I remember going to a nice hotel on the Texas coast late 90's and we decided to hang out at the nice pool that day and just hit the beach in the evening, and brought our boombox and a shitload of beer down to the pool. There were at least a couple dozen strangers at the pool. We put this CD on first, fully expecting that within a few minutes people would object. But nobody did. We shared some beers, had a mini-party with strangers with this as the soundtrack, was a glorious moment for me and post-rock in general lol.
I yelled out the name of this song as a request for them to play this song as a chapel hill show at cat's cradle and they began their encore with a 12 to 15 minute version of this song. It was excellent. If you ever get the chance to see them live, modo fac
This band and this track in particular guided me to new worlds of music I hadn't yet discovered. In that sense, it's difficult to think of a single track that's been more important to me. Also, it kicks ass, and I still love it and Tortoise as they continue on with quality releases.
I have listened to this well over one hundred times, and I still really enjoy it. Dreamy and tranquil music. I like this as much as " Spiderwebbed" , a shorter song by Tortoise.
I remember when I first found about Can, and I got heavily into them. Then I started branching out and looking for similar bands. That’s how I found out about Tortoise.
My favorite part was listening to this on vinyl, it just seemed like it came out of the 70's , like some lost artifact or memory, just a perfect 10 side, like a pink floyd side, you can't really ask for better than this from an experimental music group, around two minute mark I originally thought that something was wrong with my turntable! It was playing psychoacoustic effects on me!
The coolest part is around the 13:50 mark when the whole song starts glitching out. It starts to sound almost like a Thom Yorke solo song after that point.
Tracklist: 0:00 Storms Near Sea 1:47 Someone Who Can't Whistle, Whistling 2:35 The Segway Dance 6:53 Long Gravel Road 9:28 Talking to the Busy Signal 11:45 Older Fields 13:53 Electric Chariot 16:48 Under den Linden 18:34 Vanishing Point
There are people who will read the bible for the first time and walk away believing every word it said and there are people who will listen to Tortoise for the first time and walk away disappointed. Some people just can't be helped
This is one of my favourite pieces of music ever, thank you for uploading :-) (I have it on my hard disk but sometiems I want to post it somewhere / share with others and now it's much easier)
00:00 the intro(duction): weird gun like noises and a bass 02:05 this is were things start changing: the bass gets a little faster and a synthesiser spices things up 02:35 the 1st verse: an explosion of drums bass 04:42 keyboard solo (slightly out of tune) 06:27 the bass quits: its only drums, keyboard and synth now 06:43 the drums get carmer 09:44 the 2nd change 10:04 the beeping slows down as it enters the 2nd verse 10:24 wait for it… 10:27 2nd verse: hmm… sounds a little bit like idfb intro 11:00 the bass returns in a beautiful riff 11:44 cool entry of marimba and vibes 13:53 is it just me or was this part meant to sound like the record got scratched? 14:50 the weird drum noises of the 3rd verse 15:10 3rd verse: interesting keyboard noises - sounds like something from the future 16:47 the marimba comes back 17:45 a cool keyboard riff 18:20 only the unique - and slightly unsatisfying - dams left 18:33 the 4th (and final) verse: electrical drums 18:46 slightly unsatisfying keyboard 20:57 the end bye bye
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This was what defined them in my opinion, if any composition maybe a great summary of their work, I would say this and or maybe Gamera! I got the re-invigorated vinyl bug after hearing this on vinyl vs cd in 1996.
Soooo cool and different. Loved it. Whats this genre called? Btw, that piece at 10:27 was featured in the Aussie Film 'Rover'. Its the reason why im here. Thanks for sharing.
