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Soul Coughing — The Incumbent
Album: El Oso
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5.3

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Total ratings: 113









Released: 1998
Length: 6:36
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New York, New York -- I won't go back.
Indelible reminder of the steel I lack.
I gave you seven years, what did you give me back?
A jaw-grind, disposition to a panic attack.

On this side, the incumbent, and who quoth,
There's only one everything -- red sucker mouth.
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boring
Posted 19 years ago by rolf    [ Reply ]
Love the groove! Excellent!!!
Posted 19 years ago by zogma    [ Reply ]
This is one of the few songs that almost forces me to change the channel. Fortunately, I can always count on RP to redeem themselves quickly. But, why push it!
Posted 19 years ago by TheMeester    [ Reply ]
Berthold wrote:
This song would get a high rating from me, if it weren't for those damn bells...
and most of the other sounds, over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over (repeat a few hundred more times) again.
Posted 19 years ago by Xeric    [ Reply ]
More Soul Coughing PHE-LEASE!!! WOO!
Posted 19 years ago by drekar    [ Reply ]
For the first minute or so I thought this was Cake.
I thought it was annoying - but unfortunately, it lasted for a lot longer than a minute.
Posted 19 years ago by jbjnr    [ Reply ]
For the first minute or so I thought this was Cake.
Posted 19 years ago by BGGA    [ Reply ]
This song would get a high rating from me, if it weren't for those damn bells...
Posted 19 years ago by Berthold    [ Reply ]
smilingsherpa wrote:
Have you heard much of Mike Doughty's solo stuff? It is fabulous. I was so sad when Soul Coughing broke up, but he's great on his own as well. No upright bass... but I'll take what I can get!
i have heard some of his solo stuff - right here on good 'ole RP! ...and I dig it too.
Posted 19 years ago by MisterVErb    [ Reply ]
That's AWESOME! Funnest thing i've heard in a while...
Posted 19 years ago by bschena    [ Reply ]
Insanely, wierdly, obnoxiously... cool.
Posted 19 years ago by Old_Pool_Skunk    [ Reply ]
MisterVErb wrote:
i love these guys. ...and the odd looks they generate from my coworkers... 8O
Have you heard much of Mike Doughty's solo stuff? It is fabulous. I was so sad when Soul Coughing broke up, but he's great on his own as well. No upright bass... but I'll take what I can get!
Posted 19 years ago by smilingsherpa    [ Reply ]
i love these guys. ...and the odd looks they generate from my coworkers... 8O
Posted 19 years ago by MisterVErb    [ Reply ]
I think I would've liked it better if it wasn't played on Monday morning at 9:00. It was a little much for my present mental state. I'll withold final judgment until I hear it again at a different time. A 6 for now...
Posted 19 years ago by Alafia    [ Reply ]
That disc is so bad compared to their previous ones, but I'd forgotten about this song, which is pretty cool.
Posted 19 years ago by smilingsherpa    [ Reply ]
It sounds like it was recorded in the toilet of some night club where a band is jamming, while someone is yelling through a megaphone in the street next to it.
Posted 19 years ago by DrLex    [ Reply ]
They get an extra point for getting the phrase "panic attack" in their lyrics. I'm sliding a bit towards positive on this offering - kinda like sliding on an old splintery teeter-totter bare nekked.
Posted 19 years ago by diane    [ Reply ]
Ambient. Hypnotic. Dire, I give it a 6 .
Posted 19 years ago by trekhead    [ Reply ]
Sounds like Santa and his elves on amphetamines...
Posted 19 years ago by blue-ice    [ Reply ]
Art_Carnage wrote:
Soul Coughing? Sounds more like Soul Hacking Up A Hairball. Boring.
If my cat sounded this bad hacking up a hairball, I would give him away!
Posted 19 years ago by ad4tise    [ Reply ]
each one of their songs sounds worse than the next. this one's annoying. no thanks.
Posted 19 years ago by tony620d    [ Reply ]
LLMikeJ wrote:
while I think there are better soul coughing songs out there, i almost always enjoy hearing their quirk-groove.
I agree, in fact off this album alone there are much better selections. Great band .. and luv that label "quirk-groove" !!!
Posted 19 years ago by UncleChig    [ Reply ]
Soul Coughing? Sounds more like Soul Hacking Up A Hairball. Boring.
Posted 19 years ago by Art_Carnage    [ Reply ]
Soul Coughing just sucks.
Posted 19 years ago by Mot    [ Reply ]
madtowner11 wrote:
This isn't their best work, but it's unmistakably Soul Coughing.
Agree. At first I didn't hear M Doughty and I wasn't sure until I looked. I really like it, but you can't beat Ruby Vroom for a collection of religious experiences.
Posted 19 years ago by timandjuliet    [ Reply ]
colt4x5 wrote:
very talented. mixing of all the elements (percussion, vocals, is that keyboards or sleigh bells?) adds up to a nice groove. main vocal puts me to mind of the fall, when mark e. smith used to carry his cheap megaphone on stage in a brown paper bag. go on, outdo THAT!
This is pretty cool, I dig it, very unorthodox
Posted 19 years ago by masterhead    [ Reply ]
very talented. mixing of all the elements (percussion, vocals, is that keyboards or sleigh bells?) adds up to a nice groove. main vocal puts me to mind of the fall, when mark e. smith used to carry his cheap megaphone on stage in a brown paper bag. go on, outdo THAT!
Posted 19 years ago by colt4x5    [ Reply ]
This isn't their best work, but it's unmistakably Soul Coughing.
Posted 19 years ago by madtowner11    [ Reply ]
negative. this song is annoying as is the whole band and this guys voice.
Posted 19 years ago by tony620d    [ Reply ]
I think this song is especially interesting though. I love to hear what to me sounds like a journal entry that was meant to alleviate frustration of failure. Most of it is "quirk rock" but occasionally you will find relatable meaning and substance. I gave you seven years what did you give me back? A jaw growing disposition to a panic attack.....indelible reminder of the steel I lack
Posted 19 years ago by snortch    [ Reply ]
LLMikeJ wrote:
while I think there are better soul coughing songs out there, i almost always enjoy hearing their quirk-groove.
ditto
Posted 19 years ago by ciscochasbro    [ Reply ]
while I think there are better soul coughing songs out there, i almost always enjoy hearing their quirk-groove.
Posted 19 years ago by LLMikeJ    [ Reply ]