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The Thrills — Big Sur
Album: So Much For The City
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Released: 2003
Length: 3:03
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So much for the city
Tell me that you'll dance to the end
Just tell me that you'll dance to the end

Hey, hey, you're the Monkees
And people said you monkeyed around
But nobody's listening now

Just don't go back to Big Sur
Hangin' around
Lettin' your old man down
Just don't go back to Big Sur
Baby, baby, please don't go
Aw, baby, baby, please don't go

So much for the streetlights
They're never gonna guide you home
No, they're never gonna guide you home

Down at the steamboat show
Yeah, all the kids start spittin'
I guess it didn't live up to the billing

Just don't go back to Big Sur
Hangin' around
Lettin' your old man down
Just don't go back to Big Sur
Baby, baby, please don't go
Aw, baby, baby, please don't go

Just don't go back to Big Sur
Hangin' around
Lettin' your old man down
Just don't go back to Big Sur
Baby, baby, please don't go
Aw, baby, baby, please don't go
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Hey Bill, these guys put out a new album, why don't you get a copy of it, instead of wearing this one out?
Posted 19 years ago by RiverCityRansom    [ Reply ]
pittsburgh!?!?!! not as nice as the central coast of california! you can spread my ashes there. right near pierdras blancas. :nodhead:
Posted 19 years ago by KurtfromLaQuinta    [ Reply ]
AliGator wrote:
I'm from Pittsburgh...and I never heard them saying that! And wait! Pittsburgh is a nice place!
:nodhead:
Posted 19 years ago by steeler    [ Reply ]
edechewe wrote:
This song would be a sweet, great AM radio hit. Like 93 KHJ. Does such a thing exist anymore?
wow! khj! i used to listen to them from about '60 to '67. does anyone remember "humble harv"? i think he got thrown into prison for killing his wife!
Posted 19 years ago by KurtfromLaQuinta    [ Reply ]
bluedot wrote:
i love big sur, too, but it needs a better song than this to represent it.
i got one... "california" by the beach boys. i uploaded it and it got "the boot". it is a great tribute to a great state.
Posted 19 years ago by KurtfromLaQuinta    [ Reply ]
My rating on this song just keeps droping everytime I hear it..
Posted 19 years ago by masterhead    [ Reply ]
Wow, this is awful.
Posted 19 years ago by Friend    [ Reply ]
Its either the venue or a matter of taste :D At the Fox (in Atlanta) the sound was very distorted and washed out, so you couldn't really hear the cool sound of his voice. mrselfdestruct wrote:
So what's the verdict? Good live, or shitty?
Posted 19 years ago by jbtidwell    [ Reply ]
Just got back from vacation along the California coast where I spent a night in Big Sur. This song was stuck in my head the entire time I was there. Stupid catchy songs!
Posted 19 years ago by JCEntMan    [ Reply ]
This song would be a sweet, great AM radio hit. Like 93 KHJ. Does such a thing exist anymore?
Posted 19 years ago by edechewe    [ Reply ]
999_99_999 wrote:
I saw these guys open up for the Pixies, last night. They sound pretty good live.
jbtidwell wrote:
Great Song, Great Sound - but they opened for the Pixies in Atlanta... it didn't translate well live.
So what's the verdict? Good live, or shitty?
Posted 19 years ago by mrselfdestruct    [ Reply ]
Great Song, Great Sound - but they opened for the Pixies in Atlanta... it didn't translate well live.
Posted 19 years ago by jbtidwell    [ Reply ]
wxman wrote:
Boosiewolf wrote:
