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Underworld Illuminati Baby Sacrificing Sun God Worship With Phallic Symbols and Slave Pyramids!

http://www.prisonplanet.com/occult-olympics-giant-pyrmiads-and-phallic-symbolism.html

^Was the clip from this Prison Planet link one of the new longer tracks? Thought that some bits sounded familiar....

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^ Ah fuck, video was pulled due to copyright claim from the Illuminati.;)

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Man I'm getting goosebumps just reading your comments. In the US here and waiting. I'll probably wait till I can find it in HD. I hope to hear it without stupid people talking over it.

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Must have been the "Phallic Symbolism" part, eh?

Lol, j/k:p

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UK iTunes is active. Looks like all the new Underworld remixes are done by High Contrast. Commence downloading.

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Twoonths off

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TMO sample during the lighting of the cauldron.

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finally got the kids in bed and i'm watching the US NBC coverage now. matt laur and meredith vieira won't stop fucking talking over the top of it.

does anyone have a link to a non-live streaming version? i'd like to experience this without brain dead news anchors babbling over it.

that said, of what i can hear, it's pretty damn amazing. that opening piece with the percussionists was great, and then a lovely transition into elements of TMO.

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These track times are awful short. Hopefully there are full-length versions forthcoming!

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Rez, Dark Train, Crocodile, TMO - new things - great job by uw; but hats off to Danny Boyle - mad stuff at times, really well done!

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36 tracks for €9,99. Thats not bad. I know they arent that long but this seems to be worth a pop.

£10 on CD free delivery from HMV UK http://hmv.com/hmvweb/displayProduct...adba9b710a3b13

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Please use the links below to buy, and Born Dirty will get a small referral commission, which goes to help run the site and forums.

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Isles of Wonder: Music For the Opening Ceremony of the London 2012 Olympic Games, is available for purchase NOW on iTunes, with a physical double-CD release coming next week.

Digital download: iTunes UK, iTunes US
CD pre-order: Amazon UK, Amazon US

There was plenty of Underworld music to be heard during the ceremonies. Two new brand new Underworld pieces were composed: ”And I Will Kiss” and “Caliban’s Dream” totaling over 24 minutes!

Additionally, there were a lot of new remixes of classic Underworld songs by High Contrast and Darren Price featured during the Parade of Athletes. The full tracklisting of Underworld songs on the album is:

• And I Will Kiss – 17:15
• Caliban’s Dream – 7:15
• Always Loved a Film (Instrumental) – 3:04
• Dark and Long (Dark Train) – 3:46
• Minneapolis (High Contrast Remix) – 6:12
• Confusion the Waitress (Darren Price and High Contrast Remix) – 1:22
• Moon in Water (Instrumental) – 2:42
• Crocodile (High Contrast Remix) – 2:39
• Dirty Epic (Darren Price and High Contrast Remix) – 2:56
• Dark and Long (Darren Price & High Contrast Remix) – 3:27
• Rez (High Contrast Remix) – 6:23

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Annnnnnd blammo, pre-ordered the 2CD set from amazon US. I'm on the west coast in California, so our broadcast of the opening ceremonies doesn't start for another 2 hours or so.

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Pre-ordered the 2x US CD set using the link provided.:)


I can haz PM with digital link now?? Anyone??;)

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I know.....Shut the FUCK UP!!!!!:mad:

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just purchased it from itunes... which was weird, because it had a different release date as a preorder item, but now it was released and i'm thrilled to hear both new tracks and the new remixes... also, fuck buttons (thank you thank you thank you underworld)

to everyone included in team underworld, you have won a gold medal in every event in my heart. thanks so much!

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just caught a remixed rez over the entrance of botswana. oh god i need to download this tonight. i need that version.

i don't know about anyone else but even though this is all about the olympics, i feel like i'm seeing my favorite musical artists being honored by the world. after nearly 20 years of fanhood it's amazing to hear them in such a huge setting.

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I am getting old and retarded....I'm hearing tracks I should know the name of and going...."ooh, that's, um, uh....an Underworld song that I know really well but can't name right now". :D

Rez and ALAF are no brainers but I am getting rusty overall.

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i was at a bar where i almost got into a fight...
20 guys wanting to watch ( and hear ) the end of the first round of some useless golf tourney... and me, and a few other ball less twits who wanted to watch ( and hear ) the Olympics.
the bartenders and waitresses were worried.
i offered them $40.
i already spent twice the amount with my friend.
they switched it.
sadly i missed most of it.
what i saw, was fucking surreal.
( molten ore building rings, then 5 forming Olympic thingy in the air all sparkley).
wow.
buying the audio immediately.
also, formulating my new UW shirt for their new tour.
rings.

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Oh, thank god it's not just me.

