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The Airborne Toxic Event — Something New
Album: The Airborne Toxic Event
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Released: 2008
Length: 3:02
Plays (last 30 days): 2
What's passed these hands?
All these drugs and one night stands
So I tremble when I think of she'd do
She'd say something like:
"You're no good,
You're like the junkies in this neighbourhood"
We all need a fix, I guess I need one too
But I'm trying madly to calm these nerves
With something new

I got this heavy debt, I've got nothing left
But this daunting weight slung round my neck
You got the callous mouth, all your endless doubts
We spent this fifteen weeks, trying to work it out
Do think we're getting to something new?

Oh God, not another fight
I'm always trying to get the details right
I remember when you told me you felt saved
When you promised you'd lay flowers on my grave
Just like they used to do
Is it something new?

And now here I stand
With these blood soaked hands
On this sleepless night, that never ends
And these songs I sing
With these hopes that I cling to
Desperately wondering
Are we finally getting to something new?

Is it something new?
Are we finally to something new?
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Ahhh, Yes. it's amazing how a few of the old songs like that that we grew up with can still make you just stop what you're doing, and flash back to whateverbyou were doing back the early 80s.
 ciarataylor wrote:

Sounds like someone was on drugs writing this crap.



Would you also like the kids to get off your lawn?
Sounds like someone was on drugs writing this crap.
Today I like how this strikes me making me think of Brit Pop gems like The Jam and yes I hear New Order too -- whoah, dig it! Bill now cues up The English Beat! Dancing my way now to the kitchen for a drink!
 CatFitz wrote:

Intro sounds like the Blues Brothers will soon take the stage.



Well...yes. Yes, quite so. 
 Stingray wrote:
"All this drugs and one-night....,whaaaaat?"

Childish lyrics! No melody. No rythm.
And I'm pissed!

 

Drugs will mess up your spelling.
Sound like New Order.

Anna by ~alucinante
Juan Ramirez  ©2008-2010 ~alucinante

de the Airborne Toxic Event... quede felchado con ella... creo que en los 30 mins que tocaron le tome como 20 fotos solo a ella.


Intro sounds like the Blues Brothers will soon take the stage.


 Stingray wrote:
"All this drugs and one-night....,whaaaaat?"

Childish lyrics! No melody. No rythm.
And I'm pissed!

 
ha, ha, ha, good comment!!

The problem I have with most of these alternative tunes today that are toe tapers are that they are only that.  Do your work to them but that's it, but then work work will be just that too.
"All this drugs and one-night....,whaaaaat?"

Childish lyrics! No melody. No rythm.
And I'm pissed!

I knew it! 

"The rest of The Airborne Toxic Event is much more jaunty and riff-oriented. Some listeners have been disappointed by follow-up single "Does This Mean You're Moving On?". Like the superior "Happiness Is Overrated", it follows the recent trend of putting jagged, trebly indie guitars to a punchy, near-disco rhythm. Both tracks are fun, but compared to "Sometime Around Midnight", deliberately lightweight. There's a jangly, Americana-tinged feel to "Missy", while "Something New" pairs an approximation of New Order's "Age of Consent" riff with a girlish backing vocal from Bulbrook, resulting in the album's most pure pop moment.

https://www.popmatters.com/pm/review/the-airborne-toxic-event-the-airborne-toxic-event1/
Too bad we got this song, the album's got a lot of good songs on it
Ok I keep on thinking this is a New Order song!!
 elmarcin wrote:
I heard this song and thought, wow this sounds familiar.  Now I remember - it was the big skip on Tuesday 9/1/09!.  How long did it take to fix?  I couldn't take it anymore and had to switch streams.
 
The comments posted during The Great Skip Disaster were hilarious. "Bill, are you there? Hellll—00000, Bill?? Bill?"

Reminded me of the old Cheech & Chong routine "Dave's not here."

I heard this song and thought, wow this sounds familiar.  Now I remember - it was the big skip on Tuesday 9/1/09!.  How long did it take to fix?  I couldn't take it anymore and had to switch streams.


OH GOD let's hope it doesn't happen again! Bill are you on guard today?

Whew....we made it.

 AphidA wrote:
Let the healing begin.
 
{#Roflol}  I kept remembering the Monty Python record that ends with a skip and then Eric Idle walking up a hall, opening a door and saying: "Excuse me, the record's stuck...the record's stuck...the record's stuck...the record's stuck...the record's stuck..."


I bet this wins the most comments added to a song in one day award.
2 > 3
whoop. Not over.  My stream timed out.
 AphidA wrote:
Sep 01, 2009 - 14:13
 
Freakin' eerie that you got that one.

