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The Chemical Brothers — The Golden Path (w/ Flaming Lips)
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Lyrics:

As I walked along
The supposed golden path
I was confronted
By mysterious spectre
He pointed to the graveyard
Over on yonder hill
I paused in cosmic reflection
Confused on wondering
Of how I came to die

Hm!
I was confused
Coz if I was dead
How and why did I die
And I composed myself
And decided I should face it

Then I stood paralyzed
On the supposed golden path
And I was confronted
By powerful demon force
And there was the devil
And we spoke his words
Flowed like glowing lava from the mouth of a volcano
And I said:
Help me, Lord!!
I found myself in some kinda hell
But I did not believe in heaven and hell
World in opposites kind of reality

But I gained control of myself
And decided to press on

As I walked along
The supposed golden path
I was trembling with fear
All the lions and the wizards yet to come
I seen in the distance
Silver mountains rising high in the clouds
And a voice from above did whisper
Some shining answer from the moon

Please forgive me
I never meant to hurt you
Posted 1 week ago by Sofa_King    [ Reply ]
Tux wrote:
Scheisse. My filter only mutes "Chemical Brothers", not "Chemical Bros." Now fixed.
Nobody cares.
Posted 19 years ago by stubbsz    [ Reply ]
spankmandog wrote:
Isn't the original of this song in the movie Buckaroo Banzai Across the Eighth Dimension? I seem to remember it being the music for the closing credits. Absolutely wonderful movie... And this song fits it perfectly. I can probably guarantee that anyone leaving negative comments about this song will hate the movie even more :)
Nope. Great flick. This song is still another matter....
Posted 19 years ago by redeyespy    [ Reply ]
Far, far, far away from the Lips I saw at the Cameo Theater in 1988 as they opened for 7 Seconds. Long live Punk!
Posted 19 years ago by schmoooz    [ Reply ]
muddy and poor. Is this a remake? dodododododdoododo
Posted 19 years ago by mem_313    [ Reply ]
God, this song should be about a million times better than it is. I think I'm starting to hate it.
Posted 19 years ago by mrselfdestruct    [ Reply ]
the_circe wrote:
love the lips; love the bros. problem is, they sound like crap together.
You got that right, blech!
Posted 19 years ago by BondsLovesSteroids    [ Reply ]
hmm... two bands i like get together and achieve something less than synergy. still pretty good, but not quite what I had hoped. :roll:
Posted 19 years ago by LLMikeJ    [ Reply ]
Scheisse. My filter only mutes "Chemical Brothers", not "Chemical Bros." Now fixed.
Posted 19 years ago by Tux    [ Reply ]
Something about it makes me think of Talking heads...
Posted 19 years ago by Hob    [ Reply ]
i am at the point of saying that if this song is going to continue to be played, i may have to find a different radio station to listen to.
Posted 20 years ago by rah    [ Reply ]
play more!
Posted 20 years ago by aurora1957    [ Reply ]
Gargling with salt water will help that throat ... maybe. Won't do a thing for being totally off key, however.
Posted 20 years ago by ursus88    [ Reply ]
You may not have meant to hurt me, but you sure did. This sucks.
Posted 20 years ago by timandjuliet    [ Reply ]
I have to immediately mute this song. Maybe it would be ok if it lasted say, 3 min. Then his cracked vocals might actually be construed as cool and the synth wouldn't make me want to smash my head against my desk.
Posted 20 years ago by smilestoomuch    [ Reply ]
ChardRemains wrote:
Oh my gosh. That must have been so totally long ago. The lips are soooo like yesterday.
You have been sarcastic...Right??
Posted 20 years ago by masterhead    [ Reply ]
love the lips; love the bros. problem is, they sound like crap together.
Posted 20 years ago by the_circe    [ Reply ]
This song sounds like they have injested too many chemicals before they recorded.
Posted 20 years ago by ad4tise    [ Reply ]
More aerobics? reminds me of this too...
Posted 20 years ago by R_P    [ Reply ]
BagelBoy wrote:
I haven't heard the Lips since HS. I think the song was 'She don't like Jelly'. Very strange group...
Oh my gosh. That must have been so totally long ago. The lips are soooo like yesterday.
Posted 20 years ago by ChardRemains    [ Reply ]
blythemeteor wrote:
Make it go away!!!!!
yes. please. quickly.
Posted 20 years ago by rah    [ Reply ]
shua wrote:
Quite likable (although I can't figure out why) but my fav chem bros collaboration is with Beth Orton. Richard Ashcroft comes a close second plus he's done some great stuff with UNKLE as well.
