Calexico — Bend To The Road
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Watching your eyes go back and forth
Out on the highway
Watching your heart bend to the road
Kiss your forehead as I turn to go
Following those signs, driving out
Only engine smoke
Frozen in a cloud
Wishing the space would remain
Holding back your tears from letting go of your heart
Leaving the middle of the road
Letting go just a little bit
Till it all spills out the side of the road
Hole in the sea, hole in the heart
There's a hole in your hand where the money just falls
And the pain falls right through
The hole in your head wears right through
The hole in all your plans
There's a hole that shines right through
Shines right through
Out on the highway
Watching your heart bend to the road
Kiss your forehead as I turn to go
Following those signs, driving out
Only engine smoke
Frozen in a cloud
Wishing the space would remain
Holding back your tears from letting go of your heart
Leaving the middle of the road
Letting go just a little bit
Till it all spills out the side of the road
Hole in the sea, hole in the heart
There's a hole in your hand where the money just falls
And the pain falls right through
The hole in your head wears right through
The hole in all your plans
There's a hole that shines right through
Shines right through
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Calexico live is amazing- hope they will play in germany again.......I've heard in Europe are more fans than in USA- is it true ?
JIan wrote:
Other than this band's name, it is also a border town between California, USA and Mexico: https://www.calexico.ca.gov
The California side is Calexico.
Right across the border in Mexico is... Mexicali.
Get it?
Other than this band's name, it is also a border town between California, USA and Mexico: https://www.calexico.ca.gov
The California side is Calexico.
Right across the border in Mexico is... Mexicali.
Get it?
Not knowing this song, never hearing it before and I got a really quite slow INXS Michael Hutchinson vibe in the beginning. Probably just me.
Saw them in Boston with Andrew Bird - an interesting combo~
For some reason evokes The Walkabouts.
And for some reason I haven't heard a Walkabouts song on RP so far.
And for some reason I haven't heard a Walkabouts song on RP so far.
Proclivities wrote:
And between them, the small town of Calexicali, the main boulevard of which is Mexicalexicali.
And between them, the small town of Calexicali, the main boulevard of which is Mexicalexicali.
JIan wrote:
Other than this band's name, it is also a border town between California, USA and Mexico: https://www.calexico.ca.gov
There's a place called Mexicali just across the border. :-)
Other than this band's name, it is also a border town between California, USA and Mexico: https://www.calexico.ca.gov
There's a place called Mexicali just across the border. :-)
peter_james_bond wrote:
I disagree. It's freakin' GREAT.
This. Album. Is .Good.
I disagree. It's freakin' GREAT.
That drums production is over the top
Alexandros wrote:
Not perhaps. This is exactly the origin of the name. A portmanteau of California and Mexico.
Cal(ifornia)(M)exico perhaps?
Not perhaps. This is exactly the origin of the name. A portmanteau of California and Mexico.
Well that was kinda cool.
Great show last friday in Lyon!
JIan wrote:
Other than this band's name, it is also a border town between California, USA and Mexico: https://www.calexico.ca.gov
Apparently, it's across the border from Mexicali.
Other than this band's name, it is also a border town between California, USA and Mexico: https://www.calexico.ca.gov
Apparently, it's across the border from Mexicali.
Mend your heart with glue, and a few Calexico songs.
LowPhreak wrote:
Other than this band's name, it is also a border town between California, USA and Mexico: https://www.calexico.ca.gov
What the hell is a "calexico"? A calico cat from Mexico?
Other than this band's name, it is also a border town between California, USA and Mexico: https://www.calexico.ca.gov
LowPhreak wrote:
What the hell is a "calexico"? A calico cat from Mexico?
Cal(ifornia)(M)exico perhaps?What the hell is a "calexico"? A calico cat from Mexico?
wossName wrote:
Most definitely :))
Currently my favourite Calexico album.
Most definitely :))
Currently my favourite Calexico album.
Its always a good party until Calexico shows up and starts talking about his job to all the single chicks.
yes me too,February in den Haag the Netherlands .looking forward to this
How I love RP this morning. All songs seem to match with my mood.
We have tickets for them next February,at Brighton Corn Exchange.
vanmas wrote:
Tucson-Mex, actually. Or perhaps Az-Mex.
May be not there best song, but almost everything of this band is great!
Special tex-mex sound, like it!
Special tex-mex sound, like it!
Tucson-Mex, actually. Or perhaps Az-Mex.
Beautiful....
May be not there best song, but almost everything of this band is great!
Special tex-mex sound, like it!
Special tex-mex sound, like it!
terrapin52 wrote:
He actually has a light tenor voice with some power, but never seems to use it other than at live gigs.
