So, which one do we like better? The original or the reworked Portishead version?

That beat just makes me so hard...

Dayum... I like the original lots, but I like the harder edge of Machine Gun...

Front Line assembly...what that?

Some Fordism technic of mass production of cars

Matronik said:

Wow.

Loads of other fans.

HamsterHuey said:

Try MJ in the title! Works everytime

front line assembly!!! i love me some 90's industrial or late 80's.
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Matronik said:

I want to thank you for the chance of saying what I said on that thread.

And people loving Machine Gun; get Empty Walks; it's an interesting way how Portishead sampled something, then reworked it. The first time I listened to Machine Gun I knew I heard it someplace before... it just took me a while to ponder on it. They made a sound not so obvious bigger and then spun it into something new. I love it.

are you sure they sampled it or you just think they were influenced or just coincidence. If you think they sampled, please list what they specificaly sampled(i.e. time on song)

laproducer2 said:

It's very, very alike. My knowledge of sound transforming equipment is not sufficient enough if they ripped the actual song or just re-recorded it.
But the synth sounds at the beginning of Empty Walks has the same sounds, just less loud. It has the same intervals between the two distinctive sounds Machine Gun uses.

I like the Portishead tune, but I'm not familiar with the latter.

I listened to the album a few times when it first came out, but it's been sitting on the shelf ever since. Just hasn't stuck with me like their previous albums. It's a few years too late.

RipHer2Shreds said:

I keep returning to a few of the songs on the album. As a whole, the album does not flow.