Ok guys. Serious AF. The WHOLE Live in NYC album with an orchestra is fire beyond fire. One of the few live albums that are as close to perfect as one could get. I promise you won’t be disappointed. The live version of Roads would be a good start!! And this song is super fire on that album too.
It’s the mid-nineties, it’s 4am, you’re back at someone’s house after a club, everyone’s chilling, smoking and this is on the stereo. That’s trip-hop, downtempo late night vibing.
Portishead Dummy is a life changer. They only released 3 proper albums but each one is unique and highly innovative. The instrumentation is deviously complex in its simplicity. Can’t wait for more Portishead reactions!
Everyone in the UK (of a certain age) knows this song. Absolute classic. Whole album is great, but like others have said, the live in NYC album is amazing.
Trip-hop is the tastiest cocktail-elixir, blending the best ingredients of hip-hop, jazz, funk, soul, rock, ambient, electronica, drum&bass. That's trip-hop!
God tier music period. As far as metal or rock heads messin with it- I know lots of metal and punk fans who love em. Portishead has a ton of crossover all over the place.
Also don’t sleep on Third! Lots of people hated on it when it came out(because it’s not Dummy Part 2🙄)but it’s got a lot of fire and a wider range of sounds. All of their stuff is good though.
@@GarrettOsha exactly. I mentioned in a comment that Machine Gun from Third definitely gave a different sound that most Portishead fans didn't expect but damn was it refreshing and exciting to hear them evolve.
Mysterons (perfect blend of guitar, samples, scratching, and Beth's voice), Biscuit (darker vibe but great groove), Sour Times (another accessible single), Roads (essentially a ballad over a sick laidback hiphop beat) and Wandering Star (driving yet still subdued, easy to vibe to) are all strong recommendations from the 1st album. Humming (ridiculous groove after the string intro), All Mine (another big single, big band meets hip hop), and maybe Seven Months (more aggressive vocals but strong chorus with a sick beat and fun stop/start dynamics in the verses) would be good from the 2nd album. The 3rd album is not as easy to get into (though I love it) but Machine Gun is probably the best bet.
I've always felt like that. Even though I know I'm a product of my time, its hard to deny what you're saying. Like the 1960's and 70's people could just feel a cultural explosion underway. If you grew up in the 1990's you could feel it. Video games, CDs, laptops, cell phones, and jadedness, were all becoming mainstream. It was a great time to be alive.
This album is gold. No fillers. Every song has so much repeat value including the album itself. Truly a masterpiece. Please do other songs from this album, you won't be disappointed.
Massive attack - black milk is the definition of trip hop to me. Portishead, Tricky (in his good days) all exceptional music. That Bristol sound is just fire.
Love Black Milk. And Dissolved Girl. But this album??? Man, just about every song is banging, in fact...ok, they all are, even the ones that I don't listen to as much. I rarely listen to this song or Sour Times bc unfortunately they just got so worn out for me, but Roads, Wandering Star, and Biscuit are a few Portishead songs that I have never gotten tired of after all these years. Humming and Undenied too, from the next album.
@@jenniferhill6506 I know exactly what you mean. Masterpieces but once they were on TV they kinda lost their charm. No matter how good a song is, if you play it 1,000,000 times...
Everything by Portishead is fire! I luckily discovered them in the beginning and have loved every song they have released. Never dissapointed . I think it was a crime they never got them to do a James Bond theme. Would have been magic.
The live version from their concert at Roseland NY is a thing of beauty, with full orchestral backing. Roads would be your next option from this band, the whole Roseland concert is something all music fans should watch at least once.
You know the lads are digging it when there's only two or three pauses and 90% of the rest of the time they're bobbing their heads and not a word out of each of their mouths.
Was scrolling through comments for this one! 1994 in Alaska I got Dummy, I had always thought "Trip-hop" was just ripping off Portishead! Is my favorite album, so much so that I only listen to a few times a year, just to preserve it.
“Glory Box” is my favorite Portishead song. The group is on another level. When Marsha Ambrosius covered another one of their hard hitters, “Sour Times,” I knew she was an official music lover.
Portishead are brilliant. Their "Dummy" album is a beginning to end classic. Lots of scratching involved and even Hip-Hop sounding beats. Also, if you do any other songs by them, you have to do it from their live show from Roseland NY. The sound quality is awesome and they're backed up by a symphony orchestra. It's one of their best live shows and "Roads" is really awesome from that show, but anything from that performance is gold.
