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Neil Halstead — Seasons
Album: Sleeping On Roads
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Released: 2002
Length: 5:20
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Look for comfort now, within these walls
For all these different days yeah, these autumn ways
Will slowly disappear
Will slowly fall apart
Drifting slowly, drifting clear

And all I want is, a little heart
A different point of view yeah, a different start
No time for feeling old
No time for feeling blue
No time for wasting what we know

Look for ocean walls, to gaze upon
These distance stars yeah, these distance suns
Are all the reasons
Are all the reasons
The only season in my life

And all I want is, a little heart
A different point of view yeah, a different start
No time for getting old
No time for feeling blue
No time for wasting what we know

Look for ocean walls, to gaze upon
These distance stars yeah, these distance suns
Are all the reasons
Are all the reasons
The only season in my life
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Seasons change, baby! and, like this infinitely soothing and forever favorite song, that's a good thing. It's been a long, hot, kinda humid summer here this year... My Volkl Mantra 191s are calling from the closet as I think of the coming Ski Season -- we can't wait!  Bring it on!
Posted 2 months ago by coloradojohn    [ Reply ]
Absolute endless summer vibe! Makes me long for the SoCal beach days back in the 70's. 
Posted 3 months ago by romangaslan    [ Reply ]
 Moles wrote:


YES,!!


Great description!
Posted 8 months ago by bimmerfan739    [ Reply ]
Yet another disc I bought after being introduced to it on Radio Paradise. Thank you! and LLRP!
Posted 10 months ago by johnalexford    [ Reply ]
 ray_killeen wrote:

it's like watching "Endless Summer" while listening to Nick drake.



YES,!!
Posted 1 year ago by Moles    [ Reply ]
 melzabutch wrote:
I got a real nice endless summer vibe, brilliant.


Invokes a SMILE..... 8
Posted 1 year ago by Moles    [ Reply ]
I really like Neil. I want to play this kind of music with other like-minded people!
Posted 1 year ago by awhfman    [ Reply ]
A modern(ish) Nick Drake. Excellent.
Posted 1 year ago by fncll    [ Reply ]
I love this song - it always makes me happy!
Posted 2 years ago by Lucy-Writer    [ Reply ]
 coloradojohn wrote:

One of the most perfect songs ever, and just like the changing of the seasons, I never get tired of it... By the way, it seems obvious that we've gone into new territory -- we never used to need air-conditioners at all here in Boulder, and definitely not at night... Temperatures used to drop right off! Sometimes we'd have to get up and close the window in the middle of the night, even in summer! We used to freak out if it went over 90 degrees F even mid-summer; tomorrow, July 18, 2022, it will go over 100! Fingers crossed, it hasn't been as hot and dry as the last couple summers so far, but...it's not cooling off at night like it used to, and if the daily afternoon showers dry up, we're going to be in big trouble! Thankfully, Boulder Creek still offers its accessible, bracing pools and rapids all along its amazing path through town! There is another stream that I hope never dries up -- Radio Paradise!




http://coolweather.net/statete...
Posted 2 years ago by dmiley    [ Reply ]
Simply wonderful
Posted 2 years ago by rdloewen    [ Reply ]
The central chord progression has a very old rock/folk sound, I can't quite place it. It sounds like it might be from 1973, it's hypnotic and endlessly enjoyable. Even though it basically repeats endlessly, I don't tire of it.
Posted 2 years ago by yofitofu    [ Reply ]
 ray_killeen wrote:

it's like watching "Endless Summer" while listening to Nick drake.



Or watching Shelter while listening to Neil... ;D
Posted 2 years ago by Meli77    [ Reply ]
 Cynaera wrote:
This just hit me right. We had a big, blustery storm, and the utilities were knocked out, so I lit candles all over the house and settled in with a book and my cats - after an hour or so, the power came back on.  I was weirdly disappointed.  So - I'm here, trying to recapture that lovely no-power vibe, and this song played, and I was back in candlelight (candelight?)  Beautiful song. {#Sunny}


That's the Cynaera factor..........a simple insight with layers of meaning.
Posted 2 years ago by TerryS    [ Reply ]
it's like watching "Endless Summer" while listening to Nick drake.
Posted 2 years ago by ray_killeen    [ Reply ]
 coloradojohn wrote:

One of the best songs to mark The Seasons, for sure. With everything in local and global realms still stuck in such disconcerting sideways flux, it catches me more grateful than ever to be getting dug back in here, hearing this brilliant composition with dazzling January sunlight beaming in through the big windows, seeing the snow melting off the tops of The Flatirons across the street, grooving along in the quantum-entangled streams of The RP Universe. And now, if I can tear myself away, I shall go stomp my way up the incline onto Kohler Mesa for a more-proper Standard Orbit assessment of it all.



get back to work
Posted 2 years ago by Wonderloaf    [ Reply ]
One of the best songs to mark The Seasons, for sure. With everything in local and global realms still stuck in such disconcerting sideways flux, it catches me more grateful than ever to be getting dug back in here, hearing this brilliant composition with dazzling January sunlight beaming in through the big windows, seeing the snow melting off the tops of The Flatirons across the street, grooving along in the quantum-entangled streams of The RP Universe. And now, if I can tear myself away, I shall go stomp my way up the incline onto Kohler Mesa for a more-proper Standard Orbit assessment of it all.
Posted 2 years ago by coloradojohn    [ Reply ]
 bam23 wrote:


Can you clarify your remark?

He just wants to troll the board, so you will never get a straight answer out of it.
Posted 2 years ago by jp33442    [ Reply ]
 sirtezza wrote:

rubbish, in so many ways.....



Can you clarify your remark?
Posted 2 years ago by bam23    [ Reply ]
rubbish, in so many ways.....
Posted 2 years ago by sirtezza    [ Reply ]
I got a real nice endless summer vibe, brilliant.
Posted 3 years ago by melzabutch    [ Reply ]
This was quite possibly the most magical of unexpected finds on RP. Almost always catches me vulnerable at this time of year, too... Now as I look over at South Boulder Peak, Bear Peak, The Saddle, Green Mountain, The Flatirons, Flagstaff, Mt. Sanitas, and the foothills of the Front Range, flanked in trees blazing in an explosion of autumn glory under this crisp azurean sky, I rejoice in my heart and soul...
Posted 3 years ago by coloradojohn    [ Reply ]
 TerryS wrote:

I have a set of (upgraded to first class in 1980's) Canadian Pacific Airlines coasters featuring the exact mirror image wave in Japanese art. Odd......
BTW never grow tired of either.



Like these?

https://www.ebay.com/itm/13360...
Posted 3 years ago by DaidyBoy    [ Reply ]
Pure Zen. Always pulls me out of the moment and puts life in perspective. Love this song, and I love RP for making it a staple.
Posted 3 years ago by jpschroe    [ Reply ]
Thanks Bill for anything by Neil Halstead, or Slowdive, or Mojave 3.  Such a great songwriter....
Posted 3 years ago by Emmettf    [ Reply ]
10 --> 11 -->20 
Posted 3 years ago by gregskrtic    [ Reply ]
I like this - yes….
Posted 3 years ago by tm    [ Reply ]
Anyone hear the Byrds's "Rock and Roll Star"? Especially with that trumpet...
Posted 3 years ago by tinypriest    [ Reply ]
 TerryS wrote:

I have a set of (upgraded to first class in 1980's) Canadian Pacific Airlines coasters featuring the exact mirror image wave in Japanese art. Odd......
BTW never grow tired of either.


Some things are eternal.
Posted 3 years ago by tinypriest    [ Reply ]
 kenbelanger wrote:

Reminds me of White Bird by it's a Beautiful Day.



https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_Bird_(song)

 


Yes!
Posted 3 years ago by tinypriest    [ Reply ]
 Djoy wrote:
Btw, I heard Admiral Rickover speak once, and though he was the Father of the nuclear navy, he came to oppose nuclear power for its danger and the lack of a solution for nuclear waste. He seemed convinced, we were going to do ourselves in. This is not unlike some of the subsequent changed views of those involved in the Manhattan Project.
 
