Rockin guitars...and harmony!!
Truly great - stop what the hell you're doing and just listen - track!

Bodeans really are a great band. So little known; a real shame.

I will never not love this song to death. It’s almost a hymn for me. At the time traveling as a comic; miles of empty road. And THIS filled many of them!!

 Grammarcop wrote:

repetition is big in a lot of music.  If you're into the song, it can become a kind of trance, part of liberation from the tyranny of the conscious mind, to likely misquote someone's saying about the value of music.
Leo Kottke will sometimes get stuck on a particular musical phrase for several minutes because it's so nice to play.  

 whaleboneman wrote:
I remember having to double the total since the pumps couldn't read more than 99¢/gallon.
That and $9.99 would fill up my 79 Datsun B210.

Whoa, 4 live cuts in a row and I'm in the front row!!!   

 whaleboneman wrote:

I do recall when I had to try hard to fit $5.00 of gas in the tank. (it helped that it was an Austin Mini)

Beautiful. Great band. Haters, shut up.

 whaleboneman wrote:


I remember when $5.00 would full up my '64 Ford Falcon Futura as I drove around south Atlanta in '70 - '72.

Remember when you couldn't get more than $9.99 worth of gas?

As I was trying to say on the previous Petty live cut......it's the old cliché "you had to be there".    
I understand some here saying "they ruin that song live".  To me, it's hard to listen to a live version or any song by any artist.  
There's just nothing like being there to get why a version of any song by any artist is amazing.  
Be that as it may (and I did get to see Petty live thankfully) listening to a 'live' song on a radio irritates me.    You can almost feel the excitement.  You can almost see their connection to the audience.  The key word is almost.  Instead I'm just irritated I'm not there because the song blows on the radio....and I come away thinking they ruined it.
I know that's not true, just how I feel....
All that said, these are all excellent songs and I WISH I WERE THERE TO HEAR THESE LIVE VERSIONS....

Love this track 

 beerslayer wrote:
 
One could do worse than have this tune running constantly in your head during the day.

 zenhead wrote:
 
I got to see them a few times in college when they were first starting out. Mostly backyards of fraternities, festivals, something like that. I just realized that I may never have seen them indoors.

Either way - I adore them, always have, always will.

It is uncanny. 

This time I paid attention to introduction of this song and was astounded at how similar it sounded to one of the songs on Porcupine Tree's Signify album which was released in 1996, one year after this BoDeans album was released.

One band influencing the other or both bands drinking from the same well of inspiration?  No idea.   

The rest of this song sounds nothing like Porcupine Tree (or vice versa).  

Yeah, I saw them in a little club in Bath, Maine, a few years ago. They're a great, well travelled bar band, and this is one of their best. A nice groove.

I love this song. 

Great to hear this again.

How entertaining song "godlike"... we are retired more than twice, and still stabbers around! unbelievable...

 juanmoe wrote:
 

 gvan wrote:
 

FFFFFNNNGGG GREAT!  Can I sleep with it in my head?

Sorry.  Afraid I'm unimpressed with this one.  Sounds like the same thirty seconds over and over and over and over and... you get the idea.

 timmus wrote: 
She might fade away. Then again, she might not.

Perhaps one reason these two flow so well is the sharing key of C?
Toad The Wet Sprocket — Something's Always Wrong
BoDeans — Fadeaway (live) 

First heard about and had the pleasure  see this band in sacramento. This track totally captures the magic and magnatism of that concert!

thank you thank you thank you. 

Perfect soundtrack for me today!
Going to see X with Dwight Yoakam tonight at The Palladium.
Love them!!! And The BoDeans and The Blasters and Los Lobos, etc...

 timmus wrote: 
So it's not Shakespeare. But do you really want to listen to sonnets in a dusty road house on a Saturday night?

Top Overplayed Radio Paradise Song of 2010-2020:   BoDeans — Fadeaway (live)

Lyrics:
Runaway, midnight hideaway, don't you fade away, til the morning light
Runaway, midnight hideaway, don't you fade away, til the morning light
Runaway, midnight hideaway, don't you fade away, til the morning light
I'll seeeeeeeeee you standiiiiiiiin' there You doooooooon't care....... anymore
Runaway, midnight hideaway, don't you fade away, til the morning light
Runaway, midnight hideaway, don't you fade away, til the morning light
Runaway, midnight hideaway, don't you fade away, til the morning light
Runaway, midnight hideaway, don't you fade away, til the morning light
(4x)
She might fade away
She might fade away
She might fade away
She might fade away
She might fade away
(24x)

 BlueHeronDruid wrote: 
it does seem like it, Bill must be getting a lot of calls for it on the request line

I was just thinking the same thing...

Why every day?

The BoDeans were there in my twenty-something years. In between drunkeness and sobriety. I remember the BoDeans and that girl...

A toe tapper to be sure. 

7:37 am - Buddy Holly, "Not Fade Away"
7:39 am - BoDeans, "Fadeaway"

I see what you did there.

Second that. Just kept repeating the first segment over and over. 
rpdevotee wrote: 

Oddly enough, I think the studio version has more oomph! 

This is what happens when you don't know how to end a song

Beautiful intro, too, to an unmistakable song.  I love their guitar work.

I've tired of it pretty quickly, though.

Beautiful riff.

 rhlrstn wrote: 
Oh my, he did it again!

 ppopp wrote: 
  

Repetitive stress on the ears.

One of my favorite albums.

There, it's over...no wait, NOW it's over...oh wait...
I think it's over now, right?  Does this song ever really end? 

 awamutu wrote: 
True, I would also love to hear more from them...