Or you've noticed something about Bill's system {#Wink}

And I was just writing a long critique comparing it to C&W songs about trains.......
it's over.  who won the bet?
 flipchurn wrote:

A shirt that reads "9/1/2009 - Radio Paradise - NEVER FORGET!"
 
LOL. Where can I order one? ;)
Let the healing begin.
 flipchurn wrote:

A shirt that reads "9/1/2009 - Radio Paradise - NEVER FORGET!"

 
{#Mrgreen}{#Mrgreen}{#Mrgreen}
There is still a possibilty that this is actually the original uncut collector version.
National tragedy is over.
The sounds of Bill trying to fix it...
 AphidA wrote:
LISTEN VERY CLOSELY!!  After a while, you can hear a voice in there issuing commands.
 
Jonestown
Jonestown
Jonestown
Jonestown
Drink Kool-Aid
Jonestown
Jonestown
Jonestown
Jonestown
Somebody should update wikipedia with this important "event" and see how long that highly useful trivia stays there.  ... But I'm too lazy.

Awesome!!!  Did it just pause and restart??  I LOVE THIS.  MORE!!! MORE!!!!!!!!

OH MY GOD THEY KILLED KENNY!
The upload channel is working
 flipchurn wrote:
Bill, I demand extra free music for this heinous oversight! (Or a t-shirt - a t-shirt would be nice.)
 
A shirt that reads "9/1/2009 - Radio Paradise - NEVER FORGET!"

after a while, it becomes strangely comforting
 AphidA wrote:
LISTEN VERY CLOSELY!!  After a while, you can hear a voice in there issuing commands.
 
i listened very closely , all i can hear is : paul is dead now miss him *3

 jvdk wrote:
"I see the need for a system that sends Bill a message when things are awry."

If there was only such a thing as a live Radio Paradise player for your mobile phone ;-)
 
Oh yeah, like he's gonna listen to RP when he's away from home! I'm sure he wants a break now and again but he could get a phone call when there is a glitch. Now getting to the system to fix it might take a while...

Sep 01, 2009 - 14:14
 
4merdj wrote:
Bets are in ... how many minutes do you think it will take until somebody does something about it? {#Dancingbanana}{#Bananasplit}{#Stop}
 


 4merdj wrote:
Bets are in ... how many minutes do you think it will take until somebody does something about it? {#Dancingbanana}{#Bananasplit}{#Stop}
 
Sep 01, 2009 - 14:13

 scraig wrote:
I need to hear this a few more times before I can offer criticism...Thanks Bill!
 
Is this enough times? {#Frustrated}


Bets are in ... how many minutes do you think it will take until somebody does something about it? {#Dancingbanana}{#Bananasplit}{#Stop}
"I see the need for a system that sends Bill a message when things are awry."

If there was only such a thing as a live Radio Paradise player for your mobile phone ;-)
Bill, I demand extra free music for this heinous oversight! (Or a t-shirt - a t-shirt would be nice.)
This is "Something New"??    Airborne Toxic Event is totally ripping off Fat Boy Slim!
How does an MP3 skip?
LISTEN VERY CLOSELY!!  After a while, you can hear a voice in there issuing commands.
This sort of reminds me of the reaction of Forest Gump's following when he decides he doesn't feel like running anymore.
Gotta say I prefer glitchy Airborne Toxic Event to normal Barenaked Ladies. {#Tongue-out}
This must be quite a job for those MP3 compressors!
 flipchurn wrote:
Just checked the web cam - nobody home.
 
I see the need for a system that sends Bill a message when things are awry. And a way to fix said "things" from his cell phone. You techies should be ON this! Plenty of time to do it right now!

Houston, we have a problem!
Hmm, may have to go listen to WXRT for a while... {#Mad}

kind of sounds the same after awhile. pretty repetitive stuff.
Extended dance mix?  
Oh Bill....where are you? Hello?

I'm at work, listening on headphones. Hope this doesn't go on for too much longer....... 
 narainmg wrote:
The record is skipping
 
5 -> 7

Just checked the web cam - nobody home.
I give it a 10
If you look at the picture on the home page. There's no one at the helm....
 
The record is skipping ... Bill .. where art thou?
I'm starting to have a seizure.
i blame facebook, google, bill gates, and twitter. has to be their fault.
I hope Bill is ok!!!!
Bill? You there?
 AphidA wrote:
Wait.  I don't think we know for sure yet.  It could be a mass computer crash!  Or a terrorist attack!!
 
It's experimental music

Does what it says on the tin:

"Airborne Toxic Event"

Wait.  I don't think we know for sure yet.  It could be a mass computer crash!  Or a terrorist attack!!
 flipchurn wrote:
Not bad but kind of repetitive.

