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West Indian Girl — Dream
Album: West Indian Girl
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Released: 2004
Length: 4:24
Plays (last 30 days): 3
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I'm on a dock overlooking my mind
I hitch my boat and I drift off
Where fools whisper lies

Everything's a sign when dreams come alive

I'm not crazy at all, my friends they talk
I try to listen, but waves keep crashing
Against my mind to pull me where
The years are days and all those days are years I've lost
They've finally come to tell me
I'm alive in a boat to catch myself inside a dream

Everything's a sign when dreams come alive
Everything's a sign but still
You're asking why love is across
The frozen lake that always seems to break when you walk to the other side

You are here now
We're not crazy at all
You are free now
We're not crazy at all
You are safe now
We're not crazy at all
You are
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all I wanted was a Pepsi, an they wouldn't give it to me...
Posted 2 months ago by ick    [ Reply ]
This trippy, excellent, contemplative song always finds me in a glorious place...for so long, it used to often find me looking out over Tokyo from my tony little Gotokuji penthouse; now it finds me in groovy digs high above a creek where the cottonwoods and poplars are trying out their new leaves against the stiff winds of spring. I'm looking north along the Front Range, watching the jubilant march of Nature toward yet another summer unfold, while still seeing lots of new snow on Mount Audubon and the Indian Peaks Range... Like Paradise, especially with RP as a reliably surreal soundtrack!
Posted 6 months ago by coloradojohn    [ Reply ]
Fair to say at this point he is definitely not for me, and appreciate RP exposing me nonetheless.
Posted 9 months ago by aspicer    [ Reply ]
I love this album!!!
Posted 11 months ago by tm    [ Reply ]
A perfectly sane song to listen to.

Posted 1 year ago by Laptopdog    [ Reply ]
you’re not crazy at all
Posted 1 year ago by tm    [ Reply ]
 rhlrstn wrote:

I swear I heard "everything's the same with cheese"



If you melt it and pour enough of it over everthing that is likely a true statement. I worked in a cheese processing factory in college... 
Posted 2 years ago by BBoyes    [ Reply ]
A Supergrass song played at 0.5 speed.

(nice!)
Posted 2 years ago by RoelantSiekman    [ Reply ]
"love is across the frozen lake that always seems to break when you walk to the other side"

word
Posted 3 years ago by walkerpub    [ Reply ]
 rhlrstn wrote:

I swear I heard "everything's the same with cheese"



You're not crazy at all.
Posted 3 years ago by (former member)    [ Reply ]
Beautiful poetry to harmonious tunes played.
Posted 3 years ago by (former member)    [ Reply ]
I love this album… the first song Trip was fucking fantastic until apple music lost it and replaced it with some instrumental shit.(I don’t know how that happened)
Posted 3 years ago by tm    [ Reply ]
I swear I heard "everything's the same with cheese"
Posted 3 years ago by rhlrstn    [ Reply ]
 SurfDoc wrote:
Anybody know what happened to this band?  I saw them once or twice and they were great.  Their website is no longer up.  Sad to see great bands go.  Another one that was good that went long ago but might be making a come back is Percy Hill, haven't heard that ever played on RP but might be worth a listen.
 
They got cancelled for Cultural Appropriation
Posted 3 years ago by mjbaumann    [ Reply ]
I bit like Perry Farrell, I like it.
Posted 4 years ago by LeftShoe    [ Reply ]
brings to mind Lindsey Buckingham's "Not Too Late"
Posted 4 years ago by inmanart    [ Reply ]
Love this band, bummer I think they are done.  The website is no longer active and haven't heard a peep in years.
Posted 6 years ago by SurfDoc    [ Reply ]
I thought the lead singer might be Cinjun Tate from Remy Zero, one of my favorite, relatively little known bands that RP also plays from time to time. Such a similar style to my ears.
Posted 7 years ago by Synth80s    [ Reply ]
Man, I haven't heard this band in YEARS. Great mellow follow-up to Porcupine Tree.
Posted 7 years ago by smackiepipe    [ Reply ]
I believe that Mariqueen Mandig, vocalist and South Pacific beauty extraordinaire, moved on; yeah, she broke up with one of the blokes, married Trent Reznor, and that was that...  Too bad, because they really had a great thing going! Alas, as Buddha Said, ALL things arise and pass, arise and pass...there is only the arising and passing of phenomena...  But they left us a wonderful sonic legacy!
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SurfDoc wrote:
Anybody know what happened to this band?  I saw them once or twice and they were great.  Their website is no longer up.  Sad to see great bands go.  Another one that was good that went long ago but might be making a come back is Percy Hill, haven't heard that ever played on RP but might be worth a listen.

