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The Folk Implosion — Gravity Decides
Album: One Part Lullaby
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Released: 1999
Length: 3:30
Plays (last 30 days): 2
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I collide with the world again
Creep with the summer on my skin
Strapped to machinery, theory and catastrophe
Open up and let it in

Radar, we are, could be willing
Spot my eyes and cross the line
Tell me I'm more than I'm feeling
Say the mirror only lies

There's more than gravity pushing on me
I know the heart's a muscle, too
See a pulse up close and quiver
Still holding back the rapture
There's more than gravity pushing on me
Gravity decides

Radar, we are, could be willing
Spot my eyes and cross the line
Tell me I'm more than I'm feeling
Say the mirror only lies

There's more than gravity pushing on me
I know the heart's a muscle, too
See a pulse up close and quiver
Still holding back the rapture

There's more than gravity pushing on me
Gravity decides
Mirrors only lie
Gravity decides
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"Gravity always wins"  Thom Yorke
Posted 3 years ago by rlr511    [ Reply ]
Gravity sucks   But this song is pretty cool.
Posted 3 years ago by bluematrix    [ Reply ]
 BowTieDad wrote:
Gravity is pulling, not pushing, otherwise good tune
 
 

Perspective. It could be that the acceleration of gravity is perceived as one being pushed toward the mass in question. Pulled toward, pushed toward. Tomato, toh-mah-to.
Posted 4 years ago by vandal    [ Reply ]
 Shesdifferent wrote:
Shit, just caught the end of this
 
+1 for the 2nd half of this one...8s right...LLRP!!
Posted 4 years ago by lizardking    [ Reply ]
Was that a mellotron?
Posted 5 years ago by TerrorGovernor    [ Reply ]
 BowTieDad wrote:
Gravity is pulling, not pushing, otherwise good tune
 
 
But ya see, 'gravity decides' what it wants to do here 
Posted 5 years ago by MrStatenIsle    [ Reply ]
A very happy day in my life was when my son sold his skydiving gear.  He subsequently informed me he is not finished with skydiving.  He's planning to tandem with his son when he turns 18.  He is now 16. {#Undecided}
Posted 6 years ago by khardog145    [ Reply ]
 BowTieDad wrote:
Gravity is pulling, not pushing, otherwise good tune
 

 
Quibbler. {#Cheesygrin}
Posted 7 years ago by chyk5    [ Reply ]
Gravity is pulling, not pushing, otherwise good tune
 
Posted 8 years ago by BowTieDad    [ Reply ]
 ScottN wrote:
Nice.
Very nice.

 
Yeah, it's a cool tune, nice production.  It sounds like they're using a baritone guitar in the mix: it gives a slight Morricone/Badalamenti feel to it.
Posted 8 years ago by Proclivities    [ Reply ]
Nice.
Very nice.
Posted 8 years ago by ScottN    [ Reply ]
strange. when this first came out, i didn't pay it much mind. it's actually a really solid tune. 
Posted 9 years ago by daveesh    [ Reply ]
 toomanyollys wrote:
I'm not sure why but I really like the album cover. So there.
   

hayduke2 wrote:

maybe it reminds you of the time you snuck onto the grounds where they filmed "Sunset Boulevard", you had on your Sears overcoat, and kept wondering when Security would start chasing you, but they never came man, and around that hedge was the swimming pool... oh wow man

 
No don't stop hijack the rest of his life 

{#Whipit}


Posted 9 years ago by kcar    [ Reply ]
 toomanyollys wrote:
I'm not sure why but I really like the album cover. So there.


 
maybe it reminds you of the time you snuck onto the grounds where they filmed "Sunset Boulevard", you had on your Sears overcoat, and kept wondering when Security would start chasing you, but they never came man, and around that hedge was the swimming pool... oh wow man
Posted 10 years ago by hayduke2    [ Reply ]
 Giselle62 wrote:
yeah it sounds donovan esque

 
Good call. The vocals, but not the music itself, I think. 
Posted 10 years ago by kingart    [ Reply ]
{#Bananajam}The grooves of 'Natural One' continue...
Posted 10 years ago by SteadyRollingMan    [ Reply ]
yeah it sounds donovan esque
Posted 11 years ago by Giselle62    [ Reply ]
 passsion8 wrote:
Why do I hear strains of Donovan?
 
Yes, but without the chin.
Posted 11 years ago by TerryS    [ Reply ]
 toomanyollys wrote:
I'm not sure why but I really like the album cover. So there.


 
..it's gotta be the magical, floaty banner unfurling above the trees..no?..
Posted 11 years ago by cShaggy    [ Reply ]
I'm not sure why but I really like the album cover. So there.

