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Venus Hum — Soul Sloshing
Album: Big Beautiful Sky
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Total ratings: 401









Released: 2003
Length: 3:46
Plays (last 30 days): 0
Indulging inaccuracy I'm picking apart my friend Lizzie
Throw another word on me and watch me hurl it back
I know you! (I swear I do)
You're just like me- You're sipping a cup of pity
Aw!
Did I forget to mention I'm the centre of attention
In my universe my pain's my pension
I know you! (I swear I do)
You're just like me-You're sipping a cup of dreams
Yeah!
Soul sloshing-don't shush me
Just listen to me -pretty little kitty in the sky
The bass of my laughter-my gut is the speaker
Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha!
Sweet is my surprise!

Self involved security, yet you are such a part of me
And somehow what we do seeps into me, seeps into you
It's subtle-it's creepy knees
It's condescension versus humility
I know you! (I swear I do)
You're just like me- You're sipping a cup of pity
Aw!
Did I forget to mention I'm the centre of attention
In my universe my pain's my pension
I know you! (I swear I do)
You're just like me-You're sipping a cup of dreams
Yeah!
Soul sloshing-don't shush me
Just listen to me -pretty little kitty in the sky
The bass of my laughter-my gut is the speaker
Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha!
Sweet is my surprise!
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Wonderfully danceable pop with an appropriate song title and group name.
pretty poor IMHO.
ChardRemains wrote:
Incredible dreck. But catchy!
Wait a minute... I gave this a 6 some time ago. Must revise! What was I ON?!?!?
It's like Ani Defranco with Erasure or something like that.
yikes...and a 1 for cover art
Incredible dreck. But catchy!
aurora1957 wrote:
I like this. Quite a lot. Nice bassline.
VERY awesome bass line...very clean post-production...
I usually really like Erasure, but I'm not so crazy about the new singer.
I really like her voice. Sort of like BjÞrk except it's good, with some depth and personality. A bit of finesse and strength.
Great afternoon pick-me-up set Bill! Keep it coming!
tony620d wrote:
bills in an extra gay mood today.. whip out the techno bill yeah go!
All is revealed. There has been no gay like happy for many a year. They stole that word all those years ago. But what the hell. Predestined by nature, the word I mean
I like this. Quite a lot. Nice bassline.
I don't hate it, but I don't really like it. Different, but the same.
tony620d wrote:
bills in an extra gay mood today.. whip out the techno bill yeah go!
You mean gay like happy?
bills in an extra gay mood today.. whip out the techno bill yeah go!
Without the vocals this would do fine as the background music for some video game.
I hear Yazz upstairs at erics, or old Erasure, OMD some great retro Synth going on there
ahh, I needed a little happy bebop. And it happens to be a female vocal I can handle.
tony620d wrote:
okay we need to remove this song off the titty of radio paradise. new site design, new songs!
i still stand by my statement here! this is becoming an indie pop commercial hell!
Great, fresh and funky pop. Love it!
Erasure meets Nelly Fertado?? Sounds great!
The keyboards in this must be Vince Clark... just sounds like him, like an Erasure, old Depeche Mode, Yazz...
Firs time hearing this one and I like it! Half of the appeal is the song's title.
Its probably already been posted, but couldn't bother reading through the 4 pages... Venus Ho-Hum
ploafmaster wrote:
...As long as users don't personally attack each other, I think we should all be able to say what we want about the songs we hear.
You're wrong, you selfish cerebrally-challenged worm eating dirt-bag! Sorry, I simply couldn't resist the bait. Gotta love those online insult generators. In actuality, I completely agree with your statements. BTW, I think this song's about a 7.
:-k
okay we need to remove this song off the titty of radio paradise. new site design, new songs!
ploafmaster wrote:
Dude, you've made some excellent points, but I don't think it's fair to even insinuate that negative comments about a song be left out. I don't care if someone simply says, "I don't like this," or goes to the extreme by saying, "THIS F***ING SUCKS!!!" These comment boards are for musical opinion, no matter how articulate, positive, negative, or otherwise. As long as users don't personally attack each other, I think we should all be able to say what we want about the songs we hear.
