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Built To Spill — Traces
Album: You In Reverse
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Released: 2006
Length: 4:38
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Daylight can never really hide what's alive
I know it's hard sometimes
For you to tell where you end
And where the world begins

You do your best to avoid assimilation
Guess that's the best you can do
And all the parts of it that matter change
All traces disintegrate

At night
My mind gets on this
Train of thought
And can't get back off

And when you know
How few things there are worth knowing
I suppose
Anyone who tries could forget

Responding now
To trains that crash before you
Never thought
Crashing could happen to you

And all the parts of it that matter change
All traces disintegrate
Comments (151)add comment
 Synth80s wrote:

A great track from an even better album. These guys may not be reinventing rock music, but their recorded output is tight and compelling. One of my favorites buys of the last few years.



Didn't they? What about "Cortez, the killer"? 
Posted 10 months ago by Pitjes    [ Reply ]
 ciarataylor wrote:

Wow Bill you set a record for 5 Sucko Barfo’s in a row.


Well, given that you rate virtually every song on RP Sucko Barfo, that's not surprising. Why not find a station that plays music you like, if that's even possible, and spare us your endless negativity?
Posted 1 year ago by On_The_Beach    [ Reply ]
Wow Bill you set a record for 5 Sucko Barfo’s in a row.
Posted 1 year ago by ciarataylor    [ Reply ]
I quite like the tune, but I also like the album cover.
Posted 1 year ago by Edweirdo    [ Reply ]
GOOD TUNE! I never heard of them before. Thanx RP!
Posted 1 year ago by joejennings    [ Reply ]
Love BTS!
Posted 2 years ago by Mattan    [ Reply ]
I'm so glad and blessed that I finally got to see them jam here several years ago!  I love their incredible, incendiary guitars and clever lyrics.
Posted 2 years ago by coloradojohn    [ Reply ]
 steuss wrote:

Great tune for the times.  We’ve had RP on most of the time during this unsettling ramp up of the Covid-19 pandemic, and just now heard your inter-song comment about hoping the mix is helping us stay calm. Bill and Rebecca, I wanted to let both of you know that it most certainly is…I even commented to my wife and our grown kids a couple of days ago to that effect, that the mix seemed especially geared to calming and reassuring, with a richness that exceeds even your normal standards. In the evenings, I am given to turning off the news and turning RP on, opening another bottle of wine, lighting a fire in the fireplace, and kicking back. And we’ve also recognized a few choice lyrics/titles that are geared to the times, in the RP tradition!

Thank you again for the many gifts that you bring to us and your many listeners. Stay safe and healthy!



And now it's a year on and we're waiting on the ramp down of the Covid-19 panic. Us in reverse.
Posted 3 years ago by dmiley    [ Reply ]
Is it my hearing/age or am I imagining – a few of the opening bars of the instrumental sounds very similar to the theme of a 1960s/70's UK TV show with Roger Moore and Tony Curtis called The Persuaders!!

Posted 3 years ago by prs    [ Reply ]
I love it when the sensitive rock out and soar to new highs out of old lows
Posted 3 years ago by ExploitingChaos    [ Reply ]
 steuss wrote:
Great tune for the times.  We’ve had RP on most of the time during this unsettling ramp up of the Covid-19 pandemic, and just now heard your inter-song comment about hoping the mix is helping us stay calm. Bill and Rebecca, I wanted to let both of you know that it most certainly is…I even commented to my wife and our grown kids a couple of days ago to that effect, that the mix seemed especially geared to calming and reassuring, with a richness that exceeds even your normal standards. In the evenings, I am given to turning off the news and turning RP on, opening another bottle of wine, lighting a fire in the fireplace, and kicking back. And we’ve also recognized a few choice lyrics/titles that are geared to the times, in the RP tradition!

Thank you again for the many gifts that you bring to us and your many listeners. Stay safe and healthy!
 
