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Younger Brother — Ribbon On A Branch
Album: The Last Days Of Gravity
Avg rating:
7.5

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Total ratings: 3847









Released: 2007
Length: 7:43
Plays (last 30 days): 1
Lost myself in you today
Lost myself in every way

I see your love in all you do
I see myself in you
the story goes on and on

Here in the woods, now my friends
See you there hang a ribbon on a branch
Feel my feet on the soil
Free of trouble free from it all


Feel the air under your feet
(?)...all of me
First steps you take,best thing you make
never alone always awake
key to a bridge, open the door
so many more before

Here in the woods, now my friends
See you there hang a ribbon on a branch
feel my feet on the soil
free of trouble free from it all
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 gottclay wrote:

This song may have the longest, most varied, and utterly useless waste of time comments about similarities to other artists/songs of any track on RP.   Can we just get a new separate comments section for "sounds like X to me" so I can easily filter out the nonsense?



Humans are basically pattern recognition machines. It's built in to us. I find it fascinating to see how our disparate brains try to fit new information into our known consciousness, including, especially, Popeye.
Must. Buy. Popeyes. Greatest. Hits…
Great cover (image).
Sometimes wish we could offer fractional ratings. I just cleared out my earlier "7" as the current average of "7.5" aligns nicely w/ my assessment. 
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 unclehud wrote:

Maybe, but it's also a good one for us old listeners that are happy, coherent, and living a life that embarrasses our grown children.



Exactly.....As I say to my friends  " It's not our fault we still feel funky. "
 gottclay wrote:
This song may have the longest, most varied, and utterly useless waste of time comments about similarities to other artists/songs of any track on RP. 
 

Funny about that, I'm actually hearing a bit of the Ukrainian song "Monakh" by DakhaBrakha coming through in the falsetto singing at the end.
 torino390 wrote:

Nice! Album purchase imminent. Thanks again RP.


RP is a danger to my music budget.
dmt
Nice! Album purchase imminent. Thanks again RP.
RP has introduced me to many artistes who I may never have discovered myself.  Younger Brother might just be the best on that list.
This ditty is giving me a chubby.
This song may have the longest, most varied, and utterly useless waste of time comments about similarities to other artists/songs of any track on RP.   Can we just get a new separate comments section for "sounds like X to me" so I can easily filter out the nonsense?
 rob311 wrote:

Elevator music for the somnolent.



I'd be happy to be trapped in an elevator if it was playing Younger Brother! I'm picturing an elevator that plays Younger Brother while taking me to a rave or some kind of really cool party . Yep, I'd hang out in that elevator. Hey, the elevator might be where the "recreational activities" are happening. I guess you can take that a couple of different ways.. OK, that was a great daydream, back to work now... 
Elevator music for the somnolent.
 yofitofu wrote:

Similarities between Porcupine Tree and this group.



Check your ears....one has crunchy guitars & the other is synth driven. You are confused with production techniques.
 yofitofu wrote:

Similarities between Porcupine Tree and this group.



maybe a little Perfect Circle as well !
 yofitofu wrote:
Similarities between Porcupine Tree and this group.
 

yeah, progressive rock  beat 
Looking at this cover, I thought "this has to be a Storm Thorgerson picture if I have ever seen one!"  Just checked Wikipedia, and yep, that is Storm.   Love Storm's work. 
There isn't a bad song on this whole album. Hit play and let it take you away...
well I do declare  love that cover art...song fine too
so hypnotic and psychedelic - love the floaty 

Great song, amazing artist!  
 lizardking wrote:

YES!  That's what I was thinking...after the intro which sounds like it's Low-Fi...and then a really nice chill groove till the Popeye part...and then groove again till the end.  It's an 8 from me. 

PS - between you and WonderLizard, whenever I see your comments I think it's mine for second.  LizK could be my nickname's nickname!