Here, here. I enjoy reading the diversity of opinion about the diversity of music played on RP. I would only add that not only should we refrain from personal attacks, but also from decending into racial, religous and political feces slinging. There are many other forums on the web for such debate. To me RP is about musical and artistic expression and critique. Rock-on!
MarkoMusic wrote:
For those who would trash this music as I see is happening at least occassionally up here - I ask, please spare us. The thing that makes a great radio station is being eclectic. I want to be able to listen and not twiddle with knobs or keys (as the case happens to be here). That means that there needs to be some solid pretty likeable stuff punctuated with some riskier stuff. There needs to be diversity, but also quality control. There should be a few songs with attitude, and some stylish stuff that we listeners can claim is proof of our ultimate coolness, And there should be some stuff that is perhaps not so iconoclastic, but just plain appealing music that a lot of people can get. The point is that ecelctic radio is not any one of those things - it's all of it. Please relax and let us enjoy this groovy little diddy that maybe doesn't quite beam with the intellectual accumen that you like - from whoever it is that you do like. I for one find that the song carries me from here to there, and doesn't make me wonder if there is something better on another station somewhere. The depth of the negative comments on this particular Venus Hum song up here seem just a smidge over-dramatized. Perhaps a little posturing for effect. While it may not be the best song you heard today, other people have different favorites, and whatever we do let's not make eclectic radio into something smaller.
Less thinking/talking...more listening..
MarkoMusic wrote:
For those who would trash this music as I see is happening at least occassionally up here - I ask, please spare us. The thing that makes a great radio station is being eclectic. I want to be able to listen and not twiddle with knobs or keys (as the case happens to be here). That means that there needs to be some solid pretty likeable stuff punctuated with some riskier stuff. There needs to be diversity, but also quality control. There should be a few songs with attitude, and some stylish stuff that we listeners can claim is proof of our ultimate coolness, And there should be some stuff that is perhaps not so iconoclastic, but just plain appealing music that a lot of people can get. The point is that ecelctic radio is not any one of those things - it's all of it. Please relax and let us enjoy this groovy little diddy that maybe doesn't quite beam with the intellectual accumen that you like - from whoever it is that you do like. I for one find that the song carries me from here to there, and doesn't make me wonder if there is something better on another station somewhere. The depth of the negative comments on this particular Venus Hum song up here seem just a smidge over-dramatized. Perhaps a little posturing for effect. While it may not be the best song you heard today, other people have different favorites, and whatever we do let's not make eclectic radio into something smaller.
Dude, you've made some excellent points, but I don't think it's fair to even insinuate that negative comments about a song be left out. I don't care if someone simply says, "I don't like this," or goes to the extreme by saying, "THIS F***ING SUCKS!!!" These comment boards are for musical opinion, no matter how articulate, positive, negative, or otherwise. As long as users don't personally attack each other, I think we should all be able to say what we want about the songs we hear.
overplayed here.
Trustocity, I'm with Melissa on this. You can sign for yourself, but leave me out. I really like this song, and I'll like it more the next time I hear it. :)
Hey, I agree with the "chill" comments. I've never heard this track before. I've been working intently with RP on for about 1 hr and this song made me sit up, say, I like this, dial in the web site and find out who it is. I may not want to hear this song every day but I like the groove, the texture, the spirit. Thanks
It's funny, back in the day when I was working with Kip and he played some of his music at the store - I hated it. I wondered how far he would go in Nashville trying some sort of Pop/Techno collaboration with a happy-happy, joy-joy sound. I just didn't get it. He had to ride his bike to work, rain or shine, because he had no car. He and Tony put themselves into serious hock to put together their first demo album. I actually started to feel bad for him because day after day, year after year they kept at it never loosing faith that someday they'd make it. Then bang - they did make it, I'm listening to Kip, Tony, and Annie on RP and I couldn't be happier for them. They definitely earned it. Their music sorta reflects their attitude and tenacity. I've become a fan.
