I don't think I listened to the 20m Thing In A Book while I was going thru... big mistake eh?
― TRANCED INTO RADIOACTIVE PUREE (Will M.), Friday, 19 June 2020 17:01 (three years ago) link
the results have been a real unpredictable journey for me so far so i don't want to ruin that by guessing
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Friday, 19 June 2020 17:03 (three years ago) link
much as i'm convinced that dirty epic is going to win
i am rooting for it but my guess for number one is one of the songs with MO in it (if u take groovypanda's alternate spelling to heart)
― TRANCED INTO RADIOACTIVE PUREE (Will M.), Friday, 19 June 2020 17:06 (three years ago) link
but yeah i am not looking to guess i'm just enjoying the RIDE
HERE COMES CHRIST ON CRUTCHES
― shout-out to his family (DJP), Friday, 19 June 2020 17:06 (three years ago) link
NO NOT YET DONT COME YET CHRIST ON CRUTCHES
― TRANCED INTO RADIOACTIVE PUREE (Will M.), Friday, 19 June 2020 17:07 (three years ago) link
interesting, I think he'll be limping in around #5
― maf you one two (maffew12), Friday, 19 June 2020 17:10 (three years ago) link
I think Juanita will be #1
― frogbs, Friday, 19 June 2020 17:12 (three years ago) link
same, but only if Rez and Cowgirl keep their hands to themselves
― maf you one two (maffew12), Friday, 19 June 2020 17:15 (three years ago) link
Are all the dirties getting combined in a big dirty katamari?
― Noel Emits, Friday, 19 June 2020 17:40 (three years ago) link
Yeah, they must. "Repeat" votes could have that go real high, that's true. There was talk of keeping Rez and Cowgirl separate since they were both singles... but sic works in mysterious ways
― maf you one two (maffew12), Friday, 19 June 2020 17:48 (three years ago) link
(I'm amused to see myself quoted above on Beautiful Burnout - I would have guessed that I'd never listened to this album at all, so I wonder if I only heard it once, before the three plays in a row that I've just given it.)
Either way, nobody can say you didn't keep your promise:
(n.b. I hate the culture of commenting on albums while listening to them for the 1st time, so I'll try to make that the last thing I say about this for a while!)
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could be an unpredictable sic combining in the mix
Or predicted:
However, since there are at least 31 tracks in the top 30,
― an, uh, razor of love (sic), Friday, 19 June 2020 18:08 (three years ago) link
QUICK STRAW POLL FOLKS
I'm delighted it's working for Snrub, but the rollout was never meant to stretch this long, and I'm not going to be able to post steadily through the daytime today.
If people are up for finishing on Saturday, we can bash through a few over a couple of hours and wrap up tomorrow.
If a Monday close is preferred, I'll drop one more today but stoke the thread occasionally through the weekend, with bonus downloads and other links & flotsam that hasn't made it in along the way*. Fine with either, though if we go for Monday, there's the possibility of Tim F. catching up with the thread and posting thoughts. Also Will M. has been slacking on those prepared comments!
* maybe a youtube playlist or two, for easier catch-up/recap listening for everyone. Unless Noel's psychic powers can send a postal van round to each of us to just play everything?
― an, uh, razor of love (sic), Friday, 19 June 2020 18:16 (three years ago) link
Let's face it, it would take all weekend just to go back and listen to everything once while looking at nashwan's images.
― an, uh, razor of love (sic), Friday, 19 June 2020 18:18 (three years ago) link
We can take a break
I've been trying to follow the poll but have got seriously stuck listening to different versions of Twist. It would be in my top three if I voted again.
― Anti-Cop Ponceortium (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Friday, 19 June 2020 18:19 (three years ago) link
yes let's extend to monday imo. i might go through the rollout all weekend too
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Friday, 19 June 2020 18:20 (three years ago) link
Monday
― maf you one two (maffew12), Friday, 19 June 2020 18:24 (three years ago) link
Monday good for me.
― groovypanda, Friday, 19 June 2020 18:29 (three years ago) link
i never want it to end
― TRANCED INTO RADIOACTIVE PUREE (Will M.), Friday, 19 June 2020 18:31 (three years ago) link
:D
― an, uh, razor of love (sic), Friday, 19 June 2020 18:35 (three years ago) link
:')
― maf you one two (maffew12), Friday, 19 June 2020 18:38 (three years ago) link
Monnnnnnnnn
day
(Spoonman voice)
― cheek, Friday, 19 June 2020 18:46 (three years ago) link
ha ha ha
― an, uh, razor of love (sic), Friday, 19 June 2020 18:49 (three years ago) link
― shout-out to his family (DJP), Friday, June 19, 2020 1:06 PM (one hour ago) bookmarkflaglink
― TRANCED INTO RADIOACTIVE PUREE (Will M.), Friday, June 19, 2020 1:07 PM (one hour ago) bookmarkflaglink
read this in WWE announcer and commentator voices, respectively
― cheek, Friday, 19 June 2020 19:05 (three years ago) link
Another vote for mo nday.
