http://www.raintribe.com/wordpress Original music. Mon, 24 Nov 2008 17:15:21 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Please listen to the raintribe README podcast. Then subscribe to our podcast or just download music. We'll be posting more songs over time. The categories on the right includes our first album, Ancient Spacemen, our (new) second album, chantmoansingwhisperscream and unreleased and perhaps even unfinished songs in the Unreleased category. If ... http://www.raintribe.com/wordpress/2005/09/25/welcome/ Maker's Mark Presents: "Original Songs and Sour Mash Sunday's" Live at Bootlegger's on December 14th: Travis Merchant Raintribe Molly Maher 7-10p.m. $5.00 Cover Broadcast Live on Twincitiesradio.net http://www.raintribe.com/wordpress/2008/11/24/holy-shit-a-gig/ A Long Way To Go (MP3, 5.0MB, 02:43) There's a rope around my neck And with just another step I will finally look my maker in the eye And it's hard to say good-bye So I smile when I cry And my heart breaks And takes it all in stride And it's one down, a long way to ... http://www.raintribe.com/wordpress/2008/08/31/a-long-way-to-go/ This is a new silly little song I wrote. Eyes of the Sea (MP3, 4.9MB, 2:38) Eyes of the Sea I was just a little boy Sailing a toy Down by the sea Only me When she washed up on shore Holding an oar And she looked once at me With eyes of the sea And I started to cry in ... http://www.raintribe.com/wordpress/2008/03/13/eyes-of-the-sea/ Yet another song called Free. I wrote this song in 1993 but I just recorded it today using Logic, which I acquired recently (and quite like!). This is basically unfinished at this point... Free So this is the lesson of history Measured in the power of the military I fight you and you ... http://www.raintribe.com/wordpress/2008/02/16/free/ I've never bootlegged anything before and I am a little nervous about this. This is a tape I found from about 17 years ago when I worked for Prince. It is the original version of Kate Bush's song Why Should I Love You prior to the "collaboration" between Prince and ... http://www.raintribe.com/wordpress/2007/10/07/kate-bush-bootleg/ Anyday Now This is a song I wrote with Erin Hamilton singing it. She really sings the ass off of it and I think this recording is amazing. We recorded this at my house on January 1993. http://www.raintribe.com/wordpress/2007/08/27/anyday-now-by-erin-hamilton/ I made a myspace page. http://www.raintribe.com/wordpress/2007/06/17/oh-no/ This is a song from 1993, the raintribe olden days. Be I don’t have to worry about What you think of me I just need to be what I can be I don’t need to worry about Finding world peace Inner peace can make the world complete And I don’t have to lie to you I don’t have to ... http://www.raintribe.com/wordpress/2006/08/27/be/ This is a dumb little song I wrote and recorded today on GarageBand. Someone Else's You think I want to be right I think you want to be wrong I think you just want to fight Like we've done for so long You think I wanna be someone else's man You think I wanna be all alone ... http://www.raintribe.com/wordpress/2006/08/07/someone-elses/ Deeper Words and Music by Michael Koppelman Deeper Let it out Faster, faster Let it out Longer, stronger Let it out I need it, I want it, I got it for today Let it out Meaner, cleaner Let it out And be there, be there Let it out I need it, I want it, I got it for today Let me in Deeper, deeper Let me in Deeper, ... http://www.raintribe.com/wordpress/2006/03/31/deeper/ This got cut form chantmoansingwhisperscream but I still like it. Woman Words and Music by Michael Koppelman © 2006 Tribe of Angels (ASCAP) http://www.raintribe.com/wordpress/2006/02/22/woman/ Hi. Just a note to let you know that I have uploaded the entire album now of chantmoansingwhisperscream. My next task is to upload ISO disk images of the audio CD's so you can download them and burn them yourself. I sequence the songs tightly together, so when you download them ... http://www.raintribe.com/wordpress/2006/01/29/chant-is-complete/ Like Snow Words and Music by Michael Koppelman Like Snow Letting go Let me go Let me fall again Like snow Let me go Letting go Let me blow away Like yesterday Like yesterday What did Lennon say I believe in yesterday? Well i'm afraid I don't