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PORTISHEAD PROPS These three albums still rock me whenever I hear them...
If you like Beth Gibbons' voice try this one too; 
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I lost my copy of Dummy three times. At that point I decided I wasn't meant to own it. maybe I should try again cos that album is AMAZING. | |
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The only Portishead album I have is Dummy, and it's phenomenal -- definitely a good buy. Beth's voice is amazing. | |
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I love them. Esp. Beth's voice. They have a "Rare Trax" cd too. It's mostly remixes and live songs. Some of their fans were turned off by the second cd.....but at times I actually like it better than "Dummy".
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Beth's solo cd doesn't really move me like Portishead's stuff. Somethin' about her voice with the beats that works perfectly together. looking for you in the woods tonight Switch FC SW-2874-2863-4789 (Rum&Coke) | |
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PANDURITO said:
when I saw them live, they actually lulled me to sleep for a moment. Course, it was the day after my mum's wedding, so I was hungover as hell. Still the music was just so gorgeous and soothing that I drifted off for a minute. Thank god my friend woke me up right away! ...edit... [This message was edited Sat Aug 28 17:36:27 2004 by endorphin74] | |
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endorphin74 said: when I saw them live, they actually lulled me to sleep for a moment. Thank god my friend woke me up right away!
 Oh my, tell me you weren't snoring!
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PANDURITO said: endorphin74 said: when I saw them live, they actually lulled me to sleep for a moment. Thank god my friend woke me up right away!
Oh my, tell me you weren't snoring!
Maybe you're the reason they split! Beth is still under psychological treatment 
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oooh, i love me some "dummy" - i got really burnt out on that album, i listened to it so much...then it seemed like you couldn't walk down the street without that album blaring out of every cafe or boutique in town and i got even MORE burnt out on it...maybe it's safe to give it another spin now. | |
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Anxiety said: oooh, i love me some "dummy" - i got really burnt out on that album, i listened to it so much...then it seemed like you couldn't walk down the street without that album blaring out of every cafe or boutique in town and i got even MORE burnt out on it...maybe it's safe to give it another spin now.
Oh yeah, between that album and Maxinquaye, that narcotic trip-hop sound (yeesh to that genre name, by the way) was inescapable in 94/95. You couldn't walk into a coffee shop or haircutters without hearing one of those albums. As good as they were, that sound really didn't have anywhere to go. I think Portishead was pretty much painted into a corner stylistically from the moment their debut was released. The performance on the live video is terrific, though... | |
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Anxiety said: oooh, i love me some "dummy" - i got really burnt out on that album, i listened to it so much...then it seemed like you couldn't walk down the street without that album blaring out of every cafe or boutique in town and i got even MORE burnt out on it...maybe it's safe to give it another spin now.
I wish we had "those" cafes and boutiques here.  looking for you in the woods tonight Switch FC SW-2874-2863-4789 (Rum&Coke) | |
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AnckSuNamun said: Anxiety said: oooh, i love me some "dummy" - i got really burnt out on that album, i listened to it so much...then it seemed like you couldn't walk down the street without that album blaring out of every cafe or boutique in town and i got even MORE burnt out on it...maybe it's safe to give it another spin now.
I wish we had "those" cafes and boutiques here. Same here. If I never played Dummy or Maxinquaye (which I also have), I would never hear anything from them. | |
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Anxiety said: oooh, i love me some "dummy" - i got really burnt out on that album, i listened to it so much...then it seemed like you couldn't walk down the street without that album blaring out of every cafe or boutique in town and i got even MORE burnt out on it...maybe it's safe to give it another spin now.
 Very true. I played that album out one winter. I used to listen to it on my headphones while I went running in the snow every day. Perfect for a cold and dreary winter. I just pulled it out again two weeks ago for the first time in years.
And like the orger above me mentions, "Maxinquaye" was also on heavy rotation that winter.  [This message was edited Sun Aug 29 5:29:05 2004 by minneapolisgenius] "I saw a woman with major Hammer pants on the subway a few weeks ago and totally thought of you." - sextonseven | |
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I have to agree with Flipwilson to some extent in that as much as I admire the body of work Portishead have created, It's place is very much continental café, boutique and laundromat/juice bar. As such, it was very difficult to see where the hell they could go next with their sound. This was not help by the fact that by creating a new genre of music as along with fellow peers Massive Attack and Tricky did, there was the somewhat inevitable number of other artists who would move in to fill it out, such the Sneaker Pimps, Olive, Morcheeba and Hooverphonic had already stepped up and sampled more early soul breakbeats and Isaac Hayes strings than you can shake your booty at. They were creating OKish music but to me by that time the whole 'trip hop', 'Bristolian sound' call it what you will all sounded a bit stale. So much so that it would be difficult for them to create more music without it being too pretentious.
Yet the music aside, it's Beth Gibbons' vocals which I guess distinguish Portishead from the other so called 'trip hop' groups and was they key to their success. Her compressed voice sounds like an angry and bitter Billie Holiday to the extreme. Gooey rightly lists her collaboration with Rustin Man on the Out of Season album. If you haven't heard it, I seriously recommend it. [This message was edited Sun Aug 29 6:09:52 2004 by JDINTERACTIVE] | |
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I LOVE Glory Box.  I first heard that song in the movie The Craft, and I was like "Who is that?" I was sooo bummed that that song wasn't on the soundtrack. 
Anywho, I got their second cd first and it was almost tooo depressing for me. Then I got Dummy because I heard it was better and it was.