MarkoMusic wrote:
For those who would trash this music as I see is happening at least occassionally up here - I ask, please spare us. The thing that makes a great radio station is being eclectic. I want to be able to listen and not twiddle with knobs or keys (as the case happens to be here). That means that there needs to be some solid pretty likeable stuff punctuated with some riskier stuff. There needs to be diversity, but also quality control. There should be a few songs with attitude, and some stylish stuff that we listeners can claim is proof of our ultimate coolness, And there should be some stuff that is perhaps not so iconoclastic, but just plain appealing music that a lot of people can get. The point is that ecelctic radio is not any one of those things - it's all of it. Please relax and let us enjoy this groovy little diddy that maybe doesn't quite beam with the intellectual accumen that you like - from whoever it is that you do like. I for one find that the song carries me from here to there, and doesn't make me wonder if there is something better on another station somewhere. The depth of the negative comments on this particular Venus Hum song up here seem just a smidge over-dramatized. Perhaps a little posturing for effect. While it may not be the best song you heard today, other people have different favorites, and whatever we do let's not make eclectic radio into something smaller.
THANK YOU!
Trustocity wrote:
To the members of Venus Hum: Kids, it's a good effort. It really is. And if there were anyway you could push that talent over the edge -- from this limbo of artistic despondency into a place with better lyrics and pre-Britney Spears musical structures -- then we'd like to invite you back to play some more. For now, I'm afraid you're going to have to return to your day jobs. Look, I feel as bad about this as you do. But you got those marketing degrees for a reason, and now, you're going to have to use them. Get going. Signed, Radio Paradise listeners
?????????????????????????? must be a boob. I like it! Oh, and PLEASE sign for yourself...NOT the RP masses. You boob.
if I'm tapping my foot it must be good and I'm tapping my foot...
Fun, Fun, Fun
Same key and tempo as Donna Summer. Wow... deja vu. Gotta dance.
MarkoMusic wrote:
For those who would trash this music as I see is happening at least occassionally up here - I ask, please spare us.....
I agree with some of what you say. I like this song quite a bit. However, perhaps the mark of a good artistic effort is that it is stirs persistent commentary rather than fading into oblivion. I never got the "getting music" concept. I get opening oneself up to new things, but ultimately either you like it or you don't. The comment section is just that, a comment section. Some are more thoughtful and some are knee-jerk. We can all tell those apart. In a forum like this you have to expect both - but certainly it's ok to express both enjoyment or disdain.
A really fun tune. I like hearing it. That is all.
For those who would trash this music as I see is happening at least occassionally up here - I ask, please spare us. The thing that makes a great radio station is being eclectic. I want to be able to listen and not twiddle with knobs or keys (as the case happens to be here). That means that there needs to be some solid pretty likeable stuff punctuated with some riskier stuff. There needs to be diversity, but also quality control. There should be a few songs with attitude, and some stylish stuff that we listeners can claim is proof of our ultimate coolness, And there should be some stuff that is perhaps not so iconoclastic, but just plain appealing music that a lot of people can get. The point is that ecelctic radio is not any one of those things - it's all of it. Please relax and let us enjoy this groovy little diddy that maybe doesn't quite beam with the intellectual accumen that you like - from whoever it is that you do like. I for one find that the song carries me from here to there, and doesn't make me wonder if there is something better on another station somewhere. The depth of the negative comments on this particular Venus Hum song up here seem just a smidge over-dramatized. Perhaps a little posturing for effect. While it may not be the best song you heard today, other people have different favorites, and whatever we do let's not make eclectic radio into something smaller.
Reading over these comments I am floored at how many thumbs down there are over this song. Its a happy song, upbeat...with some interesting quirks thrown in-great dance music. At least its a step above the Sky Sweetnam, Lisa Marie, Britney crap we are force fed on regular radio....regular radio? What's that?Radio Paradise is King!!
