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The New Basement Tapes — Lost on the River #20
Album: Lost On The River
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7.3

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Released: 2014
Length: 3:38
Plays (last 30 days): 5
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The tears of a woman are hidden within
As she moves from one to the next, her spirit grows thin
And when she falls in love with one, it's hard but it's true
But it's oh so much harder when that man is you

I got lost on the river, but I got found
I got lost on the river, but I didn't drown

One stormy day I was out at sea
The waves they rolled and tumbled over me
I spied dry land and a tall pale tree
I knew that soon that's where I'd like to be

My sweetheart left me for another one
And now I wait for the next rising sun

I got lost on the river, but I got found
I got lost on the river, but I didn't drown
I got lost on the river, but I didn't go down
I got lost on the river, but I got found
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Beautiful voice!
Posted 5 months ago by mgkiwi    [ Reply ]
-- Haunting and beautiful song, sung by a rare and special talent from my native state.
Posted 10 months ago by radiotoe    [ Reply ]
 unclehud wrote:

HOLY COW!  BillG's son Taylor is in this group?!?!




Um ... I don't think so. Checking the Wikipedia page says Taylor is the son of Lenny Goldsmith.
Posted 1 year ago by NeilBlanchard    [ Reply ]
HOLY COW!  BillG's son Taylor is in this group?!?!
Posted 1 year ago by unclehud    [ Reply ]
Отличная мелодия ! Привет из Омска 
Posted 1 year ago by stepiko.com    [ Reply ]
One of those songs that starts off playing somewhere in the background, but slowly works it's way into your consciousness with each playing, until it jumps to the foreground each time it starts.
Posted 2 years ago by xray38    [ Reply ]
Stunning voice/s, most pleasant indeed!
Posted 2 years ago by mgkiwi    [ Reply ]
Plays (last 30 days):
Main Mix - 6

Well I must be listening RP a lot since I heard it at least 4 times last month
Posted 2 years ago by ohemelaar    [ Reply ]
What I don't like about these basement tapes here, is that they don't tell you who the artists are performing the particular songs. 
Posted 2 years ago by Jelani    [ Reply ]
unclehud wrote:

The Wikipedia column says: "The New Basement Tapes is a British-American musical supergroup made up of ..." Elvis Costello and a bunch of folks I've never heard of.

Am I getting old, or is the term supergroup being over-used?

I'm with ya', uncle, it is overused.  But according to Wikipedia, the definition is very broad: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supergroup_(music)

To expound: if you have attained any fame previously, any group you join thereafter -- that has some other artist of any fame -- 'tis a supergroup!  Boom.

The definition of Supergroup should include the criterion that the new group attain some appreciable fame of their own.  Some examples come to mind: Blind Faith, Asia (arguably), Traveling Wilburys.

Check out Wikipedia's idea of who the supergroups are: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_musical_supergroups.
Too many just aren't.

Posted 2 years ago by obispo    [ Reply ]
She can find 'me' anytime!
Posted 2 years ago by BlackBetty    [ Reply ]
 
Posted 2 years ago by timmus    [ Reply ]
Posted 2 years ago by chkalov77    [ Reply ]
Rhiannon Giddens studied maths at uni then switched to opera. She also acted in two seasons of the TV series Nashville.
Posted 2 years ago by bushpossum    [ Reply ]
Too spooky for me.
Posted 2 years ago by timmus    [ Reply ]
 capooti wrote:

sounds like Patty Smith


It might, but it doesn't sound anything like Patti Smith,  thank God.
Posted 2 years ago by Edweirdo    [ Reply ]
The first verse gives me such a strong, slow Joan Osborne vibe...
Posted 2 years ago by SpencerAR    [ Reply ]
So beautiful.
Love learning of new tunes (new to me) through RP.
Thank-you 
Posted 3 years ago by rainforest    [ Reply ]
Enough of this spooky song!  It's like celebrating Haloween in March, or eating too much chocolate.
Posted 3 years ago by naomin    [ Reply ]
The album cover reminds me of the painting, School of Athens, by Raphael
Posted 3 years ago by Ok_Sobriquet    [ Reply ]
 unclehud wrote:
The Wikipedia column says: "The New Basement Tapes is a British-American musical supergroup made up of ..." Elvis Costello and a bunch of folks I've never heard of.