Portishead are top 5 of all time for me - absolutely love them. If you want more classic Trip Hop I'd recommend reacting to Gorecki by Lamb - incredible track and group.
Portishead is super underrated and just not givin a chance. The album Dummy is a truly beautiful album from beginning to end. The samples are sick. Arrangements are sick and they even throw in a Biggie sample with some turntables! Go down the Portishead rabbit hole!
I disagree, they have general recognition world wide as a fantastic band, all their albums have been very successfull, maybe less so in the US, maybe that's what you meant?
I didn't mean for it to come across as not being big through out the world. Meant more as if you were to ask 100 random people, most would not know who the are or if they did, maybe heard 1 song and never attempted to listen to anymore
This and your Massive Attack reaction are such a joy. This music is so timeless. Neither group cares for the trip hop name (something magazines came up with) since it’s just pure music in both cases. Keep digging into these bands, they’re both the best. Managed to see Portishead live three times, twice in the 90s when they toured their incredible second album and once more in 2014 at a music festival in Iceland.
This song takes me back so hard. My dad died unexpectedly in early 1994 and I can still feel the deep, dark places this took me. I was so lost for a long time and somehow needed the music from this era to take me down before I could climb back up.
If you like this, give the song Hell Is Around The Corner by Tricky a listen. He used the same sample as they did and to good effect. This song is a game changer for me as a guitarist that grew up on metal, punk, power pop and shoegaze. Well done, guys!
I have a playlist on Spotify that I created myself that’s 12 hours of trip hop. All classics: Portishead, Massive Attack, Morcheeba, Björk, Zero 7, Tricky, DJ Shadow, Hooverphonic, Air, etc. Reactions are my favourite YT content. For me, there’s nothing like when a new song moves through me and I FEEL it for the first time ever. One of my absolute favourite genres and I love your reaction so much.
Glad you enjoyed this one, they were so tight live. To me, best way to describe trip hop is dark, sultry, and chill af. Check out a track from Tricky's album Maxinquaye, you won't be sorry
A huge part of why it's so smooth is because it's built around a sample from Isaac Hayes' "Ike's Rap II". "Glory Box" also is definitely one of my faves off the album -- which is sublime from start to finish.
@@jontspam4134 you didnt know it was a sample? the fact it repeats and never changes is a big giveaway. Tricky used the same sample of 'Hell is around the corner' from same era too.
@@coldgoldcan2781 I figured it may have been a sample, but usually a sample gets a bit more work. Glory Box is to my mind an Isaac Hayes song with the lyrics changed. Not knocking it entirely, they've got another tune that's a complete take off of Silver Apples, I still danced to it.
@@jontspam4134 It was pretty common in the 90s to just grab a sample and loop it, most 90s hip-hop is the same. At least with portishead you have a band playing around it, there was a big criticism of hip hop at the time that it was just stealing. My philosophy is that if it sounds good I dont really care how it was made or how complicated it is.
When most people think of rap and hip-hop today, they think gangsta, but haven't heard De La Soul's album - 3 Feet High Rising. Now that's some story-telling. 🎶Three is a magic number🎵 I just realized that this album is 35 years old next April...
This was the perfect end of a crazy night, come down music in the 90s. I distinctly remember laying on my back on some random trip-friend's livingroom floor watching nonexistent shadows ebb and flow to this album. Lawdy, how did I make it to 50! Thanks for unlocking some fun memories. Gonna go dust off some cds.
I love that you two loved this song. It’s seriously such a chill song. One of my favorites I must say. Girl has an amazing voice and the instrumental was so good. Kept changing up making it so different.
First two albums in full are totally legit! They were a great transition band for me going from being an East Coast hip hop head to getting into rock and roll.
Portishead long ago struck me speechless when I heard Sour Times. If you check more of their stuff, that's what I suggest next. It's another stunning piece.
Portishead was THE shit back in the day. Used to listen on repeat for a serious vibe all night. Great to see them appreciated so many years later. Nice reaction & great channel.
You boys should now check out “Hell is Round the Corner” by Tricky, which is not only another great trip-hop classic, but which also uses the same Isaac Hayes sample in the verses. Will be a great comparison for you… they’re both 🔥
I'm so excited that you've hit your trip hop era! haha it is a genre that seems to draw people from almost every other genre of music. It is so excessively moody and thick and minimal and just...strap yourself in because trip hop just hits differently.