To the members of Venus Hum: Kids, it's a good effort. It really is. And if there were anyway you could push that talent over the edge -- from this limbo of artistic despondency into a place with better lyrics and pre-Britney Spears musical structures -- then we'd like to invite you back to play some more. For now, I'm afraid you're going to have to return to your day jobs. Look, I feel as bad about this as you do. But you got those marketing degrees for a reason, and now, you're going to have to use them. Get going. Signed, Radio Paradise listeners
RPsavedme wrote:
it gets worse every time
I dunno...I'm the opposite. for reasons I cannot explain, this song's sounding better to me as time goes on. It's purely meaningless pop/dance pablum, but I can't keep from tapping along with the song. Maybe it's because Annette Strean looks cool in her nerd-chick glasses. I dunno.
This is awful,not only that but very annoying.Does this whole venus hum album sound like this?If it does,nothing should be played off of it ever again.Radioparadise is too good of a station for this.
edechewe wrote:
I like it. Gets my ass moving.
Did a number on my colon too.
Lot's of fun as long as it's not over done...maybe every three months or so.
it gets worse every time
Luckily there aren't too many tunes I have to mute that play here on RP. This is one that I will certainly mute from now on.
No thanks. Well, I needed to get up and do some things anyway.
this reminds me of the happy happy joy joy episode of ren and stimpy. forced fun.
I completely <3 this song! It's fun and upbeat...like a poppier bjork...good party music or cheer me up at work music!
I like.
phrawzty wrote:
Bah, you're all party poopers. This is a fun song that isn't meant to bring you any closer to nirvana, or help you to cut your arms up because high school is too hard. Just relax, enjoy the happy melody, and have a good time. :P
luckily, when i was in high school, we weren't subjected to torture like this. a generous "2."
I love this :umbrella.gif:
I got excited, I thought it was Erasure for a minute
phrawzty wrote:
Just relax, enjoy the happy melody, and have a good time.
I'd enjoy the melody if there weren't this annoying beat. #-o
tony620d wrote:
NOT AGAIN!
you said it, tony! why must they always play this annoying song?
Bah, you're all party poopers. This is a fun song that isn't meant to bring you any closer to nirvana, or help you to cut your arms up because high school is too hard. Just relax, enjoy the happy melody, and have a good time. :P
NOT AGAIN!
Bjork-y! In a good way. Wheeee!
kevbo77 wrote:
no, obscenely crappy, not catchy,....some turds you just cant polish
flush this turd of a song!
I like it. Gets my ass moving.
This is offensively bad. It's al lot of really childish words and melodies dressed up with a truck load tasteless synthesizers. I think the dictionary definition of trite sums it up quite nicely. "Lacking power to evoke interest through overuse or repetition; hackneyed."
nnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnot really.
rah wrote:
this is obscenely catchy...
no, obscenely crappy, not catchy,....some turds you just cant polish
this is obscenely catchy...
trekhead wrote:
On Venus the term SLOSHING means 'synth', so....
There appear to me two versions of this album out there. One is more electronica, the other more pop. I was hunting around on iTunes and they both came up and they sound different. Anybody confirm this?
mojoman wrote:
Some people need to grow up.
agreed.
Mikey wrote:
Not fond of the tune but dig the name of the band. Sounds dirty. Like you need to leave the record store (dating myself) with this wrapped in a brown-paper bag with two D-cell batteries.
Some people need to grow up.
Not fond of the tune but dig the name of the band. Sounds dirty. Like you need to leave the record store (dating myself) with this wrapped in a brown-paper bag with two D-cell batteries.
AWESOME BAND! (Saw them when they opened for BMG in L.A.) Very good in a Bjork/Yaz/Erasure kinda way...
How, and more importantly, WHY?
JohnErle wrote:
If I was liquored up in a nightclub, I might actually appreciate this after several hours of horrid dance music. Take it out of that context and it's pretty unimpressive.
Don't despair. This is the weakest cut from an otherwise good album.
JohnErle wrote:
If I was liquored up in a nightclub, I might actually appreciate this after several hours of horrid dance music. Take it out of that context and it's pretty unimpressive.
Says it all, though one can feel lost in such a nightclub wìth music like this too (or without, for that matter).
:roll: this song was not necessary at all...
before the vocals kick in, sounds a lot like poi dog pondering. i kind of like these vocals better than poi too.
