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Portishead – Small
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“Small” splinters into Syd Barrett-isms at the coda of and the melodic identity that he and Geoff Barrow built on a foundation of minor keys and sinister grandeur that still holds
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Portishead – Roads
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“Roads” is a track from Portishead’s album “Dummy” – the band’s debut studio album. The tracks “Roads” and “Strangers” (from the same album) were used in the soundtrack of the film
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Portishead – Glory Box
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“Glory Box”, the final track on Portishead’s Dummy, is one of their most well known songs, most notably for its unique use of “Ike’s Rap II” by Isaac Hayes, a popular sample in
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Portishead – Threads
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Portishead as you previously knew them are represented, barely, by the last song on the album— the sleepwalk-paced, David Axelrod-esque “Threads"—and even then, its intermittently
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Portishead – Nylon Smile
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“Nylon Smile”, is an almost heartfelt plea by Beth Gibbons that actually sounds like a nervous breakdown in progress right before your very ears.
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Portishead – Only You
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The music video was directed by Chris Cunningham.
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Portishead – Plastic
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“Plastic” is possibly the only time that Third delves into Portishead’s archives, as mellow, drawn-out beats linger as a backdrop for Gibbons poignant vocal delivery.
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Portishead – The Rip
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[Verse 1] / As she walks in the room / Centered and tall / Hesitating once more / And as I take on myself / And the bitterness I felt / I realize that love flows / [Chorus] / Wild
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Portishead – Hunter
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The cabaret highwire act Hunter highlights the fragility in Beth Gibbons' voice.
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Portishead – We Carry On
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“We Carry On” is a song that sounds a bit like Clinic’s droning, rhythmically dense garage-kraut, except somehow spookier
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Portishead – SOS
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[Intro] / [Verse 1] / Where are those happy days, they seem so hard to find / I tried to reach for you, but you have closed your mind / Whatever happened to our love? / I wish I
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Portishead – Deep Water
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[Verse] / I'm driftin' in deep waters / Alone with my self-doubtin' again / I try not to struggle this time / For I will weather the storm / [Chorus] / I gotta remember (Gotta
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Portishead – Biscuit
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“Biscuit” is a haunting piece of music about being trapped by one’s own feelings and yearnings.
Many reviews of Dummy highlight the creative use of samples from the string section
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Portishead – Magic Doors
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Magic Doors is a good choice of single, in that it is one of the more percussion-led tracks from Third. After verses brimming with menacing Eastern drones, harsh minimal percussion
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Portishead – Machine Gun
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[Verse 1] / I saw a savior, a savior come my way / I thought I'd see it at the cold light of day / But now I realize that I'm only for me / [Chorus] / If only I could see you turn
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Ab-Soul – Portishead in the Morning / / / HER World
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The title for Part 1 of the track is a direct reference to the English trip-hop group Portishead. Soul has been a long-time fan, stating on his Dec. 2016 Hot 97 interview that he
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Ab-Soul – Portishead in the Morning / / / HER World Samples
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See all of “Portishead in the Morning / / / HER World” by Ab-Soul’s samples, covers, remixes, interpolations and live versions
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Portishead – Silence
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On the chase-scene-paced Third opener Silence, Gibbons sounds like both a defiant accuser and someone clinging on for dear life.
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Kendrick Lamar (Ft. Beth Gibbons) – Mother I Sober
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“Mother I Sober” is the eighth track on disc two of Kendrick Lamar’s fifth and final studio album with Top Dawg Entertainment, Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers, and the seventeenth
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AOL – 619
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[Verse 1: AOL] / Sleep deprived, I don't need the light / Stay inside and I creep at night / Got the windows boarded in my bedroom / Need my headroom, bumping Deicide / It's days I
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R.J. Wheaton – Portishead's "Dummy" (33 1/3 Excerpt)
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An excerpt from R.J. Wheaton’s book on Portishead’s album Dummy, part of Bloomsbury’s 33 1/3 series.
You can buy the book here.
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Snoh Aalegra (Ft. Vince Staples) – Nothing Burns Like the Cold
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Snoh is joined by frequent collaborator and label mate, Vince Staples. The song is about a struggling relationship between a man and woman. Both partners face the reality that it
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Psycore – You Made A Monster
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Never Mind The Bollocks, mind the Six-Pack / We didn't mind the PISTOLS or BLACK FLAG / Havins sex to PORTISHEAD and MASSIVE ATTACK / And to Papas Got A Brand New Bag / GRANDMASTER
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Rick Ross – Santorini Greece
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The second track off the album focuses on Ross' past compared to his present while he talks about a lot of sensitive topics like racism, drug dealing and hustling to make it as a
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Tricky (Ft. Martina Topley-Bird) – Hell Is Round The Corner
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This is the fourth track on Tricky’s debut album, Maxinquaye. Having been a member of British Trip-Hop outfit, Massive Attack, the song was written among Tricky and the other
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Kush Kelz (Ft. Spark Master Tape) – John Lennon
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Kush Kelz single off of Very Fresh 2:Audio Overload.
The beat samples a portion of Roads by Portishead:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RFFQ89nvJxE
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Pixies – Where Is My Mind?
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Black Francis says that “Where Is My Mind?” was written during the time he was attending the University of Massachusetts Amherst, and was inspired by the experience of having a
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Ab-Soul – Bohemian Grove Samples
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See all of “Bohemian Grove” by Ab-Soul’s samples, covers, remixes, interpolations and live versions
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Hells16
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Hells16 is keeping quiet for now
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Hooverphonic – Mad About You
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“Mad About You” is arguably Hooverphonic’s greatest hit and most recognizable track. Alex Callier wrote it about “an impossible relationship with Cathy Dennis”.
A song which at
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Massive Attack (Ft. Horace Andy) – Angel
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Angel is the opening track of Massive Attack’s third album Mezzanine. It samples “Lost Bongo in Belgium” by The Incredible Bongo Band.
Originally, Angel was intended to be a
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Cheap Polaroid – Patronizing
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[Verse 1] / I’ve got a rotten ache, and there’s poison in my nerves, making me feel not real / So so fake, and I’ve got a light head bleed / And it’s… insufferable, and I feel so
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Genius Lists – Songs That Reference Drugs
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This is a reference page for songs that heavily reference drugs. (Not a little but a lot.)
A recent study of Genius.com user demographics suggested the need for this reference
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