Anyone fancy hearing Old Fart's memories?
― an, uh, razor of love (sic), Tuesday, 16 June 2020 19:10 (three years ago) link
I remember struggling with whether or not to buy the CD since it only had a few tracks I didn't already own, but yea as soon as "Spoonman" started I knew I made the right choice
― frogbs, Tuesday, 16 June 2020 19:11 (three years ago) link
i would like 2 hear an old farts memories
― Hackers (1995) (Will M.), Tuesday, 16 June 2020 19:14 (three years ago) link
here, with an extra 20+ minutes not on the radio broadcast
― an, uh, razor of love (sic), Tuesday, 16 June 2020 19:18 (three years ago) link
also hey i literally just found this, a page from the wipeout 2097 soundtrack booklet i guess?
https://i.imgur.com/yCqbnLd.jpg
here's the whole booklet
...and i have my new dn
― TRANCED INTO RADIOACTIVE PUREE (Will M.), Tuesday, 16 June 2020 19:20 (three years ago) link
the introductory page is so over the top BRI'ISH i almost expect them to talk about the newsie-wewsies
― TRANCED INTO RADIOACTIVE PUREE (Will M.), Tuesday, 16 June 2020 19:22 (three years ago) link
There was sooo much Future Sound of London on that soundtrack.
― Dirty Epic H. (Eric H.), Tuesday, 16 June 2020 19:26 (three years ago) link
i literally just found this
scroll up :)
― an, uh, razor of love (sic), Tuesday, 16 June 2020 19:29 (three years ago) link
haha oh no did i miss it?!
― TRANCED INTO RADIOACTIVE PUREE (Will M.), Tuesday, 16 June 2020 19:32 (three years ago) link
is it a link or an image? i am now realizing that there are some probably-image-sized gaps that haven't loaded anything for me...
― TRANCED INTO RADIOACTIVE PUREE (Will M.), Tuesday, 16 June 2020 19:35 (three years ago) link
This soundtrack album and the actual soundtrack of the video game do not contain the same collections of music. CoLD SToRAGE supplied two tracks ("Canada", "Body In Motion") for the game, the Chemical Brothers produced "Dust Up Beats", Fluke created a different "Atom Bomb" Mix than the one featured on this release called "Atom Bomb (Straight Six Instrumental)" and Future Sound of London, supplied "Landmass", none of which were included on the soundtrack album. Conversely, Photek's "Titan", the Chemical Brothers' "Leave Home", and the tracks by Daft Punk, Source Direct, Orbital, and Leftfield did not appear in the game itself.
― groovypanda, Tuesday, 16 June 2020 19:36 (three years ago) link
That Wipeout 2097 page was sampled in the Tin There image, nbd.
― an, uh, razor of love (sic), Tuesday, 16 June 2020 19:43 (three years ago) link
http://ghostable.uk/public/ilx/underworld/u035-693400.png 35 Kittens 675 points, 14 votes 1999 album track from Beaucoup Fish audio
Too low
― shout-out to his family (DJP), Tuesday, 16 June 2020 19:48 (three years ago) link
"Kittens" (a storming epic), "Something Like A Mama" (jungle-inflected track like "Pearl's Girl" with its tongue in its cheek) and of course "King Of Snake". It's a strong album. ― Tim, Tuesday, October 17, 2000 11:00 AM
Everything Everything DVD-only audio
Kittens, which is...is...the sound of taking lots of drugs and feeling very expansive :) So between classic and dud, leaning on the classic side. ― o.munoz, Thursday, January 18, 2001 12:00 PM
audience video 2017, Rick alone and lasers going pew pew pewww
"Kittens". I heard a RealAudio excerpt of this when _BF_ came out and was suitably staggered. I was all set to run to the store to buy the album when I heard "Push Upstairs"... ew. (I've since grown used to that song, but I don't see anything overly special about it.) ― DJP, Thursday, January 18, 2001 12:00 PM
https://i.imgur.com/gjxwtdv.jpg
OMG! I did the same 33-45 mistake with the "Kittens" promo, with the same effect: the slow version easily trumped the "right" version. ― Eric H., Thursday, January 8, 2004 4:27 AM
― an, uh, razor of love (sic), Tuesday, 16 June 2020 19:49 (three years ago) link
That Wipeout 2097 page was sampled in the Tin There image, nbd.― an, uh, razor of love (sic), Tuesday, June 16, 2020 3:43 PM (eight minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink
― an, uh, razor of love (sic), Tuesday, June 16, 2020 3:43 PM (eight minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink
omg oops wow
― TRANCED INTO RADIOACTIVE PUREE (Will M.), Tuesday, 16 June 2020 19:52 (three years ago) link
aw geez shit-talk on push upstairs in the comments ;_; (it was my first underworld song i think and is v close to my heart)
― TRANCED INTO RADIOACTIVE PUREE (Will M.), Tuesday, 16 June 2020 19:54 (three years ago) link
you gotta have tough skin in here will
― maf you one two (maffew12), Tuesday, 16 June 2020 19:55 (three years ago) link
Kittens was the greatest thing ever when I was 13
its a wonder they don't play it live more often. seems like it would bring the house down
― frogbs, Tuesday, 16 June 2020 19:56 (three years ago) link
kittens too low!!!!!!