+Paddy Scott Actually my opinion on this has changed since the time I commented. I quite like this song - I actually remembered a much different song from my first listen, that was truthfully all those adjectives. But now as I listen, this music is refreshing, calming and cool Very interesting, atmosphere and song in general.😊
haha sick, normally i smoke and listen to duster, but im extending my horizons into some more jazz rooted bands lately (mainly tortoise and herbie hancock)
It's another complete story from Slint, indeed! This was so more progressive than Slint itself, more like a project. In my opinion I am amazed about how versatile is David Pajo as a musician, seen his past and his influences, I still ask myself how could such a man like him change so many styles and prospectives. :)
Give me a great 2 minute Beatles song any day over this meandering crap. I guess if you were a weed head in the 90s and grew up with divorced parents and had no culture or resposibility and your head was lost in a cloud of pot smoke this song met your low expectations
I had heard about this group and looked up "Tortoise best song" and wound up here. Now I wonder why I even bothered. Very lame and I think a lot more progressive music is better than this. I could not finish this track after getting halfway, bc I was listening to the same droning, sure-as-hell-not-melodic keyboards and repetitive, uncatchy bass and guitar Overall, don't know how this band and genre is so liked in the first place... 👎🏻
+Bryce Hecox "droning, sure-as-hell-not-melodic" Dude you do realise this is post-rock right? This is not prog-rock (the common use of the adjective 'progressive' to such genres can be misleading). If you like ambient and krautrock (e.g. bands like Can, Neu!, Faust..) you should like at least some parts of this tune. I guess you just came here with the wrong expectations. I don't know what you had read about Tortoise
definitely not there best song in my opinion, check out night air and Rycodder, I do like this song, but I see where your coming from, it is a bit droning if you arent high (speaking from the stand point of a tortoise fan)
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I remember going to a nice hotel on the Texas coast late 90's and we decided to hang out at the nice pool that day and just hit the beach in the evening, and brought our boombox and a shitload of beer down to the pool. There were at least a couple dozen strangers at the pool. We put this CD on first, fully expecting that within a few minutes people would object. But nobody did. We shared some beers, had a mini-party with strangers with this as the soundtrack, was a glorious moment for me and post-rock in general lol.
How could they refute
this ?
"I guess you guys aren't ready for that, yet. But your kids are gonna love it."
Jeje tabien
62 and love they're music 😉
More than 20 years after release, this bassline still echoes and plays in my head endlessly.
I may have a problem.
I yelled out the name of this song as a request for them to play this song as a chapel hill show at cat's cradle and they began their encore with a 12 to 15 minute version of this song. It was excellent. If you ever get the chance to see them live, modo fac
This band and this track in particular guided me to new worlds of music I hadn't yet discovered. In that sense, it's difficult to think of a single track that's been more important to me. Also, it kicks ass, and I still love it and Tortoise as they continue on with quality releases.
i remember this one.. in a tent... smoking the green stuff.. trippin' like a butterfly
2 years after discovering this, and its still one of the most important songs I've ever heard.
they say the soul & spirit of Varèse Edgard, lays deep within this epic hit-you-hard composition_ _ _
I have listened to this well over one hundred times, and I still really enjoy it. Dreamy and tranquil music. I like this as much as " Spiderwebbed" , a shorter song by Tortoise.
If you like this, definitely check out the band Can. They had a pretty big influence on Tortoise.
Music to vibe out to. Music to groove to. Music to get lost in.
Everything I love about Tortoise is right here in this jam.
Thought provoking
Krautrock reinvented. This really is a life changing track. :)
I remember when I first found about Can, and I got heavily into them. Then I started branching out and looking for similar bands. That’s how I found out about Tortoise.
Can is probably the best band ever, right?
Listening to this album high was an experience I’ll never get again
I love the shift at 10:28...it’s a calm sense of desperation and that bass is kicking ass all choppy and shit
Once, I had a tortoise named winston churchshell
Haha, I had one too! I called her Tyutea.
I had a female one. Michelle.
Getting back on the road and on the run in "The Rover " . What a movie😄👌
Why more people dont have this as their First Dance Wedding Tune is a mystery to me.
bc ppl like us don’t have weddings
I absolutely love the beat at the end. It sounds so hip hop inspired
another NEU!-esque song
My favorite part was listening to this on vinyl, it just seemed like it came out of the 70's , like some lost artifact or memory, just a perfect 10 side, like a pink floyd side, you can't really ask for better than this from an experimental music group, around two minute mark I originally thought that something was wrong with my turntable! It was playing psychoacoustic effects on me!
for a second i thought this song had over a million views. it totally deserves to
The coolest part is around the 13:50 mark when the whole song starts glitching out. It starts to sound almost like a Thom Yorke solo song after that point.
Harry Driggers that section sounds heavily influenced by Oval's 'Systemisch' album.
Thom York is a nobody compared to Tortoise.
@@leosonic They’re both great musicians. No need to put one down to bring another up
The "Electric Chariot" section
Tracklist:
0:00 Storms Near Sea
1:47 Someone Who Can't Whistle, Whistling
2:35 The Segway Dance
6:53 Long Gravel Road
9:28 Talking to the Busy Signal
11:45 Older Fields
13:53 Electric Chariot
16:48 Under den Linden
18:34 Vanishing Point
Is this canon?
