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Dengue Fever — Durian Dowry
Album: Cannibal Courtship
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Total ratings: 463









Released: 2011
Length: 4:29
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Your family is rich
My family is poor
I can't fall in love with you

I give you all my heart
All of me is nothing
This life we are apart
Perhaps in the next life

Chorus

If I can't be with you in this life
Perhaps in the next life
Perhaps in the next life

You are rich
I am poor
I can't compare

Chorus

Your mother warns
We can't be together

Chorus

With you in the next life
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This song is stinky (in a good way!)
I liked dangdut music from the moment I first heard it, and I liked Dengue Fever's tunes the same way; the Music IS the language, dig!
 bitbanger wrote:
What a great find. This band is so quirky, edgy, and third worldy. Its inclusion on the playlist falls into the eclectic category.

 
 skindy wrote:

Agree! I quite like this. So there, poopyheads.

 
hear, hear
 aaronm wrote:
Uff da.  Dengue Fever isn't so much hit-and-miss as it is hit-miss-miss-miss-miss-miss-miss-miss-miss for me.

 
Most Interesting Man in the World, nodding and clapping

(For some reason, this song is quite less insufferable today).
 25demayo wrote:
Must let Bill have his likes in music once in awhile.   

 
How magnanimous of you.
Must let Bill have his likes in music once in awhile.   
 bitbanger wrote:
What a great find. This band is so quirky, edgy, and third worldy. Its inclusion on the playlist falls into the eclectic category.

 
Agree! I quite like this. So there, poopyheads.
What a great find. This band is so quirky, edgy, and third worldy. Its inclusion on the playlist falls into the eclectic category.
{#Bananapiano}
Points earned for being different and risky. 
Everybody in my alien space craft will dance to this...  Radio Paradise is the best radio station in this galaxy...
I find the dislike for this band puzzling. Maybe the reception would be better if the words were in English? Dengue Fever has a semi-unique sound, the qualifier being there because the Cambodian sound is unmistakable so it is more unique in the US. Obviously taste in music is not transferable from one person to the next, but why does this band put of so many listeners? 
Please let this stop
Sorry - definitely a miss!
 
I'd love to see this band in a dingy bar, preferably in a foreign country.
Ouch. Make it stop. Too long. Too . . . just too. . . iterative.

Wow!  Not even very painful!
Good spy movie music!
 lathyris wrote:
This is so freaking cool. Are the 4.7-voters listening to the same song I am? Are you not hearing the creepy-melodic interplay between the vocals and the guitar like I am?
 
No kidding. There's a few un-listenable Dengue Fever songs (to these white-bread ears) but this is just really good. I get the feeling that at RP there are many listeners who automatically rate low anything that isn't born in the USA or Europe. But I guess we all have our prejudices.

Had this CD in my car yesterday — it provided a nice distraction while I was stuck in traffic for 40 minutes....!  I was able to zone out and go to a happy place until cars started moving again.  Though I found myself skipping through most of the disc, only really like this song and the other few that are played here on RP.
 rickhoran wrote:

Bill just said introducing this song that the listener's comments of this song is "a bit mixed". At 4.6, a bit mixed? Usually listeners rate songs pretty high, therefore when a song is at 6, I consider that "a bit mixed". At 4.6 on 7/15/11, I consider that not well liked.

  
Perhaps your "considerations" and semantic interpretations are affected by your aesthetics.  I think what Bill meant by "mixed" did not necessarily mean "favorable" or "Pretty Good" (which is what a "6" rating indicates).  I think he was referring to the graphic of the voting on this tune.  Seen below:
ratings
The distribution above looks like what could be called "mixed", since it is not all concentrated to one side or another.
The graphic below (for Madonna's "Justify My Love") is one that seems a better candidate for being considered "not-well-liked"
Justify My Love

Then again, it is largely a matter of opinion and semantics.
Cheers,
{#Cheers}


Uff da.  Dengue Fever isn't so much hit-and-miss as it is hit-miss-miss-miss-miss-miss-miss-miss-miss for me.
OH, I hear it! Just don't like it. Sorry.

 lathyris wrote:
This is so freaking cool. Are the 4.7-voters listening to the same song I am? Are you not hearing the creepy-melodic interplay between the vocals and the guitar like I am?
 


