[MTP]

Let's talk about them.

 

[Dutch Fool]

Awesome band. What more do you wanna know?

(I've only heard their first and third album though)

 

[MTP]

I've recently discovered them (a week or two ago), i've been watching their live NYC performances. Pretty awesome.

Have they done any callobo's with anyone?

 

[Dutch Fool]

I've recently discovered them (a week or two ago), i've been watching their live NYC performances. Pretty awesome.

Have they done any callobo's with anyone?

Don't think so. I had to look this one up: they did a show where Chuck D showed up and did a freestyle over Machine Gun..

 

[MTP]

Woah nice.

This is on repeat atm:

 

[The Illmatic Dropout]

Portishead is one of my favorite alternative bands. Beth Williams has this voice that's like...I can't even explain it. It's so vulnerable, but so sexy.

I also think their influence is spread out more than most people think. We definitely would not have The XX without Portishead, etc.

 

[Asian]

love love love.

 

[REBEL]

this song is amazing:

 

[Porcelina]

I re-listened to Third a few weeks ago and, although I'd always really loved the album, I seemed to have missed how superb a track Threads is. It was like discovering a brilliant new song for me, awesome.

 

[Rod-Man]

Every song on Dummy is amazing. Glory Box is probably my favorite. I need to listen to Portishead (album) and Third some more though.

 

[FlyMx]

Anyone who seems to come in contact with their music goes on to pioneer Hip Hop music lol I.e. Outkast and Kanye West

 

[Porcelina]

Anyone who seems to come in contact with their music goes on to pioneer Hip Hop music lol I.e. Outkast and Kanye West

Dr. Dre also. I know peeps don't all like Dre here, but it's undeniable that he was a pioneer in hip hop and he has expressed a love of Portishead. So yeah, that theory holds some major water!

I always thought it would be great for someone to spit over Dummy. The beats just drip with soul and character. That's not a shot at Gibbons either, as she sounds angelic all over it.

 

[Mayweather]

School me on some Portishead.

 

[Porcelina]

School me on some Portishead.

They're one of the UK's premier music acts, in my experience often ranked only below Radiohead by a lot of people (myself included). Beth Gibbons has an incredible voice.

This is their most well-known track, from the 1994 album Dummy. The album is pretty seminal but seemingly across a range of styles, which is rare:

This is the lead track from their latest album, 2008's Third. It just bangs, basically. I always think the end bit sounds like the most joyous machine uprising imaginable, haha:

 

[FlyMx]

Dr. Dre also. I know peeps don't all like Dre here, but it's undeniable that he was a pioneer in hip hop and he has expressed a love of Portishead. So yeah, that theory holds some major water!

I always thought it would be great for someone to spit over Dummy. The beats just drip with soul and character. That's not a shot at Gibbons either, as she sounds angelic all over it.

You can def hear the influence they had on Outkast. Hopefully I'll be next in that line

 

[Mayweather]

Thanks, I love her voice. I'm going to check out more songs

 

[Porcelina]

You can def hear the influence they had on Outkast. Hopefully I'll be next in that line

Haha, let's hope so!

Thanks, I love her voice. I'm going to check out more songs

No worries, good luck with it.

 

[Mayweather]

No worries, good luck with it.

Yeah it takes me a while to adjust to a new band that I'm unfamiliar with. 

 

[FlyMx]

Yo is there like a DVD of these NYC vids ya'll are posting?

 

[Thatone]

Portishead

listen to all 3 albums