EnsignMilkshake commented on Portishead Pulls The "Rip" Cord,
at 10:43 AM on May 14
@djp: Jet Monkey finds your analysis interesting, but ultimately wrong, since none of the instruments are tuned to each other (deliberately...
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EnsignMilkshake commented on Portishead Pulls The "Rip" Cord,
at 4:10 PM on May 13
@djp: Even if we stay with DP's definition of atonal (instead of "makes me want to listen to Dummy"), every song does not have "a tonal center" and is not "built off of an unambiguous chord progression firmly rooted within the context of diatonic harmony" -- far from it.
We Carry On is a perfect example -- you have a bunch of different instruments that aren't even close to the same pitch/key (which is obviously the goal, and that's fine).
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Is that a photo of him taken right before he got the pneumonia treated?
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EnsignMilkshake commented on Portishead Pulls The "Rip" Cord, at 10:43 AM on May 14
@djp: Jet Monkey finds your analysis interesting, but ultimately wrong, since none of the instruments are tuned to each other (deliberately...
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EnsignMilkshake commented on Ben Affleck, How Could You?, at 4:42 PM on May 13
BS.
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EnsignMilkshake commented on Portishead Pulls The "Rip" Cord, at 4:10 PM on May 13
@djp: Even if we stay with DP's definition of atonal (instead of "makes me want to listen to Dummy"), every song does not have "a tonal center" and is not "built off of an unambiguous chord progression firmly rooted within the context of diatonic harmony" -- far from it.
We Carry On is a perfect example -- you have a bunch of different instruments that aren't even close to the same pitch/key (which is obviously the goal, and that's fine).
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EnsignMilkshake commented on John Mellencamp Makes Another Album About Freedom, at 11:21 AM on May 13
Leave the guy alone.
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EnsignMilkshake commented on Portishead Pulls The "Rip" Cord, at 6:26 PM on May 12
@westartedthis: Are you sure we don't already hang out?
Great explanation.
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EnsignMilkshake commented on Portishead Pulls The "Rip" Cord, at 5:50 PM on May 12
@mackro: Nah, Branca's fine.
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EnsignMilkshake commented on Portishead Pulls The "Rip" Cord, at 5:40 PM on May 12
@slowburn: "Thanks for the laugh." Really was just goofing, so you're welcome.
@Dickdogfood: "Gut-churning" isn't usually a good thing...
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EnsignMilkshake commented on Portishead Pulls The "Rip" Cord, at 4:01 PM on May 12
@slowburn: I promise you, I have listened all the way through several times.
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EnsignMilkshake commented on Portishead Pulls The "Rip" Cord, at 3:45 PM on May 12
@brasstax: No, I'm acutely aware of music that isn't in tune.
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EnsignMilkshake commented on Portishead Pulls The "Rip" Cord, at 3:43 PM on May 12
@Ned Raggett: Never said it was!
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EnsignMilkshake commented on Portishead Pulls The "Rip" Cord, at 3:30 PM on May 12
@brasstax: If it didn't have the name "Portishead" on the cover (id3 tag) you never would have even heard it.
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EnsignMilkshake commented on Portishead Pulls The "Rip" Cord, at 3:17 PM on May 12
I'm with Chim.
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