I like this song! And who WOULDN'T want to go back to Big Sur? I mean, LOOK at it? I first heard this song right after I had visited Big Sur and thought the same thing. Definitely one of the most beautiful places I've been too. The temperature will vary by 30 degrees or so as you meander up highway one. A half mile or so inland it'll be 90 degrees and quickly go back down to 60 as you get closer to the Pacific. Being from the East Coast, I had never experienced a micro climate like that. Despite what The Thrills are saying, I will try to get back there.
i love big sur, too, but it needs a better song than this to represent it.
Posted 19 years ago by bluedot    [ Reply ]
Boosiewolf wrote:
I like this song! And who WOULDN'T want to go back to Big Sur? I mean, LOOK at it? I first heard this song right after I had visited Big Sur and thought the same thing. Definitely one of the most beautiful places I've been too. The temperature will vary by 30 degrees or so as you meander up highway one. A half mile or so inland it'll be 90 degrees and quickly go back down to 60 as you get closer to the Pacific. Being from the East Coast, I had never experienced a micro climate like that. Despite what The Thrills are saying, I will try to get back there.
Posted 20 years ago by wxman    [ Reply ]
phineas wrote:
Why don't they want me to go back to Pittsburgh? Oh, wait...nevermind.
I'm from Pittsburgh...and I never heard them saying that! And wait! Pittsburgh is a nice place!
Posted 20 years ago by AliGator    [ Reply ]
SiniLMan wrote:
The music sounds like the Smiths to me. Neither good nor bad, just does to me.
Just does -to you- is right I would suspect.
Posted 20 years ago by stubbsz    [ Reply ]
....Well, can I at least go back to Little Miss?? :grumpy.gif:
Posted 20 years ago by trekhead    [ Reply ]
Ok song but overplayed here.
Posted 20 years ago by Pyro    [ Reply ]
they sound so much like the lightening seeds. that's who i thought it was in the beginning. Yes poppity goodness!
Posted 20 years ago by mem_313    [ Reply ]
The music sounds like the Smiths to me. Neither good nor bad, just does to me.
Posted 20 years ago by SiniLMan    [ Reply ]
I saw these guys open up for the Pixies, last night. They sound pretty good live.
Posted 20 years ago by 999_99_999    [ Reply ]
Sweet pop goodness.... :) Makes my heart shine!
Posted 20 years ago by Talalala    [ Reply ]
I like this song! And who WOULDN'T want to go back to Big Sur? I mean, LOOK at it?
Posted 20 years ago by Alexandra    [ Reply ]
So poppy it's teeny-boppery. But it's so happy. And happy is good. Especially when business day is almost over.
Posted 20 years ago by ChardRemains    [ Reply ]
I thought it was Vicksburg... anti-(Civil) War song. This sickningly sweet London-pop song is one of the most successful ear-worms ever. Now I'm gonna humm this crappy tune all day.
Posted 20 years ago by thermion7    [ Reply ]
who in their right mind wouldn't go back to Big Sur? It's heaven on earth!
Posted 20 years ago by Angloray    [ Reply ]
Enrique wrote:
I agree, this is really getting old with too much airplay.
agree also, and after seeing them live (dead?) a few times doesn't do it for me. anyone else seen them live? so unimpressive and boring.
Posted 20 years ago by JohnMac    [ Reply ]
veegez wrote:
And lyrics don't do you! :)
I do lyrics, right in the bullocks!!
Posted 20 years ago by JokesandJokesandJokes    [ Reply ]
GolfRomeo wrote:
I agree: Lightning Seeds cover Rockville.
astute observation
Posted 20 years ago by orpheus    [ Reply ]
joe1 wrote:
Great POP song!!!! Cracking............Love it.....and I don't do lyrics....
And lyrics don't do you! :)
Posted 20 years ago by veegez    [ Reply ]
Please make this song stop. Overplayed and over-rated
Posted 20 years ago by cataloger    [ Reply ]
Platypus wrote:
a minor lyrical similarity (4 words?) at most.
I agree: Lightning Seeds cover Rockville.
Posted 20 years ago by GolfRomeo    [ Reply ]
I agree, this is really getting old with too much airplay.
