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!!! — Myth Takes
Album: Myth Takes
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Released: 2007
Length: 2:19
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It only takes a little bit of gleam or glimmer
Only just a little bit of shake or shiver
Nothing never matters 'til it's shattered
Spluttered and covered, splattered all over my nap

And sha, sha, sha sha sha-doobie
Sometimes it's really just like the movies

Was a glimpse, a little bit of nothing, make a difference
And nothing's been the same since the chain of events
It's the place where dreams come true
Dreams can still be nightmares too

And ah sha, sha, sha sha whoa whoa
So much it's close enough for rock 'n roll

Should have told me the world was gonna tie me back a sweater
Poets from the days of old have never said it better
Sometimes it really glitters and sometimes it's even gold
Baby, when it isn't then, it must be rock 'n roll

And ah sha, sha, sha sha sha-doobie
Sometimes it's really just like the movies

Sha, sha, sha sha sha-doobie
Sometimes you just stay home and watch movies
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 sunybuny wrote:

Dang -I thought this was the song with Christopher Walken dancing in the comments section.




LOL.   ...needs more cowbell!   
Posted 3 months ago by joejennings    [ Reply ]
 sunybuny wrote:

Dang -I thought this was the song with Christopher Walken dancing in the comments section.



that would have been a Fatboy Slim song. good call.
Posted 1 year ago by lily34    [ Reply ]
Dang -I thought this was the song with Christopher Walken dancing in the comments section.
Posted 2 years ago by sunybuny    [ Reply ]
Good Tune!! I never heard of them before.  Thanx RP!
Posted 2 years ago by joejennings    [ Reply ]
And ah sha, sha, sha sha whoa whoa
So much it's close enough for rock 'n roll
Posted 2 years ago by vandal    [ Reply ]
 Proclivities wrote:

No, I don't think it's pronounced "my thoughts exactly".  According to Wikipedia, it's "most commonly pronounced Chk Chk Chk".  Oddly, this band has no known connection to "? and The Mysterians"



Here's a possible clue https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/... scroll down to "Language".
Posted 2 years ago by CosmicDon    [ Reply ]
Weird guitar (de)tuning. But adds to the overall haunting pieces.
Posted 2 years ago by hackbraten    [ Reply ]
 Hannio wrote:

The RP audience is a pretty conservative lot, musically speaking.



The conservative voice is usually the most self-assured (what has been is decidedly more certain than what could be). In general, public commentary self-selects for the more confident in their opinions. 
Posted 3 years ago by syberconch    [ Reply ]
Top of the muffin TO YOU!!!

Posted 3 years ago by Laptopdog    [ Reply ]
 wanderinglevel wrote:
 
 
lol
Posted 3 years ago by Poopsey    [ Reply ]
Sounds very similar to Yello - but nice and fresh.
Posted 3 years ago by schoelle    [ Reply ]
Now make the dancing three times as fast!
Posted 3 years ago by jmkate    [ Reply ]
love that album cover!
Posted 3 years ago by heymull    [ Reply ]
I've been trying to google this band for a while..
Posted 4 years ago by wanderinglevel    [ Reply ]
 Red_Dragon wrote:
how does one pronounce this band's name?
 

I would guess "AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH"
Posted 4 years ago by valroy    [ Reply ]
Catchy as hell, methinks!
Posted 4 years ago by mikegrinker    [ Reply ]
I wonder if they argued over how many sha sha's to put in before the doobie?
Posted 4 years ago by SmackDaddy    [ Reply ]
This album frustrates me: I've been staring at the cover for near an hour now and still haven't found Waldo.
Posted 4 years ago by sjccroquet    [ Reply ]
"less cities, more moving people...."
Posted 4 years ago by Webfoot    [ Reply ]
Maybe it's my boisterous Friday mood, but I just bumped this from 8 to 9.  It makes me shimmy in my office chair!
Posted 4 years ago by Larrygrrl    [ Reply ]
nice tune. Add a sax and could be a Morphine one
Posted 5 years ago by capooti    [ Reply ]
Chk Chk Chk <3
Posted 5 years ago by ExploitingChaos    [ Reply ]
Immediate first hear 7. Band started in Sacramento, California. 
Posted 6 years ago by Segue    [ Reply ]
Bumping this up from a 7 to an 8. Groovy.  {#Cowboy}
Posted 7 years ago by maryte    [ Reply ]
What a sexy bassline!
Posted 7 years ago by martin1451    [ Reply ]
 SchrodingersCat wrote:

It's obviously "The 3 Exclamation Points".

 
According to Allmusic, it is pronounced "chk chk chk,"
Posted 8 years ago by woolybear    [ Reply ]
 Red_Dragon wrote:
how does one pronounce this band's name?