When I was in HS there was a gentleman who lived about 4 blocks away. He was a nuclear physicist and a M.D. His job was to make sure that the nuclear ships where safe before they went into commission.  I was told by his son that he would get in screaming matches with  Rickover,. Some of which where in the halls of the Pentagon.  This makes Rickover's change of view even more interesting.   

I had no idea how odd my neighborhood was. A guy who lived two doors away was busy building the first search system (engine) at the same time.  It was at the the Library of Congress.
Posted 3 years ago by folkes.tom    [ Reply ]
 pcicatar wrote:
Strong Endless Summer vibes!  
 

Look after the king of R n R please 
Posted 3 years ago by 69Grace_M    [ Reply ]
Can definitely hear the Nick Drake influence coming through!
Posted 3 years ago by shaun2    [ Reply ]
 TonyM wrote:
Reminds me of Nick Drake...which is certainly meant as a compliment.
 
Agreed.  If he were still alive, he'd probably sound a lot like this.
Posted 3 years ago by Zamlet    [ Reply ]
 On_The_Beach wrote:
https://truemedicine.com.au/wp-content/uploads/chilledoutfrog.jpg
Just chillin' . . .
 

Posted 3 years ago by SandraTrebbne    [ Reply ]
Strong Endless Summer vibes!  
Posted 3 years ago by pcicatar    [ Reply ]
Nice Reminds me of Nick Drake...which is certainly meant as a compliment.
Posted 4 years ago by TonyM    [ Reply ]
 Asmith wrote:
Works on a late summer Sunday afternoon.
 

Worx most of the time.
Posted 4 years ago by Rockit9    [ Reply ]
Works on a late summer Sunday afternoon.
Posted 4 years ago by Asmith    [ Reply ]
I hear surf sound in this as well... those were the days before the Beatles hit the USA in Feb '64.


Perfect surfing song
 
Posted 4 years ago by mach-hog    [ Reply ]
Reminds me of White Bird by it's a Beautiful Day.



https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_Bird_(song)

 
Posted 4 years ago by kenbelanger    [ Reply ]
 Djoy wrote:
Btw, I heard Admiral Rickover speak once, and though he was the Father of the nuclear navy, he came to oppose nuclear power for its danger and the lack of a solution for nuclear waste. He seemed convinced, we were going to do ourselves in. This is not unlike some of the subsequent changed views of those involved in the Manhattan Project.
 
Rickover was known to have shouting matches in the middle of the Pentagon halls with Dr. Walsh.  Who was responsible for the health of the nuclear navy.  Walsh  was a MD and a Ph. D. in nuclear physics.  Just one of the characters who lived in my neighborhood. 
Posted 4 years ago by folkes.tom    [ Reply ]
What great simple album art.
Posted 4 years ago by jahgirl8    [ Reply ]
 Laptopdog wrote:
yeah that happens to me too.   Ya hear a song and then it grows on ya.  I did the same thing up to 8.  ; )
 

Posted 5 years ago by mikeinkobe    [ Reply ]
I love this song.  It's no-holds-barred beautiful.  There aren't enough of those.  Love the trumpet (or synth trumpet) in the back.
Posted 5 years ago by cely    [ Reply ]
Bumped my rating from a 7 to an 8. I'll probably bump it up again the next time I hear it.
Posted 5 years ago by Laptopdog    [ Reply ]
 Cannon wrote:

 

Perfect surfing song
Posted 5 years ago by Eveland    [ Reply ]
 akdavey wrote:
Likeable, but completely stolen from the Sandells.
 