Please . . . make it stop! I finally had to reach over and turn off RP.
 Gbetar01 wrote:
Awful in a way that defies description.
 
I too struggle to put into words how abysmal this is....

Is there an emoticon to show me blowing my head off? 
This is so freaking cool. Are the 4.7-voters listening to the same song I am? Are you not hearing the creepy-melodic interplay between the vocals and the guitar like I am?
I give it a 2 because you can't totally kill a good sounding band with one whiney voice. It would take 2 or 3 to do that or course.
Don't suppose there's a karaoke version of this? I think I might quite like it without vocals, and I could always punch a kitten if I find I miss the singing...
Awful in a way that defies description.
 lsfeder wrote:
This tune is definitely an improvement over the other track Bill plays all the time "Seeing Hands".  However an improvement from Sucko Barfo doesn't say much. I just dont understand the appeal this band has to anyone... its too strange.
 

Actually I feel the opposite, to me Seeing Hands is a masterpiece and far better than anything else they have released. I actually have most of their music so I am guessing.
 kilroyjoe3 wrote:
I'd rather have dengue fever than listen to this again.

Someone push the button that opens the trap door under this girl.
 

LOL. Monty likes your idea:

Mr. Burns of The Simpsons, laughing evilly

 
Really, it's the singing more than anything else that grates on me. It's not an awful band, just one that you should only have to listen to 1-2 times a week—tops.  
This tune is definitely an improvement over the other track Bill plays all the time "Seeing Hands".  However an improvement from Sucko Barfo doesn't say much. I just dont understand the appeal this band has to anyone... its too strange.
growing on me 5-7
Excellent musicianship all round!
WELLL........it must serve some purpose; otherwise my friends wouldn
t like it
The rate scale should include at least the 0 for this kind of "sounds"... giving it the "sucko barfo 1" feels like an undeserved compliment


Whoever gave a Durian for a dowry mist hate the groom. That stuff is nasty.
I am a usual guy who loves their songs but I am really intrigued why “Dengue Fever” is their band name? Does it have any connection with the mosquito-related disease or it is just a trip? Funny why I know very little things about the band even though I run for some personal loans to buy the original copies of their albums.

7  8
{#Music} 


Is that a combo gutar/bass on the album cover?  Cool!

 
It looks like at combo Guitar/Igil or Morin Khuur, actually.  Except that it has three strings, not two.  Actually, I see three tuners, and 2 strings.... so confused.

Also, I'm one of those oddballs that likes this tune...

Kind of the same groove as Silversun Pickups Growing Old Is Getting Old.
Okay, I think that this is annoying and sucks.  The good news is that it is NOT Led Zepplin, David Bowie, Patty Griffin, Pink Floyd, Guster or any other of the other artists that are played every single day.  And it is not like I do not like those artists, but with the vast amount of recorded music, I would hope that we could take a break from some of these every once in a while.    Just as I finished typing this, guess who comes on....Patty Griffin......The song before this one, was a David Bowie tune.  'Nuff said.

Stepping off my soapbox now.....Flames, Slings and Arrows are all welcome. 


 rickhoran wrote:
Bill just said introducing this song that the listener's comments of this song is "a bit mixed". At 4.6, a bit mixed? Usually listeners rate songs pretty high, therefore when a song is at 6, I consider that "a bit mixed". At 4.6 on 7/15/11, I consider that not well liked.

"Mixed" could refer to the wide variation in voting.  At the moment ... 38 people rated it a 1; 21 rated it 3; 25 rated it a 6; 36 rated it a 7; and only 8 rated it a 9 or 10.

Is that a combo gutar/bass on the album cover?  Cool!

I'd rather have dengue fever than listen to this again.