 
It's obviously "The 3 Exclamation Points".
Posted 8 years ago by SchrodingersCat    [ Reply ]
I hear the echo in this of 801's version of Tomorrow Never Knows, which and the original of which is as far as I can tell the Radio Paradise theme song, and there is nothing wrong with that.
Posted 8 years ago by GTT    [ Reply ]
" I wanna be a Flintstone" Screaming Blue messiahs, now THAT would be segue... 
Posted 8 years ago by Far    [ Reply ]
Ah, I see I haven't dropped this down to a 1 yet. I think I'll leave it at 2, I'm a sucker for feedback squeals.
Posted 8 years ago by Ag3nt0rang3    [ Reply ]
{#Cool} I like
Posted 8 years ago by kanga311    [ Reply ]
 Red_Dragon wrote:
how does one pronounce this band's name?

 
 EarthMama wrote:

My thoughts exactly....

 
No, I don't think it's pronounced "my thoughts exactly".  According to Wikipedia, it's "most commonly pronounced Chk Chk Chk".  Oddly, this band has no known connection to "? and The Mysterians"
Posted 9 years ago by Proclivities    [ Reply ]
Musical noise by...The Exclamations! 
Posted 9 years ago by kingart    [ Reply ]
 ShamanManu wrote:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/!!!

volia! :)

!!!/tʃk.tʃk.tʃk/

 
I've heard them "pronounced":  tsk, tsk, tsk
Posted 10 years ago by tulfan    [ Reply ]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/!!!

volia! :)

!!!/tʃk.tʃk.tʃk/
Posted 10 years ago by ShamanManu    [ Reply ]
Seems like I shouldn't like this one, but then somehow I do!
Haven't heard this in your rotation for a long time Bill. Nice to hear it again. :-) 
Posted 10 years ago by bseib    [ Reply ]
Great song by... whatever they're called!!
Posted 10 years ago by Ahnyer_Keester    [ Reply ]
 Red_Dragon wrote:
how does one pronounce this band's name?

 
My thoughts exactly....
Posted 10 years ago by EarthMama    [ Reply ]
how does one pronounce this band's name?
Posted 10 years ago by Red_Dragon    [ Reply ]
I like this.
I like it even more after having read all the dunderheaded disparaging remarks made in the comments below. 
Posted 11 years ago by jadewahoo    [ Reply ]
 Baby_M wrote:
The song title led to a little misunderstanding with the record company's A&R man:

"What are you guys working on now?"

"'Myth Takes.'"

"Well for heaven's sake, don't go into the studio with it until you get it corrected! Studio time costs money, and we're already over budget as it is."
 
If there is an A&R man working with these guys, he's probably never gotten over their choice of band name, much less their song titles.  Cool tune though.
Posted 11 years ago by Proclivities    [ Reply ]
 pdjpirate wrote:
This tune fits the rails man, and gets the train down track!
 
I love your phrasing!  This song definitely gets my toes a tappin'....! 
Posted 11 years ago by socalhol    [ Reply ]
Most irritating.
Posted 12 years ago by old_shep    [ Reply ]
you guys are whack! :p  this tune is easily an 8.  it could've rated higher, but it's too short!
Posted 12 years ago by ziggytrix    [ Reply ]
The song title led to a little misunderstanding with the record company's A&R man:

"What are you guys working on now?"

"'Myth Takes.'"

"Well for heaven's sake, don't go into the studio with it until you get it corrected! Studio time costs money, and we're already over budget as it is."
Posted 12 years ago by Baby_M    [ Reply ]
 fingerpin wrote:
This thread is better than this song.
 
{#Lol}
Posted 12 years ago by WonderLizard    [ Reply ]
 Carl wrote:
Too alternative.

 
I like that there are varying degrees of "alternative" in RP land...

These guys are awesome live and are actually quite "mainstream" as far as electro-pop groups go.

Posted 13 years ago by annie_fannie    [ Reply ]
Maybe I've worked in tech too long but I'd pronounce their name "bang bang bang" or "triple bang".
 
Posted 13 years ago by DoctorHooey    [ Reply ]
 TerryS wrote:

TerryS wrote:

Chk is check to most people, as in chk ur fly.

"Except in this case, where you really pronounce it like "chick" "

Cool! Iike "chick your fly" much better.
 
Or:

Chick, you're fly!
 
Posted 13 years ago by vandal    [ Reply ]

TerryS wrote:

Chk is check to most people, as in chk ur fly.

"Except in this case, where you really pronounce it like "chick" "

Cool! Iike "chick your fly" much better.