To me trip-hop always defined a certain time period of music and not a hard and fast genre…hence why such a variety of songs are considered trip-hop classics, but sound so different from one another
This is one of those genius albums. Every song is amazing. My personal favourite probably Wandering Star, but you have to listen to them all! Portishead are also one of those bands who have massive cross over appeal, and I know at least in the UK a lot of punk and metal fans are into them. Even though the sound is super smooth and chill, it also has that raw energy you find in punk and metal. Thanks for another great reaction 🖤🖤
Amazing band, this whole album is life changing. Wandering Star, Roads... just pure beauty. Other good trip hop/Bristol stuff - Tricky, Roots Manuva, Massive Attack, Sneaker Pimps, Leftfield, Unkle..
Portishead is one of my favorite underrated groups. I love the tone and tenor of their music. It's very hypnotic and meditative... kind of like being underwater. I always thought they would have been a perfect choice to compose a theme for a James Bond movie.
Dummy as an album is timeless and utterly beautiful. Few of this calibre exist. The best description I can give is it makes you feel like you are in a James Bond movie but only the sexy parts
Thanks for the shout out, guys! Mikaby started the Trip Hop diversion with "In the Waiting Line" and I compiled that list to learn more about the genre myself. So, big thanks to Mikaby.
Thank you, gentlemen! It is so much of a treat right now to hear Portishead getting it all over RUclips. My favorite band from the 90s; but I felt like I was the only guy in my social circle listening to them.
This album came out, I was working in Liverpool on a big flooring job, 1994. 2 weeks. Myself and my pal played it on repeat day in day out, until my dad snapped and cut the cable to by boom box the absolute bastard.😂😂 Absolutely nothing like portishead.. Utterly ridiculous unique.. The live new York set is ground breaking.. Beth gibbons is a cross between Nina Simone and Janis Joplin....and not my words...
Ultimate coding and writing fiction scene music. Love these groups. I've always felt that their art was in narrowing down the affect to a particular set or singular emotion -- and then composing that into a song that operates something like an objective correlative for that affect.
You would also love Only You if you like this one….layed back like this with some more hip hop elements…turntable scratching, etc….my fave Portishead. The live video from, I think it’s the Roseland Ballroom, is a knockout…but watch the vid, not just the soundtrack.
I love this song, it samples “Medley: Ike’s Rap” by Isaac Hayes. A ton of his stuff never got super popular but was sampled on a bunch of successful songs. Awesome to see what different people do with the same sounds.
Wandering Star is amazing, I would love to see a reaction to that tune. You guys might dislike how long and drawn out some parts are. But that groove makes me wanna just get stoned and go for a rainy, late-night drive on the highway.
Sick reaction! I've never really thought of this band as being strictly "trip hop." I'd strongly recommend Morcheeba for the music that is similar to what you just heard but with more hip hop influence. Their song Big Calm has the musical style with hip hop style barz. Their song Ten Men is a masterclass in vocal range IMHO. I think Morcheeba must be a part of any budding trip hop aficionado's library.
One of the best bands ever, just a bunch of musical geniuses that happened to come together, I wish they made more than 3 albums (they've supposedly been working for 20 years on the 4th lol) The Rip is for me for sure one of the top 5 songs ever recorded, and this one, Roads, and All Mine are all up there too
Trip hop is a fantastic genre. Bristol was the centre of it back in the day. Tricky's "Hell is Round the Corner" uses the same beat. Both amazing tracks.
Ok guys. Serious AF. The WHOLE Live in NYC album with an orchestra is fire beyond fire. One of the few live albums that are as close to perfect as one could get. I promise you won’t be disappointed. The live version of Roads would be a good start!! And this song is super fire on that album too.
My man, try “Flight Facilities Live w/ The Melbourne Symphony Orchestra”. That’s another “close to perfect as you can get” album, you’ll love it.
faaacts, the live version of this song sounds wayyy better imo
Comment for bump. Just.. do the live album. So good.
U know what's up!! I just recommended the same lol
Gotta watch the vid, listening to the audio doesn't do it justice.
It’s the mid-nineties, it’s 4am, you’re back at someone’s house after a club, everyone’s chilling, smoking and this is on the stereo. That’s trip-hop, downtempo late night vibing.
