Amazing! I'm from Bristol where they come from. The artistic talent that ooozes from Bristol is insane ! I've wanted you to react to the UK Rave scene videos around for ages too ! Jungle is Massive ! Bristol is an incredible city, rebellious, artistic and right on the doorstep of the most beautiful counties in England. Bristol is also where Banksy comes from. PS a lot of people believe Banksy is 3D from Massive Attack also. PPS an artist called "Ren" did a new take on the Verve track/video and its really good. So much so he got a guitar from one of the Verve when they saw it. He's also an absolute GOLD mine for reaction videos and tonnes of the react community have gotten behind him in the last year or so (Ren).
@@Rachel_M_ Yeah there's a few on here that i'd love to see some American takes on. The Summer Of Rave 1989 (Full Documentary HQ) on channel "robotsistrom" is a good one although old quality. What Makes Something Jungle? | Resident Advisor is also a good one for reactors as its not too long. Drum & Bass: The Movement - A D&B Documentary on the channel "Drum&BassArena" Dj mag have also been releasing short documentary's about some of the club classics like Brown Paper Bag, Goldie's Inner City Life and many more.... they're pretty decent also.
Blue Lines is one of the best album in UK history and Massive Attack one of the best acts. Changed the musical direction of this rock-kid back in the day at least. Just consistent geniuses.
Yup, that's "Teardrop" he mentioned at the beginning. I was doing my 1st MDMA (Mitzi's) when I heard "Teardrop" for the first time & fell in love with Elizabeth Fraser's gentle, deeply personal voice on the spot. That intro of rimshots still stops me in my tracks. A moving & stunningly beautiful track that hasn't aged a day!
The production quality of Massive Attack is off the charts. Compared to everyone else, their production and sound design is just another level. They can take a relatively simple drum beat - but it's so crisp, so balanced, so characterful in itself. Then the ambient sounds fade in and out so deliciously on top. They're masters of production. Take a listen to the song "Protection" with your eyes closed, and realise that they are constantly varying the mix. Elements are being faded in and out, becoming softer or becoming louder, and the mix is perpetually changing as you listen. Constantly morphing. But it's all so delicate and slow and ambient with it. Oh. It's such production genius. And everything they do sounds so cinematic. All their songs sound like they should be the soundtrack to some epic movie. If you're into music production - which I know you are - then listening to Massive Attack albums with headphones on and the lights out is a masterclass.
I love Bristol. It's like if you took away all the tourist bollox from london and the griminess of Birmingham, but kept the amazing architecture of both along with amazing street art all over the place, as well as an electrified art scene in general added to a population who are just plain nice and _then_ give it an amazing nightlife too. One of my fave places in the uk.
Protection is my favourite massive attack song, the singer on that is Tracy Thorn from Everything but the girl. There's also a dub version of it by mad professor, called 'No protection' and considering how calm the original is, it's suprising how he's made it sound like the soundtrack to a psychotic breakdown, it's fucking intense.
Just checked and the original album is actually called 'Protection', the dub version of the album is called 'No protection' and the dub version of protection is called 'Radiation ruling the nation (protection)'
I thought the singer on that was Tracey Thorn, the singer from the massively influenciant short lived lowfi genre forming band the Marine Girls, beloved of Kurt Cobain?
Thank you JJ for your interest in some amazing British music artists, it's great to hear your take on things and trash theory put out good content on these subjects. trip hop pioneers great albums. this song takes me back to a couple of the best summers of my life it became a bit of a soundtrack to 91-92 for me.
So you know that Neneh Cherry's brother is Eagle-Eye Cherry. More impressive (to my mind) is that her father was the legendary trumpeteer Don Cherry, who played with, amongst others, Ornette Coleman, John Coletrane and Albert Ayler.
Church. Fountain. Bridge. Church. Architecture. Ooooh, Art. Colourful Houses. Tower thing. Is actually quite a good summary of Bristol - at least physically. It's a very cool city, glad to have grown up there in the 90s. Sad to have left, but I take a little bit of Brizzle's rebellious heart everywhere I go.