Bill_Kunsler wrote:
cool vocals, but a little too much synthesizer, man. would you just take it easy with the synthesizer, man.
On Venus the term SLOSHING means 'synth', so....
cool vocals, but a little too much synthesizer, man. would you just take it easy with the synthesizer, man.
It's as if Bjork found her pop-alter-ego. AS IF!
The techno sets do nothing for me. But I'm sure others do. So enjoy them while I take a break.
Hmmm... needs further analysis before judgment....
I really dig this song.
Yeah!! Oscar is right!! This is like David Bisbal sister!
I saw Venus Hum in NM last year...she has great stage control...not to mention a vocal range that is all over the place. cute as a button when she smiles. my wife didn't like her?? great show!
Bill acaso has perdido la cordura? What the hell is this?!!!
Chair Bop City!
suzebee wrote:
Great song! I wish I could stand up and dance around here at my desk at work. I think the singer sounds a little Bjork-ish (a huge compliment in my book). Fun fun fun!! :D/
I've heard this on RP several times and just realized now that it is not Bjiork. Boppalicious
ArbiterOfGoodTaste wrote:
Is that her?
:nodhead: see link under pic ;)
RichardPrins wrote:
:D
Is that her? She's cute!!! And is that the Led Zep "Object" for the new millennium?
asparklinggirl wrote:
where are my dancing shoes?
I hear ya... my toes are tappin!
verrrry interethtink...
about fifty times.
asparklinggirl wrote:
where are my dancing shoes?
Go barefoot!
I'm a blues guy and I love this song. It's just fun dancy pop!
This has me dancing in my chair, boppin baack and forth at work and not caring that my co-workers are staring
where are my dancing shoes?
coentje wrote:
DISCO!!
Yeah baby. disco-lishus!
It's a great track, full of energy & positiveness, but there's an even better one on the album - the first track, 'Hummingbirds'.
I know everyone's been waiting on the edge of their seats for this, so here it is: THIS IS OFFICIALLY MY NEW FAVORITE SONG ON RP. I've never heard it played anywhere else, and it's a great, fun pop tune that sticks with you (not in a bad way).
DISCO!!
ANNE_MARIE wrote:
gosh, this is so not my cup of tea. glad others like it.
I'm with you on that comment AM. It just doesn't get my 'get' at all.
I also heard them for the first time with the BMG. I'm not much into techno, but I love this group!!!!!! She has a great voice and really fun groovin' tunes!!! MORE VENUS HUM!!!!!!!!
I hate ABBA. I love this. Please explain this to me.
Kickin' tune. Her voice is great, I find myself transfixed on the tune whenever it comes on. She is hypnotic. I tried to check out the vids on their site, but I could not get any to work. Does anyone know of a source of their vids on-line? BV.
Lazy8 wrote:
I am feeling intense, guilty pleasure
me, too.
Lazy8 wrote:
I am feeling intense, guilty pleasure
Precisely! This one pulls out all the kitschy stops! ABBA might've sounded like this if they cut an album these days.
VH opened for the Blue guys in DC. Annette and her IT group playing Macs. Her voice soared up, around, and through Warner Theater. Their CD is a permanent fixture in the car where I can sing along at the top of my lungs... imho, she sounds like an amped KD Lang.
not so good.
Bjork meets Depeche Mode (with Vince Clark) and Stock, Aitken & Waterman... still Oh and a bit tubthumping
I am feeling intense, guilty pleasure
xhart wrote:
I'd say Bjork meets Luscious Jackson. An improbable but delightful result.
Yeah! What she said!
I'd say Bjork meets Luscious Jackson. An improbable but delightful result.
suzebee wrote:
Great song! I wish I could stand up and dance around here at my desk at work. I think the singer sounds a little Bjork-ish (a huge compliment in my book). Fun fun fun!! :D/
Yeah! What she said!
Great song! I wish I could stand up and dance around here at my desk at work. I think the singer sounds a little Bjork-ish (a huge compliment in my book). Fun fun fun!! \:D/