Primitive Radio Gods are an American alternative rock band from Santa Barba… Read Full Bio ↴Primitive Radio Gods are an American alternative rock band from Santa Barbara, California. Current members consist of frontman Chris O'Connor, who performs vocals, guitar, and bass; percussionist Tim Lauterio; and Luke McAuliffe, who contributes various additional instrumentation (guitars, violins, piano) as well as much of the art that has appeared on the band's albums and website. Former member Jeff Sparks wrote, sang, and played bass before leaving the band for unknown reasons (though apparently on good terms) early in the development of Still Electric.

The band is best known for their 1996 hit "Standing Outside a Broken Phone Booth With Money in My Hand."

Years active:
1985–1991 (as I-Rails)
1991–1994 (O'Connor solo)
1996–present

Standing Outside A Broken Phone Booth
Primitive Radio Gods Lyrics

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Jan lays down and wrestles in her sleep
Moonlight spills on comic books
And superstars in magazines
An old friend calls and tells us where to meet
Her plane takes off from Baltimore
And touches down on Bourbon Street

We sit outside and argue all night long

About a god we've never seen
But never fails to side with me
Sunday comes and all the papers say
Ma Teresa's joined the mob
And happy with her full time job

Do do do do do do

Am I alive or thoughts that drift away?
Does summer come for everyone?
Can humans do as prophets say?
And if I die before I learn to speak
Can money pay for all the days I lived awake
But half asleep?

Do do do do do do

A life is time, they teach us growing up
The seconds ticking killed us all
A million years before the fall
You ride the waves and don't ask where they go
You swim like lions through the crest
And bathe yourself on zebra flesh

I've been downhearted baby,

I've been downhearted baby,
Ever since the day we met

Overall Meaning

The lyrics to Primitive Radio Gods' song "Standing Outside a Broken Phone Booth With Money in My Hand" can be interpreted in a few different ways, but one possible interpretation is that it's about the search for meaning in life and the fleeting nature of time. The first stanza introduces a few different images: Jan is wrestling in her sleep, there are comic books and magazines with superstars, an old friend gives directions for a meeting place, and a plane touches down on Bourbon Street. These images could represent different aspects of life, from dreams and fantasies to the mundane aspects of travel and communication.

The second stanza is a bit more philosophical, as the singer and someone else argue all night about a god they've never seen, but who always seems to be on the singer's side. The mention of Mother Teresa joining the mob with a full-time job also adds a layer of irony and commentary on societal values. The chorus has a repeated "do do do" melody and asks some big questions about life and humanity: "Am I alive or thoughts that drift away? Does summer come for everyone? Can humans do as prophets say? And if I die before I learn to speak, can money pay for all the days I lived awake but half asleep?"

The final stanza brings the song back to the idea of time and mortality, with the line "the seconds ticking killed us all." The singer suggests that we should embrace life and ride the waves without questioning where they go, using the metaphor of swimming like lions through the crest and bathing in zebra flesh. The song ends with repeated lines of being downhearted since the day the singer met someone, leaving the listener to wonder if this person represents something deeper or just a personal relationship.

Line by Line Meaning

Jan lays down and wrestles in her sleep
Jan struggles with her thoughts while she sleeps

Moonlight spills on comic books
The moon's light shines on Jan's comic books

And superstars in magazines
Jan sees famous people on magazine covers

An old friend calls and tells us where to meet
An acquaintance contacts the artist and Jan with plans to meet

Her plane takes off from Baltimore
The acquaintance departs on a plane from Baltimore

And touches down on Bourbon Street
The acquaintance arrives at Bourbon Street

We sit outside and argue all night long
The singer and Jan debate for a long time outside

About a god we've never seen
They argue about a deity they haven't witnessed

But never fails to side with me
The deity always supports the artist's perspective

Sunday comes and all the papers say
News outlets report that Mother Teresa has joined a criminal organization on Sunday

Ma Teresa's joined the mob
Mother Teresa has become part of the underworld

And happy with her full-time job
She is content with her criminal career

Do do do do do do
The song's refrain

Am I alive or thoughts that drift away?
The singer questions their existence and the possibility of being lost in their thoughts

Does summer come for everyone?
The singer queries if everybody experiences summer

Can humans do as prophets say?
The artist wonders if people can follow prophets' words

And if I die before I learn to speak
The artist wonders what would transpire if they passed away without completely expressing themselves

Can money pay for all the days I lived awake but half asleep?
The singer wonders if monetary compensation could justify their experience of living without truly being conscious

A life is time, they teach us growing up
People's lifespan is taught to them as they mature

The seconds ticking killed us all
Time is responsible for everyone's demise

A million years before the fall
Life was present even before its eventual decline

You ride the waves and don't ask where they go
The artist advises to go with the flow and not seek answers for everything

You swim like lions through the crest
People should live courageously through life's challenges

And bathe yourself on zebra flesh
The artist uses a metaphor to urge people to feast and indulge in life's pleasures

I've been downhearted baby, I've been downhearted baby, Ever since the day we met
The singer has been disheartened since meeting their lover

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Most interesting comments from YouTube:

@jaredbellow

1y↑115

This song to me feels like this beautiful, melancholy souvenir of a world I once lived in that’s no longer around.

I was almost 11 in the summer of 1996 and my family moved and I had a goodbye party where my best friends and I went to Chuckie Cheese and saw The Cable Guy. I’m 37 now and still keep in touch with two of them and even see one regularly. I’ll always love that movie and the soundtrack. I feel like it holds a special place in my heart and it’s also ridiculously funny and underrated.

Today’s music is so much about flash and bombast. I miss the part of alternative rock that produced all these quiet, soulful, reflective songs like this one.

The lyrics make me think about the changes in the world, the life I’ve lived, small events that mattered to me as time ticks by. “We sit outside and argue all night long
About a god we've never seen
But never fails to side with me” - I had a six hour discussion about God and spirituality on my porch going into the early morning with a close friend who is an atheist a couple years ago.

“A life is time, they teach us growing up
The seconds ticking killed us all” Time is money they say. Value your time. You’re older in this second than you’ve ever been. We’re all drawing closer to the end but we go through our paces and don’t think about it.

Anyway, everyone shared such beautiful personal anecdotes here that I got sucked into the comments as hard as the song and felt I had to share too. There’s my rambling early morning no sleep Ted Talk.

@bobbylastname943

7y↑31

KillerFrank
I put it on repeat and listen for hours. It's far more lyrically profound than I gave it credit for in its heyday.

"If I die before I learn to speak,
will money pay for all the days I lived awake but half asleep."

And the answer is no.

Truly a Zen moment. -_-

Love, Bob.
:-)

@xxweirdofromspacexx1119

2y↑87

(Lyrics)

I've been downhearted baby
I've been down-
I've been downhearted baby
Ever since the day we met
Ever since the day we met
[x2]

Jan lays down and wrestles in her sleep
Moonlight spills on comic books
And superstars in magazines
An old friend calls and tells us where to meet
Her plane takes off from Baltimore
And touches down on Bourbon Street

We sit outside and argue all night long
About a god we've never seen
But never fails to side with me
Sunday comes and all the papers say
Ma Teresa's joined the mob
And happy with her full time job

I've been downhearted baby
I've been down-
I've been downhearted baby
Ever since the day we met
Ever since the day we met
[x2]

Am I alive or thoughts that drift away?
Does summer come for everyone?
Can humans do what prophets say?
And if I die before I learn to speak
Can money pay for all the days I lived awake
But half asleep?