Someone push the button that opens the trap door under this girl.

 rickhoran wrote:

Bill just said introducing this song that the listener's comments of this song is "a bit mixed". At 4.6, a bit mixed? Usually listeners rate songs pretty high, therefore when a song is at 6, I consider that "a bit mixed". At 4.6 on 7/15/11, I consider that not well liked.



 

That's just Bill's understated, humorous style. Translation: A lot of listeners are ripping this song!
Why do I think of Adam West every time I hear this song?
I'm thinking that the song is  the soundtrack to Illia Kuryakin chasing down the bad guys. I'd like to get my ahnds on that guitar + ? instrument

Bill just said introducing this song that the listener's comments of this song is "a bit mixed". At 4.6, a bit mixed? Usually listeners rate songs pretty high, therefore when a song is at 6, I consider that "a bit mixed". At 4.6 on 7/15/11, I consider that not well liked.



 ferwoman wrote:
I don't know that I'll ever buy this album, but I do appreciate the change of pace when this (or any other DF tracks from this album) comes up on the playlist rotation.
 
Ditto.

Durians....think "rancid onion cheesecake."  Then you won't be disappointed.
upon trying a durian milkshake once, my husband commented, "So that's what a fart tastes like."
 pinto wrote:
More like Dung Fever
 
Well that's a knee-slapper.
I don't know that I'll ever buy this album, but I do appreciate the change of pace when this (or any other DF tracks from this album) comes up on the playlist rotation.
 pinto wrote:
More like Dung Fever
 
3 for me too

More like Dung Fever
 coloradojohn wrote:
I heard a few seconds of it and KNEW...Hey, Dengue Fever must have a new one out!  I actually like them, and maybe it's because I have long been exposed to and love world music, but I also think that there are some good grooves going on there that I hope others will give a chance to grow on them...

I feel compelled to offer some info on a subject that I am passionate about, but like this and other world music, it may require repeated exposure...
DURIANS!

First time to try durians...HOLY CRAP! they STINK!  How do you EAT them? and you hold your nose and watch the Balinese go nuts wolfing it down...and you wonder how they can do it...
Second time...you can smell the Yogyakarta Night Market many kms away...you are determined to get enough in you to see what it's all about...because every Kade, Made, Inyoman and Ketut in Bali TOLD YOU they are "the King of Fruit!" and you notice some subtleties about this anything but subtle thing called a durian, for example: they smell and taste quite a bit like a couple of dead birds stuck in a chimney in the height of summer dissolved with garlic, green onions, and cabbage in a bucket of turpentine and mango juice mixed with a liter of high octane gasoline and saturated in banana-flavored Fleer Bubble Gum extract, among other things...but the AFTER-taste, should you get that far past the gag-reflex (sorry it only comes with repeated practice and inuring oneself to it), now, that's kind of a nutty, kind of tangy, kind of WOW, HEY! thing, and as far as the texture, well, hmm, that's about the creamiest, gooey-est, most finger-licking sticky thing you ever put in your mouth, and it's almost fun to scrape the brain-like greenish yellow stuff off of the big, woody, avocado-seed-like pits in there...but you end up thinking, Nah, well — maybe I just need another crack at these things...but...I mean, good God, how do you ignore the revulsion they spark?  Watch how even dedicated drooling veterans run away when a truly ripe one is breached!  However, see how they circle back in and begin to FIGHT for the biggest gobs they can grab?!
Third time's the charm, indeed...because you actually get enough in you to FEEL IT.  Hot-flashes, whoah, tingling in the face, and a horny Superman on RedBull kind of thing going on; must be the natural fermentation going on inside that big spiky heavy shell that needs gloves and a hatchet to get into — and thank God they ONLY fall from way up at around 7 AM in the morning, otherwise there'd be as many or more dead as coconuts take with them in such parts of the world as they grow in...
and by the third time you're in Bali, or after a month or so in the idyllic village of Juara on Pulau Tioman, well, you can eat 'em by the wheel-barrow load, and you can elbow your way on in to haggle and barter with the old locals, because you know how to tell a strong ripe one from a weak poor-value one — and you can only know by using the same nose that once cringed in horror!
One thing is certain: you want to make sure you have company if you eat a lot of these things...it is a true waste to do it alone! and YES, if there is one true aphrodesiac in this life, durian is IT...ask me if you want a long story about my longest, loneliest day on Tioman that thankfully was turned into the best and most memorable night on Tioman by the arrival of a lovely lass from London at just the right time and that I could not have dreamed any finer; oh, S.P., where are you these days?  Remember — remember?! oh, how can I ever forget? 
And it rightfully ticked me off in that lame movie scene where Javier Bardem dismisses the entire intoxicating realm of recreational durian use to Julia Roberts by merely saying, "Don't eat those, they smell like feet!" Add that to the bogus meditation scenes (no retreat center allows anything like that movie shows) and it's easy to dismiss that writer as pretty tame and utterly lacking in what makes Adventure RULE!
  To date, the best description of this malodorous mess I have come upon. However, when presented with the opportunity in Bangkok during durian season, I could not bring myself to try it. I regret this omission, I think... The hotel rooms had signs in the doors "No durian in rooms". Even the locals in durian country are not united in their responses to this fruit. For every aficionado, there is another who cannot understand how and why one would approach something that can be smelled blocks away in the city. This is a fine explication of gustatory exploration or adventurism, probably not culinary, though. Also, I think Dengue Fever, the band, are really worth paying attention to.


