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The Rosebuds — I Better Run
Album: Night Of The Furies
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Released: 2007
Length: 3:45
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I think my grandma has a piece of land
I'm supposed to take it when she's dead
My aunt Diane has a lifetime right
I'll have to tell her if she's still alive
She's probably dead but dead in a secret place
From drugs, dirty murder, or some such thing
Under a bridge, in a trailer, or in the woods
I've got to leave, yeah, I think I should
I better run
I better run

I think my father built an awful flame
He burned his eyes, his mouth, it burned his brain
Now he writes songs about his made-up life
At least I think so, if he's still alive
He's probably dead but dead in a secret place
From drugs, dirty murder, or some such thing
Under a bridge, in a trailer, or in the woods
I've got to leave, yeah, I think I should
I better run x10
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I would have guessed Iceland....
Posted 2 years ago by sfoster66    [ Reply ]
Yep total fucking ripoff of Siouxsie…
Posted 3 years ago by tm    [ Reply ]
 Neil66 wrote:

Bit of a rip off of Siouxsie & the Banshees Cities in Dust there...




That's what I thought it was when it started...
Posted 3 years ago by Jelani    [ Reply ]
 serkanyuce wrote:
you are playing fine tonight or Im high again 
 
Tokanese translation: Are you playing fine tonight; or am I High, again?
Posted 3 years ago by mjbaumann    [ Reply ]
 Neil66 wrote:
Bit of a rip off of Siouxsie & the Banshees Cities in Dust there...
 
Possibly, but is that a bad thing? Although I thought "Cities in Dust" was amazing back in the day, I'm not sure it's aged as well as some other music from the era. I think this song stands well on it's own (definitely the song topic is different), but even if it is derivative, at the very least it's a nice update. 
Posted 3 years ago by Kajukenbo    [ Reply ]
 Rockit9 wrote:
Let's give a hand to all the effort throughout the world involved in finding a vaccine for this virus.
 

By "this virrus" are you referring to the song? I wish there were a vaccine, but I'm afraid that's way down the list of priorities for the Federal Government. 
Posted 3 years ago by dmcanany    [ Reply ]
 Neil66 wrote:
Bit of a rip off of Siouxsie & the Banshees Cities in Dust there...
 

Single Gun Theory too
Posted 3 years ago by pinto    [ Reply ]
That "whoa oah" chorus sinks this song. What an auditory PITA.
Posted 4 years ago by kcar    [ Reply ]
This may mark me as a sick person, but I like poppy/pretty tunes with bleak lyrics. Think "Star Witness" by Neko Case.
Posted 4 years ago by birdman42    [ Reply ]
Daddy issues, the song.
Posted 4 years ago by Davidos    [ Reply ]
Posted 4 years ago by barbarabush450    [ Reply ]
Play Siouxie!
Posted 4 years ago by barbarabush450    [ Reply ]
I'm actually surprised that Siouxsie & The Banshees don't go after The Rosebuds.  I mean this is a good song - but really?!
Posted 4 years ago by Leo_Barei    [ Reply ]
 Neil66 wrote:
Bit of a rip off of Siouxsie & the Banshees Cities in Dust there...
 
More than a bit tbh. 
Posted 4 years ago by Critty    [ Reply ]
This song always makes me smile when I hear that toy piano two-note solo.
Posted 4 years ago by Dave_Mack    [ Reply ]
Let's give a hand to all the effort throughout the world involved in finding a vaccine for this virus.
Posted 4 years ago by Rockit9    [ Reply ]
Boring whoahs.
Posted 4 years ago by MattRudely    [ Reply ]
 the_jake wrote:

Just how do you tune one those toy piano's?
 
Sort through the bin at Toys-R-Us 'til you find one you like...

Tony in NJ
W.A.S.T.E.
Posted 4 years ago by tonyinnj    [ Reply ]
 tutakea wrote:
uninspired and boring...
 

This is about your sex life?
Posted 5 years ago by justin4kick    [ Reply ]
 Neil66 wrote:
Bit of a rip off of Siouxsie & the Banshees Cities in Dust there...
 
I hear it too!
Posted 5 years ago by Monoman    [ Reply ]
you are playing fine tonight or Im high again 
Posted 5 years ago by serkanyuce    [ Reply ]
Bit of a rip off of Siouxsie & the Banshees Cities in Dust there...
Posted 5 years ago by Neil66    [ Reply ]
Wow that is repetitive.
Posted 5 years ago by khardog145    [ Reply ]
Sounds a bit like 2:54  
Posted 6 years ago by 1wolfy    [ Reply ]
 ick wrote:
What kind of piano is that?  Fisher Price?

 
Just how do you tune one those toy piano's?
Posted 6 years ago by the_jake    [ Reply ]
 Ghiaap wrote:
Too much wooohoooohooo

 
No, this is "whoa oh whoa oh".

One can never have too much wooohoooohooo.
Posted 6 years ago by dwhayslett    [ Reply ]
Too much wooohoooohooo
Posted 6 years ago by Ghiaap    [ Reply ]
 Dave_Mack wrote:

I don't know that song specifically, but I was definitely thinking Siouxsie and the Banshees, with vocals about an octave lower than Siouxsie Sioux.

 
Yeah a little Siouxie ripoff on the backup vocals there.
Posted 7 years ago by dragon1952    [ Reply ]
 ick wrote:
What kind of piano is that?  Fisher Price?

