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Dirty0900 · #1 10-31-2008, 05:06 AM

Swing Up High seems like a completly different song once some groove and bite has been put in to it. Liked the first version, but it was never going to be released in that form - i assume. Could definatly see that being dropped in various clubs and various producers having a good go at remixing it in various styles. Version 3 [if there is one] could see it be turned in to another d&b tune imo.

TheBang · #2 10-31-2008, 01:11 AM

So, I just noticed that Phonestrap 4, as posted in the digital bundle, is different from Phonestrap 4 that was originally posted on the website. The website version has recorded street noise in the background, while the digital bundle version is missing it. Version 5, on the other hand, has the street noise in both versions. 4 is the only one that seems to be substantially different from the originally posted versions.

aNt · #3 10-31-2008, 05:06 AM

swing up high is the best ever!!! wwhhooooo! woo

crank · #4 10-31-2008, 07:21 AM

aNt, can you flip the switch on the UWlive.com server? the server seems to be out for a pint or sommmit

King of Snake · #5 11-01-2008, 11:12 AM

I definitely prefer the old ALAF (the one we heard on the radioshows a couple years ago) to this new version. Sounds too much like Glam Bucket part 2 now. The earlier versions had this awesome bassline that gave the track a lot of groove, and they've not just removed that completely.
A case of working too long on a track maybe? Sometimes the initial ideas are the best...

dubman · #6 11-01-2008, 11:43 AM

i disagree

i initially wasnt a believer and sticking to the smooth'n'hard MO of the version with 'i'm a big sister' lyrics but this new iteration is really gorgeous. really all it could need at this point is a light dash of something extra, but now i see the where it's been crawling to and i finally dig it a lot.

holden · #7 11-01-2008, 01:56 PM

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Originally Posted by dubman

i initially wasnt a believer and sticking to the smooth'n'hard MO of the version with 'i'm a big sister' lyrics but this new iteration is really gorgeous. really all it could need at this point is a light dash of something extra, but now i see the where it's been crawling to and i finally dig it a lot.

I'm with you. Frankly, i think this track just keeps geting better. And with each version, there's some amount of resistance on my part to the change (for example, when they first added the "I'm a big sister" lyrics, i didn't care for it; the rolling bass that came with the last radio version, the staccato strings of this latest offering)...but they all grew on me pretty quickly, and this version still has the original spirit. They might be getting close to overdoing it (i'm still not sure about the strings, since they're present lmost throughout), but it's still a rockin' track.

Leon · #8 11-01-2008, 05:38 PM

I don't like this version of ALAF at all. I agree with King Of Snake, the bassline in the very early version was what made the song so nice.

potatobroth · #9 11-01-2008, 05:40 PM

i like the new version, but the VERY first is still my fave. the one in the video of Karl turning the pages of "In the Belly of Saint Paul". THAT one really grooved.

Leon · #10 11-01-2008, 05:44 PM

And also, the cymbals on the kickdrums are kinda ugly, I have never really understood why producers think that sounds good. But that's just my opinion