Posted 13 years ago by TerryS    [ Reply ]
This thread is better than this song.
Posted 13 years ago by fingerpin    [ Reply ]
 TerryS wrote:


Chk is check to most people, as in chk ur fly.
 
Except in this case, where you really pronounce it like "chick" 
 
Posted 13 years ago by vandal    [ Reply ]
 Kaisersosay wrote:
Am I in a steel mill...
 
I thought nobody was noticing that.  wtf screechy clangy!?!
Posted 13 years ago by vicariance    [ Reply ]
Very cool!
Posted 13 years ago by lasker98    [ Reply ]
Whats that??
Posted 13 years ago by AndreasL    [ Reply ]
 vandal wrote:

It's pronounced "chk chk chk."  Marketing fail is an attribute this band, I'm pretty sure, will wear with pride.

 

Chk is check to most people, as in chk ur fly.
Posted 13 years ago by TerryS    [ Reply ]
 Hannio wrote:
The RP audience is a pretty conservative lot, musically speaking.

 
That seems to be the case more often than one would think.  {#Yes}  (i.e.; "Play something I know.")  Interesting artwork on that cover.


Posted 13 years ago by Proclivities    [ Reply ]
 Beaker wrote:



I wasn't even listening - just had to have a look at a band that couldn't even find an easily repeatable name.  Marketing 101 FAIL .
 
It's pronounced "chk chk chk."  Marketing fail is an attribute this band, I'm pretty sure, will wear with pride.

Posted 13 years ago by vandal    [ Reply ]
You guys got no sense of depth. I am a conservitive, old college radio DJ dude that played alternative before some idiot told us what alternative was suppose to be!!! This tune fits the rails man, and gets the train down track!
Posted 13 years ago by pdjpirate    [ Reply ]
Sha, sha, sha, sha, shadooby, this song is a big fat poopy.
Posted 13 years ago by SoundsGoodToMe    [ Reply ]
The RP audience is a pretty conservative lot, musically speaking.

Posted 13 years ago by Hannio    [ Reply ]
College radio!
Posted 13 years ago by Businessgypsy    [ Reply ]
Too alternative.

Posted 13 years ago by Carl    [ Reply ]
Rarely do I post negative comments:  but this is dreck.
Posted 13 years ago by paraclete    [ Reply ]
Am I in a steel mill...
Posted 14 years ago by Kaisersosay    [ Reply ]
So alternative.
Posted 14 years ago by Derecho    [ Reply ]
I made the mistake of reading prior comments on this song, but I have to agree. Lame song - no discernable lyrics, and the worst synth I've ever heard. (And I think I might be channeling Simon Cowell.)

Really bad song. Not even gonna rate it.
Posted 14 years ago by Cynaera    [ Reply ]
$#?$%#@*(&*%!$ is what I think of the band's name.  An epic failure, a la Prince.
Posted 14 years ago by spunkyboy62    [ Reply ]
They put on an awesome live show...great dance music!
Posted 15 years ago by annie_fannie    [ Reply ]
 Beaker wrote:

 Marketing 101 FAIL .
 
Seriously. It's giving people WAY to much credit to ask them to figure this one out. "I kinda like that band, but I have no idea what those things are, so forget it." So much for sales.

Posted 15 years ago by rtrudeau    [ Reply ]
Can you imagine thinking that noise was a good idea? Yikes.
Posted 15 years ago by revsully    [ Reply ]

Really looking forward to seeing these guys at ACL Fest in a couple of weeks!


Posted 15 years ago by maryte    [ Reply ]
 jpfueler wrote:
reminds me of Yellow - The Race
 

Very similar.

I like em both.
Posted 15 years ago by keller1    [ Reply ]
t e d i o u s,   yuck
Posted 15 years ago by jjbix    [ Reply ]
 leaf wrote:

It's called Bang Bang Bang, Chk Chk Chk, or any other 1 syllable word repeated 3 times.

 
I always just pronounce it "HNNNNNNNNNNNNNGGGGGGGGGGGGG!"{#Arghhh}
Posted 15 years ago by Stave    [ Reply ]
 carpwall wrote:
somebody stole PJ harveys whale
 
How do you get that down the fire escape unnoticed?

Posted 15 years ago by pinklife    [ Reply ]
 darrenwwwa wrote:
I want to hear more!
The name is pronounced Bang Bang Bang?

Oh.. and I love the artwork.

 
It's called Bang Bang Bang, Chk Chk Chk, or any other 1 syllable word repeated 3 times.

