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VAST — Touched
Album: Visual Audio Sensory Theater
Avg rating:
7.2

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Total ratings: 2438









Released: 1998
Length: 3:56
Plays (last 30 days): 2
Touched
You say that I am too
So much of what you say is true
I'll never find someone quite like you
Again
I'll never find someone quite like you
Like you

The razors and the dying roses plead
I don't leave you alone
The demi-gods and hungry ghosts of God
God knows I'm not at home

I'll never find someone quite like you
Again
I'll never find someone quite like you
Again

I, I looked into your eyes and saw
A world that does not exist
I looked into your eyes and saw
A world I wish I was in

I'll never find someone quite as touched
As you
I'll never love someone quite the way that I
Loved you
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Love the Shenai!
Yep, same today!  But who cares?
 Murray wrote:


And still, a year later again.


Not today.
 bkrans9 wrote:


One year later, and this song is again the segue from Blasphemous Rumors...


And still, a year later again.
 tfioreze wrote:

It's quite simple to do that, actually:

1) Look for a door nearby;
2) Once you have found one, open your mouth wide and stick out your tongue;
3) Lick the door with your tongue;
4) There you go… you have then just tasted a door. 


Actually, you probably just tasted paint or varnish under a layer of common house dust. 
Step Into Liquid.
"Pretty When You Cry" not being on Radio Paradise seems like a crime somehow.
I never heard of them, prior to RP. Now, the more I hear this tune, the more I like it!!   Thanx RP!
 On_The_Beach wrote:

Ah c'mon, you just wanted to say cacophonous!  ; )



And *did* say cacophonous! pxd
Good Tune!
The Mystery Of The Bulgarian Voicessample of Le Mystère des Voix Bulgarespreviously used also from italian group Elio & Le Storie Tese in the track Pippero
 alexlehm wrote:

That is from Le Mystère des Voix Bulgares I assume





Correct. 
 On_The_Beach wrote:

Ah c'mon, you just wanted to say cacophonous!  ; )


My brother's first band was called Cacophony. 
 bkrans9 wrote:


One year later, and this song is again the segue from Blasphemous Rumors...


Not today
 fredriley wrote:

A nice 'agonised believer' segue from Depeche Mode's Blasphemous Rumours.



One year later, and this song is again the segue from Blasphemous Rumors...
Jon Crosby was on such a great roll, but then he kinda disappeared.  He mentioned on a blog that he became the sole caregiver of his infant child, so that explains a lot, but I hope he can get the time to channel some of this great songwriting/production again in the future. 
 alexlehm wrote:

That is from Le Mystère des Voix Bulgares I assume




They're also great, should be played more!
 stephanwarpig wrote:
The Samples are taken from a Bulgarian Song called "Pilentze Pee"
 
That is from Le Mystère des Voix Bulgares I assume


This song is mostly carried by the sample,  which inspired me to go back and listen to the Mystere des voix Bulgares again, leading me to conclude that in this case the sample was better off where it started...
I gave it a 6, mostly because of the Mystery of Bulgarian Voices sample. 
The bridge towards the end is so... so 1998!
 kingart wrote:
He sampled a bit of The Doors. 
 
More so with the song "Frog" that is also in rotation here on RP.  Very very Door-ish (in a good way).  
 stephanwarpig wrote:
The Samples are taken from a Bulgarian Song called "Pilentze Pee"
 
Thanks for that info.  It's a unique and cool sounding chorus.
 fredriley wrote:
A nice 'agonised believer' segue from Depeche Mode's Blasphemous Rumours.
Hey Fred, if you're still around, feel free to chime in more frequently........I miss your trenchant humour (with a u )

 stephanwarpig wrote:
The Samples are taken from a Bulgarian Song called "Pilentze Pee"
 
Google translates this from Bulgarian into English as "Chicken Pee"  
A nice 'agonised believer' segue from Depeche Mode's Blasphemous Rumours.
 kingart wrote:
He sampled a bit of The Doors. 
 
