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Garbage — Special
Album: Version 2.0
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Released: 1998
Length: 3:35
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I-I-I-I'm living without you
I-I-I-I know all about you
I have run you down into the ground
Spread disease about you over town

I-I-I-I used to adore you
I-I-I-I couldn't control you
There was nothing that I wouldn't do
To keep myself around and close to you

Do you have an opinion?
A mind of your own?
I thought you were special
I thought you should know
But I've run out of patience
I couldn't care less

I-I-I-I
I-I-I-I

Do you have an opinion?
A mind of your own?
I thought you were special
I thought you should know

I-I-I-I used to amuse you
I-I-I-I knew that I'd lose you
Now you're here and begging for a chance
But there's no way in hell I'd take you back

Do you have an opinion?
A mind of your own?
I thought you were special
I thought you should know
But I've run out of patience
I've run out of comments
I'm tired of the violence
I couldn't care less

I'm looking for a new
I'm looking for a new
I'm looking for a new
I'm looking for a new

We were the talk of the town
We were the talk of the town
We were the talk of the town
We were the talk of the town

I thought you were special
I thought you were special
I thought you were special
I thought you were special
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Posted 2 years ago by primm    [ Reply ]
Love Garbage. Love Shirley. Seen them 4 times, twice in Portlandia. @alisathegreat - completely agree!
Posted 2 years ago by Montreal_Mort    [ Reply ]
shirley rocks...

therefore, the band rocks 
Posted 2 years ago by idiot_wind    [ Reply ]
Just saw them perform as an opening act for Alanis Morrisette. She is one saucy bitch with a voice of gold! Also loves to drink Scotch while performing.  Makes her even more fun to watch.
Posted 3 years ago by alisathegreat    [ Reply ]
Do I hear some Chrissie Hynde Pretenders homage in this piece? 
Posted 5 years ago by kingart    [ Reply ]
Get to see them next month for my 66th B-day !
Posted 6 years ago by kurtster    [ Reply ]
This was before Shirley Manson became a killing machine from the future.
Posted 6 years ago by jmsmy    [ Reply ]
 Proclivities wrote:

"Guilty pleasure" once meant partaking of or indulging in something which one probably shouldn't - like eating too much sweets, drinking too much alcohol, or gambling.  It has come to mean matters of taste in entertainment but I'm not sure why one would feel "guilty" about enjoying this band's music.

 
I had come to wonder if "guilty pleasure" meant that the band and/or song did not have peer group support.  In other words, a person enjoys the band/song despite not getting any positive confirmation from the peers.

Or is it just a vestige of a guilt-driven, puritanical society where profoundly enjoying anything implies a state of sin? 
Posted 6 years ago by westslope    [ Reply ]
I really like garbage. 
Posted 6 years ago by oldsaxon    [ Reply ]
I'll be honest. I wait the whole song for the lines she quotes from "Talk of the Town." It's like a long build-up to that moment for me.
Posted 7 years ago by NelsonBlack    [ Reply ]
Shirley has the chops! She can belt it out.   
Posted 7 years ago by idiot_wind    [ Reply ]
oh! 19 years left !!!!
Posted 7 years ago by cebadores    [ Reply ]
OH HER VOICE! Takes me back
Posted 7 years ago by Spiderwoman    [ Reply ]
So many good memories with this song... miss my high school years, sigh.
Posted 8 years ago by maboleth    [ Reply ]
Love it!!! ♡♡♡ you should play Garbage more often Bill!  :)
Posted 8 years ago by marcedeleon    [ Reply ]
 SquiddlyDiddly wrote:

'Guilty'? How can liking ANY particular music create a 'Guilty pleasure'?

If you like it then tell it like it is. . . it's your opinion and no one else - they can sod off if they think you have to be shamed because of a listening preference. 

Anyway. . . Garbage is too cool for school, so you have no problems here ;)

 
"Guilty pleasure" once meant partaking of or indulging in something which one probably shouldn't - like eating too much sweets, drinking too much alcohol, or gambling.  It has come to mean matters of taste in entertainment but I'm not sure why one would feel "guilty" about enjoying this band's music.
Posted 9 years ago by Proclivities    [ Reply ]
 derekd wrote:
I read an article where the Pretender's label refused to release the music sample used by Garbage in this song. So Shirley wrote to Chrissie Hynde personally. In response, Chrissie faxed Shirley a note off stating Garbage has her formal permission to sample any part of her catalog, music, body or ass to their heart's content. And thus the song was made.

Marr wrote:
This song is clearly Garbage's attempt to say thanks to the Pretenders. And a good attempt too.
 

 
Chrissie is all class.
Posted 9 years ago by WonderLizard    [ Reply ]
Anything that has Butch Vig involved can't be all bad.
Posted 9 years ago by MinMan    [ Reply ]
 Highlowsel wrote:
Garbage is a guilty pleasure of mine.  For my money their first two albums/CD's were overall spectacular for the electronic "noise" (Heh) they created. 
 
'Guilty'? How can liking ANY particular music create a 'Guilty pleasure'?

If you like it then tell it like it is. . . it's your opinion and no one else - they can sod off if they think you have to be shamed because of a listening preference. 

Anyway. . . Garbage is too cool for school, so you have no problems here ;)


Posted 9 years ago by SquiddlyDiddly    [ Reply ]
Sometimes one requires a few years of not hearing something to realize just how special it is. I need to listen to this album again.
Posted 10 years ago by stevendejong    [ Reply ]
 Highlowsel wrote:
Garbage is a guilty pleasure of mine.  For my money their first two albums/CD's were overall spectacular for the electronic "noise" (Heh) they created. 

