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The Airborne Toxic Event — Something New
Album: The Airborne Toxic Event
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Released: 2008
Length: 3:02
Plays (last 30 days): 2
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What's passed these hands?
All these drugs and one night stands
So I tremble when I think of she'd do
She'd say something like:
"You're no good,
You're like the junkies in this neighbourhood"
We all need a fix, I guess I need one too
But I'm trying madly to calm these nerves
With something new

I got this heavy debt, I've got nothing left
But this daunting weight slung round my neck
You got the callous mouth, all your endless doubts
We spent this fifteen weeks, trying to work it out
Do think we're getting to something new?

Oh God, not another fight
I'm always trying to get the details right
I remember when you told me you felt saved
When you promised you'd lay flowers on my grave
Just like they used to do
Is it something new?

And now here I stand
With these blood soaked hands
On this sleepless night, that never ends
And these songs I sing
With these hopes that I cling to
Desperately wondering
Are we finally getting to something new?

Is it something new?
Are we finally to something new?
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I lked this song before, the fact that it's showing up on RP only confirms my suspicion  that Bill and I have remarkable taste.... Ha!
Posted 4 months ago by Vandy005    [ Reply ]
Ahhh, Yes. it's amazing how a few of the old songs like that that we grew up with can still make you just stop what you're doing, and flash back to whateverbyou were doing back the early 80s.
Posted 10 months ago by spacemanstan    [ Reply ]
 ciarataylor wrote:

Sounds like someone was on drugs writing this crap.



Would you also like the kids to get off your lawn?
Posted 1 year ago by TLynneHenry    [ Reply ]
Sounds like someone was on drugs writing this crap.
Posted 1 year ago by ciarataylor    [ Reply ]
Today I like how this strikes me making me think of Brit Pop gems like The Jam and yes I hear New Order too -- whoah, dig it! Bill now cues up The English Beat! Dancing my way now to the kitchen for a drink!
Posted 1 year ago by coloradojohn    [ Reply ]
 CatFitz wrote:

Intro sounds like the Blues Brothers will soon take the stage.



Well...yes. Yes, quite so. 
Posted 1 year ago by kcar    [ Reply ]
 Stingray wrote:
"All this drugs and one-night....,whaaaaat?"

Childish lyrics! No melody. No rythm.
And I'm pissed!
 

Drugs will mess up your spelling.
Posted 13 years ago by Wilmshurst    [ Reply ]
Sound like New Order.
Posted 13 years ago by Gutter    [ Reply ]

Anna by ~alucinante
Juan Ramirez  ©2008-2010 ~alucinante

de the Airborne Toxic Event... quede felchado con ella... creo que en los 30 mins que tocaron le tome como 20 fotos solo a ella.


Posted 14 years ago by calypsus_1    [ Reply ]

Intro sounds like the Blues Brothers will soon take the stage.


Posted 14 years ago by CatFitz    [ Reply ]
 Stingray wrote:
"All this drugs and one-night....,whaaaaat?"

Childish lyrics! No melody. No rythm.
And I'm pissed!
 
ha, ha, ha, good comment!!

Posted 15 years ago by helgigermany    [ Reply ]
The problem I have with most of these alternative tunes today that are toe tapers are that they are only that.  Do your work to them but that's it, but then work work will be just that too.
Posted 15 years ago by earthbased    [ Reply ]
"All this drugs and one-night....,whaaaaat?"

Childish lyrics! No melody. No rythm.
And I'm pissed!
Posted 15 years ago by Stingray    [ Reply ]
I knew it! 

"The rest of The Airborne Toxic Event is much more jaunty and riff-oriented. Some listeners have been disappointed by follow-up single "Does This Mean You're Moving On?". Like the superior "Happiness Is Overrated", it follows the recent trend of putting jagged, trebly indie guitars to a punchy, near-disco rhythm. Both tracks are fun, but compared to "Sometime Around Midnight", deliberately lightweight. There's a jangly, Americana-tinged feel to "Missy", while "Something New" pairs an approximation of New Order's "Age of Consent" riff with a girlish backing vocal from Bulbrook, resulting in the album's most pure pop moment.

https://www.popmatters.com/pm/review/the-airborne-toxic-event-the-airborne-toxic-event1/
Posted 15 years ago by Gutter    [ Reply ]
Too bad we got this song, the album's got a lot of good songs on it
Posted 15 years ago by Vinni_NL    [ Reply ]
Ok I keep on thinking this is a New Order song!!
Posted 15 years ago by Gutter    [ Reply ]
 elmarcin wrote:
I heard this song and thought, wow this sounds familiar.  Now I remember - it was the big skip on Tuesday 9/1/09!.  How long did it take to fix?  I couldn't take it anymore and had to switch streams.
 
