Some Random Thoughts

[rhythmaning]

It is a sunny morning; I woke up early and went swimming before breakfast. The pool was crowded with OAPs and people ploughing the lanes before going to work.

I had breakfast in a café around the corner, reading the paper whilst nibbling a pain au raisin and drinking several cups of coffee.

All of which may explain why I felt in the mood for some loud music when I got in. I put on Massive Attack’s Mezzanine, a particularly dark and brooding album that I rarely play: but today my upbeat mood could cope with the intensity. Plus it has some really good beats on it.

So I cranked up the volume. Thus it was that I missed two calls to my phone!

It really is a great album, though. Just dark.

Comments

[psychochicken.livejournal.com]

Mezzanine is a cracking album. Most of the time it's my favourite 'attack record, but sometimes Protection creeps in there. Everyone seems to reckon that Blue Lines is their classic, but I just hear the seeds of what's to come and a lot of 80's hip-hop in there.

Also worth checking out is 'No Protection' - the Mad Professor dub reworking of the Protection album. In many ways it's better than the original.

PS:Does anyone else think that the theme tune to 'House' (American doctor show with Hugh Laurie in) sounds like 'Teardrop'?

[rhythmaning.livejournal.com]

Mezzanine is brilliant, but I find it hard to tak unless I am in just the right kind of mood.

I love Protection (which I heard first), and Blue Lines has some cracking tracks.

I think all three of these albums have some really brilliant, excellent tracks, but also some fillers that I can happily skip.

I recently heard the original source for Safe From Harm - a Billy Cobham jazz-rock track. Basically, all Massive Attack had done was lift the bass and drums, stick some jangly guitar on it and put the vocals over the top. I can't remember if Billy Cobham even got a credit!