Haven't listened to them in ages until today. Don't know what I was thinking not listening to them for so long. Brilliant stuff.
edit: someone put this in the right forum.
edit: someone put this in the right forum.
Portishead
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she's still better looking than Winehouse though
Let's be honest, that's not really much of an asking.
she's still better looking than Winehouse though
it's a struggle for the Portishead bird tho
yes!
the rip
wopooooooo
but wrong forum
the rip
wopooooooo
but wrong forum
I want to like them but they make my head hurt.
a poor mans massive attack
Just a quality band, saw them last year at the Manc Apollo, awesome gig.
A poor mans nothing, they're both great bands.
Did they make your head hurt?
I actually think they make my girlfriend's head hurt.
From time to time they will hit a certain tone and my ears ache.
Which do you prefer, Portishead or Ballad of Bilbo Baggins?
Nope. I was far too mesmerised by Beth Gibbons amazing voice for any of that silly bollocks.
From time to time Doc I question the validity of your existance.
I don't mean anything bad by it, Nomers. It's nature's way that I am unable to listen to them. I would if I could, believe me I've tried. I don't have a choice.
Portishead were always a band that I thought I should like but I just never really got into any of their albums
she's still better looking than Winehouse though
FAIL !
this is a picture of Beth Orton (who I am a fan of), not Beth Gibbons
The second Portishead album is about as close as you get to a perfect record. Every single song is sublime.
It takes a couple of listens to get it because they're quite discordant, but it's worth it.
It takes a couple of listens to get it because they're quite discordant, but it's worth it.
Yeah, I absolutely adore their first 2 records. I have Third but there is something compelling me to not listen to it. I don't think it's gonna be bad, I just don't think it's what I want at the moment. Maybe it's the weather. Portishead make some of the saddest music ever
I was skeptical of Third when I first got it. Having listened to it a bunch of times, it certainly doesn't disappoint.
Neither did I Doc, just an excuse to rip the piss really.
Do you like Massive Attack?
Agreed Plech, second album is stunning, much darker than Dummy and would probably be my personnal favorite too.
Can't say that I've listened to a lot of their work but I really dig that fake the aroma song.
This is off my personnal favorite album of theirs, Mezzanine, a stunningly dark song, just brilliant.
she's still better looking than Winehouse though
Thats Beth Orton - the English folk singer, yer woman's called Beth aswell but no where near as pretty as Ms Orton in that photo!
Peter King says "Yes"
Think this is the one you mean - Karmacoma
Karmacoma lyrics
[Tricky]
You sure you want to be with me
I've nothing to give
Won’t lie and say this lovin's best
Well leave us in emotional pace
Take a walk, taste the rest
No, take a rest
[3D]
I see you digging a hole in your neighborhood
You’re crazy but you’re lazy
I need to live and I need to
Your troubles must be seen to see through
Money like it's paper with faces i remember
I drink on a daily basis
Though it subtle cools my temper
It never cools my temper
[Tricky]
Walking through the suburbs though not exactly lovers
You’re a couple, 'specially when your body’s doubled
Duplicate, then you wait for the next kuwait
[Tricky & 3D]
Karmacoma, jamaica' aroma [x4]
[3D]
You sure you want to be with me i’ve nothing to give
Take a walk take a rest taste the rest
Take a walk take a rest taste the rest
Take a walk take a rest a taste of rest
[Tricky]
Don't want to be on top of your list
Monopoly and properly kissed
We overcome in sixty seconds
With the strength we have to together
But for now, emotional ties they stay severed
When there’s trust there’ll be treats
And when we funk we'll hear beats
[Tricky & 3D]
Karmacoma, jamaica' aroma [x4]
[3D]
Deflowering my baby, aiyee my baby me
I must be crazy, see i'm swazy
Digging a hole in your neighborhood
You're crazy but you're lazy, must be lazy
[Tricky]
Don't wanna on top of your list
Monopoly and properly kissed
[3D]
Deflowering my baby, aiyee my baby me
My baby
Deflowering my baby, aiyee my baby me
I must be crazy, you must be lazy
[Tricky & 3D]
Karmacoma, what?, jamaica aroma [x4]
Same song but it was re-recorded without Tricky as 'fake the aroma' on the warchild Help album.
Third is well worth a listen. It's a bit on the bleak side, and quite a departure from their trip-hop past, but still recognisably Portishead. I was well impressed.
First album for me, I still remember hearing a pre-release copy back in 93 and being blown away with Beth's vocals and Andy Smith's cuts and scratches, Geoff whatsizname on the guitar ... superb album. Blue Lines was very good and a breakthrough in sample technology at the time, every song based around a classic 70s funk/soul gem but Dummy was so fresh and original it will go down in my top 10 best ever records.