This song is like somebody's memory of a song, and the memory is fading.

 Steely_D wrote:


Updating the comment on True Detective - Season 4 might (just by a whisker) be better than Season 1. Jodie Foster just KILLZ it!

 Dragonfly_Launch wrote: 
Exactly what I was thinking this chilly autumn morning in the northwest...

 mandolin wrote:
Reminds me of Nancy Sinatra and Lee Hazlewood   Summer Wine-i think

Hillbilly Moon Explosion - My Love Forevermore.

I realize this song reminds everyone of a different song but this is the one I hear. Realizing it came afterward of course.

Well, damn that's good.

I love the shit out of this song and band.

Love the David Lynch-esque soundtrack vibe this delivers

Delicious, lush soundtrack. Thanks for sharing RP. X

 idiot_wind wrote:


I get it moves you like billy bragg. But in what sense does this remind you of bragg?

sounds like billy bragg 

 JimboLD wrote:


Introduced the the Handsome Family through True Detective. Two artistic offerings in one.

This song reminds me so much of The Hillbilly Moon Explosion's - 'My Love For Evermore' which has a killer video btw.

 thewiseking wrote:

and?

They are featured in the incredible and beautiful and unusual film "Searching for the Wrong Eyed Jesus," as are a number of other amazing artists. That is where I discovered them. I have seen the film several times (I own it). Might be time to revisit it again! If you can find it, watch it! One the most beautifully unique films I have ever seen.

another hipster act riffing on Lee Hazlewood's sound. Edward Sharpe jumped on that too

 igotitmade2k wrote:


hope so!

3 Doll by Doll albums - Remember, Doll by Doll, Gypsy Blood.  Played w/ U2 early on.  Can hear Jackie's influence on Bono

The male singer sounds remarkably like Jackie Levin - lead singer for the 80s band Doll by Doll.  Jackie does it a bit better, but the similarity in baritone style is uncanny!

Are we watching a David Lynch movie?

Whoops! My comment went to the wrong song!

There, fixed: 

"Oh yes! Used to hear these folks on Boot Liquor Radio until RP's sound quality left them in the dust! Bravo!"

 lewisv66 wrote:
I don't think it sounds like Frank Sinatra at all....... oh you said wine,,,,,, never mind,,, that's different. 

Reminds me of "Summer Wine"

ok 3 depressing songs in a row, all we need next is Hurt sung by Johnny Cash. Careful with that axe, Eugene 😬

Nicely macabre :o)

 DippingSauce wrote:
 
Look after the king of R n R please 

Really annoying güira.

I actually saw these two + their band in Rotterdam a few years ago. It was very very very obvious that by now they really didn't like to play this song anymore but that they kind of hád to. There was some talk about selling their soul to HBO as well haha...

Great song nonetheless!

 Steely_D wrote:
 
Absolutely 

 jayhamiljr wrote:
 

Oh god yes , this station has turned me onto so much wonderful music 

Would love to hear more from this band in the rotation.  They have a mesmerizing sound. 

 mandolin wrote:
 
With a gypsy twist?

Time is a flat circle .

 Steely_D wrote:
 
Right up until they found the killer - that part seemed like a  cop-out. Creepy, but a cop-out.

Today too tired to sing? A day off would have been been a netter choice..

Man, that Season 1 of True Detective was such an amazing thing. If you haven't, go watch it immediately. A great experience.

 Deni123 wrote: 
Yes definitely. But that would be Lee Hazelwood and Nancy Sinatra's Summerwine I guess.

no one hears Cave's Summer wine?

Very under-rated band. 

This male singer sounds exactly like Jackie Leven on the Doll by Doll albums!  It's uncanny!  When Doll by Doll was pretty much disintegrated, Jackie Leven released "their" last album - Grand Passion.  Jackie Leven had brought a pretty young female singer into the mix to do a lot of duet type stuff (never a good sign - just call her Yoko) - but there were no singer credits on the album cover except Jackie and the producer (another bad sign). David Gilmour from Pink Floyd actually played on this album. It's got some decent music on it and then some really weird and ill-conceived stuff too.  But this band - The Handsome Family - reminds me so much of Jackie Leven and this song has a lot of the same type of interplay between male and female singers like the Grand Passion album did.  For those not familiar with Doll by Doll, check them out.  They are contemporaries of early U2 and did some shows with them before U2 hit the big time.  "Main Traveled Roads" is one of my favorite songs by them, but their first three albums are the best, with their first, "Remember" being the most raw ("Butcher Boy" is the standout tune on this record).  Worth the journey through the first three albums - The album named "Doll by Doll" is my favorite.  Skip Grand Passion (at least don't pay for it) and their live album is rough (a couple of cuts from it available on itunes) but this live album is not a good representation of their genius - obviously scraped together post mortem.  It's a shame that their three studio albums are not available on itunes.  I found Gypsy Blood on CD, but the others are probably vinyl only.  Quite a few of their songs on YouTube