A life is time, they teach you growing up
The seconds ticking killed us all
A million years before the fall
You ride the waves and don't ask where they go
You swim like lions through the crest
And bathe yourself in zebra flesh

I've been downhearted baby
I've been downhearted baby
Ever since the day we met

I've been downhearted baby
I've been down-
I've been downhearted baby
Ever since the day we met
Ever since the day we met

All comments from YouTube:

@01elvisfan

4y↑3.8K

To all of us that grew up on this music: welcome to your midlife crisis. ❤

@aaronbrakefield

4y↑75

Lindsey F
Couldn’t be more true

@shilohstore6086

4y↑76

Hey THANKS I'll be here all week

@thefountain6634

4y↑71

Midlife crisis song but this can occur at any point of your life

@bretmcmurray7253

4y↑17

Yeah true ugggh

@stevebeck3863

4y↑54

I've never recovered from my mid-life crises

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@robrunne

2y↑465

Just know that everyone who came here to listen to this is feeling exactly the same way... We're in it together. I love y'all.

@melaniehansen6034

1y↑11

I love this comment and I love you ❤

@caseydopp318

51w↑15

This comment caught me at a time where I'm not feeling very well and I'm teary eyed thinking about someone telling this to me. God bless.

@alyceclover

45w↑5

Actually, I named one of my Farm Town games "Heart of Glass," because this title was too long ~ I put a glass phone booth on the farm and a red heart to fit the title ` I am going to change the farm name to Primitive Radio Gods.

I likely fell in love with this tune due to B.B. King; music is cool also.

@alyceclover

45w↑1

So playing the game, thought "I have not listened to that in a while.."

@garyblanchard1084

45w↑3

Much love and respect to you as well. This classic is one of the high points of all 1996

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@Adrian-op5ni

21w↑79

God I loved this song. Yesterday I was a young millennial. Today I’m a 42 year old middle aged man. Time is going by too fast.

@1515cando

18w↑4

Just wait... tomorrow you'll be 59

@nobbyguess2140

18w↑1

And then some! Enjoy! Always another minute, more or less.

@Pinecricka

14w↑8

I’m a Gen-Xer that just turned 50. You’re only as old as you feel my millennial friend.

That being said, my knees feel like someone threw sand in them.

@andypetrovich2155

4w↑1

@@Pinecricka
My knees feel like I have been beat with a baseball bat. Does anybody else have the stretch before standing up from the toilet? j/k

@williamstrickland8231

3w↑2

I feel ya, man. 44 checking in.

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@merledixon4827

2y↑723

There is NOTHING LIKE finding a song you used to hear but forgot all about many years later. This is one of those! Damn I miss it

@angieangiel2666

1y↑9

I wrote this song down because I wanted to find it again.

@hikingelevated

1y↑9

Same here! I just randomly selected a radio station to listen to music instead and this was playing. It took me back 20 years to high school. Great times.

@donaldjk1611

1y↑8

Song came back to me in my sleep 😊

@merlinambrosius2554

1y↑5

Yep... thinking the same. Came across it by accident and was pleasantly surprised.

@charlesbuckwheat2347

1y↑4

But how could you forget this one?!? Love the name, by the way.

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@vertsk8er419

4y↑1.3K

Press F to pay respects for the thousands of people who can’t find this song.

@JB-fl1xb

4y↑28

No kidding

@jak3w

4y↑27

It couldn't be that hard. Google I've been down hearted babe song I bet it's the first result.

@immelmannace4067

4y↑19

@@jak3w Sometimes it's more difficult than that. I once heard a song on JPR that I loved and I've never been able to find it and don't think I ever will.

@redbig0

4y↑18

@@immelmannace4067 absolutely its hard sometimes! This is a great song though....I looked for it for a long time

@dgafbrapman688

4y↑8

@@immelmannace4067 f

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@jeffferguson5053

43w↑104

This song just crept out from the darkest corner of my brain 30 years later. Welcome back younger me.

@aaroncharlton1880

26w↑4

Same! It randomly just popped into my head and I am so thankful to have remember the title, for it was one of the most unique songs I can remember for the 90s

@JCMillner

16w↑2

They were a good person then and now. Peace and love fellow traveler.

@xSijnx

14w↑1

Hello, fellow traveler.

@daniellewis409

1y↑159

1990s were a great era to live through. Golden age of Alternative Rock

@jetjazz05

44w↑3

I live in Tampa, the only rock station is 97.9fm "98 the rock", they only play music from the 90s. They never play songs like this, too alt rock lol... but it's sad they don't play any more modern stuff.
I've listened to a lot of genres over the years, I've loved house, alt rock, indie, jazz, disco, lofi, quite a diversity, haven't listened to much rock or alt rock in the last decade though. I miss it sometimes, especially songs like this one.

@Phen0325

43w↑3

People just took more risks it feels like. They let the people come to them instead of other way around 😢

@calebwalker3294

30w↑7

The 90s were just magical. Perfect blend of old school rhythm and values with just a sprinkle of modern technology. Good times

@greatPretender79

21w

Yup, back when alternative was mainstream. May my teenage years RIP

@randyjohnson3412

2y↑352

It's incredible how much good music was made in the 90's.

@denisedyke4588

1y↑4

For real

@taylormays29

1y↑6

Soundgarden!!!

@thealternativecontrarian9936

46w↑8

The 1990s was the second best decade for music, behind the 80s.

@garyblanchard1084

45w↑7

Including 1996. Should have went to number one.

@lucasbauer2726

44w↑3

Not the 80’s…maybe the 60’s. The 90’s best IMO

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@obturafotografia247

12w↑9

The 90s, i miss them so much it hurts, best decade of my 50 years

@Wilrizen48

2y↑10

To all of us who are 73….welcome to F’n old age. Still love this! Peace

@latinolawdog5067

3y↑560

“Can money pay for all the days I’ve lived awake but half asleep?”

If that line doesn’t hit you like a ton of bricks, check your pulse my friend. Such a beautiful yet depressing lyric.

@gapper3

2y↑41

Ya, it had that effect on me. Got me wondering about how many days, out of my 57 years, I've actually lived...

@djcis07

2y↑6

I feel the same as you do bro

@patrickraftery.

2y↑4

Just caught that lyric.

@busybee6889

2y↑16

makes you reflect ...most seem to reflect on a time of innocence and reckless abandon..
I think the same accept I smile when I cry my tears

@astralflight6151

2y↑13

The whole song hits me so hard I can barely stand it yet i listen over and over and over…

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@drpopandfizz

2y↑251

That B.B. King sample. Song just wouldn't be complete without it.

@joecox9544

2y↑16

It makes the song.

@aarond3657

2y↑4

@@joecox9544 I wouldn't go that far, it's not the melody.

@khnopff71

2y↑8

@@aarond3657 It would be like a cupcake without frosting. Sure you can eat it, but it wouldn't taste nearly as good. Frosting makes the cupcake....like the sample makes the song.

