A Hundred Days Off Survivor Round 1

[holden]

Originally Posted by Flywaver

Is it me or Undies guitar tracks not popular? I like some of the trippy little riffs they do.Like Tongue!

No, it's not you...seems to be a consensus around here! But calling Underworld "Undies" might just be you...ne'er heard that one before!

i was driving with my father, a jazz affictionado. We were listening to AHDO, and when "Ess Gee" came on, his ears perked up..."Is this still Underworld?!" he said. I give UW high marks for (a) experimenting ith organic guitar sounds, (b) having the guts to put these experiments on dance albums and (c) not sounding like anyone else when they do!

But agreed...AHDO has more misses for me than hits...an easier poll in that respect. But i'm not sure i can call "Luetin" a hands-down favorite. "MoMove" was an awesome first-track, "TMO" is just bliss, and "DA3D" (though maybe a bit too long of a build-up) is still tops for me.


All that said, i'm voting for "trim" till it dies. Karl's voice is offtune, the lyrics are ickey, and the hook is annoying!!!

[suicidalpenguin]

Originally Posted by groovypanda

and lets be honest, there's so much shite to choose from on this album

Fraid have to disagree
although there is a certain amount of shit on the album (e.g. Ess Gee),
some of the stuff on there was good
(a refreshing change direction for the band)

[Geo]

I <3 Ess Gee, it's an unbelievable pretty ambient piece of music, so I voted for Ballet Lane...

[Malt Refund]

I'll never understand you Ess Gee lovers.. Karl had a cat walk on a keyboard and recorded it. That's Ess Gee. Thank god it's only like 20 seconds long.

[holden]

Originally Posted by Malt Refund

I'll never understand you Ess Gee lovers.. Karl had a cat walk on a keyboard and recorded it. That's Ess Gee. Thank god it's only like 20 seconds long.

i'm pretty sure it was a guitar. It's really quite lush and intricate, imho!

Meanwhile, since it's getting slammed in the voting, i don't think there are too many Ess gee Lovers here, reallY!

[BeautifulBurnout]

S G 4 Me 2

[Future Proof]

Hmm.

Well Ess Gee was my vote because it is the most dispensible on the album. But after that, I have no idea what I'll choose. Probably Trim... and I would like to see Little Speaker go a long way, because the end is pretty wicked and I'm a Rhodes-addict. Speaking of which, Ballet Lane should last a long time too because of the Rhodes piano.

[Malt Refund]

I think Ess Gee was the 100 Days Off album killer and partically the reason why no one likes the album (or at the very least, likes it least of all others). Before they released it they stated that they had 100's of songs written and carefully chose the best, but they chose this??? Terrible filler track, it's barely a song.. it would even be terrible as a b-side. Woof!

I'm pretty passionate about my dislike for this track.

[bavarianbeer]

I don't know, it seems unlikely to me that a two-minute track would kill a sixty-minute album. Especially since it really is a pretty-sounding track. "Little Speaker" drags much, much more, and never really goes anywhere until the very end. I'll be voting for "Little Speaker" until it bites the dust. I think the second side of the album is better than the first; sure the first two tracks are great, but I always have a hard time sitting through "Twist," "Sola Sistim," and "Little Speaker" in quick succession. In my opinion, they should have saved those for the B-sides and put on "Like A Swimmer" instead.

[stimpee]

Hah. I'd been holdng off on seeing the results, as I havent voted. Ess Gee not a favourite then I see. Funny. If Luetin doesnt win this thing you all want your heads looking at.