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so NBC has managed to avoid crediting underworld at any point in its broadcast. they've named every other artist when relevant. they even just mentioned that the music during the cauldron lighting is caliban's dream and STILL didn't say who composed it. it's so disappointing.

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Okay, so I'm a sentimental sap. I don't have a TV, so I've been watching as many clips online as I can find. Just found the one showing the forging of the rings...and, yes, just after the rings erupt in a shower of golden sparks, there they are, very faintly: the bells from "Two Months Off."

I'm in tears. Love the way they snuck that in there. Perfect.

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Wait till you hear TMO reprise during the lighting of the Olympic torches....you'll cry like the little UW bitch you know you are. :p

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No one has PM'ed me......


#sadpanda

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"Number of Discs: 1"

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Cheers to Mr. Boyle and Underworld for a great opening ceremony. Would love to see again without NBC's announcers talking throughout the whole fucking thing. And want to see it un-edited. Had to go online later to watch the tribute for the 7/7 victims.

I feel this really is set to Danny Boyle's filming style. Everything was done with great care and detail. Even though my knowledge of British history is lacking, I still enjoyed it just as much.

Really loved the remixes of 'Rez' and 'Minniapolis'. The new stuff will be great to hear in full.

And yes, I got chills when the chimes of Two Months Off played during the lighting of the flame. Did I hear a bit of the 'Dirty Epic' drone sound in the background of it?

I can't imaging what it must feel like to be Underworld hearing a track like 'Rez' being played out to hundreds of millions of people worldwide knowing that they wrote it in a bedroom 20 years ago.


Jason

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Awesome show - i kept grinning all the way throught the athlethes marching in and hearing all those UW tunes, especially the Rez and DarkTrain mixes worked perfect.

I thought I heard the TMO bells already earlier in the show, but when the played it more or less on its own during the lighting of the fire ... goosebumps !

Track is called "Caliban's Dream", the bells are a few semitones lower than TMO, and a slightly different, more bellish sound, but definately the TMO pattern.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mec8GZkEpD4

/edit: just forgot: german TV sports reporter (ZDF) briefly mentioned during the march in "The music has been composed by Underworld, the group being Karl Hyde, Rick Smith and Darren Price, for those of you who are into music."

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Nice! There were a couple opportunities for NBC to have said something about Underworld, particularly when they mentioned "Caliban's Dream" by name and saying it had been commissioned specifically for the games. But, of course, they didn't.

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Uw got mentioned by dickheaded DJ Trevor Nelson. Shame he called them 'The Underworld'!

Emerson was pleased with the music and deserves an honourable mention

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Was realy AMAZING....!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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UW's not credited in this youtube vid of a track from the ceremony....but I swear I'm hearing some Sunshine soundtrack-esque nods here (i.e. To Heal)....

http://youtu.be/uhv_vjaeP_M

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http://youtu.be/Mec8GZkEpD4

got that underworld feel

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really nice one--had trouble spotting all the UW gems dropped because the US NBC feed was riddled with commentator talk.... they just would not shut up. I did pick out the TMO bits during Caliban's Dream... and a Rez moment.... Definitely heard KH in the long Glasto--through the Industrial Revolution bit... the itunes album has all these songs. Many of them are the actual length of the show version... so lots of 2-3 min tracks. Caliban's Dream is standout though. That one is a full 6 in.... and there is the 17 min drum freakout open.... :)

UW can now sleep for a couple of days. The stress for this one must have been IMENSE.

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i haven't seen or watched any of yet
due to not having good internet access.

i will soon enough. it's great to know
about the new music, and that they
revisited some of their older tracks
through remixes.

although they might not have been
mentioned, we know it was them!
i'm glad they are getting the global
appreciation and recognition they deserve.


i remember how much much midge ure
and ultravox were a part of live aid, and
instrumental in making the song. but they
didn't get much mention or press. (which
they really weren't after). but they were
always one of my favorite artists. and they
do get recognized for it now.

later
-1

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I don't think any of the commentators even mentioned Underworld during the telecast here in Australia :(. Great work to everyone who was involved. I loved the new remixes, the new Rez mix was the standout for me. But I will need to here it again without any of the talking heads.

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THis is "I will kiss" - the epic drum-laden track for the industrial revolution part:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hM0fiegRbTg

Skip to about 4:30 any you will find that Rick snucked in the "rising" synth line from the middle part of Rez :-)

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F%#$ NBCOlympics.com. Why do I need a username and password to watch the olympics online from a channel (NBC) that is broadcast freely all over the US? I don't pay for cable because I have the internet. Anyone have a username/password they're willing to share?

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missed it

listening to "And i will kiss" it sounds like that bombastic stuff they use in front of shows like the amazing race to recap what's happened.

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It was amazing, just sucked when the athletes walked in the arena...) blah blah blah... on BBC

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Rez, Dark Train, Dirty Epic remixes = Olympic legacy!