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Cracker — Time Machine
Album: Sunrise In The Land Of Milk And Honey
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6.1

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Total ratings: 1032









Released: 2009
Length: 2:01
Plays (last 30 days): 0
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Sonny step right up into the time machine
we'll set the dial for 1983
To the DKs right down in Wilmington
Nightsticks swinging, tear gassed air turns green
In the time machine. Time machine!

We took our lumps and ran between the casualties
Buick full of bloddy rags, and black flag cassettes
I think I liked em better with Dez Cadenza.
Sonny are you still too cool? How did you like your day at school
In the time machine. Time machine

Put you in a time machine, put you in a time
machine see how you do.
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I'm surprised no one has posted what this song is actually about and why it sounds (tempo, etc.) the way it does:

Dead Kennedys/D.O.A./Sin 34 - Longshoremen's Memorial Hall, Wilmington, CA 6-24-83
Posted 1 year ago by TC1    [ Reply ]
 cely wrote:

Every time I hear this band my ears go up like a dog's.  



Did you say Crackers
Posted 1 year ago by danmc    [ Reply ]

Over the course of about 3 months, I went from:
"Who the HELL is 'Cracker'?
to 
"I don't NOT like 'Cracker'
to
"hey! This is 'Cracker!'
to
"Damn...I rather dig 'Cracker'!!"  

Thanks, William. Thanks, RP..... for opening my ears and brain to music I'd NEVER otherwise hear. I've lost count on the "Life Debts via Music" I owe RP.
Posted 1 year ago by Roguewarer    [ Reply ]
its friday evening

we need more of this
Posted 1 year ago by idiot_wind    [ Reply ]
And it's 1976!
Posted 2 years ago by dmiley    [ Reply ]
OK. But, not their best tune!
Posted 2 years ago by eileenomurphy    [ Reply ]
 tomperth1 wrote:

How hard is this band trying to sound like The Jam?



Time is  a circle. Cracker used their time machine to show The Jam how to jam.
Posted 3 years ago by smustafas    [ Reply ]
motorhead?
Posted 3 years ago by idiot_wind    [ Reply ]
 Egctheow wrote:
I'm. hAviNg difffifificulty typing mymymymy exam paper correrrections listeninining to this. Very nice and energetic tune!!!!


A FINE example of rock and roll!  
Posted 3 years ago by kingart    [ Reply ]
 drewd wrote:
This song jams!!! I don't understand the low rating at all!!!
 
I had it at like 7. WTF is wrong with me. Nine with a bullet!
Posted 3 years ago by cosmiclint    [ Reply ]
This song jams!!! I don't understand the low rating at all!!!

Posted 4 years ago by drewd    [ Reply ]
I'm. hAviNg difffifificulty typing mymymymy exam paper correrrections listeninining to this. Very nice and energetic tune!!!!
Posted 4 years ago by Egctheow    [ Reply ]
How hard is this band trying to sound like The Jam?
Posted 4 years ago by tomperth1    [ Reply ]
Posted 5 years ago by nenenechaev    [ Reply ]
 OkieMike wrote:

Afraid that title belongs to the Foo Fighters...
 
(Chuckels) How many more bands does Kieth Richards have to outlive?
Posted 5 years ago by Cueburned    [ Reply ]
Great guitar parts.
Posted 5 years ago by cely    [ Reply ]
 Grayson wrote:
Hmmm. If this one got a little bit better it could maybe kinda come even close to Drivin' N Cryin' circa mid-80s. Live. However, nothing touches that. Simply nothing. Esp. not Cracker! 
 

Speaking of Drivin' N Cryin', why are you trying to break my heart, Mr. Bill? 

https://twitter.com/SpaceyG/status/1140603379732877317
Posted 5 years ago by Grayson    [ Reply ]
Hmmm. If this one got a little bit better it could maybe kinda come even close to Drivin' N Cryin' circa mid-80s. Live. However, nothing touches that. Simply nothing. Esp. not Cracker! 
Posted 5 years ago by Grayson    [ Reply ]
JAM-In The City?
Posted 6 years ago by vaskws741    [ Reply ]
Every time I hear this band my ears go up like a dog's.  
Posted 6 years ago by cely    [ Reply ]
 deepwoodskev wrote:
Last rock band on the planet.

 
Afraid that title belongs to the Foo Fighters...
Posted 6 years ago by OkieMike    [ Reply ]
Great tempo changes!
Posted 6 years ago by inbagt    [ Reply ]
Rock it Bill !!!!!

And to Time Has Come Today.  Great segue!

