Listening to Secret Machines on Radio Paradise

Why is it that I never tire of this tune...it rocks!!

Posted 3 weeks ago by molson [ Reply ]

very nice 1st hearing! an 8

Posted 1 month ago by sonjaflocke [ Reply ]

This is such a jam, and has become part of the fabric of RP, for me.

PS: Bring on the dancing geese!

Posted 5 months ago by Talus1 [ Reply ]

Only a 6.9 rating?! Sometimes, I just do not understand some of these ratings. It's a cracking, driving song!! Listen to this in your car and watch your speed gradually increase!

Posted 6 months ago by SnapDragon66 [ Reply ]

Energetic, pretty good: 6

Posted 8 months ago by pauldcvc [ Reply ]

Placebo anyone? Sans Molkos unique voice of course!

Posted 10 months ago by Ben_Smedley [ Reply ]

Their style reminds me of The Dandy Warhols.

Posted 1 year ago by Stephen_Phillips [ Reply ]

ThePoose wrote:

Why am I hearing Common People by William Shatner?

So at least I'm not the only one who was reminded of a kind of pattern in the verses - and I would agree: a good amount of Common People (Shatner / Pulp) in there...

Posted 1 year ago by trogel [ Reply ]

ThePoose wrote:

Why am I hearing Common People by William Shatner?

You're on drugs?

Posted 2 years ago by kcar [ Reply ]

love the album cover art.

Posted 2 years ago by lily34 [ Reply ]

Why am I hearing Common People by William Shatner?

Posted 2 years ago by ThePoose [ Reply ]

I think I had this underrated: 7 -> 8

Posted 2 years ago by jlind [ Reply ]

Maybe the rain stops following me
Dripping the colors
Running the daylight
Over the cloud burst
Hoping they don't burst

A bit late for us in California ...

Posted 2 years ago by theirongiant [ Reply ]

Jelani wrote:

This sounds like a song that would fit well with a William Shatner spoken word overdub!

Posted 2 years ago by kcar [ Reply ]

VV wrote:

Ok, so what are theses machines?...

...and what makes them so secret?

That's the secret!

Posted 3 years ago by Jelani [ Reply ]

This sounds like a song that would fit well with a William Shatner spoken word overdub!

Posted 3 years ago by Jelani [ Reply ]

I hear a bit of an Echo and the Bunnymen vibe! Love it!

Posted 3 years ago by DarthPolka41 [ Reply ]

This was a great band… Then the guitar player brother Benjamin Curtis left to pursue School of the Seven Bells. Ben was diagnosed with T-cell Lymphoblastic lymphoma and died in 2013… his School of Seven Bells work with Alejandra Deheza is fantastic too.

Posted 3 years ago by tm [ Reply ]

Ok, so what are theses machines?...

...and what makes them so secret?

Posted 3 years ago by VV [ Reply ]

Vocals remind me of Robin Zander!

Posted 3 years ago by IndyDoug [ Reply ]

Another great RP discovery

Posted 4 years ago by Declanrainey14 [ Reply ]

kcar wrote:

Don't know why really, but I do enjoy this meme?!

Posted 4 years ago by aspicer [ Reply ]

I very much like the driving beat of this

Posted 4 years ago by mach-hog [ Reply ]

I'll never be able to hear this again without the image of that crazy goose in my head.

Posted 4 years ago by deanv [ Reply ]

eileenomurphy wrote:

Good tune! Another band I never heard of, before RP> ...Thanx RP!

Damn right never wasnt to listen to commercial radio again

Posted 4 years ago by jp33442 [ Reply ]

Good tune! Another band I never heard of, before RP> ...Thanx RP!

Posted 4 years ago by eileenomurphy [ Reply ]

Play some School of Seven Bells please BillG/Rebecca??

Posted 4 years ago by tm [ Reply ]

tm wrote:

I saw this band out of nowhere in Chicago - after this album was released. One of the best shows!!! RIP - Benjamin…

I saw them in Portland, OR at the crystal ballroom. Great show.

Posted 4 years ago by bluefrog [ Reply ]

The memes on RP are the best.

Posted 4 years ago by jdm929 [ Reply ]

I saw this band out of nowhere in Chicago - after this album was released. One of the best shows!!! RIP - Benjamin…

Posted 4 years ago by tm [ Reply ]

The Placebo Killers?