It's a bit of an open secret among those in the UK music scene of the 90's and 00's (and interestingly also in Bergen, Norway,) that Robert "3D" Del Naja is the guerilla artist known as Banksy. In the early days of Banksy's artwork, new murals would often pop up in cities and towns where Massive Attack had just played.
If you like one takes, you might want to watch a British artist called REN. He has taken bitter sweet symphony, but put his own words to it. REN is the best thing to come out of Briton for years and is worth a watch. If you decide to listen to my advice REN has done the verve one take and another live version with strings. On this video it talks about fat boy slims right here right now and REN put his own words to that as well. Going back to bitter sweet symphony, when the verve guitarist heard RENs version he gave him the guitar used on the track. Check him out.
This is my favourite song of all time. It was and still is unique. It gives me chills, and goosebumps, and if I'm out and about in public and hear it, it halts me in my steps. The thing with this song is, the more you listen to it, the more you hear. There are so many layers to it. You could listen to the song ten times, isolate one aspect of the sound, and experience it differently each time. It's a beautifully crafted piece of music. Massive Attack are an amazing group. Teardrop was used as the soundtrack to the US TV show House - loved it.
A lot of emphasis was put on Madchester at the time but there was a huge influential music scene that also appeared at the same time in Massive attacks home city of Bristol. Bands and soloists like Massive Attack, Portishead, Tricky, Smith & Mighty, Up, Bustle and Out, Nellee Hooper, P.J. Harvey and Roni Size. That's without even mentioning all the rave DJs that Bristol produced at the same time. For a period of 10 years Bristol was the capital of Trip-Hop music.
got to be honest JJ I'm loveing your recent reactions to Trash Theory, Also the map you looked of Bristol only showed the 'old' stuff, its a major hub of modern culture.
Another interesting reaction to a fascinating musical deep dive. I'm always pleased when you offer your own music production insights and anecdotes, too.
@@nessiferum6200 I don't know where you watched it, but when I saw it on TV here in the UK, it wasn't Teardrop. Wikipedia says this : "Because of rights issues, broadcasts in many European countries changed the first season opening to an original piece of music by Scott Donaldson and Richard Nolan. From the second season onward, a new intro composed by Jason Derlatka and Jon Ehrlich was used instead. These changes were later maintained for use on syndicated streaming platforms."
Man, I have the album in vinyl, cassette and CD but haven't played it in years. I put my CD on this morning with coffee, had it on in work today and this evening I've just put on the vinyl I bought when it came out . Forgot how amazing they were. Thanks for reminding me JJ. Much luv
Hi JJ.. I did suggest(on a Buy Me A Coffee message) you check out Aurora's version of Massive Attack's "Teardrop". (a live acoustic version on Triple J's 'Like a Version'). Love the original also obvs and "Unfinished Sympathy"... happy happy joy joy
I have that 12" with the name as just Massive. And though I was in Manchester 1990 and not in Bristol late 80s, I was in uni accomodation with a guy who was, and bought some trousers off him that had danced with the Wild Bunch previously! Blue Lines is just an amazing album, soundtrack of my life etc.
There are a lot of songs that have strings in them, sometimes you don't notice them at first, a good example is "it must be love" by madness, there is a building string crescendo towards the end that I didn't notice for years. If you want to see a good rendition of bitter sweet symphony, there is a 1000 musicians video on RUclips, where literally 1000 people play it on strings. It's goosebumps good! 👌
Neneh Cherry's got a memoir out which I really should read, but she did a lot of interesting stuff before she ever got to "Raw Like Sushi". She made three albums with Rip, Rig + Panic and stuff with Adrian Sherwood... and even Buffalo Stance itself has interesting origins, her husband-to-be was in a duo who somehow ended up being produced by Stock Aitken Waterman, so they did a very poppy single called "Looking Good Diving" and then got the Wild Bunch to do a different, more "raw" remix for the B side, with Neneh rapping, and that remix, "Looking Good Diving With The Wild Bunch", was essentially the first version of "Buffalo Stance".
