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― na (NA), Monday, 23 January 2017 18:56 (seven years ago) link
anyway i love this song and didn't vote for it bc i felt very silly voting for it two years in a row. glad it placed
― who is extremely unqualified to review this pop album (BradNelson), Monday, 23 January 2017 18:57 (seven years ago) link
Yay! Underworld!
― Working night & day, I tried to stay awake... (Turrican), Monday, 23 January 2017 18:58 (seven years ago) link
didn't understand why ppl liked this jeremih song so much in particular
meanwhile "pass dat" didn't become a hit :(
ps did the original version of "waves" place before?
― dyl, Monday, 23 January 2017 19:06 (seven years ago) link
yes
― who is extremely unqualified to review this pop album (BradNelson), Monday, 23 January 2017 19:08 (seven years ago) link
i can't remember if i voted for pass dat or oui last year
― marcos, Monday, 23 January 2017 19:09 (seven years ago) link
oui is nice, but the track with Jeremih I liked the most this year was enemiez
― Dan S, Monday, 23 January 2017 19:11 (seven years ago) link
Wow, this second Underworld tune is awful! Never been a big fan of their vocals, but at least they used to have banging techno beats and cool, evocative synth loops underneath them... But this is just horrible mumblecore indie rock, not much better than The Fall.
― Tuomas, Monday, 23 January 2017 19:13 (seven years ago) link
"enemiez" was brilliant, "body" with dreezy was my jeremih fix of 2k16
― lex pretend, Monday, 23 January 2017 19:13 (seven years ago) link
tuomassssssss
― left hand hierarchy (imago), Monday, 23 January 2017 19:15 (seven years ago) link
FP
― sleeve, Monday, 23 January 2017 19:16 (seven years ago) link
I like "Oui," I wanted to make a terrible joke.
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 23 January 2017 19:16 (seven years ago) link
Are people voting for underworld out of eager anticipation of the trainspotting sequel?
― danzig, Monday, 23 January 2017 19:18 (seven years ago) link
Tuomas owning this thread. Kudos
― EZ Snappin, Monday, 23 January 2017 19:19 (seven years ago) link
The people who liked the Underworld album REALLY liked it: Underworld - Barbara Barbara, We Face a Shining Future (Coming March 18, 2016)
― (The caption: “fine dining.”) (DJP), Monday, 23 January 2017 19:20 (seven years ago) link
As someone who kinda hates the Fall, I'm into the Tuomas trolling upthread (even though I like the Underworld track).
― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Monday, 23 January 2017 19:21 (seven years ago) link
me too
― marcos, Monday, 23 January 2017 19:22 (seven years ago) link
Watershed moment: the Fall haters are coming out of their gritty, miserable holes. Thank you Tuomas, I'm taking note here.
― Le Bateau Ivre, Monday, 23 January 2017 19:24 (seven years ago) link
Think a lot of Underworld naysayers might actually like 'Santiago Cuatro' from the album if nothing else.
I like the album generally but not 'If Rah' much at all.
― nashwan, Monday, 23 January 2017 19:29 (seven years ago) link
The first Underworld track I ever heard was this one (the compilation I had labelled it as Underworld, not Lemon Interupt), when I was 14... I really, really liked the tune, it was so evocative and deep and mysterious (and being a geek I obviously dug the Akira sample at the end), and I thought they were some kind of experimental trance/ambient house act. Bought Dubnobass... and was disappointed to discover they had silly nasal singing on every tune, even the version of "Dirty". So my history with Underworld has literally been all downhill from that first counter, and that tune upthread is pretty much the nadir.
― Tuomas, Monday, 23 January 2017 19:30 (seven years ago) link
And yeah, I get it, my conception of them was misguided, they were always a rock band disguising as a techno act, but it's so sad, they had so much potential in them, if they'd just proceeded to the direction pointed out by the original "Dirty".
― Tuomas, Monday, 23 January 2017 19:33 (seven years ago) link
Watershed moment: the Fall haters are coming out of their gritty, miserable holes. Thank you Tuomas, I'm taking note here.― Le Bateau Ivre, Monday, January 23, 2017 7:24 PM (seven minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
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Let a hundred flowers bloom
― Camaraderie at Arms Length, Monday, 23 January 2017 19:33 (seven years ago) link
i love a good amount of underworld but not much from this one
― marcos, Monday, 23 January 2017 19:35 (seven years ago) link
it's so sad, they had so much potential in them, if they'd just proceeded to the direction pointed out by the original "Dirty".
they could have had a successful and critically acclaimed career, it's true....