 
+1 to 9 today, this one sounds great both loud and soft. LLRP!!
very airy ... Nice mix
 Egctheow wrote:
The beginning of this is like a wink to 'In the Evening' to my ears. 
I know, I have wink-perceptive ears :)
Cool tune
 
That's weird.  
I perceived a nod.
 Salamus wrote:

Porcupine Tree vs Younger Brother. And it's Porcupine Tree in an amazing 1st round TKO!
 
I don't see the "vs" here. I see PT and Younger Brother floating down this beautiful sonic river, briefly drawing closer together, nodding knowingly at each other, then floating their separate ways.
The beginning of this is like a wink to 'In the Evening' to my ears. 
I know, I have wink-perceptive ears :)
Cool tune
 unclehud wrote:


Oh, but they are so very appropriate, eh?
 
Wait, yer right, I see that now!
Many are comparing to other artists, I just hear Younger Brother
loved this song since u first started playin it years ago. BEAUTY BILL! :) RadioRon
Thank you Radio Paradise for reminding me why I gave this a 10.
..don't forget allan parsons  FatPants wrote:
Like Floyd + Marillion + Supertramp + Porcupine Tree + the Church
 

 taswegian wrote:
I like it a lot.Am hearing Duran Duran especially on the intro.

I am hearing communication with planet Ork  (ala  Mork)

 mrselfdestruct wrote:
I like that part in the middle when Popeye starts singing.
 

Since this comment, I have heard Popeye every single time, and it somehow makes the song MORE powerful and moving.  I picture a music video with Popeye just... free from it all.
What , WHAT ..is R.P going to continue to Grace my palate and turn me on to even more great music and artists!
8+ here !

Thank you Radio Paradise
ah, all the pixies down my back garden are bopping about to this one.
 Salamus wrote:

Porcupine Tree vs Younger Brother. And it's Porcupine Tree in an amazing 1st round TKO!

 
My score card reads Younger Brother with the TKO. To each his own but that's why we all love RP....
 danstadler wrote:
slight ripoff (or tip of the hat, to be more positive) of led zeppelin, though which zep song is escaping me
 
The intro sounds a bit like That's The Way.  Just noticed it was played 2 songs earlier today, you might be on to something.
 Webfoot wrote:
But those shadows on the cover are not right! -1
 

Oh, but they are so very appropriate, eh?
hello from sunny Edinburgh, Scotland
 yofitofu wrote:
Similarities between Porcupine Tree and this group.
 
Porcupine Tree vs Younger Brother. And it's Porcupine Tree in an amazing 1st round TKO!
Love this kind of dreamy trippy stuff. Good music for creating art :)
love these guys; thanks again RP!
Just don't think about Neil Young's Old Man as you listen to the intro ;)
Likes me some Younger Brother.
neighbor lady cat hair crusted ribbon candy
Oh dear. There went Popeye. 
 mrselfdestruct wrote:
I like that part in the middle when Popeye starts singing.

 I think about this comment every time I hear this song!  Still one of my favorite tracks.
 FatPants wrote:
Like Floyd + Marillion + Supertramp + Porcupine Tree + the Church
 
You forgot the partridge in the pear tree.
Like Floyd + Marillion + Supertramp + Porcupine Tree + the Church
 Proclivities wrote:

It's not a melody; it's a Dm9 chord played with an arpeggio.  Both songs' chord progressions vary dramatically after that first chord.  If anything, it's more of a "nod" than an act of "stealing".

 
Arpeggio:  

A broken chord is a chord broken into a sequence of notes. A broken chord may repeat some of the notes from the chord and span one or more octaves.

An arpeggio (Italian: ) is a type of broken chord, in which the notes that compose a chord are played or sung in a rising or descending order. An arpeggio may also span more than one octave.
 
Tusin tuck Proclivities.