Posted 7 years ago by coloradojohn    [ Reply ]
Anybody know what happened to this band?  I saw them once or twice and they were great.  Their website is no longer up.  Sad to see great bands go.  Another one that was good that went long ago but might be making a come back is Percy Hill, haven't heard that ever played on RP but might be worth a listen.
Posted 8 years ago by SurfDoc    [ Reply ]
Soothing music… 
Posted 8 years ago by tfioreze    [ Reply ]
I was convinced this was The Thrills. The voice anyway...
Posted 9 years ago by joempie    [ Reply ]
Ocean, sunlight and seagulls, yeah
Posted 9 years ago by OHMish    [ Reply ]
I welcome this! Always good to hear, always takes me back to the sunny penthouse perch I had in Setagaya-ku, Tokyo from 2002-12...
Posted 9 years ago by coloradojohn    [ Reply ]
Very nice!
Posted 9 years ago by Webfoot    [ Reply ]
Awesome that you play this relatively unknown song.  Its definitely a great one.
Posted 10 years ago by SurfDoc    [ Reply ]
I'm amazed that this doesn't get played more often.  Very cool.
Posted 11 years ago by NeuroGeek    [ Reply ]
Prefer "Miles From Monterey" from the same album.
Posted 11 years ago by ajstone    [ Reply ]
I find that this song still works really well for me, setting the mood to Dreamy as I find myself at Standard Orbit here on a sunny lush green morning with the smell of freshly cut grass wafting in on the delightfully cool breeze...  I miss this trippy band and the sounds they made...
Posted 11 years ago by coloradojohn    [ Reply ]
Yawn, hhhmmmm, zzzzz.  Praise from the folks who don't "get" Bob Dylan?  T-D-Us.
Posted 12 years ago by joelbb    [ Reply ]
This is a great band....and they have mixes and bonus music on the their site. Check them out and listen to more grooves and trip!
https://www.westindiangirl.com/recordings/ 
Posted 12 years ago by Living_By_Design    [ Reply ]
Can't forget how I was one shimmery summer day out tending the planters on the balconies of my then still new-feeling breezy rooftop perch in Setagaya, Tokyo with the sliding doors open and sound up good and high when this band burst onto the RP stream and Wow it held me tightly and wound me up in its delightful spell and I still like how it lingers long and lyrical and reverberates deep within my soul.
Posted 12 years ago by coloradojohn    [ Reply ]
 westslope wrote:

I like this song.  But what really strikes me is how well it follows Porcupine Tree's The Start of Something Beautiful.

 

This DJ rocks.  

 

None of us are worthy.  

 

No one but a girl from West India (I assume she's from Goa).

And you, of course!!!


Posted 12 years ago by Stingray    [ Reply ]

I like this song.  But what really strikes me is how well it follows Porcupine Tree's The Start of Something Beautiful.

 

This DJ rocks.  

 

None of us are worthy.  


Posted 12 years ago by westslope    [ Reply ]
He and she speak the same language, if in different dialects.
Can you imagine the gal from thia band is engaged to Trent Renzor of Nine Inch Nails?  Go figure, totally different musical tastes, wonder how that works!
 


Posted 12 years ago by blackdogsailing    [ Reply ]
I love RP HD, but for some songs, I just want to close my eyes and see how the music alone can spur my imagination, and this is one of those songs
Posted 12 years ago by blackdogsailing    [ Reply ]
Reminds me of Jane's Addiction.
Posted 13 years ago by flyboy    [ Reply ]
 Lumpy13 wrote:
How is the rest of this album?  Thinking of buying it . . .
 
It's kind of trippy/psychedelic-sounding and smooth, like this tune.  It's not for everyone, but I like it.  You can probably check out little samples on Amazon or look for some of the tunes on YouTube.

Posted 13 years ago by Proclivities    [ Reply ]
 hippiechick wrote:
I love this album, did they ever make another?
 
Yes


Posted 13 years ago by TimeWaster    [ Reply ]
How is the rest of this album?  Thinking of buying it . . .
Posted 13 years ago by Lumpy13    [ Reply ]
I love this album, did they ever make another?
Posted 13 years ago by hippiechick    [ Reply ]
Sounds like sparklehorse... R.I.P mark linkhaus!
Posted 14 years ago by OscarHW    [ Reply ]
 ortallcowgirl wrote:
Can you imagine the gal from thia band is engaged to Trent Renzor of Nine Inch Nails?  Go figure, totally different musical tastes, wonder how that works!
 
Their musical output may be "totally different" from each other's, but their "tastes" probably run pretty close. (I guess){#Ask}

Posted 14 years ago by Proclivities    [ Reply ]
 fookmyoldboots wrote:
Dont you just love those songs that catch your attention.
 
