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Collective Soul — Gel
Album: Collective Soul
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6.4

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Released: 1995
Length: 2:56
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Color me any color
Speak to me in tongues and share
Tell me how you'd love to hate me?
Tell me how you'd love to care?
Well I just want
(To shake us up)

Well I just want
What's to want you
To shake us up
(Aha, aha, aha)
Well let's mingle
(Aha, aha, aha)
And make it well
(Aha, aha, aha)
Oh come together now
(Aha, aha, aha)
Yeah let's gel

Clothe me in any fashion
Glitter to so mundane
Tell me how you'd love to change me?
Tell me I can stay the same
Well I just want
(To shake us up)

Well I just want
What's to want you
To shake us up
(Aha, aha, aha)
Well let's mingle
(Aha, aha, aha)
And make it well
(Aha, aha, aha)
Oh come together now
(Aha, aha, aha)
Yeah let's gel

Well let's mingle
(Aha, aha, aha)
And make it well
(Aha, aha, aha)
Oh come together now
(Aha, aha, aha)
Yeah let's gel
(Aha, aha, aha)
Well let's bungle
(Aha, aha, aha)
And live to tell
(Aha, aha, aha)
Wow we came together
Yeah how we gelled?
Comments (47)add comment
 Relayer wrote:

Good mainstream rock, and that is not a bad thing.  These guys were so on point to continuously deliver catchy rock songs in the era of diminishing returns that grunge was delivering by the mid 90s.  I may be a prog rock snob, but this I can appreciate for the clever songwriting  and catchy hooks. 



yeah, i like this band a lot. i was surprised they didn't have more success.
Posted 1 year ago by lily34    [ Reply ]
Rockin' today Bill, some terrific tracks.

Thank you ❤️
Posted 1 year ago by Dapps    [ Reply ]
love me some mid-90's "alt" rock.  crank it.
Posted 2 years ago by Wisconsinrob    [ Reply ]
Good mainstream rock, and that is not a bad thing.  These guys were so on point to continuously deliver catchy rock songs in the era of diminishing returns that grunge was delivering by the mid 90s.  I may be a prog rock snob, but this I can appreciate for the clever songwriting  and catchy hooks. 
Posted 2 years ago by Relayer    [ Reply ]
Great tune! ...Aha aha aha!!!
Posted 2 years ago by eileenomurphy    [ Reply ]
 xcranky_yankee wrote:
something Midnight Oil-ish here...
 
... without the political BS. Rating this a 7
Posted 3 years ago by DeemerDave    [ Reply ]
something Midnight Oil-ish here...
Posted 4 years ago by xcranky_yankee    [ Reply ]
Is that...heavy guitars...drums...could it be...

Rock?  
Posted 5 years ago by jelgator    [ Reply ]
 ChrisinIndy wrote:
This band is so third rate.
 
As are you. (Yes, A mindless immature
dig. But necessary. I wonder if you will ever see this. Hmmm. Oh wait...don't care)
Posted 5 years ago by BCarn    [ Reply ]
They were a hot, versatile band. I dig this tune and all else I've heard from them. 
Posted 6 years ago by kingart    [ Reply ]
Great riff!
Posted 6 years ago by maryte    [ Reply ]
Hey Bill! There is a new album! Why don't you play something from that one!
Posted 9 years ago by coyote620    [ Reply ]
that's some serious driving music..{#Motor}
Posted 9 years ago by moodfood    [ Reply ]
The two Rolands are the sons of a Georgia preacher, but as Ed explained, it's not a big deal. He writes what he knows...and he writes some killer songs! Yeah, spiritual, even... If you ever get a chance to see them live, do it! because they always bring the house down!

apd wrote:

saw one of their shows in the late 90's and certainly had a sense that they where very spiritual, if not religious. But they where very relaxed about it, they had a very inclusive, fun vibe and it didn't bother me one jot.

Posted 9 years ago by coloradojohn    [ Reply ]
An OK album but this song just always hits me as just.....well.....totally lame.  It sounds so forced and phony.   
Posted 10 years ago by aspicer    [ Reply ]
Saw them in LA a few months ago - private concert for a hotel chain "party" during a global travel meeting - me and about 100 of my closest travel friends. Also, they were the first concert I ever attended - 1996 at the Bronco Bowl in Dallas. I *may* have fangirl'd out and told them that they were my first concert, they *may* have looked at me like a doofus.
Posted 10 years ago by UhlainOKC    [ Reply ]
OMG this is one of my most Favourite songs!!!!!! I'm like, is this Radio Paradise playing? (I just got home from work lol!) and....I see it is :-)
Posted 10 years ago by jocelynsart    [ Reply ]
 Rakski wrote:

