10,000 Maniacs- A Campfire Song

[michellezaffino]

Have the album signed by the band

[steelheader08]

@michellezaffino Lucky SOB! Their best IMO !!!

[tattman8]

great band i always find my way back to

[lyonslaforet]

@tattman8 I agree and this band always makes me think of Suzanne Vega because they have very similar musical and lyrical themes.

[MyOwnWayJenny]

Aaaaahhhh... the sounds of high school! Love them!

[bom2boy]

Great song. got this on vinyl and bought it about 8 years ago on CD. Saw them at Saddlers Well Theatre London in early 89 great combo of Natalie and Micheal Stipe...... 2 of my all time favourite acts....... this album rocks.......and the cover of "Peace Train" by cat stevens ...... check out "Back o' the Moon" from "The Wishing Chair" album by 10000 Maniacs....... superb....form a 42 year old REM and Maniacs fan

[sharona4608]

great song!!

[crimsonwhite1]

still have it on vinyl

[SakaPC1]

This music holds up surprisingly well. It's hard to believe it has been over twenty years since this album was released. Sadly music of this quality is becoming obsolete.

[fresnofalcon47]

I would really enjoy to sit and dialogue with Natalie. There are very few individuals that engage in philosophical thought in our post modern society. It was, and still is refreshing to hear rich lyrics, and songs that stir the mind and soul.

[winggoddess]

good lyrics. too bad i can't understand most of the words being sung so i have to look up the lyrics to see them.

[LIBeachcub]

i didn't realize Michael Stipe and Natalie Merchant collaborated on this many songs, their two voices together are powerful!

[msonj]

I found these guys "by mistake" and talk about finding gold. This really is one of the BEST albums ever recorded. Diverse music, great lyrics, great melodies and social relevance. Brilliant!

[vicstad]

musical substance.

[CurlyPubis]

They got it just about perfect with this LP.

[thorsteele69]

@CurlyPubis - You are 100% correct, Curly Pubis! This is a great album! 

[iw9hlm]

Nathalie Merchant end Michael Stipe (R.E.M.)

[10191927]

I love 10,000 Maniacs, so ahead of their time. Always will be.

[r1skate]

@10191927 Don't you mean so in the 60's" Just a tad like Cat Stevens and a few others from that era. It's what made them stand out so much. A little Michael Stipe to boot... "He can't beg or steal."

[10191927]

@r1skate Well I mean a group like 10,000 Maniacs with such a strong female lead, and creating such a unique sound that was so radically different from other music in the 80's, and to this day its never been matched, nor will ever be. They really are timeless.

[r1skate]

@10191927 I'm sorry it's just that I only went by what you wrote. Kind of tough to go by what you meant. In either case it made me come back and listen again. Which to me is never an issue even after all these years. Timeless as you wrote fits so well. ALOT of Natalie and a little Michael Stipe=SWEET!

Thanks!

[balchillon]

Maravillosa canción. Qué preciosa voz tiene Natalie. Un beso.

[canaan1967]

Se conoce 10,000 maniacs en Espana? Un beso a ti :-)

[balchillon]

A mí me gustan, sobre todo el álbum "In my tribe", para mí fue todo un descubrimiento. Sí se les conoce en España. Aquí hay una revista que se llama "Rock de Lux", bastante buena, y, por medio de ellos, los encontré. Muchas gracias por enviarme la otra canción, me ha gustado mucho. Ya te enviaré algo, un beso.

[Jesadaporn]

i know this song from spongebob squarepants.

[k2ombs]

This song was on sponge Bob?...Really?..I held a rope for the Spongebob float in the Macy's Thanksgiving day parade once...The windiest, rainy, day they had in many years....It was wild!

[Jesadaporn]

sorry... my mistake... the titled is same like the spongebob song called camp fire song...

[cultureclick]

are you serious?

[voodooalchemy]

saw them in concert about a dozen times both east and west coast. the best performance was at the Irvine Meadows in Orange County, outdoor, beautiful night, just absolutely magical.

[jcreighton13]

I saw them there (late 80's, I believe) with Camper Van Beetthovan (spelling) opening up.

[Goooooaaal]

this is a great song!

[TragicPrince128]

this is a good song.

[Americanissima]

This song is PERFECT for the times!

Look around our country...unthinking development of clappy-trappy houses, shopping centers, the tearing down of gorgeous forests and the bulldozing of prairies and valleys...and all for gold and GREED! Grrr! Sing it, Natalie!!

[uclrichard]

when i first heard this - about 1989 - i already had about four REM albums...but for some reason, i didn't realise that stipe did the backing track...until now...oddly enough - and this is quite true - i remember thinking that natalie merchant's vocal style was similiar to stipe's and i remember saying so to friends - who just laughed at me...

and there he was - perfoming on the album...how ridiculous and how strange.

[pynkdahlia]

i love her voice! where is she these days?

[schap711]

SHe still performs, but not as much as she used to.

[colebarksdale72]

Oh, freshman year in high school... those were the days...

[Schneebuddy]

And Stipe make a fine back up singer for Natalie, I agree.

[hebe21]

One of the songs that made me fall in love with Michael Stipe when I was much younger.

[kimboisamonster]

in my tribe...the best album ever recorded!!!

[almadora]

thank you, honey.

[archiefriend]

Thank you! I've been waiting for someone to add this song. Great song. Great singer.

[donny314159]

love this song. like all of in my tribe, this is a wonderfully thoughtful piece of music. she's the only person i know who has rhymed four-poster and torpor in the same song.

[cuzinkevin]

Fantastic and quite unexpected

[Scotter1971]

An excellent track and a wonderful vocal pairing of Natalie Merchant and REM's Michael Stipe on vocals. I do wish he had taken a more active vocal role in this song. From the essential album "In My Tribe". Initial pressings contained one of 10,000 Maniacs best recordings; the Cat Stevens track "Peace Train"...

[r1skate]

Never realize it was Michael Stipe. No wonder it sound so familiar. I even have the album, guess I just never looked. Too busy listening... As many of you may know. Thanks!

[tranurse]

@Scotter1971 it was great. i had that one on cassette.