Tie a yellow ribbon 'round the old...oops wrong song!
I'd forgotten how good this song is!
What is up with the minions talking(singing) very quickly on this song?
sheer beauty, makes me happy immediately. The whole album is a trip to heaven..
"Calgon, take me away...."
Thanks for introducing me to this great band!
 Panchoalico wrote:
 As a younger brother myself too i understand this guys, they used to steal their older brothers LP's before they decided to put all their stealing in a record, starting with the neil young's old man melody at the beginning of this song, i'm not judging them, just accusing

 
It's not a melody; it's a Dm9 chord played with an arpeggio.  Both songs' chord progressions vary dramatically after that first chord.  If anything, it's more of a "nod" than an act of "stealing".
 As a younger brother myself too i understand this guys, they used to steal their older brothers LP's before they decided to put all their stealing in a record, starting with the neil young's old man melody at the beginning of this song, i'm not judging them, just accusing
 LizK wrote:
Big, but quiet & elegant, YES for Younger Brother.

 
YES!  That's what I was thinking...after the intro which sounds like it's Low-Fi...and then a really nice chill groove till the Popeye part...and then groove again till the end.  It's an 8 from me. 

PS - between you and WonderLizard, whenever I see your comments I think it's mine for second.  LizK could be my nickname's nickname!


Why do I ever read lyrics? It's such a self-defeating endeavor. When just listening to this song, I always thought it was so deep and heavy and moody and great and all. Come to find out it's about hair bows.

Never read the lyrics! 
 ...but there is 'altered' gravity..the shadows may be reflecting two suns or other  Webfoot wrote:
But those shadows on the cover are not right! -1

 

 westslope wrote:
OK, I do not hear Porcupine Tree.

But like it all the same.   

 
I can hear the resemblance to PT or Steven Wilson. 
I just may need to purchase this disc..many attractive tracks on it
Yay!  (Needed to get that written down before my brain cells melt.)
OK, I do not hear Porcupine Tree.

But like it all the same.   
 Webfoot wrote:
But those shadows on the cover are not right! -1

 
True, they fall to the left, not the right.  You'll have to bring it up with Storm Thorgerson; oh, wait, he died.
But those shadows on the cover are not right! -1
 Martino wrote:

Neil Young's 'Old Man'

 
thanks, I was thinking NY stood for New York 
Nice!!
 Imkirok wrote:
I was thinking more Yes or Alan Parsons Project.
 
. . . or Porcupine Tree.
 Skydog wrote:

...and that would be?

 
Neil Young's 'Old Man'
 ai63 wrote:
+1 for the NY Old Man reference

 
...and that would be?
+1 for the NY Old Man reference
To me the first bit always sounds like it going to go into Neil Young's Old Man. 
 dubberdan wrote:
"The album cover looks like a Hipgnosis design and could have fit a Floyd record."

That'll be because it was designed by Storm Thorgerson
 
I thought it looked familiar. {#High-five}
"The album cover looks like a Hipgnosis design and could have fit a Floyd record." That'll be because it was designed by Storm Thorgerson
Thei get a 9 from me. I have to hear it several times. May be a 10 soon
The album cover looks like a Hipgnosis design and could have fit a Floyd record.
 yofitofu wrote:
Similarities between Porcupine Tree and this group.

 
Ergo: They both get rated a 2 or lower. This is unlistenable.
Similarities between Porcupine Tree and this group.
 mrselfdestruct wrote:
I like that part in the middle when Popeye starts singing.

 
at least it's not that Peter Frampton thing
This song rocks.  It gets me through heavy traffic in a very controlled manner.  Can't explain it.  It just does.
I have the Vaccine CD and it is excellent.  How is this CD — The Last Days of Gravity?
Big, but quiet & elegant, YES for Younger Brother.
 Imkirok wrote:

I was thinking more Yes or Alan Parsons Project.

 


 Astardis wrote:
My first thought:
"Oh, Pink Floyd brought out a new album?"
I like Younger Brother. 9.

