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Elastica — 2:1
Album: Elastica
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Released: 1995
Length: 2:30
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Keeping a brave face
In circumstances is impossible
Cannot describe
So many
Decisions
It's impossible
To know which is
The proper order
The best position
To be in
take advantage
or so it seems
the way it goes

Sandman comes (it's tragic)
Two to one (laid down on your side)
In the dark (Too easy)
Dark reflections (you know that you know)
In my head (You're soaking wet)
In my bed (You talk too much)
Again (It's not necessary)

Sandman goes (Before the ice melts)
Two in tow (I just want to say)
Wet and dumb (this packet's yours)
Three's the number (Don't ask for more)
Coming down (Cos somewhere along the line)
Coming down again (I've forgotten already)
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Ah.. The beautiful Justine.
Posted 1 year ago by GingerandMe    [ Reply ]
Yeah, I still think this needs to be re-uploaded
Posted 1 year ago by LeonZA    [ Reply ]
I think this song need to be re-uploaded again from a better source. I just listened to this on YouTube music and it sounds so much better. The version playing on RP sounds like it has very low bitrate WMA noise.
Posted 1 year ago by LeonZA    [ Reply ]
Possible influence for Elbow's 'Fly Boy Blue?'
Posted 1 year ago by firefly6    [ Reply ]
Love everything about this album!
Posted 2 years ago by keddyjo.talula    [ Reply ]
 malvey254 wrote:

Fans of the album should check out the debut album of Wet Leg.  



Holy crap, that's who Wet Leg reminds me of.
Posted 2 years ago by bialia    [ Reply ]
Such a great album!  Love RP...
Posted 2 years ago by waterwench21    [ Reply ]
Fans of the album should check out the debut album of Wet Leg.  
Posted 2 years ago by malvey254    [ Reply ]
 CCSandman wrote:

The whole album is unskippably great!

... their second one, however.....eee....


I heard somewhere long ago, "An artist has years and years to write their first album, they have about one year to write their second."
Posted 2 years ago by Ok_Sobriquet    [ Reply ]
The whole album is unskippably great!

... their second one, however.....eee....
Posted 2 years ago by CCSandman    [ Reply ]
Not 2 Good
Posted 2 years ago by Rockit999    [ Reply ]
OMG - this is a fantastic album
Posted 3 years ago by tm    [ Reply ]
 touristtam wrote:

You just have to wait it seems ;)


Remember when you didn't have to wait for nostalgia to show up? Those were the days...
Posted 3 years ago by kcar    [ Reply ]
 fredriley wrote:

Can we be nostalgic for the 90s already? It was only a decade or so ago, barely a historical heartbeat. Nostalgia ain't what it used to be... ;-)

 
This song is now  25 years old, so yes I believe I can be nostalgic for the 90s!
Posted 4 years ago by Frischtom    [ Reply ]
They do a killer version of Da Da Da
Posted 4 years ago by bullshipped    [ Reply ]
Their Menace CD was far superior
Posted 4 years ago by bullshipped    [ Reply ]
 fredriley wrote:

Can we be nostalgic for the 90s already? It was only a decade or so ago, barely a historical heartbeat. Nostalgia ain't what it used to be... ;-)

 
You just have to wait it seems ;)
Posted 4 years ago by touristtam    [ Reply ]
Ok, so it’s not just me that noticed the poor audio quality here. For a minute I thought the RP app had a bug.
Posted 5 years ago by theirongiant    [ Reply ]
 LeonZA wrote:
The quality of the song is a bit bad. Sounds like this song was sourced from a lossy source :(
 
Sounds ok now - has the rubber band been replaced?
Actually I guess the comment is aimed at the vocal effect.
Posted 5 years ago by kbs    [ Reply ]
Yes, yes, yes.
Soundtrack for Trainspotting of course, but I just love that song. Kind of disenchanted and yet not quite ready to accept whatever it was that's causing the disenchantment. Thanks Bill :-)
Posted 5 years ago by Egctheow    [ Reply ]
I hadn't heard this before and at first I thought it sounded like Elbow with a female vocalist.
Posted 10 years ago by cayenne    [ Reply ]
The quality of the song is a bit bad. Sounds like this song was sourced from a lossy source :(
Posted 11 years ago by LeonZA    [ Reply ]
Everyone in my Kainga loves this.
Posted 11 years ago by sajitjacob    [ Reply ]
Looks like I'm all alone in detesting this....
Posted 11 years ago by ckcotton    [ Reply ]
The two Trainspotting CDs helped broaden my musical tastes. This song is a case-in-point. 
Posted 11 years ago by Spiderwoman    [ Reply ]
 fredriley wrote:

Can we be nostalgic for the 90s already? It was only a decade or so ago, barely a historical heartbeat. Nostalgia ain't what it used to be... ;-)

 
that made me laugh...Oh, Time! you bitter master,  you arrow of life. How I need and hate you for looking at others...skipping past me.
Posted 12 years ago by oldsaxon    [ Reply ]
Elastica! yay! gotta love RP.
Posted 12 years ago by sajitjacob    [ Reply ]
 gandalfbmg wrote:
I listened to this album over and over and over and over and over and over and over when I was younger... Ah, nostalgia...
 