Both songs have chord progressions which are descents a tone apart (i.e., D-C and G-F).  Many songs throughout history have used that progression.  It's far from "completely stolen".  "Influenced by"? - probably.
Posted 5 years ago by Proclivities    [ Reply ]
Perfect on Sunday morning!
Posted 5 years ago by pontfarrer    [ Reply ]
Btw, I heard Admiral Rickover speak once, and though he was the Father of the nuclear navy, he came to oppose nuclear power for its danger and the lack of a solution for nuclear waste. He seemed convinced, we were going to do ourselves in. This is not unlike some of the subsequent changed views of those involved in the Manhattan Project.
Posted 6 years ago by Djoy    [ Reply ]
In my point of view, nothing really happen during this song: no break pattern, no vocal change... maybe the trumpet tried something at a moment, but I felt bored until the end 
Posted 6 years ago by youyouk    [ Reply ]
https://truemedicine.com.au/wp-content/uploads/chilledoutfrog.jpg
Just chillin' . . .
Posted 6 years ago by On_The_Beach    [ Reply ]
Just came off the beach with the fog rolling in and out. This song feels so right. Bumped to a solid 8 baby. Solid 8. {#Daisy}
Posted 6 years ago by gatorade    [ Reply ]
I always listen to this in the fall. But feels so right to hear it now as spring finally arrives in the northeast.
this song's a gem. 
Posted 6 years ago by phlattop    [ Reply ]
Yup, I hear that a bit, too.

Cannon wrote:


 

Posted 6 years ago by Queue    [ Reply ]

Posted 6 years ago by Cannon    [ Reply ]
 Cynaera wrote:
This just hit me right. We had a big, blustery storm, and the utilities were knocked out, so I lit candles all over the house and settled in with a book and my cats - after an hour or so, the power came back on.  I was weirdly disappointed.  So - I'm here, trying to recapture that lovely no-power vibe, and this song played, and I was back in candlelight (candelight?)  Beautiful song. {#Sunny}

 
Very chill song. Peace Ann! 
The world was a little better when you were here with us.
Posted 6 years ago by drewd    [ Reply ]
I have a set of (upgraded to first class in 1980's) Canadian Pacific Airlines coasters featuring the exact mirror image wave in Japanese art. Odd......
BTW never grow tired of either.
Posted 6 years ago by TerryS    [ Reply ]
Luvvit.
Posted 7 years ago by On_The_Beach    [ Reply ]
Ya'll ever notice that a song that would never score better than a ho-hum as background music suddenly surges at least two notches when you put on the cans and the song suddenly becomes full of interesting elements..........
Posted 7 years ago by Clyde_Bedow    [ Reply ]
Seasons come and go, and the years go by faster than can ever be imagined by us on the verge of each... I love this song, from its clear echoes of Nick Drake to its lovely arrangement, its sparse and subtle horns, its captivating lyrics, its ability to always transport me
Posted 7 years ago by coloradojohn    [ Reply ]
Haven't been on the RP comments pages for a long, long time.

Had to comment here though.

Beautiful tune.

God bless you Bill. 
Posted 8 years ago by keller1    [ Reply ]
Very lovely - Very Radio Paradise.  
Posted 8 years ago by SquiddlyDiddly    [ Reply ]
One of the very few musical poets these days.
Posted 9 years ago by nicknt    [ Reply ]
Cool ! 
I  enjoy that kind of voice.....
Posted 9 years ago by jjak    [ Reply ]
very nice!
Posted 9 years ago by helgigermany    [ Reply ]
 akdavey wrote:
Likeable, but completely stolen from the Sandells.

 
... but at least in juxtaposition to the idea of an Endless Summer.
Posted 9 years ago by justin_cook    [ Reply ]
nice
Posted 9 years ago by thewiseking    [ Reply ]
Another Autumn came blazing, then it faded; another Winter comes...  Another Season, another time hearing this, and yet another chance to marvel at the lyrics, now cutting deeper than ever..."And all I want is a little heart, a different point of view, a different start..."
Posted 9 years ago by coloradojohn    [ Reply ]
Likeable, but completely stolen from the Sandells.
Posted 10 years ago by akdavey    [ Reply ]
Former shoegazer turns out alright in the end. Nice vibe Neil
Posted 10 years ago by SyriusB    [ Reply ]
 janep wrote:
Nick Drake + Endless Summer

 
Paints the picture perfectly.
Posted 10 years ago by ronniegirl    [ Reply ]
{#Bananapiano} ...... liking this 
Posted 10 years ago by Peter_Bradshaw    [ Reply ]
 coloradojohn wrote:
Autumn leaves glowing brighter than ever before, crisp smell of snow on the breeze, southward bearing sun, slanting into the eyes; The Waves, the frequencies, the rhythms of the seasons hit like the pungent smell of juniper and pine and the colors to lead us into Change...

