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everything except Crocodile, BB, Ring Road, Faxed Invitation, Glam Bucket, and Mamgu

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greg-

i would have words with thee.

actually now i'm back to thinking this albums better than when i first got excited then 'realistic' about it. i've had the come down and i think i've trashed the album more than i should have in the process. boy, boy, boy isnt a good tune yet but it's familiarity makes it pretty okay, making ring road the only one that still really suffers. i like the rest of it a lot more.

more than "loads of birds" anyway. which is why im now pretty glad it's not on there.

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Have words, then, Alan!

I used to like Crocodile, but now it sounds too bland and boring. I do like Beautiful Burnout, Holding the Moth, and Best Mamgu Ever. Boy, Boy, Boy I do kinda like, but most of this album is not something I'm going to turn to listen to very often. Loads of Birds is just deep and dark and sexy, and maybe you think it's cheesy, which I don't see, and obvious, which I don't care because it does what it set out to do and did it well. It gets me in a mood whenever I listen to it, and I can't say for much of the album.

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well since we both powerword-ed each other all i really need to say in addition to the BB, HTM, and mamgu love is

GLAM BUCKET
FAXED INVITATION
CUDDLE BUNNY

come on these were always the best tracks...

croccodile and the rest aside from 'those two' are good at the very least, and the 'sexiness' of LoB is suuuuuuper goofy.

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LOL.

Okay, Faxed Invitation is pretty good. Glam Bucket could've been better because I loved it live. Cuddle Bunny....bleh.

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Glam Bucket suffers from Twist syndrome, whereby it's quite boring on the record but unbelievably amazing live. What do they have in common? Dirty guitar!

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i won't stand for this badmouthing of glam bucket. i'm dangerously obsessed with that track.

also, i will say this about loads of birds: it doesn't really sound like an UW track. it's distinctly different from any of their other works. every time i listen to it i'm reminded of gus gus's "remembrance" on polydistortion, but glitchier and more contemporary. same mood, though.

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it's one of the best they've done.

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im obsessed with the album recording of Faxed Invite, and the live version of Glam Bucket. Mamgu has probably reached a high level in plays as well. I think OwB is quite a good album and go back to it often.

Cuddle Bunny isn't even worth mentioning. It is what it is, but its nothing that I would ever get a craving to listen to. ever.

LoB reminds me of Massive Attack.

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yes, good call.

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I like the 2005 live version of Faxed Invitation. Its got that extra added something...

...Jason Roth talking all over the beginning.

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live version does rool. i think it benefits from the faster tempo. would love to hear this on an upcoming Radio Show.

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oh my!

which gig? is the bootleg kicking around? really?! - Faxed was around as early as 2005?
I need to hear this.

Faxed, for me, is the best thing on OWB, and one of the best things UW has ever done

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2005-11-11 Luxembourg, opening track.

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Thank you!

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agreed

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Quote:

Originally Posted by oceanic ...Faxed, for me, is the best thing on OWB, and one of the best things UW has ever done

Thirded

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I'm sorry, where in underworldlive.com is all this fonestrap stuff?
me want!

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The Phonestraps are not currently available on the website. They were posted on the website from July-Oct. 2007, but have been unavailable since then. They might make a return to the Audio section of the Archive once that is populated, but we don't know at this point.

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Would anyone care to upload the fonestraps etc etc to a rapidshare or equivalent? If you did i would be most grateful. I know you can as you didn't let me down with bootleg babies.:o

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if the forums are searchable those tracks have already been compiled and offered via. rapidshare or equivalent.

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not to totally get off topic, but i partially agree with this statement. it's definitely not the greatest recorded track, but it is extremely amazing live. first time i heard this track was at the Bowl and I was floored.

as for Loads of Birds - it took me a while to appreciate it. at first ear, i didn't care too much for it - but now i'm digging the repititious drumbeat.

as for my favourite OWB track, I would have to go with either
Holding The Moth
or
Beautiful Burnout
it's a tough decision...

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From a LoB topic it turned into what are the best OWB tracks. FINE! BEST MAMGU EVER. Someone on the forum told me that Mamgu means Granma in Welsh. Put some psychology behind it and its obvious that someone's had a special connection to his grandma...perhaps she made the best(fill in the blank...a staple Welsh dish) or she knitted really nice sweaters. This track is veery carefully produced, well though off and tender and the pads are drifting and its just marvelous. I love it and nothing else compares to it. Maybe BB because it's also very emotional and deep but BME takes it all.

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My favorite track ever is and always has been cowgirl. I also love the way they've mixed rez into it in all the various ways that they've done through the years. It kicks my ass every time I hear it.

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+1

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Don't +1 him, or it. Cowgirl doesn't count. It's not OWB and it's not LoB related :P

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Would anyone mind uploading or linking me to a page where I can download all the fonestraps and such? I've tried searching the forum but to no avail.

Sorry if this is against the ToS.:(