Bwaa ha ha ha  
{#Beat}
earborne nauseous event.......................................
This has to be a record for longest time an error was missed. I don't even remember hearing something skip before. Could go on for hours if Bill is out to lunch!
It still stuck.
ok, I won't!!!
This must be the extended version ...
wow....i thought it was me. it's skipping alright!
 zaknafein wrote:
Help! The stylus is stuck!
 

Put another penny on the tone arm.
Well that made it more interesting.
Wow!  The CD skip reminds me of the olden days when albums used to get stuck.  Haven't heard that in a while.  (Or is it just my computer glitching out?)

Not bad but kind of repetitive.
Bill, hit the record player....

(edit)
Looks like a quick way to see who's listening.

Broke, or just me going insane?
Is this really skipping?
 
Help! The stylus is stuck!
{#Naughty} "don't don't don't don't..."
umm Bill, you there Bill....ohoh

I don't think that's my machine skipping this song. Is it??

... or maybe it's part of the song.  Very avant garde.

yeah!!!
Okay, funs over, now give the Arctic Monkey's their sound back. {#Mrgreen}

i like! that opening tune really perked me up.
This is my favourite song played on Radio Paradise! Love it, love it, love it!  When is this band coming to Vancouver, Canada?!
 fuh2 wrote:

From Wikipedia: The band takes its name from the postmodern novel White Noise, by Don DeLillo,<3> which won the National Book Award in 1985. In the book, a chemical spill from a railcar releases a poisonous cloud, dubbed by the military as an "airborne toxic event." This serves as a metaphorical device for the novel's themes of mortality and media consumption, as the protagonist Jack Gladney is forced to confront the prospect of his own death.
 

Darn!  I thought it was a reference to farting.
Loved the guitars straight away, but the vocals don't do much for me, just OK.
Overall: nice!

what a cheerful song about an addiction!  refreshing!

Got this CD at the used CD store last week, and I'm really enjoying it.
My friend said they opened for Kings of Leon here in Santa Barbara a few weeks ago, and totally blew everyone away, totally owned the stage....everyone loved them....{#Bananajam} {#Drummer} {#Dancingbanana}
The bass line is straight from New Order.  I like it.   {#Bananajam}

 
 
 
Airborne Toxic Event @ the Lido, Berlin
Airborne Toxic Event @ the Lido, Berlin
larger
 

 wrangler wrote:
"MEH"
It's in the dictionary now, we don't have to put it in quotes anymore.

{#Whisper}{#Lol}
Good groove; nice sound.  Like it.
 sdn wrote:
Just heard of ATE a couple weeks ago.  I'm liking it.
 

Me too (Thanks RP!). Loving it!
"MEH"
Something of Belle&Sebastian in there, too? Liking these guys quite a bit!
 SidMac wrote:
slight hint of Arctic Monkeys (not the vocals) about the sound on this track.....
 
{#Yes} A Certain Romance...

Utter tripe. A solid "2"
{#Sleep}boooooooooooooooooring
 alaken wrote:
Is it just me, or does that repeating guitar riff sound like the bass line from the Jam's "Town Called Malice"?
 
Vaguely, but in a very different tempo.

slight hint of Arctic Monkeys (not the vocals) about the sound on this track.....
Saw them on Letterman a few weeks ago - it was a bigger, more dramatic song than this - excellent.
This song however doesn't do much for me.
Always think it's going to be some Replacements track until the vocals start.

Which is not to say I don't enjoy this ATE song, but it's a disappointment when one anticipates The Replacements.
Just heard of ATE a couple weeks ago.  I'm liking it.
Nice guitar work, but the singer needs to learn his vocal boundaries.
 j7 wrote:
oh gee how sweet, toxic air and a psychotic junkie!!!
Weeeeeeeee!!!!
 
From Wikipedia: The band takes its name from the postmodern novel White Noise, by Don DeLillo,<3> which won the National Book Award in 1985. In the book, a chemical spill from a railcar releases a poisonous cloud, dubbed by the military as an "airborne toxic event." This serves as a metaphorical device for the novel's themes of mortality and media consumption, as the protagonist Jack Gladney is forced to confront the prospect of his own death.


Just heard they are playing in SB this summer with Kings of Leon! WOOHOO!
 dougment wrote:
Blatantly Strokes like.  Not that that's a bad thing.
 
Yup, very Strokes like but as you say that's no mark against them. Catchy song!

Fresh synth of some of the funner sounds of 80s and 90s.
Sometime Around Mignight, yes.

this, No.
Blatantly Strokes like.  Not that that's a bad thing.
There's litigation from New Order in the offing here.
Is it bad that I think that this song would be much better if the singer would just shut up and let the guitar player take lead?
I'll bet they're huge in Finland already.....
These guys are going to be huge by summer