@jamesjewett6875

2y↑2

Didn't even know it was b.b. was gonna look it up thanks. Saves me some trouble

@johnnyo1821

2y↑1

Is the sample from the Sing Sing performance or was it a studio recording

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@mk30383

5y↑1.8K

This song is a time machine. It transports me to my grandma's house in Oklahoma City. It's the summer of 1996. My family is visiting during summer vacation. I heard this song everywhere on that trip. I watched MTV in hopes I'd see this video. I loved it. It was so new, so creative, so emotional. I can still remember the day we left to drive home from that trip. My dad scanned through the radio stations to find something good as we drove away. I remember him stopping when he heard this song. I remember us exiting the city as this song played, the sky bright and clear and filled with early morning light. I remember him asking me if I liked this song. I said I loved it. He said he did too. The world felt so simple and beautiful. My dad died last year, but every time I hear this song, it brings him back to life in my mind. It brings back the simple and beautiful and hopeful feelings of the future. He's right there. Nothing has changed, but everything has changed.

@JoeyR9

5y↑90

Thank you for sharing. The power of music never ceases to amaze me. The places we can go at the slightest hint of melody. I hope this song is one of many happy memories you have of your Dad.

@michellebeckstrom6110

5y↑29

I'm so sorry he's gone. This song & your statements are profound.

@EXECUTEDDCOMS

5y↑34

Summer of 96 was the best 3 months of my life, heaven would be reliving it over and over.

@aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa892

5y↑5

a year after okc attack sorry being a bummer 90s were the best though imo

@joshtaylor2930

5y↑6

Thanks for the story. I liked it

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@mjcincotta9684

24w↑18

I wanted to give a 👍 to every human that appreciates this song like I did! 😊😢❤ rollerblading around town in high school…😅

@rusty1oneal1

3y↑161

Beautiful to think that the deeper you listen to this song the more you realize it wasn’t made for us in 1996. It was for us in the future. To look back on, and look at one of the few pinnacles of art that us human beings were able to bring into this plane of existence. Before the fall.........

@shutupdork

3y↑2

Damnnnn

@thirdforest182

48w↑1

This hits deep.

@garyblanchard1084

44w↑3

What fall? Life has gone forward since 1996 and shall continue to go forward. Such great songs help keep us alive and growing.

@brendaamata9233

44w↑1

Seems like so many songs are made for the future. Funny how we even know it at the time

@scottyspliffen7421

42w↑3

Beautifully said I dig your writing my dude! 🤘🏽🤘🏽🤘🏽 hope everything in your world is good from someone you’ll never met..

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@sammysweetheart8600

1y↑81

This isn't just a song it's an experience

@Gimodon

5y↑458

"If I die before I learn to speak, can money pay for all the days I lived awake but half asleep" I REALLY like this line for some reason.

@lexia7365

4y↑8

me too!!!!

@klingonsexy

4y↑7

Me, three!

@paddytanager5258

4y↑7

It's a beautiful lyric for sure

@misha2197

4y↑3

♡

@tumbleweedsinthebackrooms3967

4y↑3

My actual bio as someone who sometimes lives "in my head" versus "out there".

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@poloblueboy

5y↑513

I know it’s been said a million times... but damn I miss the 90’s

@electricchurchmedia1187

4y↑33

Before the world was totally fucked and music didn’t suck...yeah...don’t we all.

@edwardgraham9280

4y↑3

Only because I was much younger. Still pretty damned clueless, however.

@jennylinvog7404

4y↑11

Best times of our lives...

@mallshopper8948

4y↑2

Yes!

@quintonstroman9208

3y↑17

90s best decade ever... #FightMe

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@maniacal1870

2y↑202

I audibly gasped when this started playing.
Holy crap I fucking LOVED this song. Every time it came onto the radio, I hit 'record' on my stereo until I had an entire cassette, both sides filled with just this song ( and a few commercials I wasn't fast enough to cut ). Just something special about this tune.

@fs5775

2y↑4

Same! Taped it off the radio

@dennisp5725

2y↑5

Definitely a "repeat until I say so" song

@mindsigh4

2y↑6

i was hearing this on radio, on way to work, crew in an old truck, & this song would come on & nobody spoke....
same time as this song, another one that played that year, tell me if u heard it "Pepper" by the Butthole Surfers, i think it was their only song that got any radio play at all, well, with a name like Butthole Surfers...geezus.
great song, killer lyrics

@danielledemers7339

2y↑5

i was born in ‘95, and this comment makes my heart ache in a way i can’t explain. my generation’s childhood was the last to experience having that last sliver of life right before technology took over. i’ve always had a longing for for the simpler times and have vague memories of cassette tapes, and burning CD’s, etc and I miss that era so much. i have so much more to say about how sad i am that we can never have that back, but i think we all feel the same way 💔

@Kristi-pq1co

2y↑3

@@danielledemers7339 I always tell people the same. Im a millennial I was born in 1986 I miss the good old days of playing outside and not all the technology. I was lucky enough to experience that.

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@djintheatl

2y↑107

The part that always gets me (besides the piano solo) is when he finally uses his full voice to sing the “downhearted” sample at the end. Brilliant.

@boomcar61

1y↑4

Same. It's brilliant since I figured the sample was used since the artist can't sing those notes. Best part of the song.

@DaeguDown

51w↑8

BB King

@beakay8700

50w↑15

I heard this song on my way to work this morning and almost cried. I had forgotten all about it. I was a teenager during the 90s. It was the best time of my life. I time traveled hearing this. I turned it all the way up and felt 100% alive.

@ThatCowgirl105

4y↑381

You know what the best thing about this song is? Read the comments. This amazing one hit wonder has seemed to bring everyone back to a certain time, certain memory, that was MEANINGFUL, and I absolutely love reading about them. It was an excellent song.

@RebeccaCorley

3y↑9

It STILL IS an excellent song. ;) You have good taste.

@daviddntait

3y↑9

These songs were the coming of age years for alot of us who grew up in the early 90's. What an unreal time man.

@shannamin9460

3y↑4

Isn’t that the truth 💕

@busybee6889

2y↑6

You forgot heart breaking

@mindsigh4

2y↑1

@@busybee6889 u nailed it, have u heard of Amy Ray, from Indigo Girls? she has a song, one version with just her & guitar singing Blood & Fire, theres a line '' and im calling you.... calling you...from ten thousand miles away....'' cuz that's how it feels when ur heart is on the line & some damned phone booth somewhere is all uve got & you just need to hear ur baby....

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@docbrown3139

3y↑329

I miss the 90s so much, what a great time to be a kid. My friends couldn’t wait to be “a grownup” but I wanted to be a kid forever. I miss being with friends and being myself. I miss being silly and alive. I feel like I have to act like someone else now when I talk to people. It feels so long ago but just yesterday :(

@LRangerdriver

3y↑6

Yes. I feel the same. I lived in Seattle the entire 90's. best time of my life.

@MrMarcodarko

3y↑5

yes the 90s were cool

@bartonlynch

3y↑6

I feel the exact same way. I miss the 90's so much… so much.

