  
Option 5: Seeing Hands: Your face melts like the Nazis' faces when they open the Ark of the Covenant.


Posted 13 years ago by Decoy    [ Reply ]
{#Stop}
Posted 13 years ago by glassbuteo    [ Reply ]
 ick wrote:
Professional surfer Andy Irons has allegedly died from Dengue fever.
 
The coroner's report will determine the real cause but if it is true this band may be in some serious trouble.  :-)

Posted 13 years ago by Monoman    [ Reply ]
Professional surfer Andy Irons has allegedly died from Dengue fever.
Posted 13 years ago by ick    [ Reply ]
RIP Andy Irons
Posted 13 years ago by scraig    [ Reply ]
 S-curvy wrote:
It's funny how the East Coasters and Flatlanders just don't get Dengue Fever; I guess it really helps to be on the Pacific Rim to understand the whole Pacific Rim thing.
  No sure about that one. I live bang in the middle of Scotland and I get them.

Posted 13 years ago by ScottishWillie    [ Reply ]
Thanks for your gross generalization. S-curvy wrote:
Thanks Bill, I've been hankerin' for little Dengue.  It's funny how the East Coasters and Flatlanders just don't get Dengue Fever; I guess it really helps to be on the Pacific Rim to understand the whole Pacific Rim thing.
 


Posted 13 years ago by ireboy    [ Reply ]
Their rendition of J. Mitchell's "both sides now" on City of Ghosts was haunting.
Posted 13 years ago by MinMan    [ Reply ]
 Decoy wrote:
the only song that I enjoy by them...in fact I would rather contract Dengue Fever than listen to their other songs...
 
At which point you have 4 options:
  1. Bad hemorrhagic fever
  2. Worse hemorrhagic fever and all your hair falls out
  3. "Breakbone Fever" (permanent arthritis)
  4. Hell fever (I had this strain. 108 degrees. They left me in a bucket of ice for a couple days to keep my brain from cooking.)

Posted 13 years ago by q4Fry    [ Reply ]
Funny - this is the same sounds that my colon made after eating that Listeria-tainted deli meat.... what are the odds of that ?  {#Angel}
Posted 13 years ago by Fooboy    [ Reply ]
 Decoy wrote:
the only song that I enjoy by them...in fact I would rather contract Dengue Fever than listen to their other songs...
 
No; you really wouldn't.

Posted 13 years ago by Proclivities    [ Reply ]
the only song that I enjoy by them...in fact I would rather contract Dengue Fever than listen to their other songs...
Posted 13 years ago by Decoy    [ Reply ]
Good heavens, I appear to be freaking out.
Posted 13 years ago by SquiddlyDiddly    [ Reply ]
 S-curvy wrote:
Thanks Bill, I've been hankerin' for little Dengue.  It's funny how the East Coasters and Flatlanders just don't get Dengue Fever; I guess it really helps to be on the Pacific Rim to understand the whole Pacific Rim thing.
 
There's nothing to GET. When she sings it has all the appeal of listening to somebody with bad arthritis strangle a chicken.
This song is quite tolerable (dare I say likable). Would have gone quite well with a surf motif of songs
Dick Dale 
Skullbucket or The Wet Spot by SCOTS
the Ventures
etc.

Posted 13 years ago by oldman    [ Reply ]
 xy wrote:
Reminiscent of the B-52's............
 
I was thinking the same thing! {#High-five}  "Rock Lobster", or "Private Idaho"... Day-am, I love the B-52's... so, by proxy, I guess I love Dengue Fever, too, unless they disappoint me...

Posted 13 years ago by Cynaera    [ Reply ]
 xy wrote:
Reminiscent of the B-52's............
 
I was thinking some crazy surf music.
Posted 13 years ago by scraig    [ Reply ]
I am soooo over this
Posted 13 years ago by whtahtefcuk    [ Reply ]
Thanks Bill, I've been hankerin' for little Dengue.  It's funny how the East Coasters and Flatlanders just don't get Dengue Fever; I guess it really helps to be on the Pacific Rim to understand the whole Pacific Rim thing.
Posted 13 years ago by S-curvy    [ Reply ]
Reminiscent of the B-52's............
Posted 13 years ago by xy    [ Reply ]
At least she's not singing in this one. Probably why it's got a 6.3 at the moment.
Posted 13 years ago by Jamunca    [ Reply ]
This is my cue ... -mute-  ...
Posted 13 years ago by michaelgmitchell    [ Reply ]
 Quixmundi wrote:
Argghhh....this is obnoxious. I'm sick and have a fever after listening to it.
 