I may steal that for my radio show.
Posted 7 years ago by Zapmedia    [ Reply ]
Last rock band on the planet.
Posted 7 years ago by deepwoodskev    [ Reply ]
Holy shit, that smokes! And it's a whole bunch too short. It's only a buck, I'll go get it on iTunes

Posted 7 years ago by kingart    [ Reply ]
wow, not a huge cracker fan, but this is kicks!
Posted 7 years ago by bluematrix    [ Reply ]

I got totally over excited thinkin this was a track from The Jam that I’d never heard. May not be The Jam but still a good song!

Posted 7 years ago by ScottishWillie    [ Reply ]
As a lover of The Jam and SLF I can't help but enjoy this.  Thanks boys.
Posted 7 years ago by DaidyBoy    [ Reply ]
EFFIN YEAH!!!!!  {#Drummer} {#Bananajam}
Posted 7 years ago by deepwoodskev    [ Reply ]
MUSIC is the Closest thing we will ever have to a Time Machine.
Posted 7 years ago by jmsmy    [ Reply ]
Cake ———-> Herb Alpert &TJB ————> Cracker

compare and contrast this morning, eh?
Posted 13 years ago by unclehud    [ Reply ]
 Cynaera wrote:
I'm NEVER gonna get any writing done if you keep playing such danceable music! {#Dancingbanana}{#Dancingbanana}
 
Ain't that the truth!

Posted 13 years ago by 2cats    [ Reply ]
I'm NEVER gonna get any writing done if you keep playing such danceable music! {#Dancingbanana}{#Dancingbanana}
Posted 14 years ago by Cynaera    [ Reply ]
 Great rock, I hear some Warren Zevon in the vocal. .
Posted 14 years ago by That_SOB    [ Reply ]
Send me back to 1983 when Camper van Beethoven was a local band (Santa Cruz) and I was too ignorant to know how cool they were.
Posted 14 years ago by lmic    [ Reply ]
 siandbeth wrote:
I thought this was going to be a Meat Puppets song when it started. Which would have really been great, but Cracker'll do.
 
Yah, something off of Monsters or Too High To Die. I heard it, too!

Posted 14 years ago by mcYammer    [ Reply ]

Play some other Craker cuts: please....  this is a good album but there are so many other GREAT Cracker tunes to play.... 


Posted 14 years ago by jersey_birdman    [ Reply ]
I thought this was going to be a Meat Puppets song when it started. Which would have really been great, but Cracker'll do.
Posted 14 years ago by siandbeth    [ Reply ]
I love Cracker, saw them in Copenhagen years ago. A great band, don´t miss Camper.
Posted 14 years ago by nalle    [ Reply ]
Wow, what a bring down after Zorba the Greek. I'm sure this would sound better against a lot of other music, but after Zorba the Greek by Herb Alpert, this is little better than noise.
Posted 14 years ago by ezzyme    [ Reply ]
This song always reminds me of a bit Don and Mike used to do on WJFK radio in DC.  Basically Mike would just shout "time machine!" in  redneck accent whenever the concept of time travel came up.  Like the song though.
Posted 14 years ago by carpwall    [ Reply ]
He sings like a young Weller.
Posted 14 years ago by EssexTex    [ Reply ]
GREAT SONG!
{#Bananajam}{#Drummer}{#Bananajam}
{#Dancingbanana_2}

Posted 14 years ago by bobcat1963    [ Reply ]
I like it.  {#Dancingbanana}
Posted 14 years ago by Spud    [ Reply ]
Fricken Cracker Rocks!
Posted 14 years ago by More_Cowbell    [ Reply ]
 Oregon_Steve wrote:

Check out "Hand Me My Inhaler" (not on the RP playlist) for even more kick-ass near-punk rawness. This album rocks out more than any Cracker in years and hasn't a weak track in the bunch. And go see the show!
  
How does it compare to "100 Flower Power Maximum" from "The Golden Age"? 100FPM sounds to me like what you describe - to me, it rocks frenetically, then nearly leaves the rails altogether. Kinda like a centrifuge flying apart....


Posted 15 years ago by paulmack    [ Reply ]
I guess I just don't like Cracker very much anymore... too bad that.
Posted 15 years ago by ch83575    [ Reply ]
Wow!  Cracker channeling Stiff Little Fingers!  Hell yes...turn it up!!!
Posted 15 years ago by iscoot4peace    [ Reply ]
HELLS YEAH!!!!!

Volume just went way up. 
Posted 15 years ago by deepwoodskev    [ Reply ]
mmmm - my first hearing of this one. Sounds like in the style of The Jam. cheers
Posted 15 years ago by corvista    [ Reply ]
 sirrus wrote:
Vocals aside, this reminds me quite a bit of 70s Midnight Oil...

