Thomas Dolby - I Scare Myself

[RwBguardian]

?Man I totally forgot about what a great voice he has. LOL this song takes me waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay bk to the 80'a omg. Ty so much for posting this classic timeless piece."

[ihm16686]

I love this song so much....

[muzsickman]

No one beats Dan Hicks' original version!

[ruthyd123]

makes me think of my youth and staurt!

[RwBguardian]

@ruthyd123 likewise but mine's name was Rob.

[Blkserpent1]

I have thiis album. You can see where Seal got his early influence from on his early albums, especially on his Violet tune. Nice remake of the Dan Hicks 70's tune. Thanks for posting. I never saw the video, and never would have had you not've posted.

[xoxosavvy]

nite nite mr dolby

[venitovedi]

Glad to run across this on YT.

I've listened to many versions of this and I really think TD does it best.

His voice is seductive, the tempo sensual and the change in voice later surprising in intensity!

The instrumentals bring a nice counterpoint.....

My Suggestion: Play this some night when you have a date, ask them to dance, by candlelight, with the right mood...see what happens!

Brilliant!

[JohnnyLovelyOfficial]

i luv this song

[PlanetMother]

Brilliant Music From A Genius...what can i say

[PragRad]

Spencer does not feel this one. He thinks Dolby is channeling Michael Jackson. However, this is one of my favorites.

[sayyes2bull]

i know the feeling. haha!

[dot4design]

True, I think he had an influence on certain musicians....MORE beautiful '80`s music on my channel!!!!

[therealraybaby]

@dot4design very very true! He had a tremendous influence on me cause when synthesizers were revolutionized in the early 80's I caught that wave. Dolby was the pioneering leader of it all at that time, along with Stevie Wonder & so many countless others. This song used 2 always put me 2 sleep at night. I used 2 view Dolby as the Bill Gates of the music industry at that time.

[kennycthonic]

Beautiful song!

Dolby is a seriously underrated musical genius! (Although he didn't write this one!)

[sagenough]

I don't know. What can I do?

[bunsomatic]

After hearing the Dan Hicks version about ... oh... 1000 times, I stumbled upon this version and figured I wouldn't like it. But I do. Had to trade the violin solo for the brass, but it is still good.

[NCW250]

Another classic by Mr Dolby.

[vazjam]

Brilliant trombone...try not to torture myself because I can't play any more...thanx all the same...great tune...great work...

Appreciated X

[sumin95]

love this -- the song and the video

[synonynantonym]

Great version of Dan Hicks' original, which is also wonderful.

[52369MV]

I've always loved this song. I wish I had a guy who could play guitar like that for me. I enjoy all the music, really. Love the piano and what a great trombone solo like ppanama said.

[ppanama]

My favorite trombone solo EVER...

Dolby was great and it's too bad he is known mostly for his video hits..he made a lot of other great music.

[ilovefunnyamv2nd]

its kind of funny reading and finding disputes over the bible all over the place believe believers and non believers and such. let me put it into perspective for many, Ive never heard anyone fight over the Jewish religion, or Egyptian or Indian, or native American, and the list goes on and on :p its only the bible. note on the song, great music, this would be awesome to daydream to!

[davidstighansen]

Oh my god, look at the comments I've stumbled upon. What a bore. Just good music.....

[MrStarman71]

great tune to pump to! lol

[alexleitch37]

To MikeThe Atheist. Perhaps we should consider discussing this via PM as others may be completely bored with this topic seeing the thread is a tune by Thomas Dolby. I do enjoy having my beliefs challenged and I thank you that you are of such good character that you have not debased the conversation by resorting to profanities or obscenities. I enjoy listening to other perspectives. Have you considered 1 Tim 2 11-14? cheers alex

[himself801]

While all very interesting, how did exchange on Adam and Eve get introduced into this set of comments?

The Voodoo remark in the lyrics?

