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| ziggytrix (Dallas, TX) | Posted: Oct 31, 2007 - 07:57 BTW, this is an up-tempo remix of their song Numb from their album Dummy if you're interested in what she sounds like when her voice hasn't been 'pitched up'. |
| niQkeene | Posted: Oct 31, 2007 - 07:52 i don't know what all the hate about this song is... sure they fudged with her voice a bit, that is no new trick... i think it gives it a nice sound. just about everything i hear from her is sounds so sexy |
| DoctorHooey (/etc) | Posted: Oct 31, 2007 - 07:50 I never ever thought I'd say this about a Portishead song, but the production is awful. PNYC is the BOMB! |
| chirpie (olathe, kansas) | Posted: Apr 13, 2007 - 23:57 Hmmm.. yeah, they fudged with her real voice. She sounds more at home as a japanese secretary than a deeper slow surly burn that this song needs. Still pretty good though. |
| araujokrl (the county) | Posted: Mar 29, 2007 - 07:03 Leslie wrote: The woman's voice sucks.
same here, wish it was gone |
| Beaver_head | Posted: Feb 10, 2007 - 13:04 It has a new twist to it. Can't keep listening to the same old track over and over again. |
| Leslie (Antioch, CA) | Posted: Jan 26, 2007 - 21:39 The woman's voice sucks. |
| dpjag (Atlanta, GA) | Posted: Jan 12, 2007 - 07:11 I find this irritating in so many ways.... |
| jlind (Chicago, IL) | Posted: Dec 28, 2006 - 18:14 phreels wrote: Yes, precisely! I loved this song originally, but not digging this version. I hope nobody judges them by this track alone! I actually can't recall anything I couldn't at the very least tollerate from this group, most of their stuff I love. Eagerally awaiting their new album finally due out next year (fingers crossed). But yeah, this is not their best work. |
| meydele (By the sea) | Posted: Dec 14, 2006 - 05:46 phreels wrote: I hope nobody judges them by this track alone! I quite liked it, actually. |
| phreels (North Shore, Hawaii) | Posted: Nov 29, 2006 - 15:43 jah_blessed wrote: Not exactly representative this remix - and that is putting it mildly. Give them another chance with an original track. Yes, precisely! I loved this song originally, but not digging this version. I hope nobody judges them by this track alone! |
| Cruithne3753 (Bristol, UK) | Posted: Oct 31, 2006 - 09:03 Not up to their usual standard.  |
| Egrey (WASH, DC) | Posted: Aug 04, 2006 - 13:31 jah_blessed wrote: Not digging it. Her voice has been sped up to Smurf pitch.
Thank you for putting your finger on what often bothers me about portishead...her voice is too stylized for my taste. |
| Zweiblumen (Boston, MA [2,606 miles ENE of Paradise, CA]) | Posted: Aug 04, 2006 - 13:31 Interesting....but probably sucko if you don't already know Portishead |
| ziggytrix | Posted: Jun 21, 2006 - 13:48 trip-hop isn't the same without the scratches. still, might be fun to scratch over this. i'll get some turntables set up and let you know! :P |
| jah_blessed (Netherlands) | Posted: Jun 21, 2006 - 13:44 slartibart_O wrote: Aha! So this is Portishead!....hmmm. it sucks.