Yes! 🙋♀️🙋♀️🙋♀️
you painted it perfectly
God I miss those nights. Usually on the ride down from some lovely psychedelics! 😂
Just hearing Portishead has me reaching for the king-size skins…😂
I came here to say exactly this! We were all there doing this!
Portishead Dummy is a life changer. They only released 3 proper albums but each one is unique and highly innovative. The instrumentation is deviously complex in its simplicity. Can’t wait for more Portishead reactions!
Yep. Literally impossible to overstate how important this album was to electronic music.
Another great is Bitter:Sweet, but they must gate-keep their stuff. Never seen a reaction despite their prowess at making great music.
Facts. One of my favorite albums of all time. One of the greatest voices in music.
Facts. Don’t forget the live album. It’s a mind blower. So good.
@@lowenbad Roseland NYC is unbelievably good. Everything is better than the album version.
Glory Box is probably a top 10 all time song for me, and Dummy is for sure a top 10 album. Beth's voice is just so amazing
I have it signed!
They can react to every song.
Here-Here!!
I love the music and love the songs especially when others sing the songs. Her voice is my least favorite part of Portishead.
The Rip is their best song and definitely in my top 5 all time, but Glory Box and Roads are for sure up there too
Everyone in the UK (of a certain age) knows this song. Absolute classic. Whole album is great, but like others have said, the live in NYC album is amazing.
Absolutely. Dummy is a pivotal album of my teenage years - this and Pearl Jam's Ten and Massive Attack's Protection.
I love this album - it was, however, always the album to put on when it was time for everyone to go home.
The version of Cowboys on the NYC album is just so much better than the studio version.
The guitar solo sends shivers up my spine still.
That it does!
Trip-hop is the tastiest cocktail-elixir, blending the best ingredients of hip-hop, jazz, funk, soul, rock, ambient, electronica, drum&bass. That's trip-hop!
I've always described it as ambient music with strong beats, weird instrumentals and jazzy voices. My favourite
Trip hop means cocktail hour for me. Sitting on my balcony late at night enjoying the view. This on the sound system, nightcap or two. Bliss.
The trip in trip hop is a reference to tripping on a psychedelic
and down tempo
God tier music period. As far as metal or rock heads messin with it- I know lots of metal and punk fans who love em. Portishead has a ton of crossover all over the place.
Also don’t sleep on Third! Lots of people hated on it when it came out(because it’s not Dummy Part 2🙄)but it’s got a lot of fire and a wider range of sounds. All of their stuff is good though.
@@GarrettOsha exactly. I mentioned in a comment that Machine Gun from Third definitely gave a different sound that most Portishead fans didn't expect but damn was it refreshing and exciting to hear them evolve.
I’m a huge metalhead and I love portishead.
@@GarrettOsha Third is my favourite, love the krautrock flair. All their albums are perfect though.
@@GarrettOsha Machine Gun is one of the best songs Portishead has ever written.
Man I’m glad you guys are listening to this!! Please more Portishead songs like sour times, biscuit, & roads!
wandering star too
@@hornyconvict that’s my fav song
Biscuit is one of my favs. Sour times sounds like a James Bond tune.
Mysterons too!!
Mysterons (perfect blend of guitar, samples, scratching, and Beth's voice), Biscuit (darker vibe but great groove), Sour Times (another accessible single), Roads (essentially a ballad over a sick laidback hiphop beat) and Wandering Star (driving yet still subdued, easy to vibe to) are all strong recommendations from the 1st album. Humming (ridiculous groove after the string intro), All Mine (another big single, big band meets hip hop), and maybe Seven Months (more aggressive vocals but strong chorus with a sick beat and fun stop/start dynamics in the verses) would be good from the 2nd album. The 3rd album is not as easy to get into (though I love it) but Machine Gun is probably the best bet.
The funny thing is that Portishead, Massive Attack, Tricky etc were my gateway to hip hop!
Spy Glass - Massive attack
Lol, you seriously went backwards on quality
Same here 🙋♂
@@nykterion7 Maxinquaye is legit tho
@@nykterion7 That's a pretty terrible thing to say, considering that trip hop wouldn't exist if not for hip hop music.