Posted 4 years ago by justin4kick [ Reply ]

A little Echo & the Bunnymen mojo happening here, and that is NOT a bad thing!

Posted 4 years ago by DarthPolka41 [ Reply ]

Why does this song remind me of the days working tech support at a software company? Oh yeah... "We know we're lost, we're lost, we're nowhere now."

Posted 4 years ago by bahalana [ Reply ]

Traits of Placebo in this track👂

Posted 4 years ago by Easyrider [ Reply ]

malamucha wrote:

Segued by William Shatner's cover of Pulp's Common people!

That, or Airborne Toxic Event's "Sometime Around Midnight"

Posted 5 years ago by a_geek [ Reply ]

bravadodon wrote:

I love Bowie!

Bowie was a fan of this band and helped promote them :)

Posted 5 years ago by bluematrix [ Reply ]

Love this song!

Posted 5 years ago by nevar23 [ Reply ]

Hmm. I wonder what song comes after this...

Posted 5 years ago by drewd [ Reply ]

Secret Machines has a new release on 21 Aug: “Awake in the Brain Chamber." Sad that Benjamin has passed.

Posted 5 years ago by vandal [ Reply ]

for some reason I thought this was Blur

Posted 5 years ago by jmsmy [ Reply ]

Right on the KICK drums...

Posted 5 years ago by kcar [ Reply ]

kcar wrote:

And yet, I wouldn't say this is for the birds.

Posted 5 years ago by bpemby [ Reply ]

Peter_Paul wrote:

The Secret Machines are one of the best bands to come out of the 2000s, during a time (2004-2006) when many great bamds came onto the scene (Interpol, Doves, The White Stripes, The Killers, Bravery, Kasabian, etc.). They remind me a little of The Doors with a John Bonham beat. Unbelievable live. TSM are sorely missed.

Agree! Saw them live at the Park West in Chicago many years ago - fantastic show.

Posted 5 years ago by cmcisaac [ Reply ]

Never heard of them, never heard of the track, luvvin' it...

Posted 6 years ago by Rob57 [ Reply ]

Thank you Bill - Secret Machines is one of the best bands of 2000 to 2010
look for their covers of the band Harmonia (the West German krautrock group from the 7o's ) to get some insight into their influences

Posted 6 years ago by pope183 [ Reply ]

my office is bouncing

Posted 6 years ago by sjmorrison2 [ Reply ]

might be one-hit-wonders, but this is great

Posted 6 years ago by mach-hog [ Reply ]

Lola meets Mr. Brightside

Posted 6 years ago by benfitch523 [ Reply ]

Awesome tune, I just wish their other material was up to the same standard. I tried getting into them but it started to sound the same and bit contrived.

Posted 6 years ago by aspicer [ Reply ]

Like a delicious mash up of Pulp and Cake. Good fun.

Posted 6 years ago by memoryboxer [ Reply ]

Borrowed from the 80s, but happy to see they are more current. Fun!

Posted 7 years ago by Stodoroff [ Reply ]

Can't believe that I'd never heard of them. Did they ever tour the UK?

Posted 7 years ago by johncook1 [ Reply ]

The Secret Machines are one of the best bands to come out of the 2000s, during a time (2004-2006) when many great bamds came onto the scene (Interpol, Doves, The White Stripes, The Killers, Bravery, Kasabian, etc.). They remind me a little of The Doors with a John Bonham beat. Unbelievable live. TSM are sorely missed.

Posted 7 years ago by Peter_Paul [ Reply ]

This always makes me want to dance hard in that everything's awful but here I am dancing my arse off anyway kind of way. ${#Dancingbanana_2}$ Love it. Also the "Common People" segue is masterful. Thanks, RP.

Posted 7 years ago by nevar23 [ Reply ]

bluematrix wrote:

So listening to this great song reminded me of how much I like this band and how I'd love to see them in concert some day, assuming they were still together. So I did a Google search and found this. :(

Benjamin Curtis has passed away after a year-long battle with cancer. He was 35 years old.