Me too - I wore this disc out in college.  

I bet we could get "Never There" or "Waking Up" on RP. 
Posted 12 years ago by malvey254    [ Reply ]
 fredriley wrote:

Can we be nostalgic for the 90s already? It was only a decade or so ago, barely a historical heartbeat. Nostalgia ain't what it used to be... ;-)

 

Well I was a teen in the 90's and now I'm in my 30's and feeling nostalgic... Really it's no different than people in the 70's being nostalgic for the late 50/early 60's (Happy Days/American Grafiti anyone)...
Posted 13 years ago by gandalfbmg    [ Reply ]
 fredriley wrote:

Can we be nostalgic for the 90s already? It was only a decade or so ago, barely a historical heartbeat. Nostalgia ain't what it used to be... ;-)

 
{#Lol}

Posted 13 years ago by peter_james_bond    [ Reply ]
 Phlegmaticman wrote:
Bring on 90s nostalgia! It will be the best nostalgia ever.
 
Can we be nostalgic for the 90s already? It was only a decade or so ago, barely a historical heartbeat. Nostalgia ain't what it used to be... ;-)

Posted 13 years ago by fredriley    [ Reply ]
I listened to this album over and over and over and over and over and over and over when I was younger... Ah, nostalgia...

Posted 13 years ago by gandalfbmg    [ Reply ]
Such a great record. Not a best cut by far.
Posted 14 years ago by kjf06    [ Reply ]
 Nuance wrote:
There are better elastica songs... can we get some more?
 
I tried that with "Connection" and "Stutter", but got sorried.

Posted 14 years ago by Dave_Mack    [ Reply ]
 Phlegmaticman wrote:
Bring on 90s nostalgia! It will be the best nostalgia ever.
 
yeah, me too!

Posted 15 years ago by Theodoransky    [ Reply ]

{#Surprised}


Posted 15 years ago by df1489    [ Reply ]

I somehow missed this band.  They're pretty good.


Posted 15 years ago by Stefen    [ Reply ]
It was once said of these guys:  "They belt out a good tune, and don't take up much of your time doing it!"  {#Biggrin}
Posted 15 years ago by Aegean    [ Reply ]
 milehighYinzer wrote:
Trainspotting flashback
 
Exactly!

Posted 16 years ago by smdeeg    [ Reply ]
Wow... used to love this song and album.  Still do.  

Great, obscure album track!  Hearing songs like this is the reason I love RP. {#Heartkiss}