Bristol was a hotbed of talent, so much great stuff coming out - Tricky, for my money is well worth a further look, done some stunning work over the years and did some work, a video maybe with Tool.
Blue Lines is a seminal album. Think I first heard Unfinished Sympathy in 1990 and loved it from the get go. Another favourite was "Lately". Simply fantastic. A few years later I discovered Mezzanine. Another classic that got played a lot in my house. The track from that album "Dissolved Girl" featured in The Matrix. I remember liking Nenah Cherry when I was at school, particularly "Manchild". Probably why Massive Attack resonated with me. On the last track on Blue Lines "Hymn of the Big Wheel" you can hear Nenah's vocals in the mix.
3D from Massive Attack is Banksy! And Tricky lives just down the road from me in Berlin. Kid you not. Anyway. JJ. You need educating on that Bristol, and Brighton sound. Trip Hop and BigBeat 😮 Amazing
Likely already mentioned. 1) Teardrop was the theme tune to the American TV show 'House' (AKA House MD); but not in the UK, we got a rather poor approximation as they couldn't afford to license the song for broadcast here; so had to write their own version (the beats of the song match with the imagery on the opening credits, so the House UK theme tune had to match the tempo) 2) Rob 3D is rumored to be Banksy. The rapper Goldie accidentally referred to Banksy as 'Rob' on a live radio broadcast, implying that he knew Banksy actual name; and he is friends with Rob 3D; and both he and Banksy are from Bristol. Its unlikely to be true. Rob 3D was a graffiti artists in Bristol; and Goldie in his home town of Walsal, they even appeared in a documentary together in the late 80's, but Rob 3D had a different tag (Pretty sure it was 3D). Most likely both Rob and Goldie know who Banksy is having both been pioneers in the scene. Most likely the name Rob is short for Robin, rather than Robert (as in the case of Rob 3D) and the tag comes from 'Robbing Banks'
I saw Massice Attack supporting Radiohead in Dublin in ‘97…. Truly epic! My favourite album by them in Mezzanine… and I’m going to listen to it right now because I haven’t heard it in years!
There’s a theory that 3D is the mysterious “Banksy” street artist. Banksy artwork regularly appeared in towns and cities where Massive Attack had gigs. Goldie also accidentally used the name Rob when talking about Banksy during an interview once.
I’m a very recent convert to trip hop. Been into electronic music for a few years rediscovering old classics as a younger person, but only just found my appreciation for the Bristol sound Massive Attack are great but Portishead are something else! 💙 Think Trash Theory did a video about them too.
Everyone knows Massive Attack, they just don't all know, that they know Massive Attack. From the heartbreak of Mikey's Mums caravan burning in the movie Snatch, to the theme of House, dozens of adverts, TV shows and movies have featured their music. Quite rightly so.
Blue Line, Protection, Mezzanine, Heligoland. All just spectacular albums you have got to listen to. The first two I played so so heavily when they were out. I wrote my degree work to the first 2. Mezzanine is a masterpiece. And one of the best sex albums you’ll ever hear.. yes really. Massive Attack were just incredible in how they created such amazingly different sounds… Blissfully miraculous music.. Tricky’s first solo album is also absolutely worth a listen. He was too cool for skool..
The "...tower... thing?" is a camera obscura and is open to the public. The "Clock tower.. church?" is Temple Meads railway station, courtesy of Isombard Kingdom Brunel.
This makes me a little bit emotional, because eventhough I was young I remember all of this, my brother would blare out music from his stereo all the time, music like this, and it's just such great memories of amazing songs. It's really bittersweet.
Robert del Naja is Banksy, or at least i think he is. Banksy comes from Bristol, and del Naja was/is a graffiti artist...the cover of Protection (their second album) looks very Banksy-esque.
We know he's called Rob/Robert (Goldie slipped up and called him that in an interview). And he's from Bristol. There was also Banksy art that seemed to follow wherever Massive Attack were on tour. Del Naja was in the Banksy documentary. At the very least Banksy is in the Massive Attack inner circle. In a way I like the mystery though.