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Tuesday, 16 June 2020 20:08 (three years ago) link
this is Rowla Pie country
― maf you one two (maffew12), Tuesday, 16 June 2020 20:16 (three years ago) link
http://ghostable.uk/public/ilx/underworld/u034-208597.png 34. Luetin 677 points, 15 votes 2002 album track from A Hundred Days Off audio live audio 2002 with interview snippet
― an, uh, razor of love (sic), Tuesday, 16 June 2020 20:21 (three years ago) link
also too low
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Tuesday, 16 June 2020 20:23 (three years ago) link
Hyde's lyrics are starting to annoy me more here and there these days, particularly on Luetin tho that is a fantastic track (a classic case of a track you are just casually listening to, a few minutes pass and then you just hit a moment and realise where you are who you are what's going on etc.) ― blueski, Friday, May 21, 2004 2:09 AM The trick to Luetin for me is the strings. I often don't notice them come in, but I do, it's lovely. I can't even make out most of the lyrics on it though. ― Vinnie, Friday, May 21, 2004 2:20 AM he says 'cokey cola' ― blueski, Friday, May 21, 2004 2:21 AM
Peel Session audio 2003 piano cover
Dan, I've just relistened to Luetin based on this post, and you're otm that it's great, but I don't think it's as satisfying for some reason. ― roxymuzak, Thursday, October 20, 2005 1:34 AM Oh...but...I forgot this part where the synths come in. ― roxymuzak, Thursday, October 20, 2005 1:34 AM
https://i.imgur.com/t6CiTyf.jpg
hey at the very least my last relisten revealed that "luetin" is one of their best songs and is totally buried on that record! ― BradNelson, Tuesday, March 15, 2016 5:20 AM ^^^^ I have been saying this for years ― DJP, Tuesday, March 15, 2016 5:21 AM
― an, uh, razor of love (sic), Tuesday, 16 June 2020 20:24 (three years ago) link
great tune, glad to see it this high. but yeah Karl's lyrics on this one are kinda...uh...best not to pay too much attention
― frogbs, Tuesday, 16 June 2020 20:55 (three years ago) link
I never intentionally pay attention to Karl's lyrics, so it's always a nice surprise when a phrase catches on and sticks in my head, or I can associate a song with some words.
"The rhythm of keys swinging in your hand, the rhythm of light coming out of your fingers" - the latter part sat in the song as a general vibe of positivity, or a rave visual of lasers and splayed hands, for years before I suddenly locked it with the first half and realised they could be paired. Maybe Karl had spotted an extremely menial, quotidian image at a moment where the sun hit, and sparked a tiny hidden poem out of it.
― an, uh, razor of love (sic), Tuesday, 16 June 2020 21:14 (three years ago) link
that's so beautiful :')
― maf you one two (maffew12), Tuesday, 16 June 2020 21:20 (three years ago) link
http://ghostable.uk/public/ilx/underworld/u033-822491.png 33. Surfboy and Spoon Deep 712 combined points, 16 total votes11 votes for the 1994 album track from dubnobasswithmyheadman, which would have placed at 49 aloneplus the five previous for a remix released as sort of b-side while claiming to be a remix of a different song
audioaudience audio 2003 link at 8:20
― an, uh, razor of love (sic), Tuesday, 16 June 2020 21:40 (three years ago) link
Can't recall if it's "spoonman" or "surfboy" that i'm thinking of (think it's the latter), but it's the one where they go all stuttering miami electro bass and have the rising pitches sorta trailing off throughout the song, until it builds up and starts going "doo doo doo doo. doo doo doo doo" with this great little sound. that's always been a favorite. ― rentboy, Thursday, May 18, 2006 10:00 PM
"Surfboy" is underrated IMO ― DJP, Thursday, June 2, 2016 6:16 AM
― an, uh, razor of love (sic), Tuesday, 16 June 2020 21:48 (three years ago) link
"Surfboy" is always a wonderful surprise when I listen to dubnobass. I can remember the beginning, but I forget the crazy shifts it goes through. Because of this poll, maybe I'll finally remember what a brilliant track it is
― Vinnie, Tuesday, 16 June 2020 23:05 (three years ago) link
i voted for "spoon deep" but a great track in both forms
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Tuesday, 16 June 2020 23:32 (three years ago) link
"spoon deep" is just like getting your face mutilated by great techno
just posting these vinyl labels sic got me breaking down buying a copy!...... remaster is on eBay for not much
― maf you one two (maffew12), Tuesday, 16 June 2020 23:51 (three years ago) link
original "air towel" is pretty dull but the live jam version is so much better"stagger" is just gorgeous
― ufo, Tuesday, 16 June 2020 23:51 (three years ago) link
lol @"Rickless tour" (I caught this at Primavera Sound... playing dubnobass to a festival crowd was kinda brave... well they did finish with NUXX and all!). Wonder what Pricey is even up to in that video there, really?