Take two Coldplay and get some rest.....{#Roflol}
Posted 13 years ago by jkhandy    [ Reply ]
 hippiechick wrote:
This song reminds me of the beginning of either The Munsters or Car 54, it's been too long to remember
 
I think it would be The Munsters theme, but maybe this song has some deeper, subliminal messages that you're picking up about Fred Gwynne and/or Al Lewis.  They were both in either program.

Posted 14 years ago by Proclivities    [ Reply ]
Almost sounds like something you would hear on an episode of Twin Peaks.

Good bye Laura Palmer...
Posted 14 years ago by Byronape    [ Reply ]
 Hannio wrote:
The campy 60's space age sound reminds me just a little bit of B52s' Planet Claire.

 
A litle "Telstar," a little "Planet Claire," a little "Voyage Around the Moon" from That Thing You Do.

Posted 14 years ago by Baby_M    [ Reply ]
Freakalicious
Posted 14 years ago by Felix_The_Cat    [ Reply ]
Mmmmmmmmmmmuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuute. Just in time.
Posted 14 years ago by michaelgmitchell    [ Reply ]
 Achilles wrote:
Reminds me of Felt.
 
Me too. Lets have some Felt on RP. 
Posted 14 years ago by ScottishWillie    [ Reply ]
The campy 60's space age sound reminds me just a little bit of B52s' Planet Claire.

Posted 14 years ago by Hannio    [ Reply ]
 federico wrote:
sounds like the sound track to a bad 60s movie, which is not bad, by the way!
 
{#Yes}

Posted 14 years ago by kaybee    [ Reply ]
 Bazooka wrote:
Is this the "Fender Sound"? Please, I'm serious.
 
If so, it's electronics because Zak plays a phat Les Paul

These guys are AWESOME in concert, better than their studio stuff


Posted 14 years ago by a_genuine_find    [ Reply ]
I've got a fever and it's Dengue Fever! ....wait that didn't quite come out right.... Cool tune though.

Posted 14 years ago by peter_james_bond    [ Reply ]
Nice moped
Posted 14 years ago by EssexTex    [ Reply ]
Reminds me of Felt.
Posted 14 years ago by Achilles    [ Reply ]
Bill- give up on these cats already! This cut sounds like a bad cover band doing Dick Dale. And I heard way too many of those growing up in 60's Southern California!
Posted 14 years ago by jeffcourtney    [ Reply ]
 SparkyMarky wrote:
Love it...got a 60s feel definitely. Wonder what their other stuff is like?
 
It's quirky, all over the place—either sweetly endearing or utterly off the wall. Unique, entertaining, and not for the faint of heart.

Posted 14 years ago by WonderLizard    [ Reply ]
This song reminds me of the beginning of either The Munsters or Car 54, it's been too long to remember
Posted 14 years ago by hippiechick    [ Reply ]
This is sooooo cool. Naive and basic... Luvit!
Posted 14 years ago by Limpopoking    [ Reply ]
Love it...got a 60s feel definitely. Wonder what their other stuff is like?
Posted 14 years ago by SparkyMarky    [ Reply ]
I ALWAYS miss the next 3 or 4 songs after DF.
Posted 14 years ago by Geecheeboy    [ Reply ]
There is a place for this twangy song.
Posted 14 years ago by Trickyricky    [ Reply ]
 handyrae wrote:


The first little bit always reminds me of the theme from The Munsters.
 