Useless factoid. Electric Six were originally called "The Wild Bunch " and even released an album under that name but had to change their name due to pressure from the Bristol music collective. I doubt many would mix the two up though. 😄
Massives's Robert Del Naja is banksy. The evidence is overwhelming, one of which is that banksy artworks have appearing in places around the world the same week massive attack where there, on numerous ocassions, not just once.
I can’t believe that you had never heard of Unfinished Sympathy 😮 … but then again this is probably where the US and Europe split in the 90s… and I was a trip-hop, Jungle and break-beat fanatic in the 90s 😂
I've said it before but you really should do Trash Theory's "The Story of Pulp and COMMON PEOPLE | New British Canon" which has much to say about the class system in the UK.
Massive attack have loads of bangers, truly a timeless sound 👌 ❤
3:31 "Clocktowercastlechurch"? Try "railway station"...
Hymn of The Big Wheel off "Blue Lines" is stunning. The entire album is one of the greatest albums ever
Amazing! I'm from Bristol where they come from. The artistic talent that ooozes from Bristol is insane ! I've wanted you to react to the UK Rave scene videos around for ages too ! Jungle is Massive ! Bristol is an incredible city, rebellious, artistic and right on the doorstep of the most beautiful counties in England. Bristol is also where Banksy comes from.
PS a lot of people believe Banksy is 3D from Massive Attack also.
PPS an artist called "Ren" did a new take on the Verve track/video and its really good. So much so he got a guitar from one of the Verve when they saw it. He's also an absolute GOLD mine for reaction videos and tonnes of the react community have gotten behind him in the last year or so (Ren).
I've been suggesting the rave scene too.
Can I add "All junglists, a London somet'ing dis" and "the summer of rave" to your list.
Junglist* massive
Sad he thinks the railway station is a church, though.
@@Rachel_M_ Yeah there's a few on here that i'd love to see some American takes on.
The Summer Of Rave 1989 (Full Documentary HQ) on channel "robotsistrom" is a good one although old quality.
What Makes Something Jungle? | Resident Advisor is also a good one for reactors as its not too long.
Drum & Bass: The Movement - A D&B Documentary on the channel "Drum&BassArena"
Dj mag have also been releasing short documentary's about some of the club classics like Brown Paper Bag, Goldie's Inner City Life and many more.... they're pretty decent also.
@@chrisnorman1902 I always bloody do that when i know its what you said xD
the new king of the one take REN if you like music he is a must listen/watch for sure
@renmakesmusic
Blue Lines is one of the best album in UK history and Massive Attack one of the best acts. Changed the musical direction of this rock-kid back in the day at least. Just consistent geniuses.
The theme song from the show House MD is by them. They're amazing! ❤
Yup, that's "Teardrop" he mentioned at the beginning.
I was doing my 1st MDMA (Mitzi's) when I heard "Teardrop" for the first time & fell in love with Elizabeth Fraser's gentle, deeply personal voice on the spot.
That intro of rimshots still stops me in my tracks. A moving & stunningly beautiful track that hasn't aged a day!
When they showed House in the UK, it has a generic opening song instead. It's terrible.
You should check out Portishead live at the Roseland N.Y. - incredible with a live orchestra.
And show on a map where Portishead is...
Retro active have done a new British canon on Portishead as well
My son's first ever concert was Massive Attack and Patti Smith at Hyde Park. He was 10. He's hooked! ❤
Rapping with a British accent also led to things like The Streets 'Dry Your Eyes Mate'
Didn't East 17 also have the odd rap in their songs with an East London accent?
i love your face when you realized Tricky was in the fifth element :)
The production quality of Massive Attack is off the charts. Compared to everyone else, their production and sound design is just another level.
They can take a relatively simple drum beat - but it's so crisp, so balanced, so characterful in itself. Then the ambient sounds fade in and out so deliciously on top.