{#Yes}

Posted 14 years ago by KurtfromLaQuinta    [ Reply ]
 Danny_G wrote:
Porcupine Tree - Start of Something Beautiful {#Arrow} West Indian Girl - Dream

 
Perfect

Posted 14 years ago by ambrebalte    [ Reply ]
Can you imagine the gal from thia band is engaged to Trent Renzor of Nine Inch Nails?  Go figure, totally different musical tastes, wonder how that works!
Posted 15 years ago by ortallcowgirl    [ Reply ]
deftones on valium
Posted 15 years ago by orthomd    [ Reply ]
these guys are great live too! great set!
Posted 15 years ago by annie_fannie    [ Reply ]
Dont you just love those songs that catch your attention.
Posted 15 years ago by fookmyoldboots    [ Reply ]
Porcupine Tree - Start of Something Beautiful {#Arrow} West Indian Girl - Dream

Posted 15 years ago by Danny_G    [ Reply ]
 Krispian wrote:
Yeah. Why no Mercury Rev?
 
A very good question.  They are a fav and just underplayed, IMO.
Posted 15 years ago by eyeswideopen    [ Reply ]
 robco1 wrote:
Frakin' brilliant segue from PT's Start of Something Beautiful. Bill is a DJ God! {#Notworthy}
 
couldnt agree more, and just as faithless taught us : God is a DJ  {#Cool}

Posted 16 years ago by Loreweaver    [ Reply ]
Sure wish they would come out with another album. This is one of my faves.
Posted 16 years ago by hippiechick    [ Reply ]
Frakin' brilliant segue from PT's Start of Something Beautiful. Bill is a DJ God! {#Notworthy}
Posted 16 years ago by robco1    [ Reply ]
nice set we are on now.
Posted 16 years ago by Kittee    [ Reply ]


Posted 16 years ago by Danny_G    [ Reply ]
gooooooooooooooooood{#Whistle}
Posted 16 years ago by marmoteenha    [ Reply ]
Hard to believe it's been 4 years already since this record came over the waves here at RP... Still sounds good, as does the carrier!