Curtis came up as part of the Dallas, TX band Tripping Daisy (which later morphed into the Polyphonic Spree) from 1997 – 99. In 2000, he and his brother Brandon founded the heavy psychedelic rock band Secret Machines, who released three albums between 2000 and 2008, two with major label Reprise. Curtis left Secret Machines in 2007 (prior to the release of their third and final album) to form School Of Seven Bells. SIIVB released three increasingly ambitious albums, the last of which was February 2012’s outstanding Ghostory. Almost exactly a year after the release of that album, Curtis announced he had been diagnosed with T-cell Lymphoblastic Lymphoma. In that announcement, he wrote, “It developed pretty aggressively, and the chemotherapy to treat it will be pretty aggressive, but the good news is that it’s TREATABLE.”

Sad. I didn't know about this.

Great tune.

Posted 7 years ago by olivertwist [ Reply ]

Segued by William Shatner's cover of Pulp's Common people!

Posted 7 years ago by malamucha [ Reply ]

VV wrote:

${#Dancingbanana_2}$

Up to a 7 now, VV. Thanks for the upload!

Posted 7 years ago by MayBaby [ Reply ]

diggin it

Posted 8 years ago by thewiseking [ Reply ]

${#Dancingbanana_2}$

Posted 8 years ago by VV [ Reply ]

Saw them at the Key Club in Los Angeles around 2010. They were, as you might imagine, awesome, RIP Ben and Key Club.

Posted 8 years ago by tgapen [ Reply ]

Imagine, if you will,
a scary door
a man searching for his keys
or maybe his cat
somewhere in the distance
a dog barks
a spaceship captain yells
KHAAAAAAAAAAN

Posted 8 years ago by DocStrangelove [ Reply ]

VV wrote:

Only a 6.9 rating for this? C'mon people let's pump this one up a bit!!!!!!

Yeah, what is up with that? Still 6.9, for shame RP listeners.

Posted 8 years ago by olivertwist [ Reply ]

kick drum reference
proceed with caution

Posted 8 years ago by Skydog [ Reply ]

melzabutch wrote:

All I can hear is William Shatner who I could have swore did this cover.

Image result for william shatner gif

You're probably thinking that because Bill often follows this up with Shatner doing "Common People"

Posted 9 years ago by VV [ Reply ]

oskarziaja wrote:

cant believe you play this. One of my long lost favorites. RP you reap from my subconscious i swear it

The power of Poznań!

Hey, I googled your city and it looks quite nice! I only knew of it from a John Le Carre novel where a Cold War-era British spy grumbles on and on about having to schlep from one part of Eastern Europe to another: "...and then back to Poznań..."

Please keep mind-melding with RP!

Posted 9 years ago by kcar [ Reply ]

well enunciated lyrics

Posted 9 years ago by thewiseking [ Reply ]

All I can hear is William Shatner who I could have swore did this cover.

Image result for william shatner gif

Posted 9 years ago by melzabutch [ Reply ]

sounds good, feels good

Posted 9 years ago by Skydog [ Reply ]

so sad to read this. this album was in heavy rotation for me in the early 00's. an absolute rocker.

RIP

bluematrix wrote:

So listening to this great song reminded me of how much I like this band and how I'd love to see them in concert some day, assuming they were still together. So I did a Google search and found this. :(

Benjamin Curtis has passed away after a year-long battle with cancer. He was 35 years old.

Curtis came up as part of the Dallas, TX band Tripping Daisy (which later morphed into the Polyphonic Spree) from 1997 – 99. In 2000, he and his brother Brandon founded the heavy psychedelic rock band Secret Machines, who released three albums between 2000 and 2008, two with major label Reprise. Curtis left Secret Machines in 2007 (prior to the release of their third and final album) to form School Of Seven Bells. SIIVB released three increasingly ambitious albums, the last of which was February 2012’s outstanding Ghostory. Almost exactly a year after the release of that album, Curtis announced he had been diagnosed with T-cell Lymphoblastic Lymphoma. In that announcement, he wrote, “It developed pretty aggressively, and the chemotherapy to treat it will be pretty aggressive, but the good news is that it’s TREATABLE.”

Posted 9 years ago by wrangler [ Reply ]

I'm the biggest cheerleader for this one! Probably because the reason it ever got added was that I uploaded it to be reviewed way back when. This song writes the book on epic endings!

Posted 9 years ago by VV [ Reply ]

I'm an old fart and been really enjoying the recent songs, and this is GREAT, high energy

Posted 9 years ago by mudman8 [ Reply ]

At first I thought this was The Tragically Hip. The voice is very much Gordon-like.