Posted 15 years ago by leaf    [ Reply ]
This band is amazing!  I saw them in concert 2 years ago and still think it was one of the best small venue concerts I've ever been too.
Posted 15 years ago by leaf    [ Reply ]
I feel like this is going to induce a heart attack
Posted 15 years ago by mamerjamer    [ Reply ]
I want to hear more!
The name is pronounced Bang Bang Bang?

Oh.. and I love the artwork.

Posted 15 years ago by darrenwwwa    [ Reply ]
 philbertr wrote:
What is that weird repetitive background noise?
 

I think it's the song, man. {#Ask}
Posted 15 years ago by tg3k    [ Reply ]
You lost me at "sha sha sha doobie".   1  
Posted 15 years ago by MojoJojo    [ Reply ]
 jpfueler wrote:
reminds me of Yellow - The Race
 

 

yes, parts of it to be found in this one here...


Posted 15 years ago by prickelpit96    [ Reply ]
somebody stole PJ harveys whale
Posted 15 years ago by carpwall    [ Reply ]
love this. and now i'm thinking shadowy men on a shadowy planet.
Posted 15 years ago by lophrequa    [ Reply ]
reminds me of Yellow - The Race
Posted 16 years ago by jpfueler    [ Reply ]
 Excelsior wrote:
Allow me to clarify. If I have the volume turned down, the squealiness travels very well all the way across the room, but the rest doesn't. When I get closer to the speakers and can hear the OTHER components of the song - i.e., the things that are not the wretched squealy note, the quality of the song does not get better. In other words, the song sucks whether I can hear one of its parts or all of it.
 
Your squealiness travels quite well too.  Perhaps it was your comment that needed its polarity reversed??

Posted 16 years ago by ch83575    [ Reply ]
Check out "Me and Giuliani Down by the Schoolyard" an awesome song.


Posted 16 years ago by scootmagapril    [ Reply ]
 Ag3nt0rang3 wrote:
Now I can't help but feel this song is a lucky fluke.
 
Well put.

A 4 at most and sinking fast.