Be prepared for some bizarre 80s content here.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doll_by_Doll

https://www.trakmarx.com/2007_02/09_doll.html

Sometimes I look back and look at what I write on this site. I chuckle, wonder , and then say man, that was a while ago. Seemed like yesterday. 

 

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 TampaPurple wrote:

 
Awesome,,,,,,,,,I watched TV once and my eyes fell out.
This song was playing in the background though and it was great 

Kinda fun in a Tex Mex way. Edward Sharpe style. Ambient. 

 On_The_Beach wrote: 
I did introduce him to my kitchen chair; they were an item for awhile. The  chair complained Clint talked too much.

First heard this from True Detective - an awesome mini series and fabulous song.

Fresh Air interview : https://www.npr.org/2016/09/19/494551824/for-the-handsome-family-music-is-a-safe-place-to-express-terrifying-things

I like the Lera Lynn cover of this song better than the original. 

 hanssachs wrote: 
Well this is my first listen and I'd say it's got a whole hell of a lot of charm to lose.  

Somehow this loses a little more charm with every hearing ... meh.

take my money!

Bill, where do you find this stuff? You are a master!!!
 

Oh, I love this song. 
It set the mood for true detective perfectly.

And while I am the biggest Leonard Cohen fan there is - for season 2 Lera Lynn did a much better job. Still don't understand why Bill does not include her epic "the only thing worth fighting for"....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t4DGErlBrI4

 msymmes wrote: 
No it was self produced back in 2003 by the band.
T bone would have picked it for the show though..

 msymmes wrote: 
No it was self produced back in 2003 by the band.
T bone would have picked it for the show though.. 

Love this song, first heard at True Detective S.1.

This is really growing on me
 

 BBoyes wrote: 
True Detective season 1.

Did T Bone produce this?  

OK, here's the soundtrack. Where's the movie?

Tex-mex Gothic? Certainly not Spaghetti Western as it's got lyrics. Never having watched True Detective (wossat?) this is the first time I've heard this number, and it's rather fun.

The vocal sounds like Iggy Pop. Sounds good to me.

Radio Paradise is reading my mind...been watching True Detective S1, and this tune has been going around in my head all morning...Great song, great series, great title sequence!

ya , love this one   ,, didn't finish second season

 On_The_Beach wrote: 
... wrong family ... he is part of the Ugly family

I wanted to embed this video but can't pull it off.  Anyway, is the True Detective credits version of Star Wars - it's worth the click.

https://youtu.be/NJyUhoLx-qE

The Handsome Family, my town's best kept music secret. Love 'em. I once read a description of their music as the June Carter Cash family meets the Addams Family.

 secretsauce wrote: 
I enjoyed First season music more as well as the show.

 Gatak wrote: 
I agree.  And I'm enjoying this season as well.   (Although this season's theme song doesn't grab me like this one.)

 leonardoferri wrote: 
I don't agree : this show was awesome !

 hayduke2 wrote: 
said that last year? still fits

 blotto wrote:  and eclectic - I just turned it up & noticed the mariachi trumpets - never heard that before despite listening on many previous occasions.

Love this & the Nice Cave song preceding it.

Very good song! The best part of True Detective (season 1), for sure ;)

Interesting and pleasant

 Proclivities wrote: 
That's hilarious! 

This is unbelievable:

https://www.artofthetitle.com/title/true-detective/

  helgigermany wrote: 
drinking moonshine and driving towards the sunset with the top down music.

Me likey like, very much
Saw them the other day in a small venue, pretty damn good!
 

  first time for my ears....love it!  ..rattlesnakes, gold, tex mex rhythms...classy country duet vocals...mmmm nice one! 

 helgigermany wrote:  Swamp garage band? They featured it on True Detective. Amazing music!

 helgigermany wrote:  Spaghetti Western, only really really good.