They're masters of production. Take a listen to the song "Protection" with your eyes closed, and realise that they are constantly varying the mix. Elements are being faded in and out, becoming softer or becoming louder, and the mix is perpetually changing as you listen. Constantly morphing. But it's all so delicate and slow and ambient with it.
Oh. It's such production genius.
And everything they do sounds so cinematic. All their songs sound like they should be the soundtrack to some epic movie.
If you're into music production - which I know you are - then listening to Massive Attack albums with headphones on and the lights out is a masterclass.
The Spoils with Hope Sandoval is a stunning track. I love both so, for me, it's a perfect marriage.
I love Bristol. It's like if you took away all the tourist bollox from london and the griminess of Birmingham, but kept the amazing architecture of both along with amazing street art all over the place, as well as an electrified art scene in general added to a population who are just plain nice and _then_ give it an amazing nightlife too. One of my fave places in the uk.
An anthem of a generation❤.
Teardrops is a collaboration with liz Frazer of Cocteau twins.
Excellent tune and video 😊
Protection is my favourite massive attack song, the singer on that is Tracy Thorn from Everything but the girl. There's also a dub version of it by mad professor, called 'No protection' and considering how calm the original is, it's suprising how he's made it sound like the soundtrack to a psychotic breakdown, it's fucking intense.
Just checked and the original album is actually called 'Protection', the dub version of the album is called 'No protection' and the dub version of protection is called 'Radiation ruling the nation (protection)'
I thought the singer on that was Tracey Thorn, the singer from the massively influenciant short lived lowfi genre forming band the Marine Girls, beloved of Kurt Cobain?
Yes I love Protection with tracy thorn ( Everything but the Girl) too.
Beautiful vocal.
Aussie here, love Massive Attack and have since the 90’s. Amazing!!!
I'd forgotten about DJ Shadow, until his name was mentioned. Worth a listen John.
Banksy started his Street Art in Bristol and he comes from the city, too.
Isn't he purported to be one of Massive Attack?
Yep @@nickismith1390
@@nickismith1390Robert Del Naja, as the legend goes
Really interesting!!!! My favourite single by them was Karmacoma at the time. I must listen to their albums again. 👍
Thank you JJ for your interest in some amazing British music artists, it's great to hear your take on things and trash theory put out good content on these subjects. trip hop pioneers great albums. this song takes me back to a couple of the best summers of my life it became a bit of a soundtrack to 91-92 for me.
Had to sub when you followed the Eagle eye cherry train of thought 🙏 you read my mind lol Save Tonight brings back good memories !
Unfinished Sympathy was in the film Sliver 😊
So you know that Neneh Cherry's brother is Eagle-Eye Cherry. More impressive (to my mind) is that her father was the legendary trumpeteer Don Cherry, who played with, amongst others, Ornette Coleman, John Coletrane and Albert Ayler.
Don Cherry was the one she called Daddy, but he was only her stepfather. Her biological father was an African musician - I think from Sierra Leone.
@@b0llmann179 And her mother from Sweden, both Neneh and Eagle Eye still lives in Sweden
Church. Fountain. Bridge. Church. Architecture. Ooooh, Art. Colourful Houses. Tower thing. Is actually quite a good summary of Bristol - at least physically. It's a very cool city, glad to have grown up there in the 90s. Sad to have left, but I take a little bit of Brizzle's rebellious heart everywhere I go.
It's a bit of an open secret among those in the UK music scene of the 90's and 00's (and interestingly also in Bergen, Norway,) that Robert "3D" Del Naja is the guerilla artist known as Banksy.
In the early days of Banksy's artwork, new murals would often pop up in cities and towns where Massive Attack had just played.
I'm pretty sure that's been well debunked and Banksy is possibly a guy called Robin.
If you like one takes, you might want to watch a British artist called REN. He has taken bitter sweet symphony, but put his own words to it. REN is the best thing to come out of Briton for years and is worth a watch. If you decide to listen to my advice REN has done the verve one take and another live version with strings. On this video it talks about fat boy slims right here right now and REN put his own words to that as well. Going back to bitter sweet symphony, when the verve guitarist heard RENs version he gave him the guitar used on the track. Check him out.