see it that way And I know Where to go Only I know where You won't find me there And when I ... http://www.raintribe.com/wordpress/2006/01/29/like-snow/ Dreaming Words and Music by Michael Koppelman Dreaming Sleeping on a bed of roses Flowers bloom beneath our noses Love so high you dream awake You're dreaming You're scheming to be someone you are not A kiss of breathless passion A wish that anything can happen Tonight I die and I die for you Waking in a dream of water In the ... http://www.raintribe.com/wordpress/2006/01/11/dreaming/ Love Like Death Words and Music by Michael Koppelman and Sara Brami Love Like Death Dying from your poison Like the other boys and Feeling really stupid looking in your eyes Listen to the gun shots Every time we contact Feel the blood just oozing right from where I smile There's no remorse Your love's like death No remorse 'Cause I can ... http://www.raintribe.com/wordpress/2005/12/14/love-like-death/ Judgment Day Words and Music by Michael Koppelman, Steve Mayone and Kurtis Koppelman Judgment Day In and among the heartless I wonder about the clueless Put me among the curious And the spiritual slaves With the will of the world behind us War as a form of kindness Death marches on relentless For capital gains Morning gave her warning And the wind ... http://www.raintribe.com/wordpress/2005/11/26/judgment-day/ Sick Words and music by Michael Koppelman Sick It is sick, that old trick It's a twisted, fucked up sin Sick like a porno flick, that slowly draws you in It is profane and perverse, like a sexy Satan verse You're lonely in a way that just makes you want to play You are sick It is sick, what ... http://www.raintribe.com/wordpress/2005/11/18/sick/ Never Really Mine Word and Music by Michael Koppelman Never Really Mine You say you want to die But I can't help but feel that's a lie As if this room wasn't empty enough You're painted black and never coming back And after all You never really knew me After all You never could see through me After all this time You ... http://www.raintribe.com/wordpress/2005/11/13/never-really-mine/ Yum Da Da Dum Music by Michael Koppelman, Steve Mayone and Kurtis Koppelman © 2005 Tribe of Angels (ASCAP) and Mayone Music (SESAC) http://www.raintribe.com/wordpress/2005/11/08/yum-da-da-dum/ Dusty Silence Words and Music by Steve Mayone & Michael Koppelman Dusty Silence Dusty silence what's it to you You're a bitter companion Rusty violence doesn't get through You're a bitter companion Nothing beckons like a lover Passing of hysteria Cold as winter dark as dying All this pain could bury ya Echos empty nothing changes You're a bitter companion Something less than ... http://www.raintribe.com/wordpress/2005/11/01/dusty-silence/ Anyday Now Words and Music by Michael Koppelman Michael Koppelman: Acoustic & electric guitar, keyboards, vocals Kurt Koppelman: Bass Andrew Deckard: Drums, percussion Stephe Mayone: Lead guitar Recorded at Synergy Studios, Minneapolis MN Anyday Now It's a good time To read my mind And it's the right day to go away It's the same thing as the day before and it's ... http://www.raintribe.com/wordpress/2005/10/24/anyday-now/ Almost Words and Music by Michael Koppelman Almost Half way open Dimly lit Almost real Almost it Almost love Almost sex Almost Almost heaven Almost earth Almost dying Almost birth Almost over Almost done Almost © 2005 Tribe of Angels (ASCAP) http://www.raintribe.com/wordpress/2005/10/18/almost/ Feeling Normal Words and Music by Michael Koppelman and Steve Mayone Feeling Normal Open up your eyes and look around All the little people running 'round Precious little sunlight fading down I don't remember nothing I remember those days feeling normal Chasing all the pretty girls I remember most days feeling normal Now I don't feel nothing I don't feel nothing Close ... http://www.raintribe.com/wordpress/2005/10/14/feeling-normal/ A Kind of Peace of Mind Words and Music by Michael Koppelman & Steve Mayone A Kind of Peace of Mind She said it's something you'll find A kind of peace of mind Never think ahead and never look behind She said you'll make it someday If you look the right way And never listen to what other ... http://www.raintribe.com/wordpress/2005/10/11/a-kind-of-peace-of-mind/ Pocketful of Promises Words and