Am I getting old, or is the term supergroup being over-used?
 

Not overused in this case, so...
Posted 3 years ago by wtango    [ Reply ]
 uksminas wrote:
 
Surrialistic... Dhali... He is resting..
Posted 4 years ago by 01m01    [ Reply ]
I saw her at The Grand Ol Opry in Nashville 2 years ago. She walked out barefoot, long hair, simple dress with her acoustic guitar. She started to sing and I got chills. One of the more memorable performances I have ever had the honor of witnessing.
The next day we went to the Country Music Hall of fame and learned more about this country's music including rock and blues.
She is one of the best.
Posted 4 years ago by Magster753    [ Reply ]
Dylan! Unbelievable talent!
Posted 4 years ago by ScottD    [ Reply ]
 uksminas wrote:
 

Nice though the bridge movement is unnecessary and distracts as does the banks moving beyond the bridge
Posted 4 years ago by SmackDaddy    [ Reply ]
 uksminas wrote: Le pont Neuf - Paris
 

Posted 4 years ago by noe.architecte169    [ Reply ]
This probably sounds superb on a quality audio system. The blootoof speaker I have at work isn't doing it justice.
We need a single-ended tube amplifier and some high efficiency speaker pair.
Posted 4 years ago by ppopp    [ Reply ]
 unclehud wrote:
The Wikipedia column says: "The New Basement Tapes is a British-American musical supergroup made up of ..." Elvis Costello and a bunch of folks I've never heard of.

Am I getting old, or is the term supergroup being over-used?
 
Have you heard of My Morning Jacket? Mumford and Sons? Dawes? Not exactly unknowns. I'll admit I'd never heard of the Carolina Chocolate Drops, but that's just one of many, many groups I would have never discovered without Radio Paradise. 
Posted 4 years ago by Laptopdog    [ Reply ]
Posted 4 years ago by uksminas    [ Reply ]
Rhiannon Giddens, need to hear more of her on RP. Moon meets the sun....
Posted 4 years ago by jennyole    [ Reply ]
 stephen.king12101 wrote:
Why do you always play this song
 

Cause we asked for it.
Posted 4 years ago by Pjesnik    [ Reply ]
"Jim James, Elvis Costello, Marcus Mumford, Taylor Goldsmith, and Rhiannon Giddens."

Y'know, if these folks stick with it, they could really go places...  Wow.
c.
Posted 5 years ago by cc_rider    [ Reply ]
God, those backing vocals are stunning.
Posted 5 years ago by DaidyBoy    [ Reply ]
sounds like Patty Smith
Posted 5 years ago by capooti    [ Reply ]
This song is not for me. 
Posted 5 years ago by Gregfine    [ Reply ]
Why do you always play this song
Posted 5 years ago by stephen.king12101    [ Reply ]
This answers the question "listen to just one beautiful song"
Posted 5 years ago by ai63    [ Reply ]
the ooh-ing is like something out of the movie The Ten Commandments
makes me think of 1950's bible epics
so I just cant take this song seriously
I keep seeing Moses wooing Cleopatra with slaves fanning them, playing harps, and oohing
Posted 5 years ago by LaurieinTucson    [ Reply ]
The Wikipedia column says: "The New Basement Tapes is a British-American musical supergroup made up of ..." Elvis Costello and a bunch of folks I've never heard of.

Am I getting old, or is the term supergroup being over-used?
Posted 5 years ago by unclehud    [ Reply ]
7 -> 3  + Skip
Posted 5 years ago by Tomasni    [ Reply ]
BEAUTIFUL!
Posted 5 years ago by surfrider4life    [ Reply ]
Thought is was London Grammar at a first voice sounds..
Posted 5 years ago by Siberian_snowman    [ Reply ]


I absolutely love the idea of this entire album.What T Bone Burnett did with these lost lyrics and the artists who came together to make the music to those lyrics is astounding.
Posted 5 years ago by danthebeachman    [ Reply ]
 timmus wrote:
"I got lost on the river, but I didn't drown"

"ooooOOOOOoooooOOOOOooooo..... ooooOOOoooOOOOoooo...."