RAW {#Guitarist}
 
Check out "Hand Me My Inhaler" (not on the RP playlist) for even more kick-ass near-punk rawness. This album rocks out more than any Cracker in years and hasn't a weak track in the bunch. And go see the show!
Posted 15 years ago by Oregon_Steve    [ Reply ]
I'm hearing The Jam from their earlier days.
Posted 15 years ago by Dakota    [ Reply ]
{#Guitarist}{#Drummer}{#Bananapiano}

Posted 15 years ago by Bad_Art    [ Reply ]
I thought I had all the Cracker albums!  If this is new its a radical departure from the music they've been playing lately...  almost sounds like Camper van Beethoven.
Posted 15 years ago by danagle    [ Reply ]
 crockydile wrote:
They do have some balls..I was wondering...you know. Best one I've heard from them. {#Dancingbanana_2}
  Dude, listen to Yalla Yalla.  I'm still tryin' to wrap my head around that one. So much balls it almost strays into "too much balls" territory.  But not quite.  ;-)
Posted 15 years ago by Wizzuvvoz    [ Reply ]
They do have some balls..I was wondering...you know. Best one I've heard from them. {#Dancingbanana_2}
Posted 15 years ago by crockydile    [ Reply ]
 peter_james_bond wrote:
5.8?! For this short, sharp little rock'n'roll jem? {#Sad} People is this Radio Paradise or Radio Retirement Home? Lets throw down our walkers and our canes and ROCK!
 
{#Iamwithstupid} Now it's up to 6.4, .....that's better. And Radio_Doc {#Arrowd}, I agree with you.

Posted 15 years ago by peter_james_bond    [ Reply ]
 mooseisadick wrote:
This song is good. Why do so many RP listeners hate rock n roll?
 
Some days I think that if the Stones were "a new indie band" and played here the same people would be bitching about all the noise and bravado of Sticky Fingers or Exile on Main St.

And before one of the usual suspects jumps up and accuses me of comparing Cracker with the Rolling Stones, don't bother.

Posted 15 years ago by RadioDoc    [ Reply ]
Sorry naysayers. Great tune. Glad to hear these guys rockin' out.
Posted 15 years ago by illinimax    [ Reply ]
This song is good. Why do so many RP listeners hate rock n roll?

Posted 15 years ago by mooseisadick    [ Reply ]
sorry: I'm not 12 years -old.

0.0 rate 
Posted 15 years ago by paulpaar    [ Reply ]
 peter_james_bond wrote:
5.8?! For this short, sharp little rock'n'roll jem? {#Sad} People is this Radio Paradise or Radio Retirement Home? Lets throw down our walkers and our canes and ROCK!
 
{#Drummer}

Posted 15 years ago by zair99    [ Reply ]
5.8?! For this short, sharp little rock'n'roll jem? {#Sad} People is this Radio Paradise or Radio Retirement Home? Lets throw down our walkers and our canes and ROCK!
Posted 15 years ago by peter_james_bond    [ Reply ]
 MCKY wrote:
For a second I thought-wow, a Jam song I'd somehow missed
 
Sounds like The Buzzcocks to me, but I think the whole point of the song is to sound like punk.

Posted 15 years ago by fredriley    [ Reply ]
For a second I thought-wow, a Jam song I'd somehow missed
Posted 15 years ago by MCKY    [ Reply ]
{#Drummer} Digging it! {#Guitarist}
Posted 15 years ago by peter_james_bond    [ Reply ]
Good rockin' stuff.  I needed that.  Think I need some more, actually.
Posted 15 years ago by Dave_Mack    [ Reply ]
thanks a lot, I need another new Cracker CD like I need a hole in my head!
Posted 15 years ago by middleagedhipster    [ Reply ]
nice riff!  {#Cowboy}

Posted 15 years ago by wrangler    [ Reply ]
Y'know this would normally be SO not my cup of tea, yet it touched me...perhaps reminding me of listening to "roughshod primitive hormonal" rock in my early teens....
Posted 15 years ago by Pyro    [ Reply ]
I'll always be grateful to Cracker's Davey Faragher and Michael Urbano for helping make John Hiatt's music even better, both on the road and in the studio.

Good boys.
Posted 15 years ago by megisi    [ Reply ]
Vocals aside, this reminds me quite a bit of 70s Midnight Oil...

RAW {#Guitarist}
Posted 15 years ago by sirrus    [ Reply ]
Yes New Cracker !
Posted 15 years ago by More_Cowbell    [ Reply ]