I agree this station and a few others has kept me sane in an insane time
Posted 4 years ago by jp33442    [ Reply ]
Nice to know they have good music from boise, another reason why i love RP
Posted 4 years ago by jp33442    [ Reply ]
So glad I'm being reminded (a couple of times, recently), of how much I like these guys.  Really great, and very innovative, band, very much worth a careful listen.
Posted 4 years ago by moto848    [ Reply ]
Great tune for the times.  We’ve had RP on most of the time during this unsettling ramp up of the Covid-19 pandemic, and just now heard your inter-song comment about hoping the mix is helping us stay calm. Bill and Rebecca, I wanted to let both of you know that it most certainly is…I even commented to my wife and our grown kids a couple of days ago to that effect, that the mix seemed especially geared to calming and reassuring, with a richness that exceeds even your normal standards. In the evenings, I am given to turning off the news and turning RP on, opening another bottle of wine, lighting a fire in the fireplace, and kicking back. And we’ve also recognized a few choice lyrics/titles that are geared to the times, in the RP tradition!

Thank you again for the many gifts that you bring to us and your many listeners. Stay safe and healthy!
Posted 4 years ago by steuss    [ Reply ]
'You in Reverse' is a great album from the mid/late 00's; a very rich period in indie and alt rock.
Posted 4 years ago by tomperth1    [ Reply ]
 Synth80s wrote:
A great track from an even better album. These guys may not be reinventing rock music, but their recorded output is tight and compelling. One of my favorites buys of the last few years.
 
Ditto, my friend.
Posted 5 years ago by ace-marc    [ Reply ]
A great track from an even better album. These guys may not be reinventing rock music, but their recorded output is tight and compelling. One of my favorites buys of the last few years.
Posted 7 years ago by Synth80s    [ Reply ]
I, like most, am disgusted with the prevalence of AutoTune in modern music. But then I hear this song, and, well,
Posted 7 years ago by aaronm    [ Reply ]
 stegokitty wrote:
I was trying to figure out (if at all true) which was (possibly/probably) mimicking the other.
Based on the birthdates of these two bands, I'm thinking it's Death Cab For Cutie as the band, theoretically imitating the older band, Built To Spill.
And based upon some other comments, BTS is imitating (in a sense) Neil Young.
Not saying it's a bad thing at all.
Just an observation, from someone who is not very familiar with BTS nor for that matter with DCFC, and with an average knowledge of Neil Young, but who has (I must say) a reasonably keen ear. 
 
Unless one makes a living as an impersonator or a tribute act, it would be very unlikely for any musician or a band to spend all of their energy "imitating" any other band.  Being "influenced by" another artist is one thing, "imitating" is another, and this band sounds influenced by many more artists than just Neil Young
Posted 7 years ago by Proclivities    [ Reply ]
 stegokitty wrote:
I was trying to figure out (if at all true) which was (possibly/probably) mimicking the other.
Based on the birthdates of these two bands, I'm thinking it's Death Cab For Cutie as the band, theoretically imitating the older band, Built To Spill.
And based upon some other comments, BTS is imitating (in a sense) Neil Young.
Not saying it's a bad thing at all.
Just an observation, from someone who is not very familiar with BTS nor for that matter with DCFC, and with an average knowledge of Neil Young, but who has (I must say) a reasonably keen ear.
 