Posted 20 years ago by Enrique    [ Reply ]
POP - and wearing fast...
Posted 20 years ago by Red_Dragon    [ Reply ]
Businessgypsy wrote:
I liked this song better when it was REM's (don't go back to) Rockville. Is this RP's equal-time-for-plagaristic-hacks policy?
a minor lyrical similarity (4 words?) at most.
Posted 20 years ago by Platypus    [ Reply ]
I liked this song better when it was REM's (don't go back to) Rockville . Is this RP's equal-time-for-plagaristic-hacks policy?
Posted 20 years ago by Businessgypsy    [ Reply ]
Terrible mix.
Posted 20 years ago by schmoe    [ Reply ]
Leslie wrote:
This song is definitely getting old. Too much airplay for my taste.
Yup. Time for this cut to move on --- if it's The Thrills to be played, how about something different?
Posted 20 years ago by phineas    [ Reply ]
This song is definitely getting old. Too much airplay for my taste.
Posted 20 years ago by Leslie    [ Reply ]
Love the Banjo.
Posted 20 years ago by DaWiz    [ Reply ]
phineas wrote:
Why don't they want me to go back to Pittsburgh? Oh, wait...nevermind.
I thought they didn't want us to go back to Whistler. And I thought "why not?" Why not indeed...
Posted 20 years ago by Chunnamark    [ Reply ]
phineas wrote:
Why don't they want me to go back to Pittsburgh? Oh, wait...nevermind.
aaahahahaa that's what my husband thought they were saying, too. smillersmiller wrote:
This song sort of gets in your head like some sort of intersteller parasite that compels the ships captain, delirius with pain and loss of brain
it's true. i had this song in my head for a month, once.
Posted 20 years ago by PattonFever    [ Reply ]
llazare wrote:
Great tune. Sounds like a folkier version of The Flaming Lips.
My initial thought was this is Flaming Lips as well.
Posted 20 years ago by Leslie    [ Reply ]
sergeant_x wrote:
I really like this song. Its the kind of song I would be in danger of playing too often however. At least that won't happen on here.
Ha ha! Good one!
Posted 21 years ago by eric    [ Reply ]
I really like this song. Its the kind of song I would be in danger of playing too often however. At least that won't happen on here. Any more by these guys?
Posted 21 years ago by sergeant_x    [ Reply ]
Make it stop!
Posted 21 years ago by willmcnaught    [ Reply ]
Zulu, ahead Cheese factor 10!
Posted 21 years ago by eric    [ Reply ]
Nice, I like some of these bands that are sliding a little poppish 60's into their sound, Rooney is another one I've enjoyed of late.
Posted 21 years ago by Monkeysdad    [ Reply ]
I dig it!
Posted 21 years ago by mrmonkey    [ Reply ]
was that the partridge family?
Posted 21 years ago by schlumgolian    [ Reply ]
This song sort of gets in your head like some sort of intersteller parasite that compels the ships captain, delirius with pain and loss of brain matter, to enter the airlock without a spacesuit to make a big mess of himself.
Posted 21 years ago by smillersmiller    [ Reply ]
Great tune. Sounds like a folkier version of The Flaming Lips.
Posted 21 years ago by llazare    [ Reply ]
Why don't they want me to go back to Pittsburgh? Oh, wait...nevermind.
Posted 21 years ago by phineas    [ Reply ]
Posted 21 years ago by beelzebubba    [ Reply ]
I hear the signature guitar riff from PF's "Fearless" in this song.
Posted 21 years ago by rockasaurus    [ Reply ]
More Thrills, please :)
Posted 21 years ago by agoston    [ Reply ]
Hey, I like this song... I got it on a NOW That's... CD a friend from Scotland got me...
Posted 21 years ago by Illustr8r    [ Reply ]
From the little I've heard from these guys they are great! I've just booked to see the live in Manchester on the 8th October so I'll fill you all in later on how they were...
Posted 21 years ago by tenfourty    [ Reply ]