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From:
H James Harkins
To:
idm
Date:
Wed, 26 Mar 1997 10:11:06 -0500 (EST)
Subject:
Re: Dub and Dumber (was Re: (idm) Underworld Reviews)
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On Wed, 26 Mar 1997, The Rare Guy wrote:
quoted 7 lines the lyrics from Milkman by themselves than listen to the Underworld lyrics> the lyrics from Milkman by themselves than listen to the Underworld lyrics > (to that first track, from 2nd toughest) by themselves. > > They surely didn't build the track around the lyrics on that one at least, > they did on Born Slippy, and actually on Born Slippy the vocals are nice, > but it's the way they dissapear and them it's rhythm only for like 5 minutes > that bugs me.
Of course, the vocal line is the same in both of these tracks. The rhythm is different, but the notes are the same--or *note*, rather. These one-pitch melodies (or, on other tracks, melodies with very very limited spans) suggest a kind of anti-melody that, for me, keeps the vocals from being too prominent. J ________ \ / | Bee women: "What kind of corn soldiers are you?" H. James Harkins | Arthur: "Umm, oh, er, we're, uh, we're colonels." jharkins@acpub.duke.edu | \/ | - from "The Tick," now on Comedy Central, 6PM M-F