I definitely understand the BTS / Neil Young comparison, but I don't think Death Cab sounds like either one (although I did see them open for Neil years ago).
Posted 7 years ago by On_The_Beach    [ Reply ]
I really love the ghost of Neil Young in this song.
Posted 8 years ago by justin4kick    [ Reply ]
I was trying to figure out (if at all true) which was (possibly/probably) mimicking the other.
Based on the birthdates of these two bands, I'm thinking it's Death Cab For Cutie as the band, theoretically imitating the older band, Built To Spill.
And based upon some other comments, BTS is imitating (in a sense) Neil Young.
Not saying it's a bad thing at all.
Just an observation, from someone who is not very familiar with BTS nor for that matter with DCFC, and with an average knowledge of Neil Young, but who has (I must say) a reasonably keen ear. 
Posted 8 years ago by stegokitty    [ Reply ]
JAMMIN' BAND! Saw them, finally, on October 10 at The Fox Theater on The Hill here in Boulder... What a show! They rocked SOLID! THREE Lead Guitars! WOW! They also did the best cover any of us had ever seen of The Smiths' "How Soon Is Now?" ~Go see 'em!
Posted 9 years ago by coloradojohn    [ Reply ]
Not the strongest song from this album but still a goodie! 
Posted 9 years ago by SnappyJ    [ Reply ]
 philbertr wrote:
How is it that THC seems to supercharge my sense of hearing and pleasure in music?

 
Plain ol' sobriety is killing this song for me. Is this Interpol with a better singer? 
Posted 10 years ago by kcar    [ Reply ]
nice....
Posted 10 years ago by helgigermany    [ Reply ]
Nice natural drum sound...
 
Posted 10 years ago by jimmunn    [ Reply ]
Could someone arrange a mash-up between this and KD Lang's "Constant Craving"?
Posted 10 years ago by jademon    [ Reply ]
Yeah! I love the echoes of Neil that ripple and jam throughout this & all their songs. Sure hope I get to see 'em play one of these days!
Posted 10 years ago by coloradojohn    [ Reply ]

haha -very true;-)



 philbertr wrote:

How is it that THC seems to supercharge my sense of hearing and pleasure in music?  
 


Posted 11 years ago by Charlie_rijsel    [ Reply ]
 joelbb wrote:
This one sounds like Neal forgot the damage done and used the needle.  NY as junkie.
 
That would be Neil, to you, and it does have that chunk-a long- style and some familiar major chords-yet a goood song.      {#Bananajam}
Posted 12 years ago by dew34    [ Reply ]
This one sounds like Neal forgot the damage done and used the needle.  NY as junkie.
Posted 12 years ago by joelbb    [ Reply ]
How is it that THC seems to supercharge my sense of hearing and pleasure in music?
Posted 12 years ago by philbertr    [ Reply ]
 justin4kick wrote:
I hear Traces of Neil Young.
 
Traces???

I like Built to Spill because they wear the great Mr. Young on their musical sleeves.
Posted 12 years ago by lemmoth    [ Reply ]
FANSTASTIC!
Posted 12 years ago by Stingray    [ Reply ]
 Hannio wrote:
This one just plods along.
 
Kind of...yeah.
Posted 12 years ago by ziakut    [ Reply ]
This one just plods along.
Posted 12 years ago by Hannio    [ Reply ]
BTS is the perfect Indie rock\pop band.{#Yes}
Posted 13 years ago by sirdroseph    [ Reply ]
...makes me feel like I'm back in college...in 1988....
Posted 13 years ago by jennywho    [ Reply ]
I always like the guitar playing in this band
Posted 13 years ago by martinc    [ Reply ]
 4merdj wrote:

This looks more like a *built* spill ... {#Devil_pimp}
 
Using glycerin for a more manageable "built" spill.

Posted 13 years ago by shutter    [ Reply ]
I hear Traces of Neil Young.
Posted 13 years ago by justin4kick    [ Reply ]
This band ranks right up there with, say, Foreigner.
Slightly more pleasurable than having my teeth drilled on by the dentist.
 
 
EDIT:  cool album cover though.

Posted 13 years ago by Alafia    [ Reply ]
 coolpeople_rule wrote:
Built to   
 
This looks more like a *built* spill ... {#Devil_pimp}
Posted 13 years ago by 4merdj    [ Reply ]
7->8
Posted 13 years ago by dead_flowers    [ Reply ]
I can't decide if I like this or not. I'm going to sit on the fence for a while. 5.
Posted 13 years ago by Huey    [ Reply ]
Amazing CD by an amazing band.  Doug Martsch is a top notch artist/songwriter.

