Portishead - Glory Box REACTION

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[@Chris-ImperialAerosolKid]

The entire album Dummy is a masterpiece. Need to listen in full if you can . It's so good

[@ianwebb3496]

Yep! I've never been so astounded as when I got Dummy home and played it. I'd seen an ad for it on TV and was in a record shop (remember them?) a few weeks later and had forgotten the name of the band and the album but knew there was something relatively new that I wanted to track down. After much searching, I found what I was pretty confident it was that I was after and whisked it home for an immediate listen. It's nice to be able to reminisce about such pleasurable episodes ...

[@sammalla5238]

Their Album "Dummy" alongside with Massive Attack & Tricky's debut are considered the greatest Trip-Hop projects that pioneered the genre in the early to mid 90's

[@terryr9052]

I would throw in Air 'Moon Safari' as well. kzbin.info/www/bejne/d3SqpmCAgZydgrs&ab_channel=432HertzStreet

[@Wolfeboy212]

You're missing one, which I admit is slightly subordinate. Sneaker Pimps Six Underground

[@michaeljohn1978]

And they all came out of the Bristol area

[@IanAndrewDonnelly]

The word “Portishead’ is a district of Bristol where the band are from.

[@YDdraigGoch43]

I think the people in the TOWN or Portishead would take offence at this comment 😂 I live in Newport in Wales and can see Portishead 4 miles away across the estuary. They live closer to me, in Wales, than they do to Bristol 😂

[@IanAndrewDonnelly]

@@YDdraigGoch43 ah ok! I take it back!! 👍🏻😁

[@NathanMorgan1976]

Your right there butt. I'm in Brizzle and portishead is miles away .

[@Darrenski]

No it's a village several miles from Bristol. Bristol is merely the nearest big city. But Portishead is not a district or borough of Bristol, it's a small village 8-10 miles from Bristol.

[@Darrenski]

​@@YDdraigGoch43yes, I tried to make that point before I'd seen yours, and you put it better

[@Problembeing]

Delivers an astonishing performance; apologises. Humility right there.

[@gpeddino]

Clive Deamer, their drummer, has been touring with Radiohead as a second drummer/percussionist since 2011.

[@kristinpark8042]

No other woman could command this. She is truly one of a kind.

[@johnpyatt4579]

Portishead is a small sea side town near Bristol, in the west country UK, great review, cheers

[@WelpHereWeAreOnYouTube]

❤️🤟🙏🤟❤️

[@littleredhen8205]

Beth Gibbons is the epitome of effortlessly cool.

[@po5283]

One of my favorite bands along with Massive Attack, both are absolute legends of the UK musical scene and the kings and queens of Trip Hop. I would highly recommend checking out Portishead's, Roads track from this live performance, and the studio versions of Humming and Western Eyes. For Massive Attack, I'd suggest Dissolved Girl, which was briefly featured in The Matrix, also their tracks Black Milk, and Group Four. Tear Drop is great but as it was the theme song for the tv series House, everyone's heard it, Angel is another popular track to consider in a large catalog.

[@olivierd5766]

I was not present at the concert but I lived these trip hop years, it was really incredible and rather reserved to a minority of people in search of new sounds and sensations, internet helps to discover more easily it is a good thing. Today I still feel emotions almost 30 years later!

[@ibg3613]

Thanks for doing Portishead, Dummy is one of if not my favourite album ever. Try Roads. 😀

[@ekadow]

This live version is great and comes off their first album 'Dummy' but please check out the studio version which is so beautifully produced and Beth Gibbon's vocals are SO much better. As a genre Trip Hop didn't last long but pretty amazing while it lasted - Massive Attack were also quite a trippy band and also from Bristol

[@seanriley199]

And that bass is savage, use to rock my room

[@ROArecords2]

This is exactly what I came to say. The studio versions of this album are a whole different level.

[@miathemalinoisgsdx1320]

I agree, I much prefer the studio edits, so polished and produced exactly how the tracks were meant to be heard. Ive got the roseland vid somewhere and have watched it maybe 2 or 3 times; the albums on the otherhand, probably at least once a month for the last 28 years.

[@claudiavalentijn1457]

yeah especially the "This is the beginning...of forever and ever... it's time to move over..." part

[@antlermagick]

Portishead is an amazing group. Their album "Third" is quite different from the trip hop stuff you heard here, it plays more with noisy rock and experimental electronic stuff. One of my favourite albums.