@lizzyleverone7253

3y↑1

Ah same I felt the same way back I was kid but latter on in life as I going through my teen years to to adult I wasn’t as i pictured as a child

@anthonymachnicki6470

3y↑2

Feel this one extra man I feel the same way

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@fallenangelcrimson

12w↑5

this song is pure magically melancholy sadness and nostalgia… sigh… where does all the days truly go…?

@r0ckt3hc4sb4h

4y↑528

How can this song make me so happy and so sad at the same time?

@charisroush8833

4y↑25

Because it resurfaces our favorite memories that we can never get back.

@Lunainbali

so true!

@pamelawade8406

4y↑9

Because it is beautiful and sad at the same time

@patty109109

4y↑8

Nostalgia.

@flightofthebumblebee9529

4y↑5

That is what music does. The definition of bittersweet.

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@tok4life420

32w↑6

I was 7 in 1996. Mom playing this on cerwin Vega speakers. I'm 34 now. Shes in ash form. mix of emotions

@LiliNaderi-gd2sx

6w↑2

God rest her soul❤️

@amberkirkham4312

2y↑25

This takes me back to a time when the United States felt a little more stable. It wasn’t perfect. But it was better.

Summertime. Green grass. Swimming pool. Burgers on the grill. No worries about it being too expensive. Real eye to eye conversations because there weren’t cell phones to draw the other persons attention away. I miss it so much. I miss the excitement of not knowing when your friends would drop by. No before text. Just a knock at the door and then they are eating the food out of your fridge. No set plans. Just doing what we felt like in the moment. My parents were younger. Working so hard so we could enjoy our teen years. My house was the place we all gravitated to.

@TradesInfinite

Perfectly said!!! Much peace

@youeatshowieategg

As a Brit, the world was more innocent then, back when the USA was simpler. I once tried to explain to my students what the world was like before 9/11. It all feels like a dream.

@XXX_xxxxxxxx

1y↑1

Aw man I love you guys...I'm crying....plz I know we're strangers but we have these beautiful memories in common. Stay safe y'all! And love to the uk...stay warm💜

@Hayyden

3y↑160

I was an ignorant teenage boy like most in the 90's and a girl from school always sang this song (radio 1996)
but she never knew the name of it and my only recollection of it for the longest time was of her voice.

Every time I hear this I think of what a good friend she was and wish her well. <3

@svfox

2y↑3

I know exactly what you mean

@karingcarebearsunited6193

2y↑1

Cuzco I'm just a teenage dirtbag Babee by Wheat Us

@ThomasCameron

2y↑5

You should reach out to her and tell her. Life's short af, tell people what they meant to you.

@michelleberry9357

1y↑4

Was it me, was I that girl? Cause I ALWAYS sang this song, lol. Even if not the same her, I'm doing good. : D

@garyblanchard1084

44w↑1

Sounds like one exceptional young lady

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@nunavutmanful

1y↑15

Just another 90's song that beats any of today's music

@terrymartin3272

1y↑42

This is a cleansing clean song that deals with the soul of man. Certain songs just take you places and this is one of them.

@2steaksandwiches665

41w↑10

Late night cleaning tables and dishes at a Mexican restaurant in the mid-1990s. Coming home Smelling like body odor and salsa. Windows down. Blasting this Good memories.

@pcrtwentekanaal8458

2y↑60

Memories of the nineties going straight down my spine

@twirlyboggs

4y↑160

That piano solo in the middle of the song is one of the most true things I've ever heard

@twirlyboggs

4y↑1

also reminds me of Nick Drake's "northern sky" or really just Nick Drake in gen

@hannsvernor5125

4y↑4

love how you used the adj "true" to describe the piano

@davidtucker5777

4y↑2

If I remember correctly, that solo was an AI finding a random tune.

@twirlyboggs

4y↑1

@@davidtucker5777 Rantiful. Imagination is the.

@kevinj920

4y↑1

My favorite solo of all time

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@PineWikCGA

4y↑53

I've been down hearted baby,
Ever since the 90's left....

@marcostacey9726

25w↑4

90s had the most interesting one hit wonders. This was a great example

@jaredbellow

1y↑115

@joshroberts3719

1y↑4

Facts

@smileygladhands

1y↑3

I feel very similar to what you said. I'm 40, so I was 13 or 14. Wow. Brought a tear to my eye...

@pashaveres4629

1y↑3

You're older this second than you've ever been... and you'll never be this young again.

@brendadale852

1y↑3

thank you sooo much for your early morning ramblings, you're not alone in that!!!! AND...the conversations you or anybody can have about higher spirits. I was raised, until 8years old, to believer God was some grey haired, bearded dude sitting on a throne up on high, with a staff in his hand, smiting all us human beings. Hard thing to get over, BUT...as an adult raising my children in the bush in northern Ontario, we found our higher spirit to be the spirit of the land, and not just the land but every darned thing connected to the land and us. We FOUND our spiritual connection. Sucks to say that we all now live in Southern Ontario. We have tried to keep our spiritual connection, even if just within each other, but it's sure hard to do living down here. Life down here sucks the life and spirit right out of you. AND I really feel sorry for people who have never lived the bush life we loved, they never had a chance to know that part of the life we should all know. My kids, now 43 and 38, were raised in the bush. Myself as a young'un, was raised on a farm until 18. My kids know farm and bush. Unfortunately my grandson has been urban raised and knows neither of our previous lifestyles. I sooo want him to know farm life, and even more so, I want to teach him bush survival skills. He will likely never know a farm, or the bush, and that's very sad. To me it's everything , my life and how I learned life skills. I try to teach him as much as can in this limited environment, and he has a very good imagination and tries to see what I'm teaching him. My kids weren't farm raised, but they were raised as incredible bush people. Once they got to young adult age, they left the bush to live in Southern Ontario, which was a good thing and I was happy for them to do so. My son is a master roofer, and my daughter has her own CPA business. They're successful down here, but they both yearn to be back in the bush. I'm the Mom, and I'm down here now also, but I so want to go back north to my home ground! I am so out of my league down here, I am so disconnected from my world. Been down here just over 6 years , and if it weren't for my kids, I'd have no contacts down here. I DO meet people, and I do say some things about bush life, and when I used to train horses, and when I used to work at a small country zoo, and when I used to rebuild engines and transmissions for our race cars. People don't want to hear those things, they call me a liar. They don't think a woman can do those things. I did all that, and a whole lot more .I'm still doing more. I'm teaching my grandson about life, and how to use your imagination and LEARN ! I want him to be the best little dude in the world Forgive me, or don't, but thank you for listening if youi've got this far in my babbling. Good night, and Happy New Year

@novickboys

There is always going to be beautiful music created, but the nostalgia this song invokes is the sad, wistful reminder of beauty instead of adherence to a false sense of a better time. I feel what you mean and I agree mostly. If you look around right now, there is something there to uplift you, even if it is revisiting a time when you felt free.

@dwakeman1

8y↑2.3K

It was sometime in '05, or maybe in '06, my wife and I took our son to Love Field for yet another deployment for training... and I told my wife I was so freaking tired of saying good bye to him. This song came on the radio on our way home, and it just really hit me with the mood it conveyed. My son was KIA in Iraq in August, 2007... and I so wish I had one more time to say good bye. Makes me cry every time I hear this now...

@jujope9798

8y↑111

+dwakeman1 GOD bless you and your family! Thankful to your son for his service.