 
CJ - I like that writing!
Posted 10 years ago by rdo    [ Reply ]
 phlattop wrote:
hey, my top 40, Katy Perry loving 12 year old likes this song. The world could use another Nick Drake or two versus another Miley/rihanna/ manufactured singer type. 
Such a quiet beauty to this song. Love that subdued sax.
 
I'm with you, phlattop! {#Cheers}
Posted 10 years ago by On_The_Beach    [ Reply ]
 lexica wrote:
I guess every generation gets the Nick Drake they deserve. (For "Nick Drake", substitute the sensitive-breathy singer-songwriter of your choice...) {#Rolleyes}

 
hey, my top 40, Katy Perry loving 12 year old likes this song. The world could use another Nick Drake or two versus another Miley/rihanna/ manufactured singer type. 

Such a quiet beauty to this song. Love that subdued sax. 
Posted 11 years ago by phlattop    [ Reply ]
Autumn leaves glowing brighter than ever before, crisp smell of snow on the breeze, southward bearing sun, slanting into the eyes; The Waves, the frequencies, the rhythms of the seasons hit like the pungent smell of juniper and pine and the colors to lead us into Change...
Posted 11 years ago by coloradojohn    [ Reply ]
Haven't heard this before; how beautiful....
Posted 11 years ago by jmkate    [ Reply ]
A local art museum -- the Spruill Center for the Arts -- had, for several years, this crashing wave painted as a mural on the barn wall facing the road to and from my home.  Made me listen to this with an especially open mind.
Posted 11 years ago by unclehud    [ Reply ]
Nick Drake + Endless Summer
Posted 11 years ago by janep    [ Reply ]
Love this mellow soothing mindscape...another year has passed, another season in transition...this forever reminds me of coming back from a romantic autumn leaf-viewing wine picnic along the SenGawa in wonderful Setagaya-ku long before the radiation ruined things...
Posted 11 years ago by coloradojohn    [ Reply ]
Perfect song for a road trip in this Oregon sunshine, windows down, feeling good about the present moment and this great song. {#Sunny}
Posted 11 years ago by d-don    [ Reply ]
 lexica wrote:
I guess every generation gets the Nick Drake they deserve. (For "Nick Drake", substitute the sensitive-breathy singer-songwriter of your choice...) {#Rolleyes}
 
No punishment there in my book.  Music done well comes in all forms—I'm not sure what problem you have with sensitivity and breath.  
Posted 11 years ago by xkolibuul    [ Reply ]
I guess every generation gets the Nick Drake they deserve. (For "Nick Drake", substitute the sensitive-breathy singer-songwriter of your choice...) {#Rolleyes}
Posted 11 years ago by lexica    [ Reply ]
Always kind of reminds me of Endless Summer....nice mellow surf guitar riff...thanks!
Posted 11 years ago by amprich    [ Reply ]
 srose96 wrote:
this is new..
 
In geological terms, yes.
Posted 11 years ago by Zep    [ Reply ]
Neil is in the U.S in Oct and then UK tour in Nov. He has a new album out Sept 11. I know this because i'm his booking agent :-)
Posted 12 years ago by geordiezimmerman    [ Reply ]
Always seems to catch me in a remembering moment and mood...connects me to things melancholy and bittersweet...but good God, what a lovely (I concur and always thought so) Nick Drake-like arrangement and soft shifting vocals!  No place quite like RP...
Posted 12 years ago by coloradojohn    [ Reply ]
Nice
Posted 12 years ago by bluecshells    [ Reply ]
has a Friday I'm in Love vibe..
Posted 12 years ago by srose96    [ Reply ]
this is new..
Posted 12 years ago by srose96    [ Reply ]
deliciously mellow
Posted 13 years ago by elitry    [ Reply ]
 choiceimage wrote:


That's too bad that your friends don't listen to RP.
 
I'd say I've turned a good number onto this place...sing its praises every chance I get...

Posted 13 years ago by Darlington    [ Reply ]
 nigelr wrote:


I'm thinking Nick Drake....
 