Posted 13 years ago by toomanyollys    [ Reply ]
A pretty nice song ...very cruisey
Posted 13 years ago by Mojoboy    [ Reply ]
Always in the mood to hear Lou Barlow.  Thanks!
Posted 14 years ago by Biscobret    [ Reply ]
Shit, just caught the end of this
Posted 14 years ago by Shesdifferent    [ Reply ]
Folk me, Bill!
Posted 14 years ago by ThePoose    [ Reply ]
Second time I come to check what's this song..  

7 >> 8
Posted 14 years ago by hiorgos    [ Reply ]
Tough call to follow SS...........
Posted 14 years ago by nigelr    [ Reply ]
"Something new from Folk Implosion" says Bill. This is one very old re-run.
Posted 14 years ago by Shimmer    [ Reply ]
I really like this from these guys.
I don't care much for their hit.
Posted 14 years ago by KurtfromLaQuinta    [ Reply ]
on my walk to work i thought it would be great to hear some folk implosion on RP!!  awesome!
Posted 15 years ago by zoomzip    [ Reply ]
Brotherchaos1980 wrote:
Wait... this band had a song other than "Natural One"?
i'm glad to hear it! otherwise, i might not have bought it like i'm doing right very now.
Posted 16 years ago by lophrequa    [ Reply ]
If you don't own this CD, you don't know what you're missing. It had the same effect on me then as Porcupine Tree does now. I couldn't listen to it enough.
Posted 16 years ago by chyk5    [ Reply ]
Wait... this band had a song other than "Natural One"? And something not on the Kids soundtrack... freaky...
Posted 16 years ago by Brotherchaos1980    [ Reply ]
passsion8 wrote:
Why do I hear strains of Donovan?
It's not just you, I thought that this was Donovan at first too.
Posted 17 years ago by epod34    [ Reply ]
Folk Implosion and Sebadoh in the same day. Bill, you spoil us. BTW Lou Barlow was back playing bass with Dinosaur Jr last month on a small tour in the Northeast. Good time.
Posted 17 years ago by samrex    [ Reply ]
*snaps fingers*rocksheadfromsidetoside* yah!
Posted 17 years ago by sixxstrings    [ Reply ]
Why do I hear strains of Donovan?
Posted 18 years ago by passsion8    [ Reply ]
i remember them from the tune "Natural One" which i like better than this one.
Posted 18 years ago by xs9095    [ Reply ]
redeyespy wrote:
The arrangement reminds me of The Doors. I can almost hear "Mr. Mojo Risin" singing these wounded lyrics. Good stuff.
songs that remind me of the Doors are never good (a favourite quote of mine from Uncut Magazine The Doors: a bar band that got lucky). This doesn't remind me of (to quote Denis Leary) "Big fat dead guy in a bathtub" and his partners in music crime, so i do agree with your final analysis. Good stuff indeed!
Posted 18 years ago by gernick    [ Reply ]
yuck
Posted 18 years ago by witchchild    [ Reply ]
Posted 18 years ago by FluxCapacitator    [ Reply ]
The arrangement reminds me of The Doors. I can almost hear "Mr. Mojo Risin" singing these wounded lyrics. Good stuff.
Posted 18 years ago by redeyespy    [ Reply ]
"I know the heart's a muscle, too" Damnit! I thought I was the only one!
Posted 18 years ago by princeofpeoria    [ Reply ]
Ok, I want to like Folk Implosion ... I listen, I don't really likey. This song allows me to say mhmm ... I do likey a little. I probably don't like enough to buy a CD, but I likey enough to suspend judgement.
Posted 18 years ago by LadyLovelyLocks    [ Reply ]
uhhh?? Who? OH!!!! Wow. Play more!
Posted 19 years ago by kingfish2004    [ Reply ]
Posted 19 years ago by Foreverfree    [ Reply ]
Holy crap - aren't these the same guys who do "Natural One?" This is more interesting, though. I like this well enough...
Posted 19 years ago by ploafmaster    [ Reply ]
I have to admit I was shocked to look up and see that this was Folk implosion. It is great to hear some of their "other" songs. More folk implosion indeed! indigo_xia wrote:
More Folk Implosion!
Posted 20 years ago by GhawazeeBee    [ Reply ]
Shaken_Bake wrote:
Well put! My sentiment indeed! You did mean that in a good way, right?
how else could it have been meant? ;-) Folk Implosion is goodness, rich creamy goodness.
Posted 20 years ago by Alt-Ctrl-Tom    [ Reply ]
BC_Night_Heron wrote:
This is the kind of musical contribution to my frame of reference that I expect from Radio Paradise.
Well put! My sentiment indeed! You did mean that in a good way, right?
Posted 20 years ago by Shaken_Bake    [ Reply ]
More Folk Implosion!
Posted 20 years ago by indigo_xia    [ Reply ]
This is the kind of musical contribution to my frame of reference that I expect from Radio Paradise.
Posted 22 years ago by BC_Night_Heron    [ Reply ]