Posted 13 years ago by Biscobret    [ Reply ]

5 -> 6

 

I like the little frantic instrumental part before the end.


Posted 13 years ago by le_colonel    [ Reply ]
Just saw these guys perform last Friday at the Vic in Chicago. Great show — not a single disappointing number in the entire set. And the lead singer's mother was there and he dedicated a song to her, which was cute.
Posted 14 years ago by linden    [ Reply ]
 skyguy wrote:
This is a great picture of the band

https://www.bp.com/managedlistingsection.do?categoryId=9021626&contentId=7041219
 

Very clever!
Posted 14 years ago by coolpeople_rule    [ Reply ]
Built to   
Posted 14 years ago by coolpeople_rule    [ Reply ]
I like this song—-wow, it may be a little Television-y. Love this kind of guitar playing.
Posted 14 years ago by Giselle62    [ Reply ]
for his guitar playing i give it an 8.
Posted 14 years ago by Giselle62    [ Reply ]
You just made an oil spill joke.

 skyguy wrote:
This is a great picture of the band

https://www.bp.com/managedlistingsection.do?categoryId=9021626&contentId=7041219
 


Posted 14 years ago by Phlegmaticman    [ Reply ]
 Papernapkin wrote:
The more I hear, the less I like.
 
Agreed!
Posted 14 years ago by raewah    [ Reply ]
This is a great picture of the band

https://www.bp.com/managedlistingsection.do?categoryId=9021626&contentId=7041219
Posted 14 years ago by skyguy    [ Reply ]
 crockydile wrote:

If it did, I didn't get the message. I dig legitimate connection!! I know I'm a bit of a pain in the ass, but I'm an honest pain in the ass! {#Cool}

 
not even excelsior misses excelsior. . .

Posted 14 years ago by vandal    [ Reply ]
 peter_james_bond wrote:
Crocky I agree with you! Has Hell frozen over? {#Curtain} ....{#Lol}
 
If it did, I didn't get the message. I dig legitimate connection!! I know I'm a bit of a pain in the ass, but I'm an honest pain in the ass! {#Cool}

Posted 15 years ago by crockydile    [ Reply ]
 crockydile wrote:
Very compelling. Nice Spilling!
 
Crocky I agree with you! Has Hell frozen over? {#Curtain} ....{#Lol}
Posted 15 years ago by peter_james_bond    [ Reply ]
 Papernapkin wrote:
The more I hear, the less I like.
 
I totally agree.......

Posted 15 years ago by stevenv58    [ Reply ]
The more I hear, the less I like.
Posted 15 years ago by Papernapkin    [ Reply ]
 govna wrote:
wow this guy's voice is even more annoying than the iron and wine guy.
 
YIKES{#Exclaim}
From someone who rated not 1 but 2 Bob Dylan songs 10{#Stupid} This guys voice is nowhere NEAR as off key and annoying as Dylan

Posted 15 years ago by a_genuine_find    [ Reply ]
Normally i dont mind covers, but this one i really like!!
Posted 15 years ago by helgigermany    [ Reply ]
6—>8
Posted 15 years ago by crockydile    [ Reply ]
{#Dancingbanana_2} very nice another band never heard of in south africa

Posted 15 years ago by edward56    [ Reply ]
8—->9
Posted 15 years ago by Wizzuvvoz    [ Reply ]
Very compelling. Nice Spilling!
Posted 15 years ago by crockydile    [ Reply ]
 orthomd wrote:
a lot of their music sounds very similar to modest mouse....not that that's necessarily a bad thing
 
These guys have been making music since the early 90's, maybe even earlier.  They certainly do not sound like Modest Mouse.

