Darc

[Leon]

Originally Posted by big screen satellite

having listened to this a few times now, i've come to the conclusion that its like a real song, rather than the usual abstract lyrics Karl spouts (nothing wrong with those, mind).


i could certainly see this appearing on the forthcoming (?) album...


to me the lyrics are in the same vein as those Underworld used to write in the 1980's(!) even if the beat is groovier than the 80's sound, the vibe of the lyrics seem to be more song based, imo...

and i like it

Yeah when you listen to All These Things and Darc for example, the singing is really melodic and it's beautiful!

[holden]

Originally Posted by dubman

big fan of this one, been on repeat for awhile.
speaking of being in the minority, they don't seem to have the lenny penne/you do scribble thing quite down. i know it's a favorite around here but it's always just this side of annoying, like it hiccups just before it gets into a good groove.

I hear what you mean, i think. Are you saying that the short quiet part, Small Conker and a Twix is a distaction between the two beat-heavy tracks? For me, the blast of drums as You Do Scribble kicks in is a great hiccup! But yes, i agree that YDS has some trouble settling out of the breakbeat and into the twinkly synth groove.

[potatobroth]

I'm completely lost on the 'hiccup' theory. I'm not sure he is calling Small Conker... the hiccup. I think he is calling the off-beats or stumbling beats before the downbeat the hiccup. Oddly enough, when I hear Lenne Penne (which I like quite a bit more now than I did back 'then') it somehow triggers thoughts of Radiohead's Hail to the Thief. It comes off, to me, as the least Underworld-sounding tune of their newest tracks. You Do Scribble on the other hand I have no problem discerning as an Underworld track - just with more of a non-typical Underworld beat.

[holden]

Okay, given the love professed for this track, Darc, i had a go at transcribing the lyrics...but they need your help!
Here's what i got (uncertainties in parentheses):

[COLOR=darkred]I've seen the animal, the animal is waiting, under a full moon, of shiny faces.
Down by the river, two dogs attack each other. A woman is screaming at a boy in a baseball cap.
Angel boy, in pristine white, comes running. Here comes the gang, having fun,
Big brown dog, let loose. Big man cuts between, points the way, full moon watching, red steel with rubber,
you want me? Animal is waiting.[/COLOR]

[COLOR=darkred]With a (......... glass in her hand)
(inky inky finger there's more feel riding here)
From the east end of London, past the M25
How many of us will get out here alive?[/COLOR]

[COLOR=darkred]Wipe the salt from my skin, take the pressure from my head
(I come) from the station, gonna watch you slide instead
Two eyes on the wristband, one pair of battered ( beads?)
Is this perfection? Is it time for us to leave?[/COLOR]

[COLOR=darkred]( ? ) from the corners of your door
Pulls me down and made me clean, i wanna get some more
Numbers on your collarbone, will you be my sun?
Whip it out and ( ? ) [/COLOR]

[COLOR=darkred]Cruel and tender, magic degrees of truth,
Like a spider on my skin, like the way you slip away from me[/COLOR]
[COLOR=darkred]Wave something ( ) is burning ( )
Waiting for winter, dancing for rain, my temptation, in pink and gold... (start of 5ft 5)
Orbits me, and i, at the center of eye,
and crystal water running straight to the sea of release
i see eye looking back at me
freshly squeezed and funky...[/COLOR]

[Leon]

Originally Posted by holden

Okay, given the love professed for this track, Darc, i had a go at transcribing the lyrics...but they need your help!
Here's what i got (uncertainties in parentheses):

[COLOR=darkred]I've seen the animal, the animal is waiting, under a full moon, of shiny faces.
Down by the river, two dogs attack each other. A woman is screaming at a boy in a baseball cap.
Angel boy, in pristine white, comes running. Here comes the gang, having fun,
Big brown dog, let loose. Big man cuts between, points the way, full moon watching, red steel with rubber,
you want me? Animal is waiting.[/COLOR]

[COLOR=darkred]With a (......... glass in her hand)
(inky inky finger there's more feel riding here)
From the east end of London, past the M25
How many of us will get out here alive?[/COLOR]

[COLOR=darkred]Wipe the salt from my skin, take the pressure from my head
(I come) from the station, gonna watch you slide instead
Two eyes on the wristband, one pair of battered ( beads?)
Is this perfection? Is it time for us to leave?[/COLOR]

[COLOR=darkred]( ? ) from the corners of your door
Pulls me down and made me clean, i wanna get some more
Numbers on your collarbone, will you be my sun?
Whip it out and ( ? ) [/COLOR]

[COLOR=darkred]Cruel and tender, magic degrees of truth,
Like a spider on my skin, like the way you slip away from me[/COLOR]
[COLOR=darkred]Wave something ( ) is burning ( )
Waiting for winter, dancing for rain, my temptation, in pink and gold... (start of 5ft 5)
Orbits me, and i, at the center of eye,
and crystal water running straight to the sea of release
i see eye looking back at me
freshly squeezed and funky...[/COLOR]

I think it's

"Is this perfection? Is it time for us to be?"

and

"It's a beauty pattern, from the corners of your door"

[irishboy]

Originally Posted by potatobroth

.... i also like how it builds into 5ft5 and then Juanita. a very nice trio of songs.

i totally agree - a lovely little trio that work really well together!

[dubman]

Originally Posted by potatobroth

I think he is calling the off-beats or stumbling beats [s]before (after) the downbeat (SC+T) the hiccup.

i only heard them nail it down perfectly in one version out of 6 (serbia/montenegro festival), and it was pretty good in sofia, but they routinely abuse the stop and start either from the get-go or as it climaxes so that it just gets awkward instead of being a really deft maneuver to build some great momentum

it ends up reminding me of that game where someone puts their hands on top of yours and you're supposed to slap it before they draw back. it's like playing with someone who's entirely too jumpy.

[Geo]

Originally Posted by Leon

I think it's

"Is this perfection? Is it time for us to be?"

I like to think it's:

"Is this perfection? Is it time for us to meet?"


This is fun

Darc is so great...
As long as they don't bring Oich oich into their live sets again,
Darc makes an excellent replacement for that heavenly track!

[testudo]

check my sig, actually in the bootleg released quite some time ago you could hear the lyric, "is it time for us to meet" very easily

[BeautifulBurnout]

Testudo!

Oh ye of little memory. You remember posting this thread a while back? Is it the same choon after all?