[@acceleratum]

Portishead is what we made love to in the 90´s.

[@anthonyv6962]

That's the way I remember it too.

[@peppymohawk8646]

I got to meet them when I worked at their show. One of my favourite groups

[@GR-wr2it]

'The Rip' from their third album is stunning, give that one a go

[@Lptoomany2001]

Portishead stands on its own. One of my all time favorites.

[@bluecalix]

Portishead is the name of a seaside town near Bristol, where one of the band members grew up.

[@printz-of-peepz]

I can't imagine what my music taste would have been without Portishead. I remember skipping school to toke up and listen to Portishead when Dummy had just come out. They've never left my rotation (and get regular, often frequent plays), and they are still a group I recommend to pretty much anyone that will listen to me talk about music haha. Hope ya'll continue on this journey with Portishead! For a cool live performance, check: "MB14 vs SARO | Grand Beatbox LOOPSTATION Battle 2017 | SEMI FINAL" on here.

[@SweetHooligan1848]

'Roads' from the same live concert.

[@dreww1609]

One of the bands that started the Trip Hop genre - "Dummy" is one of those flawless albums that is like classic 2am at a lounge in late 90's early 2000s scene - their song "Sour Times" made some alt/rock radio play when it came out. They are an incredible band and they made a sound that is so unique and incredible to get lost in. "Wandering Star" Live from Jools Holland - my live recommendation.

[@browolf]

Geoff now has a band called Beak> where he plays the drums which also does some far out good stuff.

[@miathemalinoisgsdx1320]

Id never heard of them until I saw the MTV video edit to this in 1994 . I went straight out and bought the album and loved every single track from the first listen. there's been barely a month go by when I haven't played this and the following album in its entirety. a few year back they headlined at Glastonbury and I actually wept when she sang Roads and I wasn't even there, I was watching it on TV.

[@voiceover2191]

Actually the live recording is part of a live concert that they released a dvd off (Live at Roseland Theatre, New York) and also released a seperate cd from, which contains songs from their first two magnificent studio albums. Trip Hop is a genre originating from a few bands around Bristol, UK, in the early nineties of which most well known bands were Portishead, Massive Attack (check out their masterpiece Mezzanine) and Tricky. Portishead indeed made very few albums, they sort of do their own thing individually much of the time. They never officially broke up, but will there be a new album at some point? Who knows, let's hope so. Check them out, they're brilliant and Beth Gibbons is amazing, beautiful voice and great lyrics ... and yeah, easy on the eyes too.

[@devinup3981]

That string sample is also used in Here by Alessia Cara, so that part might sound familiar. If you want more Portishead, you can't go wrong with either Roads or Humming.

[@ianwebb3496]

So, is it fair to say that you lads have cottoned on to both Pixies and Portishead?? These are two bands that I absolutely adore, for the same reason in both cases; when I first heard them, they each sounded so profoundly different from anything that I'd heard before. Oh, and the astoundingly high quality of their songs is just an objective fact!! As it happens, I'm looking forward to seeing the Pixies again fairly soon - December 17th at the Christchurch Town Hall (fairly recently re-opened after major restoration work necessitated by some pretty severe earthquake damage). I've seen 'em three times before (twice with Kim, once with Paz), but all three have been in stadia; I'm REALLY looking forward to seeing them in a much more intimate venue.

[@pebblesanddirt]

There are a lot of 20-something kids who are around today because of Portishead. Maybe the sexiest album I’ve ever heard is Dummy

[@Wolfeboy212]

You're 1000% right about this. I was in such despair as a teenager, but this album was one of the ones that made me feel alive. Other include Lateralus, Six Underground, Mer de Noms

[@mizzymo64]

Oh boy, this takes me back to my youth in the 90s. Dummy has got to be one of the sexiest albums of the 90s along with Jeff Buckley's Grace.

[@kristinpark8042]

My children and many others were conceived to dummy.😂 even years after it came out. I was fortunate enough to see them live around 98 after the second album.

[@southbayspike]

The whole roseland show that this performance is from is legendary. Pick and track from that show, and you’ve got a good one. It was before their third record, so you won’t find any material from that one in roseland. Cowboys, Humming, Only You, Roads, and Sour Times are fantastic, but like I said, you could pick any song.