Posted 16 years ago by RadioDoc    [ Reply ]
Awesome track, even more solid album.
Posted 16 years ago by DELTA__9__FOOLS    [ Reply ]
What is that weird repetitive background noise?
Posted 16 years ago by philbertr    [ Reply ]
Do you file this artist before the A's or after the Z's?
Posted 16 years ago by dctrpunda    [ Reply ]
pope183 wrote:
your speakers could be out of phase ? ie : one of them has the polarity reversed compared to the other this would cause the mostly out of phase material in the mix ( the " screechies " ) to be in phase and hence louder whilst the normaly in phase material is softer ...
Allow me to clarify. If I have the volume turned down, the squealiness travels very well all the way across the room, but the rest doesn't. When I get closer to the speakers and can hear the OTHER components of the song - i.e., the things that are not the wretched squealy note, the quality of the song does not get better. In other words, the song sucks whether I can hear one of its parts or all of it.
Posted 16 years ago by Excelsior    [ Reply ]
Excelsior wrote:
If I am more than 5 feet away from the speakers, all I can hear from this song is the repeating screechy atonal guitar noise. When I get closer or turn it up, it's not much better. 1.
your speakers could be out of phase ? ie : one of them has the polarity reversed compared to the other this would cause the mostly out of phase material in the mix ( the " screechies " ) to be in phase and hence louder whilst the normaly in phase material is softer ...
Posted 16 years ago by pope183    [ Reply ]
??
Posted 16 years ago by Art_Carnage    [ Reply ]
That guitar is out of tune. Never noticed it before but I'm rockin' the headphones today.
Posted 16 years ago by DoctorHooey    [ Reply ]
DebateG wrote:
Always ensure that a band's name is Google-able before releasing an album.
hmmm...a simple copy and paste (!!! - Myth Takes) worked first time...then again I AM THE GOOGLE GODDESS!! (click here) I like this! Very cool sound.
Posted 16 years ago by peyotecoyote    [ Reply ]
Excelsior wrote:
If I am more than 5 feet away from the speakers, all I can hear from this song is the repeating screechy atonal guitar noise. When I get closer or turn it up, it's not much better.
I think you need better speakers.
Posted 16 years ago by sdn    [ Reply ]
Excelsior wrote:
OMGWTF IHATE THIS SONG!!!!!1!!!oneone1
We get it. Really. It's a bad song. The mute button is your friend, use it.
Posted 16 years ago by Ag3nt0rang3    [ Reply ]
*whisper whisper whisper* *mumble mumble mumble* SQUEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEAL SQUEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEAL SQUEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEAL SQUEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEAL *whisper whisper whisper* *mumble mumble mumble* SQUEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEAL SQUEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEAL SQUEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEAL SQUEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEAL Pathetic dreck.
Posted 16 years ago by Excelsior    [ Reply ]
Absolutely love this band and album.
Posted 16 years ago by DELTA__9__FOOLS    [ Reply ]
DebateG wrote:
Always ensure that a band's name is Google-able before releasing an album.
In that vein, I feel bad for The The.
Posted 16 years ago by Excelsior    [ Reply ]
Always ensure that a band's name is Google-able before releasing an album.
Posted 16 years ago by DebateG    [ Reply ]
This group/song is pathetic.
Posted 16 years ago by Excelsior    [ Reply ]
Excelsior wrote:
I'm pretty sure this is another one of those groups that put more thought into giving their band a clever, unique name than into writing quality songs.
I'm inclined to agree.
Posted 16 years ago by Ag3nt0rang3    [ Reply ]
I'm pretty sure this is another one of those groups that put more thought into giving their band a clever, unique name than into writing quality songs.
Posted 16 years ago by Excelsior    [ Reply ]
At first listen, I felt that this song expressed raw primal power, carefully and only barely held in check. Then I went over to their website and listened to some samples of their other stuff, which sounded to me like the raw primal power was kept in the basement of another building, probably a long way away from wherever the band lived. Now I can't help but feel this song is a lucky fluke.
Posted 16 years ago by Ag3nt0rang3    [ Reply ]
If I am more than 5 feet away from the speakers, all I can hear from this song is the repeating screechy atonal guitar noise. When I get closer or turn it up, it's not much better. 1.
Posted 16 years ago by Excelsior    [ Reply ]
shutter wrote:
...yup, definitely need to see Christopher Walken dancing through this one...
i thought this was fat boy slim too.
Posted 16 years ago by strange_brew00    [ Reply ]
...following that tack, i'd pronounce the band's name not-not-not...
Posted 16 years ago by mandolin    [ Reply ]
...yup, definitely need to see Christopher Walken dancing through this one...
Posted 16 years ago by shutter    [ Reply ]
I'm really grooving to this! 8 9
Posted 16 years ago by sdn    [ Reply ]
bseib wrote:
unix geeks would call this band "bang bang bang". https://foldoc.org/?query=bang ps - How is it that I kinda dig this tune, but I don't dig Frank Black's "(Do What You Want) Gyaneshwar"? One reminds me of the other...
So I'm a sucker and had to follow the link. Well worth it - the result (for those who haven't gone there) is hilarious:
bang 1. A common spoken name for "!" (ASCII 33), especially when used in pronouncing a bang path in spoken hackish. In elder days this was considered a CMUish usage, with MIT and Stanford hackers preferring excl or shriek; but the spread of Unix has carried "bang" with it (especially via the term bang path) and it is now certainly the most common spoken name for "!". Note that it is used exclusively for non-emphatic written "!"; one would not say "Congratulations bang" (except possibly for humorous purposes), but if one wanted to specify the exact characters "foo!" one would speak "Eff oh oh bang". See pling, shriek, ASCII. 2. An exclamation signifying roughly "I have achieved enlightenment!", or "The dynamite has cleared out my brain!" Often used to acknowledge that one has perpetrated a thinko immediately after one has been called on it.
~ FOLDUC Spoken hackish? Who knew? "The dynamite has cleared out my brain!" Gotta remember that one! Great song, too BTW... And Hieronymus Bosch would have loved the cover art! (click here)
Posted 16 years ago by macadavy    [ Reply ]
...i had to bump this up to a seven, and i still love the cover art...
Posted 16 years ago by mandolin    [ Reply ]
agbar713 wrote:
Should I be dancing around a fire right now?
If it would help you....
Posted 16 years ago by prickelpit96    [ Reply ]
Started with a nice groove. The twangy guitar broke the mood though.
Posted 16 years ago by LazyBoy    [ Reply ]
Should I be dancing around a fire right now?
Posted 16 years ago by agbar713    [ Reply ]
zopatista wrote:
Apparently, it's pronounced "chk chk chk", and it is based on the ! sound in the bushman language (and other languages). rah wrote:
in coding, ! is often said as "chk" or "bang" too. of course, i've always preferred the borge-esque pronunciation pfffffsshhhh-pbP - pfffffsshhhh-pbP - pfffffsshhhh-pbP!
Anyone ever see "The Gods Must Be Crazy"? 8^)
Posted 16 years ago by shutter    [ Reply ]
It's doing that for me as well! Eyes peeled open now!
Posted 16 years ago by Onthebus    [ Reply ]
This music is designed to wake me up from the afternoon sleepies?
Posted 16 years ago by artmarcia    [ Reply ]