Ren is an extraordinary genius, I am constantly amazed by him.
Bob James! He composed 'Angela', the theme tune of the 70s sitcom Taxi. Makes me appreciate this song even more, it's always been one of my faves.
This is my favourite song of all time. It was and still is unique. It gives me chills, and goosebumps, and if I'm out and about in public and hear it, it halts me in my steps. The thing with this song is, the more you listen to it, the more you hear. There are so many layers to it. You could listen to the song ten times, isolate one aspect of the sound, and experience it differently each time. It's a beautifully crafted piece of music. Massive Attack are an amazing group. Teardrop was used as the soundtrack to the US TV show House - loved it.
A lot of emphasis was put on Madchester at the time but there was a huge influential music scene that also appeared at the same time in Massive attacks home city of Bristol. Bands and soloists like Massive Attack, Portishead, Tricky, Smith & Mighty, Up, Bustle and Out, Nellee Hooper, P.J. Harvey and Roni Size. That's without even mentioning all the rave DJs that Bristol produced at the same time.
For a period of 10 years Bristol was the capital of Trip-Hop music.
This autumn feeling of Unfinished Sympathy touched my 11 yo boy heart in 1991 and became a big memory forever
got to be honest JJ I'm loveing your recent reactions to Trash Theory, Also the map you looked of Bristol only showed the 'old' stuff, its a major hub of modern culture.
Another interesting reaction to a fascinating musical deep dive. I'm always pleased when you offer your own music production insights and anecdotes, too.
Brilliant song and the singer is so good the way she walks thru that area just singing. Love the band and song.
Teardrop was the theme tune for the TV show House. But not in the UK - the tune was changed to something else, not sure why!
When I used to watch House here in the UK the theme tune was 'Teardrop' ?
@@nessiferum6200 I don't know where you watched it, but when I saw it on TV here in the UK, it wasn't Teardrop. Wikipedia says this :
"Because of rights issues, broadcasts in many European countries changed the first season opening to an original piece of music by Scott Donaldson and Richard Nolan. From the second season onward, a new intro composed by Jason Derlatka and Jon Ehrlich was used instead. These changes were later maintained for use on syndicated streaming platforms."
Man, I have the album in vinyl, cassette and CD but haven't played it in years. I put my CD on this morning with coffee, had it on in work today and this evening I've just put on the vinyl I bought when it came out . Forgot how amazing they were. Thanks for reminding me JJ. Much luv
I looooove massive attack lol and aye, what a great video, and as always , brilliant reaction. thoroughly enjoyed this, cheers :D
The vocal that you liked in "Teardrop" is by Elizabeth Fraser. She's the singer in Cocteau Twins (who you watched a video about previously).
A song and video that still gives me goose bumps from the first note, that I know will be a "massive" ear worm for the rest of the day,
Hi JJ.. I did suggest(on a Buy Me A Coffee message) you check out Aurora's version of Massive Attack's "Teardrop". (a live acoustic version on Triple J's 'Like a Version'). Love the original also obvs and "Unfinished Sympathy"... happy happy joy joy
I have that 12" with the name as just Massive. And though I was in Manchester 1990 and not in Bristol late 80s, I was in uni accomodation with a guy who was, and bought some trousers off him that had danced with the Wild Bunch previously!
Blue Lines is just an amazing album, soundtrack of my life etc.
The Neneh Cherry link now makes sense as to why I loved her sound so much when I was younger. And had no clue that was her brother either 🤣
There are a lot of songs that have strings in them, sometimes you don't notice them at first, a good example is "it must be love" by madness, there is a building string crescendo towards the end that I didn't notice for years. If you want to see a good rendition of bitter sweet symphony, there is a 1000 musicians video on RUclips, where literally 1000 people play it on strings. It's goosebumps good! 👌
Massive Attack have always been..... Massive! Incredible talent.
Saw in Liverpool a couple of weeks ago. On mushrooms. Best gig ever.
