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Trashcan Sinatras — All the Dark Horses
Album: Weightlifting
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Released: 2004
Length: 4:05
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on the sunset, horses silhouette
all is calm tonight
new horizon, keep your eyes on those stars
lighting a way

take me somewhere out there

through the fields, in the night
all the dark horses ride
no more reining in
now my aim is in sight
to the wild and the light

out of harm's way, where the traps all lay
tying you down, selling you out
beating you down - they're all over town
know your true self, or your truth might bend
they will turf you out in the end
don't heed a word they say
keep heading away

faraway, slow in motion
through the fields, in the night
all the dark horses ride
no more reining in
now my aim is in sight
to the wild and the light

long-lost summer days
are shining around again,
sky ablaze, ride away...
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makes me think of the finns a bit. but, i like this a lot.
Posted 9 months ago by lily34    [ Reply ]
Reminds me of Aztec Camera
Posted 6 years ago by natius    [ Reply ]
Caught TCS in Detroit a few weeks ago. Great show and really nice guys to talk with afterward too. 'Leave Me Alone' off of this album is one of my favorite songs.
Posted 8 years ago by bethslave    [ Reply ]
Stonking!!
Posted 9 years ago by prefabsprout    [ Reply ]
Meh.
Posted 9 years ago by stegokitty    [ Reply ]
 Jack_Jefferson wrote:
He did this on his variety show.  I think it was the episode with Don Knotts.
don knotts 
{#Lol}Yeah, it probably was not an episode with Charo and/or Ruth Buzzi.
Posted 9 years ago by Proclivities    [ Reply ]
 Jack_Jefferson wrote:


He did this on his variety show.  I think it was the episode with Don Knotts.

 

I remember that episode, Donny's hair was impeccable as usual.
Posted 10 years ago by sirdroseph    [ Reply ]
Went to see them at the now defunct Maxwell's in Hoboken NJ a few years ago....freakin sound guy had the volume set at "11"...my ears rung for days...only highlight of the show was the couple dry-humping while "dancing"....I love "Cake" - great collection of songs but the live show was way too loud.
Posted 10 years ago by Emwolb    [ Reply ]
What a great pick me up on a dreary grey morning.......
Posted 10 years ago by photolew    [ Reply ]
Please put the lid back on their can.
Posted 10 years ago by DaveInSaoMiguel    [ Reply ]
Always liked this song.....this sound....this time zone....
Posted 11 years ago by Shesdifferent    [ Reply ]
 Proclivities wrote:

Perhaps you are more acquainted with Donny Osmond's work than I am (particularly the B-sides), but I don't remember him doing anything that sounded anything like this.  I suppose it's all in the ear of the listener.
 

He did this on his variety show.  I think it was the episode with Don Knotts.
Posted 11 years ago by Jack_Jefferson    [ Reply ]
 justin_thyme wrote:
Exhilarating.  Gorgeous, lush vocal harmonies over wonderful guitars, banjo, and mandolin.  The key change kicks it even higher.  Love these Scots!  More, please!
 

Agree!
Posted 11 years ago by Jack_Jefferson    [ Reply ]
 GarageDragon wrote:

I was 6 in 1975.  So yeah, I'm pretty familiar with his work.  :-)
 
Yes, Donny was all over the place back then.  :-)
Posted 11 years ago by Proclivities    [ Reply ]
Not the best band to come out of Glasgow(ish) by a long stretch (Orange Juice, Jesus & Mary Chain, Belle & Sebastian, Blue Nile, Franz Ferdinand, Beta Band, Teenage Fanclub, Camera Obscura, Mogwai) but the flashbacks make me smile. {#Angel}
Posted 11 years ago by hidey    [ Reply ]
 Proclivities wrote:


Perhaps you are more acquainted with Donny Osmond's work than I am (particularly the B-sides), but I don't remember him doing anything that sounded like this.  I suppose it's all in the ear of the listener.
 
I was 6 in 1975.  So yeah, I'm pretty familiar with his work.  :-)
Posted 12 years ago by GarageDragon    [ Reply ]
 GarageDragon wrote:
Bill!  This?  You know I like when you branch out, but this?

It's like some smarmy 1970's Donny Osmand B-side.  This song has to go. 
 
Perhaps you are more acquainted with Donny Osmond's work than I am (particularly the B-sides), but I don't remember him doing anything that sounded anything like this.  I suppose it's all in the ear of the listener.
Posted 12 years ago by Proclivities    [ Reply ]
 cohifi wrote:

I couldn't agree more.....I made the mistake of buying the CD, and let me tell it is bad, except for this song.
 