[@jameshannagan4256]

Strangers was my personnel favorite but the whole show is fantastic.

[@TheWaynos73]

My favourite cuts off this were Mysterons, Glory Box and Roads. But the whole record is sublime.

[@whataboutme7174]

Tricky is from this Bristol Trip Hop scene & used the exact same music on a track from his album Maxinquaye in 95, also on that album is my favourite ever cover version Public Enemy - Black Steel (in the hour of chaos) that guitar makes you wanna smash stuff 😁

[@Chris-ImperialAerosolKid]

The drummer holding his left stick like that originates from marching band drummers who have the drum to one side a bit so it doesn't bang on their legs whilst they march

[@kristinpark8042]

Their second album was awesome as well. Last song western eyes is my favorite ever.

[@littlemouse7066]

many good british musicians don't give a damn about "genre" they make their music they don't care what it is. I find really sad when I see people wondering "what genre of music they play" music is music and real creativity has no boundaries.

[@OutOfAmmoOutOfTime]

Portishead didn’t pioneer trip hop, but they took it to a new place fusing slow beats and breaks, strings and a filmic sensibility. Their album Third takes inspiration from Scott Walkers later albums (Tilt, Drift) and veers into more experimental territory…they are a unique and innovative band who I hope continue to release material into the future…..

[@LFCliid]

You guys definitely react to the best stuff

[@kristinpark8042]

There's a reason they were selected to do a live at the Rosland "spell check" after only 2 albums. They're awesome

[@user-wr4so6ck1n]

This song was a big hit in the UK. It makes me feel so nostalgic for my 1990s self 🥰

[@andybrett1152]

Faith No More have done this live its so good !

[@rockhills]

They get together infrequently and do live shows. They did a few songs live for an event in the UK about two months ago. Geoff who’s dj’ing here and is a founding member has another band called Beak> which is a different vibe altogether. Hes a kick ass drummer. He’s also been scoring films with a partner.

[@michaeljohn1978]

This was the last song of the show before they came back on for the encore, so when she said it was a bit dodgy in places she was referring to the whole show up to that point. Although that whole show was amazing so you'll wonder where the dodgy bits were. They released it as a DVD

[@ianread9019]

Live performance suggestion of this ilk......"Hooverphonic - Mad About You (Live at Koningin Elisabethzaal 2012)" and "2 Wicky" from the same gig. I'd pay huge money to go to an event like that. Yes, her voice breaks twice during the first tune but it's still great, "2 wicky" well, why they haven't been asked to produce a bond theme? Incidentally, the main riffs for "Glory Box" came from the 60's and early 70's.......The Wallace Collective "Daydream" (?) and Isaac Hayes - "Ike's Rap 2" respectively. Same combined riff used in 1993/4 when Portishead and Tricky both found themselves working with it independently, not knowing what the other was up to. Since used by Snow Allegra - "Nothing burns like the cold" and Alessia Cara - "Here" Also...... Who didn't have a crush on Beth?! She was once described as sounding like she was always on the point of orgasm, which seemed like the most accurate description to me and only increased her charm. When I bought Dummy in 1994, about a year(?) after picking up Leftfields "Leftism", I was blown away and have been a fan of Trip-Hop ever since. PLEASE do check out the studio recordings of the Dummy album. They pressed vinyl copies of their work, kicked it across the studio floor, then played it back for that LoFI, scratchy sound. Roads, Glory Box, Sour Times, Wandering Star, et al, made an incredible album. As for other suggestions.... Massive Attack "Unfinished Sympathy", despite being made up of bog standard, easily available loops and samples, with Shona Williams(?) voice, the whole video shot on the street in one take. Also, Massive Attacks "Safe from harm" (Blue Lines album version), "Teardrop", "Angel". Lots of Tricky too For those that want a little French Trip-Hop, try "Degiheugi - Qu'attendez vous de moi ?" and the absolutely incredible "EclipticSelftet - Empty Chairs" (inspired by "Debout sur le Zinc - Chut..."). Empty Chairs and Giyo's "Parisian Girl" are two of the most beautiful tunes I've had the privilege to hear. Got me through some hard times.