A timeless and amazing track.
Love Massive Attack and also other darker trip hop related acts like
Portishead, UNKLE, DJ Shadow, Tricky, ALLFLAWS
This album touched the soul of our generation, so beautifully made and it wasn’t my usual thing but it opened my mind
Tricky's Black Steel deserves a mention as well.
When this song first came on the radio, it was 'Whoooaaa, what is this?'... and then the album... Still play it today
3:30 the "clock tower castle church" thing is the train station
Neneh Cherry's got a memoir out which I really should read, but she did a lot of interesting stuff before she ever got to "Raw Like Sushi". She made three albums with Rip, Rig + Panic and stuff with Adrian Sherwood... and even Buffalo Stance itself has interesting origins, her husband-to-be was in a duo who somehow ended up being produced by Stock Aitken Waterman, so they did a very poppy single called "Looking Good Diving" and then got the Wild Bunch to do a different, more "raw" remix for the B side, with Neneh rapping, and that remix, "Looking Good Diving With The Wild Bunch", was essentially the first version of "Buffalo Stance".
Talking about music is like dancing about architecture.
😂
"Teardrop" was the theme for "House"!
The singer on Unfinished Sympathy, both on the record and in the video, was Shara Nelson. Awesome voice.
Stunning tune and stunning video. I’m a Funk and Soul Boy at heart, but this is a masterpiece imo.
Part of the soundtrack to my 90s. Check out their album Mezzanine, especially Teardrop, Dissolved Girl and Man Next Door.
Bristol was a hotbed of talent, so much great stuff coming out - Tricky, for my money is well worth a further look, done some stunning work over the years and did some work, a video maybe with Tool.
Blue Lines is a seminal album. Think I first heard Unfinished Sympathy in 1990 and loved it from the get go. Another favourite was "Lately". Simply fantastic.
A few years later I discovered Mezzanine. Another classic that got played a lot in my house.
The track from that album "Dissolved Girl" featured in The Matrix.
I remember liking Nenah Cherry when I was at school, particularly "Manchild". Probably why Massive Attack resonated with me.
On the last track on Blue Lines "Hymn of the Big Wheel" you can hear Nenah's vocals in the mix.
Unfinished Sympathy is the defining song of the 90's.
3D from Massive Attack is Banksy! And Tricky lives just down the road from me in Berlin. Kid you not.
Anyway. JJ. You need educating on that Bristol, and Brighton sound. Trip Hop and BigBeat 😮 Amazing
Good to see Billy Cobham et al given writing credits for “Safe From Harm”.
I used to live opposite Grant aka Daddy G from MA & can happily say that he’s a top bloke!
Did anyone notice Banksy in the video 🤫
The Clock Tower, Castle, Church is the Temple Meads Railway Station
Likely already mentioned.
1) Teardrop was the theme tune to the American TV show 'House' (AKA House MD); but not in the UK, we got a rather poor approximation as they couldn't afford to license the song for broadcast here; so had to write their own version (the beats of the song match with the imagery on the opening credits, so the House UK theme tune had to match the tempo)
2) Rob 3D is rumored to be Banksy. The rapper Goldie accidentally referred to Banksy as 'Rob' on a live radio broadcast, implying that he knew Banksy actual name; and he is friends with Rob 3D; and both he and Banksy are from Bristol. Its unlikely to be true. Rob 3D was a graffiti artists in Bristol; and Goldie in his home town of Walsal, they even appeared in a documentary together in the late 80's, but Rob 3D had a different tag (Pretty sure it was 3D). Most likely both Rob and Goldie know who Banksy is having both been pioneers in the scene. Most likely the name Rob is short for Robin, rather than Robert (as in the case of Rob 3D) and the tag comes from 'Robbing Banks'
I saw Massice Attack supporting Radiohead in Dublin in ‘97…. Truly epic!
My favourite album by them in Mezzanine… and I’m going to listen to it right now because I haven’t heard it in years!
It’s the singer from the Cocteau Twins singing Teardrop!