― Gavin, Leeds, Friday, 19 June 2020 19:33 (three years ago) link
Mo Moveday
well in that case, one more for the week
― an, uh, razor of love (sic), Friday, 19 June 2020 19:46 (three years ago) link
http://ghostfood.uk/public/ilx/underworld/u016-416026.png 16. Custard Speedtalk 987 points, 17 votes 2019 free-to-mailing-list mp3 as part of Drift video by Simon Taylor & Karl HydeEP version audio
― an, uh, razor of love (sic), Friday, 19 June 2020 19:47 (three years ago) link
yes!!!!!!!
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Friday, 19 June 2020 19:50 (three years ago) link
my favorite video from the drift series incidentally
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Friday, 19 June 2020 19:51 (three years ago) link
oh god the drums on this song are unreal
hoping it would be higher, I would think this was gonna be the highest placing Drift track but I guess Appleshine still has to show up
anyway, this was my #2. I've probably listened to it at least once every week since it came out. the weird thing is that "Sleepwalkers" by They Might Be Giants always plays in my head on top of it
― frogbs, Friday, 19 June 2020 19:53 (three years ago) link
TOO LOW
― an, uh, razor of love (sic), Friday, 19 June 2020 19:55 (three years ago) link
this one is even sublimer seriously flashing back to hearing "8 Ball" for the first time ― frogbs, Friday, April 5, 2019 6:24 AM you said the magic words ("8 ball")― jolene club remix (BradNelson), Friday, April 5, 2019 6:36 AM wow yeah holy shit― jolene club remix (BradNelson), Friday, April 5, 2019 6:40 AM Super-pretty. The piano is gorgeous.― DJI, Friday, April 5, 2019 6:41 AM is the "cowgirl" riff in there? kinda feel like i'm hearing the ghost of it throughout this track― jolene club remix (BradNelson), Friday, April 5, 2019 6:43 AM I was gonna say there's a bit of "Rez" in there but that's just their style. I hear it in "Faxed Invitation" too.― frogbs, Friday, April 5, 2019 7:02 AM i was actually thinking of "rez"! i make this mistake all of the time bc of the everything, everything version― jolene club remix (BradNelson), Friday, April 5, 2019 7:04 AM
― jolene club remix (BradNelson), Friday, April 5, 2019 6:36 AM
wow yeah holy shit
― jolene club remix (BradNelson), Friday, April 5, 2019 6:40 AM
Super-pretty. The piano is gorgeous.
― DJI, Friday, April 5, 2019 6:41 AM
is the "cowgirl" riff in there? kinda feel like i'm hearing the ghost of it throughout this track
― jolene club remix (BradNelson), Friday, April 5, 2019 6:43 AM
I was gonna say there's a bit of "Rez" in there but that's just their style. I hear it in "Faxed Invitation" too.
― frogbs, Friday, April 5, 2019 7:02 AM
i was actually thinking of "rez"! i make this mistake all of the time bc of the everything, everything version
― jolene club remix (BradNelson), Friday, April 5, 2019 7:04 AM
I'm only an Underworld dilettante but this is luminous. Custard Speedtalk is the drifting summer capsule I need right now. ― Chinaski, Thursday, November 7, 2019 8:34 PM
https://i.imgur.com/Fz3B0D4.jpg
Today I turned 62 and wondered if my best years were behind me. I don’t believe the boys are quite my age but do prove that doing your best work can happen at any age. Love this.
the arp kinda moves like 'Cowgirl' but it's covered in a blanket of blissful and beautiful melodies. i dont know what this saved me from, but i definitely feel saved. Thank you immensely.
Beautiful. Well done, guys. I'm glad to be alive at the same time as you.
it’s tooooo looooow
― cheek, Friday, 19 June 2020 20:18 (three years ago) link
Short-time lurker, first time poster.
I'm so happy that Custard Speedtalk cracked the top 20. It's easily my favorite track from 'Drift,' and it's probably my favorite Underworld video of all time. The video is a simple idea executed to perfection, and every frame of it is a work of art.
