the "we live in a field" link is a fuller version of the one maffew posted up there btw. if you're only going to watch one of these videos, I recommend that one!
I rather like the Creaking Planks cover, but they aren't doing anything intersting with the vocal arrangement, yeah
― an, uh, razor of love (sic), Monday, 22 June 2020 14:14 (three years ago) link
here's another weird one! A headphone concert on a rooftop in Shibuya. Fan clip of 'If Rah' from that show.
― maf you one two (maffew12), Monday, 22 June 2020 14:17 (three years ago) link
Actually more euro techno than trance. I mean...?
Mediteria - Trance-Dance (Monoton Mix)
https://youtu.be/HSOLTDuNK_I
― Noel Emits, Monday, 22 June 2020 14:23 (three years ago) link
There's also an official clip of If Rah from that show, which is pretty dope but presumably edited down hugely.
― an, uh, razor of love (sic), Monday, 22 June 2020 14:42 (three years ago) link
nuxx greatest alcoholism banger
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Monday, 22 June 2020 14:43 (three years ago) link
imagine maintaining a hardcore addiction on lager though. thank goodness Karl got sober, though maybe if he'd discovered premium tequila earlier it would never have been a problem.
― an, uh, razor of love (sic), Monday, 22 June 2020 14:46 (three years ago) link
i'm very belatedly going through the youtube list. y'all remember how good "doscientos" is
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Monday, 22 June 2020 14:49 (three years ago) link
is "doscientos" the only underworld track with a sick sax solo
wow, this is VERY nuxxy
― an, uh, razor of love (sic), Monday, 22 June 2020 15:10 (three years ago) link
Wow I was the only person to #1 this? It's weirdly low? This was the track that got me into Underworld, and during my first rush of college/raving/lager&etc, so maybe I can't evaluate it fairly, but for me the back half of the song beats anything in the UW catalog, and maybe any other electronic track I know, as a pure banger. It just does not stop building. Transporting.
― lukas, Monday, 22 June 2020 15:23 (three years ago) link
i believe you'll find it's spelled "trainspotting" glad to help
― TRANCED INTO RADIOACTIVE PUREE (Will M.), Monday, 22 June 2020 15:31 (three years ago) link
nah but seriously i ranked this fairly low (i mean lol it was still top 30, and i ranked that weird slowed down version even higher) simply because while it is still monumental and incredible, it's definitely the one song in their catalogue i can safely say i may have heard enough times by now
― TRANCED INTO RADIOACTIVE PUREE (Will M.), Monday, 22 June 2020 15:32 (three years ago) link
Trainspotting xpost TIMING!
― Mark G, Monday, 22 June 2020 15:32 (three years ago) link
I was mildly surprised by only 1 #1, but not that it's merely top 15: for all its great merits, the song is exhaustingly overplayed in a way that no other Underworld tracks have ever had a chance to be.
― an, uh, razor of love (sic), Monday, 22 June 2020 15:33 (three years ago) link
lol xpost Will
Glad this is out of the way :)
― or something, Monday, 22 June 2020 15:34 (three years ago) link
Dark & Long the lowest thing in the list.
― nashwan, Monday, 22 June 2020 15:37 (three years ago) link
"Dark and Long (Dark Train)" > "Born Slippy (NUXX)"
― shout-out to his family (DJP), Monday, 22 June 2020 15:37 (three years ago) link
https://youtu.be/o0J3Wyn0f5M
― Twithmin (Ahmad Hernandez), Monday, 22 June 2020 15:42 (three years ago) link
djp otm
― El Tomboto, Monday, 22 June 2020 15:49 (three years ago) link
http://ghostfood.uk/public/ilx/underworld/interupt-rez.png With 1096 points from 19 voters, the 1993 12" Rez would have placed at 14 if counted alone. We might hear its arpeggios later on, but here's a few chances just in case.