And I couldn't disagree more! Bought the album based on hearing this, and it's grown, albeit slowly, to be one of my favourites. The title track is awesome, shame it's not on the playlist here...
Posted 12 years ago by toomanyollys    [ Reply ]
Don't know what you'll get but when I hit PSD, I got the Rain Song by Sep - yeah!!!!!
Posted 12 years ago by lemmoth    [ Reply ]
Sounds like a weak Michael Penn tune.
Posted 12 years ago by lemmoth    [ Reply ]
This sure hit the spot right now.  Volume up.
Posted 12 years ago by kurtster    [ Reply ]
 GarageDragon wrote:
Bill!  This?  You know I like when you branch out, but this?

It's like some smarmy 1970's Donny Osmand B-side.  This song has to go. 
 
I couldn't agree more.....I made the mistake of buying the CD, and let me tell it is bad, except for this song.
Posted 12 years ago by cohifi    [ Reply ]
 bluemoon88 wrote:
reminds me of Aztec Camera. Anyone else hear that?
 
Yes, indeed.  I like this song very much.

Posted 12 years ago by reindeer    [ Reply ]
Bill!  This?  You know I like when you branch out, but this?

It's like some smarmy 1970's Donny Osmand B-side.  This song has to go. 
Posted 13 years ago by GarageDragon    [ Reply ]

Trash as trash-can be!


Posted 13 years ago by Stingray    [ Reply ]
This song feels older than it is.  Antique almost.
Posted 13 years ago by ch83575    [ Reply ]
It occurs to me that this could be a KD Lang song.  You could just drop her vocals in there.  I love it, by the way.
Posted 13 years ago by Dave_Mack    [ Reply ]
Nice!
Posted 13 years ago by helgigermany    [ Reply ]
This song gets better each time. Solid 7.
Posted 14 years ago by ra990    [ Reply ]
at first listen— average at best.  Might get better after while.
Posted 14 years ago by FluorideFreeMN    [ Reply ]
Exhilarating.  Gorgeous, lush vocal harmonies over wonderful guitars, banjo, and mandolin.  The key change kicks it even higher.  Love these Scots!  More, please!
Posted 14 years ago by justin_thyme    [ Reply ]
Feels good.
Posted 14 years ago by Jelani    [ Reply ]
I got the CD largely based on hearing this song. The CD is very good, and this band is very, very good.
Posted 14 years ago by WonderLizard    [ Reply ]
Totally dig these guys and the fact they're Scottish means its NOT crap. ;) {#Sunny}
Posted 15 years ago by Tim_in_N_FL    [ Reply ]
Man, there are some friggin' amazing chord progressions in this song - especially in the chorus!
Posted 15 years ago by window    [ Reply ]
 simonhaven wrote:
Reminds me a lot of Aztec Camera (another great Scottish band)
 

oops! I should've read your comment before I said the same thing!
Posted 15 years ago by bluemoon88    [ Reply ]
reminds me of Aztec Camera. Anyone else hear that?
Posted 15 years ago by bluemoon88    [ Reply ]
when i pay off all my debts....
Posted 15 years ago by Lexapro_Headrush    [ Reply ]
Who the heck removed the lid from their trash can?
Posted 15 years ago by DaveInSaoMiguel    [ Reply ]
Good vocals
Posted 15 years ago by CamLwalk    [ Reply ]
 jagdriver wrote:
I think this is terrific.
 

{#Iamwithstupid}   Really uplifting, it is.... every time I hear it.


Posted 15 years ago by jagdriver    [ Reply ]
I alwasy forget that the Trash Can Sinatras are not a punk band. The name must bring back My Way as done by the Sid Vicious or something. RP needs some punk.
Posted 15 years ago by vit    [ Reply ]
I think this is terrific.

Posted 15 years ago by jagdriver    [ Reply ]
...and that was the Trash Can Sinatras singing their top hit, All the Dark Horses, here on Your Big Beat Radio ArrPee, playing ALL the hits ALL the time, here on the Glorious BIG SKY RADIO PARADISE!

Posted 15 years ago by Govi    [ Reply ]
I'm always a sucker for this kind of harmony. 9
Posted 15 years ago by BillJ    [ Reply ]
"Oh, it never rains in southern California....."

Posted 15 years ago by natural_tools    [ Reply ]
I agree. I have all four TCS albums, and there are plenty of other great songs; in fact the two that get played here are nowhere near the band's best.
Posted 15 years ago by le_colonel    [ Reply ]
 Excelsior wrote:

Pretty easy to forget that one, when this is the only one that ever sees any play.