― Twithmin (Ahmad Hernandez), Friday, 19 June 2020 21:19 (three years ago) link
Thanks for that. Somehow I’ve managed not to get round to watching any of the drift videos but based on your recommendation I watched Custard Speedtalk and I’m glad I did.
― I am using your worlds, Friday, 19 June 2020 21:49 (three years ago) link
Thanks so much for this - really loving all the new links and mixes and ephemera and stories and comments. Doing great justice to a prolific and hugely talented band. (also Team Custard, best thing on Drift for me)
― Psychocandles (Pyschocandles), Friday, 19 June 2020 23:42 (three years ago) link
I feel a little bad that noting the oddities of Drift releases downplays the consistency of the videos: Simon Taylor was not only making one each "new track" release week, he was often making them in a few hours between 2am and 9am, after Rick finished the track -- and plenty, maybe even most, of them are among Underworld's best videos ever.
Custard Speedtalk is definitely the best of the Drift vids, and for sure a contender for best Underworld video.
― an, uh, razor of love (sic), Saturday, 20 June 2020 17:55 (three years ago) link
OTM! I'm not much into music videos at all... I'm just discovering several of theirs through this roll out. But the quality of the Drift videos was remarkably high throughout. The whole series was a crazy workload for more than Rick and Karl. The videos do sorta get their due in the box's book, where Simon Taylor participates in the interviews. The book is more easily accessible now with the Bandcamp, where buying any or all of Drift gets you a PDF download.
― maf you one two (maffew12), Saturday, 20 June 2020 23:13 (three years ago) link
& on the topics of Custard Speedtalk & videos & naming conventions & Drift book stories:
"Custard Speedtalk" was the name of the video piece Simon had shot a while before and ended up being the video for "This Must Be Drum Street". It was going to be the video for (roll-out Drift 'b-side' favourite) "Doscientos" before Rick changed the week's song at the last minute.
The name of the video piece stuck with them when it was time to title another song. Apparently they often title songs right at the start of working on them, no matter how little they are bringing into the studio. That's mentioned in this process video for Barbara, Barbara (there was this other on lyrics).
― maf you one two (maffew12), Saturday, 20 June 2020 23:41 (three years ago) link
aha, upthread I had noted that there's a cool animal howling sound in I Exhale. according to that process video, Rick howls "into a Chinese Banjo" on one of the tracks! they don't say which track but I'm gonna call it a mystery solved.
didn't know about the book being accessible from the Drift bandcamp downloads! gonna check that out, thanks.
― cheek, Sunday, 21 June 2020 01:18 (three years ago) link
and y'all convinced me to watch the Custard Speedtalk video, how excellent.
― cheek, Sunday, 21 June 2020 01:20 (three years ago) link
Yep great video. Need to go back and watch some more of these, suspect I would like them
― Vinnie, Sunday, 21 June 2020 06:31 (three years ago) link
A collection of piano covers without Faxed Invitation, Peach Tree, Trim, Best Mamgu Ever, Oich Oich, 8 Ball, Thing In A Book, and River of Bass is a collection not worth listening.― brotherlovesdamperpedal, Thursday, May 31, 2018 2:19 AM
― brotherlovesdamperpedal, Thursday, May 31, 2018 2:19 AM
Trim piano cover
― an, uh, razor of love (sic), Sunday, 21 June 2020 11:49 (three years ago) link
https://media.giphy.com/media/hQEvmgU9j2m2mwb7m4/giphy.gif
― an, uh, razor of love (sic), Sunday, 21 June 2020 19:55 (three years ago) link
It was just silly crap
― groovypanda, Sunday, 21 June 2020 20:03 (three years ago) link
taking these posts as hints that #15 is Two Months Off (expected but maybe a little low) or Trim (dark horse)
― cheek, Sunday, 21 June 2020 20:08 (three years ago) link
aw. Louisiana is beautiful. I feel bad not voting for it. That's going to be happening a lot here. It doesn't make me uncool. it doesn't.... piano forte (ಥ﹏ಥ)― maffew88, Saturday, June 6, 2020 10:15 AM
... piano forte (ಥ﹏ಥ)
― maffew88, Saturday, June 6, 2020 10:15 AM
piano cover of Louisiana
― an, uh, razor of love (sic), Sunday, 21 June 2020 20:20 (three years ago) link
Will add to this later, and post a couple of other playlists when we're done, but here's a youtube playlist for recap listening, so far with the bottom 26 or so. That's a few hours to get started on!
― an, uh, razor of love (sic), Sunday, 21 June 2020 20:51 (three years ago) link