I must have rated this track (some time ago, a 1) before I noticed the 'sounds like' with Jim M; other VAST tracks have really gotten my attention, this one took till now - here's a +6...still a bit below average....still can grow more on me....Long Live RP!!
 Relayer wrote:
I miss this band (or just I guess Jon).
 

The Wikipedia panel says they released an album in 2018 -- last year.  Maybe you don't have to miss them any longer.
I miss this band (or just I guess Jon).
 Bine wrote:

Soundtrack of "Ghost in the Shell"? At least that's what it reminds me of...

 
Back in college days, I was given a local punk band's demo cassette and for some reason that was on the B-Side! Ah, I could listen to that any time!
 Rockit9 wrote:

I've never tasted a door before.
 
It's quite simple to do that, actually:

1) Look for a door nearby;
2) Once you have found one, open your mouth wide and stick out your tongue;
3) Lick the door with your tongue;
4) There you go… you have then just tasted a door. 
The Samples are taken from a Bulgarian Song called "Pilentze Pee"
 kingart wrote:
He sampled a bit of The Doors. 

 
I've never tasted a door before.
He sampled a bit of The Doors. 
 eveliko wrote:
Spent the whole 99 year listening ONLY to that album, which now belongs to my 10-list. Too bad no later albums ever matched the grade, and the first concert in Paris in 2000 was a vast disappointment, too. But I'm still touched.

 
He had to change things up. As it was the album bordered on being gimmicky with all the monk and Bulgarian female choir samples.

But it really was a great album for its time!
I'm sorry but this tune sets me in mind of....
Image result for it's my island braveheart
Utter crap.
 v73c wrote:
I wish there was a skip button to bypass this song/crap.

 
There is. Doh!
 sergeant_x wrote:
This song always reminds me of an Irish band I caught a couple of times in the eighties called "A-House" - anyone remember them?

 
I don't exactly make the same connection, but definitely remember an excellent debut record, On Our Big Fat Merry Go Round, from A-House.
I wish there was a skip button to bypass this song/crap.
Uh yes! I kiss my fingertips to VAST.
Spent the whole 99 year listening ONLY to that album, which now belongs to my 10-list. Too bad no later albums ever matched the grade, and the first concert in Paris in 2000 was a vast disappointment, too. But I'm still touched.
 rhj4 wrote:
Cacophonous noise to my ear.
 
Ah c'mon, you just wanted to say cacophonous!  ; )
 kingart wrote:
Anyone else hear The Doors in there? The End? 

 
Thankfully no
The singer's voice reminds me of John Wetton
..this is vast..

..it truly suits!..

{#Crown} 
 Does the church have temple prostitutes ? govna wrote:

i've been to your church.  it looks a lot like a cheap hotel room.

 


another album purchased thanks to RP
 
This song always reminds me of an Irish band I caught a couple of times in the eighties called "A-House" - anyone remember them?
{#Angel} ....... is liking this a lot
 jhorton wrote:
What a freaking awesome drummer here.

Genius drummer, really..... 

 
Saw this tour in Boston at Axis back in the day.  His drummer was awesome.  Sounded great in that club that was the size of a large closet.
the choral sample is the London Bulgarian Choir, with Deci at the helm.   

I saw them in Cardiff Opera House about 8 years ago, boy, they make the hairs on the back of your neck stand on end.  unforgettable.
GORGEOUS!
 govna wrote:

i've been to your church.  it looks a lot like a cheap hotel room.

 
The Motel 666!
 Lazarus wrote:

Everybody in my mushrooming multitude of churches loves this song...

 
i've been to your church.  it looks a lot like a cheap hotel room.

Everybody in my mushrooming multitude of churches loves this song...
 scraig wrote:
The first time I heard this song was watching a surf video of Laird Hamilton.
 
His movie Riding Giants was spectacularly shot.  Once you get past the 'Laird Hamilton Advertising Spot' aspects of the film, it really has punch.
This does not sound 15 years old.  Awesome.  Missed it the first time around, buried in grad school hell and no good sources of new music (that's my excuse and I'm sticking to it).  