[@dariiofernando]

wandering star

[@jeremyschulz1978]

So, this is from their "Live at Roseland NYC" 1998 release. You can find the whole show on KZbin. I really like the song "Roads" from that release.

[@jamesmcnally1253]

I love Portishead,my roommate went to this exact show,I had to work😢 ypu can't put them into the trip hop box

[@paultaylor1812]

Portishead is a town near Bristol in England (UK) for all those that don't know where England is since it fell lof the edge of Europe.

[@bashab3098]

I think that was a really big ask for the Vocalist the whole live recording was set up with her in the centre. Portishead is a place in North Somerset on the Severn estuary .

[@Darrenski]

Geoff was the guy on the decks. Him and beth were the founder members. This drummer was a session drummer.

[@MeganRyder]

fyi, Porishead is also a coastal town near Bristol in the UK

[@jvvoid]

From one of the most moodily superb albums of all time. And it's not Wikipedia who branded them Trip-hop - there was a whole movement in the 90's from Bristol and elsewhere who embodied a genre called Trip-hop.

[@beckdiev]

'sour times' live at bizarre. one of their hits, such a different version of this one, still unbeatable.

[@mytube2959]

Porticehead is near Bristol in the UK

[@TazioN]

Geoff Barrow is on the turntables for the live gigs.

[@PanarchyInTheUK]

Portishead is the town the band (or some members of the band) is from.

[@staceymacey1978]

They redid S.O.S by ABBA for the soundtrack to High-Rise, but that was in 2015, so not extremely current. Also Portishead is named after a town near Bristol in the UK.

[@franohmsford7548]

React to the entire Roseland NYC Concert! - If you like Portishead I'd also recommend Moloko, Kosheen and Lamb - All Female fronted bands with a similar vibe.

[@joeb2487]

If you're wondering what the genre is, it's called Trip Hop.

[@fredgiles5768]

Dummy is a Mercury award winning album,bought it when it first came out and its still modern sounding and was truly innovative. Sublime Masterpiece.

[@overundersidewaysdown]

None of you are going to talk about THAT guitar solo?

[@WelpHereWeAreOnYouTube]

Yep. We just decided to delete it. It’s our secret

[@DashRiprock513]

Since way back man.. all the kids know smoking is the coolest thing you can do ✌😎 🎼🎶🎵🎶🎵🎶🎶🎵🎵🎶🎶

[@memetherapy]

Their third album "Third" is so so underrated. I think it's their best, despite the popularity of Dummy. It's worth a listen. I'd probably recommend the single The Rip to start. It's the most digestible. The album is very dark. Fun fact. Their drummer is now Radiohead's 2nd drummer who joined Radiohead for The King Of Limbs album. Watch The King Of Limbs from the basement to see him and Phil do some masterful percussion work.

[@jimdandy2024]

Portishead is a real word. It's a place near Bristol in England.

[@dirkcrossi6574]

A very Very speacial BAND ,,realy great and best voice i ever heard .... She is more funny in natural then she makes the songs she makes songs of..

[@Simon42102]

Portis-head is a town in the uk.

[@Abbadonhades]

"Roads" is another one of my favourites, but it's not a particularly happy song, so I prefer it when I'm in a contemplative mood.

[@SuperClarky666]

there perfectionists buddy sounded fine to me.😄great reaction👍🏻

[@WelpHereWeAreOnYouTube]

Thank you kindly

[@murdockreviews]

The genre was trip-hop. Again, I think, a genre that didn't really register in North America. Slowed down hip-hop beats combined with electronics and often a cinematic, melancholic sound.

[@murdockreviews]

"All Mine" is a great track by Portishead.

[@jc6781]

if you listen to the album track ..... she sounds almost identical .... I don't know why she said it was dodgy in places. This song has been in many major movies and TV shows, so yes, they probably have heard it before .... PORTISHEAD IS DOPE !! check out their full albums (the first two are the best)

[@aarongreen7599]

Roads live at Roseland NYC is one you check out.

[@agpie9]

Do the entire Live at Roseland Ballroom performance. It's all great! So many good songs.

[@TheWaynos73]

Dummy is so fking good. In my top 5 albums ever.

[@dizastro5437]

Beth is bad ass.

[@kinslayerauthor4051]

It IS a real word. It's the name of a coastal town near Bristol, UK.