(starts wondering if they're ghosts now)
 

Don't worry Timmus, the ghosts are hiding in the new basement, just behind the tapes. The old basement was just getting too scary after #19 got lost on the river that flows through it.
Posted 5 years ago by Jamus    [ Reply ]
I gave this a 10 because it came after the horrid Mr. Jones by Counting Crows, and it stopped the bleeding from my ears.
Posted 5 years ago by jelgator    [ Reply ]
"I got lost on the river, but I didn't drown"

"ooooOOOOOoooooOOOOOooooo..... ooooOOOoooOOOOoooo...."

(starts wondering if they're ghosts now)
Posted 5 years ago by timmus    [ Reply ]
 azright wrote:
Was just thinking during the previous Doc Watson/Merle 'Summertime' how it reminded me a bit of this tune...hmmm, so that's how RP works...
 
 

Ding! - exactly
Posted 5 years ago by Solanus    [ Reply ]
8 -> 7  
Posted 5 years ago by Tomasni    [ Reply ]
A great song, beautifully sung by Rhiannon Giddens with so much soul! The album has some great songs on it generally, but this is my favourite.
Posted 5 years ago by ncollingridge    [ Reply ]
sounds like the song playing in Emily Dickinson College in Animal House
Posted 6 years ago by admascott    [ Reply ]
yes
Posted 6 years ago by francoisseurin    [ Reply ]
MArtina loves it! :)
Posted 6 years ago by jovovic.lada    [ Reply ]
She's got one of those kind of voices that is instantly recognizeable and you can tell that she really feels the soul in the song.  Check her out on any of the Carolina Chocolate Drop albums.  Definitely memorable and a great song.
Posted 6 years ago by naumni    [ Reply ]
{#Yes}
I Like!
Posted 6 years ago by Vakse    [ Reply ]
Beautiful!       go to RhiannonGiddens.com   ; )


Gorgeous
Posted 6 years ago by hayduke2    [ Reply ]
There is only one set of basement tapes—old or new.
Posted 7 years ago by ThePoose    [ Reply ]
This is a 10 for me, great ambiance, everything is there...
Posted 7 years ago by bougui    [ Reply ]
 Agree moonridge2001 wrote:
Kinda wish this song got lost on the river..
 

 


Posted 7 years ago by vinylbob    [ Reply ]
Damn' godlike singing makes my cry {#Frustrated}
Posted 7 years ago by basilarnold    [ Reply ]
this played right after Johnny Cash's Hurt! Stunning!
Posted 8 years ago by sidsiva737    [ Reply ]
Kinda wish this song got lost on the river..
 
Posted 8 years ago by moonridge2001    [ Reply ]
Dang but Giddens can seriously bring it. What a great tune.
Posted 8 years ago by bitbanger    [ Reply ]
This is a great album. Lots of quality songs and a firm favourite on the playlist. Highly recommended. More tunes played from it on RP would be appreciated. 
 
Posted 8 years ago by Redpoint    [ Reply ]
Hard for me to focus when this song comes on. I find it quite beautiful and entrancing. 
Posted 8 years ago by JesstheMess    [ Reply ]

I like it, but I have to be in the right mood to appreciate it.
Posted 8 years ago by DaMoGan    [ Reply ]
Golden Appeal.
Posted 8 years ago by twoplain2sea    [ Reply ]
Somebody get me a morphine needle. I need to cheer up.
Posted 8 years ago by VV    [ Reply ]
yeah, it's getting a little old and churchy sounding.
Posted 8 years ago by j1sey    [ Reply ]
"Plays in last 30 days: 7"

Somehow, I find that hard to believe.  Isn't it more like... 207?
 
