Stereogum: The 10 Best Underworld Songs

[ultradave]

Originally Posted by rohanworth

Ahhh... "the extra bleepy spacey Rez Underworld did live in the late 90's"...

I love this version. I've always called it the "Close Encounters of the Third Kind" version.

You'll only know why if you've seen the movie...

[gcoleman99]

Originally Posted by TheBang

Performed a couple times this way on the 1996 tour. Most notably at Reading Festival.

I SWEAR they did this at the Mayan Theater in Hollywood on the Promo tour for BF, too...

Anyone else at that show able to confirm my (somewhat) shaky memory?

[TheBang]

Originally Posted by gcoleman99

I SWEAR they did this at the Mayan Theater in Hollywood on the Promo tour for BF, too...

Anyone else at that show able to confirm my (somewhat) shaky memory?

The bootleg recording from that night confirms your memory. They did slow Rez at the beginning of the song.

[purlieu]

Nice to see some love for Luetin in the thread. It's been my favourite UW track since I first heard it, I think. The occasional moments that the last two notes in the bassline go down a couple of steps always give me goosebumps.

My top 10 is probably going to be pretty unconventional...
1. Luetin
2. Best Mamgu Ever
3. Good Morning Cockerel
4. 8 Ball
5. Cherry Pie
6. M.E.
7. Something Like a Mama
8. Mo Move
9. Oich Oich
10. Nylon Strung

Some of these were growers (SLAM, Mo Move) but in general they're ones that really grabbed me on first listen, which is how I feel comfortable putting Nylon Strung in there already.

[ultradave]

Making a top 10 for Underworld is nearly impossible... but if I had to...

1. Dirty Epic
2. Born Slippy .NUXX (I know, I know...)
3. Banstyle/Sappys Curry
4. Parc
5. Nylon Strung
6. Between Stars
7. Two Months Off
8. Pearls Girl
9. Peach Tree / Riverrun - I'm a Big Sister...
10. Mother Earth (FM Mix)

These are the tracks that I usually repeat. ALAF, Dark Train, Jam Scraper, Beautiful Burnout, Luetin, Cups, King of Snake (Rick's Bungalow Mix)... Come on! Too many great tracks to narrow it down to 10. I'm not even sure I'm totally sure what my top 10 would be... lol!

[potatobroth]

i find it easier to list the songs I skip on a regular basis:

In no particular order:

1) I Exhale
2) Ess Gee
3) Cuddle Bunny
4) Simple Peal
5) Between Stars
6) Surfboy
7) Boy, Boy, Boy

[crank]

Ah back when they improvised... sigh.

[Total Longo]

It changes by the week, but i would say in the current top 10 are...

10) Thing in a Box
9) Sola Sistim
8) Nylon Strung
7) Air Towel Jam
6) Peach Tree
5) 8 Ball
4) Eclipse
3) Jumbo
2) Dark & Long (Dark Train)
1) Juanita/Kiteless/To Dream of Love

Not a fan of Born Slippy.NUXX at all, except in a live situation.

[River of Bass]

In no particular order:
(is this a gig?)

Globe (pre-Holding the Moth)
Dark & Long
Rubber Ball
Push Upstairs
Dirty Epic
Deep Pan
Faxed Invitation
Juanita:Kiteless:To Dream Of Love
Vanilla Monkey
Moaner

[TheBang]

I'd see that gig.