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claresville
(Leeds, UK)
Posted: Apr 11, 2007 - 02:18
 
Jacksonstat wrote:
Anyone have a recommendation for a Beta Band CD? Would like to add them to my collection, not sure where to start...


Try 'The Three EPS' as it's a distillation of their first 3 releases, so an obvious choice.
gram
(St.Petersburg, Russia)
Posted: Feb 23, 2007 - 04:04
 
hm, "I Monster - Daydream" song remake? nice one, groovy :)
Jacksonstat
(Columbus OH)
Posted: Feb 07, 2007 - 16:18
 
Anyone have a recommendation for a Beta Band CD? Would like to add them to my collection, not sure where to start...
RoryBK2311
(Denver, CO)
Posted: Jan 09, 2007 - 10:17
 
More BETA BAND!!!
siloco
(Tampa, FLA)
Posted: Dec 11, 2006 - 09:31
 
very cool song.
Restless
(Right here...)
Posted: Dec 11, 2006 - 09:31
 
yes !!!
jakeinprogress
Posted: Sep 29, 2006 - 06:05
 
liser wrote:

Everything has been done before.


What a lazy comment. When? At what point did the world (maybe you're only talking about music) become exhausted of...everything? Really, anytime I hear this, I just want to pin the person making the claim down as to when the threshold was crossed.
DrGonzo
Posted: Sep 29, 2006 - 06:05
 
quite possibly my favorite band... an unfortunate break-up! we could all use a little bit more of the Beta Band... it'd be a much more 'relaxed' world, eh? anyway... Steve Mason (singer) has a project called King Biscuit Time.. haven't heard it yet, anybody checked it out?

thanks for the song RP!! starts off the friday morning on an excellent foot!
Mari
(upclose'n'personal)
Posted: Sep 29, 2006 - 06:02
 
hippiechick wrote:
I think you guys take your music way to serious. Mayber we ought to start an American Bandstand type of rating. "I give it an 83 because it's got a good tune and I an sing along to it."
........... 88.8! ( for the comment!) 90 for the song!
hippiechick
Posted: Sep 14, 2006 - 14:30
 
I think you guys take your music way to serious. Mayber we ought to start an American Bandstand type of rating. "I give it an 83 because it's got a good tune and I an sing along to it."
liser
(hurricane alley)
Posted: Aug 16, 2006 - 09:05
 
DrLex wrote:

This song is heavily based on "Daydream", a song by The Wallace Collection from 1969. IMHO this places it in the same category as much of the hit chart drivel which recycles old hits because it pretty much guarantees success. It has been done before.


Everything has been done before.
rgrace
(Rio Nido, CA)
Posted: Aug 01, 2006 - 17:06
 
I always keep getting them mixed up with Blue Man Group. Nice funky tune in its own right, though.
jmwspg
(South Carolina)
Posted: Jul 03, 2006 - 08:47
 
Crunchy.
DrLex
(Belgium)
Posted: Apr 21, 2006 - 10:46
 
Johnny_Truant wrote:
I would love to hear some more "stuff like this". I've been around for the last fifteen or twenty years and I haven't heard anything that compares. Perhaps you care to enlighten us.

This song is heavily based on "Daydream", a song by The Wallace Collection from 1969. IMHO this places it in the same category as much of the hit chart drivel which recycles old hits because it pretty much guarantees success. It has been done before.
The reason why most of you don't recognize the original song -- aside from its age -- is probably because TWC was a Belgian band and the success of the song was mostly restricted to parts of Europe.
SFBiscottiBabe
(Bay Area, CA)
Posted: Apr 21, 2006 - 10:13
 
I got the Six Feet Under CD and first season from the library a while ago. It all started with a Zero7 song. I've heard the intro enough to just skip it. I do like this song and several others on it, too. We loved the first season and will be checking out the second season soon. I heard Bill saying that he'd just finished watching the 5th (final) season and really enjoyed it. Thank you, Bill, for not being an 'ending-spoiler'.
Johnny_Truant
Posted: Apr 16, 2006 - 22:03
 
king_monkey wrote:
To call it groundbreaking is going a bit OTT, theres quite a bit of stuff like this around has been for the last 15-20 years or so. Good tune tho.


I would love to hear some more "stuff like this". I've been around for the last fifteen or twenty years and I haven't heard anything that compares. Perhaps you care to enlighten us.
king_monkey
(Cheslyn Hay)
Posted: Mar 08, 2006 - 08:24
 
To call it groundbreaking is going a bit OTT, theres quite a bit of stuff like this around has been for the last 15-20 years or so. Good tune tho.
DrLex
(Belgium)
Posted: Mar 08, 2006 - 08:24
 
Not too bad, but as with most covers/remixes, mostly just makes me want to hear the original.
tammaye
(washington dc)
Posted: Jan 08, 2006 - 17:59
 

big fat zooming heart-eyes to the uploader
Johnny_Truant
Posted: Nov 11, 2005 - 11:39
 
kerouvian wrote:
Is anybody else hearing Air in here?


When I tell people I like the Beta Band, a lot of them recommend Air. I've listened to Air, but from what I can tell, the similarities are limited to slow melodic rhythms, minor key tonality, and electronic influences. That's OK, but it's not what makes the Beta Band great. So far, Beta Band seems better at creating rich layers of structure--both rhythm and sound. Their buildups are slow and pregnant. Their breakdowns are kick-ass ("Squares" is a bad example of this, but check out "Inner Meet Me"). In contrast, a lot of Air's songs are just repetitive and flat. It's either "La Femme d'Argent" or "All I Need" that ends up sounding like somebody's just fiddling with the filter cutoff and resonance knobs on a single sawtooth-ish note. Come on. Get creative.
Baby_M
(a 100-year old building in downtown Akron, Ohio)
Posted: Nov 11, 2005 - 11:17
 
Wierd . . . but I like it.
jlind
(Chicago, IL)
Posted: Nov 11, 2005 - 11:15
 
Is this a Sneaker Pimps cover? I really miss tripp hopp and I haven't heard of these guys so thats good, but whats their story?
SeabH
(Northern Virginia)
Posted: Oct 13, 2005 - 05:17
 
Where is the fast forward button >>
dapower
Posted: Jun 02, 2005 - 07:51
 
A strong concept. Love it!
kerouvian
(Leuven, Belgium)
Posted: Jun 02, 2005 - 07:15
 
Is anybody else hearing Air in here?
yogaboat
(outer space, obviously)
Posted: Jun 02, 2005 - 07:14
 
Nice! *This* is why I listen to RP.
Sobient
Posted: May 04, 2005 - 00:13
 
This is NOT the morning for messing around with experimental music. I know beta band is rather good, but this morning: I don't need this. 3/10.
lukekingland
Posted: Apr 19, 2005 - 08:45
 
There need to be more grooves like this on RP. I love it. This, IMHO, is the best type of music to work by.
Trustocity
(Boston, baby)
Posted: Apr 04, 2005 - 19:38
 
Interesting sound? Try groundbreaking sound.

Beta Band! Come back, come back!
davveld
(France)
Posted: Mar 06, 2005 - 05:59
 
fractalv wrote:
Interesting sound. Caught my attention but I'm not sure if I like it. Willing to give it another listen, though.


Exactly my point...
fractalv
(Malibu, CA)
Posted: Feb 19, 2005 - 11:47
 
Interesting sound. Caught my attention but I'm not sure if I like it. Willing to give it another listen, though.
RichardPrins
(Under 15 Feet Of Pure White Snow)
Posted: Feb 19, 2005 - 11:46