@WarmSpringsWarriors

8y↑66

+dwakeman1 Thank you for his service.

@FCSchaefer

8y↑71

Tomorrow is Memorial Day; will think of your son and all the others to whom this great country owes so much. God Bless you and your family.

@DeeGenV

8y↑93

Damm.

nothing more to say...Damm.

Enjoy every echo you have of his memory. I wish you and your wife peaceful times.

@panchojustpancho4401

8y↑10

Enjoy Heaven. 2022 is My prediction. if Lucifer comes up one soul short, we're blasting everyone's spirit, starting with Lucifers (read as two birds ;) ) with one stone). Be ready. God bless. -Jesus

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@dmohr6449

2y↑28

This song feels like waiting for a ride in the rain in the 90’s.

@garyblanchard1084

44w↑5

Or cruising a country road with a future fiancé. Song comes over the waves and truly hits home with force and passion.

@Rambl3On

2y↑28

I’ve been trying to rediscover this song for at least 10 years! Glad I finally found it.

@kevinmaurer7839

1y↑1

Me too

@donaldjk1611

Ill third that notion

@paulrivas1024

16w↑2

There are so many positive comments and memories about this song! I feel you all! The picture alone brings me to my knees with the overflow of memories! I am nobody, but i know heart! I'm in the same boat at as you! Overwhelmed by memories of the past all while feeling lost in the present!

@j.d.837

4y↑51

Reminds me of my teenage years. Almost brings tears to my eyes for my lost youth. I can close my eyes and I'm back there in the mid 90's once again and see my mother's face and all the friends and family I probably haven't seen since then and will probably never see again.

@jillmiller1705

3y↑5

Your post makes me sad, go back home and visit brother , you still got a chance to see some of them, God bless brother.

@OrdinaryDAD69

3y↑24

The most underrated song in the history of this planet. Like for fucking real. Nobody knows this goddamn song. IT IS SO GOOD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

@theditto69

33w↑4

Living in Baltimore and vacationing in London, in a store on Regents St and this song comes on. I’m transported to 1996, memories flooded in from senior year of college. Where did the time go. Jesus

@user-ro6kz4wj9m

17w

Time flies 🪽 ⏳️

@proxi9494

2y↑46

Such a relaxing and calming song. It feels like the feeling of being on a plane. Absolutely love it.

@lakesthaproduct44

2y↑102

My best friend just lost his 2 year old baby girl a few days ago. I put this on and it literally brought me to my knees. She will never get to experience the highs and lows of life. She will never get to read comic books, look up to superstars or meet her first love. As a man with two daughters myself, it hits home and this song further confirms it. I hope everyone out there appreciates every second of their lives and are happy. One love. ❤

@dobiegirls1

2y↑7

Bro, that is so heavy... 🥺

@kimdasko6952

2y↑6

That little angel has all the toys, animals and everything she could ever want. She's with Jesus now and is doing great. Her father WILL see her again and she'll be beautiful. God bless her, her father and mother......and you.

@ashleyh2578

2y↑3

Maybe she flew on to her next life ❤ peace and love to you and especially your friend. Thats gotta be the hardest pain imaginable.

@johnnybhoy4278

1y↑4

I'm an old granddad now and I've seen so much death. So many friends gone and now their children are dying like flies. I've literally got PTSD from this life. In the early eighties I lost 22 friends in 21 months. I stopped counting the dead after that.

@Orange6921

1y↑4

Actually she will my friend, there is a God in heaven and all children who die go to Him. NO child disappears into nothingness or goes below. She will never experience the pain and suffering and sadness of this world.

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@jasono.5485

41w↑6

Still rocking this in 2023.

@brandonmoore7497

14w

I’m listening to Primitive Radio Gods Standing Outside A Broken Phone Booth With Money In My Hand mid January 2024!

2:00

@Ccortanaa

30w↑10

I still own the CD of this album. I have absolutely no clue where i heard this song, at some point in my life i heard it im guessing on the radio? Went to a local mall, found the CD, bought it and never had any regrets.

@noahschaffer3542

1y↑12

“Art is how we decorate space, music is how we decorate time.” - Jean Michel Basqiat

@thedarthsidious66

4y↑154

Im here because of my neighbor, the drummer of this band, Tim.

@seanhumphrey7133

4y↑14

tell tim we love him.

@skarlitbegoniahz

4y↑11

Wonder if he’s aware of his part in so many peoples fond recollections of simpler times.

@johnhatchel1372

4y↑12

Sounds like a drum machine.

@GregDenyes

Keso reminded me of this, yeah.

@ovinophile

4y↑6

The guy’s a machine!

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@nicholasyoder

6y↑728

I miss the 90's so goddamn much it makes me cry.

@chevy2599

6y↑33

90's were so damn good. I totally know what you mean.

@christinamarandino8079

6y↑46

I never knew how much I'd miss it as I was living it...

@lincolnjones506

6y↑17

Me to brother! I'm right there with you man! I had it all!

@Reactionary_Harkonnen

6y↑16

Thinking about it it makes me realize how I almost forgot the feeling of such prosperity.

@gypsysoul279

5y↑19

90s were bitter sweet for me. No matter what I'll always be nostalgic.

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@treysammons4248

3y↑44

I remember laying awake all night just to hear this on the radio

@antonedecosta9822

2y↑2

And it was glorious and worth the wait everytime.

@stereos182

2y↑29

This is one of those melancholy songs that really makes you think about everything for a while. It sure hits home for me that's for sure. People thought I had a great upbringing and got handed a silver platter with spoon. I have many stories and you pick a year in my life and I'll give you every detail that's ever happened to me. Lots of positives and lots of negatives but I still hold my head high and grateful everyday I'm still alive and kicking 🙏🏻

@randy5655

2y↑1

I've had good and bad, I've been luckier than some.

@brendadale852

The melancholy of this song is what drives memories for me. This song is decades old, and I love it because It kinda pulls out maybe not so good memories, which I think are important to face and understand. I didn't have a good childhood, my Dad was always away on 'business trips', and my Mom was very resentful of being stuck at home with 3 kids. She didn't like her situation and wasn't a very loving parent. But I understood the lack of love, and as I became a parent, I knew how not to be like my mother. My kids are 43 and 38, and they were raised with total love from me. My grandson is 5, and we are best friends and I am his life mentour. From hardship and lack of love can come the most beautiful relationships, if there is awareness that lack of love is harmful. I'm so thankful that I saw the harm done and knew how to fix it for my kids and my grandson. I've been down Heart Ache Bay, but I've figured out how to get beyond it. Love, and love life. Everybody should have a bowl of that for breakfast every morning

@bleumonday

5y↑297

"If I die before I learn to speak, will money pay for all the days I lived awake but half asleep" all of us teens in the 90s full of hope for a life bigger and meaningful that read Fight Club feel that deeply. As we go about the daily monotony.

@nugsymalone1247

5y↑6

I feel you, but like that Baz Luhrmann song, "sunscreen" I will be 40 by the time I realize what I want to do with my life.

@onlinemovement4131

4y↑1

YES!

@lynnemilazzo3904

4y↑9

I'm 65....and this song hit me so hard about 20 years ago. I was in a bad place then , and this music gave me so much comfort. I love it still....