@@moka8267 No, I made it up, sorry
@@asammler Understandable, but I like this breakdown of it nonetheless
This song is a small journey to every place that you can imagine
this song blows me away every time i hear it
best
10:26 from The Rover. Such a sick movie. This track really complimented that scene too.
Awesome piece of music. Tortoise changed my life.
This song always took me on a journey.. almost like a great book
La mejor canción del álbum. Brillante.
oh my nihilism
fucking atmospheric music always
my friend's!
There are people who will read the bible for the first time and walk away believing every word it said and there are people who will listen to Tortoise for the first time and walk away disappointed. Some people just can't be helped
there are some people who correlate good music with meaningless religions, those people are stupid.
"Fear the man with nothing left to loose." (The Rover 2014)
10:00 Heard in the awesome movie The Rover.
still the best Tortoise piece imo
a real gem!!!
If you want to introduce someone to Tortoise, have them listen to this, but make them promise to listen to the entire song.
bought this cd cause I girl I had a crush on had it. Found it again whilst getting rid of my cd collection. Here to check out what it sounded like.
Your crush had awesome music taste
20 minutes to 20 years!
This is one of my favourite pieces of music ever, thank you for uploading :-)
(I have it on my hard disk but sometiems I want to post it somewhere / share with others and now it's much easier)
Never heard a band get so much use out of a single motif while keeping it from getting stale
13.53 was quite mind-blowing.
Their Magnus Opus and a blue print for entire Post Rock genre
00:00 the intro(duction): weird gun like noises and a bass
02:05 this is were things start changing: the bass gets a little faster and a synthesiser spices things up
02:35 the 1st verse: an explosion of drums bass
04:42 keyboard solo (slightly out of tune)
06:27 the bass quits: its only drums, keyboard and synth now
06:43 the drums get carmer
09:44 the 2nd change
10:04 the beeping slows down as it enters the 2nd verse
10:24 wait for it…
10:27 2nd verse: hmm… sounds a little bit like idfb intro
11:00 the bass returns in a beautiful riff
11:44 cool entry of marimba and vibes
13:53 is it just me or was this part meant to sound like the record got scratched?
14:50 the weird drum noises of the 3rd verse
15:10 3rd verse: interesting keyboard noises - sounds like something from the future
16:47 the marimba comes back
17:45 a cool keyboard riff
18:20 only the unique - and slightly unsatisfying - dams left
18:33 the 4th (and final) verse: electrical drums
18:46 slightly unsatisfying keyboard
20:57 the end bye bye
Love it!! Electronica/fusion/prog/jazz!
Happy anniversary!! 20 years.. OMG! :)
Pure kosmische musik energy.
Ah there're the xylophones okay wow listening first time to this after hearing tnt 1000 times, lol. what a magnificent beast.
I'm in the same boat
From 11:00 is what makes this song so incredible
That's right.Zero dislikes.
Hristos Psihogios Looks like someone's finger slipped.
12 now, pity the fools
@@naztubez 22 now, pity the fools (bis)
Stop worrying wether a video has likes or dislikes, or RUclips will (and has) take that option away from you. Likes are just a popularity contest anyway. Like what you like, and forget about the rest.
This was what defined them in my opinion, if any composition maybe a great summary of their work, I would say this and or maybe Gamera! I got the re-invigorated vinyl bug after hearing this on vinyl vs cd in 1996.
difficult to listen to this piece of 20:57 time in these fast times that we live in.
if you did congrats
I think it's good
This is honestly the best song of all time not even kidding.
you don't put a feckin ad in a TORTOISE song!!
Game Changer!
I love post rock
seeing em tonight!
Their best song! so sick
Soooo cool and different. Loved it. Whats this genre called? Btw, that piece at 10:27 was featured in the Aussie Film 'Rover'. Its the reason why im here. Thanks for sharing.
Post Rock, but also you can hear progressive rock and krautrock influences.
Same Here. Terrific piece.
@@julyccg117 the middle part also draws heavily from mimlnimalism a la Steve Reich and Terry Riley.
POST ROCK
This record was waiting to be used in THE ROVER
I hope they should have used more sinister segment where this record feels broken.
Absolute amazement
fucking brilliant!
I know I'm late, but happy anniversary
"I couldn't find the complete song so its here"
that…is the complete song "djed"
Couldn't find it on RUclips
who else thought their computer was lagging @14:00
Везде писали что группа Tortoise лежит в основании пост-рока, но мне кажется тут какой-то гремучий арт-рок с элементами noise культуры
What do you think “post-rock” is, COMRADE?