Beth Gibbons is an incredible singer. Wandering Stars is one of my favorites from Portishead
Second this! Wandering Stars is my absolute favorite.
what a superb song .. fully agree
That's my fav Portishead song.. second that. 🤘
One of my favorite endings to a song. Portishead is all, "Oh, you think the song is ending? NO! Experience more funkiness!!!"
Also my favourite. The opening lyrics are so poetic and heartbreaking.
Roads is just my favourite tune on the album. Going on my funeral list. Such a haunting voice
Dude if they liked Glory Box they're gonna DIG the shit out of Roads. I think Roads is so much better
Seriously, Roads is one of the best songs ever made.
Live version of roads always gives me goose bumps...!! :-)
I absolutely love this song! Was gonna recommend it. Especially the live version
Roads is incredible
The 90's were goated, we had the best music movies and so on. The music diversity in the 90's is unparalleled
I've always felt like that. Even though I know I'm a product of my time, its hard to deny what you're saying. Like the 1960's and 70's people could just feel a cultural explosion underway. If you grew up in the 1990's you could feel it. Video games, CDs, laptops, cell phones, and jadedness, were all becoming mainstream. It was a great time to be alive.
80s kid and 90s teen here. Best time ever.
Facts
Couldn’t agree more, born late 80’s but 90’s was truly a transformational time. Massive Attack and Portishead are just such an inspiration.
Dummy is in my top 10 albums of all time.
Reminds me of my third year at university. Tricky, Massive Attack and Portishead were so new and cool and had such a unique sound.
Add Hooverphonic to that list …and Mazy Star
This album is gold. No fillers. Every song has so much repeat value including the album itself. Truly a masterpiece. Please do other songs from this album, you won't be disappointed.
Massive attack - black milk is the definition of trip hop to me. Portishead, Tricky (in his good days) all exceptional music. That Bristol sound is just fire.
To me the blueprint trip hop song would be “Karmacoma” from their 2nd album Protection.
Best not mention Ronni Size then
Love Black Milk. And Dissolved Girl. But this album??? Man, just about every song is banging, in fact...ok, they all are, even the ones that I don't listen to as much. I rarely listen to this song or Sour Times bc unfortunately they just got so worn out for me, but Roads, Wandering Star, and Biscuit are a few Portishead songs that I have never gotten tired of after all these years. Humming and Undenied too, from the next album.
@@jenniferhill6506 I know exactly what you mean. Masterpieces but once they were on TV they kinda lost their charm. No matter how good a song is, if you play it 1,000,000 times...
Awe boys the live version is so fing cool she's got a smoke in her hand the whole time she's so damn cool
I forgot how cool smoking was until I saw that video
Triphop, what a rabbit hole. Enjoy!! So good. Deep sounds. Good shit. Definite r&b beats and bass. Usually women vocalists but some men. So good.
Beth's voice is just amazing, Roads is probably my favourite from Dummy.
The performance of "Roads" from the live NYC album is even better, maybe their greatest track.
The band Ihsahn does a badass cover of roads.
@@jasonvelliquette9058 john martyn does another great cover of this song.
Roads is the best, absolutely the best.
30 years old and sounds fresh as ever ... PORTISHEAD IS DOPE DOPE ..... been a fan for 3 decades
Everything by Portishead is fire! I luckily discovered them in the beginning and have loved every song they have released. Never dissapointed . I think it was a crime they never got them to do a James Bond theme. Would have been magic.
Portishead live in NY with the Orchestra is one of the greatest concerts in recorded human history. Its Just legendary, what a vibe.
The live version from their concert at Roseland NY is a thing of beauty, with full orchestral backing. Roads would be your next option from this band, the whole Roseland concert is something all music fans should watch at least once.
The Roseland gig is something I wish I could go back in time to attend. One of my all-time favourite bands.
You know the lads are digging it when there's only two or three pauses and 90% of the rest of the time they're bobbing their heads and not a word out of each of their mouths.
"Dummy" is literally one of the most perfect albums that exist.
It really opened the door for the whole trip-hop scene.
Blue lines, dummy and maxinque, all flawless albums with not a bad moment on them.
Was scrolling through comments for this one! 1994 in Alaska I got Dummy, I had always thought "Trip-hop" was just ripping off Portishead! Is my favorite album, so much so that I only listen to a few times a year, just to preserve it.
@@DipstickD I get you completely. It's such a masterpiece.