 

'twas played just about a week ago (at playing of this song today)...
Posted 15 years ago by gandalfbmg    [ Reply ]
This makes me happy.
Posted 15 years ago by linden    [ Reply ]
Dude's voice is reminiscent of Moz.  Guitar style is very Marr as well.

So I like it....  derivative or not.
Posted 15 years ago by Thistle    [ Reply ]
 Excelsior wrote:
So are these guys one-hit wonders, or what? This is the only song I hear by them on RP, and believe me, I've heard it over and over and over and over... it's a good song, but jeez, let's mix it up a bit, huh?
 

Wow, I post from Excelsior that isn't complaining and complaining and complaning . . . it's good to hear you espose something positive, and jeez, keep up the good vibes there brother!{#Clap}
Posted 15 years ago by horstman    [ Reply ]
7 ==> 8
Posted 16 years ago by jagdriver    [ Reply ]
gandalfbmg wrote:
Don't forget Freetime.

Love'm both!

Pretty easy to forget that one, when this is the only one that ever sees any play.

Posted 16 years ago by Excelsior    [ Reply ]
 Excelsior wrote:
So are these guys one-hit wonders, or what? This is the only song I hear by them on RP, and believe me, I've heard it over and over and over and over... it's a good song, but jeez, let's mix it up a bit, huh?
 

Don't forget Freetime.

