merrickw wrote: 
Has it ever occurred to you that there may be more than one female singer in the world?

 BCarn wrote: 
Ha!! What is up with those posts anyway? 

 posworld wrote: 
yeah. THE SHIT in 94.

Sweet youth memories... good musicians with brains... nice female vocals

 whtahtefcuk wrote: 
Thats what is playing today, so its all repeats?

Sade?

We be dancin'. Everybody in my hotel room loves this song! ....just kidding. I'm not in a hotel room and only a few people like this song. And I'm not romeotuna.

 unclehud wrote: 

that's a sample - that's it
the big pyback - revenge - i need some get back - hit me!  

I thought this sounded a lot like Everything but the Girl (EBTG) so I did a little digging and found this.

"In the 1990s, she(Tracey Thorn from EBTG) collaborated with Massive Attack on several projects, including the soundtrack for the motion picture Batman Forever where she contributed with "The Hunter Gets Captured by the Game". Their first project together was the song "Protection" from the album by Massive Attack of the same name. She also sings on the track "Better Things". -Wikipedia

 PeteyGreens wrote: 
What a wonderful voice. I understand her decision to retire in order to raise her children, but that's our loss sadly.

I was just telling a young student about "emotional involvement" in a voice. I wish I had used Tracey as an example, but I did use Patty Griffin and a few others. 

 whtahtefcuk wrote: 
And exactly why I hate Pandora and other "radio" apps!  Randomly chosen songs based on "preference" will never replace good taste and an even better ear!

 PeteyGreens wrote: 
Love her voice—evocative. 

Tracey, my love!

 Great song.  

First time I've heard this and I like it.

echoes of Corinne Drewery in Tracey's vocal style and range too...
very nice...

Please make it stop. This is repetitive, boring and LONG.

 Cynaera wrote: 

Yeah, actually pulled up the playlist to see if this was EBTG... Looks like they've been played recently!  Throw my vote in for more EBTG.

 Cynaera wrote:  Agree 100%!

Massive Attack over the years has significantly different sounds depending on when the track was recording.  I love Protection and Danny the Dog, but am not too fond of some of their newer tracks (which I'm guessing is what the concert you went to was covering).  So to answer your question, while there is a fair number of songs that bear some resemblance to this, they have some that certainly don't as well.  I'd suggest seeing what you can hear of some of their older work.

Also, still love this song.  I think it was my introduction to the general world of Trip Hop back when I first heard it.

OK, I'm really confused here and would appreciate some help.  I recently saw Massive Attack live (November 2010) and they were nothing like this. 

I saw an incredibly loud band with fast-beat trance music and no singer.  (Maybe one or two songs had lyrics out of the ten-song set.)  Only good thing: Their backdrop was an ingenious lightboard that appealed to a geek like me.  It displayed lots of politically motivated stuff, but I couldn't connect the text with anything played or sung, so it lost value rapidly and began to distract me from the music — alleged music.

Didn't like them when I saw them, but like this a BUNCH.  Is this song a glimpse of their former musical tastes?

 Aegean wrote: 
I don't give two shits what you do, Pardner. I just thought, and still do think, that liking the one and hating the other was strange. I didn't realize you were the only one entitled to opinions around here.

Mmmm...great, relaxing groove.

 ziggytrix (Dallas, TX) wrote: 
It's good to see the Consistency Police is on the beat...  the lyrics of the two songs are miles apart on the "depth" scale...  that said, I don't know how "Teardrop" got tagged with an "8"...  I stand corrected...  that will be downgraded forthwith, perhaps to a "5"...  feel better now, Tex? 

My original comment on this song more than a year ago (you can see how rarely I revisit songs which - er - do not appeal to me!) was unnecessarily harsh.  Every song has its enthusiasts (I see you rated the two songs "10" and "9", respectively).  There is no need to step on that enthusiasm.

Sorry!  When time permits, I will go through my ratings history and delete such comments in general.

In the future, I will reach for the MUTE button rather than my keyboard...  although it is going to be tough to stifle myself with most jazz! 

Guitar twang reminds me of "The Big Payback," from James Brown.  OK, so what if my ears work weird?

 KeithT wrote: 
Yes, the CD depicted is Protection.

 ziakut wrote: 

Tracey Thorne - the same in both.

 Jonathan_pa wrote: 
Totally hear what you're hearing.