There’s a theory that 3D is the mysterious “Banksy” street artist. Banksy artwork regularly appeared in towns and cities where Massive Attack had gigs. Goldie also accidentally used the name Rob when talking about Banksy during an interview once.
Good observation re Manchild… absolutely sounds like the genesis to Unfinished re the strings..
It’s what is now called ‘Intelligent Dance Music’
I’m a very recent convert to trip hop.
Been into electronic music for a few years rediscovering old classics as a younger person, but only just found my appreciation for the Bristol sound
Massive Attack are great but Portishead are something else! 💙
Think Trash Theory did a video about them too.
Everyone knows Massive Attack, they just don't all know, that they know Massive Attack.
From the heartbreak of Mikey's Mums caravan burning in the movie Snatch, to the theme of House, dozens of adverts, TV shows and movies have featured their music.
Quite rightly so.
Never underestimate the power of a cup of tea!
Blue Line, Protection, Mezzanine, Heligoland.
All just spectacular albums you have got to listen to.
The first two I played so so heavily when they were out. I wrote my degree work to the first 2.
Mezzanine is a masterpiece. And one of the best sex albums you’ll ever hear.. yes really.
Massive Attack were just incredible in how they created such amazingly different sounds…
Blissfully miraculous music.. Tricky’s first solo album is also absolutely worth a listen. He was too cool for skool..
The "...tower... thing?" is a camera obscura and is open to the public. The "Clock tower.. church?" is Temple Meads railway station, courtesy of Isombard Kingdom Brunel.
This makes me a little bit emotional, because eventhough I was young I remember all of this, my brother would blare out music from his stereo all the time, music like this, and it's just such great memories of amazing songs. It's really bittersweet.
There's also a rumor that's been going around for a number of years, that one of the members of Massive Attack could possibly be Banksy, SALTS
Like Italian for Opera, Spanish for Mariachi, English is the best language for Rock.
McCartney wishes he was as cool as Massive Attack.
Portishead is also a place just outside of Bristol 😊
Robert del Naja is Banksy, or at least i think he is. Banksy comes from Bristol, and del Naja was/is a graffiti artist...the cover of Protection (their second album) looks very Banksy-esque.
That is the popular theory, yes. But it is, at present time, unproven.
We know he's called Rob/Robert (Goldie slipped up and called him that in an interview). And he's from Bristol. There was also Banksy art that seemed to follow wherever Massive Attack were on tour. Del Naja was in the Banksy documentary. At the very least Banksy is in the Massive Attack inner circle. In a way I like the mystery though.
Glad you’ve been introduced to MA, have you heard of “leftfield” ? 👌
Useless factoid. Electric Six were originally called "The Wild Bunch " and even released an album under that name but had to change their name due to pressure from the Bristol music collective. I doubt many would mix the two up though. 😄
Teardrop is one of the greatest songs ever written.
As per everyone 😅if you like one takes the “Ren” is your guy, he’s also done a remix of bitter sweet symphony (the verve)
AURORA - Teardrop is a great recent version
Love Unfinished Sympathy
Drum and bass also Bristolian
Louder than war.
Show me on aaaa map... shit he's zooming in on my house!
Teardrop may sound familiar to you, it was the theme tune for House MD
Would still love you too react to ren jjla he's a revelation of today 😎👍
Pretty sure the clocktower castle church is the railway station.
Massives's Robert Del Naja is banksy.
The evidence is overwhelming, one of which is that banksy artworks have appearing in places around the world the same week massive attack where there, on numerous ocassions, not just once.
I can’t believe that you had never heard of Unfinished Sympathy 😮 … but then again this is probably where the US and Europe split in the 90s… and I was a trip-hop, Jungle and break-beat fanatic in the 90s 😂
The Clock Tower-Castle-Church was the train station
I love this song.
Safe from harm is my fave
I've said it before but you really should do Trash Theory's "The Story of Pulp and COMMON PEOPLE | New British Canon" which has much to say about the class system in the UK.
hey, is that Banksy? ;)
Banksy is suppose to be in massive attack 😮