“Glory Box” is my favorite Portishead song. The group is on another level. When Marsha Ambrosius covered another one of their hard hitters, “Sour Times,” I knew she was an official music lover.
Portishead are brilliant. Their "Dummy" album is a beginning to end classic. Lots of scratching involved and even Hip-Hop sounding beats.
Also, if you do any other songs by them, you have to do it from their live show from Roseland NY. The sound quality is awesome and they're backed up by a symphony orchestra. It's one of their best live shows and "Roads" is really awesome from that show, but anything from that performance is gold.
+1 for the Roseland version of Roads
I'm stoked that you're heading into the trip-hop world!!
Portishead Live at Roseland is EVERYTHING
Portishead are top 5 of all time for me - absolutely love them.
If you want more classic Trip Hop I'd recommend reacting to Gorecki by Lamb - incredible track and group.
Tricky
Massive Attack too
lamb are great, lets not forget moloko!
I had the same thought. Gorecki or B-line 🫶
Great to see you reacting to Bristol’s finest. Trip Hop and bass music came from Bristol U.K.
Bristol carried the UK music scene HARD with this band.
Portishead is super underrated and just not givin a chance. The album Dummy is a truly beautiful album from beginning to end. The samples are sick. Arrangements are sick and they even throw in a Biggie sample with some turntables! Go down the Portishead rabbit hole!
I disagree, they have general recognition world wide as a fantastic band, all their albums have been very successfull, maybe less so in the US, maybe that's what you meant?
Portishead are big what you on?
I didn't mean for it to come across as not being big through out the world. Meant more as if you were to ask 100 random people, most would not know who the are or if they did, maybe heard 1 song and never attempted to listen to anymore
@@Stringer13ell Here in Europe they definitely are very well known.
Underrated!? In what world!? 😂
Yes!! Portishead! Thank you! We knew you’d dig this. It’s jazzy, R&B, edgy and so different than anything I’ve heard. Great reaction. 👌🏼
This and your Massive Attack reaction are such a joy. This music is so timeless. Neither group cares for the trip hop name (something magazines came up with) since it’s just pure music in both cases. Keep digging into these bands, they’re both the best.
Managed to see Portishead live three times, twice in the 90s when they toured their incredible second album and once more in 2014 at a music festival in Iceland.
This song takes me back so hard. My dad died unexpectedly in early 1994 and I can still feel the deep, dark places this took me. I was so lost for a long time and somehow needed the music from this era to take me down before I could climb back up.
❤❤❤❤❤
Im so happy y’all finally got to Portishead. Dummy was game changing.
If you like this, give the song Hell Is Around The Corner by Tricky a listen. He used the same sample as they did and to good effect. This song is a game changer for me as a guitarist that grew up on metal, punk, power pop and shoegaze. Well done, guys!
Isaac Hayes' Ike's Rap II from the Black Moses lp.
Yep!
Yes!!! Thank you for saying this, they should listen to hell around the corner by tricky for a while now
I have a playlist on Spotify that I created myself that’s 12 hours of trip hop. All classics: Portishead, Massive Attack, Morcheeba, Björk, Zero 7, Tricky, DJ Shadow, Hooverphonic, Air, etc. Reactions are my favourite YT content. For me, there’s nothing like when a new song moves through me and I FEEL it for the first time ever. One of my absolute favourite genres and I love your reaction so much.
Throw some Faithless and Sneaker Pimps in and I am there.
This album was iconic in my lifetime..n still is music at it's purest form
I love this album. “Roads” is my jam. I always felt they never got the love they deserved. A truly innovative band. 😊
Glad you enjoyed this one, they were so tight live. To me, best way to describe trip hop is dark, sultry, and chill af. Check out a track from Tricky's album Maxinquaye, you won't be sorry
Did you notice the 33.3 tap throughout the song? It's making you feel like you're listening to an old record with a scratch
It's because it's a sample.
A huge part of why it's so smooth is because it's built around a sample from Isaac Hayes' "Ike's Rap II".
"Glory Box" also is definitely one of my faves off the album -- which is sublime from start to finish.
Lost a little respect for Portishead and gained a lot for Hayes when I found that out.
@@jontspam4134 you didnt know it was a sample? the fact it repeats and never changes is a big giveaway. Tricky used the same sample of 'Hell is around the corner' from same era too.