video* live audio 1996 live video 2005 fan cover on the Buchla Music Easel *credited here to John Warwicker, though Robert Shackleton is credited for Rez on the Footwear Repairs By Craftsmen At Competitive Prices VHS
― an, uh, razor of love (sic), Monday, 22 June 2020 15:50 (three years ago) link
I didn’t vote because there’s way too much I haven’t heard but I feel it’s safe to say I would have #1’d dark train
― El Tomboto, Monday, 22 June 2020 15:50 (three years ago) link
i just glanced at my ballot to get a sense of what tracks were remaining and hoo boy *cranks up the volume on the bangers*
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Monday, 22 June 2020 15:51 (three years ago) link
I have listened to Rez and Cowgirl for over 25 years, including the live version on Everything Everything and have never even considered that they are versions of each other
I’m still not convinced
― I am using your worlds, Monday, 22 June 2020 16:02 (three years ago) link
I didn’t vote for Nuxx because although I like it I never need to hear it again.
― I am using your worlds, Monday, 22 June 2020 16:04 (three years ago) link
Not that it would've ranked high enough for my taste, but I similarly think of "Tin There" as it's own discrete song but hey, it's sic's poll.
― Dirty Epic H. (Eric H.), Monday, 22 June 2020 16:10 (three years ago) link
Yeah, not a complaint, it’s kinda a unique feature to their catalogue!
― I am using your worlds, Monday, 22 June 2020 16:12 (three years ago) link
the whole point of counting sibling tracks both separately and together is to represent the broadest spectrum of opinions, and to enjoy nearly as many versions as possible along the way. PLUR!
― an, uh, razor of love (sic), Monday, 22 June 2020 16:15 (three years ago) link
let's. crank. those. bangers.
― an, uh, razor of love (sic), Monday, 22 June 2020 16:18 (three years ago) link
http://ghostfood.uk/public/ilx/underworld/u013-floofxiii.png
13. Chonky Floof1199 points, 18 votes, 1 #12003 exclusive track for Raubkatze Tierheim covermount
audio
― an, uh, razor of love (sic), Monday, 22 June 2020 16:19 (three years ago) link
Embarrassed I had to google that in case it was some web only deep cut I’d missed
― I am using your worlds, Monday, 22 June 2020 16:20 (three years ago) link
ok who #1'd this reveal yourself
― frogbs, Monday, 22 June 2020 16:22 (three years ago) link
Yeah, Rez and Cowgirl are definitely discrete tracks imo xps
― groovypanda, Monday, 22 June 2020 16:37 (three years ago) link
oh, sorry, we accidentally started posting DJP's ballot
― an, uh, razor of love (sic), Monday, 22 June 2020 16:39 (three years ago) link
http://ghostfood.uk/public/ilx/underworld/u013-299028.png 13. Banstyle/Sappy's Curry 1215 points, 19 votes, 1 #1 1996 album track from Second Toughest In The Infants Banstyle video by Dylan Kendle full length audio audience audio 2000
― an, uh, razor of love (sic), Monday, 22 June 2020 16:40 (three years ago) link
oh hell yeah
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Monday, 22 June 2020 16:43 (three years ago) link
I often think that Banstyle/Sappys Curry is my favourite track of the '90s. Bland is the last thing I'd describe it as. The first half hour of that record I think are amongst the best half hour of music I've ever heard. Not to worry, we're obviously looking for different things in it. ― KeithW, Friday, January 28, 2005 5:07 AM
I can empathise a bit with those who found Second Toughest a bit too sleepy, I did too at first, but I think you just need to listen closer...the section where Banstyle gradually morphs into Sappy's Curry is probably the most organic sounding bit of machine music I can think of ever, anywhere. In fact, I think I've just convinced myself - the reason underworld are better is that orbital, for all their greatness, still always sound like they're making music with computers. Underworld manage to transcend that. ― JimD, Wednesday, November 3, 2004 12:19 AM
― an, uh, razor of love (sic), Monday, 22 June 2020 16:44 (three years ago) link
that opening line..."if they don't know, they don't know, they're gonna find out soon enough"
― frogbs, Monday, 22 June 2020 16:47 (three years ago) link
it's so hot
― maf you one two (maffew12), Monday, 22 June 2020 16:52 (three years ago) link
Should've been top 10
― groovypanda, Monday, 22 June 2020 17:11 (three years ago) link
as if!