OMG durians...
I think I'd be really liking this if I was high.  As it is, it's interesting and unique.  I'm giving it a 7 because there is no 6.5 option.
I quite like dengue fever but this one I'm struggling with
A Japanese cover of a 1960's television theme song by Donovan Leitch?

I heard a few seconds of it and KNEW...Hey, Dengue Fever must have a new one out!  I actually like them, and maybe it's because I have long been exposed to and love world music, but I also think that there are some good grooves going on there that I hope others will give a chance to grow on them...

I feel compelled to offer some info on a subject that I am passionate about, but like this and other world music, it may require repeated exposure...
DURIANS!

First time to try durians...HOLY CRAP! they STINK!  How do you EAT them? and you hold your nose and watch the Balinese go nuts wolfing it down...and you wonder how they can do it...
Second time...you can smell the Yogyakarta Night Market many kms away...you are determined to get enough in you to see what it's all about...because every Kade, Made, Inyoman and Ketut in Bali TOLD YOU they are "the King of Fruit!" and you notice some subtleties about this anything but subtle thing called a durian, for example: they smell and taste quite a bit like a couple of dead birds stuck in a chimney in the height of summer dissolved with garlic, green onions, and cabbage in a bucket of turpentine and mango juice mixed with a liter of high octane gasoline and saturated in banana-flavored Fleer Bubble Gum extract, among other things...but the AFTER-taste, should you get that far past the gag-reflex (sorry it only comes with repeated practice and inuring oneself to it), now, that's kind of a nutty, kind of tangy, kind of WOW, HEY! thing, and as far as the texture, well, hmm, that's about the creamiest, gooey-est, most finger-licking sticky thing you ever put in your mouth, and it's almost fun to scrape the brain-like greenish yellow stuff off of the big, woody, avocado-seed-like pits in there...but you end up thinking, Nah, well — maybe I just need another crack at these things...but...I mean, good God, how do you ignore the revulsion they spark?  Watch how even dedicated drooling veterans run away when a truly ripe one is breached!  However, see how they circle back in and begin to FIGHT for the biggest gobs they can grab?!
Third time's the charm, indeed...because you actually get enough in you to FEEL IT.  Hot-flashes, whoah, tingling in the face, and a horny Superman on RedBull kind of thing going on; must be the natural fermentation going on inside that big spiky heavy shell that needs gloves and a hatchet to get into — and thank God they ONLY fall from way up at around 7 AM in the morning, otherwise there'd be as many or more dead as coconuts take with them in such parts of the world as they grow in...
and by the third time you're in Bali, or after a month or so in the idyllic village of Juara on Pulau Tioman, well, you can eat 'em by the wheel-barrow load, and you can elbow your way on in to haggle and barter with the old locals, because you know how to tell a strong ripe one from a weak poor-value one — and you can only know by using the same nose that once cringed in horror!
One thing is certain: you want to make sure you have company if you eat a lot of these things...it is a true waste to do it alone! and YES, if there is one true aphrodesiac in this life, durian is IT...ask me if you want a long story about my longest, loneliest day on Tioman that thankfully was turned into the best and most memorable night on Tioman by the arrival of a lovely lass from London at just the right time and that I could not have dreamed any finer; oh, S.P., where are you these days?  Remember — remember?! oh, how can I ever forget? 
And it rightfully ticked me off in that lame movie scene where Javier Bardem dismisses the entire intoxicating realm of recreational durian use to Julia Roberts by merely saying, "Don't eat those, they smell like feet!" Add that to the bogus meditation scenes (no retreat center allows anything like that movie shows) and it's easy to dismiss that writer as pretty tame and utterly lacking in what makes Adventure RULE!