Very cool/groozy sound. I was thinking it could be 1969, but alas, the album came out in 2002.
Posted 13 years ago by scraig    [ Reply ]
Recently awesome waves arrived in Tahiti.  The speed of these waves is pretty amazing. {#Sunny}

https://www.grindtv.com/surf/blog/29902/in+massive+tahitian+waves+the+most+incredible+day+of+surfing+ever/
Posted 13 years ago by WayUpNorth    [ Reply ]
Good song.
Remember me the Crowded House !
Posted 13 years ago by krec    [ Reply ]
 That_SOB wrote:

 I'll never chat with you about a movie I have never seen . . . . {#Shhh}

 
New research is showing that generally people who are told the way a movie ends enjoys the movie more. 

Posted 13 years ago by Byronape    [ Reply ]
House is a feeling..!
Posted 13 years ago by Haomutae    [ Reply ]
I'm hearing Yo La Tengo
Posted 13 years ago by Pharlap    [ Reply ]
 selima_sarah wrote:
beautful song.very Nick Drakeish
 

{#Yes}
Posted 13 years ago by motorichi    [ Reply ]
I thought this was from Endless Summer at first ... very nice for a sunny winter's day {#Meditate}
Posted 13 years ago by WayUpNorth    [ Reply ]
Yes, this is a great song.{#Meditate}
Posted 13 years ago by sirdroseph    [ Reply ]
 selima_sarah wrote:
beautful song.very Nick Drakeish
 
So true..


Posted 13 years ago by danuneken    [ Reply ]

Posted 13 years ago by On_The_Beach    [ Reply ]
I'm in the last 4 hours of a 28-hour shift configuring a new server room. This song sure hits the spot.

Posted 14 years ago by GWillacker    [ Reply ]
beautful song.very Nick Drakeish
Posted 14 years ago by selima_sarah    [ Reply ]
This just hit me right. We had a big, blustery storm, and the utilities were knocked out, so I lit candles all over the house and settled in with a book and my cats - after an hour or so, the power came back on.  I was weirdly disappointed.  So - I'm here, trying to recapture that lovely no-power vibe, and this song played, and I was back in candlelight (candelight?)  Beautiful song. {#Sunny}
Posted 14 years ago by Cynaera    [ Reply ]
I love NeilHalsted and Mojave 3.  Some great songwriting
Posted 14 years ago by tbaloney619    [ Reply ]
 Darlington wrote:

Great song. I've used it in quite a few mix cd's/playlists I've made for friends and pretty much all of them ask me about this song...


 

That's too bad that your friends don't listen to RP.
Posted 14 years ago by choiceimage    [ Reply ]
 fatcatjb wrote:
love those bells at the end
 
 I'll never chat with you about a movie I have never seen . . . . {#Shhh}

Posted 14 years ago by That_SOB    [ Reply ]
retro, 70s feel.  We had joy, we had fun, we had seasons in the sun.
Posted 14 years ago by rdo    [ Reply ]
Endless Summer-y (not a bad thing. . .)
Posted 14 years ago by bindi    [ Reply ]
Has shades of PG, like it!
Posted 14 years ago by Felix_The_Cat    [ Reply ]
A weak attempt at following in the shoes of Miles Corbin. Look him up.
Posted 14 years ago by SmackDaddy    [ Reply ]
I thought Nick Drake had returned from the dead.
Posted 14 years ago by Rafter101    [ Reply ]
 fatcatjb wrote:
love those bells at the end
 

{#Yes}
Posted 15 years ago by sirdroseph    [ Reply ]

Great song. I've used it in quite a few mix cd's/playlists I've made for friends and pretty much all of them ask me about this song...


Posted 15 years ago by Darlington    [ Reply ]
I like this guy's album covers.  The one for Oh! Mighty Engine is especially enjoyable

Good singing, too

Posted 15 years ago by andrewmi    [ Reply ]
A bit grumpy, arent' we?

 DavidS_UK wrote:
Very so so musically and even the cover is a poor rip-off of Hokusai's 'One hundred views of Mt. Fuji' - https://www.degener.com/1606-38.jpg
 


Posted 15 years ago by JoBo    [ Reply ]
Reminds me of the Feelies??
Posted 15 years ago by WayUpNorth    [ Reply ]