The comments posted during The Great Skip Disaster were hilarious. "Bill, are you there? Hellll—00000, Bill?? Bill?"

Reminded me of the old Cheech & Chong routine "Dave's not here."

Posted 15 years ago by rtrudeau    [ Reply ]

I heard this song and thought, wow this sounds familiar.  Now I remember - it was the big skip on Tuesday 9/1/09!.  How long did it take to fix?  I couldn't take it anymore and had to switch streams.


Posted 15 years ago by elmarcin    [ Reply ]
OH GOD let's hope it doesn't happen again! Bill are you on guard today?

Whew....we made it.

Posted 15 years ago by peter_james_bond    [ Reply ]
 AphidA wrote:
Let the healing begin.
 
{#Roflol}  I kept remembering the Monty Python record that ends with a skip and then Eric Idle walking up a hall, opening a door and saying: "Excuse me, the record's stuck...the record's stuck...the record's stuck...the record's stuck...the record's stuck..."


Posted 15 years ago by kaybee    [ Reply ]
I bet this wins the most comments added to a song in one day award.
Posted 15 years ago by AvoidingWork    [ Reply ]
2 > 3
Posted 15 years ago by BrownFox    [ Reply ]
whoop. Not over.  My stream timed out.
Posted 15 years ago by The_Enemy    [ Reply ]
 AphidA wrote:
Sep 01, 2009 - 14:13
 
Freakin' eerie that you got that one.

Or you've noticed something about Bill's system {#Wink}

And I was just writing a long critique comparing it to C&W songs about trains.......
Posted 15 years ago by The_Enemy    [ Reply ]
it's over.  who won the bet?
Posted 15 years ago by The_Enemy    [ Reply ]
 flipchurn wrote:

A shirt that reads "9/1/2009 - Radio Paradise - NEVER FORGET!"
 
LOL. Where can I order one? ;)
Posted 15 years ago by Marley    [ Reply ]
Let the healing begin.
Posted 15 years ago by AphidA    [ Reply ]
 flipchurn wrote:

A shirt that reads "9/1/2009 - Radio Paradise - NEVER FORGET!"

 
{#Mrgreen}{#Mrgreen}{#Mrgreen}
Posted 15 years ago by snakechaser    [ Reply ]
There is still a possibilty that this is actually the original uncut collector version.
Posted 15 years ago by jvdk    [ Reply ]
National tragedy is over.
Posted 15 years ago by flipchurn    [ Reply ]
The sounds of Bill trying to fix it...
Posted 15 years ago by snakechaser    [ Reply ]
 AphidA wrote:
LISTEN VERY CLOSELY!!  After a while, you can hear a voice in there issuing commands.
 
Jonestown
Jonestown
Jonestown
Jonestown
Drink Kool-Aid
Jonestown
Jonestown
Jonestown
Jonestown
Posted 15 years ago by The_Enemy    [ Reply ]
Somebody should update wikipedia with this important "event" and see how long that highly useful trivia stays there.  ... But I'm too lazy.

Awesome!!!  Did it just pause and restart??  I LOVE THIS.  MORE!!! MORE!!!!!!!!

Posted 15 years ago by AphidA    [ Reply ]
OH MY GOD THEY KILLED KENNY!
Posted 15 years ago by jvdk    [ Reply ]
The upload channel is working
Posted 15 years ago by Wyocowboy    [ Reply ]
 flipchurn wrote:
Bill, I demand extra free music for this heinous oversight! (Or a t-shirt - a t-shirt would be nice.)
 
A shirt that reads "9/1/2009 - Radio Paradise - NEVER FORGET!"