[@mattmason4700]

Brilliant album and what a humble artist to pointout she went perfect and messed up on some of it 👌

[@justsomejusstsome8994]

Aw man it's sad that the last part didn't hit as hard as the studio version. I mean the Dub bass part, in the studio version the bass goes hard lmao

[@adrianmcdonald84]

Portishead is the name of the town they are from

[@dirkcrossi6574]

in some flmd you hear parts of portis head songs

[@alexandersteffen7805]

Please react to Morcheeba - the sea , is triphop like portised also from the 90s. Thanks

[@JDubbHawks]

Everybody has a crush on beth gibbons

[@doplinger1]

Great pick! So much emotion - this live version is good, but the studio release is a better. But how sad is it that she can’t even take a ten minute break from smoking to perform?

[@tommykernow]

It was probably a crutch for her. She said she's never been that comfortable in the spotlight

[@Tuttuh6]

Geoff is scratching

[@BKLYN_TZU]

The main bassline is a sample of Isaac hayes song "ike's Rap 2" Trip-Hop was a great marriage of Hip-Hop and Electronic music too bad it didn't survive like Techno and House music.

[@joaouniverse237]

react to more portishead. roads, and sour times

[@tommykernow]

Roads next please. From the same concert

[@lemarin12]

I always ask myself when I see music afficionados, around 45-50 reviewing stuf like this, or Radiohead, Tool , whatever ... : Where were you hiding in the 90's and 00's, what were you doing? More importantly, what were you listening to ???! genuinely curious because I often think you have to live in a cave if you have like 2000 vinyls like other guys doing this kind of reviews and never listened to Ok computer for example, one of the 5 best rock albums of all time, no matter who you ask, of the first Portishead (true classic too)...

[@WelpHereWeAreOnYouTube]

It seems like there isn't an answer in the world I could possibly give that would either satisfy you or an answer you would even like to hear. Your comment itself is designed for me to lose whatever argument you found the need to start.

[@lemarin12]

@@WelpHereWeAreOnKZbin No, I'm just curious. I listen to a lot of different music, trying to pick up the respected stuff among fans and specialists to understand. I hate a lot of stuff I happen to listen to tbh, but as a fan of music, I am eager to discover as much as possible since at least 35 years, so I read reviews, my friends tell me about this or that, I come across the top album lists every year, I read about the favourites albums of the people I like, who produced them, the labels etc.. Again, to see in 2023 people who never heard about highly respected albums (I don't ask anyone to be a specialist ;-)) baffles me, sincerely :-). But he no problem guys...

[@WelpHereWeAreOnYouTube]

Well. Enjoy your baffles

[@elfcounsul]

Triphop torch singer

[@cptbrncls7050]

you just found Portishead?

[@WelpHereWeAreOnYouTube]

You must be naive to think 7billion know what you do

[@Ade2bee]

Look up Massive Attack

[@rossrreyes]

They became bored with pop culture and stop answering record company's phone calls and just voluntarily disappeared Seriously

[@kristinpark8042]

The genre is trip hop. You both look old enough to know that.

[@WelpHereWeAreOnYouTube]

Sorry ?

[@christophercasey6775]

Portishead didn't make that many albums. Never intended to be famous. Beth is quite an introvert. She doesn't like the spotlight at all, preferred to be private. She did quit smoking around 2014, and made a solo album in 2024.

[@bigwave25]

Bizarro

[@Tuttuh6]

Portishead is where the band from

[@jonasturklbach2705]

The third album didnt seem well received but theres a lot of creativity in that one & a few songs are absolutely ones u will listen to over & over. It was still a good album imo

[@eljayr517]

5 seconds in and already interrupting listen first comment AFTER !

[@WelpHereWeAreOnYouTube]

The audacity!!!

[@dirkcrossi6574]

Dont slistenin this songs on wnter bad times ;)

[@kristinpark8042]

There's literally a whole live album. Pick all the songs.

[@PUNKinDRUBLIC72]

Most music is better live,but whoever sound checked the Mike should be sacked!🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

[@vision-hu6lo]

Am I watching bottle rocket

[@WelpHereWeAreOnYouTube]

Yes

[@carolefletcher]

The studio version is better, honestly - Beth is undermiked here.