Always Loved a Film (on pete tong)

[khouri]

I'm reserving judgement. I was harsh to Scribble but it's grown on me and I listen to it often. Maybe once I get ALAF into the car with the loud speakers and the moving scenery, it'll click for me.

Hopefully the bonus disc track is the Silver Boots version. It's still astonishing to me that they allowed that ALAF/Silver Boots thing to languish in obscurity. It's part of many of my playlists and people almost always ask what it is. I think Underworld had a real hit on their hands with that one.

Thanks for the uploads as always!

[ThingInABook]

what shocks me the most is the way karl is singing. he's doing it with his real singing voice, not doing weird tones and such. also the lyrics are clearer and expresive. somewhat feels like downpipe (happy mix), not that's a bad thing, it's just that it's like a standard dance song, but reminds me of cowgirl too! and that makes a difference.

enjoying it so far, mainly because it's crazy catchy. it's not ALAF 4 (my fav version), but that version wasn't fully developed. also, a happy, summery track makes up for the cold and horribly sad winter i'm living.

[Buji]

Thanks for the links.

Ok, my initial response is that I love the song, the only thing that annoys me is the daft pumping bass dance beat that is on throughout! It's obviously a modern dance thing but I know Underworld are capable of much better beats than this!
Same with Scribble really, good song but that Drum n Bass beat gets annoying after a while!

Anyway it's still great, just feel it would be a little less cheese with better beats!

[BrotherLovesDub]

It's what I expected from Knight and Ramirez. They're not exactly skilled beat programmers but apparently they make your run of the mill tech-house floor fillers. Downpipe suffers from a rigid, boring beat too, so I expected the beat on ALAF to follow in that direction.

Overall, I really enjoy this version. Completely agree with criticism of the generic and frankly boring beat. Rick Smith is miles better at beat programming so other than giving these two guys some free money, i'm not sure their input really pushed the song in any new and improved direction.

[Champiness]

I'm a little calmer now, because if you don't like the album version... BONUS DISC BIYATCH! And therefore you really can't complain that they "ruined" it.

[TheBang]

Thanks for the stream rips.

Does it sound like there's a female vocalist ("Heaven")? If so, I wonder who that is.

[the-star-samurai]

Thanks for the uploads!

Uggh - I miss "Always Loved A Film (Silver Boots)" so much - out of all the versions, the first is the best. I don't know how to feel about this version - I enjoy the lyrics and the guitar section is an unexpectedly pleasant. I need a few more listens...

[potatobroth]

Holy fuck! This version is absolutely awesome.

The guitar breakdown is nuts. Very 80s sound to the singing which I love. Just incredible.

I'm officially, utterly and ridiculously, anticipating this release!

[BrotherLovesDub]

The guitar / vocoder break is incredible.

[potatobroth]

Originally Posted by BrotherLovesDub

The guitar / vocoder break is incredible.

Im still playing it. Absolutely floored me. I have to admit, I was expecting suckage for this one as I didn't how it was developing from Silver Boots. But wow. Best break in an UW song... period.