I would like to have a chemical collaboration with Beth Orton
Posted 20 years ago by JokesandJokesandJokes    [ Reply ]
Quite likable (although I can't figure out why) but my fav chem bros collaboration is with Beth Orton. Richard Ashcroft comes a close second plus he's done some great stuff with UNKLE as well.
Posted 20 years ago by shua    [ Reply ]
Have to give this one an "8" - Most Excellent - I always perk up and pay attention when it comes on. I vote for hearing it more often!
Posted 20 years ago by laozilover    [ Reply ]
Make it go away!!!!!
Posted 20 years ago by blythemeteor    [ Reply ]
blerg.
Posted 20 years ago by rah    [ Reply ]
flyingkiwi wrote:
I think the vocals sound like the fella from echo and the bunnymen more than anyone else, the whole thing is similar Thats fine
Yep , the music is some take on E and the B-men's "Promise" . They followed it just now with " Lips Like Sugar" ; no doubt a bit of the ol' tounge in cheek. hehe
Posted 20 years ago by CQ    [ Reply ]
I haven't heard the Lips since HS. I think the song was 'She don't like Jelly'. Very strange group...
Posted 20 years ago by BagelBoy    [ Reply ]
flyingkiwi wrote:
I think the vocals sound like the fella from echo and the bunnymen more than anyone else, the whole thing is similar Thats fine
Spot On.
Posted 20 years ago by stubbsz    [ Reply ]
I like it more everytime I hear it. Long live the Lips.
Posted 20 years ago by MikeWC    [ Reply ]
This sure is a fun song, it makes me smile so it must be good. The lyrics sure are interesting, as always when it comes to the Flaming Lips: Wayne Coyne wrote:
And I said “Help me lord” I found myself in some kind of hell But I didn’t believe in a heaven and hell World in opposites kind of reality And I gained control of myself And I decided to press on
Me neither, Wayne. :)
Posted 20 years ago by Darkmatter    [ Reply ]
I like it and I am not ashamed
Posted 20 years ago by cataloger    [ Reply ]
NICKNAME wrote:
SPOKEN WORD SOUNDS LIKE JIM MORRISON, MICHAEL STIPE,AND DAVID BYRNE
Yeah, hey....that's kind of a good thing though.... :D
Posted 20 years ago by soulspin    [ Reply ]
I think the vocals sound like the fella from echo and the bunnymen more than anyone else, the whole thing is similar Thats fine
Posted 20 years ago by flyingkiwi    [ Reply ]
dang wrote:
I agree. I thought this was a cover of "Where the Streets Have No Name" when it came on.
Total rip-job in my opinion. Practically the same song. If I were Bono, I'd be dialing my lawyer.
Posted 20 years ago by fluorophore    [ Reply ]
Please forgive me.......I never meant to make your ears bleed by programming this song.
Posted 20 years ago by GordianKnot    [ Reply ]
eric wrote:
I kinda liked this until those horrible, whiny vocals kicked in toward the end.
Ya it was cool until it started to sound like the Flaming Lips ;-)
Posted 20 years ago by alanb    [ Reply ]
The Flaming Chemicals echo Echo. I like it.
Posted 20 years ago by sergeant_x    [ Reply ]
"I found myself in some kinda hell" Just what I was thinking. :headache.gif:
Posted 20 years ago by TheLoneIguana    [ Reply ]
spankmandog wrote:
Isn't the original of this song in the movie Buckaroo Banzai Across the Eighth Dimension? I seem to remember it being the music for the closing credits. Absolutely wonderful movie... And this song fits it perfectly. :)
:iamwith: It does have that background beat like B.B. and I couldn't agree more about the movie itself.. if you have the chance check out the DVD which *finally* came out and includes an alternate opening with Jamie Lee Curtis (of all people) as the young Buckaroo's Mother!!
Posted 20 years ago by TreborG2    [ Reply ]
Isn't the original of this song in the movie Buckaroo Banzai Across the Eighth Dimension? I seem to remember it being the music for the closing credits. Absolutely wonderful movie... And this song fits it perfectly. I can probably guarantee that anyone leaving negative comments about this song will hate the movie even more :)
Posted 20 years ago by spankmandog    [ Reply ]
Not a happy collaboration. See also the disastrous Beck/Air combo "The Vagabond."
Posted 20 years ago by redeyespy    [ Reply ]
Loving the music of the Chemical Brothers.. takes some a bit.. takes others less.. one of my favorite sites to visit once in a while is https://www.sputnik7.com where you can see videos.. and the videos for the chemical bros are just out there!!! ... one called Star Guitar... it has a looping video to match beats with the song..
Posted 20 years ago by TreborG2    [ Reply ]
yeah, yeah, kinda like a pale, quavering, lame techno imitation of "Spill the Wine"... Needs a sexy latina lapsing into some kind of glossilalia as in the abovementioned tune.