Posted 16 years ago by TheCaseAce    [ Reply ]
Bring on 90s nostalgia! It will be the best nostalgia ever.
Posted 16 years ago by Phlegmaticman    [ Reply ]
I like the riff, and then they start singing...
Posted 16 years ago by UltraNurd    [ Reply ]
Copperwood wrote:
Boring!!! it makes me want to put my finger through my eye into my brain and swirl it around till i'm retarded... Sorry, did I go to far?
No. Push the finger in further.
Posted 17 years ago by underarmor    [ Reply ]
Not many songs make me want to shout "you kids turn off that infernal racket!!!" but this is one of them.
Posted 17 years ago by OldFrenchie    [ Reply ]
I like it; kinda Ditty-Boppish but with an angry grundgy angsty edge to it... Hard to top NY's Out on the Weekend, but nice -- OH and is that FF coming in? Yeehah! Laters, y 'all!
Posted 17 years ago by coloradojohn    [ Reply ]
Boring!!! it makes me want to put my finger through my eye into my brain and swirl it around till i'm retarded... Sorry, did I go to far?
Posted 17 years ago by Copperwood    [ Reply ]
sutcliff wrote:
"One of the great things about being in a band with other girls is you just don't come across the male ego trips." - Justine
Right. You come across the Female ego trips. BTW, cool followup to Neil Young. Yeah it's kind of a 3, but right after Out On the Weeken, it is pretty good. Nice choice, Bill.
Posted 17 years ago by Geecheeboy    [ Reply ]
"One of the great things about being in a band with other girls is you just don't come across the male ego trips." - Justine
Posted 17 years ago by sutcliff    [ Reply ]
YES!
Posted 17 years ago by timc    [ Reply ]
Trainspotting flashback
Posted 17 years ago by milehighYinzer    [ Reply ]
Man, that really was cool. Short, simple, neat.
Posted 17 years ago by lathyris    [ Reply ]
I remember cruising around Buckhead in Atlanta to this back in '95. "Let's go to the Cue Room!" "No, Nava!" "No, Lulu's Bait Shack!"
Posted 18 years ago by redeyespy    [ Reply ]
th3boon wrote:
did gorillaz sample part of this song for their track 'kids with guns' on the demon days album?
when this started playing, i thought it was a remix of "kids with guns" slowed down. interesting that it's the same riff in there. i don't think it's a sample, per se. more like the sort of situation that existed with the stones' spec-crap-ular whiny ballad "anybody seen my baby" and k.d. lang's equally whiny "constant craving". except in this case both songs are great.
Posted 18 years ago by tinkerbelly    [ Reply ]
There are better elastica songs... can we get some more?
Posted 18 years ago by Nuance    [ Reply ]
I love this album. Rock on.
Posted 19 years ago by timc    [ Reply ]
did gorillaz sample part of this song for their track 'kids with guns' on the demon days album?
Posted 19 years ago by th3boon    [ Reply ]
punchy
Posted 19 years ago by jeremydgreat    [ Reply ]
Mugro wrote:
Elastica was a one hit wonder, and this was not the one....
They might have been a one hit wonder to the radio community. But they actually were a one album wonder to the alt rock world. This whole album is very very good...
Posted 19 years ago by warderblu    [ Reply ]
Roto wrote:
I had a huuuuge crush on Justine Frischman She's like a female Joan Jett
REALLY?
Posted 19 years ago by Fat_Man_Flo    [ Reply ]
Elastica was a one hit wonder, and this was not the one....
Posted 19 years ago by Mugro    [ Reply ]
Trustocity wrote:
No one's given this a 1 yet? Let me rectify that...
Well, at least you are open about your oafishness.
Posted 19 years ago by redeyespy    [ Reply ]
Sorry
Posted 19 years ago by coding_to_music    [ Reply ]
Not their best, but a nice blast from the past.
Posted 19 years ago by Filofox    [ Reply ]
No one's given this a 1 yet? Let me rectify that...
Posted 19 years ago by Trustocity    [ Reply ]
reminds me of that Fastball song that was wallpapered all over the radio a bunch of summers ago...
Posted 19 years ago by rah    [ Reply ]
This song reminds me trainspotting, but I can't remember where in the film it's played...
Posted 19 years ago by zataomm7    [ Reply ]
Roto wrote:
I had a huuuuge crush on Justine Frischman
Oh yeah! I remember her from Family Ties...oh. Nevermind. Elastica is consistent in one way...ear-pleasing tunes. Quite likeable.
Posted 19 years ago by Roverfish    [ Reply ]
Tom Tom Club?
Posted 19 years ago by B-dub    [ Reply ]
I like Joan Jett and all... but I'm not so sure about that. lily34 wrote:
erm, isn't joan jett a female?
Posted 20 years ago by bobringer    [ Reply ]
Roto wrote:
I had a huuuuge crush on Justine Frischman She's like a female Joan Jett
erm, isn't joan jett a female?
Posted 20 years ago by lily34    [ Reply ]
Good rememberances of movie Trainspotting, too... (remember ? When Ewan McGregor was still an earthling ;))
Posted 20 years ago by mll    [ Reply ]
vocal range of a potato
Posted 20 years ago by eco    [ Reply ]
I love Elastica. :)
Posted 20 years ago by Waltenstein    [ Reply ]
There followup album Menace is good too. Different but not too much. still energetic and punky. Considering their absence & I believe a small heroin problem, the band still rocks. Look forward to more.
Posted 20 years ago by Nuance    [ Reply ]
A fitting reminder of when 90s "alternative" was actually fun, listenable.
Posted 20 years ago by redeyespy    [ Reply ]
Posted 20 years ago by R_P    [ Reply ]
Don't know if I'd call the song 'brilliant'. It's catchy but decidedly pop-oriented. Fun to listen to but lightweight.
Posted 20 years ago by justlistening    [ Reply ]
This song is brilliant... More Elastica!!!!
Posted 20 years ago by sleepless    [ Reply ]
I haven't listened to Elastica in years. Thanks for the memories. :o
Posted 21 years ago by timc    [ Reply ]
Roto wrote:
She's like a female Joan Jett
hehe.... I don't get it. MORE ELASTICA PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE (don't make me beg)
Posted 21 years ago by gandalfbmg    [ Reply ]
I had a huuuuge crush on Justine Frischman She's like a female Joan Jett
Posted 21 years ago by Roto    [ Reply ]
Oh now that\'s a treat. Just when I think I\'m getting a handle on the playlist, something like this comes up. I agree it is a great album too.
Posted 21 years ago by percolator    [ Reply ]
WOW Elastica! They\'re my second favorite band that I love but everyone looks at me funny when I mention their name (the other being That Dog). Nice choice, Bill. A damn fine song from one of my absolute favorite albums of the 90\'s (and on the Trainspotting soundtrack too).
Posted 21 years ago by gandalfbmg    [ Reply ]