Posted 8 years ago by jvalatka    [ Reply ]
Oh man this one hit me deep.  I am so glad I found this radio station.
Posted 8 years ago by dsd    [ Reply ]
Nice song. Nicer if it hadn't been played just about every day in the past week.
Posted 8 years ago by BlueHeronDruid    [ Reply ]
 dancnbarefoot wrote:
That's Rhiannon Gibbons from the Carolina Chocolate Drops I am almost certain. Her voice is amazing!
 

 
Rhiannon Giddens (https://rhiannongiddens.com/)

But right on all other counts.  She is great! 


Posted 8 years ago by NCEyeballKid    [ Reply ]
That's Rhiannon Gibbons from the Carolina Chocolate Drops I am almost certain. Her voice is amazing!
 
Posted 8 years ago by dancnbarefoot    [ Reply ]
 stargazer1 wrote:
It's just too bad this song couldn't have stayed lost.

 
LOL. It's just music. It'll pass.
Posted 8 years ago by oldviolin    [ Reply ]
It's just too bad this song couldn't have stayed lost.
Posted 8 years ago by stargazer1    [ Reply ]
Home girl ain't no joke. So proud of her. What a voice, literally and figuratively...
Posted 8 years ago by oldviolin    [ Reply ]
Just beautiful!
Posted 8 years ago by jhorton    [ Reply ]
I like this and like whole album.....it's great...especiallt like kansas city
Posted 9 years ago by nance    [ Reply ]
Was just thinking during the previous Doc Watson/Merle 'Summertime' how it reminded me a bit of this tune...hmmm, so that's how RP works...
 
Posted 9 years ago by azright    [ Reply ]
Not sure why but the more I hear this the more I like it. So simple, yet so powerful. Terrific emotional impact in such a low-key song.
Posted 9 years ago by BBoyes    [ Reply ]
 ckcotton wrote:
The epitome of "Ho-Hum"

...... Booring......... 

 
One listener's Ho-Hum is another's 'elegaic', and the dividing line is thin and flexible. In my current mood, this counts as elegaic gospel, though I could see how it could be tedious in another context. Ver' nahce, anyhoo - 7 from the chilled Nottingham jury.
Posted 9 years ago by fredriley    [ Reply ]
The epitome of "Ho-Hum"

...... Booring......... 
Posted 9 years ago by ckcotton    [ Reply ]
 
Ag3nt0rang3 wrote:

that's not much play time, not sure what your problem is.

 
Simply and respectfully ask RP to take this tune out of rotation for a few years.  The song is like fingernails on a chalkboard. 
 
Posted 9 years ago by vinylbob    [ Reply ]
Gotta say with all the music that is to be heard it has been played a lot here. It is a good song but being overplayed by Bill IMO.
Posted 9 years ago by Screature    [ Reply ]
 vinylbob wrote:
Tired of hearing this please.  Last play: Sep 20, 2015
Plays in last 30 days: 8

 
that's not much play time, not sure what your problem is.
Posted 9 years ago by Ag3nt0rang3    [ Reply ]
She falls in love with one.
Posted 9 years ago by twoplain2sea    [ Reply ]
Tired of hearing this please.  Last play: Sep 20, 2015
Plays in last 30 days: 8
Posted 9 years ago by vinylbob    [ Reply ]
In Bill we trust.
walkerpub wrote:
Bill loves this and that is good enough for me!

 


Posted 9 years ago by slikr    [ Reply ]
Bill loves this and that is good enough for me!
Posted 9 years ago by walkerpub    [ Reply ]


Good song. Good delivery.

Thanks for a very mellow Saturday night. I've been listening the last eight-nine hours.
 Just floating along the flow of the music.
Posted 9 years ago by AndyJ    [ Reply ]
 TJOpootertoot wrote:
This isn't one of my faves on this album but it does have a distinctive ghostly vibe and you can't deny the power of Rhiannon Giddens' voice.