I'm gonna put it in the player right now. [This message was edited Sun Aug 29 9:16:15 2004 by VinaBlue] | |
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JDINTERACTIVE said: I have to agree with Flipwilson to some extent in that as much as I admire the body of work Portishead have created, It's place is very much continental café, boutique and laundromat/juice bar. As such, it was very difficult to see where the hell they could go next with their sound. This was not help by the fact that by creating a new genre of music as along with fellow peers Massive Attack and Tricky did, there was the somewhat inevitable number of other artists who would move in to fill it out, such the Sneaker Pimps, Olive, Morcheeba and Hooverphonic had already stepped up and sampled more early soul breakbeats and Isaac Hayes strings than you can shake your booty at. They were creating OKish music but to me by that time the whole 'trip hop', 'Bristolian sound' call it what you will all sounded a bit stale. So much so that it would be difficult for them to create more music without it being too pretentious.
Yet the music aside, it's Beth Gibbons' vocals which I guess distinguish Portishead from the other so called 'trip hop' groups and was they key to their success. Her compressed voice sounds like an angry and bitter Billie Holiday to the extreme. Gooey rightly lists her collaboration with Rustin Man on the Out of Season album. If you haven't heard it, I seriously recommend it. [This message was edited Sun Aug 29 6:09:52 2004 by JDINTERACTIVE] GREAT post, JD. I've not heard Olive or Hooverphonic... maybe I should check them out? I dig Massive Attack's Protection... and I'm emabarrassed to say I never bought Mezzanine.  Always loved that single with the baby in the video though... Back to Portishead, I have the live cd, but still haven't seen the video.  I've got some catching up to do, lol. | |
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VinaBlue said: I LOVE Glory Box. I'm gonna put it in the player right now.
Is what spawned this post... | |
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JDINTERACTIVE said: Gooey rightly lists her collaboration with Rustin Man on the Out of Season album. If you haven't heard it, I seriously recommend it.
Made me think of Nick Drake... | |
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Gooey, did you see the documentary on Nick Drake on dutch television a couple of nights ago?? Never knew much about him apart of the fact that he's dead for a long time, but that 'Nothern Sky' song is very pretty!
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VinaBlue said: JDINTERACTIVE said: I have to agree with Flipwilson to some extent in that as much as I admire the body of work Portishead have created, It's place is very much continental café, boutique and laundromat/juice bar. As such, it was very difficult to see where the hell they could go next with their sound. This was not help by the fact that by creating a new genre of music as along with fellow peers Massive Attack and Tricky did, there was the somewhat inevitable number of other artists who would move in to fill it out, such the Sneaker Pimps, Olive, Morcheeba and Hooverphonic had already stepped up and sampled more early soul breakbeats and Isaac Hayes strings than you can shake your booty at. They were creating OKish music but to me by that time the whole 'trip hop', 'Bristolian sound' call it what you will all sounded a bit stale. So much so that it would be difficult for them to create more music without it being too pretentious.
Yet the music aside, it's Beth Gibbons' vocals which I guess distinguish Portishead from the other so called 'trip hop' groups and was they key to their success. Her compressed voice sounds like an angry and bitter Billie Holiday to the extreme. Gooey rightly lists her collaboration with Rustin Man on the Out of Season album. If you haven't heard it, I seriously recommend it. [This message was edited Sun Aug 29 6:09:52 2004 by JDINTERACTIVE] forget about Hooverphonic (except for the Thievery Corporation remix of ' The Strange Effect', on Abductions & Reconstructions), their sound is a bit poor. GREAT post, JD. I've not heard Olive or Hooverphonic... maybe I should check them out? I dig Massive Attack's Protection... and I'm emabarrassed to say I never bought Mezzanine. Always loved that single with the baby in the video though... Back to Portishead, I have the live cd, but still haven't seen the video. I've got some catching up to do, lol. | |
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I loved Portishead's first release, but I just couldn't get into their second effort. I did put Out of Season into my Rhapsody library after scrolling through this thread, sounds good! Though it doesn't compare to the soundtrack for Herion addicts Dummy. | |
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abierman said: Gooey, did you see the documentary on Nick Drake on dutch television a couple of nights ago?? Never knew much about him apart of the fact that he's dead for a long time, but that 'Nothern Sky' song is very pretty!
gozer, hoe staat 't? Erm havent seen it, damnit. Ever since the new job I hardly watch tele... And eh 15 november, Utrecht Vredenburg. You there? | |
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I love Portishead-especially Dummy like most people, but "All Mine" (from Portishead) has to be my favorite track, very closely followed by "Roads".
Great mood music-for relaxing or other activities. | |
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Both Albums are great / Both are in my top ten favorite list.
And Roads is a close second to if I was your Girlfriend as my alltime favorite minimalistic tracks. BUT Portishead is really pissing me off with the delayed releases. If they are broken up,,go ahead and tell the fans they are broken up. If you're going into the studio, wait until you actually do to tell people. I've been on their website since it's started and they have change their story five times. It's 2005 soon and it will be almost 8 years since new material. I don't count the live c.d. That's ridiculous. Even Sade releases quicker than that,,,lol. [Edited 8/29/04 22:12pm] [Edited 8/29/04 22:14pm] | |
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Beth Gibbons' solo album with Rustin Man was pretty damn nice. It's an autumn album
if I ever heard one. Love to listen to it bubbling away in the background as I sit by the window looking at the dark clouds filling the sky, waiting for the rain to start falling. Portishead better release an album soon because, well, because I just want one
The first two albums are both great. "Mysterons" and "Undenied" are two of my favs, but they're all little dark shadows in their own right. and true love lives on lollipops and crisps | |
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