@antoniusbritannia8217

4y↑6

Just pee in the lobster bisque

@matthewharbour6276

4y↑2

Don't fret to much, we might just get. To burn it all down yet.

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@jeffpro8

8y↑155

Good times the 90's where a lot better than things right now. :)

@heyyyyyynow

8y↑6

+jeffpro18 Don't live in the past.

@jeffpro8

8y↑10

+heyyyyyynow believe me I don't, not everything about the past is better but from my life experience the 90's was a better time at least for me.

@briannabush7314

8y↑19

+heyyyyyynow honestly man....the 1990' really was the last great decade...music...tv....culture was all original and pure

@GonzoSqueeze

8y↑9

+heyyyyyynow Fuck that. Those who fail to learn from history are doomed to repeat it.
Although, I wouldn't mind repeating the 90's. So carry on!

@84hendrixnirvana

8y↑1

"beautifully said"!😌

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@RainyDayWriter23

2y↑29

I listened to this song on the plane every time I would fly to see him. When I was over Philadelphia at night, and I could see the city lights coming up and getting closer to the water with the reflections from the lights, I would listen to this. I won't be going to see him anymore, and this song just reminds me of the things I no longer have, all while telling me through lyrics to ride the waves and don't ask where they go. Waves crash, it's what they do. My wave crashed, and I'm holding on for the next one.

@edwarddobbins9186

2y↑2

I felt that comment. Seriously. I did.

@RainyDayWriter23

2y↑1

@@edwarddobbins9186 I hope you have peace in your life

@edwarddobbins9186

@@RainyDayWriter23 I'm trying. You?

@RainyDayWriter23

@@edwarddobbins9186 someday soon, but not now. Take everything as it comes, man.

@edwarddobbins9186

@@RainyDayWriter23 I try to, although I'm admittedly not the best at it. I'm my worst enemy frequently.

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@Throughthelurkingglass

3y↑67

If I had to listen to one song on repeat for the rest of my life, this would be the song.

@ge2623

3y↑2

Mine would be "Muskrat Love" by The Captain and Tennille"

@shippermd

Same!🥰

@mindsigh4

Nothing Compares 2 U, by Sinead O'Connor, used to play that over & over, Bridge of Sighs by Robin Trower, & a few others, it was like i wanted to ingrain the whole song into my spiritual DNA, or fingerprint, at least with youtube now u can learn to play them. i encourage anyone to learn to play a song, or sing alone in the car where nobody can complain, a song that gets u, that u get, to me it's like a prayer, only u can dance to it too.

@---cr8nw

Drip Drip Drip by Chumbawumba.

@karingcarebearsunited6193

2y↑1

Yes be careful tho the guy seelling it said he has a time machine he wants us to try out and put us in for him you c?

@SameerMatta

5y↑357

This song brings me back to being a teen in the late 90's. Despite going through a rough patch, the track really makes me reflect on how awesome the 90's were. It was the last vestige of times where friendships and music were genuine. Who knows, maybe I'm just getting old. Things just seem to be separating really fast and human connections are at an all time low.

@jjm666

5y↑3

everything fall apart NIN but things come together

@ogdamager

5y↑4

Well said bro I feel you

@judahraah4359

4y↑10

"In the times of the end...people will lack natural affection" -the bible

@exaltedstate

4y↑4

Its interesting, I hear that all the time, that people aren't connecting with each other anymore but that hasnt been my experience at all. Everywhere I go, the only interaction I ever have with people is deep and meaningful and pure. Maybe thats why people are drawn to me the way they are, everybody's starving for a connection and they see me and know that's what they'll get here, somehow know I'm safe to connect with... I dont judge, I'm very spiritual and kind, and im just not about the bullshit. But I get told all the time that theyve never met anyone like me and that they've never had a conversation like this before, and I think that's sad coz that's literally the only type of conversation that I'll ever have, I refuse to engage in low frequency bullshit or small talk or gossip or whatever else it is, I literally can't hear it. And anyone can do it, you make up the rules for your own reality and decide the person you're gonna be. Idk, I just know that I'm very blessed because my life is full of important connections I make with new people every day. And in that way I know I am helping the world. And yes I'm a millennial.

@troybanger5168

4y↑16

I was born in 76. I was a teen in the 90s. It was the last great decade. Loved your comment

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@klewieblu

10y↑57

Hi fives to all my 90's people! I miss the music of that decade!

@traeparsley3638

6y↑1

klewieblu I wonderfully accept that high five, my friend. 90s were the best.

@jacoblavoie8326

6y↑1

High five! Will never forget these great tunes.

@angieadoranti800

2y↑22

I f-ing LOVE this song!!! Never gets old!

@contentiousotter2324

2y↑15

"If I die before I learn to speak, can money pay for all the days I lived awake but half asleep" That line hits especially hard when you're someone who quit drinking and you find yourself looking back at those wasted years of your life. Getting sober was learning to speak. Daily drinking was living awake but being half asleep.

@Mexihoney66

13w

❤

@Hopper-ow7ow

9w↑1

My adult life has been that. I'm still trying. Bless you

@ilikejumprope

2y↑30

This song came out when I was 16/17 and reminds me of driving alone in my car blasting it. I can even remember the little MTV bumper commercial thing that would show new music with this song in it

@sergiocabezuela9713

MTV BUZZCLIP?

@XXX_xxxxxxxx

Oh God I forgot all about those! Thanks for that 🫠

@jonathanw7074

38w↑9

Does summer come for everyone?? This is the saddest but truest lyric I’ve ever heard. For some people summer is just a dream, a painting we can only look at but never experience

@ScottPigeon

2y↑25

This song popped in my head out of nowhere after not hearing it in probably 25 years and I even remembered the name of the group after a few minutes of "do do doo do'ing", but I can't retain or recall anything to help me with career or income. It's like my brain got full sometime around this period.

@killerfrank8974

7y↑889

Quite possibly the most underrated song of the 90's. The lyrics, the sound, everything is pure beauty, and you yet almost never hear this song anywhere but here. A shame.

@bobbylastname943

7y↑31

@richwfd2002

7y↑5

Totally agree!!

@andypetrovich2155

7y↑8

I heard this song a lot when it came out. Always a great song. I agree with you on you never hear this on 90's flashbacks.

@afhevh

7y↑6

They play it on Lithium and the 90's channel regularly on Sirius Xm.

@transp0rter1

7y↑3

agreed. it really is a fucking treasure. Even though it was his only good song from what I read, lol. Hey, it's a phenomenal accomplishment.

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@MissTerri1979

5y↑550

It's like Moby meeting Bruce Hornsby, on a cold winter's day.

@powerfulextremelypowerful5225

5y↑9

MissTerri1979 very well said 👍🏼

@CeeCeeB.

5y↑9

A very apt description

@barbpeterson22

5y↑7

perfect description 👌🏻👍🏻

@Collins1118

5y↑2

Exactly what I told my boyfriend when it came in sat radio the other day. Couldn’t believe it wasn’t Moby- not the voice as I listened but the old blues song as chorus. Vocals aren’t too far off from Moby tho

@hannsvernor5125

5y↑6

It’s BB King FYI

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@dsorvita

2y↑14

I remember with great melancholy this song in my youth, now I listen to it with great sadness in my older days

@thirdforest182

48w

Amen. Many of us share this sentiment.