[alexleitch37]

Oh I was listening to the song and reading Milton's Paradise Lost and I thought how the lyrics fitted. I like the lyric about Voodoo because Adam may have had to contemplate his options to keep Eve if he disobeyed God. Thanks for asking your question. It is an odd combination Adam and Eve and Thomas Dolby/Dan Hicks but I am always thinking about God, creation, humanity and how everything ties together. I was not preaching just expressing an opinion. Cheers alex

[lemmonhead5080]

sounds way better than original ..

[fringelily]

This is certainly worth hearing for the trumpet and trombone work, but you can't beat Dan Hicks and a mean fiddler on this song.

[alexleitch37]

Great song, wonderful words. I used to imagine Adam singing it to Eve in Eden before he had taken the forbidden fruit (but after Eve had been deceived by the Serpent). Could Adam take of the fruit? Torn between his holy obedient love of God and his desperate need to perish with his wife (unable to contemplate a future with out her). "I scare myself, to think what I might do" (when I'm without you)... cause the stars already crossed our paths forever" The original ROCKS (Dan Hicks) cheers alex

[MikeTheAtheist]

You might want to re-read that story. The serpent told Eve that if she ate the fruit, her eyes would be opened and she would become as a god (gen 3:5). In fact, their eyes were opened (gen 3:7) and they became as gods (gen 3:22). So the serpent did not deceive anyone, in fact he was spot on. God, on the other hand, said he would kill them on the day they ate the fruit (gen 2:17). They didn't die that day. Adam lived to be 930 (gen 5:5). Weird story huh? Great song by the way. :-)

[alexleitch37]

Thanks for your reply and candor. The serpent twisted Gods words "Did God really say you were not to eat from ANY of the trees in the Garden" (God didn't say that, the serpent lied). "God knows that your eyes will be opened and you will be like gods, knowing good and evil". Another lie. Eves eyes were open already to eternal life, closed to death. She already knew good (she only gained knowledge of evil by eating the fruit). "No you will not die" (another lie) she died. Please reply via PM.

[MikeTheAtheist]

In the KJV it is not worded "any", it is worded as "Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden?" and in fact that question is accurate. God did say not to eat from every tree, other than a couple of them. Second, the book says their eyes would be opened, and later says their eyes were opened. Your distinction does not exist in the text. I find it incredible that you are trying to take a QUESTION and turn it into a deception that doomed all to eternal torture. Very weak.

[captainsplodge]

I care not one jot who wrote what or when. If I like a song, I like it. Simples....

[terebi916]

The shirt and beret are appalling but the song is immaculate. Truly one of the best (and a wonderfully terrifying lyric)...

[stereoloov]

It's me I'm scared...

[Tricolino]

geestverruimende muziek, it's like psychedelic jazz

[CaldoComm]

If you mean it is an orginal song by Dan Hicks, I agree. If you think Thomas Dolby wrote it, you'd better check your sources. Dan Hicks is the songwriter of I scare Myself.

[Mottmon]

Well, this version is the better version in any case >.>

[CaldoComm]

Great remake and a fitting tribute to the genius of Dan Hicks and Hot Licks, but the best is Dan's.

[franc67mk]

Sorry CaldoComm but this is original song.

[OdedFriedGaon]

Brilliant remake of a great song. Tender inflections, and heavenly harmonies, and minimalist production, and pronounced musicianship and on and on... SUPERB!

[FurnitureFan]

Always has been - is this a stolen clip from the Old Grey Whistle Test? That's where I first heard it - my parents never told me that there was such music. OK, they must have hoped, but my generation got to hear it.

[matako07]

uHm...it was Dolby who wrote The Original Version of this song.

[Neville6000]

It was Dan Hicks that did.

[Efrasnel]

What is it with people that they don't read credits anymore? First thing I checked when I bought the single was the writer. A year later I found Original recordings and I never played Dolby's version again ...well, for about 10 years.

[ScooterNerd]

It's a lot easier to do a cover of a song, even a great cover, than it is to write it in the first place.

[sahar091]

I meant:

and no one hears of this singer?