― maf you one two (maffew12), Tuesday, 16 June 2020 23:52 (three years ago) link
(Spoiler alert: I now love “Push Upstairs”)
― shout-out to his family (DJP), Wednesday, 17 June 2020 00:18 (three years ago) link
goddammit that IS a spoiler!
yeah, I wonder if Rick had health issues, or if - after effectively re-programming the album from scratch for the remaster, and then building a live version for the launch - he just couldn't face playing the same thing again every night, and was relieved to let Price tweak a few faders and let the sequencers get on with it
― an, uh, razor of love (sic), Wednesday, 17 June 2020 00:23 (three years ago) link
they said he was ill i think
― maf you one two (maffew12), Wednesday, 17 June 2020 00:23 (three years ago) link
fwiw, Karl's book mentions that after a Freur or MK1 gig with terrible sound, Rick did the group's sound from the stage from then on.... so even when it's the karaoke type gig, there's that I guess
― maf you one two (maffew12), Wednesday, 17 June 2020 00:24 (three years ago) link
(apparently they played Spikee on nights when it was Karl & Rick, and not on Price & Hyde. And Rick mixed the show from the booth in Cologne?)
― an, uh, razor of love (sic), Wednesday, 17 June 2020 00:31 (three years ago) link
I heard Spoon Deep only a few years ago in the small hours in a fog-filled railway arch with a bunch of very happy maniacs, and even by the regularly high standards of that particular institution at the time it stands out as a peak dancefloor moment. Surfboy is fine too, definitively 1993/94 dubby techno.
― Noel Emits, Wednesday, 17 June 2020 00:36 (three years ago) link
Final third of Surfboy is awesome
― frogbs, Wednesday, 17 June 2020 00:45 (three years ago) link
http://ghostable.uk/public/ilx/underworld/u032-094621.png 32. Moaner 724 points, 16 votes 1997 single for "Batman & Robin" video video (4:10) Tomato VHS promo (7:47) full-length audio (10:23)
― an, uh, razor of love (sic), Wednesday, 17 June 2020 00:50 (three years ago) link
Tomato VHS promo (7:47) full-length audio (10:23)
― an, uh, razor of love (sic), Wednesday, 17 June 2020 00:56 (three years ago) link
just like getting your face mutilated by great techno
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Tuesday, June 16, 2020 4:32 PM (one hour ago) bookmarkflaglink
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Wednesday, 17 June 2020 01:01 (three years ago) link
Okay, this live recording of "Moaner" I've found is absolutely BLINDING. ― DJP, Wednesday, January 5, 2005 9:15 AM
live 1999 audio (transitions out of Bruce Lee)
I've spent the last year or two or three periodically obsessing over "Moaner." ― nabisco, Thursday, February 21, 2008 6:03 AM
Moaner is almost everything I want from Underworld in one lethal shot. ― Eric H., Tuesday, July 17, 2007 5:49 AM Yeah, I kind of can't believe there was a point where I hated that song. WTF, me from 10 years ago? ― DJP, Tuesday, July 17, 2007 6:05 AM I liked it back then too, but I've always seemed to like Underworld at their most relentless. "Tin There" is blissful carnage. ― Eric H., Tuesday, July 17, 2007 6:19 AM
"moaner" was the first underworld track i heard, the 10-minute cut off of the batman & robin soundtrack. i was 10, maybe? it absolutely scared the shit out of me. ― BradNelson, Wednesday, July 6, 2011 3:42 PM
https://i.imgur.com/QaZWY4q.jpg
The thing about the vocals is that, well, for instance ... I would possibly agree that "Moaner" was just relentless boshing techno if the vocals weren't doing just as much rhythmic and dynamic work as a less-relentless instrumental track would; there is nothing necessarily better or smarter or less crude about coding that work into the synths instead of doing it through a vocal performance. (I also love the rigorously simple structure of that song, btw, which spends exactly half the time doing an uphill boshing-techno climb, then starts over and repeats the exact same thing only New and Improved Now with Added Vocals!) ― nabisco, Tuesday, December 16, 2008 6:30 AM
official live video 2011 Underworld (vocals, and also talk about Boner)
― an, uh, razor of love (sic), Wednesday, 17 June 2020 01:04 (three years ago) link
moaner is both very good and absolutely too much
― ufo, Wednesday, 17 June 2020 01:05 (three years ago) link
otm!
― maf you one two (maffew12), Wednesday, 17 June 2020 01:06 (three years ago) link
https://media.giphy.com/media/WUr3e8XeI0fbtLYsf1/giphy.gif
― an, uh, razor of love (sic), Wednesday, 17 June 2020 02:17 (three years ago) link
Glad my observation about blissful carnage was good enough to be included twice.
― Dirty Epic H. (Eric H.), Wednesday, 17 June 2020 02:17 (three years ago) link