@kamikazechivalry1264

2y↑33

Growing up in the nineties was a wonderfully strange trip, but I'm glad I had these songs to get me through it.

@33Luger

4y↑40

The 90's had so many great one hit wonders.

@willywitham5162

34w↑7

The last I heard this song was at least 20 years ago. Since then I’ve spent many hours recreating it in my head from the distant memories. This morning I was standing in line at the cafe and there it was…not far off!

@mstyles2667

37w↑8

OMG. I totally forgot about this song, I always LOVED it. I was a teenager in the 90s.

@djlivelee3325

2y↑18

One of my all time favorite songs

@phantommanass

9y↑977

Wow, I finally found this fucking song.

@idnyftw

9y↑37

I had my first time with a girl while this song was on the radio :)

@landsknecht8654

9y↑9

Same here LOL!

@TheDrunkardHu

9y↑34

phantommanass LOL!! Every time I try to remember this song, no one knows what the hell I'm talking about, and finding it always turns into some sort of genealogy project or some shit... I feel you brother.

@redel37

9y↑9

Mark Merzweiler I've found this song while I'm still looking for "my 90s'song"...

@RedHanded27

9y↑12

phantommanass ikr I tried for years to remember the band. all I could remember was something about a phone booth

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@edwardgraham9280

6y↑360

I've been on a low-level search for this song for more than 20 years. I heard it once or twice in odd situations and never could discern the title or the group. And no one could help me when I tried to describe it to them (go fig'r, right?). But I did remember a reference to Baltimore, my home town. And today I went deeep into a search and found it. THAT'S what a cool song I think it is. I NEVER forgot it.

@BARFYADAMS

5y↑3

Edward Graham too bad you didn’t listen to zed 99 in red deer in the late 90s. All you would have heard is this song and sugar ray and goo goo dolls and Jan Arden. Lord how I hated radio in those days.

@pierre-lucmayer8729

5y↑7

Edward Graham Same here, I only remember the « i’ve been downhearted baby » part without even knowing the lyrics. Just a ghost of a sentence. Then one day, driving my mother around in her car, the song came up on radio. I’t was magical. Knowing i would be able to go on the radio station site and browse the recently played section.Made my day.

@wingsunfurl7030

I was searching for the album name, MTV Buzz Bin 2, for a long time.. found it :)

@prestond9165

5y↑4

Exactly the same situation here except I only could ever remember "do do do do.." lol. Took me foreverrrr but I ended coming across a random message board thru a Google search of some form of that "do do do do", and an angel of a random message board poster listed this song in reply. Satisfied that decades long insanity not being able to find this song.

@jayboogie5403

5y↑1

I'm here in Baltimore now!

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@dancarlton7973

29w↑2

This is much better than anything on today's top 40 radio stations owned by companies like iHeartradio.

@rachelchatlosh5264

1y↑6

I clicked on another video and it said comments were off and I got super sad because I came here to say I love this song so much. I have so many good childhood memories when I hear this song.

@kevindiaz2118

7y↑40

I am looking 20 years for this song... and now i found it!!! in a 90s spotify list... i can die now! .... and rememeber when i was teenager and happy :(

@jonnierotten7

5y↑2

I've loved this song from the first time it hit my ears. Freakin cool - adding BB in, the way they did. This is a song, I CAN'T listen to, just once! BTW: I'm 68 years young.

@samrothstein6278

5y↑1

Me too and I just heard it on sirus radio. Loved this song as a kid

@Keep_Crying_Son

5y↑2

Same here bro. 90s kids all day. We can be at peace now. 🤙 S13G dogg.

@jesusfarrow503

I'm so sorry it took you so long to find this song but at least you can have it as a part of your life everyday form then on

@RiseAboveAspireHigher

10y↑70

"About a god we've never seen
But never fails to side with me"

The lyric really touched me. I love this song.

@Sapphira3

10y↑3

For what reason? It sounds like religion and hypocrisy to me. The god never fails to side with the "pious" one.

@eminem007aka11

10y↑3

agree with that...im not religious ... but this song just hit the right buttons and make you wonder about life,how we evolved,reality and other deep stuff.. great song, takes me places

@stanleyanderson9652

10y↑10

Dragsooth No, he's saying that most people that are believers look for the things in scripture that agree with their take on things.

@FCSchaefer

10y↑1

Stanley Anderson Don't we all.

@stanleyanderson9652

10y↑1

FC Schaeffer Yaaa, pretty much unfortunatly.

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@Branbran1993

3y↑15

SiriusXM 90’s on 9 rediscovered this masterpiece for me yesterday when I was just taking a sunset drive. I forgot the name for over 20 years, so I almost ran my truck off the road in excitement when this started playing in my ears.

@dwaynebarksdale5937

i hear you man 💔💔💔❤️❤️❤️

@shippermd

3y↑23

A haunting, ethereal dreamy song that stays with you.
One of my favorites! 🥰
Still enjoying this in 2021!
You?

@brandonmoore7497

2y↑1

I'm listening to Primitive Radio Standing Outside Of A Broken Telephone Booth early January 2022

@garyblanchard1084

44w↑1

Ever since 1996

@brendaamata9233

44w↑1

2023 I forgot about this song

@YouNeedToHearThis

6y↑45

Damn. I remember being like 11 or 12 years old and going to Saturday Morning Basketball with my friends in a minivan and this song coming on the radio. Hearing it now transports me back to that exact instant and I feel like I'm sitting there in the back seat with the sun shining through the window onto my face as I lace up my basketball shoes before scrambling out of the van to the basketball court. Those times seem more significant to me now, and remind me of the good times when nothing really mattered.

@YouNeedToHearThis

4y↑1

@@elenachristine6266 Thank you for the nice comment.

@nicholasyoder

6y↑519

I miss the 90's so damn bad. Everything was so damn cool, the music, us teens, clothing, friendships. The times have changed everything and it's so depressing for a GenXer.

@totalspoof8344

6y↑21

Yeah the 90s were awesome. That's when I learned what pot was,what real friendships were and I lived as much as I could. Great times.

@Reactionary_Harkonnen

6y↑10

I miss it too. I was like 3 or 4 when this song came out I don't know why I remember it so well. Can't believe I found it!

The 90s it was so much stability and insurance in life. The American dream was so alive and not just in America but throughout the Western Civilization.

My father was positive and pretty religious, with all the crazy things that happened in job Outsourcing everything he was a borderline broken man and became a temporary atheist now he's agnostic. He has improved a lot though but his not the same. :c

All my life since childhood everybody was talking about the American dream, and now it's dead for me and for many of us. I miss that good feeling of optimism for the future and when all you have to do is work hard and work a little smart and you'll be rewarded for it way more often than not, it's not like that anymore. Things got so bad these days it's ridiculous!

@calmdown7299

6y↑21

I'm not even from the 90's but I wish I was alive in the 90's. I like the music from the 90's. I miss when people actually used to play outside...instead of playing video games, or texting...Shooooooot...I feel like I would've rocked the 90's. 😢SOMEONE MAKE A TIME TRAVELING MACHINE!!!

