goodenough wrote:

Pretty sure that's a sample from Andreas Vollenweider, which is what i thought was starting... Under the tree....

Are those COVID viruses on the album cover? Dance them away!

as ahesd

I don’t know what I’d been thinking when I rated this terrific groove at 7–just raised to 9.

I saw the track info and was expecting Euphoria (Firefly) by Delerium.. Whoops!

[ETA: I see I'm not the only one to have made this connection]

 goodenough wrote:
I was bracing for Duran Duran Hungry Like the Wolf

 coloradojohn wrote:
 
I'm hearing a Derrick Truck's song  on a slide guitar, albeit at a slower tempo.

Lose the silly giggling at the beginning, please.

RP played U2 "All I Want Is You" just now - any coincidence?

Such a hoppin' and boppin' bit!

Hot damn!

My early morning alarm clock  

Perfect for today

I prefer this, Euphoria's _Delerium_  to Delerium's _Euphoria_.

So moody!!

69 comments since 2003? Not getting enough airplay methinks.

 bluejay08003 wrote: 
Agreed.  I got the same sequence today.  "Let's Dance" totally ruins the mood.  Though I have to say that more than any other Bowie song, Let's Dance would ruin any good vibe.

Never heard of this band. But this pretty good track is a groovy segue out to Siouxie and the Banshees' "Kiss Them for Me". 

Ruined the vibe with Bowie's "Let's Dance".  

 Baby_M wrote:
 
Bill, this is a great idea, and not just to confuse people.  Totally consistent with other of your song pairings.

 PA1749 wrote: 
Keep on Groovin brotha!

Puts me in a great mood every time!
 

I can't stop moving my feet!

 auburntigerrich wrote: 
Heh ... I just happened to see Euphoria – Delirium playing and frankly, was expecting the other.  I was never quite 100% on tune v. artist on that one to begin with ... and now there's one of each!

Makes me want to hear that twangy Jerry Douglas song, Route Irish... I love the fact that RP plays such monumentally groovy stuff!

I hear some Ben Harper in this.

I love the wicked laughter at the start of this song :o). The toon itself is pretty good, too.

I won a copy of this cd back when it first came out in a random sampler pack from an online store. It's one of the best things I ever won in a contest. The whole cd is great, light background music like this that can (and will) pick you up without realizing it :)

More music from Canada, though I never heard these guys until RP played it. Nice groove but little repetitive for me

Irresistible, high-powered, well-engineered groove machine.

 buzmaggie wrote: 
Me too!  I really love this song - it's not something I'd select deliberately, but when it plays, I grin and relax.  Good schtuff!

like it very much.

 auburntigerrich wrote: 
I have both bands on my MP3 player and have to stop and think about which one I want to listen to when I'm in the mood for this type of music.

 jagdriver wrote: 
Geddy Lee from Rush! I did not know that.

Produced by Geddy Lee.

Because BillG weeds out the bad songs that would bring the playlist average down to 5 where one would expect it in a truly random sample.  Its elementary statistics and has nothing to do with critics or their presumed refinement.

 Grachelson wrote: 

I like this tune; I've downloaded it and put it on a mix.

Quite nice.

Rendergirl wrote: THANKYOU!!! That was driving me nuts trying to figure out what song this was. I got it on an XRT sampler years ago and it totally rocks. Needs Phil Roy on it though.

Hmm..where have you heard this before? Euphoria rose from obscurity in 1999 when the track "Delirium" from the self-titled debut release broke onto the American Triple-A radio charts, becoming a favorite on the playlists of influential stations like Los Angeles' KCRW, Denver's KBCO and San Francisco's KFOG. The hit drew attention from the worlds of film, television and advertising, making its way onto series like "Malcolm in the Middle," the trailer for "Vanilla Sky," and commercials for Nissan, Lee Jeans and Apple's iPod. To date, every single off the Euphoria debut has been licensed for use, and remixes of "Delirium" by artists like Fila Brazilia and Dave Ball of Soft Cell fame have kept the single perpetually popular. -- by Jeannie Greeley (click here)

narainmg wrote: CSI...I'm afraid.

Reminds me of Deliria, that track by Euphorium

Euphoria... Delirium... eh?

Roverfish wrote: I was about to say this when I realized I'd already said this 2 1/2 years ago. Nice to know some things never change. Still a pretty good tune, too.

Does this qualify as "shoegazer" music?? If so, remarkable how it has waked me up o/a/o its musical tightness and masterful structure, its clever use of instruments coming in and out . . . Its choice of instruments . . . But especially the sneaky entrances and exits. I really admire these musicians' talent on structure and instruments. I might have to buy their album! The more I listen, the more it fascinates me!! How amazing that such a quiet song can make a listener so much more alert than before!

This is spot on. Well put. mdtuley wrote:

This was used as the background for Phil Roy's "Undeniably Human" I didn't even realize it until I heard this. Very nice...