― maf you one two (maffew12), Monday, 22 June 2020 17:14 (three years ago) link
http://ghostfood.uk/public/ilx/underworld/u012-278778.png 12. Rowla and Cherry Pie 1226 combined points, 25 total votes R: 1996 album track from Second Toughest In The Infants CP: rewritten from Rowla or vice versa, released as a 1996 B-side: would have placed at 37 on solo votes Cherry Pie audio live audio 1996 Rowla Everything Everything DVD-only live audio
― an, uh, razor of love (sic), Monday, 22 June 2020 17:39 (three years ago) link
fave part of Cherry Pie is when those echo-ing cymbal crashes come in towards the end and it's somehow super emotional
― cheek, Monday, 22 June 2020 17:42 (three years ago) link
lmao
― shout-out to his family (DJP), Monday, 22 June 2020 17:49 (three years ago) link
ICYMI:
Things are kind of overwhelming right now so I decided to make up some fake Underworld song titles to distract myself:Chonky FloofTwo of Clubs/Go FishMizerayrayA Floating Paper BagIt's A ThatHatchFrenumyBonivavirusSue CityGlimmerglass Menagerie— DJP (@djperry1973) May 29, 2020
― shout-out to his family (DJP), Monday, 22 June 2020 17:50 (three years ago) link
It's A That was robbed
― an, uh, razor of love (sic), Monday, 22 June 2020 17:52 (three years ago) link
^^^ secretly my favorite
― shout-out to his family (DJP), Monday, 22 June 2020 17:53 (three years ago) link
I would like to rescind my #1 vote and transfer it to Glimmerglass Menagerie. i am brought to tears by the repeating 3-note vibraphone part on that track when it kicks in at 14:38 EVERY TIME
i feel as though i can tell what album each of those tracks is on
my only complaint: none of these songs have "thing" in the name
― TRANCED INTO RADIOACTIVE PUREE (Will M.), Monday, 22 June 2020 17:53 (three years ago) link
(really evenly split: 600 pts and 13 votes for Rowla, 626 pts and 12 votes for Cherry.)
I think I completely forgot to put Cherry Pie on my ballot ― DJP, Saturday, June 13, 2020 4:09 AM
https://i.imgur.com/YVpnv5p.jpg
Their masterpiece. Underworld could not improve on this track
This is one of the best records in the world for me. The jewel in the Underworld crown!
One of my favourite tracks of Underworld. With this song, the first thing I think of is Tetrisphere on the N64. xD
This tune sounds like a train! The squeep of the wheel flanges on the track at 1:06, the clack of the wheels on the rail joints, and even the train horn, with the train having come to a halt at the end. A great deal better than Rowla, the track that this tune uses as the backing track. All the extra sounds greatly improve it and stop it being tedious as Rowla was
This is a perfect song
https://i.imgur.com/llIgmm0.jpg
Easily one of the greatest techno tracks of all time
Thanks Dad in heaven, for somehow keeping the car on the road on long country drives when I played this!
Karl Hyde with his droning voice and whacky stream of consciousness narratives is so often the focal point of Underworld's keynote tracks, it's lovely to hear a short little instrumental where Darren Emerson can really shine.
― an, uh, razor of love (sic), Monday, 22 June 2020 17:57 (three years ago) link
pretty sure Squeep Of The Wheel Flanges is the album that Bonivavirus was on
― an, uh, razor of love (sic), Monday, 22 June 2020 17:59 (three years ago) link