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1wolfy
(Mission Viejo California)
Posted: Apr 17, 2013 - 14:19
 
The bass line resembles Sade,  no ordinary love

alan278
Posted: Mar 23, 2013 - 07:16
 
 Rockyinmyradio wrote:

It is.. Billy Cobham from the Spectrum album I believe.. one of the greatest drummers of the 70's and 80's.
 
yeah the bassline - when the song started i thought it was stratus.

freddyb
(Perth, Western Australia)
Posted: Mar 17, 2013 - 03:24
 
Massive Attack recently released a remastered version of this brilliant album.

oldfart48
(boulder creek ca.)
Posted: Feb 01, 2013 - 03:30
 
i'm amazed.....i love this tune  and it's hip-hop.....{#Bounce}

Rockyinmyradio
(Piedmont, Okla)
Posted: Jan 19, 2013 - 13:07
 
 ambrebalte wrote:

{#Drummer} nice reference!
 
It is.. Billy Cobham from the Spectrum album I believe.. one of the greatest drummers of the 70's and 80's.

ambrebalte
(Beijing most of the time - Wolxheim in France now)
Posted: Jan 13, 2013 - 10:37
 
 gypsyman wrote:
Every time I hear the beginning, I could swear it was Billy Cobham........
 
{#Drummer} nice reference!



rdo
(DC)
Posted: Dec 31, 2012 - 19:11
 
Happy New Year, from hell.

gypsyman
(just passing through....)
Posted: Nov 30, 2012 - 10:26
 
 rockpommel16 wrote:
 
WOW. THAT IS A REALLY BIG BANANA!

rdo
(DC)
Posted: Nov 17, 2012 - 19:50
 
 vandal wrote:


Troll

Troll
 

I used to think you were the biggest asshole on the board.  Now, I get your humor.   {#Lol}

megaboogieman
(Russia, Gulag Archipelago)
Posted: Oct 17, 2012 - 11:12
 

Some good rock from early 90s!



oldsaxon
(Wales via Vancouver, BC.)
Posted: Oct 17, 2012 - 11:11
 
Needs more bass..wait...that may be me

gypsyman
(just passing through....)
Posted: Sep 28, 2012 - 14:49
 
Every time I hear the beginning, I could swear it was Billy Cobham........

rockpommel16
(saarland vs. netherland ;-))
Posted: Aug 15, 2012 - 10:23
 


mrdak
(Middle GA)
Posted: Aug 15, 2012 - 10:20
 
Nothing but good songs and great bass lines today...... {#Yes}

GolfRomeo
(Way Down Yonder)
Posted: Aug 09, 2012 - 07:27
 
 godspeed wrote:
First heard this song on a killer soundtrack to Greg Stump's ski movie Groove Requiem..in the key of ski.
Notable favorites:
Seal
Alpha Blondy
Bjork...previous played as well tonight, thx Bill.
The Doors
808 State
...and the list goes on, however it was a loooong time ago.;-)
 

808 State!  The Orb!  Chemical Bros!  Crystal Method!   It was a long time ago.
Remember Stumpy's movie Ptex, Lies, and Videotape?  Billy Idol's best song ever (Shangrila) set to otherworldly underwater surfing sequences inside the waves at Tavirua.... that film and that music made the girls' clothes just fall off... :-)  

Flipmode
(Spartanburg, SC)
Posted: Aug 09, 2012 - 07:13
 
yeah loving this one also. Great album. This track is up there with unfinished symphony and hymn of the big wheel. 

Kchambers
Posted: Aug 09, 2012 - 07:12
 
At least part of this song seems to have been 'lifted' in totality from Billy Cobham's Stratus.  What's with that. . . . .

1wolfy
(Mission Viejo California)
Posted: Jul 27, 2012 - 16:23
 
Diggin it      got it turned way up

AndyJ
(Oregon)
Posted: Jul 27, 2012 - 16:21
 
I wish these guys were more steady in their production quality... Good-to-Great and then Whaaaa....? maybe its me

slate_dk
(Denmark)
Posted: Jun 26, 2012 - 06:12
 
 billybob123 wrote:
Classic tune.  Takes me back to the first Bush war.
 

That was the reason that the "Blue lines" album was first released under the name "Massive"... the record company (?) would not allow them to use "Massive Attack" because of that minor "police action".

kingart
(Brooklyn NY)
Posted: Jun 13, 2012 - 08:59
 
Genius segue. Blastin' my ears off. 

Stingray
Posted: May 25, 2012 - 09:32
 
 borderlessworld wrote:
This album is one of my earliest conscious encounters with music. Back in the days, when I was young :)
Until this album came out I had thought the "electronic music" is not for me.
Solid 9. 
 

You are not even 40 and consider yourself old?

This song/band is not "electronic music" (at all!!!).



kdogg73
(Dayton, OH)
Posted: May 25, 2012 - 09:30
 
Just 7.2!? People... this should be at least an 8 average. We need to bump that color shade.

Stingray
Posted: May 25, 2012 - 09:29
 

26 folks voted "1"...

Beatniks, deaf or dement?



Stingray
Posted: May 25, 2012 - 09:27
 

EXXXTREMEL SEXY (try it)!!

And certainly a 10!!!



hippiechick
(topsy turvy land)
Posted: May 06, 2012 - 09:30
 
What a great song!

mfcrowe
(Chicago,, IL)
Posted: Apr 23, 2012 - 16:00
 
 coy wrote:

not excessive - expressive
atleast that's what i think when they turn to look for the source of music as they walk by my house 
 
The louder this is played the more sultry she sounds...

borderlessworld
(Good Old Germany)
Posted: Apr 23, 2012 - 15:59
 
This album is one of my earliest conscious encounters with music. Back in the days, when I was young :)
Until this album came out I had thought the "electronic music" is not for me.
Solid 9. 

coy
(san antonio)
Posted: Apr 04, 2012 - 16:45
 
 trissi wrote:
must listen, really loud. I like when the neighbors walk by and take a gander at my house due to excessive sound emanating from the windows.
 
not excessive - expressive
atleast that's what i think when they turn to look for the source of music as they walk by my house 

ziggytrix
(Dallas, TX)
Posted: Apr 04, 2012 - 16:41
 
 seven7 wrote:
Seems like this album has stayed contemporary for some time (IMHO). Good stuff.
 
I was just thinking that bits of it are starting to sound dated...  Still, I love the hell out of it!

godspeed
(maui)
Posted: Mar 22, 2012 - 22:46
 
First heard this song on a killer soundtrack to Greg Stump's ski movie Groove Requiem..in the key of ski.
Notable favorites:
Seal
Alpha Blondy
Bjork...previous played as well tonight, thx Bill.
The Doors
808 State
...and the list goes on, however it was a loooong time ago.;-)

seven7
(Glass City Ohio)
Posted: Feb 07, 2012 - 11:59
 
Seems like this album has stayed contemporary for some time (IMHO). Good stuff.

ckcotton
(Adding snarky comments since 2007)
Posted: Jan 19, 2012 - 11:18
 
It was this kind of new music that U2 incorporated into the creation of Auchtung Baby..... 

Zep
Posted: Jan 06, 2012 - 17:53
 
The version by the Temptations was better.

shakitten
Posted: Dec 18, 2011 - 18:23
 
Nice funky groove. Sounding good tonight.

TerryS
(Another SW)
Posted: Dec 18, 2011 - 18:20
 
"It is a great banquet, and paying for it if you're able is a great way to show appreciation - but this plate of shrimp is a bit off."

Avoid the green ones - they're not ripe.

cyesp
(Denver)
Posted: Nov 21, 2011 - 10:40
 
Not plagiarized, sampled.  Sheesh



Limpopoking
(The Parish of St. Alfonzo)
Posted: Nov 04, 2011 - 06:38
 
 energilc wrote:
Best bass riff ever!!
 

Strangely the exact same riff as either a Lenny White or a Stan Clarke track I had in my youth. Not terribly sure but I think the album was Lenny White's Astral Pirates.

Edit: I now see below, thewiseking had it as Billy Cobham... probably right! As much as I like Massive Attack, that has to have been fairly plagiarised!


nagsheadlocal
(North Carolina, the new New Jersey)
Posted: Nov 04, 2011 - 06:32
 
 trissi wrote:
must listen, really loud. I like when the neighbors walk by and take a gander at my house due to excessive sound emanating from the windows.
 
Loud enough to drown out the incessant coughing from the office next door.

Go home when you are sick, idiot. No one wants your germs and your job is not that important. 

martinc
(Ottawa Canada)
Posted: Nov 04, 2011 - 06:31
 
Don't really like the rapping, otherwise nice groove. Rap always seems so affected to me.

trissi
(allupinya)
Posted: Oct 03, 2011 - 16:42
 
must listen, really loud. I like when the neighbors walk by and take a gander at my house due to excessive sound emanating from the windows.

Sasha2001
(Where the last of the union men run free)
Posted: Jun 12, 2011 - 12:35
 
Massive Attack really set the standard for dining room soundtracks in trendy restaurants

energilc
(Campinas / Brazil)
Posted: May 30, 2011 - 20:21
 
Best bass riff ever!!

nmcvaugh
(Austin, Texas)
Posted: Apr 29, 2011 - 07:43
 
Ah, the relentless and impenetrable sound of difficult listening music.

Businessgypsy
(Deepest, Darkest Florida)
Posted: Mar 28, 2011 - 16:42
 
kdogg73 wrote:
Don't you people come here for the musical diversity? Or are you lost?
Absolutely, wonderfully lost. Does diversity mean obediently liking everything you're fed? I must not be very diverse.

Marcuse wrote:
Great question. You have to wonder sometimes. It's like getting invited to a great banquet for free and complaining about the food. Oy.
It is a great banquet, and paying for it if you're able is a great way to show appreciation - but this plate of shrimp is a bit off.


billybob123
(Southern California)
Posted: Mar 25, 2011 - 12:40
 
Classic tune.  Takes me back to the first Bush war.

Rotterdam
Posted: Jan 06, 2011 - 04:01
 
 Marcuse wrote:

Great question. You have to wonder sometimes. It's like getting invited to a great banquet for free and complaining about the food. Oy.
 

{#Lol} 

spblat
Posted: Dec 21, 2010 - 10:35
 
Heard that distinctive bassline and I thought it would be a version of Billy's tune I wasn't aware of. But I like Massive Attack and hadn't heard this before. {#Clap}

citizenkeith
Posted: Oct 03, 2010 - 05:34
 
You can be sure that Billy isn't complaining about the royalties from this sample. :-)
http://bit.ly/91JFTv
keller1 wrote:
I like Massive Attack and everything, but every time I hear this I wish that it would just continue on into the Billy Cobham tune it plagiarized ... I mean, sampled.
 



Marcuse
(Ouilmette)
Posted: Sep 20, 2010 - 12:53
 
 kdogg73 wrote:
Don't you people come here for the musical diversity? Or are you lost?
 
Great question. You have to wonder sometimes. It's like getting invited to a great banquet for free and complaining about the food. Oy.