On 25-Mar-97 The Rare Guy wrote:
quoted 7 lines I'm just not into the 'synthisized lyrics' thing where you sample someone>I'm just not into the 'synthisized lyrics' thing where you sample someone
>singing and then repeat it to oblivion in a track, to me it ruins the
>track. Milkman isn't like this because the vocals are actually a part of the
>whole song, without the vocals there wouldn't be no melody. The vocals in,
>say the first track of 2nd Toughest in the Infants are monotonic, cheesy and
>boring. My 2 year old 2nd cousin could come up with something better than
>that.
ah, the wonderful world of ideological conflict...
"milkman" sounds like something written by a 2 year old, and it's firmly in the
60's syd barrett psychedelic mode anyway. i can't think of anything less
enjoyable or forward-looking.
underworld use technology to process vocals into hypnotic mantras of sound,
unlike anything heard in music up to this point (in fact, impossible without
modern technology). while admittedly the vocal trance mantra can be traced
back probably to tribal chant-based rituals, the application is pretty novel.
i don't know how you can't dig the "your thin petal wings" chant (or whatever
he's saying). i think it's really clever and interesting. (and hey, what
about that bit where he's saying "Resonator" and they're putting his voice into
a resonator? neat.)
i think it's safe to say we'll never get anywhere with this discussion...
Jon Drukman jsd@gamespot.com
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