@Reactionary_Harkonnen

6y↑16

@@calmdown7299 Dude the 90s were amazing. I mean by all means it wasn't perfect and far from it but it's not like how things are now. Things are way too crazy now! There was no BLM, no SJWs, no feminism, over all good musics, good songs, singers and bands were not degenerates, most singers can actually sing, pretty good economy, jobs were fairly plentiful, most jobs were well paying, fuel was cheap, houses were relatively cheap, cars were more affordable, women wanted to get married and wanted kids, most women like to cook, a sense of adventure, so much optimism for the future, and so on.

One thing I am glad is EDM has overtaken rap crap in the club scene. But rap in the clubs was more of a early 2000s thing though. There was more of a "Neo-Disco" that played in most clubs in the 90s though which was good music.

@totalspoof8344

6y↑4

@@calmdown7299 you would have loved the 90s. I spent 90% of my time making friends and having a great time,outside. It will always be the best part in my childhood. 91 would be the first place I'd go,it would be great to have a time machine.

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@seinfan9

2y↑5

It's the 20s, this song came out in the 90s, and the style of music makes it sound like they're reminiscing about life in the 70s.

@carloszunniga7593

42w↑8

Love this song.

@MattGFC1977

42w

this song is garbage

@jennaryals1566

4y↑102

I've been down hearted baby
I've been down hearted baby
Ever since
The day
We met.

@hannsvernor5125

4y↑14

-BB King sung straight from his heart

@joeyabrams7080

4y↑6

How many people across this country hear these words, feel their meaning, and never find someone who knows the pain.

@djp6191

Yes thank you, we know the words..😂

@bradprice8040

3y↑2

@@djp6191 but have you felt these words?

@violetdusk1968

3y↑2

When I was a little girl and I heard this song that lyric made me sad. I wondered what the woman in his life did to make him feel that way.

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@_Wakaz_

3y↑128

To all the millennials who felt lost in their lives, I send my love to you.

From a lost Gen Z kid.

@carolverble7342

3y↑7

From a Gen X kid who also feels and loves this song, and still feels lost from time to time, hang in there! You'll find your way - just keep swimming and take comfort in your tunes along the way :)

@themightyflail

3y↑7

As a gen Xer I feel the same...

@pho.phonic

3y↑3

As a Gen Z I feel you

@funtimes8296

3y↑4

As a boomer I salute you but just wish you would get off your ass and find yourself! (Lmfao JK I'm a millenial)

@alexasaltz4229

3y↑3

Instead of losing myself, I just got lost...

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@adrianarangel9462

2y↑11

Heard this for the first time in '96 and the lyrics hit me just NOW

@nyahhbinghi

50w↑2

typical female, men knew right away (j/k lol)

@xxweirdofromspacexx1119

2y↑87

@mariavictoriasalita5273

1y↑2

I'm an INFP and boy, I love this song!

@nate6539

4y↑33

Never tried looking for this song. This song found me.

@DarkCraftCreations

3y↑3

Best comment 🔥👌🏼

@RLE30

3y↑2

@@DarkCraftCreations Agree. Here have this like

@kikintires

7y↑111

My wife sent this cd to me while I was deployed to Bosnia, lost it somewhere transitioning from one world to another. Glad I stumbled across this gem.

@minstralwinds

5y↑2

Thank you for serving...Honor and respect!

@desertbrewcrew1974

4y↑2

My brother was there, he was on his way to germany for vacation on a military junket when he was activated mid-flight. I got out 1yr after desert storm, he went all the way and retired in 2008. GOD BLESS

@Aaron-8989

2y↑1

Thank you for your service !

@jimmybaugh5581

2y↑1

Thank you for your service.

@vaszgul736

3y↑25

This song is the voice my soul speaks in.

@jzakilla

8y↑230

20 years later this song still gets me.

@lokavelli5453

7y↑14

yep. pulls all sort of nostalgic feelings out of me. Thoughts of friends come and gone. Times, places, moments in time that have passed. Makes me feel the feeling of summer as a teenager in the 90s.

@yosoywilson78

7y↑1

PEYTON WOOLMAN 10 years from when? This song was popular in '96 when I was watching Cable Guy

@garyshaffer9301

7y↑1

Aaron Wilson can we all believe it's been 20 years? Great music. Timeless.

@winterlynn9012

6y↑2

+Loki T Same here..this brings back memories of summer of 1996 for me. I used to tape all my favourite videos onto a vhs lol.

@SnowCrashR

6y↑2

“We swim like lions through the crest and bathe ourselves in zebraflesh.” How is that NOT the most quoted lyric of all fucking time?!? Seriously?!?

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@thisisajoke0

4y↑46

Wayne brought me here. Then I immediately realized this was a song I heard 100 times but never knew it's name.

@cmichaelgreene

4y↑7

Same here, shirt tucker.

@ebeard01

4y↑5

It's not so bad.

@michaelmeek7764

3y↑2

Same

@tisneyherenorthere

3y↑1

How are ya, now?

@TheAnimedragons

3y↑1

@@tisneyherenorthere goodn you?

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@jeremywilliamson871

2y↑4

Yea I feel a gratitude for this one song of some I've experienced. It's another good part of me then and still now.

@lorilynn6873

2y↑10

I still love this song 🎵 ❤

@likeriver

10y↑256

I heard this song for the first time today. I'm freaking 21. To be honest I thought it was new. Still sounds fresh even today.

@perianwalker9807

10y↑29

I am 54 and just somehow thought of it today...from way back when!

@jesusfarrow503

7y↑5

Perian Walker This song has a timeless feeling I'm sure it will still sounds good to first time listeiors 10 years from now

@lorimcdiarmid4781

7y↑1

Huh

@matthewvanwyhe1498

7y↑4

I'm 26 and just heard it for the first time today.

@irjohnston35

6y↑3

Same here. I heard it recently not that I grew up in the 90s I'm only 17 but I thought this song was new. It sounds brilliant and timeless.

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@leonelbarragan602

8y↑39

Such a nostalgic tune... brings so many wonderful memories growing up in the nineties before everything turned to nothingness...

@jenniferwong1765

39w↑5

Omg I haven't heard this song for years glad I found it. ❤😊

@Catmama5634

8w↑1

I miss the 90’s. Great music, everyone seemed happy. No BS to deal with.

@MrWitchman1967

6y↑154

To be brokenhearted in the 90's...

@screwyou89

5y↑1

@spirals 73 fr

@orchidchamber

5y↑2

Or anytime, its timeless, bound, and beyond time.

@pattyleabo426

5y↑1

I miss my jinco jeans

@smoothearl8035

5y↑1

... and the 80s ... and the 00s ... and beyond. The pain dulls over time, but never ends.

@themanwnoname3454

5y↑1

“Boilerplate.”

@CreatingExcellence

5y↑189

The BB King sample is the best part of this song

@alexanderhack3841

5y↑8

you'r a twat, whole song is fab !!!!!!

@brendendesimone9278

5y↑16

@@alexanderhack3841 he's not wrong though...BB King was also the best part of the U2 song When Love Comes to Town

@noemercy75

5y↑5

CreatingExcellence I was introduced to the song because I’m a BB King fan. A friend of mine was listening to this and I heard BB singing . I asked who sampled BB and he told me the name of the group. I’ve been hooked ever since.