Posted 9 years ago by countyman [ Reply ]

bluematrix wrote:

So listening to this great song reminded me of how much I like this band and how I'd love to see them in concert some day, assuming they were still together. So I did a Google search and found this. :(

Benjamin Curtis has passed away after a year-long battle with cancer. He was 35 years old.

Curtis came up as part of the Dallas, TX band Tripping Daisy (which later morphed into the Polyphonic Spree) from 1997 – 99. In 2000, he and his brother Brandon founded the heavy psychedelic rock band Secret Machines, who released three albums between 2000 and 2008, two with major label Reprise. Curtis left Secret Machines in 2007 (prior to the release of their third and final album) to form School Of Seven Bells. SIIVB released three increasingly ambitious albums, the last of which was February 2012’s outstanding Ghostory. Almost exactly a year after the release of that album, Curtis announced he had been diagnosed with T-cell Lymphoblastic Lymphoma. In that announcement, he wrote, “It developed pretty aggressively, and the chemotherapy to treat it will be pretty aggressive, but the good news is that it’s TREATABLE.”

Woah! that's heavy.

Posted 9 years ago by scrubbrush [ Reply ]

Only a 6.9 rating for this? C'mon people let's pump this one up a bit!!!!!!

Posted 9 years ago by VV [ Reply ]

OUTSTANDING night jams, too HayDuke! Digging this song — many trippy gems emerged highly polished from the Secret Machines!

Posted 9 years ago by coloradojohn [ Reply ]

outstanding morning music thank you

Posted 9 years ago by hayduke2 [ Reply ]

I hear WIRE from a distance in their 154 period.
Great song!

Posted 10 years ago by Ikharry [ Reply ]

So listening to this great song reminded me of how much I like this band and how I'd love to see them in concert some day, assuming they were still together. So I did a Google search and found this. :(

Benjamin Curtis has passed away after a year-long battle with cancer. He was 35 years old.

Curtis came up as part of the Dallas, TX band Tripping Daisy (which later morphed into the Polyphonic Spree) from 1997 – 99. In 2000, he and his brother Brandon founded the heavy psychedelic rock band Secret Machines, who released three albums between 2000 and 2008, two with major label Reprise. Curtis left Secret Machines in 2007 (prior to the release of their third and final album) to form School Of Seven Bells. SIIVB released three increasingly ambitious albums, the last of which was February 2012’s outstanding Ghostory. Almost exactly a year after the release of that album, Curtis announced he had been diagnosed with T-cell Lymphoblastic Lymphoma. In that announcement, he wrote, “It developed pretty aggressively, and the chemotherapy to treat it will be pretty aggressive, but the good news is that it’s TREATABLE.”

Posted 10 years ago by bluematrix [ Reply ]

VV wrote:

Testosterone squared!

really?

Posted 10 years ago by AhhtheMusic [ Reply ]

This track is like an appetizer to the delicious and hearty meal that is "Now Here is Nowhere", the title track, which weighs in at almost 9-minutes. It was on LRC for a while, apparently never made it to the regular rotation. Tragedy.

Posted 10 years ago by mread [ Reply ]

I love Bowie!

Posted 10 years ago by bravadodon [ Reply ]

Love the energy here, and that cover art, too!

Posted 10 years ago by meinthecorner [ Reply ]

Waste of bits

Posted 10 years ago by johnk3go [ Reply ]

Aud wrote:

This would go great with William Shatner's Ordinary People song..

Bill must have heard you - Common People followed this on April Fool's Day, 2015

Posted 10 years ago by bmccaul [ Reply ]

I'm all over this...in a very good way..

Posted 10 years ago by moodfood [ Reply ]

Testosterone squared!

Posted 10 years ago by VV [ Reply ]

cant believe you play this. One of my long lost favorites. RP you reap from my subconscious i swear it

Posted 10 years ago by oskarziaja [ Reply ]

Sounds like Paul Banks from Interpol singing, no?

Posted 11 years ago by scraig [ Reply ]

Posted 11 years ago by kcar [ Reply ]

Love this one! We can thank Bowie for getting behind them.

Posted 11 years ago by aspicer [ Reply ]

This song BURNS!
And oh god that chord change!

Posted 11 years ago by gjeeg [ Reply ]

It looks like Bill took your advice, Aud!