The relentless harmony gets very, very old, very quickly.

Timeless.

Got old already.

How do I not know the BoDeans?  Gotta look them up!

This following Buddy Holly's Not Fade Away? I see what you did there... :)

This whole collection oozes with Kurt Neumann's chiming guitar, the intro to this song a prime example. I saw BoDeans this summer. Sammy Llanas had long left the band, substituted for with a workman like but hardly equal sideman. What was also missing was Neumann's ringing, chiming guitar and all the electric subtlety it summoned. "Fadeaway" had been transformed from a haunting dirge into an anthem of sorts. It was okay, but left only a shadow of this once remarkable band.

So upload some of your favourites for us.

is this the only one you play by them? sheesh...

Loved these guys live. Tested roads warriors. 

Far too long, and far too often

 mutepoint wrote:  Uhm, for me this is not so remarkable. 6 or 7, perhaps. Kinda maudlin.

Fade away already damnit...

LOVELY!

 rpdevotee wrote: 

great song but there are so many more great ones by the bodeans.
i only ever hear Fadeaway (live) by them on here, lol...
more from go slow down, please!

Song was at a 7 for me...quickly slipping with each time it's played.  Too much airtime, Bill!

Sometimes there are songs that a band just doesn't know how to end...

 Stingray wrote: 
Haha, that's excellent!

Oh wait, you were being serious weren't you? 

 BlueHeronDruid wrote: 

And then came day 2. Seriously this band has a you tube embedded video in the dictionary next to the word boring - no words neccessary.

 tuorelensar wrote: 
I'm hearing great here in Southern Maryland!

Guys my network is online but I can't listen it. Can anyone help??

more than boring
 

muzak for cheap supermarkets, imho

WOW boys...didn't see THAT coming.

 

This version is very good. Maybe better than studio, but that's only bacause of my penchant for live music. Imagine being there, that's all I'm saying...

 Stingray wrote:  I'm afraid I must vehemently disagree with you stingray .How in Gods name can you say that this version is lame. This Live Album I have listened to intently in my car and I cannot find one error on all the tracks on this double album, I was quite suprised as surely there must be something there, but no and in my opinion far out shines the studio version. Proffesssionalism from start to finish and obviously well rehearsed.

 cShaggy wrote: 
My observation as well... just dug the Album out to play as I drive around today.. I can give it some ''welly'' volume in the the Bimmer.. :-)

I've had nights where I lay awake with insomnia - literally can't get to sleep - and this song will drift in and out of my head with a Cheshire Cat-like persistence. Other times I've been sick with some ailment and in my feverish half-sleep this song will drown out all other sounds or thoughts. If I had a time machine, and believe me this is in no way hyperbolic, if I had a time machine the first thing I'd do is go back in time and find a way to keep the BoDeans from ever forming as a band.

But you're thinking, "Wouldn't you go back in time and stop Hitler or Pol Pot or someone like that?" No I wouldn't, because I'd have a time machine silly. I could go back in time AFTER stopping the BoDeans from forming.

That's right, I've thought this through.

Love the BoDeans.

 BlueHeronDruid wrote: 
Yes I'm sure it would be far better if the harmonies didn't harmonize.

The harmonies become tiresome after the 50th listen. Or so.

This song is good the first time you hear it or for the first few seconds...
after that it gets redundant very fast.
 

awful song. please FADE AWAY! the sooner the better !!!

I was excited about seeing these guys next month (for the 3rd time) but then I read they broke up and there is only one remaining original member (Kurt Neumann).

"On August 18th, Llanas officially left the band due to "differences of opinion" that had been "going on for years", according to Neumann. His departure was also related to his rekindled solo career, with a new solo album titled 4 A.M. having been announced one day after Indigo Dreams was released. The band stated that they will continue on without him with the addition of new member Jake Owen.^"

Too bad........they had a good run!

 donnyballgame wrote: 
throw in some terms from classic hits: 'little runaway' and 'fade away'
so one thinks it's familiar, and voila... 

 donnyballgame wrote:
 
Endlessly...

Saw them at The Canyons this past summer - good show!

 madebytim wrote: 
It's an American thing. 

 Elroweho wrote: 
You should be very proud!!!!

 nance wrote: 
I don't know why, but I just don't.  I am not being facetious, I really don't understand it... it seems like a song I should like.  I try to like it.  In the end I always return to a general dislike.  Oh well, at least I tried.

Bobeans from Wisconsin with Pride!

 nance wrote: 
Because its awesome!

 madebytim wrote: 
More like jangle jangle jangle than pling pling pling for me.

I don't know why but I love this song

Pling pling pling

The BoDeans song I initially fell in love with! Great, great, great song!!!

 philbertr wrote: 

MOOOORRRRRRRRRRREEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

This music is exactly why I love Radio Paradise ! Awesome vibes and little hairs standing up in the neck and arms. Amazing.

A must have CD for any one who likes music!  Favorite song is Going Home.

 gesmith54 wrote: 

si si si

Most excellent. Thanks, Bill. 10

Great Set

 BluEyes wrote: 
Me to

 Dahlia_Gumbo wrote: 
Your  right

Well it USED to be over-played. Not so bad now.

Love it.

Great song! Thanks, Bill! Not overplayed in my opinion.

 gvan wrote: 

At the beginning, I love that one person trying to start the "clap-along" but it completely dies out after no one else joins in! That's about the only enjoyable bit I get out of this song, sorry to say.

Love the BoDeans — saw them last month in San Fran at the Independent, they rocked the house.

 Cynaera wrote: 
Betcha you were high...