Posted 15 years ago by flipchurn    [ Reply ]
after a while, it becomes strangely comforting
Posted 15 years ago by ihategrapejuice    [ Reply ]
 AphidA wrote:
LISTEN VERY CLOSELY!!  After a while, you can hear a voice in there issuing commands.
 
i listened very closely , all i can hear is : paul is dead now miss him *3

Posted 15 years ago by kobkob    [ Reply ]
 jvdk wrote:
"I see the need for a system that sends Bill a message when things are awry."

If there was only such a thing as a live Radio Paradise player for your mobile phone ;-)
 
Oh yeah, like he's gonna listen to RP when he's away from home! I'm sure he wants a break now and again but he could get a phone call when there is a glitch. Now getting to the system to fix it might take a while...

Posted 15 years ago by snakechaser    [ Reply ]
Sep 01, 2009 - 14:14
 4merdj wrote:
Bets are in ... how many minutes do you think it will take until somebody does something about it? {#Dancingbanana}{#Bananasplit}{#Stop}
 


Posted 15 years ago by CortezTheKiller    [ Reply ]
 4merdj wrote:
Bets are in ... how many minutes do you think it will take until somebody does something about it? {#Dancingbanana}{#Bananasplit}{#Stop}
 
Sep 01, 2009 - 14:13

Posted 15 years ago by AphidA    [ Reply ]
 scraig wrote:
I need to hear this a few more times before I can offer criticism...Thanks Bill!
 
Is this enough times? {#Frustrated}


Posted 15 years ago by snakechaser    [ Reply ]
Bets are in ... how many minutes do you think it will take until somebody does something about it? {#Dancingbanana}{#Bananasplit}{#Stop}
Posted 15 years ago by 4merdj    [ Reply ]
"I see the need for a system that sends Bill a message when things are awry."

If there was only such a thing as a live Radio Paradise player for your mobile phone ;-)
Posted 15 years ago by jvdk    [ Reply ]
Bill, I demand extra free music for this heinous oversight! (Or a t-shirt - a t-shirt would be nice.)
Posted 15 years ago by flipchurn    [ Reply ]
This is "Something New"??    Airborne Toxic Event is totally ripping off Fat Boy Slim!
Posted 15 years ago by The_Enemy    [ Reply ]
How does an MP3 skip?
Posted 15 years ago by thatch    [ Reply ]
LISTEN VERY CLOSELY!!  After a while, you can hear a voice in there issuing commands.
Posted 15 years ago by AphidA    [ Reply ]
This sort of reminds me of the reaction of Forest Gump's following when he decides he doesn't feel like running anymore.
Posted 15 years ago by wxman    [ Reply ]
Gotta say I prefer glitchy Airborne Toxic Event to normal Barenaked Ladies. {#Tongue-out}
Posted 15 years ago by CortezTheKiller    [ Reply ]
This must be quite a job for those MP3 compressors!
Posted 15 years ago by jvdk    [ Reply ]
 flipchurn wrote:
Just checked the web cam - nobody home.
 
I see the need for a system that sends Bill a message when things are awry. And a way to fix said "things" from his cell phone. You techies should be ON this! Plenty of time to do it right now!

Posted 15 years ago by snakechaser    [ Reply ]
Houston, we have a problem!
Posted 15 years ago by peter_james_bond    [ Reply ]
Hmm, may have to go listen to WXRT for a while... {#Mad}

Posted 15 years ago by racerx    [ Reply ]
kind of sounds the same after awhile. pretty repetitive stuff.
Posted 15 years ago by blotto    [ Reply ]
Extended dance mix?  
Oh Bill....where are you? Hello?

I'm at work, listening on headphones. Hope this doesn't go on for too much longer....... 
Posted 15 years ago by Marley    [ Reply ]
 narainmg wrote:
The record is skipping
 
5 -> 7

Posted 15 years ago by The_Enemy    [ Reply ]
Just checked the web cam - nobody home.
Posted 15 years ago by flipchurn    [ Reply ]
I give it a 10
Posted 15 years ago by AphidA    [ Reply ]
If you look at the picture on the home page. There's no one at the helm....
 
Posted 15 years ago by alvarorb    [ Reply ]
The record is skipping ... Bill .. where art thou?
Posted 15 years ago by narainmg    [ Reply ]
I'm starting to have a seizure.
Posted 15 years ago by wxman    [ Reply ]
i blame facebook, google, bill gates, and twitter. has to be their fault.
Posted 15 years ago by squidish    [ Reply ]
I hope Bill is ok!!!!
Posted 15 years ago by oryx72    [ Reply ]
Bill? You there?
Posted 15 years ago by isayhoomhom    [ Reply ]
 AphidA wrote:
Wait.  I don't think we know for sure yet.  It could be a mass computer crash!  Or a terrorist attack!!
 