― nomar, Monday, 23 January 2017 19:36 (seven years ago) link
The original 'Dirty' with its prominent rock guitar twangs.
― nashwan, Monday, 23 January 2017 19:37 (seven years ago) link
Are there only three more tracks today?
Huh?
(xpost)
― Tuomas, Monday, 23 January 2017 19:38 (seven years ago) link
lol, I don't even like Underworld but "so much squandered potential caused by not pandering exactly to my tastes" is an incredibly perplexing sentiment.
― emil.y, Monday, 23 January 2017 19:38 (seven years ago) link
someone please film Tuomas listening to Underneath the Radar
― (The caption: “fine dining.”) (DJP), Monday, 23 January 2017 19:39 (seven years ago) link
http://www.reactiongifs.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/headphones.gif
― nomar, Monday, 23 January 2017 19:40 (seven years ago) link
loool
― left hand hierarchy (imago), Monday, 23 January 2017 19:41 (seven years ago) link
Well they could've been a great techno act! Instead of becoming a critically acclaimed crossover-whatever act for people who might not even like techno. Of course potential squandered to the left can be acclaim gained on the right, but I'm only speaking from my point of view, as a rock-hating tehno lover. They lost us while they claimed you.
― Tuomas, Monday, 23 January 2017 19:42 (seven years ago) link
(xpost to Emily)
the direction they went in was so much better, "Dirty Epic" >>>> "Dirty"
― frogbs, Monday, 23 January 2017 19:43 (seven years ago) link
I bet you like rock music though?
― Tuomas, Monday, 23 January 2017 19:44 (seven years ago) link
underworld were great in the '90s but my interest in them in 2016 was nil, and these tracks don't change that; i hope newer house and techno artists will get a look in, too
― lex pretend, Monday, 23 January 2017 19:45 (seven years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/kXzoHJD.jpg
63 KING "Native Land" [182 points, 5 votes]https://youtu.be/bHk4-GMsS78
― gr8080, Monday, 23 January 2017 19:46 (seven years ago) link
imo this is like the tenth best song on the album, still great
― left hand hierarchy (imago), Monday, 23 January 2017 19:46 (seven years ago) link
Thought that was the best 'new' track on the album - nothing quite superior to the previously known songs though.
― nashwan, Monday, 23 January 2017 19:47 (seven years ago) link
Yay! That was my #5! I'm not as huge a fan of the album as some others here (mostly because of the odd mixing), but that's one helluva jam, great way to end an album. Their best tune, IMO.
― Tuomas, Monday, 23 January 2017 19:48 (seven years ago) link
wonderful song, very moving final track
― lex pretend, Monday, 23 January 2017 19:49 (seven years ago) link
lots of closing tracks so far in this poll, sign of the times maybe
― left hand hierarchy (imago), Monday, 23 January 2017 19:51 (seven years ago) link
"Native Land"is the most beautiful song I heard last year.
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 23 January 2017 19:51 (seven years ago) link
― Tuomas, Monday, January 23, 2017 7:42 PM (three minutes ago)
They didn't claim me, as you might have gathered if you'd actually read my post. FFS. (Also dude, I don't know if you've noticed but I frickin love electronic music, sorry that I've ~tainted~ myself in your eyes by also liking things with *gasp* guitars but prob NAGL to condescend to me on this issue.)
― emil.y, Monday, 23 January 2017 19:53 (seven years ago) link
The combination of that incredible vocal and those beautiful synths are perfection. Probably my favourite KING song after Hey (Extended Mix).
― Kitchen Person, Monday, 23 January 2017 19:54 (seven years ago) link
back to crowd sizes again lol
― marcos, Monday, 23 January 2017 19:54 (seven years ago) link
woops wrong thread sorry to muck up this one
"native land" is a lovely outro
― ciderpress, Monday, 23 January 2017 19:57 (seven years ago) link
I'm not sure how many unifying techno records there were from last year but I'd stick a fiver on Avalon Emerson or Willow appearing.
― Matt DC, Monday, 23 January 2017 19:57 (seven years ago) link
Im sorry, Emily, I know you love electronic music... That "you" was supposed to mean "you all" in plural, not you personally. (Why doesn't English have different words for singular and plural second person, it can get confusing?)
― Tuomas, Monday, 23 January 2017 19:58 (seven years ago) link