Music by Stephen Mayone Pocketful of Promises Where do you go With a pocketful of promises Inside your coat Underneath your hat Do you where it out Or keep it where the sun don't shine Keep your fingers clean Keep yourself intact There's something more Everyone is telling me But all I know is what I see When I ... http://www.raintribe.com/wordpress/2005/10/07/pocketful-of-promises/ Fear Words and Music by Michael Koppelman Michael Koppelman: Acoustic and electric guitars, lead vocals Kurt Koppelman: Bass, acoustic mandolin Andrew Deckard: Drums, percussion Stephe Mayone: Electric mandolin Recorded at Synergy Studios, Minneapolis MN Fear When you say what you mean to me Well it doesn't mean a thing, cause I know that you've never been free And you ... http://www.raintribe.com/wordpress/2005/10/03/fear/ Spirits Are Moving Words and Music by Michael Koppelman Spirits Are Moving People live and people die People seldom wonder why People go and people stay People throw their lives away People live and people die People die and people live People sin and they forgive People work and people play People lie and they betray People take and people give And this ... http://www.raintribe.com/wordpress/2005/10/03/spirits-are-moving/ Where Blackbirds Fly Words and Music by Michael Koppelman Michael Koppelman: Acoustic and electric guitars, lead vocals Kurt Koppelman: Bass, mandolin, background vocals Andrew Deckard: Drums, percussion Recorded at Synergy Studios, Minneapolis MN Where Blackbirds Fly Way up where the blackbirds fly The Pharaohs live and they rule when they die And no one stops to question why Just ... http://www.raintribe.com/wordpress/2005/09/30/where-blackbirds-fly/ Free Man Words and Music by Michael Koppelman Free Man I'm a free man Well that's what they say I got no job, I got no pay A free man but I'm hungry My master in a new kind of slavery I'm a free man But I got no soul If you ask the rich men in control A free man ... http://www.raintribe.com/wordpress/2005/09/30/free-man/ Money Words and Music by Michael Koppelman © 2005 Tribe of Angels This one is unfinished, just like I promised. It's an old song for me that I've never gotten properly recorded. I wrote it when I was working at Paisley Park, probably around 1991 or so. This recording is far from perfect ... http://www.raintribe.com/wordpress/2005/09/26/money/ Up To You Words and music by Michael Koppelman Michael Koppelman: Guitar, vocals, strange noises Kurt Koppelman: Bass, strange noises Andrew Deckard: Drums, percussion, strange noises Recorded by Dave Kent at Synergy Studios, Minneapolis MN Up To You How do you go from high to low? Why can you see what I mean? How can it be such ... http://www.raintribe.com/wordpress/2005/09/25/up-to-you/ Treasure Map Words and music by Michael Koppelman, Kurt Koppelman, and Stephe Mayone Treasure Map Open the book to page thirteen Treasure map, follow it, try to find me Open the book and you'll see what I mean Figure it out and you've figured out me Feel the paper that leaves no trace See the lines on the ... http://www.raintribe.com/wordpress/2005/09/25/treasure-map/ Same As Yesterday Words and Music by Michael Koppelman. Same As Yesterday Knowing A morning grey and fey and lightly snowing I do believe I really should be going The time is high and so am I Up where the seagulls fly away It's the same as yesterday Caring I must admit it doesn't feel like sharing Bleeding out your life ... http://www.raintribe.com/wordpress/2005/09/25/same-as-yesterday/ Muddy Water Words and music by Michael Koppelman, Steve Mayone & Sara Brami. Muddy Water Muddy water the Devil's daughter Inviting you to view the slaughter Sacrifice of men by mice And chicken's blood at twice the price Witches rule the day today Voodoo, magic, bones and clay Pins and needles Herbs and power The Devil's daughter muddy water Kalideascope on southern ... http://www.raintribe.com/wordpress/2005/09/25/muddy-water/ Black Irish Words and Music by Michael Koppelman Black Irish My name is blood, salt and sea I am the wood of the gnarled Oak tree I am the light that you never see Written in the story of history My name is dirt, wind and fire I am stone and bone and wire I am the light the ... http://www.raintribe.com/wordpress/2005/09/25/black-irish/