@@coldgoldcan2781 I figured it may have been a sample, but usually a sample gets a bit more work. Glory Box is to my mind an Isaac Hayes song with the lyrics changed. Not knocking it entirely, they've got another tune that's a complete take off of Silver Apples, I still danced to it.
@@jontspam4134 It was pretty common in the 90s to just grab a sample and loop it, most 90s hip-hop is the same. At least with portishead you have a band playing around it, there was a big criticism of hip hop at the time that it was just stealing. My philosophy is that if it sounds good I dont really care how it was made or how complicated it is.
When most people think of rap and hip-hop today, they think gangsta, but haven't heard De La Soul's album - 3 Feet High Rising. Now that's some story-telling. 🎶Three is a magic number🎵 I just realized that this album is 35 years old next April...
This was the perfect end of a crazy night, come down music in the 90s. I distinctly remember laying on my back on some random trip-friend's livingroom floor watching nonexistent shadows ebb and flow to this album. Lawdy, how did I make it to 50! Thanks for unlocking some fun memories. Gonna go dust off some cds.
Yes, Portishead is amazing! Thanks for introducing them to our community. Zero 7, Massive Attack, and Portishead are all brilliant.
I love that you two loved this song. It’s seriously such a chill song. One of my favorites I must say. Girl has an amazing voice and the instrumental was so good. Kept changing up making it so different.
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First two albums in full are totally legit! They were a great transition band for me going from being an East Coast hip hop head to getting into rock and roll.
Portishead long ago struck me speechless when I heard Sour Times. If you check more of their stuff, that's what I suggest next. It's another stunning piece.
Portishead was THE shit back in the day. Used to listen on repeat for a serious vibe all night. Great to see them appreciated so many years later. Nice reaction & great channel.
You boys should now check out “Hell is Round the Corner” by Tricky, which is not only another great trip-hop classic, but which also uses the same Isaac Hayes sample in the verses. Will be a great comparison for you… they’re both 🔥
This is pure fact!
One of my favourite songs of all time.
I'm so excited that you've hit your trip hop era! haha it is a genre that seems to draw people from almost every other genre of music. It is so excessively moody and thick and minimal and just...strap yourself in because trip hop just hits differently.
Portishead's second album is my favorite. The entire record is one for sexy time.
No matter how many times I hear this tune, as soon as that guitar comes in and the vocal changes for the chorus, goosebumps. Every time.
To me trip-hop always defined a certain time period of music and not a hard and fast genre…hence why such a variety of songs are considered trip-hop classics, but sound so different from one another
You guys are great. Glad that you are branching out into other music genres. Portishead.
This is one of those genius albums. Every song is amazing. My personal favourite probably Wandering Star, but you have to listen to them all! Portishead are also one of those bands who have massive cross over appeal, and I know at least in the UK a lot of punk and metal fans are into them. Even though the sound is super smooth and chill, it also has that raw energy you find in punk and metal. Thanks for another great reaction 🖤🖤
Saw them live early on - blew me AWAY - just amazing moment in musical evolution…
Love this song! Sour Times is another great one from them to react to
I saw em in 97 they were outstanding and the singer Beth gave me a kiss on the cheek
TOOL and Portishead, my 2 favorite completely different bands, 2 uniquely sounding bands have turned me on to so much different music
Amazing band, this whole album is life changing. Wandering Star, Roads... just pure beauty. Other good trip hop/Bristol stuff - Tricky, Roots Manuva, Massive Attack, Sneaker Pimps, Leftfield, Unkle..
Unkle!! Nice blast from the past 😍
Unkle. Massive Attack. Geniuses.
Great reaction, you nailed the jazzy influence of this song.
Check out Morcheeba's "Trigger Hippie " for more of a bluesy influence on trip hop
YES!
Portishead is one of my favorite underrated groups. I love the tone and tenor of their music. It's very hypnotic and meditative... kind of like being underwater. I always thought they would have been a perfect choice to compose a theme for a James Bond movie.
They don't have a single bad song. Hope to see you react to more of their music. 🔥
I discovered trip hop way too late, but man was I blown away!!!!! And this is a masterpiece❤
If you like that their first two albums are a must asap. Total mood setters.
My god, I'm glad you found this. A ton of artists use this record. There's jazz, soul, you name it.
Dummy as an album is timeless and utterly beautiful. Few of this calibre exist. The best description I can give is it makes you feel like you are in a James Bond movie but only the sexy parts
Thanks for the shout out, guys! Mikaby started the Trip Hop diversion with "In the Waiting Line" and I compiled that list to learn more about the genre myself. So, big thanks to Mikaby.