An awesome song from an awesome album :)


Posted 15 years ago by Sullen    [ Reply ]
I haven't heard this for awhile.  Always like it
Posted 15 years ago by Wizzuvvoz    [ Reply ]
Neil Young-y
Posted 15 years ago by Dalebarely    [ Reply ]
There's a riff in this song that is exactly the same as in the Death Cab song 'Cath' that was played a few songs ago...love it!
Posted 15 years ago by kelty    [ Reply ]
Reg Mombasa cover art? Damn fine work all round!
Posted 15 years ago by nigelr    [ Reply ]
 orthomd wrote:
a lot of their music sounds very similar to modest mouse....not that that's necessarily a bad thing
 

WTF?  You gotta be kidding.   Maybe a little like MMs latest stuff, but you should check out some early MM and see if you say the same thing.
Posted 15 years ago by seedeater    [ Reply ]
Song is a 7 but I'm bumping it down to a 1 in protest —- play something else by BTS pleeeez??
Posted 15 years ago by jedley    [ Reply ]
I don't care what the skeptics say, this is still a solid 4.  {#Snooty}
Posted 15 years ago by MojoJojo    [ Reply ]
a lot of their music sounds very similar to modest mouse....not that that's necessarily a bad thing
Posted 15 years ago by orthomd    [ Reply ]
{#Bananajam}
Posted 15 years ago by Arcee    [ Reply ]
 MonkeyPod wrote:
Why do I like everything Bill plays from this band?

Is he just picking the toe tappers or are they that good?

 

They are that good, or at least this album is that good. It's the only one I have so far. (I was listening to it this morning on my commute.) I think this album is fantastic and doesn't have one bad song on it. This is one of the better ones.{#Bananajam}
Posted 15 years ago by snitramc    [ Reply ]
What's not to like about this song?

How much time ya got...
Posted 15 years ago by Rafter101    [ Reply ]

Odd. I listen every single day, and I haven't heard this that much. Maybe I'm not listening when Bill's playing it. Anyway, I rather like it. Although I can see how I might get to not liking it so much if I heard it as aften as I hear that bloody Loreena McKennitt song.


Posted 16 years ago by krg123    [ Reply ]
Hey I like it {#Beat}
Posted 16 years ago by Bruster    [ Reply ]
 Excelsior wrote:
Here we go again... {#No}
 
Honestly, Excel, why do you even bother to listed to RP?

Posted 16 years ago by justin_thyme    [ Reply ]
Hey, great to hear this song again! I'm turning it up. :-) 
Posted 16 years ago by smehan55    [ Reply ]
Here we go again... {#No}
Posted 16 years ago by Excelsior    [ Reply ]
Good Lord.  Built to Spill has 6 albums, and they're a great band... how about playing something different by them instead of the SAME TWO FREAKING SONGS OVER AND OVER AGAIN?!?!?!?!  {#Frustrated}
Posted 16 years ago by Excelsior    [ Reply ]
 MM_Prague wrote:
This one's getting heavy rotation (for RP) here, and is starting to grate on me... time for it to go, IMHO...
 
Months later, I heartily concur!{#Frustrated}
Posted 16 years ago by snakechaser    [ Reply ]
Every song I hear from this band just sounds repetitive, jerky and unimaginative.