Wow! Love!
Love this...
Apparently though this was posted 44 years ago lol...hmmm
96’ DLXSF Anti Hero Real Skateboard Stero
Agree with the dude that said this was strange. Not only is this song that, but also it is weird as hell
+Bryce Hecox Wow, it's both strange AND weird? I suppose next you'll be telling me that it's both long and extensive?
+Paddy Scott Actually my opinion on this has changed since the time I commented. I quite like this song - I actually remembered a much different song from my first listen, that was truthfully all those adjectives. But now as I listen, this music is refreshing, calming and cool Very interesting, atmosphere and song in general.😊
Is it both calming and soothing as well?
It's a grower, not a shower
awesome
Ah god this is amazing THANK YOU
Oh man, my teenage years coming back... Just getting baked and drawing stuff.....
I feel you on that, would put on some tortoise or explosions in the sky and other shit and just chief and draw. I like to write more than draw now
haha sick, normally i smoke and listen to duster, but im extending my horizons into some more jazz rooted bands lately (mainly tortoise and herbie hancock)
@@slugcereal8647 How do you know when someone smokes? (Don’t worry, they will let you know)
This is what an apple tastes like? Fuck that, I'll stick to oranges.
Props Road Fools 1 anyone? Suddenly feeling 20 years older than they feel they should??
A Million Light Years!!!!
Thanks dude !
How is this not on amazon mp3 store!!!!? Apple store I guess.
Anyone else here because of The Rover?
Ok, some of you think it is weird - but do you like it?
If you like this , you are going to LOVE neu!'s ST
neu sucks lol
@@yourdadsbbqbrisket8526 haha NO
@@eliabattaglin9519 please forgive me i was a big dingus a year ago. i have since come around to neu now i love em.
@@yourdadsbbqbrisket8526 Character development at its finest 😢
At 10:27 I start to ascend
i love you
this is a very strange song
+etbnvje That's what it is ... and ... life changing for some! Happy birthday to the 20th birthday of this masterpiece! :)
+etbnvje Not really. There are whole genres dedicated to playing this kind of music.
'Princess Ateh's court masquerade' is a deal more bizzare thing. But I like their quirly-candy-toy sound though.
more like weird..
strange but fucking wicked good
try "his second story island"
Or Spiderwebbed.
14:53 ....... 18:30
cool story bro
nshoord
i'm upset this isn't the album's closing track
smoke weed
tortoise + weed = good
(Obligatory) “everyday”
Everyday
It was cool until that sound around 10 min started giving me a headache
!
Tincan folklore
Tin cans & twine
PRECISELY.
if this is their best song, ill stick to my BoC.
The part around 11:45 reminds me of the anime AKIRA..
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this is pretty uneventful. was expecting better things from a former SLINTman
It's another complete story from Slint, indeed! This was so more progressive than Slint itself, more like a project. In my opinion I am amazed about how versatile is David Pajo as a musician, seen his past and his influences, I still ask myself how could such a man like him change so many styles and prospectives. :)
Give me a great 2 minute Beatles song any day over this meandering crap. I guess if you were a weed head in the 90s and grew up with divorced parents and had no culture or resposibility and your head was lost in a cloud of pot smoke this song met your low expectations
Get off the internet, loser
SOMEONE doesn’t like their horizons challenged…
I had heard about this group and looked up "Tortoise best song" and wound up here. Now I wonder why I even bothered. Very lame and I think a lot more progressive music is better than this. I could not finish this track after getting halfway, bc I was listening to the same droning, sure-as-hell-not-melodic keyboards and repetitive, uncatchy bass and guitar Overall, don't know how this band and genre is so liked in the first place... 👎🏻
+Bryce Hecox Listen closer. Sincerely, someone who likes a lot more progressive music than this.
+Bryce Hecox "droning, sure-as-hell-not-melodic"
Dude you do realise this is post-rock right? This is not prog-rock (the common use of the adjective 'progressive' to such genres can be misleading).
If you like ambient and krautrock (e.g. bands like Can, Neu!, Faust..) you should like at least some parts of this tune. I guess you just came here with the wrong expectations. I don't know what you had read about Tortoise
definitely not there best song in my opinion, check out night air and Rycodder, I do like this song, but I see where your coming from, it is a bit droning if you arent high (speaking from the stand point of a tortoise fan)
@@slugcereal8647 I’m perfectly sober, 47, and just listened to this from beginning to end.
Never heard a band get so much use out of a single motif while keeping it from getting stale