 
She might as well sing over the din of a washing machine. It would be just as affecting.
Posted 10 years ago by impediguy    [ Reply ]
Garbage is a guilty pleasure of mine.  For my money their first two albums/CD's were overall spectacular for the electronic "noise" (Heh) they created. 
Posted 10 years ago by Highlowsel    [ Reply ]
Make fun if you like, but this is easily one of my top three favorite songs ever. I just love everything about it.
Posted 10 years ago by gandalfbmg    [ Reply ]
Shirley is a rocker! Yeah baby!
Posted 11 years ago by idiot_wind    [ Reply ]
 calypsus_1 wrote:
Garbage "Special" and "Keep Breathing" acoustic on French Television January 1999:
I'm living without you
I know all about you
I have run you down into the ground
Spread disease about you over town

.....  clipped  .....
  
A "new" feature here -- I noticed it only a few months ago -- is the Lyrics link located dead center above the song comments.

In the past, I have appreciated others who searched, found, and copied lyrics here; I think lyrics are important part of a song.  Calypsus and a few others were often providers of those lyrics, and I just as often provided a thank you (or the lyrics themselves) as part of my comment.

Now, one of the many staffers in the RadioParadise Office Megaplex provides lyrics for us.  Thanks for this feature, Bill, and please pass the thanks down your chain of command to the appropriate 24-7-365 pool of lyric-searchers!
Posted 11 years ago by unclehud    [ Reply ]
Garbage "Special" and "Keep Breathing" acoustic on French Television January 1999:

Do you have an opinion?
A mind of your own?
I thought you were special
I thought you should know
But I've run out of patience
I've run out of comments
I'm tired of the violence
I couldn't care less

I'm looking for a new

We were the talk of the town

I thought you were special

Posted 11 years ago by calypsus_1    [ Reply ]
 derekd wrote:
I read an article where the Pretender's label refused to release the music sample used by Garbage in this song. So Shirley wrote to Chrissie Hynde personally. In response, Chrissie faxed Shirley a note off stating Garbage has her formal permission to sample any part of her catalog, music, body or ass to their heart's content. And thus the song was made.

Marr wrote:
This song is clearly Garbage's attempt to say thanks to the Pretenders. And a good attempt too.
 



 
Great story. I remember arguing with my brother about this song while it was playing. He complained that it was a rip-off of the Pretenders. I countered that it was an homage, just as Shirley started singing "talk of the town"...at which point I just said, "Thank you for proving my point."  
Posted 11 years ago by kcar    [ Reply ]
Great slabs of guitar and brilliant "high density" production courtesy of Mr Vig from the Mad City and great vocals from that Fiery Scots Lassie.

Special indeed. 
Posted 11 years ago by grant    [ Reply ]
Glad CD's don't wear out cos mine would have been worn to shreds back in the day.  Love Garbage.
Posted 11 years ago by DaidyBoy    [ Reply ]

Great to hear this again.


Posted 11 years ago by eroz    [ Reply ]
Vintage Garbage makes me happy, especially hearing them on RP.
The new album is pretty good, too.
Looking forward to seeing them live in a few weeks here in Berlin.
Posted 12 years ago by le_colonel    [ Reply ]
Amazing, how hearing a song you used to listen to almost 15 years ago can take you to yourself, 15 years ago.
Posted 12 years ago by dead_flowers    [ Reply ]
 80poundsOfFury wrote:
marginal song from a marginal group.

 

your middlename MUST be "chutzpah"!

I think, a band Butch Vig attends, could never be called anything like: "marginal". ever.


Posted 12 years ago by Nadine    [ Reply ]
no no no no no.
let it go.

marginal song from a marginal group.
only saving grace: constant "Pretenders" references 
Posted 12 years ago by 80poundsOfFury    [ Reply ]
ahh, nice! 90s nostalgia at its best. loved her voice, attitude and everything...
Posted 12 years ago by Nadine    [ Reply ]
Special stuff from a special sophomore effort.

Great song and album.  Welcome to the RP rotation.
Posted 12 years ago by kurtster    [ Reply ]
I played the crap out of this cd when I was younger.  I think it was one of the disks that got the most time in my player for at least a year after I bought it.  I'd play it still, but it was among the 100 or so cds that was stolen not long after moving to "the big city" from the sticks I grew up in.  
Posted 12 years ago by Byronape    [ Reply ]
Whatever year this came out, it was probalby second best song of the year (behind I Think I'm Paranoid, ). This album is absolutely the greatest thing to come out of the late 90's alternative decline years...

Celebrity Skin gives it a run for it's money though that year, I gues... Oh, 90's nostalgia...
Posted 12 years ago by gandalfbmg    [ Reply ]
I read an article where the Pretender's label refused to release the music sample used by Garbage in this song. So Shirley wrote to Chrissie Hynde personally. In response, Chrissie faxed Shirley a note off stating Garbage has her formal permission to sample any part of her catalog, music, body or ass to their heart's content. And thus the song was made.

Marr wrote:
This song is clearly Garbage's attempt to say thanks to the Pretenders. And a good attempt too.
 


Posted 12 years ago by derekd    [ Reply ]
This song is clearly Garbage's attempt to say thanks to the Pretenders. And a good attempt too.
Posted 19 years ago by Marr    [ Reply ]