It's experimental music

Posted 15 years ago by The_Enemy    [ Reply ]
Does what it says on the tin:

"Airborne Toxic Event"

Posted 15 years ago by Axel    [ Reply ]
Wait.  I don't think we know for sure yet.  It could be a mass computer crash!  Or a terrorist attack!!
Posted 15 years ago by AphidA    [ Reply ]
 flipchurn wrote:
Not bad but kind of repetitive.

Bwaa ha ha ha  
{#Beat}
Posted 15 years ago by AvoidingWork    [ Reply ]
earborne nauseous event.......................................
Posted 15 years ago by birdiestobehad    [ Reply ]
This has to be a record for longest time an error was missed. I don't even remember hearing something skip before. Could go on for hours if Bill is out to lunch!
Posted 15 years ago by snakechaser    [ Reply ]
It still stuck.
Posted 15 years ago by alvarorb    [ Reply ]
ok, I won't!!!
Posted 15 years ago by chitown    [ Reply ]
This must be the extended version ...
Posted 15 years ago by cosmiclint    [ Reply ]
wow....i thought it was me. it's skipping alright!
Posted 15 years ago by moonsaura    [ Reply ]
 zaknafein wrote:
Help! The stylus is stuck!
 

Put another penny on the tone arm.
Posted 15 years ago by biomedvgh    [ Reply ]
Well that made it more interesting.
Posted 15 years ago by ScottFromWyoming    [ Reply ]
Wow!  The CD skip reminds me of the olden days when albums used to get stuck.  Haven't heard that in a while.  (Or is it just my computer glitching out?)

Posted 15 years ago by Imkirok    [ Reply ]
Not bad but kind of repetitive.
Posted 15 years ago by flipchurn    [ Reply ]
Bill, hit the record player....

(edit)
Looks like a quick way to see who's listening.

Posted 15 years ago by AvoidingWork    [ Reply ]
Broke, or just me going insane?
Posted 15 years ago by squidish    [ Reply ]
Is this really skipping?
 
Posted 15 years ago by jsjacob    [ Reply ]
Help! The stylus is stuck!
Posted 15 years ago by zaknafein    [ Reply ]
{#Naughty} "don't don't don't don't..."
Posted 15 years ago by biomedvgh    [ Reply ]
umm Bill, you there Bill....ohoh

Posted 15 years ago by dBdwg    [ Reply ]
I don't think that's my machine skipping this song. Is it??

... or maybe it's part of the song.  Very avant garde.

Posted 15 years ago by AphidA    [ Reply ]
yeah!!!
Posted 15 years ago by dBdwg    [ Reply ]
Okay, funs over, now give the Arctic Monkey's their sound back. {#Mrgreen}

Posted 15 years ago by crockydile    [ Reply ]
i like! that opening tune really perked me up.
Posted 15 years ago by deniser    [ Reply ]
This is my favourite song played on Radio Paradise! Love it, love it, love it!  When is this band coming to Vancouver, Canada?!
Posted 15 years ago by smdaly    [ Reply ]
 fuh2 wrote:

From Wikipedia: The band takes its name from the postmodern novel White Noise, by Don DeLillo,<3> which won the National Book Award in 1985. In the book, a chemical spill from a railcar releases a poisonous cloud, dubbed by the military as an "airborne toxic event." This serves as a metaphorical device for the novel's themes of mortality and media consumption, as the protagonist Jack Gladney is forced to confront the prospect of his own death.
 

Darn!  I thought it was a reference to farting.
Posted 15 years ago by philbertr    [ Reply ]
Loved the guitars straight away, but the vocals don't do much for me, just OK.
Overall: nice!

Posted 15 years ago by ce    [ Reply ]
what a cheerful song about an addiction!  refreshing!