 
Definitely a child's toy piano, but not the first time it's been done.
I can think of another instance, in the fabulous 70s pop tune Magnet And Steel by Walter Egan, and there might be others. 
Posted 8 years ago by stegokitty    [ Reply ]
Very good album!
Posted 8 years ago by justin4kick    [ Reply ]
Another wohowoh song. Might as well sing lalala. Boring.
Posted 8 years ago by joempie    [ Reply ]
Kind of just-awaken Al Corley feeling
Posted 9 years ago by eveliko    [ Reply ]
So many other good Rosebud songs! Why this lame one?!
Posted 9 years ago by puimoore    [ Reply ]
BORED NOW!

Make it go away please...
Posted 9 years ago by Andrew_C    [ Reply ]
Kelly Crisp lived in my 'hood in Raleigh - they've been a great not-so-secret secret around here for a long time. Good tune and a nice fit into the RP format. Thanks for playing so many great local and regional artists Bill!
Posted 9 years ago by randyblew    [ Reply ]
What kind of piano is that?  Fisher Price?
Posted 9 years ago by ick    [ Reply ]
Cool tune, haven't heard it in a while. There seem to be a lot of good bands based in North Carolina these days.
Posted 9 years ago by olivertwist    [ Reply ]
 kcar wrote:

Reminds me of a spoiled Eurotrash brat. 

 
From the Raleigh, N.C. section of Europe perhaps?
Posted 9 years ago by Proclivities    [ Reply ]
Not crazy about the lyrics, but the bass riff is cool.
Posted 9 years ago by stegokitty    [ Reply ]
 coding_to_music wrote:

I find the vocal backing track to be annoying...

 
Reminds me of a spoiled Eurotrash brat. 
Posted 10 years ago by kcar    [ Reply ]
 kingart wrote:
Never heard of them. Thanks, RP. Catchy tune. 

 
Of course, I wish the lyrics told a more uplifting tale. 
Posted 10 years ago by kingart    [ Reply ]
Never heard of them. Thanks, RP. Catchy tune. 
Posted 10 years ago by kingart    [ Reply ]
Reminds me of Elastica.
Posted 10 years ago by mark    [ Reply ]
Nice. I'll start out with a 7 and go from there. A catchy pop tune.
Posted 11 years ago by Webfoot    [ Reply ]
Apparently Radio Paradise has discovered the Rosebuds. Such a great band!
Posted 11 years ago by justin4kick    [ Reply ]
 winnetoe wrote:
What's this?!
 

music
Posted 11 years ago by rdo    [ Reply ]
 gypsyman wrote:
Anyone else hear Cities In Dust / Siouxsie And The Banshees?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_hMagNuhLkk&feature=player_detailpage

 

  
It is reminiscent during the "whoa" parts, but the rest of the song is very different: different chords, different melody.  Everyone hears different things though.  Still, Siouxsee was very inspirational to many later artists.
Posted 12 years ago by Proclivities    [ Reply ]
 gypsyman wrote:
Anyone else hear Cities In Dust / Siouxsie And The Banshees?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_hMagNuhLkk&feature=player_detailpage

 

 
Was just logging in to say that...!
Posted 12 years ago by Forest267    [ Reply ]

''Rosebud'' was what William Randolph Hearst termed the umentionable part of his mistress's anatomy between her thighs.
The film Citizen Kane changed it to the name of a kid's snow sled. Go figure. At least both slip and slide.


Posted 12 years ago by ThePoose    [ Reply ]
 gypsyman wrote:
Anyone else hear Cities In Dust / Siouxsie And The Banshees?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_hMagNuhLkk&feature=player_detailpage

 

 
YES!
Posted 12 years ago by jozooka    [ Reply ]
Sounds more like Tom Tom Club!
Posted 12 years ago by SoundThinker    [ Reply ]
 gypsyman wrote:
Anyone else hear Cities In Dust / Siouxsie And The Banshees?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_hMagNuhLkk&feature=player_detailpage

 

 
I don't know that song specifically, but I was definitely thinking Siouxsie and the Banshees, with vocals about an octave lower than Siouxsie Sioux.


Posted 13 years ago by Dave_Mack    [ Reply ]
 tutakea wrote:
uninspired and boring...
 
I find the vocal backing track to be annoying...
Posted 13 years ago by coding_to_music    [ Reply ]
Anyone else hear Cities In Dust / Siouxsie And The Banshees?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_hMagNuhLkk&feature=player_detailpage

 

Posted 13 years ago by DD gypsyman    [ Reply ]
...this is quirky-catchy; i like it...
Posted 13 years ago by mandolin    [ Reply ]
 Darlington wrote:
Hmmm....heard something else by them here yesterday...new band for me.....looking at their wikipedia entry I see they are from Raleigh, North Carolina.....interesting.
 
They've been around for several years, with occasional changes in personnel; they're really good live, too.  They just released a new album.
Posted 13 years ago by Proclivities    [ Reply ]
uninspired and boring...
Posted 13 years ago by tutakea    [ Reply ]
"Rosebud, Rosebud..." (gasp) (death rattle)

Still image from Citizen Kane

Posted 13 years ago by fredriley    [ Reply ]
I'm picking up a little "Love is the Drug" in this one.  Intriguing; a 6 for now, reserving the right to increase that if it grows on me.
Posted 13 years ago by Baby_M    [ Reply ]
Whaaahhuuu, Whaaahhuuu, someone missed the class on how to end a song ooooooohhhoooooo...
Posted 13 years ago by Lockhartart    [ Reply ]
Some kind of 80s blend!
Posted 13 years ago by thefoodoflove    [ Reply ]
Whaaahhuuu indeed.
Posted 13 years ago by weez    [ Reply ]
Hmmm....heard something else by them here yesterday...new band for me.....looking at their wikipedia entry I see they are from Raleigh, North Carolina.....interesting.

Posted 13 years ago by Darlington    [ Reply ]
What's this?!
Posted 13 years ago by winnetoe    [ Reply ]