First time hearing this. Not sure I could rate it yet, but I must say it was an interesting listening experience. {#Think}
Again I find myself thinking "incidental music to some espionage flick"...  That's neither an endorsement nor a condemnation.  I'm mostly neutral about this one.
Is there anyone out there who actually buys this band's albums? I mean, does anyone think to themselves, "you know, when I'm at home, there's nothing I like better than having Dengue Fever playing in the background. And, heck, their music is even better during long car rides. Mmmm Mmmm Mmmm, can't get enough of that chirpy, non-sensical voice."?
The name of this piece makes me laugh! As vandal said "Anyone using durian for a dowry will be single for a long time". This fruit is so stanky that it's forbidden on public transit and in hotels in Mindanao. "tastes like heaven, stinks like hell," they say - but I never got past the smell to find out.


Starting to dig this group.
different and intriguing. I like
 Decoy wrote:
what is the humpback whale calls? 
 

Stick a fork in it.
Hey, Dengue Fever is improving! Up from a 1 to a 3!

groovalicious. 8


on tour now, check the pollstar link above
 Dgradeworkunit wrote:
I don't get Dengue fever - thankfully!  However this example does work for some unknown (to me) reason.
 

Funny, I am the opposite. I do get Dengue Fever and am a big fan of traditional southeastern Asian music, but do not like this.{#No}

 romeotuma wrote:

I have no idea what the lyrics are about, but the music is soooo cool...  I like this a lot...
 
 
Yes, this has a wonderfully weird vibe...  {#Cool}


what is the humpback whale calls? 
Just had one of those WTF-what-station-is-this——I-love-RP moments! Very nice.
I don't get Dengue fever - thankfully!  However this example does work for some unknown (to me) reason.
Well,  that was interesting ..... sorta..... hmmmmm...... maybe not.


 vandal wrote:
Anyone using Durian as a dowry will remain single for a long time. . . 

the king of fruit
 
I like durian!

 Papernapkin wrote:
Liked the Sly. Not digging this, but hey, it's not The Dead. Anything but The Dead.
 
You're so lucky you missed the Dead quadruple play earlier - a couple of Dead tunes mixed with a couple Dead covers. . . sweet it was not. . . 
 
I like Dengue Fever but this has a little too much of a Yoko Ono vibe for me.
Une belle trouvaille
Charles (France)
Better than that other song I heard from this album. So far not as good as their last release, they need to rock more cause their guitarist rocks!

Great stuff!
 More_Cowbell wrote:
This smells like Durian
 
Ouch!
New Dengue Fever? Saw them live on Later...w/Jools Holland.

Liked the Sly. Not digging this, but hey, it's not The Dead. Anything but The Dead.
This smells like Durian
Anyone using Durian as a dowry will remain single for a long time. . . 

the king of fruit
OMG...loving this.
Love this band.