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Snakefarm — Banks of the Ohio
Album: Songs from My Funeral
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Nice take on a classic, best song on the album. Reminiscent in theme of So Much Water So Close to Home, a song by Australian Paul Kelly based on a short story by Raymond Carver that also found its way into Robert Altman's movie Short Cuts.
Posted 17 years ago by Rob_S    [ Reply ]
...a six...I like songs that have places in them...otherwise it would be a five...
Posted 17 years ago by Sean-E-Sean    [ Reply ]
horrible wait, i think i mean the song before this with the dying calf noises? that one horrible
Posted 17 years ago by dragonfish    [ Reply ]
Bought their album years ago when it first came out. Not played it since though. May have to go and dig it out now.
Posted 17 years ago by merkin_muffley    [ Reply ]
Posted 17 years ago by Andreee    [ Reply ]
Steven_G wrote:
You are all wrong - Not Madonna, NOT Supreme Beings of Leisure, et. al. Nope, what they REALLY sound like is the Bangles ! Well, at least on this song, Banks of the Ohio. (If you listen to the Bangles Amazon.com samples, give a listen particularly to cut 10. - Eternal Flame. My mind reels at the thought of where they could be today had they not split up!) I am with you Tux, I really enjoy this music! To the naysayers - listen to samples (click here and go to the Samples section) from Snakefarm's entire album and you'll see that they are a genre-resisting group and don't really sound at all like the other groups and people mentioned here!
Actually, I think they sound like Bananarama. No, really. Regardless, this is a neat take on a rad trad.
Posted 18 years ago by WonderLizard    [ Reply ]
drover wrote:
His comment was a joke. Banks of the Ohio. Financial institutions of the Buckeye state. Get it? Are your eyes watering as much as mine from the hilarity? 8)
Yes, I got it...I was just using his amusing comment as a jumping off point to express my surprise.
Posted 18 years ago by Zweiblumen    [ Reply ]
This also reminds me a bit of Eliza Carthy that scion of British folk rock. Does anyone else know what I mean?
Posted 18 years ago by chuck_flacks    [ Reply ]
What a great groovin' version of this classic.
Posted 18 years ago by Alexandra    [ Reply ]
Tux wrote:
I don't share that opinion. I seriously like this.
You are all wrong - Not Madonna, NOT Supreme Beings of Leisure, et. al. Nope, what they REALLY sound like is the Bangles ! Well, at least on this song, Banks of the Ohio. (If you listen to the Bangles Amazon.com samples, give a listen particularly to cut 10. - Eternal Flame. My mind reels at the thought of where they could be today had they not split up!) I am with you Tux, I really enjoy this music! To the naysayers - listen to samples (click here and go to the Samples section) from Snakefarm's entire album and you'll see that they are a genre-resisting group and don't really sound at all like the other groups and people mentioned here!
Posted 18 years ago by Steven_G    [ Reply ]
rah wrote:
make it stop....
I don't share that opinion. I seriously like this.
Posted 18 years ago by Tux    [ Reply ]
Sort of doesn't go anywhere does it?! Not above a 6
Posted 18 years ago by RationalB    [ Reply ]
heliosweb wrote:
Did anyone catch the sound effects sampling from Star Trek? Guess I'm dating myself, but that comes from the old Star Trek show. Listen carefully and you'll hear that spacey, echo-ey "bleep, bleep" sound in the background. Pretty cool... steve
I caught that too. I was looking here in the comments to see if anyone else had heard the same thing.
Posted 19 years ago by MrSpaz    [ Reply ]
Every time I hear this song on RP, I have a "Madonna on RP?!!" moment.
Posted 19 years ago by AliGator    [ Reply ]
Baby_M wrote:
Any band named "Snakefarm" has to be a lot of fun.
This is the only band I know named "Snakefarm" and I don't think it's that fun. I'll keep searchin.
Posted 19 years ago by Fat_Man_Flo    [ Reply ]
Any band named "Snakefarm" has to be a lot of fun.
Posted 19 years ago by Baby_M    [ Reply ]
I love this song, but it's not the same version that's on my album. This one seems to be remixed more... The one I have is more like Portishead - this one has a very busy drum track.
Posted 19 years ago by 07734    [ Reply ]
I like Snakefarm.
Posted 19 years ago by majortom505    [ Reply ]
Supreme Beings of Leisure?
Posted 19 years ago by coding_to_music    [ Reply ]
Zweiblumen wrote:
:P People here seem surprisingly down on Snakefarm. I think they have interesting takes on old folk tunes, but that's just me.
His comment was a joke. Banks of the Ohio. Financial institutions of the Buckeye state. Get it? Are your eyes watering as much as mine from the hilarity? 8)
Posted 19 years ago by drover    [ Reply ]
The vocals and the beat remind me of Lucious Jackson. Love that band.
Posted 19 years ago by Mugro    [ Reply ]
chieromancer wrote:
Nice, buy why a song about the financial institutions of the Buckeye state?
:P People here seem surprisingly down on Snakefarm. I think they have interesting takes on old folk tunes, but that's just me.
Posted 19 years ago by Zweiblumen    [ Reply ]
make it stop....
Posted 19 years ago by rah    [ Reply ]
Nice, buy why a song about the financial institutions of the Buckeye state?
Posted 19 years ago by chieromancer    [ Reply ]
cataloger wrote:
This is a very old bluegrass song. Listen very closely to the lyrics. Most authentic folk songs are bloody like this.
Yikes. Reminds me of River's Edge and Dead Can Dance at the same time.
Posted 20 years ago by resonator    [ Reply ]
i'd rather hear an authentic bluegrass rendition. this stinks.
Posted 20 years ago by rah    [ Reply ]
Seriously lame.
Posted 20 years ago by Enrique    [ Reply ]
Did anyone catch the sound effects sampling from Star Trek? Guess I'm dating myself, but that comes from the old Star Trek show. Listen carefully and you'll hear that spacey, echo-ey "bleep, bleep" sound in the background. Pretty cool... steve
Posted 20 years ago by heliosweb    [ Reply ]
This is a very old bluegrass song. Listen very closely to the lyrics. Most authentic folk songs are bloody like this. I think Bill Monroe did a version of this.
Posted 20 years ago by cataloger    [ Reply ]
Yes! I am the first! This is a truly great song.
Posted 20 years ago by Geckex    [ Reply ]