The first time I heard this song was watching a surf video of Laird Hamilton.
Anyone else hear The Doors in there? The End? 
His voice is so amazing -- still don't understand fully why he isn't bigger. But I did meet him in person and he wasn't very....in to it. He seemed like he didn't want to be there, that his fans were annoyances. 

Pity -- but still love his stuff. 
This must be listened to on headphones set at 11!

Played this CD many a time in my car during my hour-long commute when this was released.
Epic.
Always liked that song! :) 
 Jonathan_pa - thanks for the reference. I was trying like hell to place this song. I can remember the sequence when they played this song thinking, "damn, this is good." Watched the credits right through till the end to find out who it was, than did nothing with the information...until now.
 Jonathan_pa wrote:
First heard this on a surf video called Step into Liquid in full HD with surround. It made the visual experience mind blowing. Great tune!
 
I have that DVD.  Now I'm going to have to drag it out and watch it.

This band's name 'does what it says on the tin' - a big, vast sound that demands massive amp stacks and volume up to 11. It's not quite the same coming out of laptop speakers, good though they are :(
 fredriley wrote:
Most FM DJs are egotistic w@nkers who're more full of sh1t than a septic tank.  

I assume you mean the literal septic, not the cockney rhyming slang. {#Mrgreen}

Cacophonous noise to my ear.
6 ———>  8
Groovy, Daddy-o.
 fredriley wrote:

I always hate it when DJs talk over the beginnings/ends of tracks. For that matter, I hate it when DJs talk at all. Bill's little natters every 5 tracks or so are fine as they're short and relevant, and he's not got an ego he's trying to shove down our ears. Most FM DJs are egotistic w@nkers who're more full of sh1t than a septic tank.
 
Yet another reason I can't listen to terrestrial radio anymore.  It's either Satellite or RP. 

 radiojunkie wrote:
I love that choral part, but why am I so convinced that I've heard it before somewhere else, and ever-so-slightly different?
 
Soundtrack of "Ghost in the Shell"? At least that's what it reminds me of...

 fredriley wrote:

I always hate it when DJs talk over the beginnings/ends of tracks. For that matter, I hate it when DJs talk at all. Bill's little natters every 5 tracks or so are fine as they're short and relevant, and he's not got an ego he's trying to shove down our ears. Most FM DJs are egotistic w@nkers who're more full of sh1t than a septic tank.
 
I smell your pain Fred..

You GO Fred!
 fredriley wrote:

I always hate it when DJs talk over the beginnings/ends of tracks. For that matter, I hate it when DJs talk at all. Bill's little natters every 5 tracks or so are fine as they're short and relevant, and he's not got an ego he's trying to shove down our ears. Most FM DJs are egotistic w@nkers who're more full of sh1t than a septic tank.
 
"little natters"...well you just have to LOVE that!  {#Cheesygrin}
 daveesh wrote:
nice to NOT hear some hipster boston dj (wfnx) talk over the ending for dramatic effect like they used to do when this tune was on the radio years ago.

 
I always hate it when DJs talk over the beginnings/ends of tracks. For that matter, I hate it when DJs talk at all. Bill's little natters every 5 tracks or so are fine as they're short and relevant, and he's not got an ego he's trying to shove down our ears. Most FM DJs are egotistic w@nkers who're more full of sh1t than a septic tank.


i was instantly transported into that gorgeous blue world hearing this again. great movie, great tune!
 
Jonathan_pa wrote:
First heard this on a surf video called Step into Liquid in full HD with surround. It mad the visual experience mind blowing. Great tune!
 


 FlatCat wrote:
 And check out those zurna's at the end! Love it.
 
Ahhhhh, that's what that instrument is called!  Thanks — I love that sound too, so haunting and disturbing / unsettling, but in a good way!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zurna 


First heard this on a surf video called Step into Liquid in full HD with surround. It mad the visual experience mind blowing. Great tune!
Le Mystere des Voix Bulgares meets .... "generic world music dance beat"... but I like it.