...reminds me of nick cave and the bad seeds...

 helgigermany wrote: 
The good, the bad and the ugly kind, I would say. The clint eastwood kind.  Two gun slingers squaring off while a secretly devastated saloon girl watches.  Spare, independent, coolly suggestive.  

 helgigermany wrote: 
The good kind? But seriously, I'm not sure, but I might classify it as Alternative Country, Alternative Folk or Americana. I like that it can't be easily pigeon-holed.

 helgigermany wrote: 
um... "bad"?  Yes, it is the "bad" kind of music.

What kind of music is this?

 Proclivities wrote: 
BWAHAHAHAHHAahaha...trump card played.

Again so soon? Ah, never mind, I love this song.

I like the '60's retro feel of this song...

 dickthespic wrote: 
Area Man Constantly Mentioning He Doesn't Own A Television

Cool tune.

 Thanks for the upload eyeball! Great sultry, melancholic tune from an incredible, if extremely dark, dramatic series (True Dectective on HBO.)

eyeball wrote: 

Haunting tune given the association - what great drama.

eyeball wrote: 
Enjoyed this show for the great writing , lines like the one above ,,, and characters ,, how does the show end? Something about "darkness is winning ,,, and Rusty? says ,,,,  look at it this way ,, before there was no light''

This song is great.  It matched the tone and feel of True Detective perfectly.  For what it's worth, this song contributed to what I think is the best opening credits of any TV show or Movie that I have seen.  You saw that opening, heard that song and realized that HBO and Co. were about to show you something quite special.

Thanks for playing it RP. 

 birdiestobehad wrote: 
Probably just compensation

 Kaisersosay wrote: 
+ 1

I don't watch cable because of the commercials and the crap content. I watch only shows that I want to watch, commercial free… just like my beloved RP! Whether it be Netflix or watching online, I think this is the way of the future... But I could be wrong. That said, HBO's True Detective is an amazing show, for both its writing and production… not to mention incredible performances and characterizations!

And the theme song is so stirring and powerful!
I'm quite happy that it's now being played here... 

Thank you Bill & Rebecca and Radio Paradise! 

 TampaPurple wrote: 
Awesome,,,,,,,,,I watched TV once and my eyes fell out.
This song was playing in the background though and it was great 

 dickthespic wrote: 
So some pop culture is ok, as long as you can feel smug and hipsterish about those elements you choose not to consume?

 birdiestobehad wrote: 
Seconded. 

I miss Rusty Cole

Not my cup of tea. Maybe I should be drinking something else? 

Love this song, and love True Detective

 Stave wrote: 


I had a boss who loved Family Circus. She'd been raised in a Catholic household and had entirely bought into its company line. If someone in authority--her boss, the President, the Church--had a position on something, Lisa would parrot it. (How she handled all the pedophilia scandals of the Church and coverups by Church fathers, I'll never know).

Family Circus was not only enjoyable for her, it was prescriptive in its depiction of a wholesome way of life. Her brain would have melted if she'd ever seen your version of Family Circus. I hope someone dropped some LSD into Lisa's coffee one day, just to shake her out of her thumb-sucking blinkered outlook. 


 CCinSB wrote:  
Just may have to check the show out. I've watched some episodes of "Justified" and it's good but not great so far. 

Fortunatly I've been listening to this for years ,didn't need an American tv series to intoduce me to the Handsome Family.
Great song and a couple who have kept me company all these televisionless years.

Rust Cohle: I think human consciousness, is a tragic misstep in evolution. We became too self-aware, nature created an aspect of nature separate from itself, we are creatures that should not exist by natural law. We are things that labor under the illusion of having a self; an accretion of sensory, experience and feeling, programmed with total assurance that we are each somebody, when in fact everybody is nobody. Maybe the honorable thing for our species to do is deny our programming, stop reproducing, walk hand in hand into extinction, one last midnight, brothers and sisters opting out of a raw deal.

If the only thing keeping a person decent is the expectation of divine reward then, brother, that person is a piece of sh*t. And I’d like to get as many of them out in the open as possible. You gotta get together and tell yourself stories that violate every law of the universe just to get through the goddamn day? What’s that say about your reality?


  

my baby likes this tune and "True detective", and I love my baby <3

 n4ku wrote: 
+1

Good call.

love that t bone

amazing show, fantastic music

We didn't get the female vocal portion on True Detective - she's ok but not as interesting as the male vocalist(s) - I'm thinking there must be more than one.