Posted 16 years ago by coloradojohn    [ Reply ]
Just bought the Album from RP's iTunes link. Nice. Very much looking forward to this.
Posted 16 years ago by chasech5    [ Reply ]
Still love this!
Posted 17 years ago by hippiechick    [ Reply ]
Mari wrote:
... lucky, lucky you wanna go see!!!
I'll keep an eye out for their next performance and let you know so that you can fly down here. :)
Posted 17 years ago by pilate    [ Reply ]
pilate wrote:
I saw them at the Troubadour in LA. Amazing performers!
... lucky, lucky you wanna go see!!!
Posted 17 years ago by Mari    [ Reply ]
I saw them at the Troubadour in LA. Amazing performers!
Posted 17 years ago by pilate    [ Reply ]
It's better as a song to listen to on purpose than as background music to a Budweiser commercial.
Posted 17 years ago by thewaxtadpole    [ Reply ]
The cover looks like a Bird of Paradise flower. (click here)
Posted 17 years ago by celadonstone    [ Reply ]
Every time I listen to this, it reminds me of West Indian Girl... now that's a great band!
Posted 17 years ago by dowdog999    [ Reply ]
Oh so nice. Great segue from Porcupine Tree, too.
Posted 17 years ago by 2Hawks    [ Reply ]
This sounds a lot like Spiritualized with a sprinkling of Flaming Lips
Posted 18 years ago by palexis    [ Reply ]
The good thing about this song is that no matter how stressed, up tight or pissed off I feel when I hear this song, by the end of the first few bars of guitar I feel much better. It reminds me of driving on a sunny day on a curvy, open highway... yeah RP
Posted 18 years ago by slugore    [ Reply ]
Yeah. Why no Mercury Rev? Fredrikson wrote:
thought it was mercury rev how come there is no mercury rev on this station? =(
Posted 18 years ago by Krispian    [ Reply ]
I bought this CD--most excellent, would recommend.
Posted 18 years ago by Rafter101    [ Reply ]
Nice sound. Breezy, relaxed. If you like this give Treehouse's "Save me from me" a listen at www.myspace.com/treehouseonline
Posted 18 years ago by Cellocaster_Paul    [ Reply ]
I'm diggin this song.
Posted 18 years ago by ndfan75    [ Reply ]
thought it was mercury rev how come there is no mercury rev on this station? =(
Posted 18 years ago by Fredrikson    [ Reply ]
Haven't heard this lovely gem for awhile. Good cd!
Posted 18 years ago by hippiechick    [ Reply ]
Dang, the voice on this track (Dream) sounds like Tim DeLaughter.... Check out some Tripping Daisy!
Posted 18 years ago by wyldbill    [ Reply ]
Oh wow...once again this beautiful song rescues me from the boredom of my workday...
Posted 18 years ago by ploafmaster    [ Reply ]
Bocephus wrote:
I really like this band. Very distinctive sound. Never would have heard of them except for RP.
Word.
Posted 18 years ago by AphidA    [ Reply ]
I really like this band. Very distinctive sound. Never would have heard of them except for RP.
Posted 18 years ago by Bocephus    [ Reply ]
yeah, the whole album is beautiful to listen to all the way through. I enjoyed them in concert too, at the Troubadour, a few months ago. And btw, this was my second official Radio Paradise purchase (The first being Arcade Fire), so thank you, RP!
Posted 18 years ago by Angloray    [ Reply ]
I don't know the rest of the album, but this sounds like Coldplay meets the Beatles. 1meadowwoods wrote:
I recently discovered this band (thanks to Radio Paradise) and I love the sound! I've been listening to this album daily and it sounds better every day.
Posted 19 years ago by schmoooz    [ Reply ]
I recently discovered this band (thanks to Radio Paradise) and I love the sound! I've been listening to this album daily and it sounds better every day.
Posted 19 years ago by meadowwoods    [ Reply ]
sounds like jane's addiction to me.
Posted 19 years ago by rah    [ Reply ]
ianguy wrote:
yay, my upload is popular 8)
Great song ¡muchas gracias!
Posted 19 years ago by Danny_G    [ Reply ]
Dammit, Bill, I'm trying to work here! ;-) Just bumped the rating up one more notch. Gotta do that when at the first note I'm reaching to turn up the volume. (the reverse is also true, of course)
Posted 19 years ago by Roverfish    [ Reply ]
Love this band
Posted 19 years ago by elokin2141    [ Reply ]
What a great song!! Thanks for introducing me to this artist.
Posted 19 years ago by seekinggrace    [ Reply ]
This reminds me a lot of some of the more laid back stuff by Tripping Daisy, particularly stuff from "I Am An Elastic Firecracker". Bill, how about throwing some of that in the rotation?
Posted 19 years ago by embo    [ Reply ]
psycholynx wrote:
Am I the only one to think of Hot Air Balloons when I hear this song?
No, it's kinda dreamy and pleasant like a hot air balloon. I'm giving it 2 more points.
Posted 19 years ago by serendipity_blue    [ Reply ]
kaosmonkey wrote:
I just got married last Saturday (July 9) My wife walked down the aisle to this song. Thanks to RP for introducing it to us.
Congrats!! Great choice.
Posted 19 years ago by Roverfish    [ Reply ]
I just got married last Saturday (July 9) My wife walked down the aisle to this song. Thanks to RP for introducing it to us.
Posted 19 years ago by kaosmonkey    [ Reply ]
Is this band named after a drug? Someone told me that the other day. EDIT: Just confirmed that. Named after a type of LSD.
Posted 19 years ago by g-rod    [ Reply ]
Ho hum. Doesn't pain me (things that cause pain are 1's), but it doesn't grab my attention or get me bopping, which is pretty much my definition of "ho hum."
Posted 19 years ago by Zweiblumen    [ Reply ]
psycholynx wrote:
Am I the only one to think of Hot Air Balloons when I hear this song?
I think more of air heads, thou
Posted 19 years ago by masterhead    [ Reply ]
Am I the only one to think of Hot Air Balloons when I hear this song?
Posted 19 years ago by psycholynx    [ Reply ]
So airy...so beautiful...a 9.
Posted 19 years ago by ploafmaster    [ Reply ]
Funny, this doesn't sound like a West Indian Girl.......
Posted 19 years ago by Mugro    [ Reply ]
Gee... I don't think I've ever heard a song sound like such hard work!
Posted 19 years ago by diane    [ Reply ]
Hob wrote:
What's the rest of the CD like?
This is a pretty good representation of the styles present, though the tempo can get quicker and more upbeat.
Posted 19 years ago by ianguy    [ Reply ]
ianguy wrote:
yay, my upload is popular 8)
Nice call :) Wasn't sure the first couple of times I heard it, but it's now an 8 in my book. What's the rest of the CD like?
Posted 19 years ago by Hob    [ Reply ]
yay, my upload is popular 8)
Posted 19 years ago by ianguy    [ Reply ]
mmmm. sort of stone roses/primal scream-ish. I like.
Posted 19 years ago by ryuujin23    [ Reply ]
nicely spacey and swooshy
Posted 19 years ago by bibbadee    [ Reply ]
Nice transition btw West Indian Girl - Dream and Interpol - Untitled.
Posted 19 years ago by zataomm7    [ Reply ]
Wow, this is really good.
Posted 19 years ago by ryuujin23    [ Reply ]