3 posts tagged “beth gibbons”
OK, there are three songs on Portishead's new album, Third, that make me think of others songs.
The first song is "Hunter", which makes me think of a song from the 1992 horror movie, Candyman, by Philip Glass called "Face to Razor".
Here are the two songs ...
John Stewart - Gold
I saw some photos of Gillian Anderson in Maxim on one of those entertainment shows like Entertainment Tonight or something like that. I actually can't remember which one it was. Anyway, she looks amazing in the photos, and I really liked her character, Scully, on X-Files who tried to be rational and skeptical even when aliens were all around her (she kind of caved in later in the series). Anyway, here are the photos with some cool Portishead songs to go with them.
Portishead came out with the album, "Dummy", a long, long time ago. It had that great song, "Sour Times (Nobody Loves Me)", that would go ... "Nobody loves me ... it's true ... not like you do". Their sound was called "trip hop", a phrase I love. Other artists who have dabbled in trip hop include Tricky, Massive Attack, Bjork, Tori Amos, PJ Harvey, The Cardigans, and even Madonna (see "Candy Perfume Girl"). Some people use other terms, such as "down tempo", to describe "trip hop" music, but I like to just say "trip hop" and nothing else.
The album, Dummy, had a great trippy song called "Wandering Star". Here it is ...
In 1997, a much better album by Portishead came out. The album was just called "Portishead", and every song on it was (and is) a gem. I can't really think of my favorite song on the album. The first song on it, "Cowboys", sets the tone for the entire album with a very creepy sound, but I think "Over" is my favorite song on the album. Like the album's artwork, the sound of the album is very dark. More albums like this one should be made.
Portishead - Cowboys
Portishead - Over
Here is a really cool video of Portishead's "Only You" that was directed by Chris Cunningham who did other cool videos like Aphex Twin's "Come To Daddy" and Madonna's "Frozen".
There is a site called Fuzz that allows you to upload "mixtapes" for others to listen to. I uploaded a section of a continuous mix that Soulwax aka Radio Soulwax aka 2 Many Djs did. The mix includes Portishead's song, "Glory Box". Here is the mix or "mixtape" ...
Anyway, back to the original question ... When is Portishead going to put out another brilliant album? Music is fine right now, but I think a new Portishead album could "up the ante", so to speak.
