Portishead

[SissyReed]

Since everyone talking about Lana x Portishead and there's no thread for them...
 

• Portishead are an English band formed in 1991 in Bristol. They are named after the nearby town of the same name, eight miles west of Bristol, along the coast. Portishead consists of Geoff Barrow, Beth Gibbons and Adrian Utley, while sometimes citing a fourth member, Dave McDonald, an engineer on their first records

 

• Their debut album, Dummy, was met with critical acclaim in 1994. Two other studio albums were issued: Portishead in 1997 and Third in 2008.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4qQyUi4zfDs

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TmDkzVvherk

 

tbh I have never listened to "Third" is it any good?

 

[SuperMegaStan]

why is everyone snubbing the legendary iconic side track - ROADS

 

 

[SissyReed]

I love whole "Dummy" soo much
"Portishead" is good too but I don't like it as much as "Dummy" idk

'Roads' is amazing!

"Oh, can't anybody see
We've got a war to fight"

:sluttybunny:
 

[knoxavel]

i remember the year was 1999. i was up (like always) at 1:00 am-ish and VH1 was playing there live show from ROSELAND and they started playing: SEVEN MONTHS. 

 

i was a fan since. it took me a while to track down the CD finally ended up getting it at tower records. oh how i miss tower records.

[Thunder Revenant]

Happy we finally have a thread for them! I've been a very big fan since I've heard Sour Times in a 2012 TV series.

 

My favourite album is probably "Portishead", even though Dummy is perfect aswell. It took me some time to get into Third but now I'm in love with it aswell!

 

What are you guys favourite songs?

Mine are Over, Wandering Star, Elysium and Numb.

[SissyReed]

I love "It's a Fire" - my love for them started when my dad showed me this song
I also love "Roads", "Glory Box", "Sour Times" - my faves
but I love all their songs, I think their records should be listened as whole

[Hundred Dollar Bill]

tbh I have never listened to "Third" is it any good?

 

WHAAAAT????

 

incredibly beautiful 

 

eerie, gorgeous

 

epic, terrifying???

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z7RknLL4WkU

[longtimeman]

In the mid 90's, it seemed that every movie with a sex/seduction scene had to have Glory Box playing. Dummy was one of the rare records that was loved by music snobs as well as finding itself everywhere in popular media - Moby's Play is the only other one that I can think of at the moment.

[Thunder Revenant]

I think Hunter and Thread are the best songs on Third

[SissyReed]

WHAAAAT????

 

incredibly beautiful 

 

eerie, gorgeous

 

epic, terrifying???

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z7RknLL4WkU

you're right, they are amazing i just never gave them a chance, i'll totally listen to it soon :creep:

[wittycatchphrase]

Love me some Portishead. Roads makes me weep, Glory Box is a classic, and I love singing along to Half Day Closing. The live Roseland NYC album is bomb, except for the couple seconds in the beginning of Glory Box when the strings are SO OFF, makes me wince every time.

 

I can't remember the album Third, when I listened to it I had smoked salvia so I think it freaked me out haha.

[Gecko]

Portishead are one of my fav trip-hop band. Beth Gibbons has an amazing voice! I love this genre... Trip-Hop is a drug.

 

 

Glory Box. ♥

[Thunder Revenant]

Love me some Portishead. Roads makes me weep, Glory Box is a classic, and I love singing along to Half Day Closing. The live Roseland NYC album is bomb, except for the couple seconds in the beginning of Glory Box when the strings are SO OFF, makes me wince every time.

 

I can't remember the album Third, when I listened to it I had smoked salvia so I think it freaked me out haha.

Yeah, I LOVE the live CD: Their performance of Cowboys and Over are even more intense than the studio version. I wish more artists would release live records as decent as this one.

The only thing I dislike is that they did not put the live versions of Elysium and Numb  on it.

 

(this  one is not from Roseland but it's PERFECT!)

[CrazySister]

I can't believe I already had heard Machine Gun!  I heard in a tv show, but I ignored at the time and just listened after some time, while clicking in aleatory videos of the soundtrack on youtube! I liked better when I heard separately, but I forgot to download it! 

[evalionisameme]

All mine and only you are my favourites I still need to check out their third album though

[kitschesque]

Seen them live in 2011 in Poland while having my "cool but depressed teen" phase but I still think they're incredible

Any info about ANY upcoming projects?

[PerwinkleDreams]

They're fucking visionaries, love love love em! I had forgotten about em for a while, but I'm so glad I'm back. I'm posting my favorite fucking songs below and y'all better listen to em! They remind me of sex with my ex because, well, let's just say a Portis playlist was on repeat 

 

 

 

 

[Mind Melt]

dummy is such a good fucking album i love love love it

it's taken me a bit to get into their other albums (i havent taken the time to sit & listen to them fully tbh) but they are really great

 

strangers is probably my favorite, but i really love threads too

[Data]

Can't believe it's been nearly 11 years since Third, hopefully they'll release a new album,eventually.

 

Remember seeing them live in 2011, they were incredible.

[movebaby]

umm i'm too tired to be coherent but i have a whole lotta portishead love to spew into the void so for now i'll just add the fact that mysterons legit makes me cry from sheer sonic beauty