Great album. So different and mixed styles I never heard of until it's release in 94
Thank you, gentlemen! It is so much of a treat right now to hear Portishead getting it all over RUclips. My favorite band from the 90s; but I felt like I was the only guy in my social circle listening to them.
The whole album is incredible. “Roads” and “Pedestal” are absolute bangers.
So...We got Massive Attack e Portishead. Next stop, Morcheeba?
Roads is an incredibly beautiful song that really show cases her voice.
This album came out, I was working in Liverpool on a big flooring job, 1994.
2 weeks.
Myself and my pal played it on repeat day in day out, until my dad snapped and cut the cable to by boom box the absolute bastard.😂😂
Absolutely nothing like portishead..
Utterly ridiculous unique..
The live new York set is ground breaking..
Beth gibbons is a cross between Nina Simone and Janis Joplin....and not my words...
Ultimate coding and writing fiction scene music. Love these groups. I've always felt that their art was in narrowing down the affect to a particular set or singular emotion -- and then composing that into a song that operates something like an objective correlative for that affect.
Love it! Roads is phenomenal as well. Live at Roseland is quintessential; especially the video.
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Portishead Dummy is still on my heavy rotation decades after it was released. It's pure fire 🔥 Love the trip hop era
Bravo for u guys ! For me the best song of Portishead so far and in the top 10 of bands in the 90’ s. Simply beautiful and amazing music.
You would also love Only You if you like this one….layed back like this with some more hip hop elements…turntable scratching, etc….my fave Portishead. The live video from, I think it’s the Roseland Ballroom, is a knockout…but watch the vid, not just the soundtrack.
When this CD came out I was 14. I was BLOWN AWAY! Obsessed and in love.
The beat has always been fire to me. Hella hypnotic.
They released a live album from Roseland NYC with full orchestra... SICK! 🔥🔥🔥
I love this song, it samples “Medley: Ike’s Rap” by Isaac Hayes. A ton of his stuff never got super popular but was sampled on a bunch of successful songs. Awesome to see what different people do with the same sounds.
Portishead, Massive Attack, Zero 7 and Morcheeba and I’m in HEAVEN. ❤
Wandering Star is amazing, I would love to see a reaction to that tune. You guys might dislike how long and drawn out some parts are. But that groove makes me wanna just get stoned and go for a rainy, late-night drive on the highway.
please stay sober when you drive...
Finally, some Portishead!! Need more.
Sick reaction! I've never really thought of this band as being strictly "trip hop." I'd strongly recommend Morcheeba for the music that is similar to what you just heard but with more hip hop influence. Their song Big Calm has the musical style with hip hop style barz. Their song Ten Men is a masterclass in vocal range IMHO. I think Morcheeba must be a part of any budding trip hop aficionado's library.
havent heard this since the late 90s, thank you! You brought back some long lost memories :)
This song is on every “pretzel” playlist I have.
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I never watched one video from you guys except for this 1 and you guys nailed it. I am subscribing right now good job open your minds
This entire album is seared into my memory. Absolute classic.
Brings back some great times and some “sour times”
I feel very fortunate to have seen them live at the Bronco Bowl in Dallas back in the 90's - they were awesome live! Great video and selection, guys!
Tricky would probably fall into the hip-hop portion trip-hop more in line with what you were expecting trip-hop to be.
100%
massive attack in general, very interesting to see the british take on hip hop from that time. Rodney P, too for the more dancehall / ragga influence.
Love this song, It samples "Ike's Rap II" by Isaac Hayes, 1971 Black Moses album.
Still can't wait for you to react to songs from Massive Attacks debut album Blue Lines... So much great early hip-hop sounds.
One of the best bands ever, just a bunch of musical geniuses that happened to come together, I wish they made more than 3 albums (they've supposedly been working for 20 years on the 4th lol)
The Rip is for me for sure one of the top 5 songs ever recorded, and this one, Roads, and All Mine are all up there too
Trip hop is a fantastic genre. Bristol was the centre of it back in the day. Tricky's "Hell is Round the Corner" uses the same beat. Both amazing tracks.
YES! You HAVE to listen to more! Such a beautiful band! Very R&B/trippy jazz feel to it all.