Love'm both!
Posted 16 years ago by gandalfbmg    [ Reply ]
una wacks...i think NOT!!!
Posted 16 years ago by cattail321    [ Reply ]
So are these guys one-hit wonders, or what? This is the only song I hear by them on RP, and believe me, I've heard it over and over and over and over... it's a good song, but jeez, let's mix it up a bit, huh?
Posted 16 years ago by Excelsior    [ Reply ]
byrd wrote:
Yeah, tell that to Pink Floyd.
Or The Hollies or Wailin' Jennys.
Posted 16 years ago by WonderLizard    [ Reply ]
Does this group have another song? Please!?!?
Posted 16 years ago by Excelsior    [ Reply ]
huh, i requested this at exactly this time yesterday... guess someone knew I'd be at my desk same time today :)
Posted 16 years ago by toomanyollys    [ Reply ]
Great album
Posted 16 years ago by matt!    [ Reply ]
pannaramma wrote:
I share your HO, Kerly.
:) Just now it turned from 7 to 9 and on the day when the spring started it got 10. Sweet
Posted 16 years ago by Kerly    [ Reply ]
This song is really appealing to me this morning for some reason.
Posted 16 years ago by lathyris    [ Reply ]
I share your HO, Kerly.
Posted 16 years ago by pannaramma    [ Reply ]
This is sort of a sweet song IMHO :)
Posted 16 years ago by Kerly    [ Reply ]
Huh, I popped on here to say this sounds like the Trash Can Sinatras. Guess someone beat me to it. Quite likeable tune...always enjoyed the simple melody of these guys.
Posted 17 years ago by Roverfish    [ Reply ]
Reminds me a lot of Aztec Camera (another great Scottish band)
Posted 17 years ago by simonhaven    [ Reply ]
I gotta upload "Weightlifting". That song is amazing.
Posted 17 years ago by DoctorHooey    [ Reply ]
Super! Exactly the three minute vacation I needed!
Posted 17 years ago by nancymaus    [ Reply ]
i really enjoyed this.
Posted 17 years ago by lily34    [ Reply ]
Playing this after Echo and the BM makes me want to have just heard a different Echo song
Posted 17 years ago by civey    [ Reply ]
Darkmatter wrote:
The perfect summer song.
Indeed, I can feel the snow melting outside my window.
Posted 17 years ago by Frater_Kork    [ Reply ]
A bit too refiined and lacking in soul for my tastes. Gritless.
Posted 17 years ago by Odyzzeuz    [ Reply ]
I guess the theme here is ...sounds like David Byrne
Posted 17 years ago by eastcoast    [ Reply ]
Darkmatter wrote:
The perfect summer song.
Yep
Posted 17 years ago by Danny_G    [ Reply ]
Not bad, and nice transition. I get the Guster feel
Posted 17 years ago by Daniel_Pittenger    [ Reply ]
Bouncey, happy, optimistic
Posted 17 years ago by fuh2    [ Reply ]
Thistle wrote:
Reminds me (instrumentally) of The Smiths at points...
Reminds me of Guster. Grabs you at first . . . and then leaves you wondering why you even bothered.
Posted 17 years ago by horstman    [ Reply ]
chicurlygirl wrote:
Interesting... where did these guys come from? Love the name.
Kilmarnock in Scotland.The same town that gave Johnnie Walker Whiskey to a gratefull world.
Posted 18 years ago by madaxeman    [ Reply ]
this is making data entry even worse, have mercy!
Posted 18 years ago by shua    [ Reply ]
Yawn.
Posted 18 years ago by Hannio    [ Reply ]
Wow, a flashback to the 90's. I owned their Cake album on tape. Still sounds good.
Posted 18 years ago by js5280    [ Reply ]
Weak-voiced anonymous MOR stuff, IMO. Aural Mogadon.
Posted 18 years ago by fredriley    [ Reply ]
just bought the album on iTunes ... Great stuff! Thanx to RP for introducing them to me.
Posted 18 years ago by undo_silence    [ Reply ]
Thistle wrote:
Reminds me (instrumentally) of The Smiths at points...
No, The Smiths were actually good...
Posted 18 years ago by thenoizzbox    [ Reply ]
The perfect summer song.
Posted 18 years ago by Darkmatter    [ Reply ]
Reminds me (instrumentally) of The Smiths at points...
Posted 18 years ago by Thistle    [ Reply ]
Fat_Man_Flo wrote:
Seems to me, that any band that names itself after some other musician doesn't entirely have high hopes for themselves.
Yeah, tell that to Pink Floyd.
Posted 18 years ago by byrd    [ Reply ]
Uplifting.
Posted 18 years ago by FallOutOfWindow    [ Reply ]
redeyespy wrote:
This sounds like something I'm going to fall in love with.
Sure enough.....this is quite pleasing. 9.
Posted 18 years ago by redeyespy    [ Reply ]
I think this is my new theme song.
Posted 18 years ago by gandalfbmg    [ Reply ]
Bought this disc after hearing Freetime on RP...not bad, although I think Freetime and All the Dark Horses are the best tracks. The rest of the disc is kind of
Posted 18 years ago by music_man    [ Reply ]
gjwho wrote:
Again, I have to say... one of the most underappreciated bands in the last 15 or so years.
And, I think, deservedly so.
Posted 18 years ago by Govi    [ Reply ]
Excellent to hear this, from a great album that was criminally overlooked in the UK. This is the standout track on the album for me.
Posted 18 years ago by matt!    [ Reply ]
jayvee2 wrote:
Nice harmonies!
i quite agree. good one.
Posted 18 years ago by PattonFever    [ Reply ]
Nice harmonies!
Posted 18 years ago by jayvee2    [ Reply ]
Again, I have to say... one of the most underappreciated bands in the last 15 or so years.
Posted 18 years ago by gjwho    [ Reply ]
Interesting... where did these guys come from? Love the name.
Posted 18 years ago by chicurlygirl    [ Reply ]
I really liked that one. Reminded me of "Kiss Me" by Sixpence None the Richer.
Posted 18 years ago by Dave_Mack    [ Reply ]
Just turned up the volume!!!! Love this more and more!
Posted 18 years ago by weevilkinevil    [ Reply ]
Just logged in...I like this.
Posted 18 years ago by Boring_Bob    [ Reply ]
music for the trash can!
Posted 18 years ago by iMacomania    [ Reply ]
Love the Trash Can Sinatras... almost as much as I love Bastard Sons of Johnny Cash
Posted 18 years ago by turnergirl1of2    [ Reply ]
