There is conclusive evidence
That there is no conclusive evidence.
To the claims that you claim that we claim to be true.

Well, here's the story of sad salvation;
Saved my soul while it started with temptation.
On a road on a car in October or June.

Six of one, half dozen of the other.
I feel we're fighting a war alone.
The infintry's goin' crazy and they wanna go home.

But radio one, you're the only one for me.
I was inside, but inside's much too deep.
Once I was afraid of the promises made.
But radio one, you're the only one for me.

The fact is, I don't know all the facts,
And the facts are fiction, just the same.
Seems the Queen is watching switches,
And wondering where you're at again.

Summer King, if you're out there,
Listenin' to this radio song.
Keep your subjects tuning,
'N' I won't ever be long.

'Cause radio one, you're the only one for me.
I can hear you as I fall to sleep.
Once I was afraid of the promises made.
But radio one, you're the only one for me.

Radio one, you're the only one for me.
I was inside, but inside's much too deep.
Once I was afraid of the promises made.
Oh, but radio one, you're the only one for me.

(Edited by JustAnotherDrive at 11:22 pm on June 8, 2002)

I always thought it said, 'So my king if you're out there...'

Also, I believe the official title of this song is 'D-Con (Radio One).' Does anyone know for sure?

It sounds more like 'So my king' than 'Summer king,' so you're probably right.

I'm nearly 100 % that's what it said on the Spongbebath Sampler, if I could only find it in my room.

It is in fact 'D-Con (Radio One)' according to the ole Spongebath sampler.

Michael

does anyone know what 'D-Con' means or stands for?

i like this song

I do too. It would be nice to hear live.

(Edited by DigsySlattery at 10:00 pm on May. 22, 2003)

I second that.

I heard it for the first time in a long while yesterday. It's long been one of my Features favorites. It is also one that I have never heard live nor heard a live recording of.

A nice Features moment in concert was when an audience member at the Boro yelled out for them to play Radio One. Matt Pelham flat out said,

"We don't know how to play that one anymore."

This makes me realize how doubtful it is.

I think it's "So my king if you're out there..."

Don't you, YDDD? Your signature surprised me.

I always thought, and probably still do, that it is "So my king"...

but I like the sound of summer king in light of my mood these days. So it stands.

I had a sneaking suspicion this was the case.

(Edited by Token at 9:38 pm on May. 29, 2003)

My favorite part of the whole song is the "Bop bada bop bop badadada...bop bada...etc." Agree?

Agree. I think it's fun whenever Matt croons without words (or whistles!).

yes, i too find the whistling a nice touch.

Yes, but very hard to imitate. Maybe if I practice hard enough...

I hate the whistle part of Thursday. I can't whistle so I feel so left out.

I can whistle but at that point in the show, I am so exhausted and out of breath/saliva that I cannot muster a whistle. It's frustrating.

I cannot snap, however.

I never got how people can't snap. Can you not move your fingers that way or does it just not make a sound or what? Freaks.

The only sound it makes is that of flesh rubbing together...and that sounds creepy. I must have deformed them due to the incessant and constant amount of drawing I did during my adolescence or something...

What exactly makes something a "hot topic"? How many posts in what amount of time qualify a thread? And has anyone noticed that once they are a hot topic they stay a hot topic even if they are brought back after 3 months? Wow, noticed this was a hot topic, sorry.


And snapping kinda creeps me out. It makes me fingers feel really dry and gross. I would so trade my snapping ability for someone's whistling ability.

I am pretty sure that a topic becomes "hot" once it goes onto the second page of replies. I never even look at those envelope things, so I never really thought about it til now.

And my snapping abilities are actually fine now. I have Ray Davies backing me up. Let's just say, he's the record to my Milli Vanilli...

I don't whistle at that point in Thursday because I can't hit the high F# (La la la LA la la). So I don't whistle along. I usually sing it, though.

And you may not be a freak, but you are at least a weirdo for not being able to snap.

i can't whistle, so don't feel bad digsy. i just shut the hell up whenever pellham starts to whistle...

oh well... i can't sing either but i do anyways...

I can snap with my right hand but not my left , so does that kind of make me half weird or something?

Yes, you're a halfie.

to SW, IWE, TF, Token, and Digsy

(Edited by YaDaDaDa at 1:20 pm on May. 30, 2003)

Inside jokes eh? I see how it is.

Just be glad he didn't call you a one-seventhy...

people who resort to inside jokes on a messageboard are no better than the halfies to which they refer....well, that's a little harsh, maybe five-sixthies would be a more appropriate comparison.

yeah, "radio one." i can't get it all to download. what's wrong with me? (i know, i'm asking for it...)

Oh, so now I'm being attacked? Technically it's not inside since it's come up (briefly) on here before. I just don't feel like finding it. I promise that inside jokes will never come up again.

it's ok, mr. da, i was merely joshin' with you. if it weren't for inside jokes, i would have no sense of humor...i'm not much of an outdoors girl.

i guess that i'm going to throw in a random comment about a one-armed dancer now, you know, just for good measure.

I can't comment on this because of aforementioned post. And who knows? She may post on here sometimes (though very carefully I'm sure).

*shakes head in disgust, while controlling laughter*

I'd have to say my favorite part of this song is in the last line when Matt's all "Iii saaid.." For a second there he is very soulful.

I would like to say that after 15 years of trying, I am finally able to whistle.

Why did it take so long?

Maybe you're coming of age. Aww...

It has taken this long for the cillia on the lining of your mouth and tongue to come in well enough to reverberate a whistling sound.

(Edited by YaDaDaDa at 2:20 pm on Sep. 14, 2003)

That's right! Soon she'll be old enough to release her pods.

Yes, our little girl's mutating into a woman.

>sigh<

I really don't know how to respond to this.

I was just listening to D-con (radio one) (which i really do love, its always been a favorite mp3 file)..........and was just taking notice to the cheesy panning effects that the producer used. It can be a little bit annoying when monitoring through headphones. But, I'm figuring this song was engineered and produced by a student at MTSU or maybe by a band member themselves a few years ago.......Just wondering if anyone knew anything about it.....

If it is the version from the Spongebath samplers (and not the one without horns), then it wasn't mixed by an MTSU student. It was produced and engineered by Richard Dortch.

I have an .mp3 of D-Con (Radio One) and think it's great. I actually just sent an e-mail to Jim McGuinn, who used to be program director of Philadelphia's now-defunct modern rock Y-100 (which was killed off despite making good money by, guess who, a company called Radio One). I know the song is about the BBC's Radio One, but I thought it might make for a fun tongue-in-cheek song for them to play on their internet start-up that replaced (at least for now) the radio version at Y100Rocks.com.

Anyway, is it possible to even find that song in CD quality anymore?

There are a couple of the Spongebath Samplers on eBay that haven't been bid on right now. I'm sure one of them is volume 2, since that's the much more common one.

If you can dig up the old Spongebath sampler it's on is the only way I know of.

By the way, the reason why D-con is in the title is due to the band disagreeing on which way a certain note in the melody should go. Someone wanted the chord change to be something-something-D, but someone else wanted it to be something-something-something other than D. Hence, D-controversy, or D-con for short. I forgot the other chords and who won, but the song is one of my favorites.

Don't expect to ever hear this live from The Features again. This was written at least half, if not mostly, by Don Sergio. When he left, The Features kind of stopped playing some of his penned songs. I have seen Don's new band Green Rode Shotgun play it before. It didn't have the same magic though.