[K33peRn]

Whos Britney?

[sahar091]

lol

[sahar091]

why is Britney famous, and no hears of this guy?

[SMdiabla]

I adore this version of I Scare Myself...Dan Hicks' original is worth listening to...but I find this much more atmospheric. Thank you so much for posting...

[saturnhexagon]

Confirmed, it was Dan Hicks who wrote the original.

[twister5960]

Did he write this? Or was it that guy Dan Hicks?

[fireplace911]

Dan Hicks and his hot licks did the original

[andybroon2007]

I wonder why there's a line missing, after 'The stars already crossed our paths forever...'....?

[nagmat1]

And the sooner that we realize it will be.

That is the line my friend :-)

[Efrasnel]

"...the sooner you realise, the better." Yeah, it's mystifying...

[tetedepoulet]

Funny how that line is cut out...

[twister5960]

Stayed up one night in the 80s listening to this over and over, speeding my lid off! Great song.

[CyndyHnd1]

Thanks. This is a beautiful song!

[Marcolinobe]

Terrible styling - but one of the really great songwriters in the 80's!

(Makes even forget the terrible dance scene in the video....puuuhhh...so arty.....)

[curicano71]

Great tune, more than pop....

[Liralu148]

He had made so many lovely songs, i love this one. And of course "The Earth is Flat" :-)

[padistedor]

100% quality musician. They don't come along so often anymore.

[lcastleberry]

OMG..thanks for turning me on to this guy. This version is awesome! I'll be checking out lots of Thomas Dolby. Am a long time Dan Hicks fan and had never heard of this guy. The sound is soothing to the senses for sure! Wonderful ear candy I must say.

[Shrykespeare]

The best thing is to buy his greatest hits CD ("Retrospectacle"). So many of his best are on it, including this one.  Look for a truly awesome song called "I Love You Goodbye" as well. Truly amazing stuff.

[johntorrington]

Check out Dan's 2 (that I know) versions. Both great!! This is good too.

[jm3xyz]

Melimelo... hmmmm love it

[achordian]

Yeah! The set completely fits the style!

[richardwright1966]

this is awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[rootvetwife]

I love this song. ^_^

[SeaBassTian]

i didn't really appreciate this song in the 80's, but it has become my favorite TD song.

[stereoloov]

Mine too.I was so surprised it's a cover of a Dan Hicks tune.

[markthewhalekiller]

such a weird song paired with such a weird video.. classic dolby, i love it.

[tc3836]

pure class, great eigthies music at it,s best

[woolknoll]

I love this song!

[dazzanumber3]

Piano and horn section....you just can't beat it. Atmospheric or what

[PeterVred]

A good song is a good song.

[padistedor]

"The Flat Earth" is one of my favorite records of all time.

[nerdsarefunny5]

This is so hot. It's been stuck in my head all week! XD

[tilmanstone]

marvellous

[keefek]

If you had to define smokey, sensuous, jazzy songs, wouldn't you have to offer this as the example? Beautiful. And, hesitatingly, sexy, sexy, sexy...oh my.

[radmd]

Mmmmmmmmmm....slow and sensuous....always have been haunted by this song

[benway10]

man love this song been ages since i heard it!! somewhere in the deep recesses of my collection I have on the original EP

[Manticorator]

Outstanding ! Last time I saw this video I was 18 in 1984, and after that, I've always tried to search for a copy ... God bless Youtube

[milka1969]

I'm hooked to this song.

[thenauga]

True, he did not write the song, but he did create a masterpiece of a recording...one of my HIFI staples.

[EfkoMKD]

It's simply outstanding and magnificent. Bravo Dolby.

[ilidzanka]

SUPER, thanks for this song

[rgauna]

i agree, i love mr. dolby.

[penjackson]

This has to be one of the best songs T Dolby has ever created.

[captainsonic]

Actually, he didn't create it, he just recorded it. Dan Hicks wrote it. I agree that it is a great song though.