Grachelson wrote: Maybe it's just because most people who listen to RP, do so because they find most of the songs 'quite likeable' or 'most excellent'?

wbl wrote: 1-10 gives us enough buckets to see a bell curve... and it highlights those interesting songs that produce a bimodal distribution, both loved and reviled.

mdtuley wrote: I dig this song and gave it a 9. I think the scale of 1-10 may muddy the water a little bit. In most opinion polls and nielsen ratings they only give you a 1-5 choice. Music is ephemeral and can hit you differently on different days, moods etc. A binary <1|0> scale i.e. play it or do not play it would be the clearest. I think that having a more 'granular' scale only complicates things if (in fact) you are looking for clarity on what to play. Then again the 'rating system' may just be entertainment for the listeners, who knows.

ejmusik wrote: The opening (and some parts) sounds very much like Chemical Brothers's "Where Do I Begin". That song was in the trailer for "Vanilla Sky" and I think was also on the soundtrack.

Grachelson wrote: It would be interesting to see a distribution of average scores. Statistically, I would guess we can expect at least two-thirds of the songs to show up as 6 through 8 because most folks will consider them to be Pretty Good through Most Excellent, with a few rating outside that range. I think a song would have to be unusually bad to average "Decent" or below, and unusually good to average above "Most Excellent". Since Bill strives, I think, to play music generally all listeners will generally like most of the time, with the occasional song everybody generally dislikes/loves, it's not unexpected most songs will trend towards a rating of 7 or so. (It's the same way people would generally be expected to get Cs in school with Ds and Fs for unusually poor performance, and Bs and As for unusually high performance. But that was before grade inflation and is a topic way outside the scope of this board.) MT ps: Sorry for all the bolds, but a lot of times people tend to think in absolutes and I wanted to stress the general nature of these statistics ideas.

I rated this a 7.5 just for you :) Grachelson wrote:

Why is every single song rated between 7.0 and 8.0? Do the supposed "critics" have no sense of discrimination?

Call me old fashioned by I think break beats mixed with the steel guitars is really quite cheesy, It does not do either music styles justice... Now I like chillout, but not this track..no sir-e- bob

Does anyone know if this song has been used in a movie? It sounds familiar.

Before Euphoria got a record deal he had his songs on mp3.com for free. Some of those, not so over produced, versions were actually better.

JayBird wrote: Chillout 06 / The Ultimate Chillout From your local library network , of course! Rip 'n Return, that's my motto !

JayBird wrote: I guess you mean you couldn't find a copy on another streaming service. But (click here) to purchase the album. (There are also music snippets on that Amazon.com web page.)

Bill, you should follow this one with "Euphoria" by Delerium, just to confuse people.

Never heard of Euphoria until now. I like this melodic techno groove. Very engaging.

I couldn't find this track on the Euphoria Morning disc in iTunes.. does anyone know where I can find it?

artmarcia wrote: makes me look every time too.

Interesting, I have the album that this song is on, but it sounds different. This must be a remix of some sort. I like it a lot! Where's it from?

Chance wrote: Ken Ramm

I thought for sure this was the beginning of a favorite Phil Roy song--Undeniably Human, and I responded, "At LAST--Phil Roy on Radio Paradise!" But I just checked and the song is still reviewing on the LRC.

...or Nickel Creek.

I like Sweet Rain better, but this is OK.

A LITTLE BIT OF Beck too

I kept waiting for Daniel Lanois to start singing... Pretty good.

8 for the guitar alone

Play this on XRT/Chicago all the time , good tune.

I could've sworn this was performed by Afrocelts if only there was someone singing who sounded like Bono... Nice....

This from Six Degrees Records web-site, where this album is available on a track by track MP3 download basis: Euphoria is the brainchild of Ken Ramm. The Toronto-based guitarist has had a long fascination with the sounds of American blues and modern electronics. ...... Euphoria was recorded in London's West End, at the studios of Trevor Horn. Anne Dudley of Art of Noise, ex-Soft Machine bassist Roy Babbington, and Rush bassist Geddy Lee are just a few of the musicians who added their distinctive sounds to Euphoria. This music can appeal to a startling array of listeners: fans of David Sylvian, Chris Isaak, and Daniel Lanois may all find something in Euphoria that hooks them. But this is definitely Ken Ramm's creation, and even if words aren't enough, there are a few that apply. Inventive. Original. Trippy. Maybe even euphoric.

Does anyone here know who plays the dobro (steel guitar) on this track?

coldatlantic wrote: Thanks for clearing that up I get all three groups confused, but I like the genre in general and this cut a whole lot. Better by far than the thankfully not heard again recently "Beautiful child" with it's sampled swami-speak.

Delirium has a song called Euphoria, and Euphoria has a song called Delirium.. Euphoria's Delirium is far better than Delirium's Euphoria though.. These Enigma descendants need to spend some time with a dictionary...

This was my first time hearing them - I'll definitely be checking them out again. Very nice!

That's because I just uploaded this a couple of weeks ago. I, too, was surprised that they didn't have this on the playlist, and they had other Euphoria songs. Glad that's fixed now.

Great selection, Bill. I'm very surprised this is the first time this song was played on RP. The first, and my favorite song off the Euphoria title album. Ken Ramm's 12 string guitar sounds fantastic.