Another Girl, Another Planet (3:00)
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In a world rife with injustice, the music industry has seen — if not perpetrated — more than its fair share of travesties (the sad saga of Badfinger comes immediately to mind). But one of the biggest involves, arguably, the greatest rock single ever recorded: the Only Ones’ “Another Girl, Another Planet.” The word “timeless” and “transcendent” get bandied about far too often when describing a song or an album, but in the case of “Another Girl,” even those terms are probably inadequate. The song marks that rare confluence of lyrical, instrumental, and vocal poetry that is so complete, so absolute, that it renders everything else — in, on, above, below, and around it — irrelevant while it plays. While frontman Peter Perrett gets — and deserves — a lot of the credit for the song’s majestic squalor, the song truly is a band effort. Released as a single off the band’s formidable self-titled 1978 debut, it’s a pitch-perfect fusion of Perrett’s spectral vocals and doom-laden lyrics, John Perry’s virtuosic guitar flights, and the rhythmic hyperdrive of drummer Mike Kellie and bassist Alan Mair. When Perrett sings “Always flirt with death/I’ll get killed but I don’t care about it/I can’t face your threats/And stand up straight and tall and shout about it,” the regret and despondency in his voice hang like dead flowers in the autumn rain. Yet Perry’s soaring guitar is always there to carry the pain far enough away to keep the song aloft. Suddenly it’s over, and the darkness that you felt dancing behind your back through the entire song now washes over you in waves of almost shivering despair.
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jrabe wrote:
i hate it when you like a song too much to put it down in words. this is a proper case of that.
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apkiely wrote:
love this!!!!
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Jelenino wrote:
great
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cincotta25 wrote:
a classic!
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curiouscrab wrote:
still gets under my skin.........proper proper proper! Love it!
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dominic_john wrote:
this such a powerful song.
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secret_nick wrote:
Brilliant song! I've been in love with it since the first time I heard it almost 15 years ago. One of the best singles in the history of rock, as it were.
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maryan1963 wrote:
never old, but gold sure....
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gaborelectric wrote:
just so very very good. Even 30 odd years after I first heard it.
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deftones_7 wrote:
i like this song.. it comes out in that skateboarding video "new blood" from zero.
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giveconnorhugs wrote:
holy hot pink fuck... what a fantastic song.
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Stretchead wrote:
I've never heard the Only Ones and UFO in one sentence before. Can you write that again gil?
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jimbib13 wrote:
first time ive heard it - but i like !!!
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gil_gosseyn wrote:
Ranks with UFO's "Doctor Doctor" as one of the BEST rock singles EVER!
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dakotaboo wrote:
unbeatable
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callmesnake wrote:
very nice comment maskedman101.. agreed ,))
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maskedman101 wrote:
There are two types of people in the world: those who love 'Another Girl, Another Planet', and those who have just never heard it.
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Kleinempfanger wrote:
The original is one of the best rock singles ever released; the Blink 182 version, just an embarrassment. Watered down "punk rock" for watered down "rebels". And there are much worse bands on that west coast scene. I have suffered them.
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ANARCHIAORBUST9 wrote:
bbwwwaaaaarrrrrkkkkkkkkkkkkkk
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Watty-rugby wrote:
Yeah, everyone loves this one....
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