The more I hear this song the more I like it.
Posted 18 years ago by hcaudill    [ Reply ]
I just signed on less than 2 minutes ago (Pluto-related business.) This is a fantastic 10-worthy track that's new to me I need to get back to Georgia...
Posted 18 years ago by plutodazed    [ Reply ]
Great song, never heard this before. Thanks Bill.
Posted 19 years ago by Gish05    [ Reply ]
Zep wrote:
Maybe but I'd like to hear more than the two trax RP has in the library. The Sinatras have been around for the better part of a decade. Diggin' it now though.
The Trashcans have been around a lot longer than a decade. I remember they were on the gig circuit when I played in a band in Scotland - that was in the late 80s.
Posted 19 years ago by rafterman    [ Reply ]
This is great. A lot of great Scottish bands have emerged from Glasgow in the past few years. Del Amitri, Travis, Mogwai, Texas, Belle & Sebastian, Franz Ferdinand , Snow Patrol, to name a few. The art schools in Glasgow & Edinburgh are a really fertile nursery of players. it's a great scene, independent of London which used to pull any aspiring musicians in the past.
Posted 19 years ago by daedalus    [ Reply ]
Fat_Man_Flo wrote:
Seems to me, that any band that names itself after some other musician doesn't entirely have high hopes for themselves.
From the TCS FAQ at https://www.gis.net/~jdimaria/tcs/tcsfaq.html
1.4 How did TCS get their name? Based on a radio interview with Rodney on the ROQ in 1993, TCS are fans of Frank Sinatra, but did not specifically name the band after Old Blue Eyes. As a teenager, Francis (Reader) participated in a government program, where he was responsible for emptying garbage cans. When it came time to name the band, someone mentioned the garbage cans, and the name Trash Can Sinatras was born. Here is the quote from the interview: "...it was Frank (who) used to be on this course. The government run these courses in Britain, where if you're unemployed you get to go on these courses for three to six months. And you have to, like, dig holes and fill them in again, silly things like that. It's just to keep the unemployment figures down, basically. They were on this one in a community centre. (Francis): It was a creative one. We was supposed to do creative things. It was really just to fill up your day, to stop you from doing bad things. We decided, a bunch of us, to do a concert for the other folk and all we had was bins and stuff like that. That was just the name we came up with at the time. It wasn't until a few years later when we got a band together and we were stuck for a name and we thought, hey, that was kind of a cool name. So we stuck with that and we've lived to regret it ever since." From Paul Leddy's band interview in July 1993, David said "Our name comes from a class that Frank, George and I took. We had to perform for the class, Frank was singing and we were just hitting things, one of the things we hit was a trash can and sinatras just came later, just music, bad music."
Posted 19 years ago by runchadrun    [ Reply ]
Seems to me, that any band that names itself after some other musician doesn't entirely have high hopes for themselves. Though, I'm a huge fan of 'Pearl Jam 2'
Posted 19 years ago by Fat_Man_Flo    [ Reply ]
The band has officially changed it to "Trashcan" from "Trash Can". Don't ask me why. - D runchadrun wrote:
This is on iTunes listed as the "Trashcan Sinatras" instead of the correct "Trash Can." I bought the entire CD the day it was released and it's still there today.
Posted 19 years ago by poznan    [ Reply ]
Zep wrote:
Maybe but I'd like to hear more than the two trax RP has in the library. The Sinatras have been around for the better part of a decade. Diggin' it now though.
I've tried to get them added, but here's my luck so far: The Trash Can Sinatras - Bloodrush reviewing 8/2 (80%) Trash Can Sinatras - Hayfever sorry 19/8 (70%) The Trash Can Sinatras - Twisted And Bent sorry 12/1 (92%) The Trash Can Sinatras - Obscurity Knocks sorry 15/3 (83%) The Trash Can Sinatras - Only Tongue Can Tell sorry 10/2 (83%)
Posted 19 years ago by runchadrun    [ Reply ]
xavi wrote:
doesn't this sound like a spin-off from Prefab Sprout?
I don't know much about Prefab Sprout, but I always thought that TCS has the sound characteristic of bands on Go! Discs, like the Beautiful South. (TCS' original label was Go! Discs)
Posted 19 years ago by runchadrun    [ Reply ]
xavi wrote:
doesn't this sound like a spin-off from Prefab Sprout?
I love them both
Posted 19 years ago by bubb1971    [ Reply ]
coding_to_music wrote:
Alternative Music Muzak
Maybe but I'd like to hear more than the two trax RP has in the library. The Sinatras have been around for the better part of a decade. Diggin' it now though.
Posted 19 years ago by Zep    [ Reply ]
This sounds like something I'm going to fall in love with.
Posted 19 years ago by redeyespy    [ Reply ]
doesn't this sound like a spin-off from Prefab Sprout?
Posted 19 years ago by xavi    [ Reply ]
cupcakegirrrl wrote:
OH! But not on iTunes! WTF?!
This is on iTunes listed as the "Trashcan Sinatras" instead of the correct "Trash Can." I bought the entire CD the day it was released and it's still there today.
Posted 19 years ago by runchadrun    [ Reply ]
I'm not sure what got Bill turned onto TCS, but I certainly don't mind hearing them once a day :-) I guess I should try reuploading some of their songs that got rejected in the past.
Posted 19 years ago by runchadrun    [ Reply ]
Nice tune. And this is a great name for a band.
Posted 19 years ago by Cyclehawk    [ Reply ]
tueschyld wrote:
:D/ perfect happy sound for the afternoon...thanks for playing it. Interested in hearing more of their stuff.
I second that! Gonna have to check these cats out.
Posted 19 years ago by charlesryder    [ Reply ]