Posted 16 years ago by Alafia    [ Reply ]
Pretty good.. 7 > 8
Posted 16 years ago by OHMish    [ Reply ]
Sounds a bit like Pink Floyd to me
Posted 16 years ago by basketcase    [ Reply ]
This one's getting heavy rotation (for RP) here, and is starting to grate on me... time for it to go, IMHO...
Posted 16 years ago by MM_Prague    [ Reply ]
MrDill wrote:
The intro to this sounds to me like an 80s cop show theme
you mean like, "bad boys, bad boys ..."
Posted 16 years ago by colt4x5    [ Reply ]
Beautiful and Poignant, a gem.
Posted 16 years ago by a_genuine_find    [ Reply ]
govna wrote:
wow this guy's voice is even more annoying than the iron and wine guy.
ROFL!!! I wouldn't go quite that far, but I know where you're coming from. Built to Spill loses points with me at every hearing. I started off liking them. Now--not so much.
Posted 16 years ago by QueenLucia    [ Reply ]
wow this guy's voice is even more annoying than the iron and wine guy.
Posted 16 years ago by govna    [ Reply ]
This is a good band!
Posted 16 years ago by raga    [ Reply ]
The intro to this sounds to me like an 80s cop show theme
Posted 16 years ago by MrDill    [ Reply ]
Why do I like everything Bill plays from this band? Is he just picking the toe tappers or are they that good?
Posted 16 years ago by MonkeyPod    [ Reply ]
I see I'm not the only one to notice similarities to awesome musical ancestors -- I like how these guys hit twangs of CSN&Y in all their incarnations... Can't do bad with that, if they are as good as this! Thanks to RP for turning me onto 'em -- as was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be!
Posted 16 years ago by coloradojohn    [ Reply ]
Posted 16 years ago by dereksailor    [ Reply ]
These guys are excellent!! very diverse and intelligent music...I have followed them from the beginning and it's exactly why I listen to this station...great song
Posted 16 years ago by Monster    [ Reply ]
Apparent nod to Neil notwithstanding, these guys have something to say. Good influence, good stuff.
Posted 16 years ago by E_A_D_G    [ Reply ]
ugh, make it stop
Posted 16 years ago by Ando    [ Reply ]
I had complained about another BTS song being too much of a Neil Young knock-off. This song shows they have a much wider range of style and know how to write memorable songs. Good stuff.
Posted 16 years ago by burdell    [ Reply ]
Boring!
Posted 16 years ago by Feghoot    [ Reply ]
I really like the riff in the bridge, even though it is very simple, it is haunting, like the rest of this tune
Posted 16 years ago by a_genuine_find    [ Reply ]
Neil Young-ish.
Posted 16 years ago by spunkyboy62    [ Reply ]
Time to pull this one from rotation.
Posted 16 years ago by rtb    [ Reply ]
I hope this dates back ro the seventies because I think this is not excellent. Ouf!
Posted 16 years ago by e-norm    [ Reply ]
That to me is incomprehensible. REM is light years ahead of this band in nearly every way imaginable--lyrics, rhythm, complexity and range of technique, depth, vocals, mastery. What gives? Photo-John wrote:
REM does nothing for me. But I dig these guys.
Posted 16 years ago by xkolibuul    [ Reply ]
Agreed! pushkinjim wrote:
Boring, mediocre and tasteless -
Posted 16 years ago by rmt    [ Reply ]
pushkinjim wrote:
Ho hum ! Sounds too much REMish for my taste.
REM does nothing for me. But I dig these guys.
Posted 17 years ago by Photo-John    [ Reply ]
mildy haunting
Posted 17 years ago by a_genuine_find    [ Reply ]
Nice kinda surf/spy thing going on in the arrangement.
Posted 17 years ago by Baby_M    [ Reply ]
jedidjah wrote:
Excellent song! Really rocks.
LOL -- you sure about that?
Posted 17 years ago by BrandonM    [ Reply ]
overplayed and uninteresting.
Posted 17 years ago by grace6697    [ Reply ]
Excellent song! Really rocks.
Posted 17 years ago by jedidjah    [ Reply ]
Boring, mediocre and tasteless -
Posted 17 years ago by pushkinjim    [ Reply ]
Going to see them tonight. Fun!
Posted 17 years ago by QueenLucia    [ Reply ]
Wow, haven't heard this for ages,obvious Pavement influences.Nice song 7
Posted 17 years ago by geordiezimmerman    [ Reply ]
Ho hum ! Sounds too much REMish for my taste.
Posted 17 years ago by pushkinjim    [ Reply ]