 
She does have a lovely and powerful voice and she a very talented musician as well.
Posted 9 years ago by Proclivities    [ Reply ]
Jeez, this was played not even 12 hrs ago. Talk about heavy rotation. Great voice.
Posted 9 years ago by phlattop    [ Reply ]
Beautiful!       go to RhiannonGiddens.com   ; )

Posted 9 years ago by hayduke2    [ Reply ]
One of the premium cable channels - HBO I think - did a terrific "documentary" of these folks and the recording session.  Included was some very interesting information; stuff that escaped me (I can't imagine why) for a few decades.
Posted 9 years ago by davem    [ Reply ]
8 -> 7. Still like it but already feel like I'm hearing it too often. Laments don't stand up well to Heavy Rotation (IMO).
Posted 9 years ago by wgsu_1978    [ Reply ]
 BBoyes wrote:
This caught my ear while programming at work. Who is this? I wondered. According to Amazon:

Lost On The River: The New Basement Tapes is a music event 47 years in the making. It's an historic album project from five of music's finest artists — Elvis Costello, Rhiannon Giddens (Carolina Chocolate Drops), Taylor Goldsmith (Dawes), Jim James (My Morning Jacket) and Marcus Mumford (Mumford & Sons) — in unique collaboration with a 26-year-old Bob Dylan. Produced by project creator T Bone Burnett, the album was recorded in March, 2014 at Capitol Studios in Hollywood, where the artists and Burnett convened for two weeks to write and create music for a treasure trove of long-lost lyrics handwritten by Bob Dylan in 1967 during the period that generated the recording of the legendary Basement Tapes. The collective completed and recorded dozens of songs, the first 20 of which appear on this deluxe edition. 
What an interesting concept. Can't go wrong with T Bone Burnett producing. Added to my Amazon shopping cart.

Thanks for the intro to this! 

 
Thank you for posting this! I was intrigued by this song and was going to go look up info on it myself - but you saved me the trouble. Good stuff! {#Wave} {#Music}
Posted 9 years ago by skindy    [ Reply ]
{#Sleep}
Posted 9 years ago by OceanBlue    [ Reply ]
Album is AWESOME!!! Thank's Paradise!!!!
Posted 9 years ago by mikiworld    [ Reply ]
OMG this is so sad
Posted 9 years ago by lkovathana    [ Reply ]
Oh Bill... you sly devil, as I was listening to Snowden's Jig before this, I was thinking to myself how far Ms. Giddens has come.  The cuts I have heard from her solo album are also very nice.

This is wonderful ! 
Posted 9 years ago by GawgaBoy    [ Reply ]
That girl brings it. 
Posted 9 years ago by Bobert_ParkCity    [ Reply ]
get the album, really fantastic.
Rhiannon voice is really great.... 
Posted 9 years ago by Vakse    [ Reply ]
...reserve on the rating... but I do like her voice
Posted 9 years ago by drivingunit103    [ Reply ]
This caught my ear while programming at work. Who is this? I wondered. According to Amazon:

Lost On The River: The New Basement Tapes is a music event 47 years in the making. It's an historic album project from five of music's finest artists — Elvis Costello, Rhiannon Giddens (Carolina Chocolate Drops), Taylor Goldsmith (Dawes), Jim James (My Morning Jacket) and Marcus Mumford (Mumford & Sons) — in unique collaboration with a 26-year-old Bob Dylan. Produced by project creator T Bone Burnett, the album was recorded in March, 2014 at Capitol Studios in Hollywood, where the artists and Burnett convened for two weeks to write and create music for a treasure trove of long-lost lyrics handwritten by Bob Dylan in 1967 during the period that generated the recording of the legendary Basement Tapes. The collective completed and recorded dozens of songs, the first 20 of which appear on this deluxe edition. 
What an interesting concept. Can't go wrong with T Bone Burnett producing. Added to my Amazon shopping cart.

Thanks for the intro to this! 
Posted 9 years ago by BBoyes    [ Reply ]
This isn't one of my faves on this album but it does have a distinctive ghostly vibe and you can't deny the power of Rhiannon Giddens' voice.
Posted 9 years ago by TJOpootertoot    [ Reply ]