Posted 15 years ago by pugifat    [ Reply ]
Got this CD at the used CD store last week, and I'm really enjoying it.
Posted 15 years ago by newwavegurly    [ Reply ]
My friend said they opened for Kings of Leon here in Santa Barbara a few weeks ago, and totally blew everyone away, totally owned the stage....everyone loved them....{#Bananajam} {#Drummer} {#Dancingbanana}
Posted 15 years ago by cathenley    [ Reply ]
The bass line is straight from New Order.  I like it.   {#Bananajam}

Posted 15 years ago by ericconrad    [ Reply ]
 
 
 
Airborne Toxic Event @ the Lido, Berlin
Airborne Toxic Event @ the Lido, Berlin
larger
 

Posted 15 years ago by ScopArch    [ Reply ]
 wrangler wrote:
"MEH"
It's in the dictionary now, we don't have to put it in quotes anymore.

{#Whisper}{#Lol}
Posted 15 years ago by lmic    [ Reply ]
Good groove; nice sound.  Like it.
Posted 15 years ago by Proclivities    [ Reply ]
 sdn wrote:
Just heard of ATE a couple weeks ago.  I'm liking it.
 

Me too (Thanks RP!). Loving it!
Posted 15 years ago by rtwingo    [ Reply ]
"MEH"
Posted 15 years ago by wrangler    [ Reply ]
Something of Belle&Sebastian in there, too? Liking these guys quite a bit!
Posted 15 years ago by lmic    [ Reply ]
 SidMac wrote:
slight hint of Arctic Monkeys (not the vocals) about the sound on this track.....
 
{#Yes} A Certain Romance...

Posted 15 years ago by sub-arctic    [ Reply ]
Utter tripe. A solid "2"
Posted 15 years ago by wycado    [ Reply ]
{#Sleep}boooooooooooooooooring
Posted 15 years ago by anniebear    [ Reply ]
 alaken wrote:
Is it just me, or does that repeating guitar riff sound like the bass line from the Jam's "Town Called Malice"?
 
Vaguely, but in a very different tempo.

Posted 15 years ago by Proclivities    [ Reply ]
slight hint of Arctic Monkeys (not the vocals) about the sound on this track.....
Posted 15 years ago by SidMac    [ Reply ]
Saw them on Letterman a few weeks ago - it was a bigger, more dramatic song than this - excellent.
This song however doesn't do much for me.
Posted 15 years ago by On_The_Beach    [ Reply ]
Always think it's going to be some Replacements track until the vocals start.

Which is not to say I don't enjoy this ATE song, but it's a disappointment when one anticipates The Replacements.
Posted 15 years ago by notremotely    [ Reply ]
Just heard of ATE a couple weeks ago.  I'm liking it.
Posted 15 years ago by sdn    [ Reply ]
Nice guitar work, but the singer needs to learn his vocal boundaries.
Posted 15 years ago by etcarroll    [ Reply ]
 j7 wrote:
oh gee how sweet, toxic air and a psychotic junkie!!!
Weeeeeeeee!!!!
 
From Wikipedia: The band takes its name from the postmodern novel White Noise, by Don DeLillo,<3> which won the National Book Award in 1985. In the book, a chemical spill from a railcar releases a poisonous cloud, dubbed by the military as an "airborne toxic event." This serves as a metaphorical device for the novel's themes of mortality and media consumption, as the protagonist Jack Gladney is forced to confront the prospect of his own death.


Posted 15 years ago by fuh2    [ Reply ]
Just heard they are playing in SB this summer with Kings of Leon! WOOHOO!
Posted 15 years ago by scraig    [ Reply ]
 dougment wrote:
Blatantly Strokes like.  Not that that's a bad thing.
 
Yup, very Strokes like but as you say that's no mark against them. Catchy song!

Posted 15 years ago by peter_james_bond    [ Reply ]
Fresh synth of some of the funner sounds of 80s and 90s.
Posted 15 years ago by lmic    [ Reply ]
Sometime Around Mignight, yes.

this, No.
Posted 15 years ago by fadedsignal    [ Reply ]
Blatantly Strokes like.  Not that that's a bad thing.
Posted 15 years ago by dougment    [ Reply ]
There's litigation from New Order in the offing here.
Posted 15 years ago by camden_hampden    [ Reply ]
Is it bad that I think that this song would be much better if the singer would just shut up and let the guitar player take lead?
Posted 15 years ago by GodsMadClown    [ Reply ]
I'll bet they're huge in Finland already.....
Posted 15 years ago by George_Tirebiter    [ Reply ]