Lol !!!!!! me too  hahahahaha{#Dance}
Posted 14 years ago by ropena    [ Reply ]
 federico wrote:
sounds like the sound track to a bad 60s movie, which is not bad, by the way!
 
  sounds like Herb Alpert trying to be hip in the late 60s

Posted 14 years ago by CyberCoyote    [ Reply ]
Is this the "Fender Sound"? Please, I'm serious.
Posted 14 years ago by Bazooka    [ Reply ]
This is a good way to start the day. I gave it a high rating to counter the low rating. {#Nyah}
Posted 14 years ago by darrenwwwa    [ Reply ]
I don't really want to give this a low rating, I just don't want to hear it again.
Posted 14 years ago by Stefen    [ Reply ]
This is no way to start my day with RP. C'mon, Bill. The joke's over with this "band". It's pathetic.
Posted 14 years ago by michaelgmitchell    [ Reply ]
It's Official Dengue Fever will be all the rage in 70 or so years:

"We conclude that climate change is likely to increase the area of land with a climate suitable for dengue fever transmission, and that if no other contributing factors were to change, a large proportion of the human population would then be put at risk."

https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0140673602099646
Posted 14 years ago by More_Cowbell    [ Reply ]
 federico wrote:
sounds like the sound track to a bad 60s movie, which is not bad, by the way!
 

The first little bit always reminds me of the theme from The Munsters.
Posted 14 years ago by handyrae    [ Reply ]
sounds like the sound track to a bad 60s movie, which is not bad, by the way!
Posted 15 years ago by federico    [ Reply ]
it sounds like something we would have played in the high school jazz band...
Posted 15 years ago by ick    [ Reply ]
Wish more of their songs sounded like this one
Posted 15 years ago by BigTimber    [ Reply ]
 gvan wrote:
Sounds more like Ben Gay fever. Old-timer stuff. Just play "Telstar" and get it over with (play it before 8pm though; wouldn't want anyone to miss their bedtimes).
 
Okay that's pretty funny.

7. (Would be an 8 if she were singing) 
Posted 15 years ago by ScottFromWyoming    [ Reply ]
Thanks for playing this Bill, I can't say if it was in response to my request, but it was great to hear this leading up to their performance at the High Line Ballroom in NY on January 11th!

Posted 15 years ago by a_genuine_find    [ Reply ]

My favorite Dengue Fever tune. . .

Posted 15 years ago by vandal    [ Reply ]
I really don't get some of your comments.... These guys are great and that voice, that fantastic voice, is ethereal, sort of Cambodian and western all at once.  I think she is just fine.  {#Chillpill}
Posted 15 years ago by Eric_Denison    [ Reply ]
Fun song. I like it. And I am pleased that some of you don't, because it leads to such wonderful similes and other poetic communications.
Posted 15 years ago by Rotterdam    [ Reply ]
One of my favorites from the album.
I saw these folks perform a few months ago. They were hot! Well... SHE was hot... the guys were smokin'. Great show.
Posted 15 years ago by jadewahoo    [ Reply ]
Argghhh....this is obnoxious. I'm sick and have a fever after listening to it.
Posted 15 years ago by Quixmundi    [ Reply ]
 michaelgmitchell wrote:
Dengue Fever?  Bye-bye, off to another site.  Seriously.  Enough of this crap, already.

 
Don't let the virtual door hit you on the way out.

Posted 15 years ago by papaman    [ Reply ]

What they said. {#Arrowd}   {#Bananajam}

Posted 15 years ago by Laptopdog    [ Reply ]
What he said    {#Arrowd}  Rock Lobster Baby !!!!!

Posted 15 years ago by HarrO    [ Reply ]
This band can really lay down a groove when they don' let that girl reveal her wretched voice. 
Posted 15 years ago by jhorton    [ Reply ]

Sounds like rock lobsters flailing about in the mudflats of Venus.


Posted 15 years ago by Ngoziman    [ Reply ]
BigTimber wrote:

all their songs should be instrumentals. this is rad. not so into the screeching cats.


Actually, this in not an instrumental. In this track (and some others) she's just singing so high that most human ears cannot detect it. I'm glad about that.

Posted 15 years ago by TanteJensen    [ Reply ]

Can’t help but feel that some of you girls and boys are temperamentally unsuited to eclectic radio and may be happier with something a bit safer and more predictable .



Posted 15 years ago by ScottishWillie    [ Reply ]
 panoskatos wrote:
Raw, cool & entertaining.
Great choice, Bill!  {#Bananapiano}
 


Posted 15 years ago by a_genuine_find    [ Reply ]