Why's this guy whispering? I'm thinking it's probably because he can't sing.
He actually has a light tenor voice with some power, but never seems to use it other than at live gigs.
birdland wrote:
Yup! Me too! Digging the groove...
This is very cool.
Nice melody - nice hooks - economy - space.
Dissonant bridge.
Groove.
Well thought out.
Yeah.
I like this.
Nice melody - nice hooks - economy - space.
Dissonant bridge.
Groove.
Well thought out.
Yeah.
I like this.
Yup! Me too! Digging the groove...Why's this guy whispering? I'm thinking it's probably because he can't sing.
Love Calexico but this track (not a bad thing) sounds eerily like Chris Rea's "The Road to Hell," a song that also deserves every bit of airplay it can get. Both 9+
peter_james_bond wrote:
Good. Point. Like this song. 7.
This. Album. Is .Good.
Good. Point. Like this song. 7.
"There's a hole in your hand where the money just falls"
I normally like Calexico, but this just made me want to hear John Prine's "Sam Stone":
"There's a hole in Daddy's arm where all the money goes /
Jesus Christ died for nothin' I suppose"
I normally like Calexico, but this just made me want to hear John Prine's "Sam Stone":
"There's a hole in Daddy's arm where all the money goes /
Jesus Christ died for nothin' I suppose"
coolpeople_rule wrote:
Good call! We used to hear "Static On The Radio" here a lot, but not so much lately.
Love Calexico and this song, which at first I thought was a Jim White song?!
Good call! We used to hear "Static On The Radio" here a lot, but not so much lately.
Love Calexico and this song, which at first I thought was a Jim White song?!
Straight from the Gods down into the midnight stereo of a '68 Camaro driving through the Arizona desert.
sub-arctic wrote:
indeed!
Calexico can do no wrong. Excellent stuff, this.
indeed!THE REPTILES AND I...
On occasion, Burns' whispery vocals annoy me but here, they work to great effect.
vandal wrote:
birdland wrote:
This is very cool.
Nice melody - nice hooks - economy - space.
Dissonant bridge.
Groove.
Well thought out.
Yeah.
I like this.
bump
birdland wrote:
This is very cool.
Nice melody - nice hooks - economy - space.
Dissonant bridge.
Groove.
Well thought out.
Yeah.
I like this.
bump
Bump.
Ngoziman wrote:
No, the full title is: Hole In Your Head (bend in the road)
Note to Bill: title is 'Bend To The Road'
Very nice track, by the way.
Very nice track, by the way.
No, the full title is: Hole In Your Head (bend in the road)
This. Album. Is .Good.
birdland wrote:
bump
This is very cool.
Nice melody - nice hooks - economy - space.
Dissonant bridge.
Groove.
Well thought out.
Yeah.
I like this.
Nice melody - nice hooks - economy - space.
Dissonant bridge.
Groove.
Well thought out.
Yeah.
I like this.
bump
Michel wrote:
I saw them on a warm summer evening in Bale, Switzerland, Europe - it was a great evening!!!
I saw them on a warm summer evening in Bale, Switzerland - it was a great evening!!!
excellent.....
last night in budapest, yeah :))
last night in budapest, yeah :))
toterola wrote:
How can Calexico be at Coachella?
They're almost 100 miles apart.
These guys are going to be at Coachella, too. Y'all come! 
How can Calexico be at Coachella?
They're almost 100 miles apart.
Calexico can do no wrong. Excellent stuff, this.
Sounds like Jim White on vocals.
Not a single dud on this CD. Excellent throughout. Even better if you listen to the whole thing start to finish.
I once read that if you want people to listen, you whisper. It worked here - I'm listening this one a lot.
thanks for elevating my high
These guys are going to be at Coachella, too. Y'all come!
A more mellow sounding Leanord
derekd wrote:
derekd wrote:
Niiiceeee. There is much to be said for space sometimes.
Niiiceeee. There is much to be said for space sometimes.
leonard cohen's little brother?
This is very cool.
Nice melody - nice hooks - economy - space.
Dissonant bridge.
Groove.
Well thought out.
Yeah.
I like this.
Nice melody - nice hooks - economy - space.
Dissonant bridge.
Groove.
Well thought out.
Yeah.
I like this.
Note to Bill: title is 'Bend To The Road'
Very nice track, by the way.
Very nice track, by the way.
Yes Sir...Like it...
Such a varied sound from Calexico, and I've liked it all so far!
For some reason evokes The Walkabouts.
And for some reason I haven't heard a Walkabouts song on RP so far.
I kind of got a Chris Rea - Road to Hell - feel out of it.