Posted 20 years ago by alanb    [ Reply ]
Kind of an aural updated...."Spill the Wine" by Eric Burdon in a really cool channeling....liked it the first time I heard it and like it more the second..
Posted 20 years ago by cycleman    [ Reply ]
excellent song. really impressed to hear rp playing the chemical bros.
Posted 20 years ago by mc_hammer    [ Reply ]
Ack -- whatever happened to singers actually being able to sing? This guy sounds like his lips are, in fact, flaming. Or at least cracked and chapped. Please, make it stop!!
Posted 20 years ago by mouse    [ Reply ]
I kinda liked this until those horrible, whiny vocals kicked in toward the end.
Posted 20 years ago by eric    [ Reply ]
DavidCarrico wrote:
Dude, you gotta be deaf not to hear the similarities to Bono. Try listening to Zooropa then listen to this song.
my hearing is extremely accute - and i don't hear bono in this at all. bono can hit a note. this guy wavers too much. he should not be touching high notes - or a microphone. this song would be so cool without the vocals.
Posted 20 years ago by PattonFever    [ Reply ]
The title should be suffixed with "(w/ U2's Bono Vox)" because that's what it sounds like \:D/
Posted 20 years ago by jeffro    [ Reply ]
Pretty good stuff, the end could be better but the overall song reminds me a bit of Eric Burden's Spill the Wine - "this really blew my mind, the fact that me, an overfed, long haired leaping gnome, would be the star of a Hollywood movie".........
Posted 20 years ago by TheWizardOfUhs    [ Reply ]
the return of New Romantic / New Wave?
Posted 20 years ago by faramir    [ Reply ]
I absolutely do not need to hear this song every 2-3 days.
Posted 20 years ago by rockasaurus    [ Reply ]
I think this is pretty cool...I like the wavering sound and the beat. It's a good meeting of two leaders in their respective fields: mixing and slighlty off-beat art rock/pop
Posted 20 years ago by cycleman    [ Reply ]
I LOVE this song. The words especially. The music grooves too Whle the content of the lyrics may be unsettling to some, they are quite uplifting to me, even transcendent. The concept is universal and as "godlike" as you can get. As I mentioned earlier, 'The lyrics are quite nice; speaking simply of truths we all face as we travel the *golden* path. The music is catchy as can be, so maybe the words - under the guise of the "bad" singer - is what repels. That's too bad. To my ears, this is nothing but good...almost subversively so.' Peace.
Posted 20 years ago by mperry    [ Reply ]
I HATE THIS SONG.
Posted 20 years ago by rah    [ Reply ]
Not one of the better Brothers tracks IMHO... :(
Posted 20 years ago by obzidian    [ Reply ]
dot was sure this was echo and the bunnymen. orders another. dot.
Posted 20 years ago by Dotman    [ Reply ]
CanuckBeaker wrote:
More Chemical Brothers! It seems I have been living in a cave for a good decade or so, where my prior radio receiver was unable to tune to any station that played this group.
Agree completely. I was turned on to this group very recently, and I really like what I hear
Posted 21 years ago by zaknafein    [ Reply ]
timc wrote:
Wow, a musical cat. Where did you get it?
Heh heh heh, I'll never tell. Gene splicing is a Wonderful Thing(tm). If this is one of the Chemical Bros "best songs", I'm sure glad I didn't buy this coaster.
Posted 21 years ago by ccordova    [ Reply ]
One of the few songs that makes me turn RP off temporarily. Simply terrible.
Posted 21 years ago by geavis    [ Reply ]
rah wrote:
i don't usually like to read or leave negative comments here, but i really, really hate this song. and what is it with someone always supposing a singer either is, or is trying to be, Bono? i don't think this sounds like Bono at all...
Dude, you gotta be deaf not to hear the similarities to Bono. Try listening to Zooropa then listen to this song.
Posted 21 years ago by DavidCarrico    [ Reply ]
littlebluedog wrote:
At the time of writing, the average rating on this song is 5.4, one of the lower ratings I've seen on RP ... thankfully, that seems to indicate UNpopular!
fair enough - but i was referring to all the "yay! this is super!" style comments. heh. perhaps the people who have nothing nice to say usually don't say anything at all. heh.
Posted 21 years ago by PattonFever    [ Reply ]
Is this a karoke song disguised as a Chemical Brothers tune? The music is cool, but the vocals only serve to make me feel better about my singing voice. To be charitable to myself, I'd grade my singing voice in the low barfo-sucko range.
Posted 21 years ago by hutchmo    [ Reply ]
i don't usually like to read or leave negative comments here, but i really, really hate this song. and what is it with someone always supposing a singer either is, or is trying to be, Bono? i don't think this sounds like Bono at all...