So, hey, let's add some real controversy -
I feel that these guys're Christians based on the themes in many of their songs, which prompted protestations by work colleague, whom couldn't imagine that something that he liked was infused with religious themes (here & there)... Any Takers on that (or anyone can remember examples) - this was something that happened when they first came out...
or (insert angel Emoticon - so, it's O.K. for Devil Imagery, but where's the little angle Halo?) :goodvibes:
 
saw one of their shows in the late 90's and certainly had a sense that they where very spiritual, if not religious. But they where very relaxed about it, they had a very inclusive, fun vibe and it didn't bother me one jot.
Posted 12 years ago by apd    [ Reply ]
Disagree with notes below - Not Metal. Not Jam. This Rhythm guitar work's Right on Solid - More like Cars, or other band driven by a Bass Player, but run through the Rhythm guitarist. Solid, skilled. So, hey, let's add some real controversy - I feel that these guys're Christians based on the themes in many of their songs, which prompted protestations by work colleague, whom couldn't imagine that something that he liked was infused with religious themes (here & there)... Any Takers on that (or anyone can remember examples) - this was something that happened when they first came out... or (insert angel Emoticon - so, it's O.K. for Devil Imagery, but where's the little angle Halo?) :goodvibes.gif:
Posted 19 years ago by Rakski    [ Reply ]
Lazy8 wrote:
I hate heavy metal. I LOVE this. Go figure.
Being an early Metal fan, I'll try not to take this statement as offensive, because you OBVIOUSLY do not know what metal is
Posted 19 years ago by BondsLovesSteroids    [ Reply ]
smallshadows wrote:
Wow, I don't enjoy this at all- a perfect "1."
ok, but the album cover is awesome.
Posted 19 years ago by sans    [ Reply ]
Wow, I don't enjoy this at all- a perfect "1." I do however love their song, "Run."
Posted 19 years ago by smallshadows    [ Reply ]
skeeter wrote:
This is hardly heavy metal... more like weak, 'pretty' hard rock. Easy for me to figure this out for Lazy8 in that regard. For those that can happily tolerate this hybrid, enjoy. For me... :-&
Geez, some listeners are comparing them to Kiss, some calling them a hair band...If you don't label them metal then the catagory's average drops quite a bit. Thanks for the clearing that up for me!
Posted 19 years ago by Lazy8    [ Reply ]
Posted 20 years ago by Danny_G    [ Reply ]
This band is dreadful !!!
Posted 20 years ago by warderblu    [ Reply ]
MiataDJ wrote:
HOW CAN YOU NOT LIKE THIS TUNE?!?!?!? Listen to how uniform the guitars are...talk about synchronous!!! This is an incredible song. Met these guys in Boston (in a club behind the Green Monster)...and they were just as cool as their tunes. Keep rockin'!
Tell it!
Posted 20 years ago by trekhead    [ Reply ]
Ya gotta LOVE the CS, it's a 9! uh-huh, UH-HUH, uh-huh...
Posted 20 years ago by trekhead    [ Reply ]
Collective Soul. What a joke.
Posted 20 years ago by upinya    [ Reply ]
Lazy8 wrote:
I hate heavy metal. I LOVE this. Go figure.
This is hardly heavy metal... more like weak, 'pretty' hard rock. Easy for me to figure this out for Lazy8 in that regard. For those that can happily tolerate this hybrid, enjoy. For me... :-&
Posted 20 years ago by skeeter    [ Reply ]
This clearly is not heavy metal. Lazy8 wrote:
I hate heavy metal. I LOVE this. Go figure.
Posted 20 years ago by coyotexxx2    [ Reply ]
I hate heavy metal. I LOVE this. Go figure.
Posted 20 years ago by Lazy8    [ Reply ]
Wow, I thought for a moment I had a Clear Channel station on. Not that I don't like this song....
Posted 20 years ago by Pyro    [ Reply ]
Just a good, trashy jam. Nice guitar pickup.
Posted 21 years ago by redeyespy    [ Reply ]
HOW CAN YOU NOT LIKE THIS TUNE?!?!?!? Listen to how uniform the guitars are...talk about synchronous!!! This is an incredible song. Met these guys in Boston (in a club behind the Green Monster)...and they were just as cool as their tunes. Keep rockin\'!
Posted 21 years ago by MiataDJ    [ Reply ]
This song has such an 80s groove to it... it\'s almost hard to believe it was written, recorded and made a single in the 90s. Anyone?
Posted 21 years ago by iamlfb    [ Reply ]
Originally Posted by rgj13: WTF? Is this Kiss?
ROFLMAO
Posted 21 years ago by Leslie    [ Reply ]
This is gonna be one of those songs we look back on 5 years from now as rotting our brains. Will not age well. We recommend you drink it now, perhaps with a nice steak tartar.
Posted 21 years ago by hobbitt    [ Reply ]
WTF? Is this Kiss?
Posted 21 years ago by rgj13    [ Reply ]
This band has had far FAR better tunes. They sound so dated too. Some bands have that narrow window of time where they sound good, then it just sounds tired. Collective Soul is one of them.
Posted 21 years ago by fluorophore    [ Reply ]
Not sure how these guys sound 80\'s at all (\'cept the guitar solo) Sounds straight out of 1994 to me... just not the best quality 1994 stuff. Man, things really went downhill after that. Woodstock \'94 was the final great rock musical event. While the great stuff from the 60\'s through the 70\'s faded away slowly, the 2nd great period of rock... the early 90\'s... seemed to go away overnight :( Maybe BMRC, The White Stripes, The Hives, The Strokes and all these Velvet Underground Wannabes that seem to keep popping up can save us... RE: Collective Soul... Strange... these guys were quietly one of the best selling rock acts of the 90\'s. Not one of my favorite... but better than just about anything on FM today.
Posted 22 years ago by bobringer    [ Reply ]
Why do I feel so guilty liking this song? Who cares!
Posted 22 years ago by oldman2112    [ Reply ]
Well Dick, It\'s got a good beat and you can dance to it!! :D :p
Posted 22 years ago by polecat    [ Reply ]
This band is so third rate.
Posted 22 years ago by ChrisinIndy    [ Reply ]