Posted 11 years ago by scrabblehound [ Reply ]

This would go great with William Shatner's Ordinary People song..

Posted 11 years ago by Aud [ Reply ]

This is a just killer CD

Posted 11 years ago by bluematrix [ Reply ]

VV wrote:

This song has got the most epic ending.

Heck yea, lots of tension and peaks in that ending. Loving it.

Posted 11 years ago by Relayer [ Reply ]

followed by Bowie's "Panic in Deetroit" awesome

Posted 11 years ago by hayduke2 [ Reply ]

8 -> 9

Posted 11 years ago by FRP [ Reply ]

Really nice...until the last 15 seconds. Like it lots, however. Clever lyrics.

Posted 11 years ago by ScottN [ Reply ]

Is it just me or do this track sound like LCD Soundsystem?

Posted 11 years ago by scrabblehound [ Reply ]

Air drum solo!

Posted 11 years ago by VV [ Reply ]

This song has got the most epic ending.

Posted 11 years ago by VV [ Reply ]

Turn it UUUUUUUPPPPPPPPPPPPPP!!!!!!

Posted 11 years ago by VV [ Reply ]

Thanks Bill. Just a plain fun track.

Posted 11 years ago by actusreus [ Reply ]

mrgus wrote:

Anybody else hearing the Kink's "Lola" in this song or is it just me?

Not very much; it's possibly just you.

Posted 12 years ago by Proclivities [ Reply ]

Sad to hear that the guitarist for secret machines, Benjamin Curtis, has died at the age of 35. I really enjoyed their music as companion to the prog music of Porcupine Tree. They were a great band.

Posted 12 years ago by horstman [ Reply ]

subgyro wrote:

Can't say I've heard of these guys before, but that was damn fun! Could tell it needed to be loud on good speakers, not the tinny little plastic no-names plugged in to this office 'puter... I'm starting at 7.

And I think Pulp's Common People might be a little better after than the Shat's. Just sayin'.

The Shat's is fun and it has Joe Jackson so it's bound to be good but I agree, I prefer, and always love to hear, the Pulp version.

Posted 12 years ago by oldsaxon [ Reply ]

Lifting her dress up, all the way up, don't look surprised.

/chair dancing!

Posted 12 years ago by Imkirok [ Reply ]

mostling wrote:

Kind of a Cracker meets Sonic Yourh thing going on there.

With a dash of Pulp and Iggy Pop for flavor.

Posted 12 years ago by Sweet_Virginia [ Reply ]

Kind of a Cracker meets Sonic Yourh thing going on there.

Posted 12 years ago by mostling [ Reply ]

Everyone in my head loves this song

Posted 12 years ago by jukes1 [ Reply ]

Can't say I've heard of these guys before, but that was damn fun! Could tell it needed to be loud on good speakers, not the tinny little plastic no-names plugged in to this office 'puter... I'm starting at 7.

And I think Pulp's Common People might be a little better after than the Shat's. Just sayin'.

Posted 12 years ago by subgyro [ Reply ]

Hannio wrote:

Exactly. And Bill does, this time!

But not today.. :-(

Posted 13 years ago by AvoidingWork [ Reply ]

gypsyman wrote:

segue into william shatner common people

Exactly. And Bill does, this time!

Posted 13 years ago by Hannio [ Reply ]

cohifi wrote:

now that would be good. Except i might have heard it earlier; would that mean i wouldn't like it. No

Looks like Bill listened...exactly what he played 2/4/2013!

Posted 13 years ago by mrtuba9 [ Reply ]

gypsyman wrote:

segue into william shatner common people

now that would be good. Except i might have heard it earlier; would that mean i wouldn't like it. No

Posted 13 years ago by cohifi [ Reply ]

segue into william shatner common people

Posted 13 years ago by DD gypsyman [ Reply ]

I like this.

Posted 13 years ago by oldsaxon [ Reply ]

the stars are really aligning in Paradise tonight. epic sets. thanks for all you do.

Posted 13 years ago by Segue [ Reply ]

Alllllright Everyone destroy your instruments!!!!!

Posted 13 years ago by VV [ Reply ]

Bill... wow I was just thinking I hadn't heard this song in ages!!! Thanks for playing it. It flat out JAMS!!!!!!!!!

Posted 13 years ago by VV [ Reply ]