Love that horn instrument; I love anything that thing is played in!{#Clap}
Over the top melodramatic, but they pull it off.
kicks ass
Who IS this group? Never heard them before. Excellent. Most excellent. Thanks.
Loved this. Masterful mix of styles. Why haven't I heard it before? When I hear it again I might have to bump it from an 8 to a 9. Anyone have any idea what these guys are doing now? Guess I ought to not be lazy and check for myself....
romeotuma wrote:

       love it...  this song rocks...

 Poacher wrote:
 
And good for the ears by any chance?  {#Dance}
 
Naaahhh, not a chance!!    {#Wink}  

the razors and the dying roses
plead I don't leave you alone
the demi-gods and hungry ghosts
oh God, God knows I'm not at home

10

{#Meditate}

Powerful. What exemplifies why I listen to Radio Paradise.
Freakin cool. Never heard this before. Wow...Thanks RP.
nice to NOT hear some hipster boston dj (wfnx) talk over the ending for dramatic effect like they used to do when this tune was on the radio years ago.

A little New World Beat, a little hard rock, a little prog influence and some interesting writing.  Vast, eh?
What a freaking awesome drummer here.

Genius drummer, really..... 
 SpamNRice wrote:
Always nice to hear something amazing that you'd forgotten about — I got the "Vast" bug from watching (listening) to "Step Into Liquid". Very, very nice...
 
I was just about to mention this movie...I rated the song a 9 specifically because of how much I liked the documentary/movie.

This sounds a lot like Guster...or is it just me?
Always nice to hear something amazing that you'd forgotten about — I got the "Vast" bug from watching (listening) to "Step Into Liquid". Very, very nice...
what power!{#Clap}

English major sez: I love this use of the word 'touched.' As if some higher force might reach down, brush against your temple, and make you a little crazy, in a mystic sort of way.


I love that choral part, but why am I so convinced that I've heard it before somewhere else, and ever-so-slightly different?
I actually think the Bulgarian women singers and that instrument at the end are the best thing about this song.  Very interesting.

 rtkmusic wrote:
crankin' it! killer drums!!!
 
Yes, this song demands a good cranking of the volume knob. If I would rate all my songs by the volume I want to play them at, this one gets a 10.

 Vastly {#Lol} prefer "Frog" by this group.

Great mix of east and west.
I have been waithing to hear a bit more from Vast.  I can already hear listener complaints about the chanting but I think this song is a unique and awesome rocker.
this is an excellent video on youtube/vast.
Step Into Liquid; (click here)
More juicy Doors-like goodness!
oppositelock wrote:
Concur!
Anyone have any live Vast shows to trade? I have one great soundboard at (click here)
rtkmusic wrote:
crankin' it! killer drums!!!
rtkmusic wrote:
crankin' it! killer drums!!!
Oh yeah!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
crankin' it! killer drums!!!
gregler wrote:
Damn, this stuff rocks the wild monkeys out of me! Too bad i cant krank up the volume, coz its 3am..!
it's 7pm here and i did crank it up :)
Damn, this stuff rocks the wild monkeys out of me! Too bad i cant krank up the volume, coz its 3am..!
TAKEY wrote:
Call me crazy, but I find this song so romantic.
If you are crazy, then we all are!
Uneven CD, but this song...? Grabs me by the Cajones and makes me so angst ridden for all that is out there -- past, present and future... I LIKES IT!!!
Call me crazy, but I find this song so romantic.
thekid wrote:
Heard this first here at RP, but while in Hawaii we watched 'Step into Liquid' and they used cuts from this song for its 'tow-in' section. Nice! Went well together. But a bit disappointing to have it mainstreamed. Oh well, good for them.
Yes! Yes! That's exactly why I came here just now, to point that scene out of Laird being towed into a 40 footer. Goose bumps on goose bumps!
Guat is dis?