 


Went from a 7 to a 9 today. Don't know why...?

{#Drummer} 
 mrselfdestruct wrote:
I like that part in the middle when Popeye starts singing.

 
I thought you were kidding, and now I have coffee on my keyboard.

 

Nice song too. {#Music}


 the_jake wrote:
Keep coming in to see who this artist is again and again.
Guess I should just buy the album.

 
I'm thinking the same.
"I really like that. Damn, not Younger Brother again."

Same thing I thought with Poe and Elbow. Bill & Rebecca steer me in the right direction. 
Thank you, Captain, I find it highly Floydian and in fact quite stimulating...
My first thought:
"Oh, Pink Floyd brought out a new album?"
I like Younger Brother. 9.
I like that part in the middle when Popeye starts singing.
 nagsheadlocal wrote:
Now I'm not going to get anything done for the next few minutes.

 
That happens to me almost every time I play RP!! A voyage unexpected...
i'm finally won over, i like what i have heard from this album and the other Younger Brother album RP plays
 westslope wrote:

 Trulykenyan,

Cannot ex-pats adopt Kenya as a new home?  Or are you marketing black market items with nicknames?  Curious.

Great music BTW.  Would sound terrific in just about any corner of Kenya (that is not too close to Somalia).



 
Are you a little bit idiot or are you trying to be ironic? What's the problem with Kenya or with Trulykenyan's comment? 
öllff Punkte
 OceanBlue wrote:
This at the same time has a  hypnotic drive and an ever-changing soundscape, like a morphing kaleidoscopic dream.

Younger Brother is an automatic 9+

 
And every time I listen to it I hear something new. Amazing stuff.
Keep coming in to see who this artist is again and again.
Guess I should just buy the album.
This at the same time has a  hypnotic drive and an ever-changing soundscape, like a morphing kaleidoscopic dream.

Younger Brother is an automatic 9+
 Imkirok wrote:

I was thinking more Yes or Alan Parsons Project.

 
 Just as good!  Reminds me of a little known Canadian act called King Cob Stealy 
What a great song!   
 idiot_wind wrote:
This band is channeling Pink Floyd into this song and the album cover art.  

 
I was thinking more Yes or Alan Parsons Project.
From nairobi  kenya  am enjoying every beat {#Bananajam}
 {#Music}I'm flying...
ambrebalte wrote:

{#Music} Several miles away, and some weeks after, same mood 

 


 nagsheadlocal wrote:
Now I'm not going to get anything done for the next few minutes.

 
{#Music} Several miles away, and some weeks after, same mood 
Pillars  cutting corners  in Stonehenge.
Like this a lot. It has a Pucifer/Perfect Circle kind of vibe to it. 
 anniecolour wrote:
I love this song... First one I ever heard of Younger Brother.

 
Love it too listen to TRAIN on the Vaccine Cd
6 > 7 - Growing on me...
 idiot_wind wrote:
This band is channeling Pink Floyd into this song and the album cover art.  

 
I think lots of people channel Floyd, but these guys actually got Storm for the album cover.     Why are there so few references to vaccine in the net?


Awesome track!
This band is channeling Pink Floyd into this song and the album cover art.  
Now I'm not going to get anything done for the next few minutes.
 taswegian wrote:
I like it a lot.Am hearing Duran Duran especially on the intro.
 
And you still like it??

(Actually, I think its good, but then I'm not hearing the Duran Duran... ;) )

Tasmansk nordmann, er du det? ;)


I like it a lot.Am hearing Duran Duran especially on the intro.
Liking this one. (I hear PT, too.)

{#Music} 
 On_The_Beach wrote:

There's some Porcupine Tree in there as well.

 
Yeah I hear it too.

Good band these guys.
I love this song... First one I ever heard of Younger Brother.
 idiot_wind wrote:
Sounds like Nektar....maybe a little like Tangerine Dream. 
 
There's some Porcupine Tree in there as well.