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c_hawkthorne  ·  3742 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Hubski Playlist

3. Sleep Forever - Portugal. The Man

The other two songs were a bit new to me. Sort of operaish, and I don't really listen to any opera. I decided to go with this song because it starts slow and with the singer has a fairly high pitched voice much like fallingleaves' song.

Lyrics here.





ghostoffuffle  ·  3742 days ago  ·  link  ·  

No, this is perfect. Good transition. Also, there are a lot of tonal similarities between the guitars in the Buckley song and the PtM song. It also opens up the stylistic elements to further development.

Also, great song.

So far this is playing like Pandora if Pandora worked the way the Pandora guys said it would work.

user-inactivated  ·  3742 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Fuck Pandora!

(I will participate after a while.)

galen  ·  3741 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Off topic-ish, does anyone (kleinbl00 rezzeJ) know what that vocal effect is around the beginning? Makes it sound sort of like the track is circling around; I first heard it (or something similar) on a few of John Bonham's drum tracks (like the hi hats on When the Levee Breaks, I think?) and I've wondered what it is ever since.

rezzeJ  ·  3741 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I'm listening really quietly on not so great speakers whilst also being intoxicated, so I may well be incorrect, but I believe it is flanging. Either that or a Phaser.

galen  ·  3741 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I think you're right, it sounds a lot like flanging. And I just found (and promptly lost) a Jimmy Page interview where he mentions the flanging in When the Levee Breaks. Thanks!

kleinbl00  ·  3741 days ago  ·  link  ·  

rezzeJ is correct. It's a flanger.

galen  ·  3741 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Awesome. Thanks for chiming in.

thenewgreen  ·  3742 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Damn, that Portugal song was great, good call c_hawkthorne, it was very Buckley-esque in my opinion but with more orchestration and with an almost Oasis feel melodically. -Thanks for the introduction, when the song finished and ended with full strings/subset of strings I said out loud, "that was awesome."