Posted 21 years ago by rah    [ Reply ]
Love the Flaming Lips! Excellent collaboration.
Posted 21 years ago by cpn    [ Reply ]
There are plenty of better songs from the Chemical Bros. that could be played instead... Not fond of this one either... Pedantic singer... They should have stuck to each doing their own thing...
Posted 21 years ago by R_P    [ Reply ]
BONO wannabe?
Posted 21 years ago by DavidCarrico    [ Reply ]
Mkopps wrote:
No No No...
hey there! turn that frown upside down. ;-) they never meant to hurt you. And I agree with rgrace. The lyrics are quite nice; speaking simply of truths we all face as we travel the *golden* path. The music is catchy as can be, so maybe the words - under the guise of the "bad" singer - is what repels. That's too bad. To my ears, this is nothing but good...almost subversively so. Peace.
Posted 21 years ago by mperry    [ Reply ]
PattonFever wrote:
^whines^ enough already!!! how and why is this song so damn popular?
At the time of writing, the average rating on this song is 5.4, one of the lower ratings I've seen on RP ... thankfully, that seems to indicate UNpopular!
Posted 21 years ago by littlebluedog    [ Reply ]
No No No... :grumpy.gif:
Posted 21 years ago by Mkopps    [ Reply ]
This is pretty cool.... witty lyrics. Definitely a 7.
Posted 21 years ago by rgrace    [ Reply ]
jbwiv wrote:
Groovy. And the Lips make it...
Yes.
Posted 21 years ago by mperry    [ Reply ]
^whines^ enough already!!! how and why is this song so damn popular?
Posted 21 years ago by PattonFever    [ Reply ]
Drunkenlilacwine wrote:
by far one of the best Chem Bros song ever!!! Speechlessly incredible!
yes. this is beautiful. and the video is fantastic, one of the best I have seen, it really enhances and furthers the song's message
Posted 21 years ago by mperry    [ Reply ]
by far one of the best Chem Bros song ever!!! Speechlessly incredible!
Posted 21 years ago by Drunkenlilacwine    [ Reply ]
as i listened to my favorite radio stream... i was confronted by a childish fantasy song... song... song... ... please forgive me - i never meant to mock you...
Posted 21 years ago by PattonFever    [ Reply ]
iggy33 wrote:
Too much chemicals for these brothers !! Lamo...
I totaly agree with you!!
Posted 21 years ago by moon_shadow    [ Reply ]
Groovy. And the Lips make it...
Posted 21 years ago by jbwiv    [ Reply ]
Too much chemicals for these brothers !! Lamo...
Posted 21 years ago by iggy33    [ Reply ]
Complete and utter garbage. And for using a flute it gets the Sucko-Barfo rating.
Posted 21 years ago by ChicoCyclist    [ Reply ]
ccordova wrote:
Mindless drivel. I stepped on my cat's tail once and heard better. Bleh.
Wow, a musical cat. Where did you get it?
Posted 21 years ago by timc    [ Reply ]
This would be good without the cheesy vocals...
Posted 21 years ago by camarkim    [ Reply ]
Totally Eric Burdon and the Animals or War maybe - even the flute. Nice.
Posted 21 years ago by gstark33    [ Reply ]
Mindless drivel. I stepped on my cat's tail once and heard better. Bleh.
Posted 21 years ago by ccordova    [ Reply ]
Pretentious Crap.
Posted 21 years ago by ndanger666    [ Reply ]
Had to hit the mute button for this one. Bad.
Posted 21 years ago by geavis    [ Reply ]
lindydallas wrote:
This keeps reminding me of a U2 song; --d
I agree. I thought this was a cover of "Where the Streets Have No Name" when it came on.
Posted 21 years ago by dang    [ Reply ]
i'm a big fan of Chemical Bros and Flaming Lips, but i think they both have far more worthy songs than this one. still interesting as a novelty, though.
Posted 21 years ago by Platypus    [ Reply ]
This keeps reminding me of a U2 song; --d
Posted 21 years ago by lindydallas    [ Reply ]
snama wrote:
whoa - where did THIS come from?! and how can it miss with two of my favorites.....great choice for Friday afternoon!
Seems pretty good for a Monday night too...
Posted 21 years ago by timc    [ Reply ]
Love the Lips. But, you gotta see them live to appreciate them, I think anyway... It\'s an acquired taste.
Posted 21 years ago by rcaliff    [ Reply ]
whoa - where did THIS come from?! and how can it miss with two of my favorites.....great choice for Friday afternoon!
Posted 21 years ago by snama    [ Reply ]
whatever
Posted 21 years ago by deadline    [ Reply ]