Not exactly representative this remix - and that is putting it mildly. Give them another chance with an original track. |
| jah_blessed (Netherlands) | Posted: Jun 21, 2006 - 13:42 Not digging it. Her voice has been sped up to Smurf pitch. |
| slartibart_O (nw corner in austin) | Posted: Jun 21, 2006 - 13:42 Aha! So this is Portishead!....hmmm. it sucks. Is he playing that sax with his butt? |
| rKokon (Colesville, MD) | Posted: May 23, 2006 - 09:14 sciphex wrote: Few things are worse than whiney girl rock voices like this... . . . except the irritating, superfluous horns, which are equally responsible for the ruination of the song. Oh, and not to forget--the lack of any tune! |
| daveesh (birthplace of the american revolution) | Posted: May 23, 2006 - 09:13 i like it. |
| karen (neither here nor there) | Posted: May 23, 2006 - 09:13 Luv that freaky, shaky voice thing she does. |
| jbmckee (West Valley City, UT) | Posted: Oct 20, 2005 - 11:40 I really like how Portishead will take a great song and then do it in various alternative styles, each great, but different. This is at least the third version I have heard of this song. |
| brokemusician (Is this legal?) | Posted: Oct 20, 2005 - 11:38 Radiohead-head wrote: Bach - Buena Vista Social Club - Portishead
Go Bill!!!! And Genesis was before that! Yeah, this block has been awesome!  |
| Muffy | Posted: Aug 22, 2005 - 09:06 'Airbus Reconstruction' off the same EP was way better, if a bit surprising. |
| Roverfish (Tucson, AZ - Thanks for visiting, please drive through!) | Posted: Aug 07, 2005 - 12:00 sciphex wrote: Few things are worse than whiney girl rock voices like this...
"Whiney" posts? Portishead does a body good. Likeable tune. |
| goldfish (Bucks,UK) | Posted: Aug 07, 2005 - 11:59 Hm, I *think* I preferred the original to be honest. It's lost its appeal for me, not quite sure where or how, but its gone and it aint coming back. Oh well. |
| Coppertop (San Diego, CA) | Posted: Jul 23, 2005 - 17:01 G'damn Mr Bill! You are an artist. I know of no other DJ in todays world of soda pop bands who can put together such a fine meal of music. |
| Radiohead-head | Posted: Jun 09, 2005 - 12:29 Bach - Buena Vista Social Club - Portishead
Go Bill!!!! |
| sciphex | Posted: May 25, 2005 - 20:24 Few things are worse than whiney girl rock voices like this... |
| timandjuliet (Lidsville) | Posted: Apr 26, 2005 - 13:58 8O Is she gonna be okay? juuuuuust kidding |
| callum (hoppity hoppity just round the place) | Posted: Mar 28, 2005 - 05:21 Bill is on yet another roll. |
| mezzanine (Just below the thumb) | Posted: Mar 13, 2005 - 12:14 I've never heard this remix. I doubt Portishead remixed it. Must be someone else. Might have to hear it a couple of times, but I'm not feeling it. |
| RichardPrins (Under 15 Feet Of Pure White Snow) | Posted: Feb 11, 2005 - 23:33 ... and Monk & Canatella is an early 'trip-hop' band (probably from Bristol, UK too)... |
| redeyespy (SoFL) | Posted: Dec 29, 2004 - 18:40 Poacher wrote: Class. . . its a 9
Exactly right. |
| RichardPrins (earth) | Posted: Nov 15, 2004 - 10:41 Zweiblumen wrote: Where does this track come from? It's not on Portishead or Dummy. The live in NYC disc perhaps? Someone please enlighten me. On the single (Sour Times) mentioned above as album... it's the last 3+ minutes of an 11 minute track, the first 7 minutes is a piano loop... |
| Annabelle919 (San Diego) | Posted: Nov 15, 2004 - 10:16 Zweiblumen wrote: Where does this track come from? It's not on Portishead or Dummy. The live in NYC disc perhaps? Someone please enlighten me.
It seems like the track on Dummy remixed with some jazz horns. |
| trekhead | Posted: Nov 15, 2004 - 10:15 "Mmmmmmmmm...............Milk and Cataloupe!............Aurghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!" |
| Zweiblumen (College Station, TX) | Posted: Nov 15, 2004 - 10:15 Where does this track come from? It's not on Portishead or Dummy. The live in NYC disc perhaps? Someone please enlighten me. |
| Poacher (London) | Posted: Nov 15, 2004 - 10:14 Class. . . its a 9 |