16 Mar 08 Portishead in Deep Water

I love Portishead.Their first Album was pretty much the soundtrack to my first year of university.
After a break of 10 years, their third album ‘Third’ is due for release next month. Yay!!

As much as i love them, the thing about Portishead is that once you start discovering the source of their samples, you realise that their music isnt quite a special as you first thought. For example ‘Glory Box’ off ‘Dummy’ is basically ‘Ike’s Rap’ by Isaac Hayes with some words and a bit of scratching over the top of it.

In the case of the much reported ‘Ukulele Track’ on the new album, im not necessarily accusing it of being a rip off, but it is, well, er… similar, to a certain famous ukulele track

But i’ll let you make up your own mind:)

First, listen to Lyle Ritz’s ‘Tonight you belong to me’ from the film ‘The Jerk’

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Y7v8dLSdzw

